Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/1,000
Ante: 1,000
John Thompson's last hand of the tournament went down recently, after he lost a flip holding .
Michael Forca held overcards with and the flop came down with an ace to put Thompson on the brink. He failed to catch the two-out shot he needed to survive, and hit the rail with an 8th place finish.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Forca |
220,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
John Thompson | Busted |
Jeremy Stein watched the action fold around to him in the small blind, and holding he raised to 24,000. Mike Sandler and his big stack were waiting in the big blind though, and he plunked a heap of red T25000 chips forward to set Stein all in if he wished to continue.
Stein called off with his big cards to find himself racing against Sandler's , and the final board ran out to leave the snowmen out in front.
Stein hit the rail in 9th place for $2,540 while Sandler continued his dominant performance.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Sandler |
790,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Jeremy Stein | Busted |
Unfortunately we missed Stuart Gelwarg's bustout hand during a quick jaunt to the restroom (when ya gotta go, ya gotta go), but he finished in 10th place for $2,258.
According to Brian Correro, he took Gelwarg out with versus after Gelwarg opened to 20,000. Correro shoved all in to put the shorty at risk, and Gelwarg "snap-called" with his snowmen, only to see that his pocket pair had been trumped.
No sets or straights were made and Gelwarg hit the rail as the first elimination of the final table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brian Correro |
395,000
155,500
|
155,500 |
Stuart Gelwarg | Busted |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
The final table is now on a 10-minute break.
Here is a look at the final table lineup in visual form (because we all know poker players are a photogenic bunch).
Here is the final table lineup complete with seating assignments and current chip counts:
Seat | Player | Chips |
---|---|---|
1 | Stuart Gelwarg | 105,000 |
2 | Attilio Bitondo | 330,000 |
3 | Steve Saklad | 155,000 |
4 | Jeremy Stein | 180,000 |
5 | Mike Sandler | 590,000 |
6 | Michael Forca | 165,000 |
7 | Brian Correro | 275000 |
8 | Joe McKeehen | 180,000 |
9 | Joe Clarkin | 525,000 |
10 | John Thompson | 55,000 |
The remaining 10 players have redrawn for seats and reassembled for the sprint to the finish line.
Stay tuned for a table draw with current chip counts in the next few minutes.
Joe Clarkin opened for 15,000 and Mark Dube three-bet to 38,000. Clarkin then moved all in to put Dube's last 120,000 at risk if he called, and call he did with the .
Clarkin was racing against big slick with his and the final board of came clean to send the large pot his way - while sending Dube home with an 11th place finish in the process.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joe Clarkin |
525,000
189,000
|
189,000 |
Mark Dube | Busted |