Level Five Hour One: Laak's Stack Takes Big Blow
Jul 06, '10
Blinds: 200-400 with a 25 ante
Number of Entrants 1,489
Average Chip Count 37,888
Notable Chip Counts:
1. Robert Miller – 150,000
2. James Danielson – 148,000
3. Phil Galfond – 141,000
4. Gabe Walls – 138,000
5. Alex Kostritsyn – 126,000
6. Jim Collopy – 125,000
7. Jason DeWitt – 121,000
8. Tristan Wade – 120,000
9. Jon Van Fleet – 118,600
10. Kido Pham - 117,000
Card Player Chip Counts:
Jon Friedberg – 39,000
Michael Piper – 14,000
Josh Brikis – 90,000
Notable Eliminations
None
Big Hands:
Laak Loses a Huge Pot
On a flop of 9
4
5, Tristan Wade checked to Phil Laak who bet 10,000. Wade check-raised to 25,000 and Laak moved all in, having Wade covered. Wade called all in for around 60,000. Their hands:
Laak: 4
5
Wade: 99
Both players hit the flop in a big way, but Wade’s flopped set was well ahead of Laak’s two pair. The turn and river didn’t help and Laak took a big blow to his massive stack. Fortunately for him, he had accumulated enough chips today so that he was still healthy with 58,000 after the hand.
Wade had around 120,000.
Small Pockets Good For Cahail
Blake Cahail raised to 1,000 preflop and was called by seat 1. The flop fell 659 and both players checked.
The 10 came on the turn and Cahail checked to seat 1, who bet 1,700. Cahail called and the 3 landed on the river. Both players checked and Cahail showed a simple 44
. It was good enough, and he took a pot and chipped up above 75,000.
Griffin Lets One Go
Gavin Griffin called a bet from seat 7 on a flop of 86J. On the 7 turn, seat 7 bet 3,200 and Griffin called.
The K fell on the river and seat 7 reached for chips. he bet 6,200 and as soon as they hit the middle of the table Griffin looked pain. He eventually mucked and still had around 90,000 in chips.
Hamby Gets Bluffed
On a flop of K49, Jared Hamby led out for 800 and was called by the player on the button. The turn was the A and Hamby led out again, this time for 1,300 and was once again called.
The A fell on the river and this time Hamby opted to check. The player on the button bet 6,000 and Hamby went deep into the tank. Several minutes went by and was truly torn at what to do.
After a long period of though, Hamby let his hand go. The player on the button showed 89 and showed his busted flush draw. Hamby claimed he folded the king-high flush draw, which gave him top pair on the flop as well. Hamby is still very healthy in chips though.
Langmann Moving in the Right Direction
There were 8,600 chips in the middle on the turn with the board reading 2K3A. There was a check and Florian Langmann checked behind.
The A fell on the river and Langmann’s opponent bet out as 2,200. Langmann made the call and showed KJ. It was just ahead of his opponent’s K10 and Langmann increased his stack to 96,000.
Mitchell Gets Action on Aces
A player in early position raised to 2,000 and Nick Mitchell called from the button. The flop came 9610 and the original raiser bet 5,000 and Mitchell raised to 20,000, which covered his opponent.
His opponent made the call very quickly and showed JJ and Mitchell showed AA. The turn was the 2 and the 4 was the river card, to boost Mitchell to 50,000.
Player Tags: Phil Laak, Gavin Griffin, Tristan Wade, Jared Hamby, Florian Langmann, Blake Cahail, Nick Mitchell
Level 11, Hour Two: Jared Hamby Eliminated
Jul 12, '10
Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 1,737 out of 7,319
Average Chip Count: 126,408
Card Player Chip Counts
Barry Shulman – 240,000
Daniel Negreanu – 23,700
Mark Gregorich – 110,000
Adam Schoenfeld — 55,000
Jon Freidberg — 160,000
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Kevin Gates – 530,000
2. Nicholas Rainey – 503,000
3. Randy Dorfman – 470,000
4. Jim Collopy – 452,000
5. Alexander Kostritsyn – 444,000
6. Johnny Chan – 440,000
7. Jesper Hougaard – 420,000
8. David Assouline – 415,000
9. Mikhail Shamalov – 415,000
10. Robert Mizrachi – 414,000
Notable Eliminations:
Sandra Naujoks
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman
Bill Chen
Jennifer Leigh
Big Hands:
Isaac Baron Gets Flushed, Then Doubles Up
Picking up the action after the flop came down 962, a player moved all in and Isaac Baron made the call. Here were their hands:
Baron: 22
Opponent: QQ
Baron flopped a set to crack the queens but the board finished off 10 and 8 to give his opponent the flush and Baron dropped to 33,000.
A few hands later, Baron moved those 33,000 all in and was called by one player. Baron tabled 77 while his opponent tabled 44.
The board ran out 1082Q2 and his pair held up. He doubled to 70,000.
Negreanu Gets No Takers
Daniel Negreanu raised to 4,600 preflop and he was called by a player in late position and then by one of the blinds.
The flop came down Q97 and Negreanu moved all in for about 15,000. Neither of his opponents looked him up and Negreanu took the pot uncontested. He was up to 30,000.
Robert Hits The Slot Machine On The River
Robert Mizrachi raised to 4,400 from the cutoff and the player on the button made the call. The flop came down Q82 and Mizrachi bet 5,500.
The button called and the turn was the 2. Both players checked and the river was the 7. Mizrachi fired 14,600 and his opponent made the call.
Mizrachi tabled 77 for a rivered boat and his opponent mucked. Mizrachi was at 414,000.
Rousso Doubles
We didn’t catch all of the action but Vanessa Rousso moved all in for about 15,000 and was called by one player. Rousso tabled A-6 and her opponent had K-J.
The board ran out seven-high and Rousso doubled up to 30,000.
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman Eliminated
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman was all-in with A10 against her opponent’s AK. The ESPN crew rushed over to film the hand as the board ran out 743KQ.
Shulman was eliminated and ESPN filmed her husband, Barry, consoling her after her chips were pushed in the other direction.
OMG Kelly Kim
Kelly Kim raised to 3,800 and was met with a three-bet to 10,700 by Phil Galfond. Kim moved all-in for around 35,000 and was snap-called by Galfond.
Galfond showed AA and Kim showed JJ. Galfond was in good shape until the dealer peeled off the J in the window. The other two flop cards were the 8 and the 6 and now Galfond was the one in trouble.
The turn was the 5 and the river was the K and Kim doubled up to 72,000.
Naujoks’ Bluff Gone Wrong
Sandra Naujoks fired 15,000 on the turn with the board reading 22J4 and was called by her opponent. The river was the K and and Naujoks moved all-in for 35,000 and her opponent beat her into the pot.
Naujoks tabled A8, for a complete bluff and her opponent tabled AQ, giving him the nut flush and Naujoks was sent packing.
Pavilion Room Coverage
Gabe Walls Playing Aggressive
Gabe Walls bet from late position and a player on the button three-bet him to 8,200. The action was back to Walls and he four-bet to 22,000. His opponent tanked before finally folding. Walls flashed a 2 and took the pot. He was at 364,000 after the hand.
Jared Hamby Moves All In Twice, Eliminated on Second
Kevin Bates made it 3,000 from under the gun and two players called. Action was on Jared Hamby on the button. He elected to shove for 36,200 total. Everyone folded and Hamby took the pot to increase his stack to about 46,000.
A couple hands later, Steve Billirakis bet and was three-bet by a player directly to his left. Hamby moved all in on the button and it was folded to Billirakis. Billirakis announced all in and the three-bettor folded. Hamby exposed the AK while Billirakis tabled the JJ. The board ran out 1010986 and Hamby was gone. Billirakis was up to about 180,000.
Hamby had three cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker. His best score was an eighth place finish in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em event for $46,077.
Vanessa Selbst Takes a Pot
On a board of QQJ10 action was checked to Vanessa Selbst in the cutoff. She fired out a bet of 23,500 and her opponent folded. Selbst was at 192,000 after the hand.
Twitter Accounts
Barry Shulman
Bernard Lee
Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Scotty Nguyen
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Annie Duke
Tristan Wade
Dave Sands
Brandon Cantu
Jon Turner
Amit Makhija
Bryan Micon
Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Steve Billirakis, Vanessa Rousso, Isaac Baron, Phil Galfond, Vanessa Selbst, Jared Hamby, Sandra Naujoks
Q
. Hamby was in the big blind and was up against a player in the cutoff who had the A
K
was of no help to the World Series of Poker bracelet winner.
Jim Petzing raised to 150,000 on the button and got a call from Ludovic Geilich in the small blind. Jared Hamby then moved all in from the big blind for just under 2,100,000.
Christopher Stephan raised to 85,000 and Jared Hamby moved all in behind him for 705,000. Ben Zamani then raised all in from the big blind to isolate. Stephan folded and Zamani showed A
After a flop of Q
Stephen Graner versus Dan Sindelar
Stephen Graner opened to 32,000 and Jared Hamby moved all-in for 173,000. From the big blind Maxim Sorokin made the call. Graner also cut out enough chips and slid them forward.
Jared Hamby Wins Event No. 40 ($525,272) — Peter Hengsakul Eliminated in Second Place (325.780)
10
5
Jared Hamby Doubles Up Three Times
Darryll Fish Eliminated in Third Place ($215,286)
David Vamplew Doubles Up
David Vamplew raised to 100,000 on the button preflop and Trevor Pope reraised all in. Vamplew called all in for 940,000 and they flipped over their cards.