Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Chris Meyers fell to the 100,000-chip mark and shipped those in with the .
Ernie Guardarramas called holding the . There was both and ace and a jack on the flop, but not much else worth writing about the rest of the way.
They're down to 20 now with Meyers out 21st.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ernie Guardarramas | 600,000 | 100,000 |
Chris Meyers | Busted |
They're flipping for big stacks now.
Tommy Tomasello raised, Anne Jones three bet to 75,000, and Tomasello ripped in for 220,000 more. Jones called with the . Tomasello was flipping for his tournament life with the .
The board ran out and Tomasello proved luckier.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tommy Tomasello | 660,000 | 310,000 |
Anne Jones | 320,000 | -330,000 |
There's 21 now after Mark Roberts busted Illan Kandiah all in on a king-high flop. They both had the king, but Roberts' queen kicker was one better than Kandiah's jack.
Below are updated chip counts for the entire group.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul McLean | 750,000 | -150,000 |
Dave Grana | 680,000 | 430,000 |
Anne Jones | 650,000 | |
Leo Kaplin | 550,000 | -200,000 |
Thomas Mader | 550,000 | 373,500 |
Mark Roberts | 550,000 | 200,000 |
Ernie Guardarramas | 500,000 | -350,000 |
Guy Klass | 500,000 | |
Bradley Girdler | 420,000 | 279,000 |
Mike Latour | 390,000 | 245,500 |
Eric Natkinniemi | 380,000 | 160,000 |
Tommy Tomasello | 350,000 | 190,000 |
Lou Procopio | 300,000 | -60,000 |
Hassan Jamil | 290,000 | -180,000 |
Joe Catalano | 225,000 | -55,000 |
Joe Ciffa | 210,000 | -140,000 |
Blake Napierala | 150,000 | |
Rob Bourkney | 125,000 | 10,000 |
Jason Sagle | 90,000 | -130,000 |
Dennis Durante | 65,000 | -124,000 |
Illan Kandiah | Busted |
Eric Natkinniemi checked the river of an board with about 200,000 already in there. Illan Kandiah bet 55,000 and Anne Jones came over the top for another 140,000.
Natkinniemi folded, but not Kandiah. He made the call and Jones dragged the pot turning over the full house. Now Jones is in the top ten stacks and Kandiah falls to the bottom ten.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anne Jones | 650,000 | 200,000 |
Illan Kandiah | 200,000 | -500,000 |
Guy Klass opened and Rob Reynolds shipped in his 200,000-chip stack with two jacks.
It took a minute, but Klass called with the . The board ran out taking Reynolds with it.
Klass now has a contending stack and they are down to 23.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Guy Klass | 500,000 | 180,000 |
Rob Reynolds | Busted |
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Patty Fitzgerald shoved short with two fives, but there were enough chips in her stack to push Paul McLean into the chip lead when he called with the , flopped a flush draw, turned and ace, and beat her.
Fitzgerald is out and there's 24 left now with McLean on top.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul McLean | 900,000 | 295,000 |
Patty Fitzgerald | Busted |
Jason Zawacki semi-bluff shoved an open-ended straight draw with a king.
Ernie Guardarramas called with the same straight draw, plus outs to a flush with one card to come. King-high was good for a minute, until Guardarramas found his flush card on the river.
Zawacki is out and suddenly Guardarramas holds the chip lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ernie Guardarramas | 850,000 | 470,000 |
Jason Zawacki | Busted |
Tadeusz Blaszczak is the first player out in the money. He shipped it for 35,000 after Paul McLean opened to 20,000.
Blake Napierala came over the top all-in for less than 100,000 and McLean folded.
Blaszczak's tournament life was riding on the versus Napierala's and he lost it on a run out.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Blake Napierala | 150,000 | -7,500 |
Tadeusz Blaszczak | Busted |