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| Jul 10, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 6 | + |
Level Six Hour One Update: David Saab Eliminated in Massive PotJul 10, '10 Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 2,734 out of 7,319 Chip Counts: 1. Charles Alexandre Sylvestre — 260,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Josh Brikis — 97,500 Notable Eliminations: David Saab Big Hands:
Seat 4 raised to 1,500 and Vanessa Selbst called from the button. Seat 7 raised to 5,000 and action came back around to seat 4, who called. Selbst thought for a moment and asked seat 4 for a chip count. He counted his stacks out (about 30,000) and Selbst bet enough to put both him and seat 7 all in. Seat 7 insta-called for his last 15,000 and seat 4 looked pained and after a minute he folded Q Selbst was heads up with seat 7. Their hands: Selbst: 10 Selbst was well behind as the flop ran J Wattel Can’t Top Queens A player opened to 1,100 from middle position and called from the cutoff. Everybody else folded and the flop came 4 The turn was the 8s and Wattel’s opponent bet again, this time 3,000. Wattel made the call and they saw the 2
We saw David Baker move all-in on the turn with the board reading 2 Baker had a monster draw as he tabled 8 Morrison Getting Short With 4,200 in the middle preflop, Kirk Morrison and his opponent both checked a flop of Q Both players checked when the A Pavilion Room Coverage
A player limped in the pot and David Saab bet 1,450 from late position. A player in the blinds called and the limper called. The flop came 9 Humberto Brenes Wins a Hand Humberto Brenes check-called a bet of 1500 on a flop of Q
Tom Schneider and UFC fighter Mike Swick were heads up on a flop of 6 Tom made the call and saw that he was ahead, but Swick had plenty of outs. Their hands: Swick: A Swick was one card away from the flush, but the board bricked with a 9 Micon Runs Into Aces Bryan Micon called another player’s 1,500 raise and they saw a flop of 10 The river was the 9 Player Tags: Humberto Brenes, Michael Wattel, Tom Schneider, Bryan Micon, Vanessa Selbst, David Saab, Mike Swick, David Baker, Charles Sylvestre Level One Hour One Update: Minh Ly Doubles UpJul 06, '10 Blinds: 50-100 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: Minh Ly – 60,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jon Friedberg – 30,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands:
Entering Minh Ly’s table at the conclusion of a hand, the dealer was counting out all of Ly’s chips for the player in seat 1 to match. Apparently Ly and seat 1 got all in on a board of 6 Ly: J Both players had flopped a set and got all in. Ly’s was best and very early in the day he doubled up and was holding around 60,000 in chips. Seat 1 was crippled and looked sick. Sebok Takes One Early Entering the action after the turn on a board of 3
Jean Robert was in the small blind and checked to his opponent on the turn with the board reading 4 His opponent fired 2,000. “You made the straight huh? I don’t have the flush, I’m going to call you,” said Bellande as he tossed in a call. The 4 Wattel Loses a Small Pot There was a raise from the cutoff to 250 and Mike Wattel made the call from the big blind. The flop came 9 The river was the A Left in the Deck: Yesterday saw 18 tables playing in the Pavilion Room and were all broken within the first hour. Today, there are 40 tables playing in the Pavilion Room and will break at some point today. Tournament officials are expecting approximately 200 more players than yesterday. Registration is still open and we will get you a field size after it has been officially announced. A Walk Through The Masses A quick stroll through the field revealed the following familiar faces playing in day 1b: Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier Twitter Accounts: Annette Obrestad Player Tags: Minh Ly, Michael Wattel, Jean-Robert Bellande, Joe Sebok |
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| Jul 06, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 2 | + |
Level Six Hour One Update: David Saab Eliminated in Massive PotJul 10, '10 Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 2,734 out of 7,319 Chip Counts: 1. Charles Alexandre Sylvestre — 260,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Josh Brikis — 97,500 Notable Eliminations: David Saab Big Hands:
Seat 4 raised to 1,500 and Vanessa Selbst called from the button. Seat 7 raised to 5,000 and action came back around to seat 4, who called. Selbst thought for a moment and asked seat 4 for a chip count. He counted his stacks out (about 30,000) and Selbst bet enough to put both him and seat 7 all in. Seat 7 insta-called for his last 15,000 and seat 4 looked pained and after a minute he folded Q Selbst was heads up with seat 7. Their hands: Selbst: 10 Selbst was well behind as the flop ran J Wattel Can’t Top Queens A player opened to 1,100 from middle position and called from the cutoff. Everybody else folded and the flop came 4 The turn was the 8s and Wattel’s opponent bet again, this time 3,000. Wattel made the call and they saw the 2
We saw David Baker move all-in on the turn with the board reading 2 Baker had a monster draw as he tabled 8 Morrison Getting Short With 4,200 in the middle preflop, Kirk Morrison and his opponent both checked a flop of Q Both players checked when the A Pavilion Room Coverage
A player limped in the pot and David Saab bet 1,450 from late position. A player in the blinds called and the limper called. The flop came 9 Humberto Brenes Wins a Hand Humberto Brenes check-called a bet of 1500 on a flop of Q
Tom Schneider and UFC fighter Mike Swick were heads up on a flop of 6 Tom made the call and saw that he was ahead, but Swick had plenty of outs. Their hands: Swick: A Swick was one card away from the flush, but the board bricked with a 9 Micon Runs Into Aces Bryan Micon called another player’s 1,500 raise and they saw a flop of 10 The river was the 9 Player Tags: Humberto Brenes, Michael Wattel, Tom Schneider, Bryan Micon, Vanessa Selbst, David Saab, Mike Swick, David Baker, Charles Sylvestre Level One Hour One Update: Minh Ly Doubles UpJul 06, '10 Blinds: 50-100 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: Minh Ly – 60,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jon Friedberg – 30,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands:
Entering Minh Ly’s table at the conclusion of a hand, the dealer was counting out all of Ly’s chips for the player in seat 1 to match. Apparently Ly and seat 1 got all in on a board of 6 Ly: J Both players had flopped a set and got all in. Ly’s was best and very early in the day he doubled up and was holding around 60,000 in chips. Seat 1 was crippled and looked sick. Sebok Takes One Early Entering the action after the turn on a board of 3
Jean Robert was in the small blind and checked to his opponent on the turn with the board reading 4 His opponent fired 2,000. “You made the straight huh? I don’t have the flush, I’m going to call you,” said Bellande as he tossed in a call. The 4 Wattel Loses a Small Pot There was a raise from the cutoff to 250 and Mike Wattel made the call from the big blind. The flop came 9 The river was the A Left in the Deck: Yesterday saw 18 tables playing in the Pavilion Room and were all broken within the first hour. Today, there are 40 tables playing in the Pavilion Room and will break at some point today. Tournament officials are expecting approximately 200 more players than yesterday. Registration is still open and we will get you a field size after it has been officially announced. A Walk Through The Masses A quick stroll through the field revealed the following familiar faces playing in day 1b: Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier Twitter Accounts: Annette Obrestad Player Tags: Minh Ly, Michael Wattel, Jean-Robert Bellande, Joe Sebok |
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| Jul 05, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 56 - $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em | 4 | + |
Down to Three!Jul 05, '10
Mike Wattel pushed all in for 685,000 only to have Salvatore Bonavena move all in over the top for 915,000. Bryan Porter also went all in, having both opponents covered, and the three players showed down. Their hands: Wattel: A The board missed everyone, running 2 Player Tags: Michael Wattel, Salvatore Bonavena, Bryan Porter Amendola Eliminated in 9th Place ($60,580)Jul 05, '10
Alfonso Amendola moved all in from under the gun and Mike Wattel made the call from middle position, putting his tournament on the line. Their hands: Amendola: A Wattel was the favorite, and Amendola needed some help. The board ran 3 Amendola had just 550,000 after the hand.
Not too long after he doubled up Mike Wattel, Alfonso Amendola got his last 490,000 all in against Tomer Curcio. Their hands: Amendola: A The flop ran 9 Wattel Doubles Up Again Mike Wattel put in a raise to 125,000 and had to be happy to see Joseph Curcio move all in for around 700,000. Wattel called and was all in for his tournament life. Their hands: Wattel: A Wattel was well ahead with his aces, and the board kept it that way. It ran 5 Player Tags: Michael Wattel, Alfonso Amendola |
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| Jun 07, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 14 - $1,500 2-7 No-Limit Lowball | 3 | + |
Yan Chen Wins Event No. 14: $1,500 2-7 Draw LowballJun 07, '10
After gradually pulling away from Mike Wattel, Yan Chen held a commanding chip lead when Wattel went all in for the final time. In that hand, Chen raised to 24,000 and Wattel pushed his last 98,000 in. After some consideration, Chen called and both players stood pat in hopes that their hands were golden. Their cards were: Wattel: Q-J-10-9-4 Chen’s 10-low bested Wattel’s queen-low and earned him his first WSOP win and the $92,817 that came with it. Wattel has begun another strong WSOP, and came up just short of winning another WSOP title to go with the one he took down in 1999. His runner-up finish earned him $57,375. Player Tags: Michael Wattel, Yan Chen We Are Heads UpJun 07, '10
Derric Haynie had chips to play with but got it all in for 143,000, and after taking a few minutes to think over his decision, Mike Wattel called. Haynie decided his hand was strong enough to stay pat — 9-8-6-5-3. Unfortunately for him, Wattel had made the right choice to call, staying pat and tabling 8-6-4-3-2. Haynie was eliminated in 4th place and Wattel increased his stack to around 450,000 in chips.
Nick Binger moved all in one hand after Haynie was eliminated and was called by the man who did Haynie in, Mike Wattel. Binger drew two and Wattel drew one. Their hands: Wattel: 9-6-5-2… drew a 10 Binger busted in 3rd and the final table was down to two. Wattell and Yan Chen remain, both with around half a million in chips. Player Tags: Michael Wattel, Nick Binger, Derric Haynie And there were 4Jun 07, '10 Chip Counts: 1. Yan Chen — 475,000
Alexander Kravchenko was all in for his last 35,000 and was called by chip leader Mike Wattel. Kravchenko drew one and Wattel stood pat. Their hands: Wattel: J-7-6-5-4 Kravchenko paired his 4 and was eliminated in 7th place, taking $9,568 in prize money.
James Bord pushed his last 100,000 in and was called by Yan Chen. Bord drew one and Chen stood pat. Their hands: Bord: 6-5-4-3-3 Chen held the 9-low, and Bord paired his 3. Chen’s stack rose to 423,000, busting Bord in 6th place. Bui Bounced in 5th ($18,096) Todd Bui moved all in for 38,000 from the small blind and Yan Chen called, standing pat. Bui drew one and they showed down: Chen: 10-8-7-4-3 Player Tags: Michael Wattel, Todd Bui, Alexander Kravchenko, Yan Chen, James Bord |
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| Jun 29, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E | 4 | + |
Level 20 Update: Final Table SetJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 20,000-40,000 Limits — 40,000-80,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Erik Sagstrom – 3,675,000 Average Chip Count: 1,781,250 Notable Eliminations: 12. David Chiu – $99,590 Big Hands: Omaha 8/b
John Hanson raised from the button and David Chiu called and was al in from the small blind. Ville Wahlbeck also called from the big blind. Hanson and Wahlbeck checked it all the way down and the board fell J Ray Dehkharghani Eliminated in 11th Place ($99,590) Vitaly Lunkin raised from the button and Ray Dehkharghani three-bet all in from the small blind. Huck Seed called from the big blind and Lunkin also came along. Seed and Lunkin checked all the way down as the board fell A Seed took the whole pot as he made aces and threes with a ten kicker, which eliminated Dehkharghani in 11th place. Mike Wattel Eliminated in 10th Place ($123,895) Chau Giang raised from middle position and Mike Wattel called in the big blind. The flop was A Giang showed the A Giang had flopped two pair and had Wattel on the ropes. The J
Vitaly Lunkin raised from middle position and was called by Chau Giang, Gus Hansen, Ville Wahlbeck, and Erik Sagstrom. More than half the table saw the flop of K The J Player Tags: Gus Hansen, Michael Wattel, David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani |
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| Jun 20, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 37 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud 8 or Better | 3 | + |
Time For Heads-Up Play!Jun 21, '09 Ante: 20,000 Players Remaining: 2 out of 164 Chip Counts: 1. Farzad Rouhani —- 2,860,000 Average Chip Count: 2,460,000 Notable Eliminations: 3. Mike Wattel — $176,605 Big Hands:
Farzad Rouhani brought it in with a trey and Jeffrey Lisandro completed. Mike Wattel called and Rouhani got out of the way. Wattel: (A Wattel check-raised all in on fourth street and Lisandro called. On seventh, Lisandro made fives up and Wattel bricked on his pair of sevens and low draw to bust from the tournament. Player Tags: Michael Wattel Final Table Update: Slow StartJun 20, '09 Ante: 5,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 164 Chip Counts: 1. Abe Mosseri — 1,167,000 Average Chip Count: 447,272 Notable Eliminations: None Big Hands:
Mike Wattel Doubles Up Justin Smith raised on third street and Mike Wattel reraised. Yan Chen made it four bets to go and Smith mucked. Wattel reraised all in and Chen called. Their cards: Wattel: (J-J)2 Wattel drew a third jack on seventh street to make a full house and scoop the pot to double up. Player Tags: Michael Wattel, Yan Chen Level 2 Update: 144 And Counting, Field Still GrowingJun 18, '09 Ante: 75 Players Remaining: 144 out of 144 Chip Counts: 1. Scotty Nguyen — 49,000 Average Chip Count: 30,000 Big Hands:
The player in seat 1 opens for 100 with the 7 Seat 1: X-X-7 Cernuto bets 300 and both opponents call. Seat 1: X-X-7 Wattel bets 600, Cernuto raises to 1,200, Seat 1 calls, Wattel reraises to 1,800 and both Cernuto and seat 1 call the three-bets. Seat 1: X-X-7 Wattel bets 600 on sixth street, Cernuto calls and seat 1 folds. Wattel bets 600 on the river as well, this time Cernuto gives up the hand. Wattel rakes the pot, bringing his chip count up to 38,000 this hand while Cernuto falls back down to even (30,000). Barry Greenstein vs. Soheil Shamseddin Soheil Shamseddin opens the pot for 100 with the 4 Greenstein: X-X-7 Greenstein bets 300 and Shamseddin calls. Greenstein: X-X-7 This time Shamseddin bets 600 and Greenstein calls. Greenstein: X-X-7 Greenstein bets 600 on sixth street and Shamseddin folds. “I’m afraid of hearts. I have no hearts in my hand”, says Shamseddin as he throws his cards away. “Either do I”, says Greenstein as he rakes the pot, bringing himself back up to even (30,000) while Shamseddin stills has just about 40,000 in chips after this hand. Left in the Deck Players will take a twenty-minute break at the end of Level 2 and return at approximately 7:45 pm PDT to begin Level 3. Player Tags: John Cernuto, Barry Greenstein, Michael Wattel, Soheil Shamseddin |
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| Jun 18, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 37 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud 8 or Better | 1 | + |
Time For Heads-Up Play!Jun 21, '09 Ante: 20,000 Players Remaining: 2 out of 164 Chip Counts: 1. Farzad Rouhani —- 2,860,000 Average Chip Count: 2,460,000 Notable Eliminations: 3. Mike Wattel — $176,605 Big Hands:
Farzad Rouhani brought it in with a trey and Jeffrey Lisandro completed. Mike Wattel called and Rouhani got out of the way. Wattel: (A Wattel check-raised all in on fourth street and Lisandro called. On seventh, Lisandro made fives up and Wattel bricked on his pair of sevens and low draw to bust from the tournament. Player Tags: Michael Wattel Final Table Update: Slow StartJun 20, '09 Ante: 5,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 164 Chip Counts: 1. Abe Mosseri — 1,167,000 Average Chip Count: 447,272 Notable Eliminations: None Big Hands:
Mike Wattel Doubles Up Justin Smith raised on third street and Mike Wattel reraised. Yan Chen made it four bets to go and Smith mucked. Wattel reraised all in and Chen called. Their cards: Wattel: (J-J)2 Wattel drew a third jack on seventh street to make a full house and scoop the pot to double up. Player Tags: Michael Wattel, Yan Chen Level 2 Update: 144 And Counting, Field Still GrowingJun 18, '09 Ante: 75 Players Remaining: 144 out of 144 Chip Counts: 1. Scotty Nguyen — 49,000 Average Chip Count: 30,000 Big Hands:
The player in seat 1 opens for 100 with the 7 Seat 1: X-X-7 Cernuto bets 300 and both opponents call. Seat 1: X-X-7 Wattel bets 600, Cernuto raises to 1,200, Seat 1 calls, Wattel reraises to 1,800 and both Cernuto and seat 1 call the three-bets. Seat 1: X-X-7 Wattel bets 600 on sixth street, Cernuto calls and seat 1 folds. Wattel bets 600 on the river as well, this time Cernuto gives up the hand. Wattel rakes the pot, bringing his chip count up to 38,000 this hand while Cernuto falls back down to even (30,000). Barry Greenstein vs. Soheil Shamseddin Soheil Shamseddin opens the pot for 100 with the 4 Greenstein: X-X-7 Greenstein bets 300 and Shamseddin calls. Greenstein: X-X-7 This time Shamseddin bets 600 and Greenstein calls. Greenstein: X-X-7 Greenstein bets 600 on sixth street and Shamseddin folds. “I’m afraid of hearts. I have no hearts in my hand”, says Shamseddin as he throws his cards away. “Either do I”, says Greenstein as he rakes the pot, bringing himself back up to even (30,000) while Shamseddin stills has just about 40,000 in chips after this hand. Left in the Deck Players will take a twenty-minute break at the end of Level 2 and return at approximately 7:45 pm PDT to begin Level 3. Player Tags: John Cernuto, Barry Greenstein, Michael Wattel, Soheil Shamseddin |
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| Jun 06, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 12 - $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event | 3 | + |
Final Table Update: Todd Brunson 8th, Mike Wattel 7th, James Van Alstyne 6thJun 06, '09 Level Structure: 2-7 triple draw, limit hold’em, and Omaha 8OB: 20,000-40,000 blinds and 40,000-80,000 limits 7-card stud, razz, and 7-card stud 8OB: 10,000 ante, 10,000 bring-in, with a 40,000 completion and 40,000-80,000 limits no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha: 10,000-20,000 blinds with a 5,000 ante NOTES: Games change every eight hands. Two players will be forced to sit out during 2-7 triple draw each hand. Players Remaining: 5 out of 194 Chip Counts: 1. David Chiu – 2,500,000 Average Chip Count: 1,198,000 Notable Eliminations: 8. Todd Brunson — $54,845 Big Hands: STUD Todd Brunson Eliminated in 8th Place ($54,845) With the stakes rapidly rising, Todd Brunson decided to make his last stand with a split pair of tens. Unfortunately for Brunson, he ran his pair of tens right into David Chiu’s rolled-up kings. Chiu filled on the river while Brunson bricked-out. The final hands were as follows. Chiu: (K Todd Brunson is eliminated in 8th place ($54,845). NLH
David Chiu raises to 55,000 from the button and Mike Wattel moves all in for 56,000. Chiu calls the additional 1,000 and both players turn over their cards. Wattel: 9 Board: A Wattel gets it in good with a pair of nines, but Chiu flops a king and turns an eight for two pair. Mike Wattel is eliminated in 7th place ($64,373). PLO
David Chiu raised the pot, 55,000 preflop and Huck Seed made the call. The action was then on Van Alstyne who re-potted to 220,000. Chiu made the call and Seed decided to come along as well. The flop dropped 10 Chiu: Q Chiu hit top two pair and had an open ended straight draw to go with it. Van Alstyne’s aces were in trouble and the K Player Tags: Michael Wattel, Todd Brunson, David Chiu, James Van Alstyne |
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| Oct 25, '08 | 2008 Festa Al Lago Classic (WPT) | No-Limit Hold'em Championship (WPT) - Event 16 | 6 | + |
Wattel Doubles Through DeMichele AgainOct 25, '08 Michael DeMichele raises to 90,000 on the button and Mike Wattel reraises to 250,000. DeMichele calls and the flop comes K Wattel immediately moves all in for 580,000. DeMichele agonizes over his decision for several minutes before calling with Q The turn and river come 6 Player Tags: Michael Wattel, Michael DeMichele Mike Wattel Doubles UpOct 25, '08 Michael DeMichele raises to 90,000 and Mike Wattel moves all in for 415,000. After about 3 minutes in the tank, DeMichele calls with K Player Tags: Michael Wattel, Michael DeMichele Justin Bonomo Eliminated in 16th Place ($42,630)Oct 24, '08
Both players flop trips when the board comes K
Player Tags: Michael Wattel, Justin Bonomo |
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| Oct 24, '08 | 2008 Festa Al Lago Classic (WPT) | No-Limit Hold'em Championship (WPT) - Event 16 | 5 | + |
Wattel Doubles Through DeMichele AgainOct 25, '08 Michael DeMichele raises to 90,000 on the button and Mike Wattel reraises to 250,000. DeMichele calls and the flop comes K Wattel immediately moves all in for 580,000. DeMichele agonizes over his decision for several minutes before calling with Q The turn and river come 6 Player Tags: Michael Wattel, Michael DeMichele Mike Wattel Doubles UpOct 25, '08 Michael DeMichele raises to 90,000 and Mike Wattel moves all in for 415,000. After about 3 minutes in the tank, DeMichele calls with K Player Tags: Michael Wattel, Michael DeMichele Justin Bonomo Eliminated in 16th Place ($42,630)Oct 24, '08
Both players flop trips when the board comes K
Player Tags: Michael Wattel, Justin Bonomo |
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Quads Slow Down Selbst
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David Baker Eliminated
David Saab Eliminated
Swick Takes Hit From Schneider
Ly Doubles With Set Over Set
Bellande Starts Off Going in Wrong Direction
In Same Hand, Wattel ($186,250) And Bonavena ($254,777) Bust in 5th and 4th
Wattel Doubles With Kings
Amendola Knocked Out in 9th Place ($60,580)
Wattel Finishes 2nd ($57,375)
End of the Road for Haynie, 4th Place ($25,839)
Binger Falls Short of Heads Up, Out in 3rd ($37,857)
Kravchenko is The Day’s First Victim, Finishes in 7th Place ($9,568)
James Bord Falls in 6th Place ($12,997)
David Chiu Eliminated in 12th Place ($99,590)
Gus Hansen Eliminated in Ninth Place ($123,895)
Mike Wattel Eliminated in Third Place ($176,605)
Mike Wattel vs. Miami John
Mike Wattel Eliminated in 7th place ($64,373)
James Van Alstyne Eliminated In 6th Place($79,181)
Justin Bonomo is all in with K