Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 700
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 700
Stephen Chidwick opened from middle position and action folded around to Brian Rast in the small blind. Rast shoved. John Hennigan folded his big blind and Rast thought he won the pot until Chidwick made the call.
"I didn't realize you opened," Rast said to Chidwick.
Rast looked down and drew two while Chidwick swapped one.
Chidwick tabled an which was a welcome sight for Rast who had a draw. Chidwick peeled a to make a pair and Rast flipped over a and a to stay alive.
Chidwick was forced to pay the double-up, leaving himself short, and he busted a couple of hands later.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brian Rast |
97,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
||
Stephen Chidwick | Busted | |
|
Jyri Merivirta raised under the gun and Bryn Kenney and Phil Ivey both shoved all in from the small and big blinds. Merivirta called.
Kenney drew two, Ivey drew one and Merivirta stood pat.
"Are we dead?" asked Kenney.
Jyri Merivirta:
Phil Ivey:
Bryn Kenney:
Ivey was dead, but Kenney was drawing to a chop. Ivey drew a and Kenney drew meaning both players were sent to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jyri Merivirta |
120,000
27,900
|
27,900 |
Bryn Kenney | Busted | |
|
||
Phil Ivey | Busted | |
|
Phil Ivey moved all in for 9,800. It folded to James Alexander on the button who three-bet to isolate, getting the other players to fold.
Ivey drew two and Alexander stood pat.
James Alexander:
Phil Ivey:
"Oh no! I misread my hand!" said Alexander who obviously didn't realize he had a pair.
Ivey turned over a to pair and suddenly, the sweat was on. His last card was a and he doubled.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Alexander |
150,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Phil Ivey |
22,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
James Alexander started the day as the shortest stack, coming into play with just 15,000. That is no longer the case.
Alexander's stack has grown more than ten-fold in the first half of the opening level, a good chunk coming from the elimination of Adam Owen.
Alexander opened and Owen three-bet shoved. Both players drew one. Alexander tabled a and Owen was live with an . Alexander made a but Owen paired and was sent to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Alexander |
180,000
164,500
|
164,500 |
Adam Owen | Busted |
James Chen moved all in from under the gun for 22,600. Mikhail Zlotnik flat-called and Jean-Robert Bellande three-bet to 45,000. It folded back to Zlotnik who moved all in.
"You wanted me to jam over the top," said Bellande before calling.
Chen took his time before opting to draw two. Zlotnik stood pat, while Bellande announced he was "making a play" and drew one showing a
James Chen:
Mikhail Zlotnik:
Jean-Robert Bellande:
"I'm dead," said Bellande, drawing a four to pair. Chen turned over a and a to make his eight, but lose out to the eight-seven-four of Zlotnik.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mikhail Zlotnik |
150,000
65,800
|
65,800 |
Jean-Robert Bellande |
85,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
||
James Chen | Busted | |
|
Doyle Brunson just sent Cary Katz to the rail. Both players had pat hands with Brunson's beating Katz's nine-seven. It's been a strong start for the living legend having already doubled and sent a player to the rail.
Also sent to the sidelines recently was Eli Elezra.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Doyle Brunson |
120,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
Cary Katz | Busted | |
Eli Elezra | Busted | |
|
Daniel Zack opened to 8,000 under the gun only to see Doyle Brunson three-bet shove from the cutoff for the tune of 34,600. That cleared the rest of the table and Zack made the call to put the poker legend at risk.
Zack drew one and Brunson hummed for just a few seconds, deciding a queen was strong enough and stood pat, tabling a .
Zack turned over a and peeled a . Brunson was awarded the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Zack |
145,000
-20,600
|
-20,600 |
|
||
Doyle Brunson |
75,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
Both James Obst and Chris Ferguson held drawing one. Ferguson went first and paired with a before Obst drew an to double up.
At another table, Jean-Robert Bellande raised to 8,500 and Phil Hellmuth moved all in for 75,000. Bellande called and both drew one. According to Bellande, he made a while Hellmuth could only make a and was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jean-Robert Bellande |
150,000
49,200
|
49,200 |
|
||
James Obst |
110,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
Chris Ferguson |
45,000
-43,500
|
-43,500 |
|
||
Phil Hellmuth | Busted | |
|
Brian Rast sat down in the small blind and Shaun Deeb open-raised all in for 23,500 from the button. Rast moved all in and John Hennigan folded his big blind.
Both players drew one.
Shaun Deeb:
Brian Rast:
Rast went first and said it was a flip, before turning over a to pair. Deeb said that was a good card for him, but also paired with a to be eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brian Rast |
75,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
Shaun Deeb | Busted | |
|