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Hometown: Calabasas
Country of Origin: United States 
Birthdate: Mar 07, 1973 (Age: 51)
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| May 31, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Heads-Up Championship | 1 | + |
Hour Three: Vanessa Rousso Runs Well, AdvancesMay 31, '11 Note: Three blind levels will be played each hour, as each is just 20 minutes long. Players Remaining: 118 out 128 Starting Stacks: 75,000 broken up into three chances — meaning that the players started with 25,000 and had 50,000 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. Note: WSOP tournament staff said the event has been capped at 128 and that no one was locked out. Key Ongoing Matches: Tom Dwan vs. Peter Jetten Eliminations: David Chiu Key Hands:
All the money went in preflop with Vanessa Rousso tabling the A A couple levels later Rousso eliminated her opponent. Nick Schulman, who was playing his match at the same table, asked Oppenheim where he was going. The high-stakes cash game pro replied “jump off a building.” The players at the table chuckled, and Schulman asked “Bellagio?” Oppenheim said yes, and Schulman asked his fellow Full Tilt Poker pro to wait for him to finish his match. Galen Hall Down to Last 25K Galen Hall got the last of one of his three barrels into the middle with the A Mercier Disgusted by Turn and River On a board reading Q Tom Dwan Doubles Up Tom Dwan got 30,300 in preflop with A-K against Peter Jetten’s A Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Vanessa Rousso, Nick Schulman |
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| Mar 06, '11 | 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship | 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship | 3 | + |
David Oppenheim Defeats Eric BaldwinMar 04, '11
Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Eric Baldwin David Oppenheim Defeats Eugene KatchalovMar 05, '11
The board came down K Oppenheim will advance to the Elite Eight to battle with Chris Moneymaker. Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Eugene Katchalov David Oppenheim Defeats Carlos MortensenMar 05, '11
The board fell Q Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, David Oppenheim Chris Moneymaker Defeats David OppenheimMar 06, '11
On a board reading Q Moneymaker moves on to the Final Four and will face the winner of the match between Jonathan Duhamel and Olivier Busquet. Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Chris Moneymaker |
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| Mar 05, '11 | 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship | 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship | 2 | + |
David Oppenheim Defeats Eric BaldwinMar 04, '11
Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Eric Baldwin David Oppenheim Defeats Eugene KatchalovMar 05, '11
The board came down K Oppenheim will advance to the Elite Eight to battle with Chris Moneymaker. Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Eugene Katchalov David Oppenheim Defeats Carlos MortensenMar 05, '11
The board fell Q Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, David Oppenheim Chris Moneymaker Defeats David OppenheimMar 06, '11
On a board reading Q Moneymaker moves on to the Final Four and will face the winner of the match between Jonathan Duhamel and Olivier Busquet. Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Chris Moneymaker |
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| Mar 04, '11 | 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship | 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship | 1 | + |
David Oppenheim Defeats Eric BaldwinMar 04, '11
Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Eric Baldwin David Oppenheim Defeats Eugene KatchalovMar 05, '11
The board came down K Oppenheim will advance to the Elite Eight to battle with Chris Moneymaker. Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Eugene Katchalov David Oppenheim Defeats Carlos MortensenMar 05, '11
The board fell Q Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, David Oppenheim Chris Moneymaker Defeats David OppenheimMar 06, '11
On a board reading Q Moneymaker moves on to the Final Four and will face the winner of the match between Jonathan Duhamel and Olivier Busquet. Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Chris Moneymaker |
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| Aug 21, '10 | 2010 Legends of Poker | WPT Legends of Poker Main Event | 2 | + |
Level 6 Update: Day 1B EndsAug 22, '10 NOTE: Day 1B has come to an end and the tournament clock shows that 153 players remain. Those players will return at 1 p.m. tomorrow to join the 90 players that survived from day 1A. Join us for day 2 coverage from the WPT Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino tomorrow.
Players Remaining: 153 out of 276 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Vinnie Vinh — 180,000 (pictured right) Average Chip Count: 45,098 Notable Eliminations: Kathy Liebert Chip Movers and Shakers Vinnie Vinh and Joe Sebok have rocketed up the leader board at the end of play. Vinh is the overnight chip leader with 180,000 and Sebok holds a strong stack with 108,000. Strong day 1B performers Justin Young and Ari Goott each end the night with six-figures as well. A few players that have survived, but will be limping into day 2 are Jennifer Tilly with 3,475 and Cornel Cimpan with 6,625. But tomorrow is a new day and if any of the players that ended the night with short stacks need some inspiration they can just consider the case of Shane Schleger on day 1B. He was hurting on a short stack for most of the day, but he persevered and ended play with on a hot streak with 78,800. Big Hands: Allen Cunningham Triples Up Allen Cunningham scored a huge pot early during the last level of the day to grow his stack to 90,000. He flopped a full house in the hand and his two opponents held pocket kings and pocket aces. He was all in for about 30,000 and tripled up on the hand. David Oppenheim Doubles Up The big blind checked a board of A Karga Holt Eliminated Karga Holt was eliminated on the final hand of the day at his table. His opponent had bet 4,025 preflop and Holt reraised all in. His opponent made the call and Holt was committed for his tournament life. Their cards: Holt: A Board: K Holt was trailing from the start and wasn’t able to catch up on the board. He was eliminated on the hand and walked to the rail as tables finished up for the night on either side of him. Left in the Deck Absence Makes the Stack Grow Larger Phil Hellmuth has added enough to his stack during the late stages of the day to take lengthy breaks tomorrow as well. Shortly after returning from a 3+ hour dinner break he got involved in multiple pots and he grew his stack to 55,000. He ends the night with 66,850. Player Tags: Allen Cunningham, David Oppenheim, Phil Hellmuth, Karga Holt Level 4 Update: Official Prize Pool ReleasedAug 21, '10
Players Remaining: 203 out of 276 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Justin Young — 95,000 Average Chip Count: 33,990 Notable Eliminations: Nancy Todd Tyner Chip Movers and Shakers Justin Young has increased his chip close to the century club with 95,000 and Ari Gott has joined him in the nineties with 91,000. Steve O’Dwyer, Jeff Madsen, Dan Heimiller, and Card Player Player of the Year contenders Thomas Marchese and Frank Kassela have all joined the top 10 during the long level 4 process. Shane Schleger is still holding on at the bottom, and other players that are holding on for dear life include Adam Geyer, Matt Stout, Steven Levy, and Hafiz Khan. Big Hands: Hachem Takes a Few Licks On a 10 A few hands later there was a board of A David Oppenheim Takes a Hit The cutoff raised to 625 and David Oppenheim made the call on the button. The flop was dealt 10 The cutoff made the call and the river fell 8 Cody Slaubaugh vs. David Sands On a board of K Left in the Deck Official Prize Pool Information The official number of entries in the tournament was 462 players this year and the total prize pool was $2,151,072. The top 45 spots will walk away with at least $10,200. Here is the break down: 1st: $750,000 Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Joe Hachem, David Sands, Cody Slaubaugh, Steve O'Dwyer |
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| Jul 07, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 3 | + |
Level Two Hour Two Update: David Williams On FireJul 07, '10 Blinds: 100-200 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. David Williams – 126,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Steve Murphy — 37,800 Notable Eliminations: Twitter Accounts: Daniel Negreanu Big Hands:
Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 8 His opponent did the same and the Q Williams took the pot and he kept adding chips to his massive stack of 126,000. He is the first notable to break into six figures and the second level is only halfway through. Oppenheim In The Win Column Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 10 The river was the J His opponent mucked and Oppenheim took in the pot. He was up to 37,000 after the hand.
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read 7 The turn was the 8 Negreanu was in deep trouble as he showed Q Negreanu Wins “Crazy Internet” Hand Daniel Negreanu raised from the button to 750 and was called by the player in seat 2. On the flop of 8 The J Negreanu took just a moment to reraise to 11,200 and seat 2 tanked once again, asking for a chip count on Negreanu’s remaining stack (around 17,000). Seat 2 counted out a raise that would put Negreanu all in but then returned the chips to his stack. After a few minutes with the ESPN crews anxiously watching, seat 2 folded and tapped the table. Negreanu responded with, “You had the right idea,” and showed 4 Respecting The Champ Facing a raise of 600 from the player to his immediate right, 2007 WSOP main event winner Jerry Yang repopped it to 2,600. His opponent thought it over but decided to give Yang credit and folded. Yang, like the gentleman he is, showed K Chop it Up, Elezra After some significant preflop action, Eli Elezra and his opponent checked down a board of K Sam Farha Drops One Sam Farha raised to 400 from the button and the small blind reraised to 2,000. Farha made the call and the flop came down A The small blind bet 1,000 and Farha raised to 3,000. The small blind called and the turn was the 6 Both players checked to see the 9
Tom Dwan raised from under the gun and received to calls. The flop came down 8 The turn was the 3 Dwan then showed J Robert Mizrachi Shoots Down Cowboys A player moved all in preflop and Robert Mizrachi made the call. Here were their hands: Mizrachi: A Mizrachi was on the right side of the cooler as the board offered no help to his opponent. The player was eliminated and Mizrachi shot up to 65,000. Juan Macerias Eliminated On a 9 Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Daniel Negreanu, David Oppenheim, Eli Elezra, David Williams, Sam Farha, Tom Dwan, Jerry Yang |
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| Jun 01, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $50,000 Players Championship | 5 | + |
End Of Day 1May 29, '10 Day 1 of the Players Championship is officially over. There were 116 entrants by the end of the dinner break and 110 of them will return Saturday at 3 p.m. for Day 2. Dan Shak had the distinction of being the first player eliminated from the tournament after he was crippled in a hand against Dan Kelly. Tom Dwan, Andrew Brown, Marc Karam, Greg Mueller and Brian Townsend would follow Shak out the door before the day was over. The unofficial chip leader after Day 1 is David Oppenheim with about 305,000. Others in contention include Erik Sagstrom with 280,000; Justin Bonomo with 255,000 and Barry Greenstein with 240,000. Stay tuned to Cardplayer.com for a recap of today’s events as well as all of the live updates for Day 2 of the Players Championship. Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, David Oppenheim, Erik Sagstrom, Justin Bonomo, Tom Dwan, Brian Townsend Level Three: Mizrachi Under 100kMay 28, '10 Blinds Flop Games: 600-1,200; 1,200-2,400 Stakes Players Remaining: 115 out of 116 Notable Chip Counts: Eliminations: None Note: The prize pool was announced as the official field has reached 116 players. There will be 16 places paid with 16th place receiving $98,331. The winner of the Players Championship will win the Chip Reese Trophy and $1,559,043 Big Hands: No Limit Hold’Em
On a board showing 8 Mizrachi made the call and the river brought the 10 Mizrachi checked to Hastings who fired 45,000. Mizrachi took a massive session in the tank before finally releasing his hand. Hastings took the pot and was around 200,000. Mizrachi was down to 85,000. Oppenheim’s reraises build, take big pot Seat one raised preflop to 1500 and David Oppenheim reraised to 4400. Seat one called and the flop came J Mizzi Sings The Blues, Sung Calls Bluff On a board showing K The river was the 4 “You got me,” he said to Sung. Sung showed A Hasan Habib trips up Chen On a board of K Limit HE
On a board showing 9 The J “You will get half,” Raymer said. He tabled A Kelly Straightens Out Super Dario Dan Kelly raised to 2,400 preflop from the button. Dario Minieri raised to 3,600 from the small blind and Kelly made the call. The flop came down J Minieri slowed down, checking to Kelly who bet 2,400. Minieri called and Kelly showed down A Williamson’s Queens Stay True In a limped pot Todd Brunson was heads up against Robert Williamson III heading into a flop of 9 Brunson checked and Williamson bet 1200. Brunson called and both players checked the A When the 9 Omaha 8OB
Ted Forrest entered a pot along with Mike Matusow, Alexander Kostritsyn and Eli Elezra. On a flop of 10 Lunkin’s stack takes a hit Robert Mizrachi raised to 2,400 preflop and Vitaly Lunkin made the call. The flop fell J Lunkin tanked for a few moments and then let his hand slide into the muck. Mizrachi took down the pot and was hovering around 100,000. Lunkin fell to 153,000. Harman Blows Past Boeken On a board of J Seven Card Stud See Chen Win Negreanu’s two pair takes it John Monnette bet every street heads up against Daniel Negreanu. The cards fell as follows:
Matusow Falling Mike Matusow and fellow Full Tilt pro Erick Lindgren were paired up in a large pot. Lindgren fired away on each street, finally forcing Matusow to fold the (X-X)(X)K Pot-limit Omaha Zolotow Wins On a board of J Player Tags: Hasan Habib, Daniel Negreanu, Ted Forrest, Todd Brunson, David Oppenheim, Steve Zolotow, Mike Matusow, Michael Mizrachi, Jennifer Harman, Greg Raymer, John Monnette, Noah Boeken, Bill Chen, Steve Sung, Michael Binger, Robert Williamson III, Dario Minieri, Vitaly Lunkin, Ralph Perry, Sorel Mizzi, Alexander Kostritsyn, Brian Hastings Level 10: Ivey Comes Back From Break Strong, Hellmuth FumingMay 30, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 2,500-5,000 blinds; 5,000-10,000 stakes Players Remaining: 68 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. Steve Zolotow – 595,000 Average Chip Count: 255,882 Notable Eliminations: Freddy Deeb Big Hands: Pot Limit Omaha
In the first hand after the 20 minute break, Phil Ivey raised to 7,200 from the button and was called by Eli Elezra and Patrik Antonius. The flop came J Ivey raised to 56,000 and Elezra quickly got out of the way. Antonius tanked to consider the big pot before him and two seats down Abe Mosseri asked, “You want a calculator?” Eventually, Antonius folded and Ivy took down a nice pot. Afterward, Ivey told Mosseri that he shouldn’t make comments during a hand like that. Seven Card Stud Deeb Eliminated By Zolotow We did not catch the action but Freddy Deeb was eliminated from the tournament by Steve Zolotow. Deeb could not pair any of his cards on seventh street and Zolotow took down the pot, knocking Deeb out in the process. Stud/8
Phil Hellmuth and Erik Seidel tangled in a hand that is still driving the Poker Brat nuts. Picking up the action after seventh street, Seidel showed down A Hellmuth was showing K Oppenheim Adds To Hellmuth’s Frustration Picking up the action on fifth street, Phil Hellmuth bet and David Oppenheim called. The action reversed on sixth and seventh street as Oppenheim was the one leading out. Hellmuth called the bet on sixth street, but could not do so on seventh street, revealing his hand A Oppenheim was at 290,000 after the pot while Hellmuth was at 105,000. Bach Doubles Through David Singer We caught up with the action on fifth street. David Bach put in a bet of 10,000, leaving himself just 800 behind. Singer raised to put him all in and Bach made the easy call. After the last two cards were dealt, Bach showed J Singer could not beat that and Bach doubled up to 60,000 after starting with 25,000.
Mike Matusow was all in for his last 17,000 against George Lind. Here is how there boards ran out: Lind: 7 Matusow started with three spades but then caught three hearts. He ended up making two pair but Lind’s diamond flush was enough to get the high and Matusow did not qualify for a low, leaving him with nothing but a story to tell on his way to the exit. No Limit Hold’em Oh Snap, The Glasses Came Off Already fuming from irritating previous hands, Phil Hellmuth got heads up against Erik Seidel and the flop came J Hellmuth instantly ripped his sunglasses off and began gesturing toward the board in disbelief while talking to himself. This continued for a few minutes after he folded, causing Seidel to eventually laugh out loud as Hellmuth talked about how Erik was going to hang himself in the tournament. Hellmuth had around 120,000 in chips after the hand, and Seidel had around 205,000. Razz
Picking up the action after seventh street, David Baker and Patrik Antonius checked their options and went to showdown. Baker showed a 7-6-5-4-2 low and Antonius examined his hole cards for a bit before finally mucking. Baker took the pot and was up to 275,000 while Antonius was down to 88,000. Limit Hold’em Binger Stays Afloat on the River On a flop of J Left In The Deck Ivey Not Interested In Tournament Of Champions An interesting conversation took place at Phil Ivey’s table. Eli Elezra and Huck Seed were asking Ivey if he was going to play in the Tournament of Champions later during the WSOP. Ivey insisted he could not play if the tournament was during the series. “Do you know how many bracelet bets I’ve got going?” he told the table. Elezra and Seed pressed him further but Ivey would not budge on his stance, so it appears Ivey will not take part in the tournament won by names like Mike Matusow, Annie Duke and Mike Sexton. Player Tags: Erik Seidel, David Oppenheim, Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Eli Elezra, Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Scott Clements, Isaac Haxton, Alexander Kostritsyn Level Six: D'Agostino, Ivey Chipping UpMay 29, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 1,000-2,000 blinds; 2,000-4,000 stakes Players Remaining: 107 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. Erik Sagstrom – 329,100 Average Chip Count: 162,616 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: Limit Hold’em
Sorel Mizzi raised to 4,000 preflop only to have John D’Agostino reraise to 6,000. Mizzi made the call. The flop came 10 After the 2 D’Agostino was at around 60,000 after the hand and Mizzi was still up around 135,000. D’Agostino Uses Limit Hold’em Round to Chip Up Against the player in seat 8 two hands later, D’Agostino three-bet preflop and the flop came Q D’Agostino called seat 8’s 2,000 bet and the K When seat 8 bet the turn, D’Agostino raised to a total of 8,000 and was called. The 9
Isaac Haxton raised to 4,000 from the cutoff and Matt Glantz made the call from the button. The flop came down J Glantz fired 2,000 and Haxton check-raised to 4,000. Glantz made the call and the 4 The river was the J Bloch Gets Better Of Ferguson We caught up with this hand on the river. The board ran out K He was up to 144,000 while Ferguson’s stack fell to 110,000 and it would fall lower during the Stud round. 2-7 Lowball
Mike Matusow raised to 4,000 before the first draw and John Juanda made the call. The players each took two cards on the first draw and Juanda bet 2,000. Matusow raised it to 4,000 and Juanda made the call. Both players drew one card on the second draw and Juanda checked. Matusow fired 4,000 and Juanda mucked his hand. Matusow started the hand with 132,000 and improved to 141,000 with the win. Juanda dropped from 138,000 to just over 130,000. Williamson Cuts The Razor Robert Williamson III was heads up with John Phan and drew 1 on the first draw, while Phan took two. Williamson bet 2,000 and Phan made the call. Phan drew two again and Williamson stood pat. After Williamson fired 4,000 into the pot, Phan gave up on the hand and Williamson boosted his stack to around 148,000. Phan was down to around 125,000. Also seated at this table is Gus Hansen, Andy Bloch, and Chris Ferguson. Omaha/8
We caught up with this hand after the flop. The board was A The turn was the 4 Ivey showed J Ivey Takes Down Pot, Mosseri Cashes In We caught up with this hand on the river. The board was K When Ivey tabled K Ivey took in the pot and was around 155,000 after the hand while Negreanu’s wallet got just a little lighter. 7-Stud
Entering the hand in progress, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson showed 9 Seat 6 then got the 5 After seat 6 slowed down and checked the last card, Jesus bet 4,000 and was called. He showed 6 Ivey’s Kings are King Showing X-X-4 After being dealt the 7 Ivey bet 4,000 on his next card, the J Ivey fired 4,000 after being dealt the 5 After calling Ivey’s final bet of 4,000 after the last cards were dealt, Alioto had to muck when Ivey showed K Left in the Deck: Table redraws create star-studded tables Seated at the table right next to the Card Player work area are Phil Ivey, Eli Elezra, Daniel Negreanu and Huck Seed. Another table features Erik Seidel, Phil Hellmuth, Michael Binger, David Oppenheim, Scott Clements and Isaac Haxton. Player Tags: John Phan, Erik Seidel, Chris Ferguson, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, John D'Agostino, David Oppenheim, Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Eli Elezra, Phil Ivey, Matthew Glantz, Scott Clements, Michael Binger, Sorel Mizzi, Isaac Haxton Level 16: Oppenheim Passes 2 Million, KOs JesusMay 30, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 9,000-18,000 blinds; 18,000-36,000 stakes Players Remaining: 24 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. David Oppenheim – 2,200,000 Average Chip Count: 725,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: Stud 8/b
Entering at the end of the action, Nikolay Evdakov was standing from his chair as soon as he saw David Oppenheim’s hand. Oppenheim: K Oppenheim’s trips were good for the high and Evdakov didn’t create a low hand and was eliminated while Oppenheim saw his stack rise to 1,200,000. Pot Limit Omaha Oppenheim Passes 2 Million While Eliminating Jesus Later in the level David Oppenheim was heads up with Chris Ferguson. Ferguson raised 27,000 and Oppenheim called from the button. When the 8 Ferguson – Q Oppenheim had two pair while Ferguson had a club-flush draw. The pot was worth more than half a million, but any excitement died when the 8 Razz
James Van Alstyne was heads up with Erik Sagstrom, letting the Swedish pro do all the betting until check-raising Sagstrom just before the last card was dealt to each player. Sagstrom called the bet but after being dealt the 5 The loss put Van Alstyne around 400,000 and dropped Sagstrom dangerously low to around 160,000. Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, David Oppenheim, Erik Sagstrom Level 12: Ivey Busts, Berman On FireMay 30, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 4,000-8,000 blinds; 8,000-16,000 stakes Players Remaining: 46 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. Alexander Kostritsyn – 755,000 Average Chip Count: 378,261 Notable Eliminations: Phil Ivey Big Hands:
Zolotow Takes Early Big Pot From Ivey Phil Ivey reraised it to 16,000. Daniel Alaei, Kirk Morrison, Steve Zolotow and Eric Sagstrom all came along for a 5-way pot. The flop came Q The 7 Heads up on the 8 Doyle Blasts Bonomo On a flop of J Razz
Entering the hand in the middle of the action, Tuan Le showed 6 Berman Go’s Wild, Already Doubled Stack Starting the day with 265,000, Lyle Berman is now over 500,000 in chips. Most of those came in two consecutive hands. The first came at the expense of Justin Bonomo. Berman bet every street and was called by Bonomo. Both players checked the end and Bonomo mucked. Their cards were: The pot dropped Bonomo to 40,000, but Berman wasn’t done. Berman Doesn’t Please Texas Dolly After back and forth raises from start to finish in the hand, Nick Schulman got out of the way after 4th street, but Doyle Brunson came along and was left shaking his head in disgust when Berman checked the end and showed him the winning hand. To sum up Doyle’s thoughts on the way Berman played the, Abe Mosseri laughed, “He called you an idiot!” Doyle dropped to around 200,000 after the hand while Berman sat around 550,000. Stud/8
Left In The Deck One table that is sure to be fun to watch contains one of the day 1 chip leaders Eric Sagstrom, day 2 chip leader Kirk Morrison, Phil Ivey, Daniel Alaei, Michael Mizrachi, Eli Elezra, Steve Zolotow, and David Singer. Player Tags: Tuan Le, David Oppenheim, Steve Zolotow, Doyle Brunson, Lyle Berman, Phil Ivey, Abe Mosseri, Justin Bonomo Level 20: Allen Bari Out In 14th, Richey 13thMay 31, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 20,000-40,000 blinds; 40,000-80,000 stakes Players Remaining: 12 out of 116 Average Chip Count: 1,338,461 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. John Juanda – 2,350,000 Notable Eliminations: 14. Allen Bari – $113,030 Note: Players have gone on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 9:30 p.m. Big Hands: Limit Hold’em
Allen Bari moved all in for his remainding 50,000 and Robert Mizrachi made the call, as did Vladimir Schmelev. The flop was K Bari bricked on the river and was eliminated. Alaei Gets There On The River Picking up the action after the flop, Robert Mizrachi checked a board of 6 Mizrachi bet 80,000 and Alaei called. The river was the 2 Mizrachi turned over 10
Robert Mizrachi raised to 80,000 preflop from the button. Alexander Kostritsyn made the call from the big blind and the flop was J Both players checked and the J Mizrachi made the call and Kostritsyn showed A 2-7 Triple Draw
John Juanda raised to 80,000 before the first draw and David Oppenheim made the call. Each player drew two cards and Juanda checked. Oppenheim fired 40,000 and Juanda made the call. Juanda took two more cards while Oppenheim stood pat. Oppenheim fired 80,000 and Juanda called. Juanda drew one more card and Oppenheim stood pat again. Juanda then led out with 80,000 and Oppenheim thought for a bit before mucking his hand. He was at just under 1 million after the hand while Juanda expanded his chip lead, his stack at 2.2 million. Razz Alexander Kostritsyn Doubles Up Alexander Kostritsyn led out on every street until all of his chips were in the middle on sixth street against Daniel Alaei. Once seventh street was dealt, Kostritsyn showed an 8-7-5-2-A to best Alaei’s queen-low and doubled up to 550,000. Alaei was down to just under 900,000. Pot Limit Omaha
Nick Schulman, Lyle Berman and Brett Richey all limped preflop and the action was on Michael Mizrachi. He raised to 100,000 and Schulman mucked. Berman made the call and Richey shoved for the remainder of his stack. Mizrachi reshoved, forcing Berman out and isolating Richey. Mizrachi turned A The board ran out 9 Player’s Twitter Accounts: For up to the minute information straight from the player’s themselves, be sure to check out the Card Player Twitter page. Daniel Alaei Card Player TV: Michael Mizrachi Talks About Day Four of the Players Championship Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, John Juanda, David Oppenheim, Michael Mizrachi, Daniel Alaei, Allen Bari, Brett Richey, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 18: Baker Gets Busy In No Limit Hold'em, Elezra OutMay 31, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 13,000-25,000 blinds; 25,000-50,000 stakes Players Remaining: 20 out of 116 Average Chip Count: 828,571 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Abe Mosseri – 1,720,000 Notable Eliminations: Eli Elezra Big Hands: No Limit Hold’em
Action folded around to David Baker on the button preflop. He raised it up to 27,000 and the small blind folded. Action was on Erik Seidel in the big blind. He made it 81,000 to go and Baker went into the tank. After a few moments he finally released his hand and Seidel took home the pot. He started the hand with 373,000 and was up to 415,000. Baker Bets Out Schmelev, Part One Vladimir Schmelev raised preflop and the action was on David Baker on the button. He repopped it to 65,000 from the button and the blinds mucked. The action was then on Schmelev who tanked for a few before calling. The flop came down Q He started with just under 700,000 and ended the hand with 780,000 after raking in Schmelev’s bet, the blinds and antes.
We picked this hand up on the flop. The board read A Both players checked and the river brought the 6 Mizrachi Looks Up The Russian Robert Mizrachi put in a raise preflop and was called by Vladimir Schmelev. The two players saw a flop of 9 The turn was the 6 Mizrachi made a relatively quick call and Schmelev threw his hand in the muck. Mizrachi was about to do the same when he asked the dealer if he had to show. He in fact did show A
Vladimir Schmelev raised to 30,000 on the button and David Baker raised it to 95,000 from the small blind. Schmelev made the call and the players saw a flop of 10 Baker led out with 130,000 and Schmelev mucked again to his early nemesis. Baker raked in another 115,000 in chips with that pot and was inching toward 1 million in chips. Pot Limit Omaha Elezra Getting Short, Schulman Backs Away Action folded around to Nick Schulman on the button and he raised to 35,000. Eli Elezra was next to act from the small blind. He bet the pot, putting 87,000 into the middle. The big blind folded and Schulman had a decision to make. Elezra left himself with just about 100,000 chips. Any call or raise by Schulman would risk doubling up the dangerous Elezra. Schulman decided against it and mucked his hand. Elezra then showed pocket aces A 2-7 Triple Draw
Allen Bari raised to 40,000 before the first draw and Alexander Kostritsyn made the call. Bari drew one card while Kostritsyn took two cards. Bari bet 20,000 and Kostritsyn made the call. Bari stood pat while Kostritsyn took one card on the second draw. Bari bet 40,000 and Kostritsyn called again. Bari stood pat once more and Kostritsyn drew one last card. Both players checked and Bari tabled 8-7-4-3-2 and Kostritsyn mucked. Kostritsyn dropped to 300,000 after the hand, having started the day with almost 700,000. Bari was up to 1.3 million. Grinding Out A Pot James Van Alstyne raised to 40,000 before the first draw and Michael Mizrachi three-bet to 60,000. Van Alstyne made the call and both players drew one card. Van Alstyne led out with 20,000 and Mizrachi called. Van Alstyne stood pat on the second draw while Mizrachi drew one card. Van Alstyne bet 40,000 and Mizrachi called. Both players stood pat on the last draw and Van Alstyne checked to Mizrachi. He fired 40,000 and Van Alstyne mucked his hand. Mizrachi took the pot and was at 1.3 million.
Daniel Alaei raised to 40,000 before the first draw and Lyle Berman repopped to 60,000. Alaei made the call and both players drew one card. Alaei then led out with 20,000 and Berman called. Alaei stood pat on the next draw while Berman took one card. Alaei bet 40,000 and Berman made the call. Alaei stood pat one last time while Berman took one card. Both players checked and Alaei turned over 9-8-7-6-3. Berman mucked and Alaei took the pot. He was at 1.43 million after the hand while Berman was at 480,000. Limit Hold’em
Eli Elezra raised to 40,000 preflop and Daniel Alaei raised to 60,000. Elezra called and the flop came down A Elezra then check-raised the remainder of his stack and Alaei made the call. Elezra showed K The board finished out 3 Seven Card Stud
We picked up the action on this hand during fourth street. John Juanda bet 25,000 and James Van Alstyne made the call, as did David Oppenheim. All three players checked on fifth street and David Oppenheim led out with 50,000 on sixth street. Van Alstyne called and Juanda sprung his trap, raising to 100,000. Oppenheim made the call but Van Alstyne had enough. Both players checked on seventh street and Juanda turned over his hand, A Juanda was up to 1.4 million in chips. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Erik Seidel, John Juanda, David Oppenheim, Eli Elezra, Michael Mizrachi, Lyle Berman, Daniel Alaei, Abe Mosseri, James Van Alstyne, Allen Bari, Nick Schulman, David Baker, Alexander Kostritsyn Shuffle Up and DealMay 31, '10 The remaining 21 players have unbagged their chips and are set to play down to a final table for the $50,000 Players Championship. Michael Mizrachi enters day four with the chip lead at 1,483,000 with Vladimir Schmelev (1,432,000) and David Oppenheim (1,340,000) nipping at his heels. The field is five spots away from the money as 16th place will win $98,331 while 17th goes home with only a story to tell. Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com throughout the day as we bring you live updates from day four. Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Michael Mizrachi Level 27: Grinder Rolls, Oppenheim Out in 3rd PlaceJun 02, '10 Blinds: 45,000-90,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 out of 8 Average Chip Count: 8,750,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Vladimir Schmelev – 12,975,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands:
Formerly the low stack at the table, Michael Mizrachi used the previous level to put himself right back in the thick of things. Early in this level, he has only continued his grind to the top. In one hand he was heads up in a limped pot with David Oppenheim. On a flop of 7 Mizrachi showed 6 Two hands later the two locked up again when Oppenheim raised to 260,000 from the button and Mizrachi called from the big blind. The Grinder checked the 5 This time Mizrachi led out with 500,000 and Oppenheim insta-called. Mizrachi showed Q
Vladimir Schmelev raised to 225,000 from the button, only to have Michael Mizrachi reraise to 600,000 from the small blind. David Oppenheim reraised all in for 2.7 million and Schmelev got out of the way. The Grinder tanked, eventually calling him down. Mizrachi showed K Mizrachi now has 10.9 million in chips — a solid chip lead over heads up opponent Schmelev. Schmelev Strikes First Blood Michael Mizrachi raised to 245,000 and Vladimir Schmelev re-raised to 790,000. Mizrachi made the call and the flop came 3 Both players checked again and Schmelev sheepishly turned over 8 Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Michael Mizrachi |
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| May 31, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $50,000 Players Championship | 4 | + |
End Of Day 1May 29, '10 Day 1 of the Players Championship is officially over. There were 116 entrants by the end of the dinner break and 110 of them will return Saturday at 3 p.m. for Day 2. Dan Shak had the distinction of being the first player eliminated from the tournament after he was crippled in a hand against Dan Kelly. Tom Dwan, Andrew Brown, Marc Karam, Greg Mueller and Brian Townsend would follow Shak out the door before the day was over. The unofficial chip leader after Day 1 is David Oppenheim with about 305,000. Others in contention include Erik Sagstrom with 280,000; Justin Bonomo with 255,000 and Barry Greenstein with 240,000. Stay tuned to Cardplayer.com for a recap of today’s events as well as all of the live updates for Day 2 of the Players Championship. Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, David Oppenheim, Erik Sagstrom, Justin Bonomo, Tom Dwan, Brian Townsend Level Three: Mizrachi Under 100kMay 28, '10 Blinds Flop Games: 600-1,200; 1,200-2,400 Stakes Players Remaining: 115 out of 116 Notable Chip Counts: Eliminations: None Note: The prize pool was announced as the official field has reached 116 players. There will be 16 places paid with 16th place receiving $98,331. The winner of the Players Championship will win the Chip Reese Trophy and $1,559,043 Big Hands: No Limit Hold’Em
On a board showing 8 Mizrachi made the call and the river brought the 10 Mizrachi checked to Hastings who fired 45,000. Mizrachi took a massive session in the tank before finally releasing his hand. Hastings took the pot and was around 200,000. Mizrachi was down to 85,000. Oppenheim’s reraises build, take big pot Seat one raised preflop to 1500 and David Oppenheim reraised to 4400. Seat one called and the flop came J Mizzi Sings The Blues, Sung Calls Bluff On a board showing K The river was the 4 “You got me,” he said to Sung. Sung showed A Hasan Habib trips up Chen On a board of K Limit HE
On a board showing 9 The J “You will get half,” Raymer said. He tabled A Kelly Straightens Out Super Dario Dan Kelly raised to 2,400 preflop from the button. Dario Minieri raised to 3,600 from the small blind and Kelly made the call. The flop came down J Minieri slowed down, checking to Kelly who bet 2,400. Minieri called and Kelly showed down A Williamson’s Queens Stay True In a limped pot Todd Brunson was heads up against Robert Williamson III heading into a flop of 9 Brunson checked and Williamson bet 1200. Brunson called and both players checked the A When the 9 Omaha 8OB
Ted Forrest entered a pot along with Mike Matusow, Alexander Kostritsyn and Eli Elezra. On a flop of 10 Lunkin’s stack takes a hit Robert Mizrachi raised to 2,400 preflop and Vitaly Lunkin made the call. The flop fell J Lunkin tanked for a few moments and then let his hand slide into the muck. Mizrachi took down the pot and was hovering around 100,000. Lunkin fell to 153,000. Harman Blows Past Boeken On a board of J Seven Card Stud See Chen Win Negreanu’s two pair takes it John Monnette bet every street heads up against Daniel Negreanu. The cards fell as follows:
Matusow Falling Mike Matusow and fellow Full Tilt pro Erick Lindgren were paired up in a large pot. Lindgren fired away on each street, finally forcing Matusow to fold the (X-X)(X)K Pot-limit Omaha Zolotow Wins On a board of J Player Tags: Hasan Habib, Daniel Negreanu, Ted Forrest, Todd Brunson, David Oppenheim, Steve Zolotow, Mike Matusow, Michael Mizrachi, Jennifer Harman, Greg Raymer, John Monnette, Noah Boeken, Bill Chen, Steve Sung, Michael Binger, Robert Williamson III, Dario Minieri, Vitaly Lunkin, Ralph Perry, Sorel Mizzi, Alexander Kostritsyn, Brian Hastings Level 10: Ivey Comes Back From Break Strong, Hellmuth FumingMay 30, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 2,500-5,000 blinds; 5,000-10,000 stakes Players Remaining: 68 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. Steve Zolotow – 595,000 Average Chip Count: 255,882 Notable Eliminations: Freddy Deeb Big Hands: Pot Limit Omaha
In the first hand after the 20 minute break, Phil Ivey raised to 7,200 from the button and was called by Eli Elezra and Patrik Antonius. The flop came J Ivey raised to 56,000 and Elezra quickly got out of the way. Antonius tanked to consider the big pot before him and two seats down Abe Mosseri asked, “You want a calculator?” Eventually, Antonius folded and Ivy took down a nice pot. Afterward, Ivey told Mosseri that he shouldn’t make comments during a hand like that. Seven Card Stud Deeb Eliminated By Zolotow We did not catch the action but Freddy Deeb was eliminated from the tournament by Steve Zolotow. Deeb could not pair any of his cards on seventh street and Zolotow took down the pot, knocking Deeb out in the process. Stud/8
Phil Hellmuth and Erik Seidel tangled in a hand that is still driving the Poker Brat nuts. Picking up the action after seventh street, Seidel showed down A Hellmuth was showing K Oppenheim Adds To Hellmuth’s Frustration Picking up the action on fifth street, Phil Hellmuth bet and David Oppenheim called. The action reversed on sixth and seventh street as Oppenheim was the one leading out. Hellmuth called the bet on sixth street, but could not do so on seventh street, revealing his hand A Oppenheim was at 290,000 after the pot while Hellmuth was at 105,000. Bach Doubles Through David Singer We caught up with the action on fifth street. David Bach put in a bet of 10,000, leaving himself just 800 behind. Singer raised to put him all in and Bach made the easy call. After the last two cards were dealt, Bach showed J Singer could not beat that and Bach doubled up to 60,000 after starting with 25,000.
Mike Matusow was all in for his last 17,000 against George Lind. Here is how there boards ran out: Lind: 7 Matusow started with three spades but then caught three hearts. He ended up making two pair but Lind’s diamond flush was enough to get the high and Matusow did not qualify for a low, leaving him with nothing but a story to tell on his way to the exit. No Limit Hold’em Oh Snap, The Glasses Came Off Already fuming from irritating previous hands, Phil Hellmuth got heads up against Erik Seidel and the flop came J Hellmuth instantly ripped his sunglasses off and began gesturing toward the board in disbelief while talking to himself. This continued for a few minutes after he folded, causing Seidel to eventually laugh out loud as Hellmuth talked about how Erik was going to hang himself in the tournament. Hellmuth had around 120,000 in chips after the hand, and Seidel had around 205,000. Razz
Picking up the action after seventh street, David Baker and Patrik Antonius checked their options and went to showdown. Baker showed a 7-6-5-4-2 low and Antonius examined his hole cards for a bit before finally mucking. Baker took the pot and was up to 275,000 while Antonius was down to 88,000. Limit Hold’em Binger Stays Afloat on the River On a flop of J Left In The Deck Ivey Not Interested In Tournament Of Champions An interesting conversation took place at Phil Ivey’s table. Eli Elezra and Huck Seed were asking Ivey if he was going to play in the Tournament of Champions later during the WSOP. Ivey insisted he could not play if the tournament was during the series. “Do you know how many bracelet bets I’ve got going?” he told the table. Elezra and Seed pressed him further but Ivey would not budge on his stance, so it appears Ivey will not take part in the tournament won by names like Mike Matusow, Annie Duke and Mike Sexton. Player Tags: Erik Seidel, David Oppenheim, Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Eli Elezra, Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Scott Clements, Isaac Haxton, Alexander Kostritsyn Level Six: D'Agostino, Ivey Chipping UpMay 29, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 1,000-2,000 blinds; 2,000-4,000 stakes Players Remaining: 107 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. Erik Sagstrom – 329,100 Average Chip Count: 162,616 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: Limit Hold’em
Sorel Mizzi raised to 4,000 preflop only to have John D’Agostino reraise to 6,000. Mizzi made the call. The flop came 10 After the 2 D’Agostino was at around 60,000 after the hand and Mizzi was still up around 135,000. D’Agostino Uses Limit Hold’em Round to Chip Up Against the player in seat 8 two hands later, D’Agostino three-bet preflop and the flop came Q D’Agostino called seat 8’s 2,000 bet and the K When seat 8 bet the turn, D’Agostino raised to a total of 8,000 and was called. The 9
Isaac Haxton raised to 4,000 from the cutoff and Matt Glantz made the call from the button. The flop came down J Glantz fired 2,000 and Haxton check-raised to 4,000. Glantz made the call and the 4 The river was the J Bloch Gets Better Of Ferguson We caught up with this hand on the river. The board ran out K He was up to 144,000 while Ferguson’s stack fell to 110,000 and it would fall lower during the Stud round. 2-7 Lowball
Mike Matusow raised to 4,000 before the first draw and John Juanda made the call. The players each took two cards on the first draw and Juanda bet 2,000. Matusow raised it to 4,000 and Juanda made the call. Both players drew one card on the second draw and Juanda checked. Matusow fired 4,000 and Juanda mucked his hand. Matusow started the hand with 132,000 and improved to 141,000 with the win. Juanda dropped from 138,000 to just over 130,000. Williamson Cuts The Razor Robert Williamson III was heads up with John Phan and drew 1 on the first draw, while Phan took two. Williamson bet 2,000 and Phan made the call. Phan drew two again and Williamson stood pat. After Williamson fired 4,000 into the pot, Phan gave up on the hand and Williamson boosted his stack to around 148,000. Phan was down to around 125,000. Also seated at this table is Gus Hansen, Andy Bloch, and Chris Ferguson. Omaha/8
We caught up with this hand after the flop. The board was A The turn was the 4 Ivey showed J Ivey Takes Down Pot, Mosseri Cashes In We caught up with this hand on the river. The board was K When Ivey tabled K Ivey took in the pot and was around 155,000 after the hand while Negreanu’s wallet got just a little lighter. 7-Stud
Entering the hand in progress, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson showed 9 Seat 6 then got the 5 After seat 6 slowed down and checked the last card, Jesus bet 4,000 and was called. He showed 6 Ivey’s Kings are King Showing X-X-4 After being dealt the 7 Ivey bet 4,000 on his next card, the J Ivey fired 4,000 after being dealt the 5 After calling Ivey’s final bet of 4,000 after the last cards were dealt, Alioto had to muck when Ivey showed K Left in the Deck: Table redraws create star-studded tables Seated at the table right next to the Card Player work area are Phil Ivey, Eli Elezra, Daniel Negreanu and Huck Seed. Another table features Erik Seidel, Phil Hellmuth, Michael Binger, David Oppenheim, Scott Clements and Isaac Haxton. Player Tags: John Phan, Erik Seidel, Chris Ferguson, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, John D'Agostino, David Oppenheim, Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Eli Elezra, Phil Ivey, Matthew Glantz, Scott Clements, Michael Binger, Sorel Mizzi, Isaac Haxton Level 16: Oppenheim Passes 2 Million, KOs JesusMay 30, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 9,000-18,000 blinds; 18,000-36,000 stakes Players Remaining: 24 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. David Oppenheim – 2,200,000 Average Chip Count: 725,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: Stud 8/b
Entering at the end of the action, Nikolay Evdakov was standing from his chair as soon as he saw David Oppenheim’s hand. Oppenheim: K Oppenheim’s trips were good for the high and Evdakov didn’t create a low hand and was eliminated while Oppenheim saw his stack rise to 1,200,000. Pot Limit Omaha Oppenheim Passes 2 Million While Eliminating Jesus Later in the level David Oppenheim was heads up with Chris Ferguson. Ferguson raised 27,000 and Oppenheim called from the button. When the 8 Ferguson – Q Oppenheim had two pair while Ferguson had a club-flush draw. The pot was worth more than half a million, but any excitement died when the 8 Razz
James Van Alstyne was heads up with Erik Sagstrom, letting the Swedish pro do all the betting until check-raising Sagstrom just before the last card was dealt to each player. Sagstrom called the bet but after being dealt the 5 The loss put Van Alstyne around 400,000 and dropped Sagstrom dangerously low to around 160,000. Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, David Oppenheim, Erik Sagstrom Level 12: Ivey Busts, Berman On FireMay 30, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 4,000-8,000 blinds; 8,000-16,000 stakes Players Remaining: 46 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. Alexander Kostritsyn – 755,000 Average Chip Count: 378,261 Notable Eliminations: Phil Ivey Big Hands:
Zolotow Takes Early Big Pot From Ivey Phil Ivey reraised it to 16,000. Daniel Alaei, Kirk Morrison, Steve Zolotow and Eric Sagstrom all came along for a 5-way pot. The flop came Q The 7 Heads up on the 8 Doyle Blasts Bonomo On a flop of J Razz
Entering the hand in the middle of the action, Tuan Le showed 6 Berman Go’s Wild, Already Doubled Stack Starting the day with 265,000, Lyle Berman is now over 500,000 in chips. Most of those came in two consecutive hands. The first came at the expense of Justin Bonomo. Berman bet every street and was called by Bonomo. Both players checked the end and Bonomo mucked. Their cards were: The pot dropped Bonomo to 40,000, but Berman wasn’t done. Berman Doesn’t Please Texas Dolly After back and forth raises from start to finish in the hand, Nick Schulman got out of the way after 4th street, but Doyle Brunson came along and was left shaking his head in disgust when Berman checked the end and showed him the winning hand. To sum up Doyle’s thoughts on the way Berman played the, Abe Mosseri laughed, “He called you an idiot!” Doyle dropped to around 200,000 after the hand while Berman sat around 550,000. Stud/8
Left In The Deck One table that is sure to be fun to watch contains one of the day 1 chip leaders Eric Sagstrom, day 2 chip leader Kirk Morrison, Phil Ivey, Daniel Alaei, Michael Mizrachi, Eli Elezra, Steve Zolotow, and David Singer. Player Tags: Tuan Le, David Oppenheim, Steve Zolotow, Doyle Brunson, Lyle Berman, Phil Ivey, Abe Mosseri, Justin Bonomo Level 20: Allen Bari Out In 14th, Richey 13thMay 31, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 20,000-40,000 blinds; 40,000-80,000 stakes Players Remaining: 12 out of 116 Average Chip Count: 1,338,461 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. John Juanda – 2,350,000 Notable Eliminations: 14. Allen Bari – $113,030 Note: Players have gone on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 9:30 p.m. Big Hands: Limit Hold’em
Allen Bari moved all in for his remainding 50,000 and Robert Mizrachi made the call, as did Vladimir Schmelev. The flop was K Bari bricked on the river and was eliminated. Alaei Gets There On The River Picking up the action after the flop, Robert Mizrachi checked a board of 6 Mizrachi bet 80,000 and Alaei called. The river was the 2 Mizrachi turned over 10
Robert Mizrachi raised to 80,000 preflop from the button. Alexander Kostritsyn made the call from the big blind and the flop was J Both players checked and the J Mizrachi made the call and Kostritsyn showed A 2-7 Triple Draw
John Juanda raised to 80,000 before the first draw and David Oppenheim made the call. Each player drew two cards and Juanda checked. Oppenheim fired 40,000 and Juanda made the call. Juanda took two more cards while Oppenheim stood pat. Oppenheim fired 80,000 and Juanda called. Juanda drew one more card and Oppenheim stood pat again. Juanda then led out with 80,000 and Oppenheim thought for a bit before mucking his hand. He was at just under 1 million after the hand while Juanda expanded his chip lead, his stack at 2.2 million. Razz Alexander Kostritsyn Doubles Up Alexander Kostritsyn led out on every street until all of his chips were in the middle on sixth street against Daniel Alaei. Once seventh street was dealt, Kostritsyn showed an 8-7-5-2-A to best Alaei’s queen-low and doubled up to 550,000. Alaei was down to just under 900,000. Pot Limit Omaha
Nick Schulman, Lyle Berman and Brett Richey all limped preflop and the action was on Michael Mizrachi. He raised to 100,000 and Schulman mucked. Berman made the call and Richey shoved for the remainder of his stack. Mizrachi reshoved, forcing Berman out and isolating Richey. Mizrachi turned A The board ran out 9 Player’s Twitter Accounts: For up to the minute information straight from the player’s themselves, be sure to check out the Card Player Twitter page. Daniel Alaei Card Player TV: Michael Mizrachi Talks About Day Four of the Players Championship Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, John Juanda, David Oppenheim, Michael Mizrachi, Daniel Alaei, Allen Bari, Brett Richey, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 18: Baker Gets Busy In No Limit Hold'em, Elezra OutMay 31, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 13,000-25,000 blinds; 25,000-50,000 stakes Players Remaining: 20 out of 116 Average Chip Count: 828,571 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Abe Mosseri – 1,720,000 Notable Eliminations: Eli Elezra Big Hands: No Limit Hold’em
Action folded around to David Baker on the button preflop. He raised it up to 27,000 and the small blind folded. Action was on Erik Seidel in the big blind. He made it 81,000 to go and Baker went into the tank. After a few moments he finally released his hand and Seidel took home the pot. He started the hand with 373,000 and was up to 415,000. Baker Bets Out Schmelev, Part One Vladimir Schmelev raised preflop and the action was on David Baker on the button. He repopped it to 65,000 from the button and the blinds mucked. The action was then on Schmelev who tanked for a few before calling. The flop came down Q He started with just under 700,000 and ended the hand with 780,000 after raking in Schmelev’s bet, the blinds and antes.
We picked this hand up on the flop. The board read A Both players checked and the river brought the 6 Mizrachi Looks Up The Russian Robert Mizrachi put in a raise preflop and was called by Vladimir Schmelev. The two players saw a flop of 9 The turn was the 6 Mizrachi made a relatively quick call and Schmelev threw his hand in the muck. Mizrachi was about to do the same when he asked the dealer if he had to show. He in fact did show A
Vladimir Schmelev raised to 30,000 on the button and David Baker raised it to 95,000 from the small blind. Schmelev made the call and the players saw a flop of 10 Baker led out with 130,000 and Schmelev mucked again to his early nemesis. Baker raked in another 115,000 in chips with that pot and was inching toward 1 million in chips. Pot Limit Omaha Elezra Getting Short, Schulman Backs Away Action folded around to Nick Schulman on the button and he raised to 35,000. Eli Elezra was next to act from the small blind. He bet the pot, putting 87,000 into the middle. The big blind folded and Schulman had a decision to make. Elezra left himself with just about 100,000 chips. Any call or raise by Schulman would risk doubling up the dangerous Elezra. Schulman decided against it and mucked his hand. Elezra then showed pocket aces A 2-7 Triple Draw
Allen Bari raised to 40,000 before the first draw and Alexander Kostritsyn made the call. Bari drew one card while Kostritsyn took two cards. Bari bet 20,000 and Kostritsyn made the call. Bari stood pat while Kostritsyn took one card on the second draw. Bari bet 40,000 and Kostritsyn called again. Bari stood pat once more and Kostritsyn drew one last card. Both players checked and Bari tabled 8-7-4-3-2 and Kostritsyn mucked. Kostritsyn dropped to 300,000 after the hand, having started the day with almost 700,000. Bari was up to 1.3 million. Grinding Out A Pot James Van Alstyne raised to 40,000 before the first draw and Michael Mizrachi three-bet to 60,000. Van Alstyne made the call and both players drew one card. Van Alstyne led out with 20,000 and Mizrachi called. Van Alstyne stood pat on the second draw while Mizrachi drew one card. Van Alstyne bet 40,000 and Mizrachi called. Both players stood pat on the last draw and Van Alstyne checked to Mizrachi. He fired 40,000 and Van Alstyne mucked his hand. Mizrachi took the pot and was at 1.3 million.
Daniel Alaei raised to 40,000 before the first draw and Lyle Berman repopped to 60,000. Alaei made the call and both players drew one card. Alaei then led out with 20,000 and Berman called. Alaei stood pat on the next draw while Berman took one card. Alaei bet 40,000 and Berman made the call. Alaei stood pat one last time while Berman took one card. Both players checked and Alaei turned over 9-8-7-6-3. Berman mucked and Alaei took the pot. He was at 1.43 million after the hand while Berman was at 480,000. Limit Hold’em
Eli Elezra raised to 40,000 preflop and Daniel Alaei raised to 60,000. Elezra called and the flop came down A Elezra then check-raised the remainder of his stack and Alaei made the call. Elezra showed K The board finished out 3 Seven Card Stud
We picked up the action on this hand during fourth street. John Juanda bet 25,000 and James Van Alstyne made the call, as did David Oppenheim. All three players checked on fifth street and David Oppenheim led out with 50,000 on sixth street. Van Alstyne called and Juanda sprung his trap, raising to 100,000. Oppenheim made the call but Van Alstyne had enough. Both players checked on seventh street and Juanda turned over his hand, A Juanda was up to 1.4 million in chips. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Erik Seidel, John Juanda, David Oppenheim, Eli Elezra, Michael Mizrachi, Lyle Berman, Daniel Alaei, Abe Mosseri, James Van Alstyne, Allen Bari, Nick Schulman, David Baker, Alexander Kostritsyn Shuffle Up and DealMay 31, '10 The remaining 21 players have unbagged their chips and are set to play down to a final table for the $50,000 Players Championship. Michael Mizrachi enters day four with the chip lead at 1,483,000 with Vladimir Schmelev (1,432,000) and David Oppenheim (1,340,000) nipping at his heels. The field is five spots away from the money as 16th place will win $98,331 while 17th goes home with only a story to tell. Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com throughout the day as we bring you live updates from day four. Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Michael Mizrachi Level 27: Grinder Rolls, Oppenheim Out in 3rd PlaceJun 02, '10 Blinds: 45,000-90,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 out of 8 Average Chip Count: 8,750,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Vladimir Schmelev – 12,975,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands:
Formerly the low stack at the table, Michael Mizrachi used the previous level to put himself right back in the thick of things. Early in this level, he has only continued his grind to the top. In one hand he was heads up in a limped pot with David Oppenheim. On a flop of 7 Mizrachi showed 6 Two hands later the two locked up again when Oppenheim raised to 260,000 from the button and Mizrachi called from the big blind. The Grinder checked the 5 This time Mizrachi led out with 500,000 and Oppenheim insta-called. Mizrachi showed Q
Vladimir Schmelev raised to 225,000 from the button, only to have Michael Mizrachi reraise to 600,000 from the small blind. David Oppenheim reraised all in for 2.7 million and Schmelev got out of the way. The Grinder tanked, eventually calling him down. Mizrachi showed K Mizrachi now has 10.9 million in chips — a solid chip lead over heads up opponent Schmelev. Schmelev Strikes First Blood Michael Mizrachi raised to 245,000 and Vladimir Schmelev re-raised to 790,000. Mizrachi made the call and the flop came 3 Both players checked again and Schmelev sheepishly turned over 8 Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Michael Mizrachi |
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| May 30, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $50,000 Players Championship | 3 | + |
End Of Day 1May 29, '10 Day 1 of the Players Championship is officially over. There were 116 entrants by the end of the dinner break and 110 of them will return Saturday at 3 p.m. for Day 2. Dan Shak had the distinction of being the first player eliminated from the tournament after he was crippled in a hand against Dan Kelly. Tom Dwan, Andrew Brown, Marc Karam, Greg Mueller and Brian Townsend would follow Shak out the door before the day was over. The unofficial chip leader after Day 1 is David Oppenheim with about 305,000. Others in contention include Erik Sagstrom with 280,000; Justin Bonomo with 255,000 and Barry Greenstein with 240,000. Stay tuned to Cardplayer.com for a recap of today’s events as well as all of the live updates for Day 2 of the Players Championship. Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, David Oppenheim, Erik Sagstrom, Justin Bonomo, Tom Dwan, Brian Townsend Level Three: Mizrachi Under 100kMay 28, '10 Blinds Flop Games: 600-1,200; 1,200-2,400 Stakes Players Remaining: 115 out of 116 Notable Chip Counts: Eliminations: None Note: The prize pool was announced as the official field has reached 116 players. There will be 16 places paid with 16th place receiving $98,331. The winner of the Players Championship will win the Chip Reese Trophy and $1,559,043 Big Hands: No Limit Hold’Em
On a board showing 8 Mizrachi made the call and the river brought the 10 Mizrachi checked to Hastings who fired 45,000. Mizrachi took a massive session in the tank before finally releasing his hand. Hastings took the pot and was around 200,000. Mizrachi was down to 85,000. Oppenheim’s reraises build, take big pot Seat one raised preflop to 1500 and David Oppenheim reraised to 4400. Seat one called and the flop came J Mizzi Sings The Blues, Sung Calls Bluff On a board showing K The river was the 4 “You got me,” he said to Sung. Sung showed A Hasan Habib trips up Chen On a board of K Limit HE
On a board showing 9 The J “You will get half,” Raymer said. He tabled A Kelly Straightens Out Super Dario Dan Kelly raised to 2,400 preflop from the button. Dario Minieri raised to 3,600 from the small blind and Kelly made the call. The flop came down J Minieri slowed down, checking to Kelly who bet 2,400. Minieri called and Kelly showed down A Williamson’s Queens Stay True In a limped pot Todd Brunson was heads up against Robert Williamson III heading into a flop of 9 Brunson checked and Williamson bet 1200. Brunson called and both players checked the A When the 9 Omaha 8OB
Ted Forrest entered a pot along with Mike Matusow, Alexander Kostritsyn and Eli Elezra. On a flop of 10 Lunkin’s stack takes a hit Robert Mizrachi raised to 2,400 preflop and Vitaly Lunkin made the call. The flop fell J Lunkin tanked for a few moments and then let his hand slide into the muck. Mizrachi took down the pot and was hovering around 100,000. Lunkin fell to 153,000. Harman Blows Past Boeken On a board of J Seven Card Stud See Chen Win Negreanu’s two pair takes it John Monnette bet every street heads up against Daniel Negreanu. The cards fell as follows:
Matusow Falling Mike Matusow and fellow Full Tilt pro Erick Lindgren were paired up in a large pot. Lindgren fired away on each street, finally forcing Matusow to fold the (X-X)(X)K Pot-limit Omaha Zolotow Wins On a board of J Player Tags: Hasan Habib, Daniel Negreanu, Ted Forrest, Todd Brunson, David Oppenheim, Steve Zolotow, Mike Matusow, Michael Mizrachi, Jennifer Harman, Greg Raymer, John Monnette, Noah Boeken, Bill Chen, Steve Sung, Michael Binger, Robert Williamson III, Dario Minieri, Vitaly Lunkin, Ralph Perry, Sorel Mizzi, Alexander Kostritsyn, Brian Hastings Level 10: Ivey Comes Back From Break Strong, Hellmuth FumingMay 30, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 2,500-5,000 blinds; 5,000-10,000 stakes Players Remaining: 68 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. Steve Zolotow – 595,000 Average Chip Count: 255,882 Notable Eliminations: Freddy Deeb Big Hands: Pot Limit Omaha
In the first hand after the 20 minute break, Phil Ivey raised to 7,200 from the button and was called by Eli Elezra and Patrik Antonius. The flop came J Ivey raised to 56,000 and Elezra quickly got out of the way. Antonius tanked to consider the big pot before him and two seats down Abe Mosseri asked, “You want a calculator?” Eventually, Antonius folded and Ivy took down a nice pot. Afterward, Ivey told Mosseri that he shouldn’t make comments during a hand like that. Seven Card Stud Deeb Eliminated By Zolotow We did not catch the action but Freddy Deeb was eliminated from the tournament by Steve Zolotow. Deeb could not pair any of his cards on seventh street and Zolotow took down the pot, knocking Deeb out in the process. Stud/8
Phil Hellmuth and Erik Seidel tangled in a hand that is still driving the Poker Brat nuts. Picking up the action after seventh street, Seidel showed down A Hellmuth was showing K Oppenheim Adds To Hellmuth’s Frustration Picking up the action on fifth street, Phil Hellmuth bet and David Oppenheim called. The action reversed on sixth and seventh street as Oppenheim was the one leading out. Hellmuth called the bet on sixth street, but could not do so on seventh street, revealing his hand A Oppenheim was at 290,000 after the pot while Hellmuth was at 105,000. Bach Doubles Through David Singer We caught up with the action on fifth street. David Bach put in a bet of 10,000, leaving himself just 800 behind. Singer raised to put him all in and Bach made the easy call. After the last two cards were dealt, Bach showed J Singer could not beat that and Bach doubled up to 60,000 after starting with 25,000.
Mike Matusow was all in for his last 17,000 against George Lind. Here is how there boards ran out: Lind: 7 Matusow started with three spades but then caught three hearts. He ended up making two pair but Lind’s diamond flush was enough to get the high and Matusow did not qualify for a low, leaving him with nothing but a story to tell on his way to the exit. No Limit Hold’em Oh Snap, The Glasses Came Off Already fuming from irritating previous hands, Phil Hellmuth got heads up against Erik Seidel and the flop came J Hellmuth instantly ripped his sunglasses off and began gesturing toward the board in disbelief while talking to himself. This continued for a few minutes after he folded, causing Seidel to eventually laugh out loud as Hellmuth talked about how Erik was going to hang himself in the tournament. Hellmuth had around 120,000 in chips after the hand, and Seidel had around 205,000. Razz
Picking up the action after seventh street, David Baker and Patrik Antonius checked their options and went to showdown. Baker showed a 7-6-5-4-2 low and Antonius examined his hole cards for a bit before finally mucking. Baker took the pot and was up to 275,000 while Antonius was down to 88,000. Limit Hold’em Binger Stays Afloat on the River On a flop of J Left In The Deck Ivey Not Interested In Tournament Of Champions An interesting conversation took place at Phil Ivey’s table. Eli Elezra and Huck Seed were asking Ivey if he was going to play in the Tournament of Champions later during the WSOP. Ivey insisted he could not play if the tournament was during the series. “Do you know how many bracelet bets I’ve got going?” he told the table. Elezra and Seed pressed him further but Ivey would not budge on his stance, so it appears Ivey will not take part in the tournament won by names like Mike Matusow, Annie Duke and Mike Sexton. Player Tags: Erik Seidel, David Oppenheim, Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Eli Elezra, Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Scott Clements, Isaac Haxton, Alexander Kostritsyn Level Six: D'Agostino, Ivey Chipping UpMay 29, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 1,000-2,000 blinds; 2,000-4,000 stakes Players Remaining: 107 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. Erik Sagstrom – 329,100 Average Chip Count: 162,616 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: Limit Hold’em
Sorel Mizzi raised to 4,000 preflop only to have John D’Agostino reraise to 6,000. Mizzi made the call. The flop came 10 After the 2 D’Agostino was at around 60,000 after the hand and Mizzi was still up around 135,000. D’Agostino Uses Limit Hold’em Round to Chip Up Against the player in seat 8 two hands later, D’Agostino three-bet preflop and the flop came Q D’Agostino called seat 8’s 2,000 bet and the K When seat 8 bet the turn, D’Agostino raised to a total of 8,000 and was called. The 9
Isaac Haxton raised to 4,000 from the cutoff and Matt Glantz made the call from the button. The flop came down J Glantz fired 2,000 and Haxton check-raised to 4,000. Glantz made the call and the 4 The river was the J Bloch Gets Better Of Ferguson We caught up with this hand on the river. The board ran out K He was up to 144,000 while Ferguson’s stack fell to 110,000 and it would fall lower during the Stud round. 2-7 Lowball
Mike Matusow raised to 4,000 before the first draw and John Juanda made the call. The players each took two cards on the first draw and Juanda bet 2,000. Matusow raised it to 4,000 and Juanda made the call. Both players drew one card on the second draw and Juanda checked. Matusow fired 4,000 and Juanda mucked his hand. Matusow started the hand with 132,000 and improved to 141,000 with the win. Juanda dropped from 138,000 to just over 130,000. Williamson Cuts The Razor Robert Williamson III was heads up with John Phan and drew 1 on the first draw, while Phan took two. Williamson bet 2,000 and Phan made the call. Phan drew two again and Williamson stood pat. After Williamson fired 4,000 into the pot, Phan gave up on the hand and Williamson boosted his stack to around 148,000. Phan was down to around 125,000. Also seated at this table is Gus Hansen, Andy Bloch, and Chris Ferguson. Omaha/8
We caught up with this hand after the flop. The board was A The turn was the 4 Ivey showed J Ivey Takes Down Pot, Mosseri Cashes In We caught up with this hand on the river. The board was K When Ivey tabled K Ivey took in the pot and was around 155,000 after the hand while Negreanu’s wallet got just a little lighter. 7-Stud
Entering the hand in progress, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson showed 9 Seat 6 then got the 5 After seat 6 slowed down and checked the last card, Jesus bet 4,000 and was called. He showed 6 Ivey’s Kings are King Showing X-X-4 After being dealt the 7 Ivey bet 4,000 on his next card, the J Ivey fired 4,000 after being dealt the 5 After calling Ivey’s final bet of 4,000 after the last cards were dealt, Alioto had to muck when Ivey showed K Left in the Deck: Table redraws create star-studded tables Seated at the table right next to the Card Player work area are Phil Ivey, Eli Elezra, Daniel Negreanu and Huck Seed. Another table features Erik Seidel, Phil Hellmuth, Michael Binger, David Oppenheim, Scott Clements and Isaac Haxton. Player Tags: John Phan, Erik Seidel, Chris Ferguson, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, John D'Agostino, David Oppenheim, Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Eli Elezra, Phil Ivey, Matthew Glantz, Scott Clements, Michael Binger, Sorel Mizzi, Isaac Haxton Level 16: Oppenheim Passes 2 Million, KOs JesusMay 30, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 9,000-18,000 blinds; 18,000-36,000 stakes Players Remaining: 24 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. David Oppenheim – 2,200,000 Average Chip Count: 725,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: Stud 8/b
Entering at the end of the action, Nikolay Evdakov was standing from his chair as soon as he saw David Oppenheim’s hand. Oppenheim: K Oppenheim’s trips were good for the high and Evdakov didn’t create a low hand and was eliminated while Oppenheim saw his stack rise to 1,200,000. Pot Limit Omaha Oppenheim Passes 2 Million While Eliminating Jesus Later in the level David Oppenheim was heads up with Chris Ferguson. Ferguson raised 27,000 and Oppenheim called from the button. When the 8 Ferguson – Q Oppenheim had two pair while Ferguson had a club-flush draw. The pot was worth more than half a million, but any excitement died when the 8 Razz
James Van Alstyne was heads up with Erik Sagstrom, letting the Swedish pro do all the betting until check-raising Sagstrom just before the last card was dealt to each player. Sagstrom called the bet but after being dealt the 5 The loss put Van Alstyne around 400,000 and dropped Sagstrom dangerously low to around 160,000. Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, David Oppenheim, Erik Sagstrom Level 12: Ivey Busts, Berman On FireMay 30, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 4,000-8,000 blinds; 8,000-16,000 stakes Players Remaining: 46 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. Alexander Kostritsyn – 755,000 Average Chip Count: 378,261 Notable Eliminations: Phil Ivey Big Hands:
Zolotow Takes Early Big Pot From Ivey Phil Ivey reraised it to 16,000. Daniel Alaei, Kirk Morrison, Steve Zolotow and Eric Sagstrom all came along for a 5-way pot. The flop came Q The 7 Heads up on the 8 Doyle Blasts Bonomo On a flop of J Razz
Entering the hand in the middle of the action, Tuan Le showed 6 Berman Go’s Wild, Already Doubled Stack Starting the day with 265,000, Lyle Berman is now over 500,000 in chips. Most of those came in two consecutive hands. The first came at the expense of Justin Bonomo. Berman bet every street and was called by Bonomo. Both players checked the end and Bonomo mucked. Their cards were: The pot dropped Bonomo to 40,000, but Berman wasn’t done. Berman Doesn’t Please Texas Dolly After back and forth raises from start to finish in the hand, Nick Schulman got out of the way after 4th street, but Doyle Brunson came along and was left shaking his head in disgust when Berman checked the end and showed him the winning hand. To sum up Doyle’s thoughts on the way Berman played the, Abe Mosseri laughed, “He called you an idiot!” Doyle dropped to around 200,000 after the hand while Berman sat around 550,000. Stud/8
Left In The Deck One table that is sure to be fun to watch contains one of the day 1 chip leaders Eric Sagstrom, day 2 chip leader Kirk Morrison, Phil Ivey, Daniel Alaei, Michael Mizrachi, Eli Elezra, Steve Zolotow, and David Singer. Player Tags: Tuan Le, David Oppenheim, Steve Zolotow, Doyle Brunson, Lyle Berman, Phil Ivey, Abe Mosseri, Justin Bonomo Level 20: Allen Bari Out In 14th, Richey 13thMay 31, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 20,000-40,000 blinds; 40,000-80,000 stakes Players Remaining: 12 out of 116 Average Chip Count: 1,338,461 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. John Juanda – 2,350,000 Notable Eliminations: 14. Allen Bari – $113,030 Note: Players have gone on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 9:30 p.m. Big Hands: Limit Hold’em
Allen Bari moved all in for his remainding 50,000 and Robert Mizrachi made the call, as did Vladimir Schmelev. The flop was K Bari bricked on the river and was eliminated. Alaei Gets There On The River Picking up the action after the flop, Robert Mizrachi checked a board of 6 Mizrachi bet 80,000 and Alaei called. The river was the 2 Mizrachi turned over 10
Robert Mizrachi raised to 80,000 preflop from the button. Alexander Kostritsyn made the call from the big blind and the flop was J Both players checked and the J Mizrachi made the call and Kostritsyn showed A 2-7 Triple Draw
John Juanda raised to 80,000 before the first draw and David Oppenheim made the call. Each player drew two cards and Juanda checked. Oppenheim fired 40,000 and Juanda made the call. Juanda took two more cards while Oppenheim stood pat. Oppenheim fired 80,000 and Juanda called. Juanda drew one more card and Oppenheim stood pat again. Juanda then led out with 80,000 and Oppenheim thought for a bit before mucking his hand. He was at just under 1 million after the hand while Juanda expanded his chip lead, his stack at 2.2 million. Razz Alexander Kostritsyn Doubles Up Alexander Kostritsyn led out on every street until all of his chips were in the middle on sixth street against Daniel Alaei. Once seventh street was dealt, Kostritsyn showed an 8-7-5-2-A to best Alaei’s queen-low and doubled up to 550,000. Alaei was down to just under 900,000. Pot Limit Omaha
Nick Schulman, Lyle Berman and Brett Richey all limped preflop and the action was on Michael Mizrachi. He raised to 100,000 and Schulman mucked. Berman made the call and Richey shoved for the remainder of his stack. Mizrachi reshoved, forcing Berman out and isolating Richey. Mizrachi turned A The board ran out 9 Player’s Twitter Accounts: For up to the minute information straight from the player’s themselves, be sure to check out the Card Player Twitter page. Daniel Alaei Card Player TV: Michael Mizrachi Talks About Day Four of the Players Championship Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, John Juanda, David Oppenheim, Michael Mizrachi, Daniel Alaei, Allen Bari, Brett Richey, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 18: Baker Gets Busy In No Limit Hold'em, Elezra OutMay 31, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 13,000-25,000 blinds; 25,000-50,000 stakes Players Remaining: 20 out of 116 Average Chip Count: 828,571 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Abe Mosseri – 1,720,000 Notable Eliminations: Eli Elezra Big Hands: No Limit Hold’em
Action folded around to David Baker on the button preflop. He raised it up to 27,000 and the small blind folded. Action was on Erik Seidel in the big blind. He made it 81,000 to go and Baker went into the tank. After a few moments he finally released his hand and Seidel took home the pot. He started the hand with 373,000 and was up to 415,000. Baker Bets Out Schmelev, Part One Vladimir Schmelev raised preflop and the action was on David Baker on the button. He repopped it to 65,000 from the button and the blinds mucked. The action was then on Schmelev who tanked for a few before calling. The flop came down Q He started with just under 700,000 and ended the hand with 780,000 after raking in Schmelev’s bet, the blinds and antes.
We picked this hand up on the flop. The board read A Both players checked and the river brought the 6 Mizrachi Looks Up The Russian Robert Mizrachi put in a raise preflop and was called by Vladimir Schmelev. The two players saw a flop of 9 The turn was the 6 Mizrachi made a relatively quick call and Schmelev threw his hand in the muck. Mizrachi was about to do the same when he asked the dealer if he had to show. He in fact did show A
Vladimir Schmelev raised to 30,000 on the button and David Baker raised it to 95,000 from the small blind. Schmelev made the call and the players saw a flop of 10 Baker led out with 130,000 and Schmelev mucked again to his early nemesis. Baker raked in another 115,000 in chips with that pot and was inching toward 1 million in chips. Pot Limit Omaha Elezra Getting Short, Schulman Backs Away Action folded around to Nick Schulman on the button and he raised to 35,000. Eli Elezra was next to act from the small blind. He bet the pot, putting 87,000 into the middle. The big blind folded and Schulman had a decision to make. Elezra left himself with just about 100,000 chips. Any call or raise by Schulman would risk doubling up the dangerous Elezra. Schulman decided against it and mucked his hand. Elezra then showed pocket aces A 2-7 Triple Draw
Allen Bari raised to 40,000 before the first draw and Alexander Kostritsyn made the call. Bari drew one card while Kostritsyn took two cards. Bari bet 20,000 and Kostritsyn made the call. Bari stood pat while Kostritsyn took one card on the second draw. Bari bet 40,000 and Kostritsyn called again. Bari stood pat once more and Kostritsyn drew one last card. Both players checked and Bari tabled 8-7-4-3-2 and Kostritsyn mucked. Kostritsyn dropped to 300,000 after the hand, having started the day with almost 700,000. Bari was up to 1.3 million. Grinding Out A Pot James Van Alstyne raised to 40,000 before the first draw and Michael Mizrachi three-bet to 60,000. Van Alstyne made the call and both players drew one card. Van Alstyne led out with 20,000 and Mizrachi called. Van Alstyne stood pat on the second draw while Mizrachi drew one card. Van Alstyne bet 40,000 and Mizrachi called. Both players stood pat on the last draw and Van Alstyne checked to Mizrachi. He fired 40,000 and Van Alstyne mucked his hand. Mizrachi took the pot and was at 1.3 million.
Daniel Alaei raised to 40,000 before the first draw and Lyle Berman repopped to 60,000. Alaei made the call and both players drew one card. Alaei then led out with 20,000 and Berman called. Alaei stood pat on the next draw while Berman took one card. Alaei bet 40,000 and Berman made the call. Alaei stood pat one last time while Berman took one card. Both players checked and Alaei turned over 9-8-7-6-3. Berman mucked and Alaei took the pot. He was at 1.43 million after the hand while Berman was at 480,000. Limit Hold’em
Eli Elezra raised to 40,000 preflop and Daniel Alaei raised to 60,000. Elezra called and the flop came down A Elezra then check-raised the remainder of his stack and Alaei made the call. Elezra showed K The board finished out 3 Seven Card Stud
We picked up the action on this hand during fourth street. John Juanda bet 25,000 and James Van Alstyne made the call, as did David Oppenheim. All three players checked on fifth street and David Oppenheim led out with 50,000 on sixth street. Van Alstyne called and Juanda sprung his trap, raising to 100,000. Oppenheim made the call but Van Alstyne had enough. Both players checked on seventh street and Juanda turned over his hand, A Juanda was up to 1.4 million in chips. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Erik Seidel, John Juanda, David Oppenheim, Eli Elezra, Michael Mizrachi, Lyle Berman, Daniel Alaei, Abe Mosseri, James Van Alstyne, Allen Bari, Nick Schulman, David Baker, Alexander Kostritsyn Shuffle Up and DealMay 31, '10 The remaining 21 players have unbagged their chips and are set to play down to a final table for the $50,000 Players Championship. Michael Mizrachi enters day four with the chip lead at 1,483,000 with Vladimir Schmelev (1,432,000) and David Oppenheim (1,340,000) nipping at his heels. The field is five spots away from the money as 16th place will win $98,331 while 17th goes home with only a story to tell. Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com throughout the day as we bring you live updates from day four. Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Michael Mizrachi Level 27: Grinder Rolls, Oppenheim Out in 3rd PlaceJun 02, '10 Blinds: 45,000-90,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 out of 8 Average Chip Count: 8,750,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Vladimir Schmelev – 12,975,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands:
Formerly the low stack at the table, Michael Mizrachi used the previous level to put himself right back in the thick of things. Early in this level, he has only continued his grind to the top. In one hand he was heads up in a limped pot with David Oppenheim. On a flop of 7 Mizrachi showed 6 Two hands later the two locked up again when Oppenheim raised to 260,000 from the button and Mizrachi called from the big blind. The Grinder checked the 5 This time Mizrachi led out with 500,000 and Oppenheim insta-called. Mizrachi showed Q
Vladimir Schmelev raised to 225,000 from the button, only to have Michael Mizrachi reraise to 600,000 from the small blind. David Oppenheim reraised all in for 2.7 million and Schmelev got out of the way. The Grinder tanked, eventually calling him down. Mizrachi showed K Mizrachi now has 10.9 million in chips — a solid chip lead over heads up opponent Schmelev. Schmelev Strikes First Blood Michael Mizrachi raised to 245,000 and Vladimir Schmelev re-raised to 790,000. Mizrachi made the call and the flop came 3 Both players checked again and Schmelev sheepishly turned over 8 Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Michael Mizrachi |
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| May 29, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $50,000 Players Championship | 2 | + |
End Of Day 1May 29, '10 Day 1 of the Players Championship is officially over. There were 116 entrants by the end of the dinner break and 110 of them will return Saturday at 3 p.m. for Day 2. Dan Shak had the distinction of being the first player eliminated from the tournament after he was crippled in a hand against Dan Kelly. Tom Dwan, Andrew Brown, Marc Karam, Greg Mueller and Brian Townsend would follow Shak out the door before the day was over. The unofficial chip leader after Day 1 is David Oppenheim with about 305,000. Others in contention include Erik Sagstrom with 280,000; Justin Bonomo with 255,000 and Barry Greenstein with 240,000. Stay tuned to Cardplayer.com for a recap of today’s events as well as all of the live updates for Day 2 of the Players Championship. Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, David Oppenheim, Erik Sagstrom, Justin Bonomo, Tom Dwan, Brian Townsend Level Three: Mizrachi Under 100kMay 28, '10 Blinds Flop Games: 600-1,200; 1,200-2,400 Stakes Players Remaining: 115 out of 116 Notable Chip Counts: Eliminations: None Note: The prize pool was announced as the official field has reached 116 players. There will be 16 places paid with 16th place receiving $98,331. The winner of the Players Championship will win the Chip Reese Trophy and $1,559,043 Big Hands: No Limit Hold’Em
On a board showing 8 Mizrachi made the call and the river brought the 10 Mizrachi checked to Hastings who fired 45,000. Mizrachi took a massive session in the tank before finally releasing his hand. Hastings took the pot and was around 200,000. Mizrachi was down to 85,000. Oppenheim’s reraises build, take big pot Seat one raised preflop to 1500 and David Oppenheim reraised to 4400. Seat one called and the flop came J Mizzi Sings The Blues, Sung Calls Bluff On a board showing K The river was the 4 “You got me,” he said to Sung. Sung showed A Hasan Habib trips up Chen On a board of K Limit HE
On a board showing 9 The J “You will get half,” Raymer said. He tabled A Kelly Straightens Out Super Dario Dan Kelly raised to 2,400 preflop from the button. Dario Minieri raised to 3,600 from the small blind and Kelly made the call. The flop came down J Minieri slowed down, checking to Kelly who bet 2,400. Minieri called and Kelly showed down A Williamson’s Queens Stay True In a limped pot Todd Brunson was heads up against Robert Williamson III heading into a flop of 9 Brunson checked and Williamson bet 1200. Brunson called and both players checked the A When the 9 Omaha 8OB
Ted Forrest entered a pot along with Mike Matusow, Alexander Kostritsyn and Eli Elezra. On a flop of 10 Lunkin’s stack takes a hit Robert Mizrachi raised to 2,400 preflop and Vitaly Lunkin made the call. The flop fell J Lunkin tanked for a few moments and then let his hand slide into the muck. Mizrachi took down the pot and was hovering around 100,000. Lunkin fell to 153,000. Harman Blows Past Boeken On a board of J Seven Card Stud See Chen Win Negreanu’s two pair takes it John Monnette bet every street heads up against Daniel Negreanu. The cards fell as follows:
Matusow Falling Mike Matusow and fellow Full Tilt pro Erick Lindgren were paired up in a large pot. Lindgren fired away on each street, finally forcing Matusow to fold the (X-X)(X)K Pot-limit Omaha Zolotow Wins On a board of J Player Tags: Hasan Habib, Daniel Negreanu, Ted Forrest, Todd Brunson, David Oppenheim, Steve Zolotow, Mike Matusow, Michael Mizrachi, Jennifer Harman, Greg Raymer, John Monnette, Noah Boeken, Bill Chen, Steve Sung, Michael Binger, Robert Williamson III, Dario Minieri, Vitaly Lunkin, Ralph Perry, Sorel Mizzi, Alexander Kostritsyn, Brian Hastings Level 10: Ivey Comes Back From Break Strong, Hellmuth FumingMay 30, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 2,500-5,000 blinds; 5,000-10,000 stakes Players Remaining: 68 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. Steve Zolotow – 595,000 Average Chip Count: 255,882 Notable Eliminations: Freddy Deeb Big Hands: Pot Limit Omaha
In the first hand after the 20 minute break, Phil Ivey raised to 7,200 from the button and was called by Eli Elezra and Patrik Antonius. The flop came J Ivey raised to 56,000 and Elezra quickly got out of the way. Antonius tanked to consider the big pot before him and two seats down Abe Mosseri asked, “You want a calculator?” Eventually, Antonius folded and Ivy took down a nice pot. Afterward, Ivey told Mosseri that he shouldn’t make comments during a hand like that. Seven Card Stud Deeb Eliminated By Zolotow We did not catch the action but Freddy Deeb was eliminated from the tournament by Steve Zolotow. Deeb could not pair any of his cards on seventh street and Zolotow took down the pot, knocking Deeb out in the process. Stud/8
Phil Hellmuth and Erik Seidel tangled in a hand that is still driving the Poker Brat nuts. Picking up the action after seventh street, Seidel showed down A Hellmuth was showing K Oppenheim Adds To Hellmuth’s Frustration Picking up the action on fifth street, Phil Hellmuth bet and David Oppenheim called. The action reversed on sixth and seventh street as Oppenheim was the one leading out. Hellmuth called the bet on sixth street, but could not do so on seventh street, revealing his hand A Oppenheim was at 290,000 after the pot while Hellmuth was at 105,000. Bach Doubles Through David Singer We caught up with the action on fifth street. David Bach put in a bet of 10,000, leaving himself just 800 behind. Singer raised to put him all in and Bach made the easy call. After the last two cards were dealt, Bach showed J Singer could not beat that and Bach doubled up to 60,000 after starting with 25,000.
Mike Matusow was all in for his last 17,000 against George Lind. Here is how there boards ran out: Lind: 7 Matusow started with three spades but then caught three hearts. He ended up making two pair but Lind’s diamond flush was enough to get the high and Matusow did not qualify for a low, leaving him with nothing but a story to tell on his way to the exit. No Limit Hold’em Oh Snap, The Glasses Came Off Already fuming from irritating previous hands, Phil Hellmuth got heads up against Erik Seidel and the flop came J Hellmuth instantly ripped his sunglasses off and began gesturing toward the board in disbelief while talking to himself. This continued for a few minutes after he folded, causing Seidel to eventually laugh out loud as Hellmuth talked about how Erik was going to hang himself in the tournament. Hellmuth had around 120,000 in chips after the hand, and Seidel had around 205,000. Razz
Picking up the action after seventh street, David Baker and Patrik Antonius checked their options and went to showdown. Baker showed a 7-6-5-4-2 low and Antonius examined his hole cards for a bit before finally mucking. Baker took the pot and was up to 275,000 while Antonius was down to 88,000. Limit Hold’em Binger Stays Afloat on the River On a flop of J Left In The Deck Ivey Not Interested In Tournament Of Champions An interesting conversation took place at Phil Ivey’s table. Eli Elezra and Huck Seed were asking Ivey if he was going to play in the Tournament of Champions later during the WSOP. Ivey insisted he could not play if the tournament was during the series. “Do you know how many bracelet bets I’ve got going?” he told the table. Elezra and Seed pressed him further but Ivey would not budge on his stance, so it appears Ivey will not take part in the tournament won by names like Mike Matusow, Annie Duke and Mike Sexton. Player Tags: Erik Seidel, David Oppenheim, Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Eli Elezra, Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, Scott Clements, Isaac Haxton, Alexander Kostritsyn Level Six: D'Agostino, Ivey Chipping UpMay 29, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 1,000-2,000 blinds; 2,000-4,000 stakes Players Remaining: 107 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. Erik Sagstrom – 329,100 Average Chip Count: 162,616 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: Limit Hold’em
Sorel Mizzi raised to 4,000 preflop only to have John D’Agostino reraise to 6,000. Mizzi made the call. The flop came 10 After the 2 D’Agostino was at around 60,000 after the hand and Mizzi was still up around 135,000. D’Agostino Uses Limit Hold’em Round to Chip Up Against the player in seat 8 two hands later, D’Agostino three-bet preflop and the flop came Q D’Agostino called seat 8’s 2,000 bet and the K When seat 8 bet the turn, D’Agostino raised to a total of 8,000 and was called. The 9
Isaac Haxton raised to 4,000 from the cutoff and Matt Glantz made the call from the button. The flop came down J Glantz fired 2,000 and Haxton check-raised to 4,000. Glantz made the call and the 4 The river was the J Bloch Gets Better Of Ferguson We caught up with this hand on the river. The board ran out K He was up to 144,000 while Ferguson’s stack fell to 110,000 and it would fall lower during the Stud round. 2-7 Lowball
Mike Matusow raised to 4,000 before the first draw and John Juanda made the call. The players each took two cards on the first draw and Juanda bet 2,000. Matusow raised it to 4,000 and Juanda made the call. Both players drew one card on the second draw and Juanda checked. Matusow fired 4,000 and Juanda mucked his hand. Matusow started the hand with 132,000 and improved to 141,000 with the win. Juanda dropped from 138,000 to just over 130,000. Williamson Cuts The Razor Robert Williamson III was heads up with John Phan and drew 1 on the first draw, while Phan took two. Williamson bet 2,000 and Phan made the call. Phan drew two again and Williamson stood pat. After Williamson fired 4,000 into the pot, Phan gave up on the hand and Williamson boosted his stack to around 148,000. Phan was down to around 125,000. Also seated at this table is Gus Hansen, Andy Bloch, and Chris Ferguson. Omaha/8
We caught up with this hand after the flop. The board was A The turn was the 4 Ivey showed J Ivey Takes Down Pot, Mosseri Cashes In We caught up with this hand on the river. The board was K When Ivey tabled K Ivey took in the pot and was around 155,000 after the hand while Negreanu’s wallet got just a little lighter. 7-Stud
Entering the hand in progress, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson showed 9 Seat 6 then got the 5 After seat 6 slowed down and checked the last card, Jesus bet 4,000 and was called. He showed 6 Ivey’s Kings are King Showing X-X-4 After being dealt the 7 Ivey bet 4,000 on his next card, the J Ivey fired 4,000 after being dealt the 5 After calling Ivey’s final bet of 4,000 after the last cards were dealt, Alioto had to muck when Ivey showed K Left in the Deck: Table redraws create star-studded tables Seated at the table right next to the Card Player work area are Phil Ivey, Eli Elezra, Daniel Negreanu and Huck Seed. Another table features Erik Seidel, Phil Hellmuth, Michael Binger, David Oppenheim, Scott Clements and Isaac Haxton. Player Tags: John Phan, Erik Seidel, Chris Ferguson, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, John D'Agostino, David Oppenheim, Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Eli Elezra, Phil Ivey, Matthew Glantz, Scott Clements, Michael Binger, Sorel Mizzi, Isaac Haxton Level 16: Oppenheim Passes 2 Million, KOs JesusMay 30, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 9,000-18,000 blinds; 18,000-36,000 stakes Players Remaining: 24 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. David Oppenheim – 2,200,000 Average Chip Count: 725,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: Stud 8/b
Entering at the end of the action, Nikolay Evdakov was standing from his chair as soon as he saw David Oppenheim’s hand. Oppenheim: K Oppenheim’s trips were good for the high and Evdakov didn’t create a low hand and was eliminated while Oppenheim saw his stack rise to 1,200,000. Pot Limit Omaha Oppenheim Passes 2 Million While Eliminating Jesus Later in the level David Oppenheim was heads up with Chris Ferguson. Ferguson raised 27,000 and Oppenheim called from the button. When the 8 Ferguson – Q Oppenheim had two pair while Ferguson had a club-flush draw. The pot was worth more than half a million, but any excitement died when the 8 Razz
James Van Alstyne was heads up with Erik Sagstrom, letting the Swedish pro do all the betting until check-raising Sagstrom just before the last card was dealt to each player. Sagstrom called the bet but after being dealt the 5 The loss put Van Alstyne around 400,000 and dropped Sagstrom dangerously low to around 160,000. Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, David Oppenheim, Erik Sagstrom Level 12: Ivey Busts, Berman On FireMay 30, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 4,000-8,000 blinds; 8,000-16,000 stakes Players Remaining: 46 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. Alexander Kostritsyn – 755,000 Average Chip Count: 378,261 Notable Eliminations: Phil Ivey Big Hands:
Zolotow Takes Early Big Pot From Ivey Phil Ivey reraised it to 16,000. Daniel Alaei, Kirk Morrison, Steve Zolotow and Eric Sagstrom all came along for a 5-way pot. The flop came Q The 7 Heads up on the 8 Doyle Blasts Bonomo On a flop of J Razz
Entering the hand in the middle of the action, Tuan Le showed 6 Berman Go’s Wild, Already Doubled Stack Starting the day with 265,000, Lyle Berman is now over 500,000 in chips. Most of those came in two consecutive hands. The first came at the expense of Justin Bonomo. Berman bet every street and was called by Bonomo. Both players checked the end and Bonomo mucked. Their cards were: The pot dropped Bonomo to 40,000, but Berman wasn’t done. Berman Doesn’t Please Texas Dolly After back and forth raises from start to finish in the hand, Nick Schulman got out of the way after 4th street, but Doyle Brunson came along and was left shaking his head in disgust when Berman checked the end and showed him the winning hand. To sum up Doyle’s thoughts on the way Berman played the, Abe Mosseri laughed, “He called you an idiot!” Doyle dropped to around 200,000 after the hand while Berman sat around 550,000. Stud/8
Left In The Deck One table that is sure to be fun to watch contains one of the day 1 chip leaders Eric Sagstrom, day 2 chip leader Kirk Morrison, Phil Ivey, Daniel Alaei, Michael Mizrachi, Eli Elezra, Steve Zolotow, and David Singer. Player Tags: Tuan Le, David Oppenheim, Steve Zolotow, Doyle Brunson, Lyle Berman, Phil Ivey, Abe Mosseri, Justin Bonomo Level 20: Allen Bari Out In 14th, Richey 13thMay 31, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 20,000-40,000 blinds; 40,000-80,000 stakes Players Remaining: 12 out of 116 Average Chip Count: 1,338,461 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. John Juanda – 2,350,000 Notable Eliminations: 14. Allen Bari – $113,030 Note: Players have gone on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 9:30 p.m. Big Hands: Limit Hold’em
Allen Bari moved all in for his remainding 50,000 and Robert Mizrachi made the call, as did Vladimir Schmelev. The flop was K Bari bricked on the river and was eliminated. Alaei Gets There On The River Picking up the action after the flop, Robert Mizrachi checked a board of 6 Mizrachi bet 80,000 and Alaei called. The river was the 2 Mizrachi turned over 10
Robert Mizrachi raised to 80,000 preflop from the button. Alexander Kostritsyn made the call from the big blind and the flop was J Both players checked and the J Mizrachi made the call and Kostritsyn showed A 2-7 Triple Draw
John Juanda raised to 80,000 before the first draw and David Oppenheim made the call. Each player drew two cards and Juanda checked. Oppenheim fired 40,000 and Juanda made the call. Juanda took two more cards while Oppenheim stood pat. Oppenheim fired 80,000 and Juanda called. Juanda drew one more card and Oppenheim stood pat again. Juanda then led out with 80,000 and Oppenheim thought for a bit before mucking his hand. He was at just under 1 million after the hand while Juanda expanded his chip lead, his stack at 2.2 million. Razz Alexander Kostritsyn Doubles Up Alexander Kostritsyn led out on every street until all of his chips were in the middle on sixth street against Daniel Alaei. Once seventh street was dealt, Kostritsyn showed an 8-7-5-2-A to best Alaei’s queen-low and doubled up to 550,000. Alaei was down to just under 900,000. Pot Limit Omaha
Nick Schulman, Lyle Berman and Brett Richey all limped preflop and the action was on Michael Mizrachi. He raised to 100,000 and Schulman mucked. Berman made the call and Richey shoved for the remainder of his stack. Mizrachi reshoved, forcing Berman out and isolating Richey. Mizrachi turned A The board ran out 9 Player’s Twitter Accounts: For up to the minute information straight from the player’s themselves, be sure to check out the Card Player Twitter page. Daniel Alaei Card Player TV: Michael Mizrachi Talks About Day Four of the Players Championship Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, John Juanda, David Oppenheim, Michael Mizrachi, Daniel Alaei, Allen Bari, Brett Richey, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 18: Baker Gets Busy In No Limit Hold'em, Elezra OutMay 31, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 13,000-25,000 blinds; 25,000-50,000 stakes Players Remaining: 20 out of 116 Average Chip Count: 828,571 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Abe Mosseri – 1,720,000 Notable Eliminations: Eli Elezra Big Hands: No Limit Hold’em
Action folded around to David Baker on the button preflop. He raised it up to 27,000 and the small blind folded. Action was on Erik Seidel in the big blind. He made it 81,000 to go and Baker went into the tank. After a few moments he finally released his hand and Seidel took home the pot. He started the hand with 373,000 and was up to 415,000. Baker Bets Out Schmelev, Part One Vladimir Schmelev raised preflop and the action was on David Baker on the button. He repopped it to 65,000 from the button and the blinds mucked. The action was then on Schmelev who tanked for a few before calling. The flop came down Q He started with just under 700,000 and ended the hand with 780,000 after raking in Schmelev’s bet, the blinds and antes.
We picked this hand up on the flop. The board read A Both players checked and the river brought the 6 Mizrachi Looks Up The Russian Robert Mizrachi put in a raise preflop and was called by Vladimir Schmelev. The two players saw a flop of 9 The turn was the 6 Mizrachi made a relatively quick call and Schmelev threw his hand in the muck. Mizrachi was about to do the same when he asked the dealer if he had to show. He in fact did show A
Vladimir Schmelev raised to 30,000 on the button and David Baker raised it to 95,000 from the small blind. Schmelev made the call and the players saw a flop of 10 Baker led out with 130,000 and Schmelev mucked again to his early nemesis. Baker raked in another 115,000 in chips with that pot and was inching toward 1 million in chips. Pot Limit Omaha Elezra Getting Short, Schulman Backs Away Action folded around to Nick Schulman on the button and he raised to 35,000. Eli Elezra was next to act from the small blind. He bet the pot, putting 87,000 into the middle. The big blind folded and Schulman had a decision to make. Elezra left himself with just about 100,000 chips. Any call or raise by Schulman would risk doubling up the dangerous Elezra. Schulman decided against it and mucked his hand. Elezra then showed pocket aces A 2-7 Triple Draw
Allen Bari raised to 40,000 before the first draw and Alexander Kostritsyn made the call. Bari drew one card while Kostritsyn took two cards. Bari bet 20,000 and Kostritsyn made the call. Bari stood pat while Kostritsyn took one card on the second draw. Bari bet 40,000 and Kostritsyn called again. Bari stood pat once more and Kostritsyn drew one last card. Both players checked and Bari tabled 8-7-4-3-2 and Kostritsyn mucked. Kostritsyn dropped to 300,000 after the hand, having started the day with almost 700,000. Bari was up to 1.3 million. Grinding Out A Pot James Van Alstyne raised to 40,000 before the first draw and Michael Mizrachi three-bet to 60,000. Van Alstyne made the call and both players drew one card. Van Alstyne led out with 20,000 and Mizrachi called. Van Alstyne stood pat on the second draw while Mizrachi drew one card. Van Alstyne bet 40,000 and Mizrachi called. Both players stood pat on the last draw and Van Alstyne checked to Mizrachi. He fired 40,000 and Van Alstyne mucked his hand. Mizrachi took the pot and was at 1.3 million.
Daniel Alaei raised to 40,000 before the first draw and Lyle Berman repopped to 60,000. Alaei made the call and both players drew one card. Alaei then led out with 20,000 and Berman called. Alaei stood pat on the next draw while Berman took one card. Alaei bet 40,000 and Berman made the call. Alaei stood pat one last time while Berman took one card. Both players checked and Alaei turned over 9-8-7-6-3. Berman mucked and Alaei took the pot. He was at 1.43 million after the hand while Berman was at 480,000. Limit Hold’em
Eli Elezra raised to 40,000 preflop and Daniel Alaei raised to 60,000. Elezra called and the flop came down A Elezra then check-raised the remainder of his stack and Alaei made the call. Elezra showed K The board finished out 3 Seven Card Stud
We picked up the action on this hand during fourth street. John Juanda bet 25,000 and James Van Alstyne made the call, as did David Oppenheim. All three players checked on fifth street and David Oppenheim led out with 50,000 on sixth street. Van Alstyne called and Juanda sprung his trap, raising to 100,000. Oppenheim made the call but Van Alstyne had enough. Both players checked on seventh street and Juanda turned over his hand, A Juanda was up to 1.4 million in chips. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Erik Seidel, John Juanda, David Oppenheim, Eli Elezra, Michael Mizrachi, Lyle Berman, Daniel Alaei, Abe Mosseri, James Van Alstyne, Allen Bari, Nick Schulman, David Baker, Alexander Kostritsyn Shuffle Up and DealMay 31, '10 The remaining 21 players have unbagged their chips and are set to play down to a final table for the $50,000 Players Championship. Michael Mizrachi enters day four with the chip lead at 1,483,000 with Vladimir Schmelev (1,432,000) and David Oppenheim (1,340,000) nipping at his heels. The field is five spots away from the money as 16th place will win $98,331 while 17th goes home with only a story to tell. Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com throughout the day as we bring you live updates from day four. Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Michael Mizrachi Level 27: Grinder Rolls, Oppenheim Out in 3rd PlaceJun 02, '10 Blinds: 45,000-90,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 out of 8 Average Chip Count: 8,750,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Vladimir Schmelev – 12,975,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands:
Formerly the low stack at the table, Michael Mizrachi used the previous level to put himself right back in the thick of things. Early in this level, he has only continued his grind to the top. In one hand he was heads up in a limped pot with David Oppenheim. On a flop of 7 Mizrachi showed 6 Two hands later the two locked up again when Oppenheim raised to 260,000 from the button and Mizrachi called from the big blind. The Grinder checked the 5 This time Mizrachi led out with 500,000 and Oppenheim insta-called. Mizrachi showed Q
Vladimir Schmelev raised to 225,000 from the button, only to have Michael Mizrachi reraise to 600,000 from the small blind. David Oppenheim reraised all in for 2.7 million and Schmelev got out of the way. The Grinder tanked, eventually calling him down. Mizrachi showed K Mizrachi now has 10.9 million in chips — a solid chip lead over heads up opponent Schmelev. Schmelev Strikes First Blood Michael Mizrachi raised to 245,000 and Vladimir Schmelev re-raised to 790,000. Mizrachi made the call and the flop came 3 Both players checked again and Schmelev sheepishly turned over 8 Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Michael Mizrachi |
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Vanessa Rousso Gets Super Lucky on the Turn, Eventually Advances
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landed on the felt. The river bricked for Oppenheim and Rousso doubled up, talking after about how she played the hand to Oppenheim, who seemed disinterested in the chatter about the bad beat.
Eric Baldwin was short stacked and all in holding Q-J, but up against the K-Q of David Oppenheim.
Baldwin flopped an open-ended straight draw and turned a pair, but failed to catch up to Oppenheim’s hand. Oppenheim will now face the winner between Sam Trickett and Carlos Mortensen.
Carlos Mortensen moved all in on the short stack holding A
David Oppenheim got it in with the best hand, but couldn’t fade the outs of Chris Moneymaker.
Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante
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with 5,000 sitting in the pot and David Oppenheim bet 2,500. The big blind called and the river fell J
Blinds: 100-200 with a 25 ante
David Williams On A Roll
Negreanu Saved On The River
Tom Dwan Back To Basics
Hastings Grinds Down Mizrachi
Chopped Up
Elezra Forces Out The Mouth
Ivey Back With a Bang
Hellmuth Steaming
Mouth Shut
Baker Low Balls Antonious
Mizzi Spaces On The Current Game
Haxton Throws Glantz Overboard
Matusow Forces Out Juanda
Ivey Chops With Elezra
Jesus Turns Weak Cards Into Two Pair
Oppenheim Eliminates Evdakov, Surpasses 1 Million Mark
Van Alstyne Knocks Sagstrom Down
Pot Limit Omaha
Ivey Gone
Allen Bari Eliminated In 14th Place ($113,030)
Mizrachi Keeps Leaking Chips
Juanda Muscles Out Oppenheim
Brett Richey Eliminated In 13th Place ($113,030)
Seidel Flexes Muscle
Mosseri The Ladies Man
Kostritsyn Hammered Down To Size
Alaei Takes One Off Berman
Eli Elezra Eliminated
Juanda Takes Big Pot
Grinding Into Contention
Grinder Busts Oppenheim In 3rd Place ($603,348)