Don Cheadle Poker Tournament Updates

Tom Dwan Defeats Don Cheadle

Mar 04, '11

Don Cheadle was all in holding K2 against the AJ of Tom Dwan.

The board fell 1044QJ and Cheadle was eliminated.

Dwan will now face David Benyamine in the round of 32.

Player Tags: Tom Dwan,   Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle Defeats J.P. Kelly

Mar 05, '10

Don Cheadle put J.P. Kelly (pictured left) all in with AQ.

Kelly called with pocket eights, but failed to hold as the board fell KQ966. Cheadle will return tomorrow to battle it out against Doyle Brunson.

Player Tags: Don Cheadle

Doyle Brunson Defeats Don Cheadle

Mar 06, '10

Don Cheadle (pictured right) was all in with 52 on a board reading 1094.

Doyle Brunson called with A10 and faded the flush draw when the turn and river fell KJ. Cheadle is eliminated and Brunson moves on to the Sweet Sixteen to face the winner between Phil Hellmuth and Annette Obrestad.

Player Tags: Doyle Brunson,   Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle Defeats J.P. Kelly

Mar 05, '10

Don Cheadle put J.P. Kelly (pictured left) all in with AQ.

Kelly called with pocket eights, but failed to hold as the board fell KQ966. Cheadle will return tomorrow to battle it out against Doyle Brunson.

Player Tags: Don Cheadle

Doyle Brunson Defeats Don Cheadle

Mar 06, '10

Don Cheadle (pictured right) was all in with 52 on a board reading 1094.

Doyle Brunson called with A10 and faded the flush draw when the turn and river fell KJ. Cheadle is eliminated and Brunson moves on to the Sweet Sixteen to face the winner between Phil Hellmuth and Annette Obrestad.

Player Tags: Doyle Brunson,   Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle Defeats David Pham

Mar 06, '09

David Pham got all of his chips into the middle against Don Cheadle preflop and the two players turned up their hands:

Cheadle: J-J
Pham: 7-4

Board: Q-6-3-6-Q

Cheadle advances to second round for the second time in three years. This is the second upset of a marquee professional for the Oscar-nominated actor. Cheadle upset Phil Ivey in the first round at the 2007 NBC Heads-Up Championship.

 

Player Tags: David Pham,   Don Cheadle

Paul Wasicka Defeats Don Cheadle

Mar 07, '09

Paul Wasicka and Don Cheadle played a huge pot on a flop of J-10-2. Cheadle had the lead but was behind in the hand with J-9 against Wasicka's pocket queens.

The turn was a 7, giving Cheadle more outs to advance, but the river was a K, giving the double up to Wasicka.

Cheadle was left with 3,000 in chips and got them all in shortly afterwards with Q-J. Wasicka had pocket fours and they held when the board came A-10-7-9-5.

Wasicka will now play the winner between Phil Ivey and Vanessa Rousso.

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka,   Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle Defeats David Pham

Mar 06, '09

David Pham got all of his chips into the middle against Don Cheadle preflop and the two players turned up their hands:

Cheadle: J-J
Pham: 7-4

Board: Q-6-3-6-Q

Cheadle advances to second round for the second time in three years. This is the second upset of a marquee professional for the Oscar-nominated actor. Cheadle upset Phil Ivey in the first round at the 2007 NBC Heads-Up Championship.

 

Player Tags: David Pham,   Don Cheadle

Paul Wasicka Defeats Don Cheadle

Mar 07, '09

Paul Wasicka and Don Cheadle played a huge pot on a flop of J-10-2. Cheadle had the lead but was behind in the hand with J-9 against Wasicka's pocket queens.

The turn was a 7, giving Cheadle more outs to advance, but the river was a K, giving the double up to Wasicka.

Cheadle was left with 3,000 in chips and got them all in shortly afterwards with Q-J. Wasicka had pocket fours and they held when the board came A-10-7-9-5.

Wasicka will now play the winner between Phil Ivey and Vanessa Rousso.

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka,   Don Cheadle

Gus Hansen Advances

Feb 29, '08

Gus Hansen raises and Don Cheadle reraises all in preflop. Hansen calls and they open up their hands:

Cheadle: J J

Hansen: K J

Board: K Q 4 9 5

Don Cheadle is eliminated and Gus Hansen advances to the round of 32.

Player Tags: Gus Hansen,   Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle Doubles Up

Feb 29, '08

Don Cheadle just won a coinflip with A-7 against pocket threes to double up back to even in his match with Gus Hansen.

Player Tags: Gus Hansen,   Don Cheadle

Level 1 Update

Jun 06, '07

Event 10, the $2,000 No-Limit Texas Hold’em tournament kicked off this morning with a special announcement from WSOP Commissioner, Jeffrey Pollack in which he introduced Don Cheadle to share some information on his co-sponsored “Ante Up for Africa” tournament with Annie Duke. After that brief announcement, play got under way and we have seen a fair share of big name pros and some even bigger stacks emerging from the field.

Bill Gazes got off to a rocky start when he found himself holding a full house against quad jacks. Gazes limps in the pot out of position and gets raised $200 by the player in Seat 1. Gazes calls and the flop comes JJ5. Both players check around to the turn which brings the 7. Gazes make sit $1,000 to go and Seat 1 just smooth calls his bet. The river brings the 8 and Gazes moves all-in. Seat 1 quickly calls and Gazes has him covered by $225. Gazes shows 77 for a full house while his opponent flips over JJ for quads. Gazes simply tells J.C. Tran, who was sitting to his right, “That was pretty scary when he got his money in there so fast.” A few hands later and Bill was eliminated by Tran when J.C. woke up with pocket aces against Gazes Q-J when Bill hit a queen on the flop and moved all-in.

Not all tough breaks for the pros in this event as Daniel Alaei is off to fantastic start this morning. In a three way pot, Alaei makes it $300 to go and gets two callers out of the cutoff and the small blind. The flop comes KK10 and it is checked around to the cutoff who bets $325. The small blind check-raises to $800 and Alaei just smooth calls while the cutoff folds. The turn brings the 3 and both players check around. The river brings the Q and the small blind checks to Alaei who takes the lead and bets $1,4000. The small blind calls and Alaei flips over K-10 for the full house. The small blind mucks his hand and Alaei rakes a nice pot.

Player Tags: J.C. Tran,   Bill Gazes,   Daniel Alaei,   Don Cheadle