2,000 NLHE - Day 2 - Level 15
Jun 05, '08
Blinds: 3000/6000 with 500 ante
Players Left: 37 of 1592
Average Stack: 172,100
Eliminations: Brent Roberts, Fred Goldberg, Steven Etoch, Ryan Franklin, Robert Morgan, Jonathan Tare, Jason Campbell, John Chadwick, Eric Lui.
Big Hands:
Something They Ate?
Players didn't waste any time after returning from their dinner breaks, with nine players eliminated in the first 40 minutes of the level. It began when John Phan sent Brent Edwards packing on the first hand to increase his chip stack to 165,000. Phan then stole the blinds on the next hand, but then near the end of the level he made a raise of 23,500 from the button, only to have Shawn Hattem move all in for 94,000. It would have cost Phan the majority of his stack, but after a lengthy delay he folded and now sits at 96,000. He earlier dropped 33,000 on the river when his ace-six was behind an opponents ace-four after a board of 5
5
4
5
2.
Cruel Rivers Sink Wiggins
Once is a bad beat. Twice? It was enough to send Christopher Wiggins to the rail. He was faced by a 70,000 all-in play from Shannon Shorr in the big blind. Wiggins felt confident enough to make the call, and found his KQ in a dominating position to Shorr's QJ. The flop missed both players, coming 1064, and the 8 on the turn left Shorr with seven outs. The J on the river saved him.
Wiggins was then dealt an even crueler fate later in the level. There was one limper in the pot when Wiggins raised to 25,000. Carter Gill in seat 1 then raised to 46,000, which drew folds until play came back to Wiggins who pushed all-in for 92,000. Gill made the call and showed A10. Wiggins was again dominating, now holding ace-queen. He even hit the flop of QJ7, and the turn was the harmless 2, but the K on the river filled Gill's gutshot straight draw and a stunned Wiggins was eliminated in 38th place.
Wiggins had earlier made an impressive call to eliminate Robert Morgan, who raised all-in and forced Wiggins to call 64,000. Wiggins called with A7 and saw Morgan had pushed with three-five offsuit. Morgan flopped a gutshot straight draw with the 1074 appearing, but the AQ made Wiggins the winner.
J.C. Tran stays alive
Tran moved all-in for 48,000 after a flop of 934. Scott Montgomery made the call with two overcards, AQ, but failed to hit when the 5 came on the turn and K on the river. Phan had 109 to stay alive.
Calzadillas crippled, then eliminated
Mark Calzadillas made an 81,500 call on the river, only to see Theo Tran had flopped top two pair with ace-nine. Calzadillas was soon eliminated in 39th place.
Player Tags: John Phan, J.C. Tran, Shannon Shorr, Mark Calzadillas, Carter Gill, Scott Montgomery, Chris Wiggins
