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Jun 14, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship | 3 | + |
Day 1 CompleteJun 13, '11 A total of 126 players showed up for the first day of event no. 21, the $10,000 seven-card stud World Championship, and after eight levels of action 91 still remain. The winner of the event will take home $331,639 in prize money, as part of the seven-figure prize pool that was generated. Here is a look at the end-of-day chip counts, as many of poker’s biggest names still remain: 1. Sebastien Sabic – 129,900 Action will resume on Monday at 3 p.m. local time. Player Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn Level 22: Final Four On Dinner Break; Kostritsyn 5thJun 14, '11 NOTE: The final four players took a one hour dinner break at the conclusion of Level 22 and will return shortly after 8:30pm to resume play. Ante: 5,000 Players Remaining: 4 out of 126 Average Chip Count: 945,000 Chip Counts: 1. Steve Landfish – 1,450,000 Eliminations: 5th. Alexander Kostritsyn – $72,627 Alexander Kostritsyn Eliminated in 5th Place ($72,627) Alexander Kostritsyn started the level as the short stack and was all in with a pair of kings against Maxwell Troy’s pair of queens with just two cards to go. Kostritsyn: K K 3 J 5 Kostritsyn failed to improve by seventh street while Troy hit the Q on the river to make trips, eliminating Alexander Kostritsyn in 5th place ($72,627). Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Maxwell Troy, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 20: Schulman Eliminated 9th; Final Table Now UnderwayJun 14, '11 NOTE: Play resumed today at 3:00pm with 14 players, and with the elimination of Nick Schulman in 9th place ($32,488), the official eight-handed final table is now underway. Ante: 3,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 126 Average Chip Count: 472,500 Chip Counts: 1. John Hennigan – 1,103,000 Payouts: 1st. $331,639 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: John Hennigan, Maxwell Troy, Christopher Tryba, Nick Schulman, Kevin Tang, Bertrand Grospellier, Alexander Kostritsyn, Chad Brown |
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Jun 13, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship | 1 | + |
Day 1 CompleteJun 13, '11 A total of 126 players showed up for the first day of event no. 21, the $10,000 seven-card stud World Championship, and after eight levels of action 91 still remain. The winner of the event will take home $331,639 in prize money, as part of the seven-figure prize pool that was generated. Here is a look at the end-of-day chip counts, as many of poker’s biggest names still remain: 1. Sebastien Sabic – 129,900 Action will resume on Monday at 3 p.m. local time. Player Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn Level 22: Final Four On Dinner Break; Kostritsyn 5thJun 14, '11 NOTE: The final four players took a one hour dinner break at the conclusion of Level 22 and will return shortly after 8:30pm to resume play. Ante: 5,000 Players Remaining: 4 out of 126 Average Chip Count: 945,000 Chip Counts: 1. Steve Landfish – 1,450,000 Eliminations: 5th. Alexander Kostritsyn – $72,627 Alexander Kostritsyn Eliminated in 5th Place ($72,627) Alexander Kostritsyn started the level as the short stack and was all in with a pair of kings against Maxwell Troy’s pair of queens with just two cards to go. Kostritsyn: K K 3 J 5 Kostritsyn failed to improve by seventh street while Troy hit the Q on the river to make trips, eliminating Alexander Kostritsyn in 5th place ($72,627). Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Maxwell Troy, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 20: Schulman Eliminated 9th; Final Table Now UnderwayJun 14, '11 NOTE: Play resumed today at 3:00pm with 14 players, and with the elimination of Nick Schulman in 9th place ($32,488), the official eight-handed final table is now underway. Ante: 3,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 126 Average Chip Count: 472,500 Chip Counts: 1. John Hennigan – 1,103,000 Payouts: 1st. $331,639 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: John Hennigan, Maxwell Troy, Christopher Tryba, Nick Schulman, Kevin Tang, Bertrand Grospellier, Alexander Kostritsyn, Chad Brown |
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May 31, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Heads-Up Championship | 1 | + |
Hour Two: Daniel Negreanu EliminatedMay 31, '11 Note: Three blind levels will be played each hour, as each is just 20 minutes long. Players Remaining: 127 out 128 Starting Stacks: 75,000 broken up into three chances — meaning that the players started with 25,000 and had 50,000 additional on the side that they could add on at anytime before a hand. If their additional chips were not in play when a hand begins, those chips couldn’t be used to wager with. Note: WSOP tournament staff said the event has been capped at 128 and that no one was locked out. Key Ongoing Matches: Phil Laak vs. Jonathan Duhamel Key Hands: Daniel Negreanu Winning Against Russian, But Wheels Soon Fall Off After a four-bet preflop by Negreanu, Alex Kostritsyn made the call. The flop came K J 9 , and it was checked to Negreanu. He fired 3,600, and Kostritsyn called again. The 4 fell on the turn, and action was the same, but with Negreanu’s 9,200 getting called. The river brought the 10 and action went check-check. Negreanu tabled the top set of kings, and was disgusted by the horrendous river card for his hand. However, three kings were good, and Negreanu raked in the nearly 40,000-chip pot. In the levels following the pot, Negreanu was bleeding chips, eventually getting all in with the A 3 against the pocket kings of his opponent. Negreanu failed to improved and he was gone. Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu, Alexander Kostritsyn |
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Jan 26, '11 | 2011 Aussie Millions | $250,000 Super High Roller | 1 | + |
Alexander Kostritsyn EliminatedJan 26, '11 Alexander Kostritsyn moved all in preflop from the hi-jack and Tony Bloom made the call from the big blind. Their cards: Bloom: A A Board: K 8 6 8 4 Bloom won the hand and Kostritsyn hit the rail, leaving 15 players still contending in the tournament. Player Tags: Tony Bloom, Alexander Kostritsyn Alexander Kostritsyn Doubles UpJan 26, '11 Alexander Kostristyn moved all in for 41,000 after Phil Ivey made it 11,000 to play and Ivey made the call. Their cards: Kostritsyn: A 7 Board: 4 4 3 6 7 Kostritsyn doubled up to 82,000 on the hand and Ivey fell slightly to 400,000. Player Tags: Phil Ivey, Alexander Kostritsyn |
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Jan 25, '11 | 2011 Aussie Millions | Aussie Millions Main Event | 3 | + |
Kostritsyn Doubled ThroughJan 25, '11 Former Aussie Millions champion Alexander Kostritsyn had Billy Seri covered all in preflop. Their cards: Seri: A 10 Board: Q Q 8 A 2 Seri was only all-in for 5,000 so Kostritsyn was only setback to 65,000. Player Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn |
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Jan 22, '11 | 2011 Aussie Millions | Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge | 1 | + |
Alexander Kostritsyn EliminatedJan 22, '11 Former Aussie Millions champion Alexander Kostritsyn was recently eliminated from play during the late stages of the night. He decided to move all in with J-9 in the hole after a 9-3-3 flop hit the table but Erik Seidel was waiting for him with K-3 in the hole. The turn and river changed nothing and the tournament has arrived at the final 10. Player Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn |
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Jul 16, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 11 | + |
Level 14, Hour Two: Levy in the LeadJul 13, '10 Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante David Sands Roothlus Jumps Into Chip Lead At the very end of the last level and right before the break, Adam Levy played a monster pot. Adam Levy and Fabien Dunlop got in five bets prefop and saw a flop of 1092 and Dunlop checked over to Levy, who bet 80,000. Dunlop shoved all-in and Levy snap-called. Dunlop showed A2 and Levy tabled AA. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 3, which puts Levy at the top of the chip counts with 820,000. Tyler Kenney Eliminated It looks like the Kenney brothers won’t be able to mirror the Mizrachi brothers and get to the final table as Tyler Kenney has been eliminated. Before the break he got a bunch of chips in with pocket queens and lost to the pocket eights of his opponent and was unable to have his hand hold. That hand left him with just 40,000 in chips and after the break, Kenney found all of his chips in the middle with A9 against the AK of Tom Kallaway. The board bricked off for Kenney and he was eliminated from the tournament. Corkins Spikes It On The Flop A player in seat 1 moved all in for 68,300 and Hoyt Corkins eventually threw in a call with the ESPN cameras watching. “I hope you’ve got tens,” Corkins said. “I wanna be racing.” It was the worst-case scenario for Corkins as his AJ was dominated by seat 1’s AK. But the flop turned the tables as it fell J95 to give Corkins the lead. The A on the turn gave him two pair and the 2 on the river cemented the hand for Corkins. He scored the knockout and he was at 533,000. Shorr Makes The Right Fold The player in the small blind moved all in for 46,700 after Shannon Shorr had put in a raise preflop. Shorr took a long session in the tank contemplating what to do. “Just go away,” the small blind said. “Go away?” Shorr replied. “Yes, go away,” the small blind reiterated. “Or call, whatever works.” Shorr gave a grin but then flung his pocket eights into the muck. He was rewarded by the small blind as he tabled AA. Shorr was down to 290,000. Kostritsyn Turns Rags To Riches We picked up the action after the board had run out Q429Q. Alexander Kostritsyn fired 6,500 into a pot holding about 30,000 and his opponent mulled over the call. He eventually threw it in and Kostritsyn tabled the lowly 32 for queens and deuces. It was more than enough, however, as his opponent mucked. Kostritsyn raked in a nice pot and he was up to 590,000. Sands Turns To Ash David Sands raised preflop and Filippo Candio repopped to 17,400. Sands then shoved for 70,000 and Candio made the call. Sands: KK Sands was the victim of a cooler and the board ran out 1010465, holding the aces and sending Sands to the rail. Galfond Straightens One Out After the flop came down J76, Phil Galfond bet 23,000 and his opponent made the call. The turn was the 8 and both players checked. The river brought the 10, putting out four cards to a straight. The other player fired 76,000 and Galfond responded by moving all in. His opponent called off his last 220,000 and Galfond tabled J9 for the jack-high straight. His opponent showed his counterfeited straight, 54, and he made his way to the rail as Galfond took in a huge pot. He was up to 545,000. Failla Gets Paid, Literally Will Failla and his opponent got in 31,000 in the middle preflop and saw a flop of Q72. Failla checked over to his opponent, who bet 35,000. Failla thought for a few seconds before going all-in for 150,000 more. “Why would you check and let me bet that flop,” said his opponent. “It makes no sense.” “I’ve been full of it before,” said Failla. His opponent eventually folded and showed the Q as he let his hand go. Failla offered to show his hand for $20. His opponent immediately reached into his pocket for 20 bucks, handed it over, and was promptly shown KK. Schoenberg Scores a Double Erica Schoenberg got all in from the big blind against the player on the button. The button showed A2 and Schoenberg showed AJ. Thee board ran out 10982Q and Schoenberg doubled up to 85,000, giving her a tiny bit of breathing room. Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Phil Galfond, Shannon Shorr, David Sands, Will Failla, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Tyler Kenney Level 20 Hour Two Update: Richey Goes BustoJul 14, '10 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Theo Jorgensen – 3,200,000 Brett Richey Bretty Richey Busto Dan Lu raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Brett Richey three-bet to 90,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Lu moved all-in and Richey made the call with his last 340,000 and showed 55. He was going to need some help from the dealer when he saw Lu’s 1010. Richey was stood up to leave the table after the turn as the board ran out QJ6103. Lu is over the million mark with the pot. Jan Boye Doubles, But Still Short Jan Boye moved all-in for 59,000 from the hijack and Christopher Bolt made the call from the big blind. Boye showed AK and was ahead of Bolt’s Q9. Bolt failed to improve and Boye doubled up to a still short 142,000. Jorgensen Takes Over Chip Lead Theo Jorgensen raised to 38,000 from the cutoff and Dorothy VonSachsen moved all-in for 75,000 from the button. Jorgensen made the call and the cards were turned on their backs. Jorgensen showed A6 and was up against the K10 of VonSachsen. The board ran out AKJ94 and one of the last women standing was sent to the rail. Jorgensen is at 3,200,000 in chips and looks to be the chip leader at the moment. Fennell Busts Billirakis Four players saw a flop of Q62. James Fennell checked from the big blind, another player checked, and Steve Billirakis bet 58,000. Garrett Adelstein called and Fennell made it 175,000. The other player got out of the way and only Billirakis called the check-raise. The turn was the 5 and Fennell bet 230,000. Billirakis then moved all-in for 734,000 and was called by Fennell. It was an unfortunate turn card for Billirakis who turned two pair with his 56 and was still behind the set of Fennell who tabled 22. The river was the 8 and Billirakis was sent to the rail. On the other hand, Fennell is just under 2,000,000 in chips. Racener in Cruise Control On the river, John Racner fired out 365,000 into a pot that already had about 500,000 in the middle with the board reading J8QKJ. Jeff Banghart called the bet, but couldn’t rake the pot as Racener showed A10, giving him broadway. Racener is now at 2,150,000 and Banghart dropped to 330,000. Dudley’s Dreams Dashed Dash Dudley was all-in for KJ for 183,000 and Sergey Serafimov called from the small blind with AK. Dudley was in bad shape as the board came out 95483 and Dudley was eliminated from this year’s main event. Siegel Gets the Best of Kostritsyn Jordan Siegel got his last 322,000 into the middle preflop and got a call from Alexander Kostritsyn. Kostritsyn held pocket tens, but was behind Siegel’s pocket aces. The flop came 710A, leaving Kostritsyn drawing to just the case ten for the win. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 3, which couldn’t give Kostritsyn quads for a sick beat. Two players at the table claimed they had folded aces after the hands were turned up, so they are either playing with an illegal deck of cards, or the players’ memory are slipping a bit. Bellande Busts One Steven Padres moved all-in preflop and was called by Jean-Robert Bellande. Bellande was in a commanding position with his KK against Padre’s QQ. The board ran out A927K to give Bellande the pot and if Bellande keeps running like this, maybe he wont be “BrokelivingJRB” on twitter anymore. He is now up to 1,260,000. Mizrachi Doubles On a flop of 988, Robert Mizrachi moved all-in for his last 132,000 and was called by Vern Keller. Mizrachi showed KK and Keller tabled 95. The board finished off QJ and Mizrachi doubled up to 370,000. The Mizrachi count is at two with both him and his brother Michael in the tournament. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Theo Jorgensen, Steve Billirakis, Brett Richey, Jean-Robert Bellande, John Racener, Dash Dudley, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 24, Hour Two: Dunst Doubles UpJul 15, '10 Note: Players have gone on an unscheduled 20-minute break to color up the T1,000 chips. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 96 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 2,287,187 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 2,000,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. John Racener – 6,985,000 Notable Eliminations: 100. Christian Harder — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Chamberlain Bounced Out Picking up the action on a flop of J107, Daniel Chamberlain made a bet and Brandon Steven check-raised. Chamberlain moved in and Steven made the call. Chamberlain: AA Chamberlain held the aces but needed to fade the spade draw. The turn was harmless with the 10 but the river was the 9 and Chamberlain was flushed away. Jetten Takes One Duy Le raised to 90,000 and Peter Jetten made the call. Both players saw the flop come down KQ2 and Le bet 150,000. Jetten made the call and the turn was the 6. Both players checked and the river was the K. Jetten bet 240,000 this time and Le mucked. Jetten was at 1.91 million. Dunst Doubles Up Tony Dunst raised preflop from under the gun and Edward Ochana made the call in the small blind. The flop came down 732 and Dunst bet 100,000. Ochana then moved in and Dunst called, putting himself at risk. Dunst: 99 Ochana flopped top pair but Dunst was ahead with the overpair. The board finished off A and 4 and Dunst doubled to 1.4 million. Jorgensen Takes One Down Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 101084 and Theo Jorgensen fired 100,000. His opponent made the call and the river was the 7. Jorgensen fired 300,000 and was called again. Jorgensen then showed A5 for the nut-flush and his oppoonent mucked. Jorgensen was up to 4.8 million after the hand. Kostritsyn Scores The KO Getty Mattingsley was all in for 761,000 preflop and Alexander Kostritsyn made the call. Here were the hands. Kostritsyn: AQ It was a race and Kostritsyn jumped ahead on the Q88 flop. The turn was the 8, giving each player a full house with Kostritsyn’s still being best. The river was the 3 and Mattignsley was out. Kostritsyn was at 6.1 million after the hand. Bardah With Some Aggression Ronnie Bardah raised to 80,000 and Gabriel Alarie made it 280,000 to go from the small blind. The big blind mucked and the action was back on Bardah. He shoved for 1.12 million and Alarie took a session in the tank. He decided to release his hand and Bardah took a nice pot without the bother of a flop. He was up to 1.5 million. Baldwin Gets Baked, But Then Doubles Through Brokos Eric Baldwin raised to 76,000 preflop and David Baker moved all in from the small blind for 581,000. Baldwin made the call and the hands were turned over. Baldwin: AQ The race was on and each player got a piece of the QJ9 flop. Baldwin hit top pair and Baker nailed a set of jacks. The turn was the 8 and the river was the 3 and Baker doubled up to 1.2 million. Baldwin was down to 340,000. A few hands later, Baldwin moved in for 340,000 and Andrew Brokos made the call. Brokos turned over A4 while Baldwin tabled KJ. Baldwin hit a king on the turn and it held up as he doubled to 750,000. Brokos was down to 2 million. Player Tags: Theo Jorgensen, Ronnie Bardah, Peter Jetten, Eric Baldwin, Gabriel Alarie, Tony Dunst, Alexander Kostritsyn, Brandon Steven, Getty Mattingsley, Daniel Chamberlain Level 22, Hour One: Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up, Johnny Chan EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 154 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,425,779 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,600,000 Notable Eliminations: 156. Johnny Chan — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Robert Betters Robert Robert Mizrachi moved all in for 239,000 from the big blind and he was called by Robert Pisando from the small blind. Here were their cards. Mizrachi: AQ Mizrachi was dominating and the flop left him freerolling when it fell KJ10, giving Mizrachi Broadway. Pisano could only tie but the board finished off K and 3 and Mizrachi doubled to about 500,000. Pisano was at 4.05 million. Chamberlain Surrenders The Double Daniel Chamberlain raised to 44,000 from the cutoff and Gabriel Nassif moved in for 456,000 from the button. Chamberlain looked him up and the cards were turned over. Chamberlain: A9 Chamberlain was dominated and needed some help with a nine or some spades. The flop board ran out with all black cards, but they were the wrong suit for Chamberlain as it ran Q1044K. Nassif scored the double up and he was up to 969,000. Kostritsyn Drops A Pot Picking up the action after the board had run out 752KJ, Alexander Kostritsyn fired 325,000 into a pot of about 470,000. Mozheng Guan made the call and turned over 76 for top pair on the flop. It was good as Kostritsyn mucked and Guan took the pot. Guan was up to 1.4 million while Kostritsyn slipped to 2.4 million. Bracy Gets Jacked Up Tony Bracy moved all in for 97,000 preflop and Redmond Lee decided to raise to 200,000. The isolation play worked as everyone else mucked and the hands were turned over. Bracy: 66 Lee was dominating and the flop fell QJ8, giving Lee a set. Bracy needed some runners to a flush or quads but the K on the turn left him drawing dead. The river was the 4 and Lee scored the knockout. He was up to 1.33 million. Lodden Breaches Two Million Johnny Lodden raised to 50,000 from late position and Denis Pisarev made the call from the button. The flop fell A102 and Lodden checked. Pisarev fired 65,000 and Lodden made the call. The turn was the 2 and both players checked. The river was the 7 and Lodden led out with 205,000. Pisarev made a quick call but Lodden turned over A7 for two pair and Pisarev mucked. Lodden took down a nice pot and he was at 2 million in chips. Affleck And Harder Tangle Matt Affleck raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button next door. The two saw a flop of 985 and Affleck led for 65,000. Harder made the call and the turn was the A. Affleck fired another 115,000 into the pot and it was enough to take it down as Harder mucked. Affleck took the pot and he was at 3.1 million. Harder slipped to 1.11 million. Singer Blasted Away Jameson Singer moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Derek Gibb decided to look him up. Here were their cards: Singer: 75 Singer had two live cards but they were as good as dead when the flop fell AA4. Singer needed running cards but his running shoes were shot off his feet when the A on the turn gave Gibb quads and left Singer drawing dead. The meaningless river was the 4 and Singer was eliminated. Jorgensen With The Knockout Diogo Borges was all in for 520,000 preflop against Theo Jorgensen preflop. Here were their cards. Jorgensen: AQ Borges was dominated and the board ran out AK7QQ10, giving both players two pair but Jorgensen the better end of it. Borges was out and Jorgensen was at 3.8 million. Kenney Doing The Killing Around Here Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q105 and there was about 500,000 already in the pot. Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000 and Bryn Kenney made the call to put him at risk. Kenney: KQ Kenney flopped top pair but was up against the pocket aces of his opponent. But the turn was the Q, giving Kenney trips and leaving Figueiredo one step closer to the door. The river was the 7 and Kenney scored the improbable knockout. He was up to 3.38 million. Binette Goes Boom Francois Binette and Michal Wywrot each put in three-bets before they saw a J102 flop. Wywrot fired 162,000 and Binette shoved for 750,000. Wywrot made the call and he turned over AA. Binette was drawing to a straight with KQ. But the turn was the Q and the river was the J, giving Binette little help and he was out. Wywrot was up to 1.7 million. Tran Takes A Pot, But Takes Penalty For It Jonathan Driscoll raised it up to 44,000 from the hijack and Theo Tran made the call from the big blind. He then turned over his A-5, thinking he was all in. The floor was called and Tran’s hand was ruled live. The flop then came down A54 and Driscoll mucked immediately. Tran took the pot and was at 170,000. However, since Tran exposed his hand, he was given a one-round penalty. Siegel Eliminated Jordan Siegel moved all in for 268,000 and he was looked up by Jared Ingles in the hijack. Siegel turned over A9 but was trailing Ingles’ QQ. The board ran out K53103 and Siegel was eliminated. David Benyamine Doubles Up Evan Lamprea raised from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in another raise from the button. Lamprea moved enough chips into the middle to put Benyamine all in and he made the call. Benyamine: KK Benyamine was dominating and the flop fell Q94, giving Benyamine four to a flush. It also took away a few of Lamprea’s outs and he was left drawing dead when the 9 came on the turn. The river was the Q and Benyamine doubled to 800,000 while Lamprea slipped to 2.58 million. Levy Drops A Pot Gualter Salles raised to 50,000 preflop and Adam Levy made it 142,000 to go from the small blind. Salles called and the flop fell A53. Salles fired 100,000 and Levy made the call. The turn was the 10 and Salles bet 300,000. Levy released his hand and dropped to 945,000. Johnny Chan Eliminated Johnny Chan and pocket aces did not get along today. He lost a huge pot when he ran his kings into Robert Pisano’s aces during the first level and had a similar situation when he busted out. Chan open-shoved for 550,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Driscoll snapped him off from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over. Chan: JJ Chan fell victim to the aces again and the board ran out 76357 and Chan was eliminated. Grinder Making The Charge Duy Le raised to 40,000 preflop and Getty Mattingsley popped it to 105,000. Mizrachi made the call from the small blind and Le also tagged along. The flop fell 1084 and everyone checked. The turn was the K and Mattingsley fired 176,000. Both opponents called and the river was the 5. Le bet 500,000 this time and Mattigsley fled. Mizrachi decided to look him up after a session in the tank and Le tabled J9 for a whole lot of nothing. Mizrachi showed 77 for just sevens, but it was good for the pot and he was at 3.9 million. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, David Benyamine, Michael Mizrachi, Johnny Chan, Jordan Siegel, Gabriel Nassif, Theo Tran, Duy Le, Johnny Lodden, Bryn Kenney, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Robert Pisano, Mozheng Guan, Daniel Chamberlain Level 27 Hour Two Update: LeFrancois Streaking Up the Chip Counts, Brikis and Jetten Hit the RailJul 16, '10 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 51 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 4,142,830 Card Player Chip Counts: Tony Dunst – 1,440,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. William Thorson – 10,610,000 Notable Eliminations: 56. Jared Ingles – $138,285 Player Twitter Accounts Big Hands: Lodden Makes a Good Laydown Patrick Eskandar raised from middle position to 135,000. Michiel Sijpkens called, Johnny Lodden called from the button, and Matthew Berkey came along from the big blind. The flop was 932 and Eskandar bet 200,000 after a check from Berkey. Sijpkens folded and Lodden raised to 590,000. Berkey folded and Eskandar moved all-in and had Lodden covered. Lodden let his hand go and kept his 2,950,000. He made a good decision since Eskandar showed the 99, giving him top set. David Benyamine Eliminated At the end of the last hour, David Benyamine was eliminated. He raised from the button and got into a preflop raising war with Pascal LeFrancois until all the money got into the middle. Benyamine was at risk for his last 1,400,000 with the Q10 and LeFrancois held the AJ. The dealer dealt out the 3109 flop and Benyamine would need runners. The 9 on the turn left Benyamine drawing dead and he finished in 58th place. LeFrancois Streaking Jonathan Driscoll opened on the button to 145,000 and was met with a three-bet to 455,000 from Pascal LeFrancois from the small blind. After a fold from the big blind, Driscoll made it 1,025,000 to go and LeFrancois moved all-in for 4,725,000. Driscoll made the call. LeFrancois tabled QQ and Driscoll showed JJ. The dealer dealt out the board of 8A3510 and Driscoll slipped to 1,700,000 and LeFrancois moved to 9,300,000 which puts him near the top of the chip counts. Brikis Crippled, Eliminated Action folded to Christopher Bolt on the button and he moved all-in for 785,000 and Josh Brikis made the call from the big blind. Brikis tabled Kd10s and was slightly behind the AJ of Bolt. The board ran out A84Q9 and Brikis was down to just 45,000 in chips. He doubled up the next hand is up to 160,000 but was eliminated shortly thereafter. Thorson Climbing John Racener raised to 140,000 under-the-gun and William Thorson made the call, as well as Michael Mizrachi and Duy Le from the blinds. Mizrachi led out for 300,000 on a flop of K109. Le made the call and Racener folded before Thorson raised to 975,000. Mizrachi folded after two minutes in the tank and Le made the call. The 2 peeled off on the turn and Le checked over to Thorson who bet 2,000,000. Le was in a tough spot and thought for a few minutes before folding AQ face-up on the table. Thorson showed his 1010, giving him a set of tens to move to 9,500,000 in chips. Costner Pressures Kostritsyn Joseph Cheong raised in early position to 140,000 and Alexander Kostritsyn called in middle position before Gabe Costner called from the big blind. The flop came 967 and Costner checked over to Cheong, who bet 240,000. Kostritsyn and Costner made the call and the 10 came on the turn. Costner and Cheong both checked to Kostritsyn, who bet 825,000. Costner then put in a check-raise to 1,800,000. Cheong folded and Kostritsyn went into the tank for a while before eventually deciding to let it go and keep his 3,900,000 for another hand. Costner cracked the 10 million chip mark with the pot. Jetten Crippled and Eliminated It was a battle of the blinds and Peter Jetten somehow found all of his chips in the middle with the 95 against Dag Palovic, who had AQ. Palovic was actually all-in for 1,030,000, with Jetten covering him by 15,000. The flop was JQQ and after the 4 fell on the turn, Jetten was drawing dead. He was eliminated on the next hand, but another player went out before him, earning an extra $30,000. Thorson Forces Grinder to Fold Tony Dunst raised to 130,000 and was three-bet by William Thorson to 415,000. Michael Mizrachi made it 915,000 which got a quick fold from Dunst. Thorson quickly grabbed a stack of 100,000 denomination chips and slid them out into the middle and announced he was all-in. Mizrachi went deep into the tank for quite a while. Thorson eventually called the clock on Mizrachi. Mizrachi eventually elected to fold, but Thorson said he could pick a card to see. After Mizrachi picked one, Thorson revealed the Q and raked in a pot that would send him to 10,600,000 in chips. Affleck Wins One After a limp from William Thorson and Michael Mizrachi, Matt Affleck raised to 230,000. Thorson made the call and Mizrachi folded. It was checked to the river as the board came out J910108 and Thorson fired 210,000. Affleck made it 775,000 and after a while, Thorson let his hand go. Affleck chipped up to 7,800,000 after stacking his newly found chips. Bolt Eliminated Christopher Bolt got all his money in the middle preflop against Benjamin Statz. Statz held the Q10 and Bolt tabled the AK The fop came 762, seemingly pretty harmless for Bolt. The 4 on the turn gave Statz a flush draw, however, which got there on the river with the 7 and Bolt was eliminated. Kostritsyn Eliminated On the last hand before the break, Bryn Kenney raised to 160,000 under-the-gun and Alexander Kostritsyn three-bet to 575,000 on the button. Kenney moved all-in and Kostritsyn quickly made the call. Kenney was in a world of hurt when he tabled his AQ and was up against Kostritsyn’s KK. The flop brought some real drama as it came J73, giving Kenney a flush draw along with an overcard. The turn was a brick as the dealer dealt the 3, but the 5 completed Kenney’s flush. After a count down of the chips, Kostritsyn was covered by Kenney and Kostritsyn was gone in 52nd place. Player Tags: David Benyamine, Peter Jetten, Johnny Lodden, Alexander Kostritsyn, Josh Brikis, Pascal LeFrancois Level 27 Hour One Update: Eric Baldwin and David Benyamine EliminatedJul 16, '10 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante ante Players Remaining: 59 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 3,721,525 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. John Racener — 10,210,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Tony Dunst – 2,030,000 Player Twitter Accounts Josh Brikis Notable Eliminations: 61. Rudy Miller — $138,285 Big Hands: Tony Dunst Doubles Up Hasan Habib bet 155,000 from early position. Action was folded to Tony Dunst and he elected to move all in for 930,000. Action was folded to Habib and he called to put Dunst at risk. Habib exposed the AK and was flipping against the QQ of Dunst. The flop was ugly for Dunst as it came K54. The 3 on the turn was no help to Dunst. However, the Q on the river gave Dunst the hand and the double up. He was at 2,030,000 while Habib fell to 985,000. Jason Senti Doubles Up Jason Senti shoved for 545,000 with the A5. David Assouline called with the 77. The board ran out A4299 and Senti doubled up. He was up to 1,260,000 after the hand. Assouline was down to 2,095,000. Josh Brikis Doubles Up David Assouline bet 125,000. Josh Brikis moved all in for 285,000 with the 77. Assouline called with the A4. The board ran out KQ975 and Brikis doubled up to about 800,000. Bryn Kenney Loses a Pot to Alexander Kostritsyn Alexander Kostritsyn bet 150,000 from under the gun. Bryn Kenney raised to 400,000. Kostritsyn called and the flop came Q99. Kostritsyn checked. Kenney bet 520,000. Kostritsyn check-raised 1,500,000 more. Kenney folded. Kenney was at 3,300,000 after the hand while Kostritsyn was up to 5,160,000. Joseph Cheong Doubles Up One a flop of K85 Cuong Nguyen bet 650,000. Joseph Cheong moved all in 2,620,000. Nguyen called. Cheong tabled the AK and was way ahead of the JJ of his opponent. The 2 on the turn and 6 on the river were safe for Cheong. He doubled up to 7,850,000. Nguyen was down to 2,950,000 after the hand. Alexander Kostritsyn Gets Value Rudy Miller bet 175,000 from early position. Redmond Lee called from the small blind. Alexander Kostritsyn called from the big blind. The flop came JJ5. It was checked around and the 2 fell on the turn. Lee checked. Kostritsyn bet 300,000. Miller called. Lee folded. The 7 landed on the river and Kostritsyn bet 225,000. Miller called. Kostritsyn exposed the 33 and was good. He was at 5,900,000 after the hand. Miller was at about 800,000 after the hand. Denis Pisarev Eliminated Denis Pisarev bet 155,000. Duy Le raised to 350,000. Pisarev moved all in for 1,120,000. Le made the call and exposed the AK. Pisarev tabled the KK. Pisarev was in good shape to double up but the flop brought an ace for Le. The rest of the board failed to offer any help and he was gone. Le was up to 4,300,000 after the hand. Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player, Eliminated Shortly Thereafter Theo Jorgensen bet 135,000 from under the gun. Sergey Rybachenko moved all in for 925,000 in late position. Eric Baldwin reraised all in from the big blind. Jorgensen folded. Baldwin tabled the 99 and was dominated by the K-K of Rybachenko. The board ran out 652A6 and Rybachenko doubled to 2,000,000. Baldwin was down to just 310,000 after the hand. He was eliminated a little bit later. Scott Clements Knocks off a Player Bill Melvin had all his chips in the middle preflop with the KK and was called by the A9 of Scott Clements. The board ran out Q874A and Clements won the pot. He was at 3,300,000 after the hand. Matt Harris Eliminated Corey Emery bet 140,000 from under the gun. Matt Harris raised to 350,000. Action was folded to John Racener. He four-bet to 785,000. Action was folded to Emery and he mucked. Harris moved all in for 2,020,000. Racener went into the tank before making the call to put Harris at risk of elimination. Racener tabled the AK and was in bad shape versus the KK of Harris. However, the board ran out Q73JA and Racener took the pot. He was the chip leader with 10,210,000 after the hand. Check out a CardPlayer TV video from earlier in the day! Player Tags: Scott Clements, Bryn Kenney, Tony Dunst, Alexander Kostritsyn, Josh Brikis, David Assouline Level 26 Hour Two: Clements Chips Up, Grinder Slips a BitJul 16, '10 Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 64 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 3,378,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Tony Dunst – 1,020,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Theo Jorgensen – 10,900,000 Notable Eliminations: 72. Habib Khanis – $114,205 Player Twitter Accounts Big Hands: Clements Takes One From Subramaniam On a flop of 1033, Meenakshi Subramamaniam bet 175,000 into Scott Clements. Scott Clements made the call and they saw the 7 fall on the turn. Subramaniam checked and Clements bet 200,000. Subramaniam made it 500,000 to go and Clements didn’t go anywhere, as he tossed in the extra 300,000. The river was the the 7 and both players checked. Subramaniam showed KJ and Clements showed A8, giving him the pot. Clements is up to 2,700,000 and Subramaniam fell just below 1,000,000. Lee Gets Best of Kostritsyn Alexander Kostritsyn raised from early position and Redmond Lee made the call from the big blind. The two saw a flop heads-up of 679. Lee led out into the preflop raiser for 175,000. Kostritsyn made the call and the J fell on the turn. Lee moved all-in and Kostritsyn released his hand, slipping to 2,950,000, while Lee chipped up to 2,170,000. Parras Knocks Out Two Richard Morgan raised under-the-gun and Habib Khanis three-bet all-in for his last 650,000. Eduardo Parras moved all-in for his 1,500,000 and Richard Morgan made the call, putting his own 1,300,000 stack into the middle. Parras had both players called as all three hands were turned face-up. Morgan: KK The flop came 922 and Parras was still way in the lead. The 8 on the turn gave Khanis a load of outs. The 7 on the river notched the win for Parras and Khanis and Morgan were eliminated. Sijpkens Doubles Through the Grinder Michael Mizrachi fired 200,000 on a fop of 655 and Michiel Sijpkens made it 480,000 to go. Mizrachi made the call and the 8 came on the turn. Mizrachi checked and Sijpkens moved all-in for 1,375,000 and Mizrachi made the call. Mizrachi tabled 77 and needed to improve against the pocket queens of Sijpkens. The river was the J and Sijpkens doubled up to 4,000,000 and Mizrachi dropped to 6,300,000. Levy KO’s Canali Pierre Canali got all-in preflop against Adam Levy. Levy tabled KK and Canali showed AK. The board ran out Q52410 and Levy chipped up to 2,750,000 as Canali was sent to the rail. Baldwin Climbing We caught up with this hand on the river with Ismail Erkenov leading out for 200,000 with the board reading 7J494. Eric Baldwin raised to 650,000 and Erkenov went deep into the tank. After a while, Erkenov finally made the call and Baldwin pulled his chips back and tabled his hand as he showed JJ, good for a full house and the pot. Baldwin climbs to 3,100,000 and Erkenov fell to 900,000. Racener Straightens Out Duy Le raised to 120,000 from middle position and John Racner three-bet to 310,000. Le made the call and they saw a flop of 1098 and Racener led out for 375,000 and was called by Le. The turn was the 7 and both players checked. The 4 fell on the river and that prompted Le to bet 425,000 and Racener made the call. Le showed 1010, but Racener showed 63, giving him a straight and the pot. Racener moves to 8,500,000 and Le dropped to 3,950,000. Marcel Cole Eliminated Marcel moved his last 905,000 into the middle from under-the-gun with 88 and it folded around to Nicolas Babel on the button who made the call after some thought with AK. The board ran out A4232 and Babel received the knockout and some chips to move him to 2,670,000, while Cole is on his way to the payout line. Jetten Finds a Double John Dolan rasied to 115,000 and Edward Ochana made the call. Peter Jetten then squeezed all-in for 780,000. Dolan made the call and Ochana got out of the way. Jetten tabled QQ and Dolan needed to improve with his AJ. The board came 29986 and Jetten’s queens stayed in the lead and he doubled up to 1,700,000. Dolan fell to 1,400,000. Baldwin Drops a Big One On a flop of 973, Eric Baldwin checked over to Theo Jorgensen who bet 375,000 and Baldwin made the call. The turn was the Q and both players checked and saw the 2 fall on the river. Baldwin now led out for 620,000 and Jorgensen made the call. Baldwin tabled 1010, but couldn’t top Jorgensen’s KK. Baldwin is at 1,670,000 and Jorgensen is now at 10,750,000. Meenakshi Subramaniam Eliminated On the turn the board read 66J2 and Cuong Nguyen bet out 325,000. Meenakshi Subramaniam raised to 800,000. Nguyen called and the A filled out the board. Subramaniam moved all-in for 900,000 and Nguyen made the call. Subramaniam showed 88 and was eliminated when Nguyen showed the A2. Jetten Doubles Up Fernandez Peter Jetten raised on the button to 125,000. Jacobo Fernandez three-bet to 475,000 from the big blind. Jetten moved all-in and Fernandez made the call. Fernandez showed J10 and was racing against Jetten’s 55. The flop came AJ10 and Jetten was going to need to hit his two outer to eliminated Fernandez. Jetten couldn’t find a five on the turn or the river and slipped to 900,000. Fernandez doubled up to 1,600,000. John Armbrust Eliminated John Armbrust made it 125,000 under-the-gun and Redmond Lee moved all-in on the button. Armbrust made the call and was at risk of elimination. Armbrust showed AK and Lee held JJ. The flop was 1022, keeping Lee in the lead until the dealer peeled A on the turn. Lee threw his head back in dismay but the J on the river saved Lee and eliminated Armbrust. Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi, Scott Clements, Peter Jetten, Duy Le, Eric Baldwin, John Racener, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn |
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Jul 15, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 10 | + |
Level 14, Hour Two: Levy in the LeadJul 13, '10 Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante David Sands Roothlus Jumps Into Chip Lead At the very end of the last level and right before the break, Adam Levy played a monster pot. Adam Levy and Fabien Dunlop got in five bets prefop and saw a flop of 1092 and Dunlop checked over to Levy, who bet 80,000. Dunlop shoved all-in and Levy snap-called. Dunlop showed A2 and Levy tabled AA. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 3, which puts Levy at the top of the chip counts with 820,000. Tyler Kenney Eliminated It looks like the Kenney brothers won’t be able to mirror the Mizrachi brothers and get to the final table as Tyler Kenney has been eliminated. Before the break he got a bunch of chips in with pocket queens and lost to the pocket eights of his opponent and was unable to have his hand hold. That hand left him with just 40,000 in chips and after the break, Kenney found all of his chips in the middle with A9 against the AK of Tom Kallaway. The board bricked off for Kenney and he was eliminated from the tournament. Corkins Spikes It On The Flop A player in seat 1 moved all in for 68,300 and Hoyt Corkins eventually threw in a call with the ESPN cameras watching. “I hope you’ve got tens,” Corkins said. “I wanna be racing.” It was the worst-case scenario for Corkins as his AJ was dominated by seat 1’s AK. But the flop turned the tables as it fell J95 to give Corkins the lead. The A on the turn gave him two pair and the 2 on the river cemented the hand for Corkins. He scored the knockout and he was at 533,000. Shorr Makes The Right Fold The player in the small blind moved all in for 46,700 after Shannon Shorr had put in a raise preflop. Shorr took a long session in the tank contemplating what to do. “Just go away,” the small blind said. “Go away?” Shorr replied. “Yes, go away,” the small blind reiterated. “Or call, whatever works.” Shorr gave a grin but then flung his pocket eights into the muck. He was rewarded by the small blind as he tabled AA. Shorr was down to 290,000. Kostritsyn Turns Rags To Riches We picked up the action after the board had run out Q429Q. Alexander Kostritsyn fired 6,500 into a pot holding about 30,000 and his opponent mulled over the call. He eventually threw it in and Kostritsyn tabled the lowly 32 for queens and deuces. It was more than enough, however, as his opponent mucked. Kostritsyn raked in a nice pot and he was up to 590,000. Sands Turns To Ash David Sands raised preflop and Filippo Candio repopped to 17,400. Sands then shoved for 70,000 and Candio made the call. Sands: KK Sands was the victim of a cooler and the board ran out 1010465, holding the aces and sending Sands to the rail. Galfond Straightens One Out After the flop came down J76, Phil Galfond bet 23,000 and his opponent made the call. The turn was the 8 and both players checked. The river brought the 10, putting out four cards to a straight. The other player fired 76,000 and Galfond responded by moving all in. His opponent called off his last 220,000 and Galfond tabled J9 for the jack-high straight. His opponent showed his counterfeited straight, 54, and he made his way to the rail as Galfond took in a huge pot. He was up to 545,000. Failla Gets Paid, Literally Will Failla and his opponent got in 31,000 in the middle preflop and saw a flop of Q72. Failla checked over to his opponent, who bet 35,000. Failla thought for a few seconds before going all-in for 150,000 more. “Why would you check and let me bet that flop,” said his opponent. “It makes no sense.” “I’ve been full of it before,” said Failla. His opponent eventually folded and showed the Q as he let his hand go. Failla offered to show his hand for $20. His opponent immediately reached into his pocket for 20 bucks, handed it over, and was promptly shown KK. Schoenberg Scores a Double Erica Schoenberg got all in from the big blind against the player on the button. The button showed A2 and Schoenberg showed AJ. Thee board ran out 10982Q and Schoenberg doubled up to 85,000, giving her a tiny bit of breathing room. Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Phil Galfond, Shannon Shorr, David Sands, Will Failla, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Tyler Kenney Level 20 Hour Two Update: Richey Goes BustoJul 14, '10 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Theo Jorgensen – 3,200,000 Brett Richey Bretty Richey Busto Dan Lu raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Brett Richey three-bet to 90,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Lu moved all-in and Richey made the call with his last 340,000 and showed 55. He was going to need some help from the dealer when he saw Lu’s 1010. Richey was stood up to leave the table after the turn as the board ran out QJ6103. Lu is over the million mark with the pot. Jan Boye Doubles, But Still Short Jan Boye moved all-in for 59,000 from the hijack and Christopher Bolt made the call from the big blind. Boye showed AK and was ahead of Bolt’s Q9. Bolt failed to improve and Boye doubled up to a still short 142,000. Jorgensen Takes Over Chip Lead Theo Jorgensen raised to 38,000 from the cutoff and Dorothy VonSachsen moved all-in for 75,000 from the button. Jorgensen made the call and the cards were turned on their backs. Jorgensen showed A6 and was up against the K10 of VonSachsen. The board ran out AKJ94 and one of the last women standing was sent to the rail. Jorgensen is at 3,200,000 in chips and looks to be the chip leader at the moment. Fennell Busts Billirakis Four players saw a flop of Q62. James Fennell checked from the big blind, another player checked, and Steve Billirakis bet 58,000. Garrett Adelstein called and Fennell made it 175,000. The other player got out of the way and only Billirakis called the check-raise. The turn was the 5 and Fennell bet 230,000. Billirakis then moved all-in for 734,000 and was called by Fennell. It was an unfortunate turn card for Billirakis who turned two pair with his 56 and was still behind the set of Fennell who tabled 22. The river was the 8 and Billirakis was sent to the rail. On the other hand, Fennell is just under 2,000,000 in chips. Racener in Cruise Control On the river, John Racner fired out 365,000 into a pot that already had about 500,000 in the middle with the board reading J8QKJ. Jeff Banghart called the bet, but couldn’t rake the pot as Racener showed A10, giving him broadway. Racener is now at 2,150,000 and Banghart dropped to 330,000. Dudley’s Dreams Dashed Dash Dudley was all-in for KJ for 183,000 and Sergey Serafimov called from the small blind with AK. Dudley was in bad shape as the board came out 95483 and Dudley was eliminated from this year’s main event. Siegel Gets the Best of Kostritsyn Jordan Siegel got his last 322,000 into the middle preflop and got a call from Alexander Kostritsyn. Kostritsyn held pocket tens, but was behind Siegel’s pocket aces. The flop came 710A, leaving Kostritsyn drawing to just the case ten for the win. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 3, which couldn’t give Kostritsyn quads for a sick beat. Two players at the table claimed they had folded aces after the hands were turned up, so they are either playing with an illegal deck of cards, or the players’ memory are slipping a bit. Bellande Busts One Steven Padres moved all-in preflop and was called by Jean-Robert Bellande. Bellande was in a commanding position with his KK against Padre’s QQ. The board ran out A927K to give Bellande the pot and if Bellande keeps running like this, maybe he wont be “BrokelivingJRB” on twitter anymore. He is now up to 1,260,000. Mizrachi Doubles On a flop of 988, Robert Mizrachi moved all-in for his last 132,000 and was called by Vern Keller. Mizrachi showed KK and Keller tabled 95. The board finished off QJ and Mizrachi doubled up to 370,000. The Mizrachi count is at two with both him and his brother Michael in the tournament. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Theo Jorgensen, Steve Billirakis, Brett Richey, Jean-Robert Bellande, John Racener, Dash Dudley, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 24, Hour Two: Dunst Doubles UpJul 15, '10 Note: Players have gone on an unscheduled 20-minute break to color up the T1,000 chips. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 96 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 2,287,187 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 2,000,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. John Racener – 6,985,000 Notable Eliminations: 100. Christian Harder — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Chamberlain Bounced Out Picking up the action on a flop of J107, Daniel Chamberlain made a bet and Brandon Steven check-raised. Chamberlain moved in and Steven made the call. Chamberlain: AA Chamberlain held the aces but needed to fade the spade draw. The turn was harmless with the 10 but the river was the 9 and Chamberlain was flushed away. Jetten Takes One Duy Le raised to 90,000 and Peter Jetten made the call. Both players saw the flop come down KQ2 and Le bet 150,000. Jetten made the call and the turn was the 6. Both players checked and the river was the K. Jetten bet 240,000 this time and Le mucked. Jetten was at 1.91 million. Dunst Doubles Up Tony Dunst raised preflop from under the gun and Edward Ochana made the call in the small blind. The flop came down 732 and Dunst bet 100,000. Ochana then moved in and Dunst called, putting himself at risk. Dunst: 99 Ochana flopped top pair but Dunst was ahead with the overpair. The board finished off A and 4 and Dunst doubled to 1.4 million. Jorgensen Takes One Down Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 101084 and Theo Jorgensen fired 100,000. His opponent made the call and the river was the 7. Jorgensen fired 300,000 and was called again. Jorgensen then showed A5 for the nut-flush and his oppoonent mucked. Jorgensen was up to 4.8 million after the hand. Kostritsyn Scores The KO Getty Mattingsley was all in for 761,000 preflop and Alexander Kostritsyn made the call. Here were the hands. Kostritsyn: AQ It was a race and Kostritsyn jumped ahead on the Q88 flop. The turn was the 8, giving each player a full house with Kostritsyn’s still being best. The river was the 3 and Mattignsley was out. Kostritsyn was at 6.1 million after the hand. Bardah With Some Aggression Ronnie Bardah raised to 80,000 and Gabriel Alarie made it 280,000 to go from the small blind. The big blind mucked and the action was back on Bardah. He shoved for 1.12 million and Alarie took a session in the tank. He decided to release his hand and Bardah took a nice pot without the bother of a flop. He was up to 1.5 million. Baldwin Gets Baked, But Then Doubles Through Brokos Eric Baldwin raised to 76,000 preflop and David Baker moved all in from the small blind for 581,000. Baldwin made the call and the hands were turned over. Baldwin: AQ The race was on and each player got a piece of the QJ9 flop. Baldwin hit top pair and Baker nailed a set of jacks. The turn was the 8 and the river was the 3 and Baker doubled up to 1.2 million. Baldwin was down to 340,000. A few hands later, Baldwin moved in for 340,000 and Andrew Brokos made the call. Brokos turned over A4 while Baldwin tabled KJ. Baldwin hit a king on the turn and it held up as he doubled to 750,000. Brokos was down to 2 million. Player Tags: Theo Jorgensen, Ronnie Bardah, Peter Jetten, Eric Baldwin, Gabriel Alarie, Tony Dunst, Alexander Kostritsyn, Brandon Steven, Getty Mattingsley, Daniel Chamberlain Level 22, Hour One: Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up, Johnny Chan EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 154 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,425,779 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,600,000 Notable Eliminations: 156. Johnny Chan — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Robert Betters Robert Robert Mizrachi moved all in for 239,000 from the big blind and he was called by Robert Pisando from the small blind. Here were their cards. Mizrachi: AQ Mizrachi was dominating and the flop left him freerolling when it fell KJ10, giving Mizrachi Broadway. Pisano could only tie but the board finished off K and 3 and Mizrachi doubled to about 500,000. Pisano was at 4.05 million. Chamberlain Surrenders The Double Daniel Chamberlain raised to 44,000 from the cutoff and Gabriel Nassif moved in for 456,000 from the button. Chamberlain looked him up and the cards were turned over. Chamberlain: A9 Chamberlain was dominated and needed some help with a nine or some spades. The flop board ran out with all black cards, but they were the wrong suit for Chamberlain as it ran Q1044K. Nassif scored the double up and he was up to 969,000. Kostritsyn Drops A Pot Picking up the action after the board had run out 752KJ, Alexander Kostritsyn fired 325,000 into a pot of about 470,000. Mozheng Guan made the call and turned over 76 for top pair on the flop. It was good as Kostritsyn mucked and Guan took the pot. Guan was up to 1.4 million while Kostritsyn slipped to 2.4 million. Bracy Gets Jacked Up Tony Bracy moved all in for 97,000 preflop and Redmond Lee decided to raise to 200,000. The isolation play worked as everyone else mucked and the hands were turned over. Bracy: 66 Lee was dominating and the flop fell QJ8, giving Lee a set. Bracy needed some runners to a flush or quads but the K on the turn left him drawing dead. The river was the 4 and Lee scored the knockout. He was up to 1.33 million. Lodden Breaches Two Million Johnny Lodden raised to 50,000 from late position and Denis Pisarev made the call from the button. The flop fell A102 and Lodden checked. Pisarev fired 65,000 and Lodden made the call. The turn was the 2 and both players checked. The river was the 7 and Lodden led out with 205,000. Pisarev made a quick call but Lodden turned over A7 for two pair and Pisarev mucked. Lodden took down a nice pot and he was at 2 million in chips. Affleck And Harder Tangle Matt Affleck raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button next door. The two saw a flop of 985 and Affleck led for 65,000. Harder made the call and the turn was the A. Affleck fired another 115,000 into the pot and it was enough to take it down as Harder mucked. Affleck took the pot and he was at 3.1 million. Harder slipped to 1.11 million. Singer Blasted Away Jameson Singer moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Derek Gibb decided to look him up. Here were their cards: Singer: 75 Singer had two live cards but they were as good as dead when the flop fell AA4. Singer needed running cards but his running shoes were shot off his feet when the A on the turn gave Gibb quads and left Singer drawing dead. The meaningless river was the 4 and Singer was eliminated. Jorgensen With The Knockout Diogo Borges was all in for 520,000 preflop against Theo Jorgensen preflop. Here were their cards. Jorgensen: AQ Borges was dominated and the board ran out AK7QQ10, giving both players two pair but Jorgensen the better end of it. Borges was out and Jorgensen was at 3.8 million. Kenney Doing The Killing Around Here Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q105 and there was about 500,000 already in the pot. Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000 and Bryn Kenney made the call to put him at risk. Kenney: KQ Kenney flopped top pair but was up against the pocket aces of his opponent. But the turn was the Q, giving Kenney trips and leaving Figueiredo one step closer to the door. The river was the 7 and Kenney scored the improbable knockout. He was up to 3.38 million. Binette Goes Boom Francois Binette and Michal Wywrot each put in three-bets before they saw a J102 flop. Wywrot fired 162,000 and Binette shoved for 750,000. Wywrot made the call and he turned over AA. Binette was drawing to a straight with KQ. But the turn was the Q and the river was the J, giving Binette little help and he was out. Wywrot was up to 1.7 million. Tran Takes A Pot, But Takes Penalty For It Jonathan Driscoll raised it up to 44,000 from the hijack and Theo Tran made the call from the big blind. He then turned over his A-5, thinking he was all in. The floor was called and Tran’s hand was ruled live. The flop then came down A54 and Driscoll mucked immediately. Tran took the pot and was at 170,000. However, since Tran exposed his hand, he was given a one-round penalty. Siegel Eliminated Jordan Siegel moved all in for 268,000 and he was looked up by Jared Ingles in the hijack. Siegel turned over A9 but was trailing Ingles’ QQ. The board ran out K53103 and Siegel was eliminated. David Benyamine Doubles Up Evan Lamprea raised from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in another raise from the button. Lamprea moved enough chips into the middle to put Benyamine all in and he made the call. Benyamine: KK Benyamine was dominating and the flop fell Q94, giving Benyamine four to a flush. It also took away a few of Lamprea’s outs and he was left drawing dead when the 9 came on the turn. The river was the Q and Benyamine doubled to 800,000 while Lamprea slipped to 2.58 million. Levy Drops A Pot Gualter Salles raised to 50,000 preflop and Adam Levy made it 142,000 to go from the small blind. Salles called and the flop fell A53. Salles fired 100,000 and Levy made the call. The turn was the 10 and Salles bet 300,000. Levy released his hand and dropped to 945,000. Johnny Chan Eliminated Johnny Chan and pocket aces did not get along today. He lost a huge pot when he ran his kings into Robert Pisano’s aces during the first level and had a similar situation when he busted out. Chan open-shoved for 550,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Driscoll snapped him off from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over. Chan: JJ Chan fell victim to the aces again and the board ran out 76357 and Chan was eliminated. Grinder Making The Charge Duy Le raised to 40,000 preflop and Getty Mattingsley popped it to 105,000. Mizrachi made the call from the small blind and Le also tagged along. The flop fell 1084 and everyone checked. The turn was the K and Mattingsley fired 176,000. Both opponents called and the river was the 5. Le bet 500,000 this time and Mattigsley fled. Mizrachi decided to look him up after a session in the tank and Le tabled J9 for a whole lot of nothing. Mizrachi showed 77 for just sevens, but it was good for the pot and he was at 3.9 million. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, David Benyamine, Michael Mizrachi, Johnny Chan, Jordan Siegel, Gabriel Nassif, Theo Tran, Duy Le, Johnny Lodden, Bryn Kenney, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Robert Pisano, Mozheng Guan, Daniel Chamberlain Level 27 Hour Two Update: LeFrancois Streaking Up the Chip Counts, Brikis and Jetten Hit the RailJul 16, '10 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 51 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 4,142,830 Card Player Chip Counts: Tony Dunst – 1,440,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. William Thorson – 10,610,000 Notable Eliminations: 56. Jared Ingles – $138,285 Player Twitter Accounts Big Hands: Lodden Makes a Good Laydown Patrick Eskandar raised from middle position to 135,000. Michiel Sijpkens called, Johnny Lodden called from the button, and Matthew Berkey came along from the big blind. The flop was 932 and Eskandar bet 200,000 after a check from Berkey. Sijpkens folded and Lodden raised to 590,000. Berkey folded and Eskandar moved all-in and had Lodden covered. Lodden let his hand go and kept his 2,950,000. He made a good decision since Eskandar showed the 99, giving him top set. David Benyamine Eliminated At the end of the last hour, David Benyamine was eliminated. He raised from the button and got into a preflop raising war with Pascal LeFrancois until all the money got into the middle. Benyamine was at risk for his last 1,400,000 with the Q10 and LeFrancois held the AJ. The dealer dealt out the 3109 flop and Benyamine would need runners. The 9 on the turn left Benyamine drawing dead and he finished in 58th place. LeFrancois Streaking Jonathan Driscoll opened on the button to 145,000 and was met with a three-bet to 455,000 from Pascal LeFrancois from the small blind. After a fold from the big blind, Driscoll made it 1,025,000 to go and LeFrancois moved all-in for 4,725,000. Driscoll made the call. LeFrancois tabled QQ and Driscoll showed JJ. The dealer dealt out the board of 8A3510 and Driscoll slipped to 1,700,000 and LeFrancois moved to 9,300,000 which puts him near the top of the chip counts. Brikis Crippled, Eliminated Action folded to Christopher Bolt on the button and he moved all-in for 785,000 and Josh Brikis made the call from the big blind. Brikis tabled Kd10s and was slightly behind the AJ of Bolt. The board ran out A84Q9 and Brikis was down to just 45,000 in chips. He doubled up the next hand is up to 160,000 but was eliminated shortly thereafter. Thorson Climbing John Racener raised to 140,000 under-the-gun and William Thorson made the call, as well as Michael Mizrachi and Duy Le from the blinds. Mizrachi led out for 300,000 on a flop of K109. Le made the call and Racener folded before Thorson raised to 975,000. Mizrachi folded after two minutes in the tank and Le made the call. The 2 peeled off on the turn and Le checked over to Thorson who bet 2,000,000. Le was in a tough spot and thought for a few minutes before folding AQ face-up on the table. Thorson showed his 1010, giving him a set of tens to move to 9,500,000 in chips. Costner Pressures Kostritsyn Joseph Cheong raised in early position to 140,000 and Alexander Kostritsyn called in middle position before Gabe Costner called from the big blind. The flop came 967 and Costner checked over to Cheong, who bet 240,000. Kostritsyn and Costner made the call and the 10 came on the turn. Costner and Cheong both checked to Kostritsyn, who bet 825,000. Costner then put in a check-raise to 1,800,000. Cheong folded and Kostritsyn went into the tank for a while before eventually deciding to let it go and keep his 3,900,000 for another hand. Costner cracked the 10 million chip mark with the pot. Jetten Crippled and Eliminated It was a battle of the blinds and Peter Jetten somehow found all of his chips in the middle with the 95 against Dag Palovic, who had AQ. Palovic was actually all-in for 1,030,000, with Jetten covering him by 15,000. The flop was JQQ and after the 4 fell on the turn, Jetten was drawing dead. He was eliminated on the next hand, but another player went out before him, earning an extra $30,000. Thorson Forces Grinder to Fold Tony Dunst raised to 130,000 and was three-bet by William Thorson to 415,000. Michael Mizrachi made it 915,000 which got a quick fold from Dunst. Thorson quickly grabbed a stack of 100,000 denomination chips and slid them out into the middle and announced he was all-in. Mizrachi went deep into the tank for quite a while. Thorson eventually called the clock on Mizrachi. Mizrachi eventually elected to fold, but Thorson said he could pick a card to see. After Mizrachi picked one, Thorson revealed the Q and raked in a pot that would send him to 10,600,000 in chips. Affleck Wins One After a limp from William Thorson and Michael Mizrachi, Matt Affleck raised to 230,000. Thorson made the call and Mizrachi folded. It was checked to the river as the board came out J910108 and Thorson fired 210,000. Affleck made it 775,000 and after a while, Thorson let his hand go. Affleck chipped up to 7,800,000 after stacking his newly found chips. Bolt Eliminated Christopher Bolt got all his money in the middle preflop against Benjamin Statz. Statz held the Q10 and Bolt tabled the AK The fop came 762, seemingly pretty harmless for Bolt. The 4 on the turn gave Statz a flush draw, however, which got there on the river with the 7 and Bolt was eliminated. Kostritsyn Eliminated On the last hand before the break, Bryn Kenney raised to 160,000 under-the-gun and Alexander Kostritsyn three-bet to 575,000 on the button. Kenney moved all-in and Kostritsyn quickly made the call. Kenney was in a world of hurt when he tabled his AQ and was up against Kostritsyn’s KK. The flop brought some real drama as it came J73, giving Kenney a flush draw along with an overcard. The turn was a brick as the dealer dealt the 3, but the 5 completed Kenney’s flush. After a count down of the chips, Kostritsyn was covered by Kenney and Kostritsyn was gone in 52nd place. Player Tags: David Benyamine, Peter Jetten, Johnny Lodden, Alexander Kostritsyn, Josh Brikis, Pascal LeFrancois Level 27 Hour One Update: Eric Baldwin and David Benyamine EliminatedJul 16, '10 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante ante Players Remaining: 59 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 3,721,525 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. John Racener — 10,210,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Tony Dunst – 2,030,000 Player Twitter Accounts Josh Brikis Notable Eliminations: 61. Rudy Miller — $138,285 Big Hands: Tony Dunst Doubles Up Hasan Habib bet 155,000 from early position. Action was folded to Tony Dunst and he elected to move all in for 930,000. Action was folded to Habib and he called to put Dunst at risk. Habib exposed the AK and was flipping against the QQ of Dunst. The flop was ugly for Dunst as it came K54. The 3 on the turn was no help to Dunst. However, the Q on the river gave Dunst the hand and the double up. He was at 2,030,000 while Habib fell to 985,000. Jason Senti Doubles Up Jason Senti shoved for 545,000 with the A5. David Assouline called with the 77. The board ran out A4299 and Senti doubled up. He was up to 1,260,000 after the hand. Assouline was down to 2,095,000. Josh Brikis Doubles Up David Assouline bet 125,000. Josh Brikis moved all in for 285,000 with the 77. Assouline called with the A4. The board ran out KQ975 and Brikis doubled up to about 800,000. Bryn Kenney Loses a Pot to Alexander Kostritsyn Alexander Kostritsyn bet 150,000 from under the gun. Bryn Kenney raised to 400,000. Kostritsyn called and the flop came Q99. Kostritsyn checked. Kenney bet 520,000. Kostritsyn check-raised 1,500,000 more. Kenney folded. Kenney was at 3,300,000 after the hand while Kostritsyn was up to 5,160,000. Joseph Cheong Doubles Up One a flop of K85 Cuong Nguyen bet 650,000. Joseph Cheong moved all in 2,620,000. Nguyen called. Cheong tabled the AK and was way ahead of the JJ of his opponent. The 2 on the turn and 6 on the river were safe for Cheong. He doubled up to 7,850,000. Nguyen was down to 2,950,000 after the hand. Alexander Kostritsyn Gets Value Rudy Miller bet 175,000 from early position. Redmond Lee called from the small blind. Alexander Kostritsyn called from the big blind. The flop came JJ5. It was checked around and the 2 fell on the turn. Lee checked. Kostritsyn bet 300,000. Miller called. Lee folded. The 7 landed on the river and Kostritsyn bet 225,000. Miller called. Kostritsyn exposed the 33 and was good. He was at 5,900,000 after the hand. Miller was at about 800,000 after the hand. Denis Pisarev Eliminated Denis Pisarev bet 155,000. Duy Le raised to 350,000. Pisarev moved all in for 1,120,000. Le made the call and exposed the AK. Pisarev tabled the KK. Pisarev was in good shape to double up but the flop brought an ace for Le. The rest of the board failed to offer any help and he was gone. Le was up to 4,300,000 after the hand. Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player, Eliminated Shortly Thereafter Theo Jorgensen bet 135,000 from under the gun. Sergey Rybachenko moved all in for 925,000 in late position. Eric Baldwin reraised all in from the big blind. Jorgensen folded. Baldwin tabled the 99 and was dominated by the K-K of Rybachenko. The board ran out 652A6 and Rybachenko doubled to 2,000,000. Baldwin was down to just 310,000 after the hand. He was eliminated a little bit later. Scott Clements Knocks off a Player Bill Melvin had all his chips in the middle preflop with the KK and was called by the A9 of Scott Clements. The board ran out Q874A and Clements won the pot. He was at 3,300,000 after the hand. Matt Harris Eliminated Corey Emery bet 140,000 from under the gun. Matt Harris raised to 350,000. Action was folded to John Racener. He four-bet to 785,000. Action was folded to Emery and he mucked. Harris moved all in for 2,020,000. Racener went into the tank before making the call to put Harris at risk of elimination. Racener tabled the AK and was in bad shape versus the KK of Harris. However, the board ran out Q73JA and Racener took the pot. He was the chip leader with 10,210,000 after the hand. Check out a CardPlayer TV video from earlier in the day! Player Tags: Scott Clements, Bryn Kenney, Tony Dunst, Alexander Kostritsyn, Josh Brikis, David Assouline Level 26 Hour Two: Clements Chips Up, Grinder Slips a BitJul 16, '10 Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 64 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 3,378,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Tony Dunst – 1,020,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Theo Jorgensen – 10,900,000 Notable Eliminations: 72. Habib Khanis – $114,205 Player Twitter Accounts Big Hands: Clements Takes One From Subramaniam On a flop of 1033, Meenakshi Subramamaniam bet 175,000 into Scott Clements. Scott Clements made the call and they saw the 7 fall on the turn. Subramaniam checked and Clements bet 200,000. Subramaniam made it 500,000 to go and Clements didn’t go anywhere, as he tossed in the extra 300,000. The river was the the 7 and both players checked. Subramaniam showed KJ and Clements showed A8, giving him the pot. Clements is up to 2,700,000 and Subramaniam fell just below 1,000,000. Lee Gets Best of Kostritsyn Alexander Kostritsyn raised from early position and Redmond Lee made the call from the big blind. The two saw a flop heads-up of 679. Lee led out into the preflop raiser for 175,000. Kostritsyn made the call and the J fell on the turn. Lee moved all-in and Kostritsyn released his hand, slipping to 2,950,000, while Lee chipped up to 2,170,000. Parras Knocks Out Two Richard Morgan raised under-the-gun and Habib Khanis three-bet all-in for his last 650,000. Eduardo Parras moved all-in for his 1,500,000 and Richard Morgan made the call, putting his own 1,300,000 stack into the middle. Parras had both players called as all three hands were turned face-up. Morgan: KK The flop came 922 and Parras was still way in the lead. The 8 on the turn gave Khanis a load of outs. The 7 on the river notched the win for Parras and Khanis and Morgan were eliminated. Sijpkens Doubles Through the Grinder Michael Mizrachi fired 200,000 on a fop of 655 and Michiel Sijpkens made it 480,000 to go. Mizrachi made the call and the 8 came on the turn. Mizrachi checked and Sijpkens moved all-in for 1,375,000 and Mizrachi made the call. Mizrachi tabled 77 and needed to improve against the pocket queens of Sijpkens. The river was the J and Sijpkens doubled up to 4,000,000 and Mizrachi dropped to 6,300,000. Levy KO’s Canali Pierre Canali got all-in preflop against Adam Levy. Levy tabled KK and Canali showed AK. The board ran out Q52410 and Levy chipped up to 2,750,000 as Canali was sent to the rail. Baldwin Climbing We caught up with this hand on the river with Ismail Erkenov leading out for 200,000 with the board reading 7J494. Eric Baldwin raised to 650,000 and Erkenov went deep into the tank. After a while, Erkenov finally made the call and Baldwin pulled his chips back and tabled his hand as he showed JJ, good for a full house and the pot. Baldwin climbs to 3,100,000 and Erkenov fell to 900,000. Racener Straightens Out Duy Le raised to 120,000 from middle position and John Racner three-bet to 310,000. Le made the call and they saw a flop of 1098 and Racener led out for 375,000 and was called by Le. The turn was the 7 and both players checked. The 4 fell on the river and that prompted Le to bet 425,000 and Racener made the call. Le showed 1010, but Racener showed 63, giving him a straight and the pot. Racener moves to 8,500,000 and Le dropped to 3,950,000. Marcel Cole Eliminated Marcel moved his last 905,000 into the middle from under-the-gun with 88 and it folded around to Nicolas Babel on the button who made the call after some thought with AK. The board ran out A4232 and Babel received the knockout and some chips to move him to 2,670,000, while Cole is on his way to the payout line. Jetten Finds a Double John Dolan rasied to 115,000 and Edward Ochana made the call. Peter Jetten then squeezed all-in for 780,000. Dolan made the call and Ochana got out of the way. Jetten tabled QQ and Dolan needed to improve with his AJ. The board came 29986 and Jetten’s queens stayed in the lead and he doubled up to 1,700,000. Dolan fell to 1,400,000. Baldwin Drops a Big One On a flop of 973, Eric Baldwin checked over to Theo Jorgensen who bet 375,000 and Baldwin made the call. The turn was the Q and both players checked and saw the 2 fall on the river. Baldwin now led out for 620,000 and Jorgensen made the call. Baldwin tabled 1010, but couldn’t top Jorgensen’s KK. Baldwin is at 1,670,000 and Jorgensen is now at 10,750,000. Meenakshi Subramaniam Eliminated On the turn the board read 66J2 and Cuong Nguyen bet out 325,000. Meenakshi Subramaniam raised to 800,000. Nguyen called and the A filled out the board. Subramaniam moved all-in for 900,000 and Nguyen made the call. Subramaniam showed 88 and was eliminated when Nguyen showed the A2. Jetten Doubles Up Fernandez Peter Jetten raised on the button to 125,000. Jacobo Fernandez three-bet to 475,000 from the big blind. Jetten moved all-in and Fernandez made the call. Fernandez showed J10 and was racing against Jetten’s 55. The flop came AJ10 and Jetten was going to need to hit his two outer to eliminated Fernandez. Jetten couldn’t find a five on the turn or the river and slipped to 900,000. Fernandez doubled up to 1,600,000. John Armbrust Eliminated John Armbrust made it 125,000 under-the-gun and Redmond Lee moved all-in on the button. Armbrust made the call and was at risk of elimination. Armbrust showed AK and Lee held JJ. The flop was 1022, keeping Lee in the lead until the dealer peeled A on the turn. Lee threw his head back in dismay but the J on the river saved Lee and eliminated Armbrust. Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi, Scott Clements, Peter Jetten, Duy Le, Eric Baldwin, John Racener, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn |
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Jul 14, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 9 | + |
Level 14, Hour Two: Levy in the LeadJul 13, '10 Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante David Sands Roothlus Jumps Into Chip Lead At the very end of the last level and right before the break, Adam Levy played a monster pot. Adam Levy and Fabien Dunlop got in five bets prefop and saw a flop of 1092 and Dunlop checked over to Levy, who bet 80,000. Dunlop shoved all-in and Levy snap-called. Dunlop showed A2 and Levy tabled AA. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 3, which puts Levy at the top of the chip counts with 820,000. Tyler Kenney Eliminated It looks like the Kenney brothers won’t be able to mirror the Mizrachi brothers and get to the final table as Tyler Kenney has been eliminated. Before the break he got a bunch of chips in with pocket queens and lost to the pocket eights of his opponent and was unable to have his hand hold. That hand left him with just 40,000 in chips and after the break, Kenney found all of his chips in the middle with A9 against the AK of Tom Kallaway. The board bricked off for Kenney and he was eliminated from the tournament. Corkins Spikes It On The Flop A player in seat 1 moved all in for 68,300 and Hoyt Corkins eventually threw in a call with the ESPN cameras watching. “I hope you’ve got tens,” Corkins said. “I wanna be racing.” It was the worst-case scenario for Corkins as his AJ was dominated by seat 1’s AK. But the flop turned the tables as it fell J95 to give Corkins the lead. The A on the turn gave him two pair and the 2 on the river cemented the hand for Corkins. He scored the knockout and he was at 533,000. Shorr Makes The Right Fold The player in the small blind moved all in for 46,700 after Shannon Shorr had put in a raise preflop. Shorr took a long session in the tank contemplating what to do. “Just go away,” the small blind said. “Go away?” Shorr replied. “Yes, go away,” the small blind reiterated. “Or call, whatever works.” Shorr gave a grin but then flung his pocket eights into the muck. He was rewarded by the small blind as he tabled AA. Shorr was down to 290,000. Kostritsyn Turns Rags To Riches We picked up the action after the board had run out Q429Q. Alexander Kostritsyn fired 6,500 into a pot holding about 30,000 and his opponent mulled over the call. He eventually threw it in and Kostritsyn tabled the lowly 32 for queens and deuces. It was more than enough, however, as his opponent mucked. Kostritsyn raked in a nice pot and he was up to 590,000. Sands Turns To Ash David Sands raised preflop and Filippo Candio repopped to 17,400. Sands then shoved for 70,000 and Candio made the call. Sands: KK Sands was the victim of a cooler and the board ran out 1010465, holding the aces and sending Sands to the rail. Galfond Straightens One Out After the flop came down J76, Phil Galfond bet 23,000 and his opponent made the call. The turn was the 8 and both players checked. The river brought the 10, putting out four cards to a straight. The other player fired 76,000 and Galfond responded by moving all in. His opponent called off his last 220,000 and Galfond tabled J9 for the jack-high straight. His opponent showed his counterfeited straight, 54, and he made his way to the rail as Galfond took in a huge pot. He was up to 545,000. Failla Gets Paid, Literally Will Failla and his opponent got in 31,000 in the middle preflop and saw a flop of Q72. Failla checked over to his opponent, who bet 35,000. Failla thought for a few seconds before going all-in for 150,000 more. “Why would you check and let me bet that flop,” said his opponent. “It makes no sense.” “I’ve been full of it before,” said Failla. His opponent eventually folded and showed the Q as he let his hand go. Failla offered to show his hand for $20. His opponent immediately reached into his pocket for 20 bucks, handed it over, and was promptly shown KK. Schoenberg Scores a Double Erica Schoenberg got all in from the big blind against the player on the button. The button showed A2 and Schoenberg showed AJ. Thee board ran out 10982Q and Schoenberg doubled up to 85,000, giving her a tiny bit of breathing room. Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Phil Galfond, Shannon Shorr, David Sands, Will Failla, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Tyler Kenney Level 20 Hour Two Update: Richey Goes BustoJul 14, '10 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Theo Jorgensen – 3,200,000 Brett Richey Bretty Richey Busto Dan Lu raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Brett Richey three-bet to 90,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Lu moved all-in and Richey made the call with his last 340,000 and showed 55. He was going to need some help from the dealer when he saw Lu’s 1010. Richey was stood up to leave the table after the turn as the board ran out QJ6103. Lu is over the million mark with the pot. Jan Boye Doubles, But Still Short Jan Boye moved all-in for 59,000 from the hijack and Christopher Bolt made the call from the big blind. Boye showed AK and was ahead of Bolt’s Q9. Bolt failed to improve and Boye doubled up to a still short 142,000. Jorgensen Takes Over Chip Lead Theo Jorgensen raised to 38,000 from the cutoff and Dorothy VonSachsen moved all-in for 75,000 from the button. Jorgensen made the call and the cards were turned on their backs. Jorgensen showed A6 and was up against the K10 of VonSachsen. The board ran out AKJ94 and one of the last women standing was sent to the rail. Jorgensen is at 3,200,000 in chips and looks to be the chip leader at the moment. Fennell Busts Billirakis Four players saw a flop of Q62. James Fennell checked from the big blind, another player checked, and Steve Billirakis bet 58,000. Garrett Adelstein called and Fennell made it 175,000. The other player got out of the way and only Billirakis called the check-raise. The turn was the 5 and Fennell bet 230,000. Billirakis then moved all-in for 734,000 and was called by Fennell. It was an unfortunate turn card for Billirakis who turned two pair with his 56 and was still behind the set of Fennell who tabled 22. The river was the 8 and Billirakis was sent to the rail. On the other hand, Fennell is just under 2,000,000 in chips. Racener in Cruise Control On the river, John Racner fired out 365,000 into a pot that already had about 500,000 in the middle with the board reading J8QKJ. Jeff Banghart called the bet, but couldn’t rake the pot as Racener showed A10, giving him broadway. Racener is now at 2,150,000 and Banghart dropped to 330,000. Dudley’s Dreams Dashed Dash Dudley was all-in for KJ for 183,000 and Sergey Serafimov called from the small blind with AK. Dudley was in bad shape as the board came out 95483 and Dudley was eliminated from this year’s main event. Siegel Gets the Best of Kostritsyn Jordan Siegel got his last 322,000 into the middle preflop and got a call from Alexander Kostritsyn. Kostritsyn held pocket tens, but was behind Siegel’s pocket aces. The flop came 710A, leaving Kostritsyn drawing to just the case ten for the win. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 3, which couldn’t give Kostritsyn quads for a sick beat. Two players at the table claimed they had folded aces after the hands were turned up, so they are either playing with an illegal deck of cards, or the players’ memory are slipping a bit. Bellande Busts One Steven Padres moved all-in preflop and was called by Jean-Robert Bellande. Bellande was in a commanding position with his KK against Padre’s QQ. The board ran out A927K to give Bellande the pot and if Bellande keeps running like this, maybe he wont be “BrokelivingJRB” on twitter anymore. He is now up to 1,260,000. Mizrachi Doubles On a flop of 988, Robert Mizrachi moved all-in for his last 132,000 and was called by Vern Keller. Mizrachi showed KK and Keller tabled 95. The board finished off QJ and Mizrachi doubled up to 370,000. The Mizrachi count is at two with both him and his brother Michael in the tournament. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Theo Jorgensen, Steve Billirakis, Brett Richey, Jean-Robert Bellande, John Racener, Dash Dudley, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 24, Hour Two: Dunst Doubles UpJul 15, '10 Note: Players have gone on an unscheduled 20-minute break to color up the T1,000 chips. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 96 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 2,287,187 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 2,000,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. John Racener – 6,985,000 Notable Eliminations: 100. Christian Harder — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Chamberlain Bounced Out Picking up the action on a flop of J107, Daniel Chamberlain made a bet and Brandon Steven check-raised. Chamberlain moved in and Steven made the call. Chamberlain: AA Chamberlain held the aces but needed to fade the spade draw. The turn was harmless with the 10 but the river was the 9 and Chamberlain was flushed away. Jetten Takes One Duy Le raised to 90,000 and Peter Jetten made the call. Both players saw the flop come down KQ2 and Le bet 150,000. Jetten made the call and the turn was the 6. Both players checked and the river was the K. Jetten bet 240,000 this time and Le mucked. Jetten was at 1.91 million. Dunst Doubles Up Tony Dunst raised preflop from under the gun and Edward Ochana made the call in the small blind. The flop came down 732 and Dunst bet 100,000. Ochana then moved in and Dunst called, putting himself at risk. Dunst: 99 Ochana flopped top pair but Dunst was ahead with the overpair. The board finished off A and 4 and Dunst doubled to 1.4 million. Jorgensen Takes One Down Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 101084 and Theo Jorgensen fired 100,000. His opponent made the call and the river was the 7. Jorgensen fired 300,000 and was called again. Jorgensen then showed A5 for the nut-flush and his oppoonent mucked. Jorgensen was up to 4.8 million after the hand. Kostritsyn Scores The KO Getty Mattingsley was all in for 761,000 preflop and Alexander Kostritsyn made the call. Here were the hands. Kostritsyn: AQ It was a race and Kostritsyn jumped ahead on the Q88 flop. The turn was the 8, giving each player a full house with Kostritsyn’s still being best. The river was the 3 and Mattignsley was out. Kostritsyn was at 6.1 million after the hand. Bardah With Some Aggression Ronnie Bardah raised to 80,000 and Gabriel Alarie made it 280,000 to go from the small blind. The big blind mucked and the action was back on Bardah. He shoved for 1.12 million and Alarie took a session in the tank. He decided to release his hand and Bardah took a nice pot without the bother of a flop. He was up to 1.5 million. Baldwin Gets Baked, But Then Doubles Through Brokos Eric Baldwin raised to 76,000 preflop and David Baker moved all in from the small blind for 581,000. Baldwin made the call and the hands were turned over. Baldwin: AQ The race was on and each player got a piece of the QJ9 flop. Baldwin hit top pair and Baker nailed a set of jacks. The turn was the 8 and the river was the 3 and Baker doubled up to 1.2 million. Baldwin was down to 340,000. A few hands later, Baldwin moved in for 340,000 and Andrew Brokos made the call. Brokos turned over A4 while Baldwin tabled KJ. Baldwin hit a king on the turn and it held up as he doubled to 750,000. Brokos was down to 2 million. Player Tags: Theo Jorgensen, Ronnie Bardah, Peter Jetten, Eric Baldwin, Gabriel Alarie, Tony Dunst, Alexander Kostritsyn, Brandon Steven, Getty Mattingsley, Daniel Chamberlain Level 22, Hour One: Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up, Johnny Chan EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 154 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,425,779 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,600,000 Notable Eliminations: 156. Johnny Chan — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Robert Betters Robert Robert Mizrachi moved all in for 239,000 from the big blind and he was called by Robert Pisando from the small blind. Here were their cards. Mizrachi: AQ Mizrachi was dominating and the flop left him freerolling when it fell KJ10, giving Mizrachi Broadway. Pisano could only tie but the board finished off K and 3 and Mizrachi doubled to about 500,000. Pisano was at 4.05 million. Chamberlain Surrenders The Double Daniel Chamberlain raised to 44,000 from the cutoff and Gabriel Nassif moved in for 456,000 from the button. Chamberlain looked him up and the cards were turned over. Chamberlain: A9 Chamberlain was dominated and needed some help with a nine or some spades. The flop board ran out with all black cards, but they were the wrong suit for Chamberlain as it ran Q1044K. Nassif scored the double up and he was up to 969,000. Kostritsyn Drops A Pot Picking up the action after the board had run out 752KJ, Alexander Kostritsyn fired 325,000 into a pot of about 470,000. Mozheng Guan made the call and turned over 76 for top pair on the flop. It was good as Kostritsyn mucked and Guan took the pot. Guan was up to 1.4 million while Kostritsyn slipped to 2.4 million. Bracy Gets Jacked Up Tony Bracy moved all in for 97,000 preflop and Redmond Lee decided to raise to 200,000. The isolation play worked as everyone else mucked and the hands were turned over. Bracy: 66 Lee was dominating and the flop fell QJ8, giving Lee a set. Bracy needed some runners to a flush or quads but the K on the turn left him drawing dead. The river was the 4 and Lee scored the knockout. He was up to 1.33 million. Lodden Breaches Two Million Johnny Lodden raised to 50,000 from late position and Denis Pisarev made the call from the button. The flop fell A102 and Lodden checked. Pisarev fired 65,000 and Lodden made the call. The turn was the 2 and both players checked. The river was the 7 and Lodden led out with 205,000. Pisarev made a quick call but Lodden turned over A7 for two pair and Pisarev mucked. Lodden took down a nice pot and he was at 2 million in chips. Affleck And Harder Tangle Matt Affleck raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button next door. The two saw a flop of 985 and Affleck led for 65,000. Harder made the call and the turn was the A. Affleck fired another 115,000 into the pot and it was enough to take it down as Harder mucked. Affleck took the pot and he was at 3.1 million. Harder slipped to 1.11 million. Singer Blasted Away Jameson Singer moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Derek Gibb decided to look him up. Here were their cards: Singer: 75 Singer had two live cards but they were as good as dead when the flop fell AA4. Singer needed running cards but his running shoes were shot off his feet when the A on the turn gave Gibb quads and left Singer drawing dead. The meaningless river was the 4 and Singer was eliminated. Jorgensen With The Knockout Diogo Borges was all in for 520,000 preflop against Theo Jorgensen preflop. Here were their cards. Jorgensen: AQ Borges was dominated and the board ran out AK7QQ10, giving both players two pair but Jorgensen the better end of it. Borges was out and Jorgensen was at 3.8 million. Kenney Doing The Killing Around Here Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q105 and there was about 500,000 already in the pot. Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000 and Bryn Kenney made the call to put him at risk. Kenney: KQ Kenney flopped top pair but was up against the pocket aces of his opponent. But the turn was the Q, giving Kenney trips and leaving Figueiredo one step closer to the door. The river was the 7 and Kenney scored the improbable knockout. He was up to 3.38 million. Binette Goes Boom Francois Binette and Michal Wywrot each put in three-bets before they saw a J102 flop. Wywrot fired 162,000 and Binette shoved for 750,000. Wywrot made the call and he turned over AA. Binette was drawing to a straight with KQ. But the turn was the Q and the river was the J, giving Binette little help and he was out. Wywrot was up to 1.7 million. Tran Takes A Pot, But Takes Penalty For It Jonathan Driscoll raised it up to 44,000 from the hijack and Theo Tran made the call from the big blind. He then turned over his A-5, thinking he was all in. The floor was called and Tran’s hand was ruled live. The flop then came down A54 and Driscoll mucked immediately. Tran took the pot and was at 170,000. However, since Tran exposed his hand, he was given a one-round penalty. Siegel Eliminated Jordan Siegel moved all in for 268,000 and he was looked up by Jared Ingles in the hijack. Siegel turned over A9 but was trailing Ingles’ QQ. The board ran out K53103 and Siegel was eliminated. David Benyamine Doubles Up Evan Lamprea raised from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in another raise from the button. Lamprea moved enough chips into the middle to put Benyamine all in and he made the call. Benyamine: KK Benyamine was dominating and the flop fell Q94, giving Benyamine four to a flush. It also took away a few of Lamprea’s outs and he was left drawing dead when the 9 came on the turn. The river was the Q and Benyamine doubled to 800,000 while Lamprea slipped to 2.58 million. Levy Drops A Pot Gualter Salles raised to 50,000 preflop and Adam Levy made it 142,000 to go from the small blind. Salles called and the flop fell A53. Salles fired 100,000 and Levy made the call. The turn was the 10 and Salles bet 300,000. Levy released his hand and dropped to 945,000. Johnny Chan Eliminated Johnny Chan and pocket aces did not get along today. He lost a huge pot when he ran his kings into Robert Pisano’s aces during the first level and had a similar situation when he busted out. Chan open-shoved for 550,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Driscoll snapped him off from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over. Chan: JJ Chan fell victim to the aces again and the board ran out 76357 and Chan was eliminated. Grinder Making The Charge Duy Le raised to 40,000 preflop and Getty Mattingsley popped it to 105,000. Mizrachi made the call from the small blind and Le also tagged along. The flop fell 1084 and everyone checked. The turn was the K and Mattingsley fired 176,000. Both opponents called and the river was the 5. Le bet 500,000 this time and Mattigsley fled. Mizrachi decided to look him up after a session in the tank and Le tabled J9 for a whole lot of nothing. Mizrachi showed 77 for just sevens, but it was good for the pot and he was at 3.9 million. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, David Benyamine, Michael Mizrachi, Johnny Chan, Jordan Siegel, Gabriel Nassif, Theo Tran, Duy Le, Johnny Lodden, Bryn Kenney, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Robert Pisano, Mozheng Guan, Daniel Chamberlain Level 27 Hour Two Update: LeFrancois Streaking Up the Chip Counts, Brikis and Jetten Hit the RailJul 16, '10 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 51 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 4,142,830 Card Player Chip Counts: Tony Dunst – 1,440,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. William Thorson – 10,610,000 Notable Eliminations: 56. Jared Ingles – $138,285 Player Twitter Accounts Big Hands: Lodden Makes a Good Laydown Patrick Eskandar raised from middle position to 135,000. Michiel Sijpkens called, Johnny Lodden called from the button, and Matthew Berkey came along from the big blind. The flop was 932 and Eskandar bet 200,000 after a check from Berkey. Sijpkens folded and Lodden raised to 590,000. Berkey folded and Eskandar moved all-in and had Lodden covered. Lodden let his hand go and kept his 2,950,000. He made a good decision since Eskandar showed the 99, giving him top set. David Benyamine Eliminated At the end of the last hour, David Benyamine was eliminated. He raised from the button and got into a preflop raising war with Pascal LeFrancois until all the money got into the middle. Benyamine was at risk for his last 1,400,000 with the Q10 and LeFrancois held the AJ. The dealer dealt out the 3109 flop and Benyamine would need runners. The 9 on the turn left Benyamine drawing dead and he finished in 58th place. LeFrancois Streaking Jonathan Driscoll opened on the button to 145,000 and was met with a three-bet to 455,000 from Pascal LeFrancois from the small blind. After a fold from the big blind, Driscoll made it 1,025,000 to go and LeFrancois moved all-in for 4,725,000. Driscoll made the call. LeFrancois tabled QQ and Driscoll showed JJ. The dealer dealt out the board of 8A3510 and Driscoll slipped to 1,700,000 and LeFrancois moved to 9,300,000 which puts him near the top of the chip counts. Brikis Crippled, Eliminated Action folded to Christopher Bolt on the button and he moved all-in for 785,000 and Josh Brikis made the call from the big blind. Brikis tabled Kd10s and was slightly behind the AJ of Bolt. The board ran out A84Q9 and Brikis was down to just 45,000 in chips. He doubled up the next hand is up to 160,000 but was eliminated shortly thereafter. Thorson Climbing John Racener raised to 140,000 under-the-gun and William Thorson made the call, as well as Michael Mizrachi and Duy Le from the blinds. Mizrachi led out for 300,000 on a flop of K109. Le made the call and Racener folded before Thorson raised to 975,000. Mizrachi folded after two minutes in the tank and Le made the call. The 2 peeled off on the turn and Le checked over to Thorson who bet 2,000,000. Le was in a tough spot and thought for a few minutes before folding AQ face-up on the table. Thorson showed his 1010, giving him a set of tens to move to 9,500,000 in chips. Costner Pressures Kostritsyn Joseph Cheong raised in early position to 140,000 and Alexander Kostritsyn called in middle position before Gabe Costner called from the big blind. The flop came 967 and Costner checked over to Cheong, who bet 240,000. Kostritsyn and Costner made the call and the 10 came on the turn. Costner and Cheong both checked to Kostritsyn, who bet 825,000. Costner then put in a check-raise to 1,800,000. Cheong folded and Kostritsyn went into the tank for a while before eventually deciding to let it go and keep his 3,900,000 for another hand. Costner cracked the 10 million chip mark with the pot. Jetten Crippled and Eliminated It was a battle of the blinds and Peter Jetten somehow found all of his chips in the middle with the 95 against Dag Palovic, who had AQ. Palovic was actually all-in for 1,030,000, with Jetten covering him by 15,000. The flop was JQQ and after the 4 fell on the turn, Jetten was drawing dead. He was eliminated on the next hand, but another player went out before him, earning an extra $30,000. Thorson Forces Grinder to Fold Tony Dunst raised to 130,000 and was three-bet by William Thorson to 415,000. Michael Mizrachi made it 915,000 which got a quick fold from Dunst. Thorson quickly grabbed a stack of 100,000 denomination chips and slid them out into the middle and announced he was all-in. Mizrachi went deep into the tank for quite a while. Thorson eventually called the clock on Mizrachi. Mizrachi eventually elected to fold, but Thorson said he could pick a card to see. After Mizrachi picked one, Thorson revealed the Q and raked in a pot that would send him to 10,600,000 in chips. Affleck Wins One After a limp from William Thorson and Michael Mizrachi, Matt Affleck raised to 230,000. Thorson made the call and Mizrachi folded. It was checked to the river as the board came out J910108 and Thorson fired 210,000. Affleck made it 775,000 and after a while, Thorson let his hand go. Affleck chipped up to 7,800,000 after stacking his newly found chips. Bolt Eliminated Christopher Bolt got all his money in the middle preflop against Benjamin Statz. Statz held the Q10 and Bolt tabled the AK The fop came 762, seemingly pretty harmless for Bolt. The 4 on the turn gave Statz a flush draw, however, which got there on the river with the 7 and Bolt was eliminated. Kostritsyn Eliminated On the last hand before the break, Bryn Kenney raised to 160,000 under-the-gun and Alexander Kostritsyn three-bet to 575,000 on the button. Kenney moved all-in and Kostritsyn quickly made the call. Kenney was in a world of hurt when he tabled his AQ and was up against Kostritsyn’s KK. The flop brought some real drama as it came J73, giving Kenney a flush draw along with an overcard. The turn was a brick as the dealer dealt the 3, but the 5 completed Kenney’s flush. After a count down of the chips, Kostritsyn was covered by Kenney and Kostritsyn was gone in 52nd place. Player Tags: David Benyamine, Peter Jetten, Johnny Lodden, Alexander Kostritsyn, Josh Brikis, Pascal LeFrancois Level 27 Hour One Update: Eric Baldwin and David Benyamine EliminatedJul 16, '10 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante ante Players Remaining: 59 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 3,721,525 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. John Racener — 10,210,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Tony Dunst – 2,030,000 Player Twitter Accounts Josh Brikis Notable Eliminations: 61. Rudy Miller — $138,285 Big Hands: Tony Dunst Doubles Up Hasan Habib bet 155,000 from early position. Action was folded to Tony Dunst and he elected to move all in for 930,000. Action was folded to Habib and he called to put Dunst at risk. Habib exposed the AK and was flipping against the QQ of Dunst. The flop was ugly for Dunst as it came K54. The 3 on the turn was no help to Dunst. However, the Q on the river gave Dunst the hand and the double up. He was at 2,030,000 while Habib fell to 985,000. Jason Senti Doubles Up Jason Senti shoved for 545,000 with the A5. David Assouline called with the 77. The board ran out A4299 and Senti doubled up. He was up to 1,260,000 after the hand. Assouline was down to 2,095,000. Josh Brikis Doubles Up David Assouline bet 125,000. Josh Brikis moved all in for 285,000 with the 77. Assouline called with the A4. The board ran out KQ975 and Brikis doubled up to about 800,000. Bryn Kenney Loses a Pot to Alexander Kostritsyn Alexander Kostritsyn bet 150,000 from under the gun. Bryn Kenney raised to 400,000. Kostritsyn called and the flop came Q99. Kostritsyn checked. Kenney bet 520,000. Kostritsyn check-raised 1,500,000 more. Kenney folded. Kenney was at 3,300,000 after the hand while Kostritsyn was up to 5,160,000. Joseph Cheong Doubles Up One a flop of K85 Cuong Nguyen bet 650,000. Joseph Cheong moved all in 2,620,000. Nguyen called. Cheong tabled the AK and was way ahead of the JJ of his opponent. The 2 on the turn and 6 on the river were safe for Cheong. He doubled up to 7,850,000. Nguyen was down to 2,950,000 after the hand. Alexander Kostritsyn Gets Value Rudy Miller bet 175,000 from early position. Redmond Lee called from the small blind. Alexander Kostritsyn called from the big blind. The flop came JJ5. It was checked around and the 2 fell on the turn. Lee checked. Kostritsyn bet 300,000. Miller called. Lee folded. The 7 landed on the river and Kostritsyn bet 225,000. Miller called. Kostritsyn exposed the 33 and was good. He was at 5,900,000 after the hand. Miller was at about 800,000 after the hand. Denis Pisarev Eliminated Denis Pisarev bet 155,000. Duy Le raised to 350,000. Pisarev moved all in for 1,120,000. Le made the call and exposed the AK. Pisarev tabled the KK. Pisarev was in good shape to double up but the flop brought an ace for Le. The rest of the board failed to offer any help and he was gone. Le was up to 4,300,000 after the hand. Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player, Eliminated Shortly Thereafter Theo Jorgensen bet 135,000 from under the gun. Sergey Rybachenko moved all in for 925,000 in late position. Eric Baldwin reraised all in from the big blind. Jorgensen folded. Baldwin tabled the 99 and was dominated by the K-K of Rybachenko. The board ran out 652A6 and Rybachenko doubled to 2,000,000. Baldwin was down to just 310,000 after the hand. He was eliminated a little bit later. Scott Clements Knocks off a Player Bill Melvin had all his chips in the middle preflop with the KK and was called by the A9 of Scott Clements. The board ran out Q874A and Clements won the pot. He was at 3,300,000 after the hand. Matt Harris Eliminated Corey Emery bet 140,000 from under the gun. Matt Harris raised to 350,000. Action was folded to John Racener. He four-bet to 785,000. Action was folded to Emery and he mucked. Harris moved all in for 2,020,000. Racener went into the tank before making the call to put Harris at risk of elimination. Racener tabled the AK and was in bad shape versus the KK of Harris. However, the board ran out Q73JA and Racener took the pot. He was the chip leader with 10,210,000 after the hand. Check out a CardPlayer TV video from earlier in the day! Player Tags: Scott Clements, Bryn Kenney, Tony Dunst, Alexander Kostritsyn, Josh Brikis, David Assouline Level 26 Hour Two: Clements Chips Up, Grinder Slips a BitJul 16, '10 Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 64 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 3,378,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Tony Dunst – 1,020,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Theo Jorgensen – 10,900,000 Notable Eliminations: 72. Habib Khanis – $114,205 Player Twitter Accounts Big Hands: Clements Takes One From Subramaniam On a flop of 1033, Meenakshi Subramamaniam bet 175,000 into Scott Clements. Scott Clements made the call and they saw the 7 fall on the turn. Subramaniam checked and Clements bet 200,000. Subramaniam made it 500,000 to go and Clements didn’t go anywhere, as he tossed in the extra 300,000. The river was the the 7 and both players checked. Subramaniam showed KJ and Clements showed A8, giving him the pot. Clements is up to 2,700,000 and Subramaniam fell just below 1,000,000. Lee Gets Best of Kostritsyn Alexander Kostritsyn raised from early position and Redmond Lee made the call from the big blind. The two saw a flop heads-up of 679. Lee led out into the preflop raiser for 175,000. Kostritsyn made the call and the J fell on the turn. Lee moved all-in and Kostritsyn released his hand, slipping to 2,950,000, while Lee chipped up to 2,170,000. Parras Knocks Out Two Richard Morgan raised under-the-gun and Habib Khanis three-bet all-in for his last 650,000. Eduardo Parras moved all-in for his 1,500,000 and Richard Morgan made the call, putting his own 1,300,000 stack into the middle. Parras had both players called as all three hands were turned face-up. Morgan: KK The flop came 922 and Parras was still way in the lead. The 8 on the turn gave Khanis a load of outs. The 7 on the river notched the win for Parras and Khanis and Morgan were eliminated. Sijpkens Doubles Through the Grinder Michael Mizrachi fired 200,000 on a fop of 655 and Michiel Sijpkens made it 480,000 to go. Mizrachi made the call and the 8 came on the turn. Mizrachi checked and Sijpkens moved all-in for 1,375,000 and Mizrachi made the call. Mizrachi tabled 77 and needed to improve against the pocket queens of Sijpkens. The river was the J and Sijpkens doubled up to 4,000,000 and Mizrachi dropped to 6,300,000. Levy KO’s Canali Pierre Canali got all-in preflop against Adam Levy. Levy tabled KK and Canali showed AK. The board ran out Q52410 and Levy chipped up to 2,750,000 as Canali was sent to the rail. Baldwin Climbing We caught up with this hand on the river with Ismail Erkenov leading out for 200,000 with the board reading 7J494. Eric Baldwin raised to 650,000 and Erkenov went deep into the tank. After a while, Erkenov finally made the call and Baldwin pulled his chips back and tabled his hand as he showed JJ, good for a full house and the pot. Baldwin climbs to 3,100,000 and Erkenov fell to 900,000. Racener Straightens Out Duy Le raised to 120,000 from middle position and John Racner three-bet to 310,000. Le made the call and they saw a flop of 1098 and Racener led out for 375,000 and was called by Le. The turn was the 7 and both players checked. The 4 fell on the river and that prompted Le to bet 425,000 and Racener made the call. Le showed 1010, but Racener showed 63, giving him a straight and the pot. Racener moves to 8,500,000 and Le dropped to 3,950,000. Marcel Cole Eliminated Marcel moved his last 905,000 into the middle from under-the-gun with 88 and it folded around to Nicolas Babel on the button who made the call after some thought with AK. The board ran out A4232 and Babel received the knockout and some chips to move him to 2,670,000, while Cole is on his way to the payout line. Jetten Finds a Double John Dolan rasied to 115,000 and Edward Ochana made the call. Peter Jetten then squeezed all-in for 780,000. Dolan made the call and Ochana got out of the way. Jetten tabled QQ and Dolan needed to improve with his AJ. The board came 29986 and Jetten’s queens stayed in the lead and he doubled up to 1,700,000. Dolan fell to 1,400,000. Baldwin Drops a Big One On a flop of 973, Eric Baldwin checked over to Theo Jorgensen who bet 375,000 and Baldwin made the call. The turn was the Q and both players checked and saw the 2 fall on the river. Baldwin now led out for 620,000 and Jorgensen made the call. Baldwin tabled 1010, but couldn’t top Jorgensen’s KK. Baldwin is at 1,670,000 and Jorgensen is now at 10,750,000. Meenakshi Subramaniam Eliminated On the turn the board read 66J2 and Cuong Nguyen bet out 325,000. Meenakshi Subramaniam raised to 800,000. Nguyen called and the A filled out the board. Subramaniam moved all-in for 900,000 and Nguyen made the call. Subramaniam showed 88 and was eliminated when Nguyen showed the A2. Jetten Doubles Up Fernandez Peter Jetten raised on the button to 125,000. Jacobo Fernandez three-bet to 475,000 from the big blind. Jetten moved all-in and Fernandez made the call. Fernandez showed J10 and was racing against Jetten’s 55. The flop came AJ10 and Jetten was going to need to hit his two outer to eliminated Fernandez. Jetten couldn’t find a five on the turn or the river and slipped to 900,000. Fernandez doubled up to 1,600,000. John Armbrust Eliminated John Armbrust made it 125,000 under-the-gun and Redmond Lee moved all-in on the button. Armbrust made the call and was at risk of elimination. Armbrust showed AK and Lee held JJ. The flop was 1022, keeping Lee in the lead until the dealer peeled A on the turn. Lee threw his head back in dismay but the J on the river saved Lee and eliminated Armbrust. Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi, Scott Clements, Peter Jetten, Duy Le, Eric Baldwin, John Racener, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn |
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Jul 13, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 8 | + |
Level 14, Hour Two: Levy in the LeadJul 13, '10 Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante David Sands Roothlus Jumps Into Chip Lead At the very end of the last level and right before the break, Adam Levy played a monster pot. Adam Levy and Fabien Dunlop got in five bets prefop and saw a flop of 1092 and Dunlop checked over to Levy, who bet 80,000. Dunlop shoved all-in and Levy snap-called. Dunlop showed A2 and Levy tabled AA. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 3, which puts Levy at the top of the chip counts with 820,000. Tyler Kenney Eliminated It looks like the Kenney brothers won’t be able to mirror the Mizrachi brothers and get to the final table as Tyler Kenney has been eliminated. Before the break he got a bunch of chips in with pocket queens and lost to the pocket eights of his opponent and was unable to have his hand hold. That hand left him with just 40,000 in chips and after the break, Kenney found all of his chips in the middle with A9 against the AK of Tom Kallaway. The board bricked off for Kenney and he was eliminated from the tournament. Corkins Spikes It On The Flop A player in seat 1 moved all in for 68,300 and Hoyt Corkins eventually threw in a call with the ESPN cameras watching. “I hope you’ve got tens,” Corkins said. “I wanna be racing.” It was the worst-case scenario for Corkins as his AJ was dominated by seat 1’s AK. But the flop turned the tables as it fell J95 to give Corkins the lead. The A on the turn gave him two pair and the 2 on the river cemented the hand for Corkins. He scored the knockout and he was at 533,000. Shorr Makes The Right Fold The player in the small blind moved all in for 46,700 after Shannon Shorr had put in a raise preflop. Shorr took a long session in the tank contemplating what to do. “Just go away,” the small blind said. “Go away?” Shorr replied. “Yes, go away,” the small blind reiterated. “Or call, whatever works.” Shorr gave a grin but then flung his pocket eights into the muck. He was rewarded by the small blind as he tabled AA. Shorr was down to 290,000. Kostritsyn Turns Rags To Riches We picked up the action after the board had run out Q429Q. Alexander Kostritsyn fired 6,500 into a pot holding about 30,000 and his opponent mulled over the call. He eventually threw it in and Kostritsyn tabled the lowly 32 for queens and deuces. It was more than enough, however, as his opponent mucked. Kostritsyn raked in a nice pot and he was up to 590,000. Sands Turns To Ash David Sands raised preflop and Filippo Candio repopped to 17,400. Sands then shoved for 70,000 and Candio made the call. Sands: KK Sands was the victim of a cooler and the board ran out 1010465, holding the aces and sending Sands to the rail. Galfond Straightens One Out After the flop came down J76, Phil Galfond bet 23,000 and his opponent made the call. The turn was the 8 and both players checked. The river brought the 10, putting out four cards to a straight. The other player fired 76,000 and Galfond responded by moving all in. His opponent called off his last 220,000 and Galfond tabled J9 for the jack-high straight. His opponent showed his counterfeited straight, 54, and he made his way to the rail as Galfond took in a huge pot. He was up to 545,000. Failla Gets Paid, Literally Will Failla and his opponent got in 31,000 in the middle preflop and saw a flop of Q72. Failla checked over to his opponent, who bet 35,000. Failla thought for a few seconds before going all-in for 150,000 more. “Why would you check and let me bet that flop,” said his opponent. “It makes no sense.” “I’ve been full of it before,” said Failla. His opponent eventually folded and showed the Q as he let his hand go. Failla offered to show his hand for $20. His opponent immediately reached into his pocket for 20 bucks, handed it over, and was promptly shown KK. Schoenberg Scores a Double Erica Schoenberg got all in from the big blind against the player on the button. The button showed A2 and Schoenberg showed AJ. Thee board ran out 10982Q and Schoenberg doubled up to 85,000, giving her a tiny bit of breathing room. Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Phil Galfond, Shannon Shorr, David Sands, Will Failla, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Tyler Kenney Level 20 Hour Two Update: Richey Goes BustoJul 14, '10 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Theo Jorgensen – 3,200,000 Brett Richey Bretty Richey Busto Dan Lu raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Brett Richey three-bet to 90,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Lu moved all-in and Richey made the call with his last 340,000 and showed 55. He was going to need some help from the dealer when he saw Lu’s 1010. Richey was stood up to leave the table after the turn as the board ran out QJ6103. Lu is over the million mark with the pot. Jan Boye Doubles, But Still Short Jan Boye moved all-in for 59,000 from the hijack and Christopher Bolt made the call from the big blind. Boye showed AK and was ahead of Bolt’s Q9. Bolt failed to improve and Boye doubled up to a still short 142,000. Jorgensen Takes Over Chip Lead Theo Jorgensen raised to 38,000 from the cutoff and Dorothy VonSachsen moved all-in for 75,000 from the button. Jorgensen made the call and the cards were turned on their backs. Jorgensen showed A6 and was up against the K10 of VonSachsen. The board ran out AKJ94 and one of the last women standing was sent to the rail. Jorgensen is at 3,200,000 in chips and looks to be the chip leader at the moment. Fennell Busts Billirakis Four players saw a flop of Q62. James Fennell checked from the big blind, another player checked, and Steve Billirakis bet 58,000. Garrett Adelstein called and Fennell made it 175,000. The other player got out of the way and only Billirakis called the check-raise. The turn was the 5 and Fennell bet 230,000. Billirakis then moved all-in for 734,000 and was called by Fennell. It was an unfortunate turn card for Billirakis who turned two pair with his 56 and was still behind the set of Fennell who tabled 22. The river was the 8 and Billirakis was sent to the rail. On the other hand, Fennell is just under 2,000,000 in chips. Racener in Cruise Control On the river, John Racner fired out 365,000 into a pot that already had about 500,000 in the middle with the board reading J8QKJ. Jeff Banghart called the bet, but couldn’t rake the pot as Racener showed A10, giving him broadway. Racener is now at 2,150,000 and Banghart dropped to 330,000. Dudley’s Dreams Dashed Dash Dudley was all-in for KJ for 183,000 and Sergey Serafimov called from the small blind with AK. Dudley was in bad shape as the board came out 95483 and Dudley was eliminated from this year’s main event. Siegel Gets the Best of Kostritsyn Jordan Siegel got his last 322,000 into the middle preflop and got a call from Alexander Kostritsyn. Kostritsyn held pocket tens, but was behind Siegel’s pocket aces. The flop came 710A, leaving Kostritsyn drawing to just the case ten for the win. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 3, which couldn’t give Kostritsyn quads for a sick beat. Two players at the table claimed they had folded aces after the hands were turned up, so they are either playing with an illegal deck of cards, or the players’ memory are slipping a bit. Bellande Busts One Steven Padres moved all-in preflop and was called by Jean-Robert Bellande. Bellande was in a commanding position with his KK against Padre’s QQ. The board ran out A927K to give Bellande the pot and if Bellande keeps running like this, maybe he wont be “BrokelivingJRB” on twitter anymore. He is now up to 1,260,000. Mizrachi Doubles On a flop of 988, Robert Mizrachi moved all-in for his last 132,000 and was called by Vern Keller. Mizrachi showed KK and Keller tabled 95. The board finished off QJ and Mizrachi doubled up to 370,000. The Mizrachi count is at two with both him and his brother Michael in the tournament. Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Theo Jorgensen, Steve Billirakis, Brett Richey, Jean-Robert Bellande, John Racener, Dash Dudley, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 24, Hour Two: Dunst Doubles UpJul 15, '10 Note: Players have gone on an unscheduled 20-minute break to color up the T1,000 chips. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 96 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 2,287,187 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 2,000,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. John Racener – 6,985,000 Notable Eliminations: 100. Christian Harder — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Chamberlain Bounced Out Picking up the action on a flop of J107, Daniel Chamberlain made a bet and Brandon Steven check-raised. Chamberlain moved in and Steven made the call. Chamberlain: AA Chamberlain held the aces but needed to fade the spade draw. The turn was harmless with the 10 but the river was the 9 and Chamberlain was flushed away. Jetten Takes One Duy Le raised to 90,000 and Peter Jetten made the call. Both players saw the flop come down KQ2 and Le bet 150,000. Jetten made the call and the turn was the 6. Both players checked and the river was the K. Jetten bet 240,000 this time and Le mucked. Jetten was at 1.91 million. Dunst Doubles Up Tony Dunst raised preflop from under the gun and Edward Ochana made the call in the small blind. The flop came down 732 and Dunst bet 100,000. Ochana then moved in and Dunst called, putting himself at risk. Dunst: 99 Ochana flopped top pair but Dunst was ahead with the overpair. The board finished off A and 4 and Dunst doubled to 1.4 million. Jorgensen Takes One Down Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 101084 and Theo Jorgensen fired 100,000. His opponent made the call and the river was the 7. Jorgensen fired 300,000 and was called again. Jorgensen then showed A5 for the nut-flush and his oppoonent mucked. Jorgensen was up to 4.8 million after the hand. Kostritsyn Scores The KO Getty Mattingsley was all in for 761,000 preflop and Alexander Kostritsyn made the call. Here were the hands. Kostritsyn: AQ It was a race and Kostritsyn jumped ahead on the Q88 flop. The turn was the 8, giving each player a full house with Kostritsyn’s still being best. The river was the 3 and Mattignsley was out. Kostritsyn was at 6.1 million after the hand. Bardah With Some Aggression Ronnie Bardah raised to 80,000 and Gabriel Alarie made it 280,000 to go from the small blind. The big blind mucked and the action was back on Bardah. He shoved for 1.12 million and Alarie took a session in the tank. He decided to release his hand and Bardah took a nice pot without the bother of a flop. He was up to 1.5 million. Baldwin Gets Baked, But Then Doubles Through Brokos Eric Baldwin raised to 76,000 preflop and David Baker moved all in from the small blind for 581,000. Baldwin made the call and the hands were turned over. Baldwin: AQ The race was on and each player got a piece of the QJ9 flop. Baldwin hit top pair and Baker nailed a set of jacks. The turn was the 8 and the river was the 3 and Baker doubled up to 1.2 million. Baldwin was down to 340,000. A few hands later, Baldwin moved in for 340,000 and Andrew Brokos made the call. Brokos turned over A4 while Baldwin tabled KJ. Baldwin hit a king on the turn and it held up as he doubled to 750,000. Brokos was down to 2 million. Player Tags: Theo Jorgensen, Ronnie Bardah, Peter Jetten, Eric Baldwin, Gabriel Alarie, Tony Dunst, Alexander Kostritsyn, Brandon Steven, Getty Mattingsley, Daniel Chamberlain Level 22, Hour One: Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up, Johnny Chan EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 154 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,425,779 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,600,000 Notable Eliminations: 156. Johnny Chan — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands: Robert Betters Robert Robert Mizrachi moved all in for 239,000 from the big blind and he was called by Robert Pisando from the small blind. Here were their cards. Mizrachi: AQ Mizrachi was dominating and the flop left him freerolling when it fell KJ10, giving Mizrachi Broadway. Pisano could only tie but the board finished off K and 3 and Mizrachi doubled to about 500,000. Pisano was at 4.05 million. Chamberlain Surrenders The Double Daniel Chamberlain raised to 44,000 from the cutoff and Gabriel Nassif moved in for 456,000 from the button. Chamberlain looked him up and the cards were turned over. Chamberlain: A9 Chamberlain was dominated and needed some help with a nine or some spades. The flop board ran out with all black cards, but they were the wrong suit for Chamberlain as it ran Q1044K. Nassif scored the double up and he was up to 969,000. Kostritsyn Drops A Pot Picking up the action after the board had run out 752KJ, Alexander Kostritsyn fired 325,000 into a pot of about 470,000. Mozheng Guan made the call and turned over 76 for top pair on the flop. It was good as Kostritsyn mucked and Guan took the pot. Guan was up to 1.4 million while Kostritsyn slipped to 2.4 million. Bracy Gets Jacked Up Tony Bracy moved all in for 97,000 preflop and Redmond Lee decided to raise to 200,000. The isolation play worked as everyone else mucked and the hands were turned over. Bracy: 66 Lee was dominating and the flop fell QJ8, giving Lee a set. Bracy needed some runners to a flush or quads but the K on the turn left him drawing dead. The river was the 4 and Lee scored the knockout. He was up to 1.33 million. Lodden Breaches Two Million Johnny Lodden raised to 50,000 from late position and Denis Pisarev made the call from the button. The flop fell A102 and Lodden checked. Pisarev fired 65,000 and Lodden made the call. The turn was the 2 and both players checked. The river was the 7 and Lodden led out with 205,000. Pisarev made a quick call but Lodden turned over A7 for two pair and Pisarev mucked. Lodden took down a nice pot and he was at 2 million in chips. Affleck And Harder Tangle Matt Affleck raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button next door. The two saw a flop of 985 and Affleck led for 65,000. Harder made the call and the turn was the A. Affleck fired another 115,000 into the pot and it was enough to take it down as Harder mucked. Affleck took the pot and he was at 3.1 million. Harder slipped to 1.11 million. Singer Blasted Away Jameson Singer moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Derek Gibb decided to look him up. Here were their cards: Singer: 75 Singer had two live cards but they were as good as dead when the flop fell AA4. Singer needed running cards but his running shoes were shot off his feet when the A on the turn gave Gibb quads and left Singer drawing dead. The meaningless river was the 4 and Singer was eliminated. Jorgensen With The Knockout Diogo Borges was all in for 520,000 preflop against Theo Jorgensen preflop. Here were their cards. Jorgensen: AQ Borges was dominated and the board ran out AK7QQ10, giving both players two pair but Jorgensen the better end of it. Borges was out and Jorgensen was at 3.8 million. Kenney Doing The Killing Around Here Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q105 and there was about 500,000 already in the pot. Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000 and Bryn Kenney made the call to put him at risk. Kenney: KQ Kenney flopped top pair but was up against the pocket aces of his opponent. But the turn was the Q, giving Kenney trips and leaving Figueiredo one step closer to the door. The river was the 7 and Kenney scored the improbable knockout. He was up to 3.38 million. Binette Goes Boom Francois Binette and Michal Wywrot each put in three-bets before they saw a J102 flop. Wywrot fired 162,000 and Binette shoved for 750,000. Wywrot made the call and he turned over AA. Binette was drawing to a straight with KQ. But the turn was the Q and the river was the J, giving Binette little help and he was out. Wywrot was up to 1.7 million. Tran Takes A Pot, But Takes Penalty For It Jonathan Driscoll raised it up to 44,000 from the hijack and Theo Tran made the call from the big blind. He then turned over his A-5, thinking he was all in. The floor was called and Tran’s hand was ruled live. The flop then came down A54 and Driscoll mucked immediately. Tran took the pot and was at 170,000. However, since Tran exposed his hand, he was given a one-round penalty. Siegel Eliminated Jordan Siegel moved all in for 268,000 and he was looked up by Jared Ingles in the hijack. Siegel turned over A9 but was trailing Ingles’ QQ. The board ran out K53103 and Siegel was eliminated. David Benyamine Doubles Up Evan Lamprea raised from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in another raise from the button. Lamprea moved enough chips into the middle to put Benyamine all in and he made the call. Benyamine: KK Benyamine was dominating and the flop fell Q94, giving Benyamine four to a flush. It also took away a few of Lamprea’s outs and he was left drawing dead when the 9 came on the turn. The river was the Q and Benyamine doubled to 800,000 while Lamprea slipped to 2.58 million. Levy Drops A Pot Gualter Salles raised to 50,000 preflop and Adam Levy made it 142,000 to go from the small blind. Salles called and the flop fell A53. Salles fired 100,000 and Levy made the call. The turn was the 10 and Salles bet 300,000. Levy released his hand and dropped to 945,000. Johnny Chan Eliminated Johnny Chan and pocket aces did not get along today. He lost a huge pot when he ran his kings into Robert Pisano’s aces during the first level and had a similar situation when he busted out. Chan open-shoved for 550,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Driscoll snapped him off from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over. Chan: JJ Chan fell victim to the aces again and the board ran out 76357 and Chan was eliminated. Grinder Making The Charge Duy Le raised to 40,000 preflop and Getty Mattingsley popped it to 105,000. Mizrachi made the call from the small blind and Le also tagged along. The flop fell 1084 and everyone checked. The turn was the K and Mattingsley fired 176,000. Both opponents called and the river was the 5. Le bet 500,000 this time and Mattigsley fled. Mizrachi decided to look him up after a session in the tank and Le tabled J9 for a whole lot of nothing. Mizrachi showed 77 for just sevens, but it was good for the pot and he was at 3.9 million. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, David Benyamine, Michael Mizrachi, Johnny Chan, Jordan Siegel, Gabriel Nassif, Theo Tran, Duy Le, Johnny Lodden, Bryn Kenney, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Robert Pisano, Mozheng Guan, Daniel Chamberlain Level 27 Hour Two Update: LeFrancois Streaking Up the Chip Counts, Brikis and Jetten Hit the RailJul 16, '10 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 51 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 4,142,830 Card Player Chip Counts: Tony Dunst – 1,440,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. William Thorson – 10,610,000 Notable Eliminations: 56. Jared Ingles – $138,285 Player Twitter Accounts Big Hands: Lodden Makes a Good Laydown Patrick Eskandar raised from middle position to 135,000. Michiel Sijpkens called, Johnny Lodden called from the button, and Matthew Berkey came along from the big blind. The flop was 932 and Eskandar bet 200,000 after a check from Berkey. Sijpkens folded and Lodden raised to 590,000. Berkey folded and Eskandar moved all-in and had Lodden covered. Lodden let his hand go and kept his 2,950,000. He made a good decision since Eskandar showed the 99, giving him top set. David Benyamine Eliminated At the end of the last hour, David Benyamine was eliminated. He raised from the button and got into a preflop raising war with Pascal LeFrancois until all the money got into the middle. Benyamine was at risk for his last 1,400,000 with the Q10 and LeFrancois held the AJ. The dealer dealt out the 3109 flop and Benyamine would need runners. The 9 on the turn left Benyamine drawing dead and he finished in 58th place. LeFrancois Streaking Jonathan Driscoll opened on the button to 145,000 and was met with a three-bet to 455,000 from Pascal LeFrancois from the small blind. After a fold from the big blind, Driscoll made it 1,025,000 to go and LeFrancois moved all-in for 4,725,000. Driscoll made the call. LeFrancois tabled QQ and Driscoll showed JJ. The dealer dealt out the board of 8A3510 and Driscoll slipped to 1,700,000 and LeFrancois moved to 9,300,000 which puts him near the top of the chip counts. Brikis Crippled, Eliminated Action folded to Christopher Bolt on the button and he moved all-in for 785,000 and Josh Brikis made the call from the big blind. Brikis tabled Kd10s and was slightly behind the AJ of Bolt. The board ran out A84Q9 and Brikis was down to just 45,000 in chips. He doubled up the next hand is up to 160,000 but was eliminated shortly thereafter. Thorson Climbing John Racener raised to 140,000 under-the-gun and William Thorson made the call, as well as Michael Mizrachi and Duy Le from the blinds. Mizrachi led out for 300,000 on a flop of K109. Le made the call and Racener folded before Thorson raised to 975,000. Mizrachi folded after two minutes in the tank and Le made the call. The 2 peeled off on the turn and Le checked over to Thorson who bet 2,000,000. Le was in a tough spot and thought for a few minutes before folding AQ face-up on the table. Thorson showed his 1010, giving him a set of tens to move to 9,500,000 in chips. Costner Pressures Kostritsyn Joseph Cheong raised in early position to 140,000 and Alexander Kostritsyn called in middle position before Gabe Costner called from the big blind. The flop came 967 and Costner checked over to Cheong, who bet 240,000. Kostritsyn and Costner made the call and the 10 came on the turn. Costner and Cheong both checked to Kostritsyn, who bet 825,000. Costner then put in a check-raise to 1,800,000. Cheong folded and Kostritsyn went into the tank for a while before eventually deciding to let it go and keep his 3,900,000 for another hand. Costner cracked the 10 million chip mark with the pot. Jetten Crippled and Eliminated It was a battle of the blinds and Peter Jetten somehow found all of his chips in the middle with the 95 against Dag Palovic, who had AQ. Palovic was actually all-in for 1,030,000, with Jetten covering him by 15,000. The flop was JQQ and after the 4 fell on the turn, Jetten was drawing dead. He was eliminated on the next hand, but another player went out before him, earning an extra $30,000. Thorson Forces Grinder to Fold Tony Dunst raised to 130,000 and was three-bet by William Thorson to 415,000. Michael Mizrachi made it 915,000 which got a quick fold from Dunst. Thorson quickly grabbed a stack of 100,000 denomination chips and slid them out into the middle and announced he was all-in. Mizrachi went deep into the tank for quite a while. Thorson eventually called the clock on Mizrachi. Mizrachi eventually elected to fold, but Thorson said he could pick a card to see. After Mizrachi picked one, Thorson revealed the Q and raked in a pot that would send him to 10,600,000 in chips. Affleck Wins One After a limp from William Thorson and Michael Mizrachi, Matt Affleck raised to 230,000. Thorson made the call and Mizrachi folded. It was checked to the river as the board came out J910108 and Thorson fired 210,000. Affleck made it 775,000 and after a while, Thorson let his hand go. Affleck chipped up to 7,800,000 after stacking his newly found chips. Bolt Eliminated Christopher Bolt got all his money in the middle preflop against Benjamin Statz. Statz held the Q10 and Bolt tabled the AK The fop came 762, seemingly pretty harmless for Bolt. The 4 on the turn gave Statz a flush draw, however, which got there on the river with the 7 and Bolt was eliminated. Kostritsyn Eliminated On the last hand before the break, Bryn Kenney raised to 160,000 under-the-gun and Alexander Kostritsyn three-bet to 575,000 on the button. Kenney moved all-in and Kostritsyn quickly made the call. Kenney was in a world of hurt when he tabled his AQ and was up against Kostritsyn’s KK. The flop brought some real drama as it came J73, giving Kenney a flush draw along with an overcard. The turn was a brick as the dealer dealt the 3, but the 5 completed Kenney’s flush. After a count down of the chips, Kostritsyn was covered by Kenney and Kostritsyn was gone in 52nd place. Player Tags: David Benyamine, Peter Jetten, Johnny Lodden, Alexander Kostritsyn, Josh Brikis, Pascal LeFrancois Level 27 Hour One Update: Eric Baldwin and David Benyamine EliminatedJul 16, '10 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante ante Players Remaining: 59 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 3,721,525 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. John Racener — 10,210,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Tony Dunst – 2,030,000 Player Twitter Accounts Josh Brikis Notable Eliminations: 61. Rudy Miller — $138,285 Big Hands: Tony Dunst Doubles Up Hasan Habib bet 155,000 from early position. Action was folded to Tony Dunst and he elected to move all in for 930,000. Action was folded to Habib and he called to put Dunst at risk. Habib exposed the AK and was flipping against the QQ of Dunst. The flop was ugly for Dunst as it came K54. The 3 on the turn was no help to Dunst. However, the Q on the river gave Dunst the hand and the double up. He was at 2,030,000 while Habib fell to 985,000. Jason Senti Doubles Up Jason Senti shoved for 545,000 with the A5. David Assouline called with the 77. The board ran out A4299 and Senti doubled up. He was up to 1,260,000 after the hand. Assouline was down to 2,095,000. Josh Brikis Doubles Up David Assouline bet 125,000. Josh Brikis moved all in for 285,000 with the 77. Assouline called with the A4. The board ran out KQ975 and Brikis doubled up to about 800,000. Bryn Kenney Loses a Pot to Alexander Kostritsyn Alexander Kostritsyn bet 150,000 from under the gun. Bryn Kenney raised to 400,000. Kostritsyn called and the flop came Q99. Kostritsyn checked. Kenney bet 520,000. Kostritsyn check-raised 1,500,000 more. Kenney folded. Kenney was at 3,300,000 after the hand while Kostritsyn was up to 5,160,000. Joseph Cheong Doubles Up One a flop of K85 Cuong Nguyen bet 650,000. Joseph Cheong moved all in 2,620,000. Nguyen called. Cheong tabled the AK and was way ahead of the JJ of his opponent. The 2 on the turn and 6 on the river were safe for Cheong. He doubled up to 7,850,000. Nguyen was down to 2,950,000 after the hand. Alexander Kostritsyn Gets Value Rudy Miller bet 175,000 from early position. Redmond Lee called from the small blind. Alexander Kostritsyn called from the big blind. The flop came JJ5. It was checked around and the 2 fell on the turn. Lee checked. Kostritsyn bet 300,000. Miller called. Lee folded. The 7 landed on the river and Kostritsyn bet 225,000. Miller called. Kostritsyn exposed the 33 and was good. He was at 5,900,000 after the hand. Miller was at about 800,000 after the hand. Denis Pisarev Eliminated Denis Pisarev bet 155,000. Duy Le raised to 350,000. Pisarev moved all in for 1,120,000. Le made the call and exposed the AK. Pisarev tabled the KK. Pisarev was in good shape to double up but the flop brought an ace for Le. The rest of the board failed to offer any help and he was gone. Le was up to 4,300,000 after the hand. Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player, Eliminated Shortly Thereafter Theo Jorgensen bet 135,000 from under the gun. Sergey Rybachenko moved all in for 925,000 in late position. Eric Baldwin reraised all in from the big blind. Jorgensen folded. Baldwin tabled the 99 and was dominated by the K-K of Rybachenko. The board ran out 652A6 and Rybachenko doubled to 2,000,000. Baldwin was down to just 310,000 after the hand. He was eliminated a little bit later. Scott Clements Knocks off a Player Bill Melvin had all his chips in the middle preflop with the KK and was called by the A9 of Scott Clements. The board ran out Q874A and Clements won the pot. He was at 3,300,000 after the hand. Matt Harris Eliminated Corey Emery bet 140,000 from under the gun. Matt Harris raised to 350,000. Action was folded to John Racener. He four-bet to 785,000. Action was folded to Emery and he mucked. Harris moved all in for 2,020,000. Racener went into the tank before making the call to put Harris at risk of elimination. Racener tabled the AK and was in bad shape versus the KK of Harris. However, the board ran out Q73JA and Racener took the pot. He was the chip leader with 10,210,000 after the hand. Check out a CardPlayer TV video from earlier in the day! Player Tags: Scott Clements, Bryn Kenney, Tony Dunst, Alexander Kostritsyn, Josh Brikis, David Assouline Level 26 Hour Two: Clements Chips Up, Grinder Slips a BitJul 16, '10 Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 64 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 3,378,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Tony Dunst – 1,020,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Theo Jorgensen – 10,900,000 Notable Eliminations: 72. Habib Khanis – $114,205 Player Twitter Accounts Big Hands: Clements Takes One From Subramaniam On a flop of 1033, Meenakshi Subramamaniam bet 175,000 into Scott Clements. Scott Clements made the call and they saw the 7 fall on the turn. Subramaniam checked and Clements bet 200,000. Subramaniam made it 500,000 to go and Clements didn’t go anywhere, as he tossed in the extra 300,000. The river was the the 7 and both players checked. Subramaniam showed KJ and Clements showed A8, giving him the pot. Clements is up to 2,700,000 and Subramaniam fell just below 1,000,000. Lee Gets Best of Kostritsyn Alexander Kostritsyn raised from early position and Redmond Lee made the call from the big blind. The two saw a flop heads-up of 679. Lee led out into the preflop raiser for 175,000. Kostritsyn made the call and the J fell on the turn. Lee moved all-in and Kostritsyn released his hand, slipping to 2,950,000, while Lee chipped up to 2,170,000. Parras Knocks Out Two Richard Morgan raised under-the-gun and Habib Khanis three-bet all-in for his last 650,000. Eduardo Parras moved all-in for his 1,500,000 and Richard Morgan made the call, putting his own 1,300,000 stack into the middle. Parras had both players called as all three hands were turned face-up. Morgan: KK The flop came 922 and Parras was still way in the lead. The 8 on the turn gave Khanis a load of outs. The 7 on the river notched the win for Parras and Khanis and Morgan were eliminated. Sijpkens Doubles Through the Grinder Michael Mizrachi fired 200,000 on a fop of 655 and Michiel Sijpkens made it 480,000 to go. Mizrachi made the call and the 8 came on the turn. Mizrachi checked and Sijpkens moved all-in for 1,375,000 and Mizrachi made the call. Mizrachi tabled 77 and needed to improve against the pocket queens of Sijpkens. The river was the J and Sijpkens doubled up to 4,000,000 and Mizrachi dropped to 6,300,000. Levy KO’s Canali Pierre Canali got all-in preflop against Adam Levy. Levy tabled KK and Canali showed AK. The board ran out Q52410 and Levy chipped up to 2,750,000 as Canali was sent to the rail. Baldwin Climbing We caught up with this hand on the river with Ismail Erkenov leading out for 200,000 with the board reading 7J494. Eric Baldwin raised to 650,000 and Erkenov went deep into the tank. After a while, Erkenov finally made the call and Baldwin pulled his chips back and tabled his hand as he showed JJ, good for a full house and the pot. Baldwin climbs to 3,100,000 and Erkenov fell to 900,000. Racener Straightens Out Duy Le raised to 120,000 from middle position and John Racner three-bet to 310,000. Le made the call and they saw a flop of 1098 and Racener led out for 375,000 and was called by Le. The turn was the 7 and both players checked. The 4 fell on the river and that prompted Le to bet 425,000 and Racener made the call. Le showed 1010, but Racener showed 63, giving him a straight and the pot. Racener moves to 8,500,000 and Le dropped to 3,950,000. Marcel Cole Eliminated Marcel moved his last 905,000 into the middle from under-the-gun with 88 and it folded around to Nicolas Babel on the button who made the call after some thought with AK. The board ran out A4232 and Babel received the knockout and some chips to move him to 2,670,000, while Cole is on his way to the payout line. Jetten Finds a Double John Dolan rasied to 115,000 and Edward Ochana made the call. Peter Jetten then squeezed all-in for 780,000. Dolan made the call and Ochana got out of the way. Jetten tabled QQ and Dolan needed to improve with his AJ. The board came 29986 and Jetten’s queens stayed in the lead and he doubled up to 1,700,000. Dolan fell to 1,400,000. Baldwin Drops a Big One On a flop of 973, Eric Baldwin checked over to Theo Jorgensen who bet 375,000 and Baldwin made the call. The turn was the Q and both players checked and saw the 2 fall on the river. Baldwin now led out for 620,000 and Jorgensen made the call. Baldwin tabled 1010, but couldn’t top Jorgensen’s KK. Baldwin is at 1,670,000 and Jorgensen is now at 10,750,000. Meenakshi Subramaniam Eliminated On the turn the board read 66J2 and Cuong Nguyen bet out 325,000. Meenakshi Subramaniam raised to 800,000. Nguyen called and the A filled out the board. Subramaniam moved all-in for 900,000 and Nguyen made the call. Subramaniam showed 88 and was eliminated when Nguyen showed the A2. Jetten Doubles Up Fernandez Peter Jetten raised on the button to 125,000. Jacobo Fernandez three-bet to 475,000 from the big blind. Jetten moved all-in and Fernandez made the call. Fernandez showed J10 and was racing against Jetten’s 55. The flop came AJ10 and Jetten was going to need to hit his two outer to eliminated Fernandez. Jetten couldn’t find a five on the turn or the river and slipped to 900,000. Fernandez doubled up to 1,600,000. John Armbrust Eliminated John Armbrust made it 125,000 under-the-gun and Redmond Lee moved all-in on the button. Armbrust made the call and was at risk of elimination. Armbrust showed AK and Lee held JJ. The flop was 1022, keeping Lee in the lead until the dealer peeled A on the turn. Lee threw his head back in dismay but the J on the river saved Lee and eliminated Armbrust. Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi, Scott Clements, Peter Jetten, Duy Le, Eric Baldwin, John Racener, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn |
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