Amnon Filippi Poker Tournament Updates

Allen Kessler Eliminated

Dec 20, '10

Allen Kessler was an early casualty on the day after he ran pocket kings into the pocket aces of Amnon Filippi. He began day 2 with 15,000.

Player Tags: Allen Kessler,   Amnon Filippi

Level Three Hour Two Update: Jeff Madsen Eliminated

Jul 07, '10

Note: Players are now on a 90 minute dinner break. They will return to action at 8:20.

Blinds: 150-300

Average Chip Counts 30,000

Notable Chip Counts:

1. Barny Boatman – 144,000
2. Alex Outhred – 99,000
3. David Williams – 84,000
4. Kai Paulsen – 81,000
5. Johnny Chan – 75,000
6. Leo Margets – 71,000
7. Robert Mizrachi – 70,000
8. Lex Veldhuis – 68,700
9. Adam Junglen – 63,000
10. Will Failla – 61,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Stephen A. Murphy — 27,000
Christina Lindley — 35,500
Dani Stern — 30,000
Tony Dunst — 29,700

Notable Eliminations:

Jeff Madsen

Twitter Accounts:

Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Alex Outhred
Scotty Nguyen
Phil Hellmuth
Jennifer Leigh
Shanna Moakler
Antonio Esfandiari
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke

Big Hands:

Jeff Madsen Eliminated

A player in middle position bet 600 and Jeff Madsen shoved for 3,600. A player in the small blind called. The original bettor called as well. The flop came J75 and action went check-check. The 6 fell on the turn and the small blind bet 5,000. The other player called. The 2 on the river prompted two checks and Madsen tabled the 1010. However, his opponent in the small blind exposed the QQ and won the hand. Madsen was eliminated. He had just three cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker with no final tables.

Heather Mercer Doubles Up an Opponent

Heather Mercer bet 850 on the button. The small blind called and the big blind raised to 2,500. Mercer, she four-bet to 10,000. The small blind folded and the big blind called all in for 6,000. Mercer tabled pocket eights but was dominated by the AA of her opponent. The board offered no help to Mercer and she doubled up her opponent. Mercer was at 16,500 after the hand.

Filippi Beats Ace-High

Picking up the action on the flop of Q72, Amnon Filippi and three other players checked.

There was 3,200 in the pot and the 7 fell on the turn. All of the players checked again and the J came on the river.

Everyone checked one last time and the player in seat 3 showed ace-high.

“I can beat that,” Filippi said as two players mucked in front of him.

He turned over J8 for rivered jacks and he took down the pot. He was at 54,000.

Veldhuis Muscles Out Opponent

Picking up the action after the board had run out AQ6J10 and Lex Veldhuis bet 7,000.

The player in seat 6 went in the tank and then mucked his hand with a look of disgust on his face.

Veldhuis raked in the pot and he was at 68,000.

Duke Hurting

Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 84410. Annie Duke fired 2,075 into the pot and the player in seat 5 made the call.

The river was the A and Duke checked. Seat 5 did the same and Duke announced she had king-high. Seat 5 then turned over J10 for the best hand.

Duke dropped the pot and she was down to 19,300.

Markholt Triples Up To Stay Alive

In a four-way pot Lee Markholt got his last 3,800 in on a flop of 276 and was at risk against two other players who also got all in. Their hands:

Markholt: AJ
Opponent 1: 1010
Opponent 2: KK

Markholt trailed the pocket pairs but the best hand was about to change. The turn brought the 10, giving a set to the first opponent. But on the river the 8 fell to give Markholt the flush. He took the pot, trippling up to 15,100 in chips.

Mizrachi Climbiing, KOs Opponent

A player in early position raised to 825 and Robert Mizrachi reraised to 2,250. A third player, from the big blind, raised yet again to 4,875.

The player in early position folded and Mizrachi just called. The flop came 829 and the big blind bet 6,375. Mizrachi moved all in, having his opponent covered and was called. Their hands:

Mizrachi: KK
Opponent: QQ

Mizrachi had the better pocket pair and his kings would hold through the 9 turn and 6 river. He eliminated his opponent and found himself with more than 100,000 in chips.

Pavilion Room Update

David Williams Slipping

A player in middle position raised to 800. David Williams called from the hijack. The flop came 1087. It was checked to Williams. He bet 1,800 and his opponent called. The turn brought the Q and it was checked to Williams again. Williams bet 4,100 this time and it was called. The A on the river prompted another checked from Williams’ opponent. Williams bet 11,000 and his opponent quickly called with the AA for top set. Williams mucked and was down to 84,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi,   Lee Markholt,   Annie Duke,   Amnon Filippi,   David Williams,   Heather Mercer,   Jeff Madsen,   Lex Veldhuis

Level Nine: Chau Giang Doubles Up

Jul 02, '10

Blinds: 400-800

Players Remaining: 171 out of 346

Average Chip Count: 60,701

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Antonio Piano – 240,000
2. Dmitry Stelmak – 226,000
3. James Akenhead – 181,100
4. Felix Gubitz – 178,600
5. Mikhail Smirnov – 169,800
6. Fabrice Soulier – 151,200
7. Ted Lawson – 140,000
8. Shawn Hattem – 134,000
9. Ben Blackmore – 129,100
10. Alessio Issaia – 124,700

Notable Eliminations:

Men Nguyen
Erick Lindgren
Amnon Filippi

Big Hands:

Chau Giang Doubles Up

Picking up the action on a flop of Q104, Chau Giang bet 4,000 and Erica Schoenberg made the call. Julian Gardner then moved all in and Giang called for his last 17,000.

Schoenberg got out of the way and Giang tabled AQ33 for top pair. Gardner showed A1087 for a flush draw and middle pair.

The board finished out Q and 3, giving Giang a full house and he doubled up to 45,000.

Benyamine Takes One Off Dwan

Picking up the action on a flop of 997, Tom Dwan bet 3,600 into a pot of 7,000. David Benyamine made the call while Eli Elezra mucked. The turn was the 2 and both players checked.

The river was the 8 and Benyamine bet 6,500. Dwan made the call and Benyamine showed 101086 for a straight. Dwan mucked and was under 100,000 while Benyamine was at 90,000.

Amnon Filippi Out

Picking up the action on the flop, the board read QJ8 and Amnon Filippi moved all in for his last 3,800. Tony Cousineau made the call and they showed down their hands.

Filippi: A1097
Cousineau: KJ102

Filippi flopped a staight but Cousineau was drawing to a bigger one. The turn was the harmeless 4 but the river was the A, making Cousineau a broadway straight and Filippi was out.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Eli Elezra,   Chau Giang,   Amnon Filippi,   Julian Gardner,   Tom Dwan

Level Three: Final Entrants Listed At 241

Jun 23, '10

Flop Games: 200-400 blinds
Stud Games: 100 ante, 100 bring-in, 400-800 limits

Players Remaining: 241

Average Chip Stack: 30,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Ted Forrest – 45,000
2. Kirill Gerasimov – 40,000
3. Amnon Filippi – 40,000
4. Bruno Fitoussi – 40,000
5. Noah Boeken – 38,500
6. Jimmy Fricke – 38,000
7. Freddy Deeb – 38,000
8. Matt Savage – 37,000
9. John D’Agostino – 36,000
10. Matt Glantz – 36,000

Notable Eliminations:

None

Big Hands:

Stud

Mercier Takes It Down

Picking up the action on six street, the player in seat 3 bet 800 and Jason Mercier made the call. The river was dealt and both players checked.

The player in seat 3 simply tapped the table and mucked his hole cards.

“Do I have to show?” Mercier asked.

He eventually did show the victorious (J54)56QJ and took down the pot with his two pair.

Juanda Bests Filippi’s Aces

Picking up the action on sixth street, John Juanda bet 800 and Amnon Filippi made the call. After seventh street was dealt, both players checked and Filippi announced he only had a pair of aces in the hole.

Juanda turned over (K97) to go with his 6K610 and he took down the pot with his two pair.

Stud/8

Chen Takes A Pot

Picking up the action on fourth street, the player in seat 8 bet 400 and Bill Chen made the call, as did Brock Parker. Seat 8 led out for 800 on fifth street and both opponents called again.

All three players checked on sixth street and did the same on seventh street. The players then looked bewildered as no one seemed to have a hand they were proud to show.

Finally, Chen turned over (987)4539 and his pair of nines and 8-7 low were good enough to scoop the pot.

Hold’em

Ferguson Bets Out Lind

Action folded around to George Lind in the small blind and he raised to 800 preflop. Chris Ferguson was in the big blind and he reraised to 1,200. Lind made the call and both players saw the 1065 flop.

Lind checked and Ferguson continued with a bet of 400. Lind’s hand hit the muck at the same time as Ferguson’s chips fell in the pot. Ferguson took in a small pot and was off to a good start.

Omaha/8

Bloch Gets Quartered

Picking up the action after the turn, the board read K768. Andy Bloch bet 800 and George Lind raised to 1,600. Bloch made the call and the 10 fell on the river.

Lind bet 1,600 and Bloch made the call. Lind then turned over A2QQ for the nut-low and a pair of queens.

Bloch turned over A9QQ for the other two queens. Lind took the low half and they split the high half, much to the delight of Bloch.

“It was more than I thought I was getting there,” Bloch joked after the hand.

Player Tags: Chris Ferguson,   John Juanda,   Andy Bloch,   Brock Parker,   Amnon Filippi,   Bill Chen,   Jason Mercier,   George Lind

Level 19: Vitaly Lunkin Eliminated

Jun 22, '10

Blinds: 6,000-12,000

Players Remaining: 22 out of 268

Average Chip Count: 365,454

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Clement Thumy – 925,000
2. Peter Jetten – 684,000
3. Sam Stein – 531,000
4. James Calderaro – 509,000
5. Marc Inizan – 492,000
6. Thomas Marchese – 465,000
7. Nathan Doudney – 465,000
8. Nikolai Yakovenko – 463,000
9. Dani Stern – 425,000
10. Alexander Kuzmin – 424,000

Notable Eliminations:

John Dwyer
Vitaly Lunkin

Big Hands:

Vitaly Lunkin Doubles Through Marchese, Then Eliminated By Thumy

Dustin Woolf raised to 33,000 and Vitaly Lunkin made it 62,000 from the cutoff. Thomas Marchese then reraised to 180,000 from the big blind and Woolf got out of the way.

Lunkin made the call with the rest of his chips and turned over KK while Marchese showed AQ.

The board ran out Q87J4 and Lunkin doubled up to 312,000.

A few hands later, Lunkin saw a flop of A96 against Clement Thumy. Thumy bet 33,000 and Lunkin raised to 90,000. Thumy then raised enough to put Lunkin all in and Lunkin made the call.

Lunkin tabled KJ for the nut flush draw while Thumy showed A6 for two pair.

The turn was the 3 and the river was the 10 and Lunkin was eliminated just a few hands after doubling up. Thumy was near 1 million in chips after the hand.

John Dwyer Eliminated

John Dwyer was all in preflop with AK against Amnon Filippi’s A4.

Dwyer was in good position to double up, but the board ran out 94225, giving Filippi a pair and the win and sending Dwyer to the rail.

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi,   John Dwyer,   Vitaly Lunkin,   Clement Thumy

Level 15: Noah Boeken Doubles Up

Jun 21, '10

Blinds: 2,500-5,000

Players Remaining: 43 out of 268

Average Chip Count: 186,976

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Peter Jetten – 713,000
2. Clement Thumy – 645,000
3. Thomas Marchese – 295,000
4. Blair Rodman – 293,000
5. Shawn Keller – 280,000
6. Nikolai Yakovenko – 258,000
7. Sam Stein – 250,000
8. Noah Boeken – 240,000
9. Valdemar Kwaysser – 220,000
10. Jason Lester – 220,000

Notable Eliminations:

Ashton Griffin

Big Hands:

Boeken Doubles Through Smith

Noah Boeken started the raising from the small blind preflop against Daniel Smith. After a couple of pot-repot raises, Boeken found himself all in.

He turned over AA, besting Smith’s KK. The board ran out QJ74J and Boeken doubled up to 260,000. Smith was down to 148,000.

Radoja Eliminated

Mark Radoja raised to 11,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Clement Thumy. He raised to 23,000 and Radoja moved in for 50,000. Thumy made the call and turned over 77.

Radoja showed KQ and the race was on. The board ran out A65A9 and Radoja was eliminated.

Filippi Doubles Up

Amnon Filippi moved all in preflop and was called by Sam Stein. Filippi turned over KK while Stein was behind with 1010.

The board ran out J64QQ and Filippi doubled to 150,000. Stein dropped to 250,000.

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi,   Noah Boeken,   Mark Radoja,   Sam Stein

Level 19: Vitaly Lunkin Eliminated

Jun 22, '10

Blinds: 6,000-12,000

Players Remaining: 22 out of 268

Average Chip Count: 365,454

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Clement Thumy – 925,000
2. Peter Jetten – 684,000
3. Sam Stein – 531,000
4. James Calderaro – 509,000
5. Marc Inizan – 492,000
6. Thomas Marchese – 465,000
7. Nathan Doudney – 465,000
8. Nikolai Yakovenko – 463,000
9. Dani Stern – 425,000
10. Alexander Kuzmin – 424,000

Notable Eliminations:

John Dwyer
Vitaly Lunkin

Big Hands:

Vitaly Lunkin Doubles Through Marchese, Then Eliminated By Thumy

Dustin Woolf raised to 33,000 and Vitaly Lunkin made it 62,000 from the cutoff. Thomas Marchese then reraised to 180,000 from the big blind and Woolf got out of the way.

Lunkin made the call with the rest of his chips and turned over KK while Marchese showed AQ.

The board ran out Q87J4 and Lunkin doubled up to 312,000.

A few hands later, Lunkin saw a flop of A96 against Clement Thumy. Thumy bet 33,000 and Lunkin raised to 90,000. Thumy then raised enough to put Lunkin all in and Lunkin made the call.

Lunkin tabled KJ for the nut flush draw while Thumy showed A6 for two pair.

The turn was the 3 and the river was the 10 and Lunkin was eliminated just a few hands after doubling up. Thumy was near 1 million in chips after the hand.

John Dwyer Eliminated

John Dwyer was all in preflop with AK against Amnon Filippi’s A4.

Dwyer was in good position to double up, but the board ran out 94225, giving Filippi a pair and the win and sending Dwyer to the rail.

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi,   John Dwyer,   Vitaly Lunkin,   Clement Thumy

Level 15: Noah Boeken Doubles Up

Jun 21, '10

Blinds: 2,500-5,000

Players Remaining: 43 out of 268

Average Chip Count: 186,976

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Peter Jetten – 713,000
2. Clement Thumy – 645,000
3. Thomas Marchese – 295,000
4. Blair Rodman – 293,000
5. Shawn Keller – 280,000
6. Nikolai Yakovenko – 258,000
7. Sam Stein – 250,000
8. Noah Boeken – 240,000
9. Valdemar Kwaysser – 220,000
10. Jason Lester – 220,000

Notable Eliminations:

Ashton Griffin

Big Hands:

Boeken Doubles Through Smith

Noah Boeken started the raising from the small blind preflop against Daniel Smith. After a couple of pot-repot raises, Boeken found himself all in.

He turned over AA, besting Smith’s KK. The board ran out QJ74J and Boeken doubled up to 260,000. Smith was down to 148,000.

Radoja Eliminated

Mark Radoja raised to 11,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Clement Thumy. He raised to 23,000 and Radoja moved in for 50,000. Thumy made the call and turned over 77.

Radoja showed KQ and the race was on. The board ran out A65A9 and Radoja was eliminated.

Filippi Doubles Up

Amnon Filippi moved all in preflop and was called by Sam Stein. Filippi turned over KK while Stein was behind with 1010.

The board ran out J64QQ and Filippi doubled to 150,000. Stein dropped to 250,000.

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi,   Noah Boeken,   Mark Radoja,   Sam Stein

Level 8 Update: Amnon Filippi and Erik Sagstrom Eliminated

Jun 04, '10

Blinds: Bring-in 300, ante 300, Limits 1,200-2,400

Players Remaining: 88 out of 150

Average Chip Count: 51,136

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Vladimir Schmelev – 180,000
2. Michael Mizrachi – 164,000
3. John DAgostino – 140,000
4. Doyle Brunson – 114,000
5. Men Nguyen – 94,000
6. Daniel Negreanu – 88,000
7. Scott Seiver – 88,000
8. Daniel Kelly – 79,000
9. Jennifer Harman – 76,000
10. Chris Ferguson – 76,000

Notable Eliminations:

Amnon Filippi
Erik Sagstrom
Huck Seed

Big Hands:

Amnon Filippi Eliminated

Kirk Morrison completed the bring-in and after a moment Alan Boston folded and action was on a very short-stacked Amnon Filippi. Filippi then reraised and it folded back to Morrison. Morrison and Filippi got all of Filippi’s remaining chips in on third street.

Filippi had concealed nines and an ace showing against Morrison’s concealed kings and a ten. By sixth street, Morrison had made kings-up, and Filippi never improved past a pair of nines, sending him home in the beginning of the last level of the day.

Lind Cripples Raptor

On sixth street, George Lind and David Benefield were locked up in a hand with their boards looking like this.

Lind: (X-X)-K-Q-5-2
Benefield: (X-X)-K-9-2-8

Lind bet sixth and was called by Benefield. After the river was dealt, Lind bet again and was called by Benefield. Lind showed A-4-10, giving him an ace-high flush and Benefield mucked and was left with just 4,000, while Lind got back up to 29,000.

Huck Seed Eliminated

Huck Seed got all of his money in against Bill Munley and by sixth street, Munley had aces and jacks showing on his board. Seed was unable to beat the two pair that Munley was showing and he was eliminated.

Erik Sagstrom Eliminated by David Singer

We got to the table as Sagstrom was putting the last of his chips in against David Singer. Singer had nothing but ace high but Sagstrom missed his straight draw and was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Tags: Huck Seed,   David Singer,   Amnon Filippi,   Erik Sagstrom,   David Benefield

Day 1 Ends

May 31, '10

Day 1 has come to a close at the $1,500 Omaha eight-or-better event at the 2010 World Series of Poker. The tournament attracted a total of 818 participants and 297 have survived the first day.

The total prize pool for the event is $1,104,300 and the top prize is $237,421. The top 81 players will walk away with at least $2,750 in prize money.

The leader board is crowded with some of the biggest names in poker. Here is a look at the top 10 unofficial chip counts at the end of play:

Amnon Filippi: 20,000
David Bach: 18,000
Phil Ivey: 17,000
Shaun Deeb: 16,000
Todd Brunson: 15,600
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman: 14,700
George Lind: 13,000
Gavin Smith: 11,700
Dario Minieri: 11,000
Ted Forrest: 10,500

Notable Eliminations: Barry Shulman, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, Greg Raymer, Matt Savage, Tom Dwan, John Phan, Greg Mueller, David Benyamine, Justin Bonomo, Chad Brown

Day 2 will begin at 3 p.m. tomorrow and the field will play down to the final table or 10 more levels if the final table is not reached. Be sure to check out the twitter updates from players still in the field here:

Gavin Smith
Jeff Madsen
Phil Hellmuth
Allen Kessler
Shaun Deeb
Cyndy Violette
Justin Smith
Howard Lederer

Player Tags: Allyn Jaffrey Shulman,   Barry Greenstein,   Daniel Negreanu,   Todd Brunson,   Mike Matusow,   Barry Shulman,   David Bach,   Phil Ivey,   Amnon Filippi,   Shaun Deeb

Level One Update: Nguyen and Raymer Chipping Up

May 28, '10

Blinds:

Limit Games: 400-800; 800-1,600 Stakes
Stud Games: 200 ante; 200 bring-in; 800-1,600 limits
No Limit Games: 200-400

Players Remaining 113

Starting Stack: 150,000

Big Hands:

Stud

Scotty Nguyen takes it to Ivey

The Prince of Poker is hoping to repeat his 2008 win, even if he has to go through Phil Ivey along the way. The two have tangled frequently already, with Nguyen getting the better of the exchanges.

With Ivey showing 796A and Nguyen showing J10J3, Scotty bet and Ivey folded, stating, “Take another one, Scotty.”

Scotty replied with, “Not a flush draw, baby. I had a hand,” followed by his infectious laugh. The “baby’s” have begun.

Scotty and Ivey… a familiar picture

The very next hand Ivey showed AK4, compared to Scotty’s A610. When Scotty hit the A for his next card Ivey quickly folded.

Forrest grows his stack

Showing 9Q8Q, Ted Forrest bet 1600. Brian Townsend showed 10JJ and thought long before folding.

Elezra’s aces no good

Alexander Kostritsyn checked after showing 29K and Eli Elezra fired out a bet of 1600 with his shown QJ10.
Kostritsyn checked after being given the K and Elezra fired 1600 again. Kostritsyn called and checked the final card. Elezra did the same and showed an A to pair up with his A for a pair, and Kostritsyn showed his last card to be the 9 for two pair, kings and nines. The Russian took a nice pot and Elezra went on with his conversation with his neighbor Mike Matusow.

Omaha 8OB

Seidel Loses Some Chips

On a board of K834 Erik Seidel bet 800 and was raised by Kirk Morrison. Seidel quickly folded and Morrison took the small pot.

Razz

Seidel Takes Another Hit

Phil Galfond and Erik Seidel were engaged in a relatively large pot. Galfond bet and Seidel called. Galfond exposed a 7-high low and Seidel mucked. The online pro raked in the 15,000 chip pot and is up to 170,000.

Raymer Looking Good

Greg Raymer and Dario Minieri were involved in a small razz pot. Minieri checked and Raymer made a bet on the end from middle position. Minieri called and Raymer flipped over a 6-low. Minieri mucked and Raymer added to his stack.

Limit Hold Em

Giang Takes One Off Lawson

Ted Lawson, David Benyamine, Chau Giang and Phil Ivey all limped preflop and saw a flop of 927.

Lawson bet 800 and Benyamine folded. Giang raised to 1,600 causing Ivey to fold. Lawson stuck around and the turn was the 8.

Giang fired 1,600 and Lawson called. The same happened on the 7 river. Giang showed down J9 for two pair with a jack kicker. Lawson only showed the 9 and mucked his hand.

Giang took down the pot and was at 165,000. Lawson dropped to 140,000.

Left in the Deck:

Some players have to wait. Pros such as Amnon Filippi, Barry Greenstein and Josh Arieh are waiting to buy into the event. The ruling on the floor is that they have to wait till the beginning of level two.

Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen,   Erik Seidel,   Josh Arieh,   Barry Greenstein,   Ted Forrest,   Ted Lawson,   Eli Elezra,   Chau Giang,   Phil Ivey,   Greg Raymer,   Amnon Filippi,   Phil Galfond,   Dario Minieri,   Alexander Kostritsyn

Level 10 Update: Daniel Negreanu Cruising Atop Leaderboard

Feb 27, '10

Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante

Players Remaining: 195 out of 745

Chip Counts:

1. Daniel Negreanu — 319,000
2. Eugene Katchalov — 290,000
3. Vanessa Rousso — 205,000
4. Lisa Hamilton — 180,000
5. Masaaki Kagawa — 169,000
6. Shawn Buchanan — 165,000
7. Steve Sung — 150,000
8. Jon Luu — 141,000
9. Carlos Mortensen — 140,000
10. Mark Seif — 125,000

Average Chip Count: 76,410

Notable Eliminations:

Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Chris McCormack
Benjamin Zamani

Big Hands:

Amnon Filippi Doubles Through Hunter Frey

Amnon Filippi was all in against Hunter Frey on the river holding a set of jacks. Frey made the call, but mucked his hand, putting his stack at just 22,000. Filippi is now stacked with 48,000.

Negreanu Becomes First To Cross 300,000 Mark

On a board reading Q 10 8 A 8, Daniel Negreanu bet about 40,000 and Benjamin Zamani made the call.

Negreanu showed down pocket eights for quads and Zamani mucked his hand. Negreanu now has about 310,000 in chips and is the far and away chip leader.

Defending Champion Doubles Up

2007 LAPC Main Event Champion Eric Hershler has doubled up to over 100,000 with a set of threes.

Chris McCormack Eliminated

A player raised to 2,700 preflop and Chris McCormack reraised to 7,700. He was called and both players took a flop of Q J 10.

His opponent bet 5,000 and McCormack raised to 14,000. The unknown player moved all in and McCormack made the call.

McCormack showed pocket queens for top set, but his opponent showed A K for the straight. The turn and river came 5 3 and McCormack was eliminated.

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   Amnon Filippi,   Chris McCormack