Play has stopped for the evening as Thierry van der Berg was the unfortunate bubble boy. Van der Berg moved all in from the big blind after Erik Friberg raised him from the small blind. Friberg called and was the huge favorite as he showed K K to van der Berg's 5 5. The board ran out 10 8 6 A A. Van der Berg earned $83,145 for his seventh place finish.
Friberg was very busy in the last hour of play. Friberg locked horns with chip boss Alex Bolotin twice, and twice emerged with double the amount of chips he started with. First Friberg called Bolotin's preflop $125,000 raise to see a flop of A Q 7. Bolotin made a continuation bet of $200,000 and called Friberg when he moved all in over the top. Friberg was ahead with Q J to Bolotin's K 10. The turn and river came 7 and J, and Friberg doubled up. Soon after Friberg pushed all in and was called by Bolotin. Friberg held A A and Bolotin was trailing with A K. The board came 10 6 2 7 J and Friberg pulled even with Bolotin.
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Alex Bolotin has been on an absolute tear eliminating two players in the last level with pocket Jacks.
Raj Sawant pushed all in on a steal with 10 4, but Bolotin called him with J J. The flop came A J 9, and Bolotin flopped a set, only to have to sweat Sawant's flush draw. The case J fell on the turn to make Bolotin quads and end the suspense. The meaningless 2 fell on the river and Sawant was eliminated in 11th place earning $34,558.
Tony G was the next to go in heart-breaking fashion. G pushed all in with A J, and was way ahead of Emil Patel's A 8. G maintained his lead on the K 10 5 flop, only to lose it with the 8 on the turn. The river 2 couldn't save G, and he exited in 10th place earning $58,852
David Daneshgar was the next to go moving in with 7 7, only run smack-dab into the A A of Bill Edler. the board provided no salvation for Daneshgar and he took his 9th place payout of $58,852 to go.
Emil Patel then took himself out of the running on two key hands. First Patel doubles up Dutch Boyd pitting his A-4 against Boyds pocket 10's and losing. Then Patel moved in with 9 9, only to run into the wrecking ball that Alex Bolotin, who again had J J. The board ran out 10 6 2 5 6, and Patel took home $83,145 for 8th place.
The players have now combined down to one table of seven to continue play until the seventh place player is eliminated.
Bolotin has over $3.5 million with no other player over a million; barring any major meltdown, he will be a force to be reckoned with the final table
Alex Bolotin has continued his winning ways pushing his chipstack over $1.7 million.He eliminated Phil Galfond calling his all in re-raise with A-K.Bolotin flopped trip Aces and that was all she wrote for Galfond.Bolotin also swung the executioner’s axe on Ram Vaswani, who was forced to make an all in push with an As 4s only to have Bolotin wake up with J J.The board couldn’t produce an Ace and Vaswani bowed out in 14th place earning $27,031.
Earlier in the round Dustin “Neverwin” Woolf had been eliminated in 16th place by Vaswani, but Vaswani couldn’t put those chips to good enough use.
Going into the final two tables Bolotin has over $2.1 million in chips, the only other player over a million is Dutch Boyd.Other notables still alive include Tony G, Gioi Luong, and Erik Friberg.
Mark Vos was eliminated in 22nd place after his pocket Jacks were cracked by tens
Alex Bolotin has surged to a monster chip lead, finding himself on the positive end of several large pots.Concurrently Bill Edler has been on a rollercoaster ride in this last level.
Bolotin flopped the nut flush against Edler’s pair of kings, and doubled up to about $600,000.Only a few hands later, Bolotin called Rene Mouritzen’s all in reraise with pocket sevens.The sevens held up against Mourtizen’s A-K and Bolotin became the first player over a million in chips.Edler managed to get some chips back against Bill Gazes in a subsequent hand.Edler raised to $45,000 from the cutoff, and
Gazes, who had just sat down at the table moved all in from the big blind.Edler thought for few minutes and called with A J, and was off to the races against Gazes’s 8 8.The flop hit Edler as it came J 5 3.The turn and river were the K and Q, and Gazes was crippled down to $60,000, Gazes was eliminated in 20th place soon after by Bolotin.
With the elimination of the 19th place player, the final three tables have now been redrawn.
The players are back from dinner and play is underway. They will play down to the final table of six tonight
Fri Jun 29 19:42:00 -0700 2007
Hour Six Recap
Luong Full Of Heart
With a flop of K Q 6, Phil Galfond led out and Gioi Luong pushed all-in. Galfond quickly called with the K Q for top two, and Luong showed the A 8 for the nut flush draw. The turn brought the 10, completing Luong's flush and leaving Galfond looking for a king or queen on the river. The 10 on the river improved neither hand, and Luong doubled up.
Tony G Staying Alive
With a board of A 10 2 4, Tony G moved all-in. After a while Dutch Boyd called with 10 8 and had Tony G drawing slim with his 10 6. The 4 on the river brought a chop, and Tony G was able to live to play another pot.
Only 23 players remain at the final four tables, meaning that there are only 17 eliminations until the final table.
Hellmuth had made quite a comeback after his set got rivered by an opponents over-pair. Unfortunately for him, that momentum hit a wall when he got all-in with 10-10 against an opponents A-8. He survived the flop, but his opponent spiked an ace on the turn. Hellmuth didn't improve on the river, and was sent to the rail in 31st place ($13,344).
Boyd Makes The Call
With a lot of money already in, the player in seat three bet $55,000 with a board of J 7 6 K 5. Dutch Boyd thought about it for a while before calling with A K for top pair. His opponent had 8 5 for a straight draw on the flop and a pair of fives on the river, but it was not good enough and Boyd raked in the massive pot.
Tony G vs. Erik Friberg
Tony G had all of his money in against Erik Friberg with A 8 against J-10. With a board of K Q Q A Friberg had turned a straight, but with the Q on the river Tony G had made a full house and he celebrated as he raked the pot. The very next hand he raised to $18,000 on the button and Friberg called. The flop came Q 5 3. Friberg checked and then called Tony G's $25,000 bet. The turn brought the Q and both players checked. The 2 on the river also prompted checks, and Friberg quickly revealed the 6 2 for a pair on the river. Tony G mucked, looking slightly surprised. Mark Vos, who Friberg had won a huge pot off earlier, poked fun at Friberg. "This is what you do with my chips?"
Cooler,Miracle Flop, Nightmare River
Nick Shulman was all-in preflop with K-K. A good spot to be in usually. This time, however, his opponent held A-A and he was way behind. He caught took the lead with a K on the flop and things were looking good for Shulman. The turn put a third heart on the board, and with his opponent holding the A he had to dodge a heart to double up. The river brought a heart however, and Shulman was busted in 28th place ($16,766) after a rollercoaster of a hand.
With a ton of money already in and a board of J 8 5 10 Erik Friberg checked and Mark Vos bet $120,000. Friberg thought for a while before raising all-in. Vos called instantly and revealed 88 for a set while Friberg held A J for top pair and the nut flush draw. Vos was devastated when the Q hit the river, giving Friberg the pot and taking a huge chunk out of his formerly leading stack. Vos still held around $200,000 in chips, while Friberg increased to approximately $450,000.
At the very same moment as the hand between Vos and Friberg was going on, Hellmuth got his money all-in and took a huge beat. Hellmuth had flopped a set with 3 3, and after getting a call from an opponent with Q Q. With a board of 8 3 2 J, Hellmuth only had to dodge two outs to have a great shot at final tabling yet again. Unfortunately for him, the Q fell on the end and Hellmuth was left with only $30,000. He has doubled up a few times since then to above $100,000.
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With eight tables for most of this hour, each table sported a few notable players.
Table 76
Nick Shulman
Mikko Pispala
Table 70
Phil Hellmuth
Joe Beevers
Table 77 Mark Vos
Erik Friberg
Tony G
Table 71 Dutch Boyd
Table 65 Bil Edler
Phil Galfond
Sam Grizzle
Table 78 Jamie Gold
Table 72 Roland DeWolfe
Ram Vaswani
Table 66
Bil Gazes
Eliminations
Justin Bonomo, Jamie Gold, Roland DeWolfe, Allen Cunningham and Sam Grizzle were all eliminated this past level. Sam Grizzle was short stacked and pushed preflop, only to be called by both Phil Galfond and Bill Edler. The board brought the J 7 2, and both Edler and Galfond checked. The turn brought the J and Galfond bet out $10,000. Edler folded and Galfond turned up 5 5. Grizzle revealed K 9 for king high, and needed help on the river. The 5 on the river locked up Galfond's win, filling his boat and sending Grizzle to the rail in 53rd place ($8,212.)
Quote Of The Day
"Did you read that Kill Philbook?" - Phil Hellmuth, to an opponent.
At the end of the level only 36 players remained at seven tables. The field is thinning fast, so make sure to keep up on the action here at Cardplayer.com.
Toward the end of level 13 only 58 players remain. The next payout jump will happen after four more eliminations and will guarantee the remaining players at that point $8,212. Mark Vos has rocketed toward the top of the leader board, overcoming Dutch Boyd for the chip lead. Phil Hellmuth, Joe Beevers Erik Friberg and numerous other pros are still within striking distance of the lead.
Sick Three Handed Pot
Jeff Madsen pushed all-in from the button for $21,700. Justino Bonomo announced a min-raise of $18,800 from the small blind. Surprisingly, after a few moments thought, the player in the big blind reraised all-in. Bonomo looked frustrated and said, "Sounds about right." He thought for a moment and announced a call, having both Madsen and the big blind covered. Bonomo revealed the A K, Madsen flipped up 10 10 and quickly pleaded for both players to have A-K. He got his wish when the big blind revealed the A K. The flop was even better for Madsen, bringing the 10 7 6. The 3 on the turn meant that unless a heart came, Madsen would triple up and Bonomo and the big-blind would chop the side pot. The 8 on the river changed everything, filling the big blind's flush, crippling Bonomo and sending defending champ Madsen to the rail in 68th place ($6,159). Bonomo again said, "Thats about right," while Madsen literally fell under the table. The player in the big blind later cracked a short-stacks A-A with 5-9 after the money got in preflop, and therefore is obviously running well.
Bonomo Doubles
Allen Cunningham replaced Madsen, and quickly found himself involved in a big pot with Justin Bonomo. Cunningham raised to $9,000 from the button and Bonomo pushed for $19,000 more. Cunningham called after brief consideration and had Bonomo dominated, with A 9 to Bonomo's K 9. The board came down J 10 8 8, giving both players a staright draw. Bonomo would make a higher straight if the queen fell, but Cunningham won if neither improved. The river brought the K, giving Bonomo a pair and the pot. Both he and Cunningham now have around $50,000.
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