Leroy Le Poker Tournament Updates

$1,500 NLHE - Day 2 - Hour Four - Dinner Break

Jun 22, '08

Note: Players went on a sixty-minute dinner break at the completion of Level 14, and will return around 7:30 pm local time to resume play in level 15, with increased blinds of 3,000-6,000 with a 500 ante.

Blinds/Antes: 2,000-4,000 with a 500 ante

Players Left: 95

Chip Leaders:
David Barter: 315,000
Garrett Beckman: 295,000
Russell Spaid: 218,000
Sebastian Segovia: 215,000
Christian Hunichen: 163,000
Ernie Crespo: 152,000
Kevin Oleary: 151,000
Jerry Watterson: 150,000
Joshua Schlein: 150,000
Edward Salazar: 148,300

Eliminations: Luke Vrabel, Bill Gazes, Joe Tehan, Evan Cappello, Hasan Habib, Adam Levy

Big Hands:

How Many Brothers Does Nam Le Have?

Before the hand, Adam Levy told Leory Le that he looked familiar. When asked if he ran with Nam Le and that crew, Leroy replied, "Yeah, he's my brother." Levy said, "So wait, you're Tommy Legend?" "No" said Leroy, "I'm his other brother Leroy." "How many of you guys are there?" asked Levy. "Five brothers and one sister", replied Leory. "Let me guess, she plays poker too?" Everyone smiled, but it was Levy who was laughing at Leory Le's expense a short time later after doubling through the latest Le to hit the tournament trail.

Adam Levy Doubles Through Leroy Le

Down to his last 33,000 or so, Adam Levy moved all in from early position and Leroy Le called from the button.

Levy: JJ
Le: KQ
Board: 652JQ

Levy led with the best hand while Le flopped a flush draw. The turn gave Levy top set and Le needed any heart except the 6 to eliminate his opponent. The river was a queen, pairing Le a little too late as Adam Levy doubled up to over 70,000. After the hand Leroy Le was left with just under 50,000 in chips.

Adam Levy Eliminated

It wasn't too longafter doubling through Leroy Le that Adam Levy ran out of lives after getting it all in against the no. 2 spot Garrett Beckman. Beckman raised to 10,000 before the flop and Levy shoved for about 45,000 total, Beckman called.

Levy: 55
Beckman: AJ
Board: 9989J

Levy had the best hand all the way until the river where Beckman spike a jack, sending Levy home just in time for dinner.

Russell Spaid Doubles Through Chip Leader David Barter

After eliminating Mickey Wernick last level, and a handfull of other players since then, Russell Spaid continued to rake chips to his side of the table, grabbing the the no. 3 spot on the leaderboard this level after doubling through the chip leader David Barter.

Ona flop of 1082, David Barter led out with a 15,000 bet and Rusell Spaid moved all in for just under 100,000. Barter called and the players turned over their cards.

Spaid: 76
Barter: JJ

Barter held the overpair while Spaid flopped a flush draw and an inside straight draw. The turn was the 3, and Spaid got the checkmark, Barter was drawing dead on the turn. The river was the 6, and Spaid doubled up to over 200,000 while the current chip leader fell down to just over 300,000. Luckily, 300,000 and change was still enough to secure the chip lead heading into the dinner break.

Player Tags: Leroy Le,   Russell Spaid,   Adam Levy,   David Barter

$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Level Ten Recap

Jun 17, '08

Note: Play today has concluded and will resume tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Brasilia Room.

Blinds/Antes: 600-1,200-100

Players Remaining: 166 of 2,304

Average Chip Stack: 41,600

Chip Counts:

Andy Garza - 164,000
George Lind - 135,000
Donny Carlton - 128,000
David Chicotsky - 98,000
Hai Le - 98,000
Courtney Harrington - 95,000
Anthony Harb - 78,000
Fabrice Soulier - 70,000
Shawn Buchanan - 65,000
Ray Henson - 57,000

Big Hands and Storylines: 

Hellmuth adds to record cashes

Phil Hellmuth has now cashed in 65 World Series of Poker events, extending his record. Hellmuth ended the day with about 45,000 chips.

Le out on the bubble

Every tournament has to have someone miss cashing out by a single spot, and today it was Leroy Le. He pushed all in with A-T and was called by a player with pocket queens.

Vast majority playing tomorrow are unknowns

At the 19 tables at the end of level 10, the vast majority of players are unkonwn to the public. Pros comment many all the time that at the start of play they're sitting with nine other people they don't know, but typically toward the end of the day, when 90 percent of the field is gone, familiar names emerge. However, that doesn't seem to be the case today.

Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth,   Leroy Le