Jonathan Karamalikis raised to 1,200 before Will "The Thrill" Failla reraised to 3,100. Karamalikis called and the flop came down 
. Both players checked to see the 
land on the turn. After Karamalikis checked, Failla bet 5,000 even. Karamalikis mucked and Failla showed the 
.
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We caught a glimpse of Barry Greenstein exiting the tournament room with that familiar downtrodden look that he pulls off so well. Since we missed it, we didn't catch the details, but he was kind enough to fill us in through Twitter.
In 140 characters or less, tell us what happened, Barry: "Out with nines against peter jetten's Queens."
'Nuff said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
It's the last level of the night, and the last one in which we'll need those green T25 chips. An hour from now, the clock will be stopped, the greens will be colored up, and the survivors' chips will get bagged and tagged.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
107,000 | 11,000 |
|
73,000 | -12,000 |
|
69,000 | 37,000 |
|
67,000 | 37,000 |
|
67,000 | 43,000 |
|
56,000 | -4,000 |
|
54,000 | 24,000 |
|
52,000 | 27,000 |
|
52,000 | -7,000 |
|
52,000 | 22,000 |
|
51,000 | 21,000 |
|
48,000 | 6,000 |
|
45,000 | 12,000 |
|
35,000 | -11,000 |
|
34,000 | -4,000 |
|
31,000 | 9,000 |
|
28,000 | 8,000 |
|
28,000 | -2,000 |
|
22,000 | 6,000 |
|
22,000 | -8,000 |
|
18,000 | -600 |
|
15,000 | -15,000 |
|
11,000 | -13,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
108,000 | 78,000 |
|
91,000 | |
|
70,000 | |
|
45,000 | 10,000 |
|
40,000 | 1,000 |
|
35,000 | 5,000 |
|
32,000 | |
|
28,000 | 11,000 |
|
25,000 | -5,000 |
|
23,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
22,000 | -14,000 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
94,000 | 63,000 |
|
70,000 | 3,000 |
|
67,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
65,000 | -5,000 |
|
63,000 | -2,500 |
|
58,000 | 25,000 |
|
50,000 | -22,000 |
|
43,000 | 30,000 |
|
42,000 | 10,000 |
|
40,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
38,000 | -2,000 |
|
38,000 | 8,000 |
|
37,000 | 7,000 |
|
36,000 | |
|
35,000 | -9,000 |
|
34,000 | -9,000 |
|
33,000 | -3,000 |
|
33,000 | -5,000 |
|
31,000 | 4,000 |
|
29,000 | -1,000 |
|
24,000 | 1,000 |
|
22,000 | -17,000 |
|
19,000 | 6,500 |
|
17,000 | -16,000 |
|
14,000 | -8,000 |
Sam Stein raised to 1,100 and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi called to see the 
flop. Stein bet 1,500 and Mizrachi raised to 3,000. Stein folded and Mizrachi won the pot.
On the very next hand, Stein opened again to 1,100. Mizrachi called again and Bruno Fitoussi also came along from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and action checked around to see the 
land on the turn. Fitoussi checked and Stein bet 2,000. Mizrachi called and Fitoussi folded.
The river card was the and Stein bet 4,300. Mizrachi gave it up and Stein won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
96,000 | 35,000 |
|
|
85,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
60,000 | 28,000 |
"Jason Wheeler, are you in the room?"
And then a moment later: "Jason Wheeler, if you're in the room, please make yourself known to one of the tournament staff."
That was about an hour ago, and we've just now learned what the concern was. Wheeler was assigned Table 13 Seat 8 today, and his stack has been blinded off since the start of play. During the break, it became apparent that Wheeler was not supposed to be playing this event. We're not sure if his money got wired to the wrong place, or there was a miscommunication or a paperwork error; whatever the case, he was registered for this event erroneously.
Tournament Director Jack Effel made the decision to remove Wheeler's stack and refund the buy-in, and he immediately took to the microphone to announce that to the rest of the field. Only a few players took initial exception to the ruling, but they were quick to see things Effel's way -- after all, they'd want the same treatment if they were in Wheeler's position. As a result, the official field size has been shrunken to 125, and the prize pool will be tweaked accordingly.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
