Level: 27
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 27
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Justin Lunin-Pack opened from early position, making it 90,000 to play, and Scott Anderson three-bet jammed holding .
With the action back on him, Lunin-Pack made the call with his , and the race was on.
Flop:
Turn:
River:
Anderson survived the flop and turn, but his hopes for a WPT title floated down the river when the dreaded ace fell. He exited in 19th place and took home $17,357 for bubbling the final two tables.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Scott Anderson | Busted |
The final 18 players just redrew for seats, so take a look at where they ended up, as well as where they stand in the chip counts.
Table 1
Seat | Player | Chip Count |
---|---|---|
1 | Keith Crowder | 2,350,000 |
2 | David Paredes | 2,300,000 |
3 | Tyler Patterson | 500,000 |
4 | Jared Jaffee | 4,200,000 |
5 | Eric Wasserson | 600,000 |
6 | Kunal Patel | 3,000,000 |
7 | Kalyan Gullapalli | 2,780,000 |
8 | Chris Reslock | 615,000 |
9 | Farid Jatten | 5,900,000 |
Table 2
Seat | Player | Chip Count |
---|---|---|
1 | Aristedes Santanta | 600,000 |
2 | Robert Merulla | 2,600,000 |
3 | Frank Tosacano | 1,650,000 |
4 | Vladislav Mezheritsky | 1,200,000 |
5 | Michael Arrington | 760,000 |
6 | Justin Lunin-Pack | 2,430,000 |
7 | Ronit Chamani | 460,000 |
8 | Bryan Choi | 1,460,000 |
9 | Anthony Maio | 2,810,000 |
Tyler Patterson open-shoved from under the gun, moving his last 565,000 into the middle holding .
Jared Jaffee was next to act and he looked down to find , and he made the call to put his new neighbor at risk. The table folded around dutifully, and the two players showed down to find themselves in the classic coin flip situation.
The flop came to hit Jaffee's big slick with top pair, and the turn came to keep him in the lead. When the river fell Patterson took a second look back at his hand and said "diamonds!" before heading to his rail for a minor celebration. Jaffee had to take a second look at well, and he admitted that he never saw the diamond draw materialize, only realizing he was beat when Patterson became excited rather than dejected when the river card came down.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jared Jaffee |
4,520,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
||
Tyler Patterson |
1,230,000
730,000
|
730,000 |
|
After an opening raise to 90,000, Bryan Choi decided to three-bet to 210,000, and with the action now on him Aristedes Santana moved all in for 430,000 total.
The original raiser got out of the way, and Choi asked for a count before making a relatively quick call. Choi tabled and the race was on against Santana's .
The final board rolled out to leave Santana with no pair - and no chips - while Choi clapped his hands in celebration after surviving five board cards.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bryan Choi |
1,750,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
Aristedes Santana | Busted |
Eric Wasserson shoved from under the gun for 465,000, and David Paredes called from the button. Everyone else folded.
Paredes:
Wasserson:
No improvement came for Wasserson on the board, and Paredes busted him in 17th.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Paredes |
2,200,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
||
Eric Wasserson | Busted | |
|
Kalyan Gullapalli opened from under the gun, making it 90,000 to play, and chip leader Farid Jattin came along with a call from middle position. David Paredes decided to apply some pressure with a three-bet from the hijack, and he reraised to 305,000.
After Gullapalli smooth called the sizable bet, Jattin used his big stack to be the bully and he moved all in to force both opponent's to a test for their tournament lives.
The power play worked to perfection and Jattin extended his chip lead with raw aggression.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Farid Jattin |
6,180,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
Kalyan Gullapalli |
1,960,000
-820,000
|
-820,000 |
David Paredes |
1,600,000
-600,000
|
-600,000 |
|
Kalyan Gullapalli shoved over a raise from David Paredes, and Paredes made the call with . He was against , and all looked well for Gullapalli to double up when he flopped an ace. A arrived on the river, however, improving Paredes to a set and busting his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Paredes |
2,900,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
||
Kalyan Gullapalli | Busted |
After a min-raise to open the pot from Jared Jaffee, veteran tournament player Chris Reslock finally made his stand after grinding a short stack for the last few orbits.
Jaffee asked for a count before making a reluctant call with , and sure enough Reslock revealed the to put a hammerlock on the hand.
The flop came down and by the time the turn fell Jaffee had already turned his cards face down and tossed them into the muck. The meaningless river card came to make things official, and with that Reslock rebounded from the danger zone to give himself a chance to continue the grind.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jared Jaffee |
3,850,000
-670,000
|
-670,000 |
|
||
Chris Reslock |
1,230,000
615,000
|
615,000 |
|
Chris Reslock limped under the gun, and Keith Crowder raised to 190,000. Jared Jaffee popped it to 420,000 from the small blind, Reslock folded along with the big blind, and Crowder thought very briefly before moving all in for 1,940,000. After a minute or so, Jaffee called.
Jaffee:
Crowder:
"Yeah, baby," Crowder exclaimed upon seeing the hands.
"The premature celebration, that's never good," a bystander said.
Sure enough, the flop came , and Crowder needed to catch a king to survive. He failed to do so when the and made Jaffee a boat, and Crowder was out.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jared Jaffee |
8,500,000
4,650,000
|
4,650,000 |
|
||
Keith Crowder | Busted |