Amnon Filippi Poker Tournament Updates

Amnon Filippi Has Heaps

Oct 18, '18

We arrived at a table to find Amnon Filippi sitting with 146,000 in chips. Filippi recounted the big hand that had helped him grow his stack, in which he knocked out two opponents. He got all of the chips in on the river with a board of 863K10×. Filippi held the A4 for the nut flush, another opponent had the KJ for the second nuts and a third player had 10-6 for a rivered two pair.

After that hand Filippi is now one of the largest stacks in the room heading into the dinner break.

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi

Amnon Filippi Doubles Through Sean Yu

Oct 20, '18

Amnon Filippi moved all-in for his last 51,000 and Sean Yu called from the big blind with Q10.

Unfortunately for Yu, Filippi had him dominated with K10. The board ran out 954KQ and both players paired up. Filippi had the higher pair, however, and doubled up to 110,000. Yu was still stacked with 230,000.

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi,   Sean Yu

Amnon Filippi Busts John Hulett

Oct 20, '18

The cutoff raised to 6,500, and Amnon Filippi three-bet to 26,000 from the button. John Hulett then moved in for 49,000 from the big blind, forcing a fold from the original raiser.

Filippi, however, made the easy call with pocket kings. Hulett held K-Q, and was drawing dead by the turn. After taking a hit to start the day, Filippi now has 110,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi

Amnon Filippi Has Heaps

Oct 18, '18

We arrived at a table to find Amnon Filippi sitting with 146,000 in chips. Filippi recounted the big hand that had helped him grow his stack, in which he knocked out two opponents. He got all of the chips in on the river with a board of 863K10×. Filippi held the A4 for the nut flush, another opponent had the KJ for the second nuts and a third player had 10-6 for a rivered two pair.

After that hand Filippi is now one of the largest stacks in the room heading into the dinner break.

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi

Amnon Filippi Doubles Through Sean Yu

Oct 20, '18

Amnon Filippi moved all-in for his last 51,000 and Sean Yu called from the big blind with Q10.

Unfortunately for Yu, Filippi had him dominated with K10. The board ran out 954KQ and both players paired up. Filippi had the higher pair, however, and doubled up to 110,000. Yu was still stacked with 230,000.

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi,   Sean Yu

Amnon Filippi Busts John Hulett

Oct 20, '18

The cutoff raised to 6,500, and Amnon Filippi three-bet to 26,000 from the button. John Hulett then moved in for 49,000 from the big blind, forcing a fold from the original raiser.

Filippi, however, made the easy call with pocket kings. Hulett held K-Q, and was drawing dead by the turn. After taking a hit to start the day, Filippi now has 110,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi

Amnon Filippi Eliminated by Antonio Lafosse

Mar 19, '13

After losing a large pot to Keith Ferrera in the previous hand, Amnon Filippi was busted by Antonio Lafosse.

Frank Rusnak raised to 3,400 from middle position and Filippi re-raised to 8,200 from the cutoff. Lafosse four-bet to 18,000, Rusnak folded and Filippi moved all in for about 48,000.

Lafosse called and flipped over QQ. Filippi turned up AK. A flop of Q108 further decreased Fillipi’s odds of winning the hand. The board completed 38 and Filippi was eliminated.

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi,   Antonio Lafosse

2009 Wynn Classic Champ Keith Ferrera Chips Up

Mar 19, '13

With a complete board of Q10395, Amnon Filippi was facing a 24,500 bet from 2009 Wynn Classic champion Keith Ferrera.

Filippi went into the tank for a moment, gesticulating frustratedly as he pondered the call. Eventually he cut out the chips and dropped them over the betting line. Ferrera rolled over the KJ for the nut straight, and Filippi revealed the J8 for a smaller straight.

With that Ferrera’s stack grew to roughly 180,000, while Filippi was left short and eliminated shortly after. (Details of that hand are forthcoming.)

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi,   Keith Ferrera

Amnon Fillippi Busts Michael Schwartz

Mar 19, '13

Michael Schwartz found himself on the short stack and all in with A K against the A J of Amnon Filippi.

The board came down 10 4 2 J 3 and Schwartz was eliminated. Fillipi now find himself with 53,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi,   Michael Schwartz

Allen Kessler Eliminated

Dec 20, '10

Allen Kessler was an early casualty on the day after he ran pocket kings into the pocket aces of Amnon Filippi. He began day 2 with 15,000.

Player Tags: Allen Kessler,   Amnon Filippi

Level Three Hour Two Update: Jeff Madsen Eliminated

Jul 07, '10

Note: Players are now on a 90 minute dinner break. They will return to action at 8:20.

Blinds: 150-300

Average Chip Counts 30,000

Notable Chip Counts:

1. Barny Boatman – 144,000
2. Alex Outhred – 99,000
3. David Williams – 84,000
4. Kai Paulsen – 81,000
5. Johnny Chan – 75,000
6. Leo Margets – 71,000
7. Robert Mizrachi – 70,000
8. Lex Veldhuis – 68,700
9. Adam Junglen – 63,000
10. Will Failla – 61,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Stephen A. Murphy — 27,000
Christina Lindley — 35,500
Dani Stern — 30,000
Tony Dunst — 29,700

Notable Eliminations:

Jeff Madsen

Twitter Accounts:

Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Alex Outhred
Scotty Nguyen
Phil Hellmuth
Jennifer Leigh
Shanna Moakler
Antonio Esfandiari
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke

Big Hands:

Jeff Madsen Eliminated

A player in middle position bet 600 and Jeff Madsen shoved for 3,600. A player in the small blind called. The original bettor called as well. The flop came J75 and action went check-check. The 6 fell on the turn and the small blind bet 5,000. The other player called. The 2 on the river prompted two checks and Madsen tabled the 1010. However, his opponent in the small blind exposed the QQ and won the hand. Madsen was eliminated. He had just three cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker with no final tables.

Heather Mercer Doubles Up an Opponent

Heather Mercer bet 850 on the button. The small blind called and the big blind raised to 2,500. Mercer, she four-bet to 10,000. The small blind folded and the big blind called all in for 6,000. Mercer tabled pocket eights but was dominated by the AA of her opponent. The board offered no help to Mercer and she doubled up her opponent. Mercer was at 16,500 after the hand.

Filippi Beats Ace-High

Picking up the action on the flop of Q72, Amnon Filippi and three other players checked.

There was 3,200 in the pot and the 7 fell on the turn. All of the players checked again and the J came on the river.

Everyone checked one last time and the player in seat 3 showed ace-high.

“I can beat that,” Filippi said as two players mucked in front of him.

He turned over J8 for rivered jacks and he took down the pot. He was at 54,000.

Veldhuis Muscles Out Opponent

Picking up the action after the board had run out AQ6J10 and Lex Veldhuis bet 7,000.

The player in seat 6 went in the tank and then mucked his hand with a look of disgust on his face.

Veldhuis raked in the pot and he was at 68,000.

Duke Hurting

Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 84410. Annie Duke fired 2,075 into the pot and the player in seat 5 made the call.

The river was the A and Duke checked. Seat 5 did the same and Duke announced she had king-high. Seat 5 then turned over J10 for the best hand.

Duke dropped the pot and she was down to 19,300.

Markholt Triples Up To Stay Alive

In a four-way pot Lee Markholt got his last 3,800 in on a flop of 276 and was at risk against two other players who also got all in. Their hands:

Markholt: AJ
Opponent 1: 1010
Opponent 2: KK

Markholt trailed the pocket pairs but the best hand was about to change. The turn brought the 10, giving a set to the first opponent. But on the river the 8 fell to give Markholt the flush. He took the pot, trippling up to 15,100 in chips.

Mizrachi Climbiing, KOs Opponent

A player in early position raised to 825 and Robert Mizrachi reraised to 2,250. A third player, from the big blind, raised yet again to 4,875.

The player in early position folded and Mizrachi just called. The flop came 829 and the big blind bet 6,375. Mizrachi moved all in, having his opponent covered and was called. Their hands:

Mizrachi: KK
Opponent: QQ

Mizrachi had the better pocket pair and his kings would hold through the 9 turn and 6 river. He eliminated his opponent and found himself with more than 100,000 in chips.

Pavilion Room Update

David Williams Slipping

A player in middle position raised to 800. David Williams called from the hijack. The flop came 1087. It was checked to Williams. He bet 1,800 and his opponent called. The turn brought the Q and it was checked to Williams again. Williams bet 4,100 this time and it was called. The A on the river prompted another checked from Williams’ opponent. Williams bet 11,000 and his opponent quickly called with the AA for top set. Williams mucked and was down to 84,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi,   Lee Markholt,   Annie Duke,   Amnon Filippi,   David Williams,   Jeff Madsen,   Lex Veldhuis

Level Nine: Chau Giang Doubles Up

Jul 02, '10

Blinds: 400-800

Players Remaining: 171 out of 346

Average Chip Count: 60,701

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Antonio Piano – 240,000
2. Dmitry Stelmak – 226,000
3. James Akenhead – 181,100
4. Felix Gubitz – 178,600
5. Mikhail Smirnov – 169,800
6. Fabrice Soulier – 151,200
7. Ted Lawson – 140,000
8. Shawn Hattem – 134,000
9. Ben Blackmore – 129,100
10. Alessio Issaia – 124,700

Notable Eliminations:

Men Nguyen
Erick Lindgren
Amnon Filippi

Big Hands:

Chau Giang Doubles Up

Picking up the action on a flop of Q104, Chau Giang bet 4,000 and Erica Schoenberg made the call. Julian Gardner then moved all in and Giang called for his last 17,000.

Schoenberg got out of the way and Giang tabled AQ33 for top pair. Gardner showed A1087 for a flush draw and middle pair.

The board finished out Q and 3, giving Giang a full house and he doubled up to 45,000.

Benyamine Takes One Off Dwan

Picking up the action on a flop of 997, Tom Dwan bet 3,600 into a pot of 7,000. David Benyamine made the call while Eli Elezra mucked. The turn was the 2 and both players checked.

The river was the 8 and Benyamine bet 6,500. Dwan made the call and Benyamine showed 101086 for a straight. Dwan mucked and was under 100,000 while Benyamine was at 90,000.

Amnon Filippi Out

Picking up the action on the flop, the board read QJ8 and Amnon Filippi moved all in for his last 3,800. Tony Cousineau made the call and they showed down their hands.

Filippi: A1097
Cousineau: KJ102

Filippi flopped a staight but Cousineau was drawing to a bigger one. The turn was the harmeless 4 but the river was the A, making Cousineau a broadway straight and Filippi was out.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Eli Elezra,   Chau Giang,   Amnon Filippi,   Julian Gardner,   Tom Dwan

Level Three: Final Entrants Listed At 241

Jun 23, '10

Flop Games: 200-400 blinds
Stud Games: 100 ante, 100 bring-in, 400-800 limits

Players Remaining: 241

Average Chip Stack: 30,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Ted Forrest – 45,000
2. Kirill Gerasimov – 40,000
3. Amnon Filippi – 40,000
4. Bruno Fitoussi – 40,000
5. Noah Boeken – 38,500
6. Jimmy Fricke – 38,000
7. Freddy Deeb – 38,000
8. Matt Savage – 37,000
9. John D’Agostino – 36,000
10. Matt Glantz – 36,000

Notable Eliminations:

None

Big Hands:

Stud

Mercier Takes It Down

Picking up the action on six street, the player in seat 3 bet 800 and Jason Mercier made the call. The river was dealt and both players checked.

The player in seat 3 simply tapped the table and mucked his hole cards.

“Do I have to show?” Mercier asked.

He eventually did show the victorious (J54)56QJ and took down the pot with his two pair.

Juanda Bests Filippi’s Aces

Picking up the action on sixth street, John Juanda bet 800 and Amnon Filippi made the call. After seventh street was dealt, both players checked and Filippi announced he only had a pair of aces in the hole.

Juanda turned over (K97) to go with his 6K610 and he took down the pot with his two pair.

Stud/8

Chen Takes A Pot

Picking up the action on fourth street, the player in seat 8 bet 400 and Bill Chen made the call, as did Brock Parker. Seat 8 led out for 800 on fifth street and both opponents called again.

All three players checked on sixth street and did the same on seventh street. The players then looked bewildered as no one seemed to have a hand they were proud to show.

Finally, Chen turned over (987)4539 and his pair of nines and 8-7 low were good enough to scoop the pot.

Hold’em

Ferguson Bets Out Lind

Action folded around to George Lind in the small blind and he raised to 800 preflop. Chris Ferguson was in the big blind and he reraised to 1,200. Lind made the call and both players saw the 1065 flop.

Lind checked and Ferguson continued with a bet of 400. Lind’s hand hit the muck at the same time as Ferguson’s chips fell in the pot. Ferguson took in a small pot and was off to a good start.

Omaha/8

Bloch Gets Quartered

Picking up the action after the turn, the board read K768. Andy Bloch bet 800 and George Lind raised to 1,600. Bloch made the call and the 10 fell on the river.

Lind bet 1,600 and Bloch made the call. Lind then turned over A2QQ for the nut-low and a pair of queens.

Bloch turned over A9QQ for the other two queens. Lind took the low half and they split the high half, much to the delight of Bloch.

“It was more than I thought I was getting there,” Bloch joked after the hand.

Player Tags: Chris Ferguson,   John Juanda,   Andy Bloch,   Brock Parker,   Amnon Filippi,   Bill Chen,   Jason Mercier,   George Lind

Level 15: Noah Boeken Doubles Up

Jun 21, '10

Blinds: 2,500-5,000

Players Remaining: 43 out of 268

Average Chip Count: 186,976

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Peter Jetten – 713,000
2. Clement Thumy – 645,000
3. Thomas Marchese – 295,000
4. Blair Rodman – 293,000
5. Shawn Keller – 280,000
6. Nikolai Yakovenko – 258,000
7. Sam Stein – 250,000
8. Noah Boeken – 240,000
9. Valdemar Kwaysser – 220,000
10. Jason Lester – 220,000

Notable Eliminations:

Ashton Griffin

Big Hands:

Boeken Doubles Through Smith

Noah Boeken started the raising from the small blind preflop against Daniel Smith. After a couple of pot-repot raises, Boeken found himself all in.

He turned over AA, besting Smith’s KK. The board ran out QJ74J and Boeken doubled up to 260,000. Smith was down to 148,000.

Radoja Eliminated

Mark Radoja raised to 11,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Clement Thumy. He raised to 23,000 and Radoja moved in for 50,000. Thumy made the call and turned over 77.

Radoja showed KQ and the race was on. The board ran out A65A9 and Radoja was eliminated.

Filippi Doubles Up

Amnon Filippi moved all in preflop and was called by Sam Stein. Filippi turned over KK while Stein was behind with 1010.

The board ran out J64QQ and Filippi doubled to 150,000. Stein dropped to 250,000.

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi,   Noah Boeken,   Mark Radoja,   Sam Stein

Level 19: Vitaly Lunkin Eliminated

Jun 22, '10

Blinds: 6,000-12,000

Players Remaining: 22 out of 268

Average Chip Count: 365,454

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Clement Thumy – 925,000
2. Peter Jetten – 684,000
3. Sam Stein – 531,000
4. James Calderaro – 509,000
5. Marc Inizan – 492,000
6. Thomas Marchese – 465,000
7. Nathan Doudney – 465,000
8. Nikolai Yakovenko – 463,000
9. Dani Stern – 425,000
10. Alexander Kuzmin – 424,000

Notable Eliminations:

John Dwyer
Vitaly Lunkin

Big Hands:

Vitaly Lunkin Doubles Through Marchese, Then Eliminated By Thumy

Dustin Woolf raised to 33,000 and Vitaly Lunkin made it 62,000 from the cutoff. Thomas Marchese then reraised to 180,000 from the big blind and Woolf got out of the way.

Lunkin made the call with the rest of his chips and turned over KK while Marchese showed AQ.

The board ran out Q87J4 and Lunkin doubled up to 312,000.

A few hands later, Lunkin saw a flop of A96 against Clement Thumy. Thumy bet 33,000 and Lunkin raised to 90,000. Thumy then raised enough to put Lunkin all in and Lunkin made the call.

Lunkin tabled KJ for the nut flush draw while Thumy showed A6 for two pair.

The turn was the 3 and the river was the 10 and Lunkin was eliminated just a few hands after doubling up. Thumy was near 1 million in chips after the hand.

John Dwyer Eliminated

John Dwyer was all in preflop with AK against Amnon Filippi’s A4.

Dwyer was in good position to double up, but the board ran out 94225, giving Filippi a pair and the win and sending Dwyer to the rail.

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi,   John Dwyer,   Vitaly Lunkin,   Clement Thumy

Level 15: Noah Boeken Doubles Up

Jun 21, '10

Blinds: 2,500-5,000

Players Remaining: 43 out of 268

Average Chip Count: 186,976

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Peter Jetten – 713,000
2. Clement Thumy – 645,000
3. Thomas Marchese – 295,000
4. Blair Rodman – 293,000
5. Shawn Keller – 280,000
6. Nikolai Yakovenko – 258,000
7. Sam Stein – 250,000
8. Noah Boeken – 240,000
9. Valdemar Kwaysser – 220,000
10. Jason Lester – 220,000

Notable Eliminations:

Ashton Griffin

Big Hands:

Boeken Doubles Through Smith

Noah Boeken started the raising from the small blind preflop against Daniel Smith. After a couple of pot-repot raises, Boeken found himself all in.

He turned over AA, besting Smith’s KK. The board ran out QJ74J and Boeken doubled up to 260,000. Smith was down to 148,000.

Radoja Eliminated

Mark Radoja raised to 11,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Clement Thumy. He raised to 23,000 and Radoja moved in for 50,000. Thumy made the call and turned over 77.

Radoja showed KQ and the race was on. The board ran out A65A9 and Radoja was eliminated.

Filippi Doubles Up

Amnon Filippi moved all in preflop and was called by Sam Stein. Filippi turned over KK while Stein was behind with 1010.

The board ran out J64QQ and Filippi doubled to 150,000. Stein dropped to 250,000.

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi,   Noah Boeken,   Mark Radoja,   Sam Stein

Level 19: Vitaly Lunkin Eliminated

Jun 22, '10

Blinds: 6,000-12,000

Players Remaining: 22 out of 268

Average Chip Count: 365,454

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Clement Thumy – 925,000
2. Peter Jetten – 684,000
3. Sam Stein – 531,000
4. James Calderaro – 509,000
5. Marc Inizan – 492,000
6. Thomas Marchese – 465,000
7. Nathan Doudney – 465,000
8. Nikolai Yakovenko – 463,000
9. Dani Stern – 425,000
10. Alexander Kuzmin – 424,000

Notable Eliminations:

John Dwyer
Vitaly Lunkin

Big Hands:

Vitaly Lunkin Doubles Through Marchese, Then Eliminated By Thumy

Dustin Woolf raised to 33,000 and Vitaly Lunkin made it 62,000 from the cutoff. Thomas Marchese then reraised to 180,000 from the big blind and Woolf got out of the way.

Lunkin made the call with the rest of his chips and turned over KK while Marchese showed AQ.

The board ran out Q87J4 and Lunkin doubled up to 312,000.

A few hands later, Lunkin saw a flop of A96 against Clement Thumy. Thumy bet 33,000 and Lunkin raised to 90,000. Thumy then raised enough to put Lunkin all in and Lunkin made the call.

Lunkin tabled KJ for the nut flush draw while Thumy showed A6 for two pair.

The turn was the 3 and the river was the 10 and Lunkin was eliminated just a few hands after doubling up. Thumy was near 1 million in chips after the hand.

John Dwyer Eliminated

John Dwyer was all in preflop with AK against Amnon Filippi’s A4.

Dwyer was in good position to double up, but the board ran out 94225, giving Filippi a pair and the win and sending Dwyer to the rail.

Player Tags: Amnon Filippi,   John Dwyer,   Vitaly Lunkin,   Clement Thumy

Level 8 Update: Amnon Filippi and Erik Sagstrom Eliminated

Jun 04, '10

Blinds: Bring-in 300, ante 300, Limits 1,200-2,400

Players Remaining: 88 out of 150

Average Chip Count: 51,136

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Vladimir Schmelev – 180,000
2. Michael Mizrachi – 164,000
3. John DAgostino – 140,000
4. Doyle Brunson – 114,000
5. Men Nguyen – 94,000
6. Daniel Negreanu – 88,000
7. Scott Seiver – 88,000
8. Daniel Kelly – 79,000
9. Jennifer Harman – 76,000
10. Chris Ferguson – 76,000

Notable Eliminations:

Amnon Filippi
Erik Sagstrom
Huck Seed

Big Hands:

Amnon Filippi Eliminated

Kirk Morrison completed the bring-in and after a moment Alan Boston folded and action was on a very short-stacked Amnon Filippi. Filippi then reraised and it folded back to Morrison. Morrison and Filippi got all of Filippi’s remaining chips in on third street.

Filippi had concealed nines and an ace showing against Morrison’s concealed kings and a ten. By sixth street, Morrison had made kings-up, and Filippi never improved past a pair of nines, sending him home in the beginning of the last level of the day.

Lind Cripples Raptor

On sixth street, George Lind and David Benefield were locked up in a hand with their boards looking like this.

Lind: (X-X)-K-Q-5-2
Benefield: (X-X)-K-9-2-8

Lind bet sixth and was called by Benefield. After the river was dealt, Lind bet again and was called by Benefield. Lind showed A-4-10, giving him an ace-high flush and Benefield mucked and was left with just 4,000, while Lind got back up to 29,000.

Huck Seed Eliminated

Huck Seed got all of his money in against Bill Munley and by sixth street, Munley had aces and jacks showing on his board. Seed was unable to beat the two pair that Munley was showing and he was eliminated.

Erik Sagstrom Eliminated by David Singer

We got to the table as Sagstrom was putting the last of his chips in against David Singer. Singer had nothing but ace high but Sagstrom missed his straight draw and was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Tags: Huck Seed,   David Singer,   Amnon Filippi,   Erik Sagstrom,   David Benefield