Noah Boeken's up-and-down day has finally come to an end. Just now he was up against Ted Lawson in a hand in which the pair saw a 
flop. Boeken led for 11,000, Lawson raised all in, and Boeken called with the rest of his stack -- about 20,000 more.
Lawson showed 
for top pair, top kicker, while Boeken turned over 
for the open-ended straight draw. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Boeken is out. Meanwhile, Lawson moves up to 85,000.
As we begin Level 10, here are the biggest stacks we've seen in our recent travels about the Pavilion. There are currently 270 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | |
|
125,000 | |
|
110,000 | |
|
|
103,000 | |
|
102,000 | |
|
|
101,000 | |
|
97,000 | |
|
90,000 | |
|
84,000 | |
|
82,400 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
With the board reading 
Phil Ivey checked over to Chris Ferguson who fired 14,000 into the middle. Ivey looked him up with a call but mucked when Ferguson showed 
.
Ferguson is up to 54,000 while Ivey slips to 15,000.
This table has now broken, and Ivey and co. have relocated to new homes, much to the dismay of those at the new table of Phil Ivey who looked up from their happy place to see their worst nightmare confirmed.
Jason Mercier raised from under the gun to 1,900 before a short stack in middle position moved all in for 3,200. Mercier made the call.
Mercier:
Opponent: 
The board arrived 
to pair up Mercier and eliminate his opponent from the tournament. Mercier is now up to 64,000.
With about 20,000 in the pot on a board of 
, Justin Smith moved all in for his last 16,000 chips and his opponent made the call with 
for the rivered straight. However Smith showed for a straight to the king to double through.
He's up to 52,000 chips.
Following a player's all-in shove preflop for 11,400, and Team PokerStars Pro Noah Boeken reraised all in over the top. All folded, and Boeken looked to be in good shape with versus his opponent's 
.
Then came the flop -- 
-- and Boeken suddenly went from way ahead to way behind. The turn was the 
, closing the door even further. The dealer then burned one and turned over the river card -- the 
!
"Must be nice," said Boeken's opponent. Boeken now sits with 38,500.
Brandon Adams and an opponent had gotten to the turn with the board showing 
. Adams' opponent checked, Adams bet 10,000, then his opponent check-raised all in for 28,100 total. Adams called, showing 
, while his opponent showed for top set.
No river card could save Adams in this one, and he's now down to 32,000.
Tony G has doubled through Chris Bell to now sit pretty in our top ten chip counts.
We arrived at the table as the G was raking in the chips, showing 
on a 
board. He's up to 82,400 with Bell back to 22,000.
A player under the gun opened for 2,000 (2.5x), and the table folded around to Shaun Deeb who called from the button. The player in the small blind then bumped it up to 6,100. The original raiser got out, but Deeb stuck around.
The flop came 
. The small blind led for 6,700, Deeb shoved all in, and his opponent called for his last 21,900. Deeb showed , while his opponent tabled .
The turn was the and river the , and Deeb had doubled up his opponent. After flirting with the 100,000-chip mark a little earlier, Deeb now sits with about 40,000.
