Hour 8 Update: Mercier Out Early
Jun 14, '09
Hour 8 Update
Players Remaining: 15 out of 256
Completed Round 5 Matches (Winner in Bold:
1. Nathan Doudney vs. Jason Mercier
Eliminations:
Jason Mercier – $38,424
Big Hands:
Jason Mercier Eliminated by Nathan Doudney
Not even 10 minutes into the match, Jason Mercier found himself all in preflop with JJ vs. Doudney’s QQ. The board bricked out for Mercier, and was eliminated in 16th place.
Mike Caro Makes a Big Laydown
After a preflop raise, Mike Caro and Dustin Woolf take a flop of 10
Q
6. Woolf checked and called Caro’s 16,000 bet. The turn was the 2 and both players checked.
The river fell and was the 10
. Woolf checks again and this time Caro fires 35,000. Woolf proceeds to check-raise to 120,000. Caro turns up his hand and shows 9 10 before folding. Woolf mucked his cards.
Justin Smith Gets the Best of Chan
Justin “BoostedJ” Smith raised the button to 10,000 and Johnny Chan calls. The flop fell 1066 and Chan checked and called 14,000 from Smith.
The turn was the 10 and both players checked. The 5 fell on the river and Chan now leads out for 16,000 and was met with a raise to 41,000 by Smith. After a moment, Chan tossed in the call and Smith showed him the Q10. Chan mucked his hand.
Pellegrino Makes a Good Call on Timoshenko
After a preflop raise, Bryan Pellegrino and Yevgeniy Timoshenko take a flop of 2 4
10.
Pellegrino checked and Timoshenko bet 13,000. Pellegrino then raised to 35,000 and Timoshenko made it 83,000. Pellegrino tanked for a few moments before making the call. The turn was the 3 and the river was the K, both of which were checked by both players. Pellegrino tabled the A4 and Timoshenko mucked.
Player Tags: Johnny Chan, Mike Caro, Dustin Woolf, Justin Smith
Hour 5 Update: Round 4 Begins, Mike Caro Advances
Jun 14, '09
Hour 5 Update
Players Remaining: 29 out of 256
Completed Round 4 Matches (Winner in Bold):
1. Justin Smith vs. Dragan Galic
2. Mike Caro vs. Alexey Popov (Finished from round 3)
3. Yevgeniy Timoshenko vs. Evan Roberts
4. Jhonny Chan vs. James D’Ambrosio
5. Alec Torelli vs. Nathanael Poysti
Eliminations:
32. Dragan Galic – $17,987
31. Nathanael Poysti – $17,987
30. James D’Ambrosio – $17,987
29. Evan Roberts – $17,987
Big Hands:
Mike Caro Finally Wins
Shortly after a double up hand where Mike Caro’s AQ won against the AK of Alexey Popov, Caro called the all-in bet from Popov. Caro exposed another big ace, this time the AK while Popov was well behind with the Q8. The board offered no improvement for either player, as Caro’s ace-high was good enough to end the over four hour match.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko Takes Early Lead, Eliminates Evan Roberts
In his match against online heads up cash game specialist Evan Roberts, Timoshenko called a turn bet on a board of A648. The river was the 5 and Roberts checked to the 2009 WPT Championship winner. Timoshenko contemplated briefly before firing out 37,000. Roberts went into the tank before finally making the call. Timoshenko exposed the 107 for a flush, while Roberts mucked. Timoshenko was out to a 300,000 to 180,000 chip advantage. About twenty minutes later, Timoshenko once again held a flush, eliminating Roberts when he had two pair.
Left In The Deck:
Caro has been given a 20 minute break before resuming play with the rest of the field in round four. His opponent, Dmitry Lesnov, has been waiting for the Caro vs. Popov match to conclude.
Player Tags: Mike Caro, Evan Roberts, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Alexey Popov
Hour 4 Update: Vanessa Rousso Eliminated, Alec Torelli Advances
Jun 14, '09
Hour 4 Update
Players Remaining: 33 out of 256
Completed Round 3 Matches (Winner in Bold):
1. Jonathan Jaffe vs. Dario Minieri
2. Nathanael Poysti vs. Nicholas Rampon
3. Andrew Lichtenberger vs. Matt Hawrilenko
4. Brock Parker vs. Branden Hampton
5. Dustin Woolf vs. Mike Baxter
6. Jason Mercier Defeats Michael Pesek
7. Justin Smith vs. William Thorson
8. Steve O’Dwyer vs. Jeff Madsen
9. Jason Senti vs. Erik Seidel
10. Benjamin Sprengers vs. Noah Schwartz
11. Reberto Romanello vs Tom Dwan
12. Ben Tollerene vs. Chris Feguson
13. Yevgeniy Timoshenko vs. Scott Fischman
14. Leo Wolpert vs. David Pham
15. Johnny Chan vs. Kyle Brossia
16. Evan Roberts vs. Vanessa Rousso
17. Alec Torelli vs. Joao Barbosa
18. John Duthie vs. Terrence Chan
19. Dragan Galic vs. Jesse Martin
20. Andrew Lichtenberger vs. Matt Hawrilenko
21. Steve Zolotow vs. Jeff Garza
22. Benjamin Lamb vs. Shawn Buchanan
23. James D’Ambrosio vs. Masaaki Kagawa
24. Matthew Woodward vs. Justin Filtz
25. Clavet Mathieu vs. Alex Keating
26. Brian Lemke vs. Michael Banducci
27. Ben Spindler vs. Jaimie Armstrong
28. Dimitry Lesnoy vs. Antonio Esfandiari
29. Bryan Pellegrino vs. Adam Ewenstein
30. Jamin Stokes vs. Konstantin Puchkov
31. Albert Iversen vs. Steven Crawford
32. Nathan Doudney vs. Cory Carroll
33. Nathanael Poysti vs. Nicholas Rampone
34. Mike Caro vs. Alexey Popov (Not Yet Finished)
Big Hands:
Vanessa Rousso Eliminated
Evan Roberts open-shoved for the last of Vanessa Rousso’s stack of 39,600. Rousso went into the tank before finally calling with ace-six. Roberts tabled pocket fives and they held up to eliminate the 2009 NBC National Heads Up runner-up.
Alec Torelli Advances
The short stack of Joao Barbosa moved all-in preflop and Alec Torelli went into the tank. He said, “this is going to be a close one.” He eventually made the call and exposed the A2 and was slightly ahead of the Q9 of Barbosa. The flop was ugly for Barbosa as it came A54, giving the Event No. 2 (40,000 no-limit hold’em) sixth place finisher a pair of aces. The 7 hit the turn and the 8 fell on the river.
Mike Caro Doubles Up
Approaching almost four hours of play, Mike Caro went all-in with the AQ and was instantly called by Alexey Popov with A8. Caro survived the hand and doubled up to a 2-1 chip lead but the heads up match shows little signs of ending soon. Their match is the only one still going from round three.
Left In The Deck:
Everyone that has advanced to round four has made the money. The next round will begin very shortly. If the Caro vs. Popov match has not ended by then, the rest of the field will still begin the next round.
Player Tags: Mike Caro, Vanessa Rousso, Alec Torelli, Evan Roberts, Joao Barbosa
We caught up with the preflop action with Mike Caro having made it 7,500 to go from the cutoff. Brandon Miller responded by moving all-in for 32,300.
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and was in great shape heading into the flop.
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Gerasimov Takes One
Victor Ramdin Eliminated
Robl Kicks Better
The Dragon’s Fire
Rheem Leaks Chips
Caro sends Smith in a frenzy