Level 12 Update: Mike Matusow, Phil Ivey, and Barry Greenstein Eliminated
Oct 23, '09
Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante
Players Left: 68 of 275
Average Chip Count: 242,647
Chip Counts:
1. Jason Somerville — 775,000
2. Jonas Entin — 725,000
3. Jason Lavallee — 575,000
4. Richard Sciuto — 457,000
5. Dutch Boyd — 450,000
6. Gary Gibbs — 400,000
7: Matt Glantz — 380,000
7. Dan Shak — 380,000
9. Lee Markholt — 360,000
10. Scott Clements — 340,000
Notable Eliminations:
Mike Matusow
Russell Rosenblum
Joseph Elpayaa
Eugene Katchalov
Barry Greenstein
Phil Ivey
Big Hands:
Mike Matusow Eliminated
Mike Matusow (pictured right) opened the action with a raise preflop from early position. Jonas Entin called from the big blind and the flop fell K
7
7
. Entin checked and Matusow bet 15,000. Entin check-raised to 36,000 and Matusow moved all in. Entin made the call and the two players flipped over their cards:
Entin: 8
7
Matusow: AK
Turn and River: J9
Entin won the hand to grow his stack to 450,000 and Matusow was eliminated on the hand.
Russell Rosenblum Eliminated by the Quads of Jonas Entin
James Mackey raised to 8,000 and Jonas Entin made the call preflop. Russell Rosenblum reraised to 33,000 and Mackey mucked. Entin made the call and the flop was dealt A82. Both players checked and the turn fell 8. Rosenblum checked again and Entin bet 40,000. Rosenblum raised all in and Entin made the call. Their cards:
Entin: KK
Rosenblum: 88
Rosenblum won the hand with quad eights to grow his stack to 580,000 and Rosenlbum was eliminated.
Barry Greenstein Eliminated
Barry Greenstein (pictured left) moved all in preflop on a short stack and James Mackey called him down. Their cards:
Mackey: 55
Greenstein: KJ
Board: 53364
Greenstein was eliminated on the hand and Mackey moved up to 280,000.
Kathy Liebert Doubles up and Cripples Phil Ivey
Kathy Liebert moved all in from the cutoff for 42,700 and Phil Ivey made the call from the button. Thier cards:
Ivey: AJ
Liebert: A9
Board: KQ967
Ivey was crippled on the hand, holding only 3,000. He moved that all in two hands later and an opponent knocked him out of the tournament with a pair of deuces.
Player Tags: Kathy Liebert, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Phil Ivey, James Mackey, Jonas Entin
Level 18 Update: In The Money Eliminations
Oct 24, '09
Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Left: 18 of 275
Average Chip Count: 916,000
Chip Counts:
1. Jason Lavallee — 3,050,000
2. Matthew Glantz — 1,400,000
3. Tommy Vedes — 1,250,000
4. Kido Pham — 1,200,000
5. Jason Burt — 1,150,000
6. Shawn Cunix — 1,100,000
7. Freddy Deeb — 1,035,000
8. Terry Ryan — 760,000
9. Larry Berg — 635,000
10. Richard Sciuto — 583,000
Notable Eliminations:
27. Markus Gonsalves — $23,885
26. Prahlad Friedman — $23,885
25. Chris Ferguson — $23,885
24. Mark Seif — $23,885
23. Chad Batista — $23,885
22. Lee Markholt — $23,885
21. Corwin Cole — $23,885
20. Jonas Entin — $23,855
19. Terry Ryan — $23,855
Big Hands:
Markus Gonsalves Eliminated in 27th Place ($23,885)
Markus Gonsalves got the rest of his short stack all in for 167,000 and Mark Seif made the call. Larry Berg then moved all in for 147,000 and Seif called that as well.Berg showed pocket queens, Gonsalves showed pocket kings and Seif was behind with A9.
The board ran out 1032QA and Berg’s set of queens gave him the near triple up and send Gonsalves to the rail. Berg now has 635,000 and Seif takes a hit down to 660,000.
Prahlad Friedman Eliminated in 26th Place ($23,885)
Prahlad Friedman (pictured right) raised in middle position and Jason Lavallee called on the button. The flop came down 1077 and Lavallee bet 59,000.
Freidman moved all in for 340,000 and Lavallee called with pocket jacks. Friedman showed AK and needed help, but it didn’t come when the Q and 4 completed the board.
Friedman is now eliminated and Lavallee is over the 2 million mark.
Chris Ferguson Eliminated in 25th Place ($23,885)
Chris Ferguson raised to 40,000 and Jonas Entin reraised to 178,000 from the small blind. Ferguson moved all in for 300,000 and Etin called.
Ferguson showed AQ and was in major trouble to Entin’s AA. The board offered no miracles and Ferguson was eliminated, boosting Entin’s stack back to 1 million.
Mark Seif Eliminated in 24th Place ($23,885)
Mark Seif has been eliminated from the tournament by Larry Berg. Seif held top pair, but ran into the set of sixes from Berg, who chips up to 1.4 million.
Chad Batista Eliminated in 23rd Place ($23,885)
Chad Batista was all in with a superior A-K against Corwin Cole’s A-J. Batista looked fine until the board produced a jack and sent him to the rail.
Lee Markholt Eliminated in 22nd Place ($23,855)
The perpetually short stack Lee Markholt was eliminated during the chaos of the level and details are unknown.
Corwin Cole Eliminated in 21st Place ($23,855)
Freddy Deeb raised and Jason Lavallee called on the button. Corwin Cole then reraised to 188,000 from the small blind. Deeb folded and Lavallee moved all in.
Cole instantly called with pocket aces and is in great shape against Lavallee’s pocket jacks. Unfortunately, the flop brings a jack and Cole’s tournament comes to an end. Lavallee now has over 3 million, more than double his closest opponent.
Jonas Entin Eliminated in 20th Place ($23,885)
Jonas Entin raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Kido Pham made the call. The flop came down KQ7 and Entin bet 100,000.
Pham then moved all in and Entin called for his last 200,000. Pham showed pocket sevens for the set and Entin was in major trouble with AQ.
The turn and river came 43 and Entin was eliminated. Pham now has 1,500,000 in chips.
Terry Ryan Eliminated in 19th Place ($23,855)
Terry Ryan was just eliminated by Jason Lavallee when he moved all in on the river and was snap called by a spade flush.
Player Tags: Mark Seif, Chris Ferguson, Prahlad Friedman, Freddy Deeb, Chad Batista, Jason Lavallee, Markus Gonsalves, Jonas Entin, Corwin Cole
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