Pot-Limit Hold'em - Action Packed Level As We Lose Four
Jun 04, '08
Blinds: 8,000 - 16,000
Players Left: 3
Chip Leaders:
David Singer - 905,000
Jacobo Fernandez - 885,000
Greg Alston - 360,000
Eliminations: Zachary King (7th Place), Joe Tehan (6th Place), Russ Harriman (5th Place), Robert Lipkin (4th Place)
Storylines:
The short stacks finally succumbed in level 18 as Zach King, Russ Harriman, Robert Lipkin and Joe Tehan hit the rail.
Big Hands:
Zachary King Eliminated in Seventh Place ($34,063)
With just over 80,000 in his stack, Zachary King was forced to make his move against Greg Alston. Unfortunately for the young online pro, his A
8
ran into the AA
of Alston. King failed to catch any miracles as the board came down K1099J to eliminate him in seventh place.
Russ Harriman Sucks Out on Joe Tehan
Joe Tehan has been taking abuse all day, and it continued even further when Russ Harriman shoved from the button. Tehan snap called from the small blind showing AJ and was pleased to see Harriman's 98. But the board came J
106Q4 and Harriman hit a straight to double up to around 105,000.
Joe Tehan Eliminated in Sixth Place ($43,796)
Joe Tehan got the rest of his short stack in with J10 against the pocket nines of David Singer. The flop of AQ2 gave him some extra outs, but the turn and river came 87 to brick out, sending Tehan to the rail in a disappointed sixth place. Tehan earns $43,796 for his efforts.
Russ Harriman Eliminated in Fifth Place ($55,474)
Harriman had been hovering around the 100,000 chip mark for quite some time before picking up pocket queens. The small all-in amount made it too easy for Greg Alston and he made the call with AJ. The board rolled out A3255 and Harriman made his exit $55,474 richer.
Not too bad for his second career cash.
Robert Lipkin Eliminated in Fourth Place ($67,640)
After being relatively quiet the entire day, Robert Lipkin decided to make a move at the wrong time and his 75 ran into the pocket jacks of David Singer. The board didn't even come close to Lipkin's hand and he was eliminated in fourth place, leaving the remaining three players to battle for the bracelet.
Player Tags: Gregory Alston, Joe Tehan, Robby Lipkin, Russell Harriman
Pot-Limit Hold'em - David Singer Doubles Up
Jun 04, '08
Blinds: 5,000 - 10,000
Players Left: 8
Chip Leaders:
Jacobo Fernandez - 428,000
Joe Tehan – 302,000
Al Barbieri - 300,000
David Singer - 280,000
Robby Lipkin - 245,000
Gregory Alston - 180,000
Zachary King - 175,000
Russell Harriman - 90,000
Eliminations: Glen Bean (9th Place)
Storylines:
David Singer doubled up twice to end the first level of the day, then got involved in a big pot with Greg Alston.
Zachary Clark doubled up through Russ Harriman to stay alive.
Big Hands:
David Singer Doubles Up.... Twice
On a flop of Q
5
3
Greg Alston put David Singer all in for just under 70,000 and Singer made the call, showing A
Q
. Alston turned over J
J
and failed to catch his two-outer when the turn and river came 10
3
. That pot brought Singer up to 162,000, which he used for his next double up a few hands later.
Singer raised it up to 22,000 under the gun and got a call from Al Barbieri on the button. The flop came down Q32 and Singer bet 40,000. Barbieri called and the 8 hit the turn. This time Singer moved all in for about 100,000 and Barbieri called, turning over KQ, which was behind to Singer's pocket aces. The A on the river didn't change anything and Singer doubled up once again to about 325,000.
Singer Gives Some Back
Singer vaulted into second place with his two double ups, but gave some of it back on a hand with Greg Alston. Alston raised to 27,000 preflop and Singer made the call in the big blind. The flop came A94 and both players checked. The turn was the J and Singer led for another 27,000. Alston moved all in for another 113,000 and Singer took a few moments before letting his hand go.
Zachary "CKingUSC" CKing Doubles Up
With a rail that included online notables Vivek "psyduck" Rajkumar, Shaun Deeb and Chris "cdbr3799" Dombrowksi, Zachary Clark had been getting anxious to get his chips in the middle. A situation finally presented itself after a series of preflop raises with Russ Harriman and King's pocket jacks held up against Harriman's pocket nines to keep him in contention with 170,000.
Glen "Miss Pretty" Bean Eliminated in Ninth Place ($19,646)
Glen Bean hung around on the short stack for quite some time before being forced to get it in with J-8 against Zachary Kings's A-Q. Bean caught an eight on the flop to give him some hope, but an ace on the river sent him packing. Bean earned $19,646 for his efforts.
Player Tags: Glen Bean, David Singer, Gregory Alston, Al Barbieri, Russell Harriman
