| Buy-In: | $2,000 |
|---|---|
| Prize Pool: | $811,720 |
| Entrants: | 446 |
Marc Naalden Wins Event No. 38 ($190,770) Steven Cowley Eliminated in Second Place ($117,902)
Marc Naalden raised on the button and Cowley pushed for the last of his stack with A
5. Naalden called with Q
8
and took the tournament when the board came Q10
9410.
Blinds: 10,000-20,000
Players Remaining: 2 out of 446
Chip Counts:
1. Marc Naalden — 2,300,000
2. Steven Cowley — 325,000
Average Chip Count: 1,338,000
Notable Eliminations:
4. Tommy Hang — $54,182
3. Ian Johns — $77,576
Elimination Hands:
Tommy Hang Eliminated in Fourth Place ($54,182)
Marc Naalden raised in the cutoff and Tommy Hang reraised from the button. Naalden called, but all the money went in on a board reading K335.
Hang showed A5, but it was behind to Naalden’s pocket tens. The river was the 8 and Hang was busted.
Ian Johns Eliminated in Third Place ($77,576)
Ian Johns was all in against Marc Naalden and Steven Cowley, who both checked down a board of A7295 until Naalden bet the river.
Cowley folded and Naalden showed 63 for the flush, busting Johns from the tournament.
Blinds: 10,000-20,000
Players Remaining: 5 out of 446
Chip Counts:
1. Marc Naalden — 1,940,000
2. Steven Cowley — 350,000
3. Tommy Hang — 335,000
4. Ian Johns — 170,000
Average Chip Count: 669,000
Notable Eliminations:
5. Alex Keating — $39,977
Elimination Hands:
Alex Keating Eliminated in Fifth Place ($39,977)
Marc Naalden raised under the gun and Alex Keating moved in for his last 55,000. Naalden called with pocket fives and they held against Keating’s AK when the board ran out queen high.
Blinds: 8,000-15,000
Players Remaining: 5 out of 446
Chip Counts:
1. Marc Naalden — 1,600,000
2. Steven Cowley — 350,000
3. Tommy Hang — 295,000
4. Ian Johns — 290,000
5. Alex Keating — 265,000
Average Chip Count: 535,200
Notable Eliminations:
7. Jared O’Dell — $25,439
6. Danny Qutami — $31,088
Elimination Hands:
Jared O’Dell Eliminated in Seventh Place ($25,439)
Jared O’Dell was all in for his last 45,000 preflop holding A10 against Tommy Hang’s dominating AQ.
The flop brought an ace and a queen and Hang’s two pair sent O’Dell to the rail.
Danny Qutami Eliminated in Sixth Place ($31,088)
Danny Qutami raised under the gun and Marc Naalden reraised in the cutoff. Qutami called and the flop came down J54.
Naalden continued with a bet and Qutami called and the turn was the Q. Naalden bet, Qutami check-raised all in and Naalden called with KJ. Qutami needed an ace or a king with his A10, but the river was the 8, sending him from the tournament.
Blinds: 6,000-12,000
Players Remaining: 7 out of 446
Chip Counts:
1. Marc Naalden — 920,000
2. Steven Cowley — 345,000
3. Danny Qutami — 323,000
4. Alex Keating — 284,000
5. Ian Johns — 220,000
6. Tommy Hang — 135,000
7. Jared O’Dell — 120,000
Average Chip Count: 382,285
Notable Eliminations:
9. Rep Porter — $19,594
Elimination Hands:
Rep Porter Eliminated in Ninth Place ($19,954)
Rep Porter was all in on a flop of K87 against Jameson Painter. Porter’s A7 was well behind Painter’s AA and he was eliminated when the turn and river improved Painter to the nut flush.
Jameson Painter Eliminated in Eighth Place ($21,819)
Marc Naalden raised from under the gun and Jameson Painter reraised from the cutoff. Naalden called and checked a flop of 1076.
Painter bet, Naalden raised and Painter called all in with KQ. Naalden’s 108 was in the lead and it stayed that way when the turn and river fell A9.
The final table of the $2,000 Limit Hold’em event is set. Former bracelet winners Ian Johns and Rep Porter are still alive and well and so is Alex “Kadabra” Keating, who has put his day two run in with Phil Hellmuth behind him and his big stack of chips.
Here are the seating assignments and chip counts heading into the final table:
Seat 1: Jared O’Dell — 189,000
Seat 2: Danny Qutami — 323,000
Seat 3: Ian Johns — 113,000
Seat 4: Marc Naalden — 755,000
Seat 5: Tommy Hang — 200,000
Seat 6: Steven Cowley — 322,000
Seat 7: Rep Porter — 287,000
Seat 8: Jameson Painter — 205,000
Seat 9: Alex Keating — 464,000
The final table begins at 2:00 PDT and Card Player will be providing live updates and chip counts of all the action.
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