Brian Fitzpatrick Poker Tournament Updates

Final Table Update: Brian Fitzpatrick Eliminated In 9th Place, Ronnie Kevin 8th, David Lerman 7th

Jun 13, '09

Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 6 out of 2,506

Chip Counts:

1. Panayote Vilandos – 2,450,000
2. Michael Greco – 2,000,000
3. Andy Seth – 1,700,000
4. Glenn McCaffrey – 1,500,000
5. Dean Hamrick – 1,300,000
6. Alan Jaffray – 1,200,000

Average Chip Count: 1,691,666

Notable Eliminations:

9. Brian Fitzpatrick — $73,886
8. Ronnie Kevin — $79,017
7. David Lerman — $88,937

Big Hands:

Brian Fitzpatrick Eliminated In 9th Place($73,886)

Brian Fitzpatrick moved all in and Panayote Vilandos looked him up.

Vilandos: A10
Fitzpatrick: A8
Board: 1027J3

The flop left Fitzpatrick drawing slim but the turn gave him a gutshot straight draw. The river bricked, however, and he was eliminated in 9th place.

Ronnie Kevin Eliminated In 8th Place($79,017)

Andy Seth raised to 155,000 and Panayote Vilandos repopped to 300,000. Ronnie Kevin then moved in for 550,000 total and only Vilandos made the call.

Vilandos: KK
Kevin: AQ
Board: 107353

Kevin never got any help on the board and he was eliminated in 8th place.

David Lerman Eliminated In 7th Place($88,937)

Glenn McCaffrey raised to 115,000 before the flop and Alan Jaffrey made the call. David Lerman also came along and the flop was 1043. Lerman was first to act and moved all in for 415,000. McCaffrey then reraised to get Jaffrey out of the pot. Jaffrey obliged by folding and the hands were shown.

McCaffrey: K10
Lerman: 94

Lerman was in bad shape and the K on the turn put left him with very few outs. The A on the river sent Lerman home in 7th place.

Player Tags: Panayote Vilandos,   Ronnie Kevin,   Brian Fitzpatrick,   David Lerman,   Andy Seth

Pocket Fives the Hand to Beat

Jun 07, '07

Level 17 just got underway and the blinds are rising to $8,000-$16,000. Level 16 started with 28 players and an average stack of $218,714. Level 17 will begin with only 22 players remaining.

Just 12 minutes into the level two players busted out and there was a redraw to form three tables. 28th place and 27th place were eliminated at the same time and there was a discrepency as to whom finished in which place. The floorman took on the painstaking task of trying to determine which player had more chips at the time of the bust outs. It turns out that there was less than $5,000 difference in the chip stacks and no certain way of telling who had more. The two players took the high road and in an effort to make the process easier decided to simply chop the difference in payouts. The difference between 28th place ($14,350) and 27th place ($16,858) was $2,508.

Paul Snead was the 24th place finisher when his king high flush ran into John Murphy's full house. Murphy took down the large pot and didn't hesitate to play the very next hand. First to act, Murphy limped into the pot for $1,200 and the player in seat nine called and the big blind checked. The flop came KQ4 and all three players checked. The turn was the 6 and again the players checked. The river was the J and again no betting. Murphy showed J-J and his two opponents mucked. Not able to get anyone to bite, Murphy now has over $500,000.

Michael Banducci, who has already cashed in this year's World Series, was able to build his stack to over $500,000 shortly before the beginning of level 17. The player in seat two, Brian Fitzpatrick, bet out $35,000. Banducci raised to $95,000 total and Fitzpatrick shoved all in for $89,000 more. Banducci called and showed the table 55. Fitzpatrick had A-K and the dealer ran the cards. The board came Q529J and Banducci took down the massive pot. Fitzpatrick was the 23rd place finisher, making him a nice $16,858.

Player Tags: John Murphy,   Paul Snead,   Michael Banducci,   Brian Fitzpatrick