| Jul 15, '13 |
CPPT - 2013 Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza III |
CPPT Venetian $5,000 Main Event |
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Brian Jin Sends Tom McCormick To The Rail Early
Jul 13, '13
We didn’t catch the action, but we did see Tom McCormick scurry out of the room in a hurry with no chips in front of his seat.
Apparently, McCormick got it all in holding pocket aces on a 10-5-3-5-Q board, only to run into Jong “Brian” Jin’s pocket queens. Jin is now the undisputed chip leader with over 50,000 in his stack.
Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Brian Jin
Crazy Hand Sends McCormick Home
Jul 15, '13
Tom McCormick’s summer has ended in misery as his strong pocket pair was just cracked by a real small one. The action started on Connor Drinan who raised to 1,400 and the action was folded to Marc Daubach had not seen Drinan’s action.
We only arrived on the scene when Tom McCormick was explaining to the floor staff what had just happened. The staff ruled that McCormick’s action was triggered by Daucbach’s forward motion and he was forced to put in the 1,400. At this point McCormick’s stack worth 8,550 was already in the middle.
The action was folded back to Drinan who tanked for a bit and called. This is when the fun started as Daubach, who at first seemed to have no interest in calling the raise, was now contemplating a bet six times larger. McCormick burst out in laughter as he found it very comical to see all of this unfold.
Eventually Daubach made the call.
“I have no shot, I’m just not gonna look,” McCormick said as he buried his head in his arms.
The flop showed 4 4 5 and Drinan bet 9,500. Daubach responded quickly by raising to 21,000 and Drinan went into the tank for several minutes. Eventually Drinan moved all in and Daubach snap-called for a total of 47,950.
Drinan turned over 99 and looked like he was about to throw up when Daubach showed his 55. McCormick came out of his shell and showed QQ and he aswel wel in bad shape.
The turn brought the A and the river the 6. McCormick was eliminated, Drinan knocked far down and Daubach is now sitting on around 122,000 chips.
Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Connor Drinan, Marc Daubach
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| Jul 13, '13 |
CPPT - 2013 Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza III |
CPPT Venetian $5,000 Main Event |
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Brian Jin Sends Tom McCormick To The Rail Early
Jul 13, '13
We didn’t catch the action, but we did see Tom McCormick scurry out of the room in a hurry with no chips in front of his seat.
Apparently, McCormick got it all in holding pocket aces on a 10-5-3-5-Q board, only to run into Jong “Brian” Jin’s pocket queens. Jin is now the undisputed chip leader with over 50,000 in his stack.
Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Brian Jin
Crazy Hand Sends McCormick Home
Jul 15, '13
Tom McCormick’s summer has ended in misery as his strong pocket pair was just cracked by a real small one. The action started on Connor Drinan who raised to 1,400 and the action was folded to Marc Daubach had not seen Drinan’s action.
We only arrived on the scene when Tom McCormick was explaining to the floor staff what had just happened. The staff ruled that McCormick’s action was triggered by Daucbach’s forward motion and he was forced to put in the 1,400. At this point McCormick’s stack worth 8,550 was already in the middle.
The action was folded back to Drinan who tanked for a bit and called. This is when the fun started as Daubach, who at first seemed to have no interest in calling the raise, was now contemplating a bet six times larger. McCormick burst out in laughter as he found it very comical to see all of this unfold.
Eventually Daubach made the call.
“I have no shot, I’m just not gonna look,” McCormick said as he buried his head in his arms.
The flop showed 445 and Drinan bet 9,500. Daubach responded quickly by raising to 21,000 and Drinan went into the tank for several minutes. Eventually Drinan moved all in and Daubach snap-called for a total of 47,950.
Drinan turned over 99 and looked like he was about to throw up when Daubach showed his 55. McCormick came out of his shell and showed QQ and he aswel wel in bad shape.
The turn brought the A and the river the 6. McCormick was eliminated, Drinan knocked far down and Daubach is now sitting on around 122,000 chips.
Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Connor Drinan, Marc Daubach
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| Mar 19, '13 |
CPPT - Wynn Classic Las Vegas |
$5,000 Championship Event |
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| Apr 20, '10 |
2010 Five-Star World Poker Classic (WPT) |
WPT No-Limit Hold'em Main Event |
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| Feb 27, '10 |
2010 L.A. Poker Classic |
WPT L.A. Poker Classic Main Event |
2 |
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Level 8 Update: Shawn Buchanan Takes Chip Lead
Feb 27, '10
Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 288 out of 745
Chip Counts:
1. Shawn Buchanan — 185,000
2. Masaaki Kagawa — 169,000
3. Mark Seif — 155,000
4. Jon Luu — 141,000
5. Erica Schoenberg — 130,000
6. Mickey Mills — 130,000
7. Eugene Katchalov — 130,000
8. Steve Sung — 125,000
9. Hoyt Corkins — 121,000
10. William James — 120,000
Average Chip Count: 51,736
Notable Eliminations:
Tom McCormick
Christian Harder
Mike Sowers
Big Hands:
 Taylor Paur Busts Tom McCormick
Tom McCormick was all in on a queen high board with pocket aces, but Taylor Paur held a set of queens.
The river failed to produce the two outer and McCormick was eliminated. Paur now has over 150,000 in chips.
Ray Qartomy Doubles Up, Still Short
Ray Qartomy came into the day as the shortest stack in the room, but he’s still here, thanks to a recent double up.
Qartomy moved all in with pocket sevens and his opponent was priced in to call with 9-8. The board came out clean and Qartomy doubled up to 8,000. He’s still very short, but now he has over 10 big blinds.
Timoshenko and Sung Tangle, Neither Win
Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 1,500 and Steve Sung called behind him. The hijack and the big blind both also called and the flop came down A 9 3.
All four players checked and the turn was the J . The big blind led for 4,000 and was called by both Sung and the hijack.
The river was the Q and everyone checked. The big blind showed Q 10, Sung mucked and the hijack proudly turned over KQ for the best hand. Sung is still healthy with 115,000, but Timoshenko has work to do with 19,000.
So Long Sowers
Mike Sowers moved all in on the short stack with 10 8 only to have the button wake up with pocket kings.
The board fell J 6 5 Q A and Sowers was eliminated.
Annie Duke Doubles Through Vanessa Rousso
Vanessa Rousso raised to 1,500 and Annie Duke called on the button. The big blind called as well and the three players saw a flop of 9 6 2.
Rousso bet 3,000, Duke called and the big blind folded. The turn was the 3 and Rousso bet 5,000. Duke called and the river was the 6.
Rousso put Duke all in for her last 9,100 and Duke called with 9 9 for a full house. Rousso showed pocket eights and took a hit down to 45,000. Duke now has 39,000.
Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Annie Duke, Vanessa Rousso, Ray Qartomy, Taylor Paur
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| Oct 23, '09 |
2009 Festa al Lago Classic |
WPT Festa Al Lago Championship -- No-Limit Hold'em |
3 |
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Level 13 Update: Bustout Bonanza
Oct 23, '09
 Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 400 ante
Players Left: 57 of 275
Average Chip Count: 289,474
Chip Counts:
1. Jason Lavallee — 870,000
2. Jason Somerville — 745,000 (pictured right)
3. Jonas Entin — 725,000
4. Dee Luong — 690,000
5. Dutch Boyd — 610,000
6. Richard Sciuto — 457,000
7. Scott Clements — 445,000
8. Matt Glantz — 430,000
9. Steve Brecher — 350,000
10. Mark Seif — 345,000
Notable Eliminations:
Poorya Nazari
Patrick Walsh
Glen Chorny
Mikael Thuritz
Steve Gross
Hasan Habib
Justin Young
Dan O’Brien
Big Hands:
 Dee Luong Takes out Poorya Nazari
Tommy Vedes raised to 10,200 preflop and two players called before Poorya Nazari (pictured right) reraised to 40,000 from the button. Dee Luong reraised to 140,000 from the big blind and everyone but Nazari mucked. The call put Nazari all in for his tournament life against Luong. Nazari held A-K and Luong held pocket aces. The board missed both players and Nazari was eliminated on the hand. Luong grew her stack to 675,000 and she joined the chip leaders.
Patrick Walsh Eliminated
Patrick Walsh was eliminated from the tournament when his pocket queens ran into the pocket kings of Kathy Liebert. The kings held and Liebert grew her stack to 160,000.
Danny Fuhs Doubles Up
Tom McCormick raised under the gun preflop and Danny Fuhs reraised from late position. McCormick reraised all in and Fuhs made the all-in call. Their cards:
McCormick: 1010
Fuhs: JJ
Board: 6448J
Fuhs doubled up to 185,000 and McCormick dropped to 60,000.
Dan O’Brien Eliminated
On a board of Q325 Chau Giang checked and Dan O’Brien bet 13,500. Giang check-raised, which forced O’Brien to make an all-in call. Their cards:
Giang: AQ
O’Brien: 77
River: A
O’Brien was eliminated and Giang grew his stack to 230,000.
Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Kathy Liebert, Chau Giang, Dee Luong, Pat Walsh, Poorya Nazari
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| Jul 15, '08 |
2008 Bellagio Cup IV (WPT) |
No-Limit Hold'em WPT Championship Event |
5 |
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Tom McCormick Doubles Up
Jul 15, '08
 Phillipe Rouas raises to 25,000 and Tom McCormick reraises to 60,000. Rouas calls and checks a flop of AJ2. McCormick bets 100,000, about half of his remaining stack and Rouas check raises all in. McCormick calls and reveals AK and it is well ahead of Rouas and his A10. The turn and river came KK and McCormick doubled up to 510,000.
A short while later, Rouas doubled up to 200,000 when his pocket aces held against Chris McCormack's pocket queens.
Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Philippe Rouas
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| Jun 11, '08 |
2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker |
Event 20 - Limit Hold'em |
2 |
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Limit Hold 'Em Level 5 recap
Jun 10, '08
Blinds: 100-200
Limits: 200-400
Players Remaining: 320-480
Chip Leaders:
Jason Maerang: 21,000
Stuart Patterson: 16,300
Derek Lerner: 14,000
J.C. Tran: 13,000
Ayaz Mahmood: 12,300
Nadim Shabou: 12,000
Tommy Hang: 11,200
Brendan Tayler: 10,800
Daniel Makowsky: 10,375
Justin Pechie: 10,300
Big Hands:
Hang Surging
Tommy Hang bet all the way down on a board of 632 - K - 7 and was called down by the seat 6 player. Hang showed down QQ for the winner. Hang is up to about 11,000 in chips.
Negreanu Almost Does It Again
Negreanu led out on a board of 1094 and was raised. Negreanu made the obligatory call, then check-called the turned 2. The 4 was again checked by Negreanu, who mucked his cards after his opponent bet. "I almost did it again," announced Negreanu. "One more spade, baby." That hand took Negreanu down to about 5,800.
 Hansen Makes Friends With Myung, Angers Napkin
Thor Hansen blew his nose into a napkin, stuffed it into a Pepsi can, and then took down a pot from his "friend," John Myung. After Hansen raised, Myung three bet from the button, and Hansen called. Myung bet again when checked to on a flop of Q109 and Hansen called. "I check to my friend," said Hansen, after the K fell on the turn, and Myung checked behind. Hansen led out for the first time in the hand when the A hit on the river. Hansen showed AJ for the turned straight. Myung mucked. Hansen is up to about 4,000.
Kill Pot for Froehlich
Eric Froehlich raised from middle position and the seat 7 player called behind him. Froelich led out on a flop of A109 and his opponent raised. Froehlch three bet and his opponent called. He fired again on a turn card that brough no fourth club, and his opponent folded.
The next hand Froehlich raised again and this time was called by Tom McCormick in seat 8, who called him on a flop of KKJ and then checked down the rest of the way. Froehlich tabled A7 for a turned pair of sevens. "You bet when you were behind and checked after you made your hand," commented McCormick, who folded. Froehlich is up to about 5,000.
Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Eric Froehlich
Negreanu Back In the Thick of Things
Jun 11, '08
Blinds/Antes: 3,000-5,000 with 5,000-10,000 betting limits
Players Left: 14 of 480
Chip Leaders:
Hien Tran: 300,000
Richard Li: 230,000
Daniel Makowsky: 208,000
Ugur Marangoz: 186,000
Fu Wong: 132,000
Derek Lerner: 130,000
Henning Granstad: 120,000
Daniel Negreanu: 117,000
Average Stack: 128,000
Big Hands:
Negreanu Back in Business
Daniel Negreanu was just around 40,000 in chips. He three-bet before the flop, making it 15,000. Three players called him and the flop came J98. Negreanu led out with 5,000 and was raised by seat 5. The other player in the pot called and Negreanu went all in. He was called by both players.The next two streets were checked by both players as they came 2 and 6 respectively. It was time to showdown and Negreanu flipped over KK while seat 5 showed pocket 10's. The other player mucked, and just like that Negreanu nearly tripled up to 117,000 in chips.
McCormick Sent Home on A Boat
On a board of K64, Tom McCormick raised after his opponent bet 5,000. He was called and the turn was the 4. McCormick bet 10,000 after the action was checked to him, only to have his opponent raise to 20,000. McCormick went all in and was called. McCormick showed 64 for a full house on the turn, but his opponent showed KK for a much bigger boat and sent McCormick and his boat off to the salvage yard in 17th place.
Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Daniel Negreanu
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| Jun 10, '08 |
2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker |
Event 20 - Limit Hold'em |
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Limit Hold 'Em Level 5 recap
Jun 10, '08
Blinds: 100-200
Limits: 200-400
Players Remaining: 320-480
Chip Leaders:
Jason Maerang: 21,000
Stuart Patterson: 16,300
Derek Lerner: 14,000
J.C. Tran: 13,000
Ayaz Mahmood: 12,300
Nadim Shabou: 12,000
Tommy Hang: 11,200
Brendan Tayler: 10,800
Daniel Makowsky: 10,375
Justin Pechie: 10,300
Big Hands:
Hang Surging
Tommy Hang bet all the way down on a board of 632 - K - 7 and was called down by the seat 6 player. Hang showed down QQ for the winner. Hang is up to about 11,000 in chips.
Negreanu Almost Does It Again
Negreanu led out on a board of 1094 and was raised. Negreanu made the obligatory call, then check-called the turned 2. The 4 was again checked by Negreanu, who mucked his cards after his opponent bet. "I almost did it again," announced Negreanu. "One more spade, baby." That hand took Negreanu down to about 5,800.
Hansen Makes Friends With Myung, Angers Napkin
Thor Hansen blew his nose into a napkin, stuffed it into a Pepsi can, and then took down a pot from his "friend," John Myung. After Hansen raised, Myung three bet from the button, and Hansen called. Myung bet again when checked to on a flop of Q109 and Hansen called. "I check to my friend," said Hansen, after the K fell on the turn, and Myung checked behind. Hansen led out for the first time in the hand when the A hit on the river. Hansen showed AJ for the turned straight. Myung mucked. Hansen is up to about 4,000.
Kill Pot for Froehlich
Eric Froehlich raised from middle position and the seat 7 player called behind him. Froelich led out on a flop of A109 and his opponent raised. Froehlch three bet and his opponent called. He fired again on a turn card that brough no fourth club, and his opponent folded.
The next hand Froehlich raised again and this time was called by Tom McCormick in seat 8, who called him on a flop of KKJ and then checked down the rest of the way. Froehlich tabled A7 for a turned pair of sevens. "You bet when you were behind and checked after you made your hand," commented McCormick, who folded. Froehlich is up to about 5,000.
Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Eric Froehlich
Negreanu Back In the Thick of Things
Jun 11, '08
Blinds/Antes: 3,000-5,000 with 5,000-10,000 betting limits
Players Left: 14 of 480
Chip Leaders:
Hien Tran: 300,000
Richard Li: 230,000
Daniel Makowsky: 208,000
Ugur Marangoz: 186,000
Fu Wong: 132,000
Derek Lerner: 130,000
Henning Granstad: 120,000
Daniel Negreanu: 117,000
Average Stack: 128,000
Big Hands:
Negreanu Back in Business
Daniel Negreanu was just around 40,000 in chips. He three-bet before the flop, making it 15,000. Three players called him and the flop came J98. Negreanu led out with 5,000 and was raised by seat 5. The other player in the pot called and Negreanu went all in. He was called by both players.The next two streets were checked by both players as they came 2 and 6 respectively. It was time to showdown and Negreanu flipped over KK while seat 5 showed pocket 10's. The other player mucked, and just like that Negreanu nearly tripled up to 117,000 in chips.
McCormick Sent Home on A Boat
On a board of K64, Tom McCormick raised after his opponent bet 5,000. He was called and the turn was the 4. McCormick bet 10,000 after the action was checked to him, only to have his opponent raise to 20,000. McCormick went all in and was called. McCormick showed 64 for a full house on the turn, but his opponent showed KK for a much bigger boat and sent McCormick and his boat off to the salvage yard in 17th place.
Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Daniel Negreanu
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| Apr 23, '08 |
2008 Five-Star World Poker Classic (WPT) |
WPT No-Limit Hold'em Championship Event 15 |
5 |
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Tom McCormick Eliminated in 32nd Place ($65,955)
Apr 23, '08
 Tom McCormick was eliminated by David Chiu shortly before the break. McCormick receives $65,955.
Player Tags: Tom McCormick
Tom McCormick Doubles Up
Apr 23, '08
Tom McCormick is all in for his last 81,000 against John Hoang.
McCormick shows AJ and is up against Hoang's A5. The board comes A7692 and McCormick doubles up to 180,000 or so.
Player Tags: Tom McCormick, John Hoang
Men's Re-Suck Hand
Apr 23, '08
 We're not sure when all the money went into the pot, but it was either preflop or on the flop. This was the situation:
Board: 1063
Men Nguyen: Q10
Tom McCormick: A2
Nguyen had a pair of tens with a flush draw, while McCormick had an overcard with a higher flush draw.
The turn card was the A, and McCormick takes the lead with a pair of aces. Nguyen needs a queen or a ten to stay alive.
The river card is the Q. This is what caused Nguyen to yell, "Queen, baby!" And then his now infamous line (at least to those in the room), "Suck and re-suck, baby!"
Men Nguyen wins the hand, doubling to about 800,000 in chips. Tom McCormick drops down to about 250,000.
Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Men Nguyen
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On a flop of K