Noah Jefferson Poker Tournament Updates

Noah Jefferson Doubles Through Jean Gaspard

Apr 15, '08

On a flop of A-8-3, Noah Jefferson bets and Jean Gaspard puts him all in. Jefferson makes the call and shows A-8. Gaspard says, "What a cooler," before turning over A-3. The turn and river offer no help to Gaspard and he is crippled down to about 9,000. Jefferson doubles up to nearly 70,000.

Player Tags: Noah Jefferson,   Jean Gaspard

Noah Jefferson Eliminated in 9th Place ($13,480)

Apr 16, '08

Noah Jefferson is all in for his last 36,000 with AJ against Bruno Fitoussi's AQ. The board comes A9498 and Jefferson is eliminated in 9th place. He takes home $13,480 for his efforts.

Player Tags: Noah Jefferson,   Bruno Fitoussi

Noah Jefferson Doubles Through Jean Gaspard

Apr 15, '08

On a flop of A-8-3, Noah Jefferson bets and Jean Gaspard puts him all in. Jefferson makes the call and shows A-8. Gaspard says, "What a cooler," before turning over A-3. The turn and river offer no help to Gaspard and he is crippled down to about 9,000. Jefferson doubles up to nearly 70,000.

Player Tags: Noah Jefferson,   Jean Gaspard

Noah Jefferson Eliminated in 9th Place ($13,480)

Apr 16, '08

Noah Jefferson is all in for his last 36,000 with AJ against Bruno Fitoussi's AQ. The board comes A9498 and Jefferson is eliminated in 9th place. He takes home $13,480 for his efforts.

Player Tags: Noah Jefferson,   Bruno Fitoussi

Hand #121: Noah Jefferson Eliminated in 4th Place ($265,000)

Mar 14, '08

Hand #121 - Noah Jefferson raises from the button to 110,000, Steve Sung moves all in from the big blind, and Noah Jefferson immediately calls with AK. Sung shows 77, and it's a race situation where Jefferson faces elimination.

The flop comes J53, and Sung retains the lead with his pocket pair. The turn card is the 9, and Jefferson needs an ace or a king to stay alive.

The river card is the 7, and Steve Sung wins the pot with a set of sevens.

Noah Jefferson is eliminated in fourth place, earning $265,000.

Player Tags: Noah Jefferson,   Steve Sung

Hand #120: Brandon Cantu

Mar 14, '08

Hand #120 - Jennifer Harman raises from the button to 45,000, Noah Jefferson reraises from the small blind to 233,000, and Brandon Cantu moves all in from the big blind. Harman quickly folds, and Jefferson counts down his own stack to assess the situation -- he has 636,000 behind. Jefferson folds, and Brandon Cantu takes the pot.

Player Tags: Noah Jefferson,   Brandon Cantu

Hand #116: Brandon Cantu

Mar 14, '08

Hand #116- Noah Jefferson completes from the small blind to 16,000, Brandon Cantu raises from the big blind to 71,000, and Jefferson folds. Brandon Cantu takes the pot.

Player Tags: Noah Jefferson,   Brandon Cantu

Hand #114: Noah Jefferson

Mar 14, '08

Hand #114 - Noah Jefferson raises under the gun to 60,000, Brandon Cantu reraises from the button to 200,000, and Jefferson immediately moves all in for about 698,000. Cantu thinks for more than a minute before he flashes A-K and folds. Noah Jefferson takes the pot, and he flashes one card -- an ace.

Player Tags: Noah Jefferson,   Brandon Cantu

Hand #107: Noah Jefferson

Mar 14, '08

Hand #107 - Steve Sung limps from the button for 16,000, Jennifer Harman completes from the small blind, Noah Jefferson raises from the big blind to 76,000, and Sung and Harman both fold.

Player Tags: Noah Jefferson,   Jennifer Harman,   Steve Sung

Hand #104: Noah Jefferson

Mar 14, '08

Hand #104- Noah Jefferson completes from the small blind to 16,000, Brandon Cantu raises from the big blind to 71,000, Jefferson reraises to 201,000, and Cantu folds. Noah Jefferson takes the pot.  

Player Tags: Noah Jefferson,   Brandon Cantu

Hand #103: Noah Jefferson

Mar 14, '08

Hand #103 - Everyone folds to Noah Jefferson, giving him a walk in the big blind.

Player Tags: Noah Jefferson

Hand #97: Steve Sung

Mar 14, '08

Hand #97 - Noah Jefferson limps from the button for 16,000, Brandon Cantu completes the small blind, and Steve Sung checks his option. The flop comes 10104, Cantu bets 50,000, Sung calls, and Jefferson folds. The turn card is the 5, and both players check. The river card double-pairs the board with the 4, and they check again. Sung shows A-4 to win the pot with a full house, fours full of tens, and Cantu mucks.

Player Tags: Noah Jefferson,   Steve Sung,   Brandon Cantu

Hand #95: Steve Sung

Mar 14, '08

Hand #95 - Brandon Cantu raises under the gun to 42,000, Steve Sung calls from the button, and Noah Jefferson calls from the big blind. The flop comes 432, Jefferson and Cantu check, Sung bets 100,000, and Jefferson and Cantu both fold. Steve Sung takes the pot.

Player Tags: Noah Jefferson,   Steve Sung

Hand #92: Steve Sung

Mar 14, '08

Hand #92- Steve Sung limps under the gun for 12,000, Noah Jefferson completes from the small blind, Brandon Cantu raises from the big blind to 62,000, Sung calls, and Jefferson folds. The flop comes 642, Cantu bets 100,000, Sung raises to 250,000, and Cantu folds. Steve Sung takes the pot.

Player Tags: Noah Jefferson,   Steve Sung,   Brandon Cantu

Levels 43 and 44 - Omaha Eight-or-Better and Razz

Jun 26, '07

Redraw

Ten minutes after play started back up after dinner, Mike Wattel busted in 25th place, and the tournament clocks were paused. The players then redrew for new seats at the final three tables.

Three Tough Tables

Stage Featured Table

Seat No.1: Bruno Fitoussi
Seat No. 2: Daniel Negreanu
Seat No. 3: Justin Bonomo
Seat No. 4: Greg Raymer
Seat No. 5: Amnon Filippi
Seat No. 6: Mike Matusow
Seat No. 7: Dewey Tomko
Seat No. 8: Max Pescatori

On-Deck Circle

Seat No. 1: Mark Gregorich
Seat No. 2: Pat Pezzin
Seat No. 3: Steve Wolff
Seat No. 4: Kenny Tran
Seat No. 5: Chris Reslock
Seat No. 6: Phil Hellmuth
Seat No. 7: David Singer
Seat No. 8: Rob Hollinik

The Boondocks:

Seat No. 1: Tim Phan
Seat No. 2: Noah Jefferson
Seat No. 3: Toto Leonidas
Seat No. 4: Gabe Kaplan
Seat No. 5: Barry Greenstein
Seat No. 6: Freddy Deeb
Seat No. 7: Thor Hansen
Seat No. 8: John Hanson

Chop-Chop

Those two words can sum up the entire level of Omaha eight-or-better. The two highlights were Dewey Tomko tripling up to survive, and both Mark Gregorich and Noah Jefferson doubling up to accomplish the same survival feat.

Razzed

The game then switched to razz, and the limits were steep at $20,000-$40,000.

Hellmuth Busted in 24th Place

Phil Hellmuth made a strong showing in the HORSE event, but his run came to an end when he ran into Kenny Tran early in the razz level. Tran had 6 3 (3 8 A 5) J turned up and Hellmuth peeked at his last hole card before mucking. He then walked away from the table and mused with himself about his demise.

Survival of the Fittest

The rest of razz was an exercise in stubbornness. Gregorich doubled up again. Toto Leonidas doubled up through Thor Hansen with 7 2 (6 4 10 3) 10. The only sure thing during the last part of razz was that the short stacks prevailed. The game was then switched to seven-card stud, with the limits remaining the same.

Player Tags: Thor Hansen,   Dewey Tomko,   Phil Hellmuth,   Mark Gregorich,   Noah Jefferson,   Kenny Tran

Levels 47 and 48 - Hold'em and Omaha Eight-or-Better

Jun 27, '07

Double Up Dewey

The game switched to hold’em and on a board of J 5 2 2 Dewey Tomko moved all in. Amnon Filippi called. Filippi flipped up Q-5 and Tomko showed down pocket tens. The K was dealt on the river and Tomko survived with the stronger two pair.

Max Pescatori Eliminated in 19th Place

Max Pescatori was the next player to hit the rail in 19th place, just three spots shy of the money.

Bonomo Busts

On a board of K 5 4 A 5 Justin Bonomo is all in against Bruno Fitoussi. Bonomo turned up pocket sevens, but they were rendered obsolete when Fitoussi turned up pocket fours. Bonomo was eliminated in 17th place.

The Messenger

The clock was paused and play now went to hand for hand. The game had been switched to Omaha eight-or-better right after the Bonomo bust. The players now had a keen interest in where their fellow competitors stood. Johnny Chan served as the chip count relay man for the players, letting one table’s professionals know what the other contenders had left in front of them. “Man, that’s a bad information guy,” lamented Tim Phan in a half-sarcastic tone.

Bubble Boy – Noah Jefferson

Noah Jefferson had moved all in on the turn and Phan called him down. Phan revealed A Q 3 2 and Jefferson turned up A J 9 4. The 7 joined the board of A Q 6 4 and Jefferson was eliminated in 17th place. 

A Ray of Hope

Jefferson was told not to leave just yet after his bust out, because another player was all in on the same hand. That player was Steve Wolff, and if he were to bust, the two would split 16th-place money. These hoped were crushed though, when Wolff made quad kings on the turn. He beat out the quad sixes of David Singer, in a hand that only Omaha could produce.

A Pair of Hopeful Tables

There were now 16 players remaining and they redrew for seats at the final two tables:

Featured Table:

Seat No. 1: Chris Reslock
Seat No. 2: Amnon Filippi – Chip Leader
Seat No. 3: Dewey Tomko
Seat No. 4: David Singer
Seat No. 5: Kenny Tran
Seat No. 6: Steve Wolff
Seat No. 7: Mike Matusow
Seat No. 8: Barry Greenstein

On-Deck Circle:

Seat No. 1: Bruno Fitoussi
Seat No. 2: Mark Gregorich
Seat No. 3: Greg Raymer
Seat No. 4: Tim Phan
Seat No. 5: Thor Hansen
Seat No. 6: Gabe Kaplan
Seat No. 7: Freddy Deeb
Seat No. 8: John Hanson

Chip Counts

Player Tags: Dewey Tomko,   David Singer,   Noah Jefferson,   Bruno Fitoussi,   Amnon Filippi,   Justin Bonomo,   Steve Wolff

Levels 43 and 44 - Omaha Eight-or-Better and Razz

Jun 26, '07

Redraw

Ten minutes after play started back up after dinner, Mike Wattel busted in 25th place, and the tournament clocks were paused. The players then redrew for new seats at the final three tables.

Three Tough Tables

Stage Featured Table

Seat No.1: Bruno Fitoussi
Seat No. 2: Daniel Negreanu
Seat No. 3: Justin Bonomo
Seat No. 4: Greg Raymer
Seat No. 5: Amnon Filippi
Seat No. 6: Mike Matusow
Seat No. 7: Dewey Tomko
Seat No. 8: Max Pescatori

On-Deck Circle

Seat No. 1: Mark Gregorich
Seat No. 2: Pat Pezzin
Seat No. 3: Steve Wolff
Seat No. 4: Kenny Tran
Seat No. 5: Chris Reslock
Seat No. 6: Phil Hellmuth
Seat No. 7: David Singer
Seat No. 8: Rob Hollinik

The Boondocks:

Seat No. 1: Tim Phan
Seat No. 2: Noah Jefferson
Seat No. 3: Toto Leonidas
Seat No. 4: Gabe Kaplan
Seat No. 5: Barry Greenstein
Seat No. 6: Freddy Deeb
Seat No. 7: Thor Hansen
Seat No. 8: John Hanson

Chop-Chop

Those two words can sum up the entire level of Omaha eight-or-better. The two highlights were Dewey Tomko tripling up to survive, and both Mark Gregorich and Noah Jefferson doubling up to accomplish the same survival feat.

Razzed

The game then switched to razz, and the limits were steep at $20,000-$40,000.

Hellmuth Busted in 24th Place

Phil Hellmuth made a strong showing in the HORSE event, but his run came to an end when he ran into Kenny Tran early in the razz level. Tran had 6 3 (3 8 A 5) J turned up and Hellmuth peeked at his last hole card before mucking. He then walked away from the table and mused with himself about his demise.

Survival of the Fittest

The rest of razz was an exercise in stubbornness. Gregorich doubled up again. Toto Leonidas doubled up through Thor Hansen with 7 2 (6 4 10 3) 10. The only sure thing during the last part of razz was that the short stacks prevailed. The game was then switched to seven-card stud, with the limits remaining the same.

Player Tags: Thor Hansen,   Dewey Tomko,   Phil Hellmuth,   Mark Gregorich,   Noah Jefferson,   Kenny Tran

Levels 47 and 48 - Hold'em and Omaha Eight-or-Better

Jun 27, '07

Double Up Dewey

The game switched to hold’em and on a board of J 5 2 2 Dewey Tomko moved all in. Amnon Filippi called. Filippi flipped up Q-5 and Tomko showed down pocket tens. The K was dealt on the river and Tomko survived with the stronger two pair.

Max Pescatori Eliminated in 19th Place

Max Pescatori was the next player to hit the rail in 19th place, just three spots shy of the money.

Bonomo Busts

On a board of K 5 4 A 5 Justin Bonomo is all in against Bruno Fitoussi. Bonomo turned up pocket sevens, but they were rendered obsolete when Fitoussi turned up pocket fours. Bonomo was eliminated in 17th place.

The Messenger

The clock was paused and play now went to hand for hand. The game had been switched to Omaha eight-or-better right after the Bonomo bust. The players now had a keen interest in where their fellow competitors stood. Johnny Chan served as the chip count relay man for the players, letting one table’s professionals know what the other contenders had left in front of them. “Man, that’s a bad information guy,” lamented Tim Phan in a half-sarcastic tone.

Bubble Boy – Noah Jefferson

Noah Jefferson had moved all in on the turn and Phan called him down. Phan revealed A Q 3 2 and Jefferson turned up A J 9 4. The 7 joined the board of A Q 6 4 and Jefferson was eliminated in 17th place. 

A Ray of Hope

Jefferson was told not to leave just yet after his bust out, because another player was all in on the same hand. That player was Steve Wolff, and if he were to bust, the two would split 16th-place money. These hoped were crushed though, when Wolff made quad kings on the turn. He beat out the quad sixes of David Singer, in a hand that only Omaha could produce.

A Pair of Hopeful Tables

There were now 16 players remaining and they redrew for seats at the final two tables:

Featured Table:

Seat No. 1: Chris Reslock
Seat No. 2: Amnon Filippi – Chip Leader
Seat No. 3: Dewey Tomko
Seat No. 4: David Singer
Seat No. 5: Kenny Tran
Seat No. 6: Steve Wolff
Seat No. 7: Mike Matusow
Seat No. 8: Barry Greenstein

On-Deck Circle:

Seat No. 1: Bruno Fitoussi
Seat No. 2: Mark Gregorich
Seat No. 3: Greg Raymer
Seat No. 4: Tim Phan
Seat No. 5: Thor Hansen
Seat No. 6: Gabe Kaplan
Seat No. 7: Freddy Deeb
Seat No. 8: John Hanson

Chip Counts

Player Tags: Dewey Tomko,   David Singer,   Noah Jefferson,   Bruno Fitoussi,   Amnon Filippi,   Justin Bonomo,   Steve Wolff