Final Break for Day 2
Let's have ourselves 20 minutes off and then we are back for the final level of the day.
Let's have ourselves 20 minutes off and then we are back for the final level of the day.
We already noticed another double up from Allen Kessler not that long ago and he must have apparently won further chips, as he just sent the following tweet:
Was struggling all day with 20-40k stack, now up to 200k in @wsop millionaire maker! #teamivey @IveyPoker http://t.co/PfZ6oz1dPrFollow @AllenKessler
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Allen Kessler | 200,000 | 154,000 |
Bart Lybaert raised to 9,500 from the cutoff and the button three-bet to 19,500. The big blind moved all in for 45,000 and the Belgian four-bet to 70,000 in order to scare off the button. Showdown:
Lybaert:
Big blind:
There wasn't really any threat on the board and the Belgian is among the biggest stacks in the room.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bart Lybaert | 420,000 | 20,000 |
Event #8 has ended prematurely for the following group of players.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Shaun Hart | Busted | |
Paul Lenkeit | Busted | |
Chad Ferguson | Busted | |
Chio Ern | Busted | |
Andrew Shack | Busted | |
Nicholas Cassavetes | Busted | |
Zachary Richards | Busted | |
Yuri Siniak | Busted | |
Ting Ho | Busted | |
Derek Chin | Busted | |
Greg Abdulian | Busted | |
Mark Tangonan | Busted | |
Todd Miller | Busted | |
Fadi Hamad | Busted | |
Corwin Cole | Busted | |
Jason Belanger | Busted | |
Mark Roland | Busted | |
Alexander Venovski | Busted | |
Susie Zhao | Busted | |
Anthony Spinella
|
Busted | |
Ryan Hall | Busted | |
Joe McGowan | Busted | |
Matthew Colvin | Busted | |
Vladimir Shchemelev | Busted | |
Jackduyph Duong | Busted |
Andrew Oh has topped the half-million chip mark and sits near the top of the chip counts as the night starts to come to a close.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Oh | 508,000 | 308,000 |
Julian Thomas has been eliminated. He three-bet shoved into pocket aces and just checked on fellow countryman Khiem Nguyen, who is also rather short stacked. "Ah well, at least I can play the 6max tomorrow then. That is more fun anyways," he said before exiting the tournament area.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Julian Thomas | Busted |
Steven Moseley has just knocked out a short stack and Vladimir Shchemelev. It was the Russian who raised from early position, the short stack shoved the button with and Moseley reshoved one seat over with . Shchemelev called off with but could not improve on the . Moseley won the next hand as well to add some more chips to his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Steven Moseley | 340,000 | 340,000 |
Vladimir Shchemelev | Busted |
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After a thorough scan of the room it looks like Jonathan Dimmig is the current chip leader with 550,000. Bart Lybaert appears to be in 2nd place with 400,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Dimmig
|
550,000 | 550,000 |
Bart Lybaert | 400,000 | 160,000 |
$6,353 is the prize awarded to the following players.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Samuel Choae | Busted | |
Christopher Conrad | Busted | |
George Devlin | Busted | |
Kelly Giannetti | Busted | |
Renato Manalo | Busted | |
Michael Hudson | Busted | |
Thomas Elias | Busted | |
Sergei Fomenkov | Busted | |
Jeffrey Cole | Busted | |
Joshua Schiffman | Busted | |
Paul Tschernia | Busted | |
Joseph Dimartino | Busted | |
Darren Johnson | Busted | |
Daryl Hussey | Busted | |
Humberto Brenes
|
Busted | |
James Glenn | Busted | |
Jeremy Kottler | Busted | |
Mark Davis | Busted | |
Phanora Prom | Busted | |
Daniel West | Busted | |
Andy Seth | Busted | |
Jean Houle | Busted | |
Christopher Clifton | Busted | |
William Davidson | Busted | |
Dale Davies | Busted |