Joe Pelton Poker Tournament Updates

Rolling on the Bubble

Sep 12, '08

Joe Pelton made the money by the skin of his teeth when he doubled up during hand-for-hand play to survive. This is Pelton's first cash on the EPT.

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Joe Pelton Eliminated in 27th Place (€19,800)

Sep 13, '08

Joe Pelton got it all in with A-8 and found he was up against the pocket queens of Daniele Mazzia. The board ran out 7-6-4-10-6 and Pelton was knocked out of the tournament in 27th place. Pelton took home €19,800 in prize money.















 

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Rolling on the Bubble

Sep 12, '08

Joe Pelton made the money by the skin of his teeth when he doubled up during hand-for-hand play to survive. This is Pelton's first cash on the EPT.

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Joe Pelton Eliminated in 27th Place (€19,800)

Sep 13, '08

Joe Pelton got it all in with A-8 and found he was up against the pocket queens of Daniele Mazzia. The board ran out 7-6-4-10-6 and Pelton was knocked out of the tournament in 27th place. Pelton took home €19,800 in prize money.















 

Player Tags: Joe Pelton

Event 49 - $1500 NLHE - Hour 3

Jun 30, '08

Blinds: 25,000-50,000

Ante: 5,000

Players Remaining: 4

Chip Counts:

Rasmus Nielsen: 4,700,000
John Conroy: 1,400,000
JC Tran: 900,000
Peter Nguyen: 580,000
Joe Pelton: 390,000

Eliminations:

5th: Joe Pelton - $191,068

Tran Stumbles, Nielsen Bullies

On the last hand of the 20,000-40,000 level, Rasmus Nielsen raised to 110,000 in late position. Chip leader J.C. Tran called from the big blind. The flop showed J96, and Tran checked it over to Nielsen, who bet out for 165,000. Tran made the call and the dealer peeled off the turn, the K. Again, Tran checked, and this time Nielsen pushed 400,000 chips into the pot. Tran once again called, and once again checked on the river, the 6. Nielsen thought for a little while before announcing a bet of 1 million. Tran thought for some time, counting out the two columns of dark green chips it would cost him to make the call. He eventually sent the chips into the middle, but mucked his hand after Nielsen showed down 9-9 for a rivered full house, winning the pot and regaining the chip lead.

A few hands later the two were at it again. Tran raised to 130,000 before the flop and Nielsen called. Both players checked the flop of KQ8. The turn brought the 5, and Tran took a stab at the pot, betting 200,000. Nielsen bumped it up to 700,000, and Tran folded. After the hand, Nielsen was over the 5 million chip mark, while Tran was down to 1.2 million.

Even after this hit, Tran continued to apply pressure to the table. A few hands later, he raised to 130,000, but was then faced with Peter Nguyen's re-raise all in to 785,000. Tran tanked for some time before folding. Nguyen showed AK, and raked in the tasty pot.

Conroy Runs Over Nguyen, Runs Up Stack

John Conroy raised preflop from the button to 155,000. Peter Nguyen called from the big blind. The flop ran 962, and Nguyen tossed out a bet of 175,000 only to have Conroy jam all in for 535,000. Nguyen laid it down, and exchanged places with Conroy to become the table's new short stack.

The very next hand, Conroy raised to 155,000 from the cutoff, and Nguyen called out of the small blind. Nguyen checked the flop of AA7, only to once again have Conroy jam the pot. Nguyen looked at his cards remorsefully for some time before electing to fold to Conroy's aggression once again.

A few hands later, Conroy fired out his 155,000 preflop raise, this time from under the gun. Only Rasmus Nielsen called from the small blind. Both players checked the flop of Q72. On the turn, which brought the J, Nielsen led out for 200,000. Conroy then popped it to 700,000, pushing Nielsen off of his hand and taking down another nice pot.



Joe Pelton Eliminated in 5th Place ($191,068)

Joe Pelton moved all in preflop for his last 330,000 chips. JC Tran made the call, bringing Pelton to his feet to sweat his tournament life. Pelton turned over a meager looking Q6, live but trailing against Tran's KJ. The flop was kind to Pelton, coming 762. The turn brought a meaningless 8, but the K on the turn hammered in the last nail on Pelton's coffin, pairing Tran's king and sending Pelton home in fifth place. Tran moved back into second place after the win.


Players are on a 20 minute break.

When they return blinds will move up to 30,000-60,000.

 

Player Tags: J.C. Tran,   Joe Pelton,   John Conroy,   European Report

Two Tables

Jun 30, '07

The players have redrawn again this time for the final two tables.  Three notable names have risen to the top of the pack, as three of the chip leaders are Joe Pelton, Anna Wroblewski, and Roland de Wolfe. 

 

Wroblewski gained some of those chips by elminating Pro Blogger Gary Bogdanski when he pushed all in from the small blind with pocket sixes and she held pocket Aces.  The suspense would be short lived as she flopped a full house to put a stranglehold on the hand.  Bogdanski earned $21,884 for his finish.

 

The eliminations then began to stack up very quickly, causing one tournament floorperson to mutter a few colorful words under his breath as he was constantly balancing tables.

 

Klein Bach and Kuong Lu had a quite a rapport built up as they traded chips.  Bach ended up with the last laugh.  First Bach pushed all in after Lu’s preflop raise of $65,000.  A few hands later Bach raised from middle position, and Lu pushed all in for almost $350,000.  Bach called and showed As Kc while Lu showed Ks Jd and was trailing.  The board came out 7c 7h 4s 7d Ad and Bach eliminated Lu in 19^th place ($21,884).  Before the tables could be combined, Jaydee Bade pushed all in with 6s 6h and was called by As Js.  He was safe on the board of Kd Qc 4h 9d, but couldn’t fade the Ac on the river and he busted in 18^th place earning $25,593.

 

T.J. Cloutier was the severe stack and wasted no time doubling up when the tables combined.  With $379,000 now in his stack, he pushed all in again with Ad Kh and was called by Klein Bach with Ah Qs.  He was primed to vault among the chip leaders, and then the board rolled out Qc 9d 7s 8d 6c, and Cloutier was headed to the rail in 17^th place, earning $25,593.

 

There are currently 16 players left.

Player Tags: T.J. Cloutier,   Klein Bach,   Joe Pelton,   Roland de Wolfe,   Anna Wroblewski,   Kuong Lu,   Jaydee Bade

On Dinner Break

Jun 30, '07

Perhaps Noah Boeken and Marcello Del Grosso are clairvoyant.  While sitting in adjacent seats they were sharing a meal.  It is possible both knew they would be busted out before the dinner break and wanted to get their meal in early.  Boeken was the first to go as he moved all in with A Q and was called by A A.  He received no help and was eliminated in 40^th place earning $15,578.  Del Grosso managed to last till the next pay bump, but he eventually bowed out in 35^th place earning $18,546.

 

Nick Frangos lost a race with pocket tens versus K-Q and was eliminated in 32^nd place earning the same payout.

 

Jennifer took a few hits this last level.  Tilly first doubled through Klein Bach with Jacks up.  Only a few hands later Bach moved all in under the gun, and groaned when Tilly re-raised all in to isolate him.  She turned over A-K to his J-2.  There was an Ace and a Jack on the flop, but the turn was the 2, making Bach his own Jacks-up to double up himself.  On the next to last hand before the break, Joe Pelton exacted some revenge on Tilly, when he defended against her $35,000 raise from the big blind, and called her $47,000 continuation bet on the Q 7 6.  They both checked the 8s and the Kc on the turn and river, Tilly announced she had sixes and Pelton showed 10 7 to take the pot.

 

Eugene Todd was the last player eliminated before the dinner break.  Joe Pelton raised to $35,000 from the cutoff, Todd re-raised all in, and Pelton called.  Pelton showed A A and Todd was in bad shape with 9 9.  The board ran out Ks 10 6 K 7, and Todd was eliminated in 31^st place, earning $18,546.

 

There are currently 30 players left on 4 tables.  They will be on dinner break until 11pm.

Notable Chip Counts

Jennifer Tilly	180,000
TJ Cloutier	110,000

 

Player Tags: Nikolaos Frangos,   Klein Bach,   Noah Boeken,   Joe Pelton,   Marcello Del Grosso,   Jennifer Tilly

61 Players Remain

Jun 30, '07

There are only 61 players left in day two of event #47, $2,000 No Limit Hold 'Em. The current chip leader is Steve Crawford and Jennifer Tilly has climbed into the number two spot.

Rafe Furst is still in the tournament, but holding on to a very short stack. Furst lost a lot of his chips to Joe Pelton in the following hand. With the board showing Q 8 8 Pelton bet out $25,000. Furst called and the turn came 7 and Pelton checked. Furst pushed all in and had Pelton covered. Pelton called and both players turned over their cards. Furst showed J J and Pelton was ahead with K K. Furst needed a jack or any club to take down the pot but the river was the 9 and Pelton took it down. Furst was left with $50,000 after the hand and at the end of level was under $10,000.

Ari Eslami picked up a nice pot and doubled up in the last level. Eslami was all in preflop with 3 3 against his opponent in the two seat who held A-J. The board came 5 4 3 9 3 to give Eslami quads and keep him alive.

The players will go on dinner break at 9 p.m. tonight.

Notable Chip Counts

Steve Crawford	400,000
Jennifer Tilly	340,000
Eugene Todd	260,000
David Singer	183,000
Nick Frangos	175,000
Roland de Wolfe	174,000
Noah Boeken	166,000
Joe Pelton	100,000
TJ Cloutier	93,000
Anna Wroblewski	63,000
Rafe Furst	7,500

Player Tags: Joe Pelton,   Rafe Furst

Hour Five Update

Jun 22, '07

Currently 260 players remain on 26 tables.

During the color up in his other event, Barry Greenstein sat back down at his diminished chip stack.  He moved all in quickly with A-Q, and was called by Q-J.  The flop had both Queen and a Jack, but an Ace peeled off on the turn, and Greenstein the copy of his book back under his chair.

Joe Pelton and Eric Lynch got all of their chips in preflop in a classic race situation, Pelton holding 5-5 to Lynch's K-J.  Pelton soared ahead hitting a set of fives on the flop, but Lynch made it interesting catching four-to-a-flush on the turn.  The river bricked out though, and Lynch was eliminated.

Also eliminated in the last hour were Vanessa Rousso and Jennifer Tilly, who couldn't make A-20 hold up against 7-6.

Neil Channing and Rolf Slotboom are gone and Eoghan O'Dea just took out John Duthie.

O'Dea called Duthie's all in raise of $3,000 and flipped over A9. Duthie could only muster K8 and the flop of 927 offered Duthie more outs but a JQ sent him to the rail. Read Eoghan's Pro Blog exclusively at CardPlayer.com.

Carlo Citrone was involved in a $30,000 pot and narrowly escaped a mauling. With 9-5 offsuit he saw a flop of 6-7-8 with three limpers. A $1,500 raise to Citrone saw him re-raise $3,000 only to have the next limper move all-in for 12,000. The original raiser called and Citrone was faced with a tough decision.

'I had the clock called on me but i was afraid my hand wouldn't stand up against the other two. I figured the original raiser for trips and i was right - he had three eights - and the other guy flipped over 9-10. I was lucky i only did $3,000.'

He has $17,000 in chips.

Michael Keiner has grown his chips stack from $13,500 to $29,000 in the last hour. Eoghan O'Dea has jumped from $7,300 to $12,200. Praz Banzi has drifted out of the game a little, falling form $4,900 to $3,500 while Dave Colclough who is at the same table is flying, up from $12,200 to $22,600 in little over an hour.

Adrian Walsh has been quiet and his stack has dwindled from $8,900 to $6,600. Martin Green has $3,700 and Johan Strokers has $20,100..

Thomas Wahlroos, on $7,400, called a shortstack who moved all-in. The Fin had 89 and the shortstack had 79 but hit his flush on the river.

Wahlroos was furious. He slammed his chips down on the table and berated the player. 'Nice hand sir, you're a genius' then jumped out of his seat and went to talk to a player a few tables away.

Still plenty of play before the dinner break, and the money bubble is a long way's away.

Player Tags: Barry Greenstein,   Joe Pelton,   Jennifer Tilly,   Vanessa Rousso,   Eric Lynch