Level: 5
Limit Flop / Draw: 125/250
Stud Games: 50-ante, 75 bring-in, 250 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 50/100/100-big blind ante/ 150-ante
Level: 5
Limit Flop / Draw: 125/250
Stud Games: 50-ante, 75 bring-in, 250 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 50/100/100-big blind ante/ 150-ante
The fourth level of play has just been completed and players will take their second 15-minute break of the day. Some chip counts around the room are as follows.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Varun Sah
|
18,800 | 1,800 |
Ryan Leng
|
17,600 | 8,800 |
Chris Vitch | 16,800 | 2,800 |
Andrey Zaichenko
|
16,800 | 7,000 |
Barry Greenstein
|
15,300 | 3,000 |
Keith Kiyomura | 15,000 | 5,000 |
Scott Bohlman
|
14,600 | 4,600 |
Yueqi Zhu
|
13,500 | -4,500 |
David Benyamine
|
13,000 | 6,400 |
Tom Schneider
|
12,900 | 2,900 |
Greg Raymer
|
12,000 | -1,000 |
Tim Marsters | 12,000 | |
James Obst
|
12,000 | 1,600 |
Jason Daly
|
11,000 | 1,000 |
Dylan Linde
|
11,000 | 1,000 |
Shirley Rosario | 9,100 | -1,200 |
Jeremy Harkin
|
8,300 | -1,700 |
Shaun Deeb
|
7,800 | 2,075 |
Frankie O'Dell
|
7,400 | -600 |
James Woods | 5,300 | -200 |
Benny Glaser
|
3,800 | -6,200 |
Allen Kessler | 1,550 | -3,950 |
Chris Tryba
|
Busted | |
Roland Israelashvili | Busted |
2-7 Triple Draw
With Shaun Deeb in the big blind, Greg Raymer on the cutoff, and Dzmitry Urbanovich on the button in a hand on the second draw, draws went one, two, one. Action checked to Urbanovich, who put in a bet. Deeb called and Raymer raised. Both Urbanoivch and Deeb called. Deeb took one card on the final draw, Raymer stood pat, and Urbanovich drew one before all three players checked through to showdown.
Raymer announced an eight and tabled . Deeb and Urbanovich both acknowledged he had the best hand and pitched their cards to the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Greg Raymer
|
13,000 | 3,400 |
Shaun Deeb
|
5,725 | -4,275 |
Dzmitry Urbanovich | 3,250 | -6,550 |
Level: 4
Limit Flop / Draw: 100/200
Stud Games: 50-ante, 50 bring-in, 200 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 50/100/100-big blind ante/ 150-ante
Stud Hi-Lo Regular
James Obst: /
Robbie Strazynski: /
The was the bring in and action folded to Robbie Strazynski, who called. James Obst completed to 200 and Strazynski was the only caller. Strazynski proceeded to check-call every street as the board ran out.
After calling on seventh street, Strazynski tabled his pair of nines with a nine-low and Obst turned over a pair of threes with an eight-low for the two to chop the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Obst
|
10,400 | 400 |
Robbie Strazynski
|
6,475 | 6,475 |
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A few more players have entered the tournament as the total number of runners is fast approaching 300.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Matusow
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
Vanessa Selbst
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
James Obst
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
Keith Kiyomura | 10,000 | 10,000 |
Shaun Deeb
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
Dylan Linde
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
Benny Glaser
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
Tom Schneider
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
A-5 Triple Draw
There were three players in a raised pot pre-draw including Daniel Ospina in the small blind, Steve Craney in the big blind, and a third player in the hijack.
The first draw went one, one, three and Ospina bet. Craney put in a raise and the hijack confirmed before making the call.
Ospina called and draws went one, pat, one. Ospina checked and Craney bet, causing both remaining players to fold and Craney took down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Steve Craney
|
8,100 | 8,100 |
Daniel Ospina
|
2,550 | -7,850 |
Despite no mention of a re-entry on the tournament sheet, an announcement has just been made that players who are unfortunate enough to bust out of the tournament will be allowed to re-enter one time.
Level: 3
Limit Flop / Draw: 100/200
Stud Games: 50-ante, 50 bring-in, 200 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 50/100/100-big blind ante/ 150-ante