It took a cooler to finish it out tonight as both players were pretty dialed in during heads-up. The final confrontation came down to kings vs eights, and Levicki's kings held for the big win. Going into the game tonight, Levicki had just over $95k in wins so the win tonight will push his Hendon into 6 figures.
The game ended in a cooler when Xinrui Cui woke up with pocket eights, but ran into cowboys for Kyle Levicki. The kings held on a board of and Cui was out in second place.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Xinrui Cui | 0 | 0 |
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Kyle Levivki | 2,100,000 | 200,000 | |
Xinrui Cui | 950,000 | 250,000 |
Kyle Levivki raised to 80k preflop and Xinrui Cui called to the flop of . He led out for 70k and Levicki called to the 5d turn. Levicki check-called again for 110k this time and both players checked the river.
Cui announced jack-high, but Levicki had two pair with six-five, though he was half-counterfeit on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Kyle Levivki | 1,900,000 | 200,000 | |
Xinrui Cui | 1,200,000 | 200,000 |
Kyle Levicki is in the lead with about 1.7 million right now, but Xinrui Cui isn't far behind.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Kyle Levivki | 1,700,000 | 300,000 | |
Xinrui Cui | 1,400,000 | 650,000 |
it was limped preflop and both players checked the flop. Kyle Levixki check-raised from 40k to 80k on the turn and Xinrui Cui called to see on the river. Levicki check-called for 60k and both players were playing a queen with the nine-ten playing as kickers.
It was a bit of a cooler when Nicholas Peterson raised his button and Kyle Levicki shoved the small blind for 950k. Peterson tanked for a bit and eventually called off, finding himself dominated with ace-ten of diamonds into ace-queen of clubs. Levicki turned a club flush to take it down, and he now has about 2 million.
Peterson was left short after the hand and the following hand.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Kyle Levivki | 2,000,000 | 900,000 | |
Xinrui Cui | 750,000 | 250,000 | |
Nicholas Peterson | 0 | 0 |
Kyle Levicki raised to 60k and Nicholas Peterson defended the big blind with a call. Peterson led for 40k on the flop and Levicki called to the turn. Peterson sized it up to 70k and got another call to on the river. He shoved, and after a bit of thought, Levicki called but mucked showing only a nine when Peterson showed for the flopped trips.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Nicholas Peterson | 1,100,000 | 500,000 | |
Kyle Levivki | 1,100,000 | 60,000 |
Weston Pring opened to 65k under the gun, then hit the tank hard when Kyle Levicki put him all in with a raise to 425k from the big blind.
"I know I'm supposed to call with this," Pring said, clearly agonizing over the spot. He finally put in the call and got the bad news - his ace-queen was dominated by the ace-king for Levicki. The slick held for Levicki and Pring was out for 4th place.
They are down to 4 remaining now after Jake Tucker hit the rail while I was using the washroom. He got $4,254 for his troubles today.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Jake Tucker | 0 | 0 |
In the last hand of the previous level, Kyle Levicki raised to 40k from the button and Weston Pring defended the big with a call. Pring check-called for 25k on the flop but he check-folded to 50k on the river.
It was blind on blind when Xinrui Cui opened with a limp and Nicholas Peterson checked behind to the flop. Both players checked to the turn where Cui bet 20k.
Peterson called and the river was . Cui checked, then called when Peterson fired 50k, only to muck his cards when Peterson showed for the flopped pair of kings.
Kyle Levicki has a big lead with almost twice as much as 2nd place Nick Peterson.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Kyle Levivki | 1,160,000 | 410,000 | |
Nicholas Peterson | 600,000 | 50,000 | |
Jake Tucker | 535,000 | 75,000 | |
Xinrui Cui | 500,000 | 160,000 | |
Weston Pring | 285,000 | 15,000 |
Kyle Levicki raised to 30k and Jake Tucker called from the button. The monochrome flop was and Levicki fired out 30k again. Tucker folded quickly and Levicki showed for the flopped flush.
Talal Shoush shoved his button with pocket deuces but ran into Kyle Levicki in the big blind with queens. The queens held on a low board of though Shoush flopped a gutshot.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Talal Shoush | 0 | 0 |
They are down to 6 remaining now after Dylan Hay was the first off the final table tonight for 7th place worth $2,652.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Dylan Hay | 0 | 0 |
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Kyle Levivki | 750,000 | 405,000 | |
Nicholas Peterson | 650,000 | 318,000 | |
Jake Tucker | 460,000 | 314,000 | |
Xinrui Cui | 340,000 | 87,000 | |
Talal Shoush | 280,000 | 22,000 | |
Weston Pring | 270,000 | 46,000 | |
Dylan Hay | 245,000 | 65,000 |
Tommy Marion bubbled the seven-handed final table tonight after he shoved deuces only to run into the aces for Xinrui Cui. The aces held and Cui outstacked Marion, so he was off to the cage for $2,099.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Tommy Marion | 167,000 | 0 |
They are on the final table bubble now with 8 players left after Garry Sandhu was the most recent player to exit while I was writing up the last hand.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Garry Sandhu | 0 | 0 |
Kyle Levicki raised the small blind to 20k and Tommy Marion called from the big. The flop came and they checked through to the turn. They both checked again to the river where Levicki bet 10k, Marion raised to 20k, and Levivki called. Marion showed king-deuce for the turned Broadway, and Levivki showed an ace as he mucked his hand.
They are down to 9 now after Ross Wilson got it in with ace-queen but ran into the rockets for Weston Pring. Pring's aces held and Wilson was out in 10th place for $1,381.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Ross Wilson | 0 | 0 |
Eugene Kwak busted shortly after Hari Aujla to end his run with the final payout of $1,270. That brings the field down to 10 left with an empty seat on each table.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Eugene Kwak | 0 | 0 |
Hari Aujla just hit the rail in 12th place for $1,270 leaving the field at 11 players remaining. There is one more payout at $1,270 before it jumps to $1,381 for 10th place and each place above that is its own payout spot.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Hari Aujla | 0 | 0 |
They are down to 12 left now after Christopher Lastiwka took the first payout for $1,105. They'll go through five ore eliminations before the seven-handed final table.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Christopher Lastiwka | 0 | 0 |
Lee Clark was the unfortunate bubble tonight, though I missed the hand as I was in the washroom. The remaining 13 players are now all in the money with a guaranteed payday of $1,105 and $16k up top to play for.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Lee Clark | 0 | 0 |
Garry Sandhu opened to 16k from the button before Nicholas Peterson three-bet the small blind to 50k. Sandhu counted out a stack of whites and looked to be contemplating a four-bet, but ultimately elected on a call to see a flop of . Peterson tanked for a bit on the flop before he led for 50k, and Sandhu didn't take very long to muck his hand.
Play is still hand-for-hand to the money.
I arrived with the flop already out reading . Weston Pring fired 15k into the middle and Tommy Marion called to the turn. Both players checked to the river where Pring fired 22k. Marion made the call after a few seconds in the tank and Pring showed for the busted open-ender while Marion took the pot with for a pair of jacks.
There are three stacks of more than 300k out there with Kyle Levicki playing the biggest at 345k. Nick Peterson with 332k, and Dylan Hay with 310k. Full chips for the final 14 players are listed under the chip counts tab,
Player | Chips | Progress | |
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Kyle Levivki | 345,000 | 0 | |
Nicholas Peterson | 332,000 | 0 | |
Dylan Hay | 310,000 | 0 |
They are now hand-for-hand with 14 left after the exit of Aaron Syrenne. He reshoved for 39.5k from the small blind after Weston Pring opened the button to 15k. Pring tanked for a bit, then called for the extra 24k.
Syrenne was playing big slick and ahead of the for Pring, but Pring hit his nine on the board of and held to get them hand for hand. There will be two hands before this level ends and they head to the break. I'll get a full count of the stacks at the break.
It was a bit of a strange one. Xinrui Cui raised the hijack to 12k and Garry Sandhu came along from the cutoff. The heads-up flop of was where things got a bit odd after Cui continued for 8k and Sandhu tried to call, but threw out two yellow chips along with three pinks for a total of 13k.
He said he was only trying to call but the house was called and because of the two-chip rule is was ruled to be a min-raise and Sandhu was forced to put in the extra 3k to make it 16k to go. Cui responded by three-betting to 42k and Sandhu mucked his hand.
There are 18 players left as Level 16 begins and the final three tables are set. They'll go hand for hand at 14 players and set up the unofficial final table seven-handed to avoid playing two tables of three and four players.
The remaining players will be off for another break at the end of this level and it seems likely they'll be on the bubble or close to it by then.
Talal Shoush opened under the gun to 10k and Ross Wilson called from the big blind. They both checked the monochrome flop but Wilson led for 10k on the turn and Shoush made a quick fold to send the small pot to Wilson.
The field is now down to 19 left, one off the final three tables and six off the money.
It was the biggest hand of the night so far and it all kicked off on the flop. The action started pretty normally with Dylan Hay raising the hijack to 13k and getting calls from Glen Craigen in the cutoff, DJ Sharma on the button, and Johnny Dalphond in the big blind.
The flop came and it all hit the fan. Action checked to Hay who fired out his continuation bet of 23k. Glen Craigen raised all-in before Sharma got out of the way, but Dalphond also shoved.
Hay had both players covered, both in terms of chips and hand strength. In a rare case of getting flopped near-dead, Hay was on top set with queens against the top-top for Craigen with ace-queen and two pair for Dalphond with six-five. Daplphond actually ended up hitting his boat when the river paired the 6, but Hay's yacht was much bigger and Craigen and Dalphond were forced to the rail.
The 6-Max is down to the final four tables now with 24 players left. That puts them 11 off the money spots as Level 15 begins and they have another break at the end of Level 16, by which time I expect they'll be pretty close to the bubble.
On two different tables, both Christopher Lastiwka and Lee Clark got 3-bet shoves through. In the first case, Tommy Marion limped the cutoff before Lastiwka shoved over top. Marion released his hand quickly without asking for a count.
On the next table over, Quentin Siffledeen raised to 10k under the gun before Clark, to his immediate left, shoved all in. Siffledeen asked for a count, which came to 49.5k, but ultimately elected to fold after a few seconds in the tank.
They are down to 27 left now, just 14 players off the money with just under 15 minutes to play in Level 14.
Johnny Dalphond limped from the short stack in the cutoff, and Tommy Marion followed from the button, as did Christopher Lastiwka and Vince Lam from the blinds. The flop came and it checked around to the turn.
The turn checked to Marion how fired out a bet of 4,000. Lastiwka got out of the way, but Lam tank-called before Dalphond got rid of his holdings as well. Lam and Marion went heads up to the flop and both players checked it, with Marion showing queen-jack off for a turned pair and Lam mucking his hand.
There is a new leader in town -- Sharmark Mohamed is closing in on 500k for the biggest stack by a mile. Talal Shoush is still playing a big one with about 230k while DJ Sharma has about 160k and Lee Clark is playing 120k or so.
The remaining 29 players will be back in action in about 5 minutes for Level 13.
The field is down to 36 now on six tables with about 20 minutes to play until the next break. Among the players still alive are Brian Wells, Vincent Lam, Johnny Dalphond, Evan Thomas, Jeff Forester, DJ Sharma, Quentin Siffledeen, Lee Clark, Maru Somers, Ryan Cairns, Ross Wilson, Kyle Levicki, Hari Aujla, Nick Peterson, Talal Shoush, Ron Giles, Joon Park, and Glen Craigen.
As for stacks, I didn't get figures, but it looks like Talal Shoush is up quite a bit from my last count, while his tablemate Kyle Levicki is down some. Meanwhile, Ron Giles, also at the same table, has about 100k now.
There are 40 players still in the game at the moment with play on 7 tables. Level 12 has just begun and they'll go for a break following this level. I'll try to have a look around on the break for more stacks to see who is up and who is down.
The prizes are now posted and 124 entries is confirmed for the 6-max. That puts the confirmed prizes at $58,900 with the winner set to pocket $16k later tonight. The top two players will get 5-figure scores with the min-cash set for $1,105. Full prizes are under the payouts tab and listed below.
Place | Prize |
1 | $16,030 |
2 | $11,050 |
3 | $7,182 |
4 | $5,525 |
5 | $4,254 |
6 | $3,370 |
7 | $2,652 |
8 | $2,099 |
9 | $1,712 |
10 | $1,381 |
11 | $1,270 |
12 | $1,270 |
13 | $1,105 |
I;ve just had a quick look around the room for some stacks, and it looks like Kyle Levicki and Talal Shoush are the current leaders with about 150k each. Interestingly, they are both at the same table as well. Jeff Forester has about 115k in front of him, while Maru Somers is playing 81k and Dylan Hay is on about 65k.
I'm not positive those are the biggest stacks in the room, but they are a decent sample, and I'm pretty sure I didn't see anything bigger than 150k.
With entries now closed, the tables are starting to break in the Social room. The field is now down to 54 players remaining on nine tables.
The players are back from dinner and action is now in Level 9. That means entries are closed for this event, and the final number on the board was 124 for prizes of $58,900. I'm still waiting for the official prizes to be posted to confirm all these numbers, but if they hold, 12 players will be getting a piece of the prizes later tonight.
There are about 15 minutes to play in Level 8 with dinner scheduled following this level. When they return for Level 9 at about 5:45 pm, entries will be closed on this one.
Level 8 has just begin with 114 entries on the board for prizes of nearly $55k. This is the final level of play for entry, but the reg-desk remains open through the 30-minute dinner break to follow this level, so the end of entries on this one is just under an hour away now.
The field is up to 105 entries, which puts the prizes one entry shy of $50k. Level 7 has just begun, so there are two levels of entry, plus the dinner break, before the reg-desk closes for the night on this one.
The field is now over 90 entries for prizes of $43,225. Among the players I spotted on my most recent trip around the room are Bijan Emmanuel, who was on the Seniors FT last night, Sheraz Nasir, Vincent Lam, Quentin Sifflendeen, DJ Sharma, Ross Wilson, and Gerald Chung.
Level 5 is about halfway finished now with the field at 88 entries for prizes of $41,800. All tables in the Social room are now playing 6-Max, while the Mixed Game will be playing out in the Poker Room tonight. Brian Wells, who was part of the three-way Seniors chop last night, is among the players I spotted in the field recently, and I also saw Dylan Desceheneaux move from this one over to the NLH/PLO mix, which is certainly a game he enjoys a lot.
With the biggest buy-in so far this week, it's not that much of a surprise that this game has clocked the biggest prize pool so far this week but for it to happen halfway through entries indicates the final numbers could be pretty decent. There are now 80 players in the game for prizes of $38,000. Nicholas Peterson, Joon Park, and Talal Shoush are among the newer entries I've seen for this one.
Level 4 has about 20 minutes left to play with the field up to 73 entries for prizes of $34,675. The main Event phenom Eric Wasylenko just showed up for this one, and Kris Steinbach is seated at his table as well. Ali Khani also just grabbed a seat for 11 tables now in action.
There are about 10 minutes left in Level 3 with the field up to 64 entries for prizes of $30,400. Hari Aujla has just arrived in from the West Coast for his first event of the series, and I also spotted Ron Lauzon in the field today.
The prizes are now over $27.5k with 58 entries on the board and 50 players still sitting with chips. Ryan Cairns and Allen Butkovic are among the recent faces I spotted in the field.
There are 49 entries on the board with just over 15 minutes to play in Level 2. The pace of entry has slowed a bit in this level, but the numbers continue to grow. Entries will stay open until the start of Level 9 which will be at about 5:45 pm.
The field is up to 46 entries to start the second level of the day, putting the prizes at nearly $22k now. The room is pretty full of familiar faces today including Malcolm Bolger, fresh off his final table in the Seniors last night, Ed Zurawell spending some of the Survivor cash he won last night, Michael "Berny" Bernstein, Weston Prong, Paul Bhilis, Brian "BA" Anderson, Ali Razzaq, Maru Somers, Brett Worton, and Steve Azizi.
It's a decent start for the 6-Max today with 27 players in their seats to start the action. Among the other players I've spotted are Evan Thomas, in from the Island for his first event this series, as well as Paul Meyer, Rob Limpet, Lee Clark, Greg Maddux, Johnny Dalphond, and Jeff Forester.
They are still about 5 minutes from cards in the air for the 6-Max game, but the field is already looking pretty strong with 15 entries waiting on prizes of more than $7k already. PPT Ambassador Haven Taylor has just arrived in town for the series, and she was tagging along with Cowboy Ron Giles as well. I've also spotted Rob Lothian and Glen Craigen outside intending to get into the game today, while Nadav Bitton is among the players already in their seats.
Event: | #4 - $560 6-Max ($500 + $60) |
Date: | July 24, 1 pm |
Blinds: | 30 Minutes |
Start Stack: | 25,000 |
Late Entry: | 8 Levels (~5:45 pm) |
The Six-Max game is generally among the most popular one-day events of the series, and it kicks off at 1 pm on Wednesday as the main game. Players sit down with 25k in chips for 30-minute levels and they can enter the game during the first 8 levels of play. Entries remain open through the 30-minute dinner break following Level 8 but will be closed at the start of Level 9 around 5:45 pm.
I should be on top of this one on Wednesday as this will be my main focus for the day with Event #5 getting later coverage if this one finishes on time.