IJasonAlexander jason alexander The poker agony is over. I busted out. It was brutal, given I was playing thru pain. Going home. But thrilled for the chance. Next year!
July 11 2012
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Stephen Bokor was one of the many players participating in the Onnit Last Sticker Standing Contest, but alas for Bokor his chance at being the last Onnit sticker-wearing player standing — and recipient of a $5,000 cash prize — has ended here in Level 9.
In his last hand, Bokor watched a player raise to 2,000 from early position and get one caller from a seat over. It folded to Bokor who reraised all in for 14,700, and one of the two remaining players called him.
Bokor looked in decent shape with 
versus his opponent's 
. He was still fine through the 
flop and 
turn. But the river brought the 
to pair his opponent and send Bokor railward.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Brian Nadell recently eliminated a player when both players flopped a set. Nadell's 
crushed his opponent's 
on a flop of 
, and the turn and river came 
, 
respectively.
Nadell is now over the century mark with 150,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
We caught up with the action on a board of 
board to see Joseph Cheong bet 4,300. His opponent put out a raise that made it 13,100 to go. Cheong called and the two were off to the river.
The 
spike the river and Cheong checked. His opponent bet 29,000 and Cheong went into the tank. Cheong thought for about three minutes before his opponent called the clock and the floor came over. The floorman informed Cheong that he had sixty seconds left to act on his hand and Cheong stills at motionless.
About thirty seconds into the time, Cheong quickly announced that he was all in, which in fact was all in for his opponent who had about 60,000 behind. Cheong's opponent called.
"Nut flush," said Cheong, showing 
. His opponent tabled 
and made a quick exit out of the Amazon room.
"Sorry," Cheong continued. "I really didn't know if I should shove or just call there."
Regardless of the time it took, Cheong is now sitting in a remarkably high position with 262,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
226,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
||
Antonio Esfandiari is of course fresh off his win in the $1,000,000 Big One For One Drop, and it looks like he's keeping that momentum going through the Main Event. We just caught him winning a big pot that has propelled him up to 250,000.
Action folded around to Antonio Esfandiari raising it up to 2,200 in the cutoff, and the player on the button was the only caller. The flop came down 
, and Esfandiari fired out 3,400. His opponent tossed in the call, and the turn brought the 
. Esfandiari kept the aggression up, as he led out for 8,600. His opponent tanked for about 30 seconds before tossing in the call.
The river brought the , and after about 20 seconds of thought, Esfandiari announced all in. There was about 40,000 in the pot, and his opponent had about 50,000 left behind, so it was an overbet to the pot. This sent his opponent deep into the tank. He counted out his entire chip stack, then slid his chips forward after about three minutes of thought.
Esfandiari tabled 
for a flopped set, and his opponent mucked his cards, and slid his chips over to the Magician.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
367,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
305,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
|
|
282,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
228,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
212,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
193,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
188,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
176,500
-15,500
|
-15,500 |
|
174,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
|
||
|
172,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
||
|
|
168,000
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
|
150,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
135,000 | |
|
||
|
|
123,200
200
|
200 |
|
120,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
110,200
39,200
|
39,200 |
|
|
100,000 | |
|
|
95,000
6,600
|
6,600 |
|
|
94,100
-40,900
|
-40,900 |
|
|
91,000
39,400
|
39,400 |
|
|
83,000 | |
|
|
74,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
72,000
-47,000
|
-47,000 |
|
|
||
|
63,000
-26,000
|
-26,000 |
|
56,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
When we arrived at Amit Makhija's table there was already a 
board on the felt and a sizable pot building with Makhija going up against one opponent. Makhija was on the button and bet 25,000 when his opponent checked. The player thought for a long time before making the call, which prompted Makhija to table 
. His opponent showed a 
and slid his cards into the muck as Makhija scooped up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
Nam Le raised it up to 2,200 in the cutoff, and the button three bet to 6,200 with about 35,000 behind. The blinds got out of the way, and it was back to Le. He announced all in for about 60,000, and his opponent spent about 30 seconds in the tank before kicking his cards in.
On the next hand, a player in middle position raised to 2,200, and Le was next to act. He kept the pressure going with a three bet to 6,200, and it folded back around to the original raiser. Again, Le saw no further action, as his opponent folded.
After taking down those two pots, Le is up to 72,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
Ron Pease called a 2,100-chip raise from the cutoff, and 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year and November Niner Ben "Benba" Lamb three-bet to 9,600 from the big blind. Pease four-bet to 22,700, and Lamb five-bet shoved. Pease called.
| Pease | |
| Lamb |  |
The board ran out 
, Pease was eliminated, and Lamb is now above 200,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
225,000
191,000
|
191,000 |
|
||
Christophe De Meulder opened the action to 2,200 and the player on the button made the call. It was then on the small blind and he three-bet to 8,800. Back on De Meulder and he would four-bet to 15,400. The button was out of the way by this point and the small blind would shove all in for around 40,000. De Meulder call and the two players turned their hands over.
De Meulder:  |
Opponent:  |
It was a good spot for De Meulder and it stayed that way as a board full of bricks sent him the nice pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
199,900
122,900
|
122,900 |
|
|
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