Christopher Gentile Poker Tournament Updates

$3,000 H.O.R.S.E.- Day 2 - Level 10 Recap

Jun 12, '08

Note: The players have just returned from a 20-minute break. In addition, the powers-that-be here at the Rio have just announced that there will be another 20-minute break after two more levels. Then, when the money is reached (which is expected to be soon after) the players will go on an hour-long dinner break.

Limits:
Hold’em/Omaha8b:  1,000-2,000, 500-1,000 blinds
Razz/Stud/Stud8b:  1,000-2,000, 200 ante, 300 bring-in,

Players Left:  87 of 414

Chip Leaders:
Alexander Jung - 54,300
Kevin Saul - 51,000
Christopher Gentile- 50,300
Shannon Elizabeth - 44,200
Erich Kollmann - 44,000
Joshua Woolsey - 43,000
David Levi - 43,000
James Mackey - 42,900
Todd Brunson - 42,000
Marc Goodwin – 41,000

Average Stack: 28,550

Eliminations:
Annie Duke
Greg Raymer
Vanessa Rousso

Big Hands and Storylines:

Hold’em

Gracz Busts Raymer

Greg Raymer, on a short stack, gets all his chips in against Michael Gracz on a J73K9 board. Raymer seemed optimistic about his pair of jacks but was met with bad news when Gracz revealed KK for a set of kings. The newly busted Raymer let everyone know his thoughts about the game that ousted him, shouting, “Limit poker sucks!” Michael Gracz, now with 17,000 chips, might disagree.

Omaha/8b

Glantz Doubles Up

On a board of QT7K3, Matthew Glantz gets it all in against his opponent. Glantz happily tables AJ52 and takes down the whole pot with the broadway straight. Despite this pot, Glantz still has a lot of work to do with only 13,000 chips.

Stud/8b

Aces-Up Propel Luske

Marcell Luske has an opponent all in after 3^rd street and the two reveal their cards:

Luske: (AA)2
Opponent: (QQ)2

Luske’s next card was the 2 and his two-pair would go on to claim the pot. Despite sitting at a table with Todd Brunson and Kevin Saul, Luske has managed to work his way to 37,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Michael Gracz,   David Levi,   Todd Brunson,   Marcel Luske,   Greg Raymer,   James Mackey,   Matthew Glantz,   Christopher Gentile,   Kevin Saul,   Marc Goodwin,   Erich Kollmann,   Joshua Woolsey,   Shannon Elizabeth,   Alexander Jung

$3,000 H.O.R.S.E.- Day 2 - Level 9 Recap

Jun 12, '08

Limits:
Hold’em/Omaha8b:  800-1600, 400-800 blinds
Razz/Stud/Stud8b:  800-1600, 200 ante, 200 bring-in,

Players Left: 112 of 414

Chip Leaders:
Kevin Saul - 57,000
Alexander Jung - 54,300
Christopher Gentile - 50,300
Shannon Elizabeth - 44,200
James Mackey - 42,900
Marc Goodwin - 41,500
Todd Brunson - 38,000
David Levi - 38,000
James Van Alstyne - 36,000
Linda Drucker - 36,000

Average Stack: 22,175

Eliminations:
Mark Vos
Todd Lundwell
Shinchi Chien
J.W. Smith

Big Hands and Storylines:

Hold’em

Oh the Zhu-manity

Mark Vos got the majority of his 9,000 chips in pre-flop against Yueqi Zhu and the rest went in on a K53 flop. “That’s a good flop for me,” said Vos. It was indeed, as Vos turned over AK. Zhu’s 77 was drawing to two outs. The J on the turn was unimportant, but the river was a stunning 7, eliciting an emphatic “Yes!” from Zhu and causing Vos to spring from his chair and leave the area in incredibly swift fashion. Zhu is now up to quite a hale 35,500.

Omaha/8b

Saul’s Solid Stack Skyrockets

Seated right next to one another, Todd Brunson and Kevin “bel0wab0ve” Saul tangled in a pot. Brunson raised from the small blind and Saul called from the big blind. The flop came AQ4 and Brunson bet into Saul. Saul called and the duo saw a 3 turn. Brunson checked this time, but called after Saul’s bet of 1,600. Brunson wasn’t so keen about the 6 on the river apparently, as he check-folded, dropping his stack down to 39,000. Kevin Saul’s stack of 57,000 is now top among the chip leaders.

Mark Roland Doubles Up

After a great deal of betting pre-flop and on the flop, Mark Roland found himself all in against Max Pescatori on a 1043 flop. Pescatori declared that he had nut-nut and flopped over A633, a decidedly non-nut hand but still good for a set of threes. Mark Roland showed the goods however (as good as a series of draws can be anyway), revealing AA72 for the nut flush draw, a gutshot straight draw and the nut low draw. The river was the 9, which didn’t help Roland at all. But the J on the river was Roland’s saving grace, giving him the entire pot and doubling him up to 14,000. Pescatori’s loss drops him to 18,000.

Player Tags: David Levi,   Max Pescatori,   Todd Brunson,   James Van Alstyne,   J.W. Smith,   James Mackey,   Mark Roland,   Christopher Gentile,   Kevin Saul,   Marc Goodwin,   Mark Vos,   Shannon Elizabeth,   Alexander Jung,   Linda Drucker,   Shinchi Chien

Event 8 - $10,000 Mixed Championship - Level 15

Jun 05, '08

Players Remaining: 19 of 192

Average Stack: 202,105

Notable Chip Counts:
Johnny Chan - 490,000
Gus Hansen - 435,000
Matthew Glantz - 365,000
Eli Elezra - 298,000
Tom Dwan - 285,000
David Oppenheim - 260,000
Tom Schneider - 250,000
Michael DeMichele - 250,000
Sam Farha - 192,000
James Mackey - 160,000

Recent Eliminations:
Adam Friedman (20^th)
Doyle Brunson (21^st)
Scott Seiver (22^nd)
Chad Brown (23^rd)
Nikolay Evdakov (24^th)

Big Hands:

Pot-Limit Omaha: Tensions High as Amnon Filippi All In

On a board of 9342, Amnon Filippi pushed all in for his remaining 6,200. The bet represented a small fraction of the current pot, and Filippi wondered aloud why Sam Farha was deliberating for so long before calling. Farha announced that he didn’t want to show his hand, but called the bet anyway. When he finally called and Filippi turned over AAT5, Sam threw his cards towards the muck.

The dealer declared that because the hand was all in, Farha’s cards would have to be retrieved and shown so the river could be dealt. Filippi objected as the hand had already touched the muck, and the floor man was called. The ruling was that the hand would have to be shown, and a dealer standing behind the table waiting to relieve the current dealer said that he had seen Farha’s cards and would repeat them to the director to verify the authenticity of the hand. After telling the floor man what he believed Farha’s cards were, the floor man turned over the KQ96. The river didn’t improve the hand.

Farha objected the ruling and requested to the floor man that a different dealer replace the current one. The floor man obliged, and a new dealer sat in. Johnny Chan vocally opposed this ruling, and forecasted that it would set precedence for future players to arbitrarily request new dealers for insignificant reasons. The floor man disagreed with Chan, and play continued with the new replacement dealer.

The first hand with the new dealer was a game change to deuce-to-seven triple draw, and an extra card being dealt resulted in a misdeal. Johnny Chan sarcastically requested a dealer change.

2-7 Triple Draw: William McMahon Vs. Brandon Adams

On the first draw round of a hand in the deuce-to-seven triple draw, both William McMahon and Brandon Adams drew two cards. After receiving his new replacements, Adams led out with a bet. McMahon raised, and Brandon deliberated while counting his remaining chips. He eventually folded, leaving himself with only 65,000 in chips, well below the tournament average.

Player Tags: Gus Hansen,   Johnny Chan,   Sam Farha,   Christopher Gentile,   William McMahon,   Brandon Adams,   European Report