Roland Israelashvili Poker Tournament Updates

Israelashvili Wins A Pot

Feb 07, '15

With a 9772J board Roland Israelashvili bet 3,300 and a player in middle position made the call.

The 10 completed the board and Israelashvili bet 5,100. His opponent made the call with the AJ. Israelashvili flipped up the 98 for a flopped top pair that ended up as a rivered straight. It was good enough to take down the pot.

He now sits with around 48,000 in chips.

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Roland Israelashvili With A Good Read

Feb 07, '15

If you’re making good reads at the poker table then you’re likely to be having a good day. Roland Israelashvili made the best read possible when he decided to peruse the latest issue of Card Player magazine between hands.

Israelashvili somehow managed to stay incognito until now with the use of a hat pushed down low over his face, but we’ll now be keeping an eye on the former WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship final tablist for the rest of the day.

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Israelashvilli Makes A Flush

Feb 08, '15

Brian Barrile raised to 9,000 from under the gun and Roland Israelashvilli made the call. The flop brought the K86 and Barrile bet 13,500.

Israelashvilli made the call again and the 3 hit the turn. Barrile now bet 17,000 and Israelashvilli made the call. The river brought the J and both players checked.

Israelashvilli showed his 99 for a rivered flush and that was enough to take down the pot.

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Israelashvili Wins A Pot

Feb 07, '15

With a 9772J board Roland Israelashvili bet 3,300 and a player in middle position made the call.

The 10 completed the board and Israelashvili bet 5,100. His opponent made the call with the AJ. Israelashvili flipped up the 98 for a flopped top pair that ended up as a rivered straight. It was good enough to take down the pot.

He now sits with around 48,000 in chips.

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Roland Israelashvili With A Good Read

Feb 07, '15

If you’re making good reads at the poker table then you’re likely to be having a good day. Roland Israelashvili made the best read possible when he decided to peruse the latest issue of Card Player magazine between hands.

Israelashvili somehow managed to stay incognito until now with the use of a hat pushed down low over his face, but we’ll now be keeping an eye on the former WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship final tablist for the rest of the day.

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Israelashvilli Makes A Flush

Feb 08, '15

Brian Barrile raised to 9,000 from under the gun and Roland Israelashvilli made the call. The flop brought the K86 and Barrile bet 13,500.

Israelashvilli made the call again and the 3 hit the turn. Barrile now bet 17,000 and Israelashvilli made the call. The river brought the J and both players checked.

Israelashvilli showed his 99 for a rivered flush and that was enough to take down the pot.

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Tons of Re-Entries Today

Feb 15, '14

There were 197 unique entries in today’s Day 1b flight and an amazing 64 re-entries creating a 261-player field. There were plenty of players firing heavily to get a hold of a lot of chips including PCA winner John Dibella (3), Vinny Pahuja (3), Roland Israelashvili (4), Michael Dentale (4) and Tom Dobrilovic (4).

Registration is now closed and players who fired three bullet need to finish in the Top 24 to profit and 15th or better is needed for those in for four.

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That's How It's Done

Feb 15, '14

With the board reading 1087 Robert Skinner checked from the small blind. James Campbell checked from under the gun and Roland Israelashvili bet 1,000 from the hijack seat.

Skinner and Campbell both opted to fold their cards.

“That’s how you do it,” Skinner said to Israelashvili.

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Brian Yoon Wins Event No. 58 ($663,727)

Jul 07, '13

Level: 32

Blinds: 80,000-160,000 with a 20,000 ante

Players Remaining: 1 out of 4,756

Players Eliminated:

4th: Justin Zaki – $218,771
3rd: Roland Israelashvili – $295,433
2nd: Cuong Van Nguyen – $408,264

Live Updates:

Justin Zaki Eliminated in Fourth Place ($218,771)

Brian Yoon raised to 325,000 and Justin Zaki reraised to 850,000. Yoon reraised all in and Zaki called all in for 3.4 million. The two players then tabled their hands.

Yoon: AJ
Zaki: 99

Board: J74610

Zaki was eliminated in fourth place and Yoon extended his chip lead with a pair of jacks.

Roland Israelashvili Eliminated in Third Place ($295,433)

Brian Yoon raised to 325,000 and Roland Israelashvili reraised all in for 2.2 million. Yoon called and the two players revealed their hands.

Yoon: AQ
Roland: KQ

Board: 86276

Yoon won the hand with an ace-kicker to take a chip lead of 14,035,0000 into a heads-up final against Cuong Van Nguyen (5 million). Roland was eliminated in third place.

Brian Yoon Wins Event No. 58 ($663,727) — Cuong Van Nguyen ($408,264)

Cuong Van Nguyen raised to 450,000 and Brian Yoon reraised all in. Van Nguyen called all in and the final two players flipped over their cards one last time.

Yoon: KQ
Van Nguyen: 108

Board: A1069K

Yoon won the pot and the tournament with a pair of kings. Van Nguyen was eliminated in second place and took home $408,264 in prize money. Yoon was awarded a gold bracelet and the top prize worth $663,727.

Be sure to check back with Card Player for all of your final table action, chip counts, and prize payouts for each gold bracelet event.

Player Tags: Justin Zaki,   Brian Yoon,   Roland Israelashvili,   Cuong Van Nguyen

Official Final Table Begins for Event No. 58 ($1,111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em)

Jul 07, '13

The final table of Event No. 58 ($1,111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold’em) has begun, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all major hands, current chip counts, and prize payouts.

With the elimination of Adriano Santa Ana in ninth place ($54,960), the final table is now set. Play will begin in Level 30 with blinds of 50,000-100,000 with a 10,000 ante, and action will continue until a winner is determined. Play may be extended an additional day if it takes more than 10 levels to reach a winner as noted on the official structure sheet. With cards now back in the air, here is a look at the final table and how these players stack up:

Seat 1: Nghi Tran – 4,130,000
Seat 2: Justin Zaki – 2,300,000
Seat 3: Joe Morneau – 2,585,000
Seat 4: Alex Case – 1,760,000
Seat 5: Roland Israelashvili – 3,375,000
Seat 6: Kevin O’Donnell – 655,000
Seat 7: Brian Yoon – 2,650,000
Seat 8: Cuong Van Nguyen – 1,580,000

While only 9 remain, this event attracted a massive field of 4,756 players, creating a total prize pool of $4,280,400, and the top 495 players made the money. Here is a look at the final table payouts:

1st Place: $663,727
2nd Place: $408,264
3rd Place: $295,433
4th Place: $218,771
5th Place: $163,340
6th Place: $122,933
7th Place: $93,269
8th Place: $71,311

Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all major hands, current chip counts, and prize payouts.

Player Tags: Kevin O'Donnell,   Justin Zaki,   Roland Israelashvili

Level 21 A Update: Roland Israelashvili Eliminated in 5th Place ($317,882)

Jun 28, '12

Level: 21

NLH – PLO
Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 7,000 ante

Triple Draw 2-7 – Hold’em – Omaha 8
Blinds: 30,000-60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000

Razz – Stud – Stud 8
Ante: 15,000
Bring-In: 20,000
Completion: 60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000

Players Remaining: 4 out of 108

Average Chip Count: 4,050,000

Chip Counts:

Seat no. 2 — Luke Schwartz — 1,494,000
Seat no. 3 — Andy Bloch — 3,598,000

Seat no. 5 — Michael Mizrachi — 3,648,000
Seat no. 6 — Chris Klodnicki — 3,276,000

Players Eliminated:

Roland Israelahvili — 5th place ($317,882)

Live Updates:

Roland Israelashvili Doubles Through Andy Bloch

Limit Hold’em

Andy Bloch opened the pot for 120,000 and Roland Israelashvili called from the big blind.

The flop came 932, Israelashvili checked, Bloch bet 60,000, Israelashvili raised all in and Bloch called.

Bloch was ahead on the flop with K2 for bottom pair against Israelashvili’s nut flush draw with AJ.

The turn and river were the J and the K, giving Israelashvili a flush on the turn to win the pot and double up. Israelashvili doubled up to just over 500,000 that hand while Bloch slipped down to about 3,350,000.

Klodnicki Moves up the Leaderboard

Shortly after being doubled through by Roland Israelashvili in a previous hand, Andy Bloch lost a big pot to chipleader Michael Mizrachi in the Limit Hold’em portion of the level. Mizrachi won the showdown with K10 for a full house on a board of K6210K in a pot that didn’t miss a bet. Mizrachi moved up to just under 8 million that hand while Bloch was left with about 3.6 million in chips.

Chris Klodnicki managed to make his way up the leader board to second place over the past hour, breaking the 4-million mark after winning a big Stud 8 showdown against Michael Mizrachi. Klodnicki scooped the pot with a flush for the high hand and a seven-low, moving up to about 4.2 million that hand while Mizrachi dipped down below 7 million in chips.

Roland Israelashvili Eliminated in 5th Place ($317,882)

Triple Draw 2-7

Roland Israelashvili open-shoved the cutoff for 110,000, Andy Bloch called from the small blind and Michael Mizrachi called the big.

First Draw: Bloch and Mizrachi checked the side pot. Mizrachi drew three cards and both Bloch and Israelashvili drew two cards each.

Second Draw: The side pot was checked again as Isaraelashvili drew one card while Mizrachi and Bloch drew two cards each.

Third Draw: The side pot was checked a third time. Israelashvili stood pat while both of his opponents drew one card each.

Israelashvili: 2 – 4 – 6 – J – 8
Bloch: 2 – 3 – 5 – 7 – 8

Bloch made an 8-low on the final draw to win the pot and eliminate Roland Israelashvili in 5th place ($317,882).
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: Andy Bloch,   Michael Mizrachi,   Chris Klodnicki,   Roland Israelashvili

Action Begins, Official 9-Handed Final Table Now Underway

Jun 07, '12

The final table of Event no. 13 ($1,500 Limit Hold’em) is now underway, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

With the elimination of Roland Israelahvili in 10th Place ($12,535), the official, 9-handed final table is now set. Play will begin in Level 23 with blinds of 8,000-15,000 and limits of 15,000-30,000, 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 — Al Barbieri — 471,000
Seat no. 2 — Alexander Queen — 265,000
Seat no. 3 — Lori Kirgan — 105,000
Seat no. 4 — Stephen Hung — 218,000
Seat no. 5 — David Arsht — 531,000
Seat no. 6 — Glenn Engelbert — 564,000
Seat no. 7 — Donald Auger — 378,000
Seat no. 8 — Ben Landowski — 574,000
Seat no. 9 — Jeff Weiss — 178,000

While only 9 remain, this event gathered 730 players, creating a total prize pool of $985,500. Here is a look at the final payouts:

1st Place — $211,921
2nd Place — $130,903
3rd Place — $84,388
4th Place — $61,820
5th Place — $45,953
6th Place — $34,620
7th Place — $26,401
8th Place — $20,370
9th Place — $15,886

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: Al Barbieri,   Glenn Englebert,   David Arsht,   Ben Landowski,   Jeff Weiss,   Alexander Queen,   Donald Auger,   Roland Israelashvili,   Lori Kirgan