It's been a heck of a summer for Max Steinberg. Before he even arrived in Vegas, the WSOP bracelet winner started thing off right with a runner-up finish in the National Championship in New Orleans for $219,799. Since then he's added four WSOP cashes in Sin City including another runner-up finish in Event #27: $3,000 Mixed Max - No Limit Hold'em for $231,501.
Steinberg recently got involved in a big hand against Shannon Shorr that resulted in the Iowan getting a double. It began when Steinberg opened for 8,000 and Shorr three-bet to 20,000 from the button. Steinberg responded by moving all in for 112,000, and after a few moments of deliberation, Shorr made the call.
Shorr:
Steinberg:
It was a flip, but Steinberg needed to improve to stay alive. That's exactly what he did when the flop delivered him an ace. Neither the turn nor river was the eight Shorr was looking for and Steinberg doubled through.
Meanwhile, both Andre Akkari and Tom Marchese have been eliminated from the tournament.
Action folded to Sorel Mizzi on the button and he put in a standard raise. Kevin Eyster then three-bet to 27,500 from the small blind, the big folded and Mizzi shoved all in for 105,500 total. Eyster didn't seem too excited but made the call nonetheless.
Mizzi:
Eyster:
According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Mizzi was a 65.59% favorite while Eyster had a 27.04% chance of coming from behind (there was a 7.35% chance of a chop).
The flop was great for Mizzi as it gave him the nut-flush draw while at the same time missing Eyster; in fact, Mizzi became a huge 89.70% favorite while Eyster's chances dropped to 8.18%. The turn gave Eyster wheel draw to a five, though the would be no good as it'd give Mizzi a flush. A five did peel off on the river and it was the red .
Eyster spiked his straight to send Mizzi to the rail.
The first 10 minutes of Level 17 were pure madness.
On the very first hand, Kyle Julius raised on the button, Steve Sung three-bet out of the small blind, and Julius moved all in for 234,000. Sung quickly called.
Julius:
Sung:
Julius was in great shape to double, and remained ahead when the flop fell , but the turned, giving Sung the lead. The completed the board, and Julius dropped his head down on the table for a second or two before getting out of his chair and exiting the area.
On an adjacent table, Marvin Rettenmaier and Nick Petrangelo got all of the chips in the middle. We're not sure when, but when we got to the table the flop was and the hands looked like this:
Rettenmaier:
Petrangelo:
The turn and river bricked , respectively, and Rettenmaier doubled while Petrangelo was left with just 30,000 chips or so. He doubled shortly after.
On another table, Fabian Quoss moved all in for 137,000 over an open to 20,000 from David Benyamine and a three-bet to 75,000 from Keith Lehr. Benyamine folded and Lehr called.
Lehr:
Quoss:
There was an ace in the window of the flop, and Quoss held as the turn and river bricked , respectively.