Jason Taylor/WPT: Corbin Avery Bursts the Bubble

$300 No Limit Hold’em Jason Taylor Foundation
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 119

Corbin Avery

Corbin Avery was in the big blind and picked up pocket aces against the button’s pocket kings. It was a cooler situation and Avery’s kings held up to eliminate a player.

With the elimination, Avery burst the bubble to send the WPT/Jason Taylor Foundation Charity event into the money. Everybody remaining is guaranteed a cash of at least $250.

 

Super High Roller: Dietrich Fast Leads Final Table

$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 28

After that recent flurry of eliminations, the field has been reduced to eight players, and they’ve just redrawn for new seats around the final table.

Here’s the remaining lineup:

Seat 1: Jason Koon – 449,000 (75 bb)
Seat 2: Bryn Kenney – 278,000 (46 bb)
Seat 3: Rainer Kempe – 377,000 (63 bb)
Seat 4: Kathy Lehne – 558,000 (93 bb)
Seat 5: Dietrich Fast – 841,000 (140 bb)
Seat 6: David Peters – 327,000 (55 bb)
Seat 7: Erik Seidel – 53,000 (9 bb)
Seat 8: Adrian Mateos – 641,000 (107 bb)

Only five of the eight finalists will finish in the money, so the bubble is suddenly approaching in a hurry.

Jason Taylor/WPT: Tommy Bates Eliminates Mike Leah With Money Bubble Approaching

$300 No Limit Hold’em Jason Taylor Foundation
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 119

Tommy Bates vs. Mike Leah

The money bubble is approaching and Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Director of Poker Operations Tommy Bates is showing he can do more than run one of the nicest rooms in the country.

Bates got into a preflop confrontation with Mike Leah. Leah got all in from the big blind for about 35,000 and Bates called from middle position.

Leah showed TsTh and was in the lead against Bates’ JcTc. The board ran out favorably for Bates, however, as it came Jh8h3hAs7d and Leah was eliminated just a few spots before the money.

Bates dragged the pot and chipped up over an average stack. With one more elimination, the field will be on the bubble and hand-for-hand play will begin.

Tommy Bates

Tommy Bates – 110,000 (27 bb)
Mike Leah – Eliminated

Super High Roller: Tom Marchese Eliminated by Rainer Kempe

$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 28

Tom Marchese

Tom Marchese got his last 58,000 chips into the middle preflop against Rainer Kempe, and Marchese was dominated.

Marchese: Ad7s
Kempe: AsQh

The board ran out Ah8h2cKh3d, and Marchese could not catch up. Kempe’s kicker played to earn him the knockout, sending Marchese to the exit in ninth place.

Rainer Kempe – 375,000 (63 bb)
Tom Marchese – Eliminated

Super High Roller: Jake Schindler Eliminated by David Peters

$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 28

Jake Schindler

David Peters opened with an under-the-gun raise, and Jake Schindler defended his big blind.

Schindler got the last of his short stack into the middle on the 8d4s2h flop, and Peters put him at risk.

Schindler: KsTs (king-high)
Peters: 7c7h (pair of sevens)

Schindler’s overcards were live, but the Qd turn and 9d river completed the board with blanks. Peters won the pot with his pair of sevens, eliminating Schindler in 10th place.

David Peters – 330,000 (55 bb)
Jake Schindler – Eliminated

Super High Roller: Stefan Schillhabel Eliminated by Kathy Lehne

$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 28

Stefan Schillhabel

Kathy Lehne opened with an under-the-gun raise, and Stefan Schillhabel defended his big blind.

The flop was 8s7h5s. Schillhabel checked, Lehne continued for 30,000, and Schillhabel check-raised all in for 113,000 total. Lehne called to put him at risk.

Lehne: 9c9d (pair of nines)
Schillhabel: Jd8c (pair of eights)

The Kh turn and 7c river completed the board to no avail for Schillhabel, and he was eliminated in 11th place at the hands of Lehne.

Kathy Lehne – 550,000 (92 bb)
Stefan Schillhabel – Eliminated

Super High Roller: Scott Seiver Eliminated by Stefan Schillhabel

$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 28

Scott Seiver

Scott Seiver was lucky enough to find QhQs with just 26,000 chips left, and he got all in against Stefan Schillhabel’s AdQc.

The JdTd5c flop was mostly clean for Seiver, but the Ah turn was a disaster, giving Schillhabel the lead with a pair of aces. Seiver could not catch back up on the 5h river, and he was eliminated in 12th place.

Stefan Schillhabel – 115,000 (19 bb)
Scott Seiver – Eliminated

Super High Roller: David Cohen Eliminated by Dietrich Fast

$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 28

On a KdQs5s flop, David Cohen ended up all in against Dietrich Fast, and it was a bit of a cooler.

Cohen: KcQh (kings up)
Fast: QcQd (set of queens)

Cohen needed to find a king in a hurry, but the Jd turn and 4d river completed the board with blanks. He was eliminated in unlucky 13th place, sending the rest of his chips into the already mighty stack of Fast.

Dietrich Fast – 850,000 (142 bb)
David Cohen – Eliminated

Super High Roller: David Cohen Doubles Through Jake Schindler

$50,000 Super High Roller (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 28

Jake Schindler opened with an under-the-gun raise, and David Cohen three-bet shoved for 77,000 in the big blind. Schindler quickly called to put Cohen at risk.

Schindler: QsQh
Cohen: AcTh

The board ran out Jd8c5dAd2h, and the ace on the turn was enough to give Cohen a come-from-behind double-up with a pair of aces.

David Cohen – 164,000 (27 bb)
Jake Schindler – 122,000 (20 bb)