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Three of a Kind: A Festa al Lago Day 2 Recap
Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante
Sorted In: Featured Blog, Jess Welman, BJ Nemeth, Tournaments, Bellagio, Festa al Lago, Season IX08:51 AM, 10/17/10
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Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante
Sorted In: Featured Blog, Tournaments, Bellagio, Festa al Lago, Season IX07:02 AM, 10/17/10
Day 2 Draws to a Close
Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante
Day 2 has drawn to a close and 99 players bagged and tagged their chips and will be returning for Day 3 action at 12pm tomorrow.
The back and forth battle between big stacks Annette Obrestad and Matt Affleck ended with Affleck on top. He made a surge in the waning minutes of the day and finished the day with 585,300. According to Affleck, a "gift" of chips from Erik Seidel helped him to end the day on top, edging out Obrestad, who ended the day with 536,800.
We'll have official chip counts for the 99 remaining players as well as the payouts available later tonight, as well as the Festa al Lago Day 2 photo blog.
09:06 PM, 10/16/10
Vanessa Selbst vs. Matt Affleck
Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante
David Peters raises to 3,900 from under the gun, Vanessa Selbst calls in middle position, and Matt Affleck calls on the button. The player in the big blind thinks for a minute, before eventually folding his cards.
The flop comes A
A
2 and Peters checks. Selbst bets 6,800, Affleck calls, and Peters folds. The turn brings the 3, Selbst checks, Affleck bets 11,500, and Selbst calls.
The river is the 6
and both players check. Selbst shows QQ and Affleck mucks. Selbst jokingly shakes her hands in anger at the big blind, implying she wished he would have moved all-in. The player informs her he had ace-queen, so had that happened, Selbst actually would have lost the pot.
Vanessa Selbst - 160,000
Matt Affleck - 550,000
08:44 PM, 10/16/10
Sorel Mizzi Eliminated by Joe Elpayaa
Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante
Sorel Mizzi was just eliminated with A
K against Joe Elpayaa's JJ. The final board was Q109K3, and Mizzi's top pair, top kicker, lost to Elpayaa's ace-high straight.
Joe Elpayaa - 200,000 (125 bb)
Sorel Mizzi - Eliminated
08:43 PM, 10/16/10
What is a Min Cash Worth?
Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante
Nancy Todd-Tyner tried 2 argue w Kessler about how much mincash is. BADDD idea, Nancy. He looks at that like most look at 1st place.
Matt Stout
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08:40 PM, 10/16/10
Jennifer Tilly Eliminated by Erik Cajelais
Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante
Everyone folds to Erik Cajelais in the small blind, and he puts out a stack of grey chips to put big blind Jennifer Tilly all in. Tilly looks at her cards and calls all in for about 19,000 with AQ. Cajelais shows K8, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.
The board comes QJ10A4, and Tilly turns two pair at the same time that Cajelais catches an ace-high straight. The river doesn't save her, and Jennifer Tilly is eliminated from the tournament.
Erik Cajelais - 150,000 (93 bb)
Jennifer Tilly - Eliminated
08:30 PM, 10/16/10
McLean Karr vs. Erik Cajelais
Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante
McLean Karr raises from middle position to 4,000, Men Nguyen calls from the small blind, and Erik Cajelais reraises from the big blind to 15,000. Karr reraises to 39,200, and Nguyen thinks for about 30 seconds before he folds. Cajelais thinks about 30 seconds, but he calls.
The flop comes 876, Cajelais checks, Karr bets 43,300, and Cajelais thinks for about 30 seconds before he folds. Karr takes the pot.
As Karr is about to muck, Men Nguyen says, "Show the bluff, man. You know you didn't have it." Karr says he doesn't give free information, and tosses his cards in the muck. Nguyen seems to take offense at this for some reason, and starts rambling about how he doesn't need free information.
McLean Karr - 248,000 (155 bb)
Men Nguyen - 285,000 (178 bb)
Erik Cajelais - 130,000 (81 bb)
08:24 PM, 10/16/10
David Singer Doubles Through Scott Dorin
Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante
With around 10,000 in the pot and the board reading Q22, David Singer bets out and Scott Dorin raises enough to put Singer all-in for his last 20,900. Singer pauses and calls with KQ for top pair. Dorin has him out-kicked with AQ.
The K on the turn improves Singer to two pair and the 4 on the river is no help to Dorin, so Singer takes the pot and doubles up.
David Singer - 54,000
Scott Dorin - 26,100
08:09 PM, 10/16/10
Hoyt Corkins Doubles Through James St. Hilaire
Level 10: 800-1,600, 200 ante
Matt Affleck raises from late position to 3,800, Hoyt Corkins calls from the cutoff, and James St. Hilaire reraises from the big blind to 14,600. Affleck folds, and Corkins moves all in for 29,400. St. Hilaire calls with AQ, but Corkins dominates him with AA.
The board comes 8864A, and Corkins wins the pot with a full house, aces full of eights. After the flop, Affleck tells the table that he folded 8-7 (and would've flopped trips), but the ace on the river meant he still would've lost to Corkins.
Corkins was one of the last players to enter the tournament, showing up in Level 8.
Hoyt Corkins - 67,000 (41 bb)
Matt Affleck - 470,000 (293 bb)
James St. Hilaire - 47,000 (29 bb)
08:03 PM, 10/16/10
