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| Jul 01, '13 | 2013 44th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 53 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | 3 | + |
Level 29 Update: Michael Watson Eliminated in 5th PlaceJul 01, '13 Level: 29 Blinds: 40,000-80,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 out of 2,816 Average Chip Count: 3,168,000 Chip Counts: Seat 2: David Vamplew – 2,335,000 Players Eliminated: 5th: Michael Watson – $153,850 Live Updates:
Michael Watson moved all in preflop for 695,000 and Arttu Raekorpi called. The two players then tabled their hands. Raekorpi: K Board: 10 Raekorpi made a straight on the river to grow his stack to 5.85 million and Watson was eliminated in fifth place. Player Tags: Michael Watson Level 28 Update: Arttu Raekorpi Doubles Up AgainJul 01, '13 Level: 28 Blinds: 40,000-80,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 out of 2,816 Average Chip Count: 2,534,400 Chip Counts: Seat 2: David Vamplew – 2,335,000 Players Eliminated: None Live Updates: Arttu Raekorpi Doubles Up Again Michael Watson raised to 160,000 and Arttu Raekorpi reraised to 360,000. Watson reraised all in and Raekorpi called all in. The two players then tabled their cards. Raekorpi: Q Board: K Raekorpi doubled up on the hand to survive once again, this time with 2.5 million, and Watson was down to 3.2 million. Player Tags: Michael Watson Official Final Table Begins for Event No. 53 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold'em)Jul 01, '13 The final table of Event No. 53 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold’em) has begun, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all major hands, current chip counts, and prize payouts. With the elimination of Pete Males in tenth place ($38,282), the nine-handed final table is now set. Play will begin in Level 25 with blinds of 15,000-30,000 with a 5,000 ante, and action will continue until a winner is determined. Play may be extended an additional day if it takes more than 10 levels to reach a winner as noted on the official structure sheet. With cards now back in the air, here is a look at the final table and how these players stack up: Seat 1: Matias Ruzzi – 394,000 While only 9 remain, this event attracted a field of 2,816 players, creating a total prize pool of $3,801,600, and the top 297 players made the money. Here is a look at the final table payouts: 1st Place: $665,397 Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all major hands, current chip counts, and prize payouts. Player Tags: Michael Watson, David Vamplew Event No. 53 Final Day Updates Begin with Official Final Table of Nine PlayersJul 01, '13 The final day of Event No. 53 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold’em) begins with 25 players from the initial field of 2,816 and they will be playing down to a champion tonight. Cards get into the air at 1 p.m. PT and that’s when the remaining field will begin to march down to the final table. Notables still in the hunt include Michael Watson, David Vamplew, Robert Hwang, and Humberto Brenes. Card Player will bring you level-by-level updates with chip counts and payouts once the official final table begins with the final nine players in the event. Tune back in at that time to see which player will walk away with the top prize of $665,397 and a World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Player Tags: Humberto Brenes, Robert Hwang, Michael Watson, David Vamplew |
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| Jun 22, '13 | 2013 44th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 36 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout | 3 | + |
Level 6 Update: Michael Watson Out 6th, Jose Barbero Out 5th, Tobias Wenker Out 4thJun 22, '13 Level: 6 Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 out of 1,194 Average Chip Count: 1,666,666 Chip Counts: Seat 1: Andrew Kloc – 675,000 Players Eliminated: 6th: Michael Watson – $50,774 Live Updates:
Simeon Naydenov raised to 50,000 preflop and Michael Watson reraised to 125,000. Naydenov reraised all in and Watson called all in for 730,000. The two players then revealed their cards. Naydenov: 9 Board: A Naydenov won the hand with a set of nines to grow his stack to 2 million and Watson was eliminated in sixth place.
Jose Barbero raised all in preflop for 332,000 and Tobias Wenker reraised all in over the top of him. Everyone else folded so the two players tabled their cards. Wenker: A Board: K Barbero was eliminated in fifth place and Wenker won the pot with a pair of kings to increase his stack to 1.3 million. Tobias Wenker Eliminated in Fourth Place ($91,749) Tobias Wenker moved all in preflop after he was crippled in a hand against Jake Schwartz. History would repeat itself because Schwartz called and they flipped over their cards. Schwartz: A Board: 8 Wenker was eliminated in third place and Schwartz grew his stack close to 2 million before the final three players took their dinner break. Player Tags: Michael Watson, Jose Barbero, Tobias Wenker Official Final Table Begins for Event No. 36 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout)Jun 22, '13 The final table of Event No. 36 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout) has begun, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all major hands, current chip counts, and prize payouts. The 10-handed final table is now set. Play will begins in Level 3 with blinds of 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante, and action will continue until a winner is determined. Play may be extended an additional day if it takes more than 10 levels to reach a winner as noted on the official structure sheet. With cards now back in the air, here is a look at the final table and how these players stack up: Seat 1: Andrew Kloc – 316,000 While only 10 remain, this event attracted a field of 1,194 players, creating a total prize pool of $1,611,900, and the top 120 players made the money. Here is a look at the final table payouts: 1st Place: $326,440 Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all major hands, current chip counts, and prize payouts. Player Tags: Michael Watson, Jose Barbero, Jake Schwartz |
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| Jun 14, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 25 - $10,000 Omaha 8 or Better Championship | 3 | + |
Level 19 Update: John Cernuto and Michael Watson EliminatedJun 14, '10 Blinds: 8,000-15,000 Players Remaining: 16 out of 212 Average Chip Count: 397,500 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Abe Mosseri — 785,000 Eliminations: 23. Barry Hartheimer — $17,138 Big Hands:
John Cernuto Eliminated in 22nd Place ($17,138) John Cernuto was all in with the Q Michael Watson Eliminated in 21st Place ($17,138) Mike Watson bet on a board of K Chino Rheem Eliminated in 19th Place ($17,138) Yueqi Zhu eliminated Chino Rheem with the A
John D’Agostino Eliminated in 18th Place ($21,582) John D’Agostino was all in versus James Dempsey and Oleg Shamardin. The 7 Jean-Robert Bellande Eliminated in 17th Place ($21,582) Bellande raised and was called by Mike Sexton, Sam Farha and Yueqi Zhu. The board came out 4 Player Tags: John Cernuto, Michael Watson |
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| Apr 19, '10 | 2010 Five-Star World Poker Classic (WPT) | WPT No-Limit Hold'em Main Event | 2 | + |
David Williams Pushes Out Mike WatsonApr 19, '10
The turn was the 10 Player Tags: David Williams, Michael Watson |
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| Dec 15, '09 | 2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship | 2 | + |
Level 8 Update: Three POY Contenders Still RemainDec 15, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 187 out of 328 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 310,000 Average Chip Count: 105,000 Notable Eliminations: Erik Nomberg Big Hands:
On a flop of K Brunson, who registered late in level 7, is now down to 28,000 in chips. Hunter Frey Eliminated by Joe Serock In a glorified coinflip, Hunter Frey was all in holding A Serock now has a massive stack of 192,000 chips in front of him, by far the most at his table. Cornel Cimpan Quads Up to Double Up Cornel Cimpan raised to 3,500 and Michael Watson reraised to 9,000 in the cutoff behind him. Cimpan thought it over before making the call, leaving himself with just 15,100. The flop came down 10 The inconsequential turn and river were the K
We caught up with the action on a flop of K Juanda thought for a bit before raising to 53,000 and Timoshenko folded. Habib then went into the tank, pondering his decision with his last 40,000 in front of him. Eventually, he put it in, Juanda called and the two players revealed their hands. Juanda showed pocket sixes for a set and Habib showed A Left In the Deck: Registration is now closed. The official numbers and prize pool should be announced shortly. Card Player TV: The folks over at Card Player TV recently caught up with Yevgeniy Timoshenko during the break to discuss his 2009 campaign.
Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, John Juanda, Hasan Habib, Michael Watson, Joseph Serock, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Hunter Frey |
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| Jun 21, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 40 - $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha | 2 | + |
Level 8 Update: Chris Ferguson EliminatedJun 21, '09 Blinds: 500-1000 Players Remaining: 117 out of 295 Notable Eliminations: Mike Matusow, Roland de Wolfe, Chris Ferguson Big Hands:
After multiple bets preflop, Chris Ferguson and Tom McEvoy got all of their money in the middle on a flop of Q The turn turned the tides as the 3 Mike Matusow Eliminated by Mike Watson On a flop of 6 Matusow showed 5 The turn was the 4 Nam Le’s Aces Hold, Triples Up Nam Le found himself all in preflop against two other players, one of whom being Marcel Luske. Le tabled A The board ran out 8 Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, Mike Matusow, Michael Watson Level 15 Update: Ferit Gabriellson Leads PackJun 22, '09 Blinds: 2,500-5,000 Players Remaining: 34 out of 295 Chip Counts: 1. Ferit Gabriellson — 915,000 Average Chip Count: 260,294 Notable Eliminations: Mike Watson Big Hands
On a flop of 8 Watson: A Watson flops top two pair while Ochana flops the nut straight. The turn and river are the 9 Noah Schwartz Eliminates Ilari Sahamies Ilari Sahamies raises to 20,500 from the button and Noah Schwartz reraises the size of the pot from the small blind. Sahamies re-pots all in and Schwartz calls. Schwartz: A Board: 7 Sahamies led before the flop with a pair of kings, but Schwartz flopped an open-ended straight and got there on the turn. Sahamies hits the rail as Noah Schwartz retains the chiplead with 800,000.
Ferit Gabriellson completes the bet from the small blind and Hans Varsi checks his option from the big blind. The flop comes 10 The turn is the 6 Varsi: Q Varsi led the hand on the turn with a straight, but the Q Player Tags: Ferit Gabriellson, Michael Watson, Noah Schwartz Level 9 Update: Greenstein Doubles Up EarlyJun 21, '09 Blinds: 600-1200 Players Remaining: 105 out of 295 Chip Counts: 1. Noah Schwartz — 292,600 Average Chip Count: 84,285 Notable Eliminations: Vanessa Selbst, Tony G Big Hands: Greenstein Doubles Up On a flop of 9 Luckily for Greenstein, he didn’t have to sweat very much as the turn was the 5 Freddy Deeb Eliminates a Short Stack A short stacked player moves his last chips into the pot on a flop of A The short stacked player showed K “That’s omaha,” added Deeb as he eliminated a player early in day 2.
Mike Watson Eliminates Vanessa Selbst Vanessa Selbst moved all in for her last 23,000 on a flop of 7 The turn card was the 5 Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, Michael Watson, Vanessa Selbst, Freddy Deeb |
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| Jun 21, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 40 - $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha | 1 | + |
Level 8 Update: Chris Ferguson EliminatedJun 21, '09 Blinds: 500-1000 Players Remaining: 117 out of 295 Notable Eliminations: Mike Matusow, Roland de Wolfe, Chris Ferguson Big Hands:
After multiple bets preflop, Chris Ferguson and Tom McEvoy got all of their money in the middle on a flop of Q The turn turned the tides as the 3 Mike Matusow Eliminated by Mike Watson On a flop of 6 Matusow showed 5 The turn was the 4 Nam Le’s Aces Hold, Triples Up Nam Le found himself all in preflop against two other players, one of whom being Marcel Luske. Le tabled A The board ran out 8 Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, Mike Matusow, Michael Watson Level 15 Update: Ferit Gabriellson Leads PackJun 22, '09 Blinds: 2,500-5,000 Players Remaining: 34 out of 295 Chip Counts: 1. Ferit Gabriellson — 915,000 Average Chip Count: 260,294 Notable Eliminations: Mike Watson Big Hands
On a flop of 8 Watson: A Watson flops top two pair while Ochana flops the nut straight. The turn and river are the 9 Noah Schwartz Eliminates Ilari Sahamies Ilari Sahamies raises to 20,500 from the button and Noah Schwartz reraises the size of the pot from the small blind. Sahamies re-pots all in and Schwartz calls. Schwartz: A Board: 7 Sahamies led before the flop with a pair of kings, but Schwartz flopped an open-ended straight and got there on the turn. Sahamies hits the rail as Noah Schwartz retains the chiplead with 800,000.
Ferit Gabriellson completes the bet from the small blind and Hans Varsi checks his option from the big blind. The flop comes 10 The turn is the 6 Varsi: Q Varsi led the hand on the turn with a straight, but the Q Player Tags: Ferit Gabriellson, Michael Watson, Noah Schwartz Level 9 Update: Greenstein Doubles Up EarlyJun 21, '09 Blinds: 600-1200 Players Remaining: 105 out of 295 Chip Counts: 1. Noah Schwartz — 292,600 Average Chip Count: 84,285 Notable Eliminations: Vanessa Selbst, Tony G Big Hands: Greenstein Doubles Up On a flop of 9 Luckily for Greenstein, he didn’t have to sweat very much as the turn was the 5 Freddy Deeb Eliminates a Short Stack A short stacked player moves his last chips into the pot on a flop of A The short stacked player showed K “That’s omaha,” added Deeb as he eliminated a player early in day 2.
Mike Watson Eliminates Vanessa Selbst Vanessa Selbst moved all in for her last 23,000 on a flop of 7 The turn card was the 5 Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, Michael Watson, Vanessa Selbst, Freddy Deeb |
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| May 29, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $40,000 40th Annual No-Limit Hold'em | 2 | + |
Level 11 Update -- Day 2 BeginsMay 29, '09 Blinds: 2,500-5,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 79 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Bruno Fitoussi – 812,500 Average Chip Count: 271,011 Notable Eliminations: Mike Watson Big Hands:
Sorel Mizzi Wins Huge Double Up On a board of 8
Mike Watson is Elminated The short stacked Michael Watson moved all in with A Vitaly Lunkin Eliminates an Opponent The button moved all in preflop and Vitaly Lunkin made the call from late position, covering his opponent. The recent RPT Moscow champion flipped over 10 Brian Rast Doubles Up Brian Rast moved all in from late position for 136,500 preflop and the button called him down. Their cards: Rast: A Board: 8 Rast doubled up on the hand to survive with more than 270,000. Amit Makhija is Eliminated By Mike Matusow Amit Makhija moved all in pre-flop with ace king off-suit and was called by the A Alex Jacob Moves All-in On The River On a board of 4
James Mackey Wins a Coin-flip, Eliminates Shawn Buchanan After some raising, James Mackey moved all-in pre-flop for 114,500 and Shawn went into the tank for minutes. Buchanan counted his chips, noticing that Mackey had him covered and eventually made the call. Mackey turned over K Player Tags: Mike Matusow, Shawn Buchanan, James Mackey, Michael Watson, Michael DeMichele, Sorel Mizzi, Amit Makhija |
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| Apr 20, '09 | 2009 Five-Star World Poker Classic (WPT) | WPT Championship - Event 16 | 3 | + |
Level 9 Update -- Jonathan Little EliminatedApr 20, '09 Level: 9 Key Hands:
Player Tags: Jennifer Harman, Michael Watson, Jonathan Little, Bertrand Grospellier, Shawn Cunix |
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| Jul 17, '08 | 2008 Bellagio Cup IV (WPT) | No-Limit Hold'em WPT Championship Event | 7 | + |
Elementary, My DearJul 14, '08
Player Tags: Michael Watson Thayer Picks Up ChipsJul 15, '08
Player Tags: Michael Watson, Thayer Rasmussen Adam Geyer EliminatedJul 16, '08
Geyer had a pretty solid summer, earning over $100,000 with three cashes and a final table at the WSOP. His $64,000 score here doesn't hurt either.
Player Tags: Michael Watson, Adam Geyer Glen Chorny EliminatedJul 16, '08
Watson is currently stacked with over 2.5 million in chips.
Player Tags: Michael Watson, Glen Chorny Mike Watson Wins the 2008 Bellagio Cup ($1,673,770)Jul 17, '08 Mike Watson Wins the 2008 Bellagio Cup ($1,673,770) Mike Watson moved all in from the button and David Benyamine made the call. Watson showed Q Watson takes home the title, along with the bracelet and nearly $1.7 million.
Player Tags: David Benyamine, Michael Watson Michael Watson Doubles Up on the RiverJul 17, '08 Blinds: 80,000 – 160,000 with a 15,000 ante Seat 6 - Mike Watson – 17,440,000
Player Tags: David Benyamine, Michael Watson Heads-Up Action BeginsJul 17, '08 The tournament reached heads-up action after the elimination of Staudenmire, and then there was a 20-minute break while the money presentation took place. Action then moved onward and upward with 80,000-160,000 blinds with a 15,000 ante. Player Tags: David Benyamine, Michael Watson Go Go Gone GogglesJul 17, '08 Blinds: 80,000 – 160,000 with a 15,000 ante Seat 6 - Mike Watson – 8,410,000
Player Tags: David Benyamine, Michael Watson, Luke Staudenmaier Not Much ActionJul 17, '08 Blinds: 80,000 – 160,000 with a 15,000 ante Seat 4 - David Benyamine – 10,990,000
Seat 6 - Mike Watson – 4,720,000
Player Tags: David Benyamine, Michael Watson, Luke Staudenmaier Luke Staudenmaier Doubles UpJul 17, '08 Blinds: 60,000 – 120,000 with a 10,000 ante Seat 4 - David Benyamine – 9,725,000
Seat 6 - Mike Watson – 4,765,000
Luke Staudenmaier raised to 360,000 preflop from the button and Michael Watson reraised to 1.1 million. Staudenmaier reraised all in for 3.48 million and Watson made the call to cover his opponent. Their cards: Player Tags: Michael Watson, Luke Staudenmaier |
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Michael Watson Eliminated in Fifth Place ($153,850)
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Michael Watson Eliminated in Sixth Place ($50,774)
Jose Barbero Eliminated in Fifth Place ($67,732)
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David Williams raised to 3,000 and Mike Watson reraised to 8,400 behind him. Williams made the call and both players checked a flop of 7
Doyle Brunson Gets Unlucky
Hasan Habib Gets Flush To Win a Huge Pot From John Juanda
Tom McEvoy Eliminates Chris Ferguson
Mike Watson Eliminated
Gabriellson Eliminates Varsi, Takes Chiplead
Jonathan Little Sent Packing
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier Gets Lucky, Wins Huge Pot
A player limped from the cutoff and was raised by Michael “SirWatts” Watson from the button. Both the small blind and the cutoff called and the trio saw a flop. The flop was A
Thayer Rasmussen has picked up quite a few chips in today's first level, getting closer and closer to his neighbor Mike "SirWatts" Watson. Rasmussen scored a bunch of those chips when his overpair held up against Bryan Devonshire's lower pair. 
Adam Geyer is all in holding A-Q against Mike Watson's A-K. The board comes king high and Geyer is sent to the rail in 12th place. 
Glen Chorny just got the rest of his chips all in against Mike Watson. Chorny had pocket aces and was looking great against Watson's pocket tens. But the board ran out K-5-3-10-5 and an upset Chorny was forced to make the short walk to the rail to collect his winnings. 
Mike Watson Doubles Through Luke Staudenmaier