Andrew Feldman Poker Tournament Updates

Level 5: Kabbaj Will Not Repeat 2009 Win

Jun 20, '10

Blinds 250-500

Players Remaining: 225 of 268

Leaderboard

1. Tom Marchese — 158,000
2. Martin Kabrhel — 146,000
3. Blair Rodman — 97,000
4. Ludovic Lacay — 95,000
5. Jonathan Little — 88,000
6. Matt Giannetti — 81,000
7. Daniel Negreanu — 75,000
8. Justin Young — 67,000
9. Arnaud Mattern — 64,000
10. Eric Baldwin — 62,000

Average Stack: 33,086

Notable Eliminations

Big Hands

Batista Crippled on Missed Draw

After his opponent bet 5,400 on a board of K429, Chad Batista re-raised to 23,700 and his opponent re-raised all in. Batista had him covered, but not by much. Their hands:

Batista: J9
Opponent: AK

Batista needed to hit another jack or nine, or else find a spade on the river to make a flush. Unfortunately for Batista, the river was a tiny 2 and he lost a big pot, dropping to just around 5,000 in chips.

Last Year’s Champ Kabbaj Booted By Feldman

Last year’s winner of this event John Kabbaj raised to 1,125 from the button and Andrew Feldman re-raised the pot from the big blind.

Kabbaj called and the flop came 10-9-7. Feldman led out for a bet of 6,850 and Kabbaj made the call. When the 3 hit on the turn Feldman bet enough to put Kabbaj all in. He called. Their hands:

Kabaj: A-7
Feldman: J-J

Feldman held the leading overpair and the 8 gave him the straight, knocking Kabbaj out of the tournament.

Feldman had around 48,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: John Kabbaj,   Chad Batista,   Andrew Feldman

Level 16 Update: Bryn Kenney Take Chiplead

Jun 24, '09

Blinds: 4,000-8,000

Players Remaining: 30 out of 275

Chip Counts:

1. Bryn Kenney — 620,000
2. Michael Brummelhuis — 605,000
3. Isaac Haxton — 525,000
4. Vanessa Rousso — 465,000
5. Ken Lenaard — 445,000
6. Eric Baldwin — 430,000
7. Darryll Fish — 420,000
8. Kevin Stammen — 425,000
9. Jason Lester — 327,000
10. Davidi Kitai — 326,000

Average Chip Count: 275,000

Notable Eliminations:

Chris Moore
Tommy Chen
Bill Chen
Alex Popov
Andrew Feldman
Frank Kassela
Toto Leonidas

Big Hands:

Bryn Kenney Eliminates Andrew Feldman, Takes Chiplead

On a flop of KJ9, Bryn Kenney bets 24,000 from middle position and Andrew Feldman calls from the button.

The turn is the K, Kenney bets 38,000 and Feldman calls.

The river is the 6, and Kenney checks to Feldman who bets 66,000. Kenney raises all in and Feldman calls; Kenney has Feldman covered.

Kenney turns over Q10 for the nut straight and Feldman mucks his cards. Andrew Feldman is eliminated from the tournament as Brynn Kenney grabs the chiplead with just over 600,000 in chips.

Luke Staudenmaier Doubles Up

Luke Staudenmaier raises to 27,000 from middle position and Jeremy Rafalowicz calls from late position.

The flop comes 1042, Staudenmaier moves all in for 45,000 and Rafalowicz calls; Rafalowicz has him covered.

Staudenmaier: 1010
Rafalowicz: KK

With his tournament life on the line, Staudenmaier flop op set to take the lead. The turn and river are the 7 and the 9, no help to Rafalowicz as Staudenmaier doubles up this hand to 160,000 in chips.

Frank Kassela Eliminated by Mike Kamran

Mike Kamran raises to 20,000 from under the gun and Frank Kassela reraises to 70,000 from the button. Kamran moves all in and Kassela calls all in; Kamran has him covered.

Kassela: 1010
Kamran: AA

Board: K64K3

Kassela fails to improve and is eliminated from the tournament as Kamran goes on to rake the pot and bring his chip count to just under 350,000 this hand.

Left in the Deck

Players will take a twenty-minute break at the conclusion of Level 16 and will return at approximately 10:00 pm PDt to begin Level 17.

Player Tags: Frank Kassela,   Luke Staudenmaier,   Andrew Feldman,   Michael Kamran,   Bryn Kenney