Last Breather
Players are on a 20-minute break before the last two levels of the night.
Players are on a 20-minute break before the last two levels of the night.
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante:
We arrive to Table 9 in time to see Erik Seidel sweeping up all of his opponent's chips. Seidel had , good for queens and threes, and we didn't see his opponent's hand before the dealer mucked it.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Erik Seidel |
15,000
11,100
|
11,100 |
|
Amnon Filippi and Dan Heimiller already had a few bets in front of themselves in a heads-up pot. Filippi bet fourth street with the board reading , and Heimiller called. The river was the , and both players checked.
Filippi flipped , followed by for a pair of aces and a live ace for low.
"I had a pair and a flush draw..." Heimiller trailed off as he studied his cards. "And I think I still have a pair and a flush draw."
He placed them face down, and Filippi scooped the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dan Heimiller |
17,900
15,650
|
15,650 |
|
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Amnon Filippi |
12,000
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
|
Alexander Kravchenko bet the end in a three-way pot and was called in one spot. He showed for queens full of jacks, the nut full, and he took down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexander Kravchenko |
23,000
18,750
|
18,750 |
Maria Ho called out of the big blind after a cutoff opponent raised, and she check-called bets on every street. The community came , and the cutoff showed for the nut flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Maria Ho |
18,500
12,100
|
12,100 |
|
With the board reading , Steve Zolotow bet from early position. His opponent on the button raised, and Zolotow raised all in for 1,100, 100 less than the next raise. His opponent called.
Zolotow:
Button:
Zolotow looked likely to quarter his opponent, as both had the nut low but Zolotow had kings for high. The button binked the on the river to make trips though, and Zolotow was the one quartered.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Steve Zolotow |
2,300
-15,700
|
-15,700 |
|
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Greg Trelski | 63,300 | |
Kal Raichura | 53,800 | |
Allen Cunningham |
40,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
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Stephen Chidwick |
36,000
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
||
Phil Ivey |
33,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
||
Michael Mizrachi |
27,600
24,100
|
24,100 |
|
||
Erik Seidel |
17,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
Calen McNeil |
15,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
||
Greg Raymer |
13,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
Layne Flack |
13,000
-4,600
|
-4,600 |
|
||
Iori Yogo |
12,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
George Danzer |
12,300
8,700
|
8,700 |
|
||
Barry Greenstein |
8,000
500
|
500 |
|
||
Allen Kessler | Busted | |
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We found Kal Raichura considering a preflop raise from an opponent who was short-stacked.
"You can fold now," Raichura's opponent joked. "I would not be mad if you folded now."
Raichura called though, and the flop came . Raichura's opponent bet, and Raichura raised. His opponent called off the remainder of his stack.
Raichura:
Opponent:
Raichura's opponent had seen one of the worst possible flops for his baby-filled hand, and the turn and river did not bring enough improvement to overtake Raichura. Raichura appears to be the chip leader with about 30 minutes left.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kal Raichura |
74,000
20,200
|
20,200 |