2019 Fall Poker Classic Canterbury Park

$1,100 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 Fall Poker Classic Canterbury Park

Final Results
Winner
Justin Thurlow
Prize
$47,635
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Entries
376
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
30,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
62
Players Left
1

Dinner Time

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The remaining 11 players are off on a 40-minute dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 7:14 p.m. local time.

Shimelfarb Fires Twice

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Gennady Shimelfarb opened to 50,000 from the hijack and received a call from James Lawrence, defending his big blind. The two saw a flop of {k-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} and Lawrence checked to Shimelfarb, who made a continuation-bet for 50,000. Lawrence peeled.

The turn was {q-Hearts} and Lawrence checked again. Shimelfarb slid out a stack of T5,000 chips well over 20-tall, appearing to be around 140,000. Lawrence thought for a few moments and then sent his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
James Lawrence us
James Lawrence
1,330,000
30,000
30,000
Gennady Shimelfarb us
Gennady Shimelfarb
1,040,000
-10,000
-10,000

Tags: Gennady ShimelfarbJames Lawrence

Bill Perpich Eliminated in 12th Place ($5,836)

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Bill Perpich
Bill Perpich

Bill Perpich opened to 35,000 from under the gun and received calls from Rob Wazwaz, who was on the button, and Vic Peppe in the small blind. James Lawrence then announced a three-bet all in, putting all remaining players to decisions for their stacks.

Perpich went into the tank for a bit before announcing a call, prompting immediate folds from Wazwaz and Peppe.

Bill Perpich: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}
James Lawrence: {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}

Perpich was unable to find help as the board ran out {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades}{5-Clubs}, leaving him dry on chips as he wished the remaining players at his table good luck with mutual exchanges of wishing one another a good game.

Player Chips Progress
James Lawrence us
James Lawrence
1,300,000
525,000
525,000
Rob Wazwaz us
Rob Wazwaz
570,000
178,000
178,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Vic Peppe us
Vic Peppe
497,000
-103,000
-103,000
Bill Perpich us
Bill Perpich
Busted

Tags: Bill PerpichJames LawrenceRob WazwazVic Peppe

Zeph Baer Eliminated in 13th Place ($4,741)

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Zeph Baer
Zeph Baer

Zeph Baer shoved his last 10 or so big blinds all in from the cutoff and received action from Gennady Shimelfarb.

Zeph Baer: {k-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}
Gennady Shimelfarb: {a-}{a-}

The flop came {x-Diamonds}{x-Diamonds}{x-} to give Baer a glimmer of hope in a flush draw. The turn fell {2-} to give him additional outs, however the river {10-} was unable to get him there to result in him taking 13th place at the expense of Shimelfarb, whose two recent knockouts have put launched his stack up to

Player Chips Progress
Gennady Shimelfarb us
Gennady Shimelfarb
1,050,000
230,000
230,000
Zeph Baer us
Zeph Baer
Busted

Tags: Gennady ShimelfarbZeph Baer

Lawrence Correctly Makes a Hero Fold

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

There was at least 200,000 in the middle on the river with a board of {j-Spades}{8-Spades}{6-Clubs}{k-Spades}{q-Clubs} with heads-up action between Justin Thurlow in the big blind and James Lawrence, who was in the hijack.

Thurlow had fired out 50,000 and Lawrence was in the tank. After some time, he folded {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} face-up.

"Wow! Nice fold, Jimmy!" said Thurlow as the dealer began to send the pot his way. "I'll show." The dealer looked up to him as she shipped him the pot and he reaffirmed he would show as he stood up with cards still in hand.

He then tabled {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts} for Broadway and proceeded to rake in the pot, slamming his fist on the felt again emphatically as he gave Lawrence another genuine compliment on how great of a fold he had made.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Thurlow us
Justin Thurlow
1,160,000
190,000
190,000
James Lawrence us
James Lawrence
775,000
-105,000
-105,000

Tags: James LawrenceJustin Thurlow

Aaron Curti Eliminated in 15th Place; Scotter Clark Eliminated in 14th Place ($4,741)

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Aaron Curti
Aaron Curti

James Lawrence opened to 40,000 from the cutoff and was called by Bob Van Syckle, who was on the button. Aaron Curti was in the big blind and reraised all in for 80,000, receiving calls from Lawrence and Van Syckle to give him an opportunity to triple up with any future action going into a side pot between Lawrence and Van Syckle.

The flop came {4-Hearts}{9-Spades}{j-Hearts} and Lawrence checked. Van Syckle slid out a stack of chips to bet and Lawrence quickly folded to leave just two players remaining.

Aaron Curti: {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Bob Van Syckle: {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

Van Syckle's flopped pair of tens was ahead of Curti's ace-high and nothing changed as the turn {k-Spades} and river {3-Diamonds} completed the runout to earn Van Syckle the pot as Curti was eliminated from the tournament.

Moments later, Scotter Clark shoved all in from the cutoff and was called by Gennady Shimelfarb.

Scotter Clark: {9-}{9-}
Gennady Shimelfarb: {j-}{j-}

Clark was unable to hit a nine as the board ran out clean for Shimelfarb, resulting in the 2015 Fall Poker Classic Main Event Champion taking 14th place in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
James Lawrence us
James Lawrence
880,000
132,000
132,000
Gennady Shimelfarb us
Gennady Shimelfarb
820,000
325,000
325,000
Bob Van Syckle us
Bob Van Syckle
753,000
23,000
23,000
Aaron Curti us
Aaron Curti
Busted
Scotter Clark us
Scotter Clark
Busted

Tags: Aaron CurtiBob Van SyckleGennady ShimelfarbJames LawrenceScotter Clark

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Thurlow Nearing Seven Figures

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Nghia Le opened to 36,000 from the cutoff and received calls from Justin Thurlow, who was on the button, and James Lawrence who defended his big blind. Action went three ways to the flop {9-Spades}{2-Clubs}{a-Clubs} and Lawrence checked. Le made a continuation-bet of 45,000 and got a call from Thurlow and a fold from Lawrence.

With action heads up, the turn came {5-Hearts} and both players checked. The river came {10-Clubs} and Le checked to Thurlow, who slid out a stack of T5,000 chips with one hand while putting out another one of them next to it for a bet of 105,000. Le went into the tank for over a minute and then called.

Thurlow showed {5-Clubs}{3-Clubs} for a rivered flush after having flopped a gutshot five-high straight flush draw to earn the pot, bringing him to around 970,000 in chips with the end of Level 21 in close sight.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Thurlow us
Justin Thurlow
970,000
420,000
420,000
James Lawrence us
James Lawrence
748,000
-57,000
-57,000
Nghia Le us
Nghia Le
346,000
-259,000
-259,000

Tags: James LawrenceJustin ThurlowNghia Le

"Nice Kicker"

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

James Lawrence saw action folded to him on the button and opened to 32,000. John Sorenson defended his big blind and the two went heads up to a flop of {6-Spades}{k-Clubs}{7-Clubs}. Sorenson checked to Lawrence, who made a continuation-bet of 25,000. Sorenson called and the turn came {5-Hearts}, where both players checked.

The river fell {2-Diamonds} and Sorenson put out a bet of 50,000. Lawrence thought for about 30 seconds and then made the call.

Sorenson showed {9-Hearts}{7-Hearts} and Lawrence tabled {a-Clubs}{7-Spades}, both showing a pair of sevens with Lawrence's ace kicker being the difference.

Sorenson confirmed as much: "nice kicker!" he said as the pot was sent Lawrence's way.

Player Chips Progress
James Lawrence us
James Lawrence
805,000
90,000
90,000
John Sorenson us
John Sorenson
165,000
-99,000
-99,000

Tags: James LawrenceJohn Sorenson