Level 31, Hour Two Update: Filippi Candio Wins Huge Pot
Jul 17, '10
Blinds: 80,000-160,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 out of 7,319
Average Chip Count: 11,556,316
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Filippo Candio — 27,000,000
2. Jonathan Duhamel — 20,300,000
3. Pascal LeFrancois — 20,200,000
4. John Racener — 19,600,000
5. Matthew Jarvis — 18,450,000
6. Soi Nguyen — 15,200,000
7. Matt Affleck — 12,225,000
8. Jason Senti — 10,300,000
9. Adam Levy — 10,280,000
10. Michiel Sijpkens — 9,700,000
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Michael Mizrachi
Adam Levy
Eliminations:
21. Redmond Lee — $317,161
20. Patrick Eskandar — $317,161
Big Hands:
Redmond Lee Eliminated in 21st Place ($317,161)
Redmond Lee moved all in preflop for 2,445,000. Michiel Sijpkens called from the button with pocket tens. Lee tabled pocket fours and was in bad shape. The board ran out J
7
6A
Q and Lee was gone. Sijpkens was up to 13,500,000 after the hand.
Matt Affleck Still Recovering
Joseph Cheong bet on a flop of AJ10
. Matt Affleck called and David Baker folded. The Q fell on the turn and Cheong bet 1,125,000 this time. Affleck made the call. The 3 fell on the river and action went check-check. Affleck tabled the 1010 for trip tens and Cheong mucked. Affleck was up to 12,250,000 after the hand. Cheong fell to 23,300,000.
Adam Levy Doubles Up
Adam Levy opened to 480,000 from the small blind. Benjamin Statz called from the big blind. The flop came 942 and Levy checked. Statz bet 400,000. Levy check-raised to 1,050,000. Statz reraised to 2,000,000. Levy moved all in for 4,600,000 million and Statz called to put Levy at risk.
Their cards:
Levy: 44
Statz: A5
Statz was in bad shape and the 10 on the turn was no help. The 10 fell on the river and Levy doubled to 10,280,000. Statz was down to 6,400,000.
Brandon Stevens Doubles Up
Michiel Sijpkens opened to 380,000. Brandon Steven called from the big blind and he checked a 753 flop. Sijkens shoved and Steven called all in for 1,700,000. Sijpkens tabled the A7. However, Steven turned over the nuts with the 64. Sijpkens was drawing dead on the turn. He fell to 11,500,000 while Steve doubled to 4,400,000.
John Dolan Doubles Up
Michael Mizrachi opened to 380,000 from under the gun. Sijpkens raised to 960,000. John Dolan moved all in for 2,265,000 from the button. Mizrachi folded. Sijpkens called with the A10. Dolan tabled the QQ and was ahead. The board ran out 96357 and Dolan doubled up to 5,200,000.
Filippi Candio Wins Huge Double Up
Filippi Candio opened and Joseph Cheong raised to 1,125,000. Candio made the call. The flop came 665 and Cheong bet 1,550,000. Candio raised to 4,425,000. Cheong moved all in with his massive stack. Candio called all in for 12,100,000, making the pot about 26,000,000. Candio tabled the 75 for sixes and fives. However, Cheong tabled the AA and was way ahead. The turn brought the 8 and Cheong needed to dodge one card to become the overwhelming chip leader of the tournament with about 37,000,000. However, the 4 pealed off the deck and Candio hit a straight. Cheong, the former chip leader, was down to about 10,000,000 while Candio was up to 27,000,000.
Pascal LeFrancois Over 20 Million
Pascal LeFrancois bet 375,000 and Patrick Eskandar made the call. The flop came Q72 and action went check-check. The 4 fell on the turn. LeFrancois bet 475,000 chips. Eskandar called. LeFrancois bet 980,000 on the 6 river. LeFrancois’ bet was called again and he tabled the 22 for a set. Eskandar mucked and was down to 1,200,000. LeFrancois was over 20,000,000 after the hand.
Player Tags: Benjamin Statz, John Dolan, Redmond Lee, Adam Levy, Matt Affleck, Brandon Steven, Pascal LeFrancois, Joseph Cheong
