Cards Back in the Air
Cards are back in the air following the break.
Cards are back in the air following the break.
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
The players have been sent on their second 20-minute break of the day.
The action started with the under the gun player opening it up to 400. Barry Greenstein then made the call in late position and the player on the button promptly three-bet to 1,300. The player who opened folded and Greentstein made the call.
On the flop, Greenstein check-called a bet from his opponent and the hit the turn. Greenstein again checked and this time his opponent also checked.
The completed the board on the river and Greenstein took his time, before checking again. His opponent looked like he was going to bet, but then checked behind. Greenstein then rolled over for the flopped nut flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Barry Greenstein
|
16,000 | 1,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Dempsey
|
39,500 | 25,700 |
Tuan Phan | 33,000 | |
Andrew Lichtenberger
|
32,500 | 5,500 |
Joseph Cheong
|
32,400 | 17,400 |
Brendon Rubie | 30,000 | |
David Williams | 25,000 | |
Phil Ivey
|
23,000 | 7,200 |
Neil Channing | 23,000 | -7,000 |
Abraham Araya
|
20,200 | 5,200 |
Gavin Smith | 20,100 | 5,100 |
David Diaz
|
19,700 | 4,700 |
Matt Stout | 18,000 | 3,000 |
Nam Le | 16,200 | 1,200 |
Eric Baldwin
|
16,000 | 1,000 |
Tony Cousineau | 15,500 | 500 |
Lauren Kling | 13,300 | 3,300 |
Tony Hachem | 13,000 | |
Nick Rampone
|
13,000 | -2,000 |
Jennifer Tilly
|
12,200 | -4,000 |
Dan Kelly
|
11,350 | -250 |
Dutch Boyd
|
11,000 | |
Jason Koon | 10,200 | -4,800 |
Lee Childs
|
10,100 | -4,900 |
Leo Margets
|
10,000 | -5,000 |
Maria Ho | 10,000 | -5,000 |
Tom Marchese is down to just a few thousand in chips, courtesy of a recent hand that we caught the action from the turn. At this point there was a board showing and Marchese checked to one opponent. The player bet 1,675 and Marchese called.
The was the last card to hit the felt and again Marchese checked. This time his opponent bet 2,800 and Marchese didn't look too impressed. Eventually he made the call and then mucked his cards when his opponent tabled .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tom Marchese
|
3,800 | -11,200 |
A player from early position raised to 425 and the cutoff called. Emil Patel, seated on the button, three-bet to 1,300. Undeterred, the original raiser put in a four-bet to 2,925, and the cutoff folded after spending a minute in the tank. Action was back on Patel, who called.
The flop brought more action. After a check from his opponent, Patel bet 2,300. The other player then check-shoved for 13,525. Patel snap-called.
Patel:
Opponent:
Patel had heaps of outs to fade, but he was out in front. The turn changed nothing, but the river completed his opponent's straight flush. Patel was left with just 1,875 and is suddenly on life support after a nice start to the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Emil Patel | 1,875 | -17,125 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sam Stein | 36,500 | |
Allen Kessler | 29,000 | 14,000 |
Huy Nguyen | 28,500 | 13,500 |
Ted Lawson
|
26,000 | 11,000 |
Tommy Vedes | 24,500 | 9,500 |
Galen Hall
|
24,500 | 9,500 |
Amit Makhija | 23,800 | 3,800 |
Adam Junglen
|
18,100 | 3,100 |
Ali Eslami
|
18,000 | 3,000 |
Darryll Fish | 18,000 | 3,000 |
JP Kelly
|
17,800 | |
Freddy Deeb
|
17,200 | 2,200 |
Brandon Meyers | 16,000 | 1,000 |
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
|
15,600 | 600 |
Layne Flack
|
15,500 | |
David Fox | 15,300 | |
Jonathan Aguiar
|
15,075 | |
Mikhail Shalamov
|
15,000 | |
Faraz Jaka
|
13,000 | -2,000 |
David Doc Sands
|
11,000 | 1,000 |
Soi Nguyen | 10,800 | |
Brian Lemke
|
9,200 | |
Peter Eastgate
|
8,500 | |
Barry Shulman
|
8,500 | -6,500 |
Balazs Botond | 7,800 | -7,200 |
The action started with an open to 400 from the under the gun player. The player directly on his left called, as did Jarred Solomon. Brenes then three-bet to 1,400 from late position. The blinds got out of the way, the original aggressor folded as well, while the other player and Solomon made the call.
On the flop, the action was quickly checked to Brenes and without missing a beat, he tossed out 2,750. It was too much for his opponents and Brenes scooped up the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Humberto Brenes
|
19,000 |
Brian Lemke looks like any other poker player in the room today but he has a special reason for playing this event. Lemke won this tournament in 2009 and dedicated his win to his cousin Justin Shronk.
Known widely just as "Shronk," he was an integral part of the poker community. He got is start working with PokerRoad as in intern and worked his way up the ladder with hard work and an infectious sense of humor. He also contributed to CardPlayer, BLUFF and even PokerNews.
Shronk suddenly passed away in April 2009 at the age of 27 of natural causes and left a large hole in the heart of the poker media community.
Lemke returns each year to play this event and when asked if the event has any special meaning to him he said, "I don't really know what to say." On the verge of emotion he said, "I want to play well and make the final table."
"It'd be nice to join the elite community of players with two bracelets," Lemke continued. "Especially with the field in this event."
The field in the 2009 affair was just as good at todays. Thomas Keller, Mike Sowers and Isaac Baron all made the final table. Biily Kopp, David Pham, Olivier Busquet, David Benefield, Lars Bonding, Nick Grippo, Faraz Jaka, Kathy Liebert, Erik Seidel and Darryll Fish all finished in the final three tables.