Davidson Matthew Poker Tournament Updates

Davidson Matthew Eliminated in 2nd Place ($257,940)

Dec 12, '08

On a flop of J-9-2, Matt Graham is all in with pocket queens against Davidson Matthew's Q-9.

The turn and river come 7-7 and all of a sudden Graham is the chip leader once again.

A few hands later, both players find themsevles all in preflop. Graham has 85 and Matthew has A2.

The flop brings a five, and the turn and river fail to help Matthew who is eliminated in 2nd place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Matt Graham,   Davidson Matthew

Davidson Matthew Continues To Win From Behind

Dec 12, '08

After clawing back to take the chip lead with a series of big reraises and showdowns, Matt Graham was just one card away from ending the tournament.

The board read 863J and Matthew was all in for 1,235,000 into a 500,000 pot. Graham made the call with 84 and was right when Matthew turned over 75 for the open-ended straight draw.

The river was the 9, however, and Matthew doubled up. Graham was left with 750,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Matt Graham,   Davidson Matthew

Davidson Matthew Doubles Up

Dec 12, '08

Davidson Matthew is all in for his last 1,060,000. Matthew shows JJ and is racing against Graham's AQ.

The board comes 664K7 and Matthew doubles up to the chip lead with 2,150,000.

Player Tags: Matt Graham,   Davidson Matthew

Matt Graham Strikes First

Dec 12, '08

Matt Graham raises to 80,000 from the button and Davidson Matthew calls. The flop comes J43 and Matthew checks.

Graham bets 110,000 and after some deliberation, Matthew calls.

The turn is the 3 and once again, Matthew checks. Graham bets 150,000 and Matthew tanks. He asks how much Graham has behind and is told 750,000.

After a few minutes, Matthew calls. The river is the K and he checks for the last time. Graham moves all in for 750,000 and Matthew stands up from the table.

He separates his call from the rest of his stack, seeing what he'd be left with if he was wrong. After three minutes, Matthew calls and Graham instantly flips up the J3 for a full house.

After the hand, Graham is the chip leader with 2,150,000. Matthew is left with 1,480,000.

Player Tags: Davidson Matthew

David Pham Eliminated in 3rd Place ($146,555)

Dec 12, '08

David Pham is all in holding QQ against Davidson Matthew and his JJ.

When the flop comes J77, the room barely acknowledges the bad beat, as if it is to be expected at this point in the tournament. The turn and river come 26 and Pham is eliminated in 3rd place.

For his performance over the past two days, Pham earned 768 points bringing his total on the year to 5,990, just 714 points behind John Phan. Pham will also take over the 2nd spot in the rankings from Bertrand Grospellier, who finished ninth in this tournament.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: David Pham,   Davidson Matthew

Russell Rosenblum Eliminated in 4th Place ($82,070)

Dec 12, '08

In a battle of the blinds, Russell Rosenblum finds himself all in against Davidson Matthew. Rosenblum shows A9 and is dominated by Matthew's AQ.

The dealer flips up a board of K108K7 and Rosenblum is eliminated 4th place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Russell Rosenblum,   Davidson Matthew

Davidson Matthew Doubles... Again

Dec 12, '08

It's becoming a recurring theme, but Davidson Matthew is running really good with the worst hand.

He raises to 40,000 and David Pham reraises to 114,000. Matthew moves all in for a total of 530,000 and Pham instantly calls. Matthew shows AQ, but Pham shows KK.

The board runs out A72QA and Matthew doubles up to nearly 1.1 million. Pham is left with just 305,000.

Player Tags: David Pham,   Davidson Matthew

Steven Merrifield Eliminated in 8th Place ($23,450)

Dec 12, '08

Steven Merrifield is all in holding AK against Davidson Matthew's A9.

The board comes 1095Q5 and Merrifield is eliminated in 8th place. Matthew now has 525,000 despite being short stacked and all in with the worst hand three times today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Davidson Matthew

Davidson Matthew Doubles Up

Dec 12, '08

Davidson Matthew is all in with AQ against David Pham's pocket eights.

The board comes A7264 and Matthew doubles up to 375,000.

Player Tags: David Pham,   Davidson Matthew

Davidson Matthew Doubles Up

Dec 12, '08

Davidson Matthew is all in holding QJ against Hafiz Khan's A10.

The board runs out Q54710 and Matthew's pair of queens doubles him up to 165,000.

Player Tags: Davidson Matthew,   Hafiz Khan

Event 33 - $5,000 World Championship Seven Stud Hi-Low 8OB - Start of Day 2

Jun 18, '08

Level 9
Ante: 200
Bring In: 200
Limits: 800-1,600

Level 10
Ante: 200
Bring In: 300
Levels: 500-1000

Players Remaining: 88

Eliminations: Dutch Boyd, Max Pescatori, Ralph Perry, Allen Kessler, David Singer, Andy Bloch

Chip Leaders:
Matt Grapenthien: 80,000
Robert Mizrachi: 71,000
Patrick Bueno: 70,000
Bob Lauria: 58,000
David Benyamine: 57,000
Marcel Luske: 56,000
Marco Traniello: 52,000
Vegard Nygaard: 46,100
Shawn Sheikhan: 46,000
Mike Matusow: 46,000


Notable Hands:

Lederer Ships It To Zaichenko

Going to seventh street, Lederer showed AJ92 to Andrey Zaichenko's 4256. After a bet and a call on seventh, Zaichenko exposed 723 for both a straight and a 6 low, beating Lederer's pair of jacks and scooping the pot.

Giang Scoops, Gets Rich

Chau Giang took the lead in a string of betting, which ended when Jordan Rich called Giang's final bet on 7th street. Giang flipped over A243253, showing the wheel and prompting an unhappy Rich to throw his cards in the muck.

Singer Survives...Sort Of

On fifth street, David Singer showed 689, making a bet and receiving a call from the player in seat 3, who showed AQ2. Sixth brought the 7 for Singer, who made the 1,600 bet. Seat 3 went into the tank, having caught the 5. Although he seemed reluctant to do so, he finally laid mucked his cards with a "Nice hand," to Singer. Singer raked in the pot, nursing his stack up to 6,500 in chips.

The pot was not enough, however, and Singer took his leave early in the next level.

Norman Chad Not Yet Gone

Norman Chad showed 746Q going to seventh, and called all-in after receiving his final card, tabling 858 for a 4-8 straight. The hand was enough to win him the low and keep him alive, but he was unable to best Davidson Matthew's broadway straight with JA105KJQ.


Bloch Busto

Although the finer details of the exchange were not witnessed, Andy Bloch was overheard after his elimination claiming that he had made trips on fourth street. Apparently the set was not good enough to take down the pot, since Bloch and his snakeskin cowboy hat have taken their leave from the Brasilia room.
Phil Ivey has also taken his leave, and is now free to concentrate on maintaining his chip lead in the pot-limit Omaha w/ rebuys tournament.

Note: Players are now on a 20 minute break.

Player Tags: Andy Bloch,   Howard Lederer,   David Singer,   Chau Giang,   Jordan Rich,   Davidson Matthew

Omaha 8 / Stud 8 Level 7

Jun 05, '08

Stud 8: 100 ante, 200 bring in, 500-1,000 limits
Omaha 8: 300-500 blinds, 500-1,000 limits

Players left: 144 of 388

Average chip stack: $13,472

Top 10 Chip counts:

Marco Johnson - 41,000
Craig Gray - 27,000
Gary Benson - 25,000
Scott Clements - 24,500
Steve Zolotow - 23,500
Hasan Habib - 20,500
Tony Mah - 19,000
Jeff Lisandro - 19,000
Gavin Griffin - 17,700
Alan Boston - 17.000

Players eliminated:

Robert Williamson III
Davidson Matthew
George Danzer
Mike Matusow

Hands:

Cassidy catches river to chop pot

With the board showing 5934, Joe Cassidy took his time before making the call. Then the 4 came on the river, and after his opponent bet out, Cassidy raised. His opponent called immediately and showed A2 for the wheel and nut low hand, while Cassidy flipped over 94 for the full house on the river and half the pot. However, overall it has been a difficult for Cassidy and he is now down to 7,000.

Williamson out after two-outer

After a tournament director had to be called over to straighten out a mistake, sixth street gave Robert Williamson III, who was already all in, a pair of aces and a lead over his opponent's pair of fours. But on seventh street his opponent caught a third four, and Williamson didn't catch an ace.

After battling for hours, Matthew out

Davidson Matthew had been short-stacked all night, and finally was eliminated early in level seven. Playing stud 8, Matthew was all in on fourth street with a pair of fours, but wa already up against two pair. Matthew's hand did not improve and within seconds of the dealer sending out the cards on seventh street, Matthew was out of the Amazon Room.

Habib among chip leaders

In a blind vs blind battle, Hasan Habib bet out after the flop came KQJ and his opponent quickly folded. After the hand, Habib had well over 20,000 chips.

Player Tags: Mike Matusow,   Joe Cassidy,   Robert Williamson III,   Davidson Matthew

Omaha 8 / Stud 8 Level 6

Jun 05, '08

There is currently a break while the tournament staff takes away the $25 chips. Play should resume shortly.

Stud 8: 100 ante, 150 bring in, 400-800 limits
Omaha 8: 200-400 blinds, 400-800 limits

Players left: 232 of 388

Average chip stack: $7,348

Chip counts:

Scott Clements - 21,500
Hoyt Corkins - 18,500
Todd Brunson - 18,000
Gavin Griffin - 16,700
Hasan Habib - 15,400
Max Pescatori - 14,600
Allen Kessler - 14,200
Roland de Wolfe - 14,000
Robert Williamson III - 12,800
Jennifer Harman - 12,600

Players eliminated:

Daniel Negreanu
Jim McManus
Norman Chad
Michael Binger
Paul Darden

Hands:

Matthews holds on to last few chips

After check-calling on the flop, Davidson Matthews again checks on the turn with the board 7ATK. His opponent bets 800, and Matthews counts out his chips and sees he has 1,300 left. Eventually, he opts to fold, and put his tourney life on the line in a different situation.

Darden goes out in stud 8

A player raises Paul Darden's bring in and Darden opts to go all in and take a chance. However, he is up against a pair of aces. By seventh street he shows QT6793T, which loses to his opponents two pair, aces and twos.

Quad aces on river pushes pot Griffin's way

After check calling all the way, Gavin Griffin quickly bets on the river with the board showing A-A-T-Q-A. His opponent is clearly unhappy with the river, but makes the call. Griffin flips over A-4-4-2 for four aces, and his opponent shows K-J for a straight before tossing away his cards. After the hand Griffin is up to 16,000 chips.

Player Tags: Paul Darden,   Gavin Griffin,   Davidson Matthew

Kyle "kwob20" Bowker Eliminated

Jul 10, '07

On a flop of K J 4, Kyle Bowker gets it all in and Davidson Matthew makes the call.  Bowker shows K J, but Matthew flopped a set with 4 4.  The turn and river fail to give Bowker his four-outer when they come 7 3, and Bowker is eliminated early on in today's action.  

Player Tags: Kyle Bowker,   Davidson Matthew

Color Up Time

Jul 01, '07

Players are now on a 15 minute break.  The $100 chips were just raced off the tables.

Sam Grizzle could not reproduce the magic he had in the previous level having two sets cracked.  Grizzle took a large hit when his set of Jacks was beaten by a rivered flush, and then he was eliminated by Robert Mizrachi who caught up with his set of Kings with a straight on the turn.

Todd Brunson was knocked down to one single $100 chip after he called his opponent's all in with an open ended straight draw, and a back door flush draw.  His opponent held the top set of Queens and filled up on the river.  Brunson was eliminated soon after the hand.

On an adjacent table, Todd's father Doyle was very active, and he was gathering quite a bit of chips.  A few hands after making quad Jacks for a nice pot, Brunson drew out to eliminate Davidson Matthew.  The two of them got the money all in on the turn with the board reading Q 9 2 4.  Each player held two pair, but Matthew had the best of it holding K Q 9 5 to Brunson's K 4 3 2.  Brunson spiked the 10 on the river to eliminate Matthew with a flush.

Joe Hachem tangled in a large pot with John Duthie that went Duthie's way.  Four players limped to see a J 10 6 flop, the action was checked around to Duthie on the button who bet the pot, Hachem re-potted from the small blind, Duthie re-raised him all in after the action was folded back to him, and Hachem called.  Hachem held J 10 6 2 and Duthie held A K 10 3.  Duthie caught the K to take the lead, and the 4 on the river couldn't save Hachem and he was eliminated.

There are currently 90 players left on ten tables

Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi,   Sam Grizzle,   Todd Brunson,   Doyle Brunson,   John Duthie,   Joe Hachem,   Davidson Matthew

Third Time's Not a Charm For Ted Forrest

Jun 28, '07

Roughly 488 players remain in today’s Stud Eight-Or-Better event, give or take a few empty seats and that puts the average chip stack at $2,727. Level 5 has come to an end, and the players are now entering Level 6 where the betting limits have increased to $150-$300 with a $25 ante and a $50 bring-in.

Due to the large amount of eliminations, the Players Pavilion is slowly condensing its tables and the latest round of redraws has made for some very interesting ones. Table no. 87 now plays host to Barry Greenstein, Chris Reslock and Davidson Matthew. Matthew and Reslock got involved in a good heads-up pot right after the last level change, and here’s how it went down. Matthew was showing a board of J 6 7 10 5, no that’s not a typo, but rather the dealer turned the last card up by mistake and after calling the floor person over, Reslock was told to expose his river card as well. Reslock turned over the J to accompany a board of 3 3 10 4. After all of the confusion both players decided to just check around and Matthew showed A 5 for a pair of fives to trump Reslock’s pair of threes. Neither player made a low hand while it was obvious that they were both drawing to one, and as a result Matthew scooped the pot. 

After the redraw, Table no. 135 began to gather spectators while Eric Lynch took his new seat next to Ted Forrest and Chad Brown. It’s not quite clear as to whether or not Ted Forrest was really trying to double up or just go home early, but after two hands in a row he was no closer to one or the other. Chad Brown had been betting the entire time while Forrest was just check-calling him down with a board of J 5 4 3. Brown was showing a board of A 3 8 Q when he turned over J 7 6 for a queen-high flush, and a disappointed Ted Forrest turned over A 3 2 for the wheel. Forrest didn’t get to scoop and had to settle for the split while the dealer counted off the pot and shipped half to each player.

The very next hand and Forrest would get the rest of his money in the pot on sixth street with a board of 2 8 9 4 against his opponent’s 5 10 7 J. Forrest turns over A 4 3 for the low end while his opponent tabled A K 7 for the high hand. Two hands in a row and Ted Forrest barely managed to walk away with half the pot.

He wouldn’t be so lucky on the third hand, and apparently for Forrest, the third time is not a charm. This time Forrest calls down the player in seat no. 2, showing a board of 5 9 K 3 when his opponent turns over 10 8 4 to compliment his board of 10 A 9 9, scooping the pot with two pair as Forrest was unable to make a low hand. After this hand Ted Forrest is down to his last $200.

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Player Tags: Barry Greenstein,   Ted Forrest,   Chris Reslock,   Eric Lynch,   Davidson Matthew

Play Ends For The Night

Jun 13, '07

A total of 85 players are still alive and kicking after Day One.  Certain players saw lots of action and did lots of talking in this last level of play.

You Owe Me A Dollar

Right before the break Nick Schulman doubled through Alex Jacob with A-10 versus A-4. He showed no signs of slowing down, busting another player with a set of tens soon after the break. All of this action didn’t stop him from having fun with his tablemate Robert Mizrachi, who proudly exclaimed, “You owe me a dollar” after winning a small prop bet. Unsure if he had a one-dollar bill, he was instructed to give him a hundred dollar bill, so Mizrachi would owe him 99. But he found a single and the bet was settled.

I Knew You Had It

David Pham sent a few chips Michael Binger’s way in the following hand. Pham raised from the cut-off to $6,500, and Binger called from the small blind.  The flop came K 10 3, and both players checked. The turn was the 9, Binger bet $10,000 and Pham called.  The river was the 8, Binger bet $20,000 and Pham called.  Binger showed 33 and Pham announced that he knew it as he flashed a King and folded.

Mighty Ducks

John “Tex” Barch ended a player’s tournament with a pocket pair of twos.  The other player went all in with a K-J on a J-8-2 flop, but Barch’s set was way ahead.  The King on the river wasn’t enough to save Barch’s opponent from the rail.

Time for a New Calculator

After an early position player raised, Davidson Matthew made the call from the cutoff, only to have Cliff “Johnny Bax” Josephy move all in over the top.  After the original raiser folded, Matthew declared he was 3:1 so he must call.  Bax showed A-J, and Matthew tabled A-7 suited.  Matthew turned an open-ended straight draw, but bricked on the river.  Bax scolded Matthew as he collected the chips, “What kind of broken calculator you got, 3:1?”

I’ll Get You Back 

Short-stacked Harry Demetriou was all in and called by Mike Gracz. Demetriou showed AK to Gracz’s A9. The board came down 8 4 3 3 Q, and Demetriou doubled up.  Demetriou graciously thanked Gracz, adding, “I’ll be more than happy to double you up if I see you at the Final Table.”  It would not be so however when Demetriou had a set of Aces cracked on the last hand of the evening.
 

Some of the chip leaders had a profitable last level and others a trying one. On a board of J 4 4, Jennifer Tilly check raised her opponent from $10,000 to $30,000.  He responded by moving all in for $40,000 more. She mucked her cards to take a large hit to her stack. Major chip boss Dustin Dirksen, who has over $300,000 was very busy.  He received a major pot when he woke up with Aces after another healthy-stacked player pushed all in with Jacks.  Only two hands later another player moved all in on him with a board of 8-4-3. Dirksen called with 8-4, but his opponent showed 3-3.  However the turn was another 4, and Dirksen sheepishly shook his fallen foe’s hand.
 

Not making it out of the last level were Berry Johnston, who went all in with the nut-flush draw and a gutshot straight draw but missed.  Chris Ferguson, Scotty Ngyuen, Sam Grizzle, and Erik Seidel were also eliminated.

 
Action will pick back up with the final 10 tables tomorrow at 2pm PST, where we will continue to follow the progress of our Pro Blogger Mike Sexton.

Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi,   Sam Grizzle,   Scotty Nguyen,   Michael Gracz,   David Pham,   Erik Seidel,   Chris Ferguson,   Harry Demetriou,   Mike Sexton,   Berry Johnston,   Cliff Josephy,   Jennifer Tilly,   Michael Binger,   Alex Jacob,   Nick Schulman,   Davidson Matthew

Hour One Recap

Jun 12, '07

The beginning of Event 21was delayed half an hour, finally getting underway at 12:30 p.m.  900 players entered the event, garnering a $1,220,500 prize pool.  For winning their first table, players will receive $6,757.  If they go all the way to the end, first place pays $254,107. David Pham, who won the no-limit shootout last year did indeed return to defend his title, but with Joe Tehan seated at his table it certainly won't be a walk getting through even the first round.

Stacked tables are always a factor in a players performance. If you get a bad draw and are stuck with tough pros, it obviously has an effect.  In this tournament that effect is especially large, however, because there is no balancing or breaking of tables. Also, you can't just avoid a pro because you have to take out everyone at you're table to win. For these reasons, the players who got stuck with the pros at the following stacked tables are especially unlucky.

Table 31
1.Phil Hellmuth
2.Matt Matros
3.Minh Nguyen
8.Marco Traniello

Table 93
1. Mark Vos
3.Erick Lindgren
5. Kirill Gerasimov
8. Mickey Appleman
10. Eugene Todd

Table 98
1.Brandon Adams
2. Michael Mizrachi
3. Mark Seif
5.Davidson Matthew
6. Mike Gracz
8. Vanessa Rousso

Some early eliminations include Max Pescatori, Joe Tehan, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi and David "Devilfish" Ulliot.  Tehan was eliminated  when he  got all in heads up with last year's winner David "The Dragon " Pham.  Pham  bet out  $175 before the flop and Tehan raised it $550.  Pham  called and the flop came 9 5 2. Pham checked and Tehan bet out $625. Phan raised him to $1,725 and Tehan pushed all in. Pham called and showed 6 3 for the straight flush draw and Tehan turned over A A. The turn brought the 10 and the river was the 9.

Mizrachi wasted no time in the first level establishing himself as the most aggressive player at his very stacked table. Mizrachi raised every bet for the first half hour and the players at his table were waiting to catch him at the wrong moment. After consecutive raises, Mark Seif said to Mizrachi, "God, you gonna raise every pot?" The Grinder responded, "how else am I gonna bust you guys if I dont raise? I only got two hours to bust all you guys, I gotta play in the other tourney coming back at two." Mizrachi's aggressive play finally caught up to him when the player in seat four took a stand. Mizrachi limped into the pot and the player in seat four bet out $475. Mizrachi was the only caller and the flop came J 7 6. Mizrachi pushed all in for not many chips and the player in seat four instantly called. The Grinder turned over 8 6 and the player in seat four had Q Q. The 5 hit on the turn and gave Mizrachi a handful of more outs. The river was the A and Mizrachi was eliminated just in time to take his seat in the other tournament.

Chau Giang got involved in a rollercoaster of a pot. After a flop of K 5 5, Giang's opponent bet $1,200.  Giang raised all in, and after going into the tank for a minute, his opponent called.  Giang revealed the 8 5 for trips with an eight kicker.  His opponent also had trips with the 6 5, but with a smaller kicked he was trailing Giang. The 6 on the turn prompted a gasp from the table, as the three outer had filled up Giang's opponent and put him in the lead.  Giang needed an eight or a king on the river to survive. When the 8 hit the board, everyone at the table gasped again as Giang hit a higher full house to double up and survive. A player at the table then noted, "That would've been a great all-in moment."

Player Tags: Mark Seif,   Minh Nguyen,   Michael Gracz,   David Pham,   Erick Lindgren,   Mickey Appleman,   Max Pescatori,   Phil Hellmuth,   Michael Mizrachi,   Marco Traniello,   Chau Giang,   Kirill Gerasimov,   Eugene Todd,   Joe Tehan,   Vanessa Rousso,   Brandon Adams,   Mark Vos,   Davidson Matthew

Extended Break

Jun 02, '07

The players have taken an extended break while tournament officials color off the green $25 chips. The announcement came over the loud speaker that the break will last at least 20 minutes because there are so many $25 chips in play.

Daniel Negreanu was eliminated during level eight when he got involved in a pot with Eugene Todd. All the money went in on the turn with a board of Q-5-4-Q. Negreanu had paired his five on the flop and Todd showed 7-6.  A three came on the river to complete Todd's straight and eliminating Negreanu.

Davidson Matthew was also eliminated during level eight. All in pre flop, Matthew turned over AQ and his opponent in the seven seat was holding QQ. The flop comes K63 and the only ace that couldn't help Matthew, the A comes on the turn. The river was the 9 and Davidson Matthew was eliminated.

Shortly before the break Chris Moneymaker found himself involved in a preflop betting war with two other players. Moneymaker was eventually all in against the player in seat one. Moneymaker exposed AA and his opponent reluctantly turned over K-K. The other player involved in the hand expressed his relief by saying, "Ha, good thing I folded my jacks." The board came J53J5 and Moneymaker doubled up to $60,000 and his opponent was left crippled. The player in the six seat and the other players at the table couldn't believe the two jacks hit and both Moneymaker and his opponent thanked him for folding.

The current chip leader is Michael Bonducci with $103,000 and there are two other players that are above $100,000 as well.

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   Chris Moneymaker,   Eugene Todd,   Davidson Matthew

Level Five Comes to an End

Jun 02, '07

Level five has come and gone in today's $1,500 No Limit Hold 'Em event. Players are still filtering in from the Poker Pavilion ,with the likes of Davidson Matthew, Jeff Shulman and Daniel Negreanu still waiting for their chance to leave the warm and stuffy Pavilion and join the rest of the field in the Amazon Room. An increase in the number of cash games and satellites are the reason players were forced into the nearby Pavilion and we'll see if that becomes a common trend for the rest of the series.

Mark Seif and Kirill Gerasimov are currently seated at the same table in the Poker Pavilion and are causing headaches for their opponents as well as each other. Seif, Gerasimov and three other players all limp into the pot. The flop comes 1043 and all five players check. The turn is the 4 and the action checks to Seif who bets $400. Gerasimov raises to $2,500 and three players fold to Seif, who makes the call. The river is the K and Gerasimov pushes all in for $3,225. Seif goes into the tank and starts analyzing the hand out loud to the table. After several minutes Seif angrily folds to Gerasimov and assures the table that Gerasimov definitely had a four. The very next hand Seif lost another $4,000 when his opponent flopped a pair of sixes.

Level six has now begun and the blinds have risen to $200-$400 with a $50 ante. Play will continue until 7:30 regardless of how much time is left in the level and the players will go on an hour and a half dinner break.

Player Tags: Mark Seif,   Jeff Shulman,   Daniel Negreanu,   Kirill Gerasimov,   Davidson Matthew

Chau Busted

May 19, '07

Chau Giang is all in preflop from the small blind for $8,000. David Matthews makes the call from late position and shows A4. Giang turns over A10 and the board comes 644Q7. Giang was on the short stack for most of the day and was repeatedly all in trying to stay alive and make something happen in day one. 

Player Tags: Chau Giang,   Davidson Matthew

Jennifer Harman Takes a Hit

May 19, '07

With a flop of J53, Jennifer Harman is all in heads up against Davidson Matthew. Harman is in the lead with JJ against Matthew's KK. The turn is the 7 and the river bails Matthew out with the 4, completing his four card flush. Harman is visibly upset and left with $14,600.

Player Tags: Jennifer Harman,   Davidson Matthew

Alex Jacob In Tough Spot

May 20, '07

Davidson Matthew raises to $3,500 under the gun and Alex Jacob reraises to $13,000.  The player in seat four goes into the tank and finally goes all in for $35,700 total.  Matthew folds, and Jacob is put to a hard decision.  He thinks for a few minutes, then finally calls with QQ.  Seat four tables AA and the board comes J62A3.  Jacob is left with about $20,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Alex Jacob,   Davidson Matthew

Davidson Matthew Eliminated in 16th Place ($23,056)

May 22, '07

Randy Holland limps in from early position and Cory Carroll bets out $40,000. Davidson Matthew pushes all in and Holland folds. Carroll makes the call and turns over QQ. Matthew has 55 and the board comes 8623A and Davidson Matthew is eliminated in 16th place, earning him $23,056.

Player Tags: Randy Holland,   Cory Carroll,   Davidson Matthew