Level: 21
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 21
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Players are currently on a ten minute break.
Kevin Calenzo, who finished second in the WSOPC Southern Indiana Main Event, was under the gun and moved all in for his last 90,000 or so. Jason Cluxton called from middle position and everyone else got out of the way.
Calenzo:
Cluxton:
It was another race situation but the flop put Calenzo behind. The and on the turn and river changed nothing and he was eliminated in 25th place. Calenzo came into the Main Event as the points leader on the National Leaderboard with 155 points. For his finish today, he will add another 10 points, bringing his total to 165 points. That is a solid 12.5 points in front of his next closest competitor, Shiva Dudani. What is even more impressive is that Calenzo has now cashed in all four WSOPC Main Events of the season.
Cary Purcell raised to 37,000 in early position and action folded to James Jabaley in the small blind. He called all in with but was far behind Purcell's .
The gave Jabaley a set and the lead. Suddenly Purcell needed a jack or queen. The on the turn was neither, but the on the river gave him the straight to take down the pot and increase his stack to 355,000. Meanwhile, Jabaley was eliminated from the tournament in 26th place.
Action folded to Ken Ware in the cutoff and he raised to 20,000 with his . Bob Talbot, who had the bigger stack, then moved all in from the big blind with . Ware called and was in good shape to double up.
That quickly changed when the flop fell , giving Talbot a pair of aces. Ware needed to catch the last ten in the deck to stay alive. The turn was the and the river . Talbot took down the pot and increased his stack to 300,000 while Ware was eliminated in 27th place.
Ken Ware raised to 16,000 from early position only to have Steven Marshall move all in for 45,000 from middle position. Ware called and they turned up their cards:
Ware:
Marshall:
It was off to the race and Ware took the lead when the flop fell . Marshall needed to catch a five but the on the turn was not it. However, the on the river was and Marshall doubled to 90,000. Ware took a hit down to 115,000.
Table 22
Seat 1- Garrett Jones
Seat 2- Will "Monkey" Souther
Seat 3- Cary Purcell
Seat 4- Brian Walsingham
Seat 5- Jerry Monroe
Seat 6- Travis Lutes
Seat 7- John Land
Seat 8- Yair Alon
Seat 9- James Jabialey
Table 25
Seat 1- Robert Gunter
Seat 2- Christopher Sullivan
Seat 3- Dale Hinson
Seat 4- Mike Flowers
Seat 5- Ken Ware
Seat 6- T.J. Cloutier
Seat 7- Steven Marshall
Seat 8- Bob Talbot
Seat 9- Mike Hill
Table 28
Seat 1- James Namken
Seat 2- Jeremy Drewery
Seat 3- David Barrow
Seat 4- Kevin Calenzo
Seat 5- Bob Harris
Seat 6- Shane Sigsbee
Seat 7- Jason Cluxton
Seat 8- Farid Nasserazad
Seat 9- John Holley
Yong Chen was all in with against the of Will "Monkey" Souther. It was a classic race on the money bubble. The flop came down and Chen was in trouble. The on the turn left him drawing to an ace or jack, but it was the . Chen became the bubble boy while Souther is up to 325,000.
The remaining 27 will be paid, but first they'll need to redraw for seats.
Action folded to Travis Lutes in the small blind and he moved all in for 84,500. Daniel Howard tank called from the big blind for his last 81,500.
Howard:
Lutes:
The flop kept Howard in the lead but the on the turn changed everything. Suddenly Howard needed to catch to stay alive but the on the river was no help. He was eliminated in 29th place, bringing us to the official money bubble.
There was about 50,000 in the pot and a flop of when Jeremy Drewery checked to Craig Flood, who moved all in for about 60,000. Drewery thought about it for a moment before making the call.
Flood:
Drewery:
The on the turn changed nothing and neither did the on the river. Flood was eliminated just shy of the money.