Pierce McKellar Poker Tournament Updates

Dan Colpoys Bubbles Day 1B

Jan 06, '23

We caught up with the action on a board reading AJ345.

Dan Colpoys had bet 8,000, leaving about 50,000 behind. Pierce McKellar opted to raise all in, and Colpoys didn’t wait too long before putting in the chips.

McKellar showed A10, and Colpoys mucked. The dealer was forced to turn his hand over, however, revealing J-10.

The remaining 22 players are now all in the money, and will bag up for the evening. Stay tuned for full chip counts from the field.

Player Tags: Daniel Colpoys,   Pierce McKellar

Pierce McKellar Out In 9th Place

Jan 08, '23

Khoa Nguyen raised to 200,000 in the small blind and Pierce McKellar moved in from the big blind for 1,500,000.

Nguyen tanked for two minutes before making the call, and was happy to see that he was flipping with A7 against the 44 of McKellar.

The board fell J85JA and Nguyen rivered an ace to send McKellar home in ninth place.

McKellar earned $12,638 for his finish, while Nguyen chipped back up to 3,600,000.

Player Tags: Khoa Nguyen,   Pierce McKellar

John Phan Eliminated In 12th Place

Jan 08, '23

Pierce McKellar raised to 120,000 from under-the-gun and John Phan called from the small blind. The flop fell Q86 and Phan made a stop-and-go move all-in for 325,000.

McKellar quickly called with AQ, and Phan saw he was dominated by A8.

The turn and river fell 6K and Phan was eliminated in 12th place. His payout would be chopped with the next pay jump, however, since Brian Battistone was eliminated on the next table at the same time.

Phan earned $9,110 for his run.

Player Tags: Pierce McKellar,   John Phan

Dan Colpoys Bubbles Day 1B

Jan 06, '23

We caught up with the action on a board reading AJ345.

Dan Colpoys had bet 8,000, leaving about 50,000 behind. Pierce McKellar opted to raise all in, and Colpoys didn’t wait too long before putting in the chips.

McKellar showed A10, and Colpoys mucked. The dealer was forced to turn his hand over, however, revealing J-10.

The remaining 22 players are now all in the money, and will bag up for the evening. Stay tuned for full chip counts from the field.

Player Tags: Daniel Colpoys,   Pierce McKellar

Pierce McKellar Out In 9th Place

Jan 08, '23

Khoa Nguyen raised to 200,000 in the small blind and Pierce McKellar moved in from the big blind for 1,500,000.

Nguyen tanked for two minutes before making the call, and was happy to see that he was flipping with A7 against the 44 of McKellar.

The board fell J85JA and Nguyen rivered an ace to send McKellar home in ninth place.

McKellar earned $12,638 for his finish, while Nguyen chipped back up to 3,600,000.

Player Tags: Khoa Nguyen,   Pierce McKellar

John Phan Eliminated In 12th Place

Jan 08, '23

Pierce McKellar raised to 120,000 from under-the-gun and John Phan called from the small blind. The flop fell Q86 and Phan made a stop-and-go move all-in for 325,000.

McKellar quickly called with AQ, and Phan saw he was dominated by A8.

The turn and river fell 6K and Phan was eliminated in 12th place. His payout would be chopped with the next pay jump, however, since Brian Battistone was eliminated on the next table at the same time.

Phan earned $9,110 for his run.

Player Tags: Pierce McKellar,   John Phan

Pierce McKellar Versus Nipun Java

Oct 13, '15

We arrived at the table to see the board reading J107 and 15,000 worth of chips out in front of Pierce McKellar. Action was on Nipun Java and he was deep in the tank. Java decided to put 47,000 into the pot, getting the player two to his left to fold. Action rested back on McKellar and, like Java, he took some time to decide what to do.

In the end, McKellar let go of his cards.

Player Tags: Nipun Java,   Pierce McKellar