$2,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Level 10 recap
Jun 07, '08
Blinds/Antes: 600-1,200-100
Players Left: 141 of 1,397
Average Stack: 49,500
Chip Leaders:
Eli Elezra - 131,000
Theo Tran - 130,000
Napoleon Ta - 123,000
Pete Rios - 115,000
Phillip Duca - 106,000
Jake Solis - 100,000
Lee Watkinson - 100,000
Tony Phillips - 91,000
Scott Freeman - 89,000
Matthias Kuerschner - 83
Eliminations:
Hasan Habib
Amir Vahedi
T.J. Cloutier
Chad Batista
Jared Hamby
Big Hands:
SCTrojans catches five-outter to stay alive
Scott Freeman reraised preflop but was unable to get the original raise to fold. After a Q
8
2 flop, Freeman's opponent bet out. Freeman then pushed all in, a raise of 25,800. His opponent eventually called with Q
J, well ahead of Freeman's T
8. But the turn was the T, giving Freeman two pair, and the river was the 5. After the hand Freeman had roughly 80,000 chips to put him close to the chip lead.
Vahedi crippled with big slick
Joe Davis raised to 3,600 from early position and then called Amir Vahedi's late-position reraise to 10,600. The flop was 595 and David, acting first, moved all in for over 25,000. Vahedi immediately called time and after about five minutes Davis called the clock. As the tournament director began to count down from 10 (at the zero Vahedi's head would be dead) Vahedi called. Davis flipped over two black sixes, while Vahedi showed A-K. The turn and river were were 8 and 3, and Vahedi was left with just 7,000 chips. Shortly later he was eliminated.
Tran makes 'fun' call to chop pot
With the board showing Q3Q99, a player in the small blind bet 5,200. Theo Tran said out loud, "this will be a fun call," and then tossed his chips into the pot. His opponent told him an ace is good, to which Tran replied that he didn't have an ace. Then his opponent flipped over K8, and Tran showed KJ. As the dealer split up the pot Tran grabbed the 9 and turned it over.
Player Tags: Amir Vahedi, Theo Tran, Joe Davis, Scott Freeman
