Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
As more then 1,800 players are already seated, a huge late registration line has emerged in the middle of the Paris Ballroom. Around 100 of players are waiting to take a seat in this $800 Deep Stack 8-Handed tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Cyril Fabre |
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Katie Swift | 40,000 | |
Three players saw a flop of 9♣4♠3♠ for 1,400 each and Frank "Skullman" Harrington was first to act. He checked before there was a bet of 2,200. Only Harrington made the call.
When the 10♠ landed on the turn, Harrington snap check-raised the bet of 3,000 to 8,000 and his opponent wasted no time making the call.
When the A♦ landed on the river Harrington tossed a bet of 13,000 across the line and his opponent announced a call as soon as his chips touched the felt.
Harrington tabled J♠6♠ for a flush on the turn which defeated his opponent's two pair as he showed A♥10♥.
"I wanted to jam," Harrington said as he collected the pot. "I knew I should have jammed."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Frank Harrington |
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Remi Castaignon opened on the cutoff to 600, David Hatfield called on the button, as did the small blind.
Flop came 3♥7♥5♥ and all three players checked.
On the turn K♣, Hatfield took the lead with a 600 bet. The small blind decided to raise to 2,300. Castaignon quickly folded, but not Hatfield. He gathered some chips and raised to 15,000. His opponent let it go and Hatfield revealed 9♥10♥ for a flush on the flop.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Hatfield
|
47,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
As new tables are opening and still a lot of people waiting, Maureen Bloechlinger took some chips to come back closer to the starting stack.
Button player opened to 500 and Bloechlinger three-bet to 1,600 on the small blind. Button called and Bloechlinger fired another bet, worth 1,400 on the flop 6♥6♣4♣. Her opponent called. On the turn K♥, a second barrel was enough for Bloechlinger to take the pot and stack around 35,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Maureen Bloechlinger |
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
After a raise to 600 from the hijack got called by the cutoff, David Kurtze three-bet to 2,000 from the button. Action came back to the hijack who four-bet to 6,600. The cutoff got out of there and Kurtze quickly five-bet for all his chips, a total of 36,200.
"Why so early in the tournament?" his opponent seemed to say with a big smile on his face. But after a few seconds, he made the call.
David Kurtze : K♥K♣
Opponent : A♥K♦
The dealer revealed a 5♣8♥3♣4♥7♦ board. "Straight! Split!" claimed Kurtze's opponent as a joke. But all the chips went into Kurtze's hands, who is now around 73,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Kurtze
|
73,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
On the turn of Q♣9♣5♠9♥, David Horowitz checked to his opponent who fired out a bet of 3,600. Horowitz put in the check-raise to 3,800 and his opponent tossed his cards into the muck.
Horowitz sighed as he tabled 10♣9♠, saying "You were supposed to call!"
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Horowitz |
49,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
From under the gun, a player limped for 300, but a player in middle position preferred to raise to 1,500 chips. Robert Huebsch on his left called, and the first player in the hand did the same.
On J♥2♥8♥, middle position player continued with a bet of 3,000 chips. Huebsch called. However, both of them saw the under the gun player move all in for approximately 40,000 chips. And after a fold, Huebsch called.
Huebsch : A♥4♥
Opponent : Q♥10♥
Perfect situation for Huebsch, who already had the best hand possible on the flop. The turn 2♣ and the river 10♣ didn't change anything, and Huebsch successfully doubled up. With only 5,000 chips remaining, his opponent was eliminated a few hands later.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Robert Huebsch
|
78,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Cliff Yuan |
72,800
19,000
|
19,000 |
Nicholas Lee | 68,800 | |
Claudemir Morandini |
64,800
-9,200
|
-9,200 |
Scott Eskenazi | 42,000 | |
Frank Harrington |
33,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
Mason Hinkle | 30,600 |