$10,000 Main Event - Day 5 - Level 20 (Hour 2)
Jul 12, '08
Players are now going on a 20-minute break.
Blinds: 6,000/12,000 with 2,000 ante
Players Left: 144 of 6,844
Average Chip Stack: 951,000
Chip Counts:
James McManus - 3,400,000
Cristian Dragomir - 2,800,000
David Benefield - 2,700,000
Mark Ketteringham - 2,300,000
Ivan Demidov - 2,250,000
Nikolay Losev - 2,250,000
Jeremy Joseph - 2,100,000
Mark Vos - 2,000,000
Albert Kim - 1,900,000
Andrew Rosskamm - 1,900,000
Eliminations:
Chip Jett
Gus Hansen
Hoyt Corkins
Cory Albertson
Noah Kawashige
Chris Overgard
Justin St. John
Patrick Zamarian
Jeremiah Smith
Big Hands/Storylines
Ladies Abandon Corkins
Hoyt Corkins and Ivan Demidov exchanged a series of preflop raises until Corkins finally announced all-in for his remaining 260,000 in chips. Ivan Demidov had him covered, and had him beat with A
A
. Corkins held QQ
. The flop came 105
4, followed by the 5 on the turn and J on the river, and Corkins was eliminated.
Kenna Doubles Through Bishop
Stephen Kenna was facing a raise to 30,000 from Joe Bishop, but didn’t hesitate while moving all-in for his final 248,000. Bishop elected to make the call and showed AJ. Kenna was well ahead with AA, but he had to dodge some cards as the board played out. After a flop of 10105, the 8 on the turn provided Bishop a series of outs with a flush draw. Kenna sweated until the 2 fell on the river and doubled him up.
Hellmuth bluffed out of pot, not happy
With the board QT4Q, Phil Hellmuth bet 140,000 and was called by David Saab in the cutoff position. Albert Kim folded and then the river was the 8. Hellmuth checked and Saab bet 200,000. Hellmuth quickly folded -- he later said he held pocket nines -- and Saab flipped over K9. Hellmuth was especially exasperated after the hand, saying he couldn't believe how these players make it to day five. He told Saab, "I'd love to see the string of beats you put on people to make it here."
Hawkins Fries Friedberg
One-time Card Player employee Keith Hawkins of England raised from under the gun to 32,000 and play was folded to Jonathan Friedberg who moved all-in for his final 171,000 in chips. Hawkins elected to make the call, and found he was ahead with AQ. Friedberg held AJ, and missed on the flop that came 1073. The 2 offered no help on the turn and the 9 ended his hopes of a gold bracelet.
Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Phil Hellmuth, Jon Friedberg, Keith Hawkins, Stephen Kenna, Ivan Demidov
