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| Nov 12, '10 | 2010 NAPT Los Angeles | NAPT L.A. Main Event | 1 | + |
Level 3: Vanessa Selbst Busts To David SandsNov 12, '10 Blinds: 100-200 Players Remaining: 319 (Approximate) Eliminations: Vanessa Selbst Big Hands:
A player raised in early position to 500 and Vanessa Selbst reraised to 1,400 on the button. David Sands then made it 2,700 from the big blind and the initial raiser folded. Selbst reraised to 4,400, leaving herself with 8,000 behind. Sands put the rest in and she made the call with A Sands showed her A Cornel Cimpan Gets Back To His Starting Stack Cornel Cimpan raised to 500 from middle position and was called by the hijack, Jonathan Aguiar in the small blind and the big blind. The flop came down J Melanie Weisner Chips Up Against Jared Bleznick It’s not much of a hand, but it’s an excuse to report on Melanie Weisner’s stack. Jared Bleznick raised to 500 from middle position and she called out of the big blind. The two players checked down a board of A
Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 600 from the cutoff and Andreas Hoivold reraised too 1,500 behind him on the button. Lichtenberger called and the flop fell K The river was the 3 After the hand, Lichtenberger was down to 19,000 and Hoivold chipped up to 46,000. Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, David Sands, Vanessa Selbst, Andreas Hoivold, Andrew Lichtenberger |
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| Oct 16, '10 | 2010 Festa Al Lago Classic | WPT Festa Al Lago Main Event | 2 | + |
Level 7 Update: Bustout BonanzaOct 16, '10
Players Remaining: 177 out of 317 Chip Counts: 1. Payman Arjang — 225,000 Card Player Chip Counts Jeff Shulman — 72,000 Average Chip Count: 69,289 Notable Eliminations: Keven Stammen Big Hands: David Williams Doubles Up Through Jeff Shulman David Williams got the last of his chips into the middle preflop against Jeff Shulman and they flipped over their cards: Williams: A Board: 8 Williams doubled up on the hand and he now holds 23,500. Shulman dropped slightly to 72,000. Justin Young and David Baker Eliminated Cornel Cimpan raised from the cutoff preflop and Justin moved all in for 17,000. David Baker reraised all in over the top. Cimpan made the call and they flipped over their cards: Cimpan: K-K Board: 10-7-3-J-4 Cimpan eliminated both Young and Baker on the hand and after starting the day with 23,000 and change he now holds about 70,000. Sorel Mizzi Jumps to Third in the Counts There was 17,000 in the pot and the board read K Mizzi bet 7,000 and Menard made the call. Arieh mucked and Mizzi turned over 10 Poker Tweets
Left in the Deck Best Tournament Director Quote Ever While trying to quell the players after a controversial decision on a pot where he invoked the over-sized chip rule, Tournament Director John Nieznanski said, “I rule the same, whether it’s my ex-wife who I hate, or my daughter who I love.” Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, Jeff Shulman, Justin Young, David Williams, Sorel Mizzi, David Baker |
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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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| Dec 16, '09 | 2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship | 3 | + |
Level 1 Update: Soheil Shamseddin Eliminates Jonathan LittleDec 14, '09 Blinds: 50-100 Players Remaining: 225 out of 228 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 120,000 Average Chip Count: 60,000
Jonathan Little Big Hands: The Magician Makes One Opponent Disappear Antonio Esfandiari (pictured right) scored the first elimination of the day when his pocket aces held up to defeat the pocket queens of an opponent. Esfandiari doubled up on the hand and he currently leads the field with 120,000. Soheil Shamseddin Eliminates Jonathan Little
Little: 9 The turn and river delivered a heart for Shamseddin and he won the hand to grow his stack to 95,000. Little was eliminated on the hand during the first level of the day. Shamseddin ended the first level in a hand that saw him lose 15,000 when he decided not to call down another all-in opponent. POY Watch:
Eric Baldwin: 6,994 You can read more about the top players in the POY race in the following two articles that were featured on CardPlayer.com last week. Faces of the 2009 POY Race — Part I Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, Antonio Esfandiari, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Jason Mercier Level 9 Update: Eric Baldwin EliminatedDec 15, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 159 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Eric Hershler — 350,000 Average Chip Count: 124,151 Notable Eliminations: Eric Baldwin Big Hands:
On a flop of J Dwan: 7 River: 6 Baldwin was eliminated on the hand and Dwan grew his stack to 300,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko Doubles Up Yevgeniy Timoshenko was all in preflop for 48.6 million and John Juanda called him down. Their cards: Timoshenko: A Board: 10 Timoshenko doubled up on the hand to survive in the tournament.
On a flop of K Left in the Deck The official prize pool for the tournament has been released. 1st: $1,428,430 POY Watch With Baldwin now out of the tournament and the final size of the field set, the final POY contenders left in the tournament know what to shoot for if they hope to pass Baldwin for the 2009 crown. Here is a look at the top three point totals in the race: Eric Baldwin: 6,994 POY Points to be Awarded at the Final Table of this event: 1: 1,980 Cornel Cimpan needs a third-place finish or better here at Bellagio to pass Baldwin and Yevgeniy Timoshenko needs a second-place finish or better to pass Badlwin. Soheil Shamseddin and Mike Leah can’t pass Baldwin with a win but they can improve their final standings in the POY race. Here is a look at where the remaining top 10 players in the POY race stand in chips in this event: Yevgeniy Timoshenko: 95,000 Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Mike Leah, Eric Hershler, Darryll Fish Level 8 Update: Three POY Contenders Still RemainDec 15, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 187 out of 328 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 310,000 Average Chip Count: 105,000 Notable Eliminations: Erik Nomberg Big Hands:
On a flop of K Brunson, who registered late in level 7, is now down to 28,000 in chips. Hunter Frey Eliminated by Joe Serock In a glorified coinflip, Hunter Frey was all in holding A Serock now has a massive stack of 192,000 chips in front of him, by far the most at his table. Cornel Cimpan Quads Up to Double Up Cornel Cimpan raised to 3,500 and Michael Watson reraised to 9,000 in the cutoff behind him. Cimpan thought it over before making the call, leaving himself with just 15,100. The flop came down 10 The inconsequential turn and river were the K
We caught up with the action on a flop of K Juanda thought for a bit before raising to 53,000 and Timoshenko folded. Habib then went into the tank, pondering his decision with his last 40,000 in front of him. Eventually, he put it in, Juanda called and the two players revealed their hands. Juanda showed pocket sixes for a set and Habib showed A Left In the Deck: Registration is now closed. The official numbers and prize pool should be announced shortly. Card Player TV: The folks over at Card Player TV recently caught up with Yevgeniy Timoshenko during the break to discuss his 2009 campaign.
Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, John Juanda, Hasan Habib, Michael Watson, Joseph Serock, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Hunter Frey Level 7 Update: POY Contenders Take HitsDec 15, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 230 out of 320 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 310,000 Average Chip Count: 83,478 Notable Eliminations: Adam Levy Big Hands:
Marco Johnson moved all in for 10,600 under the gun and John Juanda (pictured right) made the call from the cutoff. Yevgeniy Timoshenko reraised to 13,600 and Juanda reraised to 26,000. Timosehnko reraised all in and Juanda made the all-in call. Their cards: Timoshenko: J Board: A Juanda made a full house and he doubled up on the hand to 150,000 and Marco Johnson was eliminated. Timoshenko watched his chips fall to 45,000 on the hand. Kenny Trans Aces are No Good A series of bets and raises preflop saw the big blind all in for 80,000 and Kenny Tran had him covered. Their cards: Tran: A The big blind doubled up and Tran was knocked down to 25,000. John Phan Takes out an Opponent John Phan moved all in preflop from late position and the cutoff made the all-in call. Their cards: Phan: A Board: 10-6-4-6-K Phan won the hand and he grew his stack to 90,000
The top two POY contenders have each taken a hit during the second level on day 2. Cornel Cimpan (pictured left) held pocket jacks but they fell to the A-J of his opponent and his stack is now down to 30,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko also held jacks when he lost a large chunk of his stack (see hand above). They lost to the pocket kings of John Juanda and Timoshenko now holds just 45,000. Timoshenko recovered at the end of the level when he doubled up with pocket tens and now holds 90,000. Here is a look at the chip counts for the POY contenders left in play: Soheil Shamseddin: 133,000 Player Tags: John Phan, Cornel Cimpan, John Juanda, Kenny Tran, Marco Johnson, Yevgeniy Timoshenko Level 13 Update: Eric Baldwin Clinches 2009 POY AwardDec 16, '09 Blinds: 2,500-4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 61 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Joseph Elpayaa — 740,000 Average Chip Count: 323,606 Notable Eliminations: Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Yevgeniy Timoshenko was eliminated during level 13 and Eric Baldwin (pictured right) has clinched the 2009 Card Player Player of the Year award. Baldwin will receive a $10,0000 seat in the 2010 World Series of Poker main event and a trophy in recognition of his accomplishment. Baldwin racked up a total of 6,994 points to win the award. He made a very impressive 17 final tables in 2009 and he won four tournament titles, including a win in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys at Bellagio this past weekend that served as an exclamation point on his victory. Congratulations to Eric Baldwin! Baldwin takes over the title from the 2008 POY, John Phan, who scored 6,704 points to win last year’s award. Phan was also eliminated during the 13th level of the tournament today. One player in the POY top 10 is still active in today’s field and it is Soheil Shamseddin, who holds 510,000. Shamseddin won’t be able to catch Badlwin in the point standings but if he makes the final table in this event he will jump to fourth place, and if he wins he will finish in second place behind Baldwin. Big Hands: Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated Vivek Rajkumar was all in on a board of 9
Vadim Trincher (pictured left) moved all in preflop from the small blind and seat three made the call from the cutoff. Their cards: Trincher: 10 Board: Q Trincher was eliminated on the hand. John Phan Eliminated David Pham raised to 10,500 from middle position preflop and John Phan reraised all in for 40,000 behind him. Kenna James then reraised all in over the top of Phan, which induced the big blind and Pham to fold. The two live players then flipped over their cards: Phan: 7 Board: 9 James won the hand with a set of nines to grow his stack to 160,000 and Phan was eliminated on the hand. Player Tags: John Phan, Cornel Cimpan, Kenna James, Vadim Trincher, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, V R, Brent Hanks, Yevgeniy Timoshenko Level 12 Update: Chad Batista Wins Monster PotDec 16, '09 Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 88 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Chad Batista — 730,000 Average Chip Count: 225,000 Notable Eliminations: Dani Stern Big Hands:
A man known by the table as “the French guy” opened for a raise and Mark Gregorich reraised all in for his last 34,700. Chad Batista called behind him and Mr. French called as well. The flop came down J The turn was the 5 Gregorich never showed his hand, but apparently held A-Q. Meanwhile, Batista is looking at a stack of about 750,000. We’re guessing, however, since he has yet to organize the pile in front of him. Mike Matusow Doubles Through Abe Mosseri Mike Matusow was all in holding A Mosseri was left with 140,000, but got it all back shortly afterwards.
Barry Greenstein raised to 8,000 and Abe Mosseri called on the button. Greenstein continued with a bet of 11,000 on a flop of 9 Greenstein put him all in and Mosseri called with J Mosseri is now back up to 275,000, while Greenstein fights the short stack with 45,000. Cornel Cimpan Eliminated by Shawn Buchanan Cornel Cimpan found himself all in holding pocket queens against the pocket jacks of Shawn Buchanan. A jack on the board was unfortunate for Cimpan and he failed to catch up, busting from the tournament. This means only Yevgeniy Timoshenko can catch Eric Baldwin for Player of the Year honors.
Howard Lederer was all in and in great shape holding A-K against Curt Kohlberg’s K-Q, but a queen in the door put him in danger of busting. The turn gave him more outs with a wheel draw, but Lederer failed to catch up and was eliminated from the tournament. Kohlberg is now a big stack with 440,000. Erik Seidel Watches Aces Go Down in Flames Erik Seidel was all in holding pocket aces against the pocket nines of Carter King. The board ran out four spades, however, and Seidel’s aces were flushed away. King now sits with 175,000 in chips. POY Watch Erik Baldwin busted yesterday to Tom Dwan, but he’s not one for leaving his Player of the Year status to fate. Instead, Baldwin did the math and realized that if he wins today’s $500 side event, he would forced both Timoshenko and Cimpan to finish one spot higher in this tournament. Now that Cimpan is gone, only Timoshenko can challenge him. Timoshenko would need to finish in the top two to pass him, but if Baldwin can somehow score another win, Timoshenko would need to win this tournament outright in order to claim the award. Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, Erik Seidel, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Mark Gregorich, Abe Mosseri, Chad Batista, Carter King |
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| Dec 15, '09 | 2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship | 2 | + |
Level 1 Update: Soheil Shamseddin Eliminates Jonathan LittleDec 14, '09 Blinds: 50-100 Players Remaining: 225 out of 228 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 120,000 Average Chip Count: 60,000
Jonathan Little Big Hands: The Magician Makes One Opponent Disappear Antonio Esfandiari (pictured right) scored the first elimination of the day when his pocket aces held up to defeat the pocket queens of an opponent. Esfandiari doubled up on the hand and he currently leads the field with 120,000. Soheil Shamseddin Eliminates Jonathan Little
Little: 9 The turn and river delivered a heart for Shamseddin and he won the hand to grow his stack to 95,000. Little was eliminated on the hand during the first level of the day. Shamseddin ended the first level in a hand that saw him lose 15,000 when he decided not to call down another all-in opponent. POY Watch:
Eric Baldwin: 6,994 You can read more about the top players in the POY race in the following two articles that were featured on CardPlayer.com last week. Faces of the 2009 POY Race — Part I Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, Antonio Esfandiari, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Jason Mercier Level 9 Update: Eric Baldwin EliminatedDec 15, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 159 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Eric Hershler — 350,000 Average Chip Count: 124,151 Notable Eliminations: Eric Baldwin Big Hands:
On a flop of J Dwan: 7 River: 6 Baldwin was eliminated on the hand and Dwan grew his stack to 300,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko Doubles Up Yevgeniy Timoshenko was all in preflop for 48.6 million and John Juanda called him down. Their cards: Timoshenko: A Board: 10 Timoshenko doubled up on the hand to survive in the tournament.
On a flop of K Left in the Deck The official prize pool for the tournament has been released. 1st: $1,428,430 POY Watch With Baldwin now out of the tournament and the final size of the field set, the final POY contenders left in the tournament know what to shoot for if they hope to pass Baldwin for the 2009 crown. Here is a look at the top three point totals in the race: Eric Baldwin: 6,994 POY Points to be Awarded at the Final Table of this event: 1: 1,980 Cornel Cimpan needs a third-place finish or better here at Bellagio to pass Baldwin and Yevgeniy Timoshenko needs a second-place finish or better to pass Badlwin. Soheil Shamseddin and Mike Leah can’t pass Baldwin with a win but they can improve their final standings in the POY race. Here is a look at where the remaining top 10 players in the POY race stand in chips in this event: Yevgeniy Timoshenko: 95,000 Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Mike Leah, Eric Hershler, Darryll Fish Level 8 Update: Three POY Contenders Still RemainDec 15, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 187 out of 328 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 310,000 Average Chip Count: 105,000 Notable Eliminations: Erik Nomberg Big Hands:
On a flop of K Brunson, who registered late in level 7, is now down to 28,000 in chips. Hunter Frey Eliminated by Joe Serock In a glorified coinflip, Hunter Frey was all in holding A Serock now has a massive stack of 192,000 chips in front of him, by far the most at his table. Cornel Cimpan Quads Up to Double Up Cornel Cimpan raised to 3,500 and Michael Watson reraised to 9,000 in the cutoff behind him. Cimpan thought it over before making the call, leaving himself with just 15,100. The flop came down 10 The inconsequential turn and river were the K
We caught up with the action on a flop of K Juanda thought for a bit before raising to 53,000 and Timoshenko folded. Habib then went into the tank, pondering his decision with his last 40,000 in front of him. Eventually, he put it in, Juanda called and the two players revealed their hands. Juanda showed pocket sixes for a set and Habib showed A Left In the Deck: Registration is now closed. The official numbers and prize pool should be announced shortly. Card Player TV: The folks over at Card Player TV recently caught up with Yevgeniy Timoshenko during the break to discuss his 2009 campaign.
Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, John Juanda, Hasan Habib, Michael Watson, Joseph Serock, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Hunter Frey Level 7 Update: POY Contenders Take HitsDec 15, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 230 out of 320 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 310,000 Average Chip Count: 83,478 Notable Eliminations: Adam Levy Big Hands:
Marco Johnson moved all in for 10,600 under the gun and John Juanda (pictured right) made the call from the cutoff. Yevgeniy Timoshenko reraised to 13,600 and Juanda reraised to 26,000. Timosehnko reraised all in and Juanda made the all-in call. Their cards: Timoshenko: J Board: A Juanda made a full house and he doubled up on the hand to 150,000 and Marco Johnson was eliminated. Timoshenko watched his chips fall to 45,000 on the hand. Kenny Trans Aces are No Good A series of bets and raises preflop saw the big blind all in for 80,000 and Kenny Tran had him covered. Their cards: Tran: A The big blind doubled up and Tran was knocked down to 25,000. John Phan Takes out an Opponent John Phan moved all in preflop from late position and the cutoff made the all-in call. Their cards: Phan: A Board: 10-6-4-6-K Phan won the hand and he grew his stack to 90,000
The top two POY contenders have each taken a hit during the second level on day 2. Cornel Cimpan (pictured left) held pocket jacks but they fell to the A-J of his opponent and his stack is now down to 30,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko also held jacks when he lost a large chunk of his stack (see hand above). They lost to the pocket kings of John Juanda and Timoshenko now holds just 45,000. Timoshenko recovered at the end of the level when he doubled up with pocket tens and now holds 90,000. Here is a look at the chip counts for the POY contenders left in play: Soheil Shamseddin: 133,000 Player Tags: John Phan, Cornel Cimpan, John Juanda, Kenny Tran, Marco Johnson, Yevgeniy Timoshenko Level 13 Update: Eric Baldwin Clinches 2009 POY AwardDec 16, '09 Blinds: 2,500-4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 61 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Joseph Elpayaa — 740,000 Average Chip Count: 323,606 Notable Eliminations: Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Yevgeniy Timoshenko was eliminated during level 13 and Eric Baldwin (pictured right) has clinched the 2009 Card Player Player of the Year award. Baldwin will receive a $10,0000 seat in the 2010 World Series of Poker main event and a trophy in recognition of his accomplishment. Baldwin racked up a total of 6,994 points to win the award. He made a very impressive 17 final tables in 2009 and he won four tournament titles, including a win in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys at Bellagio this past weekend that served as an exclamation point on his victory. Congratulations to Eric Baldwin! Baldwin takes over the title from the 2008 POY, John Phan, who scored 6,704 points to win last year’s award. Phan was also eliminated during the 13th level of the tournament today. One player in the POY top 10 is still active in today’s field and it is Soheil Shamseddin, who holds 510,000. Shamseddin won’t be able to catch Badlwin in the point standings but if he makes the final table in this event he will jump to fourth place, and if he wins he will finish in second place behind Baldwin. Big Hands: Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated Vivek Rajkumar was all in on a board of 9
Vadim Trincher (pictured left) moved all in preflop from the small blind and seat three made the call from the cutoff. Their cards: Trincher: 10 Board: Q Trincher was eliminated on the hand. John Phan Eliminated David Pham raised to 10,500 from middle position preflop and John Phan reraised all in for 40,000 behind him. Kenna James then reraised all in over the top of Phan, which induced the big blind and Pham to fold. The two live players then flipped over their cards: Phan: 7 Board: 9 James won the hand with a set of nines to grow his stack to 160,000 and Phan was eliminated on the hand. Player Tags: John Phan, Cornel Cimpan, Kenna James, Vadim Trincher, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, V R, Brent Hanks, Yevgeniy Timoshenko Level 12 Update: Chad Batista Wins Monster PotDec 16, '09 Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 88 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Chad Batista — 730,000 Average Chip Count: 225,000 Notable Eliminations: Dani Stern Big Hands:
A man known by the table as “the French guy” opened for a raise and Mark Gregorich reraised all in for his last 34,700. Chad Batista called behind him and Mr. French called as well. The flop came down J The turn was the 5 Gregorich never showed his hand, but apparently held A-Q. Meanwhile, Batista is looking at a stack of about 750,000. We’re guessing, however, since he has yet to organize the pile in front of him. Mike Matusow Doubles Through Abe Mosseri Mike Matusow was all in holding A Mosseri was left with 140,000, but got it all back shortly afterwards.
Barry Greenstein raised to 8,000 and Abe Mosseri called on the button. Greenstein continued with a bet of 11,000 on a flop of 9 Greenstein put him all in and Mosseri called with J Mosseri is now back up to 275,000, while Greenstein fights the short stack with 45,000. Cornel Cimpan Eliminated by Shawn Buchanan Cornel Cimpan found himself all in holding pocket queens against the pocket jacks of Shawn Buchanan. A jack on the board was unfortunate for Cimpan and he failed to catch up, busting from the tournament. This means only Yevgeniy Timoshenko can catch Eric Baldwin for Player of the Year honors.
Howard Lederer was all in and in great shape holding A-K against Curt Kohlberg’s K-Q, but a queen in the door put him in danger of busting. The turn gave him more outs with a wheel draw, but Lederer failed to catch up and was eliminated from the tournament. Kohlberg is now a big stack with 440,000. Erik Seidel Watches Aces Go Down in Flames Erik Seidel was all in holding pocket aces against the pocket nines of Carter King. The board ran out four spades, however, and Seidel’s aces were flushed away. King now sits with 175,000 in chips. POY Watch Erik Baldwin busted yesterday to Tom Dwan, but he’s not one for leaving his Player of the Year status to fate. Instead, Baldwin did the math and realized that if he wins today’s $500 side event, he would forced both Timoshenko and Cimpan to finish one spot higher in this tournament. Now that Cimpan is gone, only Timoshenko can challenge him. Timoshenko would need to finish in the top two to pass him, but if Baldwin can somehow score another win, Timoshenko would need to win this tournament outright in order to claim the award. Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, Erik Seidel, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Mark Gregorich, Abe Mosseri, Chad Batista, Carter King |
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| Dec 14, '09 | 2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship | 1 | + |
Level 1 Update: Soheil Shamseddin Eliminates Jonathan LittleDec 14, '09 Blinds: 50-100 Players Remaining: 225 out of 228 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 120,000 Average Chip Count: 60,000
Jonathan Little Big Hands: The Magician Makes One Opponent Disappear Antonio Esfandiari (pictured right) scored the first elimination of the day when his pocket aces held up to defeat the pocket queens of an opponent. Esfandiari doubled up on the hand and he currently leads the field with 120,000. Soheil Shamseddin Eliminates Jonathan Little
Little: 9 The turn and river delivered a heart for Shamseddin and he won the hand to grow his stack to 95,000. Little was eliminated on the hand during the first level of the day. Shamseddin ended the first level in a hand that saw him lose 15,000 when he decided not to call down another all-in opponent. POY Watch:
Eric Baldwin: 6,994 You can read more about the top players in the POY race in the following two articles that were featured on CardPlayer.com last week. Faces of the 2009 POY Race — Part I Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, Antonio Esfandiari, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Jason Mercier Level 9 Update: Eric Baldwin EliminatedDec 15, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 159 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Eric Hershler — 350,000 Average Chip Count: 124,151 Notable Eliminations: Eric Baldwin Big Hands:
On a flop of J Dwan: 7 River: 6 Baldwin was eliminated on the hand and Dwan grew his stack to 300,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko Doubles Up Yevgeniy Timoshenko was all in preflop for 48.6 million and John Juanda called him down. Their cards: Timoshenko: A Board: 10 Timoshenko doubled up on the hand to survive in the tournament.
On a flop of K Left in the Deck The official prize pool for the tournament has been released. 1st: $1,428,430 POY Watch With Baldwin now out of the tournament and the final size of the field set, the final POY contenders left in the tournament know what to shoot for if they hope to pass Baldwin for the 2009 crown. Here is a look at the top three point totals in the race: Eric Baldwin: 6,994 POY Points to be Awarded at the Final Table of this event: 1: 1,980 Cornel Cimpan needs a third-place finish or better here at Bellagio to pass Baldwin and Yevgeniy Timoshenko needs a second-place finish or better to pass Badlwin. Soheil Shamseddin and Mike Leah can’t pass Baldwin with a win but they can improve their final standings in the POY race. Here is a look at where the remaining top 10 players in the POY race stand in chips in this event: Yevgeniy Timoshenko: 95,000 Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Mike Leah, Eric Hershler, Darryll Fish Level 8 Update: Three POY Contenders Still RemainDec 15, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 187 out of 328 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 310,000 Average Chip Count: 105,000 Notable Eliminations: Erik Nomberg Big Hands:
On a flop of K Brunson, who registered late in level 7, is now down to 28,000 in chips. Hunter Frey Eliminated by Joe Serock In a glorified coinflip, Hunter Frey was all in holding A Serock now has a massive stack of 192,000 chips in front of him, by far the most at his table. Cornel Cimpan Quads Up to Double Up Cornel Cimpan raised to 3,500 and Michael Watson reraised to 9,000 in the cutoff behind him. Cimpan thought it over before making the call, leaving himself with just 15,100. The flop came down 10 The inconsequential turn and river were the K
We caught up with the action on a flop of K Juanda thought for a bit before raising to 53,000 and Timoshenko folded. Habib then went into the tank, pondering his decision with his last 40,000 in front of him. Eventually, he put it in, Juanda called and the two players revealed their hands. Juanda showed pocket sixes for a set and Habib showed A Left In the Deck: Registration is now closed. The official numbers and prize pool should be announced shortly. Card Player TV: The folks over at Card Player TV recently caught up with Yevgeniy Timoshenko during the break to discuss his 2009 campaign.
Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, John Juanda, Hasan Habib, Michael Watson, Joseph Serock, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Hunter Frey Level 7 Update: POY Contenders Take HitsDec 15, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 230 out of 320 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 310,000 Average Chip Count: 83,478 Notable Eliminations: Adam Levy Big Hands:
Marco Johnson moved all in for 10,600 under the gun and John Juanda (pictured right) made the call from the cutoff. Yevgeniy Timoshenko reraised to 13,600 and Juanda reraised to 26,000. Timosehnko reraised all in and Juanda made the all-in call. Their cards: Timoshenko: J Board: A Juanda made a full house and he doubled up on the hand to 150,000 and Marco Johnson was eliminated. Timoshenko watched his chips fall to 45,000 on the hand. Kenny Trans Aces are No Good A series of bets and raises preflop saw the big blind all in for 80,000 and Kenny Tran had him covered. Their cards: Tran: A The big blind doubled up and Tran was knocked down to 25,000. John Phan Takes out an Opponent John Phan moved all in preflop from late position and the cutoff made the all-in call. Their cards: Phan: A Board: 10-6-4-6-K Phan won the hand and he grew his stack to 90,000
The top two POY contenders have each taken a hit during the second level on day 2. Cornel Cimpan (pictured left) held pocket jacks but they fell to the A-J of his opponent and his stack is now down to 30,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko also held jacks when he lost a large chunk of his stack (see hand above). They lost to the pocket kings of John Juanda and Timoshenko now holds just 45,000. Timoshenko recovered at the end of the level when he doubled up with pocket tens and now holds 90,000. Here is a look at the chip counts for the POY contenders left in play: Soheil Shamseddin: 133,000 Player Tags: John Phan, Cornel Cimpan, John Juanda, Kenny Tran, Marco Johnson, Yevgeniy Timoshenko Level 13 Update: Eric Baldwin Clinches 2009 POY AwardDec 16, '09 Blinds: 2,500-4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 61 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Joseph Elpayaa — 740,000 Average Chip Count: 323,606 Notable Eliminations: Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Yevgeniy Timoshenko was eliminated during level 13 and Eric Baldwin (pictured right) has clinched the 2009 Card Player Player of the Year award. Baldwin will receive a $10,0000 seat in the 2010 World Series of Poker main event and a trophy in recognition of his accomplishment. Baldwin racked up a total of 6,994 points to win the award. He made a very impressive 17 final tables in 2009 and he won four tournament titles, including a win in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys at Bellagio this past weekend that served as an exclamation point on his victory. Congratulations to Eric Baldwin! Baldwin takes over the title from the 2008 POY, John Phan, who scored 6,704 points to win last year’s award. Phan was also eliminated during the 13th level of the tournament today. One player in the POY top 10 is still active in today’s field and it is Soheil Shamseddin, who holds 510,000. Shamseddin won’t be able to catch Badlwin in the point standings but if he makes the final table in this event he will jump to fourth place, and if he wins he will finish in second place behind Baldwin. Big Hands: Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated Vivek Rajkumar was all in on a board of 9
Vadim Trincher (pictured left) moved all in preflop from the small blind and seat three made the call from the cutoff. Their cards: Trincher: 10 Board: Q Trincher was eliminated on the hand. John Phan Eliminated David Pham raised to 10,500 from middle position preflop and John Phan reraised all in for 40,000 behind him. Kenna James then reraised all in over the top of Phan, which induced the big blind and Pham to fold. The two live players then flipped over their cards: Phan: 7 Board: 9 James won the hand with a set of nines to grow his stack to 160,000 and Phan was eliminated on the hand. Player Tags: John Phan, Cornel Cimpan, Kenna James, Vadim Trincher, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, V R, Brent Hanks, Yevgeniy Timoshenko Level 12 Update: Chad Batista Wins Monster PotDec 16, '09 Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 88 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Chad Batista — 730,000 Average Chip Count: 225,000 Notable Eliminations: Dani Stern Big Hands:
A man known by the table as “the French guy” opened for a raise and Mark Gregorich reraised all in for his last 34,700. Chad Batista called behind him and Mr. French called as well. The flop came down J The turn was the 5 Gregorich never showed his hand, but apparently held A-Q. Meanwhile, Batista is looking at a stack of about 750,000. We’re guessing, however, since he has yet to organize the pile in front of him. Mike Matusow Doubles Through Abe Mosseri Mike Matusow was all in holding A Mosseri was left with 140,000, but got it all back shortly afterwards.
Barry Greenstein raised to 8,000 and Abe Mosseri called on the button. Greenstein continued with a bet of 11,000 on a flop of 9 Greenstein put him all in and Mosseri called with J Mosseri is now back up to 275,000, while Greenstein fights the short stack with 45,000. Cornel Cimpan Eliminated by Shawn Buchanan Cornel Cimpan found himself all in holding pocket queens against the pocket jacks of Shawn Buchanan. A jack on the board was unfortunate for Cimpan and he failed to catch up, busting from the tournament. This means only Yevgeniy Timoshenko can catch Eric Baldwin for Player of the Year honors.
Howard Lederer was all in and in great shape holding A-K against Curt Kohlberg’s K-Q, but a queen in the door put him in danger of busting. The turn gave him more outs with a wheel draw, but Lederer failed to catch up and was eliminated from the tournament. Kohlberg is now a big stack with 440,000. Erik Seidel Watches Aces Go Down in Flames Erik Seidel was all in holding pocket aces against the pocket nines of Carter King. The board ran out four spades, however, and Seidel’s aces were flushed away. King now sits with 175,000 in chips. POY Watch Erik Baldwin busted yesterday to Tom Dwan, but he’s not one for leaving his Player of the Year status to fate. Instead, Baldwin did the math and realized that if he wins today’s $500 side event, he would forced both Timoshenko and Cimpan to finish one spot higher in this tournament. Now that Cimpan is gone, only Timoshenko can challenge him. Timoshenko would need to finish in the top two to pass him, but if Baldwin can somehow score another win, Timoshenko would need to win this tournament outright in order to claim the award. Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, Erik Seidel, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Mark Gregorich, Abe Mosseri, Chad Batista, Carter King |
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| Sep 08, '09 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona - Season VI | PokerStars EPT Barcelona Main Event | 5 | + |
Cornel Cimpan Makes a Nice MoveSep 07, '09
Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan Cornel Andrew Cimpan Eliminated in 10th Place (€50,000)Sep 08, '09
Cimpan: J Board: A Cimpan was awarded €50,000 in prize money. Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, Toni Ojala |
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| Sep 07, '09 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona - Season VI | PokerStars EPT Barcelona Main Event | 4 | + |
Cornel Cimpan Makes a Nice MoveSep 07, '09
Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan Cornel Andrew Cimpan Eliminated in 10th Place (€50,000)Sep 08, '09
Cimpan: J Board: A Cimpan was awarded €50,000 in prize money. Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, Toni Ojala |
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| Jul 06, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 1 | + |
Level 4 Hour 2 Update: Ivan Demidov, Paul Snead EliminatedJul 06, '09 Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante Chip Counts: 1. Dutch Boyd – 133,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Matthew Hilger – 68,000 Notable Eliminations: Ivan Demidov Big Hands
The player on the button raises to 1,200, Ivan Demidov reraises to 5,450, Dwayne Stacey calls from the big blind and the player on the button folds his hand. The flop comes 10 Demidov: 7 The case six flops, giving Demidov middle pair and Stacey middle set. The turn and river are the 5 Paul Snead Eliminated On the flop of 10 Their cards: Racener: K The 6
Phil Ivey called the 8,825 chip all in of Ketul Nathwani. Ivey tabled the A Cornel Cimpan Folds to All In On a board of 8 Shawn Cunix Can’t Lose On a flop of 8 Glen Chorny Wins Pot by Limping In Glen Chorny was the beneficiary of perhaps the worst possible dealer miscue. Chorny limped in for 300 and action was folded around to a player in the cutoff who raised the 800. Both blinds folded and the dealer took the cutoff’s hand and mixed the cards together, leaving Chorny with his hand. Clearly not realizing Chorny had limped in, the dealer started moving the pot over to the cutoff. When everyone realized what she was doing, she stopped and a floor person was called over. About five minutes later, after much debating and recounting of the mistake, the floor staff ruled that Chorny wins the pot since he was the only one left with a live hand after the dealer mixed the raiser’s hand in with the deck. Chorny offered to just take back his 300 and let the cutoff take his raise back and the rest of the pot, but Chorny was awarded the pot which included the 800 raise from the cutoff. The player who had 800 chips taken by the dealer looked visibly upset. The same type of ruling would happen regardless of the bet size. Left in the Deck: The players are currently on a 20 minute break. Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, Paul Snead, John Racener, Glen Chorny, Ivan Demidov, Dwayne Stacey |
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| Jun 05, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 10 - $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/ Pot-Limit Omaha | 3 | + |
Final Table Update: Gary Do (10th), Sigi Stockinger (9th), and John Kabbaj (8th) EliminatedJun 05, '09 Blinds: pot-limit Omaha: 6,000-12,000 Players Remaining: 7 out of 453 NOTE: The final seven players went on a dinner break at the completion of level 22 and they will return at 7 p.m. PDT. Chip Counts: 1. Cornel Cimpan — 700,000 Average Chip Count: 485,357 Notable Eliminations: 10. Gary Do – $18,170 Elimination Hands:
Gary Do Eliminated in 10th Place ($18,170) pot-limit Hold’em Rami Boukai raised to 35,ooo from middle position and Cornel Cimpan reraised to 100,000 from the button. Gary Do reraised all in for 131,000 total. Boukai muckd, Cimpan called. Their cards: Do: K Board: 10 Do was eliminated in 10th place and Cimpan grew his stack to 700,000. Sigi Stockinger Eliminated in Ninth Place ($25,151) pot-liimit Omaha On a flop of A Stockinger: A River: 7 Stockinger was eliminated in ninth place and Makowsky grew his stack to 602,000.
John Kabbaj Eliminated in Eighth Place ($28,006) pot-limit Omaha John Kabbaj limped under the gun and Rami Boukai called. Cornel Cimpan raised to 66,000 from the button. Kabbaj called and Boukai mucked. The flop was dealt 8 Kabbaj: A Turn and River: 9 Cimpan won the hand to take the chip lead and Kabbaj was eliminated in eighth place. Player Tags: Cornel Cimpan, Rami Boukai, Sigi Stockinger, John Kabbaj, Daniel Makowsky, Gary Do |
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Vanessa Selbst Gets Busted By David Sands
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and she failed to connect on a board reading 9
Lucky Chewy Value Bets The Worst Hand
Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante
Cornel Cimpan moved all in for his last 13,000 or so and was immediately called by Kevin Schaffel, who turned over A
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and failed to come from behind on a board reading K
. Schaffel now sits with 155,000 in chips.
Notable Eliminations:
Soheil Shamseddin (pictured left) raised to 250 under the gun and Jonathan Little made the call from the button. The small blind called as well and the flop was dealt 9
There are six players that have scored at least 4,000 points in the 2009 Card Player Player of the Year race and five of them are active in today’s field, including the leader Eric Baldwin (pictured left). He is joined by Cornel Cimpan (second place), and Yevgeniy Timsohenko (third place), who each have the best shot at catching him with a deep finish in this event. Soheil Shamseddin (fifth place) and Jason Mercier (sixth place) are seated together at table 53. Here is a look at how close they are in the point standings:
Eric Baldwin Eliminated
Eric Hershler Takes the Chip Lead
Doyle Brunson Gets Unlucky
Hasan Habib Gets Flush To Win a Huge Pot From John Juanda
Juanda Doubles Up, Marco Johnson Out, and Yevgeniy Timoshenko Takes a Hit
Vadim Trincher Eliminated
Chad Batista Gifted A Ton of Chips
Abe Mosseri Doubles Through Barry Greenstein
Howard Lederer Eliminated by Curt Kohlberg
Cornel Andrew Cimpan moved all in preflop for 280,000 and Toni Ojala made the call. Their cards:
Ivan Demidov Eliminated
Phil Ivey Eliminates an Opponent
