Reid Young Eliminated in 16th Place ($21,000)
Reid Young was all in against Ray Henson preflop. Young was at risk holding the . Henson held the .
The board ran out and Young hit the rail in 16th place. Henson moved to over a million in chips.
Reid Young was all in against Ray Henson preflop. Young was at risk holding the . Henson held the .
The board ran out and Young hit the rail in 16th place. Henson moved to over a million in chips.
Joe Tehan raised to 55,000 and Chris DeMaci reraised to 128,000. Ray Henson moved all in from the small blind for 652,000 and won the pot.
Al Grimes raised to 60,000 and Jacob Toole reraised to 165,000. Alan Myerson moved all in for 354,000 from the big blind and Grimes got out of the way. Toole made the call.
Toole:
Myerson:
The board ran out and Myerson held to double up. Toole dropped to 1.6 million.
Carl Beliveau moved all in under the gun for his last 272,000 and George Lind III moved all in himself from the small blind. The big blind folded and the cards were turned up:
Lind:
Beliveau:
Beliveau's tournament life was at stake and he needed to improve, which is exactly what he did on the flop. However, his lead didn't last long as the dealer burned and turned the . Lind was back in front and stayed there as the peeled off on the river. Lind added 300,000 to his stack while Beliveau was eliminated from the tournament in 17th place.
Jimmie Guinther put in a raise and Anh Van Nguyen made the call. Action was back on Jonathan Gagnon-Villeneuve and he moved all in over the top for his remaining stack. Guinther then moved all in to isolate and Nguyen got out of the way.
Guinther:
Gagnon-Villeneuve:
Gagnon-Villeneuve was ahead heading to the flop but when it came down , Guinther was thrust into the lead. The on the turn left Gagnon-Villeneuve drawing to one of the two remaining nines. Unfortunately for him, the river was an and he was eliminated from the tournament in 18th place.
Micah Raskin raised and Chris DeMaci reraised preflop. Raskin made the call and the two players sitting number one and number two in chips saw the flop come . Raskin was out of position and checked to DeMaci. DeMaci held the chip lead coming into the day and fired out 181,000. Raskin put in a raise to 400,000. DeMaci came back with another raise to 725,000. Raskin quickly called.
The turn brought the and Raskin immediately shoved all in. He still has chips in his bag and some others in a pile on the table.
He'd only managed to stack a few of them up before this hand began taking place. DeMaci requested to get an exact count and the tournament staff began assisting in the counting process.
Raskin had so many chips all over the place that it took the assistance of two staff members.
Both of them then verified the count with the dealer before informing DeMaci that the all-in bet was worth 1.366 million! That made the pot worth over three million in chips.
DeMaci couldn't believe this was happening to him. "Is this really happening?" he asked. "This can't be real." He then thought for several minutes while the players at the adjacent tables began hovering closer to the action to see what was going down.
Joe Tehan and Ray Henson were seated at the same table as DeMaci and Raskin. They stepped off to the side and began discussing what they thought was going down. Henson mentioned jacks full while the conversed back and forth. Michael Binger then joined them and actually put Raskin on complete air.
DeMaci kept tanking and began apologizing for a possible nit-roll. The pot was just so large that no one could really blame him for tanking for so long. Eventually, he counted out the exact amount needed to call and then placed them to the right of his stack before counting how much he would have left.
"You'll still have chips left," said Raskin.
A couple minutes more and DeMaci made the call. Raskin tabled the for just tens and sixes. DeMaci had the for a turned full house. DeMaci had Raskin drawing dead in a massive, massive pot.
The river card completed the board with the to officially end things. Raskin looked at DeMaci and asked, "What took you so long?" DeMaci tried to explain that it was just such a big pot and he did only have the third nuts, both aces full and jacks full beat him.
"I didn't think I was folding," DeMaci explained to Jason Mercier who leaned over to check on things after they were completed. "The pot was just so big though and I could still be beat."
Mercier responded, "How's it feel? How's it feel to have three times what second place has?"
DeMaci has right about six million in chips and is now way out in front.
Jimmie Guinther raised to 50,000 and Jonathan Gagnon-Villeneuve made the call from the big blind. The flop came down and Gagnon-Villeneuve checked. Guinther fired 65,000 and Gagnon-Villeneuve called.
The was added to the board on the turn and Gagnon-Villeneuve checked again. Guinther fired 130,000 and Gagnon-Villeneuve made the call.
The river completed the board with the and Gagnon-Villeneuve checked. Guinther didn't slow down, firing 285,000. Gagnon-Villeneuve folded and Guinther won the pot.
Action folded to Jason Mercier in the cutoff and he raised to 52,000. Michael Binger called from the small blind and it was heads up to the flop. Binger check-called a bet of 58,000 on the flop and both players proceeded to check the turn. Likewise, it went check-check on the river and Binger said, "One pair."
"It's probably good," Mercier replied. Binger showed and Mercier mucked. It was a small pot, but Round 1 to Binger.
Michael Binger raised to 60,000 under the gun and Carlos Watanabe called from middle position. Action folded around to Al Grimes in the big blind and he shipped it for 362,000 more. Binger was quick to get out of the way while Watanabe tanked. He counted out the chips, stacked them back up, and then folded .
Grimes chipped up to 500,000 while Watanabe dropped to 595,000.
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 2,000