Buy-In: $9,700 + $300
Prize Pool: $2,531,000
Entrants: 261

No Limit Hold'em Championship Event 17

  • Oct 03, '06 - Oct 07, '06
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Updates on Final Day (Oct 07, 06)

 
 

Dan Shak Eliminated 4th ($151,926)

Posted: Sat, Oct 07, 06, 10:50 AM

Dan Shak raises to $80,000 and Michael DeMichele raises all in.  Shak makes the call and shows Adiamond3diamond.  However, DeMichele has him dominated with AclubKheart.  The board comes Qdiamond7spade4diamond8spade2club and DeMichele has eliminated Dan Shak in 4th place.
 

Alex Jacob Doubles Up Through Jordan Morgan

Posted: Sat, Oct 07, 06, 10:21 AM

Jordan Morgan calls from the button and Alex Jacob limps from the small blind.  Michael DeMichele checks his big blind and the flop comes QclubJheart8club.  It is checked to Morgan, who bets $32,000.  Jacob raises to $160,000 and DeMichele folds.  Morgan reraises $420,000 more and Jacob moves all in for $817,000 total.  Morgan makes the call and shows Jdiamond10diamond but Jacob shows 10spade9heart for the nut straight.  The turn is the 10heart and the river comes the Aheart.  Alex Jacob doubles to well over $1,600,000 chips.
 

Stephen Feraca Eliminated 5th ($113,926)

Posted: Sat, Oct 07, 06, 10:07 AM

Michael DeMichele raises to $45,000 and Stephen Feraca makes the call.  The flop comes Qspade6diamond5diamond and DeMichele bets $50,000.  Feraca moves all in immediately and DeMichele goes into the tank.  After a few minutes, DeMichele makes the call and shows Qheart10spade.  Feraca shows Kspade5spade and will need to improve.  However, the turn comes the 8club and the river is the 9club.  DeMichele wins the hand and eliminates Feraca in 5th place.
 

Michael DeMichele Wins with King High

Posted: Sat, Oct 07, 06, 9:53 AM

Michael DeMichele raises to $55,000 from the button and Jordan Morgan calls from the big blind.  The flop comes Jdiamond7diamond6spade and Morgan checks.  DeMichele bets $80,000 and Morgan makes the call.  The turn comes the 3spade and both players check.  The river is the 6club and they check again.  Morgan turn over 9-8 but DeMichele shows K-9 and rakes the pot with a king high.
 

Dale Pinchot Eliminated 6th ($88,610)

Posted: Sat, Oct 07, 06, 9:40 AM

Michael DeMichele raises to $50,000 from the button and Dale Pinchot moves all in for an additional $128,000.  DeMichele makes the call and shows Jdiamond8diamond.  Pinchot turns over Adiamond6heart and is in the lead.  However, the board comes Qdiamond9spade8heart3diamondQclub and DeMichele makes queens and eights to eliminate Pinchot in 6th place.
 

Blind Increase

Posted: Sat, Oct 07, 06, 9:24 AM

The blinds have been increased to $10,000-$20,000 with a $3,000 ante.
 

Jordan Morgan Huge Chip Lead

Posted: Sat, Oct 07, 06, 8:27 AM

The chip counts with 6 players remaining are:

Seat 1     Dan Shak                    $476,000

Seat 2     Dale Pinchot                $136,000

Seat 3     Jordan Morgan             $2,081,000

Seat 4     Stephen Feraca            $614,000

Seat 5     Alex Jacob                   $871,000

Seat 6     Michael DeMichele        $1,037,000

 

Dinner Break

Posted: Sat, Oct 07, 06, 8:19 AM

The players are currently on a one-hour dinner break.
 

Jeff King Eliminated 7th ($63,293)

Posted: Sat, Oct 07, 06, 8:13 AM

Jordan Morgan raises to $48,000 preflop and Jeff King reraises to $173,000.  Morgan moves all in and King makes the call.  Morgan shows 9heart9spade and King turns over AheartKclub.  The board comes Qdiamond7spade4diamond3heart5diamond and the nines of Morgan hold on to eliminate Jeff King in 7th place.
 

Augustin Mendez Eliminated 8th ($50,634)

Posted: Sat, Oct 07, 06, 8:04 AM

Alex Jacob raises to $50,000 and Jordan Morgan reraises to $165,000.  Augustin Mendez moves all in and Jacob folds.  Morgan makes the call and shows AspadeJspade.  Mendez turns over KclubKdiamond and is in the lead.  However, the board comes 8club6club6diamondAheart10heart and Morgan makes aces and sixes to knock Mendez out in 8th place.
 
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