Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
A player open-shoved for 11,600 under the gun and received a call from Hassan Tahsildar on his direct left. All remaining players folded.
All-In Player:
Hassan Tahsildar:
Tahsildar was out in front and remained there all the way through the runout to collect himself the pot and accompanying knockout.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hassan Tahsildar |
60,700
26,700
|
26,700 |
Tyler Potts was just spotted with a stack of 180,000 and helped fill in the details alongside tablemate Matt Johnston filled in the details as to how he got the majority of it. According to the pair, a player in middle position opened and Potts called in the cutoff. Pat Pineda then three-bet in the small blind and the original raiser four-bet jammed, with Potts calling and Pineda folding two jacks face up.
Opponent: (suited)
Tyler Potts:
Potts' bullets shot down his opponent's Big Slick and he now finds himself with what looks to be the largest stack in the tournament area.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tyler Potts |
180,100
118,100
|
118,100 |
Matt Livingston opened to 2,500 in middle position and received a call from Jason Vanstrom in the hijack. Action went heads up to a flop of and Livingston continuation-bet 3,000. Vanstrom called.
Action went check-check on the turn and the river came on board. LIvingston grabbed two red, T5,000 chips and tossed them onto the felt with Vanstrom calling after not much deliberation.
Livingston showed for a flush, earning him the pot as Vanstrom sent his cards to the muck with an accompanying groan.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jason Vanstrom |
123,500
45,700
|
45,700 |
Matt Livingston |
51,300
17,800
|
17,800 |
Nader Wahdan limped in early position and action folded around to the big blind, where Steve Harvey shoved for 9,300. Wahdan called.
Steve Harvey:
Nader Wahdan:
The runout gave both players aces up, with Harvey's queen remaining best to earn him the double.
"Nice hand, sir," said tablemate Ryan Dodson.
"Thank you," responded Harvey. "I needed it!"
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Steve Harvey |
20,100
-42,500
|
-42,500 |
Nader Wahdan |
17,600
8,800
|
8,800 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
The cutoff opened to 2,500 and received calls from both the small blind and Ben Keeline, who defended his big blind. Action checked through and the turn came . The small blind checked again and Keeline bet 4,300, receiving a call from the original raiser and a fold from the small blind.
Action was then heads up as the river fell and Keeline bet another 14,700. His opponent raised to 35,000 and Keeline re-jammed for a covering amount. The player called.
Ben Keeline:
Opponent:
Keeline's backdoor double gutshot straight draw completed to crack his opponent's set of kings and a massive pot was sent in his direction, making him one of the largest stacks in the room with less than 40 minutes before dinner break.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ben Keeline |
181,700
96,100
|
96,100 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Maxx Holland | 188,000 | |
Vincent Moscati |
90,300
-2,400
|
-2,400 |
Jason Blount |
77,700
26,900
|
26,900 |
Tracy Allgeier |
72,000
47,300
|
47,300 |
Kevin Kurtz |
47,500
-29,500
|
-29,500 |
Hassan Tahsildar |
46,000
-14,700
|
-14,700 |
Jason Welch |
45,000
-69,000
|
-69,000 |
Abraham Savitz
|
33,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Mike Kester
|
29,000
-57,000
|
-57,000 |
Nader Wahdan |
28,000
10,400
|
10,400 |
Paul Hoch |
22,200
6,800
|
6,800 |
George Medina | Busted | |
Salim Wahdan
|
Busted |
The seat that Daniel Bowden formerly occupied was just seen empty and he confirmed with PokerNews that his tournament run came to an end after he got the last of his chips into the middle with pocket fours, only to run them into pocket kings.
Bowden earned his entry via satellite and built his stack up to over 70,000 early in the day, but found himself on the wrong end of a few coolers and was unable to survive when all was said and done.
"That's poker," added Bowden with a smile as he made his way from the tournament room.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Bowden
|
Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ben Keeline |
186,000
4,300
|
4,300 |
Tyler Potts |
178,000
-2,100
|
-2,100 |
Nick Marchitti |
117,000
72,200
|
72,200 |
Jason Vanstrom |
104,000
-19,500
|
-19,500 |
Sammy Aweida |
95,300
-800
|
-800 |
Ethan Cahn |
81,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
Corey Zedo |
62,000
18,400
|
18,400 |
Matt Livingston |
54,700
3,400
|
3,400 |
Sean Maher |
52,000
-7,600
|
-7,600 |
Ryan Dodson |
41,900
-3,900
|
-3,900 |
Alan Lichtenberger |
34,000
7,800
|
7,800 |
Svetlana Martie |
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
Steve Harvey |
27,900
7,800
|
7,800 |
Justin Monk
|
24,000
-2,600
|
-2,600 |
Ronnie Lamb |
20,700
-1,300
|
-1,300 |
Matt Johnston | Busted | |
Samuel Uhlmann | Busted | |
Pat Pineda | Busted | |
Phil Gioia | Busted |