Level 18 Update
Dec 17, '08
Scoreboard
Level: 18
Blinds/Antes: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Left: 27 of 497
Average: 771,000
Notable Chip Counts
Nick Schulman - 2,140,000
Steven Landfish - 1,850,000
Hunter Frey - 1,460,000
Jack Wu - 1,135,000
Robert Mizrachi - 1,100,000
In the Money Eliminations
$36,030
34th: Mark Teltscher
33rd: Daniel O'Brien
32nd: Jared Rubin
31st: Luke "IWEARGOGGLES" Staudenmaier
$43,235
30th: David Oppenheim
29th: Bradley Berman
28th: Yehuda Yerushalaim
Big Hands:
Mark Teltscher Runs Into Aces
A short stacked Mark Teltscher was looking to double up but ran into the pocket aces of David Benyamine. Teltscher's flight back to London will have to wait, seeing as McCarran Airport has cancelled most of tonite's flight due to the amount of snow in the area.
Steve Landfish Makes a Nice Call
Sitting with just top pair, Steven Landfish called all in holding just top pair of aces on a scary board of A
Q
4
J
4
. Luke Staudenmaier could only showdown a pair of fives and Lanfish took the pot, giving him a stack of 1.5 million. Staudenmaier dropped down to 265,000.
Dan O'Brien Eliminated
Dan O'Brien was all in with A
J
against Steve Sung's dominated A
10
. The board ran out 9
7
2
9
5
to give Sung a runner-runner flush and eliminate O'Brien.
Mike Matusow Doubles Up
Mike Matusow moved all in from the button with A
J
only to run into Mohlsin Charania's A
Q
. The flop gave Matusow the jack he needed and he doubled up to 500,000 in chips.
Luke Staudenmaier, David Oppenheim Bust
Tom Pniak was all in and barely covered by David Oppenheim. Luke Staudenmaier was also all in and short. Staudenmaier showed A
J
, Oppenheim showed Q
Q
and Pniak showed K
K
. The board filled out K
Q
5
9
8
and Pniak's top set was enough to bust Staudenmaier and leave Oppenheim crippled with just 14,000. Oppenheim was eliminated on the next hand by Hunter Frey. Pniak now has over 800,000.
Player Tags: Tom Pniak, Steven Landfish, David Oppenheim, David Benyamine, Mike Matusow, Steve Sung, Mark Teltscher, Daniel O'Brien, Luke Staudenmaier