Level 20 Update
Dec 17, '08
Scoreboard
Level: 20
Blinds/Antes: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Left: 18 of 497
Average: 1,242,500
Notable Chip Counts
Ben Straate - 2,600,000
Justin Young - 2,100,000
Brett Richey - 1,940,000
Evan McNiff - 1,530,000
Mike Matusow - 1,470,000
In the Money Eliminations
$43,235
23rd: John Hennigan
22nd: Jacobo Fernandez
21st: Hunter "HEMIpwrSWT" Frey
$57,635
20th: "Captain" Tom Franklin
19th: Steven Landfish
Big Hands:
John Hennigan Busts
After doubling up Jack Wu, a short stacked John Hennigan was eliminated from the tournament in 23rd place.
Mike Matusow Doubles Through Jacobo Fernandez, Who Later Busts
Mike Matusow was all in preflop with pocket kings against Jacobo Fernandez and his pocket nines. The board ran out safely for Matusow and he doubled up to 1.2 million. Fernandez was left with just six big blinds and was eliminated a few hands later when Amnon Filippi rivered a flush.
Hunter Frey Out
Short stacked Hunter Frey was all in holding Q
J against Brett Richey's 9
7. The board came K98
5
2 and Frey was eliminated in 21st place.
Captain Tom Ships Out
Captain Tom Franklin was all in holding pocket queens on a flop of KJ10. Ben Straate made the call with top set of kings. Franklin needed to make his open-ended straight draw to double up but the turn and river came runner-runner deuces to give Straate a full house and the pot. Franklin was eliminated in 20th place.
Steven Landfish Goes From Chip Leader to Out
Despite holding the chip lead for about an hour earlier in the day, Steven Landfish was eliminated when his pocket sixes lost a race to Hoyt Corkins AQ. The board gave Corkins a full house and Landfish was eliminated in 19th place. After he cashed out, the final 18 players redrew for the final two tables.
Player Tags: Tom Franklin, Mike Matusow, John Hennigan, Brett Richey, Jacobo Fernandez, Hunter Frey, Ben Straate
Level 17 Update
Dec 17, '08
Scoreboard
Level: 17
Blinds/Antes: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Left: 34 of 497
Average: 639,000
Notable Chip Counts
Hunter Frey - 1,970,000
Nick Schulman - 1,800,000
Jack Wu - 1,440,000
Chino Rheem - 1,180,000
Justin Young - 1,150,000
In the Money Eliminations
$36,030
40th: Elizabeth Montizanti
39th: Jonathan Little
38th: Barry Greenstein
37th: Abe Mosseri
36th: Mike McClain
35th: Arthur Azen
Big Hands:
Barry Greenstein Eliminated in 38th Place ($36,030)
Barry Greenstein was just knocked out of the tournament when his pocket sevens ran into the pocket queens of John Hennigan. The board delivered yet another queen to Hennigain and Greenstein was eliminated in 38th place.
Abe Mosseri Eliminated in 37th Place ($36,030)
Abe Mosseri was eliminated when his Q-9 ran into the pocket aces of Robert Mizrachi on a flop of Q-7-2. The turn and river brought no help and Mosseri was knocked out of play in 37th place.
Steve Sung Doubles Up Through Clonie Gowen
Steve Sung moved all in preflop for 266,000 and Clonie Gowen called him down. They flipped up their hands and Sung held AJ. Gowen held A10 and the board ran out K7369. Sung doubled up and Gowen fell to 1.03 million.
Arthur Azen Eliminated in 35th Place ($36,030)
Arthur Azen moved all in on a board of KJ37 holding Q4 in the hole. Hunter Frey called him down with A9 though, and he sent Azen to the rail in 35th place.
Nick Schulman Makes a Great Call
Evan McNiff bet 150,000 from the cutoff on a board of A743 and Nick Schulman made the call. The river was dealt 7 and McNiff bet 327,000. Schulman went into the tank for several minutes and counted out the chips needed to make the call. He eventually moved them into the middle and McNiff turned up 42. Schulman turned up AJ to win the large pot and sky rocket his chip stack up to 1.8 million, which is good for second on the leader board. McNiff was knocked down to just over a million.
Left in the Deck:
Final Four Tables
The tournament is now down to four tables, and all of them are quite stacked with professional talent. There is nowhere left to hide in this tournament and there has been a lot of action and big bets.
Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Barry Greenstein, Clonie Gowen, John Hennigan, Abe Mosseri, Arthur Azen, Steve Sung, Hunter Frey
Artem Ivanenko raises in early position and Hunter Frey moves all in behind him. Adam Katz asks for a count in the big blind before calling and Ivanenko gets out of the way.