Friday, July 2, 2010 3:28 PM Local Time
With 11 players remaining, 46 year-old Frank Kassela is the oldest player remaining in the tournament, followed by 35 year-old Daniel Negreanu. Brian Hodhod, 34, is the only other non-twentysomething remaining in the field.
Friday, July 2, 2010 3:22 PM Local Time
Eugene Katchalov opened for 50,000 from the button, Sam Trickett slid out a tall stack of green 25,000-denomination chips, setting his opponent all-in, and Katchalov made the call for his last 579,000.
Katchalov
Trickett
Katchalov's pocket fives held up on the board and he doubled to 1,190,000. Trickett is down to 2,480,000.
Friday, July 2, 2010 3:16 PM Local Time
The field is thinning at a rapid pace here on Day 3, and we've just lost another player; Abe Mosseri.
Mosseri opened for a raise from under the gun and Sam Trickett re-raised to 140,000 from the hijack seat. Mosseri called.
The dealer fanned and Mosseri checked to Trickett who fired 150,000. Mosseri check-raised to 400,000, Trickett moved all and Mosseri called.
Mosseri:
Trickett:
Mosseri needed some help, and the on the turn left Mosseri with just three outs to an ace. An ace did not come on the river, rather it was the eliminating him from Event #52.
With the hold, Trickett is now our massive chip leader sporting a 3,000,000-chip stack.
Friday, July 2, 2010 3:07 PM Local Time
Here's a look at the new seating arrangements, with updated chip counts:
Table 308
Seat 1: Eugene Katchalov (660,000)
Seat 2: Jason Somerville (635,000)
Seat 3: Abe Mosseri (900,000)
Seat 4: Sam Trickett (2,100,000)
Seat 5: Isaac Haxton (915,000)
Seat 6: Shawn Buchanan (1,105,000)
Table 309
Seat 1: Mikael Thuritz (1,400,000)
Seat 2: Frank Kassela (775,000)
Seat 3: Dan Kelly (1,000,000)
Seat 4: Daniel Negreanu (430,000)
Seat 5: Bryn Kenney (2,200,000)
Seat 6: Brian Hodhod (1,800,000)
Friday, July 2, 2010 3:04 PM Local Time
Martins Adeniya has been done in by his own countryman; Sam Trckett.
Adeniya opened to 60,000 with the button and Trickett defended his big blind. The flop fell and Trickett checked to Adeniya who continued for 75,000. Tricket check-raised to 400,000 effectively putting Adeniya all in, and Adeniya indeed committed himself raising to just 25,000 more. Trickett of course called.
Adeniya:
Trickett:
Trickett was already well ahead, and the on the turn was all she wrote. The on the river was simply protocol and Adeniya shook some hands before exiting the tournament area.
With just two tables we are now re-drawing and will have the table positions and chip counts shortly!
Friday, July 2, 2010 3:04 PM Local Time
Daniel Negreanu opened for 54,000 and Mikael Thuritz three-bet to 140,000 from the button. Negreanu made the call and they saw a flop. Negreanu checked, Thuritz bet 125,000, Negreanu shoved and Thuritz called all-in for about 550,000.
Thuritz
Negreanu
The turn was the , the river was the and Thuritz doubled to 1.3 million. Negreanu was left with 425,000.
Friday, July 2, 2010 3:01 PM Local Time
Isaac Haxton opened for 55,000 from the button and Sam Trickett called from the small blind. Abe Mosseri raised to 155,000 from the big blind. Both Haxton and Trickett called.
The flop came down . Trickett checked, Mosseri bet 200,000, Haxton folded and Trickett moved all-in for 825,000. Mosseri tanked for several minutes before folding.
"I had two sevens. He could have had two nines," Mosseri said. He's down to 920,000 while Trickett is up to 1.5 million.
Friday, July 2, 2010 2:56 PM Local Time
The always-outspoken Daniel Negreanu wandered over to our table between hands and commented about how disappointed he was in the structure of this event. And while a pro voicing displeasure with a tournament structure is certainly nothing new, Negreanu may have a point here.
At the moment, the average stack is about 1 million in chips, which amounts to a little over 40 big blinds. It goes a long way toward explaining why a lot of the hands we've reported thus far are pre-flop three-bet shoves and all-ins on the flop. There simply isn't a ton of room for play right now.
Friday, July 2, 2010 2:49 PM Local Time
Brian Hodhod opened for 52,000 from the button, then called Eugene Katchalov's 358,000 shove from the small blind.
Katchalov
Hodhod
Katchalov flopped his kicker on the board and doubled to 752,000. Hodhod is down to 1.73 million.
Friday, July 2, 2010 2:48 PM Local Time
Billy Jordanou opened to 55,000 from the cutoff before Dan "djk123" Kelly three-bet to 155,000 from the small blind. Jordanou moved all in for just 145,000 more and Kelly made the call.
Jordanou:
Kelly:
The flop was disastrous for Jordanou, and he shot up out of his chair in disgust. He put one arm in his jacket as the fell on the turn and it was fully on as soon as the rivered. Jordanou quickly exited shaking his head in disappointment.
With the knockout, Kelly is now up to 1,300,000 chips.
Friday, July 2, 2010 2:46 PM Local Time
In less than one level, Dan Kelly has gone from 260,000 chips to nearly a million.
Brian Hodhod opened for 54,000 from the cutoff and Dan Kelly moved all-in for 456,000 from the big blind. Hodhod made the call.
Kelly
Hodhod
Kelly was looking good on the flop, but the hit the turn, giving Hodhod command of the hand. However, Kelly hit the on the river to make a set and instead of hitting the rail, he doubled his stack to 930,000.
Friday, July 2, 2010 2:36 PM Local Time
The action folded around to Martins Adeniya on the button. He raised to 58,000 and Heather Sue Mercer moved all-in from the small blind for 221,000. Isaac Haxton reshoved from the big blind and Adeniya folded.
Mercer
Haxton
Mercer's hand was dominated, and she did not improve on the board. She hit the rail in 15th place, collecting her largest-ever career tournament cash while Haxton moved up to 1.24 million in chips.
Friday, July 2, 2010 2:32 PM Local Time
Vadim Trincher got his money in with but could not improve against Shawn Buchanan's pocket kings. Trincher hit the rail in 16th place and Buchanan is up to just over a million in chips.
Friday, July 2, 2010 2:30 PM Local Time
Daniel Negreanu and Frank Kassela were heads up with the board reading . Both players checked, and the turn brought the . Negreanu led for 85,000 from the big blind and Kassela called.
Negreanu fired 200,000 after the rivered and Kassela looked him up. Negreanu opened for a pair of kings and Kassela mucked his hand.
Kassela dipped to 530,000 chips while Negreanu increased his stack to 1,200,000.
Friday, July 2, 2010 2:30 PM Local Time
Poor poor John Juanda. After bubbling this event last night, he drew a Day 2 $10K Pot-Limit Omaha table directly adjacent to where Dan Kelly and Shawn Buchanan are seated. Oh, what might have been...
Friday, July 2, 2010 2:24 PM Local Time
The action folded to Carlos Mortensen who open-shoved for about 330,000 in the cutoff. Brian Hodhod re-shoved from the button having everyone covered, and the blinds released.
Mortensen:
Hodhod:
Mortensen was behind, and it only got worse when the flop fell . The on the turn ended it making the on the river but a formality.
Hodhod is now right under 2,500,000 chips while Mortensen will have to settle with $58,699 for his 17th place finish.
Friday, July 2, 2010 2:22 PM Local Time
Isaac Haxton opened from middle position for 54,000 and Abe Mosseri made the call from the small blind. Both players checked the flop. The turn came the and Mosseri led out for 75,000. Haxton called. The river paired the board with the and Mosseri made it 160,000 to go. Haxton looked him up.
Mosseri turned over for fives full of queens and Haxton mucked. Mosseri is up to 1.5 million while Haxton fell to 700,000.
Friday, July 2, 2010 2:10 PM Local Time
Brian Hodhod opened for 44,000 from under-the-gun, Vadim Trincher three-bet to 100,000 from the hijack seat and Bonomo shoved for about 570,000 from the cutoff. Hodhod re-shoved for more than 1.4 million and Trincher folded.
Bonomo
Hodhod
Bonomo couldn't have loved the flop as Hodhod picked up the nut flush draw, then the hit the turn, making Hodhod top pair. The river was the and Bonomo departed in 18th place, while Hodhod increased his stack to more than 2.1 million.
Friday, July 2, 2010 2:09 PM Local Time
Jason Somerville opened to 48,000 from the hijack seat and Daniel Negreanu called right behind him in the cutoff. The action folded behind them and the dealer flopped .
Somerville sat quietly, riffling chips with his right hand before finally sliding out 75,000 worth. Negreau requested that the dealer cut them down, she obliged and Negreanu made the call.
The turn brought the and Somerville led again - this time for 135,000. Negreanu looked puzzled as he grabbed his water to take a swig. He sat on the decision for a second before finally folding.
Negreanu slipped to 738,000 chips and Somerville pushed just above 1,000,000.
Friday, July 2, 2010 2:03 PM Local Time
Cards are in the air. There are five minutes remaining in Level 20.