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Recap: $25,500 WPT World Championship
Recap: $100,000 WPT Super High Roller
| Earnings | $89,220 |
| Cashes | 1 |
| Final Tables | 1 |
| Titles | 0 |
| Tournaments Played | 3 |
Est. Current Chipcount
Est. Average Chipcount
8,370,000
Current Chipleader
-
Day 1
104,950
Day 2
248,500
Day 3
277,000
Day 4
1,209,000
Day 5
6th
Level 22: 15,000-30,000, 5,000 ante
Prahlad Friedman raises from the small blind to 65,000, Mike Krescanko moves all in for 450,000, and Friedman immediately calls with K
K
. Krescanko shows AQ
, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.
The flop comes K92
, and Friedman's friends and family cheer from the rail as he takes a huge lead with a set of kings. The turn card is the Q, and Krescanko is drawing dead. (The meaningless river card is the 8.)
Prahlad Friedman wins the pot with a set of kings, and Mike Krescanko is eliminated in sixth place, earning $89,220.
Seat 1: Sam Stein - 1,482,000
Seat 2: Todd Terry - 2,239,000
Seat 3: Kevin Schaffel - 2,116,000
Seat 4: Prahlad Friedman - 2,070,000
Seat 5: Mike Krescanko - eliminated in 6th place ($89,220)
Seat 6: Toto Leonidas - 549,000
Level 21: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante
Mike Krescanko raises from the button to 58,000, Sam Stein reraises from the big blind to 206,000, and Krescanko tanks for about a minute before he calls.
The flop comes Q85, Stein thinks for a bit before he moves all in, and Krescanko quickly calls with Q10 (pair of queens). Stein shows AK (ace high), and he'll need to improve to stay alive.
The turn card is the 7, and Stein picks up a diamond flush draw -- he's looking for an ace, a king, or any diamond.
The river card is the J, and Sam Stein's family and friends go crazy as he catches a runner-runner diamond flush to win the pot and double up.
Seat 1: Sam Stein - 1,510,000
Seat 2: Todd Terry - 2,216,000
Seat 3: Kevin Schaffel - 2,231,0000
Seat 4: Prahlad Friedman - 1,468,000
Seat 5: Mike Krescanko - 466,000
Seat 6: Toto Leonidas - 565,000
Level 21: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante
Seat 5
Mike Krescanko
1,209,000 (4th in chips, 40 big blinds)
Mike Krescanko is a 53-year-old professional poker player who also predates the recent televised poker boom. His tournament results go back nearly 20 years, and he came close to winning a WSOP bracelet in 1993, finishing second in $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo.
Krescanko has six WSOP cashes, and this is his first cash on the World Poker Tour in three events entered.
Biggest Live Tournament Cash: $56,700 (2nd, 1993 WSOP $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo)
Career Earnings in Live Tournaments: $242,012
Level 21: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante
Hand #81 - Prahlad Friedman completes the small blind to 24,000, and Mike Krescanko checks his option from the big blind. The flop comes J92, Friedman bets 20,000, and Krescanko calls. The turn card is the 8, Friedman bets 80,000, and Krescanko calls.
The river card is the 6, Friedman moves all in, and Krescanko calls all in for 386,000. Friedman shows K10 for a missed straight draw (king high), and Krescanko shows K9 to win the pot with a pair of nines.
Mike Krescanko - 1,100,000
Prahlad Friedman - 550,000
Level 18: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante
James Mackey raises under the gun to 30,000, Mike Krescanko moves all in from the button for 188,000, and Mackey calls with 77. Krescanko shows KQ, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.
The board comes 983JQ, and Krescanko pairs his queen on the river to stay alive and double up in chips.
Mike Krescanko - 410,000
James Mackey - 330,000
Level 17: 5,000-10,000, 1,000 ante
Sergei Veytser raises from middle position to 25,000, Mike Krescanko reraises from the button to 115,000, and Matt Marafioti moves all in from the small blind for 251,000. Veytser folds, and Krescanko calls.
Marafioti shows AK, and he'll need to improve to stay alive against Krescanko's QQ. The board comes KK326, and Matt Marafioti flops trip kings to win the pot and double up.
Matt Marafioti - 560,000
Mike Krescanko - 280,000
Level 17: 5,000-10,000, 1,000 ante
James Mackey raises from middle position to 25,000, Mike Krescanko moves all in from the small blind for 258,000, and Mackey calls with JJ. Krescanko shows KK, and he's a favorite to double up here.
The board comes K3262, and Krescanko wins the pot with a full house, kings full of deuces.
Mike Krescanko - 560,000
James "mig.com" Mackey - 215,000
