A Four Day Deal has Been Made: Erich Karle Is the Champion!
For the second year in a row, Erich Karle has taken down a major tournament title here at the Hustler Casino! The final four players took a look at a chip chop, and after moving a few numbers around, the deal was made! Erich Karle, who held a comfortable chip lead,...
Victor Kruglov Eliminated in 5th Place ($16,300)
For the first half of the final table, Victor Kruglov could do no wrong. For the second half of the final table, he could do no right. After losing a series of all in's, he called the all in shove of Gene O'Leary. O'Leary: [10c][10h] Kruglov: [As][Js] Kruglov crushed...
Ta Scores Back-to-Back Double Ups
After folding for most of the final table, Kevin Ta finally got involved in the action, and scored two striaght double ups through Victor Kruglov. On the first hand, Ta's Q-9 outflopped the A-6 of Kruglov, and on the second one, Ta's Ace-10 held against the A-8 of...
Updated Five Handed Chip Counts
Blinds: 150,000-300,000 Erich Karle- 13.2 million Victor Kruglov- 10.5 million Gene O'Leary- 4.6 million Pogos Simityan- 2 million Kevin Ta- 1.1 million
Tommy San Eliminated in 6th Place ($12,200)
Tommy San wasn't able to hold onto those chips for very long. Just two hands after busting Paul Chauderson, San bluffed shoved the river, but was picked off by Erich Karle. The board read [7h][6c][6d][Kh][9d] when we got to the table. Karle fired out a bet of 800,000,...
Paul Chauderson Eliminated in 7th Place ($8,400)
Tommy San moved all in from middle position, and action folded around to Paul Chauderson in the small blind. Both players were close in chips, though San had Chauderson slightly outchipped. After about a minute of tanking, Chauderson announced the call. Chauderson:...
Jon Peck Eliminated in 8th Place ($6,300)
Sometimes, you just know a card is coming before it is dealt. In one of the first hands of the final table, Victor Kruglov doubled up through Jon Peck when Kruglov's pocket sixes flopped a set to crack Peck's aces. The two players exchanged playful verbal spars over...
Mark Jun Eliminated in 9th Place ($5,150)
Mark Jun raised it up, and Victor Kruglov moved all in, having Jun covered. Jun stood out of his chair, announced called, and saw the bad news. Jun: [Jd][Js] Kruglov: [Qh][Qd] The flop brought no help for Jun, and a queen on the turn sealed the hand for Kruglov, who...
Matthew Tauber Eliminated in 10th Place ($4,250)
Matthew Tauber was crippled down to his last 700,000 when Kevin Ta's Ace-Eight caught up with Tauber's Ace-Nine on the river, and a few hands later, the two did battle again. This time, Tauber's [Jd][3d] was dominated by the pocket queens of Ta. The board brought no...
Unofficial Final Table Photos and Chip Counts
We are now down to just ten players, and they have all merged onto one table, the unofficial final table tonight. Leading the way is Erich Karle, who knows plenty about winning big tournaments here at the Hustler Casino. Last July, Karle final tabled two major events,...