Dinner
The players are going on dinner a bit early so that the tournament staff can clear out players from a different tournament here in the Signature Room. See you back here in 75 minutes (8:10 p.m.).
The players are going on dinner a bit early so that the tournament staff can clear out players from a different tournament here in the Signature Room. See you back here in 75 minutes (8:10 p.m.).
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Matt Giannetti | Busted | |
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Mike Jarvela
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Busted |
A short-stacked player open shoved in middle position, Mazen Nesheiwat put in a re-raise on his left, and the rest of the players folded.
Nesheiwat:
Opponent:
The flop fell , giving the player a backdoor wheel draw, and the on the turn kept the player's hopes alive.
Unfortunately for him the case ace () completed the board, and he was eliminated. Nesheiwat chipped up to 110,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mazen Nesheiwat |
110,000
62,200
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62,200 |
Table 2 is no easy table. In Seat 1 is David Tuthill, Seat 3 has Mike Leah, Seat 4 Taylor Von Kriegenbergh, and Seat 6 Dan Wach. Leah and Von Kriegenbergh recently tangled in a pre-flop raising war that went something like this:
Von Kriegenbergh opened to 6,000 under the gun. Dan Wach called and David Tuthill called from the button. The small blind joined along and that is when things got interesting. Mike Leah, in the big blind, made it 25,000 to go. Von Kriegenbergh made slightly more than a minimum raise to 46,000. Leah thought for about a minute before clicking it back himself... to 72,000.
Von Kriegenbergh went into the tank. He glanced to his right, where Leah sat, playing with chips in his right hand while Leah shuffled some in his left hand, mere inches away from Von Kriegenbergh. Leah covered the right side of his face with his hoodie, holding it up with his hand. Von Kriegenbergh took one more peek at his cards, another dart of the eyes towards Leah, and then mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mike Leah |
205,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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David Tuthill |
195,000
10,000
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10,000 |
Taylor Von Kriegenbergh |
190,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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Dan Wach | 45,000 |
We didn't catch the pre-flop action but Greg Ostrander was all in with and Paul Spitzberg was also all in holding and had Ostrander covered.
The board ran out and Ostrander is eliminated while Spitzberg surges towards the top of the chip counts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Paul Spitzberg |
405,000
140,000
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140,000 |
Greg Ostrander | Busted | |
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Matt Affleck checked to Matt Brady on a board of , and Brady moved all in for effectively 50,000 (a pot-sized bet). Affleck tanked for a very long time, grunting a time or to in disbelief, before ultimately folding.
The two shared a laugh after the hand, but Brady took all of the chips, and is up to 160,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Matt Brady |
160,000
35,000
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35,000 |
Matt Affleck |
50,000
-50,000
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-50,000 |
Alex Rocha's birthday is tomorrow but unfortunately he won't be celebrating it here in the Championship Event as he's busted. Rocha will turn 81 tomorrow as evidenced by this photograph we took of him recently. Happy Birthday Mr. Rocha!
Out of Borg main. They didnt earn it. Poker gods must not know it's my birthday tomorrow.Follow @THE_ALEX_ROCHA
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Alex Rocha | Busted |
Jeff Madsen raised to 5,300 in early position, a player called on the button, and the two players in the blinds folded. The dealer fanned , Madsen led out for 6,800, and the player called.
The turn was the , Madsen slowed down, checking, and the player tossed out 8,000. The two-time WSOP bracelet winner considered the wager for a short period of time, then called.
The river was the , and Madsen opted to bet out like he did on the flop. This time he bet a 22,000 - around half of the pot - and the player called.
Madsen ripped over for a rivered straight, and his opponent threw his head back in disgust before mucking his hand.
Here are counts from the entire table:
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jeff Madsen |
340,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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Valerie Novak |
275,000
90,000
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90,000 |
Scott McClean |
263,000
-67,000
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-67,000 |
She Lok Wong |
190,000
65,000
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65,000 |
Joseph Grodowski |
180,000
151,100
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151,100 |
Gregory Candido |
160,000
119,500
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119,500 |
Jackduyph Duong |
145,000
93,200
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93,200 |