James Woods Poker Tournament Updates

James Woods Eliminated By Ryan Eriquezzo

Feb 15, '14

We missed the preflop action but arrived to see all of the money in the middle with James Woods holding the A4 versus the 66 of Ryan Eriquezzo.

The board ran out J92QJ, keeping Eriquezzo’s sixes in the lead. Woods hit the rail halfway through level 11 and Eriquezzo built his stack to roughly 75,000.

Player Tags: James Woods,   Ryan Eriquezzo

Woods Lays Down Aces

Feb 15, '14

We just caught a 10J7 flop on the table with the action James Woods after Benedetto Bianco had checked. Woods bet 9,000 quickly and Bianco made the call.

On the turn the 9 popped up and Bianco immediately bet 12,000 while Woods only had 24,000 left to play with.

“You’ve been hitting a lot of gut shots on me,” Woods sighed after a bit as he kept tanking.

After about two minutes Woods folded and showed AA. Bianco flashed the 10 and he took down the pot.

Player Tags: James Woods

James Woods: "I'd Pay Double To Get The Same Seat!", Actually Does Get Same Seat

Feb 15, '14

We didn’t catch the hand but we can report that James Woods busted his first buy-in here on day 1B. Woods intimated that he was going to re-enter and began to walk away before turning back around and saying, “I’d pay double if I could get the same seat!”

There were only so many open seats available for Woods to draw after he re-bought and funnily enough, he actually did randomly draw the same seat. He didn’t even have to pay double!

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Hollywood Star James Woods Has Arrived

Feb 15, '14

Hollywood actor and two-time Oscar nominee James Woods has shown up to play as well today. Woods is known to be an avid poker fan and has live tournament cashes dating back to 2006.

Woods is easily the most recognizable player in the room today as he starred in movies like Casino, Once Upon a Time in America and The Virgin Suicides. Woods was nominated for Oscars in Salvador (1986) and Ghosts of Mississippi (1996).

Player Tags: James Woods

James Woods Hits the Rail Too Early

Jun 04, '07

Level 4 brings us several more eliminations as the blinds increased to $75-$150 with betting limits of $150-$300. Short stacks were in the position of making a forced all-in bet or call as the blinds started to come their way and James Woods was no different. As if he didn’t have a hard enough time keeping a low profile, he drew a seat directly facing the rail. Perhaps it was a cruel joke played by the tournament staff, or possibly just a case of sheer fate, either way, Woods had a hard time concentrating with the onslaught of would-be paparazzi hugging the rail.

 Down to his last few chips, James Woods moves all-in for his last $275 and is called by the player in the big blind. Woods flips over A3 while the big blind shows K2. Woods calls for all hearts as the board comes Q97A4, and Woods gets up to leave. Confused and perhaps equally frustrated, Woods had thought that he in fact lost the hand and was already heading to the rail when the table called him back to tell him that he won. Woods runs back, “Oh wait…I had the ace”, he says. “I was so ready to lose that hand.” Everyone gets a good laugh as Woods doubles up and reclaims his seat.

 He wouldn’t be sitting down for long when he moves all-in once again, this time with KJ. Woods raises the pot pre-flop only to be re-raised by the player in Seat-8. Woods re-raises all-in and his opponent makes the call and flips over 87. The board comes 65494, flopping his opponent a straight, and ruining any chance James Woods had of making it to Day 2.

 James Woods wasn’t the only household name that wouldn’t be making to the dinner break. Joe Sebok found himself all-in in a pot against William Chen. Sebok raises to Chen who re-raises from the button and Sebok calls all-in. Sebok flips over A8 while Chen shows 33. The flop comes KJ9, giving Sebok a flush draw. A brick on the turn causes Sebok to stand up from his chair only to sit right back down when the 7 hits the river, giving Joe a higher pair than Chen. Sebok rakes the pot and doubles up, but it wouldn’t be long before William Chen got his revenge. Chen raises from early position and the cutoff makes the call before Joe Sebok raises all-in for his $400. Chen then re-raises the remaining player all-in for his last $600. The cutoff calls and flips over J10h while Chen shows QJ and Sebok shows A8. The board comes Q10969, and Chen nearly triples up with top two pair, eliminating Joe Sebok in the process.

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Player Tags: James Woods,   Bill Chen,   Joe Sebok

Shuffle Up and Deal

Jun 03, '07

Action got underway on time today, with players slowly filing in to fill approximately ninety tables.  The defending bracelet winner Rafe Furst got off to a good start, doubling his stack in the first level.  Notable players came out in full force, including celebrity/poker powerplayers James Woods and Shannon Elizabeth.

There are a number stacked tables in today's field.  One table houses David "Devilfish" Ulliot, Chip Jett, Huck Seed and AJ Kelsall.  Burt Boutin was moved to a table where Erik Seidel and Amnon Filippi were waiting for him.    TJ Cloutier is sharing the felt with Eric Froelich and Nam Le, bringing together some of the toughest tournament players from two generations.  Cloutier was left with a short stack after betting the pot on the flop with bottom pair and a straight draw and being drawn out on by a player calling with the draw to the higher end.  A few hands later, Cloutier was all in for $275 and received calls from four players.  After a flop of 764, a player in middle position raised out the other players in the side pot and showed the 99.  Cloutier revealed his 77 for a flopped set, and after the turn and river bricked he quintupled up to roughly $1,500.

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Player Tags: T.J. Cloutier,   Nam Le,   James Woods,   Rafe Furst,   Shannon Elizabeth