Friday, June 10, 2011 6:07 PM Local Time
Mitch Schock raised from early position and Shawn Keller made the call as the next to act. On the flop Schock led out and Keller called. Schock checked when the hit the turn and Keller bet. Schock threw out a check-raise which Keller called. On the river Schock bet once more which got Keller to give up his hand.
Shawn Keller | 460,000 | -230,000 |
Mitch Schock | 410,000 | 170,000 |
Friday, June 10, 2011 6:02 PM Local Time
Jeff Shulman was all in preflop with against the of Casey McCarrel. The flop rolled out which left Shulman in bad shape. The turn gave Shulman a glimmer of hope with a wheel draw and four outs to the three. Unfortunately for him, the river was the and Shulman was eliminated from the tournament.
Casey McCarrel | 190,000 | |
Jeff Shulman | 0 | -58,000 |
Friday, June 10, 2011 5:55 PM Local Time
Matt Sterling was all in preflop and at risk with against the of Brandon Demes. The flop was a great one for Sterling as it came which left Demes needing running queens or a running straight to deliver the knockout. The turn secured the double up for Sterling and the river was a mere formality.
Brandon Demes | 780,000 | -20,000 |
Matt Sterling | 85,000 | 35,000 |
Friday, June 10, 2011 5:40 PM Local Time
Brandon Demes | 800,000 | 40,000 |
Shawn Keller | 690,000 | 60,000 |
Tyler Bonkowski | 474,000 | |
Andrew Brongo | 420,000 | -25,000 |
Mitch Schock | 240,000 | -35,000 |
Casey McCarrel | 162,000 | |
Matt Sterling | 117,000 | -33,000 |
Ron Burke | 115,000 | -45,000 |
Jeff Shulman | 58,000 | -2,000 |
Friday, June 10, 2011 5:34 PM Local Time
The players have decided to take a short 10-minute bathroom break. They will play one more level before they take their hour long dinner break.
Friday, June 10, 2011 5:26 PM Local Time
About 20 minutes ago, Shawn Keller had twice as many chips as second place, but after Brandon Demes took another good pot off Keller, he has now taken the lead. Keller raised in the cutoff and Demes three bet on the button. The blinds folded, and Keller called. The flop came , and Keller check-raised Demes. Demes called, and the turn came the . Keller check-called, and he did the same on the river, the , and Demes showed . Keller mucked, and Demes is your new chip leader!
Friday, June 10, 2011 5:18 PM Local Time
Action folded to Casey McCarrel in the cutoff who raised, and Ron Burke was the only caller in the big blind. The flop came and Burke check-raised after McCarrel bet. McCarrel called, and the players saw the on the turn. Burke bet, and then McCarrel put Burke in, though he didn't look too happy doing it. Burke called and showed for a flopped two pair, and McCarrel showed . McCarrel needed a queen on the river to chop, but it didn't come, as the river was the . Burke doubled up 160,000, while McCarrel dropped to 120,000.
Friday, June 10, 2011 5:04 PM Local Time
Tyler Bonkowski lost a few hands to start the table that briefly had him as one of the short stacks, but he has fought his way back up to second place after this big hand. Ron Burke raised, and Mitch Schock put in three bets in the cutoff. Bonkowski called in the big blind, as did Burke, and the three took a flop of . Bonkowski and Burke checked, and Schock bet. Bonkowski raised, and Burke then reraised. Schock reluctantly folded, and Bonkowski put in another bet. Burke called, and then call bets on the turn and the river, which came the and . Bonkowski showed for a flopped set, and Burke mucked, dropping to 70,000, while Bonkowski jumped up to 475,000.
Friday, June 10, 2011 4:53 PM Local Time
On a flop of , Ron Burke and Shawn Keller checked, and Tyler Bonkowski bet. Burke folded, and Keller called. The turn brought the , and Keller led out. Bonkowski called, and called when Keller bet the on the river. Keller showed for a turned set, and Bonkowski mucked. Keller is now up to 920,000, and Bonkowski dropped to 150,000.
Friday, June 10, 2011 4:49 PM Local Time
Matt Sterling raised in the cutoff, and Andrew Brongo called in the big blind. The board ran out and on every street, Brongo check called Sterling, including when Sterling moved all in on the river. Sterling showed for top pair, and it was good enough to win, as Brongo had . Sterling upped his count to 150,000, while Brongo is down to 460,000.
Friday, June 10, 2011 4:34 PM Local Time
Leo Labbe limped in preflop, then called after Brandon Demes raised. The two took a flop of , the players got in a raising war that resulted in Labbe going all in.
Demes:
Labbe:
The turn brought the and the river wsa the , and Labbe was knocked out while Demes increased his stack to 420,000. With that elimination, we have our official final table!
Friday, June 10, 2011 4:32 PM Local Time
Casey McCarrel entered the final table as the short stack, but he has just won a big pot that boosted his chip count over 200,000. Leo Labbe limped preflop, and Tyler Bonkowski raised. McCarrel then reraised, and Jeff Shulman put in a fourth bet after him. Labbe folded, and Bonkowski called. McCarrel then capped the betting, and Shulman and Bonkowski came along, already making for a huge pot. The flop came , and Bonkowski checked. McCarrel bet, and both Shulman and Bonkowski called. The turn came the , and Bonkowski bet again. McCarrel led out, and Shulman folded, but Bonkowski called .The river brought the , and McCarrel went all in after Bonkowski checked. Bonkowski folded, and McCarrel dragged the huge pot to get up to 225,000.
Friday, June 10, 2011 4:27 PM Local Time
Andrew Brongo raised preflop and got one call from Leo Labbe. The flop came , and Labbe bet out. Brongo raised, and Labbe called. The turn and river were the and , and Brongo bet on both streets. Labbe called both, then mucked when Brongo showed for aces up, which was good enough to take the pot. Brongo jumped up to 480,000, while Labbe dropped to 58,000.
Friday, June 10, 2011 4:21 PM Local Time
We are two hands into the final table, and Brandon Demes has won both of them. In the first hand, Demes bet the whole way on a board of , forcing Shawn Keller to fold the river. On the second hand, Demes showed on a board of , which was good enough to take the pot and boost his stack to 350,000.
Friday, June 10, 2011 4:13 PM Local Time
After a short 15 minute break to set up the final table, we are back in action with 22 minutes left in Level 20
Friday, June 10, 2011 4:07 PM Local Time
Shawn Keller | 710,000 | 225,000 |
Tyler Bonkowski | 450,000 | |
Mitch Schock | 370,000 | -50,000 |
Andrew Brongo | 360,000 | 90,000 |
Jeff Shulman | 222,000 | -48,000 |
Ron Burke | 210,000 | -90,000 |
Brandon Demes | 210,000 | -5,000 |
Leo Labbe | 142,000 | -148,000 |
Matt Sterling | 100,000 | 20,000 |
Casey McCarrel | 95,000 | |
Friday, June 10, 2011 4:07 PM Local Time
Here's the seat draw for the unofficial 10-handed final table:
Seat 1: Brandon Demes
Seat 2: Tyler Bonkowski
Seat 3: Matt Sterling
Seat 4: Casey McCarrel
Seat 5: Jeff Shulman
Seat 6: Andrew Brongo
Seat 7: Ron Burke
Seat 8: Mitch Schock
Seat 9: Shawn Keller
Seat 10: Leo Labbe
Friday, June 10, 2011 3:46 PM Local Time
Shawn Keller raised from under the gun and Jeremy Heartberg three-bet from the small blind. Keller made the call and called Heartberg's bet on the flop as well. On the turn, Heartberg led out and Keller raised. Heartberg raised once more and was all in. Keller called and showed for trips. Heartberg held and would need a seven or a spade on the river to avoid elimination Unfortunately for him, the river was the which made Keller quads and sent Heartberg to the rail as the unofficial final table bubble boy.
The players will quickly reconvene over at the TV table in the back right of the Amazon Room to play out the final table.
Jeremy Heartberg | 0 | -120,000 |
Friday, June 10, 2011 3:33 PM Local Time
Earlier we reported on Dmitry Gromov getting his aces cracked and not being happy about it. But now he is very upset, after losing the rest of his chips in three straight hands. First, we came to the table as the board read . Gromov had just check raised Shawn Keller, and Keller came back by putting in a third bet. Gromov called, and also called when Keller bet the on the river. Keller showed for a turned set, and Gromov angrily showed .
On the next hand, Gromov raised and Matt Sterling, the shorter stack, three bet. Gromov called, and Sterling got the rest of his chips in after the flop .
Gromov:
Sterling:
The turn and river came and , and Sterling doubled up to cripple Gromov even further. On the next hand, he got the last of his chips in preflop against Mitch Schock, and Gromov was in a dominating position.
Gromov:
Schock:
Gromov stood up and in a joking/angry manner asked the dealer for a queen and, well, he got what he asked for. The flop came , and Gromov continued to curse at the dealer in Russian. The turn and river came , and Gromov stormed off, yelling more Russian bad sounding words as he left.
Friday, June 10, 2011 3:17 PM Local Time
First on a flop, Andrew Brongo and Victor Ramdin both checked. Ramdin called both of Brongo's bets on the turn and river only to be shown the trips of Brongo who had while Ramdin mucked . This left Ramdin with only 40,000.
Then on a flop, Ramdin bet and Leo Labbe called. Ramdin moved all in when the hit the turn and after some deliberation, Labbe finally made the call. Victor was in the lead with for a pair against Labbe's for two overs and a straight draw. However the landed on the river which gave Labbe a bigger pair and eliminated Ramdin.
Leo Labbe | 290,000 | 0 |
Andrew Brongo | 270,000 | 0 |
Victor Ramdin | 0 | 0 |