Level 15 Update: Jordan Morgan and Jon Friedberg Eliminated
May 31, '10
Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 137 out of 4,345
Average Chip Count: 95,145
Card Player Chip Counts:
Jon Friedberg – out
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Andrew Youngblood – 215,000
2. Drew Crawford – 190,000
3. Marc Goldman – 190,000
4. Nancy Todd Tyner – 170,000
5. Jeremiah Degreef – 170,000
6. Terry Fleischer – 130,000
7. Adam Shuman – 130,000
8. David Vanwert – 120,000
9. Deepak Bhatti – 120,000
10. Robert Scott – 110,000
Notable Eliminations:
Jon Freidberg - $2,854
Jordan Morgan - $2,854
Big Hands:
Dan Lu Drops Some Chips
With 110,000 in his stack, Dan Lu and his opponent got all the chips in the middle for 17,000 apiece with Lu exposing pocket fours against the sevens of his all-in opponent. The board offered no help to Lu and he was at 93,000 after than hand.
Thomas Joanides Doubles Through Lee Markholt
Lee Markholt bet 6,000 on the button. Thomas Joanides moved in from the big blind for 1,300 more. Markholt made the easy call and tabled the J
4 while his opponent exposed the 98
. The board ran out K9
264, and Markholt lost the pot to fall to 60,000. Joanides is at 21,000.
Kevin Stammen Doubles Up
Kevin Stammen found all of his 30,800 chips in the middle preflop and showed JJ. His opponent showed the AJ
.
The board came out Q7Q92 and Stammen doubled up to 66,000.
Jordan’s Kings Cracked, Eliminated
Jordan Morgan raised in the cutoff and the player in the cutoff moved all-in for 60,000. Morgan quickly called with KK and the small blind showed Q10. The flop was 88J,giving the small blind a straight draw.
The turn bricked but the river was the 9 filling the straight draw and sending Morgan out the door.
Eric Baldwin Knocks Out Jon Friedberg
We got to the table pretty late, but Jon Friedberg was all-in with pocket tens, but was trumped by Eric Baldwins A-Q.
Jared Hamby Eliminates Two Players
Jared Hamby was dealt the AA and was all in against an opponent and a third player who was very short stacked. The opponent that had both Hamby and the short stack covered held A-Q, while the short stack held Q-7. The aces held and Hamby is now at 120,000 in chips.
Player Tags: Lee Markholt, Thomas Joanides, Jon Friedberg, Jared Hamby, Dan Lu
