Event No. 53 Final Day Updates Begin with Official Final Table of Nine Players
Jul 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.
Level Two Update: Brad Garret Hits Quads -- Billirakis Bounced
Jul 09, '11
NOTE: Levels are two hours in length and players are starting with 30,000 in chips. Registration will remain open until the end of the second level.
Players on Day 1C: Approximately 978
Blinds: 100-200
Notables Remaining:
Jonathan Duhamel
Bernard Lee
Ray Romano
Sorel Mizzi
Jordan Morgan
Joe Cada
Jimmy Fricke
Dan Smith
Mike Caro
Dan O’Brien
Robert Mizrachi
Jon Turner
Ross Boatman
Chad Brown
Gavin Griffin
Neil Channing
Jason Mercier
David Benyamine
Scotty Nguyen
Dan Harrington
Haralabos Voulgaris
Christina Lindley
Lauren Kling
Erik Seidel
Darryll Fish
Daniel Negreanu
Dan Shak
Gavin Smith
Bobby Baldwin
Eric Baldwin
Brad Garrett
Shane Warne
Hoyt Corkins
Steve Gross
Chris Moorman
Tom McEvoy
Nenad Medic
Andrew Robl
Ted Forrest
Vitaly Lunkin
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Notables Eliminated This Level:
Steve Billirakis
Allen Bari
Jason Somerville
David Steicke
Liz Lieu
Hands:
Shak vs. Billirakis
Fate picked the wrong time to deal pocket queens to Steve Billirakis. That is because Dan Shak was dealt a set of eights on the same hand. Billirakis was all in by the end of the hand and he was eliminated in the aftermath that saw Shak grow his stack to 50,000.
Duhamel Watch — Defending Champ Doubles Up
The defending champion kept his head above water when he doubled up with a full house to survive. He held 48,000 after the hand.
Everybody Loves Brad Garrett
Everybody Loves Raymond co-stars Ray Romano and Brad Garrett are both playing in the main event on Day 1C. In a recent pot Garrett raised to 600 preflop and Max Cohn and the big blind made the call. The flop fell K 9 4 and all three players checked.
The turn fell 6 and Garrett opened the action again, this time for 1,000. Cohn raised to 3,000 and the big blind mucked. Garrett made the call and the river fell K. Garrett and Cohn both checked and then Garrett flipped over K K for quad kings. Cohn mucked and Garrett grew his stack to 40,000.
Jonathan Jaffe Grows his Stack
In a recent pot the flop fell 10-9-3 and Jonathan Jaffe held pocket jacks. His opponent checked and Jaffe bet 1,900. His opponent called the turn brought a 5. Jaffe bet again, this time for 2,900 after he opponent checked.
The river then delivered a deuce and Jaffe bet 3,600 after yet another check from his opponent. Jaffe revealed his jacks and his opponent mucked. Jaffe won the pot and he is now up to 60,000.
Brenes Ahead from Start to Finish
Humberto Brenes raised to 1,100 preflop from middle position and UTG+1 made the call. The flop fell J 4 4 and Brenes bet 2,100. His opponent made the call and the turn fell J. Both players checked and the 8 fell on the river. Both players checked again and Brenes revealed A K. His opponent mucked 7 6 face up on the table while Brenes collected the pot to replenish his stack and hold steady at 30,000.
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Chris Bell Picks the Right time to Make his Move
The flop read 9 6 4 and the big blind bet 2,000 after Chris Bell checked in the small blind. Bell made the call and the A fell on the turn.
The big blind bet 2,000 again after Bell checked and he made the call once again. The river then delivered the 10 and Bell went on the offensive. Bell bet 6,600 and the big blind went into the tank. He eventually mucked and Bell collected the pot to grow his stack to 35,000.
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Jul 10, '10
Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante
Players Remaining: 2,734 out of 7,319
Chip Counts:
1. Charles Alexandre Sylvestre — 260,000
2. Steve Billirakis — 233,000
3. Robert Miller — 201,000
4. Khamsy Nuanmanee — 180,000
5. Filippo Candio — 167,300
6. Archie Karas — 160,000
7. Tristan Wade — 160,000
8. Matt Keikoan — 154,000
9. Dave Sands — 153,000
10. Jason DeWitt — 152,000
Card Player Chip Counts:
Josh Brikis — 97,500
Mike Matusow — 12,700
Roy Winston — 10,000
Jennifer Harman — 29,025
Notable Eliminations:
David Saab
Big Hands:
Quads Slow Down Selbst
Seat 4 raised to 1,500 and Vanessa Selbst called from the button. Seat 7 raised to 5,000 and action came back around to seat 4, who called. Selbst thought for a moment and asked seat 4 for a chip count. He counted his stacks out (about 30,000) and Selbst bet enough to put both him and seat 7 all in. Seat 7 insta-called for his last 15,000 and seat 4 looked pained and after a minute he folded QQ face up.
Selbst was heads up with seat 7. Their hands:
Selbst: 1010
Seat 7: KK
Selbst was well behind as the flop ran JKA. Her opponent flopped a set and Selbst was in need of a queen for a straight. Instead, the K turned and her opponent hit quads. The 9 finished the board and Selbst lost a chunk of her stack. She still had around 60,000 after the hand.
Wattel Can’t Top Queens
A player opened to 1,100 from middle position and called from the cutoff. Everybody else folded and the flop came 4610 and Wattel called a bet of 2,000 from his opponent.
The turn was the 8s and Wattel’s opponent bet again, this time 3,000. Wattel made the call and they saw the 2 fall on the river. Wattel called 5,000 from his opponent and mucked when he was shown QQ.
David Baker Eliminated
We saw David Baker move all-in on the turn with the board reading 2469 and Steven Curran made the call.
Baker had a monster draw as he tabled 85, but Curran showed 9h9d, giving him top set. The river was the A and Baker bricked off and is eliminated.
Morrison Getting Short
With 4,200 in the middle preflop, Kirk Morrison and his opponent both checked a flop of QJ7. When the 8c fell on the turn, Morrison’s opponent bet out 5,000 and Morrison called.
Both players checked when the A fell on the river. Morrison’s opponent was going for a check-raise and turned over the A-K with the K, giving him the nut flush.
Pavilion Room Coverage
David Saab Eliminated
A player limped in the pot and David Saab bet 1,450 from late position. A player in the blinds called and the limper called. The flop came 962 and both players checked to Saab. Saab bet 2,200 and the player in the blind raised to 100,000. The limper folded and and Saab thought about it for less than a minute before announcing all in for a little more than the raise. His opponent insta-called and tabled the A7 and was behind the 98 of Saab. With over 200,000 in the middle, the 6 pealed off the deck. Saab’s opponent hit the nut flush and Saab was drawing dead. The river was a 5 and it was official. Day 2b has a new overall chip leader — Charles Alexandre Sylvestre. He was at over 260,000 after the hand.
Humberto Brenes Wins a Hand
Humberto Brenes check-called a bet of 1500 on a flop of QJ3. The turn brought the 6 and Humberto checked from the big blind. His opponent on the button bet 2,500 this time and Brenes check-raised to 7,500. Brenes’ opponent went into the tank before finally folding. Humberto was at about 50,000 after the hand.
Swick Takes Hit From Schneider
Tom Schneider and UFC fighter Mike Swick were heads up on a flop of 67A. Schneider bet 3,000 and Swick raised enough to put Schneider all in for his last 10,000 or so.
Tom made the call and saw that he was ahead, but Swick had plenty of outs. Their hands:
Swick: AJ
Schneider: AK
Swick was one card away from the flush, but the board bricked with a 9 turn and 8 river. Schneider took the pot to double up to around 20,000. Swick was left with around 15,000.
Micon Runs Into Aces
Bryan Micon called another player’s 1,500 raise and they saw a flop of 10108. They both checked and the turn brought the 2. The original raiser bet 2,000 and Micon called.
The river was the 9 and Micon’s opponent again bet, 6,500 this time. Micon took some time to think it over and eventually made the call. His opponent showed AA and Micon mucked his hand, dropping to 23,325 in chips.
1. Mikhail Smirnov – 138,000
2. Matt Venegrin – 130,000
3. Noah Boeken – 110,000
4. Vanessa Selbst – 96,000
5. David Benyamine – 90,000
6. Jeff Williams – 90,000
7. Daniel Alaei – 88,000
8. James Akenhead – 87,000
9. John Cernuto – 84,500
10. David Baker – 81,000
Average Chip Count: 41,190
Notable Eliminations:
Alexander Kostritsyn
David Chiu
Andy Bloch
Jennifer Harman
Big Hands:
Mastered On The River
Picking up the action on a flop of Q106, a player moved all in for just under 10,000 and Men Nguyen made the call.
Another player also called and the turn was the 8. Both players checked and the river was the Q. Nguyen checked and his opponent bet 15,000. Nguyen made a quick call and his opponent showed AQ108 for queens full.
Nguyen was disgusted as he turned over K10104 for tens full. The all-in player mucked and made his way to the rail while Nguyen was down to 65,000.
Froehlich Busts Kostritsyn
Picking up the action on a flop of KQ3, Alexander Kostritsyn bet the pot after Eric Froehlich had checked. There were two other players in the hand and they mucked and the action was back on Froehlich.
He moved all in, having Kostritsyn covered. Kostritsyn made the call and turned over AK97 for top pair. Froehlich showed QQ94 for a set of queens.
The board finished off 4 on the turn and 7 on the river and Kostritsyn was out. Froehlich was up to 26,000.
Shark Hooked
Picking up the action on a flop of AQ7, Humberto Brenes and George Lind each checked. The turn was the K and Brenes checked again.
Lind bet 2,000 and Brenes made the call. The river was the K and both players decided to check again.
Brenes showed two pair but Lind tabled 6643 for a flush and he took the pot. Brenes was at 37,000 while Lind was at 24,000.
25 players remain out of the 2,521 that registered.
The current chip average is 453,780.
First place will walk away with $604,222. The next one to fall will receive $17,298.
Poker pro Humberto Brenes is near the top of the chip counts at the moment. Other notables still remaining include Mike Sowers, Bernard Lee and Dean Hamrick.
Notable eliminations on day two include Nam Le, Jason Gray, Jeff Madsen, Steve Gross, Eric Lynch, Matt Marafioti, Joe Tehan and Carter Phillips.
25 players remain out of the 2,521 that registered.
The current chip average is 453,780.
A winner will be crowned today. First place will walk away with $604,222. The next one to fall in 24th place will receive $17,298.
Poker pro Humberto Brenes is near the top of the chip counts at the moment. Other notables still remaining include Mike Sowers, Bernard Lee and Dean Hamrick.
25 players remain out of the 2,521 that registered.
The current chip average is 453,780.
First place will walk away with $604,222. The next one to fall will receive $17,298.
Poker pro Humberto Brenes is near the top of the chip counts at the moment. Other notables still remaining include Mike Sowers, Bernard Lee and Dean Hamrick.
Notable eliminations on day two include Nam Le, Jason Gray, Jeff Madsen, Steve Gross, Eric Lynch, Matt Marafioti, Joe Tehan and Carter Phillips.
25 players remain out of the 2,521 that registered.
The current chip average is 453,780.
A winner will be crowned today. First place will walk away with $604,222. The next one to fall in 24th place will receive $17,298.
Poker pro Humberto Brenes is near the top of the chip counts at the moment. Other notables still remaining include Mike Sowers, Bernard Lee and Dean Hamrick.
Tom Dwan called a bet of 3,200 from Bertrand Grospellier on a board of Q868. Grospellier bet out again on after the river 5, 7,400 this time, and Dwan again called.
Grospellier showed KK and Dwan mucked. The pot boosted Grospellier’s stack to around 52,000 and Dwan dropped down to 12,500.
Annette Rivers The Shark
Entering the action late, Annette Obrestad bet 3,300 on a board of 296A10 and Humberto Brenes made the call.
Obrestad sheepishly showed 1010 and said, “I know, I got there.” Humberto mucked his hand and dropped to 26,000 while Obrestad moved up to around 30,000.
Tom Dwan called a bet of 3,200 from Bertrand Grospellier on a board of Q868. Grospellier bet out again on after the river 5, 7,400 this time, and Dwan again called.
Grospellier showed KK and Dwan mucked. The pot boosted Grospellier’s stack to around 52,000 and Dwan dropped down to 12,500.
Annette Rivers The Shark
Entering the action late, Annette Obrestad bet 3,300 on a board of 296A10 and Humberto Brenes made the call.
Obrestad sheepishly showed 1010 and said, “I know, I got there.” Humberto mucked his hand and dropped to 26,000 while Obrestad moved up to around 30,000.
1. El Mostafa Bel Khayate — 420,000
2. Paul Berende — 410,000
3. Cristiano Guerro — 400,000
4. Nicolas Levi — 370,000
5. Thiago Nishijima — 370,000
6. Ronald Grauer — 355,000
7. Domenico Iannone — 350,000
8. Simon Munz — 340,000
9. Ramzi Jelassi — 330,000
10. Ekaterina Kolobekova — 320,000
Notable Eliminations:
Humberto Brenes
John Kabbaj
Ross Boatman
Katja Thater
Brent Wheeler
Andrew Scott
Big Hands:
Humbero Brenes Eliminated
Team PokerStars Pro Humberto Brenes was all in holding K-7, but was called by an opponent who had him dominated with K-Q.
The board failed to bring any sevens and Brenes was eliminated.
Crowe Vs. Gomes
Alexandre Gomes raiased to 10,500 and Owen Crowe reraised to 26,500.
Gomes then reraised to 77,500 and Crowe didn’t hesitate to move in for just over 200,000. Gomes folded instantly and left his last 188,000 behind him.
Ronald Grauer Wins Big Pot From Chris Moneyaker
On a board reading J988Q, Ronald Grauer was all in for his last 125,000 and Chris Moneymaker made the call.
Grauer showed 98 for the full house and Moneymaker flashed the 10d, indicating his rivered straight. Gruaer is now up to 355,000 and Moneymaker has fallen to 250,000.
Katja Thater Eliminated on Bad Beat
Team PokerStars Pro Katja Thater was all in holding pocket kings against the pocket eights of Sergey Lebedev.
The flop brought an eight and just like that, Thater was eliminated.
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Cameron McKinley Eliminated in 7th Place ($32,654)
Quads Slow Down Selbst
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David Baker Eliminated
David Saab Eliminated
Swick Takes Hit From Schneider
Mastered On The River
Shark Hooked
25 players remain out of the 2,521 that registered.
ElkY Shows Durrr Who is King(s)
Kravchenko Busts
Humbero Brenes Eliminated
Ronald Grauer Wins Big Pot From Chris Moneyaker