Friday, January 21, 2011

Event 1: 18th - Macchia; 17th - Doerr

$500 + $60 Deep Stack NL (2 Re-entry)    

Blinds are up to 50k/100k with 10k antes.

Steven Macchia (cutoff) got all-in holding KJ against Sean Lee (sb) after a raising war.  Sean was ahead, but racing with pocket 8s. 

 Steven Macchia

The board came 7 5 3 Q 6 and after holding the chip lead most of the afternoon, Steven Macchia was busted in 18th place.  He earns $3,927 for his efforts.

Sean Lee is now sitting behind almost 10 million chips.

On a flop of K J 4 with one spade, Alex Rocha got all-in against Eric Doerr.  Alex held KQ of spades for top pair and the lead.  Eric held QT for the open-ended straight-draw.  The last two came running spades, J A, and Alex briefly thought Eric had won with broadway, then realized he had made the back-door spade flush to take the pot.  He doubled up to ~3.5 million.

Eric Doerr


Eric was left short-stacked and busted out soon after.  He finished 17th for $3,927.