Adam Levy Poker Tournament Updates

Level 5 Update -- A Bad Level for both Levys

Mar 05, '11

Blinds: 150-300

Players Remaining: 202 out of 263

Notable Chip Counts:

1. Ana Marquez — 70,000
2. David Paredes — 65,000
3. Vladimir Schmelev — 65,000
4. Pat Pezzin — 55,000
5. Richard Toth — 50,000
6. Ted Lawson — 45,000
7. Tom McEvoy — 45,000
8. Scott Seiver — 44,000
9. Alex Kamberis — 44,000
10. Shane Schleger — 42,000

Notable Eliminations:

David Sands
Adam Levy
Steven Levy
Bruce Buffer
Mohsin Charania

Big Hands:

Steven Levy Eliminated

Steven Levy was facing a raise of 900 when he decided to move all in for his final 8,800. The original raiser made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Levy: A K
Opponent: 10 10

Board: K Q 6 9 J

Levy was eliminated on the hand.

Adam Levy Eliminated

The flop read A 10 6 when Adam Levy bet 1,100 under the gun. The cutoff reraised to 3,300 and Levy then moved all in. His opponent made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Levy: Q J
Opponent: A K

Turn and River: 9 and 8

Levy was eliminated on the hand.

Poker Tweet — David Sands

Player Tags: David Sands,   Steven Levy,   Adam Levy

Poker Tweet -- Adam Levy

Feb 26, '11

Here is a tweet from Adam Levy about his elimination from the tournament:

Player Tags: Adam Levy

Level 9: Day 1A Ends

Nov 12, '10

Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante

Players Remaining: 162 of 330

Eliminations:

Blair Tidmarsh
Adam Levy
Lauren Kling

Big Hands:

Adam Levy Loses With His Set

On a flop of KJ7, Adam Levy was all in and called by Cary Katz. Levy showed pocket sevens for bottom set, but Katz was drawing very live with J8.

The turn and river fell 109 and Katz made his flush to send Levy to the rail.

Lauren Kling Eliminated

Lauren Kling was all in holding KJ and looking for a double up, but her opponent’s pocket tens held to send her packing.

Left In The Deck:

No More November Nine

There were three members of the November Nine when we started play today. Now that Soi Nguyen, Joseph Cheong and Matt Jarvis have been eliminated, we are down to none.

Maybe we’ll get some more tomorrow.

Player Tags: Cary Katz,   Adam Levy,   Lauren Kling

Level 7 Update: Approaching 200 Players

Nov 12, '10

Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante

Players Remaining: 215 of 330

Eliminations:

Jeff Madsen
Ryan D’Angelo
Kyle Bowker
Matt Marafioti
David Baker
Amanda Baker
Men Nguyen
Justin Young
Scott Seiver
Andrew Lichtenberger
Tim Phan

Big Hands:

Bonomo vs. Phan

Justin Bonomo raised to 1,700 UTG+1 and John Phan reraised to 3,100 from the hijack. The flop fell K 7 4 and John Phan bet 4,025. Bonomo made the call and the 3 fell on the turn. Phan bet 9,000 and once again Bonomo made the call. Both players checked the K on the river and Bonomo revealed J J. Phan mucked his cards.

Tim Phan Busts

The board read 8 7 6 7 J and a sizable pot sat on the table when Adam Levy fired out a 30,000 bet. Tim Phan went into the tank for a while and eventually made the all-in call. Levy flipped over 8 8 and Phan mucked his cards and left the tournament area.

Antonio Esfandiari Takes a Big Hit

The board read K Q 4 8 when Antonio Esfandiari bet 29,800 on the button. The small blind reraised all in for 53,100 and Esfandiari made the call. Their cards:

Esfandiari: 7 5
Small Blind: K 9

River: 10

The small blind doubled up and Esfandiari saw his stack plummet.

Left in the Deck

Bustout Pace Increases

The rate of eliminations has increased drastically during these last two levels of play. More than a third of the field has fallen already today, and by the end of play tonight the 330 players that started the day should be chopped in half.

Player Tags: John Phan,   Tim Phan,   Justin Bonomo,   Adam Levy

Adam Levy Eliminated in 21st Place ($22,678)

Oct 27, '10

Adam Levy reraised all in for 130,000 after James Anderson opened for 15,000 preflop and Anderson made the call. Their cards:

Levy: A K
Anderson: A Q

Board: Q 8 6 9 4

Levy was eliminated in 21st place and he will take home $22,678 in prize money.

Player Tags: Jim Anderson,   Adam Levy

Levy Chips Up

Oct 26, '10

The flop read J 6 2 when Adam Levy led out for 7,300. Mohsin Charania raised to 18,000 under the gun. UTG+1 made the call and Levy made the call when action swung back around to him. The three players then checked the 5 on the turn and the 8 on the river. Levy turned over 4 3 for a straight and both of his opponents mucked.

Player Tags: Adam Levy,   Mohsin Charania

Poker Tweets -- Adam Levy

Oct 25, '10

Take a look at this tweet from Adam Levy.

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Adam Levy Eliminated in 21st Place ($22,678)

Oct 27, '10

Adam Levy reraised all in for 130,000 after James Anderson opened for 15,000 preflop and Anderson made the call. Their cards:

Levy: A K
Anderson: A Q

Board: Q 8 6 9 4

Levy was eliminated in 21st place and he will take home $22,678 in prize money.

Player Tags: Jim Anderson,   Adam Levy

Levy Chips Up

Oct 26, '10

The flop read J 6 2 when Adam Levy led out for 7,300. Mohsin Charania raised to 18,000 under the gun. UTG+1 made the call and Levy made the call when action swung back around to him. The three players then checked the 5 on the turn and the 8 on the river. Levy turned over 4 3 for a straight and both of his opponents mucked.

Player Tags: Adam Levy,   Mohsin Charania

Poker Tweets -- Adam Levy

Oct 25, '10

Take a look at this tweet from Adam Levy.

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Adam Levy Eliminated in 21st Place ($22,678)

Oct 27, '10

Adam Levy reraised all in for 130,000 after James Anderson opened for 15,000 preflop and Anderson made the call. Their cards:

Levy: A K
Anderson: A Q

Board: Q 8 6 9 4

Levy was eliminated in 21st place and he will take home $22,678 in prize money.

Player Tags: Jim Anderson,   Adam Levy

Levy Chips Up

Oct 26, '10

The flop read J 6 2 when Adam Levy led out for 7,300. Mohsin Charania raised to 18,000 under the gun. UTG+1 made the call and Levy made the call when action swung back around to him. The three players then checked the 5 on the turn and the 8 on the river. Levy turned over 4 3 for a straight and both of his opponents mucked.

Player Tags: Adam Levy,   Mohsin Charania

Poker Tweets -- Adam Levy

Oct 25, '10

Take a look at this tweet from Adam Levy.

Player Tags: Adam Levy

Level 5 Update: Viktor Blom Takes the Lead

Sep 24, '10

Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante

Players Remaining: 153 out of 210 (unofficial)

Chip Counts:

1. Viktor Bloom — 132,000
2. Antonio Esfandiari — 130,000
3. Yann Dion — 110,000
4. Phil Laak — 103,000
5. James Mitchell — 100,000
6. Sam Trickett — 97,000
7. JP Kelly — 96,000
8. Carlos Mortensen — 93,000
9. Brian Powell — 90,000
10. John Dolan — 85,000

Card Player Family Chip Counts:

Barry Shulman — 90,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman — 21,000

Average Chip Count: 40,127

Notable Eliminations:

David Ulliot
Benjamin Spindler
Willie Tann
Sandra Naujoks
Andrew Feldman
David Benyamine

Big Hands:

Viktor Bloom Jumps into the Lead

Viktor Blom has climbed the leader board during the last level of play and he now paces the field with 132,000. Blom reached such lofty heights in a hand where the board read K 8 7 9. David Weisberger bet 3,000 on the turn and Blom raised to 10,000. Weisberger made the call and the river fell Q. Weisberger checked and Blom fired a 40,000 mortar into the 25,000 pot. Weisberger would have to risk his tournament life to make the call and so he decided to fold.

David Benyamine Eliminated

David Benyamine moved all in preflop and J.C. Tran and one other player made the call. The flop fell K 8 3 and Tran bet 4,200. The other live player made the call and the turn fell 8. The two live players checked and the river brought the 4. Both live players checked again and Benyamine flipped over pocket sixes. The live opponent of Tran revealed K J and induced J.C. to muck his hand. Benyamine was eliminated on the hand after charging out of the gates as one of the chip leaders early in the afternoon here.

No Joke — Sandra Naujoks Eliminated

Sandra Naujoks moved all in for her final 6,850 and Adam Levy decided to face of against her. Their cards:

Naujoks: A J
Levy: Q Q

Board: Q 7 5 5

Naujoks was drawing dead after the turn brought no help and she promptly exited the tournament area.

Tony Cousineau Doubles Up

Tony Cousineau moved all in for 20,000 with a board of Q 7 3 6 sitting on the table and Ludovic Lacay made the call. Cousineau turned over A Q and Lacay held pocket eights. The turn and river blanked out and Cousineau held 65,000 after the hand.

Anton Wigg Doubles Up

Anton Wigg raised to 900 preflop from early position and Eli Elezra made the call from the cutoff. The big blind jumped into the fray as well and the flop fell K 8 6. The big blind checked, Wigg bet 1,700, and Elezra raised to 7,225. The big blind mucked and Wigg reraised all in for a little extra on top. Elezra made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Wigg: 10 6
Elezra: K J

Turn and River: 3 and 8

Wigg doubled up on the hand and Elezra took the minor hit in stride.

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   J.C. Tran,   David Benyamine,   Eli Elezra,   David Weisberger,   Adam Levy,   Sandra Naujoks,   Anton Wigg,   Viktor Blom

Level 33, Hour Two: Duy Le, Adam Levy Eliminated

Jul 17, '10

Blinds: 120,000-240,000 with a 30,000 ante

Players Remaining: 11 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 19,960,909

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Jonathan Duhamel – 48,000,000
2. John Racener – 27,000,000
3. Matthew Jarvis – 26,600,000
4. Joseph Cheong – 23,600,000
5. John Dolan – 23,000,000
6. Filippo Candio – 21,000,000
7. Jason Senti – 18,000,000
8. Soi Nguyen – 14,800,000
9. Pascal LeFrancois – 13,300,000
10. Michael Mizrachi – 5,400,000

Player Twitter Accounts

Michael Mizrachi
Adam Levy

Eliminations:

13. Duy Le — $500,165
12. Adam Levy — $635,011

Big Hands:

Cheong Takes One Off Duhamel

Joseph Cheong raised to 575,000 and Jonathan Duhamel made it 1.65 million to go. Cheong made the call and the flop came 754.

Duhamel bet 1.4 million and Cheong called. The turn was the 4 and both players checked. The river was the 8 and Duhamel fired 4.38 million.

Cheong snap-called and turned over J7 for the flush and Duhamel mucked. Cheong took the pot and was at 25 million while Duhamel was at 43.5 million.

Senti Takes One

Picking up the action on the flop, the board fell KQ9 and Jason Senti checked. Matthew Jarvis did the same and the 2 fell on the turn.

Jarvis bet and Senti made the call. The river was the 6 and Jarvis bet 925,000. Senti called and showed AK for top pair and top kicker. Jarvis tabled K10 for top pair and a weaker kicker.

Senti took the pot and he was around 14 million.

Duy Le Eliminated In 13th Place ($500,165)

John Dolan moved all in from the small blind and Duy Le snapped it off from the big blind, putting himself all in.

Le: AQ
Dolan: K6

The flop fell KJ4 and Dolan took the lead. The board finished off 5 and 5 and Le was eliminated.

Cowboy Up

Michael Mizrachi raised to 500,000 preflop and John Racener made the call. The flop fell J93 and Mizrachi moved in for about 2 million. Racener made the call to put the Grinder at risk.

Mizrachi: KK
Racener: KJ

Racener flopped top pair but Mizrachi held the cowboys for the lead. The board finished off 9 and Q and Mizrachi doubled to over 5 million.

Adam Levy Eliminated In 12th Place ($635,011)

Adam Levy moved all in for just under 4 million from under the gun. Jonathan Duhamel was next to act and he made the call. Everyone else mucked and the cards were tabled.

Levy: KQ
Duhamel: AA

Levy was a victim of bad timing as he moved in on the aces. The board ran out 1063K2 and Levy was eliminated.

Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi,   Duy Le,   Jonathan Duhamel,   John Racener,   John Dolan,   Adam Levy,   Matt Jarvis,   Jason Senti,   Joseph Cheong

Level 31, Hour Two Update: Filippi Candio Wins Huge Pot

Jul 17, '10

Blinds: 80,000-160,000 with a 20,000 ante

Players Remaining: 19 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 11,556,316

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Filippo Candio — 27,000,000
2. Jonathan Duhamel — 20,300,000
3. Pascal LeFrancois — 20,200,000
4. John Racener — 19,600,000
5. Matthew Jarvis — 18,450,000
6. Soi Nguyen — 15,200,000
7. Matt Affleck — 12,225,000
8. Jason Senti — 10,300,000
9. Adam Levy — 10,280,000
10. Michiel Sijpkens — 9,700,000

Player Twitter Accounts

Michael Mizrachi
Adam Levy

Eliminations:

21. Redmond Lee — $317,161
20. Patrick Eskandar — $317,161

Big Hands:

Redmond Lee Eliminated in 21st Place ($317,161)

Redmond Lee moved all in preflop for 2,445,000. Michiel Sijpkens called from the button with pocket tens. Lee tabled pocket fours and was in bad shape. The board ran out J76AQ and Lee was gone. Sijpkens was up to 13,500,000 after the hand.

Matt Affleck Still Recovering

Joseph Cheong bet on a flop of AJ10. Matt Affleck called and David Baker folded. The Q fell on the turn and Cheong bet 1,125,000 this time. Affleck made the call. The 3 fell on the river and action went check-check. Affleck tabled the 1010 for trip tens and Cheong mucked. Affleck was up to 12,250,000 after the hand. Cheong fell to 23,300,000.

Adam Levy Doubles Up

Adam Levy opened to 480,000 from the small blind. Benjamin Statz called from the big blind. The flop came 942 and Levy checked. Statz bet 400,000. Levy check-raised to 1,050,000. Statz reraised to 2,000,000. Levy moved all in for 4,600,000 million and Statz called to put Levy at risk.

Their cards:

Levy: 44
Statz: A5

Statz was in bad shape and the 10 on the turn was no help. The 10 fell on the river and Levy doubled to 10,280,000. Statz was down to 6,400,000.

Brandon Stevens Doubles Up

Michiel Sijpkens opened to 380,000. Brandon Steven called from the big blind and he checked a 753 flop. Sijkens shoved and Steven called all in for 1,700,000. Sijpkens tabled the A7. However, Steven turned over the nuts with the 64. Sijpkens was drawing dead on the turn. He fell to 11,500,000 while Steve doubled to 4,400,000.

John Dolan Doubles Up

Michael Mizrachi opened to 380,000 from under the gun. Sijpkens raised to 960,000. John Dolan moved all in for 2,265,000 from the button. Mizrachi folded. Sijpkens called with the A10. Dolan tabled the QQ and was ahead. The board ran out 96357 and Dolan doubled up to 5,200,000.

Filippi Candio Wins Huge Double Up

Filippi Candio opened and Joseph Cheong raised to 1,125,000. Candio made the call. The flop came 665 and Cheong bet 1,550,000. Candio raised to 4,425,000. Cheong moved all in with his massive stack. Candio called all in for 12,100,000, making the pot about 26,000,000. Candio tabled the 75 for sixes and fives. However, Cheong tabled the AA and was way ahead. The turn brought the 8 and Cheong needed to dodge one card to become the overwhelming chip leader of the tournament with about 37,000,000. However, the 4 pealed off the deck and Candio hit a straight. Cheong, the former chip leader, was down to about 10,000,000 while Candio was up to 27,000,000.

Pascal LeFrancois Over 20 Million

Pascal LeFrancois bet 375,000 and Patrick Eskandar made the call. The flop came Q72 and action went check-check. The 4 fell on the turn. LeFrancois bet 475,000 chips. Eskandar called. LeFrancois bet 980,000 on the 6 river. LeFrancois’ bet was called again and he tabled the 22 for a set. Eskandar mucked and was down to 1,200,000. LeFrancois was over 20,000,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Benjamin Statz,   John Dolan,   Redmond Lee,   Adam Levy,   Matt Affleck,   Brandon Steven,   Pascal LeFrancois,   Joseph Cheong

Level 30 Hour One Update: Johnny Lodden Eliminated

Jul 17, '10

NOTE: About 30 minutes of this level were played last night before action was called for the evening.

Blinds: 60,000-120,000 with a 15,000 ante

Players Remaining: 26 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 8,132,222

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Joseph Cheong — 24,490,000
2. Soi Nguyen — 23,100,000
3. Pascal LeFrancois — 17,900,000
4. Matthew Jarvis — 13,500,000
5. Jason Senti — 13,300,000
6. Jonathan Duhamel — 10,520,000
7. John Racener — 10,470,000
8. Filippo Candio — 10,020,000
9. Benjamin Statz — 9,885,000
10. Michiel Sijpkens — 7,900,000

Player Twitter Accounts

Michael Mizrachi
Adam Levy

Eliminations:

27. Johnny Lodden — $317,161

Big Hands:

Johnny Lodden Eliminated in 27th Place ($317,161)

Matt Affleck bet under the gun and Johnny Lodden moved all in for 1,470,000 from the button. Affleck called with the A10 and Lodden was in a coinflip with his 88. The flop was safe for Lodden as it came KQ2. However, Affleck picked up a gutshot straight draw. The 10 on the turn gave Affleck a pair of tens and put him way out in front. Lodden was in deep trouble. The 7 on the river was no help and Lodden was gone.

Lodden’s Main-Event finish was his only cash at the 2010 World Series of Poker.

Pascal LeFrancois Moves All In

Robert Pisano opened to 280,000 from early position. Pascal LeFrancois called. Action was folded to Adam Levy. He raised to 1,000,000. Pisano called. LeFrancois moved all in for around 15,500,000. Levy tanked for a couple minutes and folded. Pisano folded as well. LeFrancois was up to about 17,900,000 after the hand.

Patrick Eskandar Moves All In

Patrick Eskandar bet 275,000 from middle position. Soi Nguyen called from the cutoff. The flop came 443 and Eskandar moved all in for 1,780,000. Nguyen tanked before finally folding. Eskandar took the pot to increase his stack to 2,400,000.

Michael Mizrachi Climbing

Mads Wissing limped in for the small blind. Michael Mizrachi checked from the big blind. The flop came AJ2 and both players checked. The turn brought the 4 and Wissing bet 225,000. Mizrachi called. The river brought the 8 and Wissing bet 440,000. Mizrachi raised to 990,000. Wissing called. Mizrachi tabled the J8 for two pair and was good. Mizrachi was up to 8,300,000 after the hand. Wissing was down to 1,400,000.

William Thorson Moves All In

John Racener opened to 275,000. Action was folded to Thorson in the small blind. Thorson moved all in for about 4,000,000. Racener tanked before finally foldind his hand. Thorson was up to about 4,350,000 after the hand.

Left in the Deck:

Check out a recent video on CardPlayer TV for day 8 of the 2010 Main Event:

Player Tags: Johnny Lodden,   Adam Levy,   Matt Affleck,   Robert Pisano,   Patrick Eskandar

Level 28 Hour One Update: Tony Dunst Eliminated

Jul 16, '10

Blinds: 40,000-80,000 with a 10,000 ante ante

Players Remaining: 44 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 4,990,227

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Joseph Cheong — 12,900,000
2. William Thorson — 12,650,000
3. Theo Jorgensen — 10,400,000
4. Filippo Candio — 9,800,000
5. Gabe Costner — 8,285,000
6. Pascal LeFrancois — 8,100,000
7. John Racener — 8,100,000
8. Patrick Eskandar — 7,900,000
9. Bryn Kenney — 7,785,000
10. Benjamin Statz — 6,800,000

Player Twitter Accounts

Michael Mizrachi
Adam Levy

Notable Eliminations:

51. James Manning — $168,556
50. Tony Dunst — $168,556
49. Jacobo Fernandez — $168,556
James Fennell
Sergey Rybachenko

Big Hands:

Tony Dunst Eliminated by William Thorson

William Thorson opened to 200,000 from under the gun. Action was folded to Tony Dunst in the big blind. Dunst raised to 1,000,000, leaving himself just 75,000 behind. Thorson put Dunst all in and Dunst called. Dunst exposed the AQ and was in bad shape against the AK of Thorson. The board ran out 9-7-2-9-K and Dunst was gone. Thorson was up to 12,980,000 after the hand.

Matt Affleck Wins One

Matt Affleck opened and John Racener called from the big blind. The flop came A96 and Racener check-called 250,000 from Affleck. The Q on the turn prompted a check from both players. The 4 landed on the river and Racener checked. Affleck bet 575,000 and his opponent mucked. Affleck was up to 5,360,000 after the hand.

James Manning Eliminated

James Manning was all in preflop for 700,000 with the AK. He was called by the 7-7 of Sergey Rybachenko. The board ran out 9-9-3-4-3 and Manning was gone.

Adam Levy Doubles Up

Matthew Bucaric opened to 200,000 from the cutoff. Edward Ochana called on the button. Adam Levy moved all in for 1,885,000 from the small blind. Bucaric made the call. Ochana folded and Levy was at risk for his tournament life. Bucaric exposed the 99 while Levy tabled the AQ. The board ran out A33J2 and Levy doubled to 4,250,000. Bucaric was down to 5,600,000.

Ace-King Chop

Redmond Lee bet 225,000 from under the gun. Jakob Toestesen called from the small blind. The flop came K97. Toestesen checked. Lee bet 275,000. Toestesen check-raised to 800,000. Lee shoved. Toestesen called. Both players tabled A-K and the turn of the 10 removed any runner-runner draws. The pot was chopped.

Jacobo Fernandez Eliminated

Jacobo Fernandez moved all in for 650,000. Adam Levy moved all in over the top from the small blind with the KK. Fernandez exposed the A10 and was behind. The board ran out QJ5107 and Fernandez was gone. Levy was up to 4,950,000 after the hand.

Jason Senti Doubles Up

David Assouline and Jason Senti had all of the chips in preflop. Senti was all in for his tournament life for 1,800,000 with the K-K. Assouline exposed J-J and was behind. The flop was perfect for Senti as it came K-K-5, giving him quads. Assouline was drawing dead and was down to 4,100,000 after the hand. Senti was up to 3,750,000.

Theo Jorgensen Eliminates a Player

James Fennell got all his chips in the middle preflop with the 88 versus the 97and Theo Jorgensen. The flop was horrible for Fennell as it came 974. The A on the turn and 10 on the river made it official. Fennell was gone. Jorgensen was up 10,400,000 after the hand.

Sergey Rybachenko Eliminated

Sergey Rybachenko was all in with the KQ against the A9 of Cuong Nguyen. The board ran out 95387 and Rybachenko was gone. Nguyen was up to 7,700,000 after the hand.

Joseph Cheong Takes Chip Lead

Joseph Cheong bet 195,000 from late position. Evan Lamprea raised all in for around 1,600,000. Action was folded back to Cheong. He made the call with pocket tens and was up against the AJ of his opponent. The board ran out 97243 and Lamprea was gone. Cheong took the chip lead after the hand with 12,900,000.

David Baker Doubles Up

David Baker opened from late position. Evgeny Shnayder three-bet and Baker got his stack of 1,750,000 in the middle. Baker exposed the AK and was in great shape versus the A9 of his opponent. The board ran out safe for Baker and he doubled to 3,750,000. Shnayder was left with just 390,000.

Player Tags: David Baker,   Cuong Nguyen,   William Thorson,   Sergey Rybachenko,   Adam Levy,   Tony Dunst,   Matt Affleck,   Joseph Cheong,   Evgeny Shnayder,   David Assouline

Level 26 Hour Two: Clements Chips Up, Grinder Slips a Bit

Jul 16, '10

Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 64 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 3,378,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Tony Dunst – 1,020,000
Josh Brikis – 1,610,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Theo Jorgensen – 10,900,000
2. Patrick Eskandar – 8,500,000
3. John Racener – 8,500,000
4. Jonathan Driscoll – 6,980,000
5. Gabe Costner – 6,900,000
6. Filippo Candio – 6,600,000
7. Edward Ochana – 6,600,000
8. Cuong Nguyen – 6,300,000
9. William Thorson – 5,840,000
10. Matt Affleck – 5,465,000

Notable Eliminations:

72. Habib Khanis – $114,205
71. Richard Morgan – $114,205
70. Pierre Canali – $114,205
69. Marcel Cole – $114,205
68. Niklas Toorell – $114,205
67. Meenakshi Subramaniam – $114,205
66. John Armbrust – $114,205

Player Twitter Accounts

Josh Brikis
Michael Mizrachi

Big Hands:

Clements Takes One From Subramaniam

On a flop of 1033, Meenakshi Subramamaniam bet 175,000 into Scott Clements. Scott Clements made the call and they saw the 7 fall on the turn.

Subramaniam checked and Clements bet 200,000. Subramaniam made it 500,000 to go and Clements didn’t go anywhere, as he tossed in the extra 300,000. The river was the the 7 and both players checked.

Subramaniam showed KJ and Clements showed A8, giving him the pot. Clements is up to 2,700,000 and Subramaniam fell just below 1,000,000.

Lee Gets Best of Kostritsyn

Alexander Kostritsyn raised from early position and Redmond Lee made the call from the big blind. The two saw a flop heads-up of 679.

Lee led out into the preflop raiser for 175,000. Kostritsyn made the call and the J fell on the turn. Lee moved all-in and Kostritsyn released his hand, slipping to 2,950,000, while Lee chipped up to 2,170,000.

Parras Knocks Out Two

Richard Morgan raised under-the-gun and Habib Khanis three-bet all-in for his last 650,000. Eduardo Parras moved all-in for his 1,500,000 and Richard Morgan made the call, putting his own 1,300,000 stack into the middle. Parras had both players called as all three hands were turned face-up.

Morgan: KK
Khanis: QJ
Parras: AA

The flop came 922 and Parras was still way in the lead. The 8 on the turn gave Khanis a load of outs. The 7 on the river notched the win for Parras and Khanis and Morgan were eliminated.

Sijpkens Doubles Through the Grinder

Michael Mizrachi fired 200,000 on a fop of 655 and Michiel Sijpkens made it 480,000 to go. Mizrachi made the call and the 8 came on the turn.

Mizrachi checked and Sijpkens moved all-in for 1,375,000 and Mizrachi made the call. Mizrachi tabled 77 and needed to improve against the pocket queens of Sijpkens.

The river was the J and Sijpkens doubled up to 4,000,000 and Mizrachi dropped to 6,300,000.

Levy KO’s Canali

Pierre Canali got all-in preflop against Adam Levy. Levy tabled KK and Canali showed AK. The board ran out Q52410 and Levy chipped up to 2,750,000 as Canali was sent to the rail.

Baldwin Climbing

We caught up with this hand on the river with Ismail Erkenov leading out for 200,000 with the board reading 7J494. Eric Baldwin raised to 650,000 and Erkenov went deep into the tank.

After a while, Erkenov finally made the call and Baldwin pulled his chips back and tabled his hand as he showed JJ, good for a full house and the pot. Baldwin climbs to 3,100,000 and Erkenov fell to 900,000.

Racener Straightens Out

Duy Le raised to 120,000 from middle position and John Racner three-bet to 310,000. Le made the call and they saw a flop of 1098 and Racener led out for 375,000 and was called by Le.

The turn was the 7 and both players checked. The 4 fell on the river and that prompted Le to bet 425,000 and Racener made the call.

Le showed 1010, but Racener showed 63, giving him a straight and the pot. Racener moves to 8,500,000 and Le dropped to 3,950,000.

Marcel Cole Eliminated

Marcel moved his last 905,000 into the middle from under-the-gun with 88 and it folded around to Nicolas Babel on the button who made the call after some thought with AK.

The board ran out A4232 and Babel received the knockout and some chips to move him to 2,670,000, while Cole is on his way to the payout line.

Jetten Finds a Double

John Dolan rasied to 115,000 and Edward Ochana made the call. Peter Jetten then squeezed all-in for 780,000. Dolan made the call and Ochana got out of the way.

Jetten tabled QQ and Dolan needed to improve with his AJ. The board came 29986 and Jetten’s queens stayed in the lead and he doubled up to 1,700,000. Dolan fell to 1,400,000.

Baldwin Drops a Big One

On a flop of 973, Eric Baldwin checked over to Theo Jorgensen who bet 375,000 and Baldwin made the call.

The turn was the Q and both players checked and saw the 2 fall on the river. Baldwin now led out for 620,000 and Jorgensen made the call.

Baldwin tabled 1010, but couldn’t top Jorgensen’s KK. Baldwin is at 1,670,000 and Jorgensen is now at 10,750,000.

Meenakshi Subramaniam Eliminated

On the turn the board read 66J2 and Cuong Nguyen bet out 325,000. Meenakshi Subramaniam raised to 800,000. Nguyen called and the A filled out the board.

Subramaniam moved all-in for 900,000 and Nguyen made the call. Subramaniam showed 88 and was eliminated when Nguyen showed the A2.

Jetten Doubles Up Fernandez

Peter Jetten raised on the button to 125,000. Jacobo Fernandez three-bet to 475,000 from the big blind. Jetten moved all-in and Fernandez made the call.

Fernandez showed J10 and was racing against Jetten’s 55. The flop came AJ10 and Jetten was going to need to hit his two outer to eliminated Fernandez.

Jetten couldn’t find a five on the turn or the river and slipped to 900,000. Fernandez doubled up to 1,600,000.

John Armbrust Eliminated

John Armbrust made it 125,000 under-the-gun and Redmond Lee moved all-in on the button. Armbrust made the call and was at risk of elimination.

Armbrust showed AK and Lee held JJ. The flop was 1022, keeping Lee in the lead until the dealer peeled A on the turn. Lee threw his head back in dismay but the J on the river saved Lee and eliminated Armbrust.

Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi,   Scott Clements,   Peter Jetten,   Duy Le,   Eric Baldwin,   John Racener,   Adam Levy,   Alexander Kostritsyn

Level 23, Hour Two: Dunst Loses Heartbreaker, Last Woman Standing Eliminated

Jul 15, '10

Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante

Players Remaining: 115 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 1,909,304

Card Player Chip Counts:

Andrew Brokos – 1,230,000
Tony Dunst – 910,000
Josh Brikis – 2,800,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Joseph Cheong – 5,540,000
2. John Racener – 5,360,000
3. Michael Mizrachi – 5,200,000
4. Matthew Jarvis – 4,600,000
5. Robert Pisano – 4,560,000
6. Jonathan Driscoll – 4,500,000
7. James Fennell – 4,450,000
8. Bryn Kenney – 4,300,000
9. Damien Luis – 4,000,000
10. Theo Jorgensen – 3,900,000

Notable Eliminations:

116. Robert Mizrachi — $57,102
118. Karga Holt — $57,102

Player Twitter Accounts

Jean-Robert Bellande
Tristan Wade
Josh Brikis
Christian Harder
Michael Mizrachi

Big Hands:

Dunst Cut In Half In Heartbreaking Pot

Ian Gordon moved all in for a little over 1 million and Tony Dunst snapped him off. Gordon turned over AQ but was dominated by Dunst’s AA.

Another player at the table announced he mucked the case A and that proved crushing as the flop fell QQ5, giving Gordon trip queens and a lock on the hand.

Dunst was drawing dead and to add insult to injury, the board finished off 2 and 2 to give Gordon a full house. Gordon doubled to 2 million while Dunst lost half of his stack, slipping to 900,000.

Guan Eliminated

Javier Martinez raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and Mozheng Guan repopped to 84,000 from the button. Martinez called and the flop came down A108.

Martinez led with 110,000 and Guan moved in for 480,000. Martinez made the call and turned over AQ for top pair and a club draw. Guan showed A6 for top pair and he was in trouble.

The turn was the 3 and the river was the 5, giving Martinez the flush and Guan was out.

Baldwin Makes It A Man’s World

Breeze Zuckerman, the last woman standing, moved all in preflop and Eric Baldwin looked her up from the button.

Baldwin: AA
Zuckerman: K10

Baldwin had Zuckerman in bad shape, but the flop gave her some help when it fell K75. The turn was the J, offering no help and the river sealed her fate when the Q showed up and Zuckerman was out. Baldwin was at 1.3 million after the hand.

Baker Doubles Up

David Baker moved all in for 200,000 preflop and David Assouline looked him up. Baker turned over 109 and was live against Assouline’s AJ.

The board ran out Q9884 to give Baker a pair of nines and the double up. He was at 480,000 after the hand while Assouline slipped to 1.1 million.

Panny Rides Into The Sunset

Sebastian Panny and Matthew Jarvis tangled in a huge pot that saw Panny all in preflop. Here were their hands:

Panny: 1010
Jarvis: KK

Panny was in trouble and the flop came K105 to give both players a set. The turn was a blank in the 9 and the river was the K, giving Jarvis quads.

Panny, who was in the top 10 chip counts early in the day, was sent crashing to the rail. Jarvis was at 4.6 million.

Pettit Gets Short, Then Busts

Michael Pettit found the bulk of his chips in the middle against Jacob Tyler after the flop fell KJ6.

Pettit was left with just 8,000 after Tyler was all in and Pettit tabled 109 for a straight flush draw. Tyler held J10 for middle pair.

The flush or straight never came and Pettit lost the pot. He would bust a few hands later.

Ruthless

Gualter Salles was all in preflop against Adam Levy. The cards were then turned over.

Salles: AJ
Levy: AQ

Levy was dominating and he put a vice-grip on the hand when the flop fell Q72. The board finished off 4 and 5 and Levy scored the knockout. He was at 2.15 million.

Oh Brother Where Art Thou?

The 2010 Main Event is down to one Mizrachi brother. Robert Mizrachi moved in for his last 196,000 from under the gun and Josue Sauvageau made the call from the cutoff.

Mizrachi: A10
Sauvageau: AK

Mizrachi was dominated and the flop brought no help as it fell J73. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 9, sending Mizrachi to the rail.

Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi,   Eric Baldwin,   Ian Gordon,   Gualter Salles,   Adam Levy,   Tony Dunst,   Javier Martinez,   Sebastian Panny,   Mozheng Guan,   Breeze Zuckerman,   Josue Sauvageau

Level 22, Hour One: Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up, Johnny Chan Eliminated

Jul 15, '10

Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante

Players Remaining: 154 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 1,425,779

Card Player Chip Counts:

Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000
Tony Dunst – 915,000
Josh Brikis – 2,800,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Robert Pisano – 5,600,000
2. John Racener – 4,500,000
3. Damien Luis – 4,450,000
4. Michael Mizrachi – 3,900,000
5. Joseph Cheong – 3,830,000
6. Theo Jorgensen – 3,800,000
7. Michael Skender – 3,300,000
8. Matt Affleck – 3,120,000
9. Sebastian Panny – 3,100,000
10. Fokke Beukers – 3,050,000

Notable Eliminations:

156. Johnny Chan — $57,102
181. Jameson Singer — $47,847
183. Dragan Galic — $47,847

Player Twitter Accounts

Jean-Robert Bellande
Tristan Wade
Josh Brikis
Christian Harder
Michael Mizrachi

Big Hands:

Robert Betters Robert

Robert Mizrachi moved all in for 239,000 from the big blind and he was called by Robert Pisando from the small blind. Here were their cards.

Mizrachi: AQ
Pisano: A3

Mizrachi was dominating and the flop left him freerolling when it fell KJ10, giving Mizrachi Broadway. Pisano could only tie but the board finished off K and 3 and Mizrachi doubled to about 500,000. Pisano was at 4.05 million.

Chamberlain Surrenders The Double

Daniel Chamberlain raised to 44,000 from the cutoff and Gabriel Nassif moved in for 456,000 from the button. Chamberlain looked him up and the cards were turned over.

Chamberlain: A9
Nassif: AQ

Chamberlain was dominated and needed some help with a nine or some spades. The flop board ran out with all black cards, but they were the wrong suit for Chamberlain as it ran Q1044K. Nassif scored the double up and he was up to 969,000.

Kostritsyn Drops A Pot

Picking up the action after the board had run out 752KJ, Alexander Kostritsyn fired 325,000 into a pot of about 470,000.

Mozheng Guan made the call and turned over 76 for top pair on the flop. It was good as Kostritsyn mucked and Guan took the pot.

Guan was up to 1.4 million while Kostritsyn slipped to 2.4 million.

Bracy Gets Jacked Up

Tony Bracy moved all in for 97,000 preflop and Redmond Lee decided to raise to 200,000. The isolation play worked as everyone else mucked and the hands were turned over.

Bracy: 66
Lee: JJ

Lee was dominating and the flop fell QJ8, giving Lee a set. Bracy needed some runners to a flush or quads but the K on the turn left him drawing dead. The river was the 4 and Lee scored the knockout. He was up to 1.33 million.

Lodden Breaches Two Million

Johnny Lodden raised to 50,000 from late position and Denis Pisarev made the call from the button. The flop fell A102 and Lodden checked.

Pisarev fired 65,000 and Lodden made the call. The turn was the 2 and both players checked. The river was the 7 and Lodden led out with 205,000. Pisarev made a quick call but Lodden turned over A7 for two pair and Pisarev mucked.

Lodden took down a nice pot and he was at 2 million in chips.

Affleck And Harder Tangle

Matt Affleck raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button next door. The two saw a flop of 985 and Affleck led for 65,000.

Harder made the call and the turn was the A. Affleck fired another 115,000 into the pot and it was enough to take it down as Harder mucked.

Affleck took the pot and he was at 3.1 million. Harder slipped to 1.11 million.

Singer Blasted Away

Jameson Singer moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Derek Gibb decided to look him up. Here were their cards:

Singer: 75
Gibb: AK

Singer had two live cards but they were as good as dead when the flop fell AA4. Singer needed running cards but his running shoes were shot off his feet when the A on the turn gave Gibb quads and left Singer drawing dead.

The meaningless river was the 4 and Singer was eliminated.

Jorgensen With The Knockout

Diogo Borges was all in for 520,000 preflop against Theo Jorgensen preflop. Here were their cards.

Jorgensen: AQ
Borges: KQ

Borges was dominated and the board ran out AK7QQ10, giving both players two pair but Jorgensen the better end of it. Borges was out and Jorgensen was at 3.8 million.

Kenney Doing The Killing Around Here

Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q105 and there was about 500,000 already in the pot.

Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000 and Bryn Kenney made the call to put him at risk.

Kenney: KQ
Figueiredo: AA

Kenney flopped top pair but was up against the pocket aces of his opponent. But the turn was the Q, giving Kenney trips and leaving Figueiredo one step closer to the door. The river was the 7 and Kenney scored the improbable knockout. He was up to 3.38 million.

Binette Goes Boom

Francois Binette and Michal Wywrot each put in three-bets before they saw a J102 flop.

Wywrot fired 162,000 and Binette shoved for 750,000. Wywrot made the call and he turned over AA. Binette was drawing to a straight with KQ.

But the turn was the Q and the river was the J, giving Binette little help and he was out. Wywrot was up to 1.7 million.

Tran Takes A Pot, But Takes Penalty For It

Jonathan Driscoll raised it up to 44,000 from the hijack and Theo Tran made the call from the big blind. He then turned over his A-5, thinking he was all in.

The floor was called and Tran’s hand was ruled live. The flop then came down A54 and Driscoll mucked immediately. Tran took the pot and was at 170,000.

However, since Tran exposed his hand, he was given a one-round penalty.

Siegel Eliminated

Jordan Siegel moved all in for 268,000 and he was looked up by Jared Ingles in the hijack. Siegel turned over A9 but was trailing Ingles’ QQ.

The board ran out K53103 and Siegel was eliminated.

David Benyamine Doubles Up

Evan Lamprea raised from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in another raise from the button. Lamprea moved enough chips into the middle to put Benyamine all in and he made the call.

Benyamine: KK
Lamprea: J7

Benyamine was dominating and the flop fell Q94, giving Benyamine four to a flush. It also took away a few of Lamprea’s outs and he was left drawing dead when the 9 came on the turn.

The river was the Q and Benyamine doubled to 800,000 while Lamprea slipped to 2.58 million.

Levy Drops A Pot

Gualter Salles raised to 50,000 preflop and Adam Levy made it 142,000 to go from the small blind. Salles called and the flop fell A53.

Salles fired 100,000 and Levy made the call. The turn was the 10 and Salles bet 300,000. Levy released his hand and dropped to 945,000.

Johnny Chan Eliminated

Johnny Chan and pocket aces did not get along today. He lost a huge pot when he ran his kings into Robert Pisano’s aces during the first level and had a similar situation when he busted out.

Chan open-shoved for 550,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Driscoll snapped him off from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over.

Chan: JJ
Driscoll: AA

Chan fell victim to the aces again and the board ran out 76357 and Chan was eliminated.

Grinder Making The Charge

Duy Le raised to 40,000 preflop and Getty Mattingsley popped it to 105,000. Mizrachi made the call from the small blind and Le also tagged along.

The flop fell 1084 and everyone checked. The turn was the K and Mattingsley fired 176,000. Both opponents called and the river was the 5.

Le bet 500,000 this time and Mattigsley fled. Mizrachi decided to look him up after a session in the tank and Le tabled J9 for a whole lot of nothing. Mizrachi showed 77 for just sevens, but it was good for the pot and he was at 3.9 million.

Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi,   David Benyamine,   Michael Mizrachi,   Johnny Chan,   Jordan Siegel,   Gabriel Nassif,   Theo Tran,   Duy Le,   Johnny Lodden,   Bryn Kenney,   Adam Levy,   Alexander Kostritsyn,   Robert Pisano,   Mozheng Guan,   Daniel Chamberlain

Level 14, Hour Two: Levy in the Lead

Jul 13, '10

Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante

Players Remaining: 927 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 236,861

Card Player Chip Counts

Adam Schoenfeld — 115,000
Jon Freidberg — 82,000
Shannon Shorr — 290,000
Tony Dunst — 356,200
Matt Matros — 312,400
Josh Brikis — 475,000
Andrew Brokos — 465,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Filippo Candio – 895,000
2. Duy Le – 891,000
3. Matthew Brown – 880,000
4. Adam Levy – 835,000
5. Johnny Lodden – 770,000
6. Rafal Michalowski – 750,000
7. Max Casal – 735,000
8. Matt Affleck – 733,000
9. Michael Maitre – 707,000
10. Benjamin Straate – 690,000

Notable Eliminations:

David Sands
Tyler Kenney
Jonathan Aguiar

Big Hands:

Roothlus Jumps Into Chip Lead

At the very end of the last level and right before the break, Adam Levy played a monster pot.

Adam Levy and Fabien Dunlop got in five bets prefop and saw a flop of 1092 and Dunlop checked over to Levy, who bet 80,000. Dunlop shoved all-in and Levy snap-called.

Dunlop showed A2 and Levy tabled AA. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 3, which puts Levy at the top of the chip counts with 820,000.

Tyler Kenney Eliminated

It looks like the Kenney brothers won’t be able to mirror the Mizrachi brothers and get to the final table as Tyler Kenney has been eliminated. Before the break he got a bunch of chips in with pocket queens and lost to the pocket eights of his opponent and was unable to have his hand hold.

That hand left him with just 40,000 in chips and after the break, Kenney found all of his chips in the middle with A9 against the AK of Tom Kallaway.

The board bricked off for Kenney and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Corkins Spikes It On The Flop

A player in seat 1 moved all in for 68,300 and Hoyt Corkins eventually threw in a call with the ESPN cameras watching.

“I hope you’ve got tens,” Corkins said. “I wanna be racing.”

It was the worst-case scenario for Corkins as his AJ was dominated by seat 1’s AK.

But the flop turned the tables as it fell J95 to give Corkins the lead. The A on the turn gave him two pair and the 2 on the river cemented the hand for Corkins. He scored the knockout and he was at 533,000.

Shorr Makes The Right Fold

The player in the small blind moved all in for 46,700 after Shannon Shorr had put in a raise preflop. Shorr took a long session in the tank contemplating what to do.

“Just go away,” the small blind said.

“Go away?” Shorr replied.

“Yes, go away,” the small blind reiterated. “Or call, whatever works.”

Shorr gave a grin but then flung his pocket eights into the muck. He was rewarded by the small blind as he tabled AA. Shorr was down to 290,000.

Kostritsyn Turns Rags To Riches

We picked up the action after the board had run out Q429Q. Alexander Kostritsyn fired 6,500 into a pot holding about 30,000 and his opponent mulled over the call.

He eventually threw it in and Kostritsyn tabled the lowly 32 for queens and deuces. It was more than enough, however, as his opponent mucked.

Kostritsyn raked in a nice pot and he was up to 590,000.

Sands Turns To Ash

David Sands raised preflop and Filippo Candio repopped to 17,400. Sands then shoved for 70,000 and Candio made the call.

Sands: KK
Candio: AA

Sands was the victim of a cooler and the board ran out 1010465, holding the aces and sending Sands to the rail.

Galfond Straightens One Out

After the flop came down J76, Phil Galfond bet 23,000 and his opponent made the call. The turn was the 8 and both players checked.

The river brought the 10, putting out four cards to a straight. The other player fired 76,000 and Galfond responded by moving all in. His opponent called off his last 220,000 and Galfond tabled J9 for the jack-high straight.

His opponent showed his counterfeited straight, 54, and he made his way to the rail as Galfond took in a huge pot. He was up to 545,000.

Failla Gets Paid, Literally

Will Failla and his opponent got in 31,000 in the middle preflop and saw a flop of Q72.

Failla checked over to his opponent, who bet 35,000. Failla thought for a few seconds before going all-in for 150,000 more.

“Why would you check and let me bet that flop,” said his opponent. “It makes no sense.”

“I’ve been full of it before,” said Failla.

His opponent eventually folded and showed the Q as he let his hand go. Failla offered to show his hand for $20. His opponent immediately reached into his pocket for 20 bucks, handed it over, and was promptly shown KK.

Schoenberg Scores a Double

Erica Schoenberg got all in from the big blind against the player on the button.

The button showed A2 and Schoenberg showed AJ. Thee board ran out 10982Q and Schoenberg doubled up to 85,000, giving her a tiny bit of breathing room.

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Phil Galfond,   Shannon Shorr,   David Sands,   Will Failla,   Adam Levy,   Alexander Kostritsyn,   Tyler Kenney

Level 33, Hour Two: Duy Le, Adam Levy Eliminated

Jul 17, '10

Blinds: 120,000-240,000 with a 30,000 ante

Players Remaining: 11 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 19,960,909

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Jonathan Duhamel – 48,000,000
2. John Racener – 27,000,000
3. Matthew Jarvis – 26,600,000
4. Joseph Cheong – 23,600,000
5. John Dolan – 23,000,000
6. Filippo Candio – 21,000,000
7. Jason Senti – 18,000,000
8. Soi Nguyen – 14,800,000
9. Pascal LeFrancois – 13,300,000
10. Michael Mizrachi – 5,400,000

Player Twitter Accounts

Michael Mizrachi
Adam Levy

Eliminations:

13. Duy Le — $500,165
12. Adam Levy — $635,011

Big Hands:

Cheong Takes One Off Duhamel

Joseph Cheong raised to 575,000 and Jonathan Duhamel made it 1.65 million to go. Cheong made the call and the flop came 754.

Duhamel bet 1.4 million and Cheong called. The turn was the 4 and both players checked. The river was the 8 and Duhamel fired 4.38 million.

Cheong snap-called and turned over J7 for the flush and Duhamel mucked. Cheong took the pot and was at 25 million while Duhamel was at 43.5 million.

Senti Takes One

Picking up the action on the flop, the board fell KQ9 and Jason Senti checked. Matthew Jarvis did the same and the 2 fell on the turn.

Jarvis bet and Senti made the call. The river was the 6 and Jarvis bet 925,000. Senti called and showed AK for top pair and top kicker. Jarvis tabled K10 for top pair and a weaker kicker.

Senti took the pot and he was around 14 million.

Duy Le Eliminated In 13th Place ($500,165)

John Dolan moved all in from the small blind and Duy Le snapped it off from the big blind, putting himself all in.

Le: AQ
Dolan: K6

The flop fell KJ4 and Dolan took the lead. The board finished off 5 and 5 and Le was eliminated.

Cowboy Up

Michael Mizrachi raised to 500,000 preflop and John Racener made the call. The flop fell J93 and Mizrachi moved in for about 2 million. Racener made the call to put the Grinder at risk.

Mizrachi: KK
Racener: KJ

Racener flopped top pair but Mizrachi held the cowboys for the lead. The board finished off 9 and Q and Mizrachi doubled to over 5 million.

Adam Levy Eliminated In 12th Place ($635,011)

Adam Levy moved all in for just under 4 million from under the gun. Jonathan Duhamel was next to act and he made the call. Everyone else mucked and the cards were tabled.

Levy: KQ
Duhamel: AA

Levy was a victim of bad timing as he moved in on the aces. The board ran out 1063K2 and Levy was eliminated.

Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi,   Duy Le,   Jonathan Duhamel,   John Racener,   John Dolan,   Adam Levy,   Matt Jarvis,   Jason Senti,   Joseph Cheong

Level 31, Hour Two Update: Filippi Candio Wins Huge Pot

Jul 17, '10

Blinds: 80,000-160,000 with a 20,000 ante

Players Remaining: 19 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 11,556,316

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Filippo Candio — 27,000,000
2. Jonathan Duhamel — 20,300,000
3. Pascal LeFrancois — 20,200,000
4. John Racener — 19,600,000
5. Matthew Jarvis — 18,450,000
6. Soi Nguyen — 15,200,000
7. Matt Affleck — 12,225,000
8. Jason Senti — 10,300,000
9. Adam Levy — 10,280,000
10. Michiel Sijpkens — 9,700,000

Player Twitter Accounts

Michael Mizrachi
Adam Levy

Eliminations:

21. Redmond Lee — $317,161
20. Patrick Eskandar — $317,161

Big Hands:

Redmond Lee Eliminated in 21st Place ($317,161)

Redmond Lee moved all in preflop for 2,445,000. Michiel Sijpkens called from the button with pocket tens. Lee tabled pocket fours and was in bad shape. The board ran out J76AQ and Lee was gone. Sijpkens was up to 13,500,000 after the hand.

Matt Affleck Still Recovering

Joseph Cheong bet on a flop of AJ10. Matt Affleck called and David Baker folded. The Q fell on the turn and Cheong bet 1,125,000 this time. Affleck made the call. The 3 fell on the river and action went check-check. Affleck tabled the 1010 for trip tens and Cheong mucked. Affleck was up to 12,250,000 after the hand. Cheong fell to 23,300,000.

Adam Levy Doubles Up

Adam Levy opened to 480,000 from the small blind. Benjamin Statz called from the big blind. The flop came 942 and Levy checked. Statz bet 400,000. Levy check-raised to 1,050,000. Statz reraised to 2,000,000. Levy moved all in for 4,600,000 million and Statz called to put Levy at risk.

Their cards:

Levy: 44
Statz: A5

Statz was in bad shape and the 10 on the turn was no help. The 10 fell on the river and Levy doubled to 10,280,000. Statz was down to 6,400,000.

Brandon Stevens Doubles Up

Michiel Sijpkens opened to 380,000. Brandon Steven called from the big blind and he checked a 753 flop. Sijkens shoved and Steven called all in for 1,700,000. Sijpkens tabled the A7. However, Steven turned over the nuts with the 64. Sijpkens was drawing dead on the turn. He fell to 11,500,000 while Steve doubled to 4,400,000.

John Dolan Doubles Up

Michael Mizrachi opened to 380,000 from under the gun. Sijpkens raised to 960,000. John Dolan moved all in for 2,265,000 from the button. Mizrachi folded. Sijpkens called with the A10. Dolan tabled the QQ and was ahead. The board ran out 96357 and Dolan doubled up to 5,200,000.

Filippi Candio Wins Huge Double Up

Filippi Candio opened and Joseph Cheong raised to 1,125,000. Candio made the call. The flop came 665 and Cheong bet 1,550,000. Candio raised to 4,425,000. Cheong moved all in with his massive stack. Candio called all in for 12,100,000, making the pot about 26,000,000. Candio tabled the 75 for sixes and fives. However, Cheong tabled the AA and was way ahead. The turn brought the 8 and Cheong needed to dodge one card to become the overwhelming chip leader of the tournament with about 37,000,000. However, the 4 pealed off the deck and Candio hit a straight. Cheong, the former chip leader, was down to about 10,000,000 while Candio was up to 27,000,000.

Pascal LeFrancois Over 20 Million

Pascal LeFrancois bet 375,000 and Patrick Eskandar made the call. The flop came Q72 and action went check-check. The 4 fell on the turn. LeFrancois bet 475,000 chips. Eskandar called. LeFrancois bet 980,000 on the 6 river. LeFrancois’ bet was called again and he tabled the 22 for a set. Eskandar mucked and was down to 1,200,000. LeFrancois was over 20,000,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Benjamin Statz,   John Dolan,   Redmond Lee,   Adam Levy,   Matt Affleck,   Brandon Steven,   Pascal LeFrancois,   Joseph Cheong

Level 30 Hour One Update: Johnny Lodden Eliminated

Jul 17, '10

NOTE: About 30 minutes of this level were played last night before action was called for the evening.

Blinds: 60,000-120,000 with a 15,000 ante

Players Remaining: 26 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 8,132,222

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Joseph Cheong — 24,490,000
2. Soi Nguyen — 23,100,000
3. Pascal LeFrancois — 17,900,000
4. Matthew Jarvis — 13,500,000
5. Jason Senti — 13,300,000
6. Jonathan Duhamel — 10,520,000
7. John Racener — 10,470,000
8. Filippo Candio — 10,020,000
9. Benjamin Statz — 9,885,000
10. Michiel Sijpkens — 7,900,000

Player Twitter Accounts

Michael Mizrachi
Adam Levy

Eliminations:

27. Johnny Lodden — $317,161

Big Hands:

Johnny Lodden Eliminated in 27th Place ($317,161)

Matt Affleck bet under the gun and Johnny Lodden moved all in for 1,470,000 from the button. Affleck called with the A10 and Lodden was in a coinflip with his 88. The flop was safe for Lodden as it came KQ2. However, Affleck picked up a gutshot straight draw. The 10 on the turn gave Affleck a pair of tens and put him way out in front. Lodden was in deep trouble. The 7 on the river was no help and Lodden was gone.

Lodden’s Main-Event finish was his only cash at the 2010 World Series of Poker.

Pascal LeFrancois Moves All In

Robert Pisano opened to 280,000 from early position. Pascal LeFrancois called. Action was folded to Adam Levy. He raised to 1,000,000. Pisano called. LeFrancois moved all in for around 15,500,000. Levy tanked for a couple minutes and folded. Pisano folded as well. LeFrancois was up to about 17,900,000 after the hand.

Patrick Eskandar Moves All In

Patrick Eskandar bet 275,000 from middle position. Soi Nguyen called from the cutoff. The flop came 443 and Eskandar moved all in for 1,780,000. Nguyen tanked before finally folding. Eskandar took the pot to increase his stack to 2,400,000.

Michael Mizrachi Climbing

Mads Wissing limped in for the small blind. Michael Mizrachi checked from the big blind. The flop came AJ2 and both players checked. The turn brought the 4 and Wissing bet 225,000. Mizrachi called. The river brought the 8 and Wissing bet 440,000. Mizrachi raised to 990,000. Wissing called. Mizrachi tabled the J8 for two pair and was good. Mizrachi was up to 8,300,000 after the hand. Wissing was down to 1,400,000.

William Thorson Moves All In

John Racener opened to 275,000. Action was folded to Thorson in the small blind. Thorson moved all in for about 4,000,000. Racener tanked before finally foldind his hand. Thorson was up to about 4,350,000 after the hand.

Left in the Deck:

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Player Tags: Johnny Lodden,   Adam Levy,   Matt Affleck,   Robert Pisano,   Patrick Eskandar

Level 28 Hour One Update: Tony Dunst Eliminated

Jul 16, '10

Blinds: 40,000-80,000 with a 10,000 ante ante

Players Remaining: 44 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 4,990,227

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Joseph Cheong — 12,900,000
2. William Thorson — 12,650,000
3. Theo Jorgensen — 10,400,000
4. Filippo Candio — 9,800,000
5. Gabe Costner — 8,285,000
6. Pascal LeFrancois — 8,100,000
7. John Racener — 8,100,000
8. Patrick Eskandar — 7,900,000
9. Bryn Kenney — 7,785,000
10. Benjamin Statz — 6,800,000

Player Twitter Accounts

Michael Mizrachi
Adam Levy

Notable Eliminations:

51. James Manning — $168,556
50. Tony Dunst — $168,556
49. Jacobo Fernandez — $168,556
James Fennell
Sergey Rybachenko

Big Hands:

Tony Dunst Eliminated by William Thorson

William Thorson opened to 200,000 from under the gun. Action was folded to Tony Dunst in the big blind. Dunst raised to 1,000,000, leaving himself just 75,000 behind. Thorson put Dunst all in and Dunst called. Dunst exposed the AQ and was in bad shape against the AK of Thorson. The board ran out 9-7-2-9-K and Dunst was gone. Thorson was up to 12,980,000 after the hand.

Matt Affleck Wins One

Matt Affleck opened and John Racener called from the big blind. The flop came A96 and Racener check-called 250,000 from Affleck. The Q on the turn prompted a check from both players. The 4 landed on the river and Racener checked. Affleck bet 575,000 and his opponent mucked. Affleck was up to 5,360,000 after the hand.

James Manning Eliminated

James Manning was all in preflop for 700,000 with the AK. He was called by the 7-7 of Sergey Rybachenko. The board ran out 9-9-3-4-3 and Manning was gone.

Adam Levy Doubles Up

Matthew Bucaric opened to 200,000 from the cutoff. Edward Ochana called on the button. Adam Levy moved all in for 1,885,000 from the small blind. Bucaric made the call. Ochana folded and Levy was at risk for his tournament life. Bucaric exposed the 99 while Levy tabled the AQ. The board ran out A33J2 and Levy doubled to 4,250,000. Bucaric was down to 5,600,000.

Ace-King Chop

Redmond Lee bet 225,000 from under the gun. Jakob Toestesen called from the small blind. The flop came K97. Toestesen checked. Lee bet 275,000. Toestesen check-raised to 800,000. Lee shoved. Toestesen called. Both players tabled A-K and the turn of the 10 removed any runner-runner draws. The pot was chopped.

Jacobo Fernandez Eliminated

Jacobo Fernandez moved all in for 650,000. Adam Levy moved all in over the top from the small blind with the KK. Fernandez exposed the A10 and was behind. The board ran out QJ5107 and Fernandez was gone. Levy was up to 4,950,000 after the hand.

Jason Senti Doubles Up

David Assouline and Jason Senti had all of the chips in preflop. Senti was all in for his tournament life for 1,800,000 with the K-K. Assouline exposed J-J and was behind. The flop was perfect for Senti as it came K-K-5, giving him quads. Assouline was drawing dead and was down to 4,100,000 after the hand. Senti was up to 3,750,000.

Theo Jorgensen Eliminates a Player

James Fennell got all his chips in the middle preflop with the 88 versus the 97and Theo Jorgensen. The flop was horrible for Fennell as it came 974. The A on the turn and 10 on the river made it official. Fennell was gone. Jorgensen was up 10,400,000 after the hand.

Sergey Rybachenko Eliminated

Sergey Rybachenko was all in with the KQ against the A9 of Cuong Nguyen. The board ran out 95387 and Rybachenko was gone. Nguyen was up to 7,700,000 after the hand.

Joseph Cheong Takes Chip Lead

Joseph Cheong bet 195,000 from late position. Evan Lamprea raised all in for around 1,600,000. Action was folded back to Cheong. He made the call with pocket tens and was up against the AJ of his opponent. The board ran out 97243 and Lamprea was gone. Cheong took the chip lead after the hand with 12,900,000.

David Baker Doubles Up

David Baker opened from late position. Evgeny Shnayder three-bet and Baker got his stack of 1,750,000 in the middle. Baker exposed the AK and was in great shape versus the A9 of his opponent. The board ran out safe for Baker and he doubled to 3,750,000. Shnayder was left with just 390,000.

Player Tags: David Baker,   Cuong Nguyen,   William Thorson,   Sergey Rybachenko,   Adam Levy,   Tony Dunst,   Matt Affleck,   Joseph Cheong,   Evgeny Shnayder,   David Assouline

Level 26 Hour Two: Clements Chips Up, Grinder Slips a Bit

Jul 16, '10

Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 64 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 3,378,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Tony Dunst – 1,020,000
Josh Brikis – 1,610,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Theo Jorgensen – 10,900,000
2. Patrick Eskandar – 8,500,000
3. John Racener – 8,500,000
4. Jonathan Driscoll – 6,980,000
5. Gabe Costner – 6,900,000
6. Filippo Candio – 6,600,000
7. Edward Ochana – 6,600,000
8. Cuong Nguyen – 6,300,000
9. William Thorson – 5,840,000
10. Matt Affleck – 5,465,000

Notable Eliminations:

72. Habib Khanis – $114,205
71. Richard Morgan – $114,205
70. Pierre Canali – $114,205
69. Marcel Cole – $114,205
68. Niklas Toorell – $114,205
67. Meenakshi Subramaniam – $114,205
66. John Armbrust – $114,205

Player Twitter Accounts

Josh Brikis
Michael Mizrachi

Big Hands:

Clements Takes One From Subramaniam

On a flop of 1033, Meenakshi Subramamaniam bet 175,000 into Scott Clements. Scott Clements made the call and they saw the 7 fall on the turn.

Subramaniam checked and Clements bet 200,000. Subramaniam made it 500,000 to go and Clements didn’t go anywhere, as he tossed in the extra 300,000. The river was the the 7 and both players checked.

Subramaniam showed KJ and Clements showed A8, giving him the pot. Clements is up to 2,700,000 and Subramaniam fell just below 1,000,000.

Lee Gets Best of Kostritsyn

Alexander Kostritsyn raised from early position and Redmond Lee made the call from the big blind. The two saw a flop heads-up of 679.

Lee led out into the preflop raiser for 175,000. Kostritsyn made the call and the J fell on the turn. Lee moved all-in and Kostritsyn released his hand, slipping to 2,950,000, while Lee chipped up to 2,170,000.

Parras Knocks Out Two

Richard Morgan raised under-the-gun and Habib Khanis three-bet all-in for his last 650,000. Eduardo Parras moved all-in for his 1,500,000 and Richard Morgan made the call, putting his own 1,300,000 stack into the middle. Parras had both players called as all three hands were turned face-up.

Morgan: KK
Khanis: QJ
Parras: AA

The flop came 922 and Parras was still way in the lead. The 8 on the turn gave Khanis a load of outs. The 7 on the river notched the win for Parras and Khanis and Morgan were eliminated.

Sijpkens Doubles Through the Grinder

Michael Mizrachi fired 200,000 on a fop of 655 and Michiel Sijpkens made it 480,000 to go. Mizrachi made the call and the 8 came on the turn.

Mizrachi checked and Sijpkens moved all-in for 1,375,000 and Mizrachi made the call. Mizrachi tabled 77 and needed to improve against the pocket queens of Sijpkens.

The river was the J and Sijpkens doubled up to 4,000,000 and Mizrachi dropped to 6,300,000.

Levy KO’s Canali

Pierre Canali got all-in preflop against Adam Levy. Levy tabled KK and Canali showed AK. The board ran out Q52410 and Levy chipped up to 2,750,000 as Canali was sent to the rail.

Baldwin Climbing

We caught up with this hand on the river with Ismail Erkenov leading out for 200,000 with the board reading 7J494. Eric Baldwin raised to 650,000 and Erkenov went deep into the tank.

After a while, Erkenov finally made the call and Baldwin pulled his chips back and tabled his hand as he showed JJ, good for a full house and the pot. Baldwin climbs to 3,100,000 and Erkenov fell to 900,000.

Racener Straightens Out

Duy Le raised to 120,000 from middle position and John Racner three-bet to 310,000. Le made the call and they saw a flop of 1098 and Racener led out for 375,000 and was called by Le.

The turn was the 7 and both players checked. The 4 fell on the river and that prompted Le to bet 425,000 and Racener made the call.

Le showed 1010, but Racener showed 63, giving him a straight and the pot. Racener moves to 8,500,000 and Le dropped to 3,950,000.

Marcel Cole Eliminated

Marcel moved his last 905,000 into the middle from under-the-gun with 88 and it folded around to Nicolas Babel on the button who made the call after some thought with AK.

The board ran out A4232 and Babel received the knockout and some chips to move him to 2,670,000, while Cole is on his way to the payout line.

Jetten Finds a Double

John Dolan rasied to 115,000 and Edward Ochana made the call. Peter Jetten then squeezed all-in for 780,000. Dolan made the call and Ochana got out of the way.

Jetten tabled QQ and Dolan needed to improve with his AJ. The board came 29986 and Jetten’s queens stayed in the lead and he doubled up to 1,700,000. Dolan fell to 1,400,000.

Baldwin Drops a Big One

On a flop of 973, Eric Baldwin checked over to Theo Jorgensen who bet 375,000 and Baldwin made the call.

The turn was the Q and both players checked and saw the 2 fall on the river. Baldwin now led out for 620,000 and Jorgensen made the call.

Baldwin tabled 1010, but couldn’t top Jorgensen’s KK. Baldwin is at 1,670,000 and Jorgensen is now at 10,750,000.

Meenakshi Subramaniam Eliminated

On the turn the board read 66J2 and Cuong Nguyen bet out 325,000. Meenakshi Subramaniam raised to 800,000. Nguyen called and the A filled out the board.

Subramaniam moved all-in for 900,000 and Nguyen made the call. Subramaniam showed 88 and was eliminated when Nguyen showed the A2.

Jetten Doubles Up Fernandez

Peter Jetten raised on the button to 125,000. Jacobo Fernandez three-bet to 475,000 from the big blind. Jetten moved all-in and Fernandez made the call.

Fernandez showed J10 and was racing against Jetten’s 55. The flop came AJ10 and Jetten was going to need to hit his two outer to eliminated Fernandez.

Jetten couldn’t find a five on the turn or the river and slipped to 900,000. Fernandez doubled up to 1,600,000.

John Armbrust Eliminated

John Armbrust made it 125,000 under-the-gun and Redmond Lee moved all-in on the button. Armbrust made the call and was at risk of elimination.

Armbrust showed AK and Lee held JJ. The flop was 1022, keeping Lee in the lead until the dealer peeled A on the turn. Lee threw his head back in dismay but the J on the river saved Lee and eliminated Armbrust.

Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi,   Scott Clements,   Peter Jetten,   Duy Le,   Eric Baldwin,   John Racener,   Adam Levy,   Alexander Kostritsyn

Level 23, Hour Two: Dunst Loses Heartbreaker, Last Woman Standing Eliminated

Jul 15, '10

Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante

Players Remaining: 115 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 1,909,304

Card Player Chip Counts:

Andrew Brokos – 1,230,000
Tony Dunst – 910,000
Josh Brikis – 2,800,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Joseph Cheong – 5,540,000
2. John Racener – 5,360,000
3. Michael Mizrachi – 5,200,000
4. Matthew Jarvis – 4,600,000
5. Robert Pisano – 4,560,000
6. Jonathan Driscoll – 4,500,000
7. James Fennell – 4,450,000
8. Bryn Kenney – 4,300,000
9. Damien Luis – 4,000,000
10. Theo Jorgensen – 3,900,000

Notable Eliminations:

116. Robert Mizrachi — $57,102
118. Karga Holt — $57,102

Player Twitter Accounts

Jean-Robert Bellande
Tristan Wade
Josh Brikis
Christian Harder
Michael Mizrachi

Big Hands:

Dunst Cut In Half In Heartbreaking Pot

Ian Gordon moved all in for a little over 1 million and Tony Dunst snapped him off. Gordon turned over AQ but was dominated by Dunst’s AA.

Another player at the table announced he mucked the case A and that proved crushing as the flop fell QQ5, giving Gordon trip queens and a lock on the hand.

Dunst was drawing dead and to add insult to injury, the board finished off 2 and 2 to give Gordon a full house. Gordon doubled to 2 million while Dunst lost half of his stack, slipping to 900,000.

Guan Eliminated

Javier Martinez raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and Mozheng Guan repopped to 84,000 from the button. Martinez called and the flop came down A108.

Martinez led with 110,000 and Guan moved in for 480,000. Martinez made the call and turned over AQ for top pair and a club draw. Guan showed A6 for top pair and he was in trouble.

The turn was the 3 and the river was the 5, giving Martinez the flush and Guan was out.

Baldwin Makes It A Man’s World

Breeze Zuckerman, the last woman standing, moved all in preflop and Eric Baldwin looked her up from the button.

Baldwin: AA
Zuckerman: K10

Baldwin had Zuckerman in bad shape, but the flop gave her some help when it fell K75. The turn was the J, offering no help and the river sealed her fate when the Q showed up and Zuckerman was out. Baldwin was at 1.3 million after the hand.

Baker Doubles Up

David Baker moved all in for 200,000 preflop and David Assouline looked him up. Baker turned over 109 and was live against Assouline’s AJ.

The board ran out Q9884 to give Baker a pair of nines and the double up. He was at 480,000 after the hand while Assouline slipped to 1.1 million.

Panny Rides Into The Sunset

Sebastian Panny and Matthew Jarvis tangled in a huge pot that saw Panny all in preflop. Here were their hands:

Panny: 1010
Jarvis: KK

Panny was in trouble and the flop came K105 to give both players a set. The turn was a blank in the 9 and the river was the K, giving Jarvis quads.

Panny, who was in the top 10 chip counts early in the day, was sent crashing to the rail. Jarvis was at 4.6 million.

Pettit Gets Short, Then Busts

Michael Pettit found the bulk of his chips in the middle against Jacob Tyler after the flop fell KJ6.

Pettit was left with just 8,000 after Tyler was all in and Pettit tabled 109 for a straight flush draw. Tyler held J10 for middle pair.

The flush or straight never came and Pettit lost the pot. He would bust a few hands later.

Ruthless

Gualter Salles was all in preflop against Adam Levy. The cards were then turned over.

Salles: AJ
Levy: AQ

Levy was dominating and he put a vice-grip on the hand when the flop fell Q72. The board finished off 4 and 5 and Levy scored the knockout. He was at 2.15 million.

Oh Brother Where Art Thou?

The 2010 Main Event is down to one Mizrachi brother. Robert Mizrachi moved in for his last 196,000 from under the gun and Josue Sauvageau made the call from the cutoff.

Mizrachi: A10
Sauvageau: AK

Mizrachi was dominated and the flop brought no help as it fell J73. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 9, sending Mizrachi to the rail.

Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi,   Eric Baldwin,   Ian Gordon,   Gualter Salles,   Adam Levy,   Tony Dunst,   Javier Martinez,   Sebastian Panny,   Mozheng Guan,   Breeze Zuckerman,   Josue Sauvageau

Level 22, Hour One: Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up, Johnny Chan Eliminated

Jul 15, '10

Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante

Players Remaining: 154 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 1,425,779

Card Player Chip Counts:

Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000
Tony Dunst – 915,000
Josh Brikis – 2,800,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Robert Pisano – 5,600,000
2. John Racener – 4,500,000
3. Damien Luis – 4,450,000
4. Michael Mizrachi – 3,900,000
5. Joseph Cheong – 3,830,000
6. Theo Jorgensen – 3,800,000
7. Michael Skender – 3,300,000
8. Matt Affleck – 3,120,000
9. Sebastian Panny – 3,100,000
10. Fokke Beukers – 3,050,000

Notable Eliminations:

156. Johnny Chan — $57,102
181. Jameson Singer — $47,847
183. Dragan Galic — $47,847

Player Twitter Accounts

Jean-Robert Bellande
Tristan Wade
Josh Brikis
Christian Harder
Michael Mizrachi

Big Hands:

Robert Betters Robert

Robert Mizrachi moved all in for 239,000 from the big blind and he was called by Robert Pisando from the small blind. Here were their cards.

Mizrachi: AQ
Pisano: A3

Mizrachi was dominating and the flop left him freerolling when it fell KJ10, giving Mizrachi Broadway. Pisano could only tie but the board finished off K and 3 and Mizrachi doubled to about 500,000. Pisano was at 4.05 million.

Chamberlain Surrenders The Double

Daniel Chamberlain raised to 44,000 from the cutoff and Gabriel Nassif moved in for 456,000 from the button. Chamberlain looked him up and the cards were turned over.

Chamberlain: A9
Nassif: AQ

Chamberlain was dominated and needed some help with a nine or some spades. The flop board ran out with all black cards, but they were the wrong suit for Chamberlain as it ran Q1044K. Nassif scored the double up and he was up to 969,000.

Kostritsyn Drops A Pot

Picking up the action after the board had run out 752KJ, Alexander Kostritsyn fired 325,000 into a pot of about 470,000.

Mozheng Guan made the call and turned over 76 for top pair on the flop. It was good as Kostritsyn mucked and Guan took the pot.

Guan was up to 1.4 million while Kostritsyn slipped to 2.4 million.

Bracy Gets Jacked Up

Tony Bracy moved all in for 97,000 preflop and Redmond Lee decided to raise to 200,000. The isolation play worked as everyone else mucked and the hands were turned over.

Bracy: 66
Lee: JJ

Lee was dominating and the flop fell QJ8, giving Lee a set. Bracy needed some runners to a flush or quads but the K on the turn left him drawing dead. The river was the 4 and Lee scored the knockout. He was up to 1.33 million.

Lodden Breaches Two Million

Johnny Lodden raised to 50,000 from late position and Denis Pisarev made the call from the button. The flop fell A102 and Lodden checked.

Pisarev fired 65,000 and Lodden made the call. The turn was the 2 and both players checked. The river was the 7 and Lodden led out with 205,000. Pisarev made a quick call but Lodden turned over A7 for two pair and Pisarev mucked.

Lodden took down a nice pot and he was at 2 million in chips.

Affleck And Harder Tangle

Matt Affleck raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button next door. The two saw a flop of 985 and Affleck led for 65,000.

Harder made the call and the turn was the A. Affleck fired another 115,000 into the pot and it was enough to take it down as Harder mucked.

Affleck took the pot and he was at 3.1 million. Harder slipped to 1.11 million.

Singer Blasted Away

Jameson Singer moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Derek Gibb decided to look him up. Here were their cards:

Singer: 75
Gibb: AK

Singer had two live cards but they were as good as dead when the flop fell AA4. Singer needed running cards but his running shoes were shot off his feet when the A on the turn gave Gibb quads and left Singer drawing dead.

The meaningless river was the 4 and Singer was eliminated.

Jorgensen With The Knockout

Diogo Borges was all in for 520,000 preflop against Theo Jorgensen preflop. Here were their cards.

Jorgensen: AQ
Borges: KQ

Borges was dominated and the board ran out AK7QQ10, giving both players two pair but Jorgensen the better end of it. Borges was out and Jorgensen was at 3.8 million.

Kenney Doing The Killing Around Here

Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q105 and there was about 500,000 already in the pot.

Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000 and Bryn Kenney made the call to put him at risk.

Kenney: KQ
Figueiredo: AA

Kenney flopped top pair but was up against the pocket aces of his opponent. But the turn was the Q, giving Kenney trips and leaving Figueiredo one step closer to the door. The river was the 7 and Kenney scored the improbable knockout. He was up to 3.38 million.

Binette Goes Boom

Francois Binette and Michal Wywrot each put in three-bets before they saw a J102 flop.

Wywrot fired 162,000 and Binette shoved for 750,000. Wywrot made the call and he turned over AA. Binette was drawing to a straight with KQ.

But the turn was the Q and the river was the J, giving Binette little help and he was out. Wywrot was up to 1.7 million.

Tran Takes A Pot, But Takes Penalty For It

Jonathan Driscoll raised it up to 44,000 from the hijack and Theo Tran made the call from the big blind. He then turned over his A-5, thinking he was all in.

The floor was called and Tran’s hand was ruled live. The flop then came down A54 and Driscoll mucked immediately. Tran took the pot and was at 170,000.

However, since Tran exposed his hand, he was given a one-round penalty.

Siegel Eliminated

Jordan Siegel moved all in for 268,000 and he was looked up by Jared Ingles in the hijack. Siegel turned over A9 but was trailing Ingles’ QQ.

The board ran out K53103 and Siegel was eliminated.

David Benyamine Doubles Up

Evan Lamprea raised from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in another raise from the button. Lamprea moved enough chips into the middle to put Benyamine all in and he made the call.

Benyamine: KK
Lamprea: J7

Benyamine was dominating and the flop fell Q94, giving Benyamine four to a flush. It also took away a few of Lamprea’s outs and he was left drawing dead when the 9 came on the turn.

The river was the Q and Benyamine doubled to 800,000 while Lamprea slipped to 2.58 million.

Levy Drops A Pot

Gualter Salles raised to 50,000 preflop and Adam Levy made it 142,000 to go from the small blind. Salles called and the flop fell A53.

Salles fired 100,000 and Levy made the call. The turn was the 10 and Salles bet 300,000. Levy released his hand and dropped to 945,000.

Johnny Chan Eliminated

Johnny Chan and pocket aces did not get along today. He lost a huge pot when he ran his kings into Robert Pisano’s aces during the first level and had a similar situation when he busted out.

Chan open-shoved for 550,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Driscoll snapped him off from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over.

Chan: JJ
Driscoll: AA

Chan fell victim to the aces again and the board ran out 76357 and Chan was eliminated.

Grinder Making The Charge

Duy Le raised to 40,000 preflop and Getty Mattingsley popped it to 105,000. Mizrachi made the call from the small blind and Le also tagged along.

The flop fell 1084 and everyone checked. The turn was the K and Mattingsley fired 176,000. Both opponents called and the river was the 5.

Le bet 500,000 this time and Mattigsley fled. Mizrachi decided to look him up after a session in the tank and Le tabled J9 for a whole lot of nothing. Mizrachi showed 77 for just sevens, but it was good for the pot and he was at 3.9 million.

Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi,   David Benyamine,   Michael Mizrachi,   Johnny Chan,   Jordan Siegel,   Gabriel Nassif,   Theo Tran,   Duy Le,   Johnny Lodden,   Bryn Kenney,   Adam Levy,   Alexander Kostritsyn,   Robert Pisano,   Mozheng Guan,   Daniel Chamberlain

Level 14, Hour Two: Levy in the Lead

Jul 13, '10

Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante

Players Remaining: 927 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 236,861

Card Player Chip Counts

Adam Schoenfeld — 115,000
Jon Freidberg — 82,000
Shannon Shorr — 290,000
Tony Dunst — 356,200
Matt Matros — 312,400
Josh Brikis — 475,000
Andrew Brokos — 465,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Filippo Candio – 895,000
2. Duy Le – 891,000
3. Matthew Brown – 880,000
4. Adam Levy – 835,000
5. Johnny Lodden – 770,000
6. Rafal Michalowski – 750,000
7. Max Casal – 735,000
8. Matt Affleck – 733,000
9. Michael Maitre – 707,000
10. Benjamin Straate – 690,000

Notable Eliminations:

David Sands
Tyler Kenney
Jonathan Aguiar

Big Hands:

Roothlus Jumps Into Chip Lead

At the very end of the last level and right before the break, Adam Levy played a monster pot.

Adam Levy and Fabien Dunlop got in five bets prefop and saw a flop of 1092 and Dunlop checked over to Levy, who bet 80,000. Dunlop shoved all-in and Levy snap-called.

Dunlop showed A2 and Levy tabled AA. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 3, which puts Levy at the top of the chip counts with 820,000.

Tyler Kenney Eliminated

It looks like the Kenney brothers won’t be able to mirror the Mizrachi brothers and get to the final table as Tyler Kenney has been eliminated. Before the break he got a bunch of chips in with pocket queens and lost to the pocket eights of his opponent and was unable to have his hand hold.

That hand left him with just 40,000 in chips and after the break, Kenney found all of his chips in the middle with A9 against the AK of Tom Kallaway.

The board bricked off for Kenney and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Corkins Spikes It On The Flop

A player in seat 1 moved all in for 68,300 and Hoyt Corkins eventually threw in a call with the ESPN cameras watching.

“I hope you’ve got tens,” Corkins said. “I wanna be racing.”

It was the worst-case scenario for Corkins as his AJ was dominated by seat 1’s AK.

But the flop turned the tables as it fell J95 to give Corkins the lead. The A on the turn gave him two pair and the 2 on the river cemented the hand for Corkins. He scored the knockout and he was at 533,000.

Shorr Makes The Right Fold

The player in the small blind moved all in for 46,700 after Shannon Shorr had put in a raise preflop. Shorr took a long session in the tank contemplating what to do.

“Just go away,” the small blind said.

“Go away?” Shorr replied.

“Yes, go away,” the small blind reiterated. “Or call, whatever works.”

Shorr gave a grin but then flung his pocket eights into the muck. He was rewarded by the small blind as he tabled AA. Shorr was down to 290,000.

Kostritsyn Turns Rags To Riches

We picked up the action after the board had run out Q429Q. Alexander Kostritsyn fired 6,500 into a pot holding about 30,000 and his opponent mulled over the call.

He eventually threw it in and Kostritsyn tabled the lowly 32 for queens and deuces. It was more than enough, however, as his opponent mucked.

Kostritsyn raked in a nice pot and he was up to 590,000.

Sands Turns To Ash

David Sands raised preflop and Filippo Candio repopped to 17,400. Sands then shoved for 70,000 and Candio made the call.

Sands: KK
Candio: AA

Sands was the victim of a cooler and the board ran out 1010465, holding the aces and sending Sands to the rail.

Galfond Straightens One Out

After the flop came down J76, Phil Galfond bet 23,000 and his opponent made the call. The turn was the 8 and both players checked.

The river brought the 10, putting out four cards to a straight. The other player fired 76,000 and Galfond responded by moving all in. His opponent called off his last 220,000 and Galfond tabled J9 for the jack-high straight.

His opponent showed his counterfeited straight, 54, and he made his way to the rail as Galfond took in a huge pot. He was up to 545,000.

Failla Gets Paid, Literally

Will Failla and his opponent got in 31,000 in the middle preflop and saw a flop of Q72.

Failla checked over to his opponent, who bet 35,000. Failla thought for a few seconds before going all-in for 150,000 more.

“Why would you check and let me bet that flop,” said his opponent. “It makes no sense.”

“I’ve been full of it before,” said Failla.

His opponent eventually folded and showed the Q as he let his hand go. Failla offered to show his hand for $20. His opponent immediately reached into his pocket for 20 bucks, handed it over, and was promptly shown KK.

Schoenberg Scores a Double

Erica Schoenberg got all in from the big blind against the player on the button.

The button showed A2 and Schoenberg showed AJ. Thee board ran out 10982Q and Schoenberg doubled up to 85,000, giving her a tiny bit of breathing room.

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Phil Galfond,   Shannon Shorr,   David Sands,   Will Failla,   Adam Levy,   Alexander Kostritsyn,   Tyler Kenney

Level 33, Hour Two: Duy Le, Adam Levy Eliminated

Jul 17, '10

Blinds: 120,000-240,000 with a 30,000 ante

Players Remaining: 11 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 19,960,909

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Jonathan Duhamel – 48,000,000
2. John Racener – 27,000,000
3. Matthew Jarvis – 26,600,000
4. Joseph Cheong – 23,600,000
5. John Dolan – 23,000,000
6. Filippo Candio – 21,000,000
7. Jason Senti – 18,000,000
8. Soi Nguyen – 14,800,000
9. Pascal LeFrancois – 13,300,000
10. Michael Mizrachi – 5,400,000

Player Twitter Accounts

Michael Mizrachi
Adam Levy

Eliminations:

13. Duy Le — $500,165
12. Adam Levy — $635,011

Big Hands:

Cheong Takes One Off Duhamel

Joseph Cheong raised to 575,000 and Jonathan Duhamel made it 1.65 million to go. Cheong made the call and the flop came 754.

Duhamel bet 1.4 million and Cheong called. The turn was the 4 and both players checked. The river was the 8 and Duhamel fired 4.38 million.

Cheong snap-called and turned over J7 for the flush and Duhamel mucked. Cheong took the pot and was at 25 million while Duhamel was at 43.5 million.

Senti Takes One

Picking up the action on the flop, the board fell KQ9 and Jason Senti checked. Matthew Jarvis did the same and the 2 fell on the turn.

Jarvis bet and Senti made the call. The river was the 6 and Jarvis bet 925,000. Senti called and showed AK for top pair and top kicker. Jarvis tabled K10 for top pair and a weaker kicker.

Senti took the pot and he was around 14 million.

Duy Le Eliminated In 13th Place ($500,165)

John Dolan moved all in from the small blind and Duy Le snapped it off from the big blind, putting himself all in.

Le: AQ
Dolan: K6

The flop fell KJ4 and Dolan took the lead. The board finished off 5 and 5 and Le was eliminated.

Cowboy Up

Michael Mizrachi raised to 500,000 preflop and John Racener made the call. The flop fell J93 and Mizrachi moved in for about 2 million. Racener made the call to put the Grinder at risk.

Mizrachi: KK
Racener: KJ

Racener flopped top pair but Mizrachi held the cowboys for the lead. The board finished off 9 and Q and Mizrachi doubled to over 5 million.

Adam Levy Eliminated In 12th Place ($635,011)

Adam Levy moved all in for just under 4 million from under the gun. Jonathan Duhamel was next to act and he made the call. Everyone else mucked and the cards were tabled.

Levy: KQ
Duhamel: AA

Levy was a victim of bad timing as he moved in on the aces. The board ran out 1063K2 and Levy was eliminated.

Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi,   Duy Le,   Jonathan Duhamel,   John Racener,   John Dolan,   Adam Levy,   Matt Jarvis,   Jason Senti,   Joseph Cheong

Level 31, Hour Two Update: Filippi Candio Wins Huge Pot

Jul 17, '10

Blinds: 80,000-160,000 with a 20,000 ante

Players Remaining: 19 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 11,556,316

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Filippo Candio — 27,000,000
2. Jonathan Duhamel — 20,300,000
3. Pascal LeFrancois — 20,200,000
4. John Racener — 19,600,000
5. Matthew Jarvis — 18,450,000
6. Soi Nguyen — 15,200,000
7. Matt Affleck — 12,225,000
8. Jason Senti — 10,300,000
9. Adam Levy — 10,280,000
10. Michiel Sijpkens — 9,700,000

Player Twitter Accounts

Michael Mizrachi
Adam Levy

Eliminations:

21. Redmond Lee — $317,161
20. Patrick Eskandar — $317,161

Big Hands:

Redmond Lee Eliminated in 21st Place ($317,161)

Redmond Lee moved all in preflop for 2,445,000. Michiel Sijpkens called from the button with pocket tens. Lee tabled pocket fours and was in bad shape. The board ran out J76AQ and Lee was gone. Sijpkens was up to 13,500,000 after the hand.

Matt Affleck Still Recovering

Joseph Cheong bet on a flop of AJ10. Matt Affleck called and David Baker folded. The Q fell on the turn and Cheong bet 1,125,000 this time. Affleck made the call. The 3 fell on the river and action went check-check. Affleck tabled the 1010 for trip tens and Cheong mucked. Affleck was up to 12,250,000 after the hand. Cheong fell to 23,300,000.

Adam Levy Doubles Up

Adam Levy opened to 480,000 from the small blind. Benjamin Statz called from the big blind. The flop came 942 and Levy checked. Statz bet 400,000. Levy check-raised to 1,050,000. Statz reraised to 2,000,000. Levy moved all in for 4,600,000 million and Statz called to put Levy at risk.

Their cards:

Levy: 44
Statz: A5

Statz was in bad shape and the 10 on the turn was no help. The 10 fell on the river and Levy doubled to 10,280,000. Statz was down to 6,400,000.

Brandon Stevens Doubles Up

Michiel Sijpkens opened to 380,000. Brandon Steven called from the big blind and he checked a 753 flop. Sijkens shoved and Steven called all in for 1,700,000. Sijpkens tabled the A7. However, Steven turned over the nuts with the 64. Sijpkens was drawing dead on the turn. He fell to 11,500,000 while Steve doubled to 4,400,000.

John Dolan Doubles Up

Michael Mizrachi opened to 380,000 from under the gun. Sijpkens raised to 960,000. John Dolan moved all in for 2,265,000 from the button. Mizrachi folded. Sijpkens called with the A10. Dolan tabled the QQ and was ahead. The board ran out 96357 and Dolan doubled up to 5,200,000.

Filippi Candio Wins Huge Double Up

Filippi Candio opened and Joseph Cheong raised to 1,125,000. Candio made the call. The flop came 665 and Cheong bet 1,550,000. Candio raised to 4,425,000. Cheong moved all in with his massive stack. Candio called all in for 12,100,000, making the pot about 26,000,000. Candio tabled the 75 for sixes and fives. However, Cheong tabled the AA and was way ahead. The turn brought the 8 and Cheong needed to dodge one card to become the overwhelming chip leader of the tournament with about 37,000,000. However, the 4 pealed off the deck and Candio hit a straight. Cheong, the former chip leader, was down to about 10,000,000 while Candio was up to 27,000,000.

Pascal LeFrancois Over 20 Million

Pascal LeFrancois bet 375,000 and Patrick Eskandar made the call. The flop came Q72 and action went check-check. The 4 fell on the turn. LeFrancois bet 475,000 chips. Eskandar called. LeFrancois bet 980,000 on the 6 river. LeFrancois’ bet was called again and he tabled the 22 for a set. Eskandar mucked and was down to 1,200,000. LeFrancois was over 20,000,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Benjamin Statz,   John Dolan,   Redmond Lee,   Adam Levy,   Matt Affleck,   Brandon Steven,   Pascal LeFrancois,   Joseph Cheong

Level 30 Hour One Update: Johnny Lodden Eliminated

Jul 17, '10

NOTE: About 30 minutes of this level were played last night before action was called for the evening.

Blinds: 60,000-120,000 with a 15,000 ante

Players Remaining: 26 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 8,132,222

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Joseph Cheong — 24,490,000
2. Soi Nguyen — 23,100,000
3. Pascal LeFrancois — 17,900,000
4. Matthew Jarvis — 13,500,000
5. Jason Senti — 13,300,000
6. Jonathan Duhamel — 10,520,000
7. John Racener — 10,470,000
8. Filippo Candio — 10,020,000
9. Benjamin Statz — 9,885,000
10. Michiel Sijpkens — 7,900,000

Player Twitter Accounts

Michael Mizrachi
Adam Levy

Eliminations:

27. Johnny Lodden — $317,161

Big Hands:

Johnny Lodden Eliminated in 27th Place ($317,161)

Matt Affleck bet under the gun and Johnny Lodden moved all in for 1,470,000 from the button. Affleck called with the A10 and Lodden was in a coinflip with his 88. The flop was safe for Lodden as it came KQ2. However, Affleck picked up a gutshot straight draw. The 10 on the turn gave Affleck a pair of tens and put him way out in front. Lodden was in deep trouble. The 7 on the river was no help and Lodden was gone.

Lodden’s Main-Event finish was his only cash at the 2010 World Series of Poker.

Pascal LeFrancois Moves All In

Robert Pisano opened to 280,000 from early position. Pascal LeFrancois called. Action was folded to Adam Levy. He raised to 1,000,000. Pisano called. LeFrancois moved all in for around 15,500,000. Levy tanked for a couple minutes and folded. Pisano folded as well. LeFrancois was up to about 17,900,000 after the hand.

Patrick Eskandar Moves All In

Patrick Eskandar bet 275,000 from middle position. Soi Nguyen called from the cutoff. The flop came 443 and Eskandar moved all in for 1,780,000. Nguyen tanked before finally folding. Eskandar took the pot to increase his stack to 2,400,000.

Michael Mizrachi Climbing

Mads Wissing limped in for the small blind. Michael Mizrachi checked from the big blind. The flop came AJ2 and both players checked. The turn brought the 4 and Wissing bet 225,000. Mizrachi called. The river brought the 8 and Wissing bet 440,000. Mizrachi raised to 990,000. Wissing called. Mizrachi tabled the J8 for two pair and was good. Mizrachi was up to 8,300,000 after the hand. Wissing was down to 1,400,000.

William Thorson Moves All In

John Racener opened to 275,000. Action was folded to Thorson in the small blind. Thorson moved all in for about 4,000,000. Racener tanked before finally foldind his hand. Thorson was up to about 4,350,000 after the hand.

Left in the Deck:

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Player Tags: Johnny Lodden,   Adam Levy,   Matt Affleck,   Robert Pisano,   Patrick Eskandar

Level 28 Hour One Update: Tony Dunst Eliminated

Jul 16, '10

Blinds: 40,000-80,000 with a 10,000 ante ante

Players Remaining: 44 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 4,990,227

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Joseph Cheong — 12,900,000
2. William Thorson — 12,650,000
3. Theo Jorgensen — 10,400,000
4. Filippo Candio — 9,800,000
5. Gabe Costner — 8,285,000
6. Pascal LeFrancois — 8,100,000
7. John Racener — 8,100,000
8. Patrick Eskandar — 7,900,000
9. Bryn Kenney — 7,785,000
10. Benjamin Statz — 6,800,000

Player Twitter Accounts

Michael Mizrachi
Adam Levy

Notable Eliminations:

51. James Manning — $168,556
50. Tony Dunst — $168,556
49. Jacobo Fernandez — $168,556
James Fennell
Sergey Rybachenko

Big Hands:

Tony Dunst Eliminated by William Thorson

William Thorson opened to 200,000 from under the gun. Action was folded to Tony Dunst in the big blind. Dunst raised to 1,000,000, leaving himself just 75,000 behind. Thorson put Dunst all in and Dunst called. Dunst exposed the AQ and was in bad shape against the AK of Thorson. The board ran out 9-7-2-9-K and Dunst was gone. Thorson was up to 12,980,000 after the hand.

Matt Affleck Wins One

Matt Affleck opened and John Racener called from the big blind. The flop came A96 and Racener check-called 250,000 from Affleck. The Q on the turn prompted a check from both players. The 4 landed on the river and Racener checked. Affleck bet 575,000 and his opponent mucked. Affleck was up to 5,360,000 after the hand.

James Manning Eliminated

James Manning was all in preflop for 700,000 with the AK. He was called by the 7-7 of Sergey Rybachenko. The board ran out 9-9-3-4-3 and Manning was gone.

Adam Levy Doubles Up

Matthew Bucaric opened to 200,000 from the cutoff. Edward Ochana called on the button. Adam Levy moved all in for 1,885,000 from the small blind. Bucaric made the call. Ochana folded and Levy was at risk for his tournament life. Bucaric exposed the 99 while Levy tabled the AQ. The board ran out A33J2 and Levy doubled to 4,250,000. Bucaric was down to 5,600,000.

Ace-King Chop

Redmond Lee bet 225,000 from under the gun. Jakob Toestesen called from the small blind. The flop came K97. Toestesen checked. Lee bet 275,000. Toestesen check-raised to 800,000. Lee shoved. Toestesen called. Both players tabled A-K and the turn of the 10 removed any runner-runner draws. The pot was chopped.

Jacobo Fernandez Eliminated

Jacobo Fernandez moved all in for 650,000. Adam Levy moved all in over the top from the small blind with the KK. Fernandez exposed the A10 and was behind. The board ran out QJ5107 and Fernandez was gone. Levy was up to 4,950,000 after the hand.

Jason Senti Doubles Up

David Assouline and Jason Senti had all of the chips in preflop. Senti was all in for his tournament life for 1,800,000 with the K-K. Assouline exposed J-J and was behind. The flop was perfect for Senti as it came K-K-5, giving him quads. Assouline was drawing dead and was down to 4,100,000 after the hand. Senti was up to 3,750,000.

Theo Jorgensen Eliminates a Player

James Fennell got all his chips in the middle preflop with the 88 versus the 97and Theo Jorgensen. The flop was horrible for Fennell as it came 974. The A on the turn and 10 on the river made it official. Fennell was gone. Jorgensen was up 10,400,000 after the hand.

Sergey Rybachenko Eliminated

Sergey Rybachenko was all in with the KQ against the A9 of Cuong Nguyen. The board ran out 95387 and Rybachenko was gone. Nguyen was up to 7,700,000 after the hand.

Joseph Cheong Takes Chip Lead

Joseph Cheong bet 195,000 from late position. Evan Lamprea raised all in for around 1,600,000. Action was folded back to Cheong. He made the call with pocket tens and was up against the AJ of his opponent. The board ran out 97243 and Lamprea was gone. Cheong took the chip lead after the hand with 12,900,000.

David Baker Doubles Up

David Baker opened from late position. Evgeny Shnayder three-bet and Baker got his stack of 1,750,000 in the middle. Baker exposed the AK and was in great shape versus the A9 of his opponent. The board ran out safe for Baker and he doubled to 3,750,000. Shnayder was left with just 390,000.

Player Tags: David Baker,   Cuong Nguyen,   William Thorson,   Sergey Rybachenko,   Adam Levy,   Tony Dunst,   Matt Affleck,   Joseph Cheong,   Evgeny Shnayder,   David Assouline

Level 26 Hour Two: Clements Chips Up, Grinder Slips a Bit

Jul 16, '10

Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 64 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 3,378,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Tony Dunst – 1,020,000
Josh Brikis – 1,610,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Theo Jorgensen – 10,900,000
2. Patrick Eskandar – 8,500,000
3. John Racener – 8,500,000
4. Jonathan Driscoll – 6,980,000
5. Gabe Costner – 6,900,000
6. Filippo Candio – 6,600,000
7. Edward Ochana – 6,600,000
8. Cuong Nguyen – 6,300,000
9. William Thorson – 5,840,000
10. Matt Affleck – 5,465,000

Notable Eliminations:

72. Habib Khanis – $114,205
71. Richard Morgan – $114,205
70. Pierre Canali – $114,205
69. Marcel Cole – $114,205
68. Niklas Toorell – $114,205
67. Meenakshi Subramaniam – $114,205
66. John Armbrust – $114,205

Player Twitter Accounts

Josh Brikis
Michael Mizrachi

Big Hands:

Clements Takes One From Subramaniam

On a flop of 1033, Meenakshi Subramamaniam bet 175,000 into Scott Clements. Scott Clements made the call and they saw the 7 fall on the turn.

Subramaniam checked and Clements bet 200,000. Subramaniam made it 500,000 to go and Clements didn’t go anywhere, as he tossed in the extra 300,000. The river was the the 7 and both players checked.

Subramaniam showed KJ and Clements showed A8, giving him the pot. Clements is up to 2,700,000 and Subramaniam fell just below 1,000,000.

Lee Gets Best of Kostritsyn

Alexander Kostritsyn raised from early position and Redmond Lee made the call from the big blind. The two saw a flop heads-up of 679.

Lee led out into the preflop raiser for 175,000. Kostritsyn made the call and the J fell on the turn. Lee moved all-in and Kostritsyn released his hand, slipping to 2,950,000, while Lee chipped up to 2,170,000.

Parras Knocks Out Two

Richard Morgan raised under-the-gun and Habib Khanis three-bet all-in for his last 650,000. Eduardo Parras moved all-in for his 1,500,000 and Richard Morgan made the call, putting his own 1,300,000 stack into the middle. Parras had both players called as all three hands were turned face-up.

Morgan: KK
Khanis: QJ
Parras: AA

The flop came 922 and Parras was still way in the lead. The 8 on the turn gave Khanis a load of outs. The 7 on the river notched the win for Parras and Khanis and Morgan were eliminated.

Sijpkens Doubles Through the Grinder

Michael Mizrachi fired 200,000 on a fop of 655 and Michiel Sijpkens made it 480,000 to go. Mizrachi made the call and the 8 came on the turn.

Mizrachi checked and Sijpkens moved all-in for 1,375,000 and Mizrachi made the call. Mizrachi tabled 77 and needed to improve against the pocket queens of Sijpkens.

The river was the J and Sijpkens doubled up to 4,000,000 and Mizrachi dropped to 6,300,000.

Levy KO’s Canali

Pierre Canali got all-in preflop against Adam Levy. Levy tabled KK and Canali showed AK. The board ran out Q52410 and Levy chipped up to 2,750,000 as Canali was sent to the rail.

Baldwin Climbing

We caught up with this hand on the river with Ismail Erkenov leading out for 200,000 with the board reading 7J494. Eric Baldwin raised to 650,000 and Erkenov went deep into the tank.

After a while, Erkenov finally made the call and Baldwin pulled his chips back and tabled his hand as he showed JJ, good for a full house and the pot. Baldwin climbs to 3,100,000 and Erkenov fell to 900,000.

Racener Straightens Out

Duy Le raised to 120,000 from middle position and John Racner three-bet to 310,000. Le made the call and they saw a flop of 1098 and Racener led out for 375,000 and was called by Le.

The turn was the 7 and both players checked. The 4 fell on the river and that prompted Le to bet 425,000 and Racener made the call.

Le showed 1010, but Racener showed 63, giving him a straight and the pot. Racener moves to 8,500,000 and Le dropped to 3,950,000.

Marcel Cole Eliminated

Marcel moved his last 905,000 into the middle from under-the-gun with 88 and it folded around to Nicolas Babel on the button who made the call after some thought with AK.

The board ran out A4232 and Babel received the knockout and some chips to move him to 2,670,000, while Cole is on his way to the payout line.

Jetten Finds a Double

John Dolan rasied to 115,000 and Edward Ochana made the call. Peter Jetten then squeezed all-in for 780,000. Dolan made the call and Ochana got out of the way.

Jetten tabled QQ and Dolan needed to improve with his AJ. The board came 29986 and Jetten’s queens stayed in the lead and he doubled up to 1,700,000. Dolan fell to 1,400,000.

Baldwin Drops a Big One

On a flop of 973, Eric Baldwin checked over to Theo Jorgensen who bet 375,000 and Baldwin made the call.

The turn was the Q and both players checked and saw the 2 fall on the river. Baldwin now led out for 620,000 and Jorgensen made the call.

Baldwin tabled 1010, but couldn’t top Jorgensen’s KK. Baldwin is at 1,670,000 and Jorgensen is now at 10,750,000.

Meenakshi Subramaniam Eliminated

On the turn the board read 66J2 and Cuong Nguyen bet out 325,000. Meenakshi Subramaniam raised to 800,000. Nguyen called and the A filled out the board.

Subramaniam moved all-in for 900,000 and Nguyen made the call. Subramaniam showed 88 and was eliminated when Nguyen showed the A2.

Jetten Doubles Up Fernandez

Peter Jetten raised on the button to 125,000. Jacobo Fernandez three-bet to 475,000 from the big blind. Jetten moved all-in and Fernandez made the call.

Fernandez showed J10 and was racing against Jetten’s 55. The flop came AJ10 and Jetten was going to need to hit his two outer to eliminated Fernandez.

Jetten couldn’t find a five on the turn or the river and slipped to 900,000. Fernandez doubled up to 1,600,000.

John Armbrust Eliminated

John Armbrust made it 125,000 under-the-gun and Redmond Lee moved all-in on the button. Armbrust made the call and was at risk of elimination.

Armbrust showed AK and Lee held JJ. The flop was 1022, keeping Lee in the lead until the dealer peeled A on the turn. Lee threw his head back in dismay but the J on the river saved Lee and eliminated Armbrust.

Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi,   Scott Clements,   Peter Jetten,   Duy Le,   Eric Baldwin,   John Racener,   Adam Levy,   Alexander Kostritsyn

Level 23, Hour Two: Dunst Loses Heartbreaker, Last Woman Standing Eliminated

Jul 15, '10

Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante

Players Remaining: 115 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 1,909,304

Card Player Chip Counts:

Andrew Brokos – 1,230,000
Tony Dunst – 910,000
Josh Brikis – 2,800,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Joseph Cheong – 5,540,000
2. John Racener – 5,360,000
3. Michael Mizrachi – 5,200,000
4. Matthew Jarvis – 4,600,000
5. Robert Pisano – 4,560,000
6. Jonathan Driscoll – 4,500,000
7. James Fennell – 4,450,000
8. Bryn Kenney – 4,300,000
9. Damien Luis – 4,000,000
10. Theo Jorgensen – 3,900,000

Notable Eliminations:

116. Robert Mizrachi — $57,102
118. Karga Holt — $57,102

Player Twitter Accounts

Jean-Robert Bellande
Tristan Wade
Josh Brikis
Christian Harder
Michael Mizrachi

Big Hands:

Dunst Cut In Half In Heartbreaking Pot

Ian Gordon moved all in for a little over 1 million and Tony Dunst snapped him off. Gordon turned over AQ but was dominated by Dunst’s AA.

Another player at the table announced he mucked the case A and that proved crushing as the flop fell QQ5, giving Gordon trip queens and a lock on the hand.

Dunst was drawing dead and to add insult to injury, the board finished off 2 and 2 to give Gordon a full house. Gordon doubled to 2 million while Dunst lost half of his stack, slipping to 900,000.

Guan Eliminated

Javier Martinez raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and Mozheng Guan repopped to 84,000 from the button. Martinez called and the flop came down A108.

Martinez led with 110,000 and Guan moved in for 480,000. Martinez made the call and turned over AQ for top pair and a club draw. Guan showed A6 for top pair and he was in trouble.

The turn was the 3 and the river was the 5, giving Martinez the flush and Guan was out.

Baldwin Makes It A Man’s World

Breeze Zuckerman, the last woman standing, moved all in preflop and Eric Baldwin looked her up from the button.

Baldwin: AA
Zuckerman: K10

Baldwin had Zuckerman in bad shape, but the flop gave her some help when it fell K75. The turn was the J, offering no help and the river sealed her fate when the Q showed up and Zuckerman was out. Baldwin was at 1.3 million after the hand.

Baker Doubles Up

David Baker moved all in for 200,000 preflop and David Assouline looked him up. Baker turned over 109 and was live against Assouline’s AJ.

The board ran out Q9884 to give Baker a pair of nines and the double up. He was at 480,000 after the hand while Assouline slipped to 1.1 million.

Panny Rides Into The Sunset

Sebastian Panny and Matthew Jarvis tangled in a huge pot that saw Panny all in preflop. Here were their hands:

Panny: 1010
Jarvis: KK

Panny was in trouble and the flop came K105 to give both players a set. The turn was a blank in the 9 and the river was the K, giving Jarvis quads.

Panny, who was in the top 10 chip counts early in the day, was sent crashing to the rail. Jarvis was at 4.6 million.

Pettit Gets Short, Then Busts

Michael Pettit found the bulk of his chips in the middle against Jacob Tyler after the flop fell KJ6.

Pettit was left with just 8,000 after Tyler was all in and Pettit tabled 109 for a straight flush draw. Tyler held J10 for middle pair.

The flush or straight never came and Pettit lost the pot. He would bust a few hands later.

Ruthless

Gualter Salles was all in preflop against Adam Levy. The cards were then turned over.

Salles: AJ
Levy: AQ

Levy was dominating and he put a vice-grip on the hand when the flop fell Q72. The board finished off 4 and 5 and Levy scored the knockout. He was at 2.15 million.

Oh Brother Where Art Thou?

The 2010 Main Event is down to one Mizrachi brother. Robert Mizrachi moved in for his last 196,000 from under the gun and Josue Sauvageau made the call from the cutoff.

Mizrachi: A10
Sauvageau: AK

Mizrachi was dominated and the flop brought no help as it fell J73. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 9, sending Mizrachi to the rail.

Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi,   Eric Baldwin,   Ian Gordon,   Gualter Salles,   Adam Levy,   Tony Dunst,   Javier Martinez,   Sebastian Panny,   Mozheng Guan,   Breeze Zuckerman,   Josue Sauvageau

Level 22, Hour One: Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up, Johnny Chan Eliminated

Jul 15, '10

Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante

Players Remaining: 154 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 1,425,779

Card Player Chip Counts:

Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000
Tony Dunst – 915,000
Josh Brikis – 2,800,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Robert Pisano – 5,600,000
2. John Racener – 4,500,000
3. Damien Luis – 4,450,000
4. Michael Mizrachi – 3,900,000
5. Joseph Cheong – 3,830,000
6. Theo Jorgensen – 3,800,000
7. Michael Skender – 3,300,000
8. Matt Affleck – 3,120,000
9. Sebastian Panny – 3,100,000
10. Fokke Beukers – 3,050,000

Notable Eliminations:

156. Johnny Chan — $57,102
181. Jameson Singer — $47,847
183. Dragan Galic — $47,847

Player Twitter Accounts

Jean-Robert Bellande
Tristan Wade
Josh Brikis
Christian Harder
Michael Mizrachi

Big Hands:

Robert Betters Robert

Robert Mizrachi moved all in for 239,000 from the big blind and he was called by Robert Pisando from the small blind. Here were their cards.

Mizrachi: AQ
Pisano: A3

Mizrachi was dominating and the flop left him freerolling when it fell KJ10, giving Mizrachi Broadway. Pisano could only tie but the board finished off K and 3 and Mizrachi doubled to about 500,000. Pisano was at 4.05 million.

Chamberlain Surrenders The Double

Daniel Chamberlain raised to 44,000 from the cutoff and Gabriel Nassif moved in for 456,000 from the button. Chamberlain looked him up and the cards were turned over.

Chamberlain: A9
Nassif: AQ

Chamberlain was dominated and needed some help with a nine or some spades. The flop board ran out with all black cards, but they were the wrong suit for Chamberlain as it ran Q1044K. Nassif scored the double up and he was up to 969,000.

Kostritsyn Drops A Pot

Picking up the action after the board had run out 752KJ, Alexander Kostritsyn fired 325,000 into a pot of about 470,000.

Mozheng Guan made the call and turned over 76 for top pair on the flop. It was good as Kostritsyn mucked and Guan took the pot.

Guan was up to 1.4 million while Kostritsyn slipped to 2.4 million.

Bracy Gets Jacked Up

Tony Bracy moved all in for 97,000 preflop and Redmond Lee decided to raise to 200,000. The isolation play worked as everyone else mucked and the hands were turned over.

Bracy: 66
Lee: JJ

Lee was dominating and the flop fell QJ8, giving Lee a set. Bracy needed some runners to a flush or quads but the K on the turn left him drawing dead. The river was the 4 and Lee scored the knockout. He was up to 1.33 million.

Lodden Breaches Two Million

Johnny Lodden raised to 50,000 from late position and Denis Pisarev made the call from the button. The flop fell A102 and Lodden checked.

Pisarev fired 65,000 and Lodden made the call. The turn was the 2 and both players checked. The river was the 7 and Lodden led out with 205,000. Pisarev made a quick call but Lodden turned over A7 for two pair and Pisarev mucked.

Lodden took down a nice pot and he was at 2 million in chips.

Affleck And Harder Tangle

Matt Affleck raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button next door. The two saw a flop of 985 and Affleck led for 65,000.

Harder made the call and the turn was the A. Affleck fired another 115,000 into the pot and it was enough to take it down as Harder mucked.

Affleck took the pot and he was at 3.1 million. Harder slipped to 1.11 million.

Singer Blasted Away

Jameson Singer moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Derek Gibb decided to look him up. Here were their cards:

Singer: 75
Gibb: AK

Singer had two live cards but they were as good as dead when the flop fell AA4. Singer needed running cards but his running shoes were shot off his feet when the A on the turn gave Gibb quads and left Singer drawing dead.

The meaningless river was the 4 and Singer was eliminated.

Jorgensen With The Knockout

Diogo Borges was all in for 520,000 preflop against Theo Jorgensen preflop. Here were their cards.

Jorgensen: AQ
Borges: KQ

Borges was dominated and the board ran out AK7QQ10, giving both players two pair but Jorgensen the better end of it. Borges was out and Jorgensen was at 3.8 million.

Kenney Doing The Killing Around Here

Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q105 and there was about 500,000 already in the pot.

Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000 and Bryn Kenney made the call to put him at risk.

Kenney: KQ
Figueiredo: AA

Kenney flopped top pair but was up against the pocket aces of his opponent. But the turn was the Q, giving Kenney trips and leaving Figueiredo one step closer to the door. The river was the 7 and Kenney scored the improbable knockout. He was up to 3.38 million.

Binette Goes Boom

Francois Binette and Michal Wywrot each put in three-bets before they saw a J102 flop.

Wywrot fired 162,000 and Binette shoved for 750,000. Wywrot made the call and he turned over AA. Binette was drawing to a straight with KQ.

But the turn was the Q and the river was the J, giving Binette little help and he was out. Wywrot was up to 1.7 million.

Tran Takes A Pot, But Takes Penalty For It

Jonathan Driscoll raised it up to 44,000 from the hijack and Theo Tran made the call from the big blind. He then turned over his A-5, thinking he was all in.

The floor was called and Tran’s hand was ruled live. The flop then came down A54 and Driscoll mucked immediately. Tran took the pot and was at 170,000.

However, since Tran exposed his hand, he was given a one-round penalty.

Siegel Eliminated

Jordan Siegel moved all in for 268,000 and he was looked up by Jared Ingles in the hijack. Siegel turned over A9 but was trailing Ingles’ QQ.

The board ran out K53103 and Siegel was eliminated.

David Benyamine Doubles Up

Evan Lamprea raised from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in another raise from the button. Lamprea moved enough chips into the middle to put Benyamine all in and he made the call.

Benyamine: KK
Lamprea: J7

Benyamine was dominating and the flop fell Q94, giving Benyamine four to a flush. It also took away a few of Lamprea’s outs and he was left drawing dead when the 9 came on the turn.

The river was the Q and Benyamine doubled to 800,000 while Lamprea slipped to 2.58 million.

Levy Drops A Pot

Gualter Salles raised to 50,000 preflop and Adam Levy made it 142,000 to go from the small blind. Salles called and the flop fell A53.

Salles fired 100,000 and Levy made the call. The turn was the 10 and Salles bet 300,000. Levy released his hand and dropped to 945,000.

Johnny Chan Eliminated

Johnny Chan and pocket aces did not get along today. He lost a huge pot when he ran his kings into Robert Pisano’s aces during the first level and had a similar situation when he busted out.

Chan open-shoved for 550,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Driscoll snapped him off from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over.

Chan: JJ
Driscoll: AA

Chan fell victim to the aces again and the board ran out 76357 and Chan was eliminated.

Grinder Making The Charge

Duy Le raised to 40,000 preflop and Getty Mattingsley popped it to 105,000. Mizrachi made the call from the small blind and Le also tagged along.

The flop fell 1084 and everyone checked. The turn was the K and Mattingsley fired 176,000. Both opponents called and the river was the 5.

Le bet 500,000 this time and Mattigsley fled. Mizrachi decided to look him up after a session in the tank and Le tabled J9 for a whole lot of nothing. Mizrachi showed 77 for just sevens, but it was good for the pot and he was at 3.9 million.

Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi,   David Benyamine,   Michael Mizrachi,   Johnny Chan,   Jordan Siegel,   Gabriel Nassif,   Theo Tran,   Duy Le,   Johnny Lodden,   Bryn Kenney,   Adam Levy,   Alexander Kostritsyn,   Robert Pisano,   Mozheng Guan,   Daniel Chamberlain

Level 14, Hour Two: Levy in the Lead

Jul 13, '10

Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante

Players Remaining: 927 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 236,861

Card Player Chip Counts

Adam Schoenfeld — 115,000
Jon Freidberg — 82,000
Shannon Shorr — 290,000
Tony Dunst — 356,200
Matt Matros — 312,400
Josh Brikis — 475,000
Andrew Brokos — 465,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Filippo Candio – 895,000
2. Duy Le – 891,000
3. Matthew Brown – 880,000
4. Adam Levy – 835,000
5. Johnny Lodden – 770,000
6. Rafal Michalowski – 750,000
7. Max Casal – 735,000
8. Matt Affleck – 733,000
9. Michael Maitre – 707,000
10. Benjamin Straate – 690,000

Notable Eliminations:

David Sands
Tyler Kenney
Jonathan Aguiar

Big Hands:

Roothlus Jumps Into Chip Lead

At the very end of the last level and right before the break, Adam Levy played a monster pot.

Adam Levy and Fabien Dunlop got in five bets prefop and saw a flop of 1092 and Dunlop checked over to Levy, who bet 80,000. Dunlop shoved all-in and Levy snap-called.

Dunlop showed A2 and Levy tabled AA. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 3, which puts Levy at the top of the chip counts with 820,000.

Tyler Kenney Eliminated

It looks like the Kenney brothers won’t be able to mirror the Mizrachi brothers and get to the final table as Tyler Kenney has been eliminated. Before the break he got a bunch of chips in with pocket queens and lost to the pocket eights of his opponent and was unable to have his hand hold.

That hand left him with just 40,000 in chips and after the break, Kenney found all of his chips in the middle with A9 against the AK of Tom Kallaway.

The board bricked off for Kenney and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Corkins Spikes It On The Flop

A player in seat 1 moved all in for 68,300 and Hoyt Corkins eventually threw in a call with the ESPN cameras watching.

“I hope you’ve got tens,” Corkins said. “I wanna be racing.”

It was the worst-case scenario for Corkins as his AJ was dominated by seat 1’s AK.

But the flop turned the tables as it fell J95 to give Corkins the lead. The A on the turn gave him two pair and the 2 on the river cemented the hand for Corkins. He scored the knockout and he was at 533,000.

Shorr Makes The Right Fold

The player in the small blind moved all in for 46,700 after Shannon Shorr had put in a raise preflop. Shorr took a long session in the tank contemplating what to do.

“Just go away,” the small blind said.

“Go away?” Shorr replied.

“Yes, go away,” the small blind reiterated. “Or call, whatever works.”

Shorr gave a grin but then flung his pocket eights into the muck. He was rewarded by the small blind as he tabled AA. Shorr was down to 290,000.

Kostritsyn Turns Rags To Riches

We picked up the action after the board had run out Q429Q. Alexander Kostritsyn fired 6,500 into a pot holding about 30,000 and his opponent mulled over the call.

He eventually threw it in and Kostritsyn tabled the lowly 32 for queens and deuces. It was more than enough, however, as his opponent mucked.

Kostritsyn raked in a nice pot and he was up to 590,000.

Sands Turns To Ash

David Sands raised preflop and Filippo Candio repopped to 17,400. Sands then shoved for 70,000 and Candio made the call.

Sands: KK
Candio: AA

Sands was the victim of a cooler and the board ran out 1010465, holding the aces and sending Sands to the rail.

Galfond Straightens One Out

After the flop came down J76, Phil Galfond bet 23,000 and his opponent made the call. The turn was the 8 and both players checked.

The river brought the 10, putting out four cards to a straight. The other player fired 76,000 and Galfond responded by moving all in. His opponent called off his last 220,000 and Galfond tabled J9 for the jack-high straight.

His opponent showed his counterfeited straight, 54, and he made his way to the rail as Galfond took in a huge pot. He was up to 545,000.

Failla Gets Paid, Literally

Will Failla and his opponent got in 31,000 in the middle preflop and saw a flop of Q72.

Failla checked over to his opponent, who bet 35,000. Failla thought for a few seconds before going all-in for 150,000 more.

“Why would you check and let me bet that flop,” said his opponent. “It makes no sense.”

“I’ve been full of it before,” said Failla.

His opponent eventually folded and showed the Q as he let his hand go. Failla offered to show his hand for $20. His opponent immediately reached into his pocket for 20 bucks, handed it over, and was promptly shown KK.

Schoenberg Scores a Double

Erica Schoenberg got all in from the big blind against the player on the button.

The button showed A2 and Schoenberg showed AJ. Thee board ran out 10982Q and Schoenberg doubled up to 85,000, giving her a tiny bit of breathing room.

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Phil Galfond,   Shannon Shorr,   David Sands,   Will Failla,   Adam Levy,   Alexander Kostritsyn,   Tyler Kenney