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CPPT V - The Venetian |
$5,000 Main Event $2 Million GTD |
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CPPT III - Wynn Las Vegas |
$2,100 No-Limit Hold'em $300K GTD |
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Registration Closed
Mar 16, '15
Registration has officially closed for the Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Classic main event. We will have final numbers and prizepool information shortly.
There was a small rush to the cages just prior to the break and we saw Zo Karim, Keven Stammen, Dan O’Brien and Kyle Julius among the players buying in at the last moment. We’e also spotted David Randall, Ben Yu, Eli Elezra and Carlos Mortensen in the field.
Matt Berkey is back for round two today as well.
Carlos Mortensen
Eli Elezra
Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, Eli Elezra, Keven Stammen, Kyle Julius, Dan O'Brien, Zohair Karim
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| Jul 14, '13 |
2013 44th Annual World Series of Poker |
WSOP $10,000 Main Event |
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Former Champ Carlos Mortensen Still Alive
Jul 14, '13
Carlos Mortensen, winner of the main event in 2001, was still alive after the fifth day of play here in the 2013 World Series of Poker no-limit hold’em championship.
Just 68 players remained out of a starting field of 6,352 entrants.
The 41-year-old Spaniard ended the day with 2,665,000, which was slightly below average.
Mortensen could be the first former champion to make a final table since Dan Harrington, winner of the main event in 1995, did so in 2004.
Mortensen is considered by many to be the most successful player of all-time if you factor in the number of events played. He has more than $10.8 million lifetime in winnings. He also wins nearly 20 percent of the time when he cashes and lays claim to 22 titles on the circuit.
Day 5 also marked the end of the line for defending champion Greg Merson. Merson hit the rail in 167th place. He was short when he lost with A-2 versus A-K.
The Maryland native failed to outmatch the performance of Peter Eastgate, who finished 78th the year he was playing in defense of his title.
Other big names who busted on Day 5 include:
89. Annette Obrestad — $71,053; 90. David Paredes — $71,053; 99. Marvin Rettenmaier — $59,708; 118. Ashton Griffin — $50,752; 131. Max Steinberg — $50,752; 176. Kyle Julius — $42,990; 226. Greg Mueller — $37,019; and 228. Amit Makhija — $37,019.
Steinberg was once the chip leader, but he became short after a hero call gone wrong.
In addition to Mortensen, a lot of super tough poker pros managed to survive the day and resume the fight on Sunday starting a noon local time. Here’s a look at the notable stacks:
Yevgeniy Timoshenko — 4,065,000; Jackie Glazier — 4,045,000; David Benefield — 3,675,000; Noah Schwartz — 3,595,000; Michiel Brummelhuis — 3,485,000; J.C. Tran — 3,280,000; Amir Lehavot — 2,655,000; Mark Newhouse — 2,035,000; Jim Collopy — 1,970,000; Bryan Pellegrino — 1,795,000; Sergio Castelluccio — 1,655,000; Tyler Cornell — 1,465,000; Vladimir Geshkenbein — 1,400,000; Steve Gee — 1,360,000; Andrea Dato — 1,130,000; Vitaly Lunkin — 1,000,000; Rep Porter — 950,000; Benjamin Pollak — 740,000; Byron Kaverman — 700,000; Brett Richey — 690,000; and Simon Ravnsbaek — 600,000.
Glazier could be the first woman to make the final table since 1995.
Everyone is chasing Sami Rustom, who ended the day with 7,005,000. Rustom hails from California and had just $42,000 in career earnings prior to this main event.
Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen
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| Jun 01, '11 |
2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker |
$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Heads-Up Championship |
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Round Three: Hour Two – Mortensen and Griffin Out while Duthie and Dwan Advance
Jun 01, '11
 NOTE: Three blind levels will be played each hour, as each is just 20 minutes long. The only difference in round 3 is that the blinds begin at 600-1,200.
NOTE: Day 2 Will Continue Until the Conclusion of the Sweet 16 Round, which will begin at 8 p.m. this evening. The field decided to take a 15-minute break at the end of hour two so the hour three update will come in at 6:15.
Players Remaining: 30 out of 128
Starting Stacks: 300,000 broken up into three chances — meaning that the players started with 100,000 and had 200,000 additional on the side that they could add on at anytime before a hand. If their additional chips were not in play when a hand begins, those chips couldn’t be used to wager with.
Ongoing Matches:
David Benyamine vs. Anthony Guetti
Chris Moorman vs. Richard Lyndaker
Dani Stern vs. Jake Cody
Isaac Haxton vs. Jonathan Jaffe
Daniel Alaei vs. Gus Hansen
Steve Blilirakis vs. Trevor Pope
Matt Marafioti vs. Maxim Lykov
Eric Froehlich vs. Steve Zolotow
Jason Smirnov vs. Darren Elias
Erik Cajelais vs. Nikolay Evdakov
Yevgeniy Timshenko vs. Amritraj Singh
Oliver Busquet vs. Andrew Robl
Kunimaro Kojo vs. Nick Schulman
David Paredes vs. John Juanda
Eliminations:
Carlos Mortensen
Ashton Griffin
Key Hands:
Carlos Mortensen Falls Against John Duthie
Carlos Mortensen was knocked down to 100,000 when he moved all in with Q J and John Duthie made the call with K 5. The board ran out K J 7 5 3 and Mortensen was down to his final reload chip.
A few hands later it was all over for Mortensen. Mortensen was all in again, this time with pocket deuces and Duthie had him covered with pocket queens. The board stayed out of things, running off J J 10 9 6 and Duthie became the first player to advance to the sweet 16 and make the money. He ensured a cash worth at least $67,436.
Tom Dwan Advances
Ashton Griffin got the last of his chips into the middle against Tom Dwan and when they flipped over their cards “Durrrr†was way out in front with pocket aces over his opponents pocket fives. The aces held and Dwan was the second player to advance to the sweet 16.
Maxim Lykov Close to the Ropes
Maxim Lykov faced another decision against Matt Marafioti with the board reading K K 6 2 A and 50,000 raised out on the table after Lykov opened the action for 16,000. Lykov decided to call and then he mucked his cards when Marafioti flipped over two black aces. Lykov was down to less than 100,000 after the hand with no reload chips.
Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, John Duthie, Tom Dwan, Ashton Griffin, Maxim Lykov, Matthew Marafioti
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| Mar 28, '11 |
2011 WSOP Circuit Regional Championship - Harrah's Rincon |
Event 39 - No-Limit Hold'em Regional Championship |
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| Mar 05, '11 |
2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship |
2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship |
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| Mar 04, '11 |
2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship |
2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship |
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| Mar 03, '11 |
2011 L.A. Poker Classic |
WPT Main Event |
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Jason DeWitt Eliminated in Ninth Place ($94,800)
Mar 01, '11
 Steve Gross made it 90,000 to go on the button and Carlos Mortensen reraised to 320,000 from the small blind. Jason DeWitt then moved all in from big blind for 400,000. Gross mucked and Mortensen made the call. The two players then flipped over their cards:
DeWitt: K 10
Mortensen: 7 7
Board: A 5 3 4 3
DeWitt was eliminated in ninth place and he will take home $94,800 in prize money. Mortensen continued to grow his stack and he now holds 5 million.
Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, Jason Dewitt, Steve Gross
Shannon Shorr and James Carroll Eliminated in 10th Place ($63,410)
Mar 01, '11
Shannon Shorr and James Carroll both got the last of their chips in preflop and Carlos Mortensen had them both covered. Their cards:
Shorr: A A
Carroll: K K
Mortensen: Q Q
Board: J 8 2 10 K
In a strange turn of events Mortensen won the hand and he knocked out two opponents in the same hand. They each take home $63,410 after Jesse Yaginuma busted on the same hand at the other table and took the field down to the final nine players. Details on that hand will follow soon.
Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, James Carroll, Shannon Shorr
Carlos Mortensen Eliminated in Third Place ($640,680)
Mar 03, '11
 Carlos Mortensen raised to 200,000 from the button preflop and Vivek Rajkumar made the call from the small blind. Gregory Brooks also made the call from the big blind and the flop fell J 5 3.
Rajkumar checked and Brooks bet 380,000. Mortensen then raised to 800,000. Rajkumar mucked, Brooks reraised all in, and Mortensen quickly made the all-in call. Their cards:
Brooks: 6 4
Mortensen: K J
Turn and River: 5 and 10
Brooks hit a fifth club on the river to win the hand with a flush. Mortensen was eliminated in third place and he will take home $640,680 in prize money. That makes Brooks the dominating chip leader heading into the final match.
Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, Gregory Brooks
Darryll Fish Eliminated in Sixth Place ($235,530)
Mar 03, '11
 Darryll Fish moved all in preflop from the small blind for 1,230,000 after Carlos Mortensen raised to 150,000 from the cutoff. Mortensen made the call and they flipped over their cards:
Fish: Q 10
Mortensen: Q Q
Board: 10 9 7 A 6
Fish was eliminated on the hand in sixth place and he will take home $235,530 in prize money. Mortensen grew his stack to 4,730,000.
Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, Darryll Fish
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| Mar 01, '11 |
2011 L.A. Poker Classic |
WPT Main Event |
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Jason DeWitt Eliminated in Ninth Place ($94,800)
Mar 01, '11
Steve Gross made it 90,000 to go on the button and Carlos Mortensen reraised to 320,000 from the small blind. Jason DeWitt then moved all in from big blind for 400,000. Gross mucked and Mortensen made the call. The two players then flipped over their cards:
DeWitt: K 10
Mortensen: 7 7
Board: A 5 3 4 3
DeWitt was eliminated in ninth place and he will take home $94,800 in prize money. Mortensen continued to grow his stack and he now holds 5 million.
Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, Jason Dewitt, Steve Gross
Shannon Shorr and James Carroll Eliminated in 10th Place ($63,410)
Mar 01, '11
Shannon Shorr and James Carroll both got the last of their chips in preflop and Carlos Mortensen had them both covered. Their cards:
Shorr: A A
Carroll: K K
Mortensen: Q Q
Board: J 8 2 10 K
In a strange turn of events Mortensen won the hand and he knocked out two opponents in the same hand. They each take home $63,410 after Jesse Yaginuma busted on the same hand at the other table and took the field down to the final nine players. Details on that hand will follow soon.
Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, James Carroll, Shannon Shorr
Carlos Mortensen Eliminated in Third Place ($640,680)
Mar 03, '11
Carlos Mortensen raised to 200,000 from the button preflop and Vivek Rajkumar made the call from the small blind. Gregory Brooks also made the call from the big blind and the flop fell J 5 3.
Rajkumar checked and Brooks bet 380,000. Mortensen then raised to 800,000. Rajkumar mucked, Brooks reraised all in, and Mortensen quickly made the all-in call. Their cards:
Brooks: 6 4
Mortensen: K J
Turn and River: 5 and 10
Brooks hit a fifth club on the river to win the hand with a flush. Mortensen was eliminated in third place and he will take home $640,680 in prize money. That makes Brooks the dominating chip leader heading into the final match.
Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, Gregory Brooks
Darryll Fish Eliminated in Sixth Place ($235,530)
Mar 03, '11
Darryll Fish moved all in preflop from the small blind for 1,230,000 after Carlos Mortensen raised to 150,000 from the cutoff. Mortensen made the call and they flipped over their cards:
Fish: Q 10
Mortensen: Q Q
Board: 10 9 7 A 6
Fish was eliminated on the hand in sixth place and he will take home $235,530 in prize money. Mortensen grew his stack to 4,730,000.
Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, Darryll Fish
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| Jan 23, '11 |
2011 Aussie Millions |
Aussie Millions Main Event |
2 |
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Pre-Dinner Busts
Jan 23, '11
 A few other players who have hit the rail as the field plays down to the dinner break include Andy Bloch, Carlos Mortensen, and Richard Ashby.
Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Carlos Mortensen
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Poker Hall of Famer Carlos Mortensen called a bet of 700 on a board reading 7
6
5
8
There was close to 50,000 in the pot and the board read 10
Sam Trickett was all in holding A-9 against the Q-10 of Carlos Mortensen.
The board ran out K-K-6-J-A and Mortensen made his straight to advance.
Carlos Mortensen moved all in on the short stack holding A