Live Tournament Updates
Ralph Perry Takes a Four Way Pot
Level 17: 6,000-12,000, 1,000 ante
Ralph Perry raises to 30,000 from middle position. Ray Taylor (button), Faraz Jaka (small blind) and Anthony Spinella (big blind) all call.
The flop comes 9
64
and the blinds check to Perry who bets 90,000. Action folds around and Perry takes the pot.
Ralph Perry - 700,000
02:33 PM, 07/17/09
Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated in 22nd Place ($23,245)
Level 17: 6,000-12,000, 1,000 ante
Anthony "holdplz" Spinella raises to 31,000 in late position and Vivek Rajkumar reraises all-in from the button for around 200,000 total. Ivan Freitez is in the big blind and thinks for a while before folding what he later tells the table is pocket eights. Spinella quickly calls and the two players turn up their hands:
Rajkumar: A
9
Spinella: AK
The board runs out A10825 and Spinella's king kicker plays to eliminate Rajkumar in 22nd place.
Anthony Spinella - 1,320,000
Vivek Rajkumar - eliminated in 22nd place
02:31 PM, 07/17/09
Hoyt Corkins Eliminated in 23rd Place ($23,245)
Level 17: 6,000-12,000, 1,000 ante
Hoyt Corkins is nearly all in preflop from middle position for about 325,000 against Christopher Sonesson on the button. Corkins pushed his full stack forward without verbally declaring "all in," and he had two 1,000 chips left behind on his cards. Sonesson simply called, so Corkins still has 2,000 left behind as the flop comes 963.
Corkins checks, Sonesson bets, and Corkins calls, saying, "I'm in pretty bad shape." Corkins shows AJ
for ace high, and he's drawing slim against Sonesson's QQ.
The turn is the 8, the river is the J, and Christopher Sonesson wins the pot with his pocket queens. Hoyt Corkins is eliminated in 23rd place, earning $23,245.
Christopher Sonesson - 1,900,000
Hoyt Corkins - Eliminated in 23rd Place
02:24 PM, 07/17/09
Adam Geyer Eliminated in 24th Place ($23,245)
Level 17: 6,000-12,000, 1,000 ante
Action folds around to Sammy George on the button who raises to 35,000. Adam Geyer moves all in for 160,000 from the small blind and George calls.
Geyer: A-10
George: J10
The board comes QJ975 giving George a pair of jacks to eliminate Adam Geyer in 24th place.
Sammy George - 495,000
02:14 PM, 07/17/09
Chip Count Update
Level 17: 6,000-12,000, 1,000 ante
All of the chip counts have just been updated in the Chip Count Tab.
Here is a look at the top five...
Faraz Jaka -- 3,450,000
Christopher Sonesson -- 1,720,000
Anthony Spinella -- 1,200,000
Ray Taylor -- 1,050,000
Erik Seidel -- 840,000
Recent Eliminations:
27. Raj Vahora -- $23,245
26. Freddy Deeb -- $23,245
25. Kevin Saul -- $23,245
24. Adam Geyer -- $23,245
02:14 PM, 07/17/09
Level 17 Begins
Level 17: 6,000-12,000, 1,000 ante
The final 24 players return from break to begin Level 17, with increased blinds of 6,000-12,000 and a 2,000 ante. The average chip stack is about 670,000.
Sorted In: Bellagio Cup V, Season VIII, Season 8 on FSN02:06 PM, 07/17/09
15-Minute Break
Level 17: 6,000-12,000, 1,000 ante
Level 16 comes to an end, and the remaining 24 players take a 15-minute break. Official chip counts are coming soon.
Sorted In: Bellagio Cup V, Season VIII, Season 8 on FSN01:51 PM, 07/17/09
Terry Fleischer Doubles Through Pavel Reshetov
Level 16: 5,000-10,000, 1,000 ante
After a flop of 766, Terry Fleischer and Pavel Reshetov reraise until Fleischer is all in for 262,000 with K8 (club flush draw) against Reshetov's A6 (trip sixes).
The turn card is the 4, completing Fleischer's flush, and Reshetov needs to fill up to bust Fleischer here. But the river card is the Q, and Terry Fleischer wins the pot with his king-high flush to double up.
Terry Fleischer - 562,000
Pavel Reshetov - 420,000
01:50 PM, 07/17/09
Uri Kadosh Survives All In
Level 16: 5,000-10,000, 1,000 ante
Action folds around to Terry Fleischer in the cut off who raises to 32,000. Uri Kadosh the moves all in from the small blind for 212,000. Fleischer folds and Kadsosh rakes in the pot, showing KK to the table.
Kadosh - 261,000
Fleischer - 260,000
01:47 PM, 07/17/09
Kings Cracked; Kevin Saul Eliminated in 25th Place
Level 16: 5,000-10,000, 1,000 ante
Christopher Sonesson raises to 26,000 from the high jack and Erik Seidel calls from the cut off. Kevin Saul moves all in from the button for 216,000. Sonesson folds and Seidel makes the call.
Seidel: 99
Saul: KK
The board comes 76568 giving Seidel a straight to crack Saul's pocket kings. Saul, who won this event two years ago, is eliminated from the tournament in 25th place.
01:32 PM, 07/17/09
