Zachary Hyman Poker Tournament Updates

Level 5 Update -- Doug Lee Gets Warning, Busts Anyway

Apr 19, '09

Level: 5
Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante

Notable Chip Counts:

Mark Seif -- 220,000
Shawn Cunix -- 211,000
Shannon Shorr -- 210,000
Matt Vengrin -- 205,000
Francois Safieddine -- 200,000

Notable Eliminations:

Lyle Berman
Allen Cunningham
Clonie Gowen
Doug Lee
 

Key Hands:

Tony Cousineau Bluffs!

The board read Q 7 5 6 and Mizrachi bet 4,000. Tony Cousineau raised to 15,000 and Mizrachi called. The river was the 3 and Mizrachi checked. Cousineau moved all in for about 32,000 and Mizrachi went into the tank.

Mizrachi was so confused that he flipped a coin to make his decision. Despite the fact that the flip told him to call, he eventually folded and Cousineau revealed A-J high for a busted flush draw. He now has about 75,000 in chips.


Shawn Cunix Cashes In Against Jimmy Fricke

Jimmy Fricked raised to 2,000 and was called by a couple players. The flop came A 8 4 and Fricke continued with a bet of 9,500. Cunix made the call and the turn was the 9. Fricke bet 18,000 and Cunix called. The river was the 9 and Fricke bet 35,000.

Cunix made the call and showed A Q for top pair and Fricke mucked his hand, putting him at just 40,000 in chips. Cunix now has 210,000.


Doug Lee Celebrates Too Soon

Doug Lee was all in against Zach Hyman and Jimmy Fricke before the river. When the river put a spade flush out there, Doug Lee celebrated by clapping his hands together, obviously informing the two others players he made his hand, killing their side action. Fricke and Hyman check it down and Lee shows the nut flush.

Despite tripling up on the hand, Lee was eliminated just a few hands later.

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   Michael Mizrachi,   Doug Lee,   Jimmy Fricke,   Shawn Cunix,   Zachary Hyman

Level 4 Update

Mar 16, '09

Big Hands:

Mike Matusow Doubles Up

Mike Matusow moved all in preflop with pocket jacks and one opponent cvalled him down with A-K. The board ran out 109847 and Matusow doubled up to survive.

Erik Seidel Eliminated

Augie Foxx raised to 650 under the gun and Erik Seidel then moved all in for 4,200 from the cut off. The small blind and Foxx made the call and the flop was dealt A43. The small blind moved all in and Foxx called him down as well. Everyone then turned up their cards:

Seidel: JJ
Foxx: 44
Small blind: A10

Turn and River: 8Q

Foxx won the hand to eliminate Seidel and collect the $5,000 bounty. Foxx now holds the chip lead with 80,000.

Player Tags: Erik Seidel,   Mike Matusow,   Zachary Hyman,   Blair Hinkle

Hoyt Corkins Eliminated in 26th Place ($44,433)

Feb 24, '09

Tom Braband raised to 25,000 preflop and Zach Hyman bumped it up to 125,000. Hoyt Corkins moved all in and Braband mucked. Hyman called him down and they turned up their hands:

Corkins: KK
Hyman: AA

Board: Q62910

Corkins was eliminated in 26th place and he will take home $44,433 in prize money.

 

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Zachary Hyman,   Tom Braband

Zach Hyman Eliminated in 12th Place ($64,477)

Feb 25, '09

Zach Hyman raised to 85,000 and Blake Cahail made the call in the big blind. The flop was dealt 852 and Cahail checked. Hyman bet 200,000 and Cahail raised all in. Hyman made the all-in call for his final 635,000 and they turned up their cards:

Cahail: AA
Hyman: 1010

Turn and River: 7K

Hyman was eliminated in 12th place and he will take home $64,477 in prize money.








 

Player Tags: Zachary Hyman,   Blake Cahail

Zach Hyman Doubles Up; Nick Schulman Crippled

Feb 25, '09

Zach Hyman raised to 55,000 and Nick Schulman reraised to 135,000 in late position. Hyman made the call and the flop came A109.

Hyman then moved all in for 484,000 and Schulman made the call. Hyman showed AJ and was ahead of Schulman's flush draw with 54.

The turn and river came K7 and Hyman's hand held to double him up to 1.25 million. Schulman was crippled down to his last 161,000.

Player Tags: Nick Schulman,   Zachary Hyman

Zach Hyman Doubles Up

Feb 25, '09

Mark Bryan raised to 50,000 on the button and Zach Hyman moved all in from the small blind for 304,000. Chris Ferguson got out of the way in the big blind and Bryan made the call, showing his favorite hand of the day, KJ. Hyman showed AJ and once again Bryan was dominated preflop.

The board ran out 977109 and Hyman doubled up to about 630,000. Bryan is now down to 700,000 after starting the day off with a double up of his own.

Player Tags: Mark Bryan,   Zachary Hyman

Hoyt Corkins Eliminated in 26th Place ($44,433)

Feb 24, '09

Tom Braband raised to 25,000 preflop and Zach Hyman bumped it up to 125,000. Hoyt Corkins moved all in and Braband mucked. Hyman called him down and they turned up their hands:

Corkins: KK
Hyman: AA

Board: Q62910

Corkins was eliminated in 26th place and he will take home $44,433 in prize money.

 

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Zachary Hyman,   Tom Braband

Zach Hyman Eliminated in 12th Place ($64,477)

Feb 25, '09

Zach Hyman raised to 85,000 and Blake Cahail made the call in the big blind. The flop was dealt 852 and Cahail checked. Hyman bet 200,000 and Cahail raised all in. Hyman made the all-in call for his final 635,000 and they turned up their cards:

Cahail: AA
Hyman: 1010

Turn and River: 7K

Hyman was eliminated in 12th place and he will take home $64,477 in prize money.








 

Player Tags: Zachary Hyman,   Blake Cahail

Zach Hyman Doubles Up; Nick Schulman Crippled

Feb 25, '09

Zach Hyman raised to 55,000 and Nick Schulman reraised to 135,000 in late position. Hyman made the call and the flop came A109.

Hyman then moved all in for 484,000 and Schulman made the call. Hyman showed AJ and was ahead of Schulman's flush draw with 54.

The turn and river came K7 and Hyman's hand held to double him up to 1.25 million. Schulman was crippled down to his last 161,000.

Player Tags: Nick Schulman,   Zachary Hyman

Zach Hyman Doubles Up

Feb 25, '09

Mark Bryan raised to 50,000 on the button and Zach Hyman moved all in from the small blind for 304,000. Chris Ferguson got out of the way in the big blind and Bryan made the call, showing his favorite hand of the day, KJ. Hyman showed AJ and once again Bryan was dominated preflop.

The board ran out 977109 and Hyman doubled up to about 630,000. Bryan is now down to 700,000 after starting the day off with a double up of his own.

Player Tags: Mark Bryan,   Zachary Hyman

Zachary Hyman Doubles Up Through Amit Makhija

Oct 28, '08

On a board of Q10586, Amit Makhija puts in a bet of 100,000, enough to put his two opponents all in. The first adversary folds and Zach Hyman makes the call, showing KJ.

Makhija can only produce a lower flush with the 97. Hyman chips up to 285,000 while Makhija takes a bit hit down to 170,000.

Player Tags: Amit Makhija,   Zachary Hyman

Zachary Hyman Eliminated in 29th Place

Oct 29, '08

Zachary Hyman got all of his chips into the midde preflop and one opponent called him down. Their cards:

Hyman: 1010
Opponent: AA

Board: 1086A7

Hyman was eliminated in 29th place, just two spots from the money.








 

Player Tags: Zachary Hyman

Zachary Hyman Doubles Up Through Amit Makhija

Oct 28, '08

On a board of Q10586, Amit Makhija puts in a bet of 100,000, enough to put his two opponents all in. The first adversary folds and Zach Hyman makes the call, showing KJ.

Makhija can only produce a lower flush with the 97. Hyman chips up to 285,000 while Makhija takes a bit hit down to 170,000.

Player Tags: Amit Makhija,   Zachary Hyman

Zachary Hyman Eliminated in 29th Place

Oct 29, '08

Zachary Hyman got all of his chips into the midde preflop and one opponent called him down. Their cards:

Hyman: 1010
Opponent: AA

Board: 1086A7

Hyman was eliminated in 29th place, just two spots from the money.








 

Player Tags: Zachary Hyman

Zach Hyman Eliminated

Oct 23, '08

Zach Hyman just got it in holding two pair and flush draw against William Mietz's set of fours. The river bricked and Hyman was eliminated just short of the money in 53rd place.

Mietz now has 1,250,000 in chips.

Player Tags: William Mietz,   Zachary Hyman

I Gotta Get to a Meeting

Jul 16, '08

Zach Hyman had been concerned when he made Day 4 of the Bellagio Cup that he would miss an important business meeting back home San Francisco. After a creative phone call to his office, Hyman was cleared to play today. Unfortunately for him, his day didn't last long and he can now rush to the airport.

Hyman had a bit of a slow summer, cashing once at the WSOP for about $8,000. His cash here certainly takes some of the sting  out of that dry spell.

Player Tags: Zachary Hyman

$10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em - Day 2 - Level 14 Recap

Jun 16, '08

Note: The players are now on a 20-minute break

Blinds: 2,500-5,000

Players Left:  26 of 218

Chip Leaders:
Andy Bloch - 340,000
Michael Mizrachi - 340,000
Jerrod Ankenman - 330,000
Brock "t soprano" Parker - 325,000
Steve Sung - 303,500
Matt Woodward - 295,000
Eric Froehlich - 245,000
J.C. Tran - 225,000
Aaron Katz - 180,000
Hoyt Corkins - 155,000

Average Stack: 167,700

Eliminations:
Alex Kravchenko - 27th
Tim Kasparoff - 28th
Zachary Hyman - 29th

Big Hands and Storylines:

They’re In The Money

The bubble burst after only 5 hands of hand-for-hand play and the unfortunate bubble boy was Tim Kasparoff. Kasparoff got his money all-in against Tommy Hang in a race-situation: Kasparoff’s 88 against Hang’s A10. The flop was 432, opening up 4 more outs for Hang, but he wouldn’t need them, as he spiked the 10 on the turn. The river blanked and Kasparoff busted one out of the money.

This was welcome news to both Patrick Bueno and Alex Kravchenko who, seated at the same table, had been blinded down to critical levels. In one hand, Bueno committed 15,000 preflop against Michael Mizrachi and folded to a single bet from “the Grinder” on the flop, leaving himself a paltry 9,000.

Kravchenko too was spendthrift during hand-for-hand play. Folding both his small blind and big blind to raises, the Russian was left clutching a stack of only 6,000 when the bubble burst. Not surprisingly, he was eliminated in 27^th place, but I’m sure the $20,492 will be consolation enough after coming so close to busting empty-handed.

Not everybody was trying to crawl into the money. Aaron Katz and Matt Woodward tangled in a big pot a few minutes before hand-for-hand play began. Woodward raised to 10,000 from middle position and Katz called in the big blind. Katz check-raised the J33 flop and Woodward paid to see the turn. It was the K and Katz bet out, though Woodward raised, Katz was not deterred, putting in a third bet. Woodward called, then called another bet on the river 7. He was dismayed when Katz showed A3 and dragged the massive pot.

Woodward would make a bit of that money back later when the flop nailed his Q8. Zachary Hyman, holding JJ, could not lay down his holding on a board of QQ9 and was eliminated in 29^th place.

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   J.C. Tran,   Andy Bloch,   Tommy Hang,   Michael Mizrachi,   Aaron Katz,   Brock Parker,   Alexander Kravchenko,   Matt Woodward,   Eric Froehlich,   Steve Sung,   Patrick Bueno,   Tim Kasparoff,   Zachary Hyman,   Jerrod Ankenman,   European Report

$2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha - Level 11 Recap

Jun 13, '08

Blinds: Hold'em 600-1,200, Omaha 400-800

Players Remaining: 50 of 457

Average Chip Stack: 45,700

Eliminations:

Erik Seidel
Jordan Morgan

Big Hands and Storylines:

Hold'em

Morgan dominated and out

Jordan Morgan, short-stacked, moved all in with Q-T and was called by two players with A-Q. The board didn't help Morgan and he was out. Earlier in the level he had run into aces to lose most of his chips.

Cunningham pays off bet on river

With the board T848K, an early position player bet 6,500 into Allen Cunningham. Cunningham took some time to think it over and made the call. His opopnent told him pocket jacks and as he flipped them over Cunningham seemed shocked. After the hand both players had roughly 40,000 chips.

Omaha

Hyman takes big pot on flop

John-Paul Kelly made a pot-sized raise to 3,500 from late position, and then Zach Hyman made a pot-sized reraise to 11,000 from the big blind. Kelly thought for two minutes before making the call. The flop came KQ3 and Hyman took his time and counted out his chips before betting pot. Kelly again took a few minutes to make his decision. Hyman had roughly 16,000 chips left, so he most likely committed to the hand. Finally Hyman stood up and told Kelly good luck, and just seconds later Kelly folded.

Player Tags: Allen Cunningham,   Jordan Morgan,   Zachary Hyman