Level 16: Money Bubble Nears
Jun 22, '10
Blinds: 3,000-6,000
Players Remaining: 34 out of 268
Average Chip Count: 236,470
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Peter Jetten – 685,000
2. Clement Thumy – 640,000
3. Sandra Naujoks – 375,000
4. Alexander Kuzmin – 335,000
5. Marc Inizan – 332,000
6. Nathan Doudney – 325,000
7. Konstantin Bucherl – 315,000
8. Thomas Marchese – 295,000
9. Nikolai Yakovenko – 270,000
10. Miakel Thuritz – 255,000
Notable Eliminations:
Shawn Keller
Eric Baldwin
Big Hands:
Boeken Rivered By Thuritz, Then Doubles Through Stein
Four players saw a flop of 10
8
7 and Noah Boeken bet 30,000 from the button. Mikael Thuritz raised to 118,000 and was all in. Nam Le and Allen Kessler each got out of the way but Boeken made the call.
Boeken showed 8
8 while Thuritz held 10
8.
The turn was the 3, harmless to Boeken. But the river was the 10, giving Thuritz his miracle full house and the double up to 290,000. Boeken was hammered down to 90,000.
A few hands later, Boeken was down to his last 60,000 and put it in preflop against Sam Stein. Boeken held AQ while Stein held 33.
The board ran out K10685 and Boeken doubled to 128,000.
Shawn Keller Sent Upriver
Picking up the action after a flop of 86, Shawn Keller and Alexander Kuzmin got into it hard, eventually resulting in Keller having all of his chips in the middle.
Keller was sitting pretty with QQ while Kuzmin held AK. The turn was the 7, offering no help to Kuzmin.
But the K on the river gave Kuzmin the pot and sent Keller to the rail. Kuzmin was at 340,000.
Naujoks Doubles Up
Clement Thumy raised to 13,000 from the hijack and Naujoks repotted to 36,000. Thumy put in another raise and Naujoks moved all in. Thumy called with AK.
Naujoks held QQ and the board ran out 874QK and Naujoks doubled up with her set of queens.
She was at 375,000 while Thumy was at 640,000.
Player Tags: Noah Boeken, Shawn Keller, Mikael Thuritz, Sandra Naujoks, Clement Thumy
Level 12: Naujoks Chips Up
Jun 21, '10
Blinds: 1,200-2,400
Players Remaining: 63 out of 268
Average Chip Count: 127,619
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Peter Jetten – 585,000
2. Clement Thurny – 395,000
3. Daniel Smith – 312,000
4. Thomas Marchese – 292,000
5. Blair Rodman – 258,000
6. Nikolai Yakovenko – 236,000
7. John Duthie – 223,000
8. John Dwyer – 208,000
9. Vitaly Lunkin – 190,000
10. Matthew Marafioti – 182,000
Notable Eliminations:
Jonathan Aguiar
Carlos Mortensen
Note: Players are on a 60-minute break and will return at 8:20 p.m.
Big Hands:
Naujoks Continues To Chip Up
Sandra Naujoks put in a raise preflop and she was called by the player in seat 7. The flop came down K65 and both players checked.
The turn was the 7 and seat 7 checked. Naujoks bet 7,000 and seat 7 relased his hand.
Naujoks took the pot and was at 112,000.
Griffin Muscles Out Keller
Ashton Griffin raised to 4,900 from the cutoff and Shawn Keller made the call from the big blind. The flop came down 843 and Griffin bet 7,000 and Keller tanked.
After a few moments to think, he raised to 21,000. Griffin then moved all in for 31,900 more.
Keller thought a few more moments and mucked his hand, dropping his stack to 160,000. Griffin was up to 105,000 after the hand.
Matusow Drops One
Picking up the action after the turn, the board read Q992.
Mike Matusow bet 8,000 and the player in seat 9 made the call. The player in seat 2 was also in the hand but folded to the bet. The river was the K and Matusow thought for a while.
Eventually, he checked and seat 9 checked behind. Matusow just tapped the table lightly and seat 9 showed 77 for the winner.
Matusow dropped the pot and was at 73,000.
Player Tags: Mike Matusow, Shawn Keller, Ashton Griffin, Sandra Naujoks
Level 10: David Baker Doubles Up
Jun 21, '10
Blinds: 800-1,600
Players Remaining: 99 out of 268
Average Chip Count: 81,212
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Thomas Marchese – 330,000
2. Daniel Smith – 258,000
3. Nikolai Yakovenko – 236,300
4. Martin Kabrhel – 227,000
5. Sirous Jamshidi – 220,000
6. Dani Stern – 187,000
7. John Duthie – 180,000
8. Burt Boutin – 179,000
9. Ashton Griffin – 157,000
10. John Dwyer – 145,000
Notable Eliminations:
Shaun Deeb
Annie Duke
Joe Hachem
Phil Ivey
Big Hands:
David Baker Doubles Through Shawn Keller
David Baker moved all in preflop for 13,200. Shawn Keller made the call and turned over 22. Baker tabled A6 and the race was on.
The flop came down AK9, giving Baker the lead. The turn was the A, giving Baker trips and the Q on the river secured the double up for Baker.
He was up to 27,000.
Nam Le Takes A Pot
Nam Le raised to 4,500 from early position and action folded around to Mikael Thuritz in the big blind. After a few moments of thought, Thuritz made the call and the flop came down 953.
Thuritz checked and Le counted out some chips. He then bet 7,000 and Thuritz quickly released his hand.
Le took the pot and was at 20,000.
Lunkin Muscles Out Marchese
Picking up the action on the turn, Vitaly Lunkin was involved in a hand with Thomas Marchese.
Lunkin checked to Marchese with the board showing Q742. Marchese fired 18,800 and before the chips hit the middle, Lunkin announced he was all in.
Marchese looked disgusted and mucked his hand, surrendering the pot to Lunkin. Lunkin was at 61,000 while Marchese still held his chip lead at 330,000.
Player Tags: Nam Le, Shawn Keller, Mikael Thuritz, Vitaly Lunkin, David Baker, Tom Marchese
7
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and Hachem bet 25,000. Middle position made the all-in call but he mucked and left the tournament field when Hachem revealed 7
. Keller checked and the button bet 1,000. Keller mucked and he found out that was a good decision when his opponent revealed the 5
Shawn Keller Eliminated in 4th Place ($74,171)
On a board of K
Newhouse rakes a pot
Ryan Young busts Tom Schneider
Shawn Keller raises to 2,200 middle position preflop, button calls. The flop comes 7