Level 29: Bari Over 8 Million; Fohrenbach 6th, Chinni 7th
Jun 05, '11
Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 out of 865
Average Chip Count: 2,595,000
Chip Counts:
1. Allen Bari – 8,050,000
2. Nicholas Blumenthal – 1,800,000
3. Sean LeFort – 1,620,000
4. Thomas Ross – 1,225,000
5. Maria Ho – 700,000
Eliminations:
6th. Ricky Fohrenbach – $142,821
7th. Jesse Chinni – $108,914
Jesse Chinni Eliminated in 7th Place ($108,914)
Ricky Fohrenbach raised to 120,000 from the cutoff, Jesse Chinni shoved for 1,600,000 and Fohrenbach called.
Fohrenbach turned over K
K
for the lead while Chinni showed A
10 for the draw.
The board came J
6 5 J 4, offering no help to Jesse Chinni who was eliminated in 6th place ($108,914). After this elimination, Fohrenbach was up to 2.7 million in chips.
Sean LeFort Doubles Through Nicholas Blumenthal
Sean LeFort open-shoved the short stack for 800,000 from middle position and Nicholas Blumenthal re-shoved behind him without any callers.
LeFort turned over Q Q for the lead while Blumenthal Showed A K for the draw.
The board came 9 7 6 J 3, offering no help to either player as LeFort doubled up to 1.7 million this hand while Blumenthal dropped to under one million.
Ricky Fohrenbach Eliminated in 6th Place ($142,821)
Ricky Fohrenbach opened to 120,000 from the cutoff, Allen Bari raised enough to put him all in and after a minute or so in the tank, Fohrenbach called all in for 1,720,000.
Fohrenbach turned over 10 10 for the lead while Bari showed A J for the draw.
The board came J 9 8 3 2, giving Bari top pair on the flop. Ricky Fohrenbach was eliminated in 6th place ($142,821) this hand while Allen Bari secured a monster chip lead with over 8 million.
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Player Tags: Jesse Chinni, Richard Fohrenbach, Sean Lefort
Level 28: Bari Has Massive Chip Lead, Fohrenbach Doubles
Jun 05, '11
NOTE: Players will take a twenty minute break at the end of Level 28 and return at approximately 1:20am to resume play.
Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 out of 865
Average Chip Count: 1,853,571
Chip Counts:
1. Allen Bari – 5,460,000
2. Nicholas Blumenthal – 1,710,000
3. Ricky Fohrenbach – 1,425,000
4. Jesse Chinni – 1,300,000
5. Thomas Ross – 1,065,000
6. Sean LeFort – 980,000
7. Maria Ho – 970,000
Ricky Fohrenbach Doubles Through Thomas Ross
Ricky Fohrenbach open-shoved the cutoff for 765,000 before the flop and Thomas Ross called from the big blind.
Fohrenbach turned over 9 9 for the lead while Ross showed A Q for the draw.
The board came 9 7 6 6 5, giving Fohrenbach top set on the flop and a full house on the turn. Fohrenbach doubled up to about 1.5 million in chips this hand while Ross dropped down to about the same.
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Player Tags: Thomas Ross, Richard Fohrenbach
Kuether Eliminated 10th; Final Table Now Underway
Jun 04, '11
NOTE: The final ten players consolidated down to one table, and with the elimination of Joseph Kuether in 10th place ($51,713), the official nine-handed final table began at approximately 11:20pm.
Players Remaining: 9 out of 865
Average Chip Count: 1,441,666
Chip Counts:
1. Thomas Ross – 2,650,000
2. Allen Bari – 2,160,000
3. Sean LeFort – 1,600,000
4. Jesse Chinni – 1,200,000
5. Maria Ho – 1,140,000
6. Nicholas Blumenthal – 1,100,000
7. Mikhail Lakhitov – 800,000
8. Ricky Fohrenbach – 790,000
9. Farzad Bonyadi – 700,000
Payouts:
1st. $874,116
2nd. $540,020
3rd. $348,128
4th. $255,028
5th. $189,574
6th. $142,821
7th. $108,914
8th. $84,033
9th. $65,535
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Player Tags: Allen Bari, Thomas Ross, Maria Ho, Jesse Chinni, Richard Fohrenbach, Sean Lefort, Mikhail Lakhitov
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, Richard "RonaldKosh" Fohrenbach bets and Frei Dilling-Kjaer calls. The turn is the 8
Josh "JJProdigy" Field, Richard "RonaldKosh" Fohrenback, and Shaun "ShaunDeeb" Deeb have all busted from the PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final.