Luke Staudenmaier Poker Tournament Updates

That Was Quick

Feb 28, '11

We didn’t catch the action, but Ryan Welch just stopped by to tell us how he was the first to be eliminated here on day 4. It folded to Welch in the small blind and he moved all in with 10-8.

Luke Staudenmaier slowly peeled his cards with Welch and looked down at A-4, more than enough to make the call. The board ran out 9-9-9-K-A and Welch was eliminated.

Player Tags: Luke Staudenmaier,   Ryan Welch

Level 9 Update: Grinder Eliminated

Jun 24, '09

Blinds: 800-1,600

Players Remaining: 108 out of 275

Chip Counts:

1. Darryll Fish — 221,000
2. Luke Staudenmaier — 218,000
3. Chris Moore — 198,000
4. Michael Brummelhuis — 182,000
5. Masaaki Kagawa — 175,000
6. Eric Bladwin — 168,000
7. David Pham — 160,000
8. Kirill Gerasimov — 145,000
9. David Singer — 143,000
10. Erik Seidel — 122,900

Average Chip Count: 76,388

Notable Eliminations:

Eric Cajelais
Erick Lindgren
Patrick Bueno
Michael Mizrachi
Brandon Adams
David Baker
Alex Bolotin

Big Hands:

Luke Staudenmaier Eliminates Patrick Bueno

Patrick Bueno raises to 5,200 from under the gun, another player reraises to 16,000 and Luke Staudenmaier three-bets the size of the pot. Bueno calls all in while the other player folds.

Bueno: KQ
Staudenmaier: 1010

Board: 98285

Bueno fails to improve as Staudenmaier’s tens hold up. Bueno is eliminated from the tournament as Staudenmaier makes a run at the chiplead with just under 215,000 this hand.

The Grinder is Eliminated

The players in seat 8 and seat 1 limp in to the pot from middle position and Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi puts in a raise from the button. Seat 8 calls the raise and seat 1 reraises the size of the pot (59,800). Mizrachi calls all and seat 8 folds.

Mizrachi: QQ
Seat 1: AK

Board: AJ542

Mizrachi gets it in good but his opponent spikes an ace on the flop, eliminating The grinder from this event.

Mortensen Doubles Through Charania

It was just last level that Mohsin Charania doubeld through Carlos Mortensen to stay alive, and this time it was Mortensen that doubled through Charania to stay alive when Charania checks to Mortensen a flop of 432. Mortensen bets 6,000 and Charania raises to 17,000. Mortensen moves all in for 24,000 and change, Charania calls.

Mortensen: AA
Charania: 77

Mortensen has the lead on the flop with the best overpair but the 5 gives his opponent four more outs. The river is a safe card (9) for Mortensen as he doubles up to almost 60,000 this hand, leaving Charania with just above 30,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   Michael Mizrachi,   Patrick Bueno,   Luke Staudenmaier

Level 18 Update: John Kabbaj Secures Monster Chiplead

Jun 25, '09

Blinds: 6,000-12,000

Players Remaining: 20 out of 275

Chip Counts:

1. John Kabbaj — 1,550,000
2. Kirill Gerasimov — 650,000
3. J.C. Alvarado — 630,000
4. Isaac Haxton — 550,000
5. Davidi Kitai — 480,000
6. Justin Young — 470,000
7. Darryll Fish — 415,000
8. Ken Lenaard — 394,000
9. Eric Baldwin — 375,000
10. Jason Lester — 365,000

Average Chip Count: 412,500

Notable Eliminations:

27. Keith Lehr — $24,066
26. Daniel Drescher — $24,066
25. Masaaki Kagawa — $24,066
24. Luke Staudenmaier — $24,066
23. Kevin Stammen — $24,066
22. Bryn Kenney — $24,066

Big Hands:

Kieth Lehr Eliminated in 27th Place ($24,066)

Although it was Michael Kamran who crippled Kieth Lehr in a previous hand when Lehr ran his J-10 into Kamran’s A-J on a jack-high board, it was Ken Lennard that gets the kill when his A-9 cracked Lehr’s A-A.

Crippled just a few hands prior, Kieth Lehr gets it all in pre-flop with AA against Ken Lenaard’s A9.

The board comes Q87K9, giving Lenaard the ace-high flush on the river to crack Lehr’s aces and send him to the rail in 27th place ($24,066).

Luke Staudenmaier Eliminated in 24th Place ($24,066)

It’s a three-way all in pot between Luke Staudenmaier, Kirill Gerasimov and Keven Stammen; Stammen has them both covered.

Staudenmaier: J10
Gerasimov: AK
Stammen: 1010

Board: 752QA

Stammen leads the pot with a pair of tens until the river where Gerasimov spikes an ace. Gerasimov more than doubles up this hand, now with 550,000 in chips as Stammen takes a big hit to his stack and Luke Staudenmaier is eliminated in 24th place ($24,066).

Kevin Stammen Eliminated in 23rd Place ($24,066)
Bryn Kenney Eliminated in 22nd Place ($24,066)

Kevin Stammen raises form under the gun and John Kabbaj reraises to 150,000 behind him. One-time chipleader Bryn Kenney moves all in for 278,000 from the big blind and both opponents call.

Stammen: JJ
Kenney: 1010
Kabbaj: AK

Board: 852A9

Kabbaj pairs his ace on the turn and eliminated both of his opponents in the same hand. Kevein Stammen is eliminated in 23rd place ($24,066) while former chipleader, Bryn Kenney is forced to settle for 22nd place ($24,066). John Kabbaj rakes the pot and secures a massive chiplead with well over 1.5 million this hand.

Left in the Deck

The remaining 20 players will take a twenty-minute break at the conclusion of Level 18 and will return at approximately 12:25 am PDT to begin Level 19.

Player Tags: Kirill Gerasimov,   John Kabbaj,   Keith Lehr,   Luke Staudenmaier,   Keven Stammen,   Bryn Kenney

Level 16 Update: Bryn Kenney Take Chiplead

Jun 24, '09

Blinds: 4,000-8,000

Players Remaining: 30 out of 275

Chip Counts:

1. Bryn Kenney — 620,000
2. Michael Brummelhuis — 605,000
3. Isaac Haxton — 525,000
4. Vanessa Rousso — 465,000
5. Ken Lenaard — 445,000
6. Eric Baldwin — 430,000
7. Darryll Fish — 420,000
8. Kevin Stammen — 425,000
9. Jason Lester — 327,000
10. Davidi Kitai — 326,000

Average Chip Count: 275,000

Notable Eliminations:

Chris Moore
Tommy Chen
Bill Chen
Alex Popov
Andrew Feldman
Frank Kassela
Toto Leonidas

Big Hands:

Bryn Kenney Eliminates Andrew Feldman, Takes Chiplead

On a flop of KJ9, Bryn Kenney bets 24,000 from middle position and Andrew Feldman calls from the button.

The turn is the K, Kenney bets 38,000 and Feldman calls.

The river is the 6, and Kenney checks to Feldman who bets 66,000. Kenney raises all in and Feldman calls; Kenney has Feldman covered.

Kenney turns over Q10 for the nut straight and Feldman mucks his cards. Andrew Feldman is eliminated from the tournament as Brynn Kenney grabs the chiplead with just over 600,000 in chips.

Luke Staudenmaier Doubles Up

Luke Staudenmaier raises to 27,000 from middle position and Jeremy Rafalowicz calls from late position.

The flop comes 1042, Staudenmaier moves all in for 45,000 and Rafalowicz calls; Rafalowicz has him covered.

Staudenmaier: 1010
Rafalowicz: KK

With his tournament life on the line, Staudenmaier flop op set to take the lead. The turn and river are the 7 and the 9, no help to Rafalowicz as Staudenmaier doubles up this hand to 160,000 in chips.

Frank Kassela Eliminated by Mike Kamran

Mike Kamran raises to 20,000 from under the gun and Frank Kassela reraises to 70,000 from the button. Kamran moves all in and Kassela calls all in; Kamran has him covered.

Kassela: 1010
Kamran: AA

Board: K64K3

Kassela fails to improve and is eliminated from the tournament as Kamran goes on to rake the pot and bring his chip count to just under 350,000 this hand.

Left in the Deck

Players will take a twenty-minute break at the conclusion of Level 16 and will return at approximately 10:00 pm PDt to begin Level 17.

Player Tags: Frank Kassela,   Luke Staudenmaier,   Andrew Feldman,   Michael Kamran,   Bryn Kenney

Level 9 Update: Grinder Eliminated

Jun 24, '09

Blinds: 800-1,600

Players Remaining: 108 out of 275

Chip Counts:

1. Darryll Fish — 221,000
2. Luke Staudenmaier — 218,000
3. Chris Moore — 198,000
4. Michael Brummelhuis — 182,000
5. Masaaki Kagawa — 175,000
6. Eric Bladwin — 168,000
7. David Pham — 160,000
8. Kirill Gerasimov — 145,000
9. David Singer — 143,000
10. Erik Seidel — 122,900

Average Chip Count: 76,388

Notable Eliminations:

Eric Cajelais
Erick Lindgren
Patrick Bueno
Michael Mizrachi
Brandon Adams
David Baker
Alex Bolotin

Big Hands:

Luke Staudenmaier Eliminates Patrick Bueno

Patrick Bueno raises to 5,200 from under the gun, another player reraises to 16,000 and Luke Staudenmaier three-bets the size of the pot. Bueno calls all in while the other player folds.

Bueno: KQ
Staudenmaier: 1010

Board: 98285

Bueno fails to improve as Staudenmaier’s tens hold up. Bueno is eliminated from the tournament as Staudenmaier makes a run at the chiplead with just under 215,000 this hand.

The Grinder is Eliminated

The players in seat 8 and seat 1 limp in to the pot from middle position and Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi puts in a raise from the button. Seat 8 calls the raise and seat 1 reraises the size of the pot (59,800). Mizrachi calls all and seat 8 folds.

Mizrachi: QQ
Seat 1: AK

Board: AJ542

Mizrachi gets it in good but his opponent spikes an ace on the flop, eliminating The grinder from this event.

Mortensen Doubles Through Charania

It was just last level that Mohsin Charania doubeld through Carlos Mortensen to stay alive, and this time it was Mortensen that doubled through Charania to stay alive when Charania checks to Mortensen a flop of 432. Mortensen bets 6,000 and Charania raises to 17,000. Mortensen moves all in for 24,000 and change, Charania calls.

Mortensen: AA
Charania: 77

Mortensen has the lead on the flop with the best overpair but the 5 gives his opponent four more outs. The river is a safe card (9) for Mortensen as he doubles up to almost 60,000 this hand, leaving Charania with just above 30,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   Michael Mizrachi,   Patrick Bueno,   Luke Staudenmaier

Level 18 Update: John Kabbaj Secures Monster Chiplead

Jun 25, '09

Blinds: 6,000-12,000

Players Remaining: 20 out of 275

Chip Counts:

1. John Kabbaj — 1,550,000
2. Kirill Gerasimov — 650,000
3. J.C. Alvarado — 630,000
4. Isaac Haxton — 550,000
5. Davidi Kitai — 480,000
6. Justin Young — 470,000
7. Darryll Fish — 415,000
8. Ken Lenaard — 394,000
9. Eric Baldwin — 375,000
10. Jason Lester — 365,000

Average Chip Count: 412,500

Notable Eliminations:

27. Keith Lehr — $24,066
26. Daniel Drescher — $24,066
25. Masaaki Kagawa — $24,066
24. Luke Staudenmaier — $24,066
23. Kevin Stammen — $24,066
22. Bryn Kenney — $24,066

Big Hands:

Kieth Lehr Eliminated in 27th Place ($24,066)

Although it was Michael Kamran who crippled Kieth Lehr in a previous hand when Lehr ran his J-10 into Kamran’s A-J on a jack-high board, it was Ken Lennard that gets the kill when his A-9 cracked Lehr’s A-A.

Crippled just a few hands prior, Kieth Lehr gets it all in pre-flop with AA against Ken Lenaard’s A9.

The board comes Q87K9, giving Lenaard the ace-high flush on the river to crack Lehr’s aces and send him to the rail in 27th place ($24,066).

Luke Staudenmaier Eliminated in 24th Place ($24,066)

It’s a three-way all in pot between Luke Staudenmaier, Kirill Gerasimov and Keven Stammen; Stammen has them both covered.

Staudenmaier: J10
Gerasimov: AK
Stammen: 1010

Board: 752QA

Stammen leads the pot with a pair of tens until the river where Gerasimov spikes an ace. Gerasimov more than doubles up this hand, now with 550,000 in chips as Stammen takes a big hit to his stack and Luke Staudenmaier is eliminated in 24th place ($24,066).

Kevin Stammen Eliminated in 23rd Place ($24,066)
Bryn Kenney Eliminated in 22nd Place ($24,066)

Kevin Stammen raises form under the gun and John Kabbaj reraises to 150,000 behind him. One-time chipleader Bryn Kenney moves all in for 278,000 from the big blind and both opponents call.

Stammen: JJ
Kenney: 1010
Kabbaj: AK

Board: 852A9

Kabbaj pairs his ace on the turn and eliminated both of his opponents in the same hand. Kevein Stammen is eliminated in 23rd place ($24,066) while former chipleader, Bryn Kenney is forced to settle for 22nd place ($24,066). John Kabbaj rakes the pot and secures a massive chiplead with well over 1.5 million this hand.

Left in the Deck

The remaining 20 players will take a twenty-minute break at the conclusion of Level 18 and will return at approximately 12:25 am PDT to begin Level 19.

Player Tags: Kirill Gerasimov,   John Kabbaj,   Keith Lehr,   Luke Staudenmaier,   Keven Stammen,   Bryn Kenney

Level 16 Update: Bryn Kenney Take Chiplead

Jun 24, '09

Blinds: 4,000-8,000

Players Remaining: 30 out of 275

Chip Counts:

1. Bryn Kenney — 620,000
2. Michael Brummelhuis — 605,000
3. Isaac Haxton — 525,000
4. Vanessa Rousso — 465,000
5. Ken Lenaard — 445,000
6. Eric Baldwin — 430,000
7. Darryll Fish — 420,000
8. Kevin Stammen — 425,000
9. Jason Lester — 327,000
10. Davidi Kitai — 326,000

Average Chip Count: 275,000

Notable Eliminations:

Chris Moore
Tommy Chen
Bill Chen
Alex Popov
Andrew Feldman
Frank Kassela
Toto Leonidas

Big Hands:

Bryn Kenney Eliminates Andrew Feldman, Takes Chiplead

On a flop of KJ9, Bryn Kenney bets 24,000 from middle position and Andrew Feldman calls from the button.

The turn is the K, Kenney bets 38,000 and Feldman calls.

The river is the 6, and Kenney checks to Feldman who bets 66,000. Kenney raises all in and Feldman calls; Kenney has Feldman covered.

Kenney turns over Q10 for the nut straight and Feldman mucks his cards. Andrew Feldman is eliminated from the tournament as Brynn Kenney grabs the chiplead with just over 600,000 in chips.

Luke Staudenmaier Doubles Up

Luke Staudenmaier raises to 27,000 from middle position and Jeremy Rafalowicz calls from late position.

The flop comes 1042, Staudenmaier moves all in for 45,000 and Rafalowicz calls; Rafalowicz has him covered.

Staudenmaier: 1010
Rafalowicz: KK

With his tournament life on the line, Staudenmaier flop op set to take the lead. The turn and river are the 7 and the 9, no help to Rafalowicz as Staudenmaier doubles up this hand to 160,000 in chips.

Frank Kassela Eliminated by Mike Kamran

Mike Kamran raises to 20,000 from under the gun and Frank Kassela reraises to 70,000 from the button. Kamran moves all in and Kassela calls all in; Kamran has him covered.

Kassela: 1010
Kamran: AA

Board: K64K3

Kassela fails to improve and is eliminated from the tournament as Kamran goes on to rake the pot and bring his chip count to just under 350,000 this hand.

Left in the Deck

Players will take a twenty-minute break at the conclusion of Level 16 and will return at approximately 10:00 pm PDt to begin Level 17.

Player Tags: Frank Kassela,   Luke Staudenmaier,   Andrew Feldman,   Michael Kamran,   Bryn Kenney

Luke Staudenmaier Eliminated

Jan 05, '09

Luke Staudenmaier was all in on a queen-high flop holding top pair, top kicker. His opponent had a pair of queens as well but also a flush draw to go along with it. The flush came and Staudenmaier was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Tags: Luke Staudenmaier

Level Five Update

Dec 13, '08

Level: 5

Blinds/Antes: 300-600 with a 75 ante

Scoreboard

Players Left: 165 of 203
Average: 55,000

Notable Chip Counts

Phil Hellmuth - 200,000
Ryan Young - 175,000
Nenad Medic - 150,000
Brent Hanks - 128,000
Mike Matusow - 115,000
Steve Billirakis - 103,000

Notable Eliminations

Jeff Madsen
David Williams
Steve Fiorentini
Zvi Shiff

Big Hands:

Phil Hellmuth Cracks Aces, Busts Theo Tran

On a flop of 842, Phil Hellmuth bet 10,000 and Theo Tran reraised to 25,000. Hellmuth called and the turn was the 3. Tran bet 23,000 and then called off the rest of his stack when Hellmuth moved in. Tran showed pocket aces, but Hellmuth had 65 for the nut straight, leaving Tran drawing dead. Hellmuth now has 200,000 in chips.

Justin Bonomo Picks Off Phil Ivey's Bluff

Sitting with just third pair, Justin Bonomo called a 13,000 bet from Phil Ivey with just third pair, no draw. When the river came, Ivey gave up his bluff and Bonomo took the 30,000 pot to increase his stack to 86,000.

Luke Staudenmaier Eliminates Jeff Madsen

Luke Staudenmaier is now up to 132,000 after knocking out Jeff Madsen. Staudenmaier also picked up a healthy pot with pocket kings a few hands later.

Clonie Gowen Gets Stronger

Seat 4 raised to 1,800 and Clonie Gowen reraised to 6,800 from late position. Her opponent called and checked a flop of K42. Gowen asked how much he had behind and fired out 10,000 when he showed her. Seat 4 folded and Gowen took the pot, increasing her stack to 142,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Clonie Gowen,   Phil Ivey,   Justin Bonomo,   Luke Staudenmaier

Level 18 Update

Dec 17, '08

Scoreboard

Level: 18
Blinds/Antes: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante

Players Left: 27 of 497
Average: 771,000

Notable Chip Counts

Nick Schulman - 2,140,000
Steven Landfish - 1,850,000
Hunter Frey - 1,460,000
Jack Wu - 1,135,000
Robert Mizrachi - 1,100,000

In the Money Eliminations

$36,030
34th: Mark Teltscher
33rd: Daniel O'Brien
32nd: Jared Rubin
31st: Luke "IWEARGOGGLES" Staudenmaier

$43,235
30th: David Oppenheim
29th: Bradley Berman
28th: Yehuda Yerushalaim

Big Hands:

Mark Teltscher Runs Into Aces

A short stacked Mark Teltscher was looking to double up but ran into the pocket aces of David Benyamine. Teltscher's flight back to London will have to wait, seeing as McCarran Airport has cancelled most of tonite's flight due to the amount of snow in the area.

Steve Landfish Makes a Nice Call

Sitting with just top pair, Steven Landfish called all in holding just top pair of aces on a scary board of AQ4J4. Luke Staudenmaier could only showdown a pair of fives and Lanfish took the pot, giving him a stack of 1.5 million. Staudenmaier dropped down to 265,000.

Dan O'Brien Eliminated

Dan O'Brien was all in with AJ against Steve Sung's dominated A10. The board ran out 97295 to give Sung a runner-runner flush and eliminate O'Brien.

Mike Matusow Doubles Up

Mike Matusow moved all in from the button with AJ only to run into Mohlsin Charania's AQ. The flop gave Matusow the jack he needed and he doubled up to 500,000 in chips.

Luke Staudenmaier, David Oppenheim Bust

Tom Pniak was all in and barely covered by David Oppenheim. Luke Staudenmaier was also all in and short. Staudenmaier showed AJ, Oppenheim showed QQ and Pniak showed KK. The board filled out KQ598 and Pniak's top set was enough to bust Staudenmaier and leave Oppenheim crippled with just 14,000. Oppenheim was eliminated on the next hand by Hunter Frey. Pniak now has over 800,000.

Player Tags: Tom Pniak,   Steven Landfish,   David Oppenheim,   David Benyamine,   Mike Matusow,   Steve Sung,   Mark Teltscher,   Luke Staudenmaier

Level Five Update

Dec 13, '08

Level: 5

Blinds/Antes: 300-600 with a 75 ante

Scoreboard

Players Left: 165 of 203
Average: 55,000

Notable Chip Counts

Phil Hellmuth - 200,000
Ryan Young - 175,000
Nenad Medic - 150,000
Brent Hanks - 128,000
Mike Matusow - 115,000
Steve Billirakis - 103,000

Notable Eliminations

Jeff Madsen
David Williams
Steve Fiorentini
Zvi Shiff

Big Hands:

Phil Hellmuth Cracks Aces, Busts Theo Tran

On a flop of 842, Phil Hellmuth bet 10,000 and Theo Tran reraised to 25,000. Hellmuth called and the turn was the 3. Tran bet 23,000 and then called off the rest of his stack when Hellmuth moved in. Tran showed pocket aces, but Hellmuth had 65 for the nut straight, leaving Tran drawing dead. Hellmuth now has 200,000 in chips.

Justin Bonomo Picks Off Phil Ivey's Bluff

Sitting with just third pair, Justin Bonomo called a 13,000 bet from Phil Ivey with just third pair, no draw. When the river came, Ivey gave up his bluff and Bonomo took the 30,000 pot to increase his stack to 86,000.

Luke Staudenmaier Eliminates Jeff Madsen

Luke Staudenmaier is now up to 132,000 after knocking out Jeff Madsen. Staudenmaier also picked up a healthy pot with pocket kings a few hands later.

Clonie Gowen Gets Stronger

Seat 4 raised to 1,800 and Clonie Gowen reraised to 6,800 from late position. Her opponent called and checked a flop of K42. Gowen asked how much he had behind and fired out 10,000 when he showed her. Seat 4 folded and Gowen took the pot, increasing her stack to 142,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Clonie Gowen,   Phil Ivey,   Justin Bonomo,   Luke Staudenmaier

Level 18 Update

Dec 17, '08

Scoreboard

Level: 18
Blinds/Antes: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante

Players Left: 27 of 497
Average: 771,000

Notable Chip Counts

Nick Schulman - 2,140,000
Steven Landfish - 1,850,000
Hunter Frey - 1,460,000
Jack Wu - 1,135,000
Robert Mizrachi - 1,100,000

In the Money Eliminations

$36,030
34th: Mark Teltscher
33rd: Daniel O'Brien
32nd: Jared Rubin
31st: Luke "IWEARGOGGLES" Staudenmaier

$43,235
30th: David Oppenheim
29th: Bradley Berman
28th: Yehuda Yerushalaim

Big Hands:

Mark Teltscher Runs Into Aces

A short stacked Mark Teltscher was looking to double up but ran into the pocket aces of David Benyamine. Teltscher's flight back to London will have to wait, seeing as McCarran Airport has cancelled most of tonite's flight due to the amount of snow in the area.

Steve Landfish Makes a Nice Call

Sitting with just top pair, Steven Landfish called all in holding just top pair of aces on a scary board of AQ4J4. Luke Staudenmaier could only showdown a pair of fives and Lanfish took the pot, giving him a stack of 1.5 million. Staudenmaier dropped down to 265,000.

Dan O'Brien Eliminated

Dan O'Brien was all in with AJ against Steve Sung's dominated A10. The board ran out 97295 to give Sung a runner-runner flush and eliminate O'Brien.

Mike Matusow Doubles Up

Mike Matusow moved all in from the button with AJ only to run into Mohlsin Charania's AQ. The flop gave Matusow the jack he needed and he doubled up to 500,000 in chips.

Luke Staudenmaier, David Oppenheim Bust

Tom Pniak was all in and barely covered by David Oppenheim. Luke Staudenmaier was also all in and short. Staudenmaier showed AJ, Oppenheim showed QQ and Pniak showed KK. The board filled out KQ598 and Pniak's top set was enough to bust Staudenmaier and leave Oppenheim crippled with just 14,000. Oppenheim was eliminated on the next hand by Hunter Frey. Pniak now has over 800,000.

Player Tags: Tom Pniak,   Steven Landfish,   David Oppenheim,   David Benyamine,   Mike Matusow,   Steve Sung,   Mark Teltscher,   Luke Staudenmaier

CardPlayer TV: Luke Staudenmaier

Oct 28, '08

CardPlayer TV caught up with Luke Staudenmaier earlier today:

Player Tags: Luke Staudenmaier

Luke Staudenmaier Takes a Hit

Oct 28, '08

Seat 3 raised 2,600 under the gun and Luke Staudenmaier made the call from late position. The flop was dealt 1077 and seat 3 bet 3,000. Staudenmaier made the call and the 6 fell on the turn. Seat 3 bet 4,000 and Staudenmaier raised to 22,000. Seat 3 made the call and the 5 fell on the river. Seat 3 bet 20,500 and Staudenmaier made the call. Seat 3 flipped up pocket jacks and Staudenmaier mucked his hand. Staudenmaier was knocked down to 358,000 after the hand.











 

Player Tags: Luke Staudenmaier

Luke Staudenmaier Takes a Much Bigger Lead

Oct 28, '08

The hits just keep on coming!

Two players limp and Luke Staudenmaier raises from the cutoff. John Juanda calls on the button, as does both limpers.

The flop comes 9-3-2 and it's checked to Staudenmaier, who bets 1,800. Juanda accidently raises to 16,800, claiming he mistook his 5,000 chips for 500 chips. Staudenmaier reraises to about 45,000 anyway and both players get it all in.

Juanda has pocket threes for middle set, but Staudenmaier flopped top set with pocket nines. The board bricked out and Staudenmaier eliminates Juanda, vaulting him up to 295,000.

 Yes, we are still in the first level!

Player Tags: John Juanda,   Luke Staudenmaier

Luke Staudenmaier Takes the Lead

Oct 28, '08

Sitting with 190,000 in chips, Luke Staudenmaier is the early chip leader here at Caesars.

Staudenmaier explain his newfound wealth coming from an amateur who committed his stack drawing dead. The flop came A109 and Staudenmaier's opponent slow played the 53 for a flopped flush. Staudenmaier caught up when the A hit the turn, giving him aces full of tens. 

The money got all in and Staudenmaier claimed his first bounty of the day.

Player Tags: Luke Staudenmaier

Luke Staudenmaier Eliminated by Jamie Rosen

Oct 29, '08

Luke Staudenmaier is all in with A7 against Jamie Rosen's pocket eights.

The board comes J7295 and Rosen's hand holds to eliminate Staudenmaier from the tournament just a few spots away from the money.

Rosen now has 1,825,000.

Player Tags: Luke Staudenmaier,   Jamie Rosen

Lee Markholt Eliminated

Oct 29, '08

Luke Staudenmaier opened the action with a raise preflop, Lee Markholt moved all in, and Staudenmaier called him down feeling that he was pot committed. Markholt held K-J against Staudenmaier's 10-9, but the 10-9 prevailed on the flop and there was no come-from-behind victory in store for Markholt. He was busted out of the tournament.












 

Player Tags: Lee Markholt,   Luke Staudenmaier

CardPlayer TV: Luke Staudenmaier

Oct 28, '08

CardPlayer TV caught up with Luke Staudenmaier earlier today:

Player Tags: Luke Staudenmaier

Luke Staudenmaier Takes a Hit

Oct 28, '08

Seat 3 raised 2,600 under the gun and Luke Staudenmaier made the call from late position. The flop was dealt 1077 and seat 3 bet 3,000. Staudenmaier made the call and the 6 fell on the turn. Seat 3 bet 4,000 and Staudenmaier raised to 22,000. Seat 3 made the call and the 5 fell on the river. Seat 3 bet 20,500 and Staudenmaier made the call. Seat 3 flipped up pocket jacks and Staudenmaier mucked his hand. Staudenmaier was knocked down to 358,000 after the hand.











 

Player Tags: Luke Staudenmaier

Luke Staudenmaier Takes a Much Bigger Lead

Oct 28, '08

The hits just keep on coming!

Two players limp and Luke Staudenmaier raises from the cutoff. John Juanda calls on the button, as does both limpers.

The flop comes 9-3-2 and it's checked to Staudenmaier, who bets 1,800. Juanda accidently raises to 16,800, claiming he mistook his 5,000 chips for 500 chips. Staudenmaier reraises to about 45,000 anyway and both players get it all in.

Juanda has pocket threes for middle set, but Staudenmaier flopped top set with pocket nines. The board bricked out and Staudenmaier eliminates Juanda, vaulting him up to 295,000.

 Yes, we are still in the first level!

Player Tags: John Juanda,   Luke Staudenmaier

Luke Staudenmaier Takes the Lead

Oct 28, '08

Sitting with 190,000 in chips, Luke Staudenmaier is the early chip leader here at Caesars.

Staudenmaier explain his newfound wealth coming from an amateur who committed his stack drawing dead. The flop came A109 and Staudenmaier's opponent slow played the 53 for a flopped flush. Staudenmaier caught up when the A hit the turn, giving him aces full of tens. 

The money got all in and Staudenmaier claimed his first bounty of the day.

Player Tags: Luke Staudenmaier

Luke Staudenmaier Eliminated by Jamie Rosen

Oct 29, '08

Luke Staudenmaier is all in with A7 against Jamie Rosen's pocket eights.

The board comes J7295 and Rosen's hand holds to eliminate Staudenmaier from the tournament just a few spots away from the money.

Rosen now has 1,825,000.

Player Tags: Luke Staudenmaier,   Jamie Rosen

Lee Markholt Eliminated

Oct 29, '08

Luke Staudenmaier opened the action with a raise preflop, Lee Markholt moved all in, and Staudenmaier called him down feeling that he was pot committed. Markholt held K-J against Staudenmaier's 10-9, but the 10-9 prevailed on the flop and there was no come-from-behind victory in store for Markholt. He was busted out of the tournament.












 

Player Tags: Lee Markholt,   Luke Staudenmaier

Steve Wong Wins

Oct 24, '08

Luke Staudenmaier was down to his final 4,000 and he moved all in. Steve Wong called him down. Their cards:

Wong: A8
Staudenmaier: Q8

Board: Q93KJ

Staudenmaier doubled up, but he fell a few hands later when he went for a flush draw holding 94 against the Q-8 of Wong that went on to make top pair. Wong advances to the sweet 16.






 

Player Tags: Steve Wong,   Luke Staudenmaier

He Wears Goggles

Jul 11, '08

Luke "IWEARGOGGLES" Staudenmaire just took the chip lead after eliminating Michael Mizrachi in a monster pot.

We picked up the action on the river with the board reading K10622 and roughly 42,000 in the pot.

All of the bets had been put in the pot, but Staudenmaire was all in for about 77,000 and it was up to Mizrachi to call off his last 55,000. "Do you have a full house?" said Mizrachi. "I can beat K-10." Clearly frustrated with being put through the mental grinder, Mizrachi finally put the last of his chips in the middle. Theo Tran, seated across the table, instantly sighed in disappointment, sensing that his friend's hand was no good.

Mizrachi showed AA, but Staudenmaire revealed 66 for a full house. Mizrachi was eliminated, and the young online pro chipped up to roughly 175,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi,   Luke Staudenmaier

Marco Johnson Eliminated by Luke Staudenmaire

Jul 15, '08

During the redraw, we were able to figure out how Day 1 chip leader Marco Johnson was eliminated. "CrazyMarco" got it all in with pocket nines against the pocket kings of Luke Staudenmaire. "IWEARGOGGLES" won the hand and knocked out Johnson.

Staudenmaire now has a little under 600,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Luke Staudenmaier,   Marco Johnson

Joe Sebok Eliminated

Jul 15, '08

Joe Sebok was on the short stack and all in holding K-J against Luke Staudenmaire's pocket threes. The board bricked out and Sebok was eliminated.

Player Tags: Joe Sebok,   Luke Staudenmaier

Go Go Gone Goggles

Jul 17, '08

Blinds: 80,000 – 160,000 with a 15,000 ante

Chip Counts:

Average Stack: 10,035,000

Big Hands:

Mike Watson Doubles Through Luke Staudenmaier

Mike Watson and Luke Staudenmaier found themselves all in against each other with similar chip stacks. After a count down, Watson was determined to be the short stack and the players turned up their cards.

Watson revealed AQ and was ahead of Staudenmaier’s A10. The board came KJ977 and Watson’s hand held to double him up to about 8 million in chips.

Staudenmaier was left with roughly six big blinds after the hand.

Luke Staudenmaier Eliminated in Third Place ($452,465)

Luke Staudenmaier moved all in on the button and was called by both David Benyamine and Mike Watson in the blinds. The flop came Q53 and Benyamine checked. Watson bet 500,000 and Benyamine quickly folded, showing Q-4. Watson turned over Q8 and was way ahead of Staudenmaier’s K4. The turn and river came 56 and Staudenmaier was eliminated in third place, earning just short of half of a million dollars.  

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Michael Watson,   Luke Staudenmaier

Not Much Action

Jul 17, '08

Blinds: 80,000 – 160,000 with a 15,000 ante

Chip Counts:

Average Stack: 6,690,000

Big Hands:

Luke Staudenmaier and Mike Watson Trade Wins

With the action grinding to a halt, Mike Watson limped in the small blind and Luke Staudenmaier checked his option. The flop came 1098 and Watson bet 260,000. Staudenmaier called and the turn was the 4. Watson bet 600,000 and Staudenmaier gave it up.

A few hands later, Staudenmaier raised on the button to 450,000. Watson made the call in the big blind and the flop came 1064. Watson checked and Staudenmaier’s bet of 725,000 was enough to earn him the pot.

Break Time

The players then took a 15-minute break.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Michael Watson,   Luke Staudenmaier

Luke Staudenmaier Doubles Up

Jul 17, '08

Blinds: 60,000 – 120,000 with a 10,000 ante

Chip Counts:

Average Stack: 6,690,000

Big Hands:

Luke Staudenmaier Doubles Up

Luke Staudenmaier raised to 360,000 preflop from the button and Michael Watson reraised to 1.1 million. Staudenmaier reraised all in for 3.48 million and Watson made the call to cover his opponent. Their cards:

Staudenmaier: AK
Watson: QQ

Board: QJ2106

Staudenmaier doubled up on the hand to survive, and action continued three handed.

Player Tags: Michael Watson,   Luke Staudenmaier

David Benyamine Doubles Up

Jul 17, '08

Blinds: 60,000 – 120,000 with a 10,000 ante

Chip Counts:

Average Stack: 6,690,000

Big Hands:

David Benyamine Doubles Up

David Benyamine raised to 360,000 from the button preflop and Luke Staudenmaier reraised all in. Benyamine made the call for his final 4 million and they turned up their hands:

Benyamine: AJ
Staudenmaier: A10

Board: 643Q7

Benyamine doubled up to 8 million on the hand and survived. Staudenmaier was knocked down to less than 4 million.
 

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Luke Staudenmaier

John Phan Takes Some Hits

Jul 17, '08

Blinds: 60,000 – 120,000 with a 10,000 ante

Chip Counts:

Average Stack: 4,014,000

Big Hands:

A Terrible Board For Two Black Kings

Ralph Perry raised to 250,000 under the gun and David Benyamine reraised to 650,000. Perry called and the flop came A63. Benyamine thought for a bit before betting 1,375,000 and Perry folded.

As he raked in the pot, Benyamine flashed KK.

Luke Staudenmaier Wins a Massive Pot

John Phan raised to 285,000 under the gun and Luke Staudenmaier called from the big blind. The flop came A63 and both players checked.

The turn was the 10 and Staudenmaier bet 525,000. Phan gave it some thought before making the call. The river was the 6 and Staudenmaier bet 1.7 million. Phan tanked for almost three minutes before calling, and he was disappointed to see Staudenmaier’s pocket tens for a full house.

After the hand, Phan was knocked down to 2 million and Staudenmaier took the chip lead with 7.3 million.

Player Tags: John Phan,   David Benyamine,   Luke Staudenmaier

Open Shoves are Fun

Jul 17, '08

Blinds: 40,000 – 80,000 with a 10,000 ante

Chip Counts:

Average Stack: 3,345,000

Big Hands:

Luke Staudenmaier Strikes First

David Benyamine raised to 230,000 and Luke Staudenmaier called from the big blind. The flop came down K42 and Staudenmaier checked. Benyamine bet 280,000 and Staudenmaier called. The turn was the 10 and both players checked. The river was the 3 and Staudenmaier bet 675,000.

Benyamine called and mucked his hand when the young online pro showed K-J.

After the hand, Staudenmaier was up to 4.8 million and Benyamine took a hit down to 3.7 million.

Gabriel Thaler Sheds His Tight Image

In a span of just 15 hands, Gabriel Thaler has open shoved twice, both times receiving no action. With the blinds as high as they are, Thaler was picking up more than 10 percent of his stack each time his shove was successful.

Who's Here?

There are a lot of online pros in attendance to support either Mike Watson or Luke Staudenmaier. Sweating from the rail are notables Ray "ExitOnly" Coburn, Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke, Jonathan "fatal error" Aguiar, Leo "Superfluous Man" Wolpert, Tony "muckthenuts" Dunst, Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen, Scott "gunning4you" Seiver, Steve "MrTimCaum" O'Dwyer and "Action" Jeff Garza. SHHHHH! on Garza, we don't think he's supposed to be here....

Player Tags: Gabriel Thaler,   David Benyamine,   Luke Staudenmaier