Level 14 Update: Players Near the Money Bubble
Apr 27, '10
Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 160 out of 848
Average Chip Count: 159,000
Chip Counts:
1. Chris Moneymaker — 390,000
2. Nicolas Levi — 370,000
3. Ekaterina Kolobekova — 360,000
4. Domenico Iannone — 350,000
5. Paul Berende — 340,000
6. Simon Munz — 340,000
7. Ramzi Jelassi — 330,000
8. Moritz Kranich — 280,000
9. Oleksandr Vaserfirer — 276,000
10. Melanie Weisner — 270,000
Notable Eliminations:
Johannes Steindl
Nabil Matta
Marcel Luske
Joe Cada
Joao Barbosa
Ludovic Lacay
Big Hands:
Ross Boatman Doubles Up
The cutoff raised to 7,800 and Ross Boatman reraised to 22,000 from the small blind.
The cutoff then moved all in and Boatman called for his tournament life with pocket jacks. His opponent revealed A
10, but failed to connect on a board reading 8
43
8K
.
Boatman is now up to a healthy 185,000 in chips.
Anton Wigg Doubles Through Toby Lewis
EPT Copenhagen winner Anton Wigg reraised Toby Lewis and his opening raise to 12,100 before Lewis responded with an all in move.
Wigg called with pocket jacks and saw that he was in good shape against Lewis and his Q10. The board fell J874K and Wigg doubled up to 170,000. Lewis was left with 200,000 after the hand.
Marcel Luske Eliminated
Andre Santos raised to 7,500 and was called by both Macel Luske and the big blind. The flop came down 1052 and the big blind checked.
Santos bet 12,000 and Luske called. The turn was the 3 and Luske moved all in. Santos called with pocket nines and Luske could only reveal KQ for two overs.
The river was the J and Luske was eliminated from the tournament.
Pierre Neuville Doubles Up
James Mitchell raised to 6,600 and Pierre Neuville called. The flop came 864 and both players checked. The turn was the Q and Neuville bet 11,000.
Mitchell raised to 23,500 and Neuville called. The river was the 7 and Neuville moved all in for 36,300. Mitchell called, but mucked when Neuville revealed 95 for a rivered straight. Neuville now has just over 100,000 in chips.
Matt Kay Makes Quads to Bust Joao Barbosa
Matt Kay raised and Joao Barbosa moved all in for about 60,000. Kay called with pocket nines and was racing against Barbosa’s AQ.
The board fell K98Q9 and Kay’s quads sent Barbosa to the rail. Kay is now up to 135,000.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko Doubles Up
Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 72,000 and the small blind reraised to 18,500. Timoshenko then shoved for 54,200 and was called by AQ.
Timoshenko showed pocket queens and they held to double him up to 120,000.
Player Tags: Ross Boatman, Marcel Luske, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Matt Kay, Pierre Neuville, James Mitchell, Anton Wigg, Toby Lewis
The Matt Kay K-O
Apr 28, '10
Nicolas Dervaux moved all in for 54,000 and Matt Kay isolated all in behind him.
Everyone folded and Kay turned up pocket sevens, well ahead of Dervaux’s pocket threes. The board fell A6397 and both players hit their set. Kay’s was better and Dervaux was eliminated.
Player Tags: Matt Kay, Nicolas Dervaux
Matt Kay got all in preflop against Peter Roche. Kay was a severely short-stacked, and he turned over pocket queens. Roche held A
Matt "ch0ppy" Kay raises to 400 preflop and Frei Dilling-Kjaer calls on the button. The flop comes 7