Dustin Sitar Poker Tournament Updates

Level 14 Update: Raymer Knocks Two Out

Jun 19, '09

Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000

Players Remaining: 37 out of 164

Chip Counts:

1. Scotty Nguyen – 317,000
2. Yan Chen – 300,000
3. Farzad Rouhani – 288,000
4. Tuan Le – 280,000
5. William Buckley – 239,000
6. Greg Raymer – 215,000
7. John Hennigan – 210,000
8. Claudio Rinaldi – 201,000
9. Anthony Rivera – 190,000
10. Jon Turner – 190,000

Average Chip Count: 132,972

Notable Eliminations:

Tom Schneider
Dario Minieri
David Benyamine

Big Hands:

Le And Lind Get Most Of Sitar’s Chips

Tuan Le: X-X-A8
Dustin Sitar: X-X-96
George Lind III: X-X-106

After fourth street was dealt, the three players capped the action, resulting in each player having 25,000 in the pot just on that street.

Tuan Le: X-X-A87
Dustin Sitar: X-X-96K
George Lind III: X-X-106K

Le bet out 10,000 and both Sitar and Lind made the call. Lind was all in after he called.

Tuan Le: X-X-A879
Dustin Sitar: X-X-96KA
George Lind III: X-X-106K2

Le bet 10,000 and Sitar called. After the river was dealt, Le bet another 10,000 and Sitar made the call. Le then showed J-5-4 in the hole for an 8-low. Sitar showed a pair of nines and the two players chopped the side pot. Lind then turned over 10-10-Q for a set of tens and took the high-end of the main pot while Le took the low half. Sitar was left with just 20,000 in chips and would later be eliminated. Lind would also be eliminated later and Le was at 280,000 in chips.

Benyamine And Sitar Become Fossils

Greg Raymer: 6Q75(84X)
David Benyamine: A10310(98-X)
Dustin Sitar: X-Q7J(AA-X)

David Benyamine and Dustin Sitar were each all in on third street against Greg Raymer. Sitar had the lead with aces in the hole but Raymer made a straight on sixth street to scoop the pot and send his two opponents to the rail. Raymer was at 215,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Tuan Le,   David Benyamine,   Greg Raymer,   Dustin Sitar

$10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better - End of Day 2

Jun 20, '08

The final two-tables are set! Level 17 saw 7 eliminations and the staff at the Rio decided to call it a night with 18 players remaining. Foremost among the players returning tomorrow will be Mike Matusow. With a big stack of chips and an even bigger mouth, Matusow will be happy with nothing less than his 2nd bracelet of this year's series. To do so, he will have to fend off a number of big names. Hendon Mobber Ram Vaswani will enter the final day with the chip lead and he too will have a multiple-bracelet motivation: a win in this event will give him bracelets in consecutive years. Also in the hunt are high stakes cash specialists Chau Giang and David Benyamine. Benyamine, who was bounced on the final table bubble of the $5,000 stud high/low event only a few days ago, will have extra incentive to make a final table run here.

The players will reconvene at the Rio tomorrow at 3 p.m. PST.
 

Here is a recap of the final level of the day:

Blinds: 5,000-10,000

Players Left: 18 of 235

Chip Leaders:
Ram Vaswani - 450,000
Mike Matusow - 390,000
Chau Giang - 370,000
Greg Jamison - 315,000
Eugene Katchalov - 290,000
Toto Leonidas - 265,000
David Benyamine - 260,000
David Chiu - 260,000
Berry Johnston - 260,000
Hieu Ma - 230,000

Average Stack: 261,000

Eliminations:
19^th – Patrick Rao
20^th – James Grove
21^st – James Van Alstyne
22^nd – Danny Smith
23^rd – Brad Booth
24^th – Bruno Fitoussi
25^th – Dustin Sitar

Big Hands and Storylines:

Dustin Donates And Goes Home

The two short stacks at the table Dustin Sitar and Stuart “thedonator” Patterson got all-in pre-flop and showed the following hands:

Patterson: A1072
Sitar: AKJ6

When the board – 109429 – had been dealt, Patterson’s nines and tens were enough to take down the pot. Sitar, slightly covered by Patterson, was eliminated in 25^th place. Patterson is now up to 80,000.

“You Gotta Get Lucky”

Brad Booth raised from late position. Mike Matusow called from the button saying, “I’ll give you some action,” and William McMahon called in the big blind. The flop came JJ8. McMahon checked, Booth bet, Matusow raised, and his two rivals called. The turn was the 9 and McMahon and Booth both checked to Matusow who bet. This time McMahon cagily raised and Booth, with only 3,000 chips left, was forced to fold. Matusow called and the pair saw the river: 10. McMahon bet, Matusow raised, the call was made and they showed their hands:

Matusow: KKJ10
McMahon: KJ95

Matusow had re-drawn out on the river after McMahon had spiked a 6-outer on the turn. After the conclusion of the hand there was much discussion about whether the hand had played itself or if there was any other way it could have been played. Matusow put his inimitable stamp on the conversation when he opined, “You don’t think Phil Hellmuth has 11 bracelets because he plays good, do you? You gotta get lucky!” Matusow, whether through luck, skill, or a bit of both, is now up to 390,000.

You Gotta Get Lucky: Part II

The very next hand, William McMahon got most of his chips into the pot against David Chiu by the flop. McMahon bet his last 20,000 on the turn with the board reading KK510 and Chiu, after a great deal of thought, made a frustrated call. Chiu’s frustration grew when he saw McMahon’s holding: A10103. Chiu was drawing to only 3 outs with AA92 but the river was an unhelpful 9. The hand elevated McMahon to 120,000. Hey, you gotta get lucky.

Player Tags: Toto Leonidas,   Tony Ma,   David Benyamine,   Mike Matusow,   Greg Jamison,   David Chiu,   Ram Vaswani,   Chau Giang,   Bruno Fitoussi,   Berry Johnston,   James Van Alstyne,   Dustin Sitar,   Eugene Katchalov,   William McMahon,   Brad Booth,   Stuart Paterson