All posts by Steve Schult

Event 1: Benjamin Miner Doubles Through Daniel Taylor

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Level 27: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 3,570

Benjamin Miner

There is about 1,000,000 in the pot on the river with a completed board of Ac5c4s2s7d. Daniel Taylor is in the big blind and heads-up with Benjamin Miner on the button.

Taylor checks and Miner moves all in in for 1,735,000. Taylor thinks for several minutes before calling.

Miner quickly tables Ad7s, good for two pair, and Taylor taps the table and tries to muck his hand. The dealer informs him that it must be tabled since it is an all in pot. Taylor then tables 9h9d and Miner drags the pot.

Benjamin Miner – 4,400,000 (44 bb)
Daniel Taylor – 5,340,000 (53 bb)

Event 1: Scott Vetter Eliminated by Brandon Ageloff

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Level 27: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 3,570

Brandon Ageloff

Brandon Ageloff raised to 225,000 from under the gun and Scott Vetter moved all in from middle position for about 1,400,000. Action folded back to Ageloff, who called.

Ageloff tabled TsTd and was in the lead against Vetter’s 9d9c.

The board ran out 8s4d2d4cJc and Ageloff’s bigger pair faded a bad beat to eliminate Vetter in 16th place. He becomes one of the bigger stacks in the tournament with the knockout.

Brandon Ageloff – 5,800,000 (58 bb)
Scott Vetter – Eliminated 

Event 1: Daniel Taylor Building a Chip Lead

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Level 27: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 3,570

On a flop of AsQc6d, Benjamin Miner bets 325,000 from the hijack and Daniel Taylor calls on the button.

The turn is the 4d and Miner bets again, this time 675,000. Taylor calls. The river is the 3c and Miner checks. Taylor bets 1,330,000 and Miner folds.

Taylor mucks his hand and collects the pot. He’s amassed a sizable chip lead with over 6 million in chips. Song O and Richard Trippensee are the only two players over the 5 million mark.

Daniel Taylor – 6,650,000 (66 bb)
Benjamin Miner – 2,950,000 (29 bb)

Event 1: Song O Cracks Aces to Double Through Emile Schiff

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Level 26: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 3,570

Song O

Song O is in middle position and gets into a preflop battle against Emeil Schiff in middle position. O gets his last 2,525,000 into the middle and the cards were tabled.

O showed TsTh and was in trouble against Schiff’s AdAs.

The flop was Td7d4c, however, and O took the lead with top set. The turn was the Qc and the river was the 8d, sending the pot to O. Schiff, who was the chip leader before that pot, sends about a third of his stack to his neighbor.

Song O – 5,250,000 (65 bb)
Emile Schiff – 4,200,000 (52 bb)

Event 1: Nagui Yassa Eliminated by Richard Trippensee

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Level 26: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 3,570

Richard Trippensee

Richard Trippensee raised to 175,000 from under the gun and Nagui Yassa moved all in for 1,095,000 on the button. Action folded back to Trippensee, who asked the dealer for a count and thought for 30 seconds before calling.

Yassa showed AsJh and was dominated by Trippensee’s AhKd.

The board ran out 7d6c2sKc7c and Yassa was drawing dead on the turn. He was eliminated in 21st place and Trippensee moves over 4 million in chips.

“You took that long to call with that?” asked Ruslan Dykshteyn after the hand.

“I’m not a crazy Russian,” said Trippensee.

“You’re a crazy American,” said Dykshteyn. “You need to catch me.”

“Sometimes you just got to sweat it out,” said Trippensee. “It’s good for the bones.”

Richard Trippensee – 4,200,000 (52 bb)
Nagui Yassa – Eliminated 

Event 1: Recent Eliminations

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Level 25: 30,000/60,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 3,570

As the final 22 players near the final two tables, here are the recent eliminations over the last several levels:

23rd: Roy Paulena – $2,966
24th: Andrew Pacifico – $2,966
25th: Daniel Young – $2,636
26th: Eran Tzur – $2,636
27th: Matthew Kuba – $2,636
28th: Zoltan Czinkota – $2,307
29th: Narimaan Ahmadi – $2,307
30th: Jacobo Fernandez – $2,307
31st: Nancy Thomas – $1,977
32nd: Adam Koppel – $1,977
33rd: Yuleisys  Torres – $1,977
34th: Alan Wentz – $1,648
35th: Jorge Gomez – $1,648
36th: Jonathan Hilton – $1,648
37th: Loni Harwood – $1,400
38th: Michael Cuevas – $1,400
39th: Christopher Nomikos – $1,400
40th: Cangir Elcin – $1,400
41st: Michael Fuentes Nazario – $1,400
42nd: Victor Milian – $1,400
43rd: David Baker – $1,400
44th: Dustin Geselius – $1,400
45th: Saeid Shariati – $1,400
46th: Joe Pozos – $1,400
47th: Oscar Ramirez – $1,400
48th: Phuoc Ton $1,400
49th: David Kahan – $1,400
50th: Daniel Hernandez – $1,400
51st: Dejan Petkovic – $1,400
52nd: Manny Minaya – $1,4000
53rd: Craig Kuhlmeier – $1,400
54th: Edward Gilfillan – $1,400
55th: Mansoor Kader – $1,400

Event 1: Ruslan Dykshteyn Doubles Through Song O

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Level 25: 30,000/60,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 3,570

Ruslan Dykshteyn

Ruslan Dykshteyn got into a preflop raising war with Song O. Dykshteyn got all in from middle position for his last 1,490,000 and got action from O out of the small blind.

O was dominated with his AcJh against Dykshteyn’s AdKh. The flop was Ah6s4d, changing nothing, Dykshteyn let out a yell in frustration as the Jc came on the turn.

Dykshteyn was dead to a king, which he hit when the Ks peeled off on the river. Dykshteyn doubled up and immediately became one of the bigger stacks.

Ruslan Dykshteyn – 3,120,000 (52 bb)
Song O – 2,100,000 (35 bb)

Event 1: Daniel Taylor Eliminates Andrew Pacifico, Takes Chip Lead

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Level 25: 30,000/60,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 3,570

Daniel Taylor

Daniel Taylor raised from early position and Andrew Pacifico moved all in for 805,000 from late position. Action folded back to Taylor, who called.

Taylor tabled AsKd and had Pacifico’s AhQs dominated.

The flop was QhJc3d, which put Pacifico in the lead and left Taylor with seven outs to win the pot. The turn was the 2s, keeping Pacifico safe from harm, but the river was the Kh and Taylor won the pot with a pair of kings.

Pacifico was eliminated in 24th place and Taylor took over the chip lead.

Daniel Taylor – 4,600,000 (92 bb)
Andrew Pacifico – Eliminated 

Event 1: Dustin Schaller Doubles Through Daniel Young

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Level 25: 30,000/60,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 26 of 3,570

Daniel Young moved all in on the button and Dustin Schaller called out of the small blind.

Schaller was the player at risk  for 1,080,000 and had the best hand. Schaller was in the lead with his AcJs against Young’s Qh8h.

The flop was KdJd3c, keeping Schaller in the lead and leaving Young with three outs. The turn was the Qs, giving Young the best hand with a pair of queens, but Schaller still has outs with a 10, a jack, or an ace.

The river is the Td and Schaller rivers Broadway to double up and leave Young with less than two big blinds.

Dustin Schaller – 2,290,000 (38 bb)
Daniel Young – 100,000 (1.5 bb)

Event 1: Zoltan Czinkota Eliminated by Andrew Pacifico

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Level 24: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 3,570

Andrew Pacifico

Andrew Pacifico moved all in on the button and Zoltan Czinkota called from the big blind. Czinkota was the player at risk for about 300,000 and was in bad shape.

Czinkota tabled Th9h and was dominated by Pacifico’s JcTd.

Czinkota needed a nine to stay alive, but after a KcQh6s flop, he was looking for one of Pacifico’s jacks to make a straight and double up.

The turn was the 8c and the river was the 3h. Pacifico wins the pot with jack-high and Czinkota hit the rail in 28th place for $2,304. There is a slight break in the action as the final 27 players redraw for seats at the final three tables.

Andrew Pacifico – 1,500,000 (30 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota – Eliminated