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| Jul 12, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 7 | + |
Level 12 Hour One Update: Joe Cada OutJul 12, '10 Note: Players are now on a 90-minute dinner break and will return at 8:15 p.m. Blinds: 1,000-2,000 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 1,454 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 151,011 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 267,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Kevin Gates – 590,000 Notable Eliminations: Joe Cada Big Hands:
The player in seat 2 raised to 4,200 preflop and the player in seat 4 made the call. The action then folded to Evelyn Ng in the small blind and she repopped to 16,000. Seat 2 called while seat 4 got out of the way. The flop came down K Ng checked this time and seat 2 bet 16,000. That induced a fold from Ng and she was down to 88,000 after dropping that pot. Hennigan Sees A Flop The player under the gun raised to 4,500 and the action folded around to John Hennigan in the big blind. He decided to make the call and both players saw a flop of J Hennigan checked and his opponent fired 7,000. Hennigan uncapped his cards and mucked his hand and he was at 90,000.
Four players limped preflop only to see Joe Cada move all in for 67,800. The button was the only player who decided to look him up and they turned their hands: Cada: A Cada was racing for his chance to repeat and the flop looked promising when it fell K The river was the 6 Corkins Bets Out The Competition Four players, including Hoyt Corkins, limped in preflop and saw the flop come 8 The action was checked around to Corkins and he fired 4,600. Everyone mucked and Corkins took down a small pot. His stack was anything but small, however, as he was up to 287,000.
Michael Mizrachi opened for 5,100 from under the gun. The next player in seat 4 flatted and seat 5 did the same. Action then folded around to the big blind who moved all in for 6,400 more. The action was back on Mizrachi and he repopped for another 20,000. Seat 4 then put in another raise to 65,000. Seat 5 mucked and Mizrachi took a tank session as the ESPN cameras surrounded the table. Mizrachi eventually decided to muck and looked confused when his opponent tabled J Mizrachi apparently did not understand why his opponent raised so much with just jacks. The big blind tabled A Mizrachi was down to 90,000.
On a flop of A Billy Kopp Coolered Billy Kopp three-bet a late position raise from the big blind. He was four-bet and Kopp smooth called. The flop came 8
On a board reading Q Bernard Lee Loses a Pot On a board reading K
Twitter Accounts Barry Shulman Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Evelyn Ng, Michael Mizrachi, John Hennigan, Patrik Antonius, Bernard Lee, Billy Kopp, Joseph Cada Level 10, Hour One: Lex Veldhuis EliminatedJul 12, '10 Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 2,304 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 95,299 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 142,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Johnny Chan – 425,000 Notable Eliminations: Lex Veldhuis Big Hands:
Lex Veldhuis moved all in for about 40,000 preflop and one player called. Here were their hands: Veldhuis: J Veldhuis was racing with the lead but the flop came down A Cowboy Matt Graham Matt Graham was all in preflop and one opponent made the call. The two players then turned over their hands. Graham: K Graham was ahead and the flop cemented the double up when it came down K
Picking up the action after the flop, Kara Scott moved all in on a board of 6 Scott: A Scott’s aces were ahead and the board finished off Q The Bear Gets Fed Barry Greenstein and his opponent got all-in on a flop of K Greenstein needed to fade the board pairing to win the pot and eliminate a player. The turn was the 7
William Thorson was facing an all-in river bet of 19,000 with the final board reading 6 Thorson hemmed and hawed for quite some time before finally tossing in his call. Thorson mucked his hand when he was shown K Van Fleet Gets Coolered We got to the table as Jon Van Fleet and his opponent had just gotten all of his opponent’s 70,000 chips in the middle preflop and were turning up their hands. Van Fleet showed pocket kings, but his opponent had turned up pocket aces. The board didn’t bring any help to Van Fleet and he dropped to 205,000.
Sam Farha bet from early position and it was folded around to a player on the button. He shoved for 22,000 total and it was folded to Farha. He made the quick call with the 4 Billy Kopp Loses One On a flop of 10 Vanessa Rousso Doubles Up Vanessa Rousso was all in on a board of 9-5-4-2-3 for 37,000 into a 22,000 chip pot. Her opponent called and mucked when Rousso exposed the 8-6 for a straight. She was at about 85,000 after the hand. Twitter Accounts Barry Shulman Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, Sam Farha, William Thorson, Vanessa Rousso, Matt Graham, Billy Kopp, Lex Veldhuis, Kara Scott |
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| Dec 14, '09 | 2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship | 1 | + |
Level 3 Update: Daniel Negreanu EliminatedDec 14, '09 Blinds: 100-200 with a 25 ante Players Remaining: 261 out of 284 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Jon Turner — 180,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Barry Shulman — 74,000 Average Chip Count: 65,287 Notable Eliminations: Daniel Negreanu Big Hands:
Daniel Negreanu (pictured left) and Billy Kopp got into a raising war preflop with one other opponent and two of the players found themselves all in. Their cards: Negreanu: 10-10 Board: J-9-8 Kopp flopped a set and that was enough in the end to win the hand and grow his stack to 170,000. Negreanu was eliminated on the hand. Barry Greenstein Makes a Full Boat The board read Q
Chino Rheem (pictured right) was all in for 50,000 on a flop of 7 Rheem: 6 Turn and River: 7 Rheem was eliminated on the hand and Fish now holds 150,000. POY Watch Card Player TV caught up with Cornel Cimpan earlier in the day and chatted with him about the 2009 POY race. Check out the video below.
Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, Vadim Trincher, Chino Rheem, Billy Kopp |
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| Jul 15, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 8 | + |
Level 25 Hour 1 Update: Peter Eastgate EliminatedJul 13, '09 Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 71 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 9,100,000 Average Chip Count: 2,743,943 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,800,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 15th place. Notable Eliminations: 81. Matt Affleck – $68,979 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Nichoel Peppe was eliminated when her Jh4h ran right into the pocket aces of Adam York. Peppe was eliminated after the board ran out 7-7-2-6-4 with only one heart in the mix. Leo Margets is now the last woman standing. - Thai Tran doubled up to 2 million when his AcQc made a flush to top the A-K of Clayton Newman. Tran now holds 2 million. - Tom Schneider enlisted the help of pocket queens to grow his stack back to 2.6 million. - Hieu Luu doubled up to 4 million when his K-Q cracked the pocket aces of Fernando Gordo on a K-7-6-Q-3 board. - Eugene Katchalov climbed back above 4 million when he induced both Jamie Robbins to fold to his 725,000 bet on a 10-5-4 flop. Katchalov caught about 625,000 on the hand. - Darvin Moon further increased his chip lead when he eliminated Brean Catalano. Moon held pocket queens to beat Catalano’s A-J and grew his stack to more than 9 million after the knockout. Big Hands
The defending champion of the main event from last year has been knocked out. Billy Kopp raised to 105,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips made the call to his immediate left. Action was folded to Peter Eastgate in the small blind, who moved all in for 340,000 more. Action was back on Kopp who made the call and Dennis Phillips made the call. The board ran out A Tom Schneider Doubles Up Tom Schneider and Grayson Ramage got all the chips into the pot before the flop. Schneider exposed the A
Former Chip Leader Eliminated Action was folded to Matt Affleck on the button who moved all in for 880,000 with the A Phil Ivey Running Hot Phil Ivey bet 110,000 from the button and Kent Goulding reraised to 325,000 from the big blind. Ivey made the call and both players saw a flop of Q
Owen Crowe Eliminated in 79th Place ($68,979) Fernando Gordo and Owen Crowe got all the chips into the pot preflop. Gordo reraised all in for 1,800,000 with the A Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 22 Hour 2 Update: Shulman Rolling, ElkY BustsJul 13, '09 Note: Players are currently on a 20 minute break and will return at 4:50 PDT. Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 120 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 Average Chip Count: 1,623,500 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 3,302,000 Notable Eliminations: 125. Theo Tran — $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Craig Boyd moved up to 3 million in chips when snapped off a bluff from Hieu Luu to double up. - Blair Hinkle was eliminated from the tournamrnt shortly after his stack was crippled down to 33,000. - Ahn Van Nguyen was knocked down to 1,225,000 after tangling in a hand with Steve Begleiter, who held trip deueces and is now close to 3 million. Big Hands:
Edward Teems moved all in preflop under the gun and action was folded around to Peter Eastgate in the big blind. He made the call and the two players then flipped up their cards as the featured table crowd perked up in their seats. Eastgate: A Board: A Eastgate eliminated Teems and the crowd gave a round of applause. Eastgate now holds just over 700,000. Billy Kopp Soars to Top of Chip Counts, Eliminates El Nasr Billy Kopp raised to 52,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips called. Action folded around to Nasr El Nasr put in another bet, as he made it 173,000. Billy Kopp opted to make it 506,000 and Dennis Phillips got out of the way before El Nasr moved all in for 1,325,000, which was snap called by Kopp. Kopp turned over A
The player in seat 5 raised to 55,000 and Jeff Shulman repopped it to 200,000 from the small blind. Seat 5 called and the flop was A Shulman then turned over a monster, 6 Nichoel Peppe Muscles Out Her Opposition Tommy Vedes raised to 58,000 from the cutoff and Berhard Parner called from the button. Nichoel Peppe did the same from the small blind and the flop was 10 Vedes took a session in the tank and eventually folded his hand. Peppe took the pot and she was at 1.2 million. Soulier Scores Another Knockout Don Tran moved all in preflop and Fabrice Soulier made the call. Tran tabled A The flop came down 9 Affleck’s Bluff Gets Picked Off, Stack Tumbles On a flop of 9 Affleck’s head sank as he turned over 7
Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated in 122nd Place ($40,288) Bertrand Grospellier bet 47,000 from middle position and an opponent reraised to 150,000. ElkY moved all in for about 375,000 total, slightly less than what his opponent had in his stack. Grospellier’s all in was snap called and he turned over the A Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Nicholle Peppe, Bertrand Grospellier, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Matt Affleck, Nasr El Nasr Level 27 Hour 2 Update: Last of the November Nine FallJul 14, '09 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 43 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 15,500,000 Average Chip Count: 4,427,727 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,800,000 Notable Eliminations: 49. Fabrice Soulier — $138,568 Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands
Tommy Vedes raised to 185,000 from under the gun and Fabrice Soulier made it a cool million from middle position, putting himself all in. Action folded around to Vedes who made the call. Vedes tabled A The flop came down J Andrew Lichtenberger Doubles Up Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 180,000 from the small blind and Eric Buchman repopped to 460,000. Lichtenberger moved all in and Buchman made the call. Buchman tabled 9 The flop came down 4
Ludovic Lacay raised 150,000 and three players called. The flop then came down K Everyone checked and they did the same after the 3 Hieu Luu Eliminated in 48th Place ($138,568) Hieu Luu was down his last 410,000 and was in the big blind when action folded around to Marc McLaughlin in the small blind. McLaughlin raised enough to put Luu all in and Luu made the call. “I don’t care,” said Luu as he put his chips in. He may not have cared, but he was ahead with his lowly 10 Three Outs Is More Than Enough for Labandeira Miguel Labandeira moved all in preflop for his last 815,000 and Steven Begleiter called from the big blind. The cards were turned up and Begleiter saw he had a big lead with his A The flop kept Begleiter in the lead as it fell K
Billy Kopp raised to 150,000 from the hijack position and Phil Ivey made the call from the cutoff. They both saw a flop of 7 Ivey raised it up to 700,000 and Kopp got out of the way. Ivey raked in the pot and was up to 8.6 million in chips. A few hands later, Ivey made a button raise to 150,000 and was three-bet by Luis Nargentino to 460,000. Ivey didn’t back down and made it 1,160,000, which Nargentino called. The flop was K Vedes Freerolls On Haabak, But Chops Tommy Vedes raised to 165,000 from late position and Jesse Haabak moved all in for 1,386,000. Vedes made the call and they A J
Antoine Saout raised to 165,000 and Francois Balmigere called. Dennis Phillips made it 450,000 and then Balmigere decided he would move all in after Saout got out of the way. Phillips called and his tournament life was at risk. Balmigere showed A Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Tommy Vedes, Billy Kopp, Ludovic Lacay, Andrew Lichtenberger Level 33 Hour 2 Update: Jordan Smith Eliminated, November Nine ReachedJul 15, '09 Blinds: 120,000-240,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 58,930,000 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 19,580,000 Average Chip Count: 21,646,666 Eliminations: 12. Billy Kopp – $896,730 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 19,580,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands:
Billy Kopp Eliminated in 12th Place ($896,730) Billy Kopp raised to 600,000 preflop in early position and Darvin Moon called from the small blind. The flop came K Jamie Robbins Eliminated in 11th Place ($896,730) Jamie Robbins open-shoved for 2,350,000 and Phil Ivey called. Robbins exposed the K Joe Cada Wins First Pot at Table of 10 Joe Cada bet 600,000 from early position and Darvin Moon called from the button. The two players checked down a board of J
Jeff Shulman Wins a Pot Eric Buchman bet 650,000 preflop. Jeff Shulman, Jordan Smith, and Phil Ivey all called. The flop came A Akenhead Playing Snug Jordan Smith bet 650,000 preflop and James Akenhead called. The flop came 6 November Nine Reached
Jordan Smith Eliminated in 10th Place ($896,730) Eric Buchman raised preflop to 650,000. Darvin Moon called from the button. Jordan Smith reraised to 2,600,000 total from the small blind. Buchman folded and Moon smooth called. The flop came 8 Player Tags: Phil Ivey, Jamie Robbins, Jordan Smith, Billy Kopp Level 31 Hour 2 Update: Vedes 19th, Lichtenberger 18th, Tavelli 17th, Lacay 16thJul 15, '09 Blinds: 80,000-160,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Begleiter – 27,890,000 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 12,800,000 Average Chip Count: 12,988,000 Eliminations: 19. Tommy Vedes — $352,832 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 12,800,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands:
Eric Buchman raised to 425,000 preflop and Tommy Vedes moved in for his last 1.9 million. Buchman made the call with 7 The flop brought something for everyone as it fell 10 Lamb’s Aces Taken Out To Slaughter Steven Begleiter raised to 425,000 preflop from the hijack and Benjamin Lamb repopped to 1.1 million from the cutoff. Begleiter made the call and the two players saw a flop of J The aces were officially cracked, however, as Begleiter tabled J
Jeff Shulman raised to 420,000 preflop and Joe Cada repopped it to 1.2 million. Shulman made the call and the flop came down K Cada then led out for 2 million and Shulman threw his hand in the muck. Cada raked in the pot and was over 9 million while Shulman dropped to 8 million. Jordan Smith Takes One On The Turn Billy Kopp raised to 375,000 and Ben Lamb made the call from the button. Jordan Smith also came along from the big blind and the flop came down 9 Smith led out for 700,000 and his two opponents mucked. Smith raked in the pot and was over 7 million. Begleiter Takes One Off Maimone Steven Begleiter raised to 425,000 and Nick Maimone made the call from the big blind. The flop came down J Maimone tabled K
Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 400,000 and Darvin Moon made the call. The flop came down 6 Lichtenberger showed J Ivey Takes A Pot Phil Ivey raised to 420,000 and Steven Begleiter made the call. The flop came down 8 They did the same when the K …But Let’s Put A Smile On That Face Jeff Shulman raised to 450,000 preflop from the hijack and James Calderaro called from the button. The flop came down 10 Calderaro decided to muck his hand and Shulman took it down, improving his stack to 9 million.
Billy Kopp had been strolling through the day with a nice chip lead, but he just took his first big hit of the day courtesy of Jordan Smith. Smith raised to 420,000 under the gun and Kopp raised to 1.5 million from the cutoff. Action folded back around to Smith who shoved for 7.73 million. Kopp made the call and here were their hands. Kopp: A Board: J Smith’s pocket ladies held up and he doubled to 15.8 million while Kopp was knocked off the chip lead, his stack at 17.2 million. Ian Tavelli Eliminated In 17th Place($500,557) Steven Begleiter raised to 1.35 million after Ian Tavelli had opened for 450,000 from under the gun. Tavelli made the call and the flop came down 6 The turn was the Q
Jeff Shulman raised to 450,000 preflop and Ludovic Lacay came over the top for the rest of his stack of just over 3 million. Shulman made the call and here were there hands. Shulman: A It was a classic race and the flop came K Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Tommy Vedes, Jordan Smith, Ben Lamb, Billy Kopp, Ludovic Lacay, Andrew Lichtenberger, Nick Maimone Level 30 Hour 2 Update: Balmigere Out In 25th Place, Esfandiari Out In 24th PlaceJul 15, '09 Blinds: 60,000-120,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 23 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 21,200,000 Average Chip Count: 8,470,434 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 10,800,000 Eliminations: 25. Francois Balmigere — $352,832 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 10,800,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands Francois Balmigere Eliminated In 25th Place($352,832) Francois Balmigere raised to 330,000 preflop from middle position and Steven Begleiter called behind him. Billy Kopp came along from the big blind and the flop was 10 Balmigere tabled J Buchman Fills Up On The Turn Jonathan Tamayo raised to 355,000 from the button and Eric Buchman called from the big blind. Darvin Moon had limped in earlier and made the call as well. The flop came down 9 Buchman led out with 1.1 million and Tamayo made the call. Buchman then tabled 6
Action folded around to Phil Ivey who called from the small blind and Jeff Shulman checked from the big blind. The two players saw a flop of A Ivey checked to Shulman and he fired 200,000. Ivey had enough of his hand and threw it into the muck. Shulman took the pot and was around 11 million. Lucky Sevens For Maimone, Doubles Through Jordan Smith Jordan Smith raised to 320,000 from middle position and action folded to Nick Maimone on the button. He reraised to 825,000 and Smith made the call. The flop then came down Q But the turn changed everything as it brought the 7
Billy Kopp raised to 275,000 from under the gun and Steven Begleiter made the call from the button. The flop fell 5 Both players checked and they did the same for the J Akenhead Gets Kings Again, Wins Small Pot James Akenhead raised to 280,000 preflop and Warren Zackey made the call from the small blind. The flop came A Zackey checked and Akenhead bet 300,000. Zackey made the call and Akenhead tabled K
Phil Ivey has been hard pressed to win a pot in the early going of day 8. He doubled up Nick Maimone during the last hour and just doubled up Marco Mattes. Maimone opened with a raise to 290,000 and Mattes moved all in for almost 2.5 million. Action folded around to Ivey who made the call. Maimone got out of the way and Ivey tabled J The flop came down 10
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 310,000 preflop from under the gun and Steven Begleiter called from middle position. The flop came down 10 Esfandiari showed down 5 Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Antonio Esfandiari, Eric Buchman, Phil Ivey, James Akenhead, Billy Kopp, Francois Balmigere, Marco Mattes, Warren Zackey |
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| Jul 14, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 7 | + |
Level 25 Hour 1 Update: Peter Eastgate EliminatedJul 13, '09 Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 71 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 9,100,000 Average Chip Count: 2,743,943 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,800,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 15th place. Notable Eliminations: 81. Matt Affleck – $68,979 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Nichoel Peppe was eliminated when her Jh4h ran right into the pocket aces of Adam York. Peppe was eliminated after the board ran out 7-7-2-6-4 with only one heart in the mix. Leo Margets is now the last woman standing. - Thai Tran doubled up to 2 million when his AcQc made a flush to top the A-K of Clayton Newman. Tran now holds 2 million. - Tom Schneider enlisted the help of pocket queens to grow his stack back to 2.6 million. - Hieu Luu doubled up to 4 million when his K-Q cracked the pocket aces of Fernando Gordo on a K-7-6-Q-3 board. - Eugene Katchalov climbed back above 4 million when he induced both Jamie Robbins to fold to his 725,000 bet on a 10-5-4 flop. Katchalov caught about 625,000 on the hand. - Darvin Moon further increased his chip lead when he eliminated Brean Catalano. Moon held pocket queens to beat Catalano’s A-J and grew his stack to more than 9 million after the knockout. Big Hands
The defending champion of the main event from last year has been knocked out. Billy Kopp raised to 105,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips made the call to his immediate left. Action was folded to Peter Eastgate in the small blind, who moved all in for 340,000 more. Action was back on Kopp who made the call and Dennis Phillips made the call. The board ran out A Tom Schneider Doubles Up Tom Schneider and Grayson Ramage got all the chips into the pot before the flop. Schneider exposed the A
Former Chip Leader Eliminated Action was folded to Matt Affleck on the button who moved all in for 880,000 with the A Phil Ivey Running Hot Phil Ivey bet 110,000 from the button and Kent Goulding reraised to 325,000 from the big blind. Ivey made the call and both players saw a flop of Q
Owen Crowe Eliminated in 79th Place ($68,979) Fernando Gordo and Owen Crowe got all the chips into the pot preflop. Gordo reraised all in for 1,800,000 with the A Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 22 Hour 2 Update: Shulman Rolling, ElkY BustsJul 13, '09 Note: Players are currently on a 20 minute break and will return at 4:50 PDT. Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 120 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 Average Chip Count: 1,623,500 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 3,302,000 Notable Eliminations: 125. Theo Tran — $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Craig Boyd moved up to 3 million in chips when snapped off a bluff from Hieu Luu to double up. - Blair Hinkle was eliminated from the tournamrnt shortly after his stack was crippled down to 33,000. - Ahn Van Nguyen was knocked down to 1,225,000 after tangling in a hand with Steve Begleiter, who held trip deueces and is now close to 3 million. Big Hands:
Edward Teems moved all in preflop under the gun and action was folded around to Peter Eastgate in the big blind. He made the call and the two players then flipped up their cards as the featured table crowd perked up in their seats. Eastgate: A Board: A Eastgate eliminated Teems and the crowd gave a round of applause. Eastgate now holds just over 700,000. Billy Kopp Soars to Top of Chip Counts, Eliminates El Nasr Billy Kopp raised to 52,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips called. Action folded around to Nasr El Nasr put in another bet, as he made it 173,000. Billy Kopp opted to make it 506,000 and Dennis Phillips got out of the way before El Nasr moved all in for 1,325,000, which was snap called by Kopp. Kopp turned over A
The player in seat 5 raised to 55,000 and Jeff Shulman repopped it to 200,000 from the small blind. Seat 5 called and the flop was A Shulman then turned over a monster, 6 Nichoel Peppe Muscles Out Her Opposition Tommy Vedes raised to 58,000 from the cutoff and Berhard Parner called from the button. Nichoel Peppe did the same from the small blind and the flop was 10 Vedes took a session in the tank and eventually folded his hand. Peppe took the pot and she was at 1.2 million. Soulier Scores Another Knockout Don Tran moved all in preflop and Fabrice Soulier made the call. Tran tabled A The flop came down 9 Affleck’s Bluff Gets Picked Off, Stack Tumbles On a flop of 9 Affleck’s head sank as he turned over 7
Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated in 122nd Place ($40,288) Bertrand Grospellier bet 47,000 from middle position and an opponent reraised to 150,000. ElkY moved all in for about 375,000 total, slightly less than what his opponent had in his stack. Grospellier’s all in was snap called and he turned over the A Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Nicholle Peppe, Bertrand Grospellier, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Matt Affleck, Nasr El Nasr Level 27 Hour 2 Update: Last of the November Nine FallJul 14, '09 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 43 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 15,500,000 Average Chip Count: 4,427,727 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,800,000 Notable Eliminations: 49. Fabrice Soulier — $138,568 Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands
Tommy Vedes raised to 185,000 from under the gun and Fabrice Soulier made it a cool million from middle position, putting himself all in. Action folded around to Vedes who made the call. Vedes tabled A The flop came down J Andrew Lichtenberger Doubles Up Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 180,000 from the small blind and Eric Buchman repopped to 460,000. Lichtenberger moved all in and Buchman made the call. Buchman tabled 9 The flop came down 4
Ludovic Lacay raised 150,000 and three players called. The flop then came down K Everyone checked and they did the same after the 3 Hieu Luu Eliminated in 48th Place ($138,568) Hieu Luu was down his last 410,000 and was in the big blind when action folded around to Marc McLaughlin in the small blind. McLaughlin raised enough to put Luu all in and Luu made the call. “I don’t care,” said Luu as he put his chips in. He may not have cared, but he was ahead with his lowly 10 Three Outs Is More Than Enough for Labandeira Miguel Labandeira moved all in preflop for his last 815,000 and Steven Begleiter called from the big blind. The cards were turned up and Begleiter saw he had a big lead with his A The flop kept Begleiter in the lead as it fell K
Billy Kopp raised to 150,000 from the hijack position and Phil Ivey made the call from the cutoff. They both saw a flop of 7 Ivey raised it up to 700,000 and Kopp got out of the way. Ivey raked in the pot and was up to 8.6 million in chips. A few hands later, Ivey made a button raise to 150,000 and was three-bet by Luis Nargentino to 460,000. Ivey didn’t back down and made it 1,160,000, which Nargentino called. The flop was K Vedes Freerolls On Haabak, But Chops Tommy Vedes raised to 165,000 from late position and Jesse Haabak moved all in for 1,386,000. Vedes made the call and they A J
Antoine Saout raised to 165,000 and Francois Balmigere called. Dennis Phillips made it 450,000 and then Balmigere decided he would move all in after Saout got out of the way. Phillips called and his tournament life was at risk. Balmigere showed A Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Tommy Vedes, Billy Kopp, Ludovic Lacay, Andrew Lichtenberger Level 33 Hour 2 Update: Jordan Smith Eliminated, November Nine ReachedJul 15, '09 Blinds: 120,000-240,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 58,930,000 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 19,580,000 Average Chip Count: 21,646,666 Eliminations: 12. Billy Kopp – $896,730 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 19,580,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands:
Billy Kopp Eliminated in 12th Place ($896,730) Billy Kopp raised to 600,000 preflop in early position and Darvin Moon called from the small blind. The flop came K Jamie Robbins Eliminated in 11th Place ($896,730) Jamie Robbins open-shoved for 2,350,000 and Phil Ivey called. Robbins exposed the K Joe Cada Wins First Pot at Table of 10 Joe Cada bet 600,000 from early position and Darvin Moon called from the button. The two players checked down a board of J
Jeff Shulman Wins a Pot Eric Buchman bet 650,000 preflop. Jeff Shulman, Jordan Smith, and Phil Ivey all called. The flop came A Akenhead Playing Snug Jordan Smith bet 650,000 preflop and James Akenhead called. The flop came 6 November Nine Reached
Jordan Smith Eliminated in 10th Place ($896,730) Eric Buchman raised preflop to 650,000. Darvin Moon called from the button. Jordan Smith reraised to 2,600,000 total from the small blind. Buchman folded and Moon smooth called. The flop came 8 Player Tags: Phil Ivey, Jamie Robbins, Jordan Smith, Billy Kopp Level 31 Hour 2 Update: Vedes 19th, Lichtenberger 18th, Tavelli 17th, Lacay 16thJul 15, '09 Blinds: 80,000-160,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Begleiter – 27,890,000 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 12,800,000 Average Chip Count: 12,988,000 Eliminations: 19. Tommy Vedes — $352,832 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 12,800,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands:
Eric Buchman raised to 425,000 preflop and Tommy Vedes moved in for his last 1.9 million. Buchman made the call with 7 The flop brought something for everyone as it fell 10 Lamb’s Aces Taken Out To Slaughter Steven Begleiter raised to 425,000 preflop from the hijack and Benjamin Lamb repopped to 1.1 million from the cutoff. Begleiter made the call and the two players saw a flop of J The aces were officially cracked, however, as Begleiter tabled J
Jeff Shulman raised to 420,000 preflop and Joe Cada repopped it to 1.2 million. Shulman made the call and the flop came down K Cada then led out for 2 million and Shulman threw his hand in the muck. Cada raked in the pot and was over 9 million while Shulman dropped to 8 million. Jordan Smith Takes One On The Turn Billy Kopp raised to 375,000 and Ben Lamb made the call from the button. Jordan Smith also came along from the big blind and the flop came down 9 Smith led out for 700,000 and his two opponents mucked. Smith raked in the pot and was over 7 million. Begleiter Takes One Off Maimone Steven Begleiter raised to 425,000 and Nick Maimone made the call from the big blind. The flop came down J Maimone tabled K
Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 400,000 and Darvin Moon made the call. The flop came down 6 Lichtenberger showed J Ivey Takes A Pot Phil Ivey raised to 420,000 and Steven Begleiter made the call. The flop came down 8 They did the same when the K …But Let’s Put A Smile On That Face Jeff Shulman raised to 450,000 preflop from the hijack and James Calderaro called from the button. The flop came down 10 Calderaro decided to muck his hand and Shulman took it down, improving his stack to 9 million.
Billy Kopp had been strolling through the day with a nice chip lead, but he just took his first big hit of the day courtesy of Jordan Smith. Smith raised to 420,000 under the gun and Kopp raised to 1.5 million from the cutoff. Action folded back around to Smith who shoved for 7.73 million. Kopp made the call and here were their hands. Kopp: A Board: J Smith’s pocket ladies held up and he doubled to 15.8 million while Kopp was knocked off the chip lead, his stack at 17.2 million. Ian Tavelli Eliminated In 17th Place($500,557) Steven Begleiter raised to 1.35 million after Ian Tavelli had opened for 450,000 from under the gun. Tavelli made the call and the flop came down 6 The turn was the Q
Jeff Shulman raised to 450,000 preflop and Ludovic Lacay came over the top for the rest of his stack of just over 3 million. Shulman made the call and here were there hands. Shulman: A It was a classic race and the flop came K Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Tommy Vedes, Jordan Smith, Ben Lamb, Billy Kopp, Ludovic Lacay, Andrew Lichtenberger, Nick Maimone Level 30 Hour 2 Update: Balmigere Out In 25th Place, Esfandiari Out In 24th PlaceJul 15, '09 Blinds: 60,000-120,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 23 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 21,200,000 Average Chip Count: 8,470,434 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 10,800,000 Eliminations: 25. Francois Balmigere — $352,832 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 10,800,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands Francois Balmigere Eliminated In 25th Place($352,832) Francois Balmigere raised to 330,000 preflop from middle position and Steven Begleiter called behind him. Billy Kopp came along from the big blind and the flop was 10 Balmigere tabled J Buchman Fills Up On The Turn Jonathan Tamayo raised to 355,000 from the button and Eric Buchman called from the big blind. Darvin Moon had limped in earlier and made the call as well. The flop came down 9 Buchman led out with 1.1 million and Tamayo made the call. Buchman then tabled 6
Action folded around to Phil Ivey who called from the small blind and Jeff Shulman checked from the big blind. The two players saw a flop of A Ivey checked to Shulman and he fired 200,000. Ivey had enough of his hand and threw it into the muck. Shulman took the pot and was around 11 million. Lucky Sevens For Maimone, Doubles Through Jordan Smith Jordan Smith raised to 320,000 from middle position and action folded to Nick Maimone on the button. He reraised to 825,000 and Smith made the call. The flop then came down Q But the turn changed everything as it brought the 7
Billy Kopp raised to 275,000 from under the gun and Steven Begleiter made the call from the button. The flop fell 5 Both players checked and they did the same for the J Akenhead Gets Kings Again, Wins Small Pot James Akenhead raised to 280,000 preflop and Warren Zackey made the call from the small blind. The flop came A Zackey checked and Akenhead bet 300,000. Zackey made the call and Akenhead tabled K
Phil Ivey has been hard pressed to win a pot in the early going of day 8. He doubled up Nick Maimone during the last hour and just doubled up Marco Mattes. Maimone opened with a raise to 290,000 and Mattes moved all in for almost 2.5 million. Action folded around to Ivey who made the call. Maimone got out of the way and Ivey tabled J The flop came down 10
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 310,000 preflop from under the gun and Steven Begleiter called from middle position. The flop came down 10 Esfandiari showed down 5 Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Antonio Esfandiari, Eric Buchman, Phil Ivey, James Akenhead, Billy Kopp, Francois Balmigere, Marco Mattes, Warren Zackey |
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| Jul 13, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 6 | + |
Level 25 Hour 1 Update: Peter Eastgate EliminatedJul 13, '09 Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 71 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 9,100,000 Average Chip Count: 2,743,943 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,800,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 15th place. Notable Eliminations: 81. Matt Affleck – $68,979 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Nichoel Peppe was eliminated when her Jh4h ran right into the pocket aces of Adam York. Peppe was eliminated after the board ran out 7-7-2-6-4 with only one heart in the mix. Leo Margets is now the last woman standing. - Thai Tran doubled up to 2 million when his AcQc made a flush to top the A-K of Clayton Newman. Tran now holds 2 million. - Tom Schneider enlisted the help of pocket queens to grow his stack back to 2.6 million. - Hieu Luu doubled up to 4 million when his K-Q cracked the pocket aces of Fernando Gordo on a K-7-6-Q-3 board. - Eugene Katchalov climbed back above 4 million when he induced both Jamie Robbins to fold to his 725,000 bet on a 10-5-4 flop. Katchalov caught about 625,000 on the hand. - Darvin Moon further increased his chip lead when he eliminated Brean Catalano. Moon held pocket queens to beat Catalano’s A-J and grew his stack to more than 9 million after the knockout. Big Hands
The defending champion of the main event from last year has been knocked out. Billy Kopp raised to 105,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips made the call to his immediate left. Action was folded to Peter Eastgate in the small blind, who moved all in for 340,000 more. Action was back on Kopp who made the call and Dennis Phillips made the call. The board ran out A Tom Schneider Doubles Up Tom Schneider and Grayson Ramage got all the chips into the pot before the flop. Schneider exposed the A
Former Chip Leader Eliminated Action was folded to Matt Affleck on the button who moved all in for 880,000 with the A Phil Ivey Running Hot Phil Ivey bet 110,000 from the button and Kent Goulding reraised to 325,000 from the big blind. Ivey made the call and both players saw a flop of Q
Owen Crowe Eliminated in 79th Place ($68,979) Fernando Gordo and Owen Crowe got all the chips into the pot preflop. Gordo reraised all in for 1,800,000 with the A Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 22 Hour 2 Update: Shulman Rolling, ElkY BustsJul 13, '09 Note: Players are currently on a 20 minute break and will return at 4:50 PDT. Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 120 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 Average Chip Count: 1,623,500 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 3,302,000 Notable Eliminations: 125. Theo Tran — $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Craig Boyd moved up to 3 million in chips when snapped off a bluff from Hieu Luu to double up. - Blair Hinkle was eliminated from the tournamrnt shortly after his stack was crippled down to 33,000. - Ahn Van Nguyen was knocked down to 1,225,000 after tangling in a hand with Steve Begleiter, who held trip deueces and is now close to 3 million. Big Hands:
Edward Teems moved all in preflop under the gun and action was folded around to Peter Eastgate in the big blind. He made the call and the two players then flipped up their cards as the featured table crowd perked up in their seats. Eastgate: A Board: A Eastgate eliminated Teems and the crowd gave a round of applause. Eastgate now holds just over 700,000. Billy Kopp Soars to Top of Chip Counts, Eliminates El Nasr Billy Kopp raised to 52,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips called. Action folded around to Nasr El Nasr put in another bet, as he made it 173,000. Billy Kopp opted to make it 506,000 and Dennis Phillips got out of the way before El Nasr moved all in for 1,325,000, which was snap called by Kopp. Kopp turned over A
The player in seat 5 raised to 55,000 and Jeff Shulman repopped it to 200,000 from the small blind. Seat 5 called and the flop was A Shulman then turned over a monster, 6 Nichoel Peppe Muscles Out Her Opposition Tommy Vedes raised to 58,000 from the cutoff and Berhard Parner called from the button. Nichoel Peppe did the same from the small blind and the flop was 10 Vedes took a session in the tank and eventually folded his hand. Peppe took the pot and she was at 1.2 million. Soulier Scores Another Knockout Don Tran moved all in preflop and Fabrice Soulier made the call. Tran tabled A The flop came down 9 Affleck’s Bluff Gets Picked Off, Stack Tumbles On a flop of 9 Affleck’s head sank as he turned over 7
Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated in 122nd Place ($40,288) Bertrand Grospellier bet 47,000 from middle position and an opponent reraised to 150,000. ElkY moved all in for about 375,000 total, slightly less than what his opponent had in his stack. Grospellier’s all in was snap called and he turned over the A Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Nicholle Peppe, Bertrand Grospellier, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Matt Affleck, Nasr El Nasr Level 27 Hour 2 Update: Last of the November Nine FallJul 14, '09 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 43 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 15,500,000 Average Chip Count: 4,427,727 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,800,000 Notable Eliminations: 49. Fabrice Soulier — $138,568 Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands
Tommy Vedes raised to 185,000 from under the gun and Fabrice Soulier made it a cool million from middle position, putting himself all in. Action folded around to Vedes who made the call. Vedes tabled A The flop came down J Andrew Lichtenberger Doubles Up Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 180,000 from the small blind and Eric Buchman repopped to 460,000. Lichtenberger moved all in and Buchman made the call. Buchman tabled 9 The flop came down 4
Ludovic Lacay raised 150,000 and three players called. The flop then came down K Everyone checked and they did the same after the 3 Hieu Luu Eliminated in 48th Place ($138,568) Hieu Luu was down his last 410,000 and was in the big blind when action folded around to Marc McLaughlin in the small blind. McLaughlin raised enough to put Luu all in and Luu made the call. “I don’t care,” said Luu as he put his chips in. He may not have cared, but he was ahead with his lowly 10 Three Outs Is More Than Enough for Labandeira Miguel Labandeira moved all in preflop for his last 815,000 and Steven Begleiter called from the big blind. The cards were turned up and Begleiter saw he had a big lead with his A The flop kept Begleiter in the lead as it fell K
Billy Kopp raised to 150,000 from the hijack position and Phil Ivey made the call from the cutoff. They both saw a flop of 7 Ivey raised it up to 700,000 and Kopp got out of the way. Ivey raked in the pot and was up to 8.6 million in chips. A few hands later, Ivey made a button raise to 150,000 and was three-bet by Luis Nargentino to 460,000. Ivey didn’t back down and made it 1,160,000, which Nargentino called. The flop was K Vedes Freerolls On Haabak, But Chops Tommy Vedes raised to 165,000 from late position and Jesse Haabak moved all in for 1,386,000. Vedes made the call and they A J
Antoine Saout raised to 165,000 and Francois Balmigere called. Dennis Phillips made it 450,000 and then Balmigere decided he would move all in after Saout got out of the way. Phillips called and his tournament life was at risk. Balmigere showed A Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Tommy Vedes, Billy Kopp, Ludovic Lacay, Andrew Lichtenberger Level 33 Hour 2 Update: Jordan Smith Eliminated, November Nine ReachedJul 15, '09 Blinds: 120,000-240,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 58,930,000 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 19,580,000 Average Chip Count: 21,646,666 Eliminations: 12. Billy Kopp – $896,730 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 19,580,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands:
Billy Kopp Eliminated in 12th Place ($896,730) Billy Kopp raised to 600,000 preflop in early position and Darvin Moon called from the small blind. The flop came K Jamie Robbins Eliminated in 11th Place ($896,730) Jamie Robbins open-shoved for 2,350,000 and Phil Ivey called. Robbins exposed the K Joe Cada Wins First Pot at Table of 10 Joe Cada bet 600,000 from early position and Darvin Moon called from the button. The two players checked down a board of J
Jeff Shulman Wins a Pot Eric Buchman bet 650,000 preflop. Jeff Shulman, Jordan Smith, and Phil Ivey all called. The flop came A Akenhead Playing Snug Jordan Smith bet 650,000 preflop and James Akenhead called. The flop came 6 November Nine Reached
Jordan Smith Eliminated in 10th Place ($896,730) Eric Buchman raised preflop to 650,000. Darvin Moon called from the button. Jordan Smith reraised to 2,600,000 total from the small blind. Buchman folded and Moon smooth called. The flop came 8 Player Tags: Phil Ivey, Jamie Robbins, Jordan Smith, Billy Kopp Level 31 Hour 2 Update: Vedes 19th, Lichtenberger 18th, Tavelli 17th, Lacay 16thJul 15, '09 Blinds: 80,000-160,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Begleiter – 27,890,000 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 12,800,000 Average Chip Count: 12,988,000 Eliminations: 19. Tommy Vedes — $352,832 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 12,800,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands:
Eric Buchman raised to 425,000 preflop and Tommy Vedes moved in for his last 1.9 million. Buchman made the call with 7 The flop brought something for everyone as it fell 10 Lamb’s Aces Taken Out To Slaughter Steven Begleiter raised to 425,000 preflop from the hijack and Benjamin Lamb repopped to 1.1 million from the cutoff. Begleiter made the call and the two players saw a flop of J The aces were officially cracked, however, as Begleiter tabled J
Jeff Shulman raised to 420,000 preflop and Joe Cada repopped it to 1.2 million. Shulman made the call and the flop came down K Cada then led out for 2 million and Shulman threw his hand in the muck. Cada raked in the pot and was over 9 million while Shulman dropped to 8 million. Jordan Smith Takes One On The Turn Billy Kopp raised to 375,000 and Ben Lamb made the call from the button. Jordan Smith also came along from the big blind and the flop came down 9 Smith led out for 700,000 and his two opponents mucked. Smith raked in the pot and was over 7 million. Begleiter Takes One Off Maimone Steven Begleiter raised to 425,000 and Nick Maimone made the call from the big blind. The flop came down J Maimone tabled K
Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 400,000 and Darvin Moon made the call. The flop came down 6 Lichtenberger showed J Ivey Takes A Pot Phil Ivey raised to 420,000 and Steven Begleiter made the call. The flop came down 8 They did the same when the K …But Let’s Put A Smile On That Face Jeff Shulman raised to 450,000 preflop from the hijack and James Calderaro called from the button. The flop came down 10 Calderaro decided to muck his hand and Shulman took it down, improving his stack to 9 million.
Billy Kopp had been strolling through the day with a nice chip lead, but he just took his first big hit of the day courtesy of Jordan Smith. Smith raised to 420,000 under the gun and Kopp raised to 1.5 million from the cutoff. Action folded back around to Smith who shoved for 7.73 million. Kopp made the call and here were their hands. Kopp: A Board: J Smith’s pocket ladies held up and he doubled to 15.8 million while Kopp was knocked off the chip lead, his stack at 17.2 million. Ian Tavelli Eliminated In 17th Place($500,557) Steven Begleiter raised to 1.35 million after Ian Tavelli had opened for 450,000 from under the gun. Tavelli made the call and the flop came down 6 The turn was the Q
Jeff Shulman raised to 450,000 preflop and Ludovic Lacay came over the top for the rest of his stack of just over 3 million. Shulman made the call and here were there hands. Shulman: A It was a classic race and the flop came K Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Tommy Vedes, Jordan Smith, Ben Lamb, Billy Kopp, Ludovic Lacay, Andrew Lichtenberger, Nick Maimone Level 30 Hour 2 Update: Balmigere Out In 25th Place, Esfandiari Out In 24th PlaceJul 15, '09 Blinds: 60,000-120,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 23 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 21,200,000 Average Chip Count: 8,470,434 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 10,800,000 Eliminations: 25. Francois Balmigere — $352,832 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 10,800,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands Francois Balmigere Eliminated In 25th Place($352,832) Francois Balmigere raised to 330,000 preflop from middle position and Steven Begleiter called behind him. Billy Kopp came along from the big blind and the flop was 10 Balmigere tabled J Buchman Fills Up On The Turn Jonathan Tamayo raised to 355,000 from the button and Eric Buchman called from the big blind. Darvin Moon had limped in earlier and made the call as well. The flop came down 9 Buchman led out with 1.1 million and Tamayo made the call. Buchman then tabled 6
Action folded around to Phil Ivey who called from the small blind and Jeff Shulman checked from the big blind. The two players saw a flop of A Ivey checked to Shulman and he fired 200,000. Ivey had enough of his hand and threw it into the muck. Shulman took the pot and was around 11 million. Lucky Sevens For Maimone, Doubles Through Jordan Smith Jordan Smith raised to 320,000 from middle position and action folded to Nick Maimone on the button. He reraised to 825,000 and Smith made the call. The flop then came down Q But the turn changed everything as it brought the 7
Billy Kopp raised to 275,000 from under the gun and Steven Begleiter made the call from the button. The flop fell 5 Both players checked and they did the same for the J Akenhead Gets Kings Again, Wins Small Pot James Akenhead raised to 280,000 preflop and Warren Zackey made the call from the small blind. The flop came A Zackey checked and Akenhead bet 300,000. Zackey made the call and Akenhead tabled K
Phil Ivey has been hard pressed to win a pot in the early going of day 8. He doubled up Nick Maimone during the last hour and just doubled up Marco Mattes. Maimone opened with a raise to 290,000 and Mattes moved all in for almost 2.5 million. Action folded around to Ivey who made the call. Maimone got out of the way and Ivey tabled J The flop came down 10
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 310,000 preflop from under the gun and Steven Begleiter called from middle position. The flop came down 10 Esfandiari showed down 5 Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Antonio Esfandiari, Eric Buchman, Phil Ivey, James Akenhead, Billy Kopp, Francois Balmigere, Marco Mattes, Warren Zackey |
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| Jun 25, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 45 - $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em | 3 | + |
Level 20 Update: Young 18th, Rabin 17th, Langmann 16thJun 25, '09 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 Players Remaining: 15 out of 275 Chip Counts: 1. John Kabbaj — 1,940,000 Average Chip Count: 550,000 Notable Eliminations: 18. Justin Young — $32,209 Big Hands:
Justin Young comes in for a raise before the flop and John Kabbaj moves him all in. Young: 9 Board: A Kabbaj makes two pair, eliminating Justin Young in 18th place ($32,209). Florian Langmann Eliminated in 16th Place ($32,209) Florian Langmann comes in for a raise and gets two callers. The flop comes K Langmann: 6 The turn and river are the 2 Player Tags: Justin Young, John Kabbaj, Billy Kopp, Florian Langmann Final Day Update: Final Table SetJun 25, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 Players Remaining: 9 out of 275 Chip Counts: 1. John Kabbaj – 1,867,000 Average Chip Count: 917,444 Notable Eliminations: 14. Thomas Pattersson — $43,091 Big Hands: Thomas Pattersson Eliminated In 14th Place($43,091) Thomas Pattersson and Billy Kopp got into a raising war preflop until all of Pattersson’s chips were in the middle. Pattersson: J Board: A The flop gave Kopp a dominating lead in the hand that he never relinquished and Pattersson made his exit in 14th place.
Isaac Haxton raised the pot from the button preflop and the action was next on Ken Lennaard. Lennaard moved the rest of his chips into the middle and Haxton made the call. Haxton: A Board: A Haxton flopped a set and rivered a full boat for good measure and Lennaard was eliminated in 13th place.
Kamran raised to 84,000 from the button and the small blind mucked. The action was then on Billy Kopp in the big blind and he raised enough to put Kamran all in. Kamaran made the call and turned over J
After knocking out two players on his own, it was finally Kopp’s turn to step on the chopping block. Davidi Kitai raised to 60,000 preflop and Kopp decided to make it 198,000 to go. Kitai just called and both players saw the flop come down 8
Davidi Kitai raised to 75,000 from under the gun and the action was next on Charania. He moved all in for just 85,000 total and everyone folded around to Kitai. He made the cheap call and the players turned over their hands. Kitai: 9 Board: Q Charania flopped a Broadway draw but it never materialized and Kitai’s pair held up. Charania picked up his stuff and made his way toward the exit in 10th place, one spot shy of the official final table. Player Tags: Ken Lennaard, Davidi Kitai, Isaac Haxton, Billy Kopp, Michael Kamran, Mohsin Charania |
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| Jun 25, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 45 - $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em | 2 | + |
Level 20 Update: Young 18th, Rabin 17th, Langmann 16thJun 25, '09 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 Players Remaining: 15 out of 275 Chip Counts: 1. John Kabbaj — 1,940,000 Average Chip Count: 550,000 Notable Eliminations: 18. Justin Young — $32,209 Big Hands:
Justin Young comes in for a raise before the flop and John Kabbaj moves him all in. Young: 9 Board: A Kabbaj makes two pair, eliminating Justin Young in 18th place ($32,209). Florian Langmann Eliminated in 16th Place ($32,209) Florian Langmann comes in for a raise and gets two callers. The flop comes K Langmann: 6 The turn and river are the 2 Player Tags: Justin Young, John Kabbaj, Billy Kopp, Florian Langmann Final Day Update: Final Table SetJun 25, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 Players Remaining: 9 out of 275 Chip Counts: 1. John Kabbaj – 1,867,000 Average Chip Count: 917,444 Notable Eliminations: 14. Thomas Pattersson — $43,091 Big Hands: Thomas Pattersson Eliminated In 14th Place($43,091) Thomas Pattersson and Billy Kopp got into a raising war preflop until all of Pattersson’s chips were in the middle. Pattersson: J Board: A The flop gave Kopp a dominating lead in the hand that he never relinquished and Pattersson made his exit in 14th place.
Isaac Haxton raised the pot from the button preflop and the action was next on Ken Lennaard. Lennaard moved the rest of his chips into the middle and Haxton made the call. Haxton: A Board: A Haxton flopped a set and rivered a full boat for good measure and Lennaard was eliminated in 13th place.
Kamran raised to 84,000 from the button and the small blind mucked. The action was then on Billy Kopp in the big blind and he raised enough to put Kamran all in. Kamaran made the call and turned over J
After knocking out two players on his own, it was finally Kopp’s turn to step on the chopping block. Davidi Kitai raised to 60,000 preflop and Kopp decided to make it 198,000 to go. Kitai just called and both players saw the flop come down 8
Davidi Kitai raised to 75,000 from under the gun and the action was next on Charania. He moved all in for just 85,000 total and everyone folded around to Kitai. He made the cheap call and the players turned over their hands. Kitai: 9 Board: Q Charania flopped a Broadway draw but it never materialized and Kitai’s pair held up. Charania picked up his stuff and made his way toward the exit in 10th place, one spot shy of the official final table. Player Tags: Ken Lennaard, Davidi Kitai, Isaac Haxton, Billy Kopp, Michael Kamran, Mohsin Charania |
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| Jun 08, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 15 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 3 | + |
Final Table Update: Billy Kopp OutJun 08, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 out of 655 Chip Counts: 1. Fabian Quoss — 3,150,000 Average Chip Count: 1,425,000 Notable Eliminations: 8. Billy Kopp — $75,115 Elimination Hands:
Billy Kopp moved all in for his last 75,000 and both Fabian Quoss and Thomas Keller made the call. The flop came 7 Quoss showed J Player Tags: Billy Kopp, Fabian Quoss |
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The Phil Ivey National Bank
The Magician Disappears, Antonio Esfandiari Eliminated In 24th Place($352,832)
Justin Young Eliminated in 18th Place ($32,209)
Ken Lennaard Eliminated In 13th Place($43,091)
Michael Kamran Eliminated In 12th Place($57,645)
Billy Kopp Eliminated In 11th Place($57,645)
Mohsin Charania Eliminated In 10th Place($57,645)