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| Dec 15, '09 | 2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship | 2 | + |
Level 6 Update: Field Shrinks and Grows SimultaneouslyDec 15, '09 Blinds: 400-800 with a 75 ante Players Remaining: 225 out of 313 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 265,000 Average Chip Count: 83,000 Notable Eliminations: Jennifer Tilly Big Hands:
We didn’t catch the action up until the turn, when Alan Sass found himself all in against Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier on a board reading Q The river was the J Hafiz Khan Eliminated Hafiz Khan lost most of his stack to David Paredes when his A-K failed to catch up against pocket kings and was left with just a couple thousand in chips. Then in the small blind, Khan woke up with A-Q only to have the big blind look him up with J-10. The flop came down J-10-4 and Khan never caught up, packing up his things and hitting the rail halfway through level six.
On a flop of 6 The turn and river fell 7 Ralph Perry Gets Richer From Sam Farha Ralph Perry raised to 3,000 and was called by Erik Nomberg on the button and Sam Farha in the big blind. The flop came down A Nomberg folded and Farha called. The turn was the Q Perry bet 20,000, leaving himself with just 10,725 behind. Farha thought it over for about a minute, explaining he would have folded if it were not for the turn card. Eventually, he flashed the A Left In The Deck: We’re seated next to the toughest table in the room. Here’s a look at the lineup: Seat 1: Dutch Boyd Player Tags: Sam Farha, Justin Bonomo, Bertrand Grospellier, Alan Sass, Ralph Perry, Hafiz Khan |
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| May 29, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $40,000 40th Annual No-Limit Hold'em | 2 | + |
Level 7 Update: Jason Mercier Busts Adam GeyerMay 28, '09 Blinds: 1,000-2,000 with 300 ante Players Remaining: 141 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Lex Veldhuis — 530,000 Average Chip Count: 171,000 Notable Eliminations: Adam “csimmsux” Geyer Big Hands:
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 6,400 from the cutoff and Adam Geyer reraised to 17,000 on the button. The action moved to Jason Mercier who reraised from the small blind. Esfandiari folded and Geyer reluctantly moved in for his last 30,000 or so. Mercier flipped up pocket aces and Geyer showed down pocket queens. The board ran out K David Baker Chips Up On a board reading 9 Andy Bloch Getting Picked on by Alec Torelli After losing a big pot earlier to Torelli, Bloch checked a board showing J A few hands later, Bloch doubled up with pocket kings against his opponent’s ace-queen.
Andy Black raised to 6,000 from the hijack. Chris Moore was next to act and move in for his last 30,000. Black talked to Moore for a bit before making the call and showing 5 “Action” Jeff Garza Sent Home By Phil Galfond Jeff Garza was all in and called holding A-Q but was dominated by Phil Galfond’s superior A-K. The board rolled out nine high offering no help to the recently turned 21 Garza. Galfond now has a stack of 320,000.
Alan Sass raised to 5,500 and Phil Hellmuth reraised to 15,000 directly behind him. Sass made the call and the flop came out 6 The turn was the K After the hand, Hellmuth pulled one of our reporters aside to admit that he held A-7 for a busted open-ended straight draw. “I’d get penalized for saying this at the table, but I just wanted to let it be known that the most horrible players in the world usually beat me,” said Hellmuth. The hand drew further attention when it was revealed that the dealer had miscounted the all-in stacks, giving Sass some more of Hellmuth chips. Hellmuth, clearly upset, responded with, “What are you trying to give it all to him?” Not quite, as Hellmuth still has about 37,000 in chips. Russell Rosenblum Doubles Up Russell Rosenblum found himself and his stack of about 100,000 all in preflop holding pocket kings against the pocket jacks of Philippe Rouas. The kings held and Rosenblum safely doubled up to about 210,000. Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Hellmuth, Russell Rosenblum, Andy Black, Chris Moore, Alan Sass, Adam Geyer, Alec Torelli, Philippe Rouas, David Baker, Jason Mercier Level 17 Update: Getting Close to the BubbleMay 29, '09 Blinds: 9,000-18,000 with a 2,000 ante. Players Remaining: 29 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Justin Bonomo — 2,200,000 Average Chip Count: 868,965 Notable Eliminations: Ali Eslami Big Hands:
Just a few moments into the level, David Chiu was all in holding A-K against the A-9 of Greg Raymer. The board bricked for both players and Chiu doubled up to 260,000. Raymer is still far and away the chip leader with 2.5 million. Sami Kelopuro Busts to Lex Veldhuis Lex Vedlhuis raised to 45,000 and Sami Kelopuro moved all in for his last 300,000. Veldhuis made the call and showed A The board came K Alan Sass Hits the Rail Alan Sass jammed it in preflop with A
Kirill Gerasimov was short stacked and moved all in holding K The flop came A Marco Johnson Busts to Justin Bonomo Marco Johnson was all in holding K
Nam Le got it all in on a A Player Tags: David Pham, Nam Le, Kirill Gerasimov, Greg Raymer, Justin Bonomo, Alan Sass, Marco Johnson, David Baker, Evan McNiff, Dani Stern Level 15 Update: Greg Raymer Gets StrongerMay 29, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 40 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Greg Raymer — 2,660,000 Average Chip Count: 603,000 Notable Eliminations: James Mackey Big Hands:
Shortly into the level, James Mackey found himself all in holding K-Q. Unfortunately, Greg Raymer woke up with A-K. The board brought a king, but Raymer’s kicker was enough to send Mackey home out of the money. After the hand, Raymer stacked ballooned to 1.67 million. Alec Torelli Picks Up a Big Pot With an All-In Move Greg Raymer opened from early position to 30,000 and Vanessa Rousso made the call. Brian Rast then raised to 105,000 in the hijack and the action moved over to Alec Torelli. After a few minutes in thought, Torelli moved all in for 810,000. Raymer quickly folded, as did Rousso. Rast asked for a count, saw that his 650,000 was well covered and the folded. Torelli moved up to approximately 960,000.
Phil Galfond found himself all in holding a dominating A-K against Justin Bonomo and his A-J. A king hit the flop and Bonomo failed to catch up, doubling Galfond to 488,000 in chips. Bonomo is still healthy with about 1.1 million. Sami Kelopuro Doubles Up Courtesy of Alan Sass After an all-in and call, Sami Kelopuro revealed his pocket queens and was way ahead of Alan Sass and his pocket eights. The board ran out Q Chris Moneymaker Gives Up Some Chips to Noah Schwartz Noah Schwartz was all in on the short stack holding pocket kings against the pocket sevens of Chris Moneymaker. The board failed to help the 2003 champion and Schwartz doubled up to 320,000. Moneymaker dropped below the million mark with 910,000. Sorel Mizzi Doubles Through Frank Kassela On a flop of J Player Tags: Frank Kassela, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, James Mackey, Justin Bonomo, Vanessa Rousso, Brian Rast, Phil Galfond, Alan Sass, Noah Schwartz, Alec Torelli, Sorel Mizzi, Sami Kelopuro |
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| May 28, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $40,000 40th Annual No-Limit Hold'em | 1 | + |
Level 7 Update: Jason Mercier Busts Adam GeyerMay 28, '09 Blinds: 1,000-2,000 with 300 ante Players Remaining: 141 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Lex Veldhuis — 530,000 Average Chip Count: 171,000 Notable Eliminations: Adam “csimmsux” Geyer Big Hands:
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 6,400 from the cutoff and Adam Geyer reraised to 17,000 on the button. The action moved to Jason Mercier who reraised from the small blind. Esfandiari folded and Geyer reluctantly moved in for his last 30,000 or so. Mercier flipped up pocket aces and Geyer showed down pocket queens. The board ran out K David Baker Chips Up On a board reading 9 Andy Bloch Getting Picked on by Alec Torelli After losing a big pot earlier to Torelli, Bloch checked a board showing J A few hands later, Bloch doubled up with pocket kings against his opponent’s ace-queen.
Andy Black raised to 6,000 from the hijack. Chris Moore was next to act and move in for his last 30,000. Black talked to Moore for a bit before making the call and showing 5 “Action” Jeff Garza Sent Home By Phil Galfond Jeff Garza was all in and called holding A-Q but was dominated by Phil Galfond’s superior A-K. The board rolled out nine high offering no help to the recently turned 21 Garza. Galfond now has a stack of 320,000.
Alan Sass raised to 5,500 and Phil Hellmuth reraised to 15,000 directly behind him. Sass made the call and the flop came out 6 The turn was the K After the hand, Hellmuth pulled one of our reporters aside to admit that he held A-7 for a busted open-ended straight draw. “I’d get penalized for saying this at the table, but I just wanted to let it be known that the most horrible players in the world usually beat me,” said Hellmuth. The hand drew further attention when it was revealed that the dealer had miscounted the all-in stacks, giving Sass some more of Hellmuth chips. Hellmuth, clearly upset, responded with, “What are you trying to give it all to him?” Not quite, as Hellmuth still has about 37,000 in chips. Russell Rosenblum Doubles Up Russell Rosenblum found himself and his stack of about 100,000 all in preflop holding pocket kings against the pocket jacks of Philippe Rouas. The kings held and Rosenblum safely doubled up to about 210,000. Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Hellmuth, Russell Rosenblum, Andy Black, Chris Moore, Alan Sass, Adam Geyer, Alec Torelli, Philippe Rouas, David Baker, Jason Mercier Level 17 Update: Getting Close to the BubbleMay 29, '09 Blinds: 9,000-18,000 with a 2,000 ante. Players Remaining: 29 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Justin Bonomo — 2,200,000 Average Chip Count: 868,965 Notable Eliminations: Ali Eslami Big Hands:
Just a few moments into the level, David Chiu was all in holding A-K against the A-9 of Greg Raymer. The board bricked for both players and Chiu doubled up to 260,000. Raymer is still far and away the chip leader with 2.5 million. Sami Kelopuro Busts to Lex Veldhuis Lex Vedlhuis raised to 45,000 and Sami Kelopuro moved all in for his last 300,000. Veldhuis made the call and showed A The board came K Alan Sass Hits the Rail Alan Sass jammed it in preflop with A
Kirill Gerasimov was short stacked and moved all in holding K The flop came A Marco Johnson Busts to Justin Bonomo Marco Johnson was all in holding K
Nam Le got it all in on a A Player Tags: David Pham, Nam Le, Kirill Gerasimov, Greg Raymer, Justin Bonomo, Alan Sass, Marco Johnson, David Baker, Evan McNiff, Dani Stern Level 15 Update: Greg Raymer Gets StrongerMay 29, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 40 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Greg Raymer — 2,660,000 Average Chip Count: 603,000 Notable Eliminations: James Mackey Big Hands:
Shortly into the level, James Mackey found himself all in holding K-Q. Unfortunately, Greg Raymer woke up with A-K. The board brought a king, but Raymer’s kicker was enough to send Mackey home out of the money. After the hand, Raymer stacked ballooned to 1.67 million. Alec Torelli Picks Up a Big Pot With an All-In Move Greg Raymer opened from early position to 30,000 and Vanessa Rousso made the call. Brian Rast then raised to 105,000 in the hijack and the action moved over to Alec Torelli. After a few minutes in thought, Torelli moved all in for 810,000. Raymer quickly folded, as did Rousso. Rast asked for a count, saw that his 650,000 was well covered and the folded. Torelli moved up to approximately 960,000.
Phil Galfond found himself all in holding a dominating A-K against Justin Bonomo and his A-J. A king hit the flop and Bonomo failed to catch up, doubling Galfond to 488,000 in chips. Bonomo is still healthy with about 1.1 million. Sami Kelopuro Doubles Up Courtesy of Alan Sass After an all-in and call, Sami Kelopuro revealed his pocket queens and was way ahead of Alan Sass and his pocket eights. The board ran out Q Chris Moneymaker Gives Up Some Chips to Noah Schwartz Noah Schwartz was all in on the short stack holding pocket kings against the pocket sevens of Chris Moneymaker. The board failed to help the 2003 champion and Schwartz doubled up to 320,000. Moneymaker dropped below the million mark with 910,000. Sorel Mizzi Doubles Through Frank Kassela On a flop of J Player Tags: Frank Kassela, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, James Mackey, Justin Bonomo, Vanessa Rousso, Brian Rast, Phil Galfond, Alan Sass, Noah Schwartz, Alec Torelli, Sorel Mizzi, Sami Kelopuro |
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| Jul 16, '08 | 2008 Bellagio Cup IV (WPT) | No-Limit Hold'em WPT Championship Event | 6 | + |
Alan Sass Ushered Out the DoorJul 16, '08
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| May 30, '08 | 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 1 - World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em | 1 | + |
Pot-Limit Hold'em - Only Two More Levels To GoMay 30, '08 Note: The players are now on a 15-minute break Average Stack: 62,000 Eliminations: Alan “The Usher” Sass Big Hands:
Grundy wins blind vs. blind battle With a board of Q Ryan Young fails to entice bet From the big blind Ryan Young check-called a bet of 5,700 on a flop of 6 Sprengers springs a trap Ben Sprengers of Florida made a major leap forward in a span of three hands. Playing from late position, Sprengers raised to 4,000 and was called by the button. On a dangerous flop of A Benyamine cashes in David Benyamine increased his stack to 128,000 when his pocket aces crippled an opponent with pocket kings. The double-paired board of J
John Juanda raised to 3,800 from middle position. A player in late position called and Mark “Newhizzle” Newhouse came along from the big blind. On a flop of K Haxton gets the better of Saul On a board of K Player Tags: John Juanda, Phil Laak, David Benyamine, Eli Elezra, David Chiu, Gavin Griffin, Bradley Berman, Shawn Keller, Grant Lang, Anthony Licastro, Ben Sprengers, Raphael Zimmerman, Ryan Young, Kevin Saul, Ben Grundy, Keith Lehr, Mark Newhouse, Alan Sass, V R, Marco Johnson, Emad Tahtouh, Alexander Kostritsyn, European Report |
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| Jul 13, '07 | 2007 Bellagio Cup III Tournament (WPT) | WPT No-Limit Hold'em Championship Event | 4 | + |
Respect The UsherJul 13, '07 Alan "The Usher" Sass has major respect. He re-raised an opponent who opened for $7,000. Sass made it $27,000 to go and after thinking for a minute his opponent folded Q Q face up.
Player Tags: Alan Sass |
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| Jun 19, '07 | 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 30 - No-Limit Hold'em - Six Handed | 3 | + |
Hour ThreeJun 19, '07 Three Tables
Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Joe Tehan, Steve Wong, Alan Sass Hour ThreeJun 20, '07 Human Rain DelayHoyt Corkins has been reraised numerous times and each time it has taken him a while to fold. Corkins takes minutes to fold as he is posturing as if he has a big hand. It has slowed play down, but clearly he thinks its necessary to keep his intimidating image. Alan Sass Eliminated 4th ($132,471) Sass raises from the button and Corkins pushes with A  10. Sass insta-calls with A K and the first four cards come 987A. Corkins is open ended, but spikes his 10 on the river to take out Sass. Sass is eliminated in 4th place for a $132,471 payday.William Lin Eliminated 3rd ($196,758) Lin raised to $60,000 and was called by Terence Chan. The flop came A Q3, Chan checks and Lin bets. Chan check raised all in and it took Lin only a seconds to call with AJ. He celebrates when Chan shows A6 but the turn comes 6 and Chan takes the lead in the hand. Things got confusing during the webcast when commentator Howard David mistakenly called the action as if Chan had just lost the hand and had busted. Once the confusion had been taken care of, Lin was taken from the tent in third place for a $196,758 payday.Player Tags: William Lin, Henry Corkery, Alan Sass Day Two EndsJun 19, '07 Lucky Number SevenWith seven players remaining action was consolidated down to one table. Joe Tehan was busted along the way. Steve Wong moved all in on the first hand at the table and Kelly Vandemheen folded after making a $40,000 raise. Wong moved all in again on the next hand over the top of Hoyt Corkins. Corkins went into the tank for a while and asked for a count of Wong's raise. The all-in bet was $572,000 and Corkins had it covered. He counted out the chips required for the call and then stood up from the table. He removed his glasses, thought for a while longer, then made the call. Corkins flipped over 9 9 and Wong showed down A K. The board was dealt Q 5 3 2 J and Corkins jumped into the chip lead with the flush. Action ended for the night and the players will return at 2 p.m. tomorrow for the ESPN final table.Final Table The final table was then set: Seat No. 1: Terrance Chan - $502,000 Seat No. 2: Alan Sass - $1,217,000 Seat No. 3: William Lin - $736,000 Seat No. 4: James Pittman - $127,000 Seat No. 5: Kelly Vandemheen - $307,000 Seat No. 6: Hoyt Corkins - $1,371,000 Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Steve Wong, Alan Sass |
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| Jun 19, '07 | 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 30 - No-Limit Hold'em - Six Handed | 2 | + |
Hour ThreeJun 19, '07 Three Tables
Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Joe Tehan, Steve Wong, Alan Sass Hour ThreeJun 20, '07 Human Rain DelayHoyt Corkins has been reraised numerous times and each time it has taken him a while to fold. Corkins takes minutes to fold as he is posturing as if he has a big hand. It has slowed play down, but clearly he thinks its necessary to keep his intimidating image. Alan Sass Eliminated 4th ($132,471) Sass raises from the button and Corkins pushes with A 10. Sass insta-calls with AK and the first four cards come 987A. Corkins is open ended, but spikes his 10 on the river to take out Sass. Sass is eliminated in 4th place for a $132,471 payday.William Lin Eliminated 3rd ($196,758) Lin raised to $60,000 and was called by Terence Chan. The flop came A Q3, Chan checks and Lin bets. Chan check raised all in and it took Lin only a seconds to call with AJ. He celebrates when Chan shows A6 but the turn comes 6 and Chan takes the lead in the hand. Things got confusing during the webcast when commentator Howard David mistakenly called the action as if Chan had just lost the hand and had busted. Once the confusion had been taken care of, Lin was taken from the tent in third place for a $196,758 payday.Player Tags: William Lin, Henry Corkery, Alan Sass Day Two EndsJun 19, '07 Lucky Number SevenWith seven players remaining action was consolidated down to one table. Joe Tehan was busted along the way. Steve Wong moved all in on the first hand at the table and Kelly Vandemheen folded after making a $40,000 raise. Wong moved all in again on the next hand over the top of Hoyt Corkins. Corkins went into the tank for a while and asked for a count of Wong's raise. The all-in bet was $572,000 and Corkins had it covered. He counted out the chips required for the call and then stood up from the table. He removed his glasses, thought for a while longer, then made the call. Corkins flipped over 9 9 and Wong showed down A K. The board was dealt Q 5 3 2 J and Corkins jumped into the chip lead with the flush. Action ended for the night and the players will return at 2 p.m. tomorrow for the ESPN final table.Final Table The final table was then set: Seat No. 1: Terrance Chan - $502,000 Seat No. 2: Alan Sass - $1,217,000 Seat No. 3: William Lin - $736,000 Seat No. 4: James Pittman - $127,000 Seat No. 5: Kelly Vandemheen - $307,000 Seat No. 6: Hoyt Corkins - $1,371,000 Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Steve Wong, Alan Sass |
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ElkY Gets Lucky On Alan Sass
Tough Luck For Justin Bonomo Sends Him Out
Jason Mercier Takes Out Adam Geyer
Chris Moore Doubles Through Andy Black
Phil Hellmuth Crippled By Alan “The Usher” Sass
David Chiu Doubles Through Greg Raymer
Double Elimination For David Baker
Nam Le Busts In a Suck, Re-Suck Situation
Greg Raymer Takes Out James Mackey
Phil Galfond Doubles Through Justin Bonomo
Alan Sass came into the day with nearly 600,000 in chips, but lost a few pots early. His A-K brought him hopes of a double up, but he ran into Per Ummer's pocket aces to hit the rail in 31st place.
On a board of K
Newhouse rakes a pot