Niveau: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Niveau: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
How time flies when there are more players than ever seen before in a live tournament! It's time for a 30 minute break; counts resume when players are once again behind their stacks.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Howard Hankin |
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Max Brown |
140,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Andrew Moreno |
111,000
111,000
|
111,000 |
Neil Blumenfield |
65,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Tim Palmer
|
Eliminé | |
Andy Hills | Eliminé |
One of the dominating stacks of the Bronze area in the Brasilia Room belongs to Michael Rios aka Diamond Mike. Back in Level 3 he’d amassed over 120,000 chips, and he’s now hovering around 200,000. He demonstrated one way to build a stack, picking up four and a half big blinds’ worth of chips at the close of the last level (600/1,200). After two players limped in (one mid-position, one on the cut-off), he promptly made it 4,600 from the button. There was little delay in the other players’ cards hitting the muck.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Michael Rios
|
198,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
Another big pot was developing between John Phan and Carlos Avila. The flop read . Phan checked over to Avila who was on the button. Avila put in a bet of 5,500 which was called by Phan.
The turn was the . Phan checked again and Avila put out a bet of 8,000. Phan thought for a while, methodically leaned down to take a sip from the straw in his drink a few times, then raised to 20,000. Avila paused for a moment before making the call.
The river was the , completing any possible flush draws. Phan took a few more drinks from his straw and stared down Avila for about a minute before checking to which Avila quickly checked back.
Phan announced "ace" and showed the which was just barely good enough to pip Avila's weaker ace with the .
The brewing interesting matchup between the two has so far gone round 1 to Avila and round 2 to Phan.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
John Phan |
160,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Carlos Avila
|
65,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
In a large pot of already at least 80,000 two players were on the turn with the board reading . The first player to act, who was in the small blind, bet 27,000. Steven Fricks called to swell the pot to over 130,000.
The river was the putting four diamonds on the board. This slowed the action as both players checked. The small blind showed the and Fricks showed the for a small flush that was good enough to take down the hefty pot.
"They call me The Mover" said Fricks as he hauled in the chips. Certainly an appropriate name for him in this particular hand as his stack is now over 200,000
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Steven Fricks
|
215,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Yohan Rascar
|
160,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Mark Hodge |
155,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Neil Blumenfield |
68,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Maria Konnikova |
45,000
-400
|
-400 |
|
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Jamin Soch
|
37,000
-78,000
|
-78,000 |
Three players’ stacks found their way into the middle in the Brasilia Room just before the level change. Kyle Parker had raised, a short stack moved all-in, and Joel Thomas three-bet a tower of purple 5,000 chips from the blinds to give Parker his own decision regarding his tournament life. A short while later, that decision was made, his 25,000 or so going in too.
Short stack:
Parker:
Thomas:
The flop made a double elimination seem the most likely outcome (Joel was also the only player with a spade in his hand) but the turn and river rolled out completing a broadway straight for Parker. Joel’s tower lost a couple of stories but is still over 140,000.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Joel Thomas |
140,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Kyle Parker |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Niveau: 8
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
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With a board reading , after it was checked to him, John Phan bet 2,500 over to Carlos Avila who raised to 10,000. Phan thought for a while before calling to grow the pot.
The turn was the . Avila moved all in for his remaining 27,000. Phan mulled over the decision briefly before making the call. Avila was ahead with the but needed to fade several outs as Phan held the for a nut flush draw.
The river would be kind to Avila when it came peacefully in the form of the to give Avila a big double up through the still large stack of Phan.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
John Phan |
125,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Carlos Avila
|
95,000
95,000
|
95,000 |