Level 25: Six Remain; Baker 7th, Compagno 8th
Jun 12, '11
NOTE: Sixty minute levels with games changing every eight hands.
Limits: 25,000-50,000
Hold’em – Omaha 8:
Blinds: 13,000-25,000
Razz – Stud – Stud 8:
Ante: 5,000
Bring In: 7,000
Completion: 25,000
Players Remaining: 6 out of 963
Average Chip Count: 722,250
Chip Counts:
1. Adam Friedman – 1,006,000
2. Michael Chow – 907,000
3. Aaron Steury – 757,000
4. Ron Ware – 507,000
5. Jonathan Tamayo – 450,000
6. Denis Ethier – 139,000
Eliminations:
7th. David Baker – $32,150
8th. Paolo Compagno – $24,219
Paolo Compagno Eliminated in 8th Place ($24,219)
Stud 8
Adam Friedman opened with the 7, Paolo Compagno reraised all in for about 80,000 with the 5 and Friedman called. Compagno showed a pair of fives but was behind Friedman’s pair of sevens.
Compagno: 5 4 5 9 7 Q A
Friedman: J 7 7 6 4 9 8.
Neither player made a low hand and Friedman raked the pot with a pair of sevens. Paolo Compagno started the final table as the short stack and was the first one eliminated in 8th place ($24,219).
David Baker Eliminated in 7th Place ($32,150)
Omaha 8
Adam Friedman button-raised before the flop, Aaron Steury called from the small blind and David Baker called from the big blind.
The flop came Q 7 7, Steury checked, Baker moved all in for 25,000, Friedman raised the side pot, Steury reraised and Friedman called.
The turn was the 10, Steury bet and Friedman called.
The river was the Q, and once gain, Steury bet and Friedman called.
Steury turned over Q Q J 10 for quads. Friedman mucked trip sevens with an ace, followed by David Baker who was eliminated in 7th place ($32,150).
Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table.
Player Tags: Adam Friedman, Paolo Compagno, Aaron Steury
Level 24: Ramdin Eliminated in 9th, Final Table Now Underway
Jun 12, '11
NOTE: Play ended last night with 17 players in accordance with the ten-level rule and resumed at 2:30pm. With the elimination of Victor Ramdin in 9th place ($18,577), the official eight-handed final table was set. The final eight players then took a one hour dinner break and returned at approximately 8:00pm to begin the final table. Play began with twenty-eight minutes remaining in Level 24.
NOTE: Sixty minute levels with games changing every eight hands.
Limits: 20,000-40,000
Hold’em – Omaha 8:
Blinds: 10,000-20,000
Razz – Stud – Stud 8:
Ante: 5,000
Bring In: 5,000
Completion: 20,000
Players Remaining: 8 out of 963
Average Chip Count: 541,688
Chip Counts:
1. Adam Friedman – 1,006,000
2. Michael Chow – 907,000
3. Aaron Steury – 757,000
4. Ron Ware – 507,000
5. David Baker – 455,000
6. Jonathan Tamayo – 450,000
7. Denis Ethier – 139,000
8. Paolo Compagno – 123,000
Payouts:
1st. $289,283
2nd. $178,691
3rd. $121,437
4th. $84,516
5th. $60,036
6th. $43,512
7th. $32,150
8th. $24,219
Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table.
Player Tags: David Baker, Denis Ethier, Victor Ramdin, Ron Ware, Adam Friedman, Jonathan Tamayo, Paolo Compagno, Aaron Steury, Michael Chow