Jimmy Shultz Wins Event No. 12 ($257,105)
Jun 08, '08
Zach Fellows made one last run at the chip lead, and almost regained it before a nearly fatal hand delivered him a huge blow. Fellows and Jimmy Shultz built a pot up to 900,000 with A
42
QQ
on the table. They turned up their cards and Shultze held Q6. Fellows mucked his hand and Shultz took an insurmountable chip lead. A few hands later it was all over. Fellows was all in preflop and Shultz had him covered while holding 10
3. Fellows held pocket threes and the board rattled off Q766J to make a heart flush for Shultz. He won his first gold bracelet along with $257,105 (25 percent of which he will donate to the fire department in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina). Fellows was awarded $165,165 for his hard fought runner-up finish.
Player Tags: Zachary Fellows, James Shultz
Limit HE - Final Table - Heads Up Part I
Jun 08, '08
Blinds/Limits: 25,000-50,000 with 50,000-100,000 limits
Players Left: 2
Chip Counts:
Zach Fellows: 2,100,000
Jimmy Shultz: 500,000
Eliminations:
none
Big Hands and Storylines:
Tug-of-War
The two competitors in the heads-up battle have started things off by trading chips back and forth. This eventually evened them up before they took turns holding the chip lead over the first hour. It may take a major cooler to evoke some major action.
Shultz Pulls Away
Jimmy Shultz took down two substantial pots to take a 2-to-1 chip lead on Zach Fellows. Shultz held pocket fives on the first of these hands, and on the second he turned up A7 on a board of Q77810 to take down the hand. After seeing the bad news Fellows mucked his hand and flashed a single 10 in the process.
Fellows Fights Back
The board read AQ459 and 640,000 sat in the pot when Fellows revealed 88 for a flush to defeat the Q-9 of Shultz. This hand pulled the two even, with Fellows holding a slight advantage.
Shultz Pulls out the Pressure
Shultz took down three hands in a row to put his chip advantage back in the 2-to-1 neighborhood. He then increased that lead to a 4-to-1 advantage when he took down the largest pot of heads-up play. Each player contributed 100,000 on every single street on a board of 976A3. They turned up their hands on the end and the cooler arrived in the form of pocekt jacks (Fellows) vs. pocket kings (Shultz).
Player Tags: Zachary Fellows, James Shultz
Limit HE - Final Table - Vinny Vinh Eliminated in Third Place
Jun 08, '08
Blinds/Limits: 20,000-40,000 with 40,000-80,000 limits
Players Left: 2
Chip Counts:
Jimmy Shultz: 1,610,000
Zach Fellows: 1,025,000
Eliminations:
3rd Place: Vinny Vinh ($99,099)
Big Hands and Storylines:
Shultz Takes Down a Huge Pot
Jimmy Shultz raised preflop and Vinny Vinh made the call. The flop was dealt A102 and Vinh bet 30,000. Shultz made the call and the turn hit the table 10. Vinh bet 60,000 and Shhultz raised to 120,000. Vinh reraised to 180,000 and Shultz capped the action by raising to 240,000. Vinh made the call and the the river brought the 9. Vinh bet one last time and Shultz made the call. They turned up their hands and Shultz held J10 for trip tens. Vinh flashed A-Q as he mucked and took a huge hit to his stack.
Vinny Vinh Warned About his Behavior
The entertainment of Vinny Vinh's actions has failed to dissappoint at the final table, but not everyone is a fan. He just receieved a warning from the tournament staff that he needed to calm down.
Vinny Vinh Doubles Up
Vinh shipped all of his chips into the middle of the table preflop and Shultz made the call. Their cards:
Vinh: J8
Shultz: K10
Board: A9822
Vinh doubled up on the hand but he was still low on chips.
Vinny Vinh Eliminated in Third Place ($99,099)
Vinh moved all in on a flop of K75 and Shultz made the call. Vinh turned up Q-2 and Shultz turned over 76. The turn and river fell 23 and Vinh was eliminated in third place. He took home $99,099 in prize money. Vinh's wild ride has come to a close for today.
Player Tags: Zachary Fellows, James Shultz
Limit HE - Final Table - Bustout Bonanza
Jun 08, '08
Blinds/Limits: 15,000-30,000 with 30,000-60,000 limits
Players Left: 3
Chip Counts:
Jimmy Shultz: 1,000,000
Zach Fellows: 800,000
Vinny Vinh: 600,000
Average Stack: 880,000
Eliminations:
7th Place: Ali Eslami ($41,441)
6th Place: Markus Golser ($53,453)
5th Place: Teddy "Iceman" Monroe ($67,867)
4th Place: Brendan Taylor ($82,882)
Big Hands and Storylines:
Ali Eslami Eliminated in Seventh Place ($41,441)
Ali Eslami was knocked down to 70,000 on the first hand after dinner, and that put him in dire straights when he had already committed over half of his chips to a pot and the flop hit the table 744. Eslami bet 20,000 and Jimmy Shultz put him to an all-in decision with a raise. Eslami made the call and they turned up their cards. Eslami held 95, while Shultz held A5. The turn brought the A, which was too much for Eslami who busted in seventh place. He took home $41,441 in prize money.
Markus Golser Eliminated in Sixth Place ($53,453)
Shultz raised to 40,000 preflop and Markus Golser made the call. The flop rolled out Q109 and Golser moved all in for 20,000. Shultz made the call and the two players turned up their hands.
Golser: AJ
Shultz: 97
The turn and river bricked out and Golser was eliminated in sixth place. He took home $53,453 in prize money.
Vinny Vinh Doubles Up
Vinny VInh was perilously low on chips when he got all of them into the middle of the table preflop against Shultz. Their cards:
Vinh: A8
Shultz: K3
Board: 8227Q
Vinh doubled up on the hand to 90,000, but he still needed some more ammo to climb back into contention. He used the momentum created on this hand well to eventually grow his stack to the half-million mark.
Teddy "Iceman" Monroe Eliminated in Fifth Place ($67,867)
Shultz raised to 40,000 preflop and Teddy "Iceman" Monroe made an all-in call for 30,000. Brendan Taylor also made the call and the flop hit the table 1092. Taylor and Shultz then checked the board as the the 8 fell on the turn, and the J fell on the river. Shultz reached for a bet on the river, but Taylor mucked his hand. Shultz revealed 87 and Monroe was out in fifth place when he mucked after the hand. The Iceman took home $67,867 in prize money.
Brendan Taylor Eliminated in Fourth Place ($82,882)
Vinny Vinh got the best of Brendan Taylor after his vocal antics may have induced him to get invloved in heavy action on every street of a board that read 332Q3. Taylor made an all-in call on the river, but then mucked when Vinh revealed pocket eights. Taylor was eliminated in fourth place, and he took home $82,882 in prize money.
Player Tags: Ali Eslami, Markus Golser, Teddy Monroe, Brendan Taylor, European Report, James Shultz
Limit HE - Final Table - Lindgren Just Misses the Final Table
Jun 08, '08
Blinds/Limits: 6,000-12,000 with 12,000-24,000 limits
Players Left: 8
Chip Counts:
Jimmy Shultz: 910,000
Vinny Vinh: 425,000
Ali Eslami: 400,000
Markus Golser: 400,000
Brendan Taylor: 310,000
Zach Fellows: 200,000
Teddy "Iceman" Monroe: 140,000
Christoph Niesert: 65,000
Average Stack: 330,000
Eliminations:
10th Place: Erick Lindgren ($14,774)
9th Place: Chung Law ($23,423)
Big Hands and Storylines:
Erick Lindgren Eliminated in 10th Place ($14,774)
Erick Lindgren raised preflop to 10,000 and Markus Golser reraised. This put Lindgren to an all-in decision for the last of his 7,000, and he decided to call. They then turned up their hands:
Lindgren: J8
Golser: KK
Board: 7649Q
Lindgren was eliminated in 10th place, and he took home $14,744 in prize money.
Vinny Vinh Puts on a Show on the Way to Second Chip Position
Vinny Vinh has easily been the most interesting feature on the final day. He showed up 45 minutes late, and then it was not apparenet that he realized things were down to a final table when the final 10 players took their seats. He has followed up these antics by dominating card play at the final table, and dominating the airwaves with his trash talk. He took down a hand that he bet on every street with pocket jacks, and then he took down a pot from Markus Golser with A4 on a board of Q6374. This took Vinh to well over 300,000, but he didn't stop there. Vinh then confronted the chip leader Jimmy Shultz, and won. Shultz mucked to a Vinh's bet on the turn of a board that read J1064. Vinh now holds over 400,000, and he is currently second in chips.
Chung Law Eliminated in Ninth Place ($23,423)
Chung Law got all of his chips into the middle holding high hopes with pocket tens, but he ran right into the pocket jacks of Shultz. The board rattled off Q8897 and Law was eliminated in ninth place. He took home $23,423 in prize money.
Player Tags: Erick Lindgren, Chung Law, Markus Golser, European Report, James Shultz
Limit HE - Final Day - Stubborn Hour
Jun 08, '08
Blinds/Limits: 4,000-8,000 with 8,000-16,000 limits
Players Left: 13
Chip Counts:
Jimmy Shultz: 500,000
Markus Golser: 335,000
Zach Fellows: 330,000
Ali Eslami: 320,000
Vinny Vinh: 245,000
Christoph Niesert: 190,000
Erick Lindgren: 145,000
Steve Shkolnik: 144,000
John O'Brien: 140,000
Zach Henderson: 125,000
Average Stack: 203,076
Eliminations:
none
Big Hands and Storylines:
Vinny Vinh Takes a Hit
Jimmy Shultz raised preflop and Vinny Vinh made the call. The flop hit the table 865 and the two players four-bet the action. The turn fell A and Vinh check-raised Shultz's 16,000 action to 32,000. The river fell A and Vinh bet out. Shultz made the call and they turned up their hands. Vinh held 85 and Shultz turned up pocket tens. Shultz took down the pot, which grew his stack to over 300,000, and gained the chip lead. Vinh was dwon to 150,000 after the hand.
Steve Shkolnik Triples Up
Steve Shkolnik moved all in prelop and both Chritsop Niesert and Zach Fellows made the call before the Q33 hit the table. Fellows bet out after the flop and Niesert mucked. Fellows then showed pocket fives and Shkolnik turned up pocket eights to triple up after the turn and river fell 6Q.
Break Time
The players went on a 20-minute break at the end of the level.
Player Tags: Steven Shkolnik, Christoph Niesert, Zachary Fellows, James Shultz
