Event 28: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Summer Kick-Off $500,000 Guarantee
Level 28
Blinds: 30,000/60,000 w/ 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4/563
Matt Affleck
Bobby Suer raised to 150,000 from under the gun and Matt Affleck moved all-in for 625,000.
Suer called.
Suer showed A♦J♦ and Affleck tabled K♦Q♦
Affleck flopped a King on a K♥8♠5♣3♣Q♥ board to double.
Bobby Suer – 1,500,000
Event 28: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Summer Kick-Off $500,000 Guarantee
Level 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000 w/ 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4/563
Keith Morrow
With the board reading 7♦3♦2♠7♣9♦, Ahmed Taleb bet 250,000 and Keith Morrow moved all-in for about 550,000. Taleb called.
Taleb quickly tabled A♣A♥ and Morrow pushed his cards – K♠6♦ – into the middle.
Morrow finished 5th for $29,093, marking his second deep run in this tournament. Last year Morrow finished 2nd for $65,429 to Brian Altman.
Ahmed Taleb – 4,300,000
Event 28: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Summer Kick-Off $500,000 Guarantee
Level 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000 w/ 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5/563
Chip Counts:
Event 28: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Summer Kick-Off $500,000 Guarantee
Level 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000 w/ 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5/563
Martin Zamani
Bobb Suer raised to about 600,000 and Martin Zamani moved all-in for about 490,000 from the small blind.
Suer called.
Bobby Suer = 10♦10♣
Martin Zamani = A♣Q♠
Zamani was eliminated 6th for $21,957 on a 10♥9♦2♦A♦K♠ board.
Event 28: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Summer Kick-Off $500,000 Guarantee
Level 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000 w/ 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6/563
Daniel Collins
From under the gun, Bobby Suer raised to 250,000 and action folded around to Daniel Collins in the big blind. Collins moved all-in for his last 275,000 and Suer called.
Collins showed A♦9♦ and Suer tabled 10♠10♣
Collins stood up and watched the board run out K♣5♦3♥J♦7♣, giving him a 7th place finish for $17,017 in his first tournament during his first ever trip to Las Vegas.
Bobby Suer – 2,075,000
Event 28: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Summer Kick-Off $500,000 Guarantee
Level 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000 w/ 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7/563
Joseph Cheong
Ahmed Taleb raised to 65,000 and Joseph Cheong moved all-in for about 600,000 from the button. The blinds moved out of the way and Taleb called.
Joseph Cheong = A♠Q♦
Ahmed Taleb = 8♠8♣
Cheong was eliminated 8th for $13,174 on a board of 9♦8♥3♠K♦2♠
Ahmed Taleb – 3,400,000
Event 28: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Summer Kick-Off $500,000 Guarantee
Level 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000 w/ 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8/563
Jeffrey Tanouye
Down to his last 350,000 and facing a board of 10♣9♦2♠2♦, Jeffrey Tanouye moved all-in. The player in the two-seat called.
Tanouye showed 10s9h and his opponent tabled Kh2h. The river bricked and Tanouye was eliminated 9th for $10,430.
Withheld – 1,500,000
Event 28: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Summer Kick-Off $500,000 Guarantee
Level 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000 w/ 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9/563
Matt Affleck
From middle position, Ahmed Taleb raised to 65,000 and Matt Affleck called from his immediate left.
Following a flop of A♦8♦5♠, Taleb bet 95,000. Affleck called. The turn was the 2♣ and both players checked. The river was the 5♣ and Taleb checked.
Affleck bet 135,000 and Taleb called. Affleck showed two red Jacks and Taleb mucked his hand.
Ahmed Taleb – 2,300,000
Matt Affleck – 1,900,000
Event 28: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Summer Kick-Off $500,000 Guarantee
Level 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000 w/ 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9/563
Aaron Kennedy has been eliminated 10th ($8,234)
Aaron Kennedy
Event 28: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Summer Kick-Off $500,000 Guarantee
Level 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000 w/ 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10/563
The final 10 players are on a 45-minute dinner break.