Niveau: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 0
Niveau: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 0
According to Ben Palmer, he eliminated Phil Laak just before the last break. There was a raise, Palmer called on the button, the small blind called, and Laak came along in the big blind. On a flop of with two spades, Laak and Palmer got all the chips in, and Laak was at risk.
Laak had top pair with a straight draw and the best flush draw. Palmer had a worse flush draw and a higher straight draw with . The turn was an ace, giving Palmer Broadway, and it held up.
"He got it in good," Palmer commented, and Palmer is now among the biggest stacks in the room with over 100,000.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Ben Palmer |
108,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
Phil Laak | Eliminé | |
|
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Shashank Jain |
96,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
Fabian Schoneck |
78,000
35,500
|
35,500 |
Mike Sexton |
62,000
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
||
Maxx Coleman |
51,000
4,400
|
4,400 |
|
||
Jonathan Little |
44,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Jon Turner |
41,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
George Xu |
38,500
8,000
|
8,000 |
Brent Roberts |
36,000
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
Esther Taylor |
34,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
Christopher Frank |
27,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
Darryll Fish |
27,300
4,300
|
4,300 |
Brandon Shack-Harris |
27,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
||
Ankush Mandavia |
21,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
||
Daniel Negreanu |
19,500
19,500
|
19,500 |
|
||
Scott Clements |
15,000
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
|
||
Christian Harder |
14,500
9,800
|
9,800 |
|
||
Kevin Saul |
13,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
Sasha Barrese |
13,000
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
Shiva Dudani |
9,500
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
Chris Hunichen | Eliminé | |
|
A player recently informed the PokerNews Live Reporting team of the action in the following hand:
The under-the-gun player raised to 1,050 before the flop, and four players called. The flop came , and action checked to Brad Ruben in early position. Ruben bet 2,800, Dario Sammartino moved all in from the button for approximately 14,000, and Ruben called to put Sammartino at risk.
Ruben held for kings and the king-high flush draw, and he was up against Sammartino's wrap with .
The board filled out with a on the turn and a on the river, neither of which were any help to Sammartino, and Ruben took the pot to send Sammartino to the rail.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Brad Ruben |
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
||
Dario Sammartino | Eliminé | |
|
With the board reading and 6,500 in the pot, Aron Dermer bet 4,000 from the big blind, and Joe Hachem called under the gun. The player on the button folded, and Dermer showed for nines full of kings, good for the pot.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Aron Dermer |
46,000
15,500
|
15,500 |
Joe Hachem |
27,500
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
Annee Ngo raised to 1,200 from under the gun, the button called, and Anthony Zinno called from the small blind.
The flop came , and Zinno checked. Ngo bet 1,200, the button called, and Zinno called, as well. The turn brought the , Zinno checked, and Ngo checked. The button bet 4,000, Zinno folded, and Ngo called. The fell on the river, and Ngo checked. The button bet 10,000, and after brief consideration, Ngo check-raised to 25,000.
The button called, and Ngo tabled for flopped quads, so she took the pot which put her stack over the 100,000-chip mark.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Annee Ngo
|
115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Anthony Zinno |
36,000
21,500
|
21,500 |
|
Niveau: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
Chino Rheem has eliminated three players within the last level of play.
According to a railbird who caught all of the hands, Rheem took one out with top set of queens, and the latest victim lost to Rheem's jacks full. Rheem flopped a set of jacks and faded his opponent's flush draw, making a full house on the turn when the board paired.
At the beginning of the eighth level of the tournament, Rheem is sitting on a stack of around 150,000, which is 10 times the starting stack.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Chino Rheem |
148,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Ka Kwan Lau | 120,000 | |
|
||
Michael Krasienko |
91,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
Mike Watson |
62,000
41,500
|
41,500 |
Dmitry Yurasov |
39,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
||
Tom Marchese |
36,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
||
Robert Mizrachi |
28,000
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
With about 30,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Joe Hachem moved all in from the big blind for approximately 22,000, and Aron Dermer called from the button to put Hachem at risk.
Hachem:
Dermer:
Hachem had the lead with top set but had to dodge all of Dermer's straight outs. The on the turn gave Dermer the nut straight, and Hachem needed the board to pair on the river in order to double up. The river was on help to Hachem, though, and he was eliminated.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Aron Dermer |
75,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
Joe Hachem | Eliminé | |
|