Guillaume Darcourt Poker Tournament Updates

Level 25 Update: Claudia Crawford Eliminated

Jul 17, '11

Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 71 out of 6,865

Average Chip Count: 2.9 million

Chip Counts:

1: Ben Lamb — 8,110,000
2: Phil Collins — 8,100,000
3: Ryan Lenaghan — 7,300,000
4: Bryan Devonshire — 6,050,000
5: Kyle Johnson — 5,950,000
6: Bryan Follain — 5,850,000
7: Aleksandr Mozhnyakov — 4,930,000
8: Guillaume Darcourt — 4,900,000
9: John Hewitt — 4,700,000
10: Sebastian Ruthenberg — 4,660,000

Notables Eliminated:

Claudia Crawford
Daryl Jace
Frank Calo
David Barter

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Allen Cunningham
Erick Lindgren
Jean-Robert Bellande
Bryan Devonshire
Philip Collins
David Sands
Lars Bonding

Hands:

Claudia Crawford Eliminated

Claudia Crawford moved all in with the flop reading 10 9 4 and Guillaume Darcourt made the call. Their cards:

Crawford: Q J
Darcourt: 7 7

Turn and River: 5 and 5

Crawford was eliminated on the hand and Darcourt grew his stack to nearly 5 million.

David Barter Eliminated

Sebastian Ruthenberg raised to 85,000 from the hi-jack preflop and Sam Barnhart made the call from the cutoff. David Barter then moved all in for 750,000 from the button. Per Linde made the call from the big blind. Everyone else mucked and the two players flipped over their cards:

Linde: J J
Barter: Q 10

Board: 6 5 3 8 6

Barter was eliminated on the hand and Linde grew his stack to 4 million.

Daryl Jace Eliminated

Daryl Jace moved all in for 325,000 and John Hewitt made the call from the big blind. Their cards:

Jace: A 5
Hewitt: A K

Board: K 4 4 6 A

Jace was eliminated on the hand and Hewitt grew his stack to 4,350,000.

Alex Moore Knocked out by a Cooler

Alex Moore was all in preflop and Andrew Hinrichsen was his opposition. Their cards:

Moore: K K
Hinrichsen: A A

Board: 10 7 4 2 4

Moore was eliminated on the hand and Hinrichsen grew his stack to 3.5 million.

Player Tags: Alex Moore,   Daryl Jace,   Sebastian Ruthenberg,   Guillaume Darcourt,   Claudia Crawford,   David Barter

Final Table Update: Guillaume Darcourt Eliminated In 3rd Place

Jul 01, '10

Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 2 out of 965

Average Chip Count: 4,342,500

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Jon Eaton – 5,100,000
2. Ryan Welch – 3,350,000

Notable Eliminations:

3. Guillaume Darcourt — $223,459

Big Hands:

Guillaume Darcourt Eliminated In Third Place ($223,459)

Guillaume Darcourt raised to 125,000 from the small blind and Jon Eaton made the call from the big blind. The flop came down 965 and Darcourt bet 195,000. Eaton raised to 600,000 and Darcourt moved in for 1.6 million. Eaton made the call and they showed their cards:

Darcourt: 86
Eaton: 74

Darcourt flopped middle pair with a gutshot straight draw but Eaton held a straight flush draw. The turn was the 8 and Eaton made the absolute nuts with his straight flush. The river was the meaningless 9 and Darcourt was eliminated.

Player Tags: Jon Eaton,   Guillaume Darcourt

Final Table Update: Sergey Lebedev Eliminated In 6th Place, Bradley Craig 5th

Jul 01, '10

Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante

Players Remaining: 4 out of 965

Average Chip Count: 2,171,250

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Guillaume Darcourt – 3,400,000
2. Jon Eaton – 2,248,000
3. Ryan Welch – 2,125,000
4. Will Failla – 1,010,000

Notable Eliminations:

6. Sergey Lebedev — $91,407
5. Bradley Craig — $121,451

Note: Players have gone on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at 8:15 p.m.

Big Hands:

Sergey Lebedev Eliminated In Sixth Place ($91,407)

Sergey Lebedev moved all in preflop and he was called by Guillaume Darcourt. Here were their cards:

Darcourt: AK
Lebedev: AJ

Lebedev was dominated and needed help. The flop came down 10109, offering no help. The turn was the 10, giving Lebedev some outs to a chop. But the river was the K, filling up Darcourt and Lebedev was eliminated.

Bradley Craig Eliminated In Fifth Place ($121,451)

Bradley Craig moved all in preflop and he was called by Guillaume Darcourt. Darcourt was trying for his second straight knockout when the players flipped their cards:

Darcourt: 99
Craig: A8

Craig needed help as he only had one overcard, but the board ran out J8467.

The nines held and Craig was eliminated in fifth place.

Player Tags: Bradley Craig,   Guillaume Darcourt,   Sergey Lebedev

Final Table Update: Jurgens (9th), Scruggs (8th), Vedes (7th) Eliminated

Jul 01, '10

Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante

Players Remaining: 6 out of 965

Average Chip Count: 1,447,500

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Jon Eaton – 2,160,000
2. Guillaume Darcourt – 1,450,000
3. Sergey Lebedev – 1,400,000
4. Ryan Welch – 1,350,000
5. Will Failla – 1,100,000
6. Bradley Craig – 620,000

Notable Eliminations:

9. Tad Jurgens — $41,842
8. Noel Scruggs — $53,694
7. Tommy Vedes — $69,647

Big Hands:

Tad Jurgens Eliminated In Ninth Place ($41,842), Noel Scruggs Eliminated In Eighth Place ($53,694)

Tad Jurgens moved all in for 150,000 and the action was on Noel Scruggs. He then moved all in for 415,000 and the action folded around to Guillaume Darcourt in the small blind. He made the call, having both opponents covered.

Jurgens: QQ
Scruggs: AQ
Darcourt: 77

Jurgens was prime to triple up but the board ran out 97324 and Darcourt flopped a set to eliminate both players.

Tommy Vedes Eliminated In Seventh Place ($69,647)

Sergey Lebedev raised preflop and the action folded to Tommy Vedes in the big blind. He oved all in and Lebedev made the call. Here were their cards:

Vedes: A9
Lebedev: 88

The race was on as Vedes had two over cards, but the board ran out 5535J and Vedes could not pair up and he was out.

Player Tags: Tommy Vedes,   Tad Jurgens,   Guillaume Darcourt,   Sergey Lebedev