Live Tournament Updates
Level 21 Begins
Level 21: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante
The final eight players return from break to begin Level 21, with increased blinds of 12,000-24,000 and a 3,000 ante. Play will continue tonight until two more players are eliminated.
Sorted In: The Bicycle Casino, Legends of Poker, Season 8 on FSN, Season VIII12:04 AM, 08/26/09
15-Minute Break; Updated Chip Counts
Level 20: 10,000-20,000, 3,000 ante
Level 20 comes to an end, and the final eight players take a 15-minute break. Here are the updated chip counts:
1.
2. Sam Stein - 680,000
3. Matt Marafioti - 850,000
4. Todd Terry - 2,050,000
5.
6. Kevin Schaffel - 1,860,000
7. Prahlad Friedman - 1,135,000
8. Mike Krescanko - 700,000
9. Toto Leonidas - 330,000
10. Vigen Manukyan - 910,000
11:51 PM, 08/25/09
Hands #58-61: Final Eight Players
Level 20: 10,000-20,000, 3,000 ante
Hand #58 - Mike Krescanko completes the small blind to 20,000, and Toto Leonidas checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes 9
82, Krescanko checks, Leonidas moves all in, and Krescanko folds. Toto Leonidas takes the pot.
Hand #59 - Todd Terry raises from middle position to 50,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #60 - Todd Terry raises from early position to 50,000, and Sam Stein calls from the big blind. The flop comes Q
10
2
, Stein checks, Terry bets 70,000, and Stein folds. Terry shows AQ as he takes the pot.
Hand #61 - Todd Terry raises under the gun to 50,000, and Sam Stein calls from the small blind. Both players check to the river on a board of J955J, Stein bets 40,000, and Terry calls. Stein shows 1010 to win the pot with two pair (jacks and tens), and Terry mucks.
11:48 PM, 08/25/09
Hands #56-57: Prahlad Friedman Calls Kevin Schaffel's Bluff
Level 20: 10,000-20,000, 3,000 ante
Hand #56 - Kevin Schaffel raises from the small blind to 60,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #57 - Kevin Schaffel raises from the button to 60,000, and Prahlad Friedman calls from the small blind. Both players check to the turn on a board of KQ96, Friedman bets 80,000, Schaffel raises to 230,000, and Friedman calls. The river card is the 8, and both players check. Friedman shows A10 to win the pot with ace high, and Schaffel mucks.
Prahlad Friedman - 1,150,000
Kevin Schaffel - 1,870,000
11:41 PM, 08/25/09
Hands #54-55: Steven Begleiter Eliminated in 9th Place ($39,240)
Level 20: 10,000-20,000, 3,000 ante
Hand #54 - Toto Leonidas moves all in from middle position for 277,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #55 - Todd Terry raises from the button to 50,000, Steven Begleiter moves all in for about 500,000, and Terry calls with AQ. Begleiter is caught overbetting with K3, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.
The board comes 108495, and Todd Terry wins the pot with ace high. Steven Begleiter is eliminated in ninth place, earning $39,240.
Todd Terry - 2,010,000
Steven "November Nine" Begleiter - eliminated in 9th place ($39,240)
11:36 PM, 08/25/09
Updated Chip Counts
Level 20: 10,000-20,000, 3,000 ante
1.
2. Sam Stein - 631,000
3. Matt Marafioti - 897,000
4. Todd Terry - 1,480,000
5. Steven Begleiter - 520,000
6. Kevin Schaffel - 2,165,000
7. Prahlad Friedman - 880,000
8. Mike Krescanko - 710,000
9. Toto Leonidas - 275,000
10. Vigen Manukyan - 890,000
11:32 PM, 08/25/09
Hands #51-53: Matt Marafioti Takes a Big Preflop Pot
Level 20: 10,000-20,000, 3,000 ante
Hand #51 - Kevin Schaffel raises from middle position to 55,000, and Vigen Manukyan calls from the small blind. The flop comes J65, Manukyan checks, Schaffel bets 80,000, Manukyan check-raises to 160,000, and Schaffel folds. Vigen Manukyan takes the pot.
Hand #52 - Steven Begleiter moves all in from early position, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #53 - Prahlad Friedman raises from middle position to 50,000, Toto Leonidas reraises from late position to 200,000, and Matt Marafioti tanks for a while before he moves all in for about 600,000. Friedman and Leonidas both fold, and Marafioti shows one card -- the 10 -- as he collects the pot.
Matt Marafioti - 897,000
11:29 PM, 08/25/09
Hands #44-50: Final Nine Players
Level 20: 10,000-20,000, 3,000 ante
Hand #44 - Kevin Schaffel raises from early position to 55,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #45 - Vigen Manukyan raises from late position to 60,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #46 - Steven Begleiter moves all in from the small blind, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #47 - Toto Leonidas raises under the gun to 60,000, Steven Begleiter moves all in from the button for about 320,000, and Leonidas folds. Steven Begleiter takes the pot.
Hand #48 - Todd Terry raises from late position to 50,000, Prahlad Friedman reraises from the small blind to 160,000, and Terry folds. Friedman shows K6 as he collects the pot.
Hand #49 - Everyone folds to Toto Leonidas, giving him a walk in the big blind.
Hand #50 - Sam Stein raises under the gun to 53,000, winning the blinds and antes.
11:14 PM, 08/25/09
Hands #41-43: Final Nine Players
Level 20: 10,000-20,000, 3,000 ante
Hand #41: Matt Marafioti raises from early position to 53,000, Toto Leonidas reraises from the small blind to 163,000, and Marafioti folds. Leonidas takes the pot.
Hand #42: Steven Begleiter moves all in from middle position, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #43: Prahlad Friedman raises from middle position to 50,000, Toto Leonidas reraises from the cutoff to 160,000, and Friedman calls. The flop comes 1073, Friedman bets 200,000, and Leonidas folds. Prahlad Friedman takes the pot.
11:08 PM, 08/25/09
Updated Chip Counts
Level 20: 10,000-20,000, 3,000 ante
Here are the updated chip counts for the final nine players around the time of Hand #41:
1.
2. Sam Stein - 650,000
3. Matt Marafioti - 680,000
4. Todd Terry - 1,620,000
5. Steven Begleiter - 250,000
6. Kevin Schaffel - 2,450,000
7. Prahlad Friedman - 665,000
8. Mike Krescanko - 755,000
9. Toto Leonidas - 530,000
10. Vigen Manukyan - 520,000
11:06 PM, 08/25/09
