$1,500 H.O.R.S.E - Level 12 - Money Bubble Bursts
Jun 30, '08
Note: Players are now on a 60-minute dinner break.
Blinds:
Hold'em: 600-1,200
Omaha 8: 600-1,200
Razz: Ante 300, Bring-in 300, Completion 1,200
Stud: Ante 300, Bring-in 300, Completion 1,200
Stud 8: Ante 300, Bring-in 300, Completion 1,200
Players Left: 80 of 803
Chip Counts:
Chad Brown: 81,000
James Schaaf: 77,000
David Gee: 76,000
Arash Ghaneian: 71,400
Vaughan Machado: 68,000
Steven Diano: 62,000
Sam Silverman: 61,000
Ed Tonnellier: 58,600
Blakely Purvis: 57,000
Esther Rossi: 52,000
Eliminations: Thor Hansen, Bart Hanson, Luca Pagano, Jonathan Dwek
Storylines:
Matusow Sitting At Table Next To Hellmuth
Here are some tidbits:
Mike Matusow and Phil Hellmuth have been chatting away now that they are sitting at nearby tables.
"Mike, do you have over 20 (thousand)?"
"I do now. I just got the antes. While you're over there crying, I'm grinding away."
Matusow then turned to his table and laughed, then whispered how he loves messing with Phil.
"That's your problem. You're trying to play pots. I'm chopping out 300s at a time," Matusow yelled back at Hellmuth. "That's your problem. You're going against your bread and butter."
And later, when Hellmuth said he and Matusow had about the same in chips with 20,000, Matusow was back at it, saying, "But I started the day with 10,000. You started with 43 (thousand)."
Another Record
The tournament bubble has just busted. Hellmuth sits in the middle of the pack and has extended his tournament cashes record.
Hands:
Omaha 8
Ramdin Heating Up
Victor Ramdin got Bart Hanson and Luca Pagano all in, having both covered. The board showed A
JJ
7J
. Ramdin showed the nuts - J
9K4 for quads. Pagano showed A6K3 and was eliminated, and so was Hanson.
Stud
Brown Takes Nice Pot, Building a Big Stack
Chad Brown bet and was called by one opponent on every street. They showed down:
Brown: JJ67(10107)
His opponent: 9JKA(Muck)
Brown showed two pair and his opponent mucked. Brown and gradually climbed among the chip leaders with 81,000 in chips.
Hellmuth With the KO
Phil Hellmuth got in a raise-fest with Jonathan Dwek, eventually getting Dwek all in. Hellmuth showed K10675 (665) for trip 6s to top Dwek's aces, and Dwek was eliminated.
Stud 8
Hansen is Bubble Boy
Thor Hansen held a pair of 4s with A-3 in the hole. His opponent held a broadway straight. Hansen failed to hit a low and he was the bubble boy.
Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth, Victor Ramdin, Luca Pagano, Jonathan Dwek, European Report
