Ronnie Bardah started the action by raising to 2,300 from middle position. Dmitriy Stelmak defended his big blind and the two saw a flop of . Stelmak checked, Bardah continued for 3,000 and then the game became limit poker.
Stelmak raised to 6,000, Bardah raised to 9,000, Stelmak raised to 12,000 and Bardah raised to 15,000. Finally, Stelmak move all in and Bardah quickly called.
Stelmak:
Bardah:
Bardah couldn't find a jack on the turn () or the river () and he was eliminated from the tournament. Stelmak is now over six-digits, sitting with 125,000 chips.
Justin Smith's stack has taken a hit in the last half hour, down to about 30,000 after having reached the 80,000 mark.
Most recently, he was involved in a hand with the board reading . There was about 32,000 in the pot and Smith was facing a bet of 28,300 from his opponent. After thinking about it for about three minutes Smith called, but saw the bad news when his opponent tabled for the nuts.
An unknown player was all in preflop for about 15,000 with and covered by Victor Ramdin, who held . The flop gave Ramdin a monster draw and actually made him a favorite in the hand.
The on the turn was no help but the on the river delivered the straight. Ramdin sent his opponent home while chipping up to around 100,000.
Lauren Kling was all in for about 11,600 with . She found action from two players, but unfortunately one of her opponents had some of her outs with . The third player in the hand held and won the hand when the board ran out
Kling was eliminated just as Level 9 came to an end.
Phil Ivey's original tables recently broke and he was moved across the room to a new table, which just so happens to play host to Victor Ramdin and Justin "Boosted J" Smith. That is a tough table, but with only one level left to play, who knows if it'll make a difference. Coincidentally, all three men are getting a massage.
John Strzemp,1997 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up, was under the gun and moved all in for his last 10,500. The button was the only caller and the cards were turned up:
Strzemp:
Button:
Strzemp was in big trouble as the flop came down . He had hit his jack but was still needed help. The on the turn gave him a flush draw. On the river, the dealer put out the and gave Strzemp the flush. He doubled on the hand to a little over 21,000, which is still well short of average.
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