Layne Flack Poker Tournament Updates

Layne Flack Survives With A Chop

Jul 19, '17

Layne Flack opened to 4,700 and David Sands three-bet to 12,000.

Flack moved all-in for around 70,000 and was snap-called by Sands with the AK.

Flack was in trouble with the A10.

The board ran out 84466, double pairing to see the two players chop with sixes and fours and an ace kicker.

Player Tags: Layne Flack

Layne Flack Drops One To Jesse Sylvia

Jul 19, '17

Layne Flack raised under the gun to 2,700, and it was folded to the small blind who made the call. Jesse Sylvia in the big blind called as well.

The flop fell K53, and it was checked to Flack. He bet 3,600 and only Sylvia called. The turn was the 5.

Sylvia bet out 5,700, and Flack called pretty quickly. The river was the 10, and Sylvia fired 9,500. Flack, who had his opponent well covered, thought about it briefly before mucking.

Sylvia was up to about an average stack (83,000) thanks to the hand.

Player Tags: Layne Flack,   Jesse Sylvia

Layne Flack Eliminated By Samuel Bernabeu

Jul 20, '17

Layne Flack was all in for about 55,000 or so with pocket jacks against the AQ of Samuel Bernabeu.

The board ran out AK896 and Flack was eliminated. Bernabeu is now back up to 355,000.

Player Tags: Layne Flack

Layne Flack Survives With A Chop

Jul 19, '17

Layne Flack opened to 4,700 and David Sands three-bet to 12,000.

Flack moved all-in for around 70,000 and was snap-called by Sands with the AK.

Flack was in trouble with the A10.

The board ran out 84466, double pairing to see the two players chop with sixes and fours and an ace kicker.

Player Tags: Layne Flack

Layne Flack Drops One To Jesse Sylvia

Jul 19, '17

Layne Flack raised under the gun to 2,700, and it was folded to the small blind who made the call. Jesse Sylvia in the big blind called as well.

The flop fell K53, and it was checked to Flack. He bet 3,600 and only Sylvia called. The turn was the 5.

Sylvia bet out 5,700, and Flack called pretty quickly. The river was the 10, and Sylvia fired 9,500. Flack, who had his opponent well covered, thought about it briefly before mucking.

Sylvia was up to about an average stack (83,000) thanks to the hand.

Player Tags: Layne Flack,   Jesse Sylvia

Layne Flack Eliminated By Samuel Bernabeu

Jul 20, '17

Layne Flack was all in for about 55,000 or so with pocket jacks against the AQ of Samuel Bernabeu.

The board ran out AK896 and Flack was eliminated. Bernabeu is now back up to 355,000.

Player Tags: Layne Flack

Flack Spices Things Up

Jul 14, '13

The tournament room at the Palazzo has been fairly quiet so far today, but luckily for us Layne Flack is here. Flack is always in for some table talk, banter and interesting poker action so we will keep our eye out for all of the above!

Earlier this summer Flack was close to winning his seventh WSOP bracelet in the $10,000 2-7 No Limit event, but he ended up finishing in sixth place. That event was later won by Jesse Martin.

Player Tags: Layne Flack

Level 21 Update: Layne Flack Eliminated in 6th Place

Jun 25, '13

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 4,000 ante

Players Remaining: 5 out of 87

Average Chip Count: 522,000

Chip Counts:

Seat 1: Jesse Martin – 1,330,000
Seat 3: Jeffrey Lisandro – 20,000
Seat 4: David “Bakes” Baker – 297,000
Seat 6: Jon Turner – 407,000
Seat 7: Konstantin Puchkov – 555,000

Players Eliminated

6th: Layne Flack – $33,549

Live Updates:

Layne Flack Eliminated in Sixth Place ($35,549)

Jesse Martin raised all in from the small blind and Layne Flack called all in on the big blind. Each player drew one card and Flack made a 8-8-7-6-2. Martin also drew a pair but it was much lower: J-6-5-3-3. Flack was eliminated in sixth place and Martin was up to a million after the hand.

Player Tags: Layne Flack,   Jesse Martin

Level 19 Update: Jon Turner Doubles Twice

Jun 25, '13

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 3,000 ante

Players Remaining: 6 out of 87

Average Chip Count: 435,000

Chip Counts:

Seat 1: Jesse Martin – 300,000
Seat 2: Layne Flack – 679,000
Seat 3: Jeffrey Lisandro – 340,000
Seat 4: David “Bakes” Baker – 350,000
Seat 6: Jon Turner – 325,000
Seat 7: Konstantin Puchkov – 597,000

Players Eliminated

None

Live Updates:

Jon Turner Doubles Up Twice

Jon Turner doubled up twice during the last stretch of play to survive and take his chip stack above 300,000. In the first double up Turner was all in against Jeffrey Lisandro and each player drew one card. Lisandro held 7-6-5-5-3 and Turner easily won the hand with a 9-8-7-4-3.

The second time Turner was all in against Layne Flack, who drew one card to a Q-8-6-5-4. Turner settled with a solid 8-7-6-5-2 and he won the hand to keep his gold bracelet hopes alive.

Player Tags: Layne Flack,   Jeffrey Lisandro,   Jon Turner

Level 5 Update: Layne Flack Eliminated in 4th Place ($87,446)

Jun 08, '12

Level: 5

Blinds: 10,000-20,000 and a 3,000 ante

Players Remaining: 3 out of 1,138

Average Chip Count: 1,707,000

Chip Counts:

Seat no. 3 — Adam Kagin — 900,000

Seat no. 4 — Jonathan Cohen — 2,320,000

Seat no. 9 — Brandon Schaefer — 1,450,000

Players Eliminated:

Layne Flack — 4th Place ($87,446)

Live Updates:

Layne Flack Eliminated in 4th Place ($87,446)

Layne Flack raised to 56,000 in the small blind, Adam Kagin shoved the big blind and Flack called all in.

Flack was behind with KQ against Kagin’s A3.

The board came 9527J, offering no help to Layne Flack who was eliminated in 4th place ($87,446)

Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

Player Tags: Layne Flack,   Adam Kagin

Level 3 Update: Flack Leads Final 7; Steven 8th ($28,375), Schwartz 9th ($22,168)

Jun 08, '12

Level: 3

Blinds: 6,000-12,000 and a 2,000 ante

Players Remaining: 7 out of 1,138

Average Chip Count: 731,571

Chip Counts:

Seat no. 1 — Michael Corson — 445,000
Seat no. 2 — Layne Flack — 1,760,000
Seat no. 3 — Adam Kagin — 450,000
Seat no. 4 — Jonathan Cohen — 790,000

Seat no. 7 — David Chase — 348,000
Seat no. 8 — Jeff Madsen — 450,000
Seat no. 9 — Brandon Schaefer — 1,240,000

Players Eliminated:

Brandon Steven — 8th Place ($28,375)
Justin Schwartz — 9th Place ($22,168)

Live Updates:

Justin Schwartz Eliminated in 9th Place ($22,168)

Justin Schwartz was left short after Jeff Madsen doubled through him last level and he was the first one eliminated today.

Justin Schwartz open-shoved the short stack for 51,000 from the small blind and Brandon Steven called from the big blind.

Schwartz was all in for his tournament life with J3 against Steven’s Q7.

The board came Qh10234, giving Steven top pair on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Justin Schwartz in 9th place ($22,168). Brandon Steven was still short after the hand with just 190,000 (15 bbs).

Brandon Steven Eliminated in 8th Place ($28,375)

Brandon Steven was still left short after eliminating Justin Schwartz in 9th place ($22,168), and was the next player eliminated.

Brandon Steven opened the pot for 27,000 from middle position, David Chase reraised to 75,000 from the cutoff, Layne Flack four-bet to 212,000 from the big blind, Steven called all in and Chase folded.

Steven was all in for his tournament life and was ahead before the flop with QQ against Flack’s AK.

The board came A83J5, giving Flack top pair on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Brandon Steven in 8th place ($28,375). Flack padded his chip lead that hand with just about 1,850,000.

Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

Player Tags: Layne Flack,   Justin Schwartz,   Brandon Steven

Action Begins, Final Table Now Underway

Jun 08, '12

The final table of Event no. 14 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout) is now underway, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

The Shootout tournament features a different format than a traditional No-Limit Hold’em event in that players must win their table before moving on. As players win their individual tables, they take those chips with them to the next round where they must win another table and so on, until the final table is reached. Day 3 began with 12 players spread out over 2 tables, and with the elimination of Dylan Hortin in 10th Place ($17,544), the official 9-handed final table is now set. Play will begin in Level 2 with blinds of 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante, and will continue until a winner is determined.

With cards now back in the air, here is a look at the final table and how these players match up:

Seat no. 1 — Michael Corson — 472,000
Seat no. 2 — Layne Flack — 1,400,000
Seat no. 3 — Adam Kagin — 237,000
Seat no. 4 — Jonathan Cohen — 541,000
Seat no. 5 — Justin Schwartz — 364,000
Seat no. 6 — Brandon Steven — 377,000
Seat no. 7 — David Chase — 420,000
Seat no. 8 — Jeff Madsen — 392,000
Seat no. 9 — Brandon Schaefer — 908,000

While only 9 remain, this event gathered 1,138 players, creating a total prize pool of $1,536,300. Here is a look at the final payouts:

1st Place — $311,174
2nd Place — $192,559
3rd Place — $120,329
4th Place — $87,446
5th Place — $64,555
6th Place — $48,393
7th Place — $36,809
8th Place — $28,375
9th Place — $22,168

Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

Player Tags: Layne Flack,   David Chase,   Adam Kagin,   Brandon Schaefer,   Jeff Madsen,   Justin Schwartz,   Jonathan Cohen,   Brandon Steven,   Michael Corson

Layne Flack Eliminated by Doug Lee

Dec 04, '10

Layne Flack raised to 3,700 under the gun and Doug Lee made the call from the button. The flop fell J 9 2 and Flack bet 6,000. Lee made the call and the turn fell K. Flack checked and Lee moved all in. Flack made the snap call and they flipped over their cards:

Flack: K 8
Lee: A Q

River: A

Lee spiked the ace on the river to win the hand and grow his stack to 345,000. Flack was eliminated and exited the tournament area.

Player Tags: Layne Flack,   Doug Lee

Level Eight Hour One: Dolly's Bluff Picked Off

Jul 10, '10

Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante

Players Remaining: 1,836 out of 7,319

Chip Counts:

1. Gabriel Walls — 435,000
2. David Assouline — 330,000
3. Charles Sylvestre — 240,000
4. Jason DeWitt — 239,000
5. Max Casal — 220,000
6. Christopher Lee — 215,000
7. Dave Sands — 210,000
8. Vanessa Selbst — 205,000
9. Ricardo Fasanaro — 204,000
10. Steve Billirakis — 200,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Josh Brikis — 97,500
Mike Matusow — 11,300
Jon Friedberg – 30,000
Roy Winston — 19,000
Jennifer Harman — 22,000
Jeff Shulman – 23,500

Notable Eliminations:

Freddy Deeb
JC Tran
Gavin Griffin

Big Hands:

Brunson’s Bluff Gets Picked Off

One hand after raising to 2,100 from middle position and taking down the blind, Brunson raised to 2,100 again and this time was called by Jameson Singer in the big blind.

The flop ran 647 and Singer checked to Doyle, who also checked. The turn was the K and when Singer checked, Brunson fired 4,500. Singer thought for a while and called.

On the K river Singer checked and Brunson bet out 11,000 this time. As the ESPN cameras swarmed, Singer went into the tank for a couple of minutes. “You’re getting your TV time,” said Brunson. Singer smiled and finally made the call, showing 75 for top two pair. Brunson mucked his hand and dropped to around 34,000.

Oh Captain! My Captain!

One table down from Brunson, Captain Tom Franklin raised to 2,200 from the button and was called by the player in the big blind.

The flop ran 9K5 and the big blind led out for 3,000. Franklin mucked, but still had around 62,000 in chips.

Selbst Doubles Up Opponent

Vanessa Selbst raised to 3,000 and the player in seat 6 raised to 11,300. When action folded back to Selbst she pushed in a stack of 5,000 chips, enough to put seat 6 all in. He tanked for a while, then called. Their hands:

Selbst: JJ
Seat 6: AQ

The flop ran 99Q, putting Selbst’s opponent in the lead. The board finished with the 2 and the 10 and Selbst took a hit of 35,000, doubling up her opponent. After the hand she still had around 180,000 in chips.

Buchman Wins Race to Double

Eric Buchman got into a preflop raising war with his opponent that led to him getting all-in.

Buchman held AK and was up against the JJ of his opponent. Buchman hit an ace on the turn to win the pot and double up to 125,000

Selbst Gets Aces and Action

Selbst raised to 1,800 from middle position and was three-bet by a player to 7,200. Action got back to Selbst and Selbst made it 20,200. Her opponent moved almost all of his cihps into the middle and Selbst jammed all-in and her opponent made the call.

Selbst shows AA and was up against her opponent’s AK. The flop was K22 and Selbst needed to dodge a king. She was successful in that venture with the 7 on the turn and the Q on the river.

The NAPT Mohegan Sun champion is up to 205,000 in chips with that pot.

Mizrachi Hits His Spades

Michael and Robert advanced to day 3 yesterday and their brother Eric is trying to join them there.

Eric Mizrachi called a raise of 2,200 and check-called a flop of K47. Both players checked the J turn card and saw the 3 fall on the river.

Mizrachi led out on the river and was called by his opponent. Mizrachi tabled the 89 and took the flush. Mizrachi is up to 110,000 with the pot.

Pavilion Room Coverage

David Singer Doubles Up

A player in early position bet and David Singer moved all in for 13,000 more. His opponent made the all and exposed the A10. Singer was ahead with the KK. The board ran out 1063QQ an singer doubled to around the starting stack of 30,000.

Layne Flack Short

Layne Flack bet preflop and and was called by a player in the big blind. The flop came A75 and the player in the big blind bet 3,000. Flack called. The turn brought the 10 and action went check-check. The 2 fell on the river an Flack’s opponent bet 5,000. Flack called and was unhappy to see the KJ. Flack was down to just 12,000 after the hand.

Chris Ferguson Caught

On a board reading 1072102 Chris Ferguson bet 10,000 and his opponent went into the tank. He eventually made the call and Ferguson tapped the table. His opponent exposed the AK and took the pot. Ferguson was down to 26,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Tom Franklin,   Chris Ferguson,   Layne Flack,   Eric Buchman,   Doyle Brunson,   David Singer,   Vanessa Selbst

Level 3: Shaun Deeb Chipping Up

Jun 20, '10

Blinds: 150-300

Players Left: 250 of 268

Average Chip Count: 32,160

Leaderboard

1. Dani Stern — 80,000
2. Jonathan Little — 77,000
3. Steve O’Dwyer — 64,000
4. Shaun Deeb — 62,000
5. Marcus Lehmann — 54,000
6. Bertrand Grospellier — 53,000
7. Roberto Romanello — 52,000
8. Jesse martin — 51,000
9. Christian Harder — 49,500
10. Jennifer Tilly — 47,000

Big Hands

Deeb Chips Up With Bluff

Shaun Deeb bet 6,000 on a board of JJ24K and his opponent folded, unable to commit half of his remaining stack on the hand. Deeb showed 87 for a total bluff, and his stack grew to around 62,000.

Serock Out-kicks Flack

Joe Serock already has three deep runs in the 2010 World Series of Poker and he’s hoping for another one. He was recently in a pot with Layne Flack, where on a flop of A63 Serock bet 1,000 and Flack and another player called.

Serock slowed and checked to Flack on the 5 turn and Flack fired 3,200. The other played folded but Serock called. The K hit on the river and both players checked. Their hands:

Flack: A7
Serock: AJ

Both had a pair of aces but Serock had Flack out-kicked, taking the pot to boost up to 33,000, while Flack dropped to around 20,000.

Player Tags: Layne Flack,   Shaun Deeb,   Joseph Serock

Level 6 Update

Aug 23, '09

Blinds: 300-600 with a 50 ante

Players Remaining: 162 out of 278

Chip Counts:

1. Steven Begleiter — 220,000
2. Alex Golshanara — 135,025
3. Bobby Suer — 125,000
4. Tommy Vedes — 124,725
5. Markus Gonsalves — 108,600
6. Eugene Katchalov — 108,000
7. Matt Marafioti — 107,500
8. Eddie Ngo — 105,000
9. Paul Lieu — 104,000
10. Toto Leonidas — 102,000

Average Chip Count: 51,666

Notable Eliminations:

Alexandre Gomes
David Daneshgar
Justin Scott
Brent Hanks
Matt Stout
Adam Junglen
Chad Batista

Hand of the Level:

Layne Flack Wins a Nice One

Under the gun raised to 2,200 preflop and the cutoff made the call. Layne Flack also made the call in the big blind and the flop fell K87. Flack checked and UTG bet 4,300. The cutoff mucked and Flack made the call. The turn fell 5 and Flack checked. UTG bet 10,000 and Flack made the call again.

The river brought the 4 and Flack checked. UTG also checked and Flack turned over KQ. UTG mucked and Flack won the pot to grow his stack to 45,000.

Level Summary:

The first level of the day saw just over 20 players exit the field as blinds edged up to 300-600 with a 50 ante. Chief among the eliminations was Bellagio Cup V winner Alexandre Gomes, who fell about a half hour into play. Gomes took a huge hit just minutes into the day when Josh Schlein turned a straight to cripple the Brazilian star. There will be no back-to-back WPT winner here at the Bike.

The path of another Team PokerStars Pro was very different during the sixth level of play in the tournament. Daniel Negreanu doubled up not once, but twice during the first level of the day to find his stack grow to 54,000. Negreanu doubled up through Kenna James on the the first pass, and then he employed trip sevens to double up a second time.

Player Tags: Layne Flack

Final Table Update: Down to Five

Jun 23, '09

Players Remaining: 5 out of 412

Chip Counts:

1. Jerrod Ankenman — 1,570,000
2. Sergey Altbregin — 650,000
3. Chris Klodnicki — 350,000
4. Jeff Tims — 215,000
5. Jon Turner — 210,000

Average Chip Count: 618,000

Notable Eliminations:

8. Dario Alioto – $25,860
7. Layne Flack – $30,674
6. Eric Crain – $38,075

Elimination Hands:

Dario Alioto Eliminated in Eighth Place ($25,860)

Stud

Dario Alioto and Jon Turner had a pretty set regimen on a stud hand, where Alioto led out and Turner called his bets through fifth street. Turner then check-raised Alioto on sixth street, which forced Alioto to make an all-in call. Their cards:

Turner: (77)6552
Alioto: (99)69JQ

Alioto picked up the J and he was eliminated on the hand in eighth place, courtesy of the trip nines of Turner.

Layne Flack Eliminated in Seventh Place ($30,674)

Stud

Layne Flack got the last of his chips in on fifth street and Eric Crain made the call. Their cards:

Flack: (87)8K5
Crain: (109)934

Flack picked up 78 to make eights up, but Crain received 4Q to make nines up. Flack was eliminated in seventh place.

Eric Crain Eliminated in Sixth Place

NLHE

Jerrod Ankenman raised to 30,000 preflop and Eric Crain reraised all in for 158,000. Ankenman made the call. Their cards:

Crain: KQ
Ankenman: 88

Board: A108K9

Crain was eliminated in sixth place while Ankenman charged to the chip lead with more than 1.5 million.

Player Tags: Layne Flack,   Eric Crain,   Jon Turner,   Dario Alioto,   Jerrod Ankenman