Level: 23
Ante: 7,000
Low Card: 10,000
Completion: 30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000
Level: 23
Ante: 7,000
Low Card: 10,000
Completion: 30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000
Gregory Josephson: XxXx / 7♣6♥K♦8♦ / Xx
Hal Rotholz: XxXx / Q♦7♦7♥J♠ / Xx
Rotholz completed and Josephson defended the bring-in.
Action resumed on fifth when Rotholz led with open sevens. Josephson would then raise and Rotholz called.
Rotholz would check-call both sixth and seventh and he got the bad news as Josephson tabled K♠7♠4♣ in the hole for kings-up. Rotholz flashed the Q♠ as he mucked what he said was three pairs.
Brian Yoon: K♦K♣6♦/8♦A♦6♣Q♣
Gregory Josephson: XxXx/10♣8♥3♦7♠/Xx
James Cheung: XxXx/6♠9♦10♥ - folded on fifth street
James Cheung and Brian Yoon called the bring-in and Gregory Josephson completed. Both Cheung and Yoon called.
Yoon led out for a bet after catching an ace on fourth street and both Josephson and Cheung called.
On fifth street, it was checked to Josephson, who bet. Cheung laid his hand down and Yoon called.
Yoon check-called another bet from Josephson on sixth street and then led out for a bet on seventh.
Josephson tanked a bit before tossing in a reluctant call.
"Kings-up," Yoon announced as he turned over his hole cards.
"I missed my straight," Josephson said, revealing the J♠ before sending his hand into the muck.
Jonathan Glendinning: XxXx / K♥Q♠2♥J♦ / Xx
Thomas Savitsky: XxXx / A♣8♠5♠Q♣ / Xx
Glendinning completed, Savitsky two-bet, and Glendinning called.
Savitsky would lead each street as Glendinning called down on fourth through sixth.
Seventh street checked through as Savitsky revealed the A♠ in the hole as his lone pair was enough for the win.
Thomas Savitsky: XxXx / 10♥4♦8♥3♣ / Xx
Christopher Viox: XxXx / A♠Q♣10♠9♥ / Xx
The next hand, Savitsky completed, Viox raised, and Savitsky called.
Viox led fourth and fifth before Savitsky raised and Viox called.
Viox would quickly check-call both sixth and seventh as Savitsky revealed 8♠8♦4♥ in the hole for a full house and he adds to his stack again after surviving the short stack earlier in the level.
Yun Lam Kevin Choi: Q♣10♣/7♣A♦10♦K♥/8♦
Brian Yoon: Q♦9♠/Q♠9♦J♥J♣/J♦
Hal Rotholz: XxXx/K♠3♠8♥ - folded on fifth street
Hal Rotholz completed with his king and was called by Brian Yoon and Yun Lam Kevin Choi for a three-way pot.
Rotholz bet on fourth street and was called by both Yoon and Choi. Yoon bet after being checked to on fifth and Choi raised, which left him with just 1,000 behind.
Rotholz got out of the way after a bit of thought and Yoon raised again to put Choi all in, who quicky called.
Yoon caught "three pair" on sixth street and filled up on seventh — leaving Choi drawing dead to be eliminated in 12th place.
Jeremy Becker: 9♠9♥/9♦3♥A♠5♣/7♥
Bradley Jansen: 10♦8♦/A♦K♦5♠4♠/4♦
Jeremy Becker called the bring-in and Bradley Jansen completed. Action folded back to Becker, who then raised. Jansen called.
On fourth street, Jansen raised a bet from Becker, who called. Jansen continued for a bet on fifth street and Becker committed his final chips into the middle.
Becker held a pair of nines in the hole for a set, and his board left him unimproved.
Jansen was drawing to a flush draw and hit it on seventh — eliminating Becker in 13th place.
Yun Lam Kevin Choi: XxXx / 4♥7♣8♣7♥ / Xx - folded on seventh street
Hal Rotholz: XxXx / 10♣10♦2♠J♦ / Xx
James Cheung: XxXx / 9♦3♥7♠5♠ - folded on sixth street
Brian Yoon: XxXx / 9♣Q♦3♠9♠ - folded on sixth street
Rotholz completed and was called by Cheung, Yoon, and Choi from the bring-in.
Rotholz led fourth with open tens and was called by all three opponents.
Fifth street checked through and it folded to Yoon on sixth who bet. Choi called, Rotholz check-raised, Cheung folded, Yoon folded, and Choi called.
Rotholz bet for a final time on sixth, sending Choi into the tank. After nearly two minutes, he decided to let it go, conceding the pot to Rotholz without showdown, who showed an ace and a ten in the hole for trips as Choi saved himself a bet.
James Cheung: 10♥10♠5♠/Q♠2♠8♣6♠
Christopher Chung: K♥4♦4♣/A♦3♥6♥K♦
James Cheung completed and was called by Christopher Chung.
Chung called bets from Cheung on fourth through sixth street and then Cheung called a bet from Chung on seventh.
Chung turned over two pair, but it was no good against Cheung's 10♥10♠5♠ for a flush — leaving Chung with just 130,000 behind.
Christopher Chung: 3♣3♠/J♠5♠K♦10♦/4♦
Brian Yoon: Q♣2♥/Q♥8♣10♠8♥/5♣
On the very next hand, Chung was heads-up against Brian Yoon and called a bet from Yoon on fourth.
Yoon bet again on fifth street and Chung raised all in for his remaining stack. Yoon called and boards were run.
Yoon held split queens and improved to queens-up on sixth. Chung peeled the 4♦ on seventh, which was a brick to eliminate him in 14th place.
Jeffrey Mitseff: 8♣6♠ / 10♠Q♦9♠5♥ / Xx
Thomas Savitsky: XxXx / J♥2♣4♥ - folded on fifth street
Christopher Viox: 10♦8♦ / J♦K♥K♣2♥ / Xx
Savitsky completed, Viox called, Mitseff moved all in for 35,000, and both opponents called.
Viox check-called fourth and led fifth with open kings, prompting a fold from Savitsky.
Mitseff was left without a pair by seventh as he mucked his hand, and Viox's kings were enough to score the elimination.
Parth Jha: 6♦3♦ / 3♣7♦Q♣Q♥ / Xx
Jonathan Glendinning: K♠Q♦ / A♥2♣A♣3♥ / Xx
Glendinning completed from early position, Jha raised from the bring-in, Glendinning made it three bets, Jha moved the rest of his stack into the middle, and the cards hit their backs.
Jha was ahead with threes but Glendinning paired his ace on fifth.
Glendinning would then peel the A♦ on seventh to make trips and Jha flipped over the inconsequential J♠ on the way to the rail.