Hey, FCP. Sorry for the delay. We had a little trouble with the wifi here at the Atlantis. We are now up and running and will do our best to bring you as much of the action on the felt as possible. Chip counts will be every three levels and when someone is eliminated. We will also do our best to bring you big showdowns etc.
11:25AM Start Time
First Hand: Robin stole blinds from the button
Hand #4 - Hadi's Set of 10's beat Richard pair of Jacks, FLOP: 9 10 4 J 7
Daniel: All the players are starting out playing their A game. Preflop raises are standard, they are defending their blinds and no one looks foolish yet. Richard is our short stack so far.
Daniel: Impressive play so far form Mike H. He is smooth calling raises pre-flop and on to playing opponents with position after the flop... Anthony & Richard have yet to win a pot. Anthony has been VERY tight so far. Richard has lost over half his stack.
12:24pm - Last hand of the 2nd level, blinds 600/1200 200 ante - Aki raised UTG to 3000, Jean smooth called, Sol & Hadi from blinds called. FLOP: 10c Ac Jd Aki bet 10,000 on the flop, Jean raised to 25,000, Sol & Hadi folded, Aki Called. 10h came on the turn pairing the board and both players checked. The river was a blank, Aki bet 20,000 and Jean reluctantly called. Aki turned over KQ for the flopped straight and Jean showed his AK.
12:25pm - Aki is the current chip leader.
12:42pm - We just had our first all in bet. Everyone folded to Richard on the button and he limped in for 1600, Mike G in the SB folded and Robin in the BB raised 4200 more. Richard moved all in for his last 25,400 and Robin folded.
12:42pm - Richard is the short stack at the table and Hadi is the chipleader with Mike H in 2nd.
JEAN HOULE IS OUR 10TH PLACE FINISHER
12:55pm - Everyone folded to Mike G who raised it to 6000. Jean made it 20,000 from the SB, Andre after studying the situation moved ALL-IN and had Jean covered. Mike quickly folded and Jean after debating with himself he made the call for his last 31,000 in chips. Jean had pocket 10s and Andre flipped over pocket Queens. No help for Jean and he is our 10th place finisher.
12:58pm - Approx. Chip Counts
1. Mike G 101,200
2. Robin B 108,000
3. Jean - Eliminated
3. Andre L 118,900
4. Sol 108,000
5. Hadi 168,500
6. Aki 122,300
7. Mike H 146,700
8. Anthony 107,700
10. Richard 30,500
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1:39pm - After the first break here are the approx. chip counts
1. Mike G 59,100
2. Robin B 87,400
3. Jean - Eliminated
3. Andre L 103,600
4. Sol 102,000
5. Hadi 165,600
6. Aki 66,600
7. Mike H 187,500
8. Anthony 198,700
10. Richard 40,200
2:30 PM EST: Start of level 6
Daniel-
Biggest surprise so far. Anthony developed a super tight image early. Since then he has picked up the pace and is using his image. He is winning pots without having to show hands.
Robin Bergren-Frustrated as Richard seems to out flop him.
Sol - Playing total small ball.
Mike. H - Flawless play so far.
2:45pm - NEW VIDEO
Exit Interview with Jean Houle: http://protege.fullcontactpoker.com/
MIKE G ELIMINATED IN 9TH PLACE
2:51pm - With blinds at 1500/3000 with a 500 ante Aki raised to 6,000, Mike H & Anthony both called behind him as did Richard in the SB and Mike G in the BB. FLOP 6 9 J Rainbow - Mike G bet out 6,000 and was called by both Mike H & Anthony. 5d on the turn brought a 2nd diamond on board, Mike G bet out 12,000, Mike H Folded & Anthony Called. The River card was the Jd putting 3 diamonds on board and pairing the jack. Mike G checked, Anthony bet 25,000. Mike G raised ALL-IN for his last 35,000 chips and Anthony called. Mike G had 10 J for a set of Jacks, Anthony had 7 9 of Diamonds eliminating Mike G in 8th place and increasing his chip lead in the process.
3:02pm - NEW VIDEO
12 Minute Video of 800/1600 (Level 2) Action: http://protege.fullcontactpoker.com/
3:15pm - Rough Chip Counts
Robin 80,000
Andre 110,000
Sol 70,000
Hadi 180,000
Aki 40,000
Mike H 155,000
Anthony 390,000
Richard 70,000
AKI ELIMINATED IN 8TH PLACE
3:40pm - Aki raised from early position to 13,000 preflop. The only caller was Andre in the BB. The flop came down 6 9 K with 2 Spades. Both players checked. The Turn card was the Ace of Clubs, Andre checked, Aki bet 13,000, Andre raised ALL-IN and had Aki covered. Aki reluctantly made the call. Andre showed AQ Spades for Top pair with a flush draw. Aki showed A 10 and the river was no help and Aki was eliminated in 7th place.
RICHARD ELIMINATED IN 7TH PLACE
3:53pm - Hadi raised to 13,000 from late position, Richard from the BB raised ALL-IN for 18,500 more. Hadi called and showed 10 5 Spades, Richard had AQ. The FLOP was J 2 2, J on the Turn and a 5 on the River which knocked Richard out of the tournament in 6th place.
4:00pm - Players are on 30min meal break
UPDATED CHIP COUNTS
Anthony 353,000
Hadi 191,000
Robin 176,000
Andre 148,000
Mike H 83,000
Sol 49,000
4:10pm - NEW VIDEO
Mike G Exit Interview: http://protege.fullcontactpoker.com/
4:40 pm -
Cards are back in the air.
4:47 PM - Sol raised under the gun 35,000 blinds 3000 / 6000. Hadi called, everyone folds. Sol shows Q 7 off. Hadi has pocket 10s. Flop 6 6 A. Turn A. River Q. Sol doubles up
5:25 PM - MICHAEL HEFER ELIMINATED IN 6TH PLACE
Sol raised from the button. Mike moved in for 74,000 from the big blind, Sol called with J 9 against Mike's 88. Jack came on the flop and Mike was eliminated in 6th place.
Daniel:
Sol is back in a big way. Both the Bergren brothers have faded rough starts and are in this. Play is a little slow now thanks to a GREAT structure. Anthony still has the lead and this could take awhile.
5:40 PM - ANDRE LIU ELIMINATED IN 5TH PLACE
Andre raised from early position to 30,000, everyone folded to Anthony who proceeded to move all in. Andre called and showed AK and Anthony showed JJ. Flop came 3 6 7, turn 4, river 10. Andre was eliminated in 5th place.
5:50 PM - TWO NEW VIDEOS
Aki & Richard's Exit Interviews: http://protege.fullcontactpoker.com/
5:52 PM - FLOP AA2 with 2 hearts, 9 Hearts on the Turn - All the money gets in on the turn between Sol & Robin. Robin has K 10 hearts, Sol flips over A 6 - There is over 300,000 chips in play and the river is a blank leaving Sol with only 50,000 after the hand.
A few hands later Anthony "Juanda Junior" took over 120,000 chips from Robin when he check-raised him on the turn and wasn't called, leaving Anthony with approx. 600,000 of the 1 million chips in play.
SOL BERGREN ELIMINATED IN 4TH PLACE
6:08 pm - Sol out in 4th
Anthony called Sols all in, pre-flop. Sol has 99 Anthony has 10J D. Flop is 884 two D. Turn 10, River is a 6. Sol is Eliminated in 4th place.
ROBIN BERGREN ELIMINATED IN 3RD PLACE
On a board of 84j82 Robin's J 9 loses to Hadi's JQ leaving Robin with only 7,000 chips. On the next hand Robin's hand couldn't hold up against Anthony Juanda Juniors nut straight.
Chip count at start of heads up
Anthony 690,000
Hadi 310,000
ANTHONY MAC CROWNED DANIEL NEGREANU'S PROTEGE #2
Anthony steam rolled over the competition and continued his aggressive play through the heads up match to cripple Hadi and then eventually putting him away. Interviews, photos & videos (Including the last hand) will be posted shortly.
Photos of Daniel Negreanu's Newly Crowned Protege - Anthony Mac
