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$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Day 2 - Level 20 Recap

Jul 01, '08

Note: The players are now on a 20 minute break

Blinds: 10,000-20,000

Players Left: 11 of 2,693

Chip Leaders:
Corwin Cole - 1,450,000
Jeffery Courtney - 1,280,000
Matthew Matros - 875,000
Farzad Rouhani - 720,000
Daniel Heimiller - 710,000
Scott Sitron - 600,000
Voitto Rintala - 530,000
Andrey Zaichenko - 470,000
Todd Hanks - 460,000
David Daneshgar - 420,000

Average Stack: 734,450

Eliminations:
12^th – Brock Mishler
13^th – Joachim Berg-Jensen
14^th – Elliot Smith

Big Hands and Storylines:

Joachim Berg-Jensen Eliminated By Dan Heimiller

Dan Heimiller raised from early position and action folded around to Joachim Berg-Jensen in the small blind. Berg-Jensen shoved for 255,000 and was called by Heimiller. Berg-Jensen had AK but Heimiller had QQ and a slight lead. The flop was ten-high and rainbow, and Berg-Jensen was left to catch either an ace or king on the turn/river to take down the pot and continue on in the tournament. The turn was the 2 and Berg-Jensen was down to one final card. The river was the 3 and that was all she wrote for Berg-Jensen.

Heimiller Eliminates Another

Brock Mishler opened the betting by moving all-in on the button for approximately 200,000. Dan Heimiller made the call from the big blind and then two showed their cards:

Mishler: J10
Heimiller: A8

The board came down 7735Q and Heimiller’s ace-high would hold up to take down the pot, eliminating Mishler.

This pot brought Heimiller’s stack to nearly 1,300,000, but he would later be cut down to 710,000 after a failed bluff attempt against Jeffery Courtney.

Player Tags: Daniel Heimiller,   Farzad Rouhani,   Matthew Matros,   David Daneshgar,   Voitto Rintala,   Scott Sitron,   Andrey Zaichenko,   Elliot Smith,   Corwin Cole,   Jeff Courtney,   Brock Mishler,   Joachim Berg-Jensen,   Todd Hanks

$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Day 2 - Level 19 Recap

Jul 01, '08

Blinds: 8,000-16,000

Players Left: 14 of 2,693

Chip Leaders:
Matthew Matros - 1,025,000
Corwin Cole - 895,000
Daniel Heimiller - 830,000
Farzad Rouhani - 720,000
Jeffery Courtney - 630,000
Gary Biggar - 623,000
Andrey Zaichenko - 620,000
Voitto Rintala - 530,000
Todd Hanks - 460,000
David Daneshgar - 420,000

Average Stack: 577,075

Eliminations:
15^th – Cody Slaubaugh
16^th – Lars Sundberg
17^th – Daniel Hughes
18^th – Eric Jolly
19^th – Petter Frannson
20^th – Richard Kirsch

Big Hands and Storylines:

Corwin, For The Win

The players redrew at 18 players, and despite the full 9-handed tables in play, table 1 was still packed with action. Elliot Smith raised to 40,000 from middle position and Scott Sitron, on his left, raised to 110,000. Corwin Cole, after a moment’s thought, moved all-in for 328,000. Eric Jolly then called all-in. Smith folded and Sitron called, having everyone covered. The three showed their hands:

Scott Sitron: AA
Corwin Cole: QQ
Eric Jolly: JJ

The flop came 862 and nothing had changed. The turn came K, Sitron was one card away from a massive chip advantage at the table, but the river changed that. The river was the Q and Corwin Cole took down the pot, though you would never know it by his expression. He sat stone-faced, moving only to rake in the monster pot. After the hand, Cole had 950,000, Sitron had 250,000, and Jolly was eliminated... which nobody could deny.

Daniel Hughes Eliminated

Daniel Hughes moved all-in for 145,000 from late position. Andrey Zaichenko moved all-in behind him and everybody else folded. Hughes showed A10 and Zaichenko had QQ. The flop came Q82 and Hughes was drawing almost dead. The 10 sealed his fate and he was eliminated in 17^th place.

Zaichenko Gives Some Back

Action folded around to Gary Biggar in the small blind and he shoved all-in for about 123,000. Zaichenko looked down at his cards in the big blind and he opted to call. The two turned over:

Biggar: A8
Zaichenko: K7

The flop helped out Biggar a lot: A97. The turn, though, was the 10, giving Zaichenko an open-ended straight draw. The river was the blank of all blanks – the 2 – and Biggar doubled up to 250,000. Zaichenko still has about 900,000.

Player Tags: Daniel Heimiller,   Farzad Rouhani,   Matthew Matros,   David Daneshgar,   Richard Kirsch,   Daniel Hughes,   Cody Slaubaugh,   Voitto Rintala,   Scott Sitron,   Andrey Zaichenko,   Corwin Cole,   Jeff Courtney,   Todd Hanks