Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Jeff Tebben re-jammed for his last 200,000 in the small blind after facing an open from Donald Nimneh on the button. Nimneh called.
"You're ahead," said Tebben as he showed . Nimneh tabled .
The flop came to give Tebben eight straight outs in addition to his two live cards.
"That's not the worst flop," Tebben stated. The turn came , and he changed his tune upon adding diamond flush outs: "Oh, now I have too many outs. I can't hit," he said. He was right, as the board paired on the river and he was eliminated in 16th place.
With 15 players now remaining, all in contention are guaranteed a payday of at least $5,038.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Donald Nimneh |
1,200,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Jeff Tebben | Busted |
Donald Nimneh opened to 75,000 under the gun and Rob Palacios re-jammed for 525,000 in the cutoff. Action folded back to Nimneh and he made a call after getting a count for the total.
Palacios:
Nimneh:
The table remarked at yet another preflop all-in scenario with pocket nines this level. The first two times, nines lost, but Palacios was able to hold and ultimately make a set on the river of a runout to score the double.
"Now there's somebody that knows how to play nines!" remarked tablemate Dan Dykhouse with a smile.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Donald Nimneh |
1,130,000
-340,000
|
-340,000 |
Rob Palacios |
1,100,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
Mike Henrich opened to 65,000 in middle position and saw Dan Dykhouse re-jam in the hijack. David Caron called all in for 40,000 in the small blind and Henrich announced a call all in for less.
Caron:
Henrich:
Dykhouse:
A jack appeared on the flop to put Henrich out in front, where he further improved to top two pair as the turn and river completed the runout. His stack was totaled to be 440,000, and Dykhouse was left with just 80,000 after paying him off.
On the next hand, however, Dykhouse quadrupled after preflop action culminated with an isolation-raise from Jeff Tebben's , which left him flipping for his tournament life with . Two kings came on the flop and Dykhouse was back in action.
Caron's elimination brings the field down to 16.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Henrich |
970,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
Dan Dykhouse |
345,000
-265,000
|
-265,000 |
Jeff Tebben |
270,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
David Caron | Busted |
Donald Nimneh opened to 65,000 under the gun and action folded around to Travis Bettcher in the small blind, who re-jammed for 140,000. David Caron announced he was all in as well from the big blind for 160,000 and Nimneh called with a chance at a double knockout.
Bettcher:
Caron:
Nimneh:
Bettcher hit a six on the flop and held through the runout to score the triple. Caron won the side pot of just 40,000, and is now the shortest stack in hte tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Donald Nimneh |
1,470,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Travis Bettcher |
445,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
David Caron |
40,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
David Caron opened to 65,000 in early position and Raymond Yoder re-jammed for 340,000 in the cutoff. Caron had his original raise pulled in and an approximate count of the remainder conducted before announcing a call.
Yoder:
Caron:
Yoder held through the runout and doubled, leaving Caron short in the process.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Raymond Yoder |
740,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
David Caron |
180,000
-585,000
|
-585,000 |
Isidro Sandoval went all in from early position for 100,000 and Shem Yusuf re-jammed for 560,000 one seat over. Everybody folded behind.
Sandoval:
Yusuf:
Sandoval was unable to find a three on the runout and was eliminated in 18th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Shem Yusuf |
720,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Isidro Sandoval | Busted |
Hand #1: Jeff Tebben opened to 65,000 in the cutoff and Mike Henrich re-jammed on the button for 180,000. Tebben called.
Henrich:
Tebben:
The board ran out and Henrich held to double.
Hand #2: Moments later, Day 1 chip leader Brett Reichard was eliminated from an adjacent table after open-jamming for 400,000 on the button and being called by Eric Kyle in the big blind.
Reichard:
Kyle:
Reichard stood no chance on the runout, resulting in his elimination in 19th place. Two tables now remain.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eric Kyle |
1,030,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
Mike Henrich |
420,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Jeff Tebben |
355,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
Brett Reichard | Busted |
Nate Steuer opened to 60,000 in the cutoff and saw Nick Barksdale defend his big blind.
The flop came and Barksdale checked to Steuer, who continuation-bet 70,000. Barksdale called.
The turn was the and Barksdale checked again. Steuer fired a second barrel of 200,000 and Barksdale check-jammed for 675,000. Steuer called.
Barksdale:
Steuer:
Barksdale turned the nuts and had Steuer drawing dead to the river to score the double.
Moments later, an empty seat call was heard from an adjacent table as Norman Kauffman lost his last 75,000 and was eliminated in 20th place as a result.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nick Barksdale |
1,650,000
820,000
|
820,000 |
Nate Steuer |
1,250,000
-805,000
|
-805,000 |
Norman Kauffman | Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000