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| Jun 29, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 50 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 2 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 8 Update: Day 1 CompleteJun 29, '10 Blinds: 300-600 Players Remaining: 207 out 460 Average Chip Count: 33,333 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Kevin Schaffel — 178,900 Notable Eliminations: Kevin Saul Big Hands:
Jason Mercier limped and Ted Lawson bet. Scotty Nguyen called along with two other players. Mercier shoved all in for his tournament life. Lawson moved all in over the top. Nguyen and everyone else mucked. Mercier tabled the A Mike Matusow Loses One Kevin Schaffel bet preflop and Mike Matusow raised to 4,100. Schaffel called. The flop came K Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Mike Matusow, Ted Lawson, Kevin Schaffel, Jason Mercier Day 2 Begins at 3:00 p.m. PDTJun 29, '10
A prize pool of $2,162,000 will begin to be up for grabs as the top 45 players will make the money today. 45th place will walk away with $10,226. First place will win $508,090. Player Twitter Accounts: Phil Ivey Kevin Schaffel is at top the chip counts to start the day. Action will begin at 3:00 p.m. local time. Stay tuned to Card Player for level-by-level updates from the Rio! Here are the chip counts heading to day 2:
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| Jun 29, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 50 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 1 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 8 Update: Day 1 CompleteJun 29, '10 Blinds: 300-600 Players Remaining: 207 out 460 Average Chip Count: 33,333 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Kevin Schaffel — 178,900 Notable Eliminations: Kevin Saul Big Hands:
Jason Mercier limped and Ted Lawson bet. Scotty Nguyen called along with two other players. Mercier shoved all in for his tournament life. Lawson moved all in over the top. Nguyen and everyone else mucked. Mercier tabled the A Mike Matusow Loses One Kevin Schaffel bet preflop and Mike Matusow raised to 4,100. Schaffel called. The flop came K Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Mike Matusow, Ted Lawson, Kevin Schaffel, Jason Mercier Day 2 Begins at 3:00 p.m. PDTJun 29, '10
A prize pool of $2,162,000 will begin to be up for grabs as the top 45 players will make the money today. 45th place will walk away with $10,226. First place will win $508,090. Player Twitter Accounts: Phil Ivey Kevin Schaffel is at top the chip counts to start the day. Action will begin at 3:00 p.m. local time. Stay tuned to Card Player for level-by-level updates from the Rio! Here are the chip counts heading to day 2:
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| Apr 19, '10 | 2010 Five-Star World Poker Classic (WPT) | WPT No-Limit Hold'em Main Event | 2 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornel Cimpan Eliminated by Kevin SchaffelApr 19, '10
Cimpan turned over a dominated K Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, Kevin Schaffel |
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| Nov 05, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 9 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 35 Update Part II: Kevin Schaffel Eliminated in Eighth Place ($1,300,228)Nov 07, '09 Blinds: 200,000-400,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1: Darvin Moon — 49,455,000 Average Chip Count: 27,831,429 Notable Eliminations: 8: Kevin Schaffel — $1,300,228 Big Hands:
Kevin Schaffel raised to 1.25 million preflop from the hi-jack and Steven Begleiter made the call from the cutoff. Eric Buchman reraised to 5.75 million from the button and Schaffel reraised all in for 17.2 million total. Begleiter mucked and Buchman made the call. Their cards: Buchman: K Board: Q Buchman made quad kings to win the hand and grow his stack to 51,975,000. Schaffel was eliminated in eighth place and he will take home $1,300,228 in prize money. Card Player Twitter Page: People on the Rail Adam Schoenfeld Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Kevin Schaffel, Steven Begleiter Level 35 Update: James Akenhead Eliminated in Ninth Place ($1,263,602)Nov 07, '09 Blinds: 200,000-400,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1: Darvin Moon — 58,975,000 Average Chip Count: 24,352,500 Notable Eliminations: 9: James Akenhead — $1,263,602 Big Hands:
Joseph Cada raised to 1 million preflop from the cutoff and Darvin Moon made the call from the big blind. The flop was dealt 9 Kevin Schaffel Doubles Up Kevin Schaffel raised 1,150,000 preflop UTG+1 and James Akenhead made the call from the big blind. The flop was dealt J
James Akenhead raised all in for 4.45 million from middle position and Kevin Schaffel made the call from the cutoff. Everyone else mucked and the two players turned over their cards: Akenhead: 3 Board: 10 Schaffel won the hand to grow his stack to 19,250,000 and Akenhead was eliminated on the hand in ninth place. He will take home $1,263,602 in prize money. Card Player TV James Akenhead Elimination Interview Card Player Twitter Page: People on the Rail Adam Schoenfeld Player Tags: Kevin Schaffel, James Akenhead, Joseph Cada, Darvin Moon 2009 Main Event Final Table Begins at Noon SaturdayNov 05, '09
The November Nine will return to the Rio in Las Vegas on Saturday at noon PST and play down to two players. Those final competitors will then battle it out on Monday night, starting at 10 p.m. PST, to see who will walk away with the first-place prize of $8,546,435 and the title of world champion. The final table episode will then be broadcast to the world on ESPN on Tuesday, starting at 6 p.m. EST. The final table, which will take place at the Penn and Teller Theater, will be open to the public. Each player at the final table has already received ninth-place prize money worth $1,263,602. Card Player’s live reporting team will be on the scene to bring you all of the action in live updates, chip counts, and photos. Here is a look at all of the information you need to know before the final table begins: NOTE: Play will begin in level 33 with blinds at 120,000-240,000 with a 30,000 ante.
1: Darvin Moon — 58,930,000 Average Chip Count: 21,646,666 Final-Table Seating Chart: Seat 1: Darvin Moon Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Eric Buchman, Phil Ivey, Kevin Schaffel, James Akenhead, Antoine Saout, Joseph Cada, Darvin Moon, Steven Begleiter |
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| Oct 06, '09 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT London - Season VI | PokerStars EPT London Main Event | 5 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kevin Schaffel Making Crazy Moves Up The Leader BoardOct 04, '09
First, he doubled up with pocket eights against Theo Tran’s K-J. Then, his pocket aces held up against Chris Ferguson’s pocket queens. Speaking of Ferguson, he raised to 9,000 in the small blind and Schaffel called from the big blind. The flop came 6 Schaffel raised to 30,000 and after some thought, Ferguson called. The turn was the 7 Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, Kevin Schaffel Liya Gerasimova Runs Into TroubleOct 05, '09
Gerasimova pondered her options for a bit before deciding to move all in for her last 160,000. Schaffel snap-called, showing pocket aces and Gerasimova was in major trouble with pocket kings. The turn and river came 3 Player Tags: Kevin Schaffel, Lika Gerasimova Kevin Schaffel Eliminated in 19th Place (£17,000)Oct 06, '09
Schaffel was short and made a move holding pocket deuces against Dominic Cullen’s pocket sevens. The board helped neither player and Schaffel was eliminated in 19th place. After a very impressive second place at the WPT Legends of Poker Schaffel put in yet another good performance here and has proven to be a player to watch come November. Player Tags: Kevin Schaffel, Dominic Cullen |
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| Oct 05, '09 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT London - Season VI | PokerStars EPT London Main Event | 4 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kevin Schaffel Making Crazy Moves Up The Leader BoardOct 04, '09
First, he doubled up with pocket eights against Theo Tran’s K-J. Then, his pocket aces held up against Chris Ferguson’s pocket queens. Speaking of Ferguson, he raised to 9,000 in the small blind and Schaffel called from the big blind. The flop came 6 Schaffel raised to 30,000 and after some thought, Ferguson called. The turn was the 7 Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, Kevin Schaffel Liya Gerasimova Runs Into TroubleOct 05, '09
Gerasimova pondered her options for a bit before deciding to move all in for her last 160,000. Schaffel snap-called, showing pocket aces and Gerasimova was in major trouble with pocket kings. The turn and river came 3 Player Tags: Kevin Schaffel, Lika Gerasimova Kevin Schaffel Eliminated in 19th Place (£17,000)Oct 06, '09
Schaffel was short and made a move holding pocket deuces against Dominic Cullen’s pocket sevens. The board helped neither player and Schaffel was eliminated in 19th place. After a very impressive second place at the WPT Legends of Poker Schaffel put in yet another good performance here and has proven to be a player to watch come November. Player Tags: Kevin Schaffel, Dominic Cullen |
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| Oct 04, '09 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT London - Season VI | PokerStars EPT London Main Event | 3 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kevin Schaffel Making Crazy Moves Up The Leader BoardOct 04, '09
First, he doubled up with pocket eights against Theo Tran’s K-J. Then, his pocket aces held up against Chris Ferguson’s pocket queens. Speaking of Ferguson, he raised to 9,000 in the small blind and Schaffel called from the big blind. The flop came 6 Schaffel raised to 30,000 and after some thought, Ferguson called. The turn was the 7 Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, Kevin Schaffel Liya Gerasimova Runs Into TroubleOct 05, '09
Gerasimova pondered her options for a bit before deciding to move all in for her last 160,000. Schaffel snap-called, showing pocket aces and Gerasimova was in major trouble with pocket kings. The turn and river came 3 Player Tags: Kevin Schaffel, Lika Gerasimova Kevin Schaffel Eliminated in 19th Place (£17,000)Oct 06, '09
Schaffel was short and made a move holding pocket deuces against Dominic Cullen’s pocket sevens. The board helped neither player and Schaffel was eliminated in 19th place. After a very impressive second place at the WPT Legends of Poker Schaffel put in yet another good performance here and has proven to be a player to watch come November. Player Tags: Kevin Schaffel, Dominic Cullen |
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| Aug 26, '09 | 2009 Legends of Poker | WPT Legends of Poker Main Event | 5 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mat Widdoes Eliminated in 16th Place ($22,240)Aug 25, '09
Eugene Katchalov raised to 25,000 and both Kevin Schaffel and Todd Terry made the call. Mat Widdoes then shoved in his remaining 128,000 more from the small blind. Toto Leonidas folded his big blind and the action went back to Eugene Katchalov, who raised it up to 275,000. His isolation didn’t work and Schaffel shoved in his stack of about 500,000. Terry then went into the tank, visibly concerned with his predicament. After a few minutes of thought, he mucked his hand and the action came back to Katchalov, who felt committed and put in the call. Katchalov showed pocket eights, Widdoes showed A The board came out Q Amazingly, Terry folded pocket queens. Had he not made such a great read, he would’ve taken out two players and been stacked with over 2,500,000. Player Tags: Kevin Schaffel, Eugene Katchalov, Todd Terry, Matt Widdoes Kevin Schaffel Eliminated in Second Place ($471,670) Prahlad Friedman Wins 2009 WPT Legends of Poker Main Event ($1,009,000)Aug 27, '09
Kevin Schaffel opened with a raise to 300,000 and Prahlad Friedman reraised to 800,000. Schaffel thought it over for about 30 seconds before moving all in and Friedman went into the tank. With 2.8 million more, Friedman decided to make the call with A
Schaffel clearly didn’t practice avoidance, but was rewarded with $471,670 for his effort. Friedman earned $1,009,000 in victory along with a $25,000 seat to the Bellagio’s WPT Championship in April. Stay tuned for a complete recap of the final table. Player Tags: Prahlad Friedman, Kevin Schaffel Kevin Schaffel Doubles UpAug 27, '09 Kevin Schaffel limped in on the small blind and Prahlad Friedman checked his option. The flop came out A After getting the news, Friedman called with J The turn was the 8 Prahlad Friedman — 4,555,000 Player Tags: Prahlad Friedman, Kevin Schaffel Toto Leonidas Doubles UpAug 26, '09 Kevin Schaffel raised on the button to 200,000 and Toto Leonidas moved all in from the big blind. Schaffel quickly called with A The board ran out J Player Tags: Toto Leonidas, Kevin Schaffel Toto Leonidas Doubles UpAug 26, '09 Because of Stein’s elimination, there was no small blind on this hand. Kevin Schaffel raised to 150,000 from under the gun and Toto Leonidas mvoed all in from the button. Schaffel made the call with pocket tens and Leonidas was ahead with pocket kings. The board came J Player Tags: Toto Leonidas, Kevin Schaffel Sam Stein Eliminated in Fifth Place ($116,255)Aug 26, '09
Schaffel: 7 Board: 8 Stein was eliminated on the hand in fifth place and he will take home $116,215 in prize money. Schaffel increased his chip lead to 3.5 million. Player Tags: Kevin Schaffel, Sam Stein Todd Terry Wins Battle of the BlindsAug 26, '09 Todd Terry and Kevin Schaffel saw a flop from the blinds of 10 The turn was the 10 Schaffel showed pocket kings for the overpair, but Terry showed 8-6 to win the pot with a full house. Player Tags: Kevin Schaffel, Todd Terry |
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Mat Widdoes Eliminated in 16th Place ($22,240)Aug 25, '09
Eugene Katchalov raised to 25,000 and both Kevin Schaffel and Todd Terry made the call. Mat Widdoes then shoved in his remaining 128,000 more from the small blind. Toto Leonidas folded his big blind and the action went back to Eugene Katchalov, who raised it up to 275,000. His isolation didn’t work and Schaffel shoved in his stack of about 500,000. Terry then went into the tank, visibly concerned with his predicament. After a few minutes of thought, he mucked his hand and the action came back to Katchalov, who felt committed and put in the call. Katchalov showed pocket eights, Widdoes showed A The board came out Q Amazingly, Terry folded pocket queens. Had he not made such a great read, he would’ve taken out two players and been stacked with over 2,500,000. Player Tags: Kevin Schaffel, Eugene Katchalov, Todd Terry, Matt Widdoes Kevin Schaffel Eliminated in Second Place ($471,670) Prahlad Friedman Wins 2009 WPT Legends of Poker Main Event ($1,009,000)Aug 27, '09
Kevin Schaffel opened with a raise to 300,000 and Prahlad Friedman reraised to 800,000. Schaffel thought it over for about 30 seconds before moving all in and Friedman went into the tank. With 2.8 million more, Friedman decided to make the call with A
Schaffel clearly didn’t practice avoidance, but was rewarded with $471,670 for his effort. Friedman earned $1,009,000 in victory along with a $25,000 seat to the Bellagio’s WPT Championship in April. Stay tuned for a complete recap of the final table. Player Tags: Prahlad Friedman, Kevin Schaffel Kevin Schaffel Doubles UpAug 27, '09 Kevin Schaffel limped in on the small blind and Prahlad Friedman checked his option. The flop came out A After getting the news, Friedman called with J The turn was the 8 Prahlad Friedman — 4,555,000 Player Tags: Prahlad Friedman, Kevin Schaffel Toto Leonidas Doubles UpAug 26, '09 Kevin Schaffel raised on the button to 200,000 and Toto Leonidas moved all in from the big blind. Schaffel quickly called with A The board ran out J Player Tags: Toto Leonidas, Kevin Schaffel Toto Leonidas Doubles UpAug 26, '09 Because of Stein’s elimination, there was no small blind on this hand. Kevin Schaffel raised to 150,000 from under the gun and Toto Leonidas mvoed all in from the button. Schaffel made the call with pocket tens and Leonidas was ahead with pocket kings. The board came J Player Tags: Toto Leonidas, Kevin Schaffel Sam Stein Eliminated in Fifth Place ($116,255)Aug 26, '09
Schaffel: 7 Board: 8 Stein was eliminated on the hand in fifth place and he will take home $116,215 in prize money. Schaffel increased his chip lead to 3.5 million. Player Tags: Kevin Schaffel, Sam Stein Todd Terry Wins Battle of the BlindsAug 26, '09 Todd Terry and Kevin Schaffel saw a flop from the blinds of 10 The turn was the 10 Schaffel showed pocket kings for the overpair, but Terry showed 8-6 to win the pot with a full house. Player Tags: Kevin Schaffel, Todd Terry |
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207 players remain out of the 460 that entered event no. 50 ($5,000 pot-limit Omaha).
Cornel Cimpan moved all in for his last 13,000 or so and was immediately called by Kevin Schaffel, who turned over A
Kevin Schaffel Eliminated in Eighth Place — ($1,300,228)
Darvin Moon vs. Joe Cada
James Akenhead Eliminated in Ninth Place ($1,263,602)
On Saturday, the wait will finally be over.
Chip Counts:
Liya Gerasimova raised preflop and Kevin Schaffel immediately reraised behind her. Gerasimova took her time before reraising an additional 42,000. Schaffel called and both players took a flop of J
Kevin Schaffel has had one great run after another since making the final table of the 2009 
Wow! Monster Pot Below…
All things considered, the end came quickly, despite a final table that featured numerous delays and unscheduled breaks.
Kevin Schaffel raised from the cutoff to 150,000 and Sam Stein moved all in from the big blind for 755,000. Schaffel called and they flipped up their cards.