Last Break of the Day
Players are headed on their final 15-minute break of the day. They will come back to play one more double level tonight.
Players are headed on their final 15-minute break of the day. They will come back to play one more double level tonight.
Nível: 19
Bring In 3,000 - Completion 10,000
Michael McKenna was down to just 5,000 coming to the hand that saw him finally race for his tournament life.
He was in a bad shape as he faced off against Matt Grapenthien who started with split aces.
Michael McKenna: / /
Matt Grapenthien: / /
McKenna couldn't hit anything and walked away in 13th place.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Matt Grapenthien |
690,000
105,000
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105,000 |
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Michael McKenna | Eliminado |
Nicholas Seiken was down to fewer than one bet on the break and he registered in the Big Bet Mix, expecting to bust shortly. However, he managed to double twice and ran his stack to about 80,000. But his comeback was halted shortly thereafter.
Seiken made it two bets after Yaniv Birman completed and Birman called. Seiken bet on fourth and Birman called. The rest of the money went in on fourth where Birman hit a pair of sixes. He led out, Seiken raised and Birman put him all in for 7,000 more.
Nicholas Seiken: /
Yaniv Birman: /
Seiken made aces up as he spiked two jacks but Birman caught third six on sixth street and eliminated him in 12th place.
Seiken: / /
Birman: / /
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Nicholas Seiken | Eliminado | |
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Right off the bat on third street, Perry Friedman made it four bets to move all in for 38,000 and Lars Gronning put him at risk.
Perry Friedman: //
Lars Gronning: /
Friedman was unable to improve to beat Gronning's two pair and was eliminated in 11th place.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Lars Gronning |
165,000
95,000
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95,000 |
Perry Friedman | Eliminado | |
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Todd Brunson was among the players who had just peanuts in front of them after the long bubble.
He put his money in against Yaniv Birman who made a flush with
Brunson wasn't drawing dead before river as he had with four clubs.
He peeled the river. "It's black!"
Then he looked at the card and, unfortunately for him, it was the . Brunson departed in 10th place and the remaining field combined to the last table.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Todd Brunson | Eliminado | |
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Seat | Player | Chip Count |
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1 | Jesse Martin | 770,000 |
2 | Lee Salem | 660,000 |
3 | Matt Grapenthien | 665,000 |
4 | Joseph Cappello | 360,000 |
5 | Ben Yu | 421,000 |
6 | Al Barbieri | 43,000 |
7 | James Obst | 470,000 |
8 | Lars Gronning | 160,000 |
9 | Yaniv Birman | 770,000 |
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Yaniv Birman |
770,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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Jesse Martin |
770,000
-100,000
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-100,000 |
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Matt Grapenthien |
665,000
-25,000
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-25,000 |
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Lee Salem |
660,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
James Obst |
470,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
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Ben Yu |
421,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
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Joseph Cappello |
360,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Lars Gronning |
160,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Al Barbieri |
43,000
-27,000
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-27,000 |
Ben Yu and Yaniv Birman have played many pots against each other and they just had they're first get-together on the unofficial final table.
They were seen on fifth street, each in for a bet. Yu bet on sixth, earning a call and they tapped the river.
Ben Yu: /
Yaniv Birman: /
Yu had just a pair of tens but it was enough to beat Birman's hand and claim the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Yaniv Birman |
660,000
-110,000
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-110,000 |
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Ben Yu |
475,000
54,000
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54,000 |
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Al Barbieri made it just over four bets to put himself all in for 33,000 and Yaniv Birman made the call.
Al Barbieri:
Yaniv Birman:
Birman's aces-up were good and Barbieri departed in 9th place.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Al Barbieri | Eliminado |
James Obst had the bring in and he raised after a completion from Lee Salem and call from Ben Yu. Only Yu called and Obst continued barrelling on fourth, fifth and sixth. Yu called all the bets and both players checked the river.
Ben Yu: /
James Obst: /
Yu rolled over two pair, making kings up on the river. Obst mucked.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Ben Yu | 585,000 | |
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James Obst | 320,000 | |
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