$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Day 2 - Level 16
Jul 01, '08
Note: The players are now on a 20 minute break
Blinds: 4,000-8,000
Players Left: 35 of 2,693
Chip Leaders:
Daniel Heimiller - 610,000
Scott Sitron - 570,000
Matthew Matros - 550,000
Andrey Zaichenko - 430,000
Corwin Cole - 404,000
Elliot Smith - 380,000
Cody Slaubaugh - 355,000
Joachim Berg-Jensen - 350,000
Richard Kirsch - 340,000
Anders Fraulund - 330,000
Average Stack: 230,825
Eliminations:
Alvin Zeidenfeld
Gary Marcum
Vanessa Rousso
Big Hands and Storylines:
Matros and Heimiller Butt Heads
Two of the bigger stacks in the tournament, Matt Matros and Dan Heimiller, played a fairly large pot in the last level. Action folded around to Matros in the small blind and he raised it to 24,000. Dan Heimiller made a fairly quick call. The flop ran off 9
88
and Matros led out with a bet of 35,000. Heimiller made another quick call. Matros checked on the 10 turn and Heimiller bet 80,000. Matros stacked a column of orange chips, pulled them back in toward his stack, and declared himself all-in.
Heimiller was now stuck. He stared at the board, talking to himself, for nearly 7 minutes before Matros called the clock on him. The floorwoman came over and informed Heimiller that he had one minute to make a decision and at the end of the one minute his hand would be ruled dead. No sooner than she had finished her speech, Heimiller folded his hand.
After this confrontation, Matros is up to 520,000. Heimiller would be down to 455,000 but later chipped up to 610,000 to become chip leader.
Cardno Not Card Dead
Alvin Zeidenfeld, action having folded to him, moved all-in from the button for 63,500. Mimi Tran folded and Martin Cardno made a quick call. Zeidenfeld showed QJ and Cardno had A8. The board – K
7
793 – changed nothing, and Cardno won the hand. After a few moments of counting by the dealer (with some help by Mimi Tran), it was decided that Cardno had more chips and Zeidenfeld was eliminated. Cardno now has 140,000.
Garvin Stomps, Eliminates Marcum
Gary Marcum moved all-in from middle position for 70,000 and Andrew Garvin made a quick call after action folded around to him. Marcum, without much confidence, showed A8. His pessimism was warranted, however, as Garvin showed AA. There would be no miracle for Marcum as the board rolled out Q549A. Marcum was covered by a few thousand, and he was eliminated. After the hand Garvin was up to 140,000.
Player Tags: Richard Kirsch, Andrew Garvin, Alvin Zeidenfeld, Cody Slaubaugh, Scott Sitron, Martin Cardno, Andrey Zaichenko, Elliot Smith, Corwin Cole, Gary Marcum, Anders Fraulund, Joachim Berg-Jensen
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Day 2 - Level 15 Recap
Jul 01, '08
Blinds: 3,000-6,000
Players Left: 52 of 2,693
Chip Leaders:
Scott Sitron - 560,000
Corwin Cole - 420,000
Andrey Zaichenko - 370,000
Jeffery Courtney - 240,000
Mimi Tran - 230,000
Cody Slaubaugh - 220,000
Daniel Heimiller - 192,000
Gary Marcum - 180,000
Hans Erlandsson - 175,000
Matthew Matros - 168,000
Alvin Zeidenfeld - 163,000
Average Stack: 155,365
Eliminations:
Jason Morgan
John Monnette
Nath Pizzolatto
Big Hands and Storylines:
It’s a Good Day To Have Ace-Queen: Part I
John McCauley raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and the button moved all-in for 120,000. McCauley, who only had 60,000 left behind, made the call with AQ while the button had 66. The flop was J95 and the turn was the 10, giving McCauley an open-ended straight-draw in addition to his two over cards. Before either player even had a chance to soak in the suspense, the dealer turned over the Q, giving McCauley new life in the tournament. After the hand he was up to about 190,000.
It’s a Good Day To Have Ace-Queen: Part II
Corwin Cole raised to 15,000 from early position. A player in middle position called, and the player to his left moved all-in. The dealer counted up the chips and it was 52,000 more to Cole. After only about 20 seconds of thought, Cole made the call. The third player quickly folded and the two showed their hands:
Cole: AQ
Opponent: 88
The flop came K99 and Cole was drawing to six outs. The 5 was unhelpful, but once again, a queen – the Q – appeared on the river to help out ace-queen. Cole's opponent wasted no extra time at the table. He immediately walked over to the payout stand, located a mere 4 or 5 feet from his seat, and informed the tournament officials that he had been eliminated.
Cole is now up to 420,000.
Spraggons’ Kings Crack Aces
Ben “Spraggs” Spraggons and James Morgan got all in pre-flop. Morgan was well ahead with his AA dominating Spraggons’ KK. The flop was harmless: 842. The turn was anything but harmless however. When the K came off the deck Morgan sprung from his chair like it was electrified and began to bemoan his bad luck, “I’m not meant to win this year.” The turn blanked, and just like that Spraggons was up to 90,000. Morgan, down to 30,000, would be eliminated two hands later when his 73 was no match for, what else, KK.
Player Tags: Mimi Tran, Alvin Zeidenfeld, Cody Slaubaugh, Jason Morgan, Hans Erlandsson, Scott Sitron, Andrey Zaichenko, Corwin Cole, Gary Marcum, Jeff Courtney
Alvin Zeidenfeld raised to 2,500 on the button and David Chiu made the call from the big blind. The flop came down Q