Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 4,000
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 4,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,666,000
466,000
|
466,000 |
|
|
2,185,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
|
|
1,133,000
533,000
|
533,000 |
|
|
1,088,000
212,000
|
212,000 |
|
|
561,000
189,000
|
189,000 |
|
|
499,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Bradley Girdler open-shoved under the gun for 128,000 and only Hassan Jamil called.
Girdler: ![]()
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Jamil: ![]()
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It was less-than classic, but still a race and Jamil took control of it on an ![]()
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flop. Girdler got out of his chair for the
turn and left after the
river.
They are now down to six with just minutes left in Level 25.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,900,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Bradley Girdler is teetering on the brink of elimination now after doubling up Mark Roberts.
Roberts shoved an ![]()
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flop for 250,000 and after an eternity in the tank, Girdler called with just the ![]()
. He missed the brick turn and brick river, giving Roberts' ![]()
the win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
750,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
125,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
Bradley Girdler and Lou Procopio both have half a million now that Girdler has doubled through Procopio.
Girdler got it in with the ![]()
dominating Procopio's ![]()
. He held on a ![]()
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board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
500,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
North Collins, NY's own Rob Bourkney held on as long as he could with the short stack. Then he got it in preflop with the ![]()
versus Ernie Guardarramas' dominating ![]()
.
Guardarramas held on a ![]()
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board to move back into the chip lead and send Bourkney home early.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Ernie Guardarramas has climbed back near the top of the counts by winning the battle of the blinds.
First he bet 400,000 into a 400,000-chip pot on a ![]()
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board to push newly minted chip leader Jason Sagle off a small versus big blind pot. Then, in another battle of the blinds, he called Bradley Girdler's small blind bet, and when Girlder continued on a flop with two queens, he came over the top with a big raise.
Girdler folded and here comes Guardarramas once again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
1,600,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
400,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
Ernie Guardarramas hasn't won a single contested pot yet today. As a result, Canadian Jason Sagle has taken the lead, with Rochester, NY's Hassan Jamil closely in tow.
Here's the updated chip counts headed into Level 25:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,880,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
|
1,650,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
|
1,200,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
|
720,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
650,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
500,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
410,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Cleveland, OH's Tommy Tomasello shoved the ![]()
and Jason Sagle made a reluctant call with the ![]()
.
Sagle's pair was slightly ahead and stayed there on the ![]()
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board. Tomasello took ninth becoming the first player to bust today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,490,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
Busted |