Justin Young Poker Tournament Updates

Justin Young Wins One

Jan 05, '23

The flop read Q75 when Justin Young and his opponent both contributed 2,000 to the pot.

The turn fell K, and Young led out for 4,000. The big blind check-called before the river delivered the 10. Young bet 10,000, and the big blind tanked before check-calling.

Young revealed K7, and that was enough to top his opponent, who quickly folded his cards. Young stacked up 55,000 after the hand.

Justin Young – 55,000 (68 bb)

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Justin Young Eliminated by Peter Hengsakul

Jan 07, '23

Justin Young was all in for a short stack with A8 in the hole from the button, and Peter Hengsakul had him covered holding AJ on the cutoff.

The final board read 1053KJ, and Young was eliminated on the hand. Hengsakul stacked up 134,900 after collecting the pot.

Peter Hengsakul – 134,900 (134 bb)
Justin Young – Eliminated

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Justin Young Wins One

Jan 05, '23

The flop read Q75 when Justin Young and his opponent both contributed 2,000 to the pot.

The turn fell K, and Young led out for 4,000. The big blind check-called before the river delivered the 10. Young bet 10,000, and the big blind tanked before check-calling.

Young revealed K7, and that was enough to top his opponent, who quickly folded his cards. Young stacked up 55,000 after the hand.

Justin Young – 55,000 (68 bb)

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Justin Young Eliminated by Peter Hengsakul

Jan 07, '23

Justin Young was all in for a short stack with A8 in the hole from the button, and Peter Hengsakul had him covered holding AJ on the cutoff.

The final board read 1053KJ, and Young was eliminated on the hand. Hengsakul stacked up 134,900 after collecting the pot.

Peter Hengsakul – 134,900 (134 bb)
Justin Young – Eliminated

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Justin Young Eliminated By Michael Tureniec

Jul 16, '19

Action folded to Justin Young on the button, who moved all in for 13,400. Michael Tureniec raised out of the small blind and the big blind got out of the way.

Tureniec showed AJ and was in the lead against Young’s KQ.

The board ran out 1010748 and Tureniec’s ace-high won the pot, eliminating Young in the day’s last level.

Michael Tureniec – 64,500
Justin Young – Eliminated

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Justin Young Can't Find Action On His Quads

Jul 17, '19

Justin Young raised to 700 from early position and was called by both Bertrand Grospellier behind him and Hafiz Khan in the big blind. The flop fell KK2 and both Khan and Young checked.

Grospellier bet 1,000, and Young was the only caller. The turn was the 7 and Young checked again. This time, Grospellier checked behind. The river was the 2 and again both players checked.

“Two pair,” announced Young, turning over KK for quad kings.

Grospellier could only smile as Young dragged the pot and players at the table started laughing.

“Good check,” Young told him. He now has 30,000, in chips.

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Justin Young Eliminated By Michael Tureniec

Jul 16, '19

Action folded to Justin Young on the button, who moved all in for 13,400. Michael Tureniec raised out of the small blind and the big blind got out of the way.

Tureniec showed AJ and was in the lead against Young’s KQ.

The board ran out 1010748 and Tureniec’s ace-high won the pot, eliminating Young in the day’s last level.

Michael Tureniec – 64,500
Justin Young – Eliminated

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Justin Young Can't Find Action On His Quads

Jul 17, '19

Justin Young raised to 700 from early position and was called by both Bertrand Grospellier behind him and Hafiz Khan in the big blind. The flop fell KK2 and both Khan and Young checked.

Grospellier bet 1,000, and Young was the only caller. The turn was the 7 and Young checked again. This time, Grospellier checked behind. The river was the 2 and again both players checked.

“Two pair,” announced Young, turning over KK for quad kings.

Grospellier could only smile as Young dragged the pot and players at the table started laughing.

“Good check,” Young told him. He now has 30,000, in chips.

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One And Done For Justin Young On Brutal Beat

Dec 15, '18

We caught up with the action on a flop of K86. Justin Young had a 2,000 bet in front of him, and Jason Xu raised to 5,600.

Young, who had registered and sat down in this tournament just moments prior with a fresh 40,000 stack, opted to reraise to 10,000.

Xu moved in, and Young called off the rest of his chips, tabling 86 for bottom two pair. Xu held 97 for an open-ended straight draw and flush draw, making the two players an identical coin flip going into the turn and river, according to the Card Player Poker Odds Calculator.

The turn brought the 6, which gave Xu a flush, but also improved Young to a full house. Young was looking good to double up on his first hand of the tournament, but the 5 hit the river, giving his opponent an improbable straight flush.

“It was nice playing with you all,” said Young as he exited the tournament area.

Xu now has 142,000 in chips.

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Justin Young Busts Kristen Bicknell

Jul 17, '17

With Kristen Bicknell suddenly seen in line to re-enter the tournament, we went looking for the details of her elimination hand. According to Justin Young, Kristen Bicknell raised to 400 from under-the-gun and he called immediately behind UTG+1.

Farzad Bonyadi came along in the big blind and the flop came down K-6-5. Bonyadi checked and Bicknell bet 600. Both Young and Bonyadi called and the turn was the 3, putting two diamonds on board.

Bonyadi checked, and Bicknell bet 2,500. Young called and Bonyadi folded. The river was the 10 and Bicknell moved all in for about 10,000.

Young called with pocket aces, and Bicknell could only show down A6, bluffing with a pair of sixes. Young scooped the pot and now has 57,000 in chips, while Bicknell is back in the tournament on her second bullet and is now seated next to Tony Cousineau at a new table.

Player Tags: Justin Young,   Kristen Foxen

Justin Young Chips Up

Jul 18, '16

We caught up with the action on a board reading Q447. Barry Shulman checked, as did Koray Aldemir and Justin Young bet 3,600.

Both Shulman and Aldemir called and the river was the 3. It was checked to Young, who bet 14,000. Shulman quickly folded, but Aldemir thought about it for nearly a minute before mucking.

Justin Young is now one of the chip leaders with 100,000. Aldemir has to get to work with 18,000.

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Some Notables In The Field

Jul 18, '16

It’s still very early, and because of the generously long registration period, players will still be entering this even well after the dinner break. But some notables pros have already taken their seats.

So far we’ve spotted Justin Young, Ally Shulman, Barry Shulman, Griffin Abel, Ryan Welch and Joey Weissman.

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Justin Young Eliminated In 18th Place ($6,534)

Mar 15, '16

Ludovic Geilich raised in middle position and Justin Young reraised from the small blind. Geilich four-bet and Young moved all in for about 380,000. Geilich instantly called with KK and Young was behind with 99.

Before the flop came down, Young was already standing up and reaching for his belongings. The 765, however, gave him some hope by adding four outs. The turn was the 3, giving him a total of 14 outs for the win and another 3 outs to chop.

The river, however, was the A and Young was eliminated in 18th place. Geilich is now the chip leader with 1,500,000.

Player Tags: Justin Young,   Ludovic Geilich

Crazy Cooler Sends Young Packing

Jul 14, '13

We just spotted Salman Behbehani and Michael Benvenuti enjoy a vey well balanced meal, but that was not the thing that stood out. Benvenuti had taken Justin Young’s seat and Behbehani explained how he managed to cooler the life out of his former neighbor.

The player in the hijack raised to 1,000 and the button decided to call. Young called from the small blind and Behbehani followed suit from the big.

The flop brought out jack-ten-six with two diamonds and one club and all players checked.

On the turn the 10 hit and Behbehani bet 2,500 after Young had checked. The preflop raiser and the player on the button folded after which Young check-raised to 5,500.

Behbehani called.

On the river another six popped up and Young bet 8,000. Behbehani raised all in for 27,000 and he had Young covered by 2,000 chips. Young called with pocket jacks, for the nut full house, but he was up against Behbehani’s quad sixes. Young was knocked out and Behbehani is now sitting on 56,000 chips.

Player Tags: Justin Young,   Salman Behbehani

Young and Devo Are Also Here

Jul 14, '13

Justin Young and Bryan Devonshire were also spotted at the tables during the first level of play. Young’s best result came in the WPT Five Diamond in 2008 when he won close to a million dollars. Devonshire was close to the WSOP Main Event final table two years ago when he took home $600,000 for finishing 12th.

Player Tags: Justin Young,   Bryan Devonshire

Young Takes a Pot From Mizzi

Mar 17, '13

Amid the deep philosophical political discussion going on at Table 2 Justin Young and Sorel Mizzi got into a pot with Young coming out the victor.

Young raised to 250 from under the gun, Abdul Aziz called from the cutoff and Mizzi called from the small blind. A flop of J84 was dealt and Mizzi checked. Young bet 1,350, Aziz folded his hand and Mizzi made the call.

The Jopened on the turn and both players checked to see the 10 on the river.

“I’ve got nine-high” Mizzi said and Young showed 107.

Both players have about 32,000.

Player Tags: Justin Young,   Sorel Mizzi