$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Level 16
Jun 29, '08
Blinds: 4000/8000 with 500 ante
Players Left: 42 of 2718
Average Stack: 194,143
Chip Leaders:
Rasmus Nielsen - 555,000
David Pham - 455,000
Anderson Silva - 420,000
Brett Switzer - 326,000
John Conroy - 320,000
Andy Black - 300,000
Jason Moungey - 275,000
Paul Kim - 260,000
Peter Nguyen - 255,000
JianHuan Chen - 250,000
Eliminations: Neil Channing, Keith Johnson, Gerry Kane, Frank Nichols, Alarie Gabriel.
Big Hands
Men Masters Aces
Men "The Master" Nguyen raised from the button to 20,000, and the short-stacked big blind elected to call. The flop came K
2
3
and both players checked. The 9
came on the turn and the big blind moved all-in for 28,000 more. "You want to go home?" asked Nguyen as he called. He turned over A
A
while his opponent had several outs with the K
7
, having turned a flush draw to go with his pair. But the river was the 8
brick and Nguyen narrowed the field.
Wild Ride for Raskin
Micah Raskin had just lost almost 96,000 in chips a few hands earlier, so when he looked down at J
10
he pushed all-in for his remaining 56,000. Men Nguyen, who had limp-raised from under the gun, made the decision to call, but was trailing with his 8
7
. Nguyen flopped a pair when the board came 7
5
2
, but with a spade and overcards, Raskin was still in decent shape. The A
fell on the turn but the J
spiked the river for Raskin.
Raskin had just donated 96,000 in chips a few hands earlier when after a raise and a reraise, he called an opponent's all-in. Raskin held K
Q
, but was in terrible shape against his opponent's Q
Q
. The board finished A
9
7
6
5
and Raskin lost over half his stack.
Cavazzini Stays Alive
Augusto Cavazzini raised from the button to 45,000 all-in, and Vivek Rajkumar then reraised all-in from the small blind to isolate the field. Cavazzini was in with A
2
while Rajkumar called with the K
10
. The flop put Rajkumar in the lead coming K
9
5
, but the A
on the turn put Cavazzini back in the lead, and the Q
on the river changed nothing.
Kim K.O.'s a Pair
After a short-stacked player pushed all-in from early position, Paul Kim raised to 20,000. The next player to act then went all-in for 61,000 more, and Kim called. The short-stack held jack-10, the second player had ace-five, and Kim held king-9. The flop came Q
3
9
to hit Kim. His main rival struck when the A
fell on the turn, then Kim claimed the pot when the 9
was the river card to give him trips.
Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Paul Kim, Vivek Rajkumar, Micah Raskin