Level 27 Update: Raul Paez Eliminated in 3rd Place
Jun 24, '13
Level: 27
Blinds: 40,000-80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 out of 558
Average Chip Count: 1,255,500
Chip Counts:
Seat 4: Joseph Hertzog – 1,380,000
Seat 5: Daniel Idema – 1,135,000
Players Eliminated:
3rd: Raul Paez – $71,736
Live Updates:
Raul Paez Eliminated in Third Place ($71,736)
Raul Paez got the last of his chips (160,000) into the middle on third street against Joseph Hertzog and here is how their final hands ran out.
Hertzog: (4
3) 85
28
(4
)
Paez: (J3) 2510K (6)
Paez was eliminated in third place and Hertzog won the hand with two pair, eights and fours. Hertzog grew his stack to 1.38 million in advance of the heads-up final against Daniel Idema (1,135,000).
Player Tags: Raul Paez, Joseph Hertzog
Level 26 Update: Matt Vengrin Eliminated in 4th Place
Jun 24, '13
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 out of 558
Average Chip Count: 837,000
Chip Counts:
Seat 4: Joseph Hertzog – 475,000
Seat 5: Daniel Idema – 695,000
Seat 6: Raul Paez – 1,340,000
Players Eliminated:
4th: Matt Vengrin – $51,448
Live Updates:
Matt Vengrin Eliminated in Fourth Place ($51,448)
Raul Paez posted the bring-in and Matt Vengrin raised all in. Daniel Idema reraised and Paez called. On fourth, fifth, and sixth street Idema bet and Paez called. Both players checked on seventh street and then all three hands were revealed.
Idema: (KQ) A46K (4)
Paez: (AA) 6K3J (4)
Vengrin: (109) 9524 (8)
Idema won the hand with two pair, kings and fours, to take the chip lead with over 1.3 million and Vengrin was eliminated in fourth place.
Player Tags: Raul Paez, Matthew Vengrin, Daniel Idema
Level 24 Update: Matt Vengrin Takes the Lead
Jun 23, '13
Level: 24
Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 out of 558
Average Chip Count: 418,500
Chip Counts:
Seat 1: Mike Leah – 413,000
Seat 2: Tony Gill – 249,000
Seat 4: Joseph Hertzog – 388,000
Seat 5: Daniel Idema – 640,000
Seat 6: Raul Paez – 336,000
Seat 7: Matt Vengrin – 705,000
Players Eliminated:
None
Live Updates:
Matt Vengrin Takes the Chip Lead
Mike Leah posted the bring-in and Raul Paez completed. Matt Vengrin raised and Leah folded. Paez called and on fourth street Vengrin checked. Paez bet and Vengrin called. On fifth street Vengrin bet and Paez called. On sixth street Vengrin bet and Paez called and although Vengrin bet seventh street with A-K-J-5 exposed, Paez folded with 6-3-Q-K exposed. The pot put Vengrin in the chip lead with more than 700,000 in the last level before the dinner break.
Player Tags: Raul Paez, Matthew Vengrin
Level 22 Update: Artie Cobb Eliminated in 8th Place
Jun 23, '13
Level: 22
Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 out of 558
Average Chip Count: 358,714
Chip Counts:
Seat 1: Mike Leah – 320,000
Seat 2: Tony Gill – 360,000
Seat 3: Fei Chu – 250,000
Seat 4: Joseph Hertzog – 650,000
Seat 5: Daniel Idema – 505,000
Seat 6: Raul Paez – 330,000
Seat 7: Matt Vengrin – 335,000
Players Eliminated:
8th: Artie Cobb – $16,037
Live Updates:
Artie Cobb Eliminated in Eighth Place ($16,037)
Joseph Hertzog completed and both Raul Paez and Matt Vengrin called. Artie Cobb raised and all three opponents called. On fourth street Hertzog bet and all three of his opponents called. Vengrin bet out on fifth street and Cobb called all in. Hertzog and Paez also called and sixth street saw Hertzog bet. Paez folded and Vengrin called.
Hertzog bet again on seventh street and Vengrin called once more. Hertzog turned over A-2-3-4-5 to scoop the pot when both Cobb and Vengrin mucked their cards. Cobb was eliminated in eighth place and Hertzog was in the lead with 650,000.
Player Tags: Raul Paez, Matthew Vengrin, Artie Cobb, Joseph Hertzog
On a flop of J
10
9
Raul Paez moved all in and John Duthie called him down. Their cards:
Q