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Dec 03, '10 | 2010 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event | 1 | + |
Level 1 Update: Joe Sebok Falls EarlyDec 03, '10 Blinds: 50-100 Players Remaining: 319 out of 319 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 100,000 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman — 40,000 Average Chip Count: 40,000 Notable Eliminations: Joe Sebok Big Hands: Joe Sebok Eliminated Joe Sebok had a tough first level that saw him miss a couple of draws that diminished his chip stack. When he moved all in near the end of the level he held pocket queens against the pocket twos of his opponent. The flop ran out 10-5-2 to give his opponent a set. The turn nor river delivered any help for Sebok and he was eliminated on the hand. Shawn Cunix Eliminated Shawn Cunix was looking good to double up when he flopped trip eights on a A-8-8 flop. He held 8-6, but his opponent held 10-8. The turn and river fell 5-9 and Cunix was eliminated from the tournament thanks to his opponent’s 10-kicker. Ryan D’Angelo Gains Some Chips Against Joseph Cheong Ryan D’Angelo raised to 300 and Chad Batista reraised to 900 from the small blind. Joseph Cheong made the call from the big blind. D’Angelo also made the call and the flop fell 7-4-2. Batista bet 1,300, Cheong raised to 3,300, and D’Angelo made the call. Batista mucked and the turn fell J. Cheong checked and D’Angelo bet 5,200. Cheong made the call and the rive fell A. Cheong checked, D’Angelo bet 13,500, and Cheong made the call for half of his remaining chips. Cheong mucked his cards when D’Angelo flipped over A 7. D’Angelo won the hand to grow his stack to 60,000 and Cheong dropped to 12,500. Left in the Deck Strong Table Pairings: Table 45: Adam Levy, Joe Tehan, Scotty Nguyen Table 48: Matt Stout, Shannon Shorr, Brock Parker, Soi Nguyen Table 51: Kevin Schaffel, Vanessa Selbst, Rene Angelil Table 52: Jeff Shulman, Curt Kohlberg, Tim West Table 53: Jon Turner, Shane Buchanan, Anh Va Nguyen Table 55: Antonio Esfandiari, Barry Shulman, Tony Dunst, Chris Bjorin, Tom McCormick Table 56: Jonathan Aguiar, Isaac Haxton, Nick Binger Table 57: Justin Young, Jonathan Little, Josh Arieh Table 59: Eric Baldwin, Matt Marafioti, Randal Flowers Table 60: Joseph Cheong, Ryan D’Angelo, David Plastik, Barry Greenstein Poker Room Pairings Table 12: Will Failla, Kevin Saul, Shawn Cunix Table 6: David Baker, James Van Alstyne, Frank Kassela Table 2: Maria Ho, Bertrand Grospellier, Jason Potter, Ray Henson Table 7: Faraz Jaka, Scott Clements, Steve Brecher, Kara Scott Table 11: Jeff Madsen, Lee Markholt, Todd Terry Table 18: Marco Traniello, Steve O’Dwyer, Michael Kamran, Anthony Gregg Table 20: Dwyte Pilgrim, Andrew Robl, Mas Kagawa Player Tags: Joe Sebok, Ryan D'Angelo, Shawn Cunix, Joseph Cheong |
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Aug 23, '10 | 2010 Legends of Poker | WPT Legends of Poker Main Event | 4 | + |
Level 17 Update: Tough Level for ProsAug 23, '10 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 29 out of 462 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Jared Jaffee — 805,000 Average Chip Count: 398,275 Notable Eliminations: 37: Ari Goott — $10,200 Chip Movers and Shakers Phil Collins has fallen from the top 10 during this level that was very tough on the professionals remaining in play. Many have busted out of the tournament and those that remain are in the lower half of the chip counts. Allen Kessler, David Sands, Collins, Peter Rho, Charlie Hook, and Jonathan Little are still alive and kicking, but they all hold the chip average or less. Jared Jaffee currently leads the way with 805,000. Big Hands: Phil Collins Takes a Big Hit Kyle McCammond checked a flop of 752 from the big blind and Collins bet 25,000 from the hi-jack. McCammond check-raised to 61,000 total. Collins raised another 70,000 on top of that and McCammond made the call after some deliberation. Both players checked the 8 on the turn and the J on the river. McCammond flipped over pocket fives and Collins mucked. The level was a rough one for Collins and this pot dropped him down to 350,000 after he held 1.1 million a short time ago. Soi Nguyen Eliminated in 34th Place ($11,500) Soi Nguyen raised to 16,500 from middle position and Jared Jaffee reraised to 36,500 from the small blind. Nguyen made the call and the flop was dealt 643. Jaffee bet 63,000 and Nguyen raised to 183,000. Jaffee reraised all in and Nguyen made the call for his final 100,000. Their cards: Nguyen: 10-10 Turn and River: 6 and 5 Jaffee made a full house to grow his stack to 805,000 and take the chip lead. Nguyen was eliminated on the hand in 34th place, taking home $11,500. Marco Johnson Eliminated in 33rd Place ($11,500) Marco Johnson moved all in for his last 100,000 preflop and Charlie Hook made the call. Johnson held the lead with pocket sevens and Hook held A-Q. Hook made a pair on the board and Johnson was eliminated in 33rd place, taking home $11,500. Joe Sebok Eliminated in 32nd Place ($11,500) Joe Sebok was all in with J10 in the hole with a flop of K-J-9 sitting on the table with two spades. John Smith had him covered with A2 and the turn broguth an ace to give Smith the lead. The river was no help for Sebok and he busted out in 32nd place, taking home $11,500. Player Tags: Joe Sebok, Charles Hook, Marco Johnson, Phil Collins, Jared Jaffee, Soi Nguyen Level 15 Update: Down to the Money BubbleAug 23, '10 Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 46 out of 462 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Phil Collins — 1,100,000 Average Chip Count: 251,086 Notable Eliminations: Tim Phan Chip Movers and Shakers Phil Collins continues to pace the field and he became the first millionaire in the tournament during the last level of play. The rest of the top 10 stayed stable, but Andrew Frankenberger is keeping pace with the chip leader to pull away from the field by growing his stack to 715,000. Players that are hoping to limp into the money on a short stack and then attempt to double up include Michale Benvenuti, Allen Kessler, and Ali Eslami. Big Hands: Phil Collins Battles with Jordan Young Jordan Young bet 12,500 after a fop of 875 hit the table and Phil Collins made the call. The turn fell 3 and Young bet 22,500. Collins made the call and the river fell 2. Young checked and Collins went into the tank before placing a bet of 65,000 on the table. Young folds and Collins won the hand to grow his stack to 985,000. Young dropped down to 340,000. Joe Sebok Eliminates John Wrona Tom Lee raised to 12,000 under the gun and John Wrona moved all in from middle position for 52,000. Joe Sebok moved all in over the top of everyone from the cutoff and Lee mucked after spending some time in the tank. The two live players then flipped over their cards: Wrona: QQ Board: J7653 Sebok won the hand with pocket kings and Wrona was eliminated. Sebok held 182,000 after the hand. Chris Moore Eliminated by Jonathan Aguiar Chris Moore moved all in preflop from the button and Jonathan Aguiar made the call on the small blind. Their cards: Moore: 62 Board: AKJ68 Moore was eliminated on the hand and Aguiar grew his stack to 160,000. Tim Phan Eliminated Andrew Frankenberger raised from middle position preflop and Tim Phan made the call. The flop was dealt J75 and Frankenberger bet 16,000. Phan raised to 40,000 total and Frankenberger reraised all in. Phan made the all-in call and they flipped over their cards: Frankenberger: KK Turn and River: 5A Frankenberger was up to 840,000 after the hand and Phan was eliminated. Marco Johnson Doubles Up Tom Braband raised to 10,000 under the gun and Marco Johnson moved all in from the cutoff. Braband made the call and they flipped over their cards: Johnson: AQ Board: A64QJ Johnson doubled up on the hand to 190,000 and Braband held 315,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Tim Phan, Joe Sebok, Jonathan Aguiar, Chris Moore, Marco Johnson, Tom Braband, Phil Collins, Jordan Young |
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Jul 06, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 2 | + |
Level One Hour One Update: Minh Ly Doubles UpJul 06, '10 Blinds: 50-100 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: Minh Ly – 60,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jon Friedberg – 30,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: Ly Doubles With Set Over Set Entering Minh Ly’s table at the conclusion of a hand, the dealer was counting out all of Ly’s chips for the player in seat 1 to match. Apparently Ly and seat 1 got all in on a board of 69J85. Their hands: Ly: JJ Both players had flopped a set and got all in. Ly’s was best and very early in the day he doubled up and was holding around 60,000 in chips. Seat 1 was crippled and looked sick. Sebok Takes One Early Entering the action after the turn on a board of 3Q84, Joe Sebok bet 750 and was called by the player in seat 1. The 3 fell on the river and seat 1 checked to Sebok who bet 1,575. Seat 1 thought for a moment and folded. Sebock was up to around 32,000 after the hand. Bellande Starts Off Going in Wrong Direction Jean Robert was in the small blind and checked to his opponent on the turn with the board reading 4562. His opponent fired 2,000. “You made the straight huh? I don’t have the flush, I’m going to call you,” said Bellande as he tossed in a call. The 4 came on the river, bringing a fourth diamond and pairing the board. Bellande checked, his opponent bet 7,000 and Bellande folded. Wattel Loses a Small Pot There was a raise from the cutoff to 250 and Mike Wattel made the call from the big blind. The flop came 953 and Wattel led out for 250. His opponent made the call and the dealer turned over the A on the turn. Wattel checked and his opponent bet 550, which he called. The river was the A and both players checked. Wattel showed J10 and was no good against the cutoff player’s J3. Left in the Deck: Yesterday saw 18 tables playing in the Pavilion Room and were all broken within the first hour. Today, there are 40 tables playing in the Pavilion Room and will break at some point today. Tournament officials are expecting approximately 200 more players than yesterday. Registration is still open and we will get you a field size after it has been officially announced. A Walk Through The Masses A quick stroll through the field revealed the following familiar faces playing in day 1b: Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier Twitter Accounts: Annette Obrestad Player Tags: Minh Ly, Michael Wattel, Jean-Robert Bellande, Joe Sebok |
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Jun 09, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 17 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 1 | + |
Day 1 in the BooksJun 09, '10 After 10 levels of play, the 792 entrants in event no. 17, the $5,000 no-limit hold’em event, are now down to 225. The deeper structure seemed to favor the pros as many notable names have a big stack at the day’s end. Chino Rheem (Pictured Right) and Jeff Williams are pacing the field and look to be towards the top of chip counts with 185,000 and 172,400, respectively. Antonio Esfandiari and Mike Gracz are also among the chip leaders with well over 120,000 each. There were several other top flight pros that survived the day. Other notables include Brian Rast, Ted Lawson, Tony G, Phil Hellmuth, Isaac Baron, TJ Cloutier, Scott Clements, Marco Johnson, Shaun Deeb, Vivek Rajkumar, Joe Sebok, Jason Mercier, Perry Friedman, Nam Le, Vitaly Lunkin, Lee Markholt, Scott Fischman, Chau Giang, Sam Stein, Phil Ivey, Annette Obrestad, Andrew Lichtenberger, and Joe Cada. Last year’s winner, Brian Lemke, is also still alive. Don’t forget to check out some of the twitter feeds from some of the players still remaining. Antonio Esfandiari The players will come back on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. to play the second day of this event with the intention to reach the final table. Check back with Card Player for updates on this event and to see who is still alive to claim the $818,959 first place prize money. Player Tags: Antonio Esfandiari, Chino Rheem, Joe Sebok, Brian Rast, Jeff Williams |
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May 31, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 3 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 3 | + |
Level 6 Update: Sebok Grows Stack, Fricke and Shulman BustMay 29, '10 Blinds: 100-200 with a 25 ante Entrants: 3915 Card Player Chip Counts: Barry Shulman – out Notable Eliminations: Barry Shulman Player’s Twitter Accounts: Fabrice Soulier Big Hands: Vanessa Rousso Running Hot We caught up with the action on a flop of 7775 with 2,200 in the middle. Vanessa Rousso bet 1,100 from early position and her opponent made the call. The 10 hit the felt and the action went check-check. The 2 fell on the river and Rousso bet 3,500, prompting a muck from her opponent. Rousso exposed pocket fives for a flopped full house and is running extremely well. She is now at 24,000. Alex Jacob Eliminated With 3,500 in his stack, Alex Jacob bet 500 with pocket queens and an opponent then set him all in. Jacob made the call and was up against the A10 of the unknown. Jacob witnessed an ace on the flop and was sent home late on day 1A. Sebok Fades the Draw, Wins a Big Pot After a raise from middle position to 500 and a call, Joe Sebok called from the cutoff and the big blind called as well. All four players saw a flop of 1076. The original raiser checked and the next player moved all-in for just under 3,000. Joe Sebok then moved all-in over the top for about 10,000 more. The other two got out of the way and the hands were turned on their backs. Sebok showed the JJ and was up against the AJ. The turn was the 8, giving them both a gut-shot straight draw, but Sebok faded the heart, ace, and nine when the 4 hit the river to give Sebok the entire pot and now has over 20,000 in chips. Jimmy Fricke Eliminated We got to the action a bit late, but Jimmy Fricke failed in his squeeze play attempt when he raised all in with top pair against a set and a flush draw. The set held and sent the previously healthy Fricke to the rail. Barry Shulman Eliminated With a stack of about 3,000, Barry Shulman raised to 500 from the cutoff. The player in the small blind took some time before putting out a big stack of yellow 1,000 chips. The big blind folded and Shulman made the quick call with the 99. The small blind tabled the A5 and drew out by hitting an ace on the flop. Shulman was sent home shortly before the dinner break. Left in the Deck: Players are on an 90 minute dinner break. Joe Cada Still In In case you are bored on the long dinner break, check out a recent video with defending Main Event champion Joe Cada, who is still in the field, on Card Player TV. Player Tags: Barry Shulman, Vanessa Rousso, Joe Sebok, Alex Jacob, Joseph Cada Level 13 Update: Sebok Eliminated, Crawford Emerges as a ForceMay 31, '10 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 295 out of 4,345 Average Chip Count: 44,186 Card Player Chip Counts: Jon Friedberg – 46,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Drew Crawford — 220,000 Notable Eliminations: Joe Sebok — $2,150 Big Hands: Another Player Falls Victim to Tyner, Tyner Then Takes a Huge Hit Nancy Todd Tyner picks up some more chips as she just eliminated another player. All of the chips were in the middle preflop with Tyner holding A9 and her opponent held QJ. The board ran out A2835 to give yet another pot to Tyner. Tyner had 170,000 in chips after the hand. Later in the level a player in early position raised to 4,300 and Nancy Todd Tyner three bet. Action was folded around to her opponent who moved all in for 53,900 total. Tyner insta-called and tabled the AA. Her opponent exposed the QQ and the two players saw a flop of K107. All was good for Tyner until the Q spiked on the turn, giving her opponent a set of queens. The river bricked for Tyner and she was down to 125,000 after the hand. Tim Phan Runs a Bluff and Sent Home On the turn, the board read K536 and Tim Phan bet 9,000 and after a few moments of deliberation was called by his opponent. The river was the 5 and Phan instantly moved all in for 22,000 and was called fairly quickly by his opponent. “You got me,” said Phan as he tossed his hand face down into the muck. His opponent showed 88 and took the pot, sending home one of the tougher players left in the field. Lee Markholt Suffers Setback We picked up the action on the river with Lee Markholt betting 6,600 on a board of A9358 and was instantly called by his opponent. His opponent showed AJ, which was good against the A10 of Markholt. Markholt slipped to 24,000 at the end of the hand. Joe Sebok Falls, Drew Crawford Rises Joe Sebok shoved his last 8,000 into the middle from late position. The player on the button then made it 20,000 followed by a shove from Drew Crawford in the small blind. The player on the button immediately called for his 70,000 stack. Sebok tabled A5, the player on the button showed KK and Crawford showed AQ. The board ran out A76310, giving the pot to Crawford, and he climbed to 220,000, and is likely the chip leader. Player Tags: Lee Markholt, Tim Phan, Joe Sebok, Nancy Todd |
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May 29, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 3 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 1 | + |
Level 6 Update: Sebok Grows Stack, Fricke and Shulman BustMay 29, '10 Blinds: 100-200 with a 25 ante Entrants: 3915 Card Player Chip Counts: Barry Shulman – out Notable Eliminations: Barry Shulman Player’s Twitter Accounts: Fabrice Soulier Big Hands: Vanessa Rousso Running Hot We caught up with the action on a flop of 7775 with 2,200 in the middle. Vanessa Rousso bet 1,100 from early position and her opponent made the call. The 10 hit the felt and the action went check-check. The 2 fell on the river and Rousso bet 3,500, prompting a muck from her opponent. Rousso exposed pocket fives for a flopped full house and is running extremely well. She is now at 24,000. Alex Jacob Eliminated With 3,500 in his stack, Alex Jacob bet 500 with pocket queens and an opponent then set him all in. Jacob made the call and was up against the A10 of the unknown. Jacob witnessed an ace on the flop and was sent home late on day 1A. Sebok Fades the Draw, Wins a Big Pot After a raise from middle position to 500 and a call, Joe Sebok called from the cutoff and the big blind called as well. All four players saw a flop of 1076. The original raiser checked and the next player moved all-in for just under 3,000. Joe Sebok then moved all-in over the top for about 10,000 more. The other two got out of the way and the hands were turned on their backs. Sebok showed the JJ and was up against the AJ. The turn was the 8, giving them both a gut-shot straight draw, but Sebok faded the heart, ace, and nine when the 4 hit the river to give Sebok the entire pot and now has over 20,000 in chips. Jimmy Fricke Eliminated We got to the action a bit late, but Jimmy Fricke failed in his squeeze play attempt when he raised all in with top pair against a set and a flush draw. The set held and sent the previously healthy Fricke to the rail. Barry Shulman Eliminated With a stack of about 3,000, Barry Shulman raised to 500 from the cutoff. The player in the small blind took some time before putting out a big stack of yellow 1,000 chips. The big blind folded and Shulman made the quick call with the 99. The small blind tabled the A5 and drew out by hitting an ace on the flop. Shulman was sent home shortly before the dinner break. Left in the Deck: Players are on an 90 minute dinner break. Joe Cada Still In In case you are bored on the long dinner break, check out a recent video with defending Main Event champion Joe Cada, who is still in the field, on Card Player TV. Player Tags: Barry Shulman, Vanessa Rousso, Joe Sebok, Alex Jacob, Joseph Cada Level 13 Update: Sebok Eliminated, Crawford Emerges as a ForceMay 31, '10 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 295 out of 4,345 Average Chip Count: 44,186 Card Player Chip Counts: Jon Friedberg – 46,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Drew Crawford — 220,000 Notable Eliminations: Joe Sebok — $2,150 Big Hands: Another Player Falls Victim to Tyner, Tyner Then Takes a Huge Hit Nancy Todd Tyner picks up some more chips as she just eliminated another player. All of the chips were in the middle preflop with Tyner holding A9 and her opponent held QJ. The board ran out A2835 to give yet another pot to Tyner. Tyner had 170,000 in chips after the hand. Later in the level a player in early position raised to 4,300 and Nancy Todd Tyner three bet. Action was folded around to her opponent who moved all in for 53,900 total. Tyner insta-called and tabled the AA. Her opponent exposed the QQ and the two players saw a flop of K107. All was good for Tyner until the Q spiked on the turn, giving her opponent a set of queens. The river bricked for Tyner and she was down to 125,000 after the hand. Tim Phan Runs a Bluff and Sent Home On the turn, the board read K536 and Tim Phan bet 9,000 and after a few moments of deliberation was called by his opponent. The river was the 5 and Phan instantly moved all in for 22,000 and was called fairly quickly by his opponent. “You got me,” said Phan as he tossed his hand face down into the muck. His opponent showed 88 and took the pot, sending home one of the tougher players left in the field. Lee Markholt Suffers Setback We picked up the action on the river with Lee Markholt betting 6,600 on a board of A9358 and was instantly called by his opponent. His opponent showed AJ, which was good against the A10 of Markholt. Markholt slipped to 24,000 at the end of the hand. Joe Sebok Falls, Drew Crawford Rises Joe Sebok shoved his last 8,000 into the middle from late position. The player on the button then made it 20,000 followed by a shove from Drew Crawford in the small blind. The player on the button immediately called for his 70,000 stack. Sebok tabled A5, the player on the button showed KK and Crawford showed AQ. The board ran out A76310, giving the pot to Crawford, and he climbed to 220,000, and is likely the chip leader. Player Tags: Lee Markholt, Tim Phan, Joe Sebok, Nancy Todd |
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Feb 26, '10 | 2010 L.A. Poker Classic | WPT L.A. Poker Classic Main Event | 1 | + |
Level 4 Update: Money Details Coming SoonFeb 26, '10 Blinds: 100-200 with a 25 ante Players Remaining: 621 out of 744 Chip Counts: 1. Jon Luu — 110,000 Average Chip Count: 23,691 Notable Eliminations: Kevin Saul Big Hands: Kevin Saul Eliminated With Set Over Set Earlier, we reported that Kevin Saul ran his kings into the pocket aces of Jennifer Tilly. This level, his tournament came to an end when his set of fours ran into an opponent’s set of nines. Guess it’s just one of those days for the WPT Champion. Left In The Deck Prop Bet Blunders Joe Sebok, Jeff Madsen and Gavin Smith all made a ridiculous last longer bet where the first player out in this event would have to get the other two player’s faces tatooed on his body. That honor went to Joe Sebok, who was eliminated earlier today when his pocket aces got cracked. The second player out, only had to get the face of the winner tattoed on his body. That player was Jeff Madsen, who must now find a way to buy out of the bet. Gavin Smith, as the last man standing, will now have to decide whether or not to take pity on his friends, perhaps allowing them to get off with just a monetary penalty. Player Tags: Gavin Smith, Kevin Saul, Joe Sebok, Jeff Madsen |
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Aug 22, '09 | 2009 Legends of Poker | WPT Legends of Poker Main Event | 1 | + |
Level 3 UpdateAug 22, '09 Blinds: 150-300 Players Remaining: 243 out of 279 Chip Counts: 1. Adam Geyer — 89,500 Average Chip Count: 34,444 Notable Eliminations: Joe Sebok Hand of the Level: Joe Sebok Eliminated Joe Sebok moved all in on a flop of A-8-5 with two hearts holding A-Q. His opponent called him down with J9 and another heart fell on the turn. Sebok was eliminated on the hand. Level Summary: The field saw a substantial number of eliminations during the third level of the day as the blinds increased to 150-300. A number of big-name players fell during the level, including current Card Player Player of the Year leader Eric Baldwin. Two young stars have jumped to the top of leader board. Adam Geyer holds 89,500 and Marco Johnson is close behind with 88,000. Greg Mueller still holds strong near the top with 63,000 after leading the field during the last level. The low turnout of 279 players has led the tournament staff to change the schedule for today. Play will last for five levels as opposed to the scheduled six, and day 2 will consist of five levels of play as well. Play will conclude at 11:30 p.m. this evening. Player Tags: Joe Sebok, Eric Baldwin |
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Jul 14, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 7 | + |
Level 4 Hour 1 Update: Sebok Mixing It UpJul 04, '09 Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante Players Left: 720 of 873 Chip Counts: 1. Craig Hopkins – 131,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Todd Brunson — 41,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands Sebok Mixes It Up The player under the gun limped in for 300. The next player to act raised to 1,500 and Joe Sebok was next to act. He made the call and everyone else mucked, including the player under the gun. The flop then fell 764 and both players checked. It was the same story on the 8 turn and J river. Sebok then showed his hand, 22. It was good enough to take the pot as his opponent showed A10 for just ace high. A few hands later, the flop came down J83. Sebok called his opponent’s all in bet and tabled 54 for a flush draw. His opponent tabled KK and Sebok needed help. The turn didn’t give him anything as it was the 10, but the A on the river made Sebok his flush and he knocked out his opponent, pushing his stack to 64,000. Raymer Straightens Out His Opponent A player raised to 950 and the player in the cutoff made the call. The action was then on Greg Raymer on the button, who raised to 3,500. Everyone folded except the cutoff and the flop was 987. Both players checked and saw the 10 fall on the turn. The cutoff bet 5,000 and Raymer made the call. The river was the 2 and the action was checked to Raymer. He bet another 5,000 and the cutoff called. Raymer tabled KJ for a straight and the cutoff mucked. Raymer raked in the pot and was at 48,000. Mortensen Getting Short On a board reading J96Q, Carlos Mortensen bet 5,000. Another player raised to 13,000 and Mortensen made the call. The river was the 2 and the player shoved his entire stack, having Mortensen covered. Mortensen then mucked pocket nines face up, giving up his set. The other player showed K10 for the flush and took the pot, knocking out another player in the hand. Mortensen was down to just 12,000. Helppi’s Pocket Kings Hold Up, Even With an Ace on Board Juha Helppi raised to 900 under the gun and got four callers. The flop came AJ6 and everybody checked around. The turn was the 6 and everybody checked again. The river brought the 6 and now Helppi put out a bet of 1,150 and it folded around to the player in the small blind who cut out a call and put the chips in. Helppi tabled KK and his opponent mucked his cards. Kravchenko and Raymer Mixing it Up After some preflop action, three players, including Alex Kravchenko and Greg Raymer see a flop of AQ2. Kravchenko bet 1,500, there was a fold and then Raymer made the call. The turn was the K and both players checked. The river was the 6 and Kravchenko checked again. Raymer bet 4,000 and after a few moments, Kravchenko mucked. Raymer tabled the AQ, good for two pair. Just a few hands later, these same two players were sparring again. Raymer checked and called a bet from Kravchenko on the turn and a third player came along for the river. The final board read KJ9K8. Raymer checked, the other player checked and Kravchenko bet 3,000. Raymer quickly made the call and the third party got out of the way. Kravchenko showed AK and Raymer mucked. Round 2 goes to Kravchenko. Jason Young Gets Bluffed A player under the gun made it 900 to go and got three callers, including Jason Young who called from the button. The flop was K64 and the under the gun player bet 2,100. After there were two folds in between, Jason Young opted to raise to 5,150. After some thought, the under the gun player tossed in the call. The 7 fell on the turn and both players checked. The 2 was the river card and now the original preflop raiser bets 9,000. “You got two aces?” asked Young before he mucks his hand. His read was a little off as his opponent showed the 54, for just a pair of fours. Left In The Deck: It was just announced that 873 players registered for Day 1b of the main event, with 720 remaining. This is down from 1,158 players that registered on Day 1b last year. It appears that people just don’t want to spend their 4th of July holiday in the poker room. Player Tags: Juha Helppi, Carlos Mortensen, Greg Raymer, Jason Young, Joe Sebok Level 2 - Hour 1 Update: Chris Ferguson Adds to StackJul 04, '09 Blinds: 100-200 Chip Counts: 1. Dave D’Alesandro — 64,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Stephen Murphy – 18,250 Big Hands Joe Sebok Finally Wins A Pot Joe Sebok raises from the cutoff and the player in the big blind calls. The flop comes J75, Sebok bets 1,200 and the big blind calls. The turn is the A, both players check around. The river is the 3, and this time Sebok bets 3,300. The big blind folds and Sebok rakes the pot. After this hand he is up to 20,000 in chips. Chris Ferguson Chips Up Two players had already limped in the pot when Chris Ferguson raised to 1,000 from the button. Both opponents call and the flop comes J106. The player in the cutoff bets 1,400, Ferguson calls, and the third opponent folds. The turn is the 3, the cutoff bets 2,000 and Ferguson calls. The river is the 10, the cutoff bets 2,000, Ferguson raises to 7,000 and the cutoff calls. Ferguson shows KK and his opponent mucks his cards. Ferguson rakes the pot and is up to 44,000 in chips this hand. Miracle Hits An unknown short stacked player moved all in for 5,000 on a flop of 1072 with the J10 and was snap called by the 22 of an opponent. Needing runner-runner to stay alive, the J hit the turn, giving him the short stack top two pair and just four outs to make a full house. The 10 fell on the river, completing the miracle. Raymer Caught Bluffing Raymer fired on every street on a board of 1053A9 and was called down each time. The former main event champion bet 3,500 on the end and when he was called he said, “good call, I missed my straight draw.” His opponent tabled the AK for top pair and Raymer mucked. He is down to just 17,000. Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, Greg Raymer, Joe Sebok Level 15 Hour 1 Update: J.C. Tran Doubles UpJul 11, '09 Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 729 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,600,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 197,000 Average Chip Count: 220,884 Notable Eliminations: Maria Mayrinck Big Hands: Happy Beginnings On the third hand of the day, Steve Gahaghan moved all in from under the gun for 52,000. Jeff Shulman was next to act and made the quick call. Everyone else mucked and Gahaghan showed A8 while Shulman had JJ. The flop fell 1096 giving Gahaghan a gutshot straight draw. The turn was the K taking a bunch of spades away from Gahaghan as outs. The river was the 5, giving Shulman a flush and the pot. Shulman was at 197,000. Bilzerian Hits Runners to Stay Alive Dan Bilzerian moved all in preflop and was called by Jesse Chinni for his last 67,500 chips. Chinni showed AQ and Bilzerian had 89. The flop was QK4 and Bilzerian was in bad shape. The turn, however, gave Bilzerian some hope when the 8 fell. The miracle fell on the river as the 9 was turned over and kept Bilzerian in the tourney. Bonomo Suffers Early Blow Meyer Rainer was all in preflop against Justin Bonomo. Bonomo held AK, but was crushed by Rainer’s AA. The board was dry for Bonomo as it ran out 29552. Rainer doubled up to 330,000, while Bonomo dropped to 310,000 in chips. Sebok’s Big Slick Delivers Knockout In yet another all in preflop confrontation, which seems to be the theme of the beginning of the day, Joe Sebok called the all in of a short stacked Mads Jacobsen. Sebok showed AK and dominated Jacobsen’s A10. Jacobsen had some more life on the flop as it was 545, meaning he could chop with a 5 and win with a spade or a 10. The turn and river didn’t improve him when the J came on the turn and the 3 was dealt on the river. “So much drama,” cracked Sebok as he increased his stack to 315,000. Theo Tran Gets A Good Flop Theo Tran raised to 11,000 under the gun and action folded all the way around to Ray DeBruyn in the big blind. He made the call and both players saw the flop come down A5Q. Both players checked and the turn was the 4 and DeBruyn checked again. Tran bet 12,000 and was called. The river was the 6 and both players checked again. DeBruyn turned over 1010, but Tran showed Q10 for a better pair and a flush draw on the flop. He took the pot and was at 445,000. J.C. Tran Doubles Up After losing over 100,000 a few hands prior when he ran his ace-king into pocket aces, J.C. Tran moved all in for his last 40,000 preflop. Mark Weil had originally raised to 11,000 and decided to make the call. Tran turned up AQ while Weil tabled A7. The flop came 854, giving Weil a gutshot straight draw. The turn was the 10, giving Weil no help. “Put a face card out there, dealer,” Tran pleaded. The river was anything but a face card, bringing the 2. Tran was happy enough with that as he doubled up to 80,000. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Jeff Shulman, Justin Bonomo, Joe Sebok, Theo Tran Level 19 Hour 2 Update: Dan Harrington, Kara Scott Hit the Rail, James Akenhead Emerges as Chip LeaderJul 12, '09 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 232 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. James Akenhead – 2,890,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 822,025 Notable Eliminations: Dan Shak Big Hands: Kara Scott Doubles Up, Gets Crippled, Then Goes Bust Kara Scott moved in for about 120,000 preflop and she was called by Ilosvay Zsolt. Scott tabled KJ while Zsolt showed KQ. The flop came down 1064 and Scott held a flush draw. The turn was money for her as the 10 fell and the A fell on the river for good measure. She doubled up to 270,000. Moments later, Bob Lauria moved in for 170,000 preflop and Scott made the call. Lauria tabled AK but was in big trouble against Scott’s pocket aces, AA. The flop came down Q910 and Lauria flopped tons of outs to a straight or club flush. The turn was the 4, making the flush and the river was the J to rub it in Scott’s face. Lauria doubled up and Scott was crippled with just 90,000 left. Later, Kara Scott moved in for just 70,000 and was called by Paul Baron. Baron tabled 53 while Scott held A2. The board ran out Q5659 and Scott was eliminated. Bob Lauria Doubles Bob Lauria moved all in for his final 107,000 and Ian Woodley made the call. Lauria showed AQ while Woodley tabled K6. The board ran out KQ2A2 and Lauria doubled to about 220,000. Nick Binger Eliminated Nick Binger raised preflop and Montagna Corrado repopped to 60,000. Action folded back around to Binger who moved in for 125,000 more. Corrado made the call and tabled KK. Binger showed down A10 and needed help to stay alive. The board ran out 63295 and Binger was elilminated from the main event. Cole South Hits an Ace on the River After a series of raises preflop, Cole South called the all in bet of his opponent who had about 200,000, and the hands were turned face up. South showed the AQ and was up against QQ of his opponent. The flop was 7K9, the turn was the K, and South would need an ace on the river for the win. The river was the A and South took the pot and eliminated an opponent. Action Dan Gets Caught Bluffing, Then Gets Shown The Door On the turn, with already over 400,000 in the pot already, the board read A10KK, both Dan Harrington and Charlie Elias checked and watched the 3 fall on the river. Dan Harrington then bet 350,000 on the river and Elias went into the tank for several minutes. After a while, Elias cut out the call and Harrington acknowledged the fact that Elias made a good call and tabled 89 and Elias turned up QQ. A few hands later, the flop was K92 and Eric Cloutier fired 180,000. Harrington moved in for 345,000 and the call was made. Cloutier held AK while Harrington was drawing live with AQ. But the turn was the 3 and the river was the 7 and Harrington could not make his flush, resulting in his elimination. He exited the Amazon Room to a standing ovation. Akenhead’s Kings Give Him the Chip Lead Eracles Panayiotous raised to 26,000 and was three-bet by James Akenhead to 80,000. Panayiotous made the call and the flop fell Q73 and Akenhead bet 130,000 and was called. The turn was the 8 and Akenhead bet 190,000 and was met with a raise to 430,000 from Panayiotous. Akenhead eventually makes the call and the K fell on the river. Akenhead checked and Panayiotous moved all in for about 800,000. Akenhead instantly made the call and tabled the KK, giving him top set and his opponent turned over 64, for an absolute air ball. Akenhead now has over 3,000,000 in chips and is the new chip leader for the tournament. Sebok Doubles Up With Big Slick, Proceeds to Bust Opponent Adam Lattimer raised to 26,000 and was reraised to 86,000 by Hieu Luu. Action was folded around to Joe Sebok who moved all in for 259,000. Lattimer eventually folded and Luu went into the tank. Luu eventually made the call, figuring he was priced in and showed a mere Q7 and was up against Sebok’s AK. The flop was 456, followed by the 7 on the turn, giving Luu a pair of sevens. Sebok was getting up out of his chair and putting on his jacket when the K hit the river and Sebok stayed alive. Moments later, Sebok called his opponent’s all in bet and tabled JJ. His opponent showed down 1010 and the board ran out QQ67Q, giving Sebok a better full house and the pot. He was at around 500,000. J.C. Tran Takes A Pot J.C. Tran raised to 24,000 preflop and was called by the big blind. The flop came down 1085 and action was checked to Tran. He bet out 30,000 and the big blind called. The turn was the Q and Tran fired 65,000. The big blind gave up his hand and Tran was at 260,000. Nicholle Peppe Takes A Massive 2.5 Million Pot Off Lutz On a flop of 1097, Tom Lutz bet 300,000 and Nicholle Peppe shoved for 1,099,000. Lutz made the call and the hands were turned over. Lutz: 108 Lutz gambled with his top pair and open-ended straight draw, but the turn was the 4 and the river was the 2 and Peppe doubled up in the biggest pot of the tournament. She was at 2.7 million while Lutz dropped to a still respectable 1.16 million. Player Tags: Nicholle Peppe, Joe Sebok, Nick Binger, James Akenhead, Cole South, Kara Scott, Tom Lutz, Bob Lauria Level 18 Hour 1 Update: Schneider And Hinkle Score Early KnockoutsJul 12, '09 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 372 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 314,000 Average Chip Count: 506,026 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Kimber Big Hands: Schneider Eliminates Burt With Big Slick Tom Schneider and Keith Burt got all of their money in preflop and their hands were turned over. Schneider held AK and Burt showed 97. The board ran out 52226, leaving Burt with just nine-high and giving Schneider the pot. Burt is eliminated from the tournament, while Schneider’s stack is increased to 950,000. Sebok’s Bluff Picked Off Hieu Luu raised to 20,000 preflop and was called by Joe Sebok from the small blind. The flop was 533 and Sebok checked. Luu fired 30,000 which was called by Sebok. The turn was the 8 and both players checked. The 9 fell on the river and Sebok bet 70,000 and was called by Luu. Sebok showed A10 and Luu turned over pocket tens to take the pot. Blair Hinkle Doubles One Opponent Up, Makes A Profit Anyway Oliver Klatt moved all in preflop and the action folded to Isidro Martinez. He moved all in having Klatt covered and the action was on Blair Hinkle. He then came over the top for all of his chips, having both men covered. Everyone else mucked and the hands were turned up. Martinez: QQ Hinkle was in great position to score a double knockout, but the flop came down J94, giving Klatt a set of nines. The turn was the A and the river was the J, scoring a triple up for Klatt. However, he only had 125,000 total, leaving a small dent in Hinkle’s stack. Hinkle won the side pot against Martinez and after all the chips were counted, Hinkle made a profit out of the deal, his chips around 2 million. Benyamine Takes A Big Pot Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 9336 and Sarne Lightman fired 150,000 into a pot of over 225,000. David Benyamine took a few seconds to count out his stack, then moved all in for 135,000 more. Lightman then took a tank session of his own and decided to muck his hand, surrendering the large pot to Benyamine. Benyamine was around 680,000. Kenny Tran Gets Bluffed Kenny Tran raised to 23,000 from early position and was three-bet by a player in late position to 100,000. Tran went into the tank for several minutes before making the call. The flop came J49 and Tran checked to his opponent. His opponent didn’t make any movements and was just staring around the room, until the dealer informed him that Tran had checked and the player decided to go all in. Tran fairly quickly folded and folded pocket queens face up. To his dismay, his opponent turned over A10, for just ace-high. Phillips Knocks Out Mighty Thor Dennis Phillips and Thor Hansen got all of their chips into the middle preflop and Phillips had the best of it when he turned over AK against Hansen’s KQ. Hansen said he was good with the ladies, but his mojo was a little low today as the board ran out 75675, keeping Phillips’ big slick in the lead and eliminating a tough opponent from the tournament. Player Tags: Thor Hansen, David Benyamine, Tom Schneider, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Blair Hinkle Level 24 Hour 2 Update: Kenny Tran EliminatedJul 13, '09 NOTE: There was a 20-minute break after this level and play will commence at 10:50 p.m. PDT. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 82 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 7,500,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,853 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,750,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 11th place. Notable Eliminations: 86. Kenny Tran – $57,991 Chip Movers and Shakers - Benjamin Jensen jumped his stack to 2.4 million in a hand where he made trip aces against Fabrice Soulier. Soulier was knocked down to 2.17 million. - Adam Bilzerian grew his stack to 2.66 million when he snapped up a pot that was over 800,000 against Tom Schneider. Bilzerian bet 550,000 on a Q-Q-5 flop and Schneider mucked. Schneider was down to 1.135 million after the hand. - Ludovic Lacay held strong near 5.2 million, thanks to his pocket tens making a straight on the river to match the Broadway straight of Craig Boyd (A-10) on a K-Q-J-2-A board. Boyd held 2.6 million after the hand. Big Hands Blair Rodman Doubles Up Phil Ivey raised to 80,000 and Blair Rodman shoved all in for 362,000 total. Action was folded back around to Ivey who made the call. Ivey exposed the A9 while Rodman exposed the 88. The board ran out K10462, as Rodman’s eights held up. Rodman is still short with 780,000. Dennis Phillips Wins Million Chip Pot Thai Tran raised preflop to 70,000 and Dennis Phillips reraised to 180,000. Steve Sanders made the call and action was back to Tran. He didn’t just call, instead he put out a raise to 605,000. Action was back to Phillips, who went into the tank and eventually announced all in for 1,900,000 total. Sanders quickly folded and Tran went into the tank before mucking. Phillips collected the million chip pot without having to see a flop. Phillips is now at 3,000,000. Kenny Tran Eliminated 86th Place ($57,991) With less than 500,000 Kenny Tran chose to move all in with the A5 and was called by the 88 of Joseph Cada. The board offered no salvation as it ran out 43396. Cada is at 2,580,000. Darvin Moon Wins Monster Pot Darvin Moon limped from early position and Chris Bach raised to 175,000. Jamie Brown reraised to 375,000 from the button. Moon limped in with a huge hand and made it 1,000,000 to go. Bach folded and Brown thought for awhile before going all in with his last 1,400,000. Moon snap called and exposed the AA. Brown tabled the dominated KK. The board ran out 653J8 as Brown received no help and was eliminated from the main event. Moon is at 7,500,000 and the chip leader. Antonio Esfandiari Eliminates Opponent Antonio Esfandiari raised preflop and was repopped by Wesley Ismay. Esfandiari made the call and both players saw a flop of 755. Esfandiari bet 400,000 and Ismay called. The K hit the turn and Esfandiari once again bet out, this time for 700,000. Ismay reraised all in for 2,000,000 total. Esfandiari made the call and exposed the AK and had his opponent’s Q-9 drawing dead. The meaningless 6 fell on the river and Esfandiari is now at 5,600,000. Joe Sebok Doubles Up Again Billy Kopp raised 80,000 in middle position and Joe Sebok moved all in for 301,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Kopp who made the call. Kopp exposed the Q7 while Sebok tabled the 99. The board ran out 107435 and Sebok survived the double up. He is at 680,000 while Kopp is down to 4,100,000. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Blair Rodman, Antonio Esfandiari, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 24 Hour 1 Update: Phil Ivey SurgingJul 13, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 91 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Ludovic Lacay – 5,650,000 Average Chip Count: 1,928,911 Card Player Chip Movement: Jeff Shulman has been moved to a new table with Tom Schneider and Ludovic Lacay both on his left. He has held steady during the last hour. Notable Eliminations: 98. Hac Dang – $47,003 Chip Movers and Shakers - Kasper Cordes was eliminated when his A-K ran into the pocket eights of Scott Cook, which had made top set when Cordes moved the last of his chips into the middle. - Jonathan Tamayo used pocket aces to grow his stack to more than 3 million. - Dennis Phillips picked up more than 300,000 to grow his stack to just over 2 million. Big Hands Kenny Tran Doubles Up The short stack of Kenny Tran moved all in preflop with the 66 and was called by the A9 of Grayson Ramage. The flop came A64, giving Tran a set and putting him way out in front. The J hit the turn and the 7 fell on the river, doubling him up to just 500,000. Phil Ivey Eliminates Hac Dang Hac Dang raised to 80,000 preflop and action was folded around to Phil Ivey who reraised to 260,000. Dang decided to move all in for 620,000 total and Ivey made the quick call. Dang exposed the QQ and was dominating the JJ of Ivey. The flop seemed like destiny for Ivey as it came J94, putting him way out in front with his top set. The 5 on the turn put Dang in danger of being eliminated by perhaps the best player left in the tournament. The 7 fell on the river and Ivey knocked out Dang, bringing his stack up to 3,260,000. Ludovic Lacay Hits Miracle, Wins Huge Double Up Hamid Nourafchan raised 100,000 preflop from middle position. Action was folded to Ludovic Lacay in the big blind. He made it 350,000 total and Nourafchan quickly moved all in. Lacay made the call for the rest of his 2,800,000 chip stack. Lacay tabled the KK, but Nourafchan exposed the AA. Lacay needed to get lucky but had to listen to the fact that someone else at the table folded a king. The flop came JJ5, and Lacay needed massive help. The 4 hit the turn and Lacay was down to the case king in the deck. The miracle hit as the K fell, doubling him up to a massive 5,650,000. Nourafchan would have had a massive chip lead but is now down to 2,400,000. Eugene Katchalov Eliminates Opponent Bernhard Perner went all in for 295,000 under the gun and Eugene Katchalov went into the tank from early position. He eventually made the call and tabled the AJ and was behind against the AK of Perner. The flop came A99, offering some split possibilities for Katchalov. The 5 hit the turn and Perner needed to dodge just one more card to double up. However, the J on the river sent him to the rail and saw Katchalov’s stack soar to 5.2 million. Joe Sebock Doubles Up Joe Sebock moved all in preflop for 154,000 and was called by Frank Rusnak on the button. Sebock exposed the 55 and was up against the AQ of his opponent. The board ran out 88739 and Sebock is up to 393,000. Noah Boeken Eliminated After a flop of 1052, Noah Boeken checked and Kevin Schaffel checked. Hung Pham was next to act and he threw out a bet of 190,000 Boeken thought about it for awhile and then moved all in to put his tournament at risk. Action was back on Schaffel who made the fold. Pham made the quick call. Pham exposed the 1010, as Boeken saw his opponent had a set against his 56. Needing a heart to stay alive or runner-runner quads, Boeken was dismayed when the 8 hit the turn. The Q on the river ended his hopes and he was sent to the rail. Pham is now at 3,250,000. CardPlayer TV: Eugene Katchalov Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Kenny Tran, Eugene Katchalov, Joe Sebok, Ludovic Lacay Level 26 Hour 2 Update: Sebok EliminatedJul 14, '09 Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 54 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 14,340,000 Average Chip Count: 3,607,777 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,300,000 Notable Eliminations: 57. Joe Sebok — $108,047 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands Joe Sebok Eliminated Action folded around to Joe Sebok on the button and he moved all in for about 500,00. Ben Lamb was in the big blind and made the call. Here were their hands. Sebok: A9 Sebok was dominated and needed a lot of help. The flop came down J43 and Sebok was down to his last two streets. The turn was the 6 and Sebok could only double up with a nine. The river brought the Q instead, pairing Lamb and Sebok was eliminated from the main event. Billy Kopp Knocks Out John Martin Billy Kopp raised to 125,000 from under the gun and John Martin made the call from the hijack after Luis Nargentino called from the hijack. The flop came down A96 and Martin bet 250,000. Kopp made the call and Nargentino mucked. The turn was the K and Martin bet 500,000. Kopp sprung his trap and raised to over 2 million. Martin then shoved for the rest of his stack and Kopp made the call. Kopp tabled 66 for a flopped set while Martin tabled 87 for an open-ended straight draw along with a diamond draw. The river was the J and Martin missed everything. He was eliminated and Kopp was over 11 million after the hand. Ivey Doesn’t Believe In Bach Phil Ivey raised to 135,000 preflop and Christopher Bach made the call from the big blind. The flop came down 933 and both players checked. The turn was the 9 and Bach led out with 150,000. The river was the 7 and Bach led out one more time, this time for 360,000. Ivey made the call and Bach tabled Q10 for a whole lot of nothing. Ivey then showed AQ and his ace kicker played. He took the pot and was over 7 million. Schneider Doubles Through Hieu Luu Hieu Luu raised from the cutoff position and Tom Schneider called from the big blind. The flop came A62 and Schnedier checked and called Luu’s 225,000 bet. On the 8 turn, Schneider led out for 400,000 and was raised all in by Luu. Schneider called and we got the rest of the analysis from Schneider’s wife who yelled “What do you have baby?” Schneider replied that he had two pair and that he was up against a flush draw. “What do we need?” yelled Mrs. Schneider. To that question, Schneider replied that she should root for the king of spades. Ironically enough, that was what fell on the river and Schneider doubles up to 3,800,000 and Luu drops to 2,400,000. Maimone’s Two Pair Is No Good Joseph Cada raised to 175,000 preflop and was called by Dennis Phillips and Nick Maimone called. The flop fell 37Q and Cada bet 250,000, which was only called by Maimone. The turn was the J and Cada bet 450,000, which was again called by Maimone. The river was the 10 and Cada bet 900,000. Maimone called and Cada showed QQ, good for top set. Maimone made a comment about how sick the hand was as he flashed QJ, good for top two pair, and drawing dead the whole way. Aces Hold For Smith, Doubles Through Bilzerian On a flop of 348, Jordan Smith moved all in and was called by Adam Bilzerian. Bilzerian showed 66 and was behind Smith’s AA. The turn was the K and the river was the 2, alowing Smith to double up to 2,500,000 and Bilzerian dropped to 1,850,000 in chips. Lichtenberger Drops One to Shulman Andrew Lichtenberger raised from the button and was called by Eric Buchman and Jeff Shulman from the blinds. The flop was A102 and after Buchman checked, Shulman bet 200,000 into the preflop raiser. Lichtenberger called and Buchman folded. The turn was the 8 and Shulman fired 250,000, which was called. The river was the J and both players checked. Shulman turned over QT, good for third pair and Lichtenberger mucked his hand. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Tom Schneider, Phil Ivey, Hieu Luu, Joe Sebok, Andrew Lichtenberger Level 26 Hour 1 Update: Sebok AilingJul 14, '09 Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 57 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 10,100,000 Average Chip Count: 3,478,928 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,745,000 Notable Eliminations: 64. Prahlad Friedman – $90,344 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman Big Hands Prahlad Friedman Eliminated in 64th Place ($90,344) Prahlad Friedman moved all in from the cutoff for 840,000 and Bradley Craig called from the big blind. Friedman showed KQ and Craig tabled AK. Friedman was unable to catch a queen as the board ran out 97289 and was eliminated right before a money jump. He is the last player to earn $90,344. Each player eliminated from here on out is guaranteed at least $108,000. Tommy Vedes Climbs Chip Counts, Eliminates George Saca Tommy Vedes limped from early position and George Saca made it 250,000 from late position. Vedes made the call and the flop was K54. Vedes checked and Saca bet 460,000, which was called by Vedes. The turn was the 10 and Vedes checked again. Saca bet 440,000 and Vedes raised to 1,300,000 and Saca moved all in. Vedes had Saca covered and made the call. Vedes tabled 55 and had Saca drawing dead when he tabled AK. The river was a meaningless A, which gave Saca two pair, but not the best hand. He was eliminated in 63rd place and Vedes has 8,200,000 in chips. Shulman Takes a Small Pot Jeff Shulman raised and was called by Jason Brice. The flop was J107 and Shulman checked. Brice bet 160,000 and Shulman called. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 9. Both players checked both streets down and Shulman showed A10 and his pair was good enough to take the pot. Craig Boyd Doubles Up Craig Boyd moved all in for 515,000 preflop and Mika Puumalainen made the call from the button. Boyd turned over Q8 while Puumalainen tabled AJ. The flop was golden for Boyd as it fell Q32, giving him the lead. The turn was the J, giving Puumalainen a piece of the hand. The river was the 6 and, since neither man had a club in his hand, Boyd took the pot with his pair of queens. He doubled to just over 1 million. Puumalainen would be eliminated later in the hour. Sebok Cut In Half Early Joe Sebok started the day with 1 million in chips. He had been slowly getting anted off during the level before he finally saw a flop against Nick Maimone. Sebok raised to 125,000 preflop and Maimone made the call. The flop came down A29 and Sebok led out with 135,000. Maimone made the call and the turn was the 3. Both players checked and they did the same on the 7 river. Maimone then tabled A10 for top pair and Sebok mucked. Sebok was down to just 500,000 after the hand. Lacay Takes One Ludovic Lacay raised to 130,000 preflop from the cutoff and Christopher Bach made the call from the big blind. The flop came down K37 and Lacay fired 175,000. The turn was the 10 and Bach decided to take the initiative, firing 300,000. Lacay would have none of it, raising to 900,000. Bach made the call and the river was the 4. Bach took another shot, firing 680,000. Lacay was in no mood for nonsense and moved all in. Bach took a session in the tank and mucked his hand. Lacay took the pot and was at 7.3 million in chips. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Prahlad Friedman, Tommy Vedes, Joe Sebok, Craig Boyd |
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Jul 13, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 6 | + |
Level 4 Hour 1 Update: Sebok Mixing It UpJul 04, '09 Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante Players Left: 720 of 873 Chip Counts: 1. Craig Hopkins – 131,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Todd Brunson — 41,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands Sebok Mixes It Up The player under the gun limped in for 300. The next player to act raised to 1,500 and Joe Sebok was next to act. He made the call and everyone else mucked, including the player under the gun. The flop then fell 764 and both players checked. It was the same story on the 8 turn and J river. Sebok then showed his hand, 22. It was good enough to take the pot as his opponent showed A10 for just ace high. A few hands later, the flop came down J83. Sebok called his opponent’s all in bet and tabled 54 for a flush draw. His opponent tabled KK and Sebok needed help. The turn didn’t give him anything as it was the 10, but the A on the river made Sebok his flush and he knocked out his opponent, pushing his stack to 64,000. Raymer Straightens Out His Opponent A player raised to 950 and the player in the cutoff made the call. The action was then on Greg Raymer on the button, who raised to 3,500. Everyone folded except the cutoff and the flop was 987. Both players checked and saw the 10 fall on the turn. The cutoff bet 5,000 and Raymer made the call. The river was the 2 and the action was checked to Raymer. He bet another 5,000 and the cutoff called. Raymer tabled KJ for a straight and the cutoff mucked. Raymer raked in the pot and was at 48,000. Mortensen Getting Short On a board reading J96Q, Carlos Mortensen bet 5,000. Another player raised to 13,000 and Mortensen made the call. The river was the 2 and the player shoved his entire stack, having Mortensen covered. Mortensen then mucked pocket nines face up, giving up his set. The other player showed K10 for the flush and took the pot, knocking out another player in the hand. Mortensen was down to just 12,000. Helppi’s Pocket Kings Hold Up, Even With an Ace on Board Juha Helppi raised to 900 under the gun and got four callers. The flop came AJ6 and everybody checked around. The turn was the 6 and everybody checked again. The river brought the 6 and now Helppi put out a bet of 1,150 and it folded around to the player in the small blind who cut out a call and put the chips in. Helppi tabled KK and his opponent mucked his cards. Kravchenko and Raymer Mixing it Up After some preflop action, three players, including Alex Kravchenko and Greg Raymer see a flop of AQ2. Kravchenko bet 1,500, there was a fold and then Raymer made the call. The turn was the K and both players checked. The river was the 6 and Kravchenko checked again. Raymer bet 4,000 and after a few moments, Kravchenko mucked. Raymer tabled the AQ, good for two pair. Just a few hands later, these same two players were sparring again. Raymer checked and called a bet from Kravchenko on the turn and a third player came along for the river. The final board read KJ9K8. Raymer checked, the other player checked and Kravchenko bet 3,000. Raymer quickly made the call and the third party got out of the way. Kravchenko showed AK and Raymer mucked. Round 2 goes to Kravchenko. Jason Young Gets Bluffed A player under the gun made it 900 to go and got three callers, including Jason Young who called from the button. The flop was K64 and the under the gun player bet 2,100. After there were two folds in between, Jason Young opted to raise to 5,150. After some thought, the under the gun player tossed in the call. The 7 fell on the turn and both players checked. The 2 was the river card and now the original preflop raiser bets 9,000. “You got two aces?” asked Young before he mucks his hand. His read was a little off as his opponent showed the 54, for just a pair of fours. Left In The Deck: It was just announced that 873 players registered for Day 1b of the main event, with 720 remaining. This is down from 1,158 players that registered on Day 1b last year. It appears that people just don’t want to spend their 4th of July holiday in the poker room. Player Tags: Juha Helppi, Carlos Mortensen, Greg Raymer, Jason Young, Joe Sebok Level 2 - Hour 1 Update: Chris Ferguson Adds to StackJul 04, '09 Blinds: 100-200 Chip Counts: 1. Dave D’Alesandro — 64,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Stephen Murphy – 18,250 Big Hands Joe Sebok Finally Wins A Pot Joe Sebok raises from the cutoff and the player in the big blind calls. The flop comes J75, Sebok bets 1,200 and the big blind calls. The turn is the A, both players check around. The river is the 3, and this time Sebok bets 3,300. The big blind folds and Sebok rakes the pot. After this hand he is up to 20,000 in chips. Chris Ferguson Chips Up Two players had already limped in the pot when Chris Ferguson raised to 1,000 from the button. Both opponents call and the flop comes J106. The player in the cutoff bets 1,400, Ferguson calls, and the third opponent folds. The turn is the 3, the cutoff bets 2,000 and Ferguson calls. The river is the 10, the cutoff bets 2,000, Ferguson raises to 7,000 and the cutoff calls. Ferguson shows KK and his opponent mucks his cards. Ferguson rakes the pot and is up to 44,000 in chips this hand. Miracle Hits An unknown short stacked player moved all in for 5,000 on a flop of 1072 with the J10 and was snap called by the 22 of an opponent. Needing runner-runner to stay alive, the J hit the turn, giving him the short stack top two pair and just four outs to make a full house. The 10 fell on the river, completing the miracle. Raymer Caught Bluffing Raymer fired on every street on a board of 1053A9 and was called down each time. The former main event champion bet 3,500 on the end and when he was called he said, “good call, I missed my straight draw.” His opponent tabled the AK for top pair and Raymer mucked. He is down to just 17,000. Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, Greg Raymer, Joe Sebok Level 15 Hour 1 Update: J.C. Tran Doubles UpJul 11, '09 Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 729 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,600,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 197,000 Average Chip Count: 220,884 Notable Eliminations: Maria Mayrinck Big Hands: Happy Beginnings On the third hand of the day, Steve Gahaghan moved all in from under the gun for 52,000. Jeff Shulman was next to act and made the quick call. Everyone else mucked and Gahaghan showed A8 while Shulman had JJ. The flop fell 1096 giving Gahaghan a gutshot straight draw. The turn was the K taking a bunch of spades away from Gahaghan as outs. The river was the 5, giving Shulman a flush and the pot. Shulman was at 197,000. Bilzerian Hits Runners to Stay Alive Dan Bilzerian moved all in preflop and was called by Jesse Chinni for his last 67,500 chips. Chinni showed AQ and Bilzerian had 89. The flop was QK4 and Bilzerian was in bad shape. The turn, however, gave Bilzerian some hope when the 8 fell. The miracle fell on the river as the 9 was turned over and kept Bilzerian in the tourney. Bonomo Suffers Early Blow Meyer Rainer was all in preflop against Justin Bonomo. Bonomo held AK, but was crushed by Rainer’s AA. The board was dry for Bonomo as it ran out 29552. Rainer doubled up to 330,000, while Bonomo dropped to 310,000 in chips. Sebok’s Big Slick Delivers Knockout In yet another all in preflop confrontation, which seems to be the theme of the beginning of the day, Joe Sebok called the all in of a short stacked Mads Jacobsen. Sebok showed AK and dominated Jacobsen’s A10. Jacobsen had some more life on the flop as it was 545, meaning he could chop with a 5 and win with a spade or a 10. The turn and river didn’t improve him when the J came on the turn and the 3 was dealt on the river. “So much drama,” cracked Sebok as he increased his stack to 315,000. Theo Tran Gets A Good Flop Theo Tran raised to 11,000 under the gun and action folded all the way around to Ray DeBruyn in the big blind. He made the call and both players saw the flop come down A5Q. Both players checked and the turn was the 4 and DeBruyn checked again. Tran bet 12,000 and was called. The river was the 6 and both players checked again. DeBruyn turned over 1010, but Tran showed Q10 for a better pair and a flush draw on the flop. He took the pot and was at 445,000. J.C. Tran Doubles Up After losing over 100,000 a few hands prior when he ran his ace-king into pocket aces, J.C. Tran moved all in for his last 40,000 preflop. Mark Weil had originally raised to 11,000 and decided to make the call. Tran turned up AQ while Weil tabled A7. The flop came 854, giving Weil a gutshot straight draw. The turn was the 10, giving Weil no help. “Put a face card out there, dealer,” Tran pleaded. The river was anything but a face card, bringing the 2. Tran was happy enough with that as he doubled up to 80,000. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Jeff Shulman, Justin Bonomo, Joe Sebok, Theo Tran Level 19 Hour 2 Update: Dan Harrington, Kara Scott Hit the Rail, James Akenhead Emerges as Chip LeaderJul 12, '09 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 232 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. James Akenhead – 2,890,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 822,025 Notable Eliminations: Dan Shak Big Hands: Kara Scott Doubles Up, Gets Crippled, Then Goes Bust Kara Scott moved in for about 120,000 preflop and she was called by Ilosvay Zsolt. Scott tabled KJ while Zsolt showed KQ. The flop came down 1064 and Scott held a flush draw. The turn was money for her as the 10 fell and the A fell on the river for good measure. She doubled up to 270,000. Moments later, Bob Lauria moved in for 170,000 preflop and Scott made the call. Lauria tabled AK but was in big trouble against Scott’s pocket aces, AA. The flop came down Q910 and Lauria flopped tons of outs to a straight or club flush. The turn was the 4, making the flush and the river was the J to rub it in Scott’s face. Lauria doubled up and Scott was crippled with just 90,000 left. Later, Kara Scott moved in for just 70,000 and was called by Paul Baron. Baron tabled 53 while Scott held A2. The board ran out Q5659 and Scott was eliminated. Bob Lauria Doubles Bob Lauria moved all in for his final 107,000 and Ian Woodley made the call. Lauria showed AQ while Woodley tabled K6. The board ran out KQ2A2 and Lauria doubled to about 220,000. Nick Binger Eliminated Nick Binger raised preflop and Montagna Corrado repopped to 60,000. Action folded back around to Binger who moved in for 125,000 more. Corrado made the call and tabled KK. Binger showed down A10 and needed help to stay alive. The board ran out 63295 and Binger was elilminated from the main event. Cole South Hits an Ace on the River After a series of raises preflop, Cole South called the all in bet of his opponent who had about 200,000, and the hands were turned face up. South showed the AQ and was up against QQ of his opponent. The flop was 7K9, the turn was the K, and South would need an ace on the river for the win. The river was the A and South took the pot and eliminated an opponent. Action Dan Gets Caught Bluffing, Then Gets Shown The Door On the turn, with already over 400,000 in the pot already, the board read A10KK, both Dan Harrington and Charlie Elias checked and watched the 3 fall on the river. Dan Harrington then bet 350,000 on the river and Elias went into the tank for several minutes. After a while, Elias cut out the call and Harrington acknowledged the fact that Elias made a good call and tabled 89 and Elias turned up QQ. A few hands later, the flop was K92 and Eric Cloutier fired 180,000. Harrington moved in for 345,000 and the call was made. Cloutier held AK while Harrington was drawing live with AQ. But the turn was the 3 and the river was the 7 and Harrington could not make his flush, resulting in his elimination. He exited the Amazon Room to a standing ovation. Akenhead’s Kings Give Him the Chip Lead Eracles Panayiotous raised to 26,000 and was three-bet by James Akenhead to 80,000. Panayiotous made the call and the flop fell Q73 and Akenhead bet 130,000 and was called. The turn was the 8 and Akenhead bet 190,000 and was met with a raise to 430,000 from Panayiotous. Akenhead eventually makes the call and the K fell on the river. Akenhead checked and Panayiotous moved all in for about 800,000. Akenhead instantly made the call and tabled the KK, giving him top set and his opponent turned over 64, for an absolute air ball. Akenhead now has over 3,000,000 in chips and is the new chip leader for the tournament. Sebok Doubles Up With Big Slick, Proceeds to Bust Opponent Adam Lattimer raised to 26,000 and was reraised to 86,000 by Hieu Luu. Action was folded around to Joe Sebok who moved all in for 259,000. Lattimer eventually folded and Luu went into the tank. Luu eventually made the call, figuring he was priced in and showed a mere Q7 and was up against Sebok’s AK. The flop was 456, followed by the 7 on the turn, giving Luu a pair of sevens. Sebok was getting up out of his chair and putting on his jacket when the K hit the river and Sebok stayed alive. Moments later, Sebok called his opponent’s all in bet and tabled JJ. His opponent showed down 1010 and the board ran out QQ67Q, giving Sebok a better full house and the pot. He was at around 500,000. J.C. Tran Takes A Pot J.C. Tran raised to 24,000 preflop and was called by the big blind. The flop came down 1085 and action was checked to Tran. He bet out 30,000 and the big blind called. The turn was the Q and Tran fired 65,000. The big blind gave up his hand and Tran was at 260,000. Nicholle Peppe Takes A Massive 2.5 Million Pot Off Lutz On a flop of 1097, Tom Lutz bet 300,000 and Nicholle Peppe shoved for 1,099,000. Lutz made the call and the hands were turned over. Lutz: 108 Lutz gambled with his top pair and open-ended straight draw, but the turn was the 4 and the river was the 2 and Peppe doubled up in the biggest pot of the tournament. She was at 2.7 million while Lutz dropped to a still respectable 1.16 million. Player Tags: Nicholle Peppe, Joe Sebok, Nick Binger, James Akenhead, Cole South, Kara Scott, Tom Lutz, Bob Lauria Level 18 Hour 1 Update: Schneider And Hinkle Score Early KnockoutsJul 12, '09 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 372 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 314,000 Average Chip Count: 506,026 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Kimber Big Hands: Schneider Eliminates Burt With Big Slick Tom Schneider and Keith Burt got all of their money in preflop and their hands were turned over. Schneider held AK and Burt showed 97. The board ran out 52226, leaving Burt with just nine-high and giving Schneider the pot. Burt is eliminated from the tournament, while Schneider’s stack is increased to 950,000. Sebok’s Bluff Picked Off Hieu Luu raised to 20,000 preflop and was called by Joe Sebok from the small blind. The flop was 533 and Sebok checked. Luu fired 30,000 which was called by Sebok. The turn was the 8 and both players checked. The 9 fell on the river and Sebok bet 70,000 and was called by Luu. Sebok showed A10 and Luu turned over pocket tens to take the pot. Blair Hinkle Doubles One Opponent Up, Makes A Profit Anyway Oliver Klatt moved all in preflop and the action folded to Isidro Martinez. He moved all in having Klatt covered and the action was on Blair Hinkle. He then came over the top for all of his chips, having both men covered. Everyone else mucked and the hands were turned up. Martinez: QQ Hinkle was in great position to score a double knockout, but the flop came down J94, giving Klatt a set of nines. The turn was the A and the river was the J, scoring a triple up for Klatt. However, he only had 125,000 total, leaving a small dent in Hinkle’s stack. Hinkle won the side pot against Martinez and after all the chips were counted, Hinkle made a profit out of the deal, his chips around 2 million. Benyamine Takes A Big Pot Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 9336 and Sarne Lightman fired 150,000 into a pot of over 225,000. David Benyamine took a few seconds to count out his stack, then moved all in for 135,000 more. Lightman then took a tank session of his own and decided to muck his hand, surrendering the large pot to Benyamine. Benyamine was around 680,000. Kenny Tran Gets Bluffed Kenny Tran raised to 23,000 from early position and was three-bet by a player in late position to 100,000. Tran went into the tank for several minutes before making the call. The flop came J49 and Tran checked to his opponent. His opponent didn’t make any movements and was just staring around the room, until the dealer informed him that Tran had checked and the player decided to go all in. Tran fairly quickly folded and folded pocket queens face up. To his dismay, his opponent turned over A10, for just ace-high. Phillips Knocks Out Mighty Thor Dennis Phillips and Thor Hansen got all of their chips into the middle preflop and Phillips had the best of it when he turned over AK against Hansen’s KQ. Hansen said he was good with the ladies, but his mojo was a little low today as the board ran out 75675, keeping Phillips’ big slick in the lead and eliminating a tough opponent from the tournament. Player Tags: Thor Hansen, David Benyamine, Tom Schneider, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Blair Hinkle Level 24 Hour 2 Update: Kenny Tran EliminatedJul 13, '09 NOTE: There was a 20-minute break after this level and play will commence at 10:50 p.m. PDT. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 82 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 7,500,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,853 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,750,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 11th place. Notable Eliminations: 86. Kenny Tran – $57,991 Chip Movers and Shakers - Benjamin Jensen jumped his stack to 2.4 million in a hand where he made trip aces against Fabrice Soulier. Soulier was knocked down to 2.17 million. - Adam Bilzerian grew his stack to 2.66 million when he snapped up a pot that was over 800,000 against Tom Schneider. Bilzerian bet 550,000 on a Q-Q-5 flop and Schneider mucked. Schneider was down to 1.135 million after the hand. - Ludovic Lacay held strong near 5.2 million, thanks to his pocket tens making a straight on the river to match the Broadway straight of Craig Boyd (A-10) on a K-Q-J-2-A board. Boyd held 2.6 million after the hand. Big Hands Blair Rodman Doubles Up Phil Ivey raised to 80,000 and Blair Rodman shoved all in for 362,000 total. Action was folded back around to Ivey who made the call. Ivey exposed the A9 while Rodman exposed the 88. The board ran out K10462, as Rodman’s eights held up. Rodman is still short with 780,000. Dennis Phillips Wins Million Chip Pot Thai Tran raised preflop to 70,000 and Dennis Phillips reraised to 180,000. Steve Sanders made the call and action was back to Tran. He didn’t just call, instead he put out a raise to 605,000. Action was back to Phillips, who went into the tank and eventually announced all in for 1,900,000 total. Sanders quickly folded and Tran went into the tank before mucking. Phillips collected the million chip pot without having to see a flop. Phillips is now at 3,000,000. Kenny Tran Eliminated 86th Place ($57,991) With less than 500,000 Kenny Tran chose to move all in with the A5 and was called by the 88 of Joseph Cada. The board offered no salvation as it ran out 43396. Cada is at 2,580,000. Darvin Moon Wins Monster Pot Darvin Moon limped from early position and Chris Bach raised to 175,000. Jamie Brown reraised to 375,000 from the button. Moon limped in with a huge hand and made it 1,000,000 to go. Bach folded and Brown thought for awhile before going all in with his last 1,400,000. Moon snap called and exposed the AA. Brown tabled the dominated KK. The board ran out 653J8 as Brown received no help and was eliminated from the main event. Moon is at 7,500,000 and the chip leader. Antonio Esfandiari Eliminates Opponent Antonio Esfandiari raised preflop and was repopped by Wesley Ismay. Esfandiari made the call and both players saw a flop of 755. Esfandiari bet 400,000 and Ismay called. The K hit the turn and Esfandiari once again bet out, this time for 700,000. Ismay reraised all in for 2,000,000 total. Esfandiari made the call and exposed the AK and had his opponent’s Q-9 drawing dead. The meaningless 6 fell on the river and Esfandiari is now at 5,600,000. Joe Sebok Doubles Up Again Billy Kopp raised 80,000 in middle position and Joe Sebok moved all in for 301,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Kopp who made the call. Kopp exposed the Q7 while Sebok tabled the 99. The board ran out 107435 and Sebok survived the double up. He is at 680,000 while Kopp is down to 4,100,000. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Blair Rodman, Antonio Esfandiari, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 24 Hour 1 Update: Phil Ivey SurgingJul 13, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 91 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Ludovic Lacay – 5,650,000 Average Chip Count: 1,928,911 Card Player Chip Movement: Jeff Shulman has been moved to a new table with Tom Schneider and Ludovic Lacay both on his left. He has held steady during the last hour. Notable Eliminations: 98. Hac Dang – $47,003 Chip Movers and Shakers - Kasper Cordes was eliminated when his A-K ran into the pocket eights of Scott Cook, which had made top set when Cordes moved the last of his chips into the middle. - Jonathan Tamayo used pocket aces to grow his stack to more than 3 million. - Dennis Phillips picked up more than 300,000 to grow his stack to just over 2 million. Big Hands Kenny Tran Doubles Up The short stack of Kenny Tran moved all in preflop with the 66 and was called by the A9 of Grayson Ramage. The flop came A64, giving Tran a set and putting him way out in front. The J hit the turn and the 7 fell on the river, doubling him up to just 500,000. Phil Ivey Eliminates Hac Dang Hac Dang raised to 80,000 preflop and action was folded around to Phil Ivey who reraised to 260,000. Dang decided to move all in for 620,000 total and Ivey made the quick call. Dang exposed the QQ and was dominating the JJ of Ivey. The flop seemed like destiny for Ivey as it came J94, putting him way out in front with his top set. The 5 on the turn put Dang in danger of being eliminated by perhaps the best player left in the tournament. The 7 fell on the river and Ivey knocked out Dang, bringing his stack up to 3,260,000. Ludovic Lacay Hits Miracle, Wins Huge Double Up Hamid Nourafchan raised 100,000 preflop from middle position. Action was folded to Ludovic Lacay in the big blind. He made it 350,000 total and Nourafchan quickly moved all in. Lacay made the call for the rest of his 2,800,000 chip stack. Lacay tabled the KK, but Nourafchan exposed the AA. Lacay needed to get lucky but had to listen to the fact that someone else at the table folded a king. The flop came JJ5, and Lacay needed massive help. The 4 hit the turn and Lacay was down to the case king in the deck. The miracle hit as the K fell, doubling him up to a massive 5,650,000. Nourafchan would have had a massive chip lead but is now down to 2,400,000. Eugene Katchalov Eliminates Opponent Bernhard Perner went all in for 295,000 under the gun and Eugene Katchalov went into the tank from early position. He eventually made the call and tabled the AJ and was behind against the AK of Perner. The flop came A99, offering some split possibilities for Katchalov. The 5 hit the turn and Perner needed to dodge just one more card to double up. However, the J on the river sent him to the rail and saw Katchalov’s stack soar to 5.2 million. Joe Sebock Doubles Up Joe Sebock moved all in preflop for 154,000 and was called by Frank Rusnak on the button. Sebock exposed the 55 and was up against the AQ of his opponent. The board ran out 88739 and Sebock is up to 393,000. Noah Boeken Eliminated After a flop of 1052, Noah Boeken checked and Kevin Schaffel checked. Hung Pham was next to act and he threw out a bet of 190,000 Boeken thought about it for awhile and then moved all in to put his tournament at risk. Action was back on Schaffel who made the fold. Pham made the quick call. Pham exposed the 1010, as Boeken saw his opponent had a set against his 56. Needing a heart to stay alive or runner-runner quads, Boeken was dismayed when the 8 hit the turn. The Q on the river ended his hopes and he was sent to the rail. Pham is now at 3,250,000. CardPlayer TV: Eugene Katchalov Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Kenny Tran, Eugene Katchalov, Joe Sebok, Ludovic Lacay Level 26 Hour 2 Update: Sebok EliminatedJul 14, '09 Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 54 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 14,340,000 Average Chip Count: 3,607,777 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,300,000 Notable Eliminations: 57. Joe Sebok — $108,047 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands Joe Sebok Eliminated Action folded around to Joe Sebok on the button and he moved all in for about 500,00. Ben Lamb was in the big blind and made the call. Here were their hands. Sebok: A9 Sebok was dominated and needed a lot of help. The flop came down J43 and Sebok was down to his last two streets. The turn was the 6 and Sebok could only double up with a nine. The river brought the Q instead, pairing Lamb and Sebok was eliminated from the main event. Billy Kopp Knocks Out John Martin Billy Kopp raised to 125,000 from under the gun and John Martin made the call from the hijack after Luis Nargentino called from the hijack. The flop came down A96 and Martin bet 250,000. Kopp made the call and Nargentino mucked. The turn was the K and Martin bet 500,000. Kopp sprung his trap and raised to over 2 million. Martin then shoved for the rest of his stack and Kopp made the call. Kopp tabled 66 for a flopped set while Martin tabled 87 for an open-ended straight draw along with a diamond draw. The river was the J and Martin missed everything. He was eliminated and Kopp was over 11 million after the hand. Ivey Doesn’t Believe In Bach Phil Ivey raised to 135,000 preflop and Christopher Bach made the call from the big blind. The flop came down 933 and both players checked. The turn was the 9 and Bach led out with 150,000. The river was the 7 and Bach led out one more time, this time for 360,000. Ivey made the call and Bach tabled Q10 for a whole lot of nothing. Ivey then showed AQ and his ace kicker played. He took the pot and was over 7 million. Schneider Doubles Through Hieu Luu Hieu Luu raised from the cutoff position and Tom Schneider called from the big blind. The flop came A62 and Schnedier checked and called Luu’s 225,000 bet. On the 8 turn, Schneider led out for 400,000 and was raised all in by Luu. Schneider called and we got the rest of the analysis from Schneider’s wife who yelled “What do you have baby?” Schneider replied that he had two pair and that he was up against a flush draw. “What do we need?” yelled Mrs. Schneider. To that question, Schneider replied that she should root for the king of spades. Ironically enough, that was what fell on the river and Schneider doubles up to 3,800,000 and Luu drops to 2,400,000. Maimone’s Two Pair Is No Good Joseph Cada raised to 175,000 preflop and was called by Dennis Phillips and Nick Maimone called. The flop fell 37Q and Cada bet 250,000, which was only called by Maimone. The turn was the J and Cada bet 450,000, which was again called by Maimone. The river was the 10 and Cada bet 900,000. Maimone called and Cada showed QQ, good for top set. Maimone made a comment about how sick the hand was as he flashed QJ, good for top two pair, and drawing dead the whole way. Aces Hold For Smith, Doubles Through Bilzerian On a flop of 348, Jordan Smith moved all in and was called by Adam Bilzerian. Bilzerian showed 66 and was behind Smith’s AA. The turn was the K and the river was the 2, alowing Smith to double up to 2,500,000 and Bilzerian dropped to 1,850,000 in chips. Lichtenberger Drops One to Shulman Andrew Lichtenberger raised from the button and was called by Eric Buchman and Jeff Shulman from the blinds. The flop was A102 and after Buchman checked, Shulman bet 200,000 into the preflop raiser. Lichtenberger called and Buchman folded. The turn was the 8 and Shulman fired 250,000, which was called. The river was the J and both players checked. Shulman turned over QT, good for third pair and Lichtenberger mucked his hand. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Tom Schneider, Phil Ivey, Hieu Luu, Joe Sebok, Andrew Lichtenberger Level 26 Hour 1 Update: Sebok AilingJul 14, '09 Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 57 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 10,100,000 Average Chip Count: 3,478,928 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,745,000 Notable Eliminations: 64. Prahlad Friedman – $90,344 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman Big Hands Prahlad Friedman Eliminated in 64th Place ($90,344) Prahlad Friedman moved all in from the cutoff for 840,000 and Bradley Craig called from the big blind. Friedman showed KQ and Craig tabled AK. Friedman was unable to catch a queen as the board ran out 97289 and was eliminated right before a money jump. He is the last player to earn $90,344. Each player eliminated from here on out is guaranteed at least $108,000. Tommy Vedes Climbs Chip Counts, Eliminates George Saca Tommy Vedes limped from early position and George Saca made it 250,000 from late position. Vedes made the call and the flop was K54. Vedes checked and Saca bet 460,000, which was called by Vedes. The turn was the 10 and Vedes checked again. Saca bet 440,000 and Vedes raised to 1,300,000 and Saca moved all in. Vedes had Saca covered and made the call. Vedes tabled 55 and had Saca drawing dead when he tabled AK. The river was a meaningless A, which gave Saca two pair, but not the best hand. He was eliminated in 63rd place and Vedes has 8,200,000 in chips. Shulman Takes a Small Pot Jeff Shulman raised and was called by Jason Brice. The flop was J107 and Shulman checked. Brice bet 160,000 and Shulman called. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 9. Both players checked both streets down and Shulman showed A10 and his pair was good enough to take the pot. Craig Boyd Doubles Up Craig Boyd moved all in for 515,000 preflop and Mika Puumalainen made the call from the button. Boyd turned over Q8 while Puumalainen tabled AJ. The flop was golden for Boyd as it fell Q32, giving him the lead. The turn was the J, giving Puumalainen a piece of the hand. The river was the 6 and, since neither man had a club in his hand, Boyd took the pot with his pair of queens. He doubled to just over 1 million. Puumalainen would be eliminated later in the hour. Sebok Cut In Half Early Joe Sebok started the day with 1 million in chips. He had been slowly getting anted off during the level before he finally saw a flop against Nick Maimone. Sebok raised to 125,000 preflop and Maimone made the call. The flop came down A29 and Sebok led out with 135,000. Maimone made the call and the turn was the 3. Both players checked and they did the same on the 7 river. Maimone then tabled A10 for top pair and Sebok mucked. Sebok was down to just 500,000 after the hand. Lacay Takes One Ludovic Lacay raised to 130,000 preflop from the cutoff and Christopher Bach made the call from the big blind. The flop came down K37 and Lacay fired 175,000. The turn was the 10 and Bach decided to take the initiative, firing 300,000. Lacay would have none of it, raising to 900,000. Bach made the call and the river was the 4. Bach took another shot, firing 680,000. Lacay was in no mood for nonsense and moved all in. Bach took a session in the tank and mucked his hand. Lacay took the pot and was at 7.3 million in chips. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Prahlad Friedman, Tommy Vedes, Joe Sebok, Craig Boyd |
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