All posts by Kaelaine

Covering tournaments since 2006

Championship Event: 4th Place, Cord Garcia – $32,734

$1,500 + $100 + $50 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 15k/30k/5k ante
3 players remaining, 2 million avg (67 bb)

Cord Garcia (Katy, TX) $32,734
Cord Garcia (Katy, TX)
$32,734

Steve Korfonta raises to 65k and Cord Garcia calls.

Flop: JsJd7s

Korfonta bets 65k, Garcia makes it 135k, Korfonta moves all in, Garca snap-calls.

Korfonta: 6s5s (flush draw)
Garcia: QdJh (trip Jacks)

Turn: 6c (no change)

River: 7s

Korfonta hits his flush on the river to knock Garcia out in 4th place for $32,734. It’s his second final table of the series after finishing runner-up in the 6-Max (Event 6).

Korfonta is up to 3 million and has half the chips in play three-handed.

Championship Event: Garcia Doubles Through Diamantas

$1,500 + $100 + $50 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 15k/30k/5k ante
4 players remaining, 1.5 million avg (50 bb)

It was folded to Stephen Diamantas in the small blind and he moved all in hoping to apply pressure to the shortest stack, Cord Garcia. Cord woke up with A-9 though and made the call. Diamantas had Q-J and Cord would pair his 9 which would be more than enough to win the pot.

The players colored up the 1K chips and a quick run down of the stacks gives us the following chip counts:

Seat 1: Cord Garcia 765K
Seat 2: Ryan Sponaugle 1.46 million
Seat 3: Steven Korfonta 2.245 million
Seat 4: Stephen Diamantas 1.55 million