Level: 14
Limits: 500/2,000
Ante: 500
Level: 14
Limits: 500/2,000
Ante: 500
Prior to the level change, Frank Mariani was eliminated by Australian Gary Benson. We unfortunately missed the action, but Mariani held two aces against Benson's jacks-up. Mariani, a friend and colleague of the late great Dr. Jerry Buss hit the rail, hit the the rail just short of the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Frank Mariani | Busted |
Lavonne Joyce: / /
Michael Mizrachi: / /
David Chiu: / (FOLD)
Konstantin Puchkov: / /
Mizrachi brought it in, Chiu completed, Puchkov raised, and Joyce cold-called. Mizrachi and Chiu called the raise as well. The action checked to Joyce on fourth street, and she bet. Mizrachi raised, Chiu folded, and both Puchkov and Joyce called.
Mizrachi checked on fifth, Puchkov bet, and both Joyce and Mizrachi called.
All three players knuckled on sixth, and Joyce fired on seventh. Mizrachi quickly folded, and Puchkov tanked for well over a minute before folding as well.
The players started guessing the contents of Joyce's hand, and she offered to show it for $20. Nobody bit, and she mucked the winner facedown.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Michael Mizrachi | 130,000 | |
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Lavonne Joyce |
90,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
David Chiu |
85,000
29,500
|
29,500 |
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Konstantin Puchkov |
28,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
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Adam Friedman completed and Gary Benson raised. Both players exchanged raises until it was capped with five bets. Friedman fired on fourth, fifth and sixth before Benson eventually released his hand.
Friedman: /
Benson: / (folded on sixth)
Benson tabled his face-up before Friedman tabled his for a set to take the pot and move back over 100,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adam Friedman |
118,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
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Gary Benson |
78,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
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After continuously folding, Ryan Tepen was all in for his final 500 as an ante. Adam Friedman completed and Gary Benson made the call before folding to a bet on fifth after both players checked fourth.
Tepen: /
Friedman: /
Benson: / (folded on fifth)
Tepen tabled his in the hole to be trailing Friedman's for a pair.
Friedman caught a to Tepen's and going into seventh Friedman failed to improve as he found the . Tepen began squeezing out his final card needing an ace, king or jack to stay alive, but unfortunately he could only find the to end his tournament in 34th place; just two shy from the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adam Friedman |
132,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
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Ryan Tepen | Busted |
Terrence Hastoo was down to a few thousand chips, and on the first hand of hand-for-hand play, he was dealt the worst up-card in stud, the . He couldn't help but laugh at the sight of it, tossed out the bring in, and folded when the action was back on him.
With just 1,000 remaining, he tossed in the ante of 500 on the second hand, the folded the .
On the third hand, he was automatically all in with the , and David Moskowitz brought it in with the . Andre Akkari called with the , Helmut Koch called with the , and Kenn Wittock completed with the . Everyone folded, the hands were opened, and the boards ran out like this:
Hastoo: () / / ()
Wittock: () / / ()
Hastoo started with three to a flush, but proceeded to be dealt brick after brick, and was drawing dead on sixth street.
He hit the rail, while the remaining 32 players are all guaranteed a minimum of $3,889.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kenn Wittock |
55,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
Terrence Hastoo | Busted |
Here are the full list of chip counts as we enter the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Mizrachi |
160,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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Rudolf Zintel |
152,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Adam Friedman |
120,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
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Frank Kassela |
98,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
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Mike Sexton |
94,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
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Gary Benson | 88,000 | |
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Matthew Ashton |
85,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
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David Chiu | 85,000 | |
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Lavonne Joyce |
83,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
Rocco Bucci |
82,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Andre Akkari |
68,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Freddie Ellis |
65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
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Ashton Griffin |
60,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Helmut Koch |
55,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Jesse Martin |
52,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
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Mike Leah |
50,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
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Kenn Wittock |
50,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Calvin Anderson |
48,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
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David Moskowitz |
40,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
Scott Seiver |
38,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
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Daniel Negreanu |
31,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
Eric Brooks |
28,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
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Ashly Butler |
27,000
-14,600
|
-14,600 |
Bill Chen |
25,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
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John Richardson |
25,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
The following three players all took home $3,889 in prize money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Marco Traniello | Busted | |
Andrew Kelsall | Busted | |
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Andrey Zaichenko | Busted | |
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Rudolf Zintel: / /
Ashton Griffin: / /
Scott Seiver: / /
We caught up with the action on fifth street, where Seiver led out for a bet. Zintel tank-called, while Griffin was a little bit quicker in getting his chips in the middle. Seiver paired his nine on sixth, and fired out another bet. Zintel and Griffin called once again.
Seiver fired one last bullet on seventh, but this time he received no callers, winning the pot without a showdown.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Rudolf Zintel |
144,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
Ashton Griffin |
64,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Scott Seiver |
62,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
Catching the action fifth street we found Adam Friedman betting out 4,000. Joseph Cappello raised to 8,000 and Friedman put in the three-bet. Cappello committed an additional 600 and Friedman made the call as both player's boards ran out as follows to seventh.
Cappello: /
Friedman: /
Friedman caught the on seventh to improve to two pair while Cappello's on the river wasn't enough to see him remain alive.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adam Friedman |
118,000
-2,000
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-2,000 |
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Joseph Cappello | Busted |