John McNulty Poker Tournament Updates

John McNulty Doubles

Dec 13, '13

John McNulty were heads-up on the river with the board reading A J 2 10 8. After his opponent checks, McNulty bets 22,000. His opponent check-raised all in and McNulty called.

McNulty showed A 10 and took the pot. After several minutes of counting down stacks, McNulty was covered by just a few hundred chips and was all in for 108,100 total.

McNulty grows his stack to 265,000 with the double up and shoots up the leaderboard.

Player Tags: Nicholas Schwarmann,   John McNulty

Darryll Fish Drops One

Dec 13, '13

Darryll Fish bet 500 on a A 8 5 flop and was called by John McNulty.

The turn brought the 4, and Fish bet 1,200.

McNulty thought about it for a bit before raising to 3,200.

Fish elected to make the call.

The K landed on the river.

Fish checked, and McNulty fired 7,500. Fish gave him a good stare down before finally mucking. Fish was down to around 40,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Darryll Fish,   John McNulty

Final Table Set For Card Player Poker Tour Palm Beach Kennel Club Main Event

Dec 15, '13

A title and $68,191 is on the line for the final nine players in the Card Player Poker Tour Palm Beach Kennel Club $1,100 no-limit hold’em $250,000 guarantee main event.

Evan Teitelbaum will lead the pack with a stack of 1,200,000 trailed closely by Sean Winter with 1,093,000 and Luke Brereton with 1,039,000. Online pro Eric Blair, who has $1.6 million in online tournament winnings, and WSOP bracelet winner and online high stakes cash games player Brian Hastings are also in the mix along with young pro Ian O’Hare. John McNulty, Gerard Donaghy and Tom Gleason make up the rest of the final table.

No matter who wins, a first-time CPPT champion will be named.

Donaghy, who will come to the final table with 827,000, was a unique entry in the field having won his ticket from Palm Beach Kennel Club’s monthly Player of the Month promotion in November.

Donaghy finished in the top 100 players on the leaderboard and was then entered into a $25,000 freeroll tournament where he won his seat to the CPPT main event, meaning he is truly on a freeroll.

Day 2 moved quickly with 23 of the 59 remaining players taking to the rail in the first two levels of play. The money was reached during Level 18 when David S. was eliminated in a brutal hand on the stone bubble.

S. opened to 12,000 from under the gun and Scott Zakheim raised to 26,000 from middle position. S. re-raised to 76,000 and Zakheim quickly called to see a flop of K88. S. immediately announced he was all-in and Zakheim called even faster. The hands were not immediately tabled as the floor was waiting to see if any other tables had an all-in and a call but the board was still dealt out 54. When the floor gave the ok S. turned over two black Aces and thought he had won the pot.

“No good,” Zakheim said, but S. appeared to have not heard. He began stacking his chips for the dealer to count, thinking Zakheim would match them up and push them his way.

“Your aces are no good man,” another player at the table said.

Zakheim showed two red Kings for a flopped full-house and S. realized his mistake and made his exit. Zakheim was later eliminated as the 22nd place finisher for $2,515.

In addition to Zakheim, Day 2 saw the elimination of two of the biggest names in the field in rapid succession. Chino Rheem, who came into Day 2 second in chips with just under 400,000, and Chance Kornuth both amassed stacks of nearly 800,000 during level 19 and held the top two spots for nearly an hour. But in unexpected fashion, Kornuth and Rheem both hit the rail before the end of Level 20 at the hands of Even Teitelbaum.

Teitelbaum raised under the gun, Ian O’Hara called from late position, Rheem followed from the cutoff and Kornuth did the same out of the big blind. The flop opened Ad8s6s and Kornuth checked, Teitelbaum raised to 32,000, O’Hara called, Rheem released and Kornuth raised to 94,000. O’Hara folded and Teitelbaum made it 232,000 to go. Kornuth announced he was all-in for about 400,000 and Teitelbaum called.

Kornuth had flopped bottom set with 66 against Teitelbaum’s top two pair with A8. Kornuth stayed ahead after the J opened on the turn but saw his day come to an end when the A on the river gave Tietelbaum the full house. Kornuth made his exit as the 23rd place finisher for $2,515.

Rheem quickly followed when he raised to 13,000 and Teitelbaum called from the small blind to see a flop of 985. Teitelbaum led out for 12,000 and Rheem called to see the 9 on the turn. Teitelbaum fired out 27,000 and Rheem called again to see the A on the river. Teitelbaum once again fired out 27,000 and Rheem shoved all in for around 250,000 more. Teitelbaum tanked for a while before making the call with 22. Rheem tabled 74 and hit the rail as the 19th place finisher for $2,932 while Teitelbaum built his stack to about 2 million.

When play resumes Monday, December 16 at 1pm EST tune into cardplayer.com to follow the hand-for-hand updates and the live web stream of the final table to see who will become the next Card Player Poker Tour champion.

Final Table Chip Counts:

1. Evan Teitelbaum – 1,200,000
2. Sean Winter – 1,093,000
3. Luke Brereton – 1,039,000
4. John McNulty – 909,000
5. Gerard Donaghy – 827,0000
6. Brian Hastings – 753,00
7. Eric Blair – 520,000
8. Tom Gleason – 442,000
9. Ian O’Hara – 378,000

Final Table Payouts:

1. $68,191
2. $42,142
3. $30,580
4. $22,560
5. $16,920
6. $12,894
7. $9,947
8. $7,842
9. $6,257

Player Tags: Chino Rheem,   Brian Hastings,   Chance Kornuth,   Eric Blair,   John McNulty,   Sean Winter,   Evan Teitelbaum,   Ian O'Hara,   Luke Brereton,   Tom Gleason

John McNulty Finds Early Double

Dec 15, '13

Shortly into the unofficial final table of 10, John McNulty was facing a 135,000 bet from Evan Teitelbaum on a board reading A K 6 6. McNulty made the call.

The river was the 5, and Teitelbaum shoved, which put McNulty all-in for 256,000. McNulty snap-called with pocket kings for a full house, while Teitelbaum tabled the A 4.

Player Tags: John McNulty,   Evan Teitelbaum

Unofficial Final Table Reached

Dec 15, '13

Here is the seating arrangement for the final ten players.

1. Luke Brereton – 1,000,000
2. Eric Blair – 591,000
3. Jordan Scott – 245,000
4. Brian Hastings – 800,000
5. Evan Teitelbaum – 1,450,000
6. Ian O’Hara – 205,000
7. Sean Winter – 1,050,000
8. Tom Gleason – 485,000
9. Gerard Donaghy – 794,000
10. John McNulty – 458,000

Player Tags: Brian Hastings,   Eric Blair,   John McNulty,   Gerard Donaghy,   Sean Winter,   Evan Teitelbaum,   Ian O'Hara,   Luke Brereton,   Tom Gleason,   Jordan Scott

John McNulty Wins CPPT Palm Beach Kennel Club Main Event ($68,191); Luke Brereton Eliminated In 2nd ($42,142)

Dec 16, '13

A speedy four-and-a-half hour final table has resulted in John McNulty holding all of the chips. His final hand in a short heads-up battle with Luke Brereton was a classic coinflip.

Brereton was down to around 1.35 million versus McNulty’s 5.82 million when all the money went in preflop with Brereton holding A K and McNulty possessing Q Q.

The flop fell 8 4 6, which wasn’t what Brereton needed. At this point he was standing up and needling his opponent on how well he was running.

The turn brought the 2, which was safe for McNulty.

And finally, the 7 on the river sealed the deal, giving McNulty the top prize and the trophy, and sending Brereton to the rail. Brereton was talkative and upbeat in defeat, clearly content with his deep run in this 287-player tournament. McNulty was of course ecstatic after the final river card hit the felt, but he was humble, telling his opponent that his victory was definitely the result of picking up some hands late in the game.

Congrats to both McNulty and Brereton for their performances here, as well as all other players at Monday’s final table. Stay tuned for a full recap of the tournament.

Player Tags: John McNulty,   Luke Brereton

Evan Teitelbaum Eliminated 3rd ($30,580)

Dec 16, '13

Evan Teitelbaum has been eliminated as the third place finisher for $30,580.

Teitelbaum was all-in for his last 645,000 with A9 and John McNulty called with AJ. The board ran out J9587 and Teitelbaum was eliminated.

Player Tags: John McNulty,   Evan Teitelbaum

Eric Blair Eliminated In Three-Way All-In

Dec 16, '13

Eric Blair held around 500,000 and got his stack into the middle with the A 9, but unfortunately was up against the pocket aces of John McNulty and the pocket kings of Ian O’Hara. McNulty held 901,000, and O’Hara had him barely covered.

The board ran out A Q 5 8 9, giving McNulty a mammoth pot and sending Blair to rail.

McNulty was up to around 1.8 million after the hand.

Player Tags: John McNulty

Gerard Donaghy Eliminated In 9th ($6,257)

Dec 16, '13

Gerard Donaghy had a terribly small stack and it was no surprise when he dumped it into the middle with an all-in bet from the high jack. McNulty raised to 175,000 from the cutoff.

No one called.

The cards were tabled and Donaghy had 5 4, while McNulty was holding the K Q. There was no help for the small cards as the board ran out 10 3 3 8 2.

Donaghy hit the rail, but didn’t seem immiserated. He was in an a freeroll thanks to the Palm Beach Kennel Club. He has been doing super well in the daily tournaments here.

“Not too bad for a complete freeroll.” Luke Brereton said as Donaghy made his exit.

Player Tags: John McNulty,   Gerard Donaghy

Gerard Donaghy Gets No Callers

Dec 16, '13

Gerard Donaghy will not be making his exit at this time.

Donaghy raised to 45,000 from the hijack seat and John McNulty three-bet to 150,000 from the cutoff. Luke Brereton thought a couple of moments before four-betting to 200,000 from the button.

Donaghy snap-shoved all-in for 647,000 and it was McNulty’s turn to ponder his next move.

“How much do you have,” McNulty asked Brereton.

Brereton replied with a shrug and said “About 1.2.”

McNulty decided to let his cards go, Brereton did the same and Donaghy added a few more chips to his stack.

Player Tags: John McNulty,   Gerard Donaghy,   Luke Brereton

John McNulty Doubles

Dec 13, '13

John McNulty were heads-up on the river with the board reading A J 2 10 8. After his opponent checks, McNulty bets 22,000. His opponent check-raised all in and McNulty called.

McNulty showed A 10 and took the pot. After several minutes of counting down stacks, McNulty was covered by just a few hundred chips and was all in for 108,100 total.

McNulty grows his stack to 265,000 with the double up and shoots up the leaderboard.

Player Tags: Nicholas Schwarmann,   John McNulty

Darryll Fish Drops One

Dec 13, '13

Darryll Fish bet 500 on a A 8 5 flop and was called by John McNulty.

The turn brought the 4, and Fish bet 1,200.

McNulty thought about it for a bit before raising to 3,200.

Fish elected to make the call.

The K landed on the river.

Fish checked, and McNulty fired 7,500. Fish gave him a good stare down before finally mucking. Fish was down to around 40,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Darryll Fish,   John McNulty

Final Table Set For Card Player Poker Tour Palm Beach Kennel Club Main Event

Dec 15, '13

A title and $68,191 is on the line for the final nine players in the Card Player Poker Tour Palm Beach Kennel Club $1,100 no-limit hold’em $250,000 guarantee main event.

Evan Teitelbaum will lead the pack with a stack of 1,200,000 trailed closely by Sean Winter with 1,093,000 and Luke Brereton with 1,039,000. Online pro Eric Blair, who has $1.6 million in online tournament winnings, and WSOP bracelet winner and online high stakes cash games player Brian Hastings are also in the mix along with young pro Ian O’Hare. John McNulty, Gerard Donaghy and Tom Gleason make up the rest of the final table.

No matter who wins, a first-time CPPT champion will be named.

Donaghy, who will come to the final table with 827,000, was a unique entry in the field having won his ticket from Palm Beach Kennel Club’s monthly Player of the Month promotion in November.

Donaghy finished in the top 100 players on the leaderboard and was then entered into a $25,000 freeroll tournament where he won his seat to the CPPT main event, meaning he is truly on a freeroll.

Day 2 moved quickly with 23 of the 59 remaining players taking to the rail in the first two levels of play. The money was reached during Level 18 when David S. was eliminated in a brutal hand on the stone bubble.

S. opened to 12,000 from under the gun and Scott Zakheim raised to 26,000 from middle position. S. re-raised to 76,000 and Zakheim quickly called to see a flop of K88. S. immediately announced he was all-in and Zakheim called even faster. The hands were not immediately tabled as the floor was waiting to see if any other tables had an all-in and a call but the board was still dealt out 54. When the floor gave the ok S. turned over two black Aces and thought he had won the pot.

“No good,” Zakheim said, but S. appeared to have not heard. He began stacking his chips for the dealer to count, thinking Zakheim would match them up and push them his way.

“Your aces are no good man,” another player at the table said.

Zakheim showed two red Kings for a flopped full-house and S. realized his mistake and made his exit. Zakheim was later eliminated as the 22nd place finisher for $2,515.

In addition to Zakheim, Day 2 saw the elimination of two of the biggest names in the field in rapid succession. Chino Rheem, who came into Day 2 second in chips with just under 400,000, and Chance Kornuth both amassed stacks of nearly 800,000 during level 19 and held the top two spots for nearly an hour. But in unexpected fashion, Kornuth and Rheem both hit the rail before the end of Level 20 at the hands of Even Teitelbaum.

Teitelbaum raised under the gun, Ian O’Hara called from late position, Rheem followed from the cutoff and Kornuth did the same out of the big blind. The flop opened Ad8s6s and Kornuth checked, Teitelbaum raised to 32,000, O’Hara called, Rheem released and Kornuth raised to 94,000. O’Hara folded and Teitelbaum made it 232,000 to go. Kornuth announced he was all-in for about 400,000 and Teitelbaum called.

Kornuth had flopped bottom set with 66 against Teitelbaum’s top two pair with A8. Kornuth stayed ahead after the J opened on the turn but saw his day come to an end when the A on the river gave Tietelbaum the full house. Kornuth made his exit as the 23rd place finisher for $2,515.

Rheem quickly followed when he raised to 13,000 and Teitelbaum called from the small blind to see a flop of 985. Teitelbaum led out for 12,000 and Rheem called to see the 9 on the turn. Teitelbaum fired out 27,000 and Rheem called again to see the A on the river. Teitelbaum once again fired out 27,000 and Rheem shoved all in for around 250,000 more. Teitelbaum tanked for a while before making the call with 22. Rheem tabled 74 and hit the rail as the 19th place finisher for $2,932 while Teitelbaum built his stack to about 2 million.

When play resumes Monday, December 16 at 1pm EST tune into cardplayer.com to follow the hand-for-hand updates and the live web stream of the final table to see who will become the next Card Player Poker Tour champion.

Final Table Chip Counts:

1. Evan Teitelbaum – 1,200,000
2. Sean Winter – 1,093,000
3. Luke Brereton – 1,039,000
4. John McNulty – 909,000
5. Gerard Donaghy – 827,0000
6. Brian Hastings – 753,00
7. Eric Blair – 520,000
8. Tom Gleason – 442,000
9. Ian O’Hara – 378,000

Final Table Payouts:

1. $68,191
2. $42,142
3. $30,580
4. $22,560
5. $16,920
6. $12,894
7. $9,947
8. $7,842
9. $6,257

Player Tags: Chino Rheem,   Brian Hastings,   Chance Kornuth,   Eric Blair,   John McNulty,   Sean Winter,   Evan Teitelbaum,   Ian O'Hara,   Luke Brereton,   Tom Gleason

John McNulty Finds Early Double

Dec 15, '13

Shortly into the unofficial final table of 10, John McNulty was facing a 135,000 bet from Evan Teitelbaum on a board reading A K 6 6. McNulty made the call.

The river was the 5, and Teitelbaum shoved, which put McNulty all-in for 256,000. McNulty snap-called with pocket kings for a full house, while Teitelbaum tabled the A 4.

Player Tags: John McNulty,   Evan Teitelbaum

Unofficial Final Table Reached

Dec 15, '13

Here is the seating arrangement for the final ten players.

1. Luke Brereton – 1,000,000
2. Eric Blair – 591,000
3. Jordan Scott – 245,000
4. Brian Hastings – 800,000
5. Evan Teitelbaum – 1,450,000
6. Ian O’Hara – 205,000
7. Sean Winter – 1,050,000
8. Tom Gleason – 485,000
9. Gerard Donaghy – 794,000
10. John McNulty – 458,000

Player Tags: Brian Hastings,   Eric Blair,   John McNulty,   Gerard Donaghy,   Sean Winter,   Evan Teitelbaum,   Ian O'Hara,   Luke Brereton,   Tom Gleason,   Jordan Scott

John McNulty Wins CPPT Palm Beach Kennel Club Main Event ($68,191); Luke Brereton Eliminated In 2nd ($42,142)

Dec 16, '13

A speedy four-and-a-half hour final table has resulted in John McNulty holding all of the chips. His final hand in a short heads-up battle with Luke Brereton was a classic coinflip.

Brereton was down to around 1.35 million versus McNulty’s 5.82 million when all the money went in preflop with Brereton holding A K and McNulty possessing Q Q.

The flop fell 8 4 6, which wasn’t what Brereton needed. At this point he was standing up and needling his opponent on how well he was running.

The turn brought the 2, which was safe for McNulty.

And finally, the 7 on the river sealed the deal, giving McNulty the top prize and the trophy, and sending Brereton to the rail. Brereton was talkative and upbeat in defeat, clearly content with his deep run in this 287-player tournament. McNulty was of course ecstatic after the final river card hit the felt, but he was humble, telling his opponent that his victory was definitely the result of picking up some hands late in the game.

Congrats to both McNulty and Brereton for their performances here, as well as all other players at Monday’s final table. Stay tuned for a full recap of the tournament.

Player Tags: John McNulty,   Luke Brereton

Evan Teitelbaum Eliminated 3rd ($30,580)

Dec 16, '13

Evan Teitelbaum has been eliminated as the third place finisher for $30,580.

Teitelbaum was all-in for his last 645,000 with A9 and John McNulty called with AJ. The board ran out J9587 and Teitelbaum was eliminated.

Player Tags: John McNulty,   Evan Teitelbaum

Eric Blair Eliminated In Three-Way All-In

Dec 16, '13

Eric Blair held around 500,000 and got his stack into the middle with the A 9, but unfortunately was up against the pocket aces of John McNulty and the pocket kings of Ian O’Hara. McNulty held 901,000, and O’Hara had him barely covered.

The board ran out A Q 5 8 9, giving McNulty a mammoth pot and sending Blair to rail.

McNulty was up to around 1.8 million after the hand.

Player Tags: John McNulty

Gerard Donaghy Eliminated In 9th ($6,257)

Dec 16, '13

Gerard Donaghy had a terribly small stack and it was no surprise when he dumped it into the middle with an all-in bet from the high jack. McNulty raised to 175,000 from the cutoff.

No one called.

The cards were tabled and Donaghy had 5 4, while McNulty was holding the K Q. There was no help for the small cards as the board ran out 10 3 3 8 2.

Donaghy hit the rail, but didn’t seem immiserated. He was in an a freeroll thanks to the Palm Beach Kennel Club. He has been doing super well in the daily tournaments here.

“Not too bad for a complete freeroll.” Luke Brereton said as Donaghy made his exit.

Player Tags: John McNulty,   Gerard Donaghy

Gerard Donaghy Gets No Callers

Dec 16, '13

Gerard Donaghy will not be making his exit at this time.

Donaghy raised to 45,000 from the hijack seat and John McNulty three-bet to 150,000 from the cutoff. Luke Brereton thought a couple of moments before four-betting to 200,000 from the button.

Donaghy snap-shoved all-in for 647,000 and it was McNulty’s turn to ponder his next move.

“How much do you have,” McNulty asked Brereton.

Brereton replied with a shrug and said “About 1.2.”

McNulty decided to let his cards go, Brereton did the same and Donaghy added a few more chips to his stack.

Player Tags: John McNulty,   Gerard Donaghy,   Luke Brereton

John McNulty Doubles

Dec 13, '13

John McNulty were heads-up on the river with the board reading A J 2 10 8. After his opponent checks, McNulty bets 22,000. His opponent check-raised all in and McNulty called.

McNulty showed A 10 and took the pot. After several minutes of counting down stacks, McNulty was covered by just a few hundred chips and was all in for 108,100 total.

McNulty grows his stack to 265,000 with the double up and shoots up the leaderboard.

Player Tags: Nicholas Schwarmann,   John McNulty

Darryll Fish Drops One

Dec 13, '13

Darryll Fish bet 500 on a A 8 5 flop and was called by John McNulty.

The turn brought the 4, and Fish bet 1,200.

McNulty thought about it for a bit before raising to 3,200.

Fish elected to make the call.

The K landed on the river.

Fish checked, and McNulty fired 7,500. Fish gave him a good stare down before finally mucking. Fish was down to around 40,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Darryll Fish,   John McNulty

Final Table Set For Card Player Poker Tour Palm Beach Kennel Club Main Event

Dec 15, '13

A title and $68,191 is on the line for the final nine players in the Card Player Poker Tour Palm Beach Kennel Club $1,100 no-limit hold’em $250,000 guarantee main event.

Evan Teitelbaum will lead the pack with a stack of 1,200,000 trailed closely by Sean Winter with 1,093,000 and Luke Brereton with 1,039,000. Online pro Eric Blair, who has $1.6 million in online tournament winnings, and WSOP bracelet winner and online high stakes cash games player Brian Hastings are also in the mix along with young pro Ian O’Hare. John McNulty, Gerard Donaghy and Tom Gleason make up the rest of the final table.

No matter who wins, a first-time CPPT champion will be named.

Donaghy, who will come to the final table with 827,000, was a unique entry in the field having won his ticket from Palm Beach Kennel Club’s monthly Player of the Month promotion in November.

Donaghy finished in the top 100 players on the leaderboard and was then entered into a $25,000 freeroll tournament where he won his seat to the CPPT main event, meaning he is truly on a freeroll.

Day 2 moved quickly with 23 of the 59 remaining players taking to the rail in the first two levels of play. The money was reached during Level 18 when David S. was eliminated in a brutal hand on the stone bubble.

S. opened to 12,000 from under the gun and Scott Zakheim raised to 26,000 from middle position. S. re-raised to 76,000 and Zakheim quickly called to see a flop of K88. S. immediately announced he was all-in and Zakheim called even faster. The hands were not immediately tabled as the floor was waiting to see if any other tables had an all-in and a call but the board was still dealt out 54. When the floor gave the ok S. turned over two black Aces and thought he had won the pot.

“No good,” Zakheim said, but S. appeared to have not heard. He began stacking his chips for the dealer to count, thinking Zakheim would match them up and push them his way.

“Your aces are no good man,” another player at the table said.

Zakheim showed two red Kings for a flopped full-house and S. realized his mistake and made his exit. Zakheim was later eliminated as the 22nd place finisher for $2,515.

In addition to Zakheim, Day 2 saw the elimination of two of the biggest names in the field in rapid succession. Chino Rheem, who came into Day 2 second in chips with just under 400,000, and Chance Kornuth both amassed stacks of nearly 800,000 during level 19 and held the top two spots for nearly an hour. But in unexpected fashion, Kornuth and Rheem both hit the rail before the end of Level 20 at the hands of Even Teitelbaum.

Teitelbaum raised under the gun, Ian O’Hara called from late position, Rheem followed from the cutoff and Kornuth did the same out of the big blind. The flop opened Ad8s6s and Kornuth checked, Teitelbaum raised to 32,000, O’Hara called, Rheem released and Kornuth raised to 94,000. O’Hara folded and Teitelbaum made it 232,000 to go. Kornuth announced he was all-in for about 400,000 and Teitelbaum called.

Kornuth had flopped bottom set with 66 against Teitelbaum’s top two pair with A8. Kornuth stayed ahead after the J opened on the turn but saw his day come to an end when the A on the river gave Tietelbaum the full house. Kornuth made his exit as the 23rd place finisher for $2,515.

Rheem quickly followed when he raised to 13,000 and Teitelbaum called from the small blind to see a flop of 985. Teitelbaum led out for 12,000 and Rheem called to see the 9 on the turn. Teitelbaum fired out 27,000 and Rheem called again to see the A on the river. Teitelbaum once again fired out 27,000 and Rheem shoved all in for around 250,000 more. Teitelbaum tanked for a while before making the call with 22. Rheem tabled 74 and hit the rail as the 19th place finisher for $2,932 while Teitelbaum built his stack to about 2 million.

When play resumes Monday, December 16 at 1pm EST tune into cardplayer.com to follow the hand-for-hand updates and the live web stream of the final table to see who will become the next Card Player Poker Tour champion.

Final Table Chip Counts:

1. Evan Teitelbaum – 1,200,000
2. Sean Winter – 1,093,000
3. Luke Brereton – 1,039,000
4. John McNulty – 909,000
5. Gerard Donaghy – 827,0000
6. Brian Hastings – 753,00
7. Eric Blair – 520,000
8. Tom Gleason – 442,000
9. Ian O’Hara – 378,000

Final Table Payouts:

1. $68,191
2. $42,142
3. $30,580
4. $22,560
5. $16,920
6. $12,894
7. $9,947
8. $7,842
9. $6,257

Player Tags: Chino Rheem,   Brian Hastings,   Chance Kornuth,   Eric Blair,   John McNulty,   Sean Winter,   Evan Teitelbaum,   Ian O'Hara,   Luke Brereton,   Tom Gleason

John McNulty Finds Early Double

Dec 15, '13

Shortly into the unofficial final table of 10, John McNulty was facing a 135,000 bet from Evan Teitelbaum on a board reading A K 6 6. McNulty made the call.

The river was the 5, and Teitelbaum shoved, which put McNulty all-in for 256,000. McNulty snap-called with pocket kings for a full house, while Teitelbaum tabled the A 4.

Player Tags: John McNulty,   Evan Teitelbaum

Unofficial Final Table Reached

Dec 15, '13

Here is the seating arrangement for the final ten players.

1. Luke Brereton – 1,000,000
2. Eric Blair – 591,000
3. Jordan Scott – 245,000
4. Brian Hastings – 800,000
5. Evan Teitelbaum – 1,450,000
6. Ian O’Hara – 205,000
7. Sean Winter – 1,050,000
8. Tom Gleason – 485,000
9. Gerard Donaghy – 794,000
10. John McNulty – 458,000

Player Tags: Brian Hastings,   Eric Blair,   John McNulty,   Gerard Donaghy,   Sean Winter,   Evan Teitelbaum,   Ian O'Hara,   Luke Brereton,   Tom Gleason,   Jordan Scott

John McNulty Wins CPPT Palm Beach Kennel Club Main Event ($68,191); Luke Brereton Eliminated In 2nd ($42,142)

Dec 16, '13

A speedy four-and-a-half hour final table has resulted in John McNulty holding all of the chips. His final hand in a short heads-up battle with Luke Brereton was a classic coinflip.

Brereton was down to around 1.35 million versus McNulty’s 5.82 million when all the money went in preflop with Brereton holding A K and McNulty possessing Q Q.

The flop fell 8 4 6, which wasn’t what Brereton needed. At this point he was standing up and needling his opponent on how well he was running.

The turn brought the 2, which was safe for McNulty.

And finally, the 7 on the river sealed the deal, giving McNulty the top prize and the trophy, and sending Brereton to the rail. Brereton was talkative and upbeat in defeat, clearly content with his deep run in this 287-player tournament. McNulty was of course ecstatic after the final river card hit the felt, but he was humble, telling his opponent that his victory was definitely the result of picking up some hands late in the game.

Congrats to both McNulty and Brereton for their performances here, as well as all other players at Monday’s final table. Stay tuned for a full recap of the tournament.

Player Tags: John McNulty,   Luke Brereton

Evan Teitelbaum Eliminated 3rd ($30,580)

Dec 16, '13

Evan Teitelbaum has been eliminated as the third place finisher for $30,580.

Teitelbaum was all-in for his last 645,000 with A9 and John McNulty called with AJ. The board ran out J9587 and Teitelbaum was eliminated.

Player Tags: John McNulty,   Evan Teitelbaum

Eric Blair Eliminated In Three-Way All-In

Dec 16, '13

Eric Blair held around 500,000 and got his stack into the middle with the A 9, but unfortunately was up against the pocket aces of John McNulty and the pocket kings of Ian O’Hara. McNulty held 901,000, and O’Hara had him barely covered.

The board ran out A Q 5 8 9, giving McNulty a mammoth pot and sending Blair to rail.

McNulty was up to around 1.8 million after the hand.

Player Tags: John McNulty

Gerard Donaghy Eliminated In 9th ($6,257)

Dec 16, '13

Gerard Donaghy had a terribly small stack and it was no surprise when he dumped it into the middle with an all-in bet from the high jack. McNulty raised to 175,000 from the cutoff.

No one called.

The cards were tabled and Donaghy had 5 4, while McNulty was holding the K Q. There was no help for the small cards as the board ran out 10 3 3 8 2.

Donaghy hit the rail, but didn’t seem immiserated. He was in an a freeroll thanks to the Palm Beach Kennel Club. He has been doing super well in the daily tournaments here.

“Not too bad for a complete freeroll.” Luke Brereton said as Donaghy made his exit.

Player Tags: John McNulty,   Gerard Donaghy

Gerard Donaghy Gets No Callers

Dec 16, '13

Gerard Donaghy will not be making his exit at this time.

Donaghy raised to 45,000 from the hijack seat and John McNulty three-bet to 150,000 from the cutoff. Luke Brereton thought a couple of moments before four-betting to 200,000 from the button.

Donaghy snap-shoved all-in for 647,000 and it was McNulty’s turn to ponder his next move.

“How much do you have,” McNulty asked Brereton.

Brereton replied with a shrug and said “About 1.2.”

McNulty decided to let his cards go, Brereton did the same and Donaghy added a few more chips to his stack.

Player Tags: John McNulty,   Gerard Donaghy,   Luke Brereton

Stacey Reinstein Rivers Ace-High Flush

Sep 06, '13

Stacy Reinstein and Richard Swain recently battled in a pot that ended with Reinstein’s Ace-High flush besting Swain’s Jack-High flush.

Swain raised to 125 from under the gun+1 and Court McNulty re-raised to 1,200 from middle position. Reinstein called from the big blind and the three saw a flop of K109.

Reinstein checked, Swain raised to 2,500, McNulty released his hand and Reinstein called. The turn was the 7. Reinstein bets 3,000 and Swain called to see the 5 on the river. Reinstein fired out a bet of 5,000 and Swain called.

Swain showed KJ but Reinstein had him beat with AJ.

Player Tags: John McNulty,   Stacey Reinstein