Event #9: $800 NLH
Day 1b Completed
Event #9: $800 NLH
Day 1b Completed
Day 1b of Event #9: 750K GTD NLH has come and gone after 8 hours of play here in Round Rock. The second flight attracted 83 entries, which played down to just twelve players (12%) at the end of the night
Bagging up at the top of the heap was Benjamin Anderson who finished with 592,000 as he took the sword to several players late to shrink the field, including slicing the bubble when he eliminated Peter Fellows as the bubble boy on the final hand of the night.
Day 1b Top 5 Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Hometown | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
1 | Benjamin Anderson | Kileen, TX | 592,000 | 74 |
2 | Vy Nguyen | San Pablo, CA | 535,000 | 69 |
3 | Michael Khatibi | Austin, TX | 363,000 | 45 |
4 | Alejandro Madrigal | Umatilla, OR | 341,000 | 43 |
5 | Mahesh Rathi | Austin, TX | 258,000 | 32 |
On his heels in second place was Vy Nguyen who bagged 535,000. He also would eliminate many players in the final levels as he and Anderson lapped the field, combining for almost 40% of the chips between just the two of them.
Michael Khatibi was the best of the rest as he finished in third with 363,000, Alejandro Madrigal was in fourth with 341,000 and Mahesh Rathi rounded out the top five with 258,000 as he is looking to add to what has already been a successful Lodge Championship Series for him.
Another notable player to bag was Denise Pratt who finished with 164,000, which was good for sixth in chips.
Two of the happiest players, when the bubble burst and bag their chips, were, Jesse Crenan with 159,000 and Victoria Luna with a short stack of 79,000 as she wrote “The drought is over” on her chip bag, indicating the end of a long stretch without cashing in the series.
The twelve players will move on to Day 2, on Wednesday and join all the other advancing players from the upcoming five flights.
PokerNews will continue with coverage of Days 1c and 1d tomorrow at 11 a.m. and 5 a.m.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Benjamin Anderson | 592,000 | |
Vy Nguyen |
535,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Michael Khatibi |
363,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Alejandro Madrigal |
341,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Mahesh Rathi |
258,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
Denise Pratt |
164,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
Jesse Crenan |
159,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
Michael Merisier |
104,000
-116,000
|
-116,000 |
William Mattison |
84,000
-51,000
|
-51,000 |
Victoria Luna |
79,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Michael Paddack |
66,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
Richard Winters |
46,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Peter Fellows was all in preflop with the up against the of Benjamin Anderson as everyone eas pulling for the bubble to be breached.
The flop came , the turn was the and the river came the to whiff the king-queen and burst the bubble.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Benjamin Anderson |
592,000
187,000
|
187,000 |
Peter Fellows | Busted |
On the bubble, play has entered hand for hand.
Thomas Brabham shoved all in from early position for about 110,000 over an under the gun raise. Michael Khatibi called in the hijack and everyone else folded.
Brabham was at risk with the vs the of Khatibi.
The board ran out and Brabham was gone to bring the field to the bubble.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Khatibi |
361,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
Thomas Brabham | Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Thierry Quinton and Shino Fujiwara were sent away most recently as Quinton was taken out by Alejandro Madrigal when all the chips got in on the flop in a set vs a flush situation.
Meanwhile, Fujiwara was eliminated by Vy Nguyen in a preflop all in.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vy Nguyen |
405,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Alejandro Madrigal |
325,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
Thierry Quintin | Busted | |
Shino Fujiwara | Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Benjamin Anderson |
405,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Vy Nguyen |
330,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Michael Khatibi |
260,000
218,000
|
218,000 |
Mahesh Rathi |
242,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
Michael Merisier |
220,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
Thomas Brabham |
165,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
William Mattison |
135,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
Thierry Quintin |
127,000
-78,000
|
-78,000 |
Peter Fellows |
125,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Alejandro Madrigal |
110,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Denise Pratt |
110,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
Michael Paddack |
85,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Jesse Crenan |
78,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
Ari Katz
|
77,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Richard Winters |
76,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Jeffrey Fielder |
54,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Victoria Luna |
52,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Shino Fujiwara |
45,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |