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Caesars Palace Classic -- Main Event Championship

  • Oct 27, '09 - Oct 29, '09
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Updates on Final Day (Oct 29, 09)

 
 

Glen Chorny Doubles Through Isaac Baron

Glen Chorny was all in holding JDiamond SuitJSpade Suit against Isaac Baron’s AClub SuitKHeart Suit.

The flop came down KDiamond Suit10Spade Suit6Diamond Suit and Chorny picked up his jacket to leave, but the QDiamond Suit hit the turn, giving Chorny new life.

Chorny needed an ace, nine or diamond to double up and the river was the 5Diamond Suit.

Chorny now has over 800,000 in chips. Stay tuned for a complete chip count update.

Player Tags: Isaac Baron,   Glen Chorny
 

Raise and Take It

There is pretty much nothing happening except a whole lot of raise-and-take-its at the final table. The blinds and antes will go up in a bit and hopefully force some more action.

 

Level 20

The players have returned from the dinner break to increased blinds of 10,000-20,000 with a 2,000 ante.

 

Dinner Break

The players are now on a 75-minute dinner break.

 

Chip Counts

Here are the chip counts from the dinner break:

Michael Benvenuti — 740,000
Alex Keating — 760,000
Jimmy Tran — 575,000
Glen Chorny — 230,000
Isaac Baron — 1,750,000

 

Alex Keating Doubles Up

Glen Chorny raised to 30,000 preflop and Alex Keating reraised all in for 228,000. Their cards:

Keting: QDiamond SuitQClub Suit
Chorny: 10Club Suit10Spade Suit

Board: 7Spade Suit7Diamond Suit6Diamond SuitAClub SuitJHeart Suit

Keating doubled up on the hand and he now holds close to 600,000.

Player Tags: Glen Chorny,   Alex Keating
 

Erik Nomberg Eliminated in Sixth Place ($38,106)

Erik NombergAction folded to Erik Nomberg in the small blind and he moved all in for just over 140,000. Glen Chorny snap called with ADiamond Suit9Club Suit and Nomberg showed a dominated ASpade Suit8Heart Suit.

The board came down 6Club Suit5Heart Suit2Heart Suit10Diamond SuitJDiamond Suit and Nomberg was eliminated, giving Chorny back some of the chips he gave up to Baron.

Player Tags: Glen Chorny
 

Theo Tran Eliminated in Seventh Place ($30,485)

Theo TranHUGE POT BELOWISAAC BARON TAKES CHIP LEAD!!!

Glen Chorny raised on the button to 38,000 and Theo Tran moved all in for 261,000 in the small blind.

The action came to Isaac Baron in the big blind who asked for a count. After thinking it over, he announced all in for about 735,000. Chorny then asked for a count from the dealer and after a few moments, he decided to call as well.

Tran turned over ADiamond SuitKDiamond Suit, hoping the other two had pairs. He got his wish when Baron showed 9Heart Suit9Spade Suit and Chorny showed the superior 10Heart Suit10Club Suit.

The board rolled out 7Diamond Suit6Spade Suit5Spade Suit3Club Suit8Heart Suit and Baron spiked a straight on the river to double up to a massive chip lead of over 1.7 million. Chorny was left with 595,000 and Tran was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Tags: Isaac Baron,   Theo Tran,   Glen Chorny
 

Kathy Liebert Eliminated in Eighth Place ($22,864)

Kathy LiebertKathy Liebert moved all in for about 140,000 and Isaac Baron made the call from the big blind.

Liebert showed pocket kings and Baron showed pocket sevens. The board came out QSpade Suit7Diamond Suit6Heart SuitQDiamond Suit4Spade Suit and Baron’s full house eliminated Liebert from the tournament.

Player Tags: Kathy Liebert,   Isaac Baron
 

Level 19

The players have returned from the break to increased blinds of 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante.

 
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