Matt Savage Poker Tournament Updates

Level 14 Update: Day 3 Ends with 852 Players

Jul 14, '11

NOTE: Day 3 has come to a close with 999 players and they will return tomorrow at noon for day 4. Stay tuned for a recap of the day’s events and official chip counts.

Note: Levels are two hours in length.

Players Remaining: 852 of 6,865

Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante

The Chip Leaders:

Patrick Poirier: 1,230,000
Daryl Jace: 1,180,000
Guillaume Darcourt: 945,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg: 890,000
Daniel Retallick: 850,000
Christopher Bonita: 850,000
Brian Park: 775,000
Ben Tollerene: 720,000
Aleksandr Mozhnyakov: 720,000
Chris Kwon: 696,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Daniel Negreanu — 215,400
Todd Brunson — 185,000
Phil Hellmuth — 71,000
Thomas Keller — BUSTED

Notables Eliminated:

Patrik Antonius
Galen Hall
Justin Bonomo
Brian Roberts
Jason Alexander
Young Phan
David Baker
Christina Lindley
Jon Van Fleet
Matt Savage

Hands:

Hellmuth Loses a Pot to Garry Gates

Garry Gates raised in early position preflop and Phil Hellmuth then three-bet from late position. The flop fell 7 4 2 and both players checked.

The turn fell 10 and Gates checked. Hellmuth bet 17,000 and Gates then raised all in. Hellmuth got up out of his chair and made a few remarks before folding his cards. He is now down to 71,000 while Gates grew his stack to 230,000.

Matt Savage Eliminated

Matt Savage moved all in preflop with 17,500 and one opponent made the call. Their cards:

Savage: A 9
Opponent: A Q

Board: K Q 2 3 4

Savage was eliminated on the hand.

Featured Poker Tweet — Lars Bonding

Ryan D’Angelo Eliminated

Ryan D’Angelo got the last of his chips (120,000) into the middle preflop and David Barter made the call. Their cards:

D’Angelo: A K
Barter: 5 5

Board: A 5 3 8 Q

D’Angelo was eliminated on the hand.

Featured Poker Tweet — Sorel Mizzi

Ronnie Bardah Gets Aces Late

The hi-jack raised to 8,000 preflop and the button made the call. Ronnie Bardah then reraised to 27,000 and the hi-jack mucked. The button then reraised all in for 68,000. Bardah made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Bardah: A A
Button: A K

Board: J 6 2 8 6

Bardah won the hand to grow his stack to 300,000 heading into Day 4.

Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth,   Ronnie Bardah,   Lars Bonding,   Matt Savage,   Sorel Mizzi,   Garry Gates

Level One Hour One Update: Johnny Chan Doubles Up Quick

Jul 07, '10

Blinds: 50-100

Average Chip Counts 30,000

Notable Chip Counts:

Johnny Chan – 61,500
Pieter de Korver – 43,000
Brian Rast – 40,000
Jennifer Leigh – 39,000
Lex Veldhuis – 39,000
Eli Elezra – 35,000
Matt Savage – 35,000
Faraz Jaka – 34,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Steve Murphy – 30,000

Notable Eliminations:

Huck Seed

Big Hands:

Johnny-Friggin-Chan Doubles Up

Things just got dangerous for players in day 1c.

Johnny Chan was in a large pot with the flop showing 108J when he bet and his opponent moved all in. Chan called and his opponent saw he had only one out. Their hands:

Chan: 1010
Opponent: 88

Chan had the better flopped set, and the Q turn and K river gave the Orient Express an early double up to 60,000.

Savage Off to Good Start

On a board of 106654 Matt Savage bet 2,000 and his opponent made the call. Savage showed 44 for a full house to take down an early pot and expand his stack to 35,000.

The Early Chip Leader?

Phil Armstrong got all in on a fop of 682 holding a flopped set of eights. His opponent, naturally, had pocket aces and was eliminated when the K turn and 9 river didn’t connect with his hand.

It seems we have an early chip leader, as Armstrong doubled to 60,000.

Sowers Loses Massive One

On a board of 8Q49J Mike Sowers bet 3,000 and his opponent raised to 18,000. Sowers made the call and his opponent showed K10 for the rivered straight.

Sowers saw his stack drop to 10,000.

Leonor Margets Wins a Pot

Two players limped in for 100 and Margets made it 450 with the A10. The blinds folded and so did one of the limpers. The other one called and the flop came Q103 and action went check-check. The turn brought the 3 and Margets’ opponent checked. Margets bet 575 and her opponent called. The turn brought the 9 and action went check-check. Margets’ opponent tabled pocket fives and she exposed her pair of tens. Margets took the pot.

Left in the Deck:

Arrival of the Poker Brat, Fighter

Phil Hellmuth plans on making his typical fashionably late arrival, and he has said that this year he will arrive dressed as an MMA fighter and be accompanied by one — Wanderlei Silva.

Some of The Day 1c Players Include

Phil Hellmuth
Daniel Negreanu
Jerry Yang
Annie Duke
Jonathan Agular
Bryan Devonshire
Chip Jett
Johny Chan
David Oppenheim
Lex Veldhuis
Scott Fischman
Shaun Deeb
Robert Mizrachi
Hoyt Corkins
Kristy Gazes
Eric Froehlich
Vicky Coren
Alex Outhred
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Shanna Moakler
Antonio Esfandiari
Nick Maimone
Chau Giang
Nick Binger
Dean Hamrick
Dario Minieri
Brock Parker
Dave Ulliott
Ville Whalbeck
Alex Jacob
Michael Caroll
Andrew Brokos
Sam Farha
Chad Brown
David Bach
Dennis Phillips

Twitter Accounts:

Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Vicky Coren
Alex Outhred
Scotty Nguyen
Phil Hellmuth
Jennifer Leigh
Shanna Moakler
Antonio Esfandiari
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke

Player Tags: Huck Seed,   Phil Hellmuth,   Johnny Chan,   Matt Savage,   Mike Sowers,   Leonor Margets

Level 5 Hour 1 Update: Alex Jacob, Tom McEvoy, Liv Boeree Eliminated

Jul 05, '09

Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante

Chip Counts:

1. Jeff Lisandro — 126,200
2. Andy Seth — 110,000
3. Tsai Chen — 95,700
4. Hevad Khan — 84,000
5. Lee Watkinson — 83,000
6. Amnon Filippi — 82,000
7. Joe Hachem — 81,000
8. Marc Naalden — 80,000
9. Yan Chen — 80,000
10. Justin Bonomo – 77,000

Card Player Chip Counts

Matt Matros – 27,000

Notable Eliminations:

Annie Duke
Eric Liu
Brandon Cantu
Erica Schoenberg
David Singer
Tom McEvoy
Liv Boeree
Alex Jacob

Big Hands

Alex Jacob Eliminated

Alex Jacob gets it all in before the flop in a three-way pot. The players in seats 5 and 6 continue to bet at the side pot.

The flop comes K33, seat 5 checks to seat 6 who bets 8,000. Seat 5 raises all in and seat 6 calls. Seat 5 shows KJ for top pair while seat 6 shows AA for the overpair. Jacob elects not to reveal his cards. The turn and river are the 5 and 4. Jacob mucks his cards and seat 6 rakes the pot with a pair of aces. Alex Jacob is eliminated from the tournament this hand.

Tom McEvoy Eliminated

On a flop of 632, Tom McEvoy gets it all in and is called in one spot.

McEvoy: 1010
Opponent: QQ

McEvoy gets it in behind with a smaller over pair than his opponent. The turn and river are the 6 and the 5, no help for the former champion who is eliminated here late on on Day 1c.

Three Players All In

Three players announced they were all in. One held the KK, another exposed the QQ and the third tabled the AK. The board ran out Q22A4, as the pocket queens tripled up, the ace-king won a large side pot the pocket kings lost a substantial chunk.

Liv Boeree Eliminated

On a flop of J1010, Liv Boeree gets it all in against one opponent.

Boeree: AA
Opponent: Q9

Boeree gets it in good with the overpair, but her opponent flops an open-ended straight draw. the turn is the 8, giving her opponent the straight. The river is the 7, and Liv Boeree is eliminated from the main event.

Matt Savage Doubles Up

The short stack of Matt Savage got the rest of his 2,750 stack into the middle with the A6 and was called by the AK of an opponent. The flop was no help for Savage as it came Q83. However, the 6 hit the turn giving Savage a pair of sixes and the lead. The 5 fell on the river and Savage doubled up to 4,500.

Player Tags: Tom McEvoy,   Alex Jacob,   Matt Savage,   Liv Boeree

Final Table Update: Swinford 7th, Gilbert 6th, Savage 5th

Jun 30, '09

Ante: 3,000 – Low Card: 5,000 – Completion: 15,000 – Limits: 15,000-30,000

Players Remaining: 4 out of 467

Chip Counts:

1. David Halpern — 1,080,000
2. William Kohler — 763,000
3. Max Stern — 120,000
4. Chad Brown — 100,000

Average Chip Count: 525,375

Notable Eliminations:

7. Brian Swinford — $19,901
6. Zak Gilbert — $24,828

Big Hands

Brian Swinford Eliminated 7th Place ($19,901)

Brian Swinford is all in against Chad Brown.

Swinford: 43582210
Brown: 264673K

Swinford makes a pair of deuces but Brown makes a pair of sixes, eliminating Brian Swinford in 7th place ($19,901).

Zak Gilbert Eliminated in 6th place ($24,828)

After being crippled by Matt Savage in a previous hand, Zak Gilbert is all in here against David Halpern.

Gilbert: 2345K10Q
Halpern: K563KA4

Halpern makes a pair kings while Gilbert finishes with busted flush and straight draws; he is eliminated in 6th place ($24,828).

Matt Savage Eliminated in 5th Place ($32,465)

Matt Savage is all in on third street against David Halpern.

Savage: A29310J-X
Halpern: 5101082A10

Halpern makes trip tens on the river, Eliminating Matt Savage in 5th place ($32,465).

Player Tags: Zak Gilbert,   Brian Swinford,   Matt Savage,   David Halpren

Final Table Update: Allie Prescott Eliminated in 8th Place ($16,682)

Jun 30, '09

Ante: 3,000 – Low Card: 3,000 – Completion: 12,000 – Limits: 12,000-24,000

Players Remaining: 7 out of 467

Chip Counts:

1. David Halpern — 600,000
2. Chad Brown — 460,000
3. William Kohler — 400,000
4. Brian Swinford — 160,000
5. Matt Savage — 160,000
6. Zak Gilbert — 160,000
7. Max Stern — 70,000

Average Chip Count: 300,214

Notable Eliminations:

8. Allie Prescott – $16,682

Big Hands

Allie Prescott Eliminated in 8th Place ($16,862)

Allie Prescott is all in on fifth street against Matt Savage and William Kohler. Kohler bets on 6th street and Savage folds.

Prescott: 32J4A3J
Kohler:5699AA2
Savage: X-X-6J62

Prescott failed to improve and is eliminated in 8th place ($16,682).

Player Tags: Allie Prescott,   Matt Savage,   William Kohler

$10,000 Main Event - Brunson and Minieri Take Their Leave

Jul 06, '08

Blinds/Antes: 200-400 with a 50 ante

Players Left: 1,503 of 2,461

Chip Leaders:

Steve Austin: 140,000
Shawn Conix: 136,000
Dylan Linde: 135,000
Jason Katsutani: 133,000
Carlos Mortensen: 133,000
Richard Smith: 130,000
William Blanda: 121,700
Victor Ramdin: 120,000
David Saab: 119,400
David Stucke: 115,000

CP Counts:

Phil Hellmuth: 52,800
Jeff Shulman: 40,000
Todd Brunson: busted

Eliminations: Dario Minieri, Todd Brunson, Shane Schleger, Cyndy Violette, Michael Mizrachi

Big Hands:

The Ladies Hold Cunningham... errr, Hold FOR Cunningham

The player in seat 4 raised to 1,200 from early position and Allen Cunningham made the call from the cutoff. The flop came down 964 and seat 4 fired 2,600. Cunningham quickly called and the turn was the 10. Seat 4 slowed down, checking to his opponent. Cunningham kept his foot on the gas and fired 5,000 into the pot. Seat 4 made the call and the river was the 2. Seat 4 checked and Cunningham took time to think about whether he could get any value out of a final bet. He decided he couldn't and checked as well. Seat 4 showed down JJ for an overpair. Cunningham showed an overpair of his own, QQ, and raked in the pot. He was at 80,000 after the hand.

Brunson Busts

Todd Brunson's tournament came to an end when his 56 ran into his opponent's nut flush with AJ on the turn of a board reading 6426. Brunson failed to improve on the river, which brought the A and the end of the Brunson's 2008 WSOP.

El Matador Gored... Slightly

On a board of Q10545, Carlos Mortensen made a 4,000 bet on the river and the player in seat 3 looked him up. Mortensen rolled his eyes and threw his hand into the muck. Seat 3 raked the pot, but failed to make a significant dent in Mortensen's growing stack. After the hand, Mortensen still had well over 120,000 in chips.

Bernard Lee Gets Bluffed Out?

Heads-up and on a board of 1093K5, Bernard Lee bet 7,700 on the river. His opponent in seat 7 thought for a minute before asking Lee how much he had left. Lee did a quick count replying, "A little under 11,000." Seat 7 moved all in and a short stacked Lee folded the hand after a minute or so in the tank. Seat 7 showed 88 as he raked the pot, Lee looked a little thrown off. Seat 7 said, "I wouldn't have done that, but you checked the king on the turn, so I knew you didn't have it." Lee shook his head and shrugged it off, down to 11,000 in chips.

Phil Gordon Can't Stand It

Gordon raised preflop to 1,025 from middle position and the player in seat 2 called from the cutoff. The flop came down QQJ and Gordon checked. Seat 2 fired 1,000 and Gordon quickly called. The turn was the 3 and Gordon checked again. Seat 2 fired 2,500 into the pot this time and Gordon quickly called again. The river was the 8 and Gordon checked one more time. Seat 2 fired 5,000 into the 9,050 pot. Gordon quickly called and seat 2 showed down KQ and Gordon shot out of his chair, a disgusted groan coming out of him. He took a short walk away from the table as his hand was placed in the muck. He was down to 35,000 in chips.

Matt Savage Knocks One Out On River

The player in seat 1 moved all in before the flop and Matt Savage made the call. Savage had him covered and both players turned over their cards.

Savage: A6
Seat 1: AQ
Board: Q7584

Matt Savage was way behind before the flop, his opponent making top pair on the flop and all but reducing Savage to going runner-runner. The 8 on the turn gave savage the open-ended straight draw, and the 4 on the river locked it up. Savage sucked out to make the eight-high straight, eliminating his opponent and bringing his stack up to 45,000 after the hand.

Men "The Master"...Not So Much

The player in seat 7 raised to 1,200 from the cutoff and Men "The Master" Nguyen reraised to 4,000 from the big blind. Seat 7 called and the flop came 765. Nguyen fired out 6,000 and seat 7 made the call. The turn was a scare card (2) and both players checked around. The river was another scare card (8), and Nguyen went into the tank for nearly three minutes on his own action. Finally Nguyen checked to to his opponent who rapped the table as well. Seat 7 said, "How big is your pair?" as he turned over A5 for a pair of fives. Nguyen said, "Fives are good man" as he threw his cards into the muck. Nguyen lost more than half of his stack that hand, now down to just 9,000 in chips.

Ramdin Pushed Out, So What?

Victor Ramdin raised to 1,200 from middle position and the player in seat 8 made the call from the small blind. The flop came down 1043. Ramdin continued with the aggression as he fired 2,000 into the pot. The small blind had enough of that nonsense, however, and he came over the top with 3,000 more. Ramdin mucked his hand, but was still left with a healthy 93,000 in chips.

Some More Magic

The player in seat 6 raised to 2,400 from middle position and action folded to Antonio Esfaniari on the button. "How much do you have left," Esfandiari asked his opponent. After getting his answer (approx. 24,000), Esfandiari made the call and the flop came down 1084. Seat 6 checked and Esfandiari applied the pressure with a bet of 4,600. Seat 6 liked the 24,000 he had left and decided not to put any more of it at risk as he mucked his hand. Esfandiari took the pot and was around 88,000 after the hand.

Dario's Day Over

Dario Minieri raised against one middle position limper to 1,600 from the small blind. The limper called, and also called Dario's bet of 2,300 on the flop of 722. The turn was the 10, and the Italian Harry Potter shoved for his remaining 7,500. His opponent called once again, and was in bad shape holding A10 against Minieri's QQ. But the river brought an unfortunate 10, sending the bracelet winner to the rail early in the last level of the night.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Allen Cunningham,   Carlos Mortensen,   Phil Gordon,   Antonio Esfandiari,   Todd Brunson,   Victor Ramdin,   Bernard Lee,   Matt Savage,   Dario Minieri

$2,000 Omaha 8/b - End of Day

Jun 08, '08

Play has ended for Day 1, but Day 2 action will begin at 3 p.m. with 173 players returning on their mutual quest of reaching Tuesday's final table. The average chip stack is 12,786 and blinds will start at 300-600 with 600-1,200 limits.
Some notable players still alive in the hunt are:
Men "The Master" Nguyen, Josh Arieh, Barry Greenstein, David Chiu, David WIlliams, John Juanda, Scott Clements, Jimmy "gobboboy" Fricke, Victor Ramdin, Dutch Boyd, "Miami" John Cernuto, Kristy Gazes, Max Pescatori, Eric Froehlich, Mel Judah and Barney Boatman.

Note: Finally Max Pescatori made a day 2.

Blinds: 300-600
Stakes: 500-1,000

Players Left: 173

Chip Counts:

Marc Goodwin: 33,500
Barry Greenstein: 27,000
Jimmy Fricke: 27,000
Men Nguyen: 26,000
Scott Clements: 25,800
Dutch Boyd: 24,800
David WIlliams: 22,600
Victor Ramdin: 22,000
David Chiu: 22,000
John Cernuto: 20,000

Average Stack: 12,786

Eliminations: Mike Matusow, Berry Johnston, Allen Kessler, Matt Savage, Paul Magriel, Matt Savage

Big Hands:

One Potentially Loud Table

One table in particular seems more made for TV than random. It features three players who are known for what comes out of their mouths - Mike Matusow, Men Nguyen and Josh Arieh.
So far, Nguyen has done the most damage. One three-way hand brought a board of 86272. When the betting was said and done, Nguyen showed K965 for the flush and his opponents split the low pot with the same hands - A763 and A1073.
Ariah and Nguyen tangled a few times early with the same results. In one hand, Nguyen raised preflop and Arieh and two other players called. The flop came AAJ, Nguyen bet out and everyone folded immediately.
Another hand had Arieh limping from the button, Nguyen raising from the big blind and Arieh calling. The flop came out K-J-X and Nguyen tossed some chips into the pot. Arieh's cards hit the muck immediately and Nguyen flashed two aces before raking in the pot. Nguyen ends the day with around 26,000 in chips.
The table was later joined by Barry Greenstein, who though not as loud as his new company, can still say some pretty entertaining things.... LOL Donkaments.

Muzzled

A short stacked Mike Matusow got his remaining 800 all in preflop and was called by 6 players. The board came QJ952, and after the player in seat 7 bet out the rest of the players he showed AKQ10 for a straight. Matusow showed KQ76 and headed for the door.
On his way out, a dissapointed Matusow said, "Two hours and 37 minutes without winning a pot and another day of outlasting two-thirds of the field for nothing."

Grinder One-Outered

Michael Mizrachi was short stacked and needed to get something going quick. He got the remainder of his chips all in as the board came K8363. Mizrachi's opponent showed 3-3 in his hand for quads and Mizrachi looked at his cards and muttered, "I got one outered," then mucked.

Matt Savage Eliminated

Down to his last 400 chips, Matt Savage raised all in for 400 from the cutoff and the small blind reraised to 1,000. The big blind called the raise as did the player in seat 8. The flop came A92, and seat 8 bet 500. The small blind called and the big blind folded. The turn was the 8 and seat 8 bet 1,000, the small blind called. The river was the 4 and seat 8 bet 1,000. this time the small blind folded and before Savage could even turn up his cards for the main pot, seat 8 turned over the wheel (AK53) to scoop the pot. So just like that, everyone's favorite tournament director hit the rail.







 

Player Tags: Josh Arieh,   Barry Greenstein,   Men Nguyen,   Mike Matusow,   Michael Mizrachi,   Matt Savage

$2,000 Omaha 8/b - Hour Six

Jun 08, '08

Blinds: 150-300
Stakes: 300-600

Players Left: 369 of 553

Chip Counts:
Jimmy Fricke: 21,500
Scott Clements: 19,000
Jordan Morgan: 18,750
John Cernuto: 18,100
Matthew Glantz: 16,800
John Juanda: 14,400
David Chiu: 12,700
Mike Matusow: 12,000
Barry Greenstein: 10,250
Ed Fernandez: 10,00

Average Stack: 5,995

Eliminations:
Mark Gregorich, Todd Brunson, Jeff Lisandro, Chau Giang, Amnon Filippi, Chip Jett, Phil Hellmuth, Michael Binger, Chris Ferguson

Big Hands:
Boyd Loses a Big Pot

Dutch Body raised to 600 preflop and was called the player in seat 1 and seat 7. The flop came J63 and seat 1 immediately bet out 300. Both Boyd and seat 7 called and the turn brought the K. Seat 1 checked this time, Boyd bet out 600 and seat 7 re-raised to 1,200. Seat 1 called and Boyd raised it yet again up to 1,800. Everyone called and the 2 came on the river. This time, seat 1 bet out and was called by Boyd and seat 7. Seat 1 showed A-7-5-4 for a rivered straight and the nut low, and neither Boyd or seat 7 showed before they mucked their cards. After not taking any part of the big pot, Body's stack was under 4,000.

Matt Savage Scoops With the Wheel

On a flop of Q53, beloved tournament director Matt Savage bet 200 and both the players in seat 8 & 9 made the call. The turn was the J and and once again Savage bet 200. Seat 8 called and seat 9 raised to 400. Savage called the raise as did seat 8. The river was the 4 and everyone checked around. Savage missed a bet on the river looking for a check-raise as he turned over AQ32 for the wheel, scooping the pot with both the high hand and the low hand.

Mark Gregorich Eliminated

After facing near elimination on the previous hand, Mark Gregorich sat back down after winning a 125 piece of the side pot. The very next hand and Gregorich was all in for 125 in a five-way pot. All four players to his left in seats 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 called the 200 blind bet. The flop came 643, and seat 4 bet 200, seat 5 called while both seat 2 and seat 3 folded. The turn was the K and seat 4 bet 400. Seat 5 called and the river was the 4. Both players checked and turned their hands over.

Seat 4: KK108
Seat 5: AQJ2

Seat 4 made a set of kings on the turn and a full house on the river for the high hand while seat 5 made the 6-4-3-2-A for the low hand. Seats 4 and 5 split the pot while Mark Gregorich threw his hand into the muck.



 

Player Tags: Mark Gregorich,   Matt Savage,   Dutch Boyd