Level: 21
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 21
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
*Table | Seat | Player | |
2 | 1 | Ki Nam | |
2 | 2 | Benjamin Kim | |
2 | 3 | Rosie Paules | |
2 | 4 | Ting Ho | |
2 | 5 | James Faircloth | |
2 | 6 | Lawrence Blazer | |
2 | 7 | Jared Ingles | |
2 | 8 | Jonathan Seelbach | |
2 | 9 | Jerry Johnson | |
3 | 1 | Chris Karambinis | |
3 | 2 | Allan Hedin | |
3 | 3 | Derrick Yamada | |
3 | 4 | Jacob Phillips | |
3 | 5 | Matt Stolmeier | |
3 | 6 | Ashly Butler | |
3 | 7 | David Pecaski | |
3 | 8 | Jonathan Taylor | |
3 | 9 | Kevin Eyster | |
5 | 1 | Ross Lecavalier | |
5 | 2 | Loren Brown | |
5 | 3 | James Atherton | |
5 | 4 | Ryan Riess | |
5 | 5 | Brian Campanello | |
5 | 6 | Isaac Kirchner | |
5 | 7 | Dale Steenkamp | |
5 | 8 | Drazen Ilich | |
5 | 9 | EMPTY |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bryan Campanello |
742,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
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Chris Karambinis |
735,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
David Pecaski |
705,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
James Faircloth |
485,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
Allan Hedin |
440,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
Ashly Butler |
435,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Jonathan Taylor |
425,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
Jared Ingles |
420,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
Ross Lecavalier |
415,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Derrick Yamada |
350,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Rosie Paules |
325,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Loren Brown | 325,000 | |
Jonathan Seelbach |
310,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
Kevin Eyster |
280,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
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Matt Stolmeier | 275,000 | |
Lawrence Blazer | 260,000 | |
Isaac Kirchner | 205,000 | |
Ki Nam | 200,000 | |
Ting Ho |
190,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Jerry Johnson | 185,000 | |
Ryan Riess |
165,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Benjamin Kim | 165,000 | |
Jacob Phillips | 120,000 | |
Drazen Ilich |
110,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Dale Steenkamp
|
55,000 |
We caught up with the action in a pot between Jonathan Seelbach and Ting Ho on the flop, which read . Seelbach checked to Ho, who fired out 30,000. Seelbach made the call, and both players checked the on the turn.
The river was the , and Seelbach sprung to action with a 44,000 bet. It only took Ho about 10 seconds to call, but she mucked her hand when Seelbach rolled over for trip sevens.
Seelbach is back up to 420,000 after that pot, while Ho falls to 150,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Seelbach |
420,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Ting Ho |
150,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
We didn't catch the preflop action, but we saw that Ting Ho was in an all in preflop race for her tournament life. Ho held , and Ki Nam held . The board ran down , and Ho made an unneeded boat on the river.
Ho's supports began shouting "Ting for the win," as she collected the double up to 270,000. On the flop side, Nam drops to just 80,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ting Ho |
270,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Ki Nam |
80,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
We didn't arrive at the table until the hand had already played out, but we heard that Drazen Ilich busted holding against the of Ross Lecavalier. After winning that pot, Lecavalier is now up to 480,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ross Lecavalier |
480,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Drazen Ilich | Busted |
Two more levels are in the books, and we have another 15 minute break.
Level: 22
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
The players have returned from break, and the cards are once again in the air.
Allan Hedin, or "Big Al" as his friends call him, secured a huge double up on the last hand before the break. It was through Ashly Butler, who held . Hedin had , and Butler wasn't able to catch up.
After the break, Hedin came up to us and told us that he hates to play the last hand before the break, but after that hand, he might have to change his toon!
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Allan Hedin |
720,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
Ashly Butler |
240,000
-195,000
|
-195,000 |