Level 9 Hour 1 Update: Carlos Mortensen Doubles
Jul 07, '09
Blinds: 500-100 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 720 out of 1476
Chip Counts:
1. Samer Rahman – 325,000
2. Greg Mueller – 305,000
3. Andy Black – 225,000
4. Mike Sexton – 170,000
5. Chris Ferguson – 155,000
6. Tom Schneider – 141,000
7. Juha Helppi – 140,000
8. Jani Sointula – 135,000
9. Vitaly Lunkin – 132,000
10. Greg Raymer – 118,000
CardPlayer Chip Counts:
Ciaran O’Leary – 31,400
Andrew Brokos – 78,000
Average Chip Count Day 2A: 80,635
Notable Eliminations:
Amarillo Slim
Amanda Baker
Berry Johnston
Big Hands:
Carlos Mortensen Doubles Up
With the J
J
the 2001 main event champion was put all in by an opponent on a board of K
109
Q2. Mortensen made the quick call and exposed his hand. His opponent mucked and Mortensen won the large pot and is back up to 71,000 chips.
Sam Farha Doubles Up
On a board of K869, the 2003 main event runner up got all his chips into the pot with the 75 against the KQ of his opponent. The meaningless Q fell on the river and Farha doubled to 72,000.
Andrew Brokos Wins a Pot
On a flop of KJ10, Andrew Brokos bet 3,400 from the big blind and a player in middle position called. The 4 fell on the turn and Brokos bet 10,000, which was quickly called by his opponent. The 4 hit the river and Brokos threw out 20,000. His opponent looked disgruntled and finally mucked the J10 face up. Brokos is now up to about 78,000.
Amarillo Slim Eliminated
Amarillo Slim was short when he went all in with 9-8 and was unfortunately called by the pocket nines of his opponent. The board offered no help to Slim, as he was eliminated late on day 2.
Eli Elezra Doubles Up
In the small blind Eli Elezra was faced with a 2,600 bet from the cutoff. Elezra elected to ship his stack of 7,000 into the pot preflop and his opponent made the quick call. Elezra tabled the AJ and was dominating the KJ of the cutoff. The board ran out A8735, giving Elezra the pot and a still short stack of 15,100.
Andrew Black Eliminates Opponent
All the chips went into the middle with Andrew Black holding the AK against the QQ of an opponent. The board ran out A10872, as Black paired his ace to win the pot. Black is now at 225,000.
Left in the Deck
Here is one of the toughest tables assembled so far during this year’s main event (Table 29):
Seat 1: Shane Warne
Seat 3: Ludovic Lacay
Seat 6: Luca Pagano
Seat 7: Isaac Baron
Seat 8: Grant Levy
Seat 9: Tom Schneider
Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, Eli Elezra, Sam Farha, Andy Black, Andrew Brokos, Thomas Preston
Level 6 Hour 2 Update: Erik Seidel Doubles, Barry Greenstein Doesn't
Jul 07, '09
Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante
Day 2A Field: 1,476
Chip Counts:
1. Samer Rahman – 235,000
2. Coba Cao – 175,000
3. Andy Black – 160,000
4. Redmond Lee – 160,000
5. Chris Ferguson – 145,000
6. Fabrice Soulier – 143,000
7. Jim Bookstaff – 137,000
8. Nick Maimone – 130,000
9. Tom Schneider – 125,000
10. Craig Hopkins – 121,000
CardPlayer Chip Counts:
Todd Brunson – 38,000
Ciaran O’Leary – 33,400
Mike Matusow – 28,000
Notable Eliminations:
Raymond Davis
Barry Greenstein
Mark Newhouse
Big Hands:
The Ladies Hooked By Seidel
The player under the gun raised preflop and the action was on Erik Seidel. He moved all in for around 12,000 and he was called by the player under the gun.
Seidel: JJ
Opponent: QQ
Seidel was dominated, but the flop changed that rather quickly as it fell K6J. Seidel had the set and the lead. The turn was the 2 and the river was the A and Seidel doubled up to 25,000.
The Real Amarillo Slim Standing Tall
Amarillo Slim Preston was involved in a hand with one opponent and the flop came down KJ10. Both players checked and the turn was the K. Preston raised to almost 10,000 after his opponent had led out for 2,800. The raise was called and the river was 2.
Both players checked and Preston showed 1010 for a flopped set of tens. His opponent mucked and Preston was around 80,000.
Robin Hood Sent Packing
Barry Greenstein moved in for his last 10,000 preflop and Eric Tomberlin made the call. Greenstein showed down JJ, but was dominated by Tomberlin’s KK.
The board ran out 106410Q and Greenstein was shown the door.
Grant Levy Scores The K.O.
Grant Levy called his opponent’s all in bet and turned over AK. His opponent tabled QQ and the race was on. The flop came J74, giving both players a club draw with Levy’s being superior. The turn was the 3 and Levy locked up the hand. The river was the meaningless 3 and Levy was at 70,000.
Tom Schneider Folds To Rockets
The player in seat 5 raised to 1,200 and Tom Schneider made the call from the button. The big blind also came along and they all saw a flop of 1044. The big blind checked and seat 5 bet 2,500. Schneider called and the big blind mucked. The turn was the Q and seat 5 led out with 6,000. Schneider called again just in time for the ESPN cameras to arrive.
The river was the 2 and seat 5 fired 11,000. Schneider thought about it and then mucked his hand. “Come on, show the bluff,” Pamela Brunson said. “The cameras are all here to see it,” Schneider added. Seat 5 obliged to showing his hand, but it was no bluff as he turned over AA. Schneider was at 125,000.
Brad Garrett Takes A Pot
A player raised to 1,300 and Brad Garrett made the call from middle position. The button also called and the small blind did the same. The four players saw a flop of Q73 and the small blind bet 2,400. The original raiser folded and Garrett made it 5,000 to go. The small blind was the only caller and the turn was the 9. The small blind checked to Garrett who fired out 5,000. The small blind mucked and Garrett was at 44,000.
Shaun Deeb In A Gamblin’ Mood
Vitaly Lunkin raised to 1,400 preflop and two players called. The action was then on Shaun Deeb on the button and he raised to 6,200. The big blind then moved all in for 25,000. The action folded around to Deeb and he made the call. He tabled KJ, trailing the big blind’s A10.
The flop then fell J76 and Deeb was out in front. The turn was the Q giving the big blind a straight draw, but the river was the Q and Deeb got the knockout. He was at 75,000.
Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Barry Greenstein, Tom Schneider, Brad Garrett, Shaun Deeb, Grant Levy, Thomas Preston
Kara Scott Eliminated
Slim Just Keeps Chugging Along
Slim Sent Home Early
Ladies Aren’t Lucky for Rousso