Ralph Perry Poker Tournament Updates

Omaha 8OB - Final Table - Scott Clement (7th) and Ralph Perry (6th) Eliminated

Jun 10, '08

Blinds: 10,000-20,000

Players Remaining: 5 of 553

Chip Counts:

Ted Forrest: 860,000
Jim Pechac: 480,000
Andrew Brown: 410,000
Soheil Shamseddin: 300,000
Kia Hooshmand: 110,000

Average Chip Stack: 442,400

Eliminations:

7th Place: Scott Clements ($36,233)
6th Place: Ralph Perry ($46,297)

Big Hands and Storylines:

Scott Clements Eliminated in Seventh Place ($36,233)

Scott Clements opened the action with a raise and Ted Forrest reraised. Andrew Brown made the call and Clements reraised all in. Both of his opponents made the call and the board hit the table J54Q5. Brown opened up his hand on the end and revealed AKQ5. This caused both Forrest and Clements to muck their hands and Clements was busted out of the tournament. He finished in seventh place and took home $36,233 in prize money.

Ralph Perry Eliminated in Sixth Place ($46,297)
 
Ralph Perry moved all in for 15,000 preflop and the trio of Brown, Forrest, and Soheil Shamseddin called him down. Perry could only observe his fate as the flop rolled out K97. Brown bet out and Shamseddin made the call. Forrest got out of the way and the turn delivered the 4. Brown bet and Shamseddin called again and the river finished the board of with the J. Brown bet out and Shamseddin called for the thired time and then Brown turned over 7732. Perry and Shamseddin both mucked and Perry was eliminated from the tournament in sixth place. He was awarded $46,297 in prize money.

 

Player Tags: Ted Forrest,   Scott Clements,   Andrew Brown,   Soheil Shamseddin,   Ralph Perry

Omaha 8OB - Final Table - The Fall and Rise of Forrest

Jun 10, '08

Blinds: 6,000-15,000

Players Remaining: 7 of 553

Chip Counts:

Ted Forrest: 775,000
Andrew Brown: 480,000
Soheil Shamseddin: 300,000
Kia Hooshmand: 220,000
Ralph Perry: 170,000
Jim Pechac: 160,000
Scott Clements: 120,000

Average Chip Stack: 316,000

Eliminations:

none

Big Hands and Storylines:

The Fall and Rise of Forrest

Ted Forrest called a raise from Andrew Brown preflop, and Kia Hooshmand made the call as well. The flop rolled out 754 and Brown bet. Forrest made the call and the turn brought the Q. Both players checked and the K came off as the last card on the board. Forrest bet and Brown called. He turned up AK73 and Forrest mucked his hand. The loss knocked him down to 400,000, while Brown climbed above 500,000.

Forrest was knocked down even further to 240,000 before ending his dive down the leader board and turning things around.

Ralph Perry raised preflop and Forrest made the call. The flop read KQ10 and Forrest opened the action. Perry raised and Forrest made the call. The 9 fell on the turn and Forrest led out again. Once again Perry put in a raises and Forrest made the call. They then checked the 8 on the river and Forrest turned up KJJ10. Perry mucked and Forrest was back in contention once again. He kept the hot streak going and went into the dinner break as the chip leader.

Clements Gets Low

Jim Pechac picked up three bets off of Scott Clements on a board of 1087KQ when he flipped over A842. Pechac was surprised when Clements mucked his hand. Clements has been faltering in the chip standings after holding the lead for a while, and he was knocked down to just 120,000 heading into the dinner break.

Player Tags: Ted Forrest,   Kia Hooshmand,   Andrew Brown,   Ralph Perry

$10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship - Day 2 - Level 9 Recap

Jun 08, '08

Limit: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante, 300 bring in

Players Left:  71 of 158

Chip Leaders:
Alexander Kostritsyn - 121,100
Mike Fiorito - 101,900
Barry Mullinax - 92,000
Chad Brown - 89,100
Vasilis Lazarou - 81,000
Daniel Negreanu - 79,700
Ralph Perry - 79,000
Cyndy Violette - 70,300
David Benyamine - 67,000
Eric Brooks - 62,100

Average Stack: 44,507

Eliminations:
Becki Vincent
John Duthie
Jordan Rich

Big Hands and Storylines:

Annie Duke Adds to Her Stack

Showing a board of QQ76, an opponent made a bet after receiving his river card.  Annie Duke called almost instantly showing AT54and waited for her opponent to reveal his hand.  "You're looking at it," her opponent declared, referring to his pair of queens.  Duke flipped over (A)(A)(9) for three aces and dragged the pot.

Oppenheim Cripples Rich

Jordan Rich was eliminated shortly after a back-and-forth hand against David Oppenheim:

David Oppenheim: T2AQ
Jordan Rich: T5Q3

Oppenheim completed to 1,200 and Rich raised to 2,400; Oppenheim called. Rich lead out on 4^th street with his T5 showing and Oppenheim came along. Buying an ace on 5^th street, Oppenheim lead into Rich and Rich made the call. Action went check-check on 6^th, and on 7^th street Oppenheim again led into Rich. With only 6,500 left behind Rich thought long and hard, staring into the pot of nearly 15,000, before laying down his holding. This hand was the beginning of the end for Rich, who was eliminated only a few hands later. Oppenheim now has about 28,000 chips.

7^th Street Kind to Moskowitz

Greg Mascio: 2KJQ
David Moskowitz: J6J7

Mascio brought in with the deuce of spades and called a raised by Moskowitz, whose J was the highest upcard. 4^th street went check-check. After pairing his Jack, Moskowitz bet out and was called by Mascio. Slowing down on 6^th street, Moskowitz check-called a bet, but soon resumed his aggression by betting into Mascio on the river. Mascio made the call and Moskowitz flipped over (8)(5)(4) for the fortuitous straight made on the end. Moscowitz is now at about 53,000.

Player Tags: Annie Duke,   Greg Mascio,   Daniel Negreanu,   David Oppenheim,   David Benyamine,   David Moskowitz,   Cyndy Violette,   John Duthie,   Eric Brooks,   Jordan Rich,   Mike Fiorito,   Becki Vincent,   Ralph Perry,   Barry Mullinax,   Vasili Lazarou,   Alexander Kostritsyn

Ralph Perry Eliminated

Mar 25, '08

Ralph Perry has busted out of the tournament early on day 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Ralph Perry

Defending Champion Gets Bluffed

Mar 16, '08

On a flop of A105, Zach Hyman bets 2,700 from the button and Ralph Perry check raises all in. He has Hyman's remaining 10,000 or so covered and Hyman goes into the tank.

Hyman thinks it over out loud for quite a while, a few times saying that he "could suck out on the river." He puts Perry on A-K and eventually calls the clock on himself. As the 60 seconds count down, Hyman agonizes over his read and practically tells the table that he has A-J. With a few seconds left he convinces himself that Perry must be bluffing, but it is too late and his cards are mucked.

Perry turns over 95 and it sends Hyman sprawling away from the table. After he eventually returns, he calls Perry an animal and scolds himself for folding.

Perry is now up to 33,500 and Hyman is left with 9,700.

Player Tags: Ralph Perry,   Zachary Hyman

Ralph Perry Doubles Through James Mackey

Mar 17, '08

Ralph Perry is all in with KQ against the AK of James Mackey. The board comes 542JQ and Perry spikes a queen on the river to double up to 73,000. 

 

 

 

Player Tags: James Mackey,   Ralph Perry

Erick Lindgren Eliminated

Mar 17, '08

Erick Lindgren is all in with A-K against the A-6 of Ralph Perry. The board runs out the wheel and Perry makes a six-high straight to take the pot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Erick Lindgren,   Ralph Perry

Defending Champion Gets Bluffed

Mar 16, '08

On a flop of A105, Zach Hyman bets 2,700 from the button and Ralph Perry check raises all in. He has Hyman's remaining 10,000 or so covered and Hyman goes into the tank.

Hyman thinks it over out loud for quite a while, a few times saying that he "could suck out on the river." He puts Perry on A-K and eventually calls the clock on himself. As the 60 seconds count down, Hyman agonizes over his read and practically tells the table that he has A-J. With a few seconds left he convinces himself that Perry must be bluffing, but it is too late and his cards are mucked.

Perry turns over 95 and it sends Hyman sprawling away from the table. After he eventually returns, he calls Perry an animal and scolds himself for folding.

Perry is now up to 33,500 and Hyman is left with 9,700.

Player Tags: Ralph Perry,   Zachary Hyman

Ralph Perry Doubles Through James Mackey

Mar 17, '08

Ralph Perry is all in with KQ against the AK of James Mackey. The board comes 542JQ and Perry spikes a queen on the river to double up to 73,000. 

 

 

 

Player Tags: James Mackey,   Ralph Perry

Erick Lindgren Eliminated

Mar 17, '08

Erick Lindgren is all in with A-K against the A-6 of Ralph Perry. The board runs out the wheel and Perry makes a six-high straight to take the pot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Erick Lindgren,   Ralph Perry

Shooting Star Gavin Smith Eliminated by Ralph Perry

Mar 11, '08

On a board of Q87J3, with 15,000 already in the pot, Ralph Perry bets 20,000 on the river. Gavin Smith goes into the tank for what seemed like forever, and ultimately calls all in. Perry turns over 109 and Smith throws two pair into the muck. As Perry collects his bounty, Smith signs his t-shirt and throws his "Shooting Star" jacket into the crowd.

Player Tags: Gavin Smith,   Ralph Perry

Hour Three

Jun 24, '07

Razzle Dazzle

Level three was reached and the tournament was now on the first level of razz.

Greatest Preliminary Day Table Ever

Todd Brunson took the vacant seat eight at table 16 and joined Kirk Morrison, Ali Eslami, David Singer, T.J. Cloutier, Mike Sexton, Dewey Tomko, and Phil Ivey. This table had no weak link now, and is arguably the greatest table during a preliminary day in tournament poker history.

Razzed

Brunson got involved in a hand with Singer during the razz level, and Brunson had 5 3 4 3 exposed when he fired out $1,600 on sixth street. Singer made the call and both players were dealt their final hole card. Brunson fired out another $1,600 and once again Singer called. Brunson then turned up his hole cards, 7 6 4, and Singer mucked.

Tournament Announcements

It was then announced that the tournament will play 15 levels on day one and the players would be sent to dinner at 7 p.m. The tournament staff said they will do their best to stick to this schedule throughout the five day event, speed of play permitting.

Hellmuth Sighting

Phil Hellmuth showed up in his usual style, making a fashionably late appearance. He took his seat right next to David Benyamine at table 13. The table also featured Jason Lester and John Hennigan.

Perry vs. Antonius

With 2 4 K 6 exposed Patrik Antonius fired out $1,600 on seventh street and Ralph Perry reached for his chips with 6 7 9 K exposed. The second Perry made a move toward his chips Antonius instantly mucked his hand.

Stud

It was now level four and the game was seven card stud.

I’m Not Your Huckleberry

Tom Schneider bet $1,600 on sixth street with 3 6 9 5 exposed and Huck Seed mucked with 7 4 J 10 out on the table. There had been a lot of action on this hand, including a $3,200 reraise from Schneider on fifth street, so Huck mucked with a bit of apprehension. Seat five called Schneider down to the end and he flipped up 6 3 3. Seat five mucked.

Perry vs. Antonius – Part II

Antonius and Perry were at it again and they raised and reraised on fifth street, and sixth street. They both checked seventh street and Antonius flipped up 7 7 (J 7 6 J) 4. Perry had Q 10 J 10 exposed and he revealed a single queen before he turned the rest of his cards over and mucked.

We Three Kings…

Dewey Tomko bet $1,600 on fifth street and Phil Ivey mucked. Ali Eslami made the call and T.J. Cloutier mucked before sixth street. Tomko led out on both remaining streets and Eslami called. With the 5 3 5 Q exposed, Tomko flipped up three kings in the hole. Eslami then mucked his hand.

Break Time

After the first stud level expired the players went on a fifteen minute break. When they returned it was for the first seven card stud eight-or-better round.

David Williams	110,000
Michael Mizrachi	84,000
T.J. Cloutier	69,500
Daniel Negreanu	66,800
Annie Duke	63,000
Sam Grizzle	35,000

Euro Chip Counts:
Marco Traniello $87,700
John Duthie $85,000
David Benyamine $76,200
John Kabbaj $73,300
Alex Kravchenko $132,700
Gus Hansen $53,000
Andy Black $65,500
Rob Hollink $80,000
Jani Sointula $83,000
Jeff Lisandro $18,300
Thor Hansen $82,000

Player Tags: Dewey Tomko,   Todd Brunson,   Phil Hellmuth,   David Singer,   Ali Eslami,   Patrik Antonius,   Ralph Perry

Hour One Recap

Jun 22, '07

Apparently $4,000 doesn’t provide enough play for J.C. Tran.  Having been crippled in a previous hand, Tran finds himself all-in against another player’s Q 4 with a  board of A Q J 3 9.  Unable to beat the Queens, Tran mucks and exits quickly today. 

 

With only one quadrant of the Amazon Room filled today, it looks like this field will be very close to the 590 from last year.  The number of familiar faces are greater per table than in yesterday’s $1,500 no limit field.  At least two pros per table is standard.  One table of note is Table 10 which houses Joe Hachem, Erica Schoenberg, Matt Hilger, and Gioi Luong.  Schoenberg took a pot off of Hachem early on.  The two of them saw a limped flop K Q 7 with one other player.  The turn came 8, Hachem bet $150, and both Schoenberg and the other player called.  The river was the 10, Hachem bet $425, and only Schoenberg called.  Schoenberg showed 9 6, and Hachem mucked.  They’ve had a fun time at their table as well.  When a new dealer sat down, he asked them, “We’re playing Omaha right?” as he dealt out each player four cards.  They all politely corrected him and got back to business.

 

Apparently the dealers aren’t the only ones who aren’t paying attention.  One player wanted to draw attention to the fact that the player in Seat 1 had won with a walk in the big blind.  This is only interesting because Seat 1 had yet to arrive at his table.  Somebody should nudge the Player in Seat 10 and wake him up.

 

Another stacked table of note includes Michael Mizrachi, Jon Friedberg, Ralph Perry, Jean Gaspard, and Eric “Rizen” Lynch. Lynch along with John Gale, and Doug Carli will be mapping their progress today in our Pro Blogs.

Notable Chip Counts

 

John Gale	13,500
Michael Mizrachi	9,500
Joe Hachem	7,600
Thomas Wahlroos	6,400
Vanessa Rousso	5,000
T.J. Cloutier	4,000
Steve Paul-Ambrose	4,000
Sorel Mizzi	4,000
Shannon Elizabeth	4,000
Nick Binger	4,000
Mimi Tran	4,000
Michael Gracz	4,000
Jon Turner	4,000
Jeff Lisandro	4,000
Humberto Brenes	4,000
Amnon Filippi	4,000
Allen Cunningham	4,000
Jennifer Tilly	3,900
Chris Ferguson	3,500
Phil Laak	3,300

 

 

Player Tags: Gioi Luong,   J.C. Tran,   Matthew Hilger,   Michael Mizrachi,   Jon Friedberg,   John Gale,   Joe Hachem,   Eric Lynch,   Erica Schoenberg,   Ralph Perry

Down to Ten

Jun 21, '07

There are only ten players remaining in day two of event #33, $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/rebuys. The players have redrawn and are down to a single table with only one elimination remaining before the day is over.

The following players have been eliminated in the following order:

16th Place - Brad Berman ($17,685)
15th Place - Michael Binger ($19,320)
14th Place - Jorge Arias ($19,320)
13th Place - Daniel Harmetz ($19,320)
12th Place - Ralph Perry ($21,054)
11th Place - Len Ashby ($21,054)

Micheal Binger was eliminated after going all in preflop against Erick Lindgren. Three hearts peeled off on the board and Binger's two pair of jacks and twos was dominated by Lindgren's king high flush.

Len Ashby was eliminated in a three way all in hand involving Erick Lindgren and Chris Bjorn. Lindgren had A A Q 9, Bjorn was holding A J 9 2 and Len Ashby pushed with Q J 10 5. The board came down Q 8 6 10 6 and Bjorn picked up the pot with a straight. Ashby was eliminated in 11th place and Lindgren took a big chunk out of his stack.

The ten remaining players are going to play until there is one more elimination and the final table is established. Check back with CardPlayer.com to see who makes it.

Player Tags: Chris Bjorin,   Erick Lindgren,   Bradley Berman,   Jorge Arias,   Michael Binger,   Len Ashby,   Dan Harmetz,   Ralph Perry

Dinner Makes It All Better

Jun 16, '07

The long, slow grind that is the $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. event had definitely taken its toll on the 46 players that came back from the dinner break.  But the dinner break allowed many of the players' spirits to rise and while the action is still relatively slow, the players are laughing and joking around with each other much more than before.  Apparently, Sam Grizzle skipped dinner, because he has since picked up a big bag of beef jerky and is munching away while raking in pot after pot. 

During the last hour we lost seven players, including 2007 bracelet winner Chris Reslock and John Juanda.  Still remaining in the field are notables Bill Gazes, Sam Grizzle, Gavin Smith, Doyle Brunson, Robert Mizrachi, Ali Eslami, Erik Seidel, Phil Ivey, David Benyamine, Keith Sexton, Ralph Perry, Daniel Alaei, Cliff Josephy and Toto Leonidas. 

The shortstacks seemed to all hang around for a long while during the Stud eight-or-better round and it wasn't until the Hold'em round that players started hitting the rail or doubling up. 

Robert Mizrachi got it all in with 10 10 against his opponent's A Q on a flop of 762.  The turn and the river came 4 9 and Mizrachi doubled up to $40,000, keeping alive the quest for his second final table of the series. 

By the end of the level we were down to 39 players with roughly 80 spectators crowded behind Doyle Brunson's table, seeing if Texas Dolly and "Casper" can possibly bring home their 11th bracelet. 

Ali Eslami is looking to make his second H.O.R.S.E. event final table of the series.  After his disappointing finish in the $2,500 H.O.R.S.E., Eslami is looking for redemption. 

We're paying the final three tables in this event, and play will continue down to the final table. 

Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com for action from every event at this year's World Series of Poker.

Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi,   Sam Grizzle,   Erik Seidel,   Toto Leonidas,   John Juanda,   Bill Gazes,   David Benyamine,   Doyle Brunson,   Gavin Smith,   Daniel Alaei,   Phil Ivey,   Keith Sexton,   Ali Eslami,   Chris Reslock,   Cliff Josephy,   Ralph Perry