Live Tournament Updates
Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - David Levi
Level 10: 1,000-2,000, 200 ante
09:08 PM, 07/15/09
End of Day 2
Level 10: 1,000-2,000, 200 ante
Play has ended for the night with 93 players remaining. The day belonged to Cornel Andrew Cimpan until the last fifteen minutes of the day when he went from 500,000 down to just around 80,000 in chips.
Cimpan's late-night collapse opened the door for Alec Torelli who ended the night with 590,200. Torelli was amongst the chipleaders for most of the day and is now followed closely by such notables as Vivek Rajkumar (494,400), Ray Henson (387,900), Adam Geyer (380,700), Kevin Saul (366,400), and Elky Grospellier (355,400).
09:04 PM, 07/15/09
Last-Minute Eliminations
Level 10: 1,000-2,000, 200 ante
The last few minutes of Day 2 brought plenty of action, and as some players were bagging up their chips for the night, others were shipping theirs across the table.
Rhynie Campbell was eliminated by Ralph Perry with just minutes to go when he ran his A-Q into Perry's quad sixes on a queen-high board. Campbell fails to advance to Day 3 as Perry puts himself in prime contention with just over 400,000 in chips.
Vitaly Lunkin was just eliminated by Vivek Rajkumar in the very last hand of the night when Lunkin ran his pocket kings into Rajkumar's pocket aces. Lunkin makes an untimely exit as Rajkumar ends the night with 494,400.
08:57 PM, 07/15/09
Danny Wong Eliminated Late by Alec Torelli
Level 10: 1,000-2,000, 200 ante
On a board of Q
4
2
6, Danny Wong bets 28,000, Torelli raises to 85,000, and Wong moves all in. Torelli quickly calls and shows 66
for a turned set but Wong shows 53 for a turned straight. The river is the 2 giving Torelli a full house and eliminating Wong from the Bellagio Cup.
Torelli jumps into the chiplead with 510,000.
08:30 PM, 07/15/09
Kirill Gerasimov Eliminated by Erick Lindgren
Level 10: 1,000-2,000, 200 ante
Kirill Gerasimov was just eliminated from the tournament after getting it all in pre-flop with A-8 against Erick Lindgren's pocket aces.
08:23 PM, 07/15/09
Chip Count Update
Level 10: 1,000-2,000, 200 ante
The chip counts have just been updated in the Chip Counts Tab.
Here is a look at the top five...
Cornell Andrew Cimpan -- 560,000
Kevin Saul -- 413,600
Ray Henson -- 410,000
Alec Torelli -- 365,000
Elky Grospellier -- 360,000
Eliminations:
Christian Harder
Hevad Khan
Chad Batista
Jared Hamby
07:46 PM, 07/15/09
David Levi Delivers "Bad Beat"
Level 7: 500-1,000, 100 ante
One player at the table offered to share his sandwich with another hungry player at the table, but as it was being passed over, David Levi snagged it. "Now that's a bad beat", he says as he keeps the sandwich.
06:33 PM, 07/15/09
Sammy Farha Eliminated by Kevin Saul
Level 7: 500-1,000, 100 ante
Sammy Farha was just eliminated from the tournament by Kevin Saul, who now sits among the chipleaders with 320,000. Farha shipped it in on a queen-high board and mucked a queen face up after Saul revealed pocket queens for top set.
Sorted In: Sammy Farha, Kevin Saul, Bellagio Cup V, Season VIII, Season 8 on FSN06:21 PM, 07/15/09
Devilfish Doubles Through Adam Geyer
Level 7: 500-1,000, 100 ante
David "Devilfish" Ulliott gets it all in against Adam Geyer on a J-10-7 flop. Geyer shows pocket sevens for bottom set while Devilfish turns over 9-8 for the nut straight. The turn and river are bricks; Devilfish doubles up to 75,000 this hand while Geyer drops down to 250,000.
06:05 PM, 07/15/09
Grinder Gone
Level 7: 500-1,000, 100 ante
Michael Mizrachi is all in preflop with 10-10 and he's up against the A-J of Eugene Juergens. There's an ace on the flop to give Juergens the pot and the Grinder is sent to the rail.
Sorted In: Michael Mizrachi, Eugene Juergens, Bellagio Cup V, Season VIII, Season 8 on FSN06:03 PM, 07/15/09
