Torrey Reily Eliminated In 5th Place, Bahador Ahmadi 4th, Shawn Glines 3rd
Jun 07, '09
Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 out of 1,088
Chip Counts:
1. Keven Stammen – 6,300,000
2. Angel Guillen – 1,500,000
Average Chip Count: 3,900,000
Notable Eliminations:
5. Torrey Reily — $100,446
4. Bahador Ahmadi — $139,934
3. Shawn Glines — $202,694
Big Hands:
Torrey Reily Eliminated In 5th Place($100,446)
Reily raised to 100,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Bahador Ahmadi in the big blind. He raised all in, having Reily covered. Reily decided to call and both players tabled their hands.
Reily: Q
J
Ahmadi: A
J
Board: K
9
7
9
3
Reily flopped a gutshot straight draw but it never materialized on the next two streets and he was knocked out in 5th place. Reily earned $100,466 for his time.
Bahador Ahmadi Eliminated In 4th Place($139,934)
Keven Stammen raised to 105,000 and Ahmadi reraised all in. Stammen made the call and both players showed down their hands.
Stammen: K
J
Ahmadi: 5
5
Board: Q
8
8
J
K
Ahmadi got through the flop unscathed, but the turn and river brought a bullet to the chest and head successively as Stammen paired both of his cards and Ahmadi was ousted in 4th place.
Shawn Glines Eliminated In 3rd Place($202,694)
Keven Stammen raised to 105,000 from the button and Shawn Glines raised to 300,000. Stammen then pushed all in, having Glines covered. Glines made the call and showed down A
K
. That is usually a good hand to have, but when your opponent shows down K
K
, as Stammen did, you are in trouble.
The board ran out 10
2
2
Q
3
and Glines was eliminated in 3rd place, pocketing a cool $202,694.
Player Tags: Torrey Reily, Shawn Glines, Keven Stammen, Bahador Ahmadi
Final Table Update: Garrett Beckman 10th, Gregg Merkow 9th, Matthew Lynn 8th, Oktay Altinbas 7th
Jun 07, '09
Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 out of 1,088
Chip Counts:
1. Bahador Ahmadi – 2,050,000
2. Keven Stammen – 1,900,000
3. Angel Guillen – 1,650,000
4. Shawn Glines – 1,092,000
5. Antoine Berube – 477,000
6. Torrey Reily – 380,000
Average Chip Count: 1,161,571
Notable Eliminations:
10. Garrett Beckman — $35,584
9. Gregg Merkow — $41,439
8. Matthew Lynn — $48,621
7. Oktay Altinbas — $59,356
Big Hands:
Garrett Beckman Eliminated In 10th Place($35,584)
Beckman moved all in for 303,000 from early position. Shawn Glines was next to act and shoved his stack of 751,000 all in. Everyone else got out of the way and the players turned up their hands.
Beckman: A
K
Glines: 10
10
Board: Q
J
5
2
9
Beckman was racing and got a broadway straight-draw on the flop. But the board never got any better as he bricked on the next two streets and he was out in 10th place, earning $35,584.
Gregg Merkow Eliminated In 9th Place($41,439)
Keven Stammen raised to 61,000 preflop and Merkow made the call. The flop came down 5
2
2
and Stammen led out with a bet of 100,000. Merkow then raised and Stammen came back over the top all in, having Merkow covered. Merkow made the call and the players showed their hands.
Stammen: 10
10
Merkow: 7
7
Merkow was in deep trouble and needed one of the remaining sevens to double up. Instead, the turn put the nail in the coffin as the 10
gave Stammen a full house and Merkow was ousted in 9th place, cashing out for $41,439.
Matthew Lynn Eliminated In 8th Place($48,621)
Keven Stammen raised to 61,000 from the button and Bahador Ahmadi made the call from the small blind. Lynn then moved all in for 286,000 more and Ahmadi was the only caller. The players then turned up their hands.
Ahmadi: K
J
Lynn: A
10
Board: K
6
2
10
8
The flop gave Ahmadi the lead and Lynn was unable to improve and he was ousted in 8th place. He won $48,621 for his efforts.
Oktay Altinbas Eliminated In 7th Place($59,356)
Angel Guillen raised to 60,000 from the button and Altinbas popped it to 300,000 from the small blind. Guillen pushed all in, having Altinbas covered. Altinbas decided to call and put himself at risk.
Altinbas: 10
10
Guillen: J
J
Board: A
8
8
9
2
Altinbas was dominated with an overpair and could not improve. He was eliminated in 7th place and cashed $59,356.
Player Tags: Gregg Merkow, Garrett Beckman, Keven Stammen, Oktay Altinbas, Angel Guillen, Bahador Ahmadi