Buy-In: | $4,700 + $300 |
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Prize Pool: | $3,435,700 |
Entrants: | 731 |
Dave Seidman raised to 200,000 preflop Scott Seiver made the call. The flop was dealt 973 and Seidman checked. Seiver bet 380,000 and Seimdan raised all in for 980,000. Seiver made the call and Seidman showed down A7. Seiver flipped up K9 and with the crowd chanting for a deuce, the turn and river fell 53. Seiver captured Event No. 21 ($5,000 no-limit hold'em).
Seiver earned $755,891 for his victory and Seidman took home $482,372 for his runner-up finish.
Stay tuned for a recap of the final table, as well as the final results.
Blinds/Antes: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 731
Chip Counts:
Scott "gunning4you" Seiver: 4,500,000
Dave Seidman: 2,900,000
Eliminations:
4th Place: Jacobo Fernandez ($238,781)
3rd Place: Ben Sprengers ($292,034)
Big Hands/Storylines:
Jacobo Fernandez Eliminated in Fourth Place ($238,871)
Jacobo Fernandez got all of his chips into the middle and Scott Seivers had him covered. Their cards:
Seiver: A8
Fernandez: K-K
Board: A99QJ
Fernandez was eliminated in fourth place, and he took home $238,871 in prize money.
Ben Sprengers Eliminated in Third Place ($292,034)
Ben Sprenger got all of chips in on a flop of J108 and Dave Seidman made the call. Their cards:
Seidman: 76
Sprenger: Q-Q
Turn and River: KK
Sprengers was eliminated in third place, and he took home $292,034 in prize money.
Blinds/Antes: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 731
Chip Counts:
Scott "gunning4you" Seiver: 3,600,000
Dave Seidman: 990,000
Ben Sprengers: 800,000
Jacobo Fernandez: 700,000
Average Stack: 1,218,333
Chuck Sklar: 6th Place ($154,606)
Rajesh Vohra: 5th Place ($195,834)
Big Hands/Storylines:
Chuck Sklar Eliminated in Sixth Place ($154,606)
Scott Seiver raised to 130,000 on a flop of J85 and Chuck Sklar moved all in. Seiver made the call and they flipped up their hands:
Seiver: AA
Sklar: AK
Turn and River: 2Q
Sklar was eliminated in sixth place, and he took home $154,606 in prize money.
Rajesh Vohra Eliminated in Fifth Place ($195,834)
Dave Seidman raised to 100,000 preflop and Rajesh Vohra reraised all in. Seidman made the call and they turned up ther cards:
Seidman: K10
Vohra: 44
Board: KQ579
Vohra was eliminated in fifth place, and the took home $195,834 in prize money.
Blinds/Antes: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 731
Chip Counts:
Scott "gunning4you" Seiver: 3,600,000
Dave Seidman: 990,000
Ben Sprengers: 800,000
Jacobo Fernandez: 700,000
Rajesh Vohra: 550,000
Chuck Sklar: 500,000
Average Stack: 1,218,333
Eliminations:
none
Big Hands and Storylines:
Chuck Slkar Doubles Up
Chuck Sklar pushed all in preflop and Dave Seidman made the call. Their cards:
Sklar: J7
Seidman: 55
Board: 84374
Sklar doubled up on the hand to survive.
Sklar Doubles Up Again
Once again Sklar moved all in preflop and Seidman called him down. Their cards:
Sklar: A7
Seidman: A10
Board: Q527A
Sklar doubled up again and he continued to cling to life on the short stack.
Ben Sprengers Doubles Up
Ben Sprenger moved all in preflop to grow a pot to 664,000 preflop and Rajesh Vohra went into the tank for a minte. He counted out the chips required for a call, and then pushed them into the middle. Their cards:
Sprengers: AA
Vohra: 93
Board: 107245
Sprengers' aces held up and he doubled up.
Blinds: 10,000-20,000
Players Remaining: 6 of 731
Chip Counts:
Scott "gunning4you" Seiver: 3,000,000
Dave Seidman: 1,658,000
Rajesh Vohra: 1,000,000
Ben Sprengers: 1,000,000
Jacobo Fernandez: 591,000
Chuck Sklar: 185,000
Eliminations:
Scott "SCTrojans" Freeman: 9th Place ($68,714)
Adam "csimmsux" Geyer: 8th Place ($94,481)
Anders Henriksson: 7th Place ($120,249)
Big Hands and Storylines:
Scott "SCTrojans" Freeman Eliminated in Ninth Place ($68,714)
Scott Freeman moved all in preflop and Scott Seiver made the call. Their cards:
Freeman: AK
Seiver: QQ
Board: 87657
Freeman was eliminated in ninth place, and he took home $68,714 in prize money.
Dave Seidman Doubles Up
Dave Seidman raised all in preflop for 618,000 and Scott Seiver made the call. They then turned up their hands:
Seidman: J10
Seiver: KK
Board: 98447
Seidman hit a 7 on the river to make a straight and survive.
Adam "csimmsux" Geyer Eliminated in Eighth Place ($94,481)
Adam geyer raised all in preflop and Dave Seidman made the call. Each player flipped up a pocket pair, and each player made a set on the turn when it delivered an ace and a 9. Unfortunatley for Geyer, it was Seidman that held the pocket aces, and he was sent to the rail in eighth place when no help fell on the turn or river. Geyer took home $94,481 in prize money.
Anders Henriksson Eliminated in Seventh Place ($120,249)
Anders Henriksson raised to 60,000 preflop and both Ben Sprengers and Chuck Sklar made the call. The flop was dealt K98 and Sklar bet 135,000. Henriksson raised all in for 285,000. Sprengers came over the top of him all in for 460,000 and Sklar went into the tank for a moment before folding. The final two players then flipped up their cards:
Sprengers: AA
Henriksson: 99
Turn and River: 10A
Henriksson was eliminated on the hand in seventh place, and he took home $120,249 in prize money. Once again, a set of aces prevailed against a set of nines.
The final table of the $5,000 no-limit hold'em event is busting at the seams with online poker professionals on the final day of play. We will see if one of them can walk away with the bracelet, or if Jacobo Fernandez will be able to walk away with the prize at his second final table of the summer. Here is a look at the starting chip stacks:
Scott Seiver: 2,512,000
Rajesh Vohra: 1,040,000
Jacobo Fernandez: 848,000
Dave Seidman: 653,500
Adam Geyer: 645,000
Ben Sprengers: 441,000
Chuck Sklar: 439,000
Scott Freeman: 645,000
Anders Henriksson: 311,000
Action is slated to begin late at 2:30 p.m.
Note: Cards got in the air shortly after 2:30 p.m. Next post up at 3:30 p.m.