Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Johnny Kincaid |
270,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Charles Moore |
195,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
Kevin Saul |
185,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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Mike Holm |
155,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Will Souther |
140,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
Ryan Eriquezzo |
130,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
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Becky Makar |
117,000
54,500
|
54,500 |
Drazen Ilich |
115,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Alexandru Masek |
110,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Gary DeBernardi
|
105,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Huy Nguyen |
96,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
Jeff Banghart |
90,000
44,400
|
44,400 |
Doug Hutcheson |
60,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Matt Chang |
56,000
3,800
|
3,800 |
Allen Kessler |
47,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
The hand began when Huy Nguyen opened for 6,200 under the gun and the player to his left moved all in for around 20,000. Action folded all the way around to Allen Kessler in the big blind and put in another raise to just over 40,000.
Nguyen took a moment before folding and let Kessler try to earn the knockout.
Kessler:
Opponent:
The board ran and Kessler's boat brought him near the average stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Allen Kessler |
70,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
First in from the button, a gentleman we're unfamiliar with came into the pot with a raise to 8,000. Huy Nguyen defended his big blind, and they were heads-up to the flop.
It came , and it quickly checked through. The turn came the . Now Nguyen led out into the pot with 8,500. His opponent called, and the filled out the board. Nguyen reached for betting chips again, and he made it 13,500 to get to showdown. Mr. Opponent tanked for a few moments, then stuck in the call.
Nguyen froze as he stared at his cards, and Mr. Opponent let him off the hook by tabling his . Nguyen mucked, and he's down to about 66,000 after that little slip.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Huy Nguyen |
66,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
We noticed a double-up pot just finishing up at the near table, so we hustled over just in time to catch the cards and the amount of the double. Drazen Ilich noticed us scribbling down details, so he helped us out.
"I got it in bad," he admitted with his sitting face-up in front of him. Indeed he did get it in bad on a four-bet shove against an opponent across the table who had turned up in front of his seat. But the board showed , giving Ilich the winning set of jacks.
From 92,000, Ilich has doubled his way up to about 190,000 with that come-from-behind double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Drazen Ilich |
190,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Huy Nguyen just earned back the 30,000 or so he just lost. He was heads up with Mike Holm and the board showed when we got to the table. Holm check-called 8,500 from Nguyen to see the river. Both players checked and Nguyen tabled and Holm mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Huy Nguyen |
92,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
We've been trying to catch Jeff Banghart involved in some pots today, but our timing has been off so far. A moment ago, we went out to try again, but Banghart was missing in action. His chair and the felt in front of it are empty except for a seat card waiting for the floorman's collection.
Banghart has been eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeff Banghart | Busted |
Leonel Contreras limped into the pot from early position and it folded all the way around to Alexandru Masek in the big blind. Masek rapped the table and the flop came . Masek checked and Contreras min-bet 3,000. Masek raised to 9,500 and Contreras raised an eyebrow before calling.
The turn came and Masek led out with 12,500. Contreras furrowed his brow, shook his head and folded with an audible sigh.
Well, Becky Makar has done it again. She was sitting with 79,300 chips when she got it in with against Drazen Ilich. She was in awfully bad shape as Ilich tabled his dominating . No worries for the lady.
She reacted with a shrill, "Yessss!" as the appeared right in the window. The board ended up showing , and Ilich was less than impressed by the beat.
"I'm just tired of folding all the time," Makar admitted.
"That's a great excuse to get all your chips in bad," Ilich couldn't help himself. He's still got about 130,000, but that pot was for a top-three stack had it gone his way.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Becky Makar |
165,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
Drazen Ilich |
130,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
The big board shows that we've whittled our field down to just 49 players. The money hits at 30, and we're playing on down to a final table of nine (if we can get there) tonight.