Sweet 16 Ends
Oct 24, '08
The final match of the sweet 16 has come to an end with the victory of Kevin Albers over Dan O'Brien. Day 1 of the heads-up tournament has ended and the players will return at 2 p.m. tomorrow for the elite eight.
Player Tags: Kevin Albers
Cody Slaubaugh Moves On
Oct 25, '08
After a pre-flop raise to 1,000 and a call, Kevin Albers and Cody Slaubaugh see a flop of T
8
2. Albers moves in quickly, and Slaubaugh calls. Albers shows J
J
, and is in a good spot to double up against Slaubaugh's T9. The turn and river are the 7 and the J, however, and Slaubaugh makes a Jack-high straight to advance to the finals. Albers received $7,450 for his finish.
Player Tags: Cody Slaubaugh, Kevin Albers
Albers Doubles Up
Oct 25, '08
Kevin Albers raises all-in pre-flop for 3,175 and Cody Slaubaugh makes the call. Albers shows KJ and Slaubaugh shows A7. The board comes KQ792, and Albers doubles-up to around 7,000.
Player Tags: Cody Slaubaugh, Kevin Albers
Albers Takes A Big Hit
Oct 25, '08
With a flop of A42 Kevin Albers bet $400 and Cody Slaubaugh called. The turn brought the 6, prompting Albers to bet $600. Slaubaugh called once again, and the river brought the 3. Albers quickly checked and Slaubaugh bet $2,300, roughly the size of the pot. After a moments deliberation, Albers called the bet only to see Slaubaugh's 65 which made a straight. Albers mucked and Slaubaugh collected the sizeable pot. Albers was left with roughly $3,700 after the hand.
Player Tags: Cody Slaubaugh, Kevin Albers
Slabaugh Wins Pre-flop
Oct 25, '08
Cody Slaubaugh raised to 600, Kevin Albers re-raised to 1,700, and Slaubaugh re-raised to 4,700 total. Albers thought for a bit and folded. Albers now has around 6,000.
Player Tags: Cody Slaubaugh, Kevin Albers
Deuce of Clubs Any Good?
Oct 25, '08
On a board of 965, Kevin Alberts check-calls Cody Slaubaugh's bet of 325. The turn is the J and both players check. The river brings the 7. Alberts checks and Slaubaugh bets 625. Alberts tanks and eventually calls. Slaubaugh shows no pair, no club and Alberts flips over his 42 and rakes in the pot. Slaubaugh and Alberts are almost even in chips.
Player Tags: Cody Slaubaugh, Kevin Albers
Cody Slaubaugh Makes Quads
Oct 25, '08
On a board of J-J-J-K-K, Kevin Albers checks and folds to Cody Slaubaugh's bet of 1,000 into the 300-chip pot. After Albers folds, Slaubaugh shows the J for quad Jacks.
Player Tags: Cody Slaubaugh, Kevin Albers
Cody Slaubaugh Up 1-0 on Kevin Albers
Oct 25, '08
On a flop of T72, Cody Slaubaugh bet 500 and Kevin Albers made the call. The turn was the Q. Both players checked. The river was the Q. Slaubaugh bet 1,375 and Albers raised to 3,000. Slaubaugh thought for a bit and eventually moved Albers all-in. Albers quickly called. Slaubaugh showed Q9 for trip Queens, which was ahead of Albers' A-T (two pair).
Slaubaugh is now leading the match 1-0.
Player Tags: Cody Slaubaugh, Kevin Albers
Final Four Underway
Oct 25, '08
Players are returning after the thirty minute break following the elite eight. Steve Wong is set to play Will "The Thrill" Failla, while Cody Slaubaugh is going up against Kevin Albers. All players are starting with $10,000, with the blinds at $25-$50. The final four is the first round in which matches will be best of three. All four players are guarenteed to make $7,450, but are looking to make it into the finals to lock up $18,934.
Player Tags: Steve Wong, Cody Slaubaugh, Will Failla, Kevin Albers
Kevin Albers Eliminates James Scott
Oct 25, '08
Kevin Albers had whittled James Scott down to roughly $2,500 in chips, about 25 big blinds at the current $50-$100 blind levels. The two players got the money all-in preflop with Albers' A-3 offsuit ahead of Scott's K4. The flop gave Albers a sweat, bringing the A106, but the turn and river brought blanks and Alber's pair of aces were enough to send Scott to the rail. Scott took home $3,725 for his efforts.
Player Tags: James Scott, Kevin Albers
