Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:17 PM Local Time
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:12 PM Local Time
Here are the players current chip counts.
Ben Sabrin - 727,000
John Devia - 636,000
Giovanni Marcacci - 197,000
Mark Garner - 167,000
Bart Tichelman - 317,000
Donald Nicholson - 1,223,000
Ryan Young - 337,000
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:08 PM Local Time
Play will resume in 5 minutes.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:06 PM Local Time
Ben Sabrin had the button in seat 2. Bart Tichelman raised to 50,000 and was called by Giovanni Marcacci. The flop came
. After a check from Marcacci, Tichelman wasted no time moving all in. Marcacci postured briefly, then passed. Tichelman took down the pot.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:02 PM Local Time
Ryan Young had the button in seat 9. Action folded to Mark Garner who raised to 35,000 from middle position. When it got back around to John Devia, he announced "re-raise." He then slid 105,000 chips across the betting line. Garner casually called and the two took a flop. It came
. Devia immediately led out for 150,000. Garner stared Devia down a bit and said "you caught your ace huh?" An expressionless Devia said nothing. Eventually Garner threw his cards in and uttered "nice hand."
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 3:46 PM Local Time
Seven players remain with an average chip stack of 514,285.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 3:27 PM Local Time
Ben Sabrin had the button in seat 2. Action folded all the way around to John Devia in the small blind and he raised to 52,000. Giovanni Marcacci, playing from the big blind, peeked down at his hole cards and then announced all in. Devia insta-called. The players showed:
Devia:
Marcacci:
By the turn, Devia was still ahead, but Marcacci had truckloads of outs. The board read
. It was announced that Marcacci could catch an ace, a queen, a diamond, any jack, any ten or any nine. The river hit Giovanni square coming the
. An expressionless Devia sat back down and pushed 63,000 more chips over to Marcacci to call his all in. Marcacci doubled through one time chipleader John Devia.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 3:18 PM Local Time
We've yet to see a flop since returning from break. All pots have been won with a raise or re-raise preflop.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 3:09 PM Local Time
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 3:06 PM Local Time
Here are the players current chip counts.
Ben Sabrin - 801,000
John Devia - 680,000
Giovanni Marcacci - 155,000
Mark Garner - 219,000
Bart Tichelman - 268,000
Donald Nicholson - 1,195,000
Ryan Young - 358,000
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:51 PM Local Time
Play will resume in 20 minutes.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:48 PM Local Time
On a flop of
, Ben Sabrin and Giovanni Marcacci got it all in. It was Sabrin's tournament life at risk. The players showed:
Sabrin:
Marcacci:
Marcacci and his gallery appeared confident with his nut flush draw, inside straight draw, and overcard. It was Sabrin who looked behind. The turn and river came the
and
respectively, missing Marcacci and doubling Sabrin on the last hand of Level 19 play.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:43 PM Local Time
Donald Nicholson had the button in seat 8. Action folded around to Ryan Young in the small blind who called. Tom Schneider check his big blind option. The flop came
and both players checked. The turn brought the
and again both players checked. The
came off on the river and Ryan Young checked. Tom Schneider bet 50,000. Young, who had Schneider covered, thought for a bit and then announced all in. A patient Schneider eventually called. Young showed
for the straight, which bested his Schneider's
. Tom Schneider was eliminated in 8th place and leaves with $38,928 for his efforts.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:32 PM Local Time
John Devia had the button in seat 3. Donald Nicholson raised to 36,000 from middle position and Devia called. The flop came
. Nicholson bet 50,000 and Devia called. The turn brought the
. Nicholson again bet 50,000, and Devia called. The river came the
. Nicholson again fired 50,000. This time Devia announced a raise and slid out 150,000. Nicholson called and got the bad news. Devia showed
for the full house and Nicholson showed K-K as he mucked.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:22 PM Local Time
Ryan Young had the button in seat 9. Action folded around to Giovanni Marcacci who raised to 32,000 from early position. Ben Sabrin called from the big blind and the two took a flop heads up.
Sabrin led out for 52,000 and was quickly called. The turn brought the
which prompted both players to check. The dealer tabled the
on the river and Ben Sabrin moved all in for 236,000. Marcacci went into the tank for upwards of three minutes before finally folding. Ben Sabrin took down the pot.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:16 PM Local Time
The last 4-6 hands have all been preflop blind/ante steals.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:58 PM Local Time
Ben Sabrin had the button in seat 2. Action folded to Don Nicholson who raised to 35,000. Ryan Young, next to act, announced a re-raise and pushed out 105,000 total. Donald Nicholson thought for about 3 minutes before finally declaring himself all in. Young, who had Nicholson covered, wasted no time calling and the players showed:
Nicholson:
Young:
The flop came
. Upon seeing the ace, Nicholson, possibly involuntarily loudly shouted "Yes!" at the top of his lungs. Young was drawing to running kings which never came. Nicholson doubled through Ryan Young.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:53 PM Local Time
Tom Schneider had the button in seat one. Action folded around to Mark Garner who raised to 27,000. Donald Nicholson called and the two took a flop heads up. It came
. Both players checked. The
hit the turn and again both players checked. Mark Garner couldn't check the river
. He bet 22,000. Nicholson made the call and the players showed:
Nicholson:
Garner:
Nicholson's aces were best and he took down the pot.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:49 PM Local Time
Don Nicholson had the button in seat 8. Action folded around to Ryan Young in the small blind and he completed. Tom Schneider checked his big blind option. The two took a flop heads up of
. Both players checked. The turn brought the
. Young led out for 16,000 and Schneider looked him up. The river came the
. Young bet 20,000 and after thinking for about a minute or so, Schneider made the call. The players showed:
Young:
Schneider:
Schneider's two pair was best and he took down the first pot we've seen that resulted in a showdown, but not an elimination or double up.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:42 PM Local Time
After a short five minute break, which will be taken at the completion of each level, play has resumed.