So Long Susie
Susie Isaacs was all in for about 50,000 with and was facing Jay Hong's . The board ran out , ending Isaac's tournament and upping Hong's stack to about 175,000.
Susie Isaacs was all in for about 50,000 with and was facing Jay Hong's . The board ran out , ending Isaac's tournament and upping Hong's stack to about 175,000.
Michael Minetti raised from the button to 12,000 only to have Jake Wells reraise to 24,000 from the big blind. Minetti made the call and the flop came .
Both players checked to the turn when the hit. Again, both players checked. Wells then moved all in for 115,000 when the came on the river. Minetti immediately stood from his chair and began to think it over. He was in the tank for a solid four minutes and said, "I don't think you have it."
He finally joked, "I don't have a full house." He then made the call and Herskovic muttered, "Good call," as he turned over .
Minetti won the pot with and increased his stack to around 300,000. Wells was eliminated from the tournament.
The following players have recently been eliminated and will take home $3,874 for their efforts:
Lawrence Huffman
Gary Braine
Joseph Aronesty
Sam Crimaldi
Jack King
Chris Wunderlich
Michael Hirschensohn
Chester Adamson
Michael Mueller moved all in preflop for his last 16,000 and was called by Robert Cain. The two turned over their cards:
Cain:
Mueller:
"You have one over," said another player as the flop came , "Not anymore." Indeed, Mueller was in big trouble against top set. "You've got a straight draw," the same player announced.
Sure enough, the on the turn gave Mueller the said straight. All he needed to do now was avoid the board pairing and he would double up. The river was the and Mueller did just that, although he is still short sitting with under 40,000.
John Spadavecchia was faced with a decision after his opponent moved all in on a board. After spending a good two minutes in the tank, Spadavecchia made the call for about 27,000 and tabled . Amazingly, he was ahead as his opponent tabled .
The turn and river were safe for Spadavecchia, increasing his stack to about 165,000.
Chris Wunderlich has just been sent to the rail by Preston Derden. Wunderlich opened to 15,000 and Derden re-raised all in.
Wunderlich called all in with and was in trouble against Derden's . The board ran out , ending Wunderlich's tournament.
Preston Derden is up to about 100,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fred Berger
|
440,000 | 20,000 |
|
250,000 | 235,100 |
Berry Johnston
|
250,000 | 140,000 |
Robert Cain | 233,000 | 18,000 |
Tom Schneider
|
230,000 | 49,000 |
Derek Payne | 220,000 | 70,000 |
Brian Appelbaum | 210,000 | 169,600 |
Daniel Camillo
|
200,000 | 195,900 |
Vasilios Tzetzos
|
165,000 | 129,900 |
Salah Levy | 160,000 | 10,000 |
John Woo | 160,000 | 81,100 |
John Morgan | 151,000 | 133,300 |
Jeff Heiberg | 150,000 | 136,600 |
Fariborz Badimansour
|
143,000 | 122,900 |
Harold Angle
|
140,000 | 119,500 |
Jeanne Nelson | 135,000 | 116,600 |
Clifford Friend
|
132,000 | 75,900 |
Larry Vance
|
127,000 | 111,000 |
Bruce Peterson | 126,500 | 37,400 |
Harry Weinberg
|
110,000 | 82,300 |
Eric Stemp | 103,000 | 83,300 |
Dave Lambertson
|
98,000 | 83,100 |
Jay Hong | 96,000 | 54,000 |
Ken James | 92,000 | 78,000 |
Charles Anderson | 92,000 | 74,100 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Players are now on a 20 minute break.
Jeffrey Taylor raised to 12,000 in early position and was called by the player on the button. Action was on John Spadavecchia in the big blind and he pushed all in for 47,100 more. Taylor instantly called and the button mucked.
Spadavecchia was in bad shape when he revealed which was way behind Taylor's . Spadavecchia slapped the table in celebration when the was the window card on the flop. His excitement quickly died down however when the queen was followed by the and .
The on the turn gave Spadavecchia a draw to the nut flush and, wouldn't you know it, the river was the . Spadavecchia again slapped the table in celebration. Taylor, who didn't realize his opponent made the flush, reached over to shake Spadavecchia's hand thinking he had slapped the table in frustration.
Taylor's misconception was quickly pointed out by the other players and he threw up his arms as if to say, "What can I do?" Meanwhile, Spadavecchia is up to around 140,000.