Mixed Hold 'Em - Day 2 - Levels 29 and 30
Jun 03, '08
Blinds/Antes: 3000/6000 limit, 2000/4000/500 no-limit
Players Remaining: 19 of 332
Average Stack: 174,000
Chip Counts:
David Rheem - 500,000
Ron Haeri - 270,000
Justin Bonomo - 270,000
Pat Pezzin - 250,000
Johnny Neckar - 240,000
Andy Bloch - 240,000
Isaac Haxton - 220,000
Erick Lindgren - 195,000
Howard Lederer - 180,000
Roland de Wolfe - 152,000
Recent Eliminations:
Ariel Schneller
Michael McKenna
Pete de Best
Big Hands:
Ariel Schneller Busts to the New Chip Leader
After maintaining the chip lead at the end of day 1 and most of day 2, Ariel Schneller was hit with a devastating blow immediately before the dinner break, leaving him with less than 30,000 in chips. Shortly after play resumed from the dinner break, Schneller got himself all in during the limit round on a flop of A
5
3. His opponent and the current chip leader, David Rheem, called quickly with the A9 for top pair and the nut flush draw. Schneller was way behind with the K
T
and would need running non-heart cards to overtake Rheem’s hand. When this failed to occur, Schneller was sent to the rail.
Another Former Chip Leader Eliminated
Never having settled his previous dispute with a split pot, Michael McKenna was ultimately eliminated by Anh van Nguyen.
The major cause of McKenna’s downfall was a previous hand with David Williams. On a board of 8664 during the limit round, Williams got all of his chips into the middle with the help of raises from McKenna. When the cards were flipped, McKenna held the KK and Williams had spiked a set with the 44. The meaningless A on the river meant that Williams had successfully doubled up and currently sits with about 140,000 in chips.
Within the next three hands, McKenna got his remaining 12,000 chips all in with K7 against van Nguyen with AQ. The Q87 flop put van Nguyen in the lead, which he maintained throughout the rest of the community cards. McKenna earned $12,483 for his 22nd place finish.
Dewitt vs. De Best
Jason Dewitt eliminated Pete de Best in 20th place after getting it all in preflop with a dominated hand. Initially, Dewitt raised from under-the-gun to 8,500 and de Best moved all in for a total of 34,500. Dewitt made a comment about being committed to call, and flipped over QT. Pete was in the lead with AQ, but the AKJ flop gave Dewitt the nut straight and de Best failed to catch up. Pete de Best earned $12,483 for his 20th place finish.
Olson on a Roll
Jason Dewitt continued to accumulate chips, this time by way of Isaac Haxton. On a board of A922, Dewitt fired 20,000 into the pot. After deliberating, Haxton put Dewitt all in. Dewitt made a comment about not being able to get away from his hand and called with AK. Haxton turned over J8 for a stone bluff and was drawing dead.
Player Tags: Erick Lindgren, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Chino Rheem, Ron Haeri, Isaac Haxton, Joseph Bonomo, Johnny Neckar, European Report
