Billy Argyros Poker Tournament Updates

Level 5 Hour 1 Update: Gus Hansen Busts

Jul 07, '09

Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante

Players Remaining: 1,476 out of 1,476

Chip Counts:

1. Nick Maimone – 135,000
2. Craig Hopkins – 118,150
3. Jesse Rios – 117,150
4. Lehoussine Karim – 104,975
5. Daniel Makowsky – 100,200
6. Fabrice Soulier – 97,725
7. Jason Riesenberg – 93,650
8. Jason Alexander – 89,575
9. Shane Warne – 87,625
10. Jeremy Ausmus – 85,300

Notable Eliminations:

Gus Hansen
Sandra Naujoks

Big Hands:

Gus Hansen Eliminated

Gus Hansen entered the day with over 38,000 in chips but he was sent to the rail early in day 2a.

After the flop came down KQ3, Hansen called a bet from Norman Gautron. The turn brought the 10 and Gautron bet again. Hansen raised and was promptly reraised all in. Hansen called and showed AJ for a Broadway straight. Gautron tabled pocket threes for a set. Hansen was in good shape but the K on the river filled up Gautron and Hansen was out.

Billy Argyros Doubles Up

The man known as “the croc,” Billy Argyros moved all in with AK and was called by a player holding A9.

The board failed to crack Argyros’ big slick and he doubled up to about 17,000.

The Legend Takes Some Off Boatman

“Amarillo” Slim Preston raised to 1,500 preflop and Barny Boatman made the call. The flop fell 974 and Preston checked.Boatman did the same and the turn was the J.

Boatman bet 2,500 after Preston checked. The bet was called and the river was the 5. Both players checked again and Preston showed 96 for top pair on the flop. Boatman showed AK, missing everything and Preston took the pot. Preston was at 55,000 while Boatman was at 35,000.

Andy Black Gets There

On a flop of 422 the player under the gun led out for 1,500 and Andy Black called from the button. The turn was the 6 and the under the gun player bet 3,000. Black raised to 8,000 and was called. The river was the A. Action was checked to Black, who bet 14,000. The bet was called and Black showed A8 for top pair on the river and it was good for the pot. Black was at 74,000.

Naujoks Goes Bust

Sandra Naujoks was down to her last 13,000 and moved it all in with AK. She was called by a player with QQ.

The flop came Q86, giving her opponent a set. The turn left her drawing dead when she could not connect and she was gone early in day 2a.

Player Tags: Gus Hansen,   Andy Black,   Billy Argyros,   Sandra Naujoks

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 21 - Down to One Table and Ten Players

Jun 30, '08

Blinds: 10,000-20,000

Players Remaining: 12 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 762,000

Mizrachi doubles through Argyros in 1.3 million-chip pot

Midway through level 21, Michael Mizrachi raised to 55,000 from early position and Billy Argyros made the call from middle position. The flop was 742 and Mizrachi checked. Aryros bet the pot and Mizrachi immediately raised the pot. Argyros moved all in and Mizrachi called all in.

Argyros: AT77
Mizrachi KK94

Mizrachi had an overpair and a flush draw, but Argyros flopped a set of sevens. But the 3 came on the turn, and Argyros needed the board to pair to eliminate Mizrachi. The river was the 5, and Mizrachi doubled up. Argyros had to ship 600,000 chips his way, and was down to 500,000 chips after the hand.

Eliminations:

Jimmy Tran eliminated in 13th place ($44,767)

After Josh Arieh raised from early position to 60,000 and Tran called, Billy Argyros reraised 200,000 more. Arieh made the call and then after a minute Tran called all in for 125,000, creating a 150,000 side pot. The flop was AJ5 and Argyros moved all in. Arieh thought for a few minutes before folding.

Argyros: KKQJ
Tran: KQJT

Argyros had Tran completely dominated and drawing dead when he hit his flush when the 8 came on the turn. The 2 came on the river and Argyros took down the monster pot of about 800,000 chips.

Josh Arieh eliminated in 12th place ($53,721)

After losing chips on the hand with Argyros and Tran, Arieh was crippled when he called bets on the turn and river by Argyros on a AQ269. Argyros flipped over A-K-J-4 to beat Arieh's A-J-5-4. When Argyros flipped over his hand, he asked incredulously, "It's good? Wow, I was bluffing." Arieh told him he knew it was a bluff, but the bluff happened to be the better hand.

Arieh tripled up soon after, but was still shortstacked and moved all in. It folded around to Greg Hurst called from the small blind. Arieh held K-9-8-4 and would need to beat Hurst's Q-Q-3-3. But the board came Q-6-5-4-9. The turn gave Arieh a heart-flush draw, but he missed on the river, sending the chip leader for much of the tournament to the exit.

Shawn Buchanan eliminated in 11th place ($53,721)

Buchanan called a preflop raise out of the big blind, and then got his remaining chips into the middle against Greg Hurst on the flop.

Buchanan: J-T-7-6
Hurst: AQT9
Board: JT989

Buchanan flopped a better two pair, but had to dodge a lot of outs on the turn and river. The flop gave Hurst a flush, and the river gave him a full house.

Player Tags: Josh Arieh,   Jimmy Tran,   Michael Mizrachi,   Shawn Buchanan,   Billy Argyros,   Greg Hurst

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 19 - Play Slows Down

Jun 30, '08

Blinds: 6,000-12,000

Players Remaining: 16 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 476,000

Chip Leaders:

Kido Pham - 1,240,000
Brandon Moran - 1,000,000
Peter Jetten - 860,000
Richard Harroch - 740,000
Josh Arieh - 560,000
Marty Smyth - 535,000
Michael Mizrachi - 535,000
Greg Hurst - 500,000
David Benefield - 445,000
Kenneth Matsson - 410,000

Eliminations:

Len Ashby - 20th place - $28,651
Dario Alioto - 19th place - $28,651
Rino Mathis - 18th place - $35,814
Eddy Scharf - 17th place - $35,814

Hands and Storylines:

Scharf eliminated, Buchanan nearly triples

Billy Argyros and Shawn Buchanan limped from early position, and then Eddy Scharf reraised all in from the small blind for 58,000. Argyros then reraised enough to put Buchanan all in. Buchanan had 111,000 left in his stack, and after a minute made the call.

Scharf: KKA7
Argyros: A765
Buchanan: JT98
Board: QT9T2

Buchanan flopped two pair and turn a boat to take down the pot of over 300,000 chips. After the hand Argyros was down to roughly 150,000 chips.

After setback, Argyros doubles up

On a QQ6 flop, Jimmy Tran made a pot-sized bet and then Billy Argyros moved all in. Tran made the call with A-J-6-6 for a full house, while Argryos needed held A-K-Q-7 and needed to catch a card to make a full house. He got the help right away when a seven came on the turn, and an ace came on the river to give him an even better full house.

Smyth catches Pham's bluff

With the board T328T, Kido Pham made a pot-sized bet of 146,000. Marty Smyth made the call and Pham immediately told him, "You win." Smyth flipped over A-A-6-3 for two pair, aces and tens to win the pot. 

Player Tags: Shawn Buchanan,   Eduard Scharf,   Billy Argyros,   European Report

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 16

Jun 30, '08

Players are now on a 20-minute break.

Blinds: 3,000-6,000

Players Remaining: 30 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 254,000

Chip Counts:

Josh Arieh - 600,000
Brandon Moran - 450,000
Kido Pham - 430,000
Jamie Pickering - 425,000
Michael Mizrachi - 420,000
Brant Hale - 380,000
Billy Argyros - 355,000
David Benefield - 350,000
Magnus Petersson - 330,000
Guillaume Patry - 317,000

Eliminations:

The following players received $25,069:

Eric Cloutier - 36th place
Jorge Arias - 35th place
David Singer - 34th place
Jonas Klausen - 33rd place
Nick Gibson - 32nd place
Ben Blackmore - 31st place

Hands and Storylines:

Arieh gets back some chips

With the board Q8672, Billy Argyros bet 14,000 and Josh Arieh then raised to 44,000. The raise had Argyros visibly puzzled and he asked out loud why Arieh would raise the river but not bet the turn. After a couple minutes Argyros made the call and Arieh flipped A965 for a nine-high straight. Argyros look at Arieh's hand, the board and his own hand a few times before finally mucking. Meanwhile Rob Hollink in the one seat shook his head in disbelief at Arieh's good luck.

Benefield takes down huge pot to join chip leaders

In a pot that was already huge preflop, Ben Blackmore was all in and Kido Pham and David Benefield saw a flop and after Benefield moved all in Pham folded.

Benefield: QT98
Blackmore: KQT8
Board: QJ83K

Benefield flopped a straight and it held up to give him a huge pot and roughly 350,000 chips after the hand.

Williams doubles through Singer

David Williams raised preflop and only David Singer called. On the flop Singer acted first and put Williams all in.

Williams: AKQ6
Singer: KT77
Board: Q64Q5

Williams flopped two pair and the nut flush draw and was way ahead of Singer. When he caught a full house on the turn the river card was irrelevant. Singer was crippled and out soon after.

Player Tags: Josh Arieh,   David Singer,   David Williams,   Billy Argyros,   David Benefield,   Andrew Blackmore,   European Report

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table - Harroch 5th ($214,884) / Argyros 4th ($268,605)

Jul 01, '08

Blinds: 30,000-60,000

Players Remaining: 3 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 2,540,000

Chip Counts:

Marty Smyth - 3,295,000
Peter Jetten - 2,210,000
Michael Mizrachi - 2,135,000

Eliminations:

Richard Harroch eliminated in 5th place ($214,884)
Billy Argyros eliminated in 4th place ($268,605)

Big Hands and Storylines:

Richard Harroch Eliminated in 5th Place ($214,884)

Marty Smyth raised to 200,000 from the button and Richard Harroch called from the small blind. After a flop of AJ4, Harroch moved all in and Smyth called.

Harroch: AQT5
Smyth: 7644

Turn/River: 54

Harroch was in bad shape against Smyth's set of fours, but the turn gave him additional outs as an ace or five would give him a better full house and a king would give him a straight. But the river gave Smyth quads and a significant chip lead over the remaining three players. Harroch, the author of Poker for Dummies, finished in 5th place and won $214,884.

Billy Argyros Eliminated in 4th Place ($268,605)

Mizrachi limped into the pot under the gun and then Billy Argyros made a pot-sized raise to 270,000. When it folded around to Mizrachi he reraised and Argyros called all in. Earlier in the level Argyros had been crippled in a pot with Mizrachi, and then doubled up against Mizrachi. But he was still short-stacked with only 440,000 entering this hand.

Mizrachi: KQJ7
Argyros: AA66

Board: AK3T8

Argyros flopped a set of aces and had Mizrachi drawing to a gutshot straight draw and backdoor flush draw. Amazingly, he hit the gutshot on the turn, and even made the flush on the river. Argyros headed out in 4th place, and gets $268,605 for his three days of work.

Player Tags: Richard Harroch,   Billy Argyros,   Marty Smyth

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 21 - Down to One Table and Ten Players

Jun 30, '08

Blinds: 10,000-20,000

Players Remaining: 12 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 762,000

Mizrachi doubles through Argyros in 1.3 million-chip pot

Midway through level 21, Michael Mizrachi raised to 55,000 from early position and Billy Argyros made the call from middle position. The flop was 742 and Mizrachi checked. Aryros bet the pot and Mizrachi immediately raised the pot. Argyros moved all in and Mizrachi called all in.

Argyros: AT77
Mizrachi KK94

Mizrachi had an overpair and a flush draw, but Argyros flopped a set of sevens. But the 3 came on the turn, and Argyros needed the board to pair to eliminate Mizrachi. The river was the 5, and Mizrachi doubled up. Argyros had to ship 600,000 chips his way, and was down to 500,000 chips after the hand.

Eliminations:

Jimmy Tran eliminated in 13th place ($44,767)

After Josh Arieh raised from early position to 60,000 and Tran called, Billy Argyros reraised 200,000 more. Arieh made the call and then after a minute Tran called all in for 125,000, creating a 150,000 side pot. The flop was AJ5 and Argyros moved all in. Arieh thought for a few minutes before folding.

Argyros: KKQJ
Tran: KQJT

Argyros had Tran completely dominated and drawing dead when he hit his flush when the 8 came on the turn. The 2 came on the river and Argyros took down the monster pot of about 800,000 chips.

Josh Arieh eliminated in 12th place ($53,721)

After losing chips on the hand with Argyros and Tran, Arieh was crippled when he called bets on the turn and river by Argyros on a AQ269. Argyros flipped over A-K-J-4 to beat Arieh's A-J-5-4. When Argyros flipped over his hand, he asked incredulously, "It's good? Wow, I was bluffing." Arieh told him he knew it was a bluff, but the bluff happened to be the better hand.

Arieh tripled up soon after, but was still shortstacked and moved all in. It folded around to Greg Hurst called from the small blind. Arieh held K-9-8-4 and would need to beat Hurst's Q-Q-3-3. But the board came Q-6-5-4-9. The turn gave Arieh a heart-flush draw, but he missed on the river, sending the chip leader for much of the tournament to the exit.

Shawn Buchanan eliminated in 11th place ($53,721)

Buchanan called a preflop raise out of the big blind, and then got his remaining chips into the middle against Greg Hurst on the flop.

Buchanan: J-T-7-6
Hurst: AQT9
Board: JT989

Buchanan flopped a better two pair, but had to dodge a lot of outs on the turn and river. The flop gave Hurst a flush, and the river gave him a full house.

Player Tags: Josh Arieh,   Jimmy Tran,   Michael Mizrachi,   Shawn Buchanan,   Billy Argyros,   Greg Hurst

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 19 - Play Slows Down

Jun 30, '08

Blinds: 6,000-12,000

Players Remaining: 16 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 476,000

Chip Leaders:

Kido Pham - 1,240,000
Brandon Moran - 1,000,000
Peter Jetten - 860,000
Richard Harroch - 740,000
Josh Arieh - 560,000
Marty Smyth - 535,000
Michael Mizrachi - 535,000
Greg Hurst - 500,000
David Benefield - 445,000
Kenneth Matsson - 410,000

Eliminations:

Len Ashby - 20th place - $28,651
Dario Alioto - 19th place - $28,651
Rino Mathis - 18th place - $35,814
Eddy Scharf - 17th place - $35,814

Hands and Storylines:

Scharf eliminated, Buchanan nearly triples

Billy Argyros and Shawn Buchanan limped from early position, and then Eddy Scharf reraised all in from the small blind for 58,000. Argyros then reraised enough to put Buchanan all in. Buchanan had 111,000 left in his stack, and after a minute made the call.

Scharf: KKA7
Argyros: A765
Buchanan: JT98
Board: QT9T2

Buchanan flopped two pair and turn a boat to take down the pot of over 300,000 chips. After the hand Argyros was down to roughly 150,000 chips.

After setback, Argyros doubles up

On a QQ6 flop, Jimmy Tran made a pot-sized bet and then Billy Argyros moved all in. Tran made the call with A-J-6-6 for a full house, while Argryos needed held A-K-Q-7 and needed to catch a card to make a full house. He got the help right away when a seven came on the turn, and an ace came on the river to give him an even better full house.

Smyth catches Pham's bluff

With the board T328T, Kido Pham made a pot-sized bet of 146,000. Marty Smyth made the call and Pham immediately told him, "You win." Smyth flipped over A-A-6-3 for two pair, aces and tens to win the pot. 

Player Tags: Shawn Buchanan,   Eduard Scharf,   Billy Argyros,   European Report

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 16

Jun 30, '08

Players are now on a 20-minute break.

Blinds: 3,000-6,000

Players Remaining: 30 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 254,000

Chip Counts:

Josh Arieh - 600,000
Brandon Moran - 450,000
Kido Pham - 430,000
Jamie Pickering - 425,000
Michael Mizrachi - 420,000
Brant Hale - 380,000
Billy Argyros - 355,000
David Benefield - 350,000
Magnus Petersson - 330,000
Guillaume Patry - 317,000

Eliminations:

The following players received $25,069:

Eric Cloutier - 36th place
Jorge Arias - 35th place
David Singer - 34th place
Jonas Klausen - 33rd place
Nick Gibson - 32nd place
Ben Blackmore - 31st place

Hands and Storylines:

Arieh gets back some chips

With the board Q8672, Billy Argyros bet 14,000 and Josh Arieh then raised to 44,000. The raise had Argyros visibly puzzled and he asked out loud why Arieh would raise the river but not bet the turn. After a couple minutes Argyros made the call and Arieh flipped A965 for a nine-high straight. Argyros look at Arieh's hand, the board and his own hand a few times before finally mucking. Meanwhile Rob Hollink in the one seat shook his head in disbelief at Arieh's good luck.

Benefield takes down huge pot to join chip leaders

In a pot that was already huge preflop, Ben Blackmore was all in and Kido Pham and David Benefield saw a flop and after Benefield moved all in Pham folded.

Benefield: QT98
Blackmore: KQT8
Board: QJ83K

Benefield flopped a straight and it held up to give him a huge pot and roughly 350,000 chips after the hand.

Williams doubles through Singer

David Williams raised preflop and only David Singer called. On the flop Singer acted first and put Williams all in.

Williams: AKQ6
Singer: KT77
Board: Q64Q5

Williams flopped two pair and the nut flush draw and was way ahead of Singer. When he caught a full house on the turn the river card was irrelevant. Singer was crippled and out soon after.

Player Tags: Josh Arieh,   David Singer,   David Williams,   Billy Argyros,   David Benefield,   Andrew Blackmore,   European Report

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table - Harroch 5th ($214,884) / Argyros 4th ($268,605)

Jul 01, '08

Blinds: 30,000-60,000

Players Remaining: 3 of 381

Average Chip Stack: 2,540,000

Chip Counts:

Marty Smyth - 3,295,000
Peter Jetten - 2,210,000
Michael Mizrachi - 2,135,000

Eliminations:

Richard Harroch eliminated in 5th place ($214,884)
Billy Argyros eliminated in 4th place ($268,605)

Big Hands and Storylines:

Richard Harroch Eliminated in 5th Place ($214,884)

Marty Smyth raised to 200,000 from the button and Richard Harroch called from the small blind. After a flop of AJ4, Harroch moved all in and Smyth called.

Harroch: AQT5
Smyth: 7644

Turn/River: 54

Harroch was in bad shape against Smyth's set of fours, but the turn gave him additional outs as an ace or five would give him a better full house and a king would give him a straight. But the river gave Smyth quads and a significant chip lead over the remaining three players. Harroch, the author of Poker for Dummies, finished in 5th place and won $214,884.

Billy Argyros Eliminated in 4th Place ($268,605)

Mizrachi limped into the pot under the gun and then Billy Argyros made a pot-sized raise to 270,000. When it folded around to Mizrachi he reraised and Argyros called all in. Earlier in the level Argyros had been crippled in a pot with Mizrachi, and then doubled up against Mizrachi. But he was still short-stacked with only 440,000 entering this hand.

Mizrachi: KQJ7
Argyros: AA66

Board: AK3T8

Argyros flopped a set of aces and had Mizrachi drawing to a gutshot straight draw and backdoor flush draw. Amazingly, he hit the gutshot on the turn, and even made the flush on the river. Argyros headed out in 4th place, and gets $268,605 for his three days of work.

Player Tags: Richard Harroch,   Billy Argyros,   Marty Smyth

$50,000 H.O.R.S.E - End of Day

Jun 25, '08

Play is done for the day. Day 2 action will resume at 3 p.m.

Blinds:
Hold'em: 800-1,500
Omaha 8: 800-1,500
Razz: 300 ante, 500 bring-in, 1,500 completion
Stud: 300 ante, 500 bring-in, 1,500 completion
Eight or Better: 500 ante, 500 bring-in, 1,500 completion

Players Left: 140 of 148

Chip Counts:
Chris Reslock: 220,000
James Mackey: 200,000
Pat Pezzin: 185,000
Phil Galfond: 180,000
Raymond Dehkharghani: 180,000
Joe Cassidy: 176,000
Ralph Perry: 175,000
Patrik Antonius: 170,000
Bill Chen: 170,000

Elimination: Phil Hellmuth, David Williams

Big Hands:

Hold'em

Flopped It

The player in seat 7 raised in position and David Benyamine called from the small blind and Billy "The Croc" Argyros called from middle the position. The flop came 875 and both Benyamine and Argyros checked to seat 7, who bet. Benyamine and Argyros made the call. The turn was the J and action was again checked to seat 7. He bet and Benyamine called, but Argyros mucked. The river was the 4, putting four hearts on the board. Benyamine bet out for the first time and seat 7 tanked. After lots of thought he made the call and Benyamine flipped over A2, for the flopped ace-high flush, and raked the pot.

A Full Tilt Collision

Full Tilt's Phil Ivey and Perry Friedman (who still has the Full Tilt logo on the side of his head) got involved in a pot when Ivey raised and Perry re-raised in position. Ivey made the call and the flop came K86. Ivey checked, Friedman bet out and Ivey made the call. The turn was the 10 and both players checked. Ivey bet out instantly when the 2 hit on the river and Friedman mucked his hand. Still, day one has not been kind to Ivey. He ended it with around 40,000 in chips.

Omaha 8

Set of Jacks for Antonius

When his opponent bet out on the river on a board of K-J-5-8-2, Patrik Antonius raised. His opponent called and Antonius showed J-J-6-4 for a set of jacks to take the pot while his opponent sat shaking his head.

Razz

Schneider Takes One Down

Tom Schneider bet every street until 7th street, where he slowed down and checked. His opponent called all the way and checked with Schneider on the end. Their cards were:
Schneider: 486J (A-2-Q)
His opponent: 9A69 (X-X-X)
Seeing that Schneider made an 8-low, his opponent mucked and Schneider took the pot.

Oppenheim Makes 9-Low For Pot

After some serious betting early, David Oppenheim and his opponent checked sixth and seventh street. Their cards here:
Oppenheim: 6K59 (9-4-2)
His opponent: 88A3 (Q-10-2)
Oppenheim's 9-low was good enough to edge out his opponent's 10-low and he raked a sizeable pot.

Good Hands

Surely Bill Chen and the player in seat 7 thought they were going to win the heavily bet pot before them. But when they showed down their best razz hands they saw something surprising:
Chen: 6-5-4-3-2-X-X-X
Seat 7: 6-5-4-3-2-X-X-X
Both players made the six-low and they split the pot.

Stud

Guess I'll Fold

Brandon Adams was showing the A when he bet out. His opponent was showing the Q and made the call. When Adams hit the A for his next card, his opponent shrugged at the early pair of aces in front of Adams and mucked his visible Q9.

Stud 8

Hellmuth Elminated by Fitoussi

In a three-way pot with Bruno Fitoussi and Rafi Amit, Phil Hellmuth got all in on fifth street. Their hands were:
Hellmuth: 6492 (6-9-x)
Fitoussi: 84K10 (KQ10)
Amit: 57105 (x-x-x)
Fitoussi's two pair was better than Hellmuth's and Hellmuth was eliminated late in day one.

Dwan Flushes Hennigan's Two-Pair

Tom Dwan has gotten the better of John Hennigan in a number of pots. In one hand Hennigan was showing two pair, yet couldn't get the better of the young internet-sensation. Their cards were:
Hennigan: 33KK (x-x-x)
Dwan: 42J9 (A85)
Dwan hit his ace-high flush and Hennigan angrily mucked his hand.

Leonidas Gets Better of Kostritsyn

Toto Leonidas bet every street during the hand. Isabelle Mercier got out of the way after fourth street but Leonidas was called down by Alexander Kostritsyn. Their showdown revealed:
Leonidas: A654 (A-7-6)
Kostritsyn: AJ4Q (Muck)
Seeing Leonidas' two pair, Kostritsyn slowly mucked his cards and Leonidas took the pot.

Player Tags: Toto Leonidas,   David Oppenheim,   David Benyamine,   Phil Hellmuth,   John Hennigan,   Tom Schneider,   Bruno Fitoussi,   Phil Ivey,   Perry Friedman,   Isabelle Mercier,   Patrik Antonius,   Bill Chen,   Brandon Adams,   Billy Argyros,   Tom Dwan,   Alexander Kostritsyn,   European Report

Mixed Hold'em - Level 5 - Hellmuth Gone

Jun 22, '08

Limit Blinds: 200-400
No Limit Blinds: 100-200

Average Chip Stack: 9,372

Chip Counts:
Ivan Schertzer: 31,000
Tino Lechich: 29,000
David Pham: 22,000
Jan Von Halle: 18,000
Heath Chick: 17,000
Al Barbieri: 15,500
Mimi Tran: 14,400
Chris Stephen: 14,000
Michael Guzzardi: 13,000
Liv Boeree: 13,000

Players Left: 234 of 731

Eliminations: Phil Hellmuth

Big Hands/Storylines

Hellmuth Sighting - Hellmuth Eliminated

Phil Hellmuth was missing for much of the last level. The reason is that Hellmuth was playing this tournament and the 2-7 triple low ball event at the same time. He had been running back and forth on several occasions. Playing two tournaments at once is something he said he hasn't done in some time.
However, he can rest his legs a bit, as he was eliminated from this event with ten minutes remaining in the no-limit level.

Limit Session

Benyamine's 7s are Good

Fresh of his first ever WSOP bracelet win, David Benyamine raised to 800 from middle position and was called by the small blind and big blind. The flop came 1064, the small blind checked, the big blind bet out 800, Benyamine raised to 800, the small blind got out of the way and folded and the big blind called. The turn was the 10 and the big blind led out 800. Benyamine made the call and both players checked the 3 river card.
Benyamine turned over 77 and his opponent showed K6 for the busted flush draw and middle pair. Benyamine took a nice pot and added on to his stack that now approaches 15,000.

Haxton Goes Bust Against "Nothing"

Isaac Haxton called his opponent's bet on the flop of J-7-4 and when his opponent bet on the 2 turn card Haxton went all in. His opponent had to call but admitted, "I got nothing," and flipped over A-K. Haxton had to be thrilled to hear that because his 8-7 was in the lead. But the dreaded river card was a king and Haxton was eliminated.

Johnston Loses Big Pot

Berry Johnston bet 400 on a Q75 and was raised to 800 by his opponent. He made the call and the turn was the A. His opponent led out for 800 and Johnston called. Both players checked the 2 river and Johnston's opponent showed AQ for top two pair. Johnston mucked his hand and dropped to around 2,000 in chips.

No Limit Session

Nam Le With The KO

Nam Le made a raise and his opponent moved all in. Le made the easy call with KK and was a big favorite over his opponent's JJ. The flop was Q92. The turn was horrible for Le, bringing the J to give his opponent the set. However, the 10 was Le's perfect card on the river, giving him a straight to eliminate his opponent and chip up to around 10,000.

Billy "The Croc" Argyros Doubles Opponent

Facing an opponent's raise, Billy Argyros moved all in over the top having his opponent easily covered. Argyros showed AK and was up against JJ. The flop was great for Argyros, running A108 to give him top pair. But the turn was the J, leaving Argyros drawing dead to a queen for a straight. The river was the 2 and Argyros doubled his opponent. Though he lost the hand, Argyros still had around 7,000 in chips.

 

Player Tags: Nam Le,   David Benyamine,   Phil Hellmuth,   Berry Johnston,   Billy Argyros,   Isaac Haxton,   European Report

$3,000 H.O.R.S.E - Level 16

Jun 12, '08

Limits:
Hold'em/Omaha: 4,000-8,000
Razz/Stud/Stud8b: 4,000-8,000, 1,000 ante, 1,000 bring-in

Players Left: 24 of 414

Chip Counts:

Jared Davis: 230,000
Blair Rodman: 180,000
J.J. Hazan: 135,000
Marcel Luske: 130,000
Hoyt Corkins: 124,000
Jennifer Harman-Traniello: 105,000
Tad Jurgens: 90,000
Alexander Jung: 85,000

Average Stack: 103,500

Eliminations: Billy Argyros

Big Hands and Storylines:

Razz

Ouch, Harman Rolled Over by the Wheel

Leading out with bets on 5th and 6th street, Jennifer Harman-Traniello was suddenly raised by Rostislav Tsodikov to 16,000 on 7th-street and she looked sick about it. She thought for a minute and eventually made the call. Their hands were:
Harman: 5102A(X X X)
Tsodikov: 4AK10 (532)

Tsodikov showed the unbeatable wheel and Jen mucked her hand, having lost nearly 50,000 from her stack. She was down to around 100,000 after the hand.

Hold'em

Billy "The Croc" Argyros got all in on a flop of K52 only to see he was trailing Paul Zimbler's AK.  Argyros called for a jack but the turn and river didn't save him, coming 10 and A. Zimbler had around 95,000 at the end of the level.

Stud 8

Saul Vs. Luske Yet Again

Marcel Luske: 8Q4K(66A)
Kevin Saul: 7K8J (522)
Marcel Luske bet 8,000 on 5th street and was called by Kevin Saul. Both players checked the rest of the way and Luske showed nothing more than a pair of 6's. Unfortunately for Saul, he only had a pair of deuces and no low, so Luske scooped the whole pot. Luske had around 130,000 at the level's end.

Omaha

The Jen and Tom Show

Jennifer Harman-Traniello bet 4,000 on a J85 flop and was called by Tom Schneider. She bet 8,000 on the 4 turn card and Schneider called again. The 6 river card was checked by both players and the showdown followed:
Harman: A-Q-10-5
Schneider: A-8-6-4
Schneider's two pair took the pot. He had around 74,000 at the end of the level.

Ivey Struggling

After losing a number of pots during the level, Ivey has a short stack of just around 18,000.

 

Player Tags: Tom Schneider,   Jennifer Harman,   Phil Ivey,   Marcel Luske,   Kevin Saul,   Billy Argyros,   European Report

$3,000 H.O.R.S.E.- Day 2 - Level 11 Recap

Jun 12, '08

Limits:
Hold’em/Omaha8b:  1,200-2,400, 600-1,200 blinds
Razz/Stud/Stud8b:  1,200-2,400, 300 ante, 300 bring-in,

Players Left:  73 of 414

Chip Leaders:
Doug Ganger - 94,000
Jennifer Harman-Traniello - 68,000
Mark Wilds - 64,000
James Mackey – 59,000
Joshua Woolsey - 58,000
David Levi - 56,000
Kevin Saul - 55,000
Marco Traniello - 54,000
Eric Froehlich - 53,000
Farzad Rouhani - 45,000
Billy Argyros - 44,000
Loi Tran – 41,000

Average Stack: 34,050

Eliminations:
Felipe Tavares
Mike Sexton

Big Hands and Storylines:

It Just Keeps Getting Worse

Table 48 continues to add superb players to its ranks. The latest to be moved over to the table is Michael Binger. He joins Marco Traniello, Max Pescatori, James Mackey, Ted Forrest, and Steve Zolotow.

Hold’em

Mackey Making His Mark

Marco Traniello raised pre-flop from middle position and James Mackey three-bet him from the small blind. Traniello made the call. Mackey led out at the A84 flop and Traniello swiftly called. Mackey checked the 7 turn and Traniello bet 2,400. Mackey made it 4,800 and Traniello called. Mackey again bet out on the river 3 and Traniello called. Mackey showed 88 for the flopped set and Traniello, perhaps thinking he had won the pot, momentarily flipped over A-K then scrambled to return his cards face down. Traniello is still in no danger of elimination with nearly 55,000 in chips, but Mackey has him beat with 59,000.

Razz

Tran-tastic

Todd Brunson: A3K2
Loi Tran: 2446

Todd Brunson raised with the A showing and Loi Tran called him with the 2. On 4^th street, Brunson led out and Tran quickly called. Brunson check-called on 5^th street when he was dealt a king, then again on the river. On the end, Brunson again checked and Tran continued his pattern of betting. Brunson took more time to make this decision but ended up making the call. Tran showed (7-5-3) for 6-high and that was enough to win the pot, boosting him to 41,000. Brunson has 28,000.

Stud

Gracz vs. Glantz Part II

Glantz: T366
Gracz: Q2JQ

Matthew Glantz raised with the T showing and Michael Gracz called him with the Q. Gracz check-called on 4^th street and checked again on 5^th. Glantz too checked on 5^th street, slowing down a bit. 6^th street paired both players, sixes for Glantz and queens for Gracz. Gracz bet out and Glantz dejectedly folded. After the hand Glantz was left with a meager 6,000.

Player Tags: Farzad Rouhani,   Michael Gracz,   David Levi,   Max Pescatori,   Ted Forrest,   Todd Brunson,   Steve Zolotow,   Marco Traniello,   Jennifer Harman,   Loi Tran,   Mike Sexton,   Mark Wilds,   James Mackey,   Matthew Glantz,   Eric Froehlich,   Kevin Saul,   Billy Argyros,   Joshua Woolsey,   Doug Ganger,   Felipe Tavares