Rami Boukai Poker Tournament Updates

Level 22: Rami Boukai Eliminated in 9th Place ($23,110)

Jun 24, '11

NOTE: Sixty minute levels with games changing every nine hands.

Omaha:
Blinds: 6,000-12,000

Hold’em:
Blinds: 8,000-16,000

Players Remaining: 8 out of 606

Average Chip Count: 568,125

Chip Counts:

1. Tyler Patterson – 1,325,000
2. Mitch Schock – 648,000
3. Rodney Brown – 481,000
4. Jan Collado – 434,000
5. Carter Gill – 400,000
6. James Vanneman – 318,000
7. David Lestock – 257,000
8. Jonas Mackoff – 194,000

Eliminations:

9th. Rami Boukai – $23,119

Rami Boukai Eliminated in 9th Place ($23,110)

Rami Boukai

Rami Boukai started the official nine-handed final table as the short stack and was the first one eliminated in 9th place during the Omaha round.

Rami Boukai opened the pot for a raise, Tyler Patterson reraised to 100,000, Boukai moved all in for about 150,000 and Patterson called.

Boukai: A K K J
Patterson: A A K J

Patterson was ahead before the flop with a pair of aces against Boukai’s kings. The board came Q 8 2 10 2, no help to either player as Patterson’s aces won the pot. The former 2009 champion of this event, Rami Boukai was the first one eliminated in 9th place ($23,110).

Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table.

Player Tags: Rami Boukai,   Tyler Patterson

Level 22: New Eliminated 10th, Final Table Now Underway

Jun 24, '11

NOTE: Play ended last night with 22 players and resumed today at 3:00pm. The final 10 players consolidated to one table, and with the elimination of Cameron New in 10th place ($18,018), the official nine-handed final table is now underway.

NOTE: Sixty minute levels with games changing every nine hands.

Omaha:
Blinds: 6,000-12,000

Hold’em:
Blinds: 8,000-16,000

Players Remaining: 9 out of 606

Average Chip Count: 505,000

Chip Counts:

1. Tyler Patterson – 1,304,000
2. Mitch Schock – 648,000
3. Rodney Brown – 481,000
4. Jonas Mackoff – 468,000
5. Carter Gill – 464,000
6. Jan Collado – 434,000
7. James Vanneman – 409,000
8. David Lestock – 257,000
9. Rami Boukai – 135,000

Payouts:

1st. $310,225
2nd. $191,618
3rd. $135,921
4th. $97,773
5th. $71,317
6th. $52,747
7th. $39,539
8th. $30,040
9th. $23,119

Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table.

Player Tags: Rami Boukai,   Mitch Schock,   Tyler Patterson,   Rodney Brown,   Carter Gill,   Jan Collado,   Jonas Mackoff,   James Vanneman,   Cameron New,   David Lestock

Event No. 33 ($2,500 pot-limit hold’em/Omaha) Begins at 5 p.m. on Thursday

Jun 17, '10

Event No. 33 ($2,500 pot-limit hold’em/Omaha) at the 2010 World Series of Poker will begin at 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 17. Players will begin with 7,500 in tournament chips and blinds will begin at 50-75 for pot-limit hold’em and 25-50 for pot-limit Omaha during level 1. The game will change every nine hands. Levels will be 60-minutes long and there will be a 20-minute break after every two levels. There will be a 60-minute dinner break after level 4 on day 1. Here is a look at the schedule for the event:

Thursday, June 16, 5 p.m.: Day 1 (play 8 levels)
Friday, June 17, 3 p.m.: Day 2 (play down to final table or through 10 levels)
Saturday, June 18, 3 p.m.: Final Table

In 2009 this event attracted 453 players and the tournament was won by Rami Boukai, who took home $244,862 in prize money. CardPlayer.com will bring you a summary of the action at the dinner break and end of play each day for this event.

Player Tags: Rami Boukai

Level 22 Update: Chad Layne, Rami Boukai Eliminated

Jun 16, '09

Blinds: 12,000-24,000

Players Remaining: 5 out of 436

Chip Counts:

1. J.C. Tran — 1,205,000
2. Jeff Kimber — 990,000
3. Jean-Phillipe Leandri — 530,000
4. Ross Boatman — 350,000
5. Dallas Flowers — 365,000

Average Chip Count: 654,000

Eliminations:

7. Chad Layne – $31,427
6. Rami Boukai – $38,407

Big Hands:

Chad Layne Eliminated in 7th Place ($31,427)

J.C. Tran bet 60,000 from the button and Chad Layne reraised to 200,000 and Tran went all-in, having Layne significantly covered. Layne made the call.

Their cards:

Tran: KKJ5

Layne: AJ108

The board ran out 103354, offering no help to Layne.

Rami Boukai Eliminated in 6th Place ($38,407)

J.C. Tran raised to 60,000 from the cut-off and Jean-Phillipe Leandri bet the pot. Rami Boukai went all-in for less than Leandri’s bet and Tran made the call. The flop came Q72 and Leandri went all-in. Tran called the bet.

Their cards:

Boukai: 8654
Tran: KJ97
Leandri: AQA2

Leandri was way out in front with his pair of aces and the nut flush draw. The A hit the turn, giving Boukai and Tran miracle gutshots to win the hand. The ten didn’t come for Tran and the three didn’t fall for Boukai as the K hit the river, eliminating Boukai.

Left In The Deck:

The players are on a 20 minute break.

Player Tags: J.C. Tran,   Rami Boukai,   Chad Layne,   Jean Phillipe Leandri

Final Table Update: Pawel Andrzejewski Eliminated in 7th Place ($32,653)

Jun 05, '09

pot-limit Omaha: 8,000-16,000
pot-limit hold’em: 10,000-20,000

Players Remaining: 6 out of 453

Chip Counts:

1. Cornel Cimpan — 950,000
2. Rami Boukai — 920,000
3. Daniel Makowsky — 665,000
4. Najib Bennani — 424,000
5. Paul Parker — 345,000
6. Benjamin Grundy — 160,000

Average Chip Count: 566,250

Notable Eliminations:

7. Pawel Andrzejewski — $32,653

Big Hands

Pawel Andrzejewski Eliminated in 7th place ($32,653)

Rami Boukai limps in from under the gun, Pawel Andrzejewski raises to 70,000 from late position and Boukai calls. The flop comes 1043, and Andrzejewski moves all in. Boukai calls and both players turn over their cards.

Andrzejewski: AAA8
Boukai: 10876

Andrzejewski gets it in good with the overpair, Boukai is behind with just top pair. The turn is the 7, giving Boukai two pair and now Andrzejewski’s tournament life is on the line. The river is the 2, and Pawel Andrzejewski is eliminated in 7th place ($32,653).

Player Tags: Rami Boukai,   Pawel Andrzejewski

Final Table Update: Gary Do (10th), Sigi Stockinger (9th), and John Kabbaj (8th) Eliminated

Jun 05, '09

Blinds:

pot-limit Omaha: 6,000-12,000
pot-limit hold’em: 8,000-16,000

Players Remaining: 7 out of 453

NOTE: The final seven players went on a dinner break at the completion of level 22 and they will return at 7 p.m. PDT.

Chip Counts:

1. Cornel Cimpan — 700,000
2. Daniel Makowsky — 602,000
3. Rami Boukai — 520,000
4. Ben Grundy — 428,000
5. Najib Bennani — 408,000
6. Paul Parker — 270,000
7. Pawel Andrzejewski — 215,000

Average Chip Count: 485,357

Notable Eliminations:

10. Gary Do – $18,170
9. Sigi Stockinger – $25,151
8. John Kabbaj – $28,006

Elimination Hands:

Gary Do Eliminated in 10th Place ($18,170)

pot-limit Hold’em

Rami Boukai raised to 35,ooo from middle position and Cornel Cimpan reraised to 100,000 from the button. Gary Do reraised all in for 131,000 total. Boukai muckd, Cimpan called. Their cards:

Do: KK
Cimpan: A7

Board: 1085A3

Do was eliminated in 10th place and Cimpan grew his stack to 700,000.

Sigi Stockinger Eliminated in Ninth Place ($25,151)

pot-liimit Omaha

On a flop of A75 Sigi Stockinger bet the pot (24,000). Daniel Makowsky made the call. The turn was dealt Q and Stockinger bet 80,000. Makowsky raised, forcing Stockinger to call all in. Thier cards:

Stockinger: AKK8
Makowsky: AQ104

River: 7

Stockinger was eliminated in ninth place and Makowsky grew his stack to 602,000.

John Kabbaj Eliminated in Eighth Place ($28,006)

pot-limit Omaha

John Kabbaj limped under the gun and Rami Boukai called. Cornel Cimpan raised to 66,000 from the button. Kabbaj called and Boukai mucked. The flop was dealt 853 and Kabbaj bet the pot. Cimpan raised and Kabbaj made the all-in call. Their cards:

Kabbaj: AJ74
Cimpan:AAKQ

Turn and River: 9J

Cimpan won the hand to take the chip lead and Kabbaj was eliminated in eighth place.

Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan,   Rami Boukai,   Sigi Stockinger,   John Kabbaj,   Daniel Makowsky,   Gary Do

Rami "Arbian Night" Boukai Takes A Tough Beat

Jan 06, '09

Mike Watson comes in for a raise to 1,100 and the button, a fast playing, loose unknown makes the call. Rami "Arbian Night" Boukai then reraises to 5,200.

Watson folds and the button stares down Boukai before reraising him all in for about 27,000. Boukai calls immediately with KK and is up against AQ.

The board comes 985A8 and Boukai is eliminated from the tournament.

Player Tags: Rami Boukai

$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys - Level Ten Update

Jun 18, '08

Note: Play has ended for the day and will resume at 2 p.m. tomorrow.

Blinds: 800-1,600

Players Remaining: 49 of 320

Average Chip Stack: 102,245

Chip Counts:

Daniel Makowsky - 397,000
Frank Vizza - 394,000
Kyle Kloeckner - 325,000
Kevin O'Donnell - 250,000
Thomas Wahlroos - 230,000
Jerrod Ankenman - 191,000
Layne Flack - 160,000
Ted Forrest - 158,000
Tim West - 155,000
Tino Lechich - 145,000

Eliminations:

Sorel Mizzi
Scott Clements
J.C. Tran
Gavin Griffin

Big Hands and Storylines:

Tournament director to table 5, again

To say that some of the players at table 5 are angry with one another would be an understatement. Early in the level, with Rami Boukai already all in, Sorel Mizzi bet enough on the river to put Nikolay Evdakov all in. The board was 10-8-5-J-K, and Evdakov took, according to players at his table, over 15 minutes before Mizzi called the clock. Boukai had already stormed out of the Amazon Room when the director ruled Evdakov's hand dead. At that point Mizzi said to call Boukai and tell him the main pot is his. Mizzi showed two nines and a missed draw and took the substantially larger side pot while people around him called him a sicko.

The rest of the level tensions were high at the table. Mizzi and other players called the clock often on Evdakov and another player. At one point players wanted to see a player's hole cards to know if he truly had a decision or was stalling. To end the day's play, a huge pot developed between Mizzi, Evdakov and Faniel Makowsky after a QJ9 flop. Mizzi bet, Makowsky raised pot, and after Evdakov folded he immediately called the clock on Mizzi out of spite. Mizzi then moved all in and Makowsky called.

Mizzi: JJQ8
Makowsky: AKT4
Board: QJ9AT

Makowsky's straight took down the pot and gave him the chip lead, while Mizzi headed to the rail, though not before saying something to Evdakov.

Shulman doubles up through Forrest

On a board of 10936, Jeff Shulman moved all in for just 2,200 and was called by Ted Forrest. Shulman held two nines for a set, while Forrest held K-Q-9-4 and needed a jack to catch a straight. The river was the 2 and Shulman doubled up to 35,000 chips. Forrest finished the day with about 160,000 chips.

Griffin loses to quads, eliminated soon after

In the blinds, Gavin Griffin and Jerrod Ankenman ended up playing a huge pot. With the board J-8-5-5, Ankenman check-raised and then moved all in when a nine came on the river. Griffin called and lost out to Ankenman's pocket fives for four of a kind. The blow didn't quite knock Griffin out, but soon afterward he was heading for the exit.

Flack gets revenge

After Steve Ware doubled up through Layne Flack with a set against two pair, the two were at it again. With the board showing Q424, Ware bet 33,000 and was called, and then bet a similar amount again when the 7 came on the turn. Flack called again and Ware showed A-Q. Flack held K-K-A-J and took down the pot.

Player Tags: Jeff Shulman,   Ted Forrest,   Layne Flack,   Rami Boukai,   Gavin Griffin,   Sorel Mizzi,   Jerrod Ankenman

$1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Day 2 - Level 13

Jun 02, '08

Blinds/Antes: 1,500-3,000 – 400 ante

Players Left: 126 of 3929

Chip Leaders:
Ryan D'Angelo – 340,000
Scott Montgomery - 338,000
Joshua Engerdahl - 265,000
Sean Ferrer - 256,000
Ginikachukwu Izuogu - 230,000
Michael Ium - 215,000
Katja Svendsen - 200,200
Theo Tran - 175,000
Aaron Kanter - 165,000
Anthony Meeker - 160,000

Average Stack: 93,500

Eliminations:
Rami Boukai
Mark Vos

Big Hands and Storylines:

D’Angelo on a Rampage

Ryan “g0lfa” D’Angelo continued his dominance through this level, winning a number of notable pots. First, by making his opponent lay down a hand and later by showing down the best hand. On a flop of J92, D’Angelo led out for 11,000, garnering a call from Allen Goldstein.  D’Angelo checked the turn K, inducing a 15,000 bet from Goldstein. D’Angelo wasted no time before putting Goldstein all-in, forcing him to make a decision for all of his chips. Goldstein laid down the hand, opting to wait for a better spot.

“Ship it!”

Only an orbit later D’Angelo added another pile of chips, and bounty, to his collection. After Tony Korfman limped under-the-gun, and a middle position player followed suit, D’Angelo raised from the small blind to 13,500. Korfman called and they went to the flop heads-up. T63 was dealt and the youngster from New York led out with a bet of 18,000. Korfman called and they saw a turn of 4. D’Angelo kept up the pressure and put out a bet of 30,000, forcing Korfman all-in. Korfman made the call and turned over ace high, AQ, way behind D’Angelo’s QQ. The river was the 4, sealing another big pot for D’Angelo. After the pot things got a bit heated. In a bout of youthful ebullience, D’Angelo said “Ship it!” which did not sit well with the newly-busted Korfman. He shoved his chips toward D’Angelo and said to the table, “If anyone busts Mr. Ship It, I’ll give them $5,000.” At this point, however, that seems easier said than done. When enquired about his stack size, D’Angelo didn’t seem too confident in saying, “375,000 or so. I don’t know. I should learn to count better. Somewhere in the mid-300s.”

Ferguson Moves In

On a flop of 643, Chris Ferguson put in a bet of 22,000 which Terrence Chan called after a bit of thought. The turn came 6 and Ferguson declared himself all-in. Calling would cost Chan nearly 60,000 and it didn’t take too long before he folded. Despite never being among the chip leaders in this tournament, Ferguson is still alive and kicking with a stack of over 200,000.

Kanter Keeps Coming

Aaron Kanter found himself in a bad spot, getting his AK in against KK and TT pre-flop. But an ace on the flop was a welcome sight for Kanter and when the board ran out AJ549, Kanter found himself from on the brink to in good position. He currently has about 150,000.

Player Tags: Chris Ferguson,   Rami Boukai,   Terrence Chan,   Allen Goldstein,   Mark Vos,   Theo Tran,   Tony Korfman,   Ryan D'Angelo

Rami Boukai Eliminated in 25th ($66,564)

Apr 16, '08

Rami "arbianight" Boukai has ben eliminated midway through day 4 at the PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final. He finished in 25th place, earning $66,564. The next player who busts will be in the next payout level, earning $73,203 for 24th place.

Player Tags: Rami Boukai