Hour 7 Update: Kenny Tran, Layne Flack, Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated
Jun 14, '09
Hour 7 Update
Players Remaining: 64 out of 256
Completed Round 2 Matches (Winner in Bold):
1. Tom “Durrrr” Dwan vs. Samuel Stein
2. Erik Seidel vs. Adam Junglen
3. Cory Carroll vs. Sorel Mizzi
4. Alec Torelli vs. Jan Maarten Meijer
5. Bryan Pellegrin vs. Will Failla
6. Benjamin Tollerene vs. Greg Raymer
7. Yevgeniy Timoshenko vs. Dmitry Stelmak
8. Benjamin Lamb vs. Scott Seiver
9. Chris Ferguson vs. Jason Somerville
10. Jeff Madsen vs. Joe Serock
11. Adam Ewestein vs. Evelyn Ng
12. Olav von Prince vs. John Juanda
13. Jason Mercier vs. Jesper Petersen
14. Johnny Chan vs. Anthony Guetti
15. Antonio Esfandari vs. Konstantin Puchkov
16. Justin Smith vs. Hoyt Corkins
17. William Thorson vs. Lex Veldhuis
18. Vanessa Rousso vs. Emil Patel
19. Steve Zolotow vs. Anton Allemann
20. Jamin Stokes vs. Layne Flack
21. Evan Roberts vs. Kenny Tran
22. Michael Baxter vs. Jared Ingles
23. Brock Parker vs. Jonathan Aguiar
24. Matt Hawrilenko vs. Robert McLaughlin
25. David Pham vs. Mark Teltscher
26. James D’Ambrosio vs. Bertrand Grospellier
27. Benjamin Sprenger vs. Gavin Smith
28. Alexey Popov vs. Kenneth Middleton
29. Jonathan Jaffe vs. Mohsin Charania
30. Dario Minieri vs. Alexander Venovski
31. Scott Fischman vs. Scott Montgomery
32. Shawn Buchanan vs. Benjamin Francisco
33. Noah Schwartz vs. Scott Baumstein
34. Mike Caro vs. Joe Cappello
35. Matt Woodward vs. Lance Treankler
36. Terrence Chan vs. Tommy Chen
37. Nathanael Poysti vs. Stanislav Alekhin
38. Michael Pesek vs. Kenneth Shei
39. Shaun Deeb vs. Branden Hampton
40. Jessie Martin vs. Andrew Zaichenko
41. Roberto Romanell vs. Bryn Kenny
42. Brian Lemke vs. Steven Levy
43. Albert Iversen vs. Domen Pinteric
44. Jamie Armstrong vs. Ramin Henke
45. Alex Keating vs. Steven Silverman
46. Benjamin Spindler vs. John Tabatabai
47. Dmitry Lesnoy vs. Taylor Caby
48. Dragan Galic vs. Daniel Illingworth
49. Steven Crawford vs. Andrew Feldman
50. Nicholas Rampone vs. Tariq Rahim
51. Joao Vide Barb vs. Roman Yitzhaki
52. Nathan Doudney vs. Anthony Roux
53. Jason Senti vs. Philippe Dauteuil
54. Michael Banducci vs. Thomas Marchese
55. John Duthie vs. Stuard Marshak
56. Jeff Garza vs. Matt Giannetti
57. Andrew Lichtenberger vs. Joseph McGowen
58. Justin Filtz vs. Olivier Busquet
59. Dustin Woolf vs. Richard Anthony
60. Steve O’Dwyer vs. Johannes Steindl
61. Masaaki Kagawa vs. Francois Safieddine
62. Kyle Brossia vs. Aaron Wilt
Big Hands:
Kenny Tran Eliminated
Last year’s champion raised preflop and Evan Roberts re-raised enough to put Tran all-in. Tran went into the tank before eventually calling the last 30,000 of his remaining chip stack. Roberts exposed pocket eights while Tran tabled the A
8. The board ran out 9
4
24
8, as Tran failed to improve. Event No. 29 will have a new bracelet winner this year.
Brock Parker Advances
All the chips were in the middle with Brock Parker holding the A10 against the A6 of Jonathan Aguiar. The board ran out 872KJ. Parker’s hopes of a third bracelet this World Series of Poker are still alive.
Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated
With the high blinds, Bertrand Grospellier got it all-in preflop with king-queen and was up against the ace-six of James D’Ambrosio. The French pro failed to catch anything and was eliminated. Grospellier is still without a bracelet.
Player Tags: Kenny Tran, Brock Parker, Jonathan Aguiar, Bertrand Grospellier, James D'Ambrosio, Evan Roberts
Hour 5 Update: Round 4 Begins, Mike Caro Advances
Jun 14, '09
Hour 5 Update
Players Remaining: 29 out of 256
Completed Round 4 Matches (Winner in Bold):
1. Justin Smith vs. Dragan Galic
2. Mike Caro vs. Alexey Popov (Finished from round 3)
3. Yevgeniy Timoshenko vs. Evan Roberts
4. Jhonny Chan vs. James D’Ambrosio
5. Alec Torelli vs. Nathanael Poysti
Eliminations:
32. Dragan Galic – $17,987
31. Nathanael Poysti – $17,987
30. James D’Ambrosio – $17,987
29. Evan Roberts – $17,987
Big Hands:
Mike Caro Finally Wins
Shortly after a double up hand where Mike Caro’s AQ won against the AK of Alexey Popov, Caro called the all-in bet from Popov. Caro exposed another big ace, this time the AK while Popov was well behind with the Q8. The board offered no improvement for either player, as Caro’s ace-high was good enough to end the over four hour match.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko Takes Early Lead, Eliminates Evan Roberts
In his match against online heads up cash game specialist Evan Roberts, Timoshenko called a turn bet on a board of A648. The river was the 5 and Roberts checked to the 2009 WPT Championship winner. Timoshenko contemplated briefly before firing out 37,000. Roberts went into the tank before finally making the call. Timoshenko exposed the 107 for a flush, while Roberts mucked. Timoshenko was out to a 300,000 to 180,000 chip advantage. About twenty minutes later, Timoshenko once again held a flush, eliminating Roberts when he had two pair.
Left In The Deck:
Caro has been given a 20 minute break before resuming play with the rest of the field in round four. His opponent, Dmitry Lesnov, has been waiting for the Caro vs. Popov match to conclude.
Player Tags: Mike Caro, Evan Roberts, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Alexey Popov
Hour 4 Update: Vanessa Rousso Eliminated, Alec Torelli Advances
Jun 14, '09
Hour 4 Update
Players Remaining: 33 out of 256
Completed Round 3 Matches (Winner in Bold):
1. Jonathan Jaffe vs. Dario Minieri
2. Nathanael Poysti vs. Nicholas Rampon
3. Andrew Lichtenberger vs. Matt Hawrilenko
4. Brock Parker vs. Branden Hampton
5. Dustin Woolf vs. Mike Baxter
6. Jason Mercier Defeats Michael Pesek
7. Justin Smith vs. William Thorson
8. Steve O’Dwyer vs. Jeff Madsen
9. Jason Senti vs. Erik Seidel
10. Benjamin Sprengers vs. Noah Schwartz
11. Reberto Romanello vs Tom Dwan
12. Ben Tollerene vs. Chris Feguson
13. Yevgeniy Timoshenko vs. Scott Fischman
14. Leo Wolpert vs. David Pham
15. Johnny Chan vs. Kyle Brossia
16. Evan Roberts vs. Vanessa Rousso
17. Alec Torelli vs. Joao Barbosa
18. John Duthie vs. Terrence Chan
19. Dragan Galic vs. Jesse Martin
20. Andrew Lichtenberger vs. Matt Hawrilenko
21. Steve Zolotow vs. Jeff Garza
22. Benjamin Lamb vs. Shawn Buchanan
23. James D’Ambrosio vs. Masaaki Kagawa
24. Matthew Woodward vs. Justin Filtz
25. Clavet Mathieu vs. Alex Keating
26. Brian Lemke vs. Michael Banducci
27. Ben Spindler vs. Jaimie Armstrong
28. Dimitry Lesnoy vs. Antonio Esfandiari
29. Bryan Pellegrino vs. Adam Ewenstein
30. Jamin Stokes vs. Konstantin Puchkov
31. Albert Iversen vs. Steven Crawford
32. Nathan Doudney vs. Cory Carroll
33. Nathanael Poysti vs. Nicholas Rampone
34. Mike Caro vs. Alexey Popov (Not Yet Finished)
Big Hands:
Vanessa Rousso Eliminated
Evan Roberts open-shoved for the last of Vanessa Rousso’s stack of 39,600. Rousso went into the tank before finally calling with ace-six. Roberts tabled pocket fives and they held up to eliminate the 2009 NBC National Heads Up runner-up.
Alec Torelli Advances
The short stack of Joao Barbosa moved all-in preflop and Alec Torelli went into the tank. He said, “this is going to be a close one.” He eventually made the call and exposed the A2 and was slightly ahead of the Q9 of Barbosa. The flop was ugly for Barbosa as it came A54, giving the Event No. 2 (40,000 no-limit hold’em) sixth place finisher a pair of aces. The 7 hit the turn and the 8 fell on the river.
Mike Caro Doubles Up
Approaching almost four hours of play, Mike Caro went all-in with the AQ and was instantly called by Alexey Popov with A8. Caro survived the hand and doubled up to a 2-1 chip lead but the heads up match shows little signs of ending soon. Their match is the only one still going from round three.
Left In The Deck:
Everyone that has advanced to round four has made the money. The next round will begin very shortly. If the Caro vs. Popov match has not ended by then, the rest of the field will still begin the next round.
Player Tags: Mike Caro, Vanessa Rousso, Alec Torelli, Evan Roberts, Joao Barbosa
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