Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dave Stefanski |
510,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Andrew Lauer |
469,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
James Frangoulidis |
301,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
Tarun Gulati |
160,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
Paul Snead |
116,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
Scott Efron |
91,000
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
Lauren Monosson |
30,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
Lauren Monosson held suited and shoved all in preflop.
She ran into the pocket kings of Dave Stefanski and was eliminated when the board ran out cleanly for the kings.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dave Stefanski |
555,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Lauren Monosson | Busted |
Dave Stefanski raised to 17,000 from the hijack, he was three-bet by James Frangoulidis from the cutoff to 43,000. It folded back around to Stefanski who called.
The flop came . Frangoulidis bet 32,000 after a check and Stefanski called. The turn was the . Stefanski checked again and Frangoulidis moved two stacks of chips out for a bet of 72,000. Stefanski folded after a few moments and flashed an ace to his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dave Stefanski |
610,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
James Frangoulidis |
372,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
Shortly After Scott Efron was eliminated in 6th place, Paul Snead was next to hit the rail.
He got it all in preflop with and was called by Andrew Lauer who had the .
The flop came . The turn was the to open a straight draw and the straight would come home for Lauer as the came off on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dave Stefanski |
710,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Andrew Lauer |
590,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
James Frangoulidis |
345,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
Tarun Gulati |
105,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
Paul Snead | Busted | |
Scott Efron | Busted |
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
What ended up being the largest pot of the tournament thus far, started as a blind on blind situation.
James Frangoulidis raised to 27,000 out of the small blind. Andrew Lauer three-bet it to 73,000 from the big blind. Frangoulidis did not back down and four-bet it to 127,000. Lauer announced all in and was quickly called by Frangoulidis.
Frangoulidis who was the one at risk in a hand that was somewhat reminiscent of the famous 2010 Main Event hand between Joseph Cheong and Jonathan Duhamel, with the same pocket holdings.
James Frangoulidis
Andrew Lauer .
But on this occasion the ace would come as the flop sent Frangoulidis into the lead when an ace came in the window the turn was the and the on the river did not help Lauer, who pounded his chips into his hands in anger as a huge portion of his stack was sent to double up the 354,000 of Frangoulidis.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Frangoulidis |
708,000
363,000
|
363,000 |
Andrew Lauer |
245,000
-345,000
|
-345,000 |
Tarun Gulati moved all in from under the gun and was called by James Frangoulidis in the small blind.
Gulati was well ahead with the against the of Frangoulidis.
But the flop was bad news for Gulati as it came the turn was a useless and the on the river confirmed Gulati's elimination.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Frangoulidis |
815,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
Tarun Gulati | Busted |
Andrew Lauer raised from the button and was three-bet in the big blind by James Frangoulidis. Lauer moved all in and Frangoulidis called.
Andrew Lauer
James Frangoulidis
Lauer was again done in by pocket queens as the flop came to provide a set of eights for Frangoulidis. The turn was the and the river came the and Lauer was eliminated after a good run into 3rd place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Lauer | Busted |
After a brief break the two remaining players have returned to begin heads up play.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Frangoulidis |
1,245,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
Dave Stefanski |
515,000
-195,000
|
-195,000 |