$1,500 NLHE - Final Table - Two Eliminations
Jun 16, '08
Blinds/Antes: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 2,706
Chip Counts:
Vitaly Lunkin: 1,900,000
Brett Kimes: 1,700,000
Bobby Firestone: 1,300,000
Kenneth Terrell: 1,030,000
Barry Schultz: 835,000
Trevor Donaldson: 600,000
Robert Brown: 350,000
Richard Alm: 350,000
Eliminations:
10th Place: Tony Gargano ($36,567)
9th Place: Philip Yeh ($57,990)
Big Hands/Storylines:
Note: The level began with a players heading to a 20-minute break.
Tony Gargano Eliminated in 10th Place ($36,567)
Tony Gargano open shoved all in preflop and Vitaly Lunkin made the call. Their cards.
Gargano: Q
2
Lunkin: AJ
Board: A
983
4
Gargano was eliminated on the hand in 10th place, and he took home $36,567 in prize money. The official final table was now set for action.
Philip Yeh Eliminated in Ninth Place ($57,990)
Philip Yeh open shoved all in preflop and once again Lunkin made the call. Their cards:
Yeh: A9
Lunkin: AJ
Board: QJ755
Yeh was eliminated in ninth place, and he took home $57,990 in prize money. These two hands put Lunkin in first chip position heading into eight-handed play.
Player Tags: Vitaly Lunkin, Anthony Gargano, European Report
Kirill Kruglov moved all in for about 50,000 after a flop of Q
7
and Tony Gargano called for less.
J
and Kruglov chipped up to about 56,000.