Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Right before the break Team PokerStars Jason Mercier raised to 6,000 and Mike Watson called from his immediate left. Chip leader Phillip McAllister made the call from the blinds and the flop brought out .
McAllister checked to Mercier who bet 7,200 and only Watson called. The turn was checked by both players and Watson folded on the river when Mercier bet 22,300.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jason Mercier |
312,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Mike Watson |
185,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
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The tournament is now on the bubble, here are some chip counts from this stage of the event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Waxman |
750,000
186,000
|
186,000 |
|
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Andy Spears |
572,000
453,000
|
453,000 |
Boyuan Qu |
496,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
Tony Gregg |
430,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
Ami Barer |
325,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
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Jason Mercier |
295,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
Rui Milhomens |
275,000
206,800
|
206,800 |
Salman Behbehani |
255,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Joao Vieira |
252,000
-128,000
|
-128,000 |
|
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Mike Watson |
195,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
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Georgios Zisimopoulos |
190,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Jonathan Little |
170,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
||
Sam Greenwood |
145,000
-9,200
|
-9,200 |
|
||
Allen Kessler |
134,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
Shawn Buchanan |
132,000
-122,000
|
-122,000 |
|
||
John Racener |
130,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
Sean Winter |
125,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Jeff Rossiter |
101,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Fedor Holz |
99,000
-73,000
|
-73,000 |
Talal Shakerchi |
66,000
-101,000
|
-101,000 |
Jeremy Ausmus |
63,000
35,500
|
35,500 |
|
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Olivier Busquet |
41,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
The second to last player to go home without money was former November Niner Jeremy Ausmus. Ausmus was all in with pocket eights against Sean Winter's jacks.
Winter's jacks held up and that brought the tournament down to 137 players.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sean Winter |
155,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jeremy Ausmus | Busted | |
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The PCA Main Event is now hand for hand.
During hand for hand play, Sam Greenwood got all in with Talal Shakerchi.
Once the players turned over their hands, it was Greenwood who had and Shakerchi had .
The board ran out and Shakerchi doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Talal Shakerchi |
159,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
Sam Greenwood |
80,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
After a raise it was Binh Nguyen who called and Justin Oliver moved all in for 81,000 chips and after the initial raiser folded, Nguyen called and the showdown went a follows.
Nguyen:
Oliver:
The board ran out and Oliver doubled up with the best hand against the second best hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Justin Oliver |
172,000
125,800
|
125,800 |
|
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Binh Nguyen |
100,000
28,600
|
28,600 |
Fedor Holz was found all in and at risk for 64,000 on the flop and he was called by Alexaner Lynskey. After Justin Olivier had doubled up on the other table, Holz went to showdown and he was behind, looking for help.
Holz:
Lynskey:
The turn was the and the river the , giving Holz the double up after he hit a flush.
"I was very sure I would win that," Holz joked, as he kept his tournament hopes alive.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexander Lynskey |
300,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
Fedor Holz |
152,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
Georgios Zisimopoulos raised from the button and Fedor Holz, who had just doubled up, moved all in from small blind for 153,000. Zisimopoulos made the call and both players waited for the showdown, as the hands on the other tables needed to be completed first.
While waiting for other hands to finish, Holz said, "This is either how to bubble or how to quadruple," referring to his earlier double up on the bubble.
Holz:
Zisimopoulos:
The board ran out and Zisimopoulos was left with just 48,000 chips as we're still two spots away from the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fedor Holz |
320,000
168,000
|
168,000 |
Georgios Zisimopoulos |
48,000
-142,000
|
-142,000 |
Mike Watson and Olivier Busquet were the next two players to be all in. The crowd gathered around to see if Busquet would double up against Watson.
When the cards were turned over Busquet had the worst of it with against the of Watson. The board ran out , giving Busquet a few more outs, but it was not to be when the hit the river giving Watson a diamond flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Watson |
236,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
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Olivier Busquet | Busted | |
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