Level One Hour Two Update: Raymer Eliminated
Jul 05, '10
Blinds: 50-100
Players Remaining:
Average Chip Count: 30,000
Notable Chip Counts:
Lacey Jones – 47,000
Ted Forrest – 40,200
Michael Mizrachi – 40,000
John Hennigan – 38,500
Corwin Cole – 38,000
Steve Wong – 37,000
Jordan Morgan – 36,000
T.J. Cloutier – 35,500
Chris Moneymaker – 34,000
Beth Shak – 32,000
Card Player Chip Counts:
Barry Shulman – 31,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 43,000
Adam Schoenfeld – 33,000
Lee Watkinson – 28,000
Shannon Shorr -35,000
Mark Gregorich – 28,000
Diego Cordovez – 30,000
Justin Marchand – 35,500
Players Twitter Accounts:
Barry Shulman
Erik Seidel
Maria Ho
Chris Moorman
Greg Raymer
Beth Shak
Mike Caro
Jamie Rosen
Notable Eliminations:
Greg Raymer
Big Hands:
Aggressive Shak Takes One Away
The player on the button put in a raise and Beth Shak reraised to 1,050 from the small blind. Action folded back to the button who made the call.
The flop ran 8
Q6
and Shak fired 1,500. The button thought more a moment before letting his hand go.
Shak had around 31,700 after the hand.
Boyd’s Aggresion Earns Him One
After a raise and reraise preflop, Ductch Boyd and Pierre Neuville saw a flop of 2
24.
Neuville led from the small blind for 1,050 and Boyd quickly made it 3,150.
Neuville disgustedly threw his cards into the muck and Boyd stays right around their starting stack.
Chad Bastista Takes One
Chad Batista made a raise to 275 from early position and called a three-bet to 875 from a player in middle position.
The flop came 10Q
9 and both players checked. The turn was the Q and Batista checked again. His opponent bet and Batista made a check-raise to 2,500 and his opponent quickly folded.
Cowboys For Mizrachi
Picking up the action after the board had run out 8734A, Michael Mizrachi fired 2,000 into a pot holding 7,000.
His opponent in seat 6 tanked and then threw in the call. Mizrachi tabled KK and seat 6 mucked.
Mizrachi took the pot and he was at 40,000.
Raymer Done
Greg Raymer moved all in for his last 2,600 and the next player shoved. Other players in the hand mucked and Raymer was isolated.
Raymer: 88
Opponent: AA
The board ran out K10276 and Raymer could not crack aces to save his tournament life.
Hennigan Takes One
A player raised to 300 and John Hennigan called. The small blind reraised to 1,800 and Hennigan was the only caller.
The flop was J83 and both players checked. The turn was the 9 and the small blind bet 2,025. Hennigan would have none of that nonsense as he raised to 5,100.
His opponent mucked and Hennigan took the pot. He was at 38,000.
Nick Schulman Busts
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q97. Nick Schulman bet 1,200 and Hunter Frey made the call. The turn was the 4 and Schulman shoved for his last 6,550.
Frey made the call with AQ but was trailing Schulman’s KK. That all changed when the river brought the Q, giving Frey trips and booting Schulman out the door on the first level of play.
Player Tags: Ted Forrest, Michael Mizrachi, John Hennigan, Greg Raymer, Beth Shak, Nick Schulman, Dutch Boyd, Chad Batista
Level 11, Hour One Update: Rousso Loses Big Pot, Batista Busts
Jul 12, '10
Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 1,854 out of 7,319
Average Chip Count: 118,430
Card Player Chip Counts
Barry Shulman – 298,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 26,000
Stephen A. Murphy – 30,000
Daniel Negreanu – 34,000
Mark Gregorich – 135,000
Adam Schoenfeld — 85,000
Jon Freidberg — 190,000
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Johnny Chan – 580,000
2. Jim Collopy – 520,00
3. Kevin Gates – 475,000
4. Nicholas Rainey – 440,000
5. Mikhail Shamalov – 440,000
6. Frank Kassela – 430,000
7. David Assouline – 420,000
8. Joshua Appleby – 408,000
9. Nikolay Losev – 406,000
10. Carter Phillips – 385,000
Notable Eliminations:
Chad Batista
David Williams
Big Hands:
Batista Gets Doubled Through
A player moved all in for 55,300 preflop and Chad Batista made the call. Here were their hands:
Batista: A8
Opponent: 1010
Batista was trailing and the flop made things worse, coming down 1095. His opponent flopped a set and the board finished off 3 and K.
Batista dropped the pot and he was down to 21,000. He would bust later in the level.
Batista Busts
Chad Batista found a way to get his chips in the middle prefop was J2 and was up against the 99 of his opponent.
The flop was 47Q and Batista was still left just looking for a jack. The 10 on the turn and the A on the river were no help to Batista and he was eliminated from the event.
Antonius Drops Further
A player put in a raise preflop and Patrik Antonius decided to come along. The flop then came down A42.
He checked and his opponent fired 9,000. Antonius quickly mucked and he was down to 85,000.
Rousso Drops Big Pot
Picking up the action with the board reading KJ22, there was 40,000 in the pot and Vanessa Rousso checked.
Her opponent checked behind and the river was the J and her opponent moved all in for 40,400.
Rousso then took a massive tank session. She stared her opponent down and then stared at the pot.
“What do you think I have?” she asked him. “I think you might be bluffing me.”
Eventually, she pleaded with someone to call the clock on her and then, when no one did, she called it on herself.
The floor came over and when she had 30 seconds left, she pushed in a giant stack for the call. She then lost control of the stack as it tumbled in when she saw her opponent table J10.
Rousso mucked and she was down to 26,000.
Johnny Chan Doubles Up a Player
Johnny Chan had the pocket jacks versus a player’s A-K with all the money going in preflop. The pot stood at 120,000. The board ran out K-4-4-A-2 and Chan dipped to around 400,000.
Basebaldy Crushing It
On a flop of 1063, a player in the blinds led out with a bet and Eric Baldwin raised to 15,300. Baldwin’s opponent then moved back over the top for 27,500 total.
Baldwin sat for a second contemplating his next move before moving all-in. His opponent folded and Baldwin gave a wry smile and showed the 2.
Somerville Mucks Against Queens
Jason Somerville raised to 4,000 from middle position and the big blind called.
The fop was 987. The player in the big blind checked and called a bet of 5,700 from Somerville. The turn brought the K both players checked. The river brought the 5 and the big blind checked and called a bet of 10,000.
The big blind showed pocket queens and Somerville mucked his hand. Somerville slipped to 375,000 in chips with the mistep.
Pavilion Room Coverage
Seven-Bet All In Gives Jim Collopy 520K
There was massive preflop action between Jim Collopy and a player in the big blind. Jim Collopy opened to 4,000. The player in the big blind made it 12,700. Collopy made it 29,000. The big blind made it 60,000. Collopy made it 109,000. His opponent shoved all in and Collopy called for his tournament life. About 520,000 was in the pot when Collopy exposed the KK and his opponent tabled the A3. The ace in the door was scary for Collopy but the flop also brought a king. The board read AKQA when the board paired on the turn. Collopy’s opponent had outs to win but none of the came when the 10 fell on the river. Collopy was at 520,000 after the hand.
Brandon Cantu Moves All In
On a board of A644 a player checked to Brandon Cantu. Cantu bet 10,500 and his opponent raised 11,000 more, leaving himself with just 27,000 behind. Cantu moved all in and his opponent folded. Cantu was at around 200,000 after the hand.
David Benyamine Wins a Pot
On a board of J7639 action was checked to David Benyamine. Benyamine bet 36,800 and his opponent tanked before eventually calling. Benyamine exposed the 54 for a straight and was up to 260,000 after the hand.
Twitter Accounts
Barry Shulman
Bernard Lee
Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Bill Chen
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke
Tristan Wade
Dave Sands
Brandon Cantu
Jon Turner
Amit Makhija
Bryan Micon
Player Tags: David Benyamine, Johnny Chan, Patrik Antonius, Vanessa Rousso, Brandon Cantu, Chad Batista
One player raised to 6,000 and Chad Batista reraised to 22,000 behind him. Phil Hellmuth then moved all in for 42,000 and the original raiser folded.
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and was well behind Hellmuth’s pocket tens. The board brought Batista an ace, however, and Hellmuth was eliminated. Batista now has a big stack of 350,000.
Chad Batista lost most of his stack holding pocket queens against the pocket sixes of Ted Lawson.
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Annette Obrestad raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Chad Batista moved all in from the small blind. Obrestad made the call with pocket tens, which were well ahead of Batista’s pocket eights.
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