Level 9 Update -- Field Stands at 275
Oct 22, '09
Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Left: 139 of 275 (Official)
Average Chip Count 118,705
Chip Leaders
Steve Gross — 405,000
Corwin Cole — 390,000
Chad Batista — 360,000
Jason Sommerville — 360,000
Chau Giang — 350,000
Mike Leah — 340,000
Markus Gonsalves — 320,000
Chino Rheem — 315,000
Justin Young — 290,000
Mark Seif — 270,000
Card Player Chip Counts
Mike Matusow — 210,000
Barry Shulman — 65,000
Jennifer Harman — Eliminated
Notable Eliminations:
Jennifer Harman
James Van Alstyne
Phil Hellmuth
Paul Wasicka
Hoyt Corkins
Isaac Haxton
Isaac Baron
Brian Rast
Beth Shak
Allen Cunningham
Nick Schulman
Men Nguyen
Matt Graham
Kenny Tran
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Level Summary:
The official number of players in the tournament stands at 275 and the total prize pool is more than $4 million. The full payout structure has yet to be released, but it should be out soon.
There were 30 players that decided to skip the first day of play here at Bellagio enter the tournament on day 2. Two of the biggest names in the field that decided to take this approach have already busted out of the tournament. Phil Hellmuth entered the field during level 7, but before level 9 came to a close he was eliminated. Two hands where Hellmuth held A-K ultimately led to his demise. Both hands were coin flips and each time Hellmuth lost the flip. On Hellmuth’s final hand Dee Loung held pocket jacks to send him to the rail.
Kenny Tran jumped into play near the end of level 9 and he lasted only a few minutes after his stack was blinded down to 48,000. Tran moved all in preflop K
Q and Steve Gross made the call with 77
. The board fired out A
22K7 and Tran was quickly eliminated by the full house of Gross. The hand took the chip stack of Gross up to 405,000, which is good for the chip lead with one level left on day 2.
One of the best hands of the level involved Justin Young. He opened a pot for a raise from early position and the button called. The flop fell 87
5 and Young led out for 6,500. His opponent made the call and the turn fell Q. Young bet 13,500 and the button called again. The river fell 2 and Young fired out 25,000. The button raised to 75,000 and Young went into the tank. He eventually made the call and his opponent instantly mucked. Young flipped over A10 as he collected the pot and grew his stack to 290,000.
Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth, Justin Young, Kenny Tran, Lee Duong, Steve Gross
