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Festa Al Lago Live Updates November 22, 2009
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Day 6 Live Updates
ElkY Wins!
1 year ago
Nam Le picked up another big hand heads up but this time Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand Grospellier could not be beat.
The money went in the middle with Nam holding A
Q
and ElkY on pocket tens. The Le loving crowd was screaming for an ace, but when the flop fell 10
7
6
making Grospellier a set it looked all but over.
The 9
turn gave Nam a chance to chop with an eight, but the K
river ended the tournament.
Nam grabs $943,215 for second while Grospellier takes all the glory of a WPT title and the $1,411,015 first place prize.
We'll put up our signature recap of ElkY's big win over here before the night is through.
- Level: 27
- Blinds: 80000/160000
- Ante: 15000
- Average Stack: $16,560,000
- Players Left: 1
- Tables Left: 1
The Long Climb Back
1 year ago
Nam Le has started the long climb back to contention with two quick doubles on the first two hands heads up.
He shoved, Bertrand Grospellier called and his A
J
beat ElkY's Q
3
on a 10
9
8
4
5
board.
Grospellier shoved the very next hand and Nam made the call with 2
2
. ElkY's two overs were the 6
3
, but Nam doubled when the A
8
A
K
Q
board ran out.
He's on almost $4 million now.
- Level: 27
- Blinds: 80000/160000
- Ante: 15000
- Average Stack: $8,280,000
- Players Left: 2
- Tables Left: 1
Dardon Dumped (3rd)
1 year ago
ElkY shoves, Dardon makes the call and his A
J
has Grospellier's 10
2
crushed.
The flop changes things, as the 9
4
2
fall, giving ElkY a pair of dueces and Oddie the nut flush draw.
However, the 9
turn and 3
river brick out for Dardon and he's out 3rd cashing $506,245.
The girls, the cash, the chip set and the ticket to the championship are coming out as ElkY will go into heads up with $15 million to Nam Le's less than one.
Stay tuned; it could be quick.
- Level: 27
- Blinds: 80000/160000
- Ante: 15000
- Average Stack: $8,280,000
- Players Left: 2
- Tables Left: 1
The Nam Le Death Watch
1 year ago
Faced with a decision for his tournament life Nam asks how much time is left in the level.
Eventually, he aks for a count of Dardon's chips, mulls it over a bit longer and folds.
A couple hands later Bertrand Grospellier pushed him off his big blind with a small blind shove.
The same trick worked again on the next orbit and Nam was getting dangerously short until he finally made a stand.
He moved in from the button, when, but niether Oddie or ElkY called.
His big blind was stolen by Odie on the next orbit as the Nam Le death watch continues.
- Level: 27
- Blinds: 80000/160000
- Ante: 15000
- Average Stack: $5,520,000
- Players Left: 3
- Tables Left: 1
Lights, Cameras, Action
1 year ago
They're back now with Bertrand Grospellier on $7.8 million to Osmin Dardon's $6.1 million.
Nam Le is short with $2.5 million.
- Level: 27
- Blinds: 80000/160000
- Ante: 15000
- Average Stack: $5,520,000
- Players Left: 3
- Tables Left: 1
Elky Leads Again!
1 year ago
Grospellier raised from the button to $360,000 and Oddie made the call. The flop came 9
5
3
and both checked. However, the K
turn brought a $460,000 bet from Grospellier following a Dardon check.
He called, the river came the 7
and after another Dardon check, Grospellier bet $960,000.
Dardon called, but ElkY showed K-4 to win the pot and the chip lead.
- Level: 27
- Blinds: 80000/160000
- Ante: 15000
- Average Stack: $5,520,000
- Players Left: 3
- Tables Left: 1
Oddie Leads!
1 year ago
Oddie made it $400k from the button and ElkY called from the small blind.
Nam Le folded and the flop fell A
Q
5
. Both players checked and they did it again on the 7
turn.
The river came the 7
and Grospellier took a rather small $160k stab at it.
Oddie made it $700k more and ElkY called.
Oddie flashed A-10 and it was good enough to scoop the pot and the chip lead.
- Level: 27
- Blinds: 80000/160000
- Ante: 15000
- Average Stack: $5,520,000
- Players Left: 3
- Tables Left: 1
Bertrand Bleeds
1 year ago
ElkY made it $360k from the button moments ago and Oddie called from the big blind.
Oddie checked the Q
7
3
flop, but when Grospellier bet $460,000, he check-raised it upstairs another $1.4 million.
Grospelleir folded and while Oddie is now close to $6 million, Bertrand falls to under $8 million.
Nam Le suts threateningly behind with $3.2 million.
- Level: 27
- Blinds: 80000/160000
- Ante: 15000
- Average Stack: $5,520,000
- Players Left: 3
- Tables Left: 1
Level Up!
1 year ago
- Level: 27
- Blinds: 80000/160000
- Ante: 15000
- Average Stack: $5,520,000
- Players Left: 3
- Tables Left: 1
It's Raining Elk
1 year ago
He took more than one million chips off of him slow playing jacks until the river, then getting Dardon to pay him off.
A few hands later Grospellier sniffed out an Odie Dardon bluff, calling a $550k post flop bet then shoving into a $1.4 million turn bet on a 10
10
2
2
board.
Oddie folded and the Team PokerStars Pro showed some kind of bluff that turned out to be better garbage than Dardon was playing anyway.
ElkY is now back on close to $12 million while Dardon slips to around $3 million. Nam Le has just over $2 million
- Level: 27
- Blinds: 80000/160000
- Ante: 15000
- Average Stack: $5,520,000
- Players Left: 3
- Tables Left: 1
Festa al Lago - Day 6, Reports by:

Martin Derbyshire
Festa al Lago
- Buy-In: $15,000
- Entrants: 368
- Total Prize Money: $5,354,400
- Date: Oct 20, 2008
- Final Day Oct 25, 2008
Event Chip Leaders
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| Player | Chip Stack |
|---|---|
| No Chip Count found | |
Blind Structure1 year ago
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| Level | Ante | Blinds |
|---|
| Level 1 | 50/100 | ||
| Level 2 | 100/200 | ||
| Level 3 | 25 | 100/200 | |
| Level 4 | 50 | 200/400 | |
| Level 5 | 75 | 300/600 | |
| Level 6 | 100 | 400/800 | |
| Level 7 | 100 | 500/1000 | |
| Level 8 | 200 | 600/1200 | |
| Level 9 | 200 | 800/1600 | |
| Level 10 | 300 | 1000/2000 | |
| Level 11 | 300 | 1200/2400 | |
| Level 12 | 400 | 1500/3000 | |
| Level 13 | 500 | 2000/4000 | |
| Level 14 | 500 | 3000/6000 | |
| Level 15 | 1000 | 4000/8000 | |
| Level 16 | 1000 | 5000/10000 | |
| Level 17 | 2000 | 6000/12000 | |
| Level 18 | 2000 | 8000/16000 | |
| Level 19 | 3000 | 10000/20000 | |
| Level 20 | 3000 | 12000/24000 | |
| Level 21 | 4000 | 15000/30000 | |
| Level 22 | 5000 | 20000/40000 | |
| Level 23 | 5000 | 30000/60000 | |
| Level 24 | 10000 | 40000/80000 | |
| Level 25 | 10000 | 50000/100000 | |
| Level 26 | 15000 | 60000/120000 | |
| Level 27 | 15000 | 80000/160000 | |
| Level 28 | 20000 | 100000/200000 | |
| Level 29 | 20000 | 120000/240000 | |
| Level 30 | 25000 | 150000/300000 | |
| Level 31 | 50000 | 200000/400000 | |
| Level 32 | 50000 | 300000/600000 | |
| Level 33 | 75000 | 400000/800000 | |
| Level 34 | 100000 | 500000/1000000 |
