With Level 16 done, the 16 players left are on their last 20 minute break of the night.
2011 World Series of Poker
We are down to our final 16 players. They redrew for new seats, and here is how it came out.
Table 280
Seat 1: Vasili Lazarou
Seat 2: Andrew Blumen
Seat 3: Ali Eslami
Seat 4: Dennis Parker
Seat 5: Andy Bloch
Seat 6: Eric Buchman
Seat 7: Arash Ghaneian
Seat 8: Doug Carli
Table 286
Seat 1: Eugene Katchalov
Seat 2: Colby Pitt
Seat 3: Alessio Isaia
Seat 4: Ylon Schwartz
Seat 5: Kai Landry
Seat 6: Jonathan Spinks
Seat 7: Jeremy Ausmus
Seat 8: Shaun Deeb
Katchalov: (x)(x) / /(x)
Spinks: (x)(x) / /(x) FOLDED
Deeb: (x)(x) / / (x)
Eugene Katchalov just scored a pretty sick cooler to double up through Shaun Deeb and Jonathan Spinks. Deeb brought in, then called when Katchalov raised as did Spinks. Katchalov bet again on fourth, and again both players called. On fifth and sixth street, Spinks led out, and both players called. Things heated up on seventh street. After Spinks checked, Deeb bet, only to be raised by Katchalov. Spinks folded, and Deeb reraised. Katchalov toss his last chips in, and revelaed for an ace-king high flush. Amazingly, Deeb also had a flush with in the hole, but was outkicked. Katchalov jumped up to 116,000 after the hand, and Deeb was left hurting.
Level: 17
Limits: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Alessio Isaia - (x) (x) / / (x)
Jeremy Ausmus - (x) (x) / / (x)
We caught up with the action on fifth street, where Isaia bet, Ausmus raised, and Isaia called. Isaia slowed down, check-calling a bet from Ausmus on sixth, but on seventh he check-raised Ausmus. Ausmus called.
Isaia tabled two queens for trips, raked in the pot, and is now up to 175,000 chips.
Buchman: (x)(x) / / (x)
Blumen: (x)(x) / / (x)
Eric Buchman completed on third street, and Andrew Blumen raised it up. Buchman called, then called bets on fourth and fifth street as well. When he caught the ace on sixth, Buchman led out, and Blumen called. Both players checked the river, and Blumen showed for a pair of kings, which was good enough to take the pot as Buchman mucked his hand. Buckman drops to 196,000, while Blumen jumps to 78,000.
Kai Landry - (x) (x) / / (x)
Jonathan Spinks - (x) (x) / / (x)
Landry completed with the showing, and Spinks came along for the ride with . Landry led out on fourth, and Spinks called. It was Spinks' turn to lead out after he paired on fifth, and Landry made the call.
Spinks led again on sixth, only to be raised by Landry. Spinks called, and both players checked on seventh. Spinks showed an eight for trips, and is now up to 100,000 chips. Landry is down to 165,000.
Doug Carli - / / (x)
Vasili Lazarou - / / (x)
Carli and Lazarou capped it immediately, and Carli failed to crack Lazarou's wired kings. Lazarou boosted his stack to 72,000 chips, while Carli hit the rail to collect his $4,511.
Bloch: / / (x)
Ghaneian: / / (x)
Andy Bloch just got a much needed double up after dipping below 10,000 under an hour ago. Bloch raised on third and fourth street, with Ghaneian calling both times. On fifth street, Bloch bet, and got raised all in by Ghaneian. Bloch called, and saw that he was in trouble with Ghaneian showing trip fives against his two pair. However, Bloch turned the tides with the on sixth street to virtually end the hand. Ghaneian couldn't catch the miracle five for quads, and Bloch's stack grew to 39,000. Ghaneian dropped to 98,000.
We missed the action, but Shaun Deeb, who had hardly any chips after back to back coolers earlier in the level, has been eliminated. The next person out will get $5,561