Level: 36
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 800,000
Level: 36
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 800,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Cosmin Joldis | 36,000,000 | 34,950,000 |
Joe Kuether | 30,500,000 | 28,560,000 |
Kartik Ved
|
26,500,000 | 10,800,000 |
Theodore Lee | 21,500,000 | 500,000 |
Young Sik | 20,000,000 | 16,000,000 |
Yusef Yusufov | 17,200,000 | 15,750,000 |
Sergio Ochoa | 16,600,000 | 5,600,000 |
Harvey Alegado | 16,500,000 | 2,500,000 |
Kyle Montgomery | 16,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
Douglas Karabasz | 14,400,000 | 3,400,000 |
Shaun Deeb
|
12,000,000 | -3,000,000 |
Phillip Lee (TX) | 11,600,000 | 7,300,000 |
Timothy Bishop | 10,600,000 | -2,400,000 |
Keith Littlewood | 9,800,000 | -2,800,000 |
Shawn Fagerwick | 9,100,000 | 8,610,000 |
George Demetriou | 8,500,000 | 8,140,000 |
Nicandro Jr Filart | 8,300,000 | 4,360,000 |
Jesse Lonis
|
7,500,000 | 1,200,000 |
Gary Kozin | 6,500,000 | 5,805,000 |
Gregory Katayama | 5,900,000 | 5,735,000 |
Shinya Nakai | 5,800,000 | 4,215,000 |
Nikita Kalinin | 5,130,000 | 5,130,000 |
Frederick Parsons | 5,000,000 | -1,900,000 |
Kei Nitta | 4,000,000 | 3,040,000 |
Adam Velez | 3,100,000 | -1,400,000 |
Shaun Deeb was all in for 7,400,000 from the cutoff against the button, who had him covered.
Shaun Deeb:
Button:
Deeb was in trouble but received some help from the flop of . The board finished out and those at the table gasped as Deeb improved to trips to double up and leave his opponent with just 600,000. The player busted out a few hands later.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Shaun Deeb
|
15,000,000 | 11,000,000 |
Sergio Ochoa moved all in for 4,900,000 chips on the button and in the small blind, an opponent moved all in for 6,500,000 and the big blind folded.
Sergio Ochoa:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Ochoa ended up with kings up to double at the expense of his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sergio Ochoa | 11,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
The remaining 32 players have taken their seats and have begun play.
Level: 35
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 600,000
Phil Hellmuth has set out to win 24 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets in his lifetime. On Saturday night, he has an opportunity to get one step closer to that lofty but realistic goal.
The "Poker Brat" is one of eight players remaining in Event #65: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em at the time of publishing.
Hellmuth currently has 16 bracelets, a record by a wide margin. Johnny Chan, Doyle Brunson, and Phil Ivey are tied for second place with 10. Should he come out victorious on Saturday night, he'll make it difficult for anyone to catch up over the next decade, and possibly beyond.
The $3,000 NLH Freezeout attracted 1,359 entries and will play down to a winner tonight. That individual will not only take home a shiny gold bracelet, but also $598,173. For the Poker Hall of Famer, it would take him above the $28.5 million mark, according to Hendon Mob.
The remaining 33 players are on a 60-minute dinner break. Action will pick back up at approximately 7:31 p.m. local time.
Just before the break, faced with an all-in bet for his tournament life, Douglas Karabasz was deep in the tank preflop.
"You guys might have to call the clock on me," he told the table. Soon after, the player to his left called the clock. When the floor gave him a countdown of thirty seconds, Karabasz took out his WSOP card from his wallet and held it in front of him.
"Ok heads I call, tails I fold," he announced as he indicated that the bracelet image was the heads side.
He then flipped the card, and sure enough it landed on heads.
"Alright, I'm all in, " he stated with conviction as he pushed his chips into the middle. "I've got a big hand, I'm either way ahead or behind," he continued as the cards were tabled with Karabasz at risk.
Douglas Karabasz:
Opponent:
The board ran out which gave Karabasz a straight, winning the hand for a double up while his opponent was left with less than a big blind.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Douglas Karabasz | 11,000,000 | 10,465,000 |