Live Tournament Updates
Joe Sebok Doubles Through Matthew Lessinger
Level 18: 2,500-5,000, 500 ante
Joe Sebok moves all in preflop from the button with K
5, and Matthew Lessinger calls from the big blind with 44
. The board comes A
Q5JA, and Sebok pairs his five on the flop to win the pot and double up.
Joe Sebok - 150,000
Matthew Lessinger - 10,000
02:08 PM, 03/19/09
Tyler Cornell Eliminated in 30th Place ($20,000); Bonyadi Takes the Chip Lead
Level 18: 2,500-5,000, 500 ante
After a flop of Q33
, Matt Lessinger checks the small blind, Freddy Bonyadi checks under the gun, and Tyler Cornell bets 32,000 from middle position. Lessinger and Bonyadi both call.
The turn card is the 4, and it's checked to Cornell again, and he bets 74,000. Lessinger folds, and Bonyadi moves all in.
Cornell thinks for a bit and says, "F--- my life. I have aces. I call." Cornell shows A-A, but he's drawing thin against Bonyadi's Q-Q (queens full of threes).
The river card is the 4, and Freddy Bonyadi wins the pot with a full house, queens full of fours. Tyler Cornell is eliminated in 30th place.
Freddy Bonyadi - 950,000
Tyler Cornell - Out in 30th Place ($20,000)
02:06 PM, 03/19/09
David Forster Doubles Through Luis Velado
Level 18: 2,500-5,000, 500 ante
David Forster just doubled through Luis Velador after flopping a set of jacks against Velador's middle pair.
David Forster - 195,000
Luis Velador - 38,500
02:00 PM, 03/19/09
Thao Le Doubles Through Chris Moore
Level 18: 2,500-5,000, 500 ante
Thao Le just doubled up with Q7 against Chris Moore's A10 on a board of 10645Xx.
Thao Le - 210,000
Chris Moore - 710,000
01:59 PM, 03/19/09
Thao Le Doubles Through Michael Nguyen
Level 18: 2,500-5,000, 500 ante
Hoang "Michael" Nguyen raises from middle position, Thao Le moves all in from the button for 20,000 more, and Nguyen calls with A9. Thao dominates him with AQ, and he'll need it to hold to stay alive.
The board comes Q107A2, and Thao Le wins the pot with two pair (aces and queens) to double up.
Thao Le - 150,000
Michael Nguyen - 52,000
01:51 PM, 03/19/09
Jerry Reed Doubles Through David Fox
Level 18: 2,500-5,000, 500 ante
Jerry Reed is all in preflop for 72,500 from the big blind with KK against David Fox in the cutoff with AQ. The board comes KQ6A5, and Fox makes two pair as he loses to Reed's set of kings. Jerry Reed doubles up.
Jerry Reed - 150,000
David Fox - 108,000
01:48 PM, 03/19/09
Level 18: Blinds Increase to 2,500-5,000 (500 ante)
Level 18: 2,500-5,000, 500 ante
The final 30 players advance to Level 18, with increased blinds of 2,500-5,000 and a 500 ante. Since they are playing six handed today, they are at the final five tables.
01:33 PM, 03/19/09
Raymond Lee Eliminated in 31st Place ($15,000)
Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante
Raymond Lee moves all in under the gun for 43,500, and Taylor Raines calls with AJ. Lee shows 66, and it's a race situation.
The board comes Q539J, and Raines pairs his jack on the river to win the pot. Raymond Lee is eliminated in 31st place.
Taylor Raines - 240,000
Raymond Lee - Out in 31st Place ($15,000)
01:31 PM, 03/19/09
Lou Razzano Doubles Through Tyler Cornell
Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante
Lou Razzano is all in preflop with QJ against Tyler Cornell's AK. The board comes Q102KA -- Razzano flops a pair of queens to take the lead, Cornell turns a pair of kings, and then Cornell rivers two pair. But it's Razzano who wins the pot with an ace-high flush, doubling up.
Did you catch all that?
Lou Razzano - 220,000
Tyler Cornell - 372,000
01:29 PM, 03/19/09
David Fox Doubles Through Frank Khadivi
Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante
Frank Khadivi raises under the gun to 16,000, David Fox moves all in from the big blind for 80,000, and Khadivi calls with 99. Fox shows AK, and it's a race situation.
The board comes AJ106Q, and Fox wins the pot with an ace-high straight to double up.
David Fox - 164,500
Frank Khadivi - 142,000
01:26 PM, 03/19/09
