Level 30, Hour Two: Down To 23 Players
Jul 17, '10
Blinds: 60,000-120,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 out of 7,319
Average Chip Count: 9,563,913
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Joseph Cheong – 24,400,000
2. Soi Nguyen – 20,000,000
3. Matt Affleck – 18,000,000
4. Pascal LeFrancois – 17,300,000
5. Filippo Candio – 16,400,000
6. Jason Senti – 14,800,000
7. Matthew Jarvis – 11,000,000
8. Robert Pisano – 10,300,000
9. John Racener – 9,450,000
10. Jonathan Duhamel – 9,400,000
Player Twitter Accounts
Michael Mizrachi
Adam Levy
Eliminations:
26. Matthew Bucaric — $317,161
25. Mads Wissing — $317,161
24. Ronnie Bardah — $317,161
Big Hands:
Matthew Bucaric Eliminated In 26th Place ($317,161)
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read J
8
7 and Matthew Bucaric moved all in. Filippo Candio made the call and the hands were turned over.
Candio: 86
Bucaric: 99
Candio flopped middle pair with a heart draw while Bucaric was ahead with his nines and gutshot straight draw. But the turn was the 3 and Candio made his flush. The river was the 5 and Bucaric was out.
Hasan Habib Doubles Up
Hasan Habib moved all in for 1.13 million preflop and Matthew Jarvis made the call from the button. Habib tabled 4
4 and he was racing against Jarvis’ K
Q.
The board ran out J6275 and Habib doubled up to 2.4 million. Jarvis slipped to 13 million.
Mads Wissing Eliminated In 25th Place ($317,161)
William Thorson limped in from the small blind and Mads Wissing checked his option. The two then saw a flop of 1063 and Wissing bet 175,000. Thorson then moved all in and Wissing called.
Wissing: 108
Thorson: J3
Wissing was ahead but the turn was the J, giving Thorson two pair and the river was the 8, sending Wissing to the rail.
Affleck Takes One Down
Matt Affleck raised to 270,000 preflop and Matthew Jarvis made the call. The flop came down K107 and both players checked.
The turn was the K and Affleck led with 450,000. Jarvis made the call and the river was the 8. Affleck fired another 650,000 and Jarvis let it go.
Affleck took the pot and he was at 18 million.
Pisano Takes It Down
Robert Pisano raised to 295,000 and Benjamin Statz made the call. Soi Nguyen also tagged along and the three saw the flop fall KK10.
Pisano bet 630,000 and Statz mucked. Nguyen made the call and the turn was the 9. Both players checked and the river was the K.
Nguyen led out with 900,000 and Pisano made the call. Nguyen showed QJ for a busted straight draw while Pisano showed 44 for a full house.
Pisano took it down and he was at 10.6 million. Nguyen was at 20.85 million.
Clements Chipping Up
Michiel Sijpkens raised to 310,000 and Scott Clements made the call. The two then saw the flop fall A54.
Clements checked and Sijpkens fired 350,000. Clements then check-raised to 855,000 and Sijpkens mucked. Clements took down the pot and he was up to 7 million.
Ronnie Bardah Eliminated In 24th Place ($317,161)
Ronnie Bardah moved all in preflop after Filippo Candio put in a raise. Candio made the call to put Bardah at risk.
Bardah: AK
Candio: AA
Bardah was up against Candio’s aces and the flop fell J42, giving Bardah no help. The turn was the J and Bardah was drawing dead. The meaningless river was the 8 and Bardah was ousted in 24th place, taking home $317,161.
Player Tags: Hasan Habib, Cuong Nguyen, Ronnie Bardah, William Thorson, Matthew Bucaric, Mads Wissing, Robert Pisano, Filippo Candio
