Brent Baxter was the one to take down the official win tonight for $4,000 after a three-way deal. He flopped a king to take down the final hand of the game, which got even more "turbo-y" once the deal was struck. While it was already a short-stack affair with an average stack of less than 10 bigs, the deal just supercharged that and the rest of the game was mostly a shove-fest.
Things went pretty quickly after they cut the deal. David Devere was the first out after Cote took him for two straight doubles. He had already secured the $5,833 big prize in the deal, though.
They are heads up now after David D ended in 3rd place. Brent Baxter just got a double when he shoved under the gun and Denver Cote said "Fuck it, I call!" He had a suited nine-three and hit his three on the flop, but Baxter hit two eights on the board to take it down for a double.
The final three players cut a deal where big stack David D secured $5,833 while Denver Cote and Brent Baxter both guaranteed themselves $4k. They are playing it out for the trophy now.
Things are moving quickly with the field down to three now. Ben Bolton took 5th place for $1,717 while Curtis Singleton bagged 4th place for $2,230.
It was a massive cooler that saw Brennan Neville all in with ace-king, Brent Baxter all in with tens, and Ben Bolton covering them all with ace-queen. Bolton hit two queens by the turn, bo take the lead, and then rivered Broadway, but the ten on the river also gave Baxter the boat for the win. That left Baxter with a double-plus and Neville on his way to the cage for his payout.
There are six left in the Turbo now after Benny Sarnelli hit the rail in 7th place tonight. I missed the action while I was over watching some Main Event action.
Denver Cote flopped the nut flush to send Joseph Bernard to the rail in 8th place.
They are down to 8 now after a huge hand saw Brent Baxter triple up. I arrived at the hand with action on the flop reading . Collin Armstrong was all in from the small blind and Baxter was all in from the big with Ben Bolton facing the decision to call off with a covering stack for both.
He eventually put in the call but his sevens were behind the flopped straight and flush draw for Baxter with while Armstrong was looking for a seven to straighten up with . on the turn and river meant the straight held for Baxter and he got a full double through Bolton with Armstrong's stack added in as well.
It looks like Ben Bolton is the chip leader to start the final table with more than 400k in front of him. I'll grab some pictures shortly once they get set up.
I don;t have eyes on all the stacks at the moment, but here's a look at who is battling on the bubble.
Seat | Table 21 | Table 13 |
1 |
Andrew Thibodeau
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2 | Ben Bolton | Brent Baxter |
3 | Curtis Singleton | Nadav Bitton |
4 | Bernie St. Pierre | |
5 | Brennan Neville | Joseph Bernard |
6 | Matt S | David D |
Denver Cote | ||
Tyler Foran | Corry Commandeur | |
Ben Sarnelli |
Collin Armstrong
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They are on the bubble in the Turbo game now with 15 players left and Level 17 just underway. The average stack is now less than 20 bigs, so expect this to move pretty quickly.
They are down to 18 players left now, just 4 off the money spots with Level 15 about half finished and an average stack of about 22 bigs
The Turbo game is living up to its name with the action already down to just 22 players left. That puts them 8 players off the money spots, and I expect things to keep moving quickly with an average stack of less than 25 big blinds.
The numbers are in and confirmed at 141 entries for the Turbo tonight. They are down to 47 left alive now, with 14 players later sharing in the prizes. The winner is set to pocket $6,474, a very solid 32x on tonight's buy-in.
Place | Prize |
1 | $6,474 |
2 | $4,460 |
3 | $2,899 |
4 | $2,230 |
5 | $1,717 |
6 | $1,360 |
7 | $1,070 |
8 | $847 |
9 | $691 |
10 | $557 |
11 | $483 |
12 | $483 |
13 | $420 |
14 | $420 |
Entries are now closed on the Turbo game with 141 unofficial entries on the board. That would mean 14 players sharing in $24,111 in prizes later tonight if the number holds. I'll confirm the numbers shortly when the prizes are released.
Level 8 is underway and there are about 25 minutes left to get into the Turbo game. Players will take a break following this level and entries will be closed at the end of that break. The field right now is at 131 for prizes of almost $22.5k, pretty solid for a $200 buy-in, but it's likely we'll see even more entries before the dust settles.
As expected, the turnout for the Turbo game is brisk. They are at 71 entries with Level 2 just underway for prizes of more than $12k and growing. Action for this one is playing out in both the Poker Room and the Social Room so players may be seated in either room once they buy in.
Event: | #9 - $200 Turbo ($180 + $20) |
Date: | July 26, 7 pm |
Blinds: | 15 Minutes |
Start Stack: | 15,000 |
Late Entry: | 8 Levels (~9:15 pm) |
The side game on Friday promises to be a lightning-fast turbo game with 15-minute blinds and a 15k starting stack. That should drive action fast and furious from the start of the game, which should lead to a fairly raucous and fun atmosphere for a Friday night game. The low price-tag will make it easy to rebuy, so expect a lot of action at the entry desk for the first 2 hours and 15 minutes of play.
The action kicks off at 7 pm and players can buy in until about 9:15, when the game moves into Level 9. After that it will be a race to the finish. I'll try to keep up with the numbers in this one, but it's likely that I won't make it over to cover much of this one. There is a reasonable chance this game finishes even before the Main Event bags for the night, but even if that's not the case, after two VERY long days on the floor, I may decide to bail on this one and just post results tomorrow. That said, I may well feel too guilty to leave the room while there is still PPT action ongoing, so we'll see how the night goes lol.