Live Tournament Updates
Chino Rheem Eliminated
Level 7: 250-500, 50 ante
Chino Rheem is all in preflop against two other players. The flop comes Q
53, the player in seat 7 bets 15,000, and the other player folds.
Seat 7 shows Q
Q
for top set, but Chino Rheem still has outs to a spade flush and a backdoor straight with his 4
4.
The turn is the 7, the river is the 2, and the set of queens holds up to win the pot. Chino Rheem, who was chipleader for a while yesterday, is eliminated from the tournament.
Chino Rheem - Eliminated
02:35 PM, 04/19/12
Larry Berg Eliminated
Level 7: 250-500, 50 ante
With the board showing K84A on the turn, the small blind bets 2,000, the big blind raises, and Larry Berg moves all in from late position. The small blind moves all in over the top, and the big blind folds.
Berg shows AJ for a pair of aces with the nut flush draw, and the small blind turns over 44 for a set of fours.
The river card is the 10, and the set holds up to win the pot, eliminating Larry Berg from the tournament.
Larry Berg - Eliminated
02:28 PM, 04/19/12
John Dolan Loses a Little
Level 7: 250-500, 50 ante
Chance Kornuth raises to 1,050 from early position , John Dolan calls behind him, and the next player to act reraises to 3,200. Kornuth folds and Dolan calls.
The flop comes 832 and Dolan checks. The other player bets and Dolan calls. The turn is the Q and Dolan checks a second time. his opponent bets 10,000 and Dolan calls.
The river pairs the board with the Q and Dolan checks a third time. The other player bets 22,000 and, this time, Dolan elects to fold.
Even after dropping that pot, Dolan is still near the top of the chips counts with more than 165,000.
John Dolan - 167,000
02:14 PM, 04/19/12
The Under-21 Race Is Over, and Alexander Condon Is Last Standing
Level 7: 250-500, 50 ante
Florida's gaming regulations allow anyone over the age of 18 to enter the tournament, unlike most of the United States where the minimum age is 21. To highlight this fact, the Seminole Hard Rock Casino offers a bonus prize to the 18-20 year old who goes deepest in their WPT events.
For this event, the prize is a gift basket highlighted by an electric guitar (pictured below).
There were three 18-20 year olds in this event -- Christopher Barnes, Alexander Condon, and George Sinishtaj. Barnes busted late yesterday, and Sinishtaj busted during the last level.
So the last under-21 year old standing is Alexander Condon (pictured above). Congratulations, Alexander!
02:03 PM, 04/19/12
Level 7 Begins
Level 7: 250-500, 50 ante
The players return from break to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 250-500 and a 50 ante. With 189 players remaining, the average chip count is about 46,000.
Action will continue today until the end of Level 10, which should be around 8:30 pm ET.
01:59 PM, 04/19/12
Chino Rheem's Day 2 Not Going Like His Day 1
Level 6: 200-400, 50 ante
Yesterday, WPT Champions Club member Chino Rheem seemed to win every pot he played. Today, things don't seem to be going as smoothly though.
The player under the gun raises to 1,500 and Rheem calls behind. The player in the cutoff calls as well and the three players see a flop of K105. The initial raiser checks, Rheem bets 2,300, and the player in the cutoff folds. The under the gun player then check-raises to 5,300 total. Rheem quickly calls.
The turn is the 8 and Rheem's opponent announces "check." Rheem turns and gives him a good look. He checks behind, telling the player, "You slowed me down. I don't know what you wanted, but you got what you wanted."
The river is the 4 and the other player bets 4,000. Rheem thinks a few seconds, then says, "Ace-king is good." He tosses in the chips to call and the other player shpws 910 for a pair of tens.
"That's good too. That's why you checked." Rheem mucks his hand and the other player takes the pot.
Chino Rheem - 40,000
01:46 PM, 04/19/12
Defending Champion Taylor Von Kriegenbergh Eliminated
Level 6: 200-400, 50 ante
Taylor Von Kriegenbergh was just eliminated by Phillipe Boucher, so the 10-year streak of WPT winners failing to defend their titles continues.
Taylor Von Kriegenbergh - Eliminated
01:30 PM, 04/19/12
Matt Brady Eliminated
Level 6: 200-400, 50 ante
Sorted In: Matt Brady, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, Seminole Hard Rock Showdown, Season XBusted..was at a very tough, aggressive table--had queens in the cutoff unopened to me and chose to never fold them-maybe it was bad--gl all
— matt brady (@mattbrady_) April 19, 2012
01:27 PM, 04/19/12
Abbey Daniels Moving Up The Counts
Level 6: 200-400, 50 ante
Last year, Abbey Daniels made quite a run in the Seminole Hard Rock Showdown, taking fourth place. She is starting out Day 2 of this year's event strong too. Daniels recently busted a player when she flopped a set of deuces and is now sitting on over 80,000.
Daniels also has one interesting stat working in her favor too. Every WPT event in Florida has had a female in the final table line-up.
Abbey Daniels - 80,000
01:26 PM, 04/19/12
Official Prizepool Information
Level 6: 200-400, 50 ante
Registration closed at the start of play today, and the official numbers have been released.
Total Field Size: 290 Players (198 remaining)
Total Prizepool: $2,784,000
1st: $779,520*
2nd: $459,360
3rd: $306,240
4th: $212,976
5th: $158,688
6th: $122,496
7th: $94,656
8th: $69,600
9th: $50,112
10th-12th: $38,976
13th-15th: $33,408
16th-18th: $29,232
19th-27th: $25,056
* Includes the $25,500 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship to be held next month at Bellagio in Las Vegas.
01:11 PM, 04/19/12
