WPT Alpha8: Level 6 Report

Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante
Players: 11 of 16

NOTE: The field is now on dinner break and play will resume at 8 p.m. ET.

The bustouts are starting to take off at the World Poker Tour Alpha8 super high roller event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open during Level 6. The fallen include Isaac Haxton, Jason Koon, and Daniel Perper. Registration has been extended to 8 p.m. ET and we might get a few more late arrivals during that time.

Jason Koon was crippled when his pocket kings ran into the pocket aces of JC Tran on a board that ran out As 8c 6c 4s 4c. After Tran doubled through Koon it was then Koon who got the last of his chips into the middle with Ac 8s. JC held Ks Qd and the board was dealt Kh 10s 6s 9s 6c.

Daniel Perper met his end when his pocket fours lost to the As 4d of Bill Perkins on a board reading Ah Jd 9s 7c Js.

Haxton was the last player to fall in the level and he met a cruel end. He shoved on a flop reading Js 9s 8c with Qs 10d in the hole for a flopped straight. Mercier held pocket nines for a flopped set but the turn and river fell 4s Js to improve his hand to a full house, eliminating Haxton.

Heading into the dinner break with the chip lead is Jason Mercier with 343,000 and he is joined at the top by JC Tran (246,000).

Table 89

Seat 1: JC Tran – 246,000 (205 bb)
Seat 2: Jason Koon – Eliminated
Seat 3: Matt Glantz – 51,500 (42 bb)
Seat 3: Jeff Gross – 126,000 (105 bb)
Seat 4: Daniel Perper – Eliminated
Seat 5: Bill Perkins – 158,000 (131 bb)
Seat 6: Jason Mercier – 343,000 (285 bb)
Seat 7: Andrew Lichtenberger – Eliminated

Table 90

Seat 1: Tom Hall – 40,000 (33 bb)
Seat 2: Brandon Stevens – 71,000 (59 bb)
Seat 3: Isaac Haxton – Eliminated
Seat 4: Dan Shak – 110,000 (91 bb)
Seat 5: Daniel Alaei – Eliminated
Seat 6: Joseph Cheong – 43,500 (36 bb)
Seat 7: Erik Seidel – 205,000 (155 bb)
Seat 8: Steve Silverman – 191,000 (159 bb)