Level 16 Update: Payday
Apr 27, '10
Blinds: 2,500-5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 119 out of 848
Average Chip Count: 213,781
Chip Counts:
Official Counts Coming Soon…
Notable Eliminations:
John Tabatabai
Aaron Gustavson
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Ake Olsson
Big Hands:
EPT London Winner Shown the Door
Aaron Gustavson has been tangling with Melanie Weisner all day long and the two finally put an end to the battle when Gustavson shipped it from the small blind with 9
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Weisner looked him up with A
Q and it held when the board came Q
10649.
John Tabatabai Eliminated
John Tabatabai raised to 55,000 on the button and Guerfi Mesbah moved all in over the top from the small blind. Tabatabai only had 15,000 behind, and he elected to put it in with KQ.
Mesbah showed AhJc and his hand won when the board fell 743A6. Weisner is now cruising with over 470,000.
A Tough Blow For Alexandre Gomes
Gianni Giaroni was all in holding A7 againt Alexandre Gomes’ pocket kings. The flop brought an ace and Giaroni doubled up to 160,000.
Gomes took a major hit down to 150,000.
Timoshenko Busted By Kelopuro
Sami Kelopuro raised and Yevgeniy Timoshenko moved all in from the big blind. Kelopuro called and showed pocket aces, which were way ahead of Timoshenko’s pocket kings.
The board fell A10109K and Kelopuro moved up to 560,000. Timoshenko was eliminated.
The Bubble Bursts!
It only took two hands of hand-for-hand play to determine the bubble boy. Ake Olsson moved all in from the small blind for just 15,500. Gilles Haddad made the call with 106 and was live against Olsson’s QJ.
The board fell 1065Q4 and Haddad’s two pair ended the bubble. The remaining players in the room were all guaranteed at least €15,000.
The decision was made to continue until the rest of the level had been played out. We’ll have those finishes on the chip counts tab as soon as they are released by the casino.
Player Tags: Aaron Gustavson, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Sami Kelopuro
Level 13 Update: Nicolas Levi Takes the Lead
Apr 27, '10
Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 180 out of 848
Average Chip Count: 141,333
Chip Counts:
1. Nicolas Levi — 460,000
2. Chris Moneymaker — 390,000
3. Ekaterina Kolobekova — 360,000
4. Domenico Iannone — 350,000
5. Simon Munz — 340,000
6. Paul Berende — 337,000
7. Owen Crowe — 310,000
8. Moritz Kranich — 280,000
9. Oleksandr Vaserfirer — 275,000
10. Toby Lewis — 255,000
Notable Eliminations:
Jeff Sarwer
Leo Margets
Charlotte Roche
Martin Vallo
Justin Smith
Shaun Deeb
Big Hands:
Aaron Gustavson Going In Wrong Direction
Josef Klinger raised to 6,500 and Aaron Gustavson reraised to 15,500. Klinger then moved all in for 55,600 and Gustavson called with pocket tens.
Klinger was in trouble with A6, but the flop brought came A7543 to give him a straight and a double up. Gustavson was down to 250,000, but his woes weren’t over yet.
A few hands later, he was in a raising war with Melanie Weisner in the blinds. Soon Weisner was all in holding pocket aces and Gustavson turned over AK. The aces held and Weisner doubled up to 220,000. Gustavson is now down to 125,000.
Jeff Sarwer Eliminated
Chess prodigy Jeff Sarwer raised to 5,900 from the button and Laurence Houghton shoved from the big blind for 58,000.
Sarwer talked himself into a call with KJ and was drawing live against Houghton’s AQ. The board fell A10842 and Sarwer was crippled down to 3,800.
Though he doubled up with aces on the next hand, he was eliminated shortly thereafter when his K-Q failed to hit against tens.
Marcel Luske Drops Some To Paul Testud
Marcel Luske raised to 6,400 from middle position and Paul Testud called from the big blind. The flop came down 863 and both players checked.
The turn was the 9 and Testud checked to Luske, who bet 4,000. Testud called and the river was the K. Testud then bet 6,000 and Luske called.
Testud showed K10 and Luske mucked, bringing his stack to 70,000. Testud is up to 110,000.
Leo Margets Eliminated
In some poker girl on girl action, Leo Margets was all in holding AK against Ekaterina Kolobekova’s pocket queens.
The flop board improved Kolobekova to a full house and Margets was eliminated. Kolobekova now has 360,000.
Player Tags: Paul Testud, Marcel Luske, Aaron Gustavson, Laurence Houghton, Leonor Margets, Jeff Sarwer
Level 12 Update: Chris Moneymaker Reigns Atop Leaderboard
Apr 27, '10
Blinds: 1,000-2,000 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 230 out of 848
Average Chip Count: 110,608
Chip Counts:
1. Chris Moneymaker — 460,000
2. Simon Munz — 340,000
3. Owen Crowe — 310,000
4. Ramzi Jelassi — 260,000
5. Aaron Gustavson — 250,000
6. Toby Lewis — 250,000
7. Paul Berende — 225,000
8. Thiago Nishijima — 215,000
9. Nicolas Levi — 185,000
10. Russell Carson — 180,000
Notable Eliminations:
Liam Flood
Vanessa Rousso
Alfio Battisti
J.J. Liu
Liz Lieu
Nickl Binger
Big Hands:
Mel Judah Chips Up Big
Juan Manuel Pastor raised to 5,200 and the button called before Mel Judah reraised to 33,000, nearly half of his stack.
Pastor folded, but the button moved all in and Judah called for his last 35,000 with AK.
The button showed pocket queens, but Judah connected on a board of A3246 to double up to just under 150,000.
Liam Flood Eliminated
Liam Flood was all in on a queen high flop holding K-Q. Unfortunately, his opponent held A-Q for a higher kicker and ended Flood’s tournament when the turn and river failed to bring a king.
Allie Prescott Doubles Up
Allie Prescott moved all in from the cutoff for his last 30,000 with pocket kings and was called by an opponent holding AJ.
The board rolled out 108334 and Prescott is now sitting with just over 60,000 in chips.
Alfio Battisti Busted by Neil Channing
Team PokerStars Online Pro Alfio Battisti raised to 4,500 and Neil Channing reraised to 14,500 behind him. Battisti then moved all in for 74,000 and Channing immediately made the call, showing pocket kings.
Battisti could only sheepishly reveal pocket tens and they couldn’t find friends on a board of Q8779. Channing is now up to 220,000.
Nothing But A Flesh Wound
Team PokerStars Pro Alex Gomes called a short stacks push of 32,000 with As10h and saw that he was in good shape against his opponent’s QJ.
Unfortunately, the board fell J82K5 and the short stack doubled up. Gomes is still strong, however, with 160,000 in chips.
Aaron Gustavson Takes A Hit
Aaron Gustavson was well on his way to the chip lead, but he lost about 70,000 from his stack after calling Martin Schmidkunz’s all in with pocket queens.
Schmidkunz showed pocket kings and they held to boost his stack to 145,000. Gustavson still has 250,000 to work with.
Player Tags: Mel Judah, Neil Channing, Allie Prescott, Liam Flood, Aaron Gustavson, Alexandre Gomes, Alfio Battisti
Gustavson Busts In 9th Place ($44,856)
Kings Let Johnson Down in 8th Place ($58,571)
Flopped Set KOs Rosskamm in 7th Place ($77,392)
Hemmel Runs Into Caramatti’s Ladies, Out in 6th ($103,461)
Well, it didn’t take long for short stack Josef Samanek to make his move. Unfortunately for the young pro he did it at the wrong time, running his 10
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I don’t think these players realize how deep stacked we are. Last night’s chip leader Michael Berry is now out, after open shoving with pocket threes and running into the pocket jacks of Aaron Gustavson.
Rodrigo Caprioli wasn’t exactly circling the drain, but he did decide to push all in for his last 800,000 and was insta-called by Aaron “aguskb” Gustavson.
Peter Eastgate raised to 350,000 on the button and Aaron Gustavson reraised to 900,000. Eastgate responded by moving all in for his last 4.5 million and Gustavson instantly called him with A
Here is a player profile of one of the three remaining players left in the event courtesy of PokerStars:
Raymond Wu waited a long time to get the rest of his chips in the middle, but finally put in the last 650,000.