Level One Hour Two Update: Raymer Eliminated
Jul 05, '10
Blinds: 50-100
Players Remaining:
Average Chip Count: 30,000
Notable Chip Counts:
Lacey Jones – 47,000
Ted Forrest – 40,200
Michael Mizrachi – 40,000
John Hennigan – 38,500
Corwin Cole – 38,000
Steve Wong – 37,000
Jordan Morgan – 36,000
T.J. Cloutier – 35,500
Chris Moneymaker – 34,000
Beth Shak – 32,000
Card Player Chip Counts:
Barry Shulman – 31,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 43,000
Adam Schoenfeld – 33,000
Lee Watkinson – 28,000
Shannon Shorr -35,000
Mark Gregorich – 28,000
Diego Cordovez – 30,000
Justin Marchand – 35,500
Players Twitter Accounts:
Barry Shulman
Erik Seidel
Maria Ho
Chris Moorman
Greg Raymer
Beth Shak
Mike Caro
Jamie Rosen
Notable Eliminations:
Greg Raymer
Big Hands:
Aggressive Shak Takes One Away
The player on the button put in a raise and Beth Shak reraised to 1,050 from the small blind. Action folded back to the button who made the call.
The flop ran 8
Q6
and Shak fired 1,500. The button thought more a moment before letting his hand go.
Shak had around 31,700 after the hand.
Boyd’s Aggresion Earns Him One
After a raise and reraise preflop, Ductch Boyd and Pierre Neuville saw a flop of 2
24.
Neuville led from the small blind for 1,050 and Boyd quickly made it 3,150.
Neuville disgustedly threw his cards into the muck and Boyd stays right around their starting stack.
Chad Bastista Takes One
Chad Batista made a raise to 275 from early position and called a three-bet to 875 from a player in middle position.
The flop came 10Q
9 and both players checked. The turn was the Q and Batista checked again. His opponent bet and Batista made a check-raise to 2,500 and his opponent quickly folded.
Cowboys For Mizrachi
Picking up the action after the board had run out 8734A, Michael Mizrachi fired 2,000 into a pot holding 7,000.
His opponent in seat 6 tanked and then threw in the call. Mizrachi tabled KK and seat 6 mucked.
Mizrachi took the pot and he was at 40,000.
Raymer Done
Greg Raymer moved all in for his last 2,600 and the next player shoved. Other players in the hand mucked and Raymer was isolated.
Raymer: 88
Opponent: AA
The board ran out K10276 and Raymer could not crack aces to save his tournament life.
Hennigan Takes One
A player raised to 300 and John Hennigan called. The small blind reraised to 1,800 and Hennigan was the only caller.
The flop was J83 and both players checked. The turn was the 9 and the small blind bet 2,025. Hennigan would have none of that nonsense as he raised to 5,100.
His opponent mucked and Hennigan took the pot. He was at 38,000.
Nick Schulman Busts
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q97. Nick Schulman bet 1,200 and Hunter Frey made the call. The turn was the 4 and Schulman shoved for his last 6,550.
Frey made the call with AQ but was trailing Schulman’s KK. That all changed when the river brought the Q, giving Frey trips and booting Schulman out the door on the first level of play.
Player Tags: Ted Forrest, Michael Mizrachi, John Hennigan, Greg Raymer, Beth Shak, Nick Schulman, Dutch Boyd, Chad Batista
Level One, Hour One: Raymer Crippled As Chips Fly Early
Jul 05, '10
Blinds: 50-100
Players Remaining:
Average Chip Count: 30,000
Notable Chip Counts:
Nick Schulman – 15,000
Greg Raymer – 1,200
Card Player Chip Counts:
Barry Shulman – 30,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 30,000
Adam Schoenfeld – 30,000
Lee Watkinson – 30,000
Shannon Shorr -30,000
Mark Gregorich – 30,000
Diego Cordovez – 30,000
Players Twitter Accounts:
Barry Shulman
Erik Seidel
Maria Ho
Chris Moorman
Greg Raymer
Beth Shak
Mike Caro
Jamie Rosen
Notable Eliminations:
None
Big Hands:
Raymer On Life Support
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q102. Greg Raymer moved all in for 23,225 and his opponent in seat 3 made the call.
Raymer: KQ
Seat 3: 1010
Raymer was drawing to a flush while his opponent had middle set. The turn was the 8 and the river was the 5 and Raymer was down to just 1,200 chips in the early going.
Rheem Loses Big Chunk Early
Chino Rheem raised to 250 from under the gun and three players made the call. The four players saw a flop of 942.
Rheem bet 650 and only two of his opponents made the call. The turn was the 6 and Rheem checked. One player bet 900 and was called by the other opponent. Rheem then popped it to 3,000 and both opponents made the call.
The river was the 7 and Rheem led out with 4,400. Only one opponent called but Rheem simply tapped the table as he was shown 44 for a set. Rheem was down to 22,000.
Schulman Cut In Half
Picking up the action on the flop of 774, Nick Schulman bet 1,150 and his opponent made the call.
The turn was the 6 and Schulman bet 3,500. His opponent made the call again and the river was the J.
Schulman bet 8,000 and his opponent sprung his trap as he raised to 20,200. Schulman thought for a bit before mucking his hand. His opponent tabled 66 and Schulman was down to 15,000.
Raymer Triples Up
After the under-the-gun player raised to 300, a middle position player called, and Greg Raymer movedl all-in for 1,025. Both opponents called and checked down a board of J2Q710.
“Please nobody say straight,” said Raymer has he flipped up 7c7s. Neither could beat it and he is up to 3,225.
Schulman Can’t Get Going
Nick Schulman’s stack dropped to 10,000 after betting every street on a board of 56289. He bet 400 on the flop, 1,100 on the turn, and 2,200 on the river.
His opponent check-raised to 6,300 and Schulman let it go.
Left In The Deck:
Rough Estimate
There are 120 tables in the Amazon Room going and there are 15 tables in the Pavillion. Those tables are breaking fast and soon all of the players will be playing in the Amazon Room. They will be playing 10-handed early on so we can estimate there are roughly 1,200 players in action on Day 1A.
Registration is open until the end of the second level and then we will be able to get an official count on the day.
Player Tags: Greg Raymer, Chino Rheem, Nick Schulman
After winning a crucial coinflip, Greg Raymer had Mike Matusow on the ropes and looking for a double up. Matusow moved in blind with Q
8
and Raymer looked him up holding K
The board came 9
5
Phil Gordon built up a small lead when he and Greg Raymer got the rest of their chips in the middle.
Blinds: 100-200
on the turn and also the 5
Team PokerStars pros Greg Raymer and Arnaud Mattern just dueled in a pot. The flop read 9-7-4 with two clubs and both Raymer, Mattern and one other opponent checked through to a jack on the turn. The small blind bet 4,000 and Raymer raised to 15,000. Mattern moved all in and the small blind mucked. Raymer made the all-in call and flipped over K
The cutoff bet 900 preflop and David Steicke made the call from the middle position and Team PokerStars pro Greg Raymer also made the call from the late position. The flop fell 9
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