Level 26 Hour 2 Update: Sebok Eliminated
Jul 14, '09
Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 54 out of 6,494
Chip Counts:
1. Billy Kopp – 14,340,000
2. Darvin Moon – 10,350,000
3. Tommy Vedes – 9,000,000
4. Phil Ivey – 7,400,000
5. Ludovic Lacay – 7,150,000
6. Ben Lamb – 6,350,000
7. Antoine Saout – 6,200,000
8. Steve Begleiter – 6,100,000
9. Joseph Cada – 5,900,000
10. Jeff Shulman – 4,600,000
Average Chip Count: 3,607,777
Card Player Chip Count:
Jeff Shulman – 4,300,000
Notable Eliminations:
57. Joe Sebok — $108,047
Twitter Updates:
Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed)
Fabrice Soulier at 1,350,000 (twitter feed)
Dennis Phillips at 1,600,000 (twitter feed)
Billy Kopp at 14,340,000 (twitter feed)
Phil Ivey at 7,400,000 (twitter feed)
Tom Schneider at 1,960,000 (twitter feed)
Nick Maimone at 4,300,000 (twitter feed)
Ludovic Lacay at 7,150,000 (twitter feed)
Francois Balmigere at 3,900,000 (twitter feed)
Jesse Haabak at 1,805,000 (twitter feed)
Big Hands
Joe Sebok Eliminated
Action folded around to Joe Sebok on the button and he moved all in for about 500,00. Ben Lamb was in the big blind and made the call. Here were their hands.
Sebok: A
9
Lamb: A
Q
Sebok was dominated and needed a lot of help. The flop came down J43 and Sebok was down to his last two streets. The turn was the 6 and Sebok could only double up with a nine. The river brought the Q
instead, pairing Lamb and Sebok was eliminated from the main event.
Billy Kopp Knocks Out John Martin
Billy Kopp raised to 125,000 from under the gun and John Martin made the call from the hijack after Luis Nargentino called from the hijack. The flop came down A96 and Martin bet 250,000. Kopp made the call and Nargentino mucked. The turn was the K and Martin bet 500,000. Kopp sprung his trap and raised to over 2 million. Martin then shoved for the rest of his stack and Kopp made the call.
Kopp tabled 66 for a flopped set while Martin tabled 87 for an open-ended straight draw along with a diamond draw. The river was the J and Martin missed everything. He was eliminated and Kopp was over 11 million after the hand.
Ivey Doesn’t Believe In Bach
Phil Ivey raised to 135,000 preflop and Christopher Bach made the call from the big blind. The flop came down 933 and both players checked. The turn was the 9 and Bach led out with 150,000. The river was the 7 and Bach led out one more time, this time for 360,000.
Ivey made the call and Bach tabled Q10 for a whole lot of nothing. Ivey then showed AQ and his ace kicker played. He took the pot and was over 7 million.
Schneider Doubles Through Hieu Luu
Hieu Luu raised from the cutoff position and Tom Schneider called from the big blind. The flop came A62 and Schnedier checked and called Luu’s 225,000 bet. On the 8 turn, Schneider led out for 400,000 and was raised all in by Luu.
Schneider called and we got the rest of the analysis from Schneider’s wife who yelled “What do you have baby?”
Schneider replied that he had two pair and that he was up against a flush draw. “What do we need?” yelled Mrs. Schneider. To that question, Schneider replied that she should root for the king of spades. Ironically enough, that was what fell on the river and Schneider doubles up to 3,800,000 and Luu drops to 2,400,000.
Maimone’s Two Pair Is No Good
Joseph Cada raised to 175,000 preflop and was called by Dennis Phillips and Nick Maimone called. The flop fell 37Q and Cada bet 250,000, which was only called by Maimone. The turn was the J and Cada bet 450,000, which was again called by Maimone.
The river was the 10 and Cada bet 900,000. Maimone called and Cada showed QQ, good for top set. Maimone made a comment about how sick the hand was as he flashed QJ, good for top two pair, and drawing dead the whole way.
Aces Hold For Smith, Doubles Through Bilzerian
On a flop of 348, Jordan Smith moved all in and was called by Adam Bilzerian. Bilzerian showed 66 and was behind Smith’s AA.
The turn was the K and the river was the 2, alowing Smith to double up to 2,500,000 and Bilzerian dropped to 1,850,000 in chips.
Lichtenberger Drops One to Shulman
Andrew Lichtenberger raised from the button and was called by Eric Buchman and Jeff Shulman from the blinds. The flop was A102 and after Buchman checked, Shulman bet 200,000 into the preflop raiser. Lichtenberger called and Buchman folded. The turn was the 8 and Shulman fired 250,000, which was called.
The river was the J and both players checked. Shulman turned over QT, good for third pair and Lichtenberger mucked his hand.
Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Tom Schneider, Phil Ivey, Hieu Luu, Joe Sebok, Andrew Lichtenberger
