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Saturday, June 4, 2011 8:56 PM Local Time
Action folded to Richard Lyndaker in the small blind and he raised all in for 395,000. Thomas Ross folded from the big blind and showed the . Lyndaker showed the .
Saturday, June 4, 2011 8:54 PM Local Time
Allen Bari just eliminated the 2009 winner of this very event Brian Lemke. The money went in preflop with Bari dominating Lemke's with the . The board ran out clean for Bari and his hand held to give him the win and the elimination.
Lemke made an outstanding run after winning this event back in 2009 for over $600,000. He'll add over $40,000 to his pocket with this finish as Bari's stack rose to 1.72 million.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 8:51 PM Local Time
Ricky Fohrenbach and Maria Ho got all in preflop with Ho at risk for her tournament life. She held the against Fohrenbach's . The board ran out and Ho held up. She was all in for 310,000 and is back to about 650,000 now.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 8:49 PM Local Time
From middle position, Joseph Kuether raised to 65,000. Frank Rusnak was in the small blind and made the call, as did Brian Lemke in the big blind. The three players took the flop of and action checked to Kuether. He fired 85,000 and only Rusnak called.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the fall on the river. After Rusnak checked, Kuether bet 155,000. Rusnak folded and gave up the pot. His stack slipped to 140,000 while Kuether moved to 860,000.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 8:44 PM Local Time
Thomas Ross raised from middle position to 80,000. Markus Gonsalves reraised to 180,000 from the hijack and action folded back to Ross. He moved all in and Gonsalves called off for 750,000 with the . Ross held the .
The flop, turn and river ran through and Gonsalves was sent to the rail in 15th place. He earned $41,712 for his finish while Ross extended his chip lead to 2.825 million
Saturday, June 4, 2011 8:33 PM Local Time
From the hijack seat, Richard Lyndaker raised to 65,000. Thomas Ross reraised to 175,000 from the cutoff seat and then Nicholas Blumenthal made it 260,000 to go from the button. That four-bet was good enough to win the pot and Blumenthal scooped the chips.
Thomas Ross | 1,995,000 | -211,000 |
Nicholas Blumenthal | 1,390,000 | 240,000 |
Richard Lyndaker | 480,000 | -120,000 |
Saturday, June 4, 2011 8:18 PM Local Time
Level: 26
Blinds: 15000/30000
Ante: 5000
Saturday, June 4, 2011 8:18 PM Local Time
Thomas Ross | 2,206,000 | -109,000 |
Nicholas Blumenthal | 1,150,000 | 40,000 |
Allen Bari | 910,000 | -140,000 |
Frank Rusnak | 705,000 | 180,000 |
Brian Lemke | 690,000 | -20,000 |
Sean LeFort | 675,000 | -25,000 |
Mikhail Lakhitov | 660,000 | -30,000 |
Joseph Kuether | 620,000 | 65,000 |
Richard Lyndaker | 600,000 | -272,000 |
Cary Katz | 210,000 | -390,000 |
Saturday, June 4, 2011 8:16 PM Local Time
Farzad Bonyadi raised all in for 241,000 and Ricky Fohrenbach called from the button. Fohrenbach held the and Bonyadi the for just one overcard. The board ran out and Bonyadi was able to smack a flush on the end to stay alive in this thing.
Fohrenbach dropped back to 1.17 million in chips while Bonyadi doubled to 550,000.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 8:14 PM Local Time
Markus Gonsalves raised to 50,000 from middle position and then action folded to the only woman left in the field, Maria Ho. She reraised all in for 281,000 and won the pot.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 8:12 PM Local Time
From early position, Ricky Fohrenbach raised to 55,000. As has become a common site as of late, Markus Gonsalves moved all in for 520,000 from the button. Everyone folded and Gonsalves won the pot.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 8:11 PM Local Time
On the flop of , Cary Katz check-raised Jesse Chinni's bet of 55,000 to 125,000. Chinni made the call to see the fall on the turn and complete a possible flush draw. Katz checked and Chinni bet 110,000. Katz made the call.
The paired the board on the river and after a couple minutes in the tank, Katz bet 50,000. Chinni seemed a little puzzled by the bet sizing and thought for a bit himself. He asked Katz how much he had left, which was 311,000, and then made the call.
Katz tabled the for trip eights, but that wasn't good against the that Chinni held for a flush.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 8:02 PM Local Time
In a battle of the blinds we found Frank Rusnak shipping over 347,000 to Brian Lemke after a preflop all in clash.
Rusnak held to be in dominated shape against Lemke's , and when the board was spread, Lemke scooped the double to over 700,000 in chips.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 7:59 PM Local Time
Joseph Kuether entered the pot from the hi-jack for 52,000 only to be met with an all in raise from Simon Charette. Frank Rusnak followed suit by pushing from the big blind as Kuether quietly pushed his cards to the muck.
Charette:
Rusnak:
The board of would ensure that Charette fell to the rail in 16th place, earning himself $33,540 as Rusnak climbs to 885,000 in chips.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 7:55 PM Local Time
Allen Bari opened the hi-jack to 48,000 and Brian Lemke made the call from the button to see a flop fall.
Bari fired out a continuation-bet of 52,000 and Lemke made the call as the on the turn was checked through to Lemke who fired out 80,000. Bari check-called as the landed on the river and Bari checked for a second time.
Lemke announced he was all in, and after some deliberation, Bari made the call for his 344,000 in chips.
Bari tabled his , which was enough to ensure the double to 1,050,000 after Lemke mucked his hand while slipping to 300,000.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 7:46 PM Local Time
Richard Lyndaker opened the cutoff to 54,000 only to have Markus Gonsalves three-bet shove for 345,000. Lyndaker took his time before folding to see Gonsalves raked in the pot to move to over 420,000.
The next hand the action folded to Gonsalves in the small blind and he pushed all in. Farzad Bonyadi tank-folded to see Gonsalves' stack grow further.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 7:42 PM Local Time
Joseph Kuether opened to 52,000 from the hi-jack only to have Jesse Channi three-bet to 115,000 from the cutoff. With the action on Carlos Mortensen, he moved all in for roughly 300,000 to force a fold from Kuether but a call from Channi.
Mortensen:
Channi:
There would be a slight sweat on the turn for Mortensen, but the final board of would ensure Mortensen would exit in 17th place for a $33,540 payday.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 7:38 PM Local Time
Mikhail Lakhitov opened the pot from the cutoff to 50,000 only to have Cary Katz move all in for 617,000.
Lakhitov deliberated for a few moments before eventually folding while slipping to 655,000 as Katz flashed his .
Saturday, June 4, 2011 7:34 PM Local Time
The action was folded one-by-one round to Thomas Ross who found a walk in the big blind.
"I had deuce-three!" stated Richard Lyndaker before Ross tabled his .
"I had ace-ten!" stated the normally aggressive Ricky Fohrenbach who was positioned on the button.
"Tell that f**king story to someone else!" laughed Ross as he happily collected the small blind and antes.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 7:24 PM Local Time
Thomas Ross | 2,315,000 | -105,000 |
Ricky Fohrenbach | 1,225,000 | -225,000 |
Nicholas Blumenthal | 1,110,000 | 290,000 |
Richard Lyndaker | 880,000 | 170,000 |
Jesse Chinni | 850,000 | -20,000 |
Brian Lemke | 805,000 | -30,000 |
Sean LeFort | 700,000 | -130,000 |
Mikhail Lakhitov | 690,000 | -70,000 |
Cary Katz | 600,000 | -95,000 |
Frank Rusnak | 570,000 | 362,000 |
Joseph Kuether | 555,000 | -145,000 |
Allen Bari | 520,000 | 100,000 |
Maria Ho | 428,000 | -34,000 |
Markus Gonsalves | 424,000 | 79,000 |
Farzad Bonyadi | 390,000 | -40,000 |
Simon Charette | 340,000 | -150,000 |
Carlos Mortensen | 295,000 | -175,000 |