$10,000 Main Event - On the Bubble
Jul 10, '08
Note: The players are now playing hand-for-hand as we play down to the 666 players who will make the money.
Blinds/Antes: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante
Players Left: 674 of 6,844
Chip Leaders:
Jeremiah Smith: 1,000,000
Sigurd Eskeland: 950,000
Robert Georato: 760,000
Alberto Font: 700,000
Karle Wilson: 690,000
Jeff Kimber: 690,000
Sarkis Akopyan: 680,000
Owen Crowe: 645,000
Geert Jans: 625,000
Edward Roger: 590,000
CP Counts:
Mike Matusow: 465,000
Matt Matros: 448,000
Johnny Chan: 336,000
Phil Hellmuth: 310,000
Gus Hansen: 307,000
Thomas Keller: 205,000
Average Stack: 203,086
Eliminations: Ryan Daut, Minh Nguyen, Nenad Medic
Big Hands:
Ryan Daut Eliminated
Action folded around to the player on the button who raised to 7,500 before the fop. Ryan Daut reraised to 27,000 from the small blind and after a minute in the tank, the player on the button made the call. The flop came Q
10
7
, and Daut led out with a 50,000 bet. The button raised all in and Daut called. Daut was outchipped and facing elimination when he turned over AA for the overpair, his opponent showed 1010
for middle set. The turn was the K, giving Daut four more outs, but the the river was the K, putting an end to Ryan Daut's WSOP run, sending him home early with less than 50 or so players until the money.
Minh Nguyen Gone
Sarkis Akopyan raised to 35,000 from middle position before the flop and Minh Nguyen repopped for over 100,000. His opponent reraised all in and Nguyen called, being covered by Akopyan. Nguyen showed KK, but Akopyan against his opponent's AA. The flop came A96, giving Akopyan top set and leaving Nguyen drawing slim. The J came on the turn and Nguyen was drawing dead. The K came on the river, as if to laugh in Nguyen's face by giving him a losing set, and Nguyen made heartbreaking exit.
Crowds Form For Hellmuth's All In
RIght now if there are crowds swarmed around a table, it means one of two things. It's either Phil Hellmuth's table and he's up to his usual "Poker Brat" ways. Or it's the current chip leader, Jeremiah Smith, as he knocks out yet another opponent and approaches the one million mark in chips.
The most recent crowd formed for Hellmuth. He made it 9,000 to go from under the gun and a player in late position reraised to 24,000. Action folded to Hellmuth, who made it a whopping 84,000 to go. His opponent called and the the flop came Q52. Hellmuth checked and his opponent bet 60,000. Hellmuth check-raised all in and the camera crews and surrounding crowd thickened. Hellmuth began to tell Mike Matusow at a distant table about how he was all in and Matusow came over to try and see the action. After several minutes Hellmuth's opponent wiped his eyes, let out a sigh and mucked his cards. A smiling Hellmuth sat back down and collected the big pot, chipping up to 470,000.
Friedberg Gets Healthy Quick
Jon Friedberg got all in preflop with Christopher Olson and one other player. The third player showed JJ. Olson one-upped that player and showed QQ, but Friedberg led both of his opponents with KK. The board came A8774 and Friedberg took down a huge pot worth nearly 450,000.
Flopped Straight Doubles Meeker
Anthony Meeker raised to 8,500 preflop and the button re-raised 15,500 on top of that. Meeker called and the flop ran 654. Meeker led out with a bet of 17,000 and the button re-raised to 38,000. Meeker just called and then checked the 10 on the turn. The button bet enough to put Meeker all in and was insta-called. Meeker quickly turned over 78 for the flopped nut straight and the button held only KJ and was drawing dead. A meaningless 10 fell on the river and Meeker doubled up to around 330,000.
Player Pays a Toll For Riding The Orient Express
Johnny Chan check-called his opponent's bet of 10,500 with the board showing A72. The K showed up on the turn and Chan again check-called his opponent's bet of 23,000. The river brought the 5 and Chan checked one more time. His opponent fired 58,000 and Chan made the call, showing AQ for top pair. His opponent turned over 88 for the losing hand. Chan was at 336,000 after the hand.
Player Tags: Minh Nguyen, Phil Hellmuth, Jon Friedberg, Johnny Chan, Ryan Daut, Anthony Meeker
