$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 AA while his opponent had several outs with the K7, 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 J10 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 87. Nguyen flopped a pair when the board came 752, 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 KQ, but was in terrible shape against his opponent's QQ. The board finished A9765 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 A2 while Rajkumar called with the K10. The flop put Rajkumar in the lead coming K95, 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 Q39 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
