Back From Dinner; Three Tables
Jul 01, '07
Five players have quickly been eliminated and the players are on a short break as the final three tables are redrawn.
In one hand of note Shaun Deeb earned his second 27th place finish of the World Series, going out in a double elimination hand. Joe Anthony moved all in with A
9
with a very short stack and Deeb pushed all in with Q
J
to isolate. Duane Felix had them both covered and made the call with A
K
. the board ran out A
7
6
5
10
, and both Anthony and Deeb were eliminated.
Notable Chip Counts
| Greg "FBT" Mueller |
875,000 |
Player Tags: Joseph Anthony, Duane Felix, Shaun Deeb
Level 16 Recap
Jul 01, '07
There are currently 32 players left on 4 tables.
The most recent pro to hit the rail was Arnold Spee. Spee had been short on chips and found himself butting heads with the current chip leader Taylor Douglas. Spee managed to double his $78,000 through Douglas when he moved all in with A
A
, and got Douglas to call with A
J
, The board ran out 4
3
3
6
4
, and Spee had about $170,000 in chips, which was still below the average, but considerably healthier. Spee ran into Douglas again with the best of it a few hands later, but he was drawn out on, and was eliminated in 34th place earning $20,860.
Greg "FBT" Mueller has been very active at his table, often offering free advice to his opponents. He has about an average chip stack at the moment. Also still alive are Jesse Martin and Shaun Deeb.
The players are now on dinner break until 10:20 pm.
Notable Chip Counts
| Marc Phan |
482,000 |
| Greg "FBT" Mueller |
270,000 |
Player Tags: Arnold Spee, Greg Mueller, Jesse Martin, Shaun Deeb
Level 13 Recap
Jul 01, '07
Play continued at a furious pace in the 13th level and the field is down to 100. Notable eliminations in the last round include Chad Brown, Mike Gracz and 2006 Senior Event Champion Paul McKinney.
Gracz was eliminated shortly after losing a race for half his stack. Gracz raised to $12,000 preflop and the player in the seven seat reraises all in for $23,000. Gracz called and turned over A
10
. The player in seat seven was ahead with Q
Q
. The flop came Q
J
7
and Gracz was even further behind but picked up a gut shot straight draw. The turn brought the K
and Gracz looked relieved. The player in seat seven pleaded for the dealer to pair the board and the river did just that, bringing the J
. Gracz lost to his opponent's full house and was down to under $30,000 after the hand. Gracz was eliminated a few hands later.
Chad Brown was sent to the rail in the last level as well. Brown was all in with A
K
up against his opponent's A
Q
. A queen hit on the flop and Brown couldn't catch on the turn or the river.
Getting your aces cracked seems to be a common theme in this event and it happened to both Brad Berman and Shaun Deeb in seperate hands. Deeb bet out and was reraised all in by Jesse Martin who had about $40,000 behind him. Deeb had Martin well covered and instantly made the call showing A
A
. Martin realized he chose a bad time to push and showed 8
8
. The flop came Q
8
5
and Martin was silent with two cards to come. Deeb simply shook his head and started counting out the right amount of chips to pay off Martin. The turn was the 3
and the river brought the 10
. Martin doubled up to $86,000. On an adjacent table, Brad Berman was all in preflop against his opponent's pocket queens. The board came J
6
3
6
Q
and the river gave Berman's opponent the pot. Berman tried to mask his frustration as he shipped $54,000 to his opponent.
Greg Mueller continued his roller coaster like journey in the last level and now sits with $115,000 in chips. The player in seat five raised all in from the small blind for $48,000 and Mueller had a decision for most of his chips. The two had tangled earlier in the day and you could sense Mueller wanted to snap him off. Mueller eventually called and turned up K
9
. The player in seat five showed 5
5
. The board came K
6
6
J
J
and Mueller was rewarded by eliminating a headache and picking up a large amount of chips. "I'm the wrong person to do that to" said Mueller. "I dont' get pushed around!"
Notable Chip Counts
| Greg "FBT" Mueller |
180,000 |
| Shaun Deeb |
130,000 |
| Brad Berman |
125,000 |
| Shannon Shorr |
75,000 |
| Arnold Spee |
38,000 |
| Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi |
36,000 |
Player Tags: Michael Gracz, Greg Mueller, Bradley Berman, Jesse Martin, Shaun Deeb
Limit Hold'em
Bill Edler raises on the short stack to 1,200 and Shaun Deeb reraises to 1,800. Nick Schulman reraises to 2,400 and Edler calls. Deeb calls all in and the flop comes K
Shaun Deeb and Robert McLaughlin have both been eliminated early on in today's competition.