Level 12 Update: Negreanu Eliminated, Players on Dinner Break
Jun 05, '09
Level Structure:
2-7 triple draw, limit hold’em, and Omaha 8OB: 1,500-3,000 blinds and 3,000-6,000 limits
7-card stud, razz, and 7-card stud 8OB: 700 ante, 1,000 bring-in, with a 3,000 completion and 3,000-6,000 limits
no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha: 800-1,6000 blinds with a 400 ante
NOTES: Games change every eight hands. Two players will be forced to sit out during 2-7 triple draw each hand.
Players Remaining: 54 out of 194
Chip Counts:
1. Soheil Shamseddin — 280,000
2. John Hanson — 255,000
3. Allie Prescott — 184,000
4. Robert Mizrachi — 160,000
5. Ville Wahlbeck — 160,000
6. Aurangzeb Sheikh — 156,00
7. Steve Sung — 141,000
8. Anthony Lellouche — 140,000
9. Adam Friedman — 136,000
10. David Oppenheim — 135,000
Average Chip Count: 107,777
Notable Eliminations:
Chris Bjorn
Daniel Negreanu
Gavin Smith
Macro Traniello
John Hennigan
Steve Billirakis
Jeff Madsen
Big Hands:
2-7 TRIPLE DRAW
Jonathan Tare Stands Pat, Wins Pot
Jonathan Tare raises to 6,000 from middle position and Mikael Thuritz calls from the small blind as does Scotty Nguyen from the big blind.
First Draw: Thuritz draws 2 cards, Nguyen draws 2 cards and Tare stands pat.
Tare bets 3,000 and both opponents call.
Second Draw: Thuritz draws 2 cards, Nguyen draws 2 cards and Tare stands pat.
Tare bets 6,000 and this time both Thuritz and Nguyen fold.
Tare is up to 105,000 after this hand while Thuritz is down to 70,000 and Nguyen now with 50,000 in chips.
PLO
Negreanu Can’t Hit a Flop, Not Feeling PLO
Action folds around to James van Alstyne who raises to 4,800 from the small blind. Daniel Negreanu pots it to 18,400 from the big blind and Van Alstyne calls the 9,600 raise.
The flop comes K
8
7 and Van Alstyne bets 20,000. Negreanu folds AA
Q6 face-up as Van Alstyne rakes the pot. After this hand Van Alstyne is up to 180,000 while Negreanu is down to 40,000 in chips.
A few hands later and Negreanu moves to another table just beginning their round of PLO while Negreanu had just finished that round at his last table. He laughs as he promises himself and the other players that he wouldn’t lose any more money in this game. Unfortunately for Negreanu, he was lying.
Chad Brown raises to 1,600 from under the gun and the player in seat 8 calls from middle position. Daniel Negreanu calls from the small blind, as does the player in the big blind. The flop comes Q
J9, and Brown bets 5,500. Seat 8raises to 18,000 and everyone folds, including Negreanu who is now down to 36,000 after this hand.
LIMIT HOLD’EM
Lindgren Steals a Pot From R. Mizrachi
Robert Mizrachi raises to 3,000 from late position and Erick Lindgren calls from the big blind. The flop comes AQ9, and Lindgren checks to Mizrachi who bets 3,000, Lindgren calls. The turn is the 5 and this time both players check. The river is the 4 and Lindgren bets 6,000. Mizrachi mucks and is down to 155,000 this hand while Lindgren is up to 52,000 in chips.
George Danzer All-In, Splits Pot to Stay Alive
Miami John Cernuto raises to 6,000 from middle position and Hasan Habib reraises to 9,000 from the cutoff. The player in seat 5 three-bets to 12,000 from the small blind and George Danzer calls all in from the big blind for a total of 10,900. Both Cernuto and Habib call the raise.
The flop comes Q95, and Cernuto bets 3,000. Habib folds and the small blind calls. The turn is the K, and this time the small blind leads out for 6,000, Cernuto folds. The small blind rakes the side pot as he and Danzer turn over their cards.
Small Blind: J10
Danzer: J10
Both players have the same hand (nut straight), and with no one free-rolling on a flush draw, George Danzer has just split the pot to stay alive. The rive river the Q and Danzer is still alive. After the hand, Danzer is up to 20,000 in chips while Habib falls down to 110,000 and Cernuto at 50,000.
Left In The Deck:
The remaining 54 players are now on a sixty-minute dinner break and will return to Level 13 at approximately 7:35 pm PDT.
Player Tags: John Cernuto, Robert Mizrachi, Scotty Nguyen, Erick Lindgren, Hasan Habib, Chad Brown, Daniel Negreanu, James Van Alstyne, Jonathan Tare, Mikael Thuritz, George Danzer
Three players get all of their chips into the middle preflop and Cory Caroll has everyone covered when they open up their hands: