Event 13: On to the Next One
The next level of play is upon us, and for the next 30 minutes blinds will be set at 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante.
The next level of play is upon us, and for the next 30 minutes blinds will be set at 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante.
There are now just 13 players left with a stack at their disposal.
Much of the action at this point has devolved into open-shoves for stacks that are well under the current average of 650,000.
Amanda Musumeci has slipped a bit below the current average with about 550,000 in front of her, while our chip leader Sonny Kim sits with 1.35 million.
With the blinds set at 12,000-24,000 and a 4,000 ante, Joe Degeorge tossed out three of the orange T1000 chips and took a look at his hand. The previous blinds were set at 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante, so Degeorge's erroneous ante was obviously just an oversight, but when he took a look at in the hole, that single ante chip was was destined to join its brethren.
Degeorge opened the pot for a raise to 80,000 - more than three times the big blind - and watched as the table folded around to James Kinney in the big blind, who peered down as his hand while beginning the tried and true custom of table talk.
"I'm starting not to like you," said Kinney with a smile, selling the story that he was displeased with Degeorge's attempt. "You keep doing that."
Rather than release his cards, however, Kinney then announced himself all in to put Degorge at risk, and the latter called off for his last 550,000 or so with big slick. When Kinney tabled though, Degeorge was left calling for kings.
The board answered his call, coming , but a lone pair on the river was not enough to take down Kinney's pocket rockets. Moments after accidentally putting an insufficient amount of chips into the pot, all of Degeorge's chips were now pushed across the table to Kinney, who now sits as the chip leader with more than 1.7 million to work with.
The final ten players in contention for the Event 13 title - and a $30,988 payday - have redrawn for seats and assembled around the final table.
Amanda Musumeci headlines the final table lineup, and just over a year after finishing runner-up for a World Series of Poker bracelet - the young woman with nearly $1 million in live earnings is by far the most experienced player in the room.
Musumeci currently sits with just more than 1.1 million chips, good for the third-largest stack at the moment, while James Kinney holds the chip lead at 1.75 million.
The final ten players in Event 13 ($500 Black Chip Bounty NLHE Re-Entry) are playing for the following prizes.
In addition to the potential winnings you see below, each player has earned a $100 black chip for every elimination they have notched thus far.
Place | Payout |
---|---|
1 | $30,988 |
2 | $17,214 |
3 | $10,706 |
4 | $8,606 |
5 | $6,770 |
6 | $5,565 |
7 | $4,475 |
8 | $3,385 |
9 | $2,295 |
10 | $1,492 |
We heard Charles Katz declare himself all in for his last 213,000 and Amanda Musumeci make the call, so we headed over to see what was what.
It turned out Katz made his stand on the short stack holding , and Musumeci called with her being able to afford the risk in return for a potential knockout. The two players were racing before the flop, but when the dealer fanned the across the felt Katz jumped out to a huge head start.
His set of eights left Musumeci stumbling out of the gates, and the race was over when the came on the turn. The completed the board on the river and Katz doubled through the most talented player at the table to keep himself alive.
The final board read when James Kinney heard his Joseph Opie announce himself all in for a huge bet of 798,000.
Kinney held in the hole, and with one card higher than his pair on board, along with two of the same baby card out there too, he knew several potential holdings had outran his eights.
Kinney went deep into the tank to think over his options, studying both the board and Opie while trying to decide if his hand was best.
Eventually, Kinney announced the call and moved for his chips, but before he could commit any to the pot Opie's hand went sailing into the muck. His pure bluff had been busted and Opie was sent packing in 10th place, taking home $1,492 for his final table appearance.
Below is a selection of photos from the Final Table of Event 13 ($500 Black Chip Bounty NLHE Re-Entry).
Jeffrey Benhart just became the latest victim of James Kinney's incredible heater, after his suited big slick was caught up to by a a dominated hand.
Benhart open-shoved for his last 550,000 and Kinney quickly made the call with , the confident nature of his action suggesting he strongly figured to hold the best hand.
Kinney was mistaken though, as Benhard tabled to put himself in a strong spot to score a double.
The flop of hit both players hard, but Benhart was now trailing with a queen on board. His four-flush provided nine additional outs, however, and he was by no means out of the running. When a arrived on the turn Bernhart could now make a Broadway straight, and he called for a ten as fifth street fell.
River:
A black card came off but clubs were the wrong kind of black for Bernhart, and with the shock still visible on his face, he headed to the payout desk to collect his $2,295 payout. Kinney, meanwhile, has gone on a tear at this final table, busting the first two players to build a huge stack of more than 4.1 million chips. To put Kinney's lead in perspective, the chip average at this point is just 1.05 million, and there are only 8.45 million in play.
With a total of 338 entries recorded in Event 13 ($500 Black Chip Bounty NLHE Re-Entry), there are 8.45 million chips in play between the eight players still alive at this final table.
After he notched the first two knockouts of the final table, James Kinney has built a massive lead over the field, and he now sits with more than 4 million chips to lay claim to nearly half of the ammunition at the table.