Raymond Coburn Out Before Dinner
We missed the action but Raymond Coburn is out of the tournament. He was sent home by James Dempsey, and the he is the chip leader of this tournament with 290,000 chips.
We missed the action but Raymond Coburn is out of the tournament. He was sent home by James Dempsey, and the he is the chip leader of this tournament with 290,000 chips.
Here's how the 30 remaining players stack up just as the dinner break approaches:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Dempsey |
290,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Frank Rusnak |
180,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Joe Gotlieb |
170,000
106,000
|
106,000 |
Joe Serock |
140,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
||
Scott Montgomery |
125,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
||
James Lewis |
115,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Kenneth Krouner
|
112,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Scott Haraden
|
103,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
100,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Mark Babekov |
100,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
Steve Chanthabouasy |
100,000
88,900
|
88,900 |
Brandon Holmes |
95,000
48,700
|
48,700 |
Clark Hamagami |
75,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
Armen Kara
|
70,000
18,500
|
18,500 |
Christian Harder |
70,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
John Kranyak
|
67,000
-111,000
|
-111,000 |
Chan Pelton |
62,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
Stephen Simm
|
60,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Jason Alvarez |
52,000
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
Steve Yea |
45,000
-49,000
|
-49,000 |
Luke Tavis
|
45,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Bryan Pardoe |
38,000
-82,000
|
-82,000 |
Daniel Burke
|
34,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
Gregg Wilkerson
|
31,000
18,500
|
18,500 |
Steve O'Dwyer |
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
We don't know what happened but Aaron's Raap seat is now empty, something went wrong...
Raap is our 31st finisher and took home $4,808.
John Kranyak opened the pot with a 7,000-chip bet and Armen Kara re-popped it to 15,400. In the big blind, Joe Gotlieb made the call. The action gets back to Kranyak who eventually called all in.
The board reading was checked until the river.
Showdown
Kara:
Gotlieb:
Kranyak:
Why got a triple up for Mr. Kara who is now up to 51,500. Gotlieb slipped to 64,000 and Kranyak now has 178,000 chips.
Chris Moore started the action with a pot raise on the button, and James Dempsey set him all in from the small blind. Moore called off his few thousand remaining chips, and he was flipping for his survival:
Moore:
Dempsey:
There was an ace right on the flop, and the board of ushered Moore out the door. Dempsey earns the knockout, moving his stack up to about 240,000.
Bob Oxenberg got his short stack all in before the flop with , and he didn't have enough chips to push Mark Babekov off his unfortunately.
The board rolled out , and the queen on the river is the last card Oxenberg will see today. He's been eliminated.
James Coca opened the pot with a 7,500-chip bet and John Kranyak re-popped it to 16,000 and Coca went all in. Kranyak called.
Showdown
Coca:
Kranyak:
Flop:
Turn:
River:
Flush for Kranyak and is now up to 80,000 chips, Coca is on his way home in the 34th place.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
Here are a few of the counts from one half of the room:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Dempsey |
220,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
Joseph Williams
|
160,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
Christian Harder |
135,000
18,400
|
18,400 |
Chris Moore |
90,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Julie Farkas |
90,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Melissa Hayden |
88,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
James Lewis |
70,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
Raymond Coburn |
46,000
14,500
|
14,500 |
Edward Brogdon |
30,000
-4,800
|
-4,800 |
Luke Tavis opened the pot with a 6,500-chip bet in early position and Bryan Pardoe called in position.
Flop:
Tavis fired a 10,500-chip bet and got called.
Turn:
Tavis check-fold to a 15,000-cchip bet from Pardoe.
Pardoe is now up to 120,000 chips.