Level 19 Update
Mar 19, '09
Level: 19 -- NOTE: Levels are now 2 hours long
Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Left: 14 of 391
Score Board
Notable Chip Counts
Farzad Bonyadi: 1,310,000
Michael Kamran: 1,260,000
Steve Brecher: 650,000
John Monnette: 540,000
Daniel O'Brien: 480,000
Chau Vu: 435,000
David Fox: 410,000
Tony Behari: 320,000
Chris Moore 300,000
Amnon Filippi: 310,000
Thao Le: 270,000
David Forster: 225,000
Frank Khadivi: 180,000
Average: 391,000
Shooting Stars
Kathy Liebert: 610,000
In-the-Money Eliminations
20: Gary Tighe -- $25,000
19: Louis Razzano -- $25,000
18: Vikaly Yarkov -- $30,000
17: Taylor Raines -- $30,000
16: Vivek Rajkumar -- $30,000
Big Hands:
Gary Tighe Eliminated in 20th Place ($25,000)
Michael Kamran checked a flop of 8
42
and Gary Tighe bet. Kamran check-raised all in and Tighe made the all-in call. Their cards:
Kamran: 8
8
Tighe: 6
6
Turn and River: 9K
Tighe was eliminated in 20th place and he takes home $25,000.
Chris Moore Doubles Up
Chris Moore moved all in preflop from the big blind and Dan O'Brien called on the button. Their cards:
Moore: 88
O'Brien: AQ
Board: Q2268
Moore doubles up on the hand to 320,000. O'Brien was down to 335,000.
Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated in 16th Place ($30,000)
Vivek Rajkumar moved all in on a flop of AQ10 and Michael Kamran called him down. Their cards:
Rajkumar: J5
Kamran: A7
Turn and River: 72
Rajkumar was eliminated in 16th place and he will take home $30,000 in prize money. Kamran held 1,220,000 after the hand.
Player Tags: Chris Moore, Vivek Rajkumar, Gary Tighe, Michael Kamran
Level 17 Update
Mar 19, '09
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Left: 31 of 391
Score Board
Notable Chip Counts
Michael Kamran: 750,000
Chris Moore: 700,000
John Monnette: 640,000
Tony Behari: 548,000
Farzad Bonyadi: 520,000
Gary Tighe: 515,000
Tyler Cornell: 485,000
Daniel O'Brien: 330,000
Steve Brecher: 280,000
Anthony Gargano: 245,000
Vivek Rajkumar: 315,000
Frank Khadivi: 310,000
Average: 252,258
Shooting Stars
Kathy Liebert: 655,000
Joe Sebok: 240,000
Hoyt Corkins: 140,000
In-the-Money Eliminations
36: Jeremy Meier -- $15,000
35: Paul Wasicka -- $15,000
34: Robert Fox -- $15,000
33: Long Lai -- $15,000
32: Chi Kong Nguyen -- $15,000
Big Hands:
Paul Wasicka Takes a Big Hit
Gary Tighe raised preflop and Paul Wasicka called from the big blind. The flop was dealt 1083 and Wasicka checked. Tighe bet 20,000 and Wasicka made the call. The turn fell Q, Wasicka checked, Tighe bet 100,000, and Wasicka moved all in. Tighe called and they flipped up their cards:
Wasicka: J8
Tighe: AA
River: Q
Wasicka was knocked down to 9,500 after the hand while Tighe soared to 550,000.
Paul Wasicka Eliminated in 35th Place ($15,000)
Paul Wasicka moved all in from the cutoff for 7,000 and Michael Kamran raised from the small blind to 32,000. Gary Tighe called Kamran down from the big blind and both live players checked a board of 8322J. Kamran flipped up AQ and both opponents mucked. Kamran eliminated Wasicka and took home the $5,000 bounty. Kamran was up to 595,000 after the hand.
Joe Sebok Doubles Up
Joe Sebok moved all in preflop and Tyler Cornell called him down. Their cards:
Sebok: AQ
Cornell: A10
Board: 9883J
Sebok doubled up on the hand to survive and he now holds 205,000.
Vivek Rajkumar Doubles Up
Vivek Rajkumar moved all in preflop for 48,000 and Matt Lessinger called him down. Their cards:
Lessinger: A3
Rajkumar: 10-2
Board: J87J9
Rajkumar doubled up with a straight on the river and he now holds 100,000.
Player Tags: Paul Wasicka, Gary Tighe, Michael Kamran
Level 11 Update
Mar 18, '09
Level: 11
Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Left: 121 of 391
Score Board
Notable Chip Counts
Gary Tighe: 252,000
Conner Stockett: 175,000
Vivek Rajkumar: 148,000
Isaac Baron: 142,000
Danny Kim: 13,000
Daniel O'Brien: 130,000
Luis Velador: 130,000
Amnon Filippi: 112,000
Chau Vu: 110,000
Matt Lessinger: 108,000
Average: 50,196
Notable Eliminations
Erick Lindgren
Men Nguyen
Bryan Devonshire
Dan Heimiller
Greg Mueller
Steve Levy
Steve Sung
Maria Ho
Shooting Star Watch
Here are the Shooting Stars in action on day 2:
Brandon Cantu
John Cernuto
T.J. Cloutier
Hoyt Corkins
Allen Cunningham
Freddy Deeb
Annie Duke
Eli Elezra
Jennifer Harman
Howard Lederer
Kathy Liebert
Erick Lindgren - out
Jonathan Little
Daniel Negreanu
Men Nguyen - out
David Pham
Joe Sebok
Gavin Smith
Kenny Tran
Paul Wasicka
Big Hands:
Men Nguyen Eliminated
Men Nguen moved all in on a board of K1078 and Erick Lindgren called him down. Their cards:
Nguyen: 109
Lindgren: 86
River: 4
The Master was eliminated from the tournament and Lindgren was awarded a $5,000 bounty.
Erick Lindgren Eliminated
Erick Lindgren reraised Dan O'Brien to 8,000 after O'Brien opened the pot for a small raise preflop. O'Brien reraised enough to put Lindgren all in and he made the call. Their cards:
Lindgren: AA
O'Brien: KK
Board: K105Q8
Lindgren was eliminated on the hand and O'Brien was awarded the $5,000 bounty.
Gary Tighe Takes the Chip Lead
A player in early position, David Pham (button), and Gary Tighe (big blind) see a flop of 763. Action is checked to Pham, who bet 5,100. Tighe raised to 10,600 and early position mucked. Pham reraised to 23,600 and Tighe made the call. The turn fell J and Tighe moved all in for 63,400. Pham went into the tank for several minutes and finally made the call. Their cards:
Pham: 8-8
Tighe: KJ
River: 9
Tighe won the pot to double up to 182,000 and he has further increased that stack to a dominating chip lead of 252,000. Pham was knocked down to 59,000 after the hand.
Player Tags: David Pham, Erick Lindgren, Men Nguyen, Gary Tighe
