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| Jul 03, '12 | 2012 43rd Annual World Series of Poker | Event 55 - $1,000,000 No-Limit Hold'em The Big One for One Drop | 3 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 21 Update: Rast 6th ($1,621,333), Baldwin 7th ($1,408,000)Jul 03, '12 Level: 21 Blinds: 300,000-600,000 with a 75,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 out of 48 Average Chip Count: 28,800,000 Chip Counts: Seat no. 1 — Guy Laliberte — 26,425,000 Seat no. 6 — Sam Trickett — 36,375,000 Seat no. 8 — David Einhorn — 11,525,000 Players Eliminated: Brian Rast — 6th Place ($1,621,333) Live Updates: Bobby Baldwin Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,408,000)
Guy Laliberte opened the pot for 1,000,000 from under the gun, Bbby Baldwin three-bet to 5,000,000, Laliberte shoved and Badlwin called all in. Laliberte was ahead before the flop with J The board came 10 Brian Rast Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,621,333)
Sam Trickett opened the pot for 1,200,000 from under the gun, Brian Rast called from the button and Antonio Esfandiari called from the big blind. The flop came 8 The turn was the 3 Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions. Player Tags: Bobby Baldwin, Brian Rast, Guy Laliberte, Sam Trickett Level 20 Update: Trickett Leads Final 7 on Dinner Break; Yong 8th ($1,237,333)Jul 03, '12 Level: 20 Blinds: 250,000-500,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 out of 48 Average Chip Count: 20,571,428 Chip Counts: Seat no. 1 — Guy Laliberte — 11,125,000 Seat no. 8 — David Einhorn — 11,750,000 Players Eliminated: Richard Yong — 8th Place ($1,237,333) Live Updates: Richard Yong Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,237,333)
Richard Yong open-shoved for about 3.3 million before the flop, Brian Rast re-shoved the small blind and Phil Hellmuth folded the big. Yong was all in for his tournament life and ahead before the flop with A The board came 7 Bobby Baldwin Doubles Through Guy Laliberte
Guy Laliberte opened the pot for 1,000,000 from under the gun and Bobby Baldwin called, followed by Sam Trickett in the small blind. The flop came 8 Laliberte was ahead on the flop with 5 The turn and river were the 5 The remaining seven players took a one hour dinner break at the conclusion of Level 20 and will return at approximately 4:45pm local time to resume play. Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions. Player Tags: Bobby Baldwin, Brian Rast, Guy Laliberte, Richard Yong Action Begins, Final Table Now UnderwayJul 03, '12 The final table of Event no. 55 ($1,000,000 No-Limit Hold’em The Big One for One Drop) is now underway, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.
After two days of nail-biting high stakes action, the final table is set in the $1 million dollar buy-in World Series of Poker Big One for One Drop. The event started with 48 players, featuring the superstars of the poker world alongside a number of highly successful businessmen with a love for the game and a desire to support the One Drop Charity 34-year-old Russian businessman and poker player Ilya Bulychev was eliminated on the largest money bubble in tournament poker history, finishing tenth for zero dollars, ensuring that the remaining nine were all guaranteed at least a seven-figure cash. The first player eliminated inside the money was 2009 Poker Hall of Fame inductee Mike Sexton The WSOP bracelet winner and World Poker Tour commentator earner $1,109,333 for his ninth place finish. With that, only eight players remained to battle it out at the ESPN televised final table, each of them with their eyes on the record-demolishing $18.3 million first-place prize. Who will win this historic event and instantly take over the lead in the all-time money list? Here are the eight potential champions in order of chip count:
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Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari made a number of opponents disappear while building his sizable stack. One of his biggest vanishing acts was midway through the day when Esfandiari found pocket aces and got stacks in preflop against Jason Mercier’s pocket kings, moving him into a chip lead as the bubble loomed. Esfandiari had finished third in a $3,000 no-limit hold’em event just a week before this $1,000,000 buy-in began. He has already locked up nearly three times the first prize in that event simply by making the money, and surely has a great shot at his second WSOP gold bracelet and the $18.3 million first-place prize.
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East Retford, England’s Sam Trickett turned 26 today. Making the final table of the largest buy-in poker tournament in history seems like a pretty good birthday present for the young pro, and the fact that he has the second largest stack surely makes it even better. Trickett has more than $6.3 million in lifetime earnings, with considerable success in previous high roller events. At the 2011 Aussie Millions, he won a $100,000 high roller and finished second four days later in the $250,000 buy-in event there, earning over $3 million in a matter of days. Trickett now is staring down the opportunity to win more than six times as much as that and his first gold bracelet. What more could a poker pro wish for as they blow out the candles on their birthday cake?
___________________________________________________________________ Guy Laliberté, the 52-year-old founder and CEO of Cirque du Soleil, was the driving force behind this historic tournament. The event has been a great success, meeting the 48-player cap and raising $5,333,328 for the One Drop Foundation, which he also founded. It seems only fitting that Laliberté should be rewarded for his hard work with a shot at the title. Originally a street performer, Laliberté built an empire on excellence in performance, and now has a reported net worth of $1.5 billion. Laliberté is no stranger to the poker table, with experience playing in the highest-stakes cash games in the world, and nearly $750,000 in prior tournament earnings, including a fourth place finish in the World Poker Tour Championship $25,000 main event.
___________________________________________________________________ Brian Rast was the only player to win two gold bracelets at the 2011 WSOP, topping a $1,500 pot-limit hold’em event for his first WSOP title and then following that win up by defeating fellow final tablist of this event Phil Hellmuth heads-up to win the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for $1.7 million. He is back again, looking for his third bracelet and the biggest payout in tournament history. Rast enters the final table in the middle of the pack, but solidly below the roughly 18-million-chip average stack. With years of experience playing high-stakes cash games live and online, the player known on the virtual felts as “tsarrast” will surely feel as comfortable as one can when eight-figures are on the line.
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Phil Hellmuth is the all-time leader in bracelets with 12 World Series of Poker titles to his name, including the 1989 WSOP main event. One of poker’s most recognizable names, Hellmuth undoubtedly has his eyes on capturing his record-furthering 13 and the massive prize money that comes along with it. The 47-year-old won his twelfth bracelet just weeks ago in a $2,500 Razz event, his first WSOP win in a non-hold’em event. Hellmuth is already fifth on the all-time money list with $12,970,089 in live-tournament winnings, and can take a stranglehold on the lead and increase his earnings to more than $30 million if he were able to build his stack and take home this prestigious title.
43-year-old David Einhorn is a highly successful hedge fund manager and the Founder and President of Greenlight Capital. The Rye, New York native is no stranger to the felt, however, as he previously made a deep run in the event that held the previous record for largest first-place prize in a poker tournament, the 2006 WSOP main event.
Einhorn finished 18th out of 8,773 entrants. More impressive than his strong showing in the was the fact that he donated his $659,000 in winnings to the Michael J. Fox Foundation. $111,111 of Einhorn’s million dollar buy-in already went to the One Drop charity, but he also has announced that he intends to donate his winning from this tournament to the City Year Foundation, an education-focused non-profit that partners with high-need public schools to provide full-time targeted student interventions.
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Richard Yong is a 54-year-old businessman from Asia who currently resides in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has many businesses worldwide, his main ones being data mining and IT-related companies. Yong’s biggest tournament cash was for finishing fourth in a super high roller event at the 2012 Asian Poker Tour Manila, for which he earned $463,454. Yong has participated in the highest buy-in cash games and tournaments around the world, including the much-discussed games in Macau that have drawn top pros like Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, and final tablists of this event Sam Trickett and Brian rast.
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The shortest stack at this historic final table is far from short on accomplishments. Bobby Baldwin won the 1978 WSOP main event, as well as three other WSOP titles, and has continued to play in some of the biggest cash games in the world, when he has time. Now 62-years-old, Baldwin has transitioned to the other side of the industry, rising to the rank of casino industry executive. The most famous high stakes cash games in the world have taken place in Bobby’s room at Bellagio, named after Baldwin. Baldwin served for a time as a consultant for the Golden Nugget Casino, was named its president in 1984. He has also headed The Mirage and was named president of the Bellagio in 1998. He served under Steve Wynn as CFO of Mirage Resorts from 1999-2000. He now serves as president and CEO of City Center. ___________________________________________________________________ Day 2 concluded with the elimination of Mike Sexton in 9th Place ($1,109,333), and the official eight-handed final table is now set. Play will begin in Level 18 with blinds of 150,000-300,000 with a 50,000 ante, and will continue until a winner is determined. With cards now back in the air, here is a look at the final table and how these players match up: Seat no. 1 — Guy Laliberte — 21,700,000 While only 8 remain, this event gathered 48 players, creating a total prize pool of $42,666,672. Here is a look at the final payouts: 1st Place — $18,346,673 Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions. Player Tags: Bobby Baldwin, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Hellmuth, David Einhorn, Brian Rast, Guy Laliberte, Richard Young, Sam Trickett, Richard Yong |
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| Jun 06, '12 | 2012 43rd Annual World Series of Poker | Event 9 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-entry | 5 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 27 Update: Brian Rast Eliminated in 6th Place ($137,632)Jun 06, '12 Level: 27 Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 out of 3,404 Average Chip Count: 3,063,600 Chip Counts: Seat no. 1 — Amanda Musumeci — 3,850,000 Seat no. 4 — Ashkan Razavi — 3,625,000 Seat no. 6 — Derrick Huang — 3,600,000 Players Eliminated: Brian Rast — 6th Place ($137,632) Live Updates: Brian Rast Eliminated in 6th Place ($137,632)
Ashkan Razavi opened the pot for 100,000 from the button, Brian Rast moved all in from the small blind and Razavi called. Razavi led before the flop with A The board came Q Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions. Player Tags: Brian Rast, Ashkan Razavi Action Begins, Final Table Now UnderwayJun 06, '12 The final table of Event no. 9 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Re-entry) is now underway, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions. Day 3 concluded with the elimination of Avraham Lovton in 10th Place ($46,413), setting the official, 9-handed final table. Play will begin in Level 25 with blinds of 15,000 – 30,000 with a 5,000 ante, and will continue until a winner is determined. With cards now back in the air, here is a look at the final table and how these players match up: Seat no. 1 — Amanda Musumeci — 2,040,000 While only 9 players remain, this event gathered 3,404 entries, creating a total prize pool of $4,595,400. Here is a look at the final payouts: 1st Place — $781,398 Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions. Player Tags: Greg Mueller, Derrick Huang, Brian Rast, Duy Ho, Ashkan Razavi, Ryan Olisar, Amanda Musumeci, Avraham Lovton, Benjamin Reinhart, Dien Le |
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| Jul 06, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $50,000 Poker Player's Championship | 5 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brian Rast Wins Event #55 ($1,720,328)Jul 07, '11 Phil Hellmuth Eliminated in 2nd Place ($1,063,034) Shortly after re-doubling to almost even, Brian Rast took his new found momentum and began to quickly chip away at Hellmuth’s stack. It wasn’t long before the two players were all in again, but this time Hellmuth was at risk of elimination. Phil Hellmuth button-raised 400,000 before the flop and Brian Rast called from the big blind. The flop came J Rast turned over K The turn and river were the 5 This finish marks Hellmuth’s third 2nd place finish at this year’s WSOP and now Brian Rast gets to join John Juanda and Eric Rodawig as the third person this summer to deny Phil Hellmuth what would have been his record-breaking twelfth WSOP gold bracelet. Rast Doubles Again…Back to Even Shortly after getting Hellmuth to shove with a flush draw in a previous hand, Brian Rast doubled up again through Hellmuth, and once again Hellmuth got it all in with a draw on the flop. Phil Hellmuth completed the small blind, Brian Rast raised to 285,000 from the big blind and Hellmuth called. The flop came K Rast was ahead with K The turn and river were the K Down But Not Out..Rast Doubles to Stay Alive Phill Hellmuth completed the small blind, Brian Rast raised to 400,000 from the big blind and Hellmuth called. The flop came 10 Rast was ahead with A The turn and river were the Q Hellmuth Eyes Number Twelve
Brian Rast entered heads-up play very aggressively, but Hellmuth was able to three-bet his way to a noticeable chip lead in the early hands of heads-up action. Hellmuth took the first pot that saw a showdown worth 500,000 with queen-high and diligently began to chop away at his opponent’s stack. Hellmuth eventually chipped his way up to a 3:1 chip lead with 14.4 million to 4.8 million after raking a pot worth over 3 million by check-raising Rast off the turn for most of his stack. Hellmuth continued to put the squeeze on his opponent this past level, taking a massive chip lead of more than 5:1 after winning a showdown with 10 Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth, Brian Rast Level 27: Hellmuth Leads Rast Heads-Up, Ly Eliminated 3rd ($665,763)Jul 07, '11 NOTE: Although this tournament began as a mixed-game event, the official eight-handed final table will only be playing No-Limit Hold’em from here on out. NOTE: One-hundred minute levels with a fifteen minute break at the end of each level. Blinds: 60,000-120,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 out of 128 Average Chip Count: 9,600,000 Chip Counts: 1. Phil Hellmuth – 10,015,000 Eliminations: 3rd. Minh Ly – $665,763 Minh Ly Eliminated in 3rd Place ($665,763) Phil Hellmuth button-raised to 280,000 before the flop, Minh Ly moved all in for about 1,900,000 from the small blind and Hellmuth called. Hellmuth lead with A The board came 9 NOTE: With the elimination of Minh Ly in 3rd place, Phil Hellmuth took the chip lead going into heads-up play with 10,015,000 to Brian Rast’s 9,185,000. Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Minh Ly, Phil Hellmuth, Brian Rast Level 26: Rast Takes Chip Lead, Ahmed Eliminated 4th ($482,085)Jul 06, '11 NOTE: The final four players took a one hour dinner break at the conclusion of Level 25 and returned at approximately 10:45pm to resume play. NOTE: Although this tournament began as a mixed-game event, the official eight-handed final table will only be playing No-Limit Hold’em from here on out. NOTE: One-hundred minute levels with a fifteen minute break at the end of each level. Blinds: 50,000-100,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 out of 128 Average Chip Count: 6,400,000 Chip Counts: 1. Brian Rast – 8,925,000 Eliminations: 4th. Owais Ahmed – $482,085 Hellmuth Loses Chip Lead, Takes it Back Hellmuth lost the chip lead back to Minh Ly at the beginning of Level 26 and then continued to give even more away. Hellmuth lost a 2 million chip pot to Brian Rast that didn’t make it to a showdown about a half-hour in, and that hand knocked Hellmuth down to third in chips behind both Minh Ly and Brian Rast. Hellmuth answered back however and managed to take a pot off of Brian Rast worth over 3 million with a pair of sixes, once again taking the chip lead with just under 7 million. Rast Doubles Through Ly, Takes Chip Lead Brian Rast who had since been knocked down to third in chips with about 4.2 million found a well-timed double up through Minh Ly that put Rast on top with 8.6 million and knocked Ly down to the short stack with 1.9 million in chips. Minh Ly opened the pot for a raise to 200,000 from under the gun, Brian Rast reraised to 500,000 from the button and Ly called. The flop came 7 Rast lead with 10 The turn and river were the K Owais Ahmed Eliminated in 4th Place ($482,085) Phil Hellmuth completed the small blind, Owais Ahmend moved all in from the big blind for about 1,750,000 and Hellmuth called. Hellmuth lead with A The board came K Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Minh Ly, Phil Hellmuth, Brian Rast, Owais Ahmed Level 25: Hellmuth Leads Final Four At The Dinner BreakJul 06, '11 NOTE: The final four players took a one hour dinner break at the conclusion of Level 25 and will return at approximately 10:45pm to resume play. NOTE: Although this tournament began as a mixed-game event, the official eight-handed final table will only be playing No-Limit Hold’em from here on out. NOTE: One-hundred minute levels with a fifteen minute break at the end of each level. Blinds: 40,000-80,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 out of 128 Average Chip Count: 4,800,000 Chip Counts: 1. Phil Hellmuth – 6,875,000 Hellmuth Gives Back, Still Leads at Dinner Hellmuth first lost about 700,000 chips to Minh Ly in a big pot that dropped Hellmuth down to about 9 million in chips and kicked Ly up to 6.1 million. Ly flopped top pair on an all spade board and although Hellmuth saved bets on the turn and the river, he mucked the A Despite shipping chips the other way, Hellmuth has continued to be quite active heading towards the dinner break. Rast won a three-way, million-chip pot with an Although Hellmuth had nearly double second place an hour into this round with over 10 million chips, he aggressively managed to give back more than 3 million in the last forty minutes of the level. Hellmuth still holds a sizable chip lead heading into the dinner break four-handed with just under 7 million in chips. Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Minh Ly, Phil Hellmuth, Brian Rast, Owais Ahmed Level 25: Hellmuth Dominates Table, Extends Lead to Over 10 MillionJul 06, '11 NOTE: Although this tournament began as a mixed-game event, the official eight-handed final table will only be playing No-Limit Hold’em from here on out. NOTE: One-hundred minute levels with a fifteen minute break at the end of each level. Blinds: 40,000-80,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 out of 128 Average Chip Count: 4,800,000 Chip Counts: 1. Phil Hellmuth – 10,100,000 Hellmuth Dominates Table, Extends Lead Phil Hellmuth has been extremely active over the last hour and as a result he has managed to extend his lead to over 10 million in chips. He first broke 7 million after flopping a set of kings with no action against Minh Ly and Brian Rast, who at the time were second and third in chips with 4.8 million and 4.5 million. Hellmuth picked up a lot of small pots this past level as well as a 1.2 million chip pot against Owais Ahmed with a big bet on the river that forced a fold. Hellmuth managed to collect another few million chips this past hour without having many forced showdowns, but occasionally offered his opponents a peek of his current run-good. Hellmuth showed pocket jacks after three-bet, check-shoving from the small blind against Owais Ahmed’s big blind. That hand left Ahmed on the short stack and put Hellmuth close to 8 million in chips. Hellmuth continued to dominate the table this past hour and managed to take a big chunk out Brian Rast’s stack about halfway through Level 25. In two consecutive hands, Hellmuth was able to take nearly 1.1 million from Rast, Putting himself over 10 million in chips and leaving Rast with about 2.7 million. Hellmuth first rivered two pair to win a 1.4 million showdown and then another 740,000 pot with a rivered set of nines. Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Minh Ly, Phil Hellmuth, Brian Rast, Owais Ahmed Level 24: Hellmuth Leads Final Five; Lind 6th, Seiver 7thJul 06, '11 NOTE: Although this tournament began as a mixed-game event, the official eight-handed final table will only be playing No-Limit Hold’em from here on out. NOTE: One-hundred minute levels with a fifteen minute break at the end of each level. Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 out of 128 Average Chip Count: 3,840,000 Chip Counts: 1. Phil Hellmuth – 7,385,000 Eliminations: 6th. George Lind – $300,441
George Lind opened the pot for 125,000 from under the gun and Minh Ly called from the button. The flop came A The turn was the 10 Lind turned over Q The river was the 3 Scott Seiver Eliminated in 7th Place ($243,978) Scott Seiver moved all in before the flop and Brian Rast called from the big blind. Rast lead with A The board came 7 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Minh Ly, Brian Rast, Scott Seiver, George Lind Level 23: Hellmuth Leads, Lamb Eliminated 8th ($201,338)Jul 06, '11 NOTE: Although this tournament began as a mixed-game event, the official eight-handed final table will only be playing No-Limit Hold’em from here on out. NOTE: One-hundred minute levels with a fifteen minute break at the end of each level. Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 out of 128 Average Chip Count: 2,742,857 Chip Counts: 1. Phil Hellmuth – 5,830,000 Eliminations: 8th. Ben Lamb – $201,338 Hellmuth Doubles Through Rast, Takes Chip Lead Brian Rast opened the pot for 125,000 before the flop, Phil Hellmuth reriased to 250,000 and Rast called. The flop came Q Hellmuth turned over J The turn and river were the 7 Ben Lamb Eliminated in 8th Place ($201,338) Seiver lead with A The board came K Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth, Brian Rast, Ben Lamb, Scott Seiver Level 23: Lester Eliminated 9th, Official Final Table Now UnderwayJul 06, '11 NOTE: The day began with the final nine players consolidated down to one table. With the elimination of Jason Lester in 9th place ($168,520), the official eight-handed final table is now underway. NOTE: Although this tournament began as a mixed-game event, the official eight-handed final table will only be playing No-Limit Hold’em from here on out. NOTE: One-hundred minute levels with a fifteen minute break at the end of each level. Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 out of 128 Average Chip Count: 2,400,000 Chip Counts: 1. Minh Ly – 4,490,000 Payouts: 1st. $1,720,328 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Minh Ly, Phil Hellmuth, Brian Rast, Ben Lamb, Scott Seiver, Owais Ahmed, George Lind Level 23: Unofficial Final Table Begins NowJul 06, '11 NOTE: Play ended last night at just after 5:00am and resumed this afternoon at approximately 3:30pm. The final nine players combined at one table, and with the elimination of just one more player, the official eight-handed final table will be set. Triple Draw 2-7 – Hold’em – Omaha 8: Razz – Stud – Stud 8: No-Limit Hold’em – PLO (No Ante): Players Remaining: 9 out of 128 Average Chip Count: 2,133,333 Chip Counts: 1. Minh Ly – 5,215,000 Payouts: 1st. $1,720,328 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Minh Ly, Phil Hellmuth, Jason Lester, Brian Rast, Ben Lamb, Scott Seiver, Owais Ahmed, George Lind |
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| Jun 11, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em | 3 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brian Rast Wins Event #15 ($227,232)Jun 11, '11 Allen Kessler Eliminated in 2nd Place ($140,309) Brian Rast returned from the dinner break with a chip lead of 2,040,000 to Allen Kessler’s 1,405,000. Kessler managed to chip up a bit and narrow the gap, but it wasn’t long before Kessler was all in for a 3,000,000 pot. Brian Rast button-raised to 90,000 before the flop and Allen Kessler called from the big blind. The flop came A Rast turned over K The turn and river were the 7 Player Tags: Allen Kessler, Brian Rast Level 24: Final Two on Dinner Break; Rast Leads Kessler Heads-UpJun 11, '11 NOTE: The final two players took a sixty minute dinner break at the conclusion of Level 24 and should return at approximately 8:20pm to resume play. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 Players Remaining: 2 out of 765 Average Chip Count: 1,721,250 Chip Counts: 1. Brian Rast – 2,040,000 Eliminations: 3rd. Dajuan Whorley – $91,212 This was a shockingly fast round of play, losing four of the remaining six players that started the level. Both Brian Rast and Allen Kessler claimed two K.O.’s each this level, setting themselves up in prime position for heads-up play. After the elimination of Dajuan Whorley in 3rd place, Brian Rast led Allen Kessler in heads-up play with 1,910,000 to 1,535,000.
Ali Eslami raised to 105,000 from the cutoff and Brian Rast called from the big blind. The flop came K Rast showed K The turn was the 7 Mika Paasonen Eliminated in 5th Place ($49,902) Mika Paasonen raised to 60,000 before the flop, Brian Rast three-bet him all in and Paasonen called. Rast showed A The board came K Daisuke Endo Eliminated in 4th Place ($66,994) Daisuke Endo open-shoved the button for about 100,000 and Allen Kessler called from the small blind. Kessler turned over K The board came K Dajuan Whorley Eliminated in 3rd Place ($91,219) Allen Kessler raised to 70,000 before the flop and Dajuan Whorley called from the big blind. The flop came 9 Whorley showed J The turn and river were the 7 NOTE: With the elimination of Dajuan Whorley in 3rd place, Brian Rast led Allen Kessler in heads-up play with 1,910,000 to 1,535,000. Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Allen Kessler, Ali Eslami, Brian Rast, Dajuan Whorley, Mika Paasonen, Daisuke Endo Level 22: Cohen Eliminated 10th, Final Table Now UnderwayJun 11, '11 NOTE: Play ended last night with the unofficial final table of 10 players and resumed today at 2:30pm. With the elimination of Andrew Cohen in 10th place ($13,601), the official nine-handed final table is now underway. Blinds: 10,000-20,000 Players Remaining: 9 out of 765 Average Chip Count: 382,500 Chip Counts: 1. Brian Rast – 995,000 Payouts: 1st. $227,232 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Ted Lawson, Allen Kessler, Ali Eslami, John Gordon, Brian Rast, Dajuan Whorely, Mika Paasonen, Ronald Lee Day 3 Begins at 2:30 p.m.Jun 11, '11
Leading the way is Brian Rast with 1,081,000. His nearest competitor, Allen Kessler, sits with 618,000. In addition to the bracelet, these players will battle it out for the first-place prize of $227,232. Here’s a look at the chip counts.
All of the action begins at 2:30 p.m. today and Card Player will have all of it for you with level-by-level updates. Player Tags: Brian Rast |
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| Jul 14, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 9 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 17 Hour Two Update: Lots of Eliminations EarlyJul 14, '10 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Tony Dunst – 1,470,000 Lauren Kling
Bernard Lee got his last 41,000 into the middle prefop against Dragan Galic. Galic tabled A Lee flopped a set and doubled up to 100,000 as the board ran out 8 Billirakis Scores an Early KO Jamie Robbins and Steve Billirakis got tangled up in a preflop raising war which led to Robbins committing the last of his chips in the middle and Billirakis making the call. Robbins tabled K-Q and Billirakis showed A Matros Crippled Compliments of a Cold Deck Matt Matros and Kevin Stani got all of Stani’s chips in the middle preflop. Matros showed K Matros was eliminated just an orbit later.
Andrew Jeter moved in his last 42,000 from the small blind after Johnny Chan had raised under-the-gun. Chan made the call and it was off to showdown. Jeter showed K Soulier Gone Fabrice Soulier moved all-in for his last 79,000 from the cutoff and David Emmons three-bet from the button to isolate and both blinds folded. Soulier was in trouble when Emmons showed A Buchman Eliminated as Rice Doubles Shawn Rice and Eric Buchman got into a prelflop battle with Rice and Buchman being on the button and in the big blind. They ended up getting all-in with very similar stack sizes. Buchman showed K The board ran out 5 Hougaard Slips Isaac Krantz moved all-in on a flop of J Hougaard showed pocket kings, but had to fade some cards when Krantz showed 5
Brian Rast raised from early position and Greg Schaefer three-bet from middle position. Rast made the call and the fop came Q The turn was the 10 David Peters Doubles Up David Peters got his stack of about 300,000 in preflop with the A Brett Richey Doubles Up A player in middle position bet 16,000 and Brett Richey moved all in for 209,000. His opponent went into the tank before eventually making the call. Richey exposed the A Shannon Shorr Eliminated On a board of K
Lauren Kling moved all in preflop for 52,000 with the A Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player A player in late position moved all in for 93,000 and it was folded to Eric Baldwin in the small blind. Baldwin tanked before finally moving all in over the top to force the big blind out. Baldwin’s opponent tabled the Q Twitter Accounts Bernard Lee Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Johnny Chan, Fabrice Soulier, Steve Billirakis, Bernard Lee, Brian Rast, Shannon Shorr, Eric Baldwin, Lauren Kling |
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| Jun 19, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 35 - $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Heads Up Championship | 2 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Round 5 Hour 1 Update: Brian Rast EliminatedJun 19, '10 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 Players Remaining: 15 out of 256 Round Five Starting Chip Stack: 480,000 Notable Eliminations: Brian Rast — $38,424 Notable Advancements to Round Six: None Player Twitter Accounts: Big Hands:
On a flop of A Brian Rast Eliminated Ayaz Mahmood limped and Brian Rast checked from the big bind. The flop came 7 Player Tags: Vanessa Rousso, Brian Rast, V R Round 4 Hour 1 Update: Jason Somerville, Brian Rast and Kido Pham AdvanceJun 19, '10 Blinds: 2,500-5,000 Players Remaining: 30 out of 256 Round Four Starting Chip Stack: 240,000 Notable Eliminations: 31. Antonio Esfandiairi — $17,987 Notable Advancements to Round Four: Jason Somerville Player Twitter Accounts: Faraz Jaka Big Hands:
Jason Somerville bet 6,000 from the button and Julian Herold raised to 16,000. Somerville four-bet to 46,000 and Herold five-bet to 105,000. Somerville moved all in and Herold made the call. Somerville tabled the A Brian Rast Doubles Up, Eliminates Antonio Esfandiari On a flop of K Kido Pham Advances Anton Kozlovskiy bet on the button and Kido Pham raised to 23,500. Kozlovskiy made the call. The flop came 7 Player Tags: Antonio Esfandiari, Kido Pham, Brian Rast, Jason Somerville |
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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
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 30, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 3 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 2 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 3 Update: Theo Tran Eliminates a PlayerMay 30, '10 Blinds: 50-100 Players Remaining: 1,612 out of 4,341 Card Player Chip Counts: Justin Marchand – 5,500 Notable Eliminations: Greg Raymer Big Hands:
Theo Tran Eliminates a Player A player in early position bet 150 and two players called. Theo Tran (5,400 in chips) was next to act and made it 400 to go. The initial raiser folded and the next player to act called, prompting a fold from the third player. The flop came 10 Chad Batista Doubles Up an Opponent We caught up with the action on a flop of 8
Brian Rast Loses a Hand We met up with the action on a flop of 8 Tony Dunst Looking Good With 9,600 in his stack, Tony Dunst had an opponent in for just over 2,000. Dunst tabled the A Phan Doubles Through Lindgren Erick Lindgren limped in and then was faced with an all-in from Tim Phan for 1,000. Lindgren made the call and tabled K The flop was good for Phan as it came A Left In The Deck: Michael Binger is either very uninterested in the tournament or is already figuring out what he’s going to do when he’s short stacked. He is at the table reading Crisis Economics. Player Tags: Brian Rast, Theo Tran, Chad Batista, Tony Dunst |
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| Jul 04, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 1 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 1 - Hour 2 Update: Talal Shakerchi Wins Big PotJul 04, '09 Blinds: 50-100 Chip Counts: 1. Dave D’Alesandro — 64,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Stephen Murphy – 29,250 Notable Eliminations: None Big Hands
With just about 1,000 already in the pot, David Pham bets 600 on an A Juha Helppi Adds to Stack On a board of J Talal Shakerchi Wins Big Pot On a board of K
Brian ‘tsarrast’ Rast and Erik Seidel Tangle With what might be perhaps the toughest combination of two players sitting right next to each other in the field over over 1,000 players, Erik Seidel had the button against Brian Rast’s small blind. Seidel threw out a raise from the button and Rast called. The board ran out 8 Left in the Deck Players are on a twenty-minute break and will return at approximately 2:25 pm PDT to begin Level 2. Player Tags: Juha Helppi, David Pham, Erik Seidel, Jason Young, Brian Rast |
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| May 30, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $40,000 40th Annual No-Limit Hold'em | 3 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 15 Update: Greg Raymer Gets StrongerMay 29, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 40 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Greg Raymer — 2,660,000 Average Chip Count: 603,000 Notable Eliminations: James Mackey Big Hands:
Shortly into the level, James Mackey found himself all in holding K-Q. Unfortunately, Greg Raymer woke up with A-K. The board brought a king, but Raymer’s kicker was enough to send Mackey home out of the money. After the hand, Raymer stacked ballooned to 1.67 million. Alec Torelli Picks Up a Big Pot With an All-In Move Greg Raymer opened from early position to 30,000 and Vanessa Rousso made the call. Brian Rast then raised to 105,000 in the hijack and the action moved over to Alec Torelli. After a few minutes in thought, Torelli moved all in for 810,000. Raymer quickly folded, as did Rousso. Rast asked for a count, saw that his 650,000 was well covered and the folded. Torelli moved up to approximately 960,000.
Phil Galfond found himself all in holding a dominating A-K against Justin Bonomo and his A-J. A king hit the flop and Bonomo failed to catch up, doubling Galfond to 488,000 in chips. Bonomo is still healthy with about 1.1 million. Sami Kelopuro Doubles Up Courtesy of Alan Sass After an all-in and call, Sami Kelopuro revealed his pocket queens and was way ahead of Alan Sass and his pocket eights. The board ran out Q Chris Moneymaker Gives Up Some Chips to Noah Schwartz Noah Schwartz was all in on the short stack holding pocket kings against the pocket sevens of Chris Moneymaker. The board failed to help the 2003 champion and Schwartz doubled up to 320,000. Moneymaker dropped below the million mark with 910,000. Sorel Mizzi Doubles Through Frank Kassela On a flop of J Player Tags: Frank Kassela, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, James Mackey, Justin Bonomo, Vanessa Rousso, Brian Rast, Phil Galfond, Alan Sass, Noah Schwartz, Alec Torelli, Sorel Mizzi, Sami Kelopuro Level 12 Update: Brian Townsend Builds a Huge StackMay 29, '09 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 67 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Alex Veldhuis – 1,090,000 Average Chip Count: 354,706 Notable Eliminations: Doyle Brunson Big Hands:
Chau Giang Doubles Up Facing a 26,500 button raise from Andrew Robl, Chau Giang moved all in pre-flop for 45,000 more. Robl was committed and quickly called with the A Chris Moneymaker Avoids Disaster Chris Moneymaker raised pre-floped and Humberto Brenes just called. The flop brought the A Brian Townsend Wins a Huge Pot On a board of A Chris Moore Busts One Chris Moore (UTG) and his opponent on the small blind got it all in preflop. Their cards: Moore: A Board: 8 Moore won the hand and sent his opponent packing. Michael DeMichele Sent to the Rail On a board of 8
Brian Rast Gets Lucky to Double Up On a flop of 7
David “Devil Fish” Ulliott is Eliminated On the very next hand after Brian Rast’s huge double up, the short stack David Ulliott raised pre-flop to 25,000 with pocket kings. Rast min-raised to 50,000 and Ulliott went all-in instantly. Rast called and exposed 7 Table 60 is running hot At the same table and a hand after Rasts double up and Ulliot’s elimination, Greg Raymer called the all-in of Ville Wahlbeck. Raymer showed A Left in the Deck: Mike Matusow is entered in the Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better tournament that is running simultaneously and has ran over to the other table to see a hand. Players went to a 20 minute break, and will return to play more 2 more levels before a 60 minute dinner break later this evening. After the break they will play four levels or down to 18 players, whichever comes first. Card Player TV Check out this video from CardPlayer TV with chip leader Lex Veldhuis. Player Tags: Mark Seif, Humberto Brenes, Chris Moneymaker, Chau Giang, Bruno Fitoussi, Greg Raymer, Brian Rast, Chris Moore, Brian Townsend, Andrew Robl Level 22 Update: Brian Rast, Brian Townsend, Matthew Marafioti and Keith Lehr EliminatedMay 30, '09 Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 chip ante Players Remaining: 10 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Alec Torelli — 5,375,000 Average Chip Count: 2,192,727 Notable Eliminations: 14. Brian Rast ($128,666) Big Hands:
Brian Rast Eliminated in 14th Place ($128,666) Vitaly Lunkin raised pre-flop to 100,000 from middle position and Brian Rast moved all-in over the top for 420,000 more from the big blind. Lunkin went into the tank and eventually made the call for the majority of his chips and exposed 5 Brian Townsend Eliminated in 13th Place ($128,666) Brian Townsend shoved all in for his last 800,000 on the button and Alec Torelli isolated behind him. Noah Schwartz tanked in the big blind for a few minutes before making the call himself, putting a huge portion of his stack at risk. Townsend showed 7 Matthew Marafioti Eliminated in 12th place ($172,120) Ted Forrest opened the action with a 120,000 under the gun raise that was re-raised by Isaac Haxton to 375,000 total. Matthew Marafioti was next to act and instantly went all in for 575,000 total. Tony G woke up with A
Vitaly Lunkin Wins Huge Double With very little in the pot, Greg Raymer pushed all in into Vitaly Lunkin for about 1,700,000. Lunkin called immediately to the shock of Raymer. The 2004 Main Event champion exclaimed, “I didn’t think he would call,” as he turned over 6 Keith Lehr Eliminated in 11th Place ($172,120) Greg Raymer raised and Keith Lehr moved all in for 800,000 from the small blind. Raymer made the call and showed J Left in the Deck: The players at the table were trying to work out a short 20 minute break to continue play until one more is eliminated. However, Tony G gave the only dissenting vote to force the rest of the table to take an hour break before resuming play. Player Tags: Antanas Guoga, Ted Forrest, Greg Raymer, Brian Rast, Keith Lehr, Vitaly Lunkin, Isaac Haxton |
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Phil Hellmuth began heads-up play with a a slight chip lead of 10,015,000 to 9,185,000 against Brian Rast. Although it was Rast that won the first pot of heads-play with a button-raise for the minimum, it was Phil Hellmuth that quickly took control of the final heads-up match.
George Lind Eliminated in 6th Place ($300,441)
Ali Eslmani Eliminated in 6th Place ($37,654)
Only ten remain in the $1,500 pot-limit hold’em event here at the Rio. As is the theme of the day, the final table will be stacked with notables looking to pick up 
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The Johnny Chan Show Continues on Day Five
Lauren Kling Eliminated
Vanessa Rousso Doubles Up
Jason Somerville Advances
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.
David Pham vs. Jason Young
Greg Raymer Takes Out James Mackey
Phil Galfond Doubles Through Justin Bonomo
