Brett Jungblut Poker Tournament Updates

$1,500 PLO - Level Three

Jun 24, '08

Blinds/Antes: 75/150

Players Remaining: 512 of 720

Average Stack:  650,000

Chip Counts:
Gavin Smith - 14,500
Brett Jungblut - 9,500
Jean-Robert Bellande - 9,300
Chip Jett - 9,300
Can Kim Hua - 9,000
Alan Smurfit - 8,900
Thomas Wahlroos - 7,900
"Minneapolis" Jim Meehan - 7,700
Dutch Boyd - 5,400
Jeff Madsen - 5,300

Recent Eliminations:
Nikolay Evdakov
Allen Cunningham

Big Hands:

Jeff Madsen’s Stack Slips

Former WSOP player of the year Jeff Madsen limped from middle position.  The action folded to the small and big blinds,
who respectively completed and checked.  The flop came 983, and the blinds checked to Madsen.  Madsen made a bet of 325, which was called by the small blind.  The big blind folded, and the 5 was dealt on the turn.  The small blind checked, and Madsen checked behind.  The small blind again checked the K on the river, and Madsen deliberated before announcing that he held two pair.  His opponent turned over 10332 for a set of threes, and Madsen mucked his cards.

Allen Cunningham Eliminated

Proving to be a rough level for former WSOP players of the year, Allen Cunningham was eliminated by another opponent at his table.  On a board of AJ632, Cunningham’s opponent took the last of Cunningham’s chips with 9554, a flush for high and a wheel for the nut low.  Cunningham exited the tournament area.

Gavin Smith Loses One, Still Doing Well

Though still far above the tournament average, Full Tilt pro Gavin Smith took a mild hit after joining his new table.  “I’ve already folded more hands here than at my last table,” Smith joked as he folded for the second time at the table.  In one hand, Smith raised to 525 from the cut-off, and his opponent in the big blind made the call.  The flop came AJ7, and the big blind checked to Smith.  Smith bet out 1,100, and the big blind called.  The 6 was dealt on the turn and both players checked.  The K fell on the river and the big blind led out for a bet of 1,800.  Smith deliberately before releasing his hand, happy to see his opponent show him K43 for a king-high flush and a four-trey low.

Player Tags: Brett Jungblut,   Allen Cunningham,   Gavin Smith,   Jean-Robert Bellande,   Dutch Boyd,   Jeff Madsen,   Nikolay Evdakov,   European Report

$1,500 Razz - Day 2 - Level 9 Recap

Jun 14, '08

Limits: 600-1,200, 100 ante, 200 bring in

Players Left:  94 of 456

Chip Leaders:
Barry Greenstein - 42,000
David Levi - 42,000
Jonathan Schwartz - 41,000
Michael Wattel - 28,000
Shahram "Shawn" Sheikhan - 28,000
Mark Gerencher - 27,300
Frank Kassela - 26,200
Allie Prescott - 24,000
John Turner - 22,800
Christopher Viox - 22,000

Average Stack: 14,550

Eliminations:
Brett “gank” Jungblut
Cyndy Violette
Kevin “bel0wab0ve” Saul

Big Hands and Storylines:

Color Me Confused

The tournament information screens in the Brasilia Room for the razz event started off level 9 as a retina-scorching and brain-addling shade of purple that left a number of players shaking their heads in confusion. After one player approached the floor and told him it was difficult to read, the color of the screen was switched to a simple and elegant black. Black. Always in style.

It’s That Easy

Barry Greenstein completed with a seven up and the action folded all the way around the table, giving Greenstein the pot. He showed the table A-2 and asked, “Doesn’t everybody get these?” It’s easy for Greenstein to be in good spirits as he is currently among the chip leaders with 42,000.

Jungblut Eliminated

Brett Jungblut got all-in on 3^rd street in a capped 4-way pot with Michael Kushner, Ellen Mead, and Trung Ly. Unsurprisingly, with a board of 6A43, Ly led the betting on every street. Mead folded on 6^th street after being dealt a king. After the final round of betting, the players showed their downcards. Ly’s 6-5-2 made him a wheel, rendering his opponents’ hands irrelevant, and eliminating Brett Jungblut.

Violette Takes Big Hit, Eliminated Shortly After

On 6^th street, with a board reading AT82, Nikolay Evdakov bet 1,200 into Cyndy Violette. Violette, with only 2,000 left and a board of 61094, decided to fold and pick a better spot. Unfortunately, no better spot would arrive and she was eliminated a few hands later.

Player Tags: Frank Kassela,   Brett Jungblut,   Barry Greenstein,   David Levi,   Michael Wattel,   Shawn Sheikhan,   John Turner,   Cyndy Violette,   Trung Ly,   Allie Prescott,   Kevin Saul,   Chris Viox,   Mark Gerencher

No Limit Hold'Em - Level 7

May 31, '08

Blinds: 300-600 ante 75

Players Remaining: 310

Average Stack: 19,800

Chip Leaders:

Ryan D'Angelo - 90,000
Gavin Griffin - 65,000
Jeremiah Smith - 63,000
Henry Tran - 60,000
Cesar Flores - 54,000
Shane Schleger - 45,500
Paul Lee - 42,000
Chris Vaughn - 42,000
Mark Ketteringham - 40,000
Mark Hanna - 36,000

Eliminations:

Greg Raymer
Johnny Chan
Brett Jungblut

Big Hands:

D’Angelo Takes The Lead

Ryan D’Angelo won a massive pot to give himself the largest stack in the tournament.  He raised pre-flop from middle position and got a call from the player directly on his left and John Cernuto in the big blind.  On a flop of J94, Cernuto checked, D’Angelo put out a pot-sized bet and the player to his left – who had quite a stack himself -- set him all-in immediately. D’Angelo leaned back in his chair and moaned, “We’re gonna need a count. This is sick. This is sick.” After a few more reminders of how sick the situation was, he made the call and the players revealed their cards:

D’Angelo: AJ
Opponent: QJ

The turn came T giving his opponent and open-ended straight-draw in addition to his flush draw, but the river was the A, sending a mountain of chips D’Angelo’s way, bringing him to a total of nearly 90,000.

Roveto knocks out Alvarado

After committing most of his chips preflop, J.C Alvarado moved all in on the flop with A-5 and was called by John Roveto, who held A-Q. Alvarado flopped a gutshot straight draw, but did not catch a card on the turn or river and was eliminated.

Gazes takes a hit

After a short stack moved all in preflop, Bill Gazes reluctantly made the call with QT. His opponent flipped over AK and flopped a king to end the suspense. After the hand Gazes was left with under 20,000 chips.

Together at Last

Gavin Griffin was moved to Shane Schleger's table, putting two of the chip leaders on a collision course with one another. Matt "Allinat420" Stout immediately noticed the move and came over to the table, willing to bet that the two of them would be bust within two hours.

Player Tags: John Cernuto,   Brett Jungblut,   Johnny Chan,   Paul Lee,   Gavin Griffin,   Greg Raymer,   Mark Hanna,   Shane Schleger,   Henry Tran,   Jeremiah Smith,   Ryan D'Angelo,   Cesar Flores

Players on Dinner Break

Jul 09, '07

Official Numbers
The tournament details have just been announced.  6,358 players entered this year's main event, creating a $59,784,954 prize pool.  This tournament will pay 621 places, with 621st place taking home $20,320 and 1st place place pocketing $8,250,000.  The full prize pool will be updated shortly.

Jon "PearlJammer" Turner Doubles Up
On a board of A 9 6 2, Jon Turner gets his last $13,875 in the pot against the player in seat No. 5.  Turner shows 6 6 and his opponent shows A 5 and is drawing dead.  The meaningless river is the 7 and Turner doubles up to $40,500. 

Karen Thomas is Back
Karen Thomas, known this series for coming from behind and showing her behind, tripled up during the last level.  All in against pocket Kings and pocket Queens, Thomas hit trip Aces with A-5, more than tripling her up.  The small blind in the hand would've hit nines full, but he folded to all the preflop action.  Thomas neglected to flash anybody after winning the pot, but she did show off her trademarked mini-celebration as she gathered the pot.  Thomas has spent most of the series entertaining the crowd with her all-in celebrations, much to the enjoyment of her tablemates and tournament directors. 

Hellmuth Gone
Phil Hellmuth was eliminated during the last level.  It is still unknown whether he will drive home or not.  Either way, we're sure he could use the recovery time. 

Pizzolatto is Outto
Nath Pizzolatto pushed all in on a flop of K 10 5 with 10 8.  His opponent made the call with A K and Pizzolatto needed some help to stay in the tournament.  The board finished out with Q Q eliminating Pizzolatto early on in the hour.  

Dario Minieri Tilting Chips Away
Despite once being over the $105,000 chip mark, Dario Minieri has been rapidly losing most of his stack.  After getting an opponent all in with Aces vs. Kings, his opponent spiked a King to double through and rattle Minieri.  Minieri proceeded to raise 6 of the next 11 hands and lose most of them, bleeding off most of his still healthy stack.  We would also like to point out Minieri's Harry Potter scarf. 

Lucko, Not Sucko
Kevin "Lucko21" O'Brien (+1) has been slowly amassing a big stack in the far corner of the Amazon room.  He is sitting with online pro Johnathan Westra, but has still managed to crack the $80,000 chip mark. 

Negreanu's Baby Flush
The player in seat 3 raised to $1,200 and Daniel Negreanu defended from the big blind.  The flop came A Q 4, Negreanu checked, Seat 3 bet $1,800, Negreanu raised to $6,800, and Seat 3 folded.  Negreanu flashed his two baby clubs as he mucked, and jokingly asked, "Flush good there?"  Pokerstars player Negreanu enters the dinner break with about $27,000 in chips.

This Space For Rent

The new policy on logos has allowed for many players to deck themselves out like racecar drivers; Phil Hellmuth was the most notable of today, taking that idea literally.  Brett Jungblut has a creative joke in line with these philosophies.  Jungblut has a shirt that reads, This Space For Rent.  It might be funnier if he included his contact information on the back of the shirt for potential ad suitors.

The players are currently on dinner break until 8:30

Notable Chip Counts

Paul Magriel	69,000
Dee Luong	58,000
John Phan	48,000
Nick Binger	45,000
Freddy Deeb	44,000
Layne Flack	43,000
Jon Turner	40,000
Chris Tsiprailidis	39,800
Young Phan	38,000
John Racener	38,000
Michael Binger	37,000
Bill Edler	37,000
Dario Minieri	35,000
Carlos Mortensen	35,000
Maria Ho	34,500
Isaac Haxton	33,000
Chris Grigorian	33,000
Thor Hansen	32,000
Chip Reese	32,000
Dutch Boyd	31,500
Vinnie Vinh	30,000
Daniel Negreanu	29,800
Prahlad Friedman	29,000
David Benyamine	28,000
Jean Gaspard	25,500
Brett Jungblut	24,000
Leif Force	23,000
Eric Mizrachi	22,000
Ed Moncada	22,000
Jamie Gold	21,600
Steve Zolotow	20,000
Gus Hansen	20,000
Doug "Rico" Carli	20,000
Chip Jett	20,000
Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi	19,000
Gavin Smith	19,000
Ted Forrest	18,000
Mimi Tran	18,000
Surinder Sunar	14,000
Ron "Grumpy" Ware	12,700
David Plastik	9,500
Erik Friberg	9,000
David Chiu	8,300
Bryan Micon	8,200
Shawn "Sheiky" Sheikhan	8,000
Erica Schoenberg	8,000
Erick Lindgren	7,600
Antonio Esfandiari	6,800
Nam Le	5,000
Cyndy Violette	3,200

Player Tags: Brett Jungblut,   Daniel Negreanu,   Phil Hellmuth,   Karen Thomas,   Jon Turner,   Dario Minieri,   Nath Pizzolatto

Back From Dinner; Madsen Filled

Jun 25, '07

Thomas Wahlroos was eliminated shortly after the dinner break ended.  he found himself all-in with A-K-J-8 versus K-K-4-3 and A-J-5-2.  The board came out 8-6-6-3-10, and his two opponents split up his remaining chips.

Jeff Madsen lost a signicant chunk his chip stack in the following pot.  K J 3 A 3 was on the board and Madsen was facing a $5,000 dollar bet having already committed that much to the pot.  Madsen ultimately made the call, his opponent showed A-A, and Madsen mucked showing K J 9. Scott Clements and Pat Poels, both two-time bracelet winners (both with a victory in an Omaha Eight-or-better event as well) have both been eliminated from tonight's tournament.

 However another former Omaha Eight-Or-Better bracelet winner has seen his stock rise with a large scooped pot.  Brett Jungblut rivered trip fours to compliment his nut low for the scoop, to elevate his stack among the chip leaders.

Play will continue until 3am PST
Notable Chip Counts

Joe Hachem	19,000
Tony G	13,700
Marcel Luske	12,000
Mike Sexton	11,500
David "Devilfish" Ulliott	8,500

Player Tags: Brett Jungblut,   Patrick Poels,   Scott Clements,   Thomas Wahlroos,   Jeff Madsen

Double Duty

Jun 22, '07

A few players have fallen in the first hour of play today.  The field is currently down to 135 players on 15 tables.

Hasan Habib has been mixing it up with the player in Seat 1 at his table.  Habib folded to him on the river, surrendering sizable pot.  On the very next hand Habib calls him down to the river this time with a board of A J 3 3 5. Seat 1 shows A A for the full house, but Habib shows 8-4 for a rivered low, and they chop the pot.

Brett Jungblut found himself all in against Barry Greenstein with a wheel, however Barry caught halfway up on the river, making a flush to take half of the pot away from Jungblut.  Greenstein is pulling double duty today, playing in both this event and the pot limit holdem event that began at 12:00pm today.

Chris Ferguson was pulling double duty as well, but had one of those jobs taken away.  Busting out of this event, he simply moved a few tables over from 46 to 31, and sat back down in the holdem event.

The European contingent has been severely diminished since yesterday but David Benyamine, Thor Hansen, John Shipley ($4,120 in chips) and Patrik Antonius remain.

Notable Chip Counts

Prince of Docness	40,100
David Benyamine	34,000
Patrick Antonius	33,900
Mel Judah	30,400
Chris Reslock	30,300
Mike Henrich	30,100
Barry Greenstein	29,600
Lee Watkinson	27,500
Scott Clements	25,900
Allen Kessler	25,900
John D'Agostino	24,900
Nick Schulman	23,900
Scotty Nguyen	22,900
Robert Williamson III	21,000
Annie Duke	19,000
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow	18,900
Bart Hanson	18,100
Huckleberry Seed	17,700
Tony "G" Guoga	17,300
Todd Brunson	15,400
Hasan Habib	15,200
Jennifer Harman	14,800
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson	14,800
Rafi Amit	14,100
Tex Barch	13,700
Layne Flack	11,700
Gavin Smith	11,700
Thor Hansen	11,500
Andy Bloch	6,200
Josh Arieh	5,700
Erik Seidel	3,400

Player Tags: Brett Jungblut,   Chris Ferguson,   Barry Greenstein,   Hasan Habib

Razz Update

Jun 17, '07

The $1,500 Razz event is finishing up Level 4 after which they will break for fifteen minutes while the tournament staff races off the $5 chips. The field is short in size, but stacked in professional accomplishments as we can see several tables with quite a few pros sitting alongside each other.

Table # 59 plays host to Thor Hansen, Cyndy Violette, Chad brown, and Mark Seif. Seif and Brown got involved in a heads-up pot together where Chad Brown came out victorious in the end. Mark Seif was showing a board of A 9 4 6 when Chad Brown bet into him on the river. Brown was showing a board of 2 3 Q 5 and Seif makes the call. Brown shows A 7 7 for a seven-low. Seif mucks his cards and Brown rakes a nice pot.

Table # 44 is no slouch in the race for stacked tables, with Richard Brodie, Victor Ramdin and David Levi all sitting together. Richard Brodie grabbed a nice pot this level when he busted his opponent’s 8-7 low with his 8-6 low. Brodie had a board of 8 9 6 4 when he bet the river and his opponent raised. Brodie re-raises and his opponent makes the call and shows 8-7 while Brodie turns over 3 2 10 for the win.

Table # 45 is also stacked with the likes of Gavin Griffin, Brett “gank” Jungblut and David Sklansky. Griffin took a really nice pot off of one of his opponents when the player in seat 8 took the betting lead with a board of 6 5 Q 8, and failed to make a hand on the river. Griffin who showed a board of 2 A 7 J and turned over 3 9 9 for a nine-low after bother players checked the river. Griffin rakes the pot while his opponent mucks his cards.  

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Player Tags: Mark Seif,   Thor Hansen,   Brett Jungblut,   Richard Brodie,   David Levi,   David Sklansky,   Cyndy Violette,   Gavin Griffin

Hand For Hand

Jun 16, '07

Level 9 has come to an end and 203 players remain. Players in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event are now going hand-for-hand in an effort to lose five more people before the money.

Some notable eliminations in Level 9 include Alex Jacob, Brett “gank” Jungblut, Eugene Todd, and Eric Froehlich. Froehlich was eliminated at the beginning of the level when he moved all-in for $15,000 from the cutoff. The player in seat 1 makes the call and turns over 3 3 while Froehlich shows A 10. The board comes 7 7 2 J Q, no help to Froehlich as he is eliminated right before the money bubble.

David Williams doesn’t have any worries about making the money as he now sits at the top of leader’s board with over $100,000 in chips. Right before the end of Level 9, the player in seat 7 moves all-in for his last $3,000. David Williams calls blind from the big blind and turns his cards over, seeing K 7 for the first time. Seat-7 shows 8 8, and the board comes K J 10 J 2, pairing Williams’s king and giving him the win.

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Player Tags: J.C. Tran,   Brett Jungblut,   David Williams,   Eugene Todd,   Eric Froehlich,   Alex Jacob

Mammoth Field

Jun 16, '07

Without the official numbers it is hard to say whether the field this year surpasses the number of entrants in 2006, but even if it does not, this tournament is massive.  Every table in the Amazon Room and the Player's Pavilion was in use at the start of the day, and a number of extra tables even had to be set up in other parts of the Rio.  The fact that the event is no-limit with a low buy-in, coupled with the fact that this tournament takes place during the weekend, make it extremely popular among amateurs and weekend warriors.  

One such player had the distinct honor of eliminating tough pro Thomas Wahlroos in the first ten minutes of the event.  Wahlroos was seen leaving the floor, bemoaning the fact that he called a players all-in raise with pocket aces and got cracked.

There is a shortage of stacked tables in this event, as unknown players by far outnumber notable pros.  This has been the case in most of the low buy-in no-limit events, but in this case it is hard to find a table with more than one recognizable pro.  In fact, when Joe Bartholdi sat down on the left of Humberto Brenes it quickly drew the attention of the fans on the rail.

T.J. Cloutier has doubled his stack to over $6,000 in the first level as a result of his solid play. With a flop of J 10 8 Cloutier bet out $250. The player in seat seven called. The turn was the A and Cloutier checked. The player in seat seven made it $400 to go and Cloutier called. The river was the 5 and Cloutier checked again. The player in seat seven bet out $1,000 and and Cloutier took no time at all to call. Cloutier turned over K J and the player in seat seven showed Q 8. Cloutier took down the pot and added to his stack.

Stay with CardPlayer.com for more updates, official tournament numbers to be posted soon and Pro Blogs from Brett "Gank" Jungblut and Barry Greenstein.

Player Tags: T.J. Cloutier,   Brett Jungblut,   Barry Greenstein,   Thomas Wahlroos

Monster Lay Downs

Jun 08, '07

Level 2 has brought us some big eliminations and some even bigger emerging chip stacks. Sorel Mizzi managed to pick off Tong G and Tuan Le back to back-to-back within a half hour’s time, and as a result he has amassed roughly $45,000 in chips.

Allen Kessler was the next one to hit the rail when he pushed all-in on a flop of Q87. The player in seat 10 made the call and flipped over Q8 against Kessler’s AQ. The turn and river bring the 10 and the 3, no help to Kessler as his opponent’s two pair holds up. Filling his empty seat was Brett Jungblut who joins the table already in progress with David Willamson III, Eugene Todd, T.J. Cloutier, Eric Froehlich, and defending champion, Jason Lester. Despite being surrounded by all of this talent and their accompanied bracelets, an unknown player in seat 10 is starting to build some real momentum. After eliminating Kessler and stealing a few pots with some big raises, he gets the ultimate sign of respect by T.J. Cloutier. I’m not sure if it was a sign of respect or just a case of knowing when to get out of the way when a player is running good, but none the less, Cloutier throws A-K into the muck pre-flop against this guy. T.J. Cloutier raises $625 before the flop and Seat-10 re-pots it for another $1,275 more. T.J thinks for a minute and flips over AK and says to the table, “I’m throwing this away because he’s running so good.” Brett Jungblut seemed shocked by T.J.’s lay down and although you can argue the move, no on can argue how good Seat-10 is running right now. Seat-10 shows T.J. pocket jacks, as he’s eliminated a few pros, scared some more off of their hands, and now sits with well over $40,000 in chips.

Aaron Been went into the tank for almost eight minutes during the break when Jennifer Harman put him to a decision for all of his chips. The flop comes AJ2 and Been bets $2,000. Harman re-raises the size of the pot for a total of $7,500. Been deliberates for almost eight minutes before showing A-K and tossing it into the muck.     

Roughly 330 players remain as we head into Level 3.

Player Tags: T.J. Cloutier,   Brett Jungblut,   Allen Kessler,   Jason Lester,   Jennifer Harman,   Eugene Todd,   Eric Froehlich,   Aaron Been,   Sorel Mizzi

Cha-Ching!

Jun 05, '07

Play has ended for day one of the $1,000 No Limit Hold 'Em with rebuys tournament. Today's event started with 844 players and there are now just 81 left. The bubble burst and tournament officials announced that play would end for the day as a result of everyone being in the money. Every returning player will earn at least $5,826. Play will resume tomorrow at 2 p.m. and will continue until the final table is reached.

Joe Sebok didn't survive long enough to make the money after making a move from the small blind. The player in seat eight bet out and Sebok asked him how much he had left. The player in seat eight only had around $26,000 left. Upon learning this, Sebok pushed all in. The player in the big blind, who had both Sebok and the player in seat eight covered, came over the top and pushed all in. Sebok had A-J and the player in the big blind woke up with aces. An ace hit on the flop and Sebok never improved.

Tournament officials announced that hand for hand play would begin at 83 players. Shortly after this announcement, Sorel Mizzi took it upon himself to help speed up the process. Following a flop of Q42, Mizzi bet out $10,000. His opponent in seat four raised him to $24,000. Mizzi pushed all in and had his opponent covered. Deciding whether or not to call appeared to be a painful process for the player in seat four and he took a very long time to make that decision. He eventually called and before he could flip over his cards Mizzi showed him his AA. The player in seat four had KQ. The board bricked out when the turn and the river came 3 and J, respectively. Mizzi doubled up to over $240,000 and sits alone as the current chip leader.

In the field returning tomorrow are Amir Vahedi, Kristy Gazes, Jeff Shulman, Brett Jungblut, Antonio Esfandiari, Mike Gracz, Shane Schleger, Sorel Mizzi, Jason Strasser, Gavin Griffin, Shannon Shorr, Michael Binger and Alex Prendes Jr. For day two action check back with CardPlayer.com.

Player Tags: Amir Vahedi,   Michael Gracz,   Brett Jungblut,   Kristy Gazes,   Jeff Shulman,   Antonio Esfandiari,   Gavin Griffin,   Alex Prendes Jr.,   Shane Schleger,   Joe Sebok,   Michael Binger,   Jason Strasser,   Shannon Shorr,   Sorel Mizzi

Strasser Takes Lead

Jun 06, '07

Play began after the color up, 10 minutes earlier than the remaining players were told.  Most returned to their seats in good time as several announcements were made about the early restart.  Michael Binger, however, did not hear the annonuncements, and was livid when he returned to find he had missed 10 minutes of action.

 

This level of play saw the exit of many top pros.  Jeff Shulman and Antonio Esfandiari could no longer survive on their short stacks and were knocked out.  Amir Vahedi, took one back for the old guard when he was able to make his pocket Aces hold up against Eric “Sheets” Haber’s pocket Queens.  Kristy Gazes rode quite a roller coaster.  She was crippled down to her last $11,000 after her opponent cracked her pocket Queens with a A-4.  She was all in on the next hand with J-10 suited against two callers holding A-6 and 7-7.  She flopped a flush draw and managed to hit a Jack on the river to stay alive.  A few hands later her luck ran out as she lost a race with 10-10 to Jason Strasser’s A-K.  Brett Jungblut  and Steve Paul Ambrose were also eliminated.

 

At the internet the table the attitude seems very upbeat, despite each of the players trying to ‘stack’ each other.  Pokerstars superstar Dario Minieri, the first to win a Porsche Carrera by accumulating 3 million Frequent Player points, was involved in two big hands with online pros.  First Dario lost a race to Josh Vanduyn with A-K versus 7-7.  Then Dario moved all in after a Todd Witteles raise.  Witteles made the call and both players flipped over A-K, and each ended up making two pair, and they chopped the pot. 

 

Jason Strasser has quietly crept into the chip lead, continuing his fantastic showing so far at this year’s World Series

 

There are currently 29 players remaining.

Player Tags: Amir Vahedi,   Brett Jungblut,   Kristy Gazes,   Jeff Shulman,   Eric Haber,   Antonio Esfandiari,   Todd Witteles,   Michael Binger,   Jason Strasser,   Joshua VanDuyn,   Steve Paul Ambrose,   Dario Minieri