Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
After an under-the-gun raise from Brian Belkin, Carlos Aldaz three-bet shoved for 90,000 on the button. Belkin snapped him off.
Brian Belkin:
Carlos Aldaz:
The flop gave Aldaz a few more outs with a gutshot, but the turn and river failed to improve his hand and he was out of the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brian Belkin |
360,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Carlos Aldaz | Busted |
Robert Ostler raised to 35,000 from middle position, leaving himself with only about 65,000 behind. Errol Krupiarz pushed all in from the cutoff as well for 700,000 and it folded back to Ostler who snap-called. Ostler immediately opened up and Krupiarz was drawing to two direct outs with .
The board ran out and Ostler doubled up his stack with pocket aces.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Errol Krupiarz |
600,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
Robert Ostler |
200,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
Bradley Helm raised to 25,000 from the cutoff, then quickly called a three-bet shove for 200,000 by Ian Feller in the big blind.
Bradley Helm:
Ian Feller:
Helm picked up a gutshot to Broadway on the flop, and while he bricked the turn, the river made his straight and sent Feller home.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bradley Helm |
600,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Ian Feller | Busted |
Thomas "TJ" Timmons jammed for 72,000 from the cutoff, and Jon Friedberg, who won a $1,000 No Limit Hold'em bracelet back in 2006, called in the big blind for around half of his remaining stack.
Thomas "TJ" Timmons:
Jon Friedberg:
"Hold, baby!" Timmons said upon seeing his sixes were in the lead.
The lead wouldn't last, however, as Friedberg smashed the flop, leaving Timmons looking for an eight to give him a straight. The turn added a few more outs with some full house draws, but after the river bricked off, he said, "Good luck, y'all!" to the table before departing.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jon Friedberg |
200,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
|
||
Thomas Timmons | Busted |
Jeffrey Thompson raised to 31,000 from middle position and Joseph Lamberta was the only player to call the bet from the cutoff. The players on the button and in the blinds got out of the way.
The dealer spread out the flop and Thompson continued with a bet of 50,000. Lamberta counted out 50,000 but he then grabbed more chips. He ended up pushing just the 50,000 forward.
The turn was checked through and the same happened on the river. Thompson opened up and that was enough to take down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey Thompson |
380,000
149,000
|
149,000 |
Joe Lamberta
|
326,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Christopher Fieber raised to 30,000 from the cutoff, and Ron Campbell, who began the day with just seven big blinds, jammed for 203,000. Fieber, who had 127,000 total in his stack, didn't take long to toss his remaining chips in the middle.
Christopher Fieber:
Ron Campbell:
Fieber picked up a flush draw on the flop. "Deuce!" Campbell said after the turn was a brick, but the river gave Fieber a winning pair of kings, leaving Campbell short. He lost his remaining chips a few hands later when his was four-flushed by .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christopher Fieber |
280,000
221,000
|
221,000 |
Ron Campbell | Busted |
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Christopher Bowen raised to 35,000 from the hijack, and was called by Brian Belkin in the small blind, as well as Shane Patreau in the big blind.
Action checked to Bowen on a flop, and he bet 55,000. Belkin folded, but Patreau quickly announced, "All in."
Patreau's shove was for 225,000, and Bowen took about a minute before tossing his hand into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christopher Bowen |
740,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Shane Patreau |
401,000
274,000
|
274,000 |
Bryan Wienhoff was eliminated from the tournament by Patrick Chung in a 600,000 pot.
The flop and turn were already on the table and the pot had well over 200,000 in it when Wienhoff bet his last 195,000 from the under-the-gun position. Chung sat in the cutoff and he had a big decision to make. He ended up calling with and Wienhoff opened up .
Chung immediately called for a red card, but the river was a black one. It was the and as Wienhoff didn't hit, he was sent to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Patrick Chung |
650,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
Bryan Wienhoff | Busted |