Break Time
Level eight has ended and that means it is break time for the 333 players who are still in this event.
Level eight has ended and that means it is break time for the 333 players who are still in this event.
Brian Pinkus raised to 1,250 from early position and received one caller. The flop was and Pinkus bet 2,225. His opponent raised to 5,225 and Pinkus then moved all in. His opponent made the call with for top pair, but Pinkus tabled for the overpair. The completed the board and Pinkus stacked his chips and sent his opponent packing.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brian Pinkus | 63,300 | 63,300 |
The flop read and Andy Frankenberger checked from his seat in the small blind. Bryan Picciloi, in the hijack bet 2,350 and Ryan Leplante called. Frankenberger then moved all-in for 8,900, Picciloi folded, but Leplante instantly called.
Frankenberger:
Leplante:
Frankenberger was way behind and needed some luck to stay in the tournament. The turn was followed by the river, improving both Frankenberger and Leplante to the same full house and therefore the pot was split.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Bryan Piccioli
|
23,200 | 23,200 |
Ryan Leplante
|
23,000 | 23,000 |
Andy Frankenberger
|
9,400 | -1,900 |
Chris Moorman is up to 53,000 chips right now and Scotland's Ludovic Geilich is around 10,000 off that total with 43,600.
It appears that the tournament has lost Phil Hellmuth, Steve Watts and Noah Schwartz during the last level, making the shark-infested waters of this event slightly less dangerous.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Chris Moorman
|
53,000 | 26,500 |
Ludovic Geilich | 43,600 | 8,600 |
Steve Watts | Busted | |
Phil Hellmuth
|
Busted | |
Noah Schwartz
|
Busted |
Matt O'Donnell, who has made two final tables at this year's WSOP, pushed all in for 11,600 after a raise from the player under the gun and a call by Anthony Miller right behind. With the action back to the original raiser, he announced that he was also all in.
Miller would give it some serious thought, before eventually making the call and tabling . He was ahead, but needed to dodge some serious outs as O'Donnell tabled and their opponent had . Not to mention, another player at the table mentioned that his folded hand was pocket nines as well.
Outs were dodged however when the board ran out and Miller's nines stayed good.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Anthony Miller | 41,000 | 41,000 |
Matt O'Donnell | Busted |
We caught the action as Amanda Musumeci called an all-in bet with to find her up against .
"At least I have two live cards," said the all-in player. "Please let me win, I've been sat with no cards all day."
Sadly for the all-in gentleman, the cards didn't listen and when the board ran out , his tournament was over.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Amanda Musumeci | 17,200 | 200 |
Dylan Linde raised it up to 1,200 from under the gun and Steve Watts called from the next seat along. The other players folded meaning it was heads-up to the flop. Linde made a continuation bet of 1,600 and Watts ducked out of the way.
Watts informed us that a short time before the above hand, he lost a big pot with versus , which explains why he has about half of the chips from when we last counted them.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dylan Linde
|
27,500 | 27,500 |
Steve Watts | 12,150 | -10,150 |
We walked up to a board of and Eli Elezra had raised his opponent all in for his last 3,425. His opponent would make the call and Elezra needed help for his versus the of his opponent.
The help came on the turn and the river was clean for Elezra; his two pair was good for a double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Eli Elezra
|
9,500 | 9,500 |
Brandon Meyers continues to crush all that dare stand before him. He is currently armed with a colossal stack of chips worth 78,500 and looks to be our chip leader.
Also cruising along is British pro James Dempsey. The man known as "Flushy" is rapidly approaching the 60,000 chip mark.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brandon Meyers | 78,500 | 23,500 |
James Dempsey
|
59,500 | 26,500 |
We walked up to Todd Terry contemplating his action, as Christian Jeppsson had moved all in preflop. After some consideration, Terry made the call and Jeppsson winced, sheepishly turning over . Terry tabled and looked to be in good shape, until he saw a king in the window and a completed flop of .
The board completed and all Terry could muster was a "so sick" as he sent almost half of his stack to Jeppsson.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Christian Jeppsson | 28,000 | 28,000 |
Todd Terry | 17,000 | -12,000 |