| Buy-In: | $9,600 + $400 |
|---|---|
| Prize Pool: | $5,000,000 |
| Entrants: | 516 |
No-Limit Hold'em Championship (WPT) - Event 15
- Sep 14, '08 - Sep 18, '08
Updates on Day 5 (Sep 18, 08)
Stack Sizes
With three players remaining the average stack is 6,880,000. Rajkumar still sits with nearly 13 million so the nearest competitor, Sang Kim, only has 29 big blinds to his name.
Updated Chip Counts
Vivek "Psyduck" Rajkumar - 12,745,000
Dan Heimiller - 3,060,000
Sang Kim - 4,910,000
Jason Strochak Eliminated in 4th Place ($337,500)
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 Q
J
and Strochak is dominated with J
2. The board brings Q
5236 and both players hit a pair. Rajkumar's queen is best and Strochak is eliminated in fourth place, earning $337,500.
Sang Kim Doubles Through Jason Strochak
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.
A Look Back: Season III Borgata Poker Open
2004 WPT Borgata Poker Open
Number of entries: 302
Prize pool: $3,020,000
First-place prize: $1,117,400
Final-table results:
1: Daniel Negreanu -- $1,117,400
2: David Williams -- $573,800
3: Josh Arieh -- $286,900
4: Chris Tsiprailidis -- $181,200
5: Brandon Moran -- $135,900
6: Phil Ivey -- $105,700
Sang Kim Not Playing Many Pots
We've played 25 hands so far and Sang Kim has only won one of those pots. His strategy has worked so far to earn him an extra $100,000, but he'll have to get involved soon if he wants to move up even further.
EDIT: He just picked up a pot with an all in raise when Dan Heimiller opened preflop.
Dan Heimiller Doubles Up
Vivek Rajkumar moved all in preflop with A8 and Dan Heimiller made an all-in call with pocket kings. The board was dealt J10226. Heimiller doubled up on the hand and survived.
Stack Sizes
With four players remaining the average stack is around 5 million in chips. That would give each player 31 big blinds, unfortunately, those numbers are skewed since Rajkumar has over 13 million in chips. He is currently bullying the final three players, using their nearly even stacks against each other as they fight to move up a spot in the payouts.
Mark Seif Eliminated in 5th Place ($287,500)
Mark Seif moves all in for his last 710,000 on the first hand after the break. Vivek Rajkumar makes the call and the player show their hands.
Seif has KQ and Rajkumar holds A5.
The flop comes J77 and Seif needs help. The turn is the 7 giving him some outs for the chop. Seif needs any paint card to continue but the river is the 2 to send him home in fifth place. Seif earns $287,500 for his performance this week.
Back From Break
The players are seated and action is back underway.
Here are the chip counts for the five remaining players:
Vivek Rajkumar - 12,505,000
Dan Heimiller - 2,595,000
Mark Seif - 730,000
Jason Strochak - 2,690,000
Sang Kim - 2,195,000
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