Level 7 Update: Hellmuth Shows Up Late
Jul 11, '11
Note: Levels are two hours in length. There will be a 90-minute dinner break after level 8.
Players Remaining: About 4,000 of 6,865
Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante
Chip Leaders:
1. Aleksandr Mozhnyako — 255,000
2. Geoff Rasmussen — 255,000
3. Wayne Hines — 220,000
4. Giuseppe Zarbo — 220,000
5. Mike Sowers — 205,000
6. Fred Berger — 200,000
7. David Diaz — 185,000
8. Jake Abdalla — 174,000
9. Mario Silvestri — 170,000
10. Vladimir Geshkenbein — 170,000
Card Player Chip Counts:
Barry Shulman — 60,000
Phil Hellmuth — 10,000
Notables Eliminated:
Sam Farha, Mitch Schock, Tatjana Pasalic, James Dempsey, Eric Baldwin, Marsha Wolak, Chris Moorman, Maria Ho, Zachary Clark, Vince Van Patten, Maria Mayrinck, Matt Waxman, Mandy Baker
Hands:
Where’s Hellmuth
There was some confusion over Phil Hellmuth’s second starting day. He was under the impression that he played on Tuesday, but the reality is that he was supposed to start today.
Hellmuth had 11,800 to start the day, but after missing the first hour and a half, he had been blinded down to just over 7,000, good for a little over ten big blinds.
Luckily for Hellmuth, Mike Matusow was able to convince his hotel’s security to look past a “Do Not Disturb” sign and alert Hellmuth to his mistake.
Ladies Champion Eliminated
Roger Jensen raised to 1,800 and Marsha Wolak, who won the $1,000 Ladies Event this summer, called from the big blind.
The flop fell K
10
4 and Wolak checked. Jensen bet 4,000 and Wolak called. The turn was the 8 and Wolak moaved all in.
Jensen immediately called with K J for top pair and a flush draw, but Wolak was drawing live with A Q for the nut flush draw and straight draw. The river was the 9
and Wolak was eliminated.
So Long Sammy
After winning a bracelet in 2010, Sam Farha was hoping for another solid summer at the WSOP. He’ll have to wait for next year, however, after he recently busted from the main event.
Farha was all in on a 9 8 6 flop holding A 9 for top pair and the nut flush draw, but he was in bad shape against the middle set of David O’Neill.
The turn and river came A
K and Farha was eliminated.
Eric Baldwin Busts
On a flop of A 9 8, Matt Livingston bet 2,825 and a player made the call. Eric Baldwin then reraised to 10,700 and Livingston reraised to 22,825.
The other player folded and Baldwin called. The turn was the 6 and Baldwin moved all in. Livingston immediately called with A 10 for the nut flush and Baldwin’s J 10 was drawing dead. Livingston now has over 160,000 in chips.
Paul Pierce Bounces Back
Boston Celtics star Paul Pierce has been trending backwards all day long, but a recent hand has him back near the six-figure mark.
On a flop of J 6 4, a player bet 7,200 and Pierce put him all in. The player called off his last 20,000 with A K for the nut flush draw and Pierce had him temporarily beat with A J.
The turn and river were bricks and Pierce scored the knockout to move up to 90,000 in chips.
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