David Levi Poker Tournament Updates

Final Table Update: Karina Jett Eliminated In 4th Place, Levi 3rd

Jun 17, '10

Blinds: 10,000 ante, 10,000 bring-in, 40,000-80,000 limits

Players Left: 2 out of 644

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. David Warga – 2,300,000
2. Maxwell Troy – 300,000

Average Stack: 966,000

Notable Eliminations:

4. Karina Jett — $60,588
3. David Levi — $87,400

Big Hands:

Karina Jett Eliminated In Fourth Place ($60,588)

Once a 2-1 chip leader at the final table, Karina Jett found herself with a severe short stack. She managed to hang on, doubling up a few times but she finally ran into Maxwell Troy. Here were their boards:

Jett: 988AJ77
Troy: QQ37K5K

Jett made two pair but Troy’s kings and queens were better and Jett made her way to the exit.

David Levi Eliminated In Third Place ($87,400)

David Levi was all in for his last 100,000 on third street against chip-leader David Warga.

Levi started with a pair of tens and hit two pair on fifth street when he paired threes. But Warga hit two pair of his own, KK55.

Levi could not squeeze out his miracle on seventh street and he was eliminated.

Player Tags: David Levi,   David Warga,   Karina Jett,   Maxwell Troy

Final Table Update: Chris Tryba Eliminated In 7th Place, Bascom 6th Place, George 5th

Jun 16, '10

Blinds: 7,000 ante, 10,000 bring-in, 30,000-60,000 limits

Players Left: 4 out of 644

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. David Levi – 655,000
2. Maxwell Troy – 655,000
3. David Warga – 500,000
4. Karina Jett – 400,000

Average Stack: 579,600

Notable Eliminations:

7. Chris Tryba — $22,926
6. Jonathan Bascom — $31,046
5. Christopher George — $42,913

Big Hands:

Chris Tryba Eliminated In Seventh Place ($22,926)

Chris Tryba found himself all in after fifth street against Christopher George. Here is how their boards ran out:

Tryba: (83Q)631010
George: (999)487A

Tryba made two pair on sixth street only to have George catch a third nine on seventh street and Tryba made his way to the rail.

Jonathan Bascom Eliminated In Sixth Place ($31,046)

Jonathan Bascom was all in on third street against Maxwell Troy and David Warga. Troy eventually bet Warga out and isolated the all-in Bascom. Here were their boards:

Bascom: (AQ10)38510
Troy: (KK6)366A

Troy started with kings in the hole and improved to a full house, easily defeating Bascom’s pair of tens. There was no low hand and Bascom was eliminated.

Christopher George Eliminated In Fifth Place ($42,913)

Christopher George was all in by fifth street and was up against David Levi and Karina Jett. Here were their boards:

Levi: (22K)488A
George: (258)A2J10
Jett: 364J(muck)

Levi and Jett continued betting on the side, but Jett could not defeat Levi’s two pair and mucked. George could not get his fifth spade and was sent to the rail.

Player Tags: David Levi,   Karina Jett,   Maxwell Troy,   Christopher Tryba,   Christopher George,   Jonathan Bascom

Final Day Begins at 3:00 PST

Jun 16, '10

23 players remain out of the 644 that entered the tournament.

The average chip stack is 126,000.

The field reached the money yesterday. 22nd place will make $5,607, with first place taking home $208,682

Notables still remaining include David Levi, Katrina Jett, Blair Rodman, Kevin MacPhee and Brandon Cantu. David Levi is near the top of the chip counts.

Player Twitter Accounts:

Brandon Cantu

Action will conclude with a winner.

Stay tuned to Card Player for action from the Rio!

Here are the chip counts heading to the final day:

Player Tags: David Levi

End of Day 2

Jun 16, '10

23 players remain out of the 644 that entered the tournament.

The average chip stack is 126,000.

The field reached the money today. 22nd place will make $5,607, with first place taking home $208,682

Notables still remaining include David Levi, Katrina Jett, Blair Rodman, Kevin MacPhee and Brandon Cantu. David Levi is near the top of the chip counts.

Player Twitter Accounts:

Brandon Cantu

Players will be back tomorrow at 3:00 PST to play down to a winner.

Player Tags: David Levi

Final Table Update: Karina Jett Eliminated In 4th Place, Levi 3rd

Jun 17, '10

Blinds: 10,000 ante, 10,000 bring-in, 40,000-80,000 limits

Players Left: 2 out of 644

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. David Warga – 2,300,000
2. Maxwell Troy – 300,000

Average Stack: 966,000

Notable Eliminations:

4. Karina Jett — $60,588
3. David Levi — $87,400

Big Hands:

Karina Jett Eliminated In Fourth Place ($60,588)

Once a 2-1 chip leader at the final table, Karina Jett found herself with a severe short stack. She managed to hang on, doubling up a few times but she finally ran into Maxwell Troy. Here were their boards:

Jett: 988AJ77
Troy: QQ37K5K

Jett made two pair but Troy’s kings and queens were better and Jett made her way to the exit.

David Levi Eliminated In Third Place ($87,400)

David Levi was all in for his last 100,000 on third street against chip-leader David Warga.

Levi started with a pair of tens and hit two pair on fifth street when he paired threes. But Warga hit two pair of his own, KK55.

Levi could not squeeze out his miracle on seventh street and he was eliminated.

Player Tags: David Levi,   David Warga,   Karina Jett,   Maxwell Troy

Final Table Update: Chris Tryba Eliminated In 7th Place, Bascom 6th Place, George 5th

Jun 16, '10

Blinds: 7,000 ante, 10,000 bring-in, 30,000-60,000 limits

Players Left: 4 out of 644

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. David Levi – 655,000
2. Maxwell Troy – 655,000
3. David Warga – 500,000
4. Karina Jett – 400,000

Average Stack: 579,600

Notable Eliminations:

7. Chris Tryba — $22,926
6. Jonathan Bascom — $31,046
5. Christopher George — $42,913

Big Hands:

Chris Tryba Eliminated In Seventh Place ($22,926)

Chris Tryba found himself all in after fifth street against Christopher George. Here is how their boards ran out:

Tryba: (83Q)631010
George: (999)487A

Tryba made two pair on sixth street only to have George catch a third nine on seventh street and Tryba made his way to the rail.

Jonathan Bascom Eliminated In Sixth Place ($31,046)

Jonathan Bascom was all in on third street against Maxwell Troy and David Warga. Troy eventually bet Warga out and isolated the all-in Bascom. Here were their boards:

Bascom: (AQ10)38510
Troy: (KK6)366A

Troy started with kings in the hole and improved to a full house, easily defeating Bascom’s pair of tens. There was no low hand and Bascom was eliminated.

Christopher George Eliminated In Fifth Place ($42,913)

Christopher George was all in by fifth street and was up against David Levi and Karina Jett. Here were their boards:

Levi: (22K)488A
George: (258)A2J10
Jett: 364J(muck)

Levi and Jett continued betting on the side, but Jett could not defeat Levi’s two pair and mucked. George could not get his fifth spade and was sent to the rail.

Player Tags: David Levi,   Karina Jett,   Maxwell Troy,   Christopher Tryba,   Christopher George,   Jonathan Bascom

Final Day Begins at 3:00 PST

Jun 16, '10

23 players remain out of the 644 that entered the tournament.

The average chip stack is 126,000.

The field reached the money yesterday. 22nd place will make $5,607, with first place taking home $208,682

Notables still remaining include David Levi, Katrina Jett, Blair Rodman, Kevin MacPhee and Brandon Cantu. David Levi is near the top of the chip counts.

Player Twitter Accounts:

Brandon Cantu

Action will conclude with a winner.

Stay tuned to Card Player for action from the Rio!

Here are the chip counts heading to the final day:

Player Tags: David Levi

End of Day 2

Jun 16, '10

23 players remain out of the 644 that entered the tournament.

The average chip stack is 126,000.

The field reached the money today. 22nd place will make $5,607, with first place taking home $208,682

Notables still remaining include David Levi, Katrina Jett, Blair Rodman, Kevin MacPhee and Brandon Cantu. David Levi is near the top of the chip counts.

Player Twitter Accounts:

Brandon Cantu

Players will be back tomorrow at 3:00 PST to play down to a winner.

Player Tags: David Levi

Level 12 Update: Torelli Crosses Million Mark

Jul 16, '09

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

Players Remaining: 67 out of 268

Chip Counts:

1. Alec Torelli — 1,100,000
2. Faraz Jaka — 660,000
3. Vivek Rajkumar — 510,000
4. Anthony Spinella — 490,000
5. Ray Henson — 460,000
6. Sam Stein — 455,000
7. Terry Fleischer — 448,000
8. Tommy Hang — 390,000
9. David Levi — 375,000
10. Cornel Andrew Cimpan — 365,000

Average Chip Count: 240,000

Notable Eliminations:

David Baker
Daniel Drescher
Tony Dunst
Owen Crowe
Surinder Sunar
Justin Filtz
Philippe Rouas
Steve Gross

Hand of the Level:

David Levi Doubles Up and Cripples Steve Gross

On a flop of A74, both David Levi and Steve Gross checked. The turn was the 2 and Levi checked. Gross bet 28,000 and Levi check-raised to 70,000.

Gross decided to call and the river was the 9. Levi moved all in for his last 81,000 and Gross called with A-4 for a slowplayed two pair. Unfortunately for the Online Player of the Year candidate, Levi showed down A7 for a better two pair.

After the hand, Gross was left with just 40,000 while Levi moved up to 375,000. Gross was eliminated shortly afterwards.

Player Tags: David Levi,   Steve Gross

Level 18 Hour 2 Update: J.C. Tran Doubles Up

Jul 12, '09

Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante

Players Remaining: 305 out of 6,494

Chip Counts:

1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000
2. Ben Lamb – 2,000,000
3. Ludovic Lacay – 1,850,000
4. Kevin Schaffel – 1,760,000
5. Bernhard Perner – 1,675,000
6. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000
7. James Akenhead – 1,572,000
8. Charlie Elias – 1,540,000
9. Miika Puumalainen – 1,492,000
10. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Jeff Shulman – 575,000

Average Chip Count: 624,423

Notable Eliminations:

David Levi
Andrew Black
Sorel Mizzi

Big Hands:

J.C Tran Doubles

After Nasr El Nasr raised to 20,000 preflop, J.C. Tran raised all in for his last 109,000. Steven Doebler was next to act and repopped to 200,000 total. Nasr folded and the cards were turned up.

Doebler tabled AQ and was disgusted when Tran showed AK. The flop came down 544. “I’ll take another pair,” Doebler said. The turn was the 3 and there were straight possibilities. But the river was the 6 and Tran doubled up to almost 230,000. “One more time,” Tran said as he raked in the chips.

David Levi Busts

David Levi moved all in for his last 30,000 preflop with 70,000 already in the pot. He was called by the Clayton Newman. Levi turned over AQ while Newman tabled 1010.

The flop came down K104, giving Newman a set but Levi a broadway draw. The turn was the J and Levi hit his straight, but the K on the river filled up Newman and Levi was gone.

Benyamine Straight To A Million

After David Benyamine and David McLarthy both put 17,000 into the pot preflop, the flop dropped 623. Benyamine led out with 28,000 and McLarthy made the call. The turn was the 4 and both players checked.

The river was the 5, putting a straight on the board. Benyamine led out again with 125,000 and McLarthy just smiled. He threw in the call and Benyamine turned over 87 for the absolute nuts. McLarthy mucked and Benyamine took in the pot, vaulting himself over 1 million.

Shulman Busts Andy Black

We weren’t able to get close enough to the action since Jeff Shulman is at the feature table, but somehow he had eliminated Andy Black from the tournament and doubled up to 640,000 in chips.

Ludovic Lacay Busts Another

Ludovic Lacay called the all in of Shawn Pilot and showed 88 and was off to the races against Pilot’s AK.

The board ran out 4J497, keeping Lacay’s pair in the lead and eliminating Pilot from the tournament.

Sorel Mizzi Eliminated

Sorel Mizzi got all of his chips in the middle with AJ and was called by Scott Cook who had 99. The flop was good for Cook as it came 963, but the K on the turn gave Mizzi some hope.

The 10 on the river left Mizzi one card short of his flush and sent him home early on day 5.

Stokes Doubles Through Kara Scott

There was a raise to 20,000 and Jamin Stokes opted to flat-call. The action got to Kara Scott and she decided to make it 100,000 total. The original raiser got out of the way and action was back to Stokes, who thought for 30 seconds before moving all in. Scott made the call and showed AK and was behind Stokes KK.

The board ran out 388JQ and Stokes doubled up.

Crowe’s Kings Trump Taylor’s Jacks

We were unable to catch when all the money went in, but Owen Crowe doubled through Brian Taylor with pocket kings against pocket jacks on a board that read 79632.

“I didn’t want to play a big pot yet,” said Crowe. “But then I figured I had two kings, so I would.”

Noah Boeken Scores A Knockout, Over A Million

After a flop of 1084, Joseph Michael was all in and Noah Boeken made the call. Michael showed down QQ for an overpair but Boeken tabled 88 for a flopped set.

The turn was the 6 and the river was the 7 and Michael was eliminated. Boeken raked in the pot and was at 1.3 million.

Player Tags: J.C. Tran,   David Levi,   Jeff Shulman,   David Benyamine,   Noah Boeken,   Owen Crowe,   Sorel Mizzi,   Ludovic Lacay,   Kara Scott,   Nasr El Nasr

Level 4 Update: Nguyen Chops With Juanda, Alaei Climbs To Top

Jun 18, '09

Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000

Players Remaining: 163 out of 164

Note: Players have gone on a 60 minute dinner break and will return at 10:40 p.m.

Chip Counts:

1. Daniel Alaei – 53,000
2. Jeff Lisandro – 51,000
3. Johnny Chan – 47,000
4. Scotty Nguyen – 45,000
5. Soheil Shamseddin – 45,000
6. Anthony Rivera – 44,000
7. Frank Kassela – 44,000
8. John Hennigan – 43,000
9. Bill Chen – 42,000
10. Farzad Rouhani – 42,000

Average Chip Count: 30,000

Notable Eliminations:

Shawn Sheikhan

Big Hands:

Levi Relieves Eli Of His Chips

David Levi: X-X-2KJ
Eli Elezra: X-X-2Q4

With around 2,500 in the pot, David Levi fired 1,000 and Elezra made the call.

David Levi: X-X-2KJ5
Eli Elezra: X-X-2Q4Q

Although Elezra paired his ladies, he decided to check to Levi. Levi did the same and both players were dealt their river cards. Both players checked again and Levi turned over K88 for two pair and Elezra could not beat it. “I can’t call you if you bet it,” Elezra commented after throwing his hand away. He was at 42,000 while Levi was at 15,000.

Fricke Gobbles Up His Opponent

Fricke: X-X-3
Seat 2: X-X-J

The player in seat 2 completed to 500 and Jimmy Fricke raised to 1,000. His opponent made the call.

Fricke: X-X-37
Seat 2: X-X-J4

Seat 2 checked and Fricke bet 500. His opponent then raised 1,000 and Fricke did not skip a beat as he raised to 1,500. Seat 2 called.

Fricke: X-X-374
Seat 2: X-X-J43

Fricke bet 1,000 and his opponent called again.

Fricke: X-X-3748
Seat 2: X-X-J43Q

Fricke bet another 1,000 and seat 2 raised to 2,000. Fricke came back over the top to 3,000 and was called. On the river, Fricke bet again and his opponent just shook his head and mucked, unable to defend the chips he already had in the pot. Instead, they were added to Fricke’s stack and he was at 37,000.

Nguyen And Juanda Engage In A Friendly Contest

Scotty Nguyen: X-X-948
John Juanda: X-X-8JJ

John Juanda bet 1,000 into a pot holding 4,000 and Scotty Nguyen raised to 2,000. Juanda made the call.

Scotty Nguyen: X-X-9483
John Juanda: X-X-8JJA

Juanda bet 1,000 and Nguyen just called. On the river, Nguyen led out with 1,000 and Juanda threw in the call. Nguyen turned over (852X) for an eight-low and Juanda showed (10A4) for aces up and the players chopped the pot. Nguyen was still over 50,000 while Juanda was at 29,600.

Left In The Deck:

Famed poker commentator Norman Chad is in the field today. At last glance his stack was around 20,000. It will be interesting to see if he can show these players a thing or two on how to play some real poker.

Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen,   David Levi,   John Juanda,   Eli Elezra,   Jimmy Fricke,   Norman Chad

Level 6 Update: Tony G Gets The Best Of Chan

Jun 01, '09

Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 600
Limits: 600-1,200

Players Remaining: 138 out of 142

Chip Counts:

1. Matt Glantz – 76,000
2. John Cernuto – 65,000
3. Yuval Bronshtein – 60,000
4. Keith Sexton – 58,000
5. Andy Bloch – 58,000
6. Tim Phan – 56,000
7. David Oppenheim – 55,000
8. Chris Amaral – 55,000
9. Nikolay Evdakov – 51,000
10. Jeff Lisandro – 47,000

Average Chip Count: 30,870

Big Hands:

Tony G Stows Away On The Orient Express

Tony G: X-X-29
Johnny Chan: X-X-QK

Johnny Chan fired a bet of 600 and Tony G made the call.

Tony G: X-X-296
Johnny Chan: X-X-QK3

Chan fired another round of 1,200 and Tony G called.

Tony G: X-X-2964
Johnny Chan: X-X-QK38

Chan slowed down and checked and Tony G bet 1,200. Chan made the call and the players saw the river. On the river, Tony G kept the gas pedal down and fired 1,200 more into the pot and Chan mucked his hand. After the hand Tony G was at 48,000 while Chan was at 22,000.

The Chainsaw Gets Bluffed

Allen Kessler: X-X-4
Seat 7: X-X-A

Kessler’s opponent threw an orange 1,000 chip into the pot to complete the bet. Kessler thought it was a raise and argued with the table about it. After that was over, he called 600 and the players saw the next card.

Allen Kessler: X-X-4Q
Seat 7: X-X-AQ

Seat 7 bet 600 and Kessler called.

Allen Kessler: X-X-4QJ
Seat 7: X-X-AQ9

Seat 7 bet 1,200 and Kessler raised to 2,400. His opponent made the call.

Allen Kessler: X-X-4QJK
Seat 7: X-X-AQ94

Seat 7 bet 1,200 and Kessler tagged along with the call.

Allen Kessler: X-X-4QJK-(2)
Seat 7: (K27)-AQ94

Seat 7 fired 1,200 and Kessler flashed the 2 he received on the river and mucked. His opponent then revealed his hand, showing that he had absoloutely nothing. After the hand, Kessler was down to just 13,500.

Erick Lindgren Takes a Pot

Lindgren: X-X-86K
Seat 8: X-X-743

Picking up the action on fifth street, Lindgren bet 1,200 and his opponent called.

Lindgren: X-X-86KQ
Seat 8: X-X-743A

The betting shifted over to seat 8 with the ace-high. He checked and Lindgren fired another 1,200 bet that was called. On the river, Lindgren fired one more bullet and seat 8 finally had enough, mucking his hand.

Traniello and Levi Tangle Again

Marco Traniello: X-X-43
David Levi: X-X-Q7

Traniello bet 600 and Levi made the call

Marco Traniello: X-X-43A
David Levi: X-X-Q78

Traniello bet 1,200 and Levi called.

Marco Traniello: X-X-43A4
David Levi: X-X-Q782

Traniello fired another 1,200 and Levi stuck around.

Marco Traniello: (KK6)43A4
David Levi: (X-X-10)-Q782

Both players checked the river and Traniello showed his two pair, good enough to take down the pot as Levi flashed his 10. Traniello was over 50,000 while Levi was down to 24,000.

Left In The Deck:

The prize pool for this tournament has been announced. It is $1,334,800. There will be 16 places paid and the winner will be awarded $373,744.

Player Tags: Antanas Guoga,   Erick Lindgren,   David Levi,   Allen Kessler,   Marco Traniello,   Johnny Chan

Level 5 Update: Seif Takes One From Dario

Jun 01, '09

Ante: 100
Low Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000

Players Remaining: 141 out of 142

Chip Counts:

1. Matt Glantz – 63,000
2. Toto Leonidas – 46,000
3. David Chiu – 44,000
4. David Bach – 39,000
5. Andy Bloch – 39,000
6. Frank Kassela – 39,000
7. Chris Amaral – 39,000
8. Marco Traniello – 38,000
9. Katja Thater – 37,000
10. Alexander Kravchenko – 37,000

Average Chip Count: 30,212

Big Hands:

Mark Seif vs. Dario Minieri

Minieri: X-X-7
Seif:X-X-10
Max Pescatori: X-X-K

Minieri completed to 500 and both Seif and Pescatori called.

Minieri: X-X-7K
Seif:X-X-10J
Max Pescatori: X-X-Kfold

Pescatori led out with 500 and Minieri called. Seif then raised to 1,000 and Pescatori mucked, but Minieri stuck around.

Minieri: X-X-7K9
Seif:X-X-10JA

The betting was on Seif and he fired 1,000. Minieri gathered his hand and threw it in the muck, leaving his stack around 34,000. With the pot, Seif improved to 13,000.

Jesus Pushes Out The Professor

Chris Ferguson: X-X-9K
Howard Lederer: X-X-69
Seat 7: X-X-98

Howard Lederer fired 1,000 into the pot and Ferguson called, along with seat 7.

Chris Ferguson: X-X-9KK
Howard Lederer: X-X-69-X
Seat 7: X-X-982

Ferguson paired his King and led out with 1,000. Lederer and seat 7 quickly got out of the way and Ferguson raked in the pot, his stack at 37,000. Lederer was not doing too bad himself with 46,000.

Levi vs. Traniello

David Levi: X-X-J
Marco Traniello: X-X-3

Levi completed to 500 and Traniello called.

David Levi: X-X-J4
Marco Traniello: X-X-34

Levi bet 500 and Traniello stuck around for 5th street.

David Levi: X-X-J46
Marco Traniello: X-X-34Q

Traniello checked and Levi fired 1,000. Traniello made the call.

David Levi: X-X-J4610
Marco Traniello: X-X-34QK

Levi fired another 1,000 into the pot with four diamonds showing and one card to go. Traniello had enough and mucked his hand. His stack was at 41,000 while Levi was up to 27,000.

Player Tags: Mark Seif,   Chris Ferguson,   David Levi,   Max Pescatori,   Howard Lederer,   Marco Traniello,   Dario Minieri

David Levi Eliminated

Oct 29, '08

David Levi has been eliminated from the tournament.

Player Tags: David Levi

Hevad Khan Wins a Monster Pot

Oct 29, '08

David Miscikowski raises to 35,000 under the gun and is called by Noah Schwartz and William Heimiller. The action gets around to Hevad Khan in late position who reraises to 135,000.

David Levi tanks in the blinds for several minutes before folding what he later claimed was pocket queens. Miscikowski moves all in for a total of 486,000 and Schwartz goes into the tank.

He eventually folds what he claimed was pocket jacks and Heimiller mucks. Khan calls with KK and Miscikowski stuns the table by turning over AQ.

The board comes 107455 and Khan eliminates his opponent while chipping up to 1.82 million.

Player Tags: David Levi,   William Heimiller,   Noah Schwartz,   Hevad Khan,   David Miscikowski

Mike Leah Eliminated

Oct 22, '08

Mike Leah got all of his chips into the middle with A-3 and David Levi called him down with 7-3. The board came out 5-3-rag-4-6 and Leah was knocked out of the tournament by a runner-runner straight.














 

Player Tags: David Levi,   Mike Leah

Mixed Hold'em Level 12 Recap

Jun 23, '08

Blinds/Antes:
No Limit: blinds 600-1,200 ante 200
Limit: blinds 1,300-2,500 limits 2,500-500

Players Remaining: 31-731

Average Stack: 70,742

Chip Leaders:

Nick Binger: 152,000
Jason Ruffinelli: 113,000
David Sorger: 110,000
Jonothan Tamayo: 110,000
Michael Chu: 107,000
Mats Gavatin: 106,000
Quyen Nguyen: 106,000
Chris Rentes: 100,000
Alex Jalali: 98,000
Peter Rho: 92,000

Eliminations: Dmitry Levy, David Levi

Hands:

You Say Tamayo, I Say He Has A Couple of Chips

Jonathon Tamayo eliminated two players during the first half of level 12: first his pocket aces held up against David Levi's king queen, and then he made a straight with ace eight against an unknown opponents pocket fours. Tamayo is now tied with David Sorger for third most chips with about 110,000.

Chopped Pot

Just after the no limit portion of the hour began, Ricky Sanders raised under the gun to 4,000 and Hien Tran called from the cutoff seat. The flop came 622 and Sanders led out for 8,000. "How much do you have left?" asked Tran. The answer was around 15,000, and Tran decided to play for everything. Sanders relucantly made the call with 55. "You want to chop?" joked Tran, who rolled over 55. Neither play was drawing to a flush, and they essentially chopped the blinds and antes. Tran had 44,000 after the hand, while sanders is sitting with about 30,000.

Levy Eliminated

Jason Rufinelli raised from early position and Dmitry Levy shoved for about 15,000 more. Rufinelli made the call with QQ and was in dominating position against Levy's 1010. Levy made a gutshot on the turn, as the board ran out J759, but the 4 ended his day in blank place. After the hand Sanders claimed he had folded pocket tens himself, meaning Levy was drawing very slim before the hand began.

Players are now on a one hour dinner break.
 

Player Tags: David Levi

$1,500 Mixed Hold'em - Level Nine Recap

Jun 23, '08

Blinds/Antes:
Limit: 600-1,200
No-Limit: 300-600-75

Players Remaining: 78 of 731

Average Chip Stack: 28,100

Eliminations:

Nick Goodall
Steve Fiorentini
Tino Lechich

Hands and Storylines:

Nam Le doubles

Nam Le began the day with under 8,000 chips and would have to pick a spot to get his chips into the pot. He decided to go with A-J, and fortunately caught a jack on the flop against A-Q. He doubled up and currently has about 16,000 chips.

Tamayo puts Levi to the test

David Levi called a preflop from the chipleader Jonathan Tamayo and then called a 2,500 bet on a 6-5-4 flop. When a deuce came on the turn Levi bet out 4,000 and Tamayo raised to 20,000. Levi thought for a couple minutes, got up from his seat, separated 16,000 chips from his stack, and then ultimately folded.

Player Tags: David Levi,   Nam Le,   Jonathan Tamayo

Mixed Hold'em - Level 4 - Vos Encourages Players to Get Massages

Jun 22, '08

Note: Players are now on a 30 minute break. Action will resume at 10 p.m.

Limit Blinds: 150-300
No Limit Blinds: 75-150

Chip Counts:
Heath Chick: 21,000
Richard Redmond: 18,400
David Pham: 17,000
John Juanda: 14,200
Todd Whitteles: 14,000
Allen Le: 9,400
Tino Lechich: 9,100
Michael Craig: 9,000
Mimi Tran: 8,500
Alan "Air" Engel: 8,500

Players Left: 324 of 731

Eliminations: Kenna James, Shannor Shorr, Joe Hachem

Big Hands/Storylines

A Very Energized Vos

Mark Vos yelled, "Pass the sugar!" then ran over to fellow Australian Joe Hachem's table and gave him a quick massage. Several minutes later he ran over to another player and kicked him in the bottom, then ran back to his seat to play poker. Read about his double up below in the no-limit section.

Limit Session

One Stacked Italian

Italy's Max Pescatori, who has already won a bracelet this year, called a bet of 300 on a K86 flop. His opponent checked the 9 turn and Pescatori fired out 600. His opponent quickly mucked and Pescatori chipped up to around 15,000.

Cowboy About to Fall?

Kenna James had just trippled up when he got in another big hand. A big pot sent his opponent all in and James called with only two green chips (totalling 50) left behind. The board was K7234 and James' opponent turned over KK for a set of kings. James mucked and was later eliminated.

Levi Happy Taking Pot

Before the flop of 853 was even spread out by the dealer, David Levi threw in a bet of 300 onto the cards and smiled as his opponent mucked. Levi has climbed to around 7,000 in chips.

No Limit Session

Miami John Gone

Miami John Cernuto got his short stack all in an dwas called by a player with QQ. Cernuto held A8 and was drawing slim. The flop helped, coming 877, but the 3 came on the turn and the 6 fell on the river, sending Cernuto to the rail.

Vos Doubles, Recommends Massage

In the final minute of the level, Mark Vos got all in and was called by an opponent on a board of A-J-J-Q-10, Vos showed A-J for a flopped full house, and his opponent showed A-Q for top two pair. Vos doubled to around 2,000. After the hand he recommended investing in a massage while playing and praised the woman rubbing his shoulders, causing her to blush.

Haxton Cripples Opponent

Isaac Haxton called the very talkative player in seat 8's all in bet. Seat 8 showed K10 and was trailing Haxton's QQ. The board ran 733J8 and Haxton scooped a nice pot. After the chips were counted, seat 8 had only 125 chips left and was crippled. Haxton got quite a bit healthier and was approaching 4,500 after the hand.

Player Tags: John Cernuto,   David Levi,   Kenna James,   Max Pescatori,   Mark Vos,   Isaac Haxton

Mixed Hold'em Level 12 Recap

Jun 23, '08

Blinds/Antes:
No Limit: blinds 600-1,200 ante 200
Limit: blinds 1,300-2,500 limits 2,500-500

Players Remaining: 31-731

Average Stack: 70,742

Chip Leaders:

Nick Binger: 152,000
Jason Ruffinelli: 113,000
David Sorger: 110,000
Jonothan Tamayo: 110,000
Michael Chu: 107,000
Mats Gavatin: 106,000
Quyen Nguyen: 106,000
Chris Rentes: 100,000
Alex Jalali: 98,000
Peter Rho: 92,000

Eliminations: Dmitry Levy, David Levi

Hands:

You Say Tamayo, I Say He Has A Couple of Chips

Jonathon Tamayo eliminated two players during the first half of level 12: first his pocket aces held up against David Levi's king queen, and then he made a straight with ace eight against an unknown opponents pocket fours. Tamayo is now tied with David Sorger for third most chips with about 110,000.

Chopped Pot

Just after the no limit portion of the hour began, Ricky Sanders raised under the gun to 4,000 and Hien Tran called from the cutoff seat. The flop came 622 and Sanders led out for 8,000. "How much do you have left?" asked Tran. The answer was around 15,000, and Tran decided to play for everything. Sanders relucantly made the call with 55. "You want to chop?" joked Tran, who rolled over 55. Neither play was drawing to a flush, and they essentially chopped the blinds and antes. Tran had 44,000 after the hand, while sanders is sitting with about 30,000.

Levy Eliminated

Jason Rufinelli raised from early position and Dmitry Levy shoved for about 15,000 more. Rufinelli made the call with QQ and was in dominating position against Levy's 1010. Levy made a gutshot on the turn, as the board ran out J759, but the 4 ended his day in blank place. After the hand Sanders claimed he had folded pocket tens himself, meaning Levy was drawing very slim before the hand began.

Players are now on a one hour dinner break.
 

Player Tags: David Levi

$1,500 Mixed Hold'em - Level Nine Recap

Jun 23, '08

Blinds/Antes:
Limit: 600-1,200
No-Limit: 300-600-75

Players Remaining: 78 of 731

Average Chip Stack: 28,100

Eliminations:

Nick Goodall
Steve Fiorentini
Tino Lechich

Hands and Storylines:

Nam Le doubles

Nam Le began the day with under 8,000 chips and would have to pick a spot to get his chips into the pot. He decided to go with A-J, and fortunately caught a jack on the flop against A-Q. He doubled up and currently has about 16,000 chips.

Tamayo puts Levi to the test

David Levi called a preflop from the chipleader Jonathan Tamayo and then called a 2,500 bet on a 6-5-4 flop. When a deuce came on the turn Levi bet out 4,000 and Tamayo raised to 20,000. Levi thought for a couple minutes, got up from his seat, separated 16,000 chips from his stack, and then ultimately folded.

Player Tags: David Levi,   Nam Le,   Jonathan Tamayo

Mixed Hold'em - Level 4 - Vos Encourages Players to Get Massages

Jun 22, '08

Note: Players are now on a 30 minute break. Action will resume at 10 p.m.

Limit Blinds: 150-300
No Limit Blinds: 75-150

Chip Counts:
Heath Chick: 21,000
Richard Redmond: 18,400
David Pham: 17,000
John Juanda: 14,200
Todd Whitteles: 14,000
Allen Le: 9,400
Tino Lechich: 9,100
Michael Craig: 9,000
Mimi Tran: 8,500
Alan "Air" Engel: 8,500

Players Left: 324 of 731

Eliminations: Kenna James, Shannor Shorr, Joe Hachem

Big Hands/Storylines

A Very Energized Vos

Mark Vos yelled, "Pass the sugar!" then ran over to fellow Australian Joe Hachem's table and gave him a quick massage. Several minutes later he ran over to another player and kicked him in the bottom, then ran back to his seat to play poker. Read about his double up below in the no-limit section.

Limit Session

One Stacked Italian

Italy's Max Pescatori, who has already won a bracelet this year, called a bet of 300 on a K86 flop. His opponent checked the 9 turn and Pescatori fired out 600. His opponent quickly mucked and Pescatori chipped up to around 15,000.

Cowboy About to Fall?

Kenna James had just trippled up when he got in another big hand. A big pot sent his opponent all in and James called with only two green chips (totalling 50) left behind. The board was K7234 and James' opponent turned over KK for a set of kings. James mucked and was later eliminated.

Levi Happy Taking Pot

Before the flop of 853 was even spread out by the dealer, David Levi threw in a bet of 300 onto the cards and smiled as his opponent mucked. Levi has climbed to around 7,000 in chips.

No Limit Session

Miami John Gone

Miami John Cernuto got his short stack all in an dwas called by a player with QQ. Cernuto held A8 and was drawing slim. The flop helped, coming 877, but the 3 came on the turn and the 6 fell on the river, sending Cernuto to the rail.

Vos Doubles, Recommends Massage

In the final minute of the level, Mark Vos got all in and was called by an opponent on a board of A-J-J-Q-10, Vos showed A-J for a flopped full house, and his opponent showed A-Q for top two pair. Vos doubled to around 2,000. After the hand he recommended investing in a massage while playing and praised the woman rubbing his shoulders, causing her to blush.

Haxton Cripples Opponent

Isaac Haxton called the very talkative player in seat 8's all in bet. Seat 8 showed K10 and was trailing Haxton's QQ. The board ran 733J8 and Haxton scooped a nice pot. After the chips were counted, seat 8 had only 125 chips left and was crippled. Haxton got quite a bit healthier and was approaching 4,500 after the hand.

Player Tags: John Cernuto,   David Levi,   Kenna James,   Max Pescatori,   Mark Vos,   Isaac Haxton