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Live: $25,000 WPT World Championship
Upcoming: $100,000 WPT Super High Roller
| Earnings | $198,342 |
| Cashes | 2 |
| Final Tables | 1 |
| Titles | 0 |
| Tournaments Played | 8 |
Est. Current Chipcount
Est. Average Chipcount
22,710,000
Current Chipleader
-
Day 2
308,000
Day 3
2,712,000
Day 4
4,085,000
Day 5
3rd
Level 24: 12,000-24,000, 4,000 ante
All of the chip counts have just been updated in the chip count tab.
With 13 players remaining, here is a look at the top five...
Jeff Vertes - 4,100,000
David Daneshgar - 2,300,000
Will Failla - 1,900,000
Ray Henson - 1,900,000
Adam Aronson - 1,850,000
Level 23: 10,000-20,000, 3,000 ante
Jeff Vertes raises to 46,000 from the hijack and Mike Eskandari calls on the button. The flop comes down 8
3
2
and Vertes bets 75,000. Eskandari calls.
The turn brings the 5 and Vertes bets 125,000. Eskandari thinks a bit, counts his stack, and moves all-in for an additional 304,000. Vertes thinks for a minute or two and calls with 66 for a pair of sixes. Eskandari shows A9
for ace-high.
The river is a blank and Vertes takes the pot, moving up over 3 million in chips, while Eskandari is eliminated.
Jeff Vertes - 3,400,000 (170 BBs)
Mike Eskandari - eliminated in 14th place ($24,415)
Level 23: 10,000-20,000, 3,000 ante
All of the chip counts have just been updated in the chip count tab.
With 13 players remaining, here is a look at the top five...
Jeff Vertes - 3,400,000
Will Failla - 2,400,000
David Daneshgar - 2,265,000
James Carroll - 2,200,000
Ken Aldridge - 2,150,000
Recent Eliminations...
14th. Mike Eskandari - $24,415
15th. Christina Lindley - $24,415
16th. Brent Hanks - $19,275
17th. Billy Bey - $19,275
18th. David Tuthill - $19,275
Level 23: 10,000-20,000, 3,000 ante
Action folds around to Derek Palmer and he moves all-in for his last 300,000 or so from late position. Jeff Vertes calls out of the blinds with 99 and he is racing with Palmer's AJ. The nines hold as the board runs out 1010584 and Palmer is eliminated.
Jeff Vertes - 2,850,000 (143 BBs)
Derek Palmer - eliminated in 19th place ($14,135)
As the hands wrap up on the outer tables, the final eighteen players prepare to redraw for seats at the final two tables.
Level 23: 10,000-20,000, 3,000 ante
Over on the Live at the Bike feature table, Jeff Vertes raises to 55,000 from the cutoff and Brent Hanks moves all-in for around 770,000 from the small blind.
"That's interesting," Vertes muses. He thinks a little while longer, then asks Hanks, "What's this play?"
Hanks says nothing and Vertes eventually folds. After the hand, David Tuthill seeks clarification from the floor person on whether or not they will see that hand on the delayed livestream. Tuthill thinks that because the action didn't go to a flop, the hand won't make the show.
The floorman clarifies that any hand where players voluntarily put chips in the pot will be discussed on the stream, so the hand will make the show.
"Uh oh," Hanks jokes. "The jig is up boys."
Vertes is especially interested to hear the hand will make the webcast, asking the floorman "Okay, now when will we see what he had?"
Brent Hanks - 880,000 (44 BBs)
Jeff Vertes - 2,300,000 (115 BBs)
Level 23: 10,000-20,000, 3,000 ante
We reported a hand yesterday called "Jeff Vertes Folds Trips That Would've Made Quads." (Click the link to read the updated version.)
One problem -- he didn't have trips. He had an open-ended straight draw.
Our error dramatically misrepresented how Jeff Vertes played the hand, making him look bad in the process. We have corrected the hand, and sincerely apologize to Vertes for the error.
Level 22: 8,000-16,000, 2,000 ante
Jeff Vertes opens the pot for 60,000 from early position, Tuan Ngueyn moves all in from middle position and Vertes calls.
Nguyen is ahead before the flop with QQ against Vertes' AK.
The board comes K10635, giving Vertes top pair on the flop to win the pot. Tuan Nguyen is eliminated in 24th place ($14,135) while Jeff Vertes moves up 2,150,000.
Level 22: 8,000-16,000, 2,000 ante
After a flop of Q99, Tuan Nguyen checks the big blind, Ken Aldridge bets 85,000 from under the gun, and Jeff Vertes calls from the cutoff. Nguyen tanks for several minutes before me moves all in for 146,000.
Aldridge asks if he is allowed to reraise, but the all-in bet wasn't large enough. So Aldridge calls, and Vertes calls behind.
The turn card is the 7, and Aldridge bets 150,000. Vertes thinks for a bit before he folds J-10 face up (open-ended straight draw).
CORRECTION: We originally reported that Vertes folded J-9, which would have given him trip nines. It was clearly an error, as we have photograpic evidence that he actually had J-10. Our sincerest apologies go out to Vertes for misrepresenting his action here.
Nguyen shows QJ for two pair (queens and nines), but Aldridge turns over KQ for the same two pair with a higher kicker.
The river card is the 9, which kills Aldridge's kicker since he and Nguyen now have identical full houses (queens full of nines) -- it's a chopped pot.
Aldridge and Nguyen shake hands, both seemingly happy with the chop.
Ken Aldridge - 1,531,000 (95 BBs)
Tuan Nguyen - 290,000 (18 BBs)
Jeff Vertes - 1,900,000 (118 BBs)
Level 22: 8,000-16,000, 2,000 ante
Jamie Shaevel is all-in preflop for his last 200,000 or so holding 33 to Jeff Vertes' AQ. The AK8 flop pairs up Vertes, and when Shaevel fails to improve with the 5 on the turn or the 10 on the river, he is eliminated.
Jeff Vertes - 2,100,000 (131 BBs)
Jamie Shaevel - eliminated in 25th place ($14,135)
Level 22: 8,000-16,000, 2,000 ante
All of the chip counts have just been updated in the chip count tab.
With 25 players remaining, here is a look at the top five...
Joshua Pollock - 2,200,000
David Daneshgar - 1,780,000
Jeff Vertes - 1,675,000
Mike Eskandari - 1,600,000
Ken Aldridge - 1,560,000
Recent Eliminations...
26th. Danny Hall - $14,135
27th. Randy Holland - $14,135
28th. Allen Kessler - $10,280
29th. Ben Arnold - $10,280
