Level 6 Update: Brits Make Moves
Sep 24, '10
Note: Play has ended for tonight. Please tune back in at noon local time tomorrow (4 a.m. PST) as we go deeper into this year’s WSOPE main event.
Blinds: 100-200
Players Remaining: 122 out of 200 (unofficial)
Chip Counts:
1 James Mitchell — 178,850
2 John Dolan — 173,700
3 Antonio Esfandiari — 130,000
4 Brian Powell — 111,000
5 Yann Dion — 110,000
6 Eli Elezra — 100,000
7 Carlos Mortensen — 99,000
8 Andrew Pantling — 97,000
9 Phil Ivey — 94,350
10 David Peters — 92,000
Card Player Family Chip Counts:
Barry Shulman — 86,325
Average Chip Count: 52,250
Notable Eliminations:
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman
Noel Furlong
Melanie Weisner
Big Hands:
Pantling Trips Up
A table that has attracted a crowd is one which involves Antonio Esfandiari, John Dolan, Andrew Pantling, JP Kelly, and Jim Collopy. In between playing “Johnny Lodden Thinks”, there is definitely some explosive poker going on. Esfandiari bets 1,500 from under the gun and Roland de Wolfe makes the call from the hijack. Andrew Pantling calls from the small blind and Yevgeniy Timoshenko folds, donating his big blind. The flop comes K
K
6 and it’s checked to de Wolfe who bets 3,500. Pantling calls and Esfandiari folds. The turn is the 9 and Pantling checks. De Wolfe bets 8,500 and Pantling calls. The river is the 4
and both players check. Pantling shows K J and de Wolfe mucks his hand. His stack takes a hit and he now has 28,000. Pantling has 97,000.
De Wolfe also just lost $1,000 to Esfandiari in a “Johnny Lodden Thinks” moment involving John Dolan and this question – How much would you need to be paid to not show up on November Nine? Perhaps tomorrow will be a better day for the Brit.
Quietly Collecting Chips
JP Kelly bets 1,400 from the small blind and Andrew Pantling calls from the big blind. The flop falls J 10 7
and Kelly bets 1,600. Pantling makes the call and the turn is the 5. Kelly bets 4,600 and Pantling mucks. Kelly moves on up to a respectable 67,900 in chips.
Across the room, Kathy Liebert bets 1,500 from the hijack and Andy Black calls from the big blind. The flop is A K 10 and Black bets 2,000. Liebert folds and Black adds her chips to his stack which is now at 38,800. Liebert has 55,000.
Trickett Loses Some
Sam Trickett has been on some run of late and today he reached the top spot of unofficial chip counts, but dropped off slightly towards the end of play. One hand that helped his downfall was against Mike Browne. On a flop of 8 6 4 with a healthy little pot in the middle, Trickett bet 12,000 and Browne moved all in. Trickett made the call and flipped over 7 6 while Browne revealed 6 6. The turn was dealt the A, and the river the J. Browne’s stack doubled to 72,500.
Railbird Challenges Ivey
While Phil Ivey slows down a little in the last level of the night, he should still be safe in the knowledge he is among chip leaders at close of play. One uneasy moment however developed when a man made his way to the front of the rail and shouted, “Yo Phil! Yo Phil!” Getting everyone’s attention, the man then proceeded to point to his own face and exclaim, “You see this face? Remember this face! Remember this face! In 12 months time I’m going to take your stack!” “Okay,” said Phil laughing, and as the man walked abruptly away, wide-eyed, the area abrupted into laughter and conversation. “You better watch out Phil!” said Barry Greenstein smirking.
Player Tags: Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Ivey, Roland de Wolfe, John Dolan, Andrew Pantling, Sam Trickett
Level 21 Update: One More Elimination Before the Day Ends
Sep 27, '10
NOTE: The players are now on a 90-minute dinner break and they will return at 9:30 p.m. local time (1:30 p.m. PST).
Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 346
Chip Counts:
1. Ronald Lee — 1,864,000
2. Dan Fleyshman — 1,667,000
3. James Bord — 1,540,000
4. Roland de Wolfe — 1,138,000
5. Daniel Steinberg – 1,092,000
6. Fabrizio Baldassari — 1,076,000
7. Nicolas Levi — 693,000
8. David Peters — 596,000
9. Brian Powell — 440,000
10. Marc Inizan — 274,000
Average Chip Count: 1,038,000
Notable Cashes:
| 12 |
Arnaud Mattern |
£54,114 |
| 11 |
Andrew Pantling |
£54,114 |
Big Hands:
Arnaud Mattern Eliminated in 12th Place (£54,114)
Arnaud Mattern moved all in under the gun for 124,000 and Brian Powell reraised all in over the top of him to isolate. The gambit worked and the two players flipped over their cards:
Mattern: K 10
Powell: K J
Board: 8 7 5 5 4
Powell grew his stack to 375,000 and Mattern was eliminated in 12th place (£54,114).
Andrew Pantling Eliminated in 11th Place (£54,114)
Nicolas Levi raised to 39,000 and Andrew Pantling reraised to 103,000. Daniel Steinberg reraised all in from the small blind and Levi mucked. Pantling made the call and they flipped over their cards:
Pantling: Q Q
Steinberg: 6 6
Board: K 8 6 K 7
Pantling was eliminated in 11th place and the took home £54,114 in prize money. Steinberg held over 1 million after the hand.
Player Tags: Brian Powell, Arnaud Mattern, Andrew Pantling, Daniel Steinberg
Recent Eliminations include Justin Smith, Andy Bloch, Andrew Pantling, Mas Kagawa, and Howard Lederer. Pantling was the most recent player to hit the rail, and he fell at the hands of newly-signed Full Tilt red pro Peter Jetten. Pantling was all in preflop with pocket tens and he was racing against the A-Q of Jetten. The board delivered aces on the flop and the turn and Pantling was eliminated.