Level 5 Update: Day 1 Ends
Dec 14, '09
NOTE: Day 1 has come to an end and play will resume at noon PST tomorrow.
Blinds: 300-600 with a 50 ante
Players Remaining: 240 out of 292 (unofficial)
Chip Counts:
1. Darryll Fish — 220,000
2. Jon Turner — 215,000
3. David Woo — 205,000
4. Billy Kopp — 190,000
5. Antonio Esfandiari — 185,000
6. David Benyamine — 175,000
7. Joe Serock — 160,000
8. Cory Carroll — 155,000
9. Adam Geyer — 150,000
10. Soheil Shamseddin — 135,000
Card Player Chip Counts
Barry Shulman — busted
Average Chip Count: 73,000
Notable Eliminations:
Mohsin Charania
Paul Wasicka
Jeff Madsen
Chad Brown
Tuan Le
Mel Judah
Scott Montgomery
Big Hands:
Markus Gonsalves Doubles Up
A player in middle position raised to 1,050 preflop and Steve Brecher made the call on the button. Markus Gonsalves reraised to 5,400 from the small blind and middle position reraised to 10,625. Brecher mucked and Gonsalves moved all in for 53,825. His opponent made the call and they flipped over their cards:
Gonsalves: K
K
Opponent: Q
Q
The board was dealt Q
43K to give Gonsalves a set and the river changed nothing. Gonsalves doubled up on the hand and he now holds 110,000.
Kevin Saul gets Doubled Through
Kevin Saul (pictured left) raised to 1,600 preflop and the button reraised to 4,400. Saul made the call and the flop was dealt K66. Saul checked and the button bet 7,500. Saul check-raised an additional 12,000 and the button made the all-in call. Their cards:
Saul: K10
Opponent: AA
Turn and River: 9 and J
Saul lost the hand and after counting out the chips to double up his opponent he held 50,000.
Barry Shulman Eliminated
A flop of Q93 sat on the table when Barry Shulman (pictured right) bet 3,500 and Chris Moore made the call. Olav Sachsen raised to 13,500 and Shulman reraised to 23,500. Moore made the call and Sachsen mucked. The 4 fell on the turn and Shulman checked. Moore moved all in and Shulman made the all-in call for his final 21,000. Moore turned over J10 for an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw and Shulman showed 32 for bottom pair and a flush draw. The 8 fell on the river to give Moore a flush and Shulman was eliminated right before the end of day 2.
POY Update
All five of the top contenders in the POY race have made it through to day 2. Here is a look at how they faired during the first day of the tournament:
Soheil Shamseddin: 135,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko: 125,000
Cornel Cimpan: 112,000
Eric Baldwin: 90,000
Jason Mercier: 55,000
Player Tags: Barry Shulman, Kevin Saul, Chris Moore, Markus Gonsalves, Olav Sachsen
We may have just caught the hand of the tournament and it was between Olav Sachsen and Osmin "Odie" Dardon.
Emeline Boich was all in with pocket nines agains the pocket sixes of Olav Sachsen. She caught a nine on the flop but Olav caught runner runner diamond to make a flush and send her packing.