$1,100 Championship Level 22: 12,000/24,000/3,000 Ante Players: 7/161
Over the course of the last four hands, Frederico Dabus has been all in twice and James Newcomb once. On all three occasions, the players faded a call.
Remarkably, Dabus and Newcomb aren’t even the table shortstack. That honor goes to Israel De La Cerda who sits on just over 100,000.
$1,100 Championship Level 21: 10,000/20,000/2,000 Ante Players: 7/161
Peter Vitantonio eliminated 8th ($4,428)
Dave Whalen open shoved the small blind sending the action to Peter Vitantonio in the big blind. Vitantonio, who was covered by Whalen, called off and the hands were tabled.
Whalen: Vitantonio:
The runout fell and Vitantonio busted 8th earning $4,428.
$1,100 Championship Level 21: 10,000/20,000/2,000 Ante Players: 8/161
Adam Levy eliminated 9th ($3,140)
Adam Levy and Stu Paterson got the last of Levy’s chips in preflop. Levy held and was behind the of Paterson. The board ran out and Levy was eliminated 9th for $3,140.
Levy is a professional poker player from Los Angeles. His resume boasts more than $2,300,000 in earnings. In 2010, he finished 12th in the WSOP Main Event pocketing $635,011 in the process.
Adam Levy and James Newcomb are among the tournament’s shortstacks. Over the course of the last few hands, Levy has opened shoved twice and Newcomb once. On all three occasions no one called the all-in bet.
The average stack currently sits at 22 big blinds.
$1,100 Championship Level 19: 6,000/12,000/1,000 Ante Players: 9/161
Dave Whalen opened to 25,000 from early position and Peter Vitantonio three-bet to 58,000 from this direct left. Whalen called and they were heads up.
Both players checked the flop and turn. The river fell the . Whalen lead for 85,000 and Vitantonio raised to 255,000. After some thought, Whalen called.
Vitantonio: for aces full Whalen: for 10s full
The cooler earned Vitantonio a pot that surged his stack up over 800,000 while Whalen was left with a little under 300,000.
$1,100 Championship Level 19: 6,000/12,000/1,000 Ante Players: 10/161
Santana Noronha eliminated 11th ($2,496)
Santana Noronha fell victim to the of Andrew Badecker following an flop. Noronha had the worst of it with the ace-high flush draw. He moved all in, Badecker called and the rest was history. Noronha busted 11th earning $2,496.
The remaining 10 players are now re-drawing to the unofficial final table. Seating assignments and chip counts will be posted shortly.