Jason Strochak Poker Tournament Updates

Level 4 Update -- Matt Vengrin Takes the Chip Lead

Apr 19, '09

Level: 4
Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante

Notable Chip Counts:

Matt Vengrin -- 200,000
Brian Rast -- 175,000
Freddy Deeb -- 170,000
Dan Heimiller -- 160,000
Freddy Bonyadi -- 160,000

Notable Eliminations:

Soheil Shamseddin

Key Hands:

Matt Vengrin Takes the Chip Lead

Seat 8 bet 16,500 into a 22,000 pot with J642 sitting on the board. Matt Vengrin raised to 55,000 and seat 8 moved all in after a couple of minutes of deliberation. Vengrin made the call and they flipped up their cards:

Vengrin: 53
Seat 8: 22

River: A

Vengrin won the hand and eliminated his opponent. He grew his stack to 200,000, which was enough to move him into the chip lead.

Flush over Flush

Jason Strochak was all in on a board of 10543A against Robert Mizrachi. Mizrachi flipped up 97 for a flush but Strochak flipped over QJ for a higher flush to take down the pot. Strochak held 150,000 after the hand and Mizrachi was down to 30,000.

Shannon Shorr Wins a Nice Pot

Shannon Shorr raised to 1,300 and Victor Ramdin reraised to 4,500. Erik Cajelais and Shorr both made the call. The flop was dealt 1083 and everyone checked. The turn fell 2 and Shorr checked. Cajelais bet 15,000 and Shorr made the call. He turned up AK and Cajelais mucked a king. Shorr grew his stack to 86,000 while Cajelais holds strong at 94,000.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Jason Strochak,   Erik Cajelais,   Shannon Shorr,   Matthew Vengrin

Jason Strochak Eliminated in 4th Place ($337,500)

Sep 18, '08

Vivek Rajkumar raises his button to 420,000 and Dan Heimiller folds from the small blind. Strochak is already all in the big blind and the players show their cards.

Rajkumar shows QJ and Strochak is dominated with J2. The board brings Q5236 and both players hit a pair. Rajkumar's queen is best and Strochak is eliminated in fourth place, earning $337,500.

Player Tags: Jason Strochak,   Vivek Rajkumar

Sang Kim Doubles Through Jason Strochak

Sep 18, '08

Jason Strochak and Sang Kim get it all in preflop and each player turns up a monster.

Strochak shows QQ and Kim turns over KK. The board rolls out AJ927 and Kim doubles up. Strochak is crippled to just 150,000 and will be all in the big blind on the next hand.

Player Tags: Sang Kim,   Jason Strochak

Jason Strochak Triples Up

Sep 18, '08

Jason Strochak moves all in for 910,000 and is called by Vivek Rajkumar on the button and Dan Heimiller in the small blind.

The flop comes 554 and Heimiller leads out of 1.4 milllion. Rakjumar folds A-10 face up and Heimiller shows pocket jacks. Strochak is behind with A4.

The turn is the A and Strochak takes the lead. The river is the 2 and he triples up to nearly 3 million in chips. Had Heimiller attempted a flop check-raise, Strochak would have been eliminated from the tournament.

Player Tags: Jason Strochak,   Vivek Rajkumar

Chop Chop

Sep 18, '08

Jason Strochak is all in and Dan Heimiller makes the call.

Strochak shows 65 but is dominated by Heimiller's K5.

Strochak calls out for a six but the flop comes 987 giving him a straight! Now Heimiller is calling for the six and the turn is the 6 giving both players a straight. The inconsequential river is the 4 and they chop it up.

Player Tags: Jason Strochak

Jason Strochak Doubles Up

Sep 18, '08

Jason Strochak is all in for 450,000 and Dan Heimiller makes the call.

Strochak shows J8 and is pleased to see that he is ahead of Heimiller's 109.

The board runs out 6629K and Strochak doubles up to over 1 million in chips.

Player Tags: Jason Strochak

Mark Seif Doubles Up

Sep 18, '08

Mark Seif raises to 350,000 from the cutoff and Jason Strochak reraises to 1,200,000. The blinds fold and Seif moves all in. Strochak calls showing QQ. Seif is in trouble with 88.

The flop comes down A84 and Seif takes a stranglehold on the hand. The turn and river are blanks when it comes 510 and Seif doubles up. Strochak is left crippled with less than half a million.

Player Tags: Mark Seif,   Jason Strochak

Andrew Knee Eliminated in 6th Place ($237,500)

Sep 18, '08

Andrew Knee moves all in for 1.1 million under the gun and Jason Strochak announces call.

Everyone folds and the players reveal their cards. Knee has A4 but Strochak has woken up with 1010.

The flop comes Q52 giving Knee more outs with a wheel draw. The turn is the K and he is now down to hitting an ace or a three. The river is the 8 and Knee is eliminated in sixth place, earning $237,500.

Player Tags: Jason Strochak,   Andrew Knee