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| Jul 12, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 WSOP Main Event | 6 | + |
Level 7 Update: Kenny Tran EliminatedJul 12, '11
Players Remaining on Day 2B: 2,490 Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante Chip Leaders: Kevin Saul: 324,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Matt Matros — 108,000 Notables Eliminated: Eugene Katchalov Hands: Kenny Tran Eliminated Kenny Tran got the last of his chips into the middle with K The turn and river fell 9 Featured Poker Tweet — Joe Hachem
Thomas Keller Doubles Up The flop read 10 Keller: 10 Turn and River: 6 Berman lost the hand and his stack fell to 62,000. Keller doubled up on the hand to 127,000. Maxim Lykov Eliminated by Garry Gates Garry Gates raised to 1,400 preflop and Maxim Lykov reraised all in for 18,000. Gates made the call and they flipped over their cards: Lykov: J Board: A-J-8-8-10 Gates won the hand to grow his stack to 100,000 and Lykov was eliminated on the hand. Featured Poker Tweet — Matt Stout
Player Tags: Thomas Keller, Lyle Berman, Kenny Tran, Joe Hachem, Matt Stout, Maxim Lykov, Garry Gates |
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| Jun 01, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Heads-Up Championship | 1 | + |
Day 1 EndsJun 01, '11 John Juanda has defeated Kenny Tran in the final match on day 1 of the $25,000 heads-up no-limit hold’em championship and secured a spot among the final 32 players. With the conclusion of this marathon match day 1 has come to a close. Play will resume at 3 p.m. tomorrow for day 2 and Card Player will bring you more hourly updates from the Amazon Room at that time. Stay tuned tonight for a recap of the day’s events and a full listing of tomorrow’s table draw. Player Tags: John Juanda, Kenny Tran |
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| Jul 12, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 7 | + |
Level One, Hour Two Update: David Benyamine Starts WellJul 08, '10 Blinds: 50-100 Average Chip Count: 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Kara Scott – 71,000 Card Player Family Chip Counts Jeff Shulman — 30,000 Notable Eliminations: None Player Twitter Accounts Phil Ivey Big Hands:
A player in the cutoff bet 250 and Phil Ivey raised to 800 total. The player in the small blind four-bet to 1,350 and it was folded to the cutoff. She folded and Ivey quickly called. The flop came 9 Steve Billirakis Starting off Strong On a board of 10
David Benyamine raised to 300 preflop and the small blind made the call. The flop came down A The turn was the 6 The small blind led out with 500 again and Benyamine decided to look him up. The small blind showed A Cindy Violette Takes One Down Cyndy Violette raised to 300 and was called by two players. The flop came 9dKh5c and Violette bet 1,000 to force out her opponents. She had around 31,500 after the hand. “This is Our Maaain Event Of The Evening” Bruce Buffer raised to 350 from middle position and was called by JJ Lui on the button. The flop ran 7
On a 3-way flop of A The 7 Serock was at around 39,000 after the hand, while Elizabeth dropped to around 23,000. Hevad Khan Loses a Big One Hevad Khan called a bet of 2,250 from seat 7 on a board of 5 He had 26,000 after the hand.
Steve Dannenmann bet 250 on a board of 3 The K Kenny Tran Wins a Pot Kenny Tran had the button and was tangled up in a pot versus a player in the cutoff. On a board of A Mizzi Drops One With 650 in the pot, the board read 10 The river was the 3 Ferguson Can’t Call Chris Ferguson raised to 600 on the button and the player in seat 5 made the call from middle position. The flop came down 6 Ferguson fired 1,000 and seat 5 quickly check-raised to 2,000. Ferguson thought for a bit and made the call. The turn was the 4 Ferguson thought for a little while longer and bet 3,000. Seat 5 called again and the river was the 10 Seat 5 took the lead this time, firing 2,500 and Ferguson released his hand. Ferguson was down to 26,000 after dropping that pot.
Picking up the action after the flop came down Q The turn was the J Seat 7 eventually called and the river was the 9 Rousso dropped a big pot before the break and she was down to 26,000 after starting the hand with close to 49,000. Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, David Benyamine, Cyndy Violette, Phil Ivey, Kenny Tran, Joanne Liu, Steve Billirakis, Bruce Buffer, Vanessa Rousso, Steve Dannenmann, Shannon Elizabeth, Sorel Mizzi, Hevad Khan, Joseph Serock Level Nine Hour One: Young Takes One From SingerJul 10, '10 Blinds: 500-1000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,476 out of 7,319 Chip Counts: 1. Ricardo Fasanaro – 385,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Josh Brikis — 166,000 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Shulman Big Hands:
On a board of 7 The 10 Young had around 160,000 after the hand. Singer was down to just around 24,000. PearlJammer Steals One On a board of J Kostritsyn Bullies Another Player On a flop of 8
Action was on Jean-Robert Belande in a three-way pot on a flop of K-5-3. Bellande called the camera crews over and squeezed his pocket kings (for top set) to be visible for the camera to see. He took his time before betting 6,000. His opponents quickly folded and Bellande won the hand to increase his stack to about 50,000. No More Micon Bryan Micon put in a raise to 2,500 and was called by one player. The flop ran Q Opponent: 7 Micon had a flopped set, but his opponent was drawing to all sorts of cards. One of those outs hit on the turn, as the 6 Micon cashed in two WSOP events this year for around $17,000. Check out his career results here.
Jeff Shulman has been eliminated from the feature table. He spent the day battling with the likes of Josh Arieh and Dan Harrington. On his final hand he ran ace-king suited into pocket aces. Both he and Josh Arieh will not be returning for day 3. Follow Shulman’s twitter here. Kenny Tran Doubles Up On a flop of A Scott Clements Doubles Up an Opponent Scott Clements bet enough to put his opponent all in and he was called. Clements tabled A-Q and was dominated the A-K of his opponent. The board ran out 10-8-4-6-7 and Clements was down to 110,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, David Singer, Kenny Tran, Jean-Robert Bellande, Scott Clements, Ryan Young, Jon Turner, Bryan Micon Level 13, Hour One: Kenny Tran OutJul 12, '10 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante
Michael Mizrachi got all-in preflop against his opponent and showed K The board ran out 10 Keny Tran Gets Sucked Out On, Eliminated Kenny Tran got all his chips in the middle on a flop of 7 The turn was the 5 Baker Loses a Race to be Sent Home Amanda Baker got all in before the flop with 9 The flop came A
We caught up with the action after the preflop action had taken place and the dealer was pulling chips in from three players, one of whom was all-in. The flop was J Somerville moved all-in and the only live player left in the hand folded. Somerville showed 5 Kings And Queens Cracked A player in seat 5 moved all in preflop for 34,800 and Jonathan Aguiar made the call, as did seat 1. The flop then fell A Aguiar: K Seat 5 flopped an ace and it was good enough for him to triple up. Aguiar was at 118,000.
With 14,000 in the pot, the flop came down A Both players checked and the river was the K Seat 5 mucked and Galfond took down the pot. He was at 236,000. Player Tags: Kenny Tran, Jason Somerville, Jonathan Aguiar, Amanda L. Baker, Phil Galfond |
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| Jul 10, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 6 | + |
Level One, Hour Two Update: David Benyamine Starts WellJul 08, '10 Blinds: 50-100 Average Chip Count: 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Kara Scott – 71,000 Card Player Family Chip Counts Jeff Shulman — 30,000 Notable Eliminations: None Player Twitter Accounts Phil Ivey Big Hands:
A player in the cutoff bet 250 and Phil Ivey raised to 800 total. The player in the small blind four-bet to 1,350 and it was folded to the cutoff. She folded and Ivey quickly called. The flop came 9 Steve Billirakis Starting off Strong On a board of 10
David Benyamine raised to 300 preflop and the small blind made the call. The flop came down A The turn was the 6 The small blind led out with 500 again and Benyamine decided to look him up. The small blind showed A Cindy Violette Takes One Down Cyndy Violette raised to 300 and was called by two players. The flop came 9dKh5c and Violette bet 1,000 to force out her opponents. She had around 31,500 after the hand. “This is Our Maaain Event Of The Evening” Bruce Buffer raised to 350 from middle position and was called by JJ Lui on the button. The flop ran 7
On a 3-way flop of A The 7 Serock was at around 39,000 after the hand, while Elizabeth dropped to around 23,000. Hevad Khan Loses a Big One Hevad Khan called a bet of 2,250 from seat 7 on a board of 5 He had 26,000 after the hand.
Steve Dannenmann bet 250 on a board of 3 The K Kenny Tran Wins a Pot Kenny Tran had the button and was tangled up in a pot versus a player in the cutoff. On a board of A Mizzi Drops One With 650 in the pot, the board read 10 The river was the 3 Ferguson Can’t Call Chris Ferguson raised to 600 on the button and the player in seat 5 made the call from middle position. The flop came down 6 Ferguson fired 1,000 and seat 5 quickly check-raised to 2,000. Ferguson thought for a bit and made the call. The turn was the 4 Ferguson thought for a little while longer and bet 3,000. Seat 5 called again and the river was the 10 Seat 5 took the lead this time, firing 2,500 and Ferguson released his hand. Ferguson was down to 26,000 after dropping that pot.
Picking up the action after the flop came down Q The turn was the J Seat 7 eventually called and the river was the 9 Rousso dropped a big pot before the break and she was down to 26,000 after starting the hand with close to 49,000. Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, David Benyamine, Cyndy Violette, Phil Ivey, Kenny Tran, Joanne Liu, Steve Billirakis, Bruce Buffer, Vanessa Rousso, Steve Dannenmann, Shannon Elizabeth, Sorel Mizzi, Hevad Khan, Joseph Serock Level Nine Hour One: Young Takes One From SingerJul 10, '10 Blinds: 500-1000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,476 out of 7,319 Chip Counts: 1. Ricardo Fasanaro – 385,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Josh Brikis — 166,000 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Shulman Big Hands:
On a board of 7 The 10 Young had around 160,000 after the hand. Singer was down to just around 24,000. PearlJammer Steals One On a board of J Kostritsyn Bullies Another Player On a flop of 8
Action was on Jean-Robert Belande in a three-way pot on a flop of K-5-3. Bellande called the camera crews over and squeezed his pocket kings (for top set) to be visible for the camera to see. He took his time before betting 6,000. His opponents quickly folded and Bellande won the hand to increase his stack to about 50,000. No More Micon Bryan Micon put in a raise to 2,500 and was called by one player. The flop ran Q Opponent: 7 Micon had a flopped set, but his opponent was drawing to all sorts of cards. One of those outs hit on the turn, as the 6 Micon cashed in two WSOP events this year for around $17,000. Check out his career results here.
Jeff Shulman has been eliminated from the feature table. He spent the day battling with the likes of Josh Arieh and Dan Harrington. On his final hand he ran ace-king suited into pocket aces. Both he and Josh Arieh will not be returning for day 3. Follow Shulman’s twitter here. Kenny Tran Doubles Up On a flop of A Scott Clements Doubles Up an Opponent Scott Clements bet enough to put his opponent all in and he was called. Clements tabled A-Q and was dominated the A-K of his opponent. The board ran out 10-8-4-6-7 and Clements was down to 110,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, David Singer, Kenny Tran, Jean-Robert Bellande, Scott Clements, Ryan Young, Jon Turner, Bryan Micon Level 13, Hour One: Kenny Tran OutJul 12, '10 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante
Michael Mizrachi got all-in preflop against his opponent and showed K The board ran out 10 Keny Tran Gets Sucked Out On, Eliminated Kenny Tran got all his chips in the middle on a flop of 7 The turn was the 5 Baker Loses a Race to be Sent Home Amanda Baker got all in before the flop with 9 The flop came A
We caught up with the action after the preflop action had taken place and the dealer was pulling chips in from three players, one of whom was all-in. The flop was J Somerville moved all-in and the only live player left in the hand folded. Somerville showed 5 Kings And Queens Cracked A player in seat 5 moved all in preflop for 34,800 and Jonathan Aguiar made the call, as did seat 1. The flop then fell A Aguiar: K Seat 5 flopped an ace and it was good enough for him to triple up. Aguiar was at 118,000.
With 14,000 in the pot, the flop came down A Both players checked and the river was the K Seat 5 mucked and Galfond took down the pot. He was at 236,000. Player Tags: Kenny Tran, Jason Somerville, Jonathan Aguiar, Amanda L. Baker, Phil Galfond |
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| Jul 08, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 4 | + |
Level One, Hour Two Update: David Benyamine Starts WellJul 08, '10 Blinds: 50-100 Average Chip Count: 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Kara Scott – 71,000 Card Player Family Chip Counts Jeff Shulman — 30,000 Notable Eliminations: None Player Twitter Accounts Phil Ivey Big Hands:
A player in the cutoff bet 250 and Phil Ivey raised to 800 total. The player in the small blind four-bet to 1,350 and it was folded to the cutoff. She folded and Ivey quickly called. The flop came 9 Steve Billirakis Starting off Strong On a board of 10
David Benyamine raised to 300 preflop and the small blind made the call. The flop came down A The turn was the 6 The small blind led out with 500 again and Benyamine decided to look him up. The small blind showed A Cindy Violette Takes One Down Cyndy Violette raised to 300 and was called by two players. The flop came 9dKh5c and Violette bet 1,000 to force out her opponents. She had around 31,500 after the hand. “This is Our Maaain Event Of The Evening” Bruce Buffer raised to 350 from middle position and was called by JJ Lui on the button. The flop ran 7
On a 3-way flop of A The 7 Serock was at around 39,000 after the hand, while Elizabeth dropped to around 23,000. Hevad Khan Loses a Big One Hevad Khan called a bet of 2,250 from seat 7 on a board of 5 He had 26,000 after the hand.
Steve Dannenmann bet 250 on a board of 3 The K Kenny Tran Wins a Pot Kenny Tran had the button and was tangled up in a pot versus a player in the cutoff. On a board of A Mizzi Drops One With 650 in the pot, the board read 10 The river was the 3 Ferguson Can’t Call Chris Ferguson raised to 600 on the button and the player in seat 5 made the call from middle position. The flop came down 6 Ferguson fired 1,000 and seat 5 quickly check-raised to 2,000. Ferguson thought for a bit and made the call. The turn was the 4 Ferguson thought for a little while longer and bet 3,000. Seat 5 called again and the river was the 10 Seat 5 took the lead this time, firing 2,500 and Ferguson released his hand. Ferguson was down to 26,000 after dropping that pot.
Picking up the action after the flop came down Q The turn was the J Seat 7 eventually called and the river was the 9 Rousso dropped a big pot before the break and she was down to 26,000 after starting the hand with close to 49,000. Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, David Benyamine, Cyndy Violette, Phil Ivey, Kenny Tran, Joanne Liu, Steve Billirakis, Bruce Buffer, Vanessa Rousso, Steve Dannenmann, Shannon Elizabeth, Sorel Mizzi, Hevad Khan, Joseph Serock Level Nine Hour One: Young Takes One From SingerJul 10, '10 Blinds: 500-1000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,476 out of 7,319 Chip Counts: 1. Ricardo Fasanaro – 385,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Josh Brikis — 166,000 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Shulman Big Hands:
On a board of 7 The 10 Young had around 160,000 after the hand. Singer was down to just around 24,000. PearlJammer Steals One On a board of J Kostritsyn Bullies Another Player On a flop of 8
Action was on Jean-Robert Belande in a three-way pot on a flop of K-5-3. Bellande called the camera crews over and squeezed his pocket kings (for top set) to be visible for the camera to see. He took his time before betting 6,000. His opponents quickly folded and Bellande won the hand to increase his stack to about 50,000. No More Micon Bryan Micon put in a raise to 2,500 and was called by one player. The flop ran Q Opponent: 7 Micon had a flopped set, but his opponent was drawing to all sorts of cards. One of those outs hit on the turn, as the 6 Micon cashed in two WSOP events this year for around $17,000. Check out his career results here.
Jeff Shulman has been eliminated from the feature table. He spent the day battling with the likes of Josh Arieh and Dan Harrington. On his final hand he ran ace-king suited into pocket aces. Both he and Josh Arieh will not be returning for day 3. Follow Shulman’s twitter here. Kenny Tran Doubles Up On a flop of A Scott Clements Doubles Up an Opponent Scott Clements bet enough to put his opponent all in and he was called. Clements tabled A-Q and was dominated the A-K of his opponent. The board ran out 10-8-4-6-7 and Clements was down to 110,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, David Singer, Kenny Tran, Jean-Robert Bellande, Scott Clements, Ryan Young, Jon Turner, Bryan Micon Level 13, Hour One: Kenny Tran OutJul 12, '10 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante
Michael Mizrachi got all-in preflop against his opponent and showed K The board ran out 10 Keny Tran Gets Sucked Out On, Eliminated Kenny Tran got all his chips in the middle on a flop of 7 The turn was the 5 Baker Loses a Race to be Sent Home Amanda Baker got all in before the flop with 9 The flop came A
We caught up with the action after the preflop action had taken place and the dealer was pulling chips in from three players, one of whom was all-in. The flop was J Somerville moved all-in and the only live player left in the hand folded. Somerville showed 5 Kings And Queens Cracked A player in seat 5 moved all in preflop for 34,800 and Jonathan Aguiar made the call, as did seat 1. The flop then fell A Aguiar: K Seat 5 flopped an ace and it was good enough for him to triple up. Aguiar was at 118,000.
With 14,000 in the pot, the flop came down A Both players checked and the river was the K Seat 5 mucked and Galfond took down the pot. He was at 236,000. Player Tags: Kenny Tran, Jason Somerville, Jonathan Aguiar, Amanda L. Baker, Phil Galfond |
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| Dec 15, '09 | 2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship | 2 | + |
Level 7 Update: POY Contenders Take HitsDec 15, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 230 out of 320 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 310,000 Average Chip Count: 83,478 Notable Eliminations: Adam Levy Big Hands:
Marco Johnson moved all in for 10,600 under the gun and John Juanda (pictured right) made the call from the cutoff. Yevgeniy Timoshenko reraised to 13,600 and Juanda reraised to 26,000. Timosehnko reraised all in and Juanda made the all-in call. Their cards: Timoshenko: J Board: A Juanda made a full house and he doubled up on the hand to 150,000 and Marco Johnson was eliminated. Timoshenko watched his chips fall to 45,000 on the hand. Kenny Trans Aces are No Good A series of bets and raises preflop saw the big blind all in for 80,000 and Kenny Tran had him covered. Their cards: Tran: A The big blind doubled up and Tran was knocked down to 25,000. John Phan Takes out an Opponent John Phan moved all in preflop from late position and the cutoff made the all-in call. Their cards: Phan: A Board: 10-6-4-6-K Phan won the hand and he grew his stack to 90,000
The top two POY contenders have each taken a hit during the second level on day 2. Cornel Cimpan (pictured left) held pocket jacks but they fell to the A-J of his opponent and his stack is now down to 30,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko also held jacks when he lost a large chunk of his stack (see hand above). They lost to the pocket kings of John Juanda and Timoshenko now holds just 45,000. Timoshenko recovered at the end of the level when he doubled up with pocket tens and now holds 90,000. Here is a look at the chip counts for the POY contenders left in play: Soheil Shamseddin: 133,000 Player Tags: John Phan, Cornel Cimpan, John Juanda, Kenny Tran, Marco Johnson, Yevgeniy Timoshenko |
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| Oct 22, '09 | 2009 Festa al Lago Classic | WPT Festa Al Lago Championship -- No-Limit Hold'em | 2 | + |
Level 9 Update -- Field Stands at 275Oct 22, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Left: 139 of 275 (Official) Average Chip Count 118,705 Chip Leaders Steve Gross — 405,000 Card Player Chip Counts Mike Matusow — 210,000 Notable Eliminations: Jennifer Harman Level Summary: The official number of players in the tournament stands at 275 and the total prize pool is more than $4 million. The full payout structure has yet to be released, but it should be out soon. There were 30 players that decided to skip the first day of play here at Bellagio enter the tournament on day 2. Two of the biggest names in the field that decided to take this approach have already busted out of the tournament. Phil Hellmuth entered the field during level 7, but before level 9 came to a close he was eliminated. Two hands where Hellmuth held A-K ultimately led to his demise. Both hands were coin flips and each time Hellmuth lost the flip. On Hellmuth’s final hand Dee Loung held pocket jacks to send him to the rail.
One of the best hands of the level involved Justin Young. He opened a pot for a raise from early position and the button called. The flop fell 8 Player Tags: Phil Hellmuth, Justin Young, Kenny Tran, Lee Duong, Steve Gross |
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| Jul 13, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 6 | + |
Level 18 Hour 1 Update: Schneider And Hinkle Score Early KnockoutsJul 12, '09 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 372 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 314,000 Average Chip Count: 506,026 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Kimber Big Hands:
Tom Schneider and Keith Burt got all of their money in preflop and their hands were turned over. Schneider held A The board ran out 5 Sebok’s Bluff Picked Off Hieu Luu raised to 20,000 preflop and was called by Joe Sebok from the small blind. The flop was 5 The turn was the 8
Oliver Klatt moved all in preflop and the action folded to Isidro Martinez. He moved all in having Klatt covered and the action was on Blair Hinkle. He then came over the top for all of his chips, having both men covered. Everyone else mucked and the hands were turned up. Martinez: Q Hinkle was in great position to score a double knockout, but the flop came down J Benyamine Takes A Big Pot Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 9 Lightman then took a tank session of his own and decided to muck his hand, surrendering the large pot to Benyamine. Benyamine was around 680,000.
Kenny Tran raised to 23,000 from early position and was three-bet by a player in late position to 100,000. Tran went into the tank for several minutes before making the call. The flop came J Phillips Knocks Out Mighty Thor Dennis Phillips and Thor Hansen got all of their chips into the middle preflop and Phillips had the best of it when he turned over A Hansen said he was good with the ladies, but his mojo was a little low today as the board ran out 7 Player Tags: Thor Hansen, David Benyamine, Tom Schneider, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Blair Hinkle Level 24 Hour 2 Update: Kenny Tran EliminatedJul 13, '09 NOTE: There was a 20-minute break after this level and play will commence at 10:50 p.m. PDT. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 82 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 7,500,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,853 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,750,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 11th place. Notable Eliminations: 86. Kenny Tran – $57,991 Chip Movers and Shakers - Benjamin Jensen jumped his stack to 2.4 million in a hand where he made trip aces against Fabrice Soulier. Soulier was knocked down to 2.17 million. - Adam Bilzerian grew his stack to 2.66 million when he snapped up a pot that was over 800,000 against Tom Schneider. Bilzerian bet 550,000 on a Q-Q-5 flop and Schneider mucked. Schneider was down to 1.135 million after the hand. - Ludovic Lacay held strong near 5.2 million, thanks to his pocket tens making a straight on the river to match the Broadway straight of Craig Boyd (A-10) on a K-Q-J-2-A board. Boyd held 2.6 million after the hand. Big Hands
Blair Rodman Doubles Up Phil Ivey raised to 80,000 and Blair Rodman shoved all in for 362,000 total. Action was folded back around to Ivey who made the call. Ivey exposed the A Dennis Phillips Wins Million Chip Pot Thai Tran raised preflop to 70,000 and Dennis Phillips reraised to 180,000. Steve Sanders made the call and action was back to Tran. He didn’t just call, instead he put out a raise to 605,000. Action was back to Phillips, who went into the tank and eventually announced all in for 1,900,000 total. Sanders quickly folded and Tran went into the tank before mucking. Phillips collected the million chip pot without having to see a flop. Phillips is now at 3,000,000.
Kenny Tran Eliminated 86th Place ($57,991) With less than 500,000 Kenny Tran chose to move all in with the A Darvin Moon Wins Monster Pot Darvin Moon limped from early position and Chris Bach raised to 175,000. Jamie Brown reraised to 375,000 from the button. Moon limped in with a huge hand and made it 1,000,000 to go. Bach folded and Brown thought for awhile before going all in with his last 1,400,000. Moon snap called and exposed the A
Antonio Esfandiari Eliminates Opponent Antonio Esfandiari raised preflop and was repopped by Wesley Ismay. Esfandiari made the call and both players saw a flop of 7 Joe Sebok Doubles Up Again Billy Kopp raised 80,000 in middle position and Joe Sebok moved all in for 301,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Kopp who made the call. Kopp exposed the Q Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Blair Rodman, Antonio Esfandiari, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 24 Hour 1 Update: Phil Ivey SurgingJul 13, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 91 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Ludovic Lacay – 5,650,000 Average Chip Count: 1,928,911 Card Player Chip Movement: Jeff Shulman has been moved to a new table with Tom Schneider and Ludovic Lacay both on his left. He has held steady during the last hour. Notable Eliminations: 98. Hac Dang – $47,003 Chip Movers and Shakers - Kasper Cordes was eliminated when his A-K ran into the pocket eights of Scott Cook, which had made top set when Cordes moved the last of his chips into the middle. - Jonathan Tamayo used pocket aces to grow his stack to more than 3 million. - Dennis Phillips picked up more than 300,000 to grow his stack to just over 2 million. Big Hands
Kenny Tran Doubles Up The short stack of Kenny Tran moved all in preflop with the 6 Phil Ivey Eliminates Hac Dang Hac Dang raised to 80,000 preflop and action was folded around to Phil Ivey who reraised to 260,000. Dang decided to move all in for 620,000 total and Ivey made the quick call. Dang exposed the Q
Ludovic Lacay Hits Miracle, Wins Huge Double Up Hamid Nourafchan raised 100,000 preflop from middle position. Action was folded to Ludovic Lacay in the big blind. He made it 350,000 total and Nourafchan quickly moved all in. Lacay made the call for the rest of his 2,800,000 chip stack. Lacay tabled the K
Eugene Katchalov Eliminates Opponent Bernhard Perner went all in for 295,000 under the gun and Eugene Katchalov went into the tank from early position. He eventually made the call and tabled the A Joe Sebock Doubles Up Joe Sebock moved all in preflop for 154,000 and was called by Frank Rusnak on the button. Sebock exposed the 5
Noah Boeken Eliminated After a flop of 10 CardPlayer TV: Eugene Katchalov Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Kenny Tran, Eugene Katchalov, Joe Sebok, Ludovic Lacay |
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| Jul 12, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 5 | + |
Level 18 Hour 1 Update: Schneider And Hinkle Score Early KnockoutsJul 12, '09 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 372 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 314,000 Average Chip Count: 506,026 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Kimber Big Hands:
Tom Schneider and Keith Burt got all of their money in preflop and their hands were turned over. Schneider held A The board ran out 5 Sebok’s Bluff Picked Off Hieu Luu raised to 20,000 preflop and was called by Joe Sebok from the small blind. The flop was 5 The turn was the 8
Oliver Klatt moved all in preflop and the action folded to Isidro Martinez. He moved all in having Klatt covered and the action was on Blair Hinkle. He then came over the top for all of his chips, having both men covered. Everyone else mucked and the hands were turned up. Martinez: Q Hinkle was in great position to score a double knockout, but the flop came down J Benyamine Takes A Big Pot Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 9 Lightman then took a tank session of his own and decided to muck his hand, surrendering the large pot to Benyamine. Benyamine was around 680,000.
Kenny Tran raised to 23,000 from early position and was three-bet by a player in late position to 100,000. Tran went into the tank for several minutes before making the call. The flop came J Phillips Knocks Out Mighty Thor Dennis Phillips and Thor Hansen got all of their chips into the middle preflop and Phillips had the best of it when he turned over A Hansen said he was good with the ladies, but his mojo was a little low today as the board ran out 7 Player Tags: Thor Hansen, David Benyamine, Tom Schneider, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Blair Hinkle Level 24 Hour 2 Update: Kenny Tran EliminatedJul 13, '09 NOTE: There was a 20-minute break after this level and play will commence at 10:50 p.m. PDT. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 82 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 7,500,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,853 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,750,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 11th place. Notable Eliminations: 86. Kenny Tran – $57,991 Chip Movers and Shakers - Benjamin Jensen jumped his stack to 2.4 million in a hand where he made trip aces against Fabrice Soulier. Soulier was knocked down to 2.17 million. - Adam Bilzerian grew his stack to 2.66 million when he snapped up a pot that was over 800,000 against Tom Schneider. Bilzerian bet 550,000 on a Q-Q-5 flop and Schneider mucked. Schneider was down to 1.135 million after the hand. - Ludovic Lacay held strong near 5.2 million, thanks to his pocket tens making a straight on the river to match the Broadway straight of Craig Boyd (A-10) on a K-Q-J-2-A board. Boyd held 2.6 million after the hand. Big Hands
Blair Rodman Doubles Up Phil Ivey raised to 80,000 and Blair Rodman shoved all in for 362,000 total. Action was folded back around to Ivey who made the call. Ivey exposed the A Dennis Phillips Wins Million Chip Pot Thai Tran raised preflop to 70,000 and Dennis Phillips reraised to 180,000. Steve Sanders made the call and action was back to Tran. He didn’t just call, instead he put out a raise to 605,000. Action was back to Phillips, who went into the tank and eventually announced all in for 1,900,000 total. Sanders quickly folded and Tran went into the tank before mucking. Phillips collected the million chip pot without having to see a flop. Phillips is now at 3,000,000.
Kenny Tran Eliminated 86th Place ($57,991) With less than 500,000 Kenny Tran chose to move all in with the A Darvin Moon Wins Monster Pot Darvin Moon limped from early position and Chris Bach raised to 175,000. Jamie Brown reraised to 375,000 from the button. Moon limped in with a huge hand and made it 1,000,000 to go. Bach folded and Brown thought for awhile before going all in with his last 1,400,000. Moon snap called and exposed the A
Antonio Esfandiari Eliminates Opponent Antonio Esfandiari raised preflop and was repopped by Wesley Ismay. Esfandiari made the call and both players saw a flop of 7 Joe Sebok Doubles Up Again Billy Kopp raised 80,000 in middle position and Joe Sebok moved all in for 301,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Kopp who made the call. Kopp exposed the Q Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Blair Rodman, Antonio Esfandiari, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 24 Hour 1 Update: Phil Ivey SurgingJul 13, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 91 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Ludovic Lacay – 5,650,000 Average Chip Count: 1,928,911 Card Player Chip Movement: Jeff Shulman has been moved to a new table with Tom Schneider and Ludovic Lacay both on his left. He has held steady during the last hour. Notable Eliminations: 98. Hac Dang – $47,003 Chip Movers and Shakers - Kasper Cordes was eliminated when his A-K ran into the pocket eights of Scott Cook, which had made top set when Cordes moved the last of his chips into the middle. - Jonathan Tamayo used pocket aces to grow his stack to more than 3 million. - Dennis Phillips picked up more than 300,000 to grow his stack to just over 2 million. Big Hands
Kenny Tran Doubles Up The short stack of Kenny Tran moved all in preflop with the 6 Phil Ivey Eliminates Hac Dang Hac Dang raised to 80,000 preflop and action was folded around to Phil Ivey who reraised to 260,000. Dang decided to move all in for 620,000 total and Ivey made the quick call. Dang exposed the Q
Ludovic Lacay Hits Miracle, Wins Huge Double Up Hamid Nourafchan raised 100,000 preflop from middle position. Action was folded to Ludovic Lacay in the big blind. He made it 350,000 total and Nourafchan quickly moved all in. Lacay made the call for the rest of his 2,800,000 chip stack. Lacay tabled the K
Eugene Katchalov Eliminates Opponent Bernhard Perner went all in for 295,000 under the gun and Eugene Katchalov went into the tank from early position. He eventually made the call and tabled the A Joe Sebock Doubles Up Joe Sebock moved all in preflop for 154,000 and was called by Frank Rusnak on the button. Sebock exposed the 5
Noah Boeken Eliminated After a flop of 10 CardPlayer TV: Eugene Katchalov Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Kenny Tran, Eugene Katchalov, Joe Sebok, Ludovic Lacay |
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Hour 7 Update: Kenny Tran, Layne Flack, Bertrand Grospellier EliminatedJun 14, '09 Hour 7 Update Players Remaining: 64 out of 256 Completed Round 2 Matches (Winner in Bold): 1. Tom “Durrrr” Dwan vs. Samuel Stein Big Hands:
Kenny Tran Eliminated Last year’s champion raised preflop and Evan Roberts re-raised enough to put Tran all-in. Tran went into the tank before eventually calling the last 30,000 of his remaining chip stack. Roberts exposed pocket eights while Tran tabled the A
Brock Parker Advances All the chips were in the middle with Brock Parker holding the A Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated With the high blinds, Bertrand Grospellier got it all-in preflop with king-queen and was up against the ace-six of James D’Ambrosio. The French pro failed to catch anything and was eliminated. Grospellier is still without a bracelet. Player Tags: Kenny Tran, Brock Parker, Jonathan Aguiar, Bertrand Grospellier, James D'Ambrosio, Evan Roberts Hour 1 Update: Hoyt Corkins First to AdvanceJun 13, '09 Hour 1 Update Players Remaining: 250 out of 256 Completed Matches (Winner in Bold): 1. Jason Mercier vs. David Daneshgarr Notable Eliminations: Vadmim Tricher, David Chiu, David Daneshgar, Vivek Rajkumar, Erick Lindgren Big Hands: Ng’s Aces Take Big Chunk out of Rajkumar
Ng checked and Rajkumar fired out 10,500 and Ng instantly check-raised all in. Rajkumar made the call and showed 5 Tom Dwan Takes Chunk out of Nam Le On a board of 4 Le checked again and this time Dwan bet 7600. After a couple minutes of deliberation, Le decided to make the call. Dwan turned over the J Hellmuth Explodes After Ace on the River
Both streets were checked down and Hellmuth’s opponent turns up A 6. Hellmuth jumped out of his seat, momentarily halting his massage as he began one of his trademarked rants. “You hit your miracle on the river and you checked it. Well played,” said Hellmuth. His opponent didn’t say a word. Left in the Deck: Hoyt Corkins First Winner Just 17 minutes into the day, Vadmin Trincher lost to Hoyt Corkins, making him the first player to be eliminated in the tournament. Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, Evelyn Ng, Gavin Smith, Kenny Tran, Greg Raymer, David Daneshgar, Vadim Trincher, Chris Moore, Tom Dwan, Jeff Garza, V R, Isaac Haxton Event No. 29 Begins at 5 p.m. on SaturdayJun 13, '09
Event No. 29 ($10,000 heads-up no-limit hold’em world championship) will begin at 5 p.m. PDT on Saturday, June 13. Players will begin the round 1 (event is capped at 256 entries) with 30,000 in tournament chips and blinds will begin at 100-200. Breaks will take place between rounds. Here is a look at the schedule for the event: NOTE: The first and second round will take place at 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. on day 1. Day 2 and the final day will each begin at 2 p.m., with subsequent match times being determined on day 2 and the final day. Saturday, June 13, 5 p.m.: Day 1 (first two rounds) In 2008 this event attracted 256 players and the champion was Kenny Tran, who took home $539,056 in prize money. CardPlayer.com will bring you full live updates, top-ten chip counts, and results each day from this marquee event. Player Tags: Kenny Tran |
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and and his opponent held K
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and Tran was eliminated from the tournament.
Phil Ivey Faces a Minimum Four-Bet
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and action went check-check. The 8
. Billirakis was up to 54,000 after the hand.
David Benyamine Drops A Pot
Joe Serock Takes One From Elizabeth
Steve Dannenmann Run Over By Jacks
Rousso Bluffs Off Half Her Stack
Young Takes it To Singer
Jean Robert-Bellande Shows off for Cameras
Shulman Eliminated
Mizrachi Doubles
Somerville Flushes
Galfond Flops The Ace
Juanda Doubles Up, Marco Johnson Out, and Yevgeniy Timoshenko Takes a Hit
Kenny Tran jumped into play near the end of level 9 and he lasted only a few minutes after his stack was blinded down to 48,000. Tran moved all in preflop K
Schneider Eliminates Burt With Big Slick
Blair Hinkle Doubles One Opponent Up, Makes A Profit Anyway
Kenny Tran Gets Bluffed
Vivek Rajkumar raises to 600 on the button and Evelyn Ng re-raises to 1700. After some thought, Rajkumar four-bets to 5200 and Ng made the call. They see a flop of 10
After a preflop raise, Phil Hellmuth and his opponent see a flop of K