Level: 18
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 4,000
Level: 18
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 4,000
A short stacked moved all in for around 75,000 and action folded around to John Hayes who moved all in for more. The rest of the table folded and we had ourselves a showdown.
Matthaei:
Hayes:
The board came and Matthaei came up short despite grabbing hold of an ace on the flop.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Raymond Matthaei | Busted |
The board read and Harrison Gimbel fired out a bet that would put Greg Hobson all in. Hobson took his time deciding his best course of action before eventually calling.
Gimbel flipped over for queen high, and Hobson countered with for a pair of aces and the winning hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Greg Hobson |
330,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
||
Harrison Gimbel |
190,000
-185,000
|
-185,000 |
|
Picking up the action on the turn, Justin Schwartz bet out 26,000 on a board of . Eugene Du Plessis called and Mike Sowers opted to muck his hand.
The two players were heads up to see the come on fifth street. Schwartz dipped into his stack and bet out 47,000. Du Plessis rolled his eyes and thought for a while before meekly pushing out a call.
Schwartz showed for a busted straight draw on the turn and Du Plessis showed the winning for a pair of jacks.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eugene Du Plessis |
540,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Justin Schwartz |
150,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
Garth Arnason started this recent hand off by betting to 15,000. Sameer Al Janedi raised it to about 39,000 and Arnason called.
The flop came and Arnason instantly moved all in. Al Janedi snap called and cards were exposed.
Al Janedi:
Arnason:
The on the turn actually gave Arnason a little hope, but the on the river brought that crashing down.
A few hands later the super short stacked Arnason quietly made his exit.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sameer Aljanedi |
270,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Garth Arnason | Busted |
We caught up to find Mike Sowers move Eugene Du Plessis all in before the flop. Du Plessis called and the hands were tabled:
Du Plessis:
Sowers:
Sowers was looking for an ace to make Du Plessis our fourteenth place finisher, however the board fell and Du Plessis' queens were able to hold.
Du Plessis is now sitting on a stack of about 520,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Sowers |
542,000
-238,000
|
-238,000 |
Eugene Du Plessis |
520,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
After two limps, Guang Lu moved all in before the flop for 68,000. Action folded around to Eugene Du Plessis on the button who moved in a call. Harrison Gimbel, who was one of the limpers, moved all in over the top. Action was back at Du Plessis and he called.
Lu:
Du Plessis:
Gimbel:
Gimbel was in good shape with his two opponents sharing cards and his hand was able to hold through a board of . Du Plessis was forced to ship chips over to Gimbel while Lu took a walk to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Harrison Gimbel |
375,000
223,000
|
223,000 |
|
||
Eugene Du Plessis |
275,000
-137,000
|
-137,000 |
Guang Lu | Busted |
The flop read and Justin Schwartz was the first one to check. Next it came around to Greg Hobson who bet out 19,000. The rest of the table folded back to Schwartz who raised to 40,000. After a minute or so Hobson moved all in and Schwartz called.
Hobson:
Schwartz:
Hobson looked to be in prime position to double up as long as he could avoid a queen or a king on the turn and the river.
The on the turn, and the on the river sealed the deal and Hobson doubled.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Justin Schwartz |
240,000
-118,000
|
-118,000 |
Greg Hobson |
205,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
Players have returned from dinner and we will play down to the final table of 9 or four more levels, though at the pace this tournament has been playing a final table seems much more likely.
Level: 17
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 3,000