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Tuesday, November 6, 2012 4:04 PM Local Time
Tyler St. Clair | 2,560,000 | 160,000 |
Lawrence Iampen | 1,790,000 | 540,000 |
Calvin Anderson | 1,400,000 | 180,000 |
Andrew Tai | 1,250,000 | -275,000 |
Mal Hagan | 1,100,000 | 0 |
Justin Ciolfitto | 1,000,000 | 490,000 |
Mark Potovsky | 820,000 | -230,000 |
Steven Schartner | 490,000 | -245,000 |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 3:51 PM Local Time
Action folded to Christopher Gunnarsson's button and he moved his short stack all in. Mal Hagan moved all in over the top from the small blind and the big blind folded.
Gunnarsson:
Hagan:
The board ran out and Hagan was able to score the elimination. Gunnarsson will collect $15,279 for his efforts today.
Mal Hagan | 1,100,000 | 120,000 |
Christopher Gunnarsson | 0 | -770,000 |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 3:45 PM Local Time
Table 42
Seat | Player |
1 | Sonny Sekhon |
2 | Seth Maretz |
3 | Brian Scott |
4 | Glenn Sullivan |
5 | Shreeniwas Kelkar |
6 | Nick Halvorson |
7 | Ryan Biermann |
8 | Michael Collins |
9 | John Crncic |
Table 43
Seat | Player |
1 | Calvin Anderson |
2 | Justin Ciolfitto |
3 | Christopher Gunnarsson |
4 | Mal Hagan |
5 | Lawrence Iampen |
6 | Tyler St. Clair |
7 | Mark Potovsky |
8 | Andrew Tai |
9 | Steven Schartner |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 3:39 PM Local Time
The final 18 players are now re-drawing to the final two tables. A seating chart will come momentarily.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 3:38 PM Local Time
Tyler St. Clair opened with a raise to 85,000 from under the gun. David Pecaski looked down at his cards from the next seat over and announced all in for 770,000 total. It folded back to St. Clair who took a deep breath and announced a call.
St. Clair:
Pecaski:
St. Clair jumped into the lead on the flop and suddenly Pecaski was at risk for his tournament life. The on fourth street was of no help and he needed a jack on the river to stay alive. The river was the , though, and he was sent home in 19th place.
Tyler St. Clair | 2,400,000 | 1,030,000 |
David Pecaski | 0 | -1,050,000 |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 3:26 PM Local Time
David Lim was all in and at risk before the flop holding . Lim was racing against Nick Halvorson's who made the call of Lim's all in.
Halvorson paired up on the flop and never relinquished his lead through the turn and the river. Lim was eliminated in 20th place meaning that we're one elimination away from being down to the final two tables.
Nick Halvorson | 870,000 | 285,000 |
David Lim | 0 | -305,000 |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 3:22 PM Local Time
A short stacked Jamie Youngman moved all in from early position and was called by Glenn Sullivan on the button. The blinds folded and the hands were shown to be racing:
Youngman:
Sullivan:
Sullivan picked up additional heart outs on the flop and even more outs with a king or nine when the hit the turn. The dropped down on the river putting two pair on the board and canceling out Youngman's pocket fours. Sullivan's kings and sixes with an ace kicker was the best hand and Youngman was eliminated from play.
Glenn Sullivan | 620,000 | 175,000 |
Jamie Youngman | 0 | -245,000 |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 3:17 PM Local Time
We caught up to find the board reading . Michael Collins checked over to Sonny Sekhon who fired out 275,000 into an already fairly large pot. Collins wasted no time announcing that he was all in over the top and Sekhon opted to lay down his hand. With this win Collins is up to about 1.65 million while Sekhon has fallen to 2.25 million.
Sonny Sekhon | 2,250,000 | -610,000 |
Michael Collins | 1,650,000 | 490,000 |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 3:11 PM Local Time
Richard En moved all in before the flop and was called by Lawrence Iampen. Eh held and was racing with Iampen's .
The board fell and Iampen's pair of aces spelled the end of En's tournament. He was eliminated in 22nd place. Iampen is now sitting on about 1,250,000 in chips.
Lawrence Iampen | 1,250,000 | 530,000 |
Richard En | 0 | -500,000 |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 2:58 PM Local Time
Sonny Sekhon | 2,860,000 | 480,000 |
Ryan Biermann | 2,200,000 | 624,000 |
Andrew Tai | 1,525,000 | 724,000 |
Tyler St. Clair | 1,370,000 | 469,000 |
Calvin Anderson | 1,220,000 | 120,000 |
Michael Collins | 1,160,000 | -40,000 |
David Pecaski | 1,050,000 | -450,000 |
Mark Potovsky | 1,050,000 | -41,000 |
Mal Hagan | 980,000 | 270,000 |
John Crncic | 930,000 | 274,000 |
Shreeniwas Kelkar | 800,000 | 410,000 |
Christopher Gunnarsson | 770,000 | 160,000 |
Steven Schartner | 735,000 | 90,000 |
Lawrence Iampen | 720,000 | -10,000 |
Nick Halvorson | 585,000 | -686,000 |
Justin Ciolfitto | 510,000 | -130,000 |
Richard En | 500,000 | 83,000 |
Glenn Sullivan | 445,000 | -35,000 |
Seth Maretz | 385,000 | 120,000 |
Brian Scott | 380,000 | 80,000 |
David Lim | 305,000 | -165,000 |
Jamie Youngman | 245,000 | -135,000 |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 2:44 PM Local Time
The final 22 players are now on a 10-minute break. During this break tournament staff will also color up and race off the yellow t1,000 chips. Stay tuned for a full round of chip counts.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 2:20 PM Local Time
Lawrence Iampen has moved all in before the flop during 3 out of the last 4 hands played at Table 42. His tablemates are visibily getting annoyed with the strategy and have begun making comments about it.
"Everyone has a story," were the only words to come out of Iampen's mouth as he scooped up his chips by taking down all three pots. He's currently sitting on about 730,000.
Lawrence Iampen | 730,000 | 367,000 |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 2:08 PM Local Time
Sonny Sekhon began the day as our chip leader and that is a title that he is yet to relinquish. Action folded to David Lim's button and he raised to 63,000 only to have Sekhon come over the top with a three-bet to 172,000. Afshin Majidi looked down at his hole cards in the big blind and announced a four-bet all in. Lim got out of the way and Sekhon called to find that he was racing with his opponent.
Sekhon:
Majidi:
The board fell and Sekhon's tens were able to hold. Majidi was forced to settle for 23rd place and Sekhon now has about 2.38 million.
Sonny Sekhon | 2,380,000 | 618,000 |
Afshin Majidi | 0 | -299,000 |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 2:01 PM Local Time
Edmond Liu moved all in before the flop for his last 218,000. It folded to Calvin Anderson's button and he announced all in over the top. The rest of the table folded and the hands were revealed to find Liu in need of help.
Liu:
Anderson:
The dealer produced a board of and Liu was sent to the rail. Anderson has now breached the one million chip mark with about 1,100,000 in chips.
Calvin Anderson | 1,100,000 | 350,000 |
Edmond Liu | 0 | -222,000 |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 1:55 PM Local Time
Michael Collins opened with a raise before the flop and Day 1a chip leader Norman Overdijk called. The two saw a flop of and Collins fired a continuation bet of an unknown amount. Overdijk called and the turn was the .
Collins bet all in which was actually a bet for Overdijk's tournament life. Overdijk snap called and showed for a flopped set of fours. Unfortunately for Overdijk, Collins held for top set. The finished the board and Overdijk was forced to settle for a 25th place finish.
Michael Collins | 1,200,000 | 427,000 |
Norman Overdijk | 0 | -1,083,000 |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 1:48 PM Local Time
Jamie Youngman opened the action by moving all in for his last 170,000 before the flop. Shreeniwas Kelkar looked down at his cards from the hijack and moved all in over the top. The rest of the table folded and the hands were displayed:
Youngman:
Kelkar:
Both players paired up on the flop but Youngman retained his lead with the pair of tens. The turn brought the and the river the ensuring a double for Youngman. Kelkar, on the other hand, has fallen to about 390,000 in chips.
Shreeniwas Kelkar | 390,000 | -272,000 |
Jamie Youngman | 380,000 | 174,000 |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 1:41 PM Local Time
A short stacked Robert Berglund was all in and at risk before the flop against Mal Hagan. Berglund held and was looking for help against Hagan's .
The flop was and fourth street brought the .
"Spade! Spade!" yelled Berglund, hoping to make his flush to stay alive in the tournament. Alas, the river was the and Berglund was sent home. Hagan is now sitting on about 710,000 in chips.
Mal Hagan | 710,000 | 267,000 |
Robert Berglund | 0 | -223,000 |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 1:32 PM Local Time
Glenn Sullivan opened to 60,000 from late position only to have Brian Scott move all in for 204,000 total from the hijack. It folded back to Sullivan and he called.
Sullivan:
Scott:
The board fell and Scott's jacks were able to hold, securing him a double up. Sullivan, however, has now fallen to about 480,000.
Glenn Sullivan | 480,000 | -101,000 |
Brian Scott | 300,000 | -177,000 |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 1:14 PM Local Time
Douglas Wasyk open shoved all in for his last 104,000 before the flop and it folded to David Lim in the big blind. Lim called and the hands were tabled:
Lim:
Wasyk:
Wasyk was in the lead and stayed that way by pairing his ace on the flop. The on the turn gave Lim some hope of scoring the knockout and he hit his miracle when the rolled off on the river.
Wasyk was eliminated in 27th place while Lim has boosted his stack to about 470,000.
David Lim | 470,000 | 110,000 |
Douglas Wasyk | 0 | -751,000 |
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 1:02 PM Local Time
David Pecaski opened to 43,000 only to have Justin Ciolfitto slide out a three-bet to 125,000. Pecaski went into the tank for about a minute before announcing that he was all in. Pecaski put Ciolfitto to the test for all of his chips and after another minute Ciolfitto decided not to put in his remaining 640,000.
With this pickup, Pecaski is now sitting on about 1,500,000.
David Pecaski | 1,500,000 | 45,000 |
Justin Ciolfitto | 640,000 | -126,000 |