Justin Scott Poker Tournament Updates

Final Table Update: Justin Scott Eliminated

Jun 23, '10

Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante

Players Remaining: 8 out of 1,397

Average Chip Count: 785,812

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Derric Haynie — 1,225,000
2. Brett Shaffer — 925,000
3. Steven Kelly — 915,000
4. Reagan Leman — 805,000
5. Dustin Dirksen — 805,000
6. Jeffrey King — 545,000
7. Paul Varano — 525,000
8. Michael Cooper — 510,000

Eliminations:

9. Justin Scott — $22,575

Big Hands:

Justin Scott Eliminated in 9th Place ($22,575)

Michael Cooper opened to 65,000 and Justin Scott moved all in for 200,000. Action was folded back to Cooper and he made the call. Cooper exposed the AJ and was racing against the 77 of Scott. The flop came J92 as Cooper hit a pair of jacks. The turn and river bricked for Scott and he was eliminated. Cooper was at 500,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Michael Cooper,   Justin Scott

Justin Scott Eliminated in 22nd Place ($44,433)

Feb 24, '09

Justin Scott was short stacked and all in holding pocket jacks only to run into the pocket kings of Chris Karagulleyan.

The board ran out ten high and Scott was eliminated from the tournament. Karagulleyan now has 865,000.

Player Tags: Chris Karagulleyan,   Justin Scott

Kofi Takes a Hit

Feb 24, '09

Kofi Farkye bet 30,000 from the small blind and Justin Scott raised to 105,000 from the big blind with J63J6 sitting on the table alongside a healthy-sized pot. Farkye called Scott down and Scott showed J10. Farkye mucked and he was knocked down to 770,000, while Scott was up to 444,000.













 

Player Tags: Justin Scott,   Kofi Farkye

David Pham Eliminated in 50th Place ($27,395)

Feb 24, '09

David Pham has busted out of the tournament in 50th place and he will take home $27,395 in prize money.

Pham got it all in with J7 on a flop of J62. However, Justin Scott held a dominating QJ and it held when the turn and river came KK.

Scott now has a stack of 205,000.

Player Tags: David Pham,   Justin Scott

Justin Scott Eliminated in 44th Place ($17,500)

Sep 16, '08

Justin Scott has busted out of the tournament in 44th place, and he will take home $17,500.

Scott got it in after flopping an ace, but was dominated by Ryan Young. To rub salt in his wounds, Young turned and rivered an unecessary full house to end Scott's tournament.

This is Scott's second consecutive World Poker Tour cash. At the Legends of Poker tournament at the Bike, Scott was one card away from a massive chip lead deep on Day 4.









 

Player Tags: Justin Scott

Paul Smith Doubles Up

Aug 26, '08

Paul Smith and Justin Scott got into a major preflop altercation with big stacks on the line. Smith held pocket kings, but was up against Scott's pocket aces.

The board rolled out safely for Scott, until the river that is, when the K peeled off the deck to double Smith up to 950,000. Scott took a major hit down to 150,000.

Player Tags: Justin Scott,   Paul Smith

Barry Greenstein Eliminated

Aug 26, '08

Barry Greenstein was all in for his last 45,000 and a side pot developed between Justin Scott and Raymond Voskanian on a flop of K-J-9.

Scott bet the turn when a 10 fell, and Voskanian folded. Scott showed Q-10 for a flopped straight and Greenstein needed a Queen to chop with his pocket aces. The river was an eight and Greenstein was sent home just short of the money.

Player Tags: Barry Greenstein,   Justin Scott

Justin Scott Doubles Through Layne Flack

Aug 26, '08

Justin Scott and Layne Flack got it all in preflop. Scott held pocket aces and Flack was behind with pocket tens.

The board ran out queen high but otherwise did not offer any help to Flack who saw his stack decrease to 215,000. Scott's stack is now a more than healthy 375,000.

Player Tags: Layne Flack,   Justin Scott

$10,000 Main Event - Day 6 - Level 24 (Hour 1)

Jul 13, '08

Blinds/Antes: 15,000 / 30,000 / 4,000

Players Remaining: 71 of 6,844

Average Stack: 1.93 million

Chip Counts:

Dennis Phillips - 5,100,000
Nikolay Losev - 4,900,000
Brandon Cantu - 4,800,000
Aaron Gordon - 4,500,000
Nicholas Sliwinski - 4,500,000
Andrew Brokos - 4,500,000
Ivan Demidov - 4,300,000
Tiffany Michelle - 3,700,000
Judet Christian - 3,700,000
Chris Klodnicki - 3,650,000

Recent Eliminations:

72nd place - Daniel Buzgon - $96,500
73rd place - David Benefield - $77,200
74th place - Jamal Sawaqdeh - $77,200
75th place - Keith Hawkins - $77,200
76th place - Lisa Parsons - $77,200
77th place - Mark Wilds - $77,200
78th place - Matt Matros - $77,200
79th place - Bob Whalen - $77,200

Big Hands and Storylines:

Phil Hellmuth’s Penalty Disappears

During the final minutes of last night’s play, Phil Hellmuth berated Christian Dragomir after he won a pot with 104 and cracked Hellmuth’s ace-king.  Although the hand occurred at the end of the night, Hellmuth was assessed a one-orbit penalty to be administered during the first orbit of today’s play.

As the official “shuffle up and deal” announcement was made to start off the day, Hellmuth took his seat at the ESPN featured table and received cards on the first hand and continued to on all subsequent hands of the orbit.  An inquiry by our reporting team was answered with an explanation that the penalty had been “overruled.”  World Series of Poker media director Nolan Dalla informed our tournament reporting team that a statement would be released regarding the overruling within one hour.

Phil won three of the first nine “penalty” hands at his table, bringing well-needed improvement to his struggling chip stack.  He quickly rose to more than 1.5 million in chips.

Update: This morning Phil Hellmuth met with Jack Effel, WSOP Tournament Director, Howard Greenbaum, Harrah's Regional Vice President for Specialty Gaming, and Jeffrey Pollack, Commissioner of the WSOP.  Based on that meeting and an official review of the situation, it was decided that the penalty imposed on Mr. Hellmuth at the conclusion of play last night was excessive.

"Warnings and penalties are intended to correct inappropriate behavior and our rulings should be as fair as possible, given the circumstances," said Pollack. "In this instance, the punishment did not fit the crime.

"Phil has now been warned and put on notice in a way that he never has been."

Sawaqdeh out in 74th place ($77,200), Crilly triples

Preflop, Jamal Sawaqdeh limped in from early position, and then Jamal Kunbuz raised to 125,000. Chris Crilly called from the small blind and Sawaqdeh called as well. After a 764 flop Crilly moved all in. Then Sawaqdeh quickly called all in, and after a minute Kunbuz called. Kunbuz had them both covered and when the cards were flipped up was a big favorite after the flop.

Chris Crilly: TT
Jamal Sawaqdeh: 55
Jamal Kunbuz: AA

Turn/River: TK

As far as the percentages go, Kunbuz went from worst to first on the turn, and then held on when the river was dealt. He nearly tripled up and now has roughly 2.7 million chips. Kunbuz droped to under two million chips after the hand.

Table 4

Flops were hard to come by in the first hour of play at table 4. The first seven hands resulted in late position raises and folds from blinds, and twice Alex Outhred was able to announce all-in after an early position raise, and got his opponents to fold. But then two consecutive hands resulted in a significant chip shift, as well as the first elimination of the day.

Bad Way to Start the Day

Justin Scott raised from early position to 90,000, and table chip leader Nikolay Losev made the call from the small blind. The flop came K62, and after Losev checked, Scott bet 175,000. Losev made the call, and after the Q came on the turn, both players checked. The 6 paired the board on the river, and Losev took the initiative by betting 350,000. Scott made the call and showed AK, but the free river had allowed Losev to hit trips with the A6 and he added to his chip stack.

Scott ran into trouble later in the level as well. He raised to 90,000 preflop and was called by David Saab in the big blind. The Q94 came on board, and both players checked. The 3 was the turn card and again both players checked. The 5 hit the river, and Saab stepped out for a 150,000 bet. Scott called, then mucked when Saab showed him the 88.

Saab Forces First Elimination

The first elimination of the day came courtesy David Saab who raised to 100,000 from the cut-off. Mike Matros then moved all-in from the small blind for 680,000 and Saab called. Saab held 33 while Matros had two overcards with the A7. The flop came paired with the JJ6, giving Matros further outs, as did the 9 on the turn. But the river was a brick, the 4, and Matros was eliminated.
 

Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth,   Chris Crilly,   Justin Scott,   David Saab,   Nikolay Losev

$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Level Six Recap

Jun 14, '08

Note: Players are now on a 90-minute dinner break.

Blinds/Antes: 200-400-50

Player Remaining: 650 of 2706

Average Chip Stack: 12,500

Chip Counts:

Alan Jaffray - 62,000
Bernard Lee - 58,000
Eli Berg - 53,000
Sarah Bilney - 43,000
Kevin Saul - 40,000
Joe Awada - 39,000
Tony Dunst - 33,500
Jean-Robert Bellande - 28,000
Seth Weinger - 26,500
Ryamond Davis - 25,500
Craig Gray - 22,000

Eliminations:

Nam Le
Amnon Filippi

Big Hands and Storylines:

Great Scott! Justin eliminates three, including Tilly

A player raised from the cutoff position to 1,200 and Jennifer Tilly called on the button. Justin Scott reraised from the small blind, and then the player in the big blind moved all in. Then the player in the cutoff moved all in, and then Tilly moved all in. Scott, who had all three players covered, made the call. They four hands were:

Justin Scott (Small Blind): A-A
Big Blind: 9-9
Cutoff: K-K
Jennifer Tilly (Button): 97

Board: 85473

Only the player in the cutoff had a heart, but Scott's aces held up. 

Gray shows table how it's done

With the board of QT62, Craig Gray raised a bet of 1,200 to about 8,000 chips more. After a third player in the hand folded, the player who bet out thought for a couple minutes before calling with AT. It was good at that moment, but Gray's 86 had outs. And he caught one of them, the A, on the river. As Gray raked in the pot another player at the table said to him, "So that's how you guys do it," and Gray replied, "You got it." After the hand Gray had about 23,000 chips.

Lee flops set to get up to 58k

Holding JJ, Bernard Lee raised to 1,450 from under the gun. The button, small blind and big blind called and the four of them saw a flop of KJ3. The blinds checked and Lee bet 2,650. The button raised all in for 12,000 and after the blinds got out of the way Lee called. The button held Q-T for a straight draw, and didn't get there, as the turn and river were the 5 and 3, respectively. Lee ended the level with 58,000 chips and is among the chip leaders.

Saul picks up pot with trips

Kevin Saul raised to 1,100 from under the gun and a player in middle position and another player in the big blind called. The three players checked the flop of QJJ. After the K on the turn the player in the big blind bet 2,500 and both players called. The river was the 4, and the blind checked and Saul bet 4,200. The player in middle position called and the big blind folded. Saul showed JT, and his opponent flipped over pocket aces. After the hand Saul had about 35,000 chips.

Player Tags: Bernard Lee,   Craig Gray,   Kevin Saul,   Justin Scott

Three Tables

Jun 14, '07

Ayaz Mahmood flopped a set of Kings on the last hand before the break, turned a full house and got all of his money into the pot. Following that double up the $100 chips were raced off the table.  After the color up, the players went on a 15 minute break.  Once the break had finished it was decided that play will continue tonight until just after 2am PST.

In unusual situation, the two chip leaders butted heads with four tables remaining.  Scott Clements and Justin Scott got all of their money in on the flop, with Clements ahead with bottom set against Scott’s flush draw.  Scott hit the flush, but the board paired on the river, and Clements now has over $250,000, when the average stack is merely $50,000

Eric Lynch, and Johnny Chan have pushed their stacks to around $90,000, while Burt Boutin, Matt Matros, and Arnold Spee continue to hang on.  They have redrawn the final three tables, for the last hour of play.

Player Tags: Ayaz Mahmood,   Arnold Spee,   Burt Boutin,   Johnny Chan,   Scott Clements,   Justin Scott,   Eric Lynch

Bubble Burst

Jun 14, '07

There are currently 51 players left on the final six tables.

Vanessa Selbst missed out on her second cash of this years World Series, being eliminated just before the bubble.

Johnny Chan managed to hold on before the bubble burst, and doubled through the chip leader Scott Clements shortly after.  Interestingly the top two in chips, Clements and Justin Scott, are both 2006 World Series bracelet winners.  Brandon Cantu, who also won a bracelet in ’06 was just recently eliminated.

Now that the money has been reached, look for many of the players to begin to make strong plays to put themselves in healthier positions to make the final nine.

Player Tags: Johnny Chan,   Scott Clements,   Justin Scott,   Brandon Cantu,   Vanessa Selbst