Level 22 Hour 1 Update: Joe Serock Eliminated
Jul 13, '09
Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000
Players Remaining: 126 out of 6,494
Chip Counts:
1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000
2. Billy Kopp – 4,660,000
3. Tom Schneider – 4,150,000
4. Ludovic Lacay – 4,060,000
5. Charlie Elias – 4,000,000
6. Darvin Moon – 3,450,000
7. Antoine Saout – 3,300,000
8. Bernhard Perner – 3,200,000
9. Jamie Brown – 3,120,000
10. Kasper Cordes – 3,060,000
Card Player Chip Counts:
Jeff Shulman – 2,900,000
Average Chip Count: 1,498,615
Notable Eliminations:
145. Joseph Serock – $40,288
142. Jose Rosenkrantz – $40,288
Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour
- John Martin took down a pot on the flop against Adam Bilzerian and Antoine Saout. He is up to 2,400,000.
- ElkY lost some chips when he flopped top pair with A-J against the trip sevens of Alex Gurevich. ElkY lost another pot after and is short with 350,000.
- With pocket aces, Billy Kopp eliminated Nasr El Nasr who held pocket queens. Kopp is at 4,660,000.
- James Akenhead won a nice pot with pocket kings against the ace-king of Herbie Gelman. Akenhead is at 1,660,000
Big Hands:
Joseph Serock Eliminated
Right before the break, Joseph Serock went into the tank preflop with the K
K
versus the all-in bet of Antoine Saout. The two players put in a series of raises, and Serock eventually called the bet for the majority of his stack. Unfortunately, Saout tabled the A
A, having the only hand that Serock didn’t want to see. The pot stood at 3,260,000 as the board ran out 7
5386. Serock was crippled to just 180,000 and had to go on a 20 minute break. Shortly after returning to the floor, Serock was eliminated from the main event.
He decided to open-shove from the cutoff and Jake Abdalla went all in over the top. Both blinds quickly folded and Serock exposed the Q5 and was behind against the 99 of Abdalla. The board offered no help as it ran out AA57K and his main event was over.
Fabrice Soulier on a Rush
Fabrice Soulier raised to 49,000 preflop and Steven Levy came over the top, going all in for 601,000. Soulier made the call and tabled AK while Levy showed down 1010.
The flop came down K76, with the king in the window. Soulier jumped out in front and the turn was the J. The river was the Q and Levy was eliminated.
Ludovic Lacay Eliminates Ian Woodley
John Martin decided to limp in late position and then Ian Woodley raised to 85,000. Ludovic Lacay reraised to 225,000 in the cutoff and action was to Alex Prendes in the small blind. He moved all in for 1,900,000 and Martin folded. Woodley went into the tank and eventually folded. Lacay snap called and exposed the AA. Prendes tabled the dominated KK. The board ran out Q5288. Another huge pot in the tournament of aces versus kings resulted in a large chip swing. Lacay is at 4,120,000 after the hand.
Jeff Shulman Cracks The Ladies
Darvin Moon raised to 85,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call. The flop came down AJ3 and Moon bet 100,000. Shulman made the call and the turn was the 9. Both players checked and the river 6 and Moon led out again with 200,000. Shulman made the call and Moon tabled QQ.
Shulman showed down AK and took down the pot, elevating his stack to 2.75 million.
Elky Short
Fernando Gordo raised to 56,000 preflop. Bertrand Grospellier, Scott Cook and Don Tran all called and saw a flop of K53. Gordo was first to act and bet 155,000. Grospellier and Cook both called. The turn was the 3 and Gordo bet 250,000 this time. The action was the same again as Grospellier and Cook both called. The river was the 8 and Gordo checked. ElkY checked as well, leaving himself with about 350,000 behind. Cook checked as well. Grospellier exposed the AK and Gordo exposed the AK. However, Cook exposed the 55 for fives full. Cook took down the huge pot and is at 3,100,000.
Jose Rosenkrantz Eliminated
Jamie Robbins and Jose Rosenkrantz got all in on the flop of Q 42. Robbins exposed the KQ as Rosenkrantz flipped over the AQ. The K on the turn was a disaster for Rosenkrantz, giving Robbins two pair. The 5 fell on the river and he was eliminated.
Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Ian Woodley, Bertrand Grospellier, Joseph Serock, Ludovic Lacay
Aurangzeb Sheikh Eliminated in 12th Place ($34,958)
Roman Yitzhaki Eliminated in 10th place ($42,818)
Joe Serock is all in with A