Jons wins the event!

About 15 minutes ago, Jon made an excellent call, and took down the tournament in a record 2 hours and 20 minutes. We are heading home.

heads up play cont. 6:36pm

jon surrenders; joe takes the blinds and antes

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jon in the bb
bet, call
flop is 5-3-9
joe bets 25k; jon raises to 75k; joe goes all in.
Jon studies the board and thinks for 4 minutes.
asks for a count.
Joe has less tha
Jon calls with Q-9
Joe has K-8
turn is 8;
river is a 4
Jon WINS and WINS the tournament.
1st place is $21247.
Joe Fernadez wins $12000.

heads up play cont. 6:31pm

check;check
flop is 10-J-Q
joe checks; jon bets 10k; joe releases; jon shows an 8-9 for a straight

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jon's BB
joe surrenders and jon wins 1/2 bet

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jon's button
jon calls; check
flop is J-7-3
joe bets 20k; jon releases

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jon's BB
joe throws it away.

a tough head-up battle here, in event #3.

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joe takes down the next, as Jon surrenders

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jon's BB
joe completes; check
6-Q-4
check; check
2
Jon bets 9k; joe calls
river is a 10
Jon bets 20k; raised by joe to 100k
jon lets it go.

heads up play continues 6:25

Level 17 times is up after this hand

jon's BB
joe completes; jon raises 10k; called
10-2-9
jon bets 16k; joe calls
turn is 2
jon checks; joe checks
river is an 8
jon checks; checks
A-6 vs. Jon's A-J
Jon wins a moderate pot

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Starting level 18
Blinds are at $3k/$6K with $500 ante.

Joe takes down the first pot with a preflop bet.

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jon completes
4-6-10
check; check
5
jon bets 20k; joe lets it go.

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right now jon has joe out-stacked maybe 600K to 400K

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jon's button
call; check
flop is 5-J-Q
joe checks; jon bets 6.5K, takes it down.

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jon's BB
flop is 4-2-3
joe bets 15K; jon raises to 45K; called
turn is a 9
jon bets out 60k; joe lets it go; jon takes down a pretty good sized pot

heads up play continues 6:19p

next pot, I was IMing, and I missed something. Joe took down a small pot

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jon's button
jon completes; joe raises to 15k; jon calls
6-2-3
joe checks, jon checks
J
joe bets 25k; jon calls
K
joe checks; jon bets 60k; joe calls

jon shows J-x; Joe shows K-7; joe wins a big pot

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jon's bb
joe bets 30k; jon surrenders

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by the way $9000 in real money will differentiate 1st and 2nd place

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small pot
A-Q is shown by Joe and he takes it down.

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jon's BB
flop is Q-A-9
jon check; check
J
check; check
river is 5
check; check; Joe mucks. Jon wins a small pot

heads up play starts

Jon starts heads up play with a chip lead of 650k vs 350k

first hand goes to Joe.

a couple of hands are played, and Sexton is telling stories...

Q-2-3 in a 2-way flop
4
jon bet 5k
joe calls
river is a K
check; check;
joe wins with pocket 10s

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another 2-way pot develops
5-k-5
joe 12k; jon releases

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we will see a flop again
10-Q-7
joe checks; jon checks
Q
Jon bets 5K and takes that pot down

3-handed play continues 6:10p

on the Button
Jon raises to 15k; called by joe; baron calls
3-way flop
flop 3-2-9
joe checks
baron checks
jon fires 25k
joe releases; baron thinks for a couple of minutes and goes all-in; Jon insta-calls.
joe A-2
jon 8-8
7d
rivers a 9
Jon knocks out Baron, Baron collect $8568.

3-handed play continues

2 way pot
flop is 2-7-4
joe bets 20k and takes it down

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a couple of hands progress, and Sexton is making a number of announcements about the "other" WSOP final table. So I miss a hand. Jon was in a 2-way flop, but lets it go after one bet from Joe.

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jon's sb
A-4-2
in a 2-way
6
K on the river
check, check
Jon wins a small pot.

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button.
2-way pot Joe and Baron
A-J-2
10
check, bet 11k, joe calls
10 on the river
joe checks, baron checks.
Joe wins a small pot with Aces and Tens

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BB
baron raises and takes it from the sb.

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SB
jon completes; 2 players
Q-10-Q
check, check
King
jon bets 7000 and takes it down

3-handed play continues

couple of hand later...

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jon's bb
joe calls
baron raises to 22.5k
jon folds. joe calls
flop is 9-3-10
baron bets 50k and joe gives it up

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jon's sb
baron raises joe calls
5-3-8
river 4
check, check; Joe's A-J takes down the pot

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all in
Jon goes All In after Baron put 20k into the pot
baron lets it go; Jon takes the pot down

3-handed play continues

Jon makes it $8k on the button,
and takes down the blinds and antes.

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joe folds on the button; baron raises; jon goes all-in
baron folds. Jon takes in the pot.

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2way flop.
jon check; joe bets 20k
jon calls
turns 4
check; check
river; check; check
jon shows Kings and 7s and takes down the pot

3-handed play continues

three handed play is really hard to blog, I've discovered

3 hands later

Baron goes all in.

Jon instacalls and shows AT
Baron Is dominated with his A8

flops is 5-j-8
turn is a K
river is a 4
Baron doubles up

starting level 17, starting fast

We are starting level 17 4-handed.
Galen in seat 2, Joe in seat 6, Baron is seat 8, and Jon in seat 9.

first hand is a 3-way flop.
first hand Jon check-raises all in on the river. Against Galen.
Galen has an Ace and top pair; Jon has 2 pair;
Galen is out in 4th earning $5948

players on break before level 17

Jon is down 100K for the day, and is considering his strategy for level 17.
Level 17 is 2.5K/5.0K with a 500 ante.
He is at an M of 30.
The players are on a 15 min. break.

jon's BB
jon calls on the button
baron calls
jon raises 10k
joe calls
baron folds
playing 2-way pot, the flop is 8-9-10
Jon bets out 20k
joe calls; the turn is another 10; jon checks; joe makes a pot-sized
bet of 50k. Jon goes into the tank for a couple of minutes, before making
a huge laydown of pocket queens.

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jon's button
a 2-way pot
Galen & Joe.
after the flop, Galen goes all in, and Joe gives it up.
Galen shows K-K.

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Baron raises 10k
Joe calls. the flop is 9-3-9
check, baron bets 27K, joe goes all in; baron folds

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Jon's BB

Joe calls on the button; Galen completes; Jon checks.
the flop is 3-10-10
check, check, Joe bets 8k
Baron calls, Jon calls.
turn is a K
check, check, check
the river is a 10
check, check, check

Everyone turns over the cards, and Jon wins it with 6-6
for a full house.

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two hands later...

the flop is J-10-9
Galen bets
Jon has raised. Galen reraises all in.
Jon asks for count. The count is 95K. Jon goes in the tank for 2 minutes, then folds.
Galen shows Q-8 for the second nuts. Good laydown Jon!

the table shrinks again

Jon out of position.
Jon raises for 14k
kenneth pushes all in
Joe calls and turns over 10-10.
Kenneth shows A-8.
10-Q-Q-3-K
and Kenneth is out in 5th, collecting $4490

the table shrinks

Chad and Galen are in a pot. The flop comes 10-6-10;
Chad pushes; Galen calls (Galen is in 2nd chip position)
Chad shows K-4 and Galen shows K-10.

I didn't see the turn/river (as Jon and I were talking about
the position problem of the 2nd stack on his left).

But Chad is eliminated in 6th place, taking home $3470.

level 16 starts

Level 16 starts with Jon in the SB; baron raises and takes it.

next hand; jon's button, Jon raises and takes it.

next hand; Baron raises and takes it.

next hand; baron raises, called; one bet after the flop and Baron takes it down

3 more hands where a single bet takes it down.

Chad at Risk

On Jon's BB
Chad moves all in for 30500
folds around to Jon, who thinks for a minute, then calls.
Chad shows an A-4; Jon a Q-10;
the flop is 9c-4c-5c (and Chad is ahead)
3d on the turn, no help.
Rivers an Ace, and Chad doubles up through Jon.

in the next hand, jon bets out and takes down the pot.
Then shows a 7-2 offset!

That's a message to the table, I'm not sure what the message is....

about to begin level 16

then,
seat 4 Chad pushes, and no action.

A short break in the action as they color up all the black chips.

They are beginning level 16, with blinds at 2k/4k and 500 chip antes.

jon knocks out a player

player 7 Bill Haynes goes all in
called by Jon in seat 9 and both blinds, Ken in seat 5 and Joe in seat 6.

The flop comes; Jon puts a bet, Ken and Joe fold.
Jon shows K-2, makes a straight and takes out Bill Haynes.


two hands later

Galen is knocked out in seat 2. I was too busy typing and missed the action.

Jon plays a hand

Jon raises to 10K; Galen calls;
flop comes
K-10-3
check, check
turn is a 3
check, check
river is a K
check, check,

Jon shows an A-Q, Galen an A-J and they split that pot



Nelson at risk

raise of 11k, Nelson goes all in seat 1, Galen calls in seat 2.
Nelson shows A-Qs
Galen shows K-K

K-K take the pot. Nelson is extremely short-stacked.


Next hand, Nelson puts it all in. Called by Tom in seat 3. Chad folds.
Tom wins the pot.

Nelson is out in 9th place, winning $1400.

play continues

first all in:

Joe in seat 6 bets it all, and is called by Bill in seat 8.
Joe turns over A-A, and Bill has A-K.
Joe makes an Ace high flush and doubles up -- about an 160K pot.

Jon just played a pot, calling the raiser, but lets it go on the
first bet on the turn
7-k-8-A

meet the players

Meet the players

seat 1 62300, milpitas ca, 58 yr old, Nelson Chew

seat 2 148900, bremord tx, 51 yr old, Galen Peiskee

seat 3 14800, reno nv, 44 yr old, Tom DeJong

seat 4 42100, sacramento CA, 28 yr, Chad Vitale

seat 5 133700, roseville ca, 36 yr, Kenneth Fitzgerald

seat 6 77900, turlock ca, 59 yr, Joe Fernadez

seat 7 71700, modesto ca, 48, Bill Haynes

seat 8 66600, s. lake tahoe, 33 yr, Baron Weller

seat 9 406600, Jonathan Schwartz, Campbell CA, 22 yrs old,

play begins

Button is starting in seat 4, blinds remain at 15k/30k.

first hand, all in (seats 5 & 6), both show A-Q vs A-Q, and no improvement, and a split pot.

hand 3. raise and take for Bill Hanes

next hand. raise by

next hand. seat 6 enters, called by seat 8, jon calls.
Flop comes K-10-6.
Jon checks, Joe continuation bets 30K, Baron folds, Jon raises to 60K and Joe folds.

WSOP Circuit Event Nov 9 08

This is Jon's Dad, Allan, reporting live from Harvey's South Lake Tahoe, where Jon has been playing in a $550 NLHE WSOP Circuit Event. Yesterday, day 1 of this event, Jon played for 13 hours, battling a field of more than 150 players, to emerge chip leader as the money bubble, then the final table bubble approached.

He finished day 1 after 1am last night, and we are about to resume play with just the final 9 for this event.