Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Keith Langill is the latest casualty at Table 1, going out in 13th place for $1,864.
Details of the bustout hand are unknown, but Langill is the sixth player to bust out in about an hour play at the final two tables.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Keith Langill | Busted |
Shortly after losing most of his stack to Christopher Smith in a big hand, Tailong Qiao got the last of his decimated stack in preflop, with Smith calling.
Tailong Qiao:
Christopher Smith:
Board:
The brought in the pair for Smith, and Qiao is out in 12th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christopher Smith |
1,350,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
Tailong Qiao | Busted |
The craziness continues in the Main Event, as Soren Asadov, who was sitting on more than 800,000 chips just an hour agao, is out in 11th place.
Details of the hand are unknown, but with Tim Costello's elimination happening seconds after this, the tournament is down to the final nine.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Soren Asadov | Busted |
Tim Costello went all in from the hijack, and David Lebhar made the call in the big blind.
Tim Costello:
David Lebhar:
Board:
The turn brought in top pair for Lebhar, and the river confirmed the elimination of Costello.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Lebhar |
410,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
Tim Costello | Busted |
Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Scott Lewis | 480,000 |
1 | 2 | Ralph Mittman | 280,000 |
1 | 3 | Deven Ware | 390,000 |
1 | 4 | Christopher Smith | 1,400,000 |
1 | 5 | Afzal Atta | 500,000 |
1 | 6 | Young Hilliard | 580,000 |
1 | 7 | Najib Kero | 415,000 |
1 | 8 | Yary Hing | 655,000 |
1 | 9 | David Lebhar | 400,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christopher Smith |
1,400,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Yary Hing |
655,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
Young Hilliard |
580,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Afzal Atta |
500,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
Scott Lewis |
480,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Najib Kero |
415,000
-295,000
|
-295,000 |
David Lebhar |
405,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Deven Ware |
390,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
Ralph Mittman |
280,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 15,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
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Afzal Atta opened to 50,000 under the gun, and got one caller in Najib Kero two seats to the left.
Atta continued for 80,000 on the flop, and Kero called.
The turn came the , Atta checked, Kero went all in, and Atta called.
Afzal Atta:
Najib Kero:
It looked like Kero was about to be on the wrong end of a cooler, his trip nines dominated by Atta's eights full. The miracle came in on the river, however, and Kero sent Atta to the rail with a beter full house.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Najib Kero |
1,015,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
Afzal Atta | Busted |