$3000 NL Hold'em - Level 15
Jun 16, '08
Blinds: 3000/6000 with 500 ante
Players Left: 26 of 716
Average Stack: 152,200
Chip Leaders:
Johnny Neckar - 685,000
Alex Zaslavsky - 362,000
Sebastian Segovia - 290,000
Tony Dunst - 270,000
Vincent Peraino - 256,000
Matt Vengrin - 250,000
David Singer - 250,000
John Phan - 238,000
Stewart Newman - 237,000
Matt Stout - 210,000
Eliminations: Kyu Cho, Norman Gautron, Christopher Glover, Alex Melnikow.
Storylines/Big Hands:
There were 30 players remaining when the entrants returned from their dinner break, and it only took 15 minutes of play to narrow the field to 27 and have new seating assignments handed out.
It's Raining Flushes for Peraino
Vincent Peraino has caught lightening in a bottle -- twice -- and suddenly finds himself back in contention. As a shortstack, Peraino was in the small blind when David SInger raised to 15,000 from the button. As a chip leader, Singer easily had Peraino covered. Peraino elected to move all-in for his 45,500 in chips and SInger quickly called, holding A
A
. Peraino was dominated, holding A
8. But the flop gave him hope, coming 1065. The 8 gave Peraino further outs on the turn, but the flush came home when the Q hit on the river.
Chips gained in that hand allowed Peraino to cripple McLean Karr a few hands later. Peraino raised to 12,000 preflop and Karr made the call. The flop came A
95 and both players checked. The turn was the 10 and Peraino bet 8,000. Karr raised to 20,000 and Peraino called. The river came 9 and Peraino checked. Karr bet 38,000 and Peraino then check-raised all-in for 58,000 more. Karr called and showed two pair, A10. But Peraino had also flopped an ace, then backed into the flush with the AJ. Karr was left with just 4000 in chips while Peraino had suddenly amassed 256,000.
Melnikow Pushes, and Loses
The flop came A106 and Alex Melnikow bet 19,000. He was raised to 51,000 by Johnny Neckar, and made the call. The turn brought the J and Neckar bet 80,000. Melnikow opted to come over the top for all of his 185,000 in chips. He didn't get the fold he was looking for however, as Neckar called. Melnikow held 43 for a flush draw, while Neckar held A10 for two pair. The 5 was the river and Melnikow was bounced in 27th place.
Phan Trims the Field
Norman Gautron was in the small blind and had action folded to him when he pushed his 43,000 short-stack to the center of the table. "I might call," warned John Phan from the big blind, before looking at his cards. True to his word, Phan did call and showed 33. Gautron had made his last stand with J7. The board came all spades, AJ6, and the 10 on the turn gave Phan the flush. Needing a spade higher than a deuce to chop the pot, Gautron was eliminated when the 9 fell.
Player Tags: John Phan, David Singer, Alex Melnikow, Norman Gautron, Johnny Neckar, Vincent Peraino
