Level 8 Update: Shawn Buchanan Takes Chip Lead
Feb 27, '10
Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 288 out of 745
Chip Counts:
1. Shawn Buchanan — 185,000
2. Masaaki Kagawa — 169,000
3. Mark Seif — 155,000
4. Jon Luu — 141,000
5. Erica Schoenberg — 130,000
6. Mickey Mills — 130,000
7. Eugene Katchalov — 130,000
8. Steve Sung — 125,000
9. Hoyt Corkins — 121,000
10. William James — 120,000
Average Chip Count: 51,736
Notable Eliminations:
Tom McCormick
Christian Harder
Mike Sowers
Big Hands:
Taylor Paur Busts Tom McCormick
Tom McCormick was all in on a queen high board with pocket aces, but Taylor Paur held a set of queens.
The river failed to produce the two outer and McCormick was eliminated. Paur now has over 150,000 in chips.
Ray Qartomy Doubles Up, Still Short
Ray Qartomy came into the day as the shortest stack in the room, but he’s still here, thanks to a recent double up.
Qartomy moved all in with pocket sevens and his opponent was priced in to call with 9-8. The board came out clean and Qartomy doubled up to 8,000. He’s still very short, but now he has over 10 big blinds.
Timoshenko and Sung Tangle, Neither Win
Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 1,500 and Steve Sung called behind him. The hijack and the big blind both also called and the flop came down A
9
3.
All four players checked and the turn was the J
. The big blind led for 4,000 and was called by both Sung and the hijack.
The river was the Q
and everyone checked. The big blind showed Q 10, Sung mucked and the hijack proudly turned over KQ for the best hand. Sung is still healthy with 115,000, but Timoshenko has work to do with 19,000.
So Long Sowers
Mike Sowers moved all in on the short stack with 10 8 only to have the button wake up with pocket kings.
The board fell J 6 5 Q A and Sowers was eliminated.
Annie Duke Doubles Through Vanessa Rousso
Vanessa Rousso raised to 1,500 and Annie Duke called on the button. The big blind called as well and the three players saw a flop of 9 6 2.
Rousso bet 3,000, Duke called and the big blind folded. The turn was the 3 and Rousso bet 5,000. Duke called and the river was the 6.
Rousso put Duke all in for her last 9,100 and Duke called with 9 9 for a full house. Rousso showed pocket eights and took a hit down to 45,000. Duke now has 39,000.
Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Annie Duke, Vanessa Rousso, Ray Qartomy, Taylor Paur
Paul Smith moved all in for 17,000 from seat 1 in middle position and Ray Qartomy made the all-in call from seat 2 in late position. Alberto Cerdeiro called from seat 4 in the cutoff and then Mark Bryan raised to 60,000 from seat 8. Action went back to Qurtomy, who moved all in for 110,000. Bryan called him down and he had all three of his opponents covered. Their cards:
Mike Sexton moves all in from the small blind and Ray Qartomy calls all in dark from the big blind, since he only has four big blinds.