Level 19 Hour Two Update: Jamin Stokes and Hoyt Corkins Eliminated
Jul 14, '10
Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 313 out of 7,319
Average Chip Count: 697,048
Card Player Chip Counts:
Andrew Brokos — 1,100,000
Josh Brikis — 900,000
Tony Dunst — 675,000
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Matt Affleck – 2,900,000
2. Sanghyon Cheong – 2,420,000
3. Duy Le – 2,400,000
4. Fokke Beukers – 2,400,000
5. Robert Pisano – 2,310,000
6. Richard Morgan – 2,180,000
7. Martijn Schirp – 2,150,000
8. Michael Skender – 2,000,000
9. Cuong Nguyen – 1,980,000
10. Alexander Kostritsyn – 1,820,000
Notable Eliminations:
Jamin Stokes
Hoyt Corkins
Jonathan Tamayo
Big Hands:
William Thorson Wins a Big One from Josh Brikis
We caught up with the action on a board reading Q
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6. William Thorson checked from one of the blinds. The next player to act checked as well. It was on Josh Brikis next and he bet 45,000. William Thorson check-raised to 125,000 and it was folded to Brikis. Brikis called and the A
fell on the river. Thorson bet 300,000 and Brikis thought about it briefly before calling. Thorson exposed the A9 for the nuts and Brikis mucked. Thorson was at about 1,800,000 after the hand.
Jamin Stokes Eliminated
Jamin Stokes moved all in on the button for 44,000 with the A5 and was called by a player in the blind. His opponent tabled the QJ. The board ran out Q6422
and Stokes was gone.
Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up a Player
A player moved all in for 139,000 into Robert Mizrachi. Mizrachi called and exposed the AJ and was ahead of the K9 of his opponent. The board ran out K87Q8 and Mizrachi lost the pot. He was down to 875,000 after the hand.
Rice Isn’t Happy with Eskander
Shawn Rice raised to 25,000 and Pkejmanpatric Eskander called from the small blind. The flop came K85 and Eskander checked over to Rice, who bet 35,000. Eskander made the call and they go to the turn.
The turn was the J and both players checked. The river was the Q and both players checked again. Rice turned over 99 and Eskander rolled over the AJ, giving him a pair of jacks.
“You called me with ace-jack. You did the right thing.” said Rice sarcastically. “It was suited,” replied Eskander.
Affleck Just Keeps Winning
The board read K64Q and it was heads-up between Hugo Franca and Matt Affleck.
Franca had check-raised Affleck on the flop and Affleck made the call. Franca checked to Affleck on the turn and Affleck bet 100,000. Franca check-raised again, making it 260,000. Affleck made the call and they saw the J fall on the river.
Franca tanked for a while before going all-in for 486,000. After several minutes, Affleck made the call. Franca mucked his hand immediately and Affleck showed AK, for top pair top kicker. Affleck is now over the 3 million chip mark.
Jonathan Tamayo Eliminated
Jonathan Tamayo made a deep run in last year’s main event, but won’t be making a repeat performance when he moved all-in from middle position for 110,000 and Paul Varano called from the big blind.
Tamayo showed A6 and Varano showed A10. The board ran out J9542 and Tamayo busted out while Varano moved up to 295,000.
Cowboy Rides Off into Sunset
Hoyt Corkins moved all-in preflop with AK and ran into the pocket aces of Pavel Milaov.
The board ran out 10J637 and Corkins’s Main Event is over.
One Less Russian in the Main Event
Dragan Galic was all-in before the flop and was called by Vitaly Lunkin, who had him covered by just one yellow, 1,000 chip.
Galic showed AK and Lunkin showed 1010. The flop was A8J and Galic was out in the lead. The turn was the A and the river was the 2, giving Galic the winner to double up to 680,000.
Lunkin was all-in for just the ante on the very next hand and was eliminated.
Jason Dewitt Doubles Up a Player
On a previous hand Jason Dewitt had six-bet all in versus the player directly to his left. A couples hands later Dewitt four-bet shoved with pocket eights against the same player. This time he was called. Dewitt’s opponent exposed the AQ and the players were flipping. The flop and turn were safe but an ace on the river sent Dewitt down to 340,000.
Josh Brikis Falling
On a board of KJ846, Josh Brikis checked from under the gun. His opponent in late position bet 117,000 and Brikis went into the tank. He eventually called and his opponent tabled pocket queens with no club. Brikis mucked and was under a million after the hand.
Big Slick Gets Clements Some Chips
Andre Coimbra moved all-in preflop and found some bad news when he was called by Scott Clements.
Clements held AK and dominated Coimbra’s A10. The board came 49834 and Coimbra’s tournament came to an end, while Clements now has 1,200,000.
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Shawn Rice's pocket kings just went down in flames to his opponent's A