Tom Gleason Jam, Forces Bokor to Fold
Dec 14, '13
On a flop of A
8
7
, Stephen Bokor bet 3,400 and got a call behind him before Tom Gleason check-raised to 13,000. Bokor called and the other player folded.
They were heads-up to a K turn and Gleason continued his aggression with a bet of 13,000, which Bokor called. The river was the 7
and Gleason moved all in for his last 65,800 which sent Bokor into the tank for several minutes.
“It’s so sick cause we could be chopping,” mumbled Bokor. “You got quad sevens?”
Bokor continued to talk very softly to himself before finally pitching his cards into the muck.
Gleason is sitting at 110,000 after the pot.
Player Tags: Stephen Bokor, Tom Gleason
Tom Gleason Gets Some
Dec 14, '13
Dior Jagroo raised to 2,000 from under the gun and the button called. Tom Gleason called out of the big blind to see a three-way flop of AJ7.
Gleason checked, Jagroo bet 2,800, the button released and Gleason called. The turn was the Q and Gleason check-called Jagroo’s bet of 5,000. The river was the K and Gleason fired out 9,700. Jagroo thought for a few moments before folding his hand.
Player Tags: Tom Gleason
Tom Gleason Busts A Player
Dec 14, '13
Tom Gleason was tangled up in a pot on a board reading 9 8 5 3. He bet 2,000 and his opponent made it 5,200. Gleason moved all in for 20,000 effective, and his opponent made the call for his tournament life.
Gleason tabled the 9 9 and was up against Q-Q.
The river was the A, giving Gleason the pot.
Player Tags: Tom Gleason
Tom Gleason Already With Twice Starting Stack
Dec 14, '13
Tom Gleason held the Q J for Broadway on the river. He bet around 9,000 into an opponent and was called.
Gleason was up to around double the starting stack after the hand.
Player Tags: Tom Gleason
Final Table Set For Card Player Poker Tour Palm Beach Kennel Club Main Event
Dec 15, '13
A title and $68,191 is on the line for the final nine players in the Card Player Poker Tour Palm Beach Kennel Club $1,100 no-limit hold’em $250,000 guarantee main event.
Evan Teitelbaum will lead the pack with a stack of 1,200,000 trailed closely by Sean Winter with 1,093,000 and Luke Brereton with 1,039,000. Online pro Eric Blair, who has $1.6 million in online tournament winnings, and WSOP bracelet winner and online high stakes cash games player Brian Hastings are also in the mix along with young pro Ian O’Hare. John McNulty, Gerard Donaghy and Tom Gleason make up the rest of the final table.
No matter who wins, a first-time CPPT champion will be named.
Donaghy, who will come to the final table with 827,000, was a unique entry in the field having won his ticket from Palm Beach Kennel Club’s monthly Player of the Month promotion in November.
Donaghy finished in the top 100 players on the leaderboard and was then entered into a $25,000 freeroll tournament where he won his seat to the CPPT main event, meaning he is truly on a freeroll.
Day 2 moved quickly with 23 of the 59 remaining players taking to the rail in the first two levels of play. The money was reached during Level 18 when David S. was eliminated in a brutal hand on the stone bubble.
S. opened to 12,000 from under the gun and Scott Zakheim raised to 26,000 from middle position. S. re-raised to 76,000 and Zakheim quickly called to see a flop of K88. S. immediately announced he was all-in and Zakheim called even faster. The hands were not immediately tabled as the floor was waiting to see if any other tables had an all-in and a call but the board was still dealt out 54. When the floor gave the ok S. turned over two black Aces and thought he had won the pot.
“No good,” Zakheim said, but S. appeared to have not heard. He began stacking his chips for the dealer to count, thinking Zakheim would match them up and push them his way.
“Your aces are no good man,” another player at the table said.
Zakheim showed two red Kings for a flopped full-house and S. realized his mistake and made his exit. Zakheim was later eliminated as the 22nd place finisher for $2,515.
In addition to Zakheim, Day 2 saw the elimination of two of the biggest names in the field in rapid succession. Chino Rheem, who came into Day 2 second in chips with just under 400,000, and Chance Kornuth both amassed stacks of nearly 800,000 during level 19 and held the top two spots for nearly an hour. But in unexpected fashion, Kornuth and Rheem both hit the rail before the end of Level 20 at the hands of Even Teitelbaum.
Teitelbaum raised under the gun, Ian O’Hara called from late position, Rheem followed from the cutoff and Kornuth did the same out of the big blind. The flop opened Ad8s6s and Kornuth checked, Teitelbaum raised to 32,000, O’Hara called, Rheem released and Kornuth raised to 94,000. O’Hara folded and Teitelbaum made it 232,000 to go. Kornuth announced he was all-in for about 400,000 and Teitelbaum called.
Kornuth had flopped bottom set with 66 against Teitelbaum’s top two pair with A8. Kornuth stayed ahead after the J opened on the turn but saw his day come to an end when the A on the river gave Tietelbaum the full house. Kornuth made his exit as the 23rd place finisher for $2,515.
Rheem quickly followed when he raised to 13,000 and Teitelbaum called from the small blind to see a flop of 985. Teitelbaum led out for 12,000 and Rheem called to see the 9 on the turn. Teitelbaum fired out 27,000 and Rheem called again to see the A on the river. Teitelbaum once again fired out 27,000 and Rheem shoved all in for around 250,000 more. Teitelbaum tanked for a while before making the call with 22. Rheem tabled 74 and hit the rail as the 19th place finisher for $2,932 while Teitelbaum built his stack to about 2 million.
When play resumes Monday, December 16 at 1pm EST tune into cardplayer.com to follow the hand-for-hand updates and the live web stream of the final table to see who will become the next Card Player Poker Tour champion.
Final Table Chip Counts:
1. Evan Teitelbaum – 1,200,000
2. Sean Winter – 1,093,000
3. Luke Brereton – 1,039,000
4. John McNulty – 909,000
5. Gerard Donaghy – 827,0000
6. Brian Hastings – 753,00
7. Eric Blair – 520,000
8. Tom Gleason – 442,000
9. Ian O’Hara – 378,000
Final Table Payouts:
1. $68,191
2. $42,142
3. $30,580
4. $22,560
5. $16,920
6. $12,894
7. $9,947
8. $7,842
9. $6,257
Player Tags: Chino Rheem, Brian Hastings, Chance Kornuth, Eric Blair, John McNulty, Sean Winter, Evan Teitelbaum, Ian O'Hara, Luke Brereton, Tom Gleason
Unofficial Final Table Reached
Dec 15, '13
Here is the seating arrangement for the final ten players.
1. Luke Brereton – 1,000,000
2. Eric Blair – 591,000
3. Jordan Scott – 245,000
4. Brian Hastings – 800,000
5. Evan Teitelbaum – 1,450,000
6. Ian O’Hara – 205,000
7. Sean Winter – 1,050,000
8. Tom Gleason – 485,000
9. Gerard Donaghy – 794,000
10. John McNulty – 458,000
Player Tags: Brian Hastings, Eric Blair, John McNulty, Gerard Donaghy, Sean Winter, Evan Teitelbaum, Ian O'Hara, Luke Brereton, Tom Gleason, Jordan Scott
Tom Gleason Doubles Through Jason Plaxen
Dec 15, '13
Luke Brereton raised to 25,000 from under-the-gun and Jason Plaxen moved all in for 181,000. It folds over to Tom Gleason, who re-shoved all in for 147,000. Brereton let his hand go and Gleason’s tournament life was at risk.
“I’m going to win Tom,” said Plaxen as he tabled A 10. “I’m still going to win,” he continued as he saw Gleason roll over A K.
The board ran out Q 8 4 Q Q and Gleason doubles up to 350,000 while Plaxen drops to just 34,000 in chips.
Player Tags: Tom Gleason
Marty Hogan Eliminated in 14th Place ($4,162)
Dec 15, '13
Marty Hogan got the last of his chips into the middle preflop against Tom Gleason. Hogan showed A K and would need to hit an ace against Gleason’s KK.
The flop was dry for Hogan as it came 10 3 6. He picked up a gutshot straight draw on the turn as the dealer burned and turned the Q. The river was the 6 and Gleason sent Hogan home in 14th place.
Hogan will take home $4,162 while Hogan climbed to 565,000 in chips.
Player Tags: Marty Hogan, Tom Gleason
Tom Gleason Doubles
Dec 15, '13
We caught up with the action on the end and Tom Gleason had doubled up his 120,000 with pocket deuces on a board reading 7-5-2-3-5. Sean Winter was the loser on the hand.
Player Tags: Sean Winter, Tom Gleason
Luke Brereton Scores a Double Knock Out
Dec 16, '13
Luke Brereton has eliminated both Brian Hastings and Tom Gleason in a single hand.
Brereton raised to 50,000 from middle position and Hastings moved all in from the hijack for about 350,000. Action folded around to Tom Gleason in the big blind who moved all in for less. Brereton called and the hands were tabled.
Brereton – AK
Hastings – 44
Gleason – QQ
The board ran out AK896 and Brereton raked in the pot.
Because he entered the hand with the larger stack, Hastings will finish in 7th while the 8th place payout will go to Gleason.
7th – Brian Hastings – $9,947
8th – Tom Gleason – $7,842
Player Tags: Brian Hastings, Tom Gleason
