Level: 23
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 2,000
Level: 23
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 2,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tuan Phan | 645,000 | -90,000 |
Larry Riggs | 550,000 | 530,000 |
Marc Andre Roy | 519,000 | -11,000 |
Jason Steinhorn | 500,000 | 60,000 |
Randall Cohen | 340,000 | 320,000 |
Steve Tabb
|
334,000 | 199,000 |
Roman Valerstein | Busted |
We missed the details, but we were able to assess the damage once we reached the table. Miguel Borrero was all in with against the of Manh Nguyen. Not only did Borrero not catch a pair, Nguyen made a set just for fun. Borrero was off to the cage to collect his winnings, while Nguyen is our first player to cross a million chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Manh Nguyen | 1,050,000 | 444,000 |
Miguel Borrero | Busted |
Manh Nguyen and his sizable stack got involved with Jimmy Born and his sizable stack. The flop was , Nguyen checked and Born bet 44,000. Nguyen slowly raised to 102,000. Born took his time making the call.
The two deliberate players saw the turn fall and Nguyen slid out 120,000. Born sat motionless as two all in hands occurred at other tables and caused a commotion. The were as still and silent as statues while players milled around following the other action. After a long while Born decided to give the hand up and Nguyen won what appeared to be a moral victory for him.
Jeff Joseph had Tom Rubino all in and at risk moments ago. Rubino put his last two big blinds in with , and was well behind Joseph's .
The flop gave Rubino an extra out however, and after the bricked on the turn, the spiked on the river to give him a winning straight. Rubino is still very short with just 50,000 chips, but it's better than being busto.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeff Joseph | 192,000 | -13,000 |
Tom Rubino
|
50,000 | 30,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jimmy Born | 777,000 | 317,000 |
Manh Nguyen | 606,000 | 316,000 |
Jeff Fielder | 603,000 | -17,000 |
Adam Lippert | 408,000 | 48,000 |
Hung Truong | 305,000 | -95,000 |
Miguel Borrero | 159,000 | -71,000 |
Roman Valerstein | 105,000 | -193,000 |
Kevin Taylor and Amarender Puri got their stacks in the middle preflop. Puri looked good holding against Taylor's . That is, until the river.
The board ran and just like that Puri was busted in perhaps the best situation to be holding king-queen.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ken Taylor | 740,000 | 40,000 |
When we reached the table, the board was . Steve Tabb moved all in for effectively 135,000, and his opponent Marc Andre Roy called instantly.
Showdown
Tabb:
Roy:
Tabb needed either a nine or a five to record the knockout, and received neither when the fell on the river. Roy, a Montreal native, raked in the pot, more than doubling to 530,000, while Tabb plummeted to 135,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marc Andre Roy | 530,000 | 320,000 |
Steve Tabb
|
135,000 | -325,000 |
Peter Ippolito moved all in on the button after the player in the cutoff opened. The blinds released and the cutoff called holding pocket tens. Ippolito held and the board ran .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Peter Ippolito | 280,000 | 110,000 |
Players have returned from break and have two levels to play before bagging and tagging for the night.