Level 11 Update: A Flurry of Early Eliminations
Dec 16, '09
Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 107 out of 329
Chip Counts:
1. Steven Landfish — 610,000
2. Brent Hanks — 470,000
3. Matt Stout — 398,000
4. Sorel Mizzi — 380,000
5. Matt Waxman — 377,500
6. Toto Leonidas — 373,000
7. Chad Batista — 355,000
8. Faraz Jaka — 340,000
9. Eric Hershler — 330,000
10. Antonio Esfandiari — 310,000
Average Chip Count: 184,486
Notable Eliminations:
Steve Zolotow
Noah Boeken
Tim West
Todd Brunson
Glen Chorny
Brian Rast
Big Hands:
Steve Zolotow Eliminated
Steve Zolotow (pictured right) moved all in preflop with pocket fives and Bill Kontaratos had him covered with pocket kings. The board was dealt 9
7
348
and Zolotow was eliminated from the tournament. Kontaratos grew his stack to 275,000 after the hand.
Alex Keating Doubles Up Through Doyle Brunson with Quads
Alex Keating raised from early position preflop and Doyle Brunson made the call from the small blind. The flop was dealt 84
2 and Brunson checked. Keating bet 15,000 and Brunson raised enought o put Keating all in. Keating made the all-in call for 84,400 and they flipped over their cards:
Keating: 1010
Brunson: 99
Turn and River: 1010
Keating makes quad tens on the hand to double up to 188,000 and Brunson takes a hit and now holds 170,000.
Brent Hanks Knocks Out Tim West and Noah Boeken
Noah Boeken raised all in under the gun preflop for 8,500 and Vivek Rajkumar min-raised 14,600. Tim West reraised all in for 56,300 and Brent Hanks (pictured left) made the call. Rajkumar mucked A-J and the three remaining players flipped over their cards:
Boeken: J10
Hanks: QQ
West: KK
Board: A962Q
Hanks hit a set on the river and he knocked out both West and Boeken in one full swoop. Hanks now holds 470,000 in chips.
Steven Landfish Increases his Lead
Steven Landfish showed down 65 on a board of 8437Q for an eight-high straight against Dutch Boyd. Landfish grew his stack to 600,000 after the pot while Boyd watched his holdings shrink to less than 100,000.
POY Watch
Three players from the POY top 10 still remain in the tournament. Cornel Cimpan can pass Eric Baldwin for the lead with a third-place finish or better. Yevgeniy Timoshenko can claim the top spot with a second-place finish or better. Soheil Shamseddin can’t catch Baldwin, even with a win but he can improve his final standing in the POY race with a cash here at Bellagio. Here is a look at their current chip counts:
Soheil Shamseddin: 280,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko: 180,000
Cornel Cimpan: 90,000
Player Tags: Steven Landfish, Steve Zolotow, Doyle Brunson, Noah Boeken, Dutch Boyd, Bill Kontaratos, Tim West, Brent Hanks, Alex Keating
