Russell Crane Poker Tournament Updates

Level 23 Update: Russell Crane Out 9th, Noah Villaincourt Out 8th

Jun 20, '13

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante

Players Remaining: 7 out of 1,629

Average Chip Count: 698,143

Chip Counts:

Seat 1: Michael Gathy – 1,495,000
Seat 3: Yueqi Zhu – 600,000
Seat 4: Jason Duval – 486,000
Seat 6: Benjamin Reason – 382,000
Seat 7: Daniel Bishop – 685,000
Seat 8: Sergey Rybachenko – 400,000
Seat 9: Jake Cody – 569,000

Players Eliminated:

9th: Russell Crane – $19,748
8th: Noah Vaillancourt – $25,539

Live Updates:

Russell Crane Eliminated in Ninth Place ($19,748)

Russell Crane raised to 32,000 UTG+1 and Daniel Bishop called. Jake Cody reraised to 89,000 and Crane reraised all in. Bishop folded and the two remaining players revealed their hands.

Cody: JJ
Crane: 88

Board: 96510Q

Crane was eliminated on the hand in ninth place and Cody won the hand with pocket jacks to grow his stack to 1,147,000.

Noah Vaillancourt Eliminated in Eighth Place ($25,539)

Noah Vaillancourt raised all in UTG+1 and Yueqi Zhu reraised all in over the top of him. Everyone else got out of the way and the two players flipped over their cards.

Zhu: 99
Vaillancourt: KQ

Board: A6334

Vaillancourt was eliminated in eighth place and Zhu grew his stack to 600,000 thanks to pocket nines.

Player Tags: Russell Crane,   Noah Vaillancourt

Final Table Update: Down to Heads-Up Play

Jun 10, '09

Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 2 out of 1,068

Chip Counts:

1. Joe Serock — 5,400,000
2. Brock Parker — 2,600,000

Average Chip Count: 4,005,000

Notable Eliminations:

3. Russell Crane — $220,633

Elimination Hands:

Russell Crane Eliminated in Third Place ($220,633)

Joe Serock raised in the small blind and Russel Crane moved all in.

Serock called with A9 and was ahead of Crane’s J10. The board ran out 975A6 and Crane was eliminated.

NOTE: With this elimination, Brock Parker has taken the lead in the WSOP Player of the Year race.

Player Tags: Joseph Serock,   Russell Crane