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Event 21, No-Limit Hold'em Live Updates November 22, 2009
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Event 21 - Final Table - Double Trouble!
1 year ago
The rash of early eliminations came to an abrupt end in this level. The action hasn't slowed up though, quite the opposite.
It's a table full of aggressive players and some big pots are getting played out.
Read on for the exciting details.
Chuck Up!
Chuck Sklar was getting pretty short and shoved on the button with J
7
, picking up a call from Dave Seidman in the big blind, holding pocket 5
5
.
Seidman faded the overcards on the 4
3
8
flop but a turned 7
was good news for Chuck and a 2
blank completed his double up at the hands of Seidman.
Sklar Wars!
After Seiver limped on the button, Chuck shipped his chips into the middle and once again he picked up action from Dave Seidman, these two stirring up quite a rivalry at the table.
Chuck showed A
7
but was well behind the A
T
of Seidman, who had made a great call.
The flop fell 5
2
Q
but a spiked 7
on the turn was bad news for Seidman, as the crowd oohed in sympathy at the likely bad beat on the cards.
Dave paired up with the A
on the river, but as Chuck had one too, his top pair was trailing behind Chuck's Aces Up and Chuck doubled himself back into contention.
Ben Sprengs Into Action
When Ben Sprengers saw Rajesh Vohra re-raising Jacobo Fernandez's bet of $55,000 to $165,000 he looked down to find pocket Aces at the perfect time and shoved for $400,000.
Fernandez passed up his hand, but Rajesh, though on a steal with 9
3
felt priced in and made the call.
Looking good for Ben to double up, a flop of 7
2
T
sent a few shudders down his spine, but he had nothing to worry about, dodging a spade on the 4
and 5
turn and river.
After this action here are the current standings, courtesy of worldseriesofpoker.com.
| Scott Seiver | $3,600,000 |
| Dave Seidman | $990,000 |
| Ben Sprengers | $800,000 |
| Jacobo Fernandez | $700,000 |
| Rajesh Vohra | $550,000 |
| Chuck Sklar | $500,000 |
- Level: 22
- Blinds: 12,000/24,000
- Ante: 3,000
- Average Stack: $1,218,333
- Players Left: 6
Event 21 - Day 2 - Scott Keeps The Pressure Up!
1 year ago
Scott has singularly refused to just sit on his massive chip lead, bringing his wall of chips into play regularly, winning many of the early pots.
He has tangled several times with David Seidman, with varied results.
Here's the low down.
Seid Turns The Tide
Dave Seidman has been getting pressurised by Seiver. After Seiver raised the button to $45,000, he re-popped him to $145,000, refusing to be bullied by the chipped up player.
Seiver was in no mood to back down though and pushed his $3 million stack into the middle very quickly.
Seidman sighed, checking round the table, to get an idea of the remaining chip stacks and laid it down...
However, he was soon to get stuck into Seiver once more.
In a raised pot preflop, Dave Seidman checked, and Scott now bet out $80,000 on the 8
9
4
flop.
Seidman made his move and check-raised to $320,000 only to be met by an instant push from Seiver.
He called, as he was pot committed, but Seiver had caught him with his hands in the till, tabling T
J
for an open ended straight draw as a jovial Seiver flipped up pocket cowboys.
Looking bleak for Seidman now, he only had eight outs to hit and the turn blanked out, the 4
appearing. He was about to be eliminated in 8th but then a miracle 7
fell on the river.
Fistpumps, whooping and hollering were the order of the day as he doubled through to roughly $1,600,000 chips.
Scott Seiver took the beat well, laughing jovially as he has been prone to do so far and still in possession of a huge stack of chips.
Geyer Gone! (OUT in 8th)
Adam Geyer shoved from UTG with his shortstack, only to find the newly bolstered Seidman re-shoving from behind him.
He tabled Nines to Seidman's Aces, and despite a nine hitting the board, his set was no good by the river as an Ace popped out too.
Adam Geyer is OUT, eliminated in 8th spot, winning $94,481.
Deja Vu? (Henriksson OUT - 7th)
In a raised pot preflop, contested three way, Chuck Sklar bet out on the K
8
9
, only to find Anders Henriksson moving in behind, and Ben Sprengers also shoving!
Sklar must've wondered what he had walked into and once he folded it became apparent.
Ben Sprengers turned over a pretty pair of bullets, but Henriksson had hit the flop harder, holding 9-9 for a set.
He was all ready to double up, but the cruel hand of the poker gods was to crush his dreams as incredibly a further ace spiked, for the 2nd elimination in a row involving a set of nines over Aces.
All this meant we lose a player, Anders Henriksson is OUT, in unfortunate fashion, winning $120,249 for his trouble.
The battle for braceleted glory continues!
Event 21, No-Limit Hold'em - Day 3, Reports by:

Matthew Showell
Owen Laukkanen
Event 21, No-Limit Hold'em
- Buy-In: $5,000
- Entrants: 731
- Total Prize Money: $3,435,700
- Date: Jun 11, 2008
- Final Day Jun 13, 2008
Event Chip Leaders1 year ago
Event 21, No-Limit Hold'em
| Player | Chip Stack |
|---|---|
| Alex Melnikow | $248,800 |
| Sam El Sayed | $215,800 |
| Jared Okun | $170,000 |
| Thanhdat Tran | $164,700 |
| Hasan Habib | $140,200 |
Blind Structure1 year ago
Event 21, No-Limit Hold'em
| Level | Ante | Blinds |
|---|
| Level 1 | 25/50 | ||
| Level 2 | 50/100 | ||
| Level 3 | 100/200 | ||
| Level 4 | 25 | 100/200 | |
| Level 5 | 25 | 150/300 | |
| Level 6 | 50 | 200/400 | |
| Level 7 | 75 | 300/600 | |
| Level 8 | 100 | 400/800 | |
| Level 9 | 100 | 500/1,000 | |
| Level 10 | 100 | 600/1,200 | |
| Level 11 | 200 | 800/1,600 | |
| Level 12 | 300 | 1,000/2,000 | |
| Level 13 | 300 | 1,200/2,400 | |
| Level 14 | 400 | 1,500/3,000 | |
| Level 15 | 500 | 2,000/4,000 | |
| Level 16 | 500 | 3,000/6,000 | |
| Level 17 | 1,000 | 4,000/8,000 | |
| Level 18 | 1,000 | 5,000/10,000 | |
| Level 19 | 1,000 | 6,000/12,000 | |
| Level 20 | 2,000 | 8,000/16,000 | |
| Level 21 | 3,000 | 10,000/20,000 | |
| Level 22 | 3,000 | 12,000/24,000 | |
| Level 23 | 4,000 | 15,000/30,000 | |
| Level 24 | 5,000 | 20,000/40,000 | |
| Level 25 | 5,000 | 25,000/50,000 | |
| Level 26 | 5,000 | 30,000/60,000 | |
| Level 27 | 10,000 | 40,000/80,000 | |
| Level 28 | 10,000 | 50,000/100,000 | |
| Level 29 | 15,000 | 60,000/120,000 |
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