Level 6 Update: Day 1A Ends
Sep 23, '10
NOTE: Day 1A has come to an end. Stay tuned for official chip counts and a recap of the day’s events. Day 1B will begin at noon local time (4 a.m. PST). Check back in at that time for more live coverage. Card Player’s Barry Shulman will begin the defense of his 2009 WSOP Europe main event title tomorrow.
Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante
Players Remaining: 75 out of 137
Chip Counts:
1. Nicolas Levi — 153,850
2. Adam Fletcher — 136,025
3. Arnaud Mattern — 135,000
4. Matt Waxman — 120,000
5. Guillaume Gignac — 109,650
6. Leo Margets — 102,000
7. Simon Persson — 91,600
8. Almira Skripchenko — 90,000
9. Bruno Fitoussi — 90,000
10. Pascal LeFrancois – 88,000
Average Chip Count:
54,800
Notable Eliminations:
John Cernuto
Allen Kessler
Joe Serock
Brandon Cantu
Jonathan Duhamel
Dario Alioto
Big Hands:
Cunningham Doubles Up
Allen Cunningham raised to 1,500 preflop and three players made the call. The flop fell A
K 6 and Eugene Katchalov checked. Cunningham bet 2,500 and the player right behind him made the call. The fourth player in the pot and Katchalov mucked, leaving two players in contention.
The turn fell 3 and Cunningham bet 7,000. His opponent went into the tank and he eventually raised all in for 27,000. Cunningham had 28,000 behind at that point and he decided to make the call for what was effectively his tournament life. Their cards:
Cunningham: A
Q
Opponent: J
J
River: 7
Cunningham won the hand to eliminate his opponent and almost double up. He held 6,700 after the hand.
Matt Waxman and the Four Kings
Matt Waxman bet 9,500 and Filippo Candio made the call. The flop fell K
K 7 and both players checked. The 3 fell on the turn and both players checked again. The K fell on the river, Candio checked, and Waxman opened the action for 22,900. Candio made the call but he mucked his cards when Waxman turned over A K for quads.
Blanco Blanks Out
Cristiano Blanco makes it 1,300 from under the gun and the player on the button makes the call. The small blind pops it to 4,600 and Blanco moves all in for 17,125. The button folds but he gets a caller in the remaining player and the two flip over their cards. It’s K K versus Blanco’s A Q and with a king as one of the first cards down it’s all over for the Italian pro – K-4-2-2-9.
Juanda Versus Lefrancois
John Juanda bets 1,350 from the hijack position and once again finds himself in a battle against Pascal Lefrancois in the cut-of. The flop is K 8 7 and both players check. The turn is the Q and Juanda bets 2,050. Lefrancois calls and they see the 6 river. Juanda bets 4,850 and Lefrancois once again makes the call. Juanda shows K 6 for two pair and Lefrancois mucks his cards. Juanda is now on 42,500 while Lefrancois drops a little to 81,200.
High Roller Heads-Up Report — First Match Drags
The £10,350 heads-up high roller event has reached the final match between Gus Hansen and Jim Collopy from an initial field of 103. The winner will take home the top prize worth £288,409 and the runner-up will take home £178,211 and some deflated hopes.
First Match: The first round saw Hansen take control but Collopy held on to battle for quite some time before succumbing to a first-game loss. On the final hand he shoved on the button preflop and Hansen made the call. Their cards:
Hansen: 9 9
Collopy: Q 8
Board: J 10 8 7 7
Hansen took a 1-0 lead after the hand and then the two charged forward to game 2. This match delivered some déjà vu with Hansen chipping away at the start and Collopy now finds himself in a hole once again.
Here are the results so far for this event:
3: Ram Vaswani — £96,212
3: Andrew Feldman — £96,212
5: Daniel Negreanu — £47,045
5: Kevin Eyster — £47,045
5: Huck Seed — £47,045
5: Neil Channing — £47,045
9: Howard Lederer — £22,847
9: Martin Kabrhel — £22,847
9: McLean Karr — £22,847
9: Saar Wilf — £22,847
9: Andrew Robl — £22,847
9: Phil Ivey — £22,847
9: Marius Torbergson — £22,847
9: Sondre Svaniek — £22,847
Player Tags: John Juanda, Allen Cunningham, Gus Hansen, Cristiano Blanco, Pascal LeFrancois, Jim Collopy
