$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 86
Oscar Trestini and Stuart Greenbaum engaged in a preflop raising war that left Trestini all in for 243,500.
Trestini: Greenbaum:
The board ran out , and Trestini’s queens held to earn him the double. He took a significant chip lead with that big pot, leaving Greebaum dangerously short on chips.
Oscar Trestini – 494,000 (99 bb) Stuart Greenbaum – 32,000 (6 bb)
$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 34: 125,000/250,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 of 2,570
Vito Polera was able to double his micro-stack twice to leave Jennifer Parker as the short stack at the table. She moved all-in for 850,000 and Nichael Mahabee looked her up with .
Parker needed help with and picked up a flush draw on the flop. The turn was a blank and the river was no help to send her out in 8th place.
Nicholas Mahabee – 6,300,000 (25 bb) Jennifer Parker – Eliminated in 8th place ($16,191)
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 86
Oscar Trestini opened the button with a raise, and Barry Pevner defended his big blind.
The flop was . Pevner checked, Trestini continued for 12,000, and Pevner check-raised all in for 104,500 total. Trestini called to put him at risk.
Trestini: Pevner:
Pevner’s top pair held as the turn and river completed the board, and he doubled up. All four players are now within a couple big blind of each other, each of them sitting with just about 250,000 chips.
Barry Pevner – 260,000 (52 bb) Oscar Trestini – 245,000 (49 bb)
$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 34: 125,000/250,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 of 2,570
Brian Phillis was coolered in one hand, then turned around and laid a big one on the table soon after.
Unique Petiote moved all-in from late position and Vito Polera moved in behind from the button. Not to be left behind, Phillis put his stack in the middle from the small blind and Nichael Mahabee thought it through while having a laugh.
It was a good fold, this time it was Phillis with the aces.
Phillis: Polera: Petiote:
Polera and Petiote were a long shot but Polera picked up a diamond draw on the flop. Another diamond would produce a double knockout but it ran to send Petiote out in 9th while knocking Polera down to only 625,000.
“Happy birthday mom,” Phillis wishes a great day to his mom on her birthday.
Happy birthday from us as well.
Brian Phillis – 9,400,000 (38 bb) Vito Polera – 625,000 (3 bb) Unique Petiote – Eliminated in 9th place ($11,565)
$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 34: 125,000/250,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 of 2,570
Nichael Mahabee doubled through Brian Phillis on the first hand of the final table and has done it again.
Phillis opened from early position to 500,000 and Mahabee raised to 1.2 million, leaving 1.4 million behind. It folded back around the Phillis and he took his time before announcing all-in.
Mahabee quickly called with and Phillis was coolered with . The board ran clean to give Mahabee another double.
Brian Phillis – 3,500,000 (14 bb) Nicholas Mahabee – 5,500,000 (22 bb)
Slowing down is not an option for Event 5 players today. No sooner did registration close for Flight A, now they’re ready to roll out Flight B on the other side of the room.
Keep firing.
The morning session drew 205 entrants and we expect a similar number for the second running.
Entrants sit down to 10,000 starting stacks and play 30-minute levels throughout the tournament. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 7 around 6:20 this evening.
Play will conclude at the end of Level 14 with the survivors bagging up for Day 2 on Wednesday.
$150,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 86
Mark Smith (small blind) and Oscar Trestini (under the gun) were involved in a heads-up pot on a flop. Smith led out with a bet, Trestini raised, and Smith called, leaving about 25,000 chips behind.
The turn was the . Smith checked, Trestini moved all in, and Smith committed the remainder of his stack to put himself at risk.
Trestini: Smith:
Trestini had flopped a king-high flush, but Smith was drawing live to a superior ace-high flush. The river was the blank , though, and Smith could not catch up. Trestini won the pot, sending Smith to the payout desk in sixth place.
Oscar Trestini – 310,000 (78 bb) Mark Smith – Eliminated
$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 33: 100,000/200,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 of 2,570
Sean Iannucci opened the button and Harjinder Chawla defended from the big blind.
Flop:
Chawla lead out for 600,000. Iannucci wasted little time shoving and Chawla called just as fast.
Iannucci: for top pair Chawla: for middle pair
Iannucci was ahead in the hand, but at risk. He faded a turn, but couldn’t get away from the river. Chawla improved to trips and earned the pot along with the elimination. Iannucci went home with $7,710 for his 10th-place finish.
Harjinder Chawla – 10,700 (53 bb) Sean Iannucci – Eliminated