Early Eliminations
A few early bustouts here at Event #44. Allen Cunningham has hit the rail after taking that hit earlier. Martin Kabrhel was stacked as well. And Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari has vanished.
A few early bustouts here at Event #44. Allen Cunningham has hit the rail after taking that hit earlier. Martin Kabrhel was stacked as well. And Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari has vanished.
Limit
Four players were on a flop of when we walked up to the table, and Ayaz Mahmood bet all in for his last 225 chips. Daniel Makowsky called, Dwyte Pilgrim raised, and Makowsky called.
The landed on fourth street, Makowsky bet, Pilgrim raised, and Makowsky folded. Pilgrim turned up , and Mahmood was drawing to an open-ender with . The river was not enough help for him, though, and he's been eliminated just shy of the first break.
Pilgrim is up to 11,000.
We've played two levels, and it's time for the first break of the day. We'll be back in twenty minutes.
Level: 3
Blinds: /
Ante:
We've just been graced with two bracelet ceremonies here in the Pavilion, and we're ready to get back in action. It's level three, we're playing hold'em with no limit, and the cards are back in the air.
No-Limit
We walked up to Table 11 just in time to catch Joe Sebok move all in for 2,200 on a board showing . An unknown opponent called him down with , and Sebok's already had the pot locked up with one card to come.
The river cued the double up, and Sebok is back up to 7,900.
Some late registrants have been seated here for the start of the third level, including J.J. Liu, Lex Veldhuis, Eric Froehlich, Jason Mercier, Andy Bloch, John Juanda, Eric Cajelais, and Maria Ho.
Those last four incidentally -- Bloch, Juanda, Cajelais, and Ho -- are all gathered at the same table.
Joe Sebok doubled just a few minutes ago, but he just came walking past our desk in the direction of the double exit doors. We didn't see the hand that did him in, but Seebs is out.
Also exiting in the last minute or so were both Jason Mercier and Phil Gordon.
David Williams is out, having been eliminated in a no-limit hand against Dwyte Pilgrim here at the start of Level 3.
"I've been wanting to do that," said Pilgrim afterwards. "He knocked me out of the $25K at the Bellagio!" he added, referring to the most recent WPT Championship won by Williams.
Pilgrim is up to 20,500.