Event 3: "That's it"
The tournament director just announced that Event 3 is finished for the night.
The tournament director just announced that Event 3 is finished for the night.
Kevin Kenkelen moved all in for 58,000 on a flop, and Hamid Kashvari called. James Donald then moved all in over the top for 165,000 more. Kashvari folded.
Donald:
Kenkelen:
The turn was a , and Kenkelen was left needing an ace to make a wheel and chop. The river was the , and Kenkelen was the first man eliminated from the official final table.
Hamid Kashvari raised to 30,000, and James Donald called from the button. Kevin Kenkelen raised to 132,000 from the small blind. Kashvari folded, and Donald decided to go all in. Kenkelen called.
Kenkelen:
Donald:
The board ran out , giving Donald a pair of queens for high and a chop of the low, as both had ace-deuce. Donald now has 300,000, while Kenkelen has 95,000.
Coleem Chestnut got all in before the flop with against an opponent with . The flop came , giving Chestnut a lead he didn't relinquish on the or . He now has 200,000 and a perturbed opponent to his left.
Here are a few photographs from around the room here as Event 3 and Event 4 of the Winter Poker Open roll onward.
James Woods just shipped a chunk of change across the table, with Daniel Molhall the recipient of a well-timed double up.
The flop read when we caught the action, with a bet of 14,200 pushed in front of Molhall's stack. Woods decided to put Molhall to the test, raising to 40,000 even, and after asking the dealer to pull in the bets Molhall moved all in for 42,800 more.
Woods shrugged and announced a call, turning over the for top pair, but Molhall had him outkicked with his .
When the dropped in on the turn, the pot was awarded to Molhall, and after a meaningless on the river, he moved to just over 200,000 late on Day 1 of this event.
Molhall made sure to let us know that his wife Faith was at home following along with the PokerNews updates, so if you're out there Mrs. Molhall, sleep easy knowing your man is still alive and kicking.
Marvin Rosen's been eliminated in a hand we didn't catch.
Seat | Player | Chips |
---|---|---|
1 | Kevin Kenkelen | 130,000 |
2 | Greg Drobnis | 235,000 |
3 | Joe Villella | 190,000 |
4 | Hamid Kashvari | 370,000 |
5 | Yuebin Guo | 190,000 |
6 | Joseph Astorina | 250,000 |
7 | Robert Renner | 230,000 |
8 | Jim Stansbury | 130,000 |
9 | James Donald | 125,000 |
10 | Marvin Rosen | 14,000 |
There are currently 125 players left in Event 3 ($560 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry), with the average stack sitting right around 115,000 chips.
Here are the notable names still in contention, along with their current chip counts:
Player | Count |
---|---|
Coleem Chestnut | 200,000 |
James Woods | 170,000 |
Stephen Cho | 100,000 |
Amnon Filippi | 127,000 |
Andy Hwang | 48,000 |
Ten players have condensed down to the final table, and they're taking a short break. We'll find out stack sizes when the players return.