Chris Amaral Poker Tournament Updates

Level 6 Update: Mizrachi Still Winning

Jun 03, '10

Blinds: Bring-in 200, ante 200, limits 800-1,600

Players Remaining: 132 out of 150

Average Chip Count: 34,091

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Michael Mizrachi — 92,000
2. Chris Ferguson — 75,000
3. Erik Seidel — 70,000
4. Daniel Negreanu — 68,000
5. Alexander Kostritsyn — 67,000
6. Freddie Ellis — 67,000
7. Men Nguyen — 65,000
8. Chau Giang — 62,000
9. Jeffrey Lisandro — 60,000
10. Greg Mueller — 59,000

Notable Eliminations:

John Juanda
Dario Minieri

Big Hands:

Juanda Busts Against Aces

John Juanda got all in on third street but didn’t get the running cards he needed, and Chris Amaral’s rolled up aces were enough to give Juanda an early exit from the tournament, following his final table performance in event no. 2.

Juanda: (A3)-68K3-(7)
Amaral: (AA)-795K(10)

The hand moved Amaral back to his starting stack of 30,000.

Mizrachi’s Kings Are King

Fresh off his bracelet win in the Players Championship, Michael Mizrachi could be on his way to another one. Already among the chip leaders, Mizrachi was just involved in a hand that pushed him right around the 100,000 chip mark.

Mizrachi called the player in seat 6’s bets on each street, then raised on 5th street. Seat 6 called and continued calling Mizrachi’s bets on every street until the last. After some consideration, seat 6 finally folded his hand to The Grinder, sending a huge pot Mizrachi’s way.

Mizrachi showed his down cards to prove he wasn’t bluffing.

Mizrachi: (KK)-107KQ-(2)
Seat 6: (X-X)-QAJ3-MUCK

His rolled up Kings connecting for trips pushed the Players Champion into the chip lead.

Minieri Runs Into a Flush, Eliminated

We got to the action a little late to record everything, but we watched Dario Minieri bet sixth street and the river and was called very quickly by his opponent on both streets.

After being called on the river, Minieri tapped the table as if to say “Good hand, I have nothing.” His opponent showed him a flush and left him with under 5,000. He was eliminated very shortly thereafter.

Straigh Flush For Raymer

Greg Raymer called a bet from his opponent on fourth and fifth street and on sixth street his borad looked like this.

Raymer: (X-X)-6-4-2-3
Opponent: (X-X)-J-Q-8-4

Raymer fired a bet after his opponent checked on sixth street and fired again after a check on the river. His opponent folded, but Raymer showed the 45 in the hole giving him a straight flush.

Player Tags: John Juanda,   Michael Mizrachi,   Greg Raymer,   Dario Minieri,   Chris Amaral

Level Nine: Ulliott Cripples Gerasimov

Jun 04, '10

Blinds: Bring-in 300, ante 500, Limits 1,500-3,000

Players Remaining: 85 out of 150

Average Chip Count: 52,941

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Michael Mizrachi – 191,900
2. Vladimir Schmelev – 147,000
3. Eric Buchman – 135,000
4. Ray Dehkharghani – 108,300
5. Doyle Brunson – 105,100
6. David Ulliott – 105,000
7. Alexander Kostritsyn – 99,400
8. Men Nguyen – 97,700
9. Edouard Mignot Bonnefous – 97,500
10. Todd Barlow – 96,100

Notable Eliminations:

Nick Frangos

Big Hands:

The Devil Takes Gerasimov For A Ride

David Ulliott completed to 1,500 and Kirill Gerasimov raised to 3,000. Ulliott made the call and then he led out again with 1,500 on fourth street.

Gerasimov raised to 3,000 again and Ulliott called. Gerasimov led out on fifth street with 3,000 and Ulliott raised to 6,000. Gerasimov made the call and called another bet of 3,000 on sixth street. Ulliott bet 3,000 on seventh street and Gerasimov made a reluctant call.

Ulliott tabled (A6J)AJ96 for two pair. Gerasimov had no pair showing and mucked his hole cards after Ulliott showed down.

Gerasimov was down to just 3,500 while Ulliott was up to 84,000.

Schmelev Can’t Win Three-Way Pot, Chris Amaral Eliminated

Chris Amaral was all in by fourth street, leaving Craig Neilan and Vladimir Schmelev to contest a side pot.

Neilan eventually found himself all in on sixth street and showed (KKJ)K337 for a full house.

“I’m drawing dead,” Amaral said as he showed rolled up sixes. Schmelev had rolled up nines and the river was not the case nine as he mucked his hand and Neilan nearly tripled up to 60,000.

Schmelev was still relatively healthy after the pot at 147,000.

Bach Masters Nguyen

We caught up with this hand on seventh street. David Bach bet 3,000 and Men Nguyen made the call.

Bach was showing A584 and turned over (JJA) for two pair. Nguyen was showing A4KQ but mucked his hole cards when Bach showed his hand.

Bach was up to 53,000 while Nguyen was at 67,000.

Kravchenko Doubles Up, Still Ailing

We caught up with this hand on seventh street. Alexander Kravchenko was all in against Cory Zeidman. Kravchenko was dealt JJKK33-X for kings up. Zeidman could not beat it and mucked his hand.

Kravchenko doubled up but he was still very low on chips with just 7,000.

Player Tags: Cory Zeidman,   Kirill Gerasimov,   Alexander Kravchenko,   Chris Amaral

Level 6 Update: Mizrachi Still Winning

Jun 03, '10

Blinds: Bring-in 200, ante 200, limits 800-1,600

Players Remaining: 132 out of 150

Average Chip Count: 34,091

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Michael Mizrachi — 92,000
2. Chris Ferguson — 75,000
3. Erik Seidel — 70,000
4. Daniel Negreanu — 68,000
5. Alexander Kostritsyn — 67,000
6. Freddie Ellis — 67,000
7. Men Nguyen — 65,000
8. Chau Giang — 62,000
9. Jeffrey Lisandro — 60,000
10. Greg Mueller — 59,000

Notable Eliminations:

John Juanda
Dario Minieri

Big Hands:

Juanda Busts Against Aces

John Juanda got all in on third street but didn’t get the running cards he needed, and Chris Amaral’s rolled up aces were enough to give Juanda an early exit from the tournament, following his final table performance in event no. 2.

Juanda: (A3)-68K3-(7)
Amaral: (AA)-795K(10)

The hand moved Amaral back to his starting stack of 30,000.

Mizrachi’s Kings Are King

Fresh off his bracelet win in the Players Championship, Michael Mizrachi could be on his way to another one. Already among the chip leaders, Mizrachi was just involved in a hand that pushed him right around the 100,000 chip mark.

Mizrachi called the player in seat 6’s bets on each street, then raised on 5th street. Seat 6 called and continued calling Mizrachi’s bets on every street until the last. After some consideration, seat 6 finally folded his hand to The Grinder, sending a huge pot Mizrachi’s way.

Mizrachi showed his down cards to prove he wasn’t bluffing.

Mizrachi: (KK)-107KQ-(2)
Seat 6: (X-X)-QAJ3-MUCK

His rolled up Kings connecting for trips pushed the Players Champion into the chip lead.

Minieri Runs Into a Flush, Eliminated

We got to the action a little late to record everything, but we watched Dario Minieri bet sixth street and the river and was called very quickly by his opponent on both streets.

After being called on the river, Minieri tapped the table as if to say “Good hand, I have nothing.” His opponent showed him a flush and left him with under 5,000. He was eliminated very shortly thereafter.

Straigh Flush For Raymer

Greg Raymer called a bet from his opponent on fourth and fifth street and on sixth street his borad looked like this.

Raymer: (X-X)-6-4-2-3
Opponent: (X-X)-J-Q-8-4

Raymer fired a bet after his opponent checked on sixth street and fired again after a check on the river. His opponent folded, but Raymer showed the 45 in the hole giving him a straight flush.

Player Tags: John Juanda,   Michael Mizrachi,   Greg Raymer,   Dario Minieri,   Chris Amaral

Level Nine: Ulliott Cripples Gerasimov

Jun 04, '10

Blinds: Bring-in 300, ante 500, Limits 1,500-3,000

Players Remaining: 85 out of 150

Average Chip Count: 52,941

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Michael Mizrachi – 191,900
2. Vladimir Schmelev – 147,000
3. Eric Buchman – 135,000
4. Ray Dehkharghani – 108,300
5. Doyle Brunson – 105,100
6. David Ulliott – 105,000
7. Alexander Kostritsyn – 99,400
8. Men Nguyen – 97,700
9. Edouard Mignot Bonnefous – 97,500
10. Todd Barlow – 96,100

Notable Eliminations:

Nick Frangos

Big Hands:

The Devil Takes Gerasimov For A Ride

David Ulliott completed to 1,500 and Kirill Gerasimov raised to 3,000. Ulliott made the call and then he led out again with 1,500 on fourth street.

Gerasimov raised to 3,000 again and Ulliott called. Gerasimov led out on fifth street with 3,000 and Ulliott raised to 6,000. Gerasimov made the call and called another bet of 3,000 on sixth street. Ulliott bet 3,000 on seventh street and Gerasimov made a reluctant call.

Ulliott tabled (A6J)AJ96 for two pair. Gerasimov had no pair showing and mucked his hole cards after Ulliott showed down.

Gerasimov was down to just 3,500 while Ulliott was up to 84,000.

Schmelev Can’t Win Three-Way Pot, Chris Amaral Eliminated

Chris Amaral was all in by fourth street, leaving Craig Neilan and Vladimir Schmelev to contest a side pot.

Neilan eventually found himself all in on sixth street and showed (KKJ)K337 for a full house.

“I’m drawing dead,” Amaral said as he showed rolled up sixes. Schmelev had rolled up nines and the river was not the case nine as he mucked his hand and Neilan nearly tripled up to 60,000.

Schmelev was still relatively healthy after the pot at 147,000.

Bach Masters Nguyen

We caught up with this hand on seventh street. David Bach bet 3,000 and Men Nguyen made the call.

Bach was showing A584 and turned over (JJA) for two pair. Nguyen was showing A4KQ but mucked his hole cards when Bach showed his hand.

Bach was up to 53,000 while Nguyen was at 67,000.

Kravchenko Doubles Up, Still Ailing

We caught up with this hand on seventh street. Alexander Kravchenko was all in against Cory Zeidman. Kravchenko was dealt JJKK33-X for kings up. Zeidman could not beat it and mucked his hand.

Kravchenko doubled up but he was still very low on chips with just 7,000.

Player Tags: Cory Zeidman,   Kirill Gerasimov,   Alexander Kravchenko,   Chris Amaral

Final Table Update: Chris Amaral (5th) and Michele Limongi (4th) Eliminated

Jun 12, '09

Flop Games: 25,000-50,000
Stud Games: Ante — 10,000, Bring-In — 20,000, Stakes — 50,000-100,000

Players Remaining: 3 out of 452

Chip Counts:

1. James Van Alstyne — 1,825,000
2. Zac Fellows — 1,800,000
3. Tim Finne — 550,000

Average Chip Count: 1,356,000

Notable Eliminations:

5. Chris Amaral – $63,536
4. Michele Limongi – $87,264

Elimination Hands

Chris Amaral Eliminated in Fifth Place ($63,536)

Hold’em

Chris Amaral moved all in preflop and Tim Finne made the call. Their cards:

Amaral: K3
Finne: QJ

Board: A978Q

Amaral was eliminated by the queen on the river in fifth place.

Michele Limongi Eliminated in Fourth Place ($87,264)

Razz

Michele Limongi got the last of his short stack into the middle during a razz hand and Zac Fellows made the call. Their cards:

Fellows: (A4)85K10(Q)
Limongi: (A9)310J3(K)

Limongi was eliminated in fourth place by the 10-low of Fellows.

Player Tags: Chris Amaral,   Michele Limongi

Final Table Update: Gabriel Nassif (7th) and Martin Eikeng (6th) Eliminated

Jun 11, '09

Flop Games: 20,000-40,000
Stud Games: Ante — 10,000, Bring-In — 10,000, Stakes — 40,000-80,000

Players Remaining: 5 out of 452

Chip Counts:

1. James Van Alstyne — 2,275,000
2. Zac Fellows — 700,000
3. Chris Amaral — 600,000
4. Michele Limongi — 600,000
5. Tim Finne — 260,000

Average Chip Count: 813,600

Notable Eliminations:

7. Gabriel Nassif – $38,947
6. Martin Eikeng – $48,590

Elimination Hands

Gabriel Nassif Eliminated in Seventh Place ($38,947)

Omaha 8OB

Chris Amaral raised from middle position and Gabriel Nassif called all in. Their cards:

Amaral: AA74
Nassif: KQJ3

Board: 1096410

Nassif was eliminaed in seventh place after the hand and Amaral grew his stack back to a contender.

Martin Eikeng Eliminated in Sixth Place ($48,590)

Stud

Martin Eikeng completed and Zac Fellows raised. Eikeng reraised and Fellows made it three bets to go. Eikeng got the last of his chips into the middle by fourth street. Their cards:

Eikeng: (A9)A992(J)
Fellows: (JJ)4Q88(J)

Eikeng was eliminated in sixth place after the hand, his full house falling to the higher full house of Fellows on the river.

Player Tags: Gabriel Nassif,   Chris Amaral

Final Table Update: Matt Hawrilenko Eliminated in Eighth Place

Jun 11, '09

Flop Games: 13,000-25,000
Stud Games: Ante — 5,000, Bring-In — 7,000, Stakes — 25,000-50,000

Players Remaining: 7 out of 452

Chip Counts:

1. James Van Alstyne — 1,059,000
2. Michele Limongi — 825,000
3. Zac Fellows — 620,000
4. Chris Amaral — 432,000
5. Gabriel Nassif — 315,000
6. Martin Eikeng — 255,000
7. Tim Finne — 255,000

Average Chip Count: 581,143

Notable Eliminations:

8. Matt Hawrilenko – $32,647

Elimination Hands

Matt Hawrilenko Eliminated in Eighth Place ($32,647)

Razz

Matt Hawrilenko completed with an 8 and Tim Finne raised with a 10. Chris Amaral reraised with a 3 exposed. Hawrilenko fired in a fourth raise to put all of his chips at risk and both Amaral and Finne made the call. Their cards:

Hawrilenko: (6-3)8-7-2-5(9)
Amaral: (A-4)3-9-2-7(7)

Amaral won the hand with a 7-4 low to beat out Hawrilenko’s 7-6 low. Finne mucked his hand when he saw those of his opponents. Hawrilenko was eliminated in eighth place after the hand.

Player Tags: Matt Hawrilenko,   Chris Amaral

Level 4 Update: Pescatori Not a Believer

Jun 01, '09

Bring In – 200
Completion – 500
Ante – 100
Limits – 500-1,000

Chip Counts:

1. Matt Glantz — 45,000
2. Tim Phan — 44,000
3. Farzad Bonyadi — 41,000
4. Andy Bloch — 39,000
5. Chris Amaral — 39,000
6. Greg Mueller — 39,000
7. Frank Kasella — 39,000
8. Marco Traniello — 38,000
9. Alexander Kravchenko — 37,000
10. David Benyamine — 36,000

Average Chip Count: 30,000

Entrants: 142

Big Hands:

Pescatori Smells A Bluff

Picking up the action on 5th street, here are the cards:

Max Pescatori: X-X-2310
Chris Amaral: X-X-J3K

Amaral bet 500 and Pescatori made the call.

Pescatori: X-X-23104
Amaral: X-X-J3K5

Both players checked. The river was then dealt and Amaral fired 1,000. Pescatori then raised to 2,000 and Amaral three-bet to 3,000. Pescatori called and showed (2AA in the hole for two pair while Amaral showed a whole lot of nothing with Queen high. Pescatori took the pot and was up to 36,000.

Raymer Pushes Ivey Out

Greg Raymer: X-X-6K6
Phil Ivey: X-X-987

After Raymer checked on 4th street, Ivey fired a bet and Raymer called. On the next street, Raymer led out with a bet and Ivey mucked. Ivey was around 30,600 while Raymer was at 20,750.

Glantz Adds to His Stack

Matt Glantz: (1010K)6QQ8
Opponent: (KKA)463J

Glantz and his opponent checked every street and Glantz was able to pick up a small pot with two pair, besting his opponent’s pair of Kings. After the hand, Glantz was around 47,000.

Player Tags: Max Pescatori,   Phil Ivey,   Greg Raymer,   Matthew Glantz,   Chris Amaral

Level 14 Update: Andy Bloch, Hoyt Corkins, Chris Amaral Eliminated

Jun 02, '09

Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

Players Remaining: 30 out of 142

Chip Counts:

1. Max Pescatori — 360,000
2. Greg Mueller — 281,000
3. Freddie Ellis — 248,000
4. Fu Wong — 240,000
5. Ville Wahlbeck — 245,000
6. Ray Dehkharghani — 200,000
7. Chad Brown — 175,000
8. Nick Frangos — 165,000
9. Cory Zeidman — 156,000
10. John Cernuto — 146,000

Average Chip Count: 125,294

Notable Eliminations:

Andy Bloch
Chris Amaral
Hoyt Corkins

Big Hands:

Max Pescatori vs. Hoyt Corkins

Chris Amaral opens the pot for 1,000 and Hoyt Corkins completes the bet to 4,000 with the 10. Max Pescatori raises to 8,000 with the A, Amaral folds and Corkins calls.

Pescatori: X-X-A8
Corkins: X-X-108

Pescatori bets 4,000 and Corkins calls.

Pescatori: X-X-A8K
Corkins: X-X-1089

Pescatori bets 8,000 and Corkins calls.

Pescatori: X-X-A8K8
Corkins: X-X-10892

Both players check around on sixth street and the river cards are dealt. Pescatori bets 8,000 on the river and Corkins calls. Pescatori turns over AA88 for two pair and Corkins mucks his cards. Pescatori is up to 265,000 this hand while Corkins falls down to 92,000 and Amaral to 125,000.

Corkins Eliminated, Pescatori Takes Chip Lead

The player in seat 1 opens the pot for 1,000 with the 3 and Hoyt Corkins completes the bet to 4,000 with the 8. Max Pescatori raises to 8,000 with the A, seat 1 folds and Corkins call.

Pescatori: X-X-AJ
Corkins: X-X-8J

Pescatori bets 4,000, Corkins raises to 8,000 and Pescatori calls.

Pescatori: X-X-AJ5
Corkins: X-X-8JK

Pescatori bets 8,000 and Corkins raises all in for 12,500 total. Pescatori calls and the rest of the cards are dealt. Pescatori turns over KK22 for two pair and rakes the pot. Corkins is eliminated from the tournament as Pescatori grabs the chiplead with 360,000.

Chris Amaral Eliminated

Chris Amaral is all in on third street with the 10 against seat 1’s A and Max Pescatori’s 10. Pescatori and Seat 1 go at it, Pescatori ultimately making a heart flush and eliminating Amaral just before the end of Level 14.

Left In The Deck:

The players have gone on a 20 minute break as the floor colors up the gray “100” chips.

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Max Pescatori,   Chris Amaral

Level 12 Update: Mueller Leads Pack, Breaks 200K

Jun 02, '09

Ante: 500
Low Card: 700
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Players Remaining: 53 out of 142

Chip Counts:

1. Greg Mueller — 215,000
2. Nick Frangos — 180,000
3. Hoyt Corkins — 165,000
4. Ray Dekhkarghani — 140,000
5. Benjamin Lin — 125,000
6. Freddy Ellis — 118,000
7. Ville Wahlbeck — 117,000
8. Fu Wong — 110,000
9. Ivan Schertzer — 110,000
10. Steven landfish — 110,000

Average Chip Count: 80,377

Big Hands:

Daniel Negreanu Making a Comeback

Daniel Negreanu completes the bet to 2,500 with the Q, the player in seat 7 raises to 5,000 with the A and Negreanu calls.

Neagreanu: X-X-Q2
Seat 7: X-X-A2

Negreanu bets 2,500 and seat 7 calls.

Neagreanu: X-X-Q25
Seat 7: X-X-A27

Both players check around.

Neagreanu: X-X-Q25Q
Seat 7: X-X-A274

Negreanu pairs his queen and bets 5,000, leaving himself with just 2,400 behind. Seat 7 thinks for a minute before folding and showing a pair of sevens. Negreanu rakes the pot and brings his stack back up to 40,000 after this hand.

Chris Amaral on an Uptick

Scott Fischman opens the pot for 700 with the 2 and the player in seat 4 completes the bet to 2,500 with the J. Chris Amaral calls with the A and Fischman folds.

Seat 4: X-X-J7
Amaral: X-X-A8

Seat 4 bets 2,500 and Amaral calls.

Seat 4: X-X-J710
Amaral: X-X-A8Q

Both players check around.

Seat 4: X-X-J7105
Amaral: X-X-A8QJ

Amaral bets 5,000 on sixth street and seat 4 calls. Amaral dark-bets 5,000 on the river and once again, seat 4 calls. Amaral turns over AKQJ10 for Broadway and his opponent mucks. Amaral rakes the pot and builds his stack back up to 52,000 this hand.

Greg Mueller Wins a Pot, Breaks 200K

Hasan Habib opens the pot for 700 with the 3, Greg Mueller completes the bet to 2,500 with the 10 and Habib calls.

Habib: X-X-32
Mueller: X-X-109

Mueller bets 2,500 and Habib calls.

Habib: X-X-326
Mueller: X-X-109A

Mueller bets 5,000 and Habib folds. After this hand Mueller is up to 215,000 in chips.

Left In The Deck:
The remaining players in the $10K World Championship of Seven card Stud event are now on a sixty minute dinner break and will return at approximately 7:30 pm PDT to begin Level 14.

Player Tags: Hasan Habib,   Daniel Negreanu,   Greg Mueller,   Chris Amaral

Level 4 Update: Pescatori Not a Believer

Jun 01, '09

Bring In – 200
Completion – 500
Ante – 100
Limits – 500-1,000

Chip Counts:

1. Matt Glantz — 45,000
2. Tim Phan — 44,000
3. Farzad Bonyadi — 41,000
4. Andy Bloch — 39,000
5. Chris Amaral — 39,000
6. Greg Mueller — 39,000
7. Frank Kasella — 39,000
8. Marco Traniello — 38,000
9. Alexander Kravchenko — 37,000
10. David Benyamine — 36,000

Average Chip Count: 30,000

Entrants: 142

Big Hands:

Pescatori Smells A Bluff

Picking up the action on 5th street, here are the cards:

Max Pescatori: X-X-2310
Chris Amaral: X-X-J3K

Amaral bet 500 and Pescatori made the call.

Pescatori: X-X-23104
Amaral: X-X-J3K5

Both players checked. The river was then dealt and Amaral fired 1,000. Pescatori then raised to 2,000 and Amaral three-bet to 3,000. Pescatori called and showed (2AA in the hole for two pair while Amaral showed a whole lot of nothing with Queen high. Pescatori took the pot and was up to 36,000.

Raymer Pushes Ivey Out

Greg Raymer: X-X-6K6
Phil Ivey: X-X-987

After Raymer checked on 4th street, Ivey fired a bet and Raymer called. On the next street, Raymer led out with a bet and Ivey mucked. Ivey was around 30,600 while Raymer was at 20,750.

Glantz Adds to His Stack

Matt Glantz: (1010K)6QQ8
Opponent: (KKA)463J

Glantz and his opponent checked every street and Glantz was able to pick up a small pot with two pair, besting his opponent’s pair of Kings. After the hand, Glantz was around 47,000.

Player Tags: Max Pescatori,   Phil Ivey,   Greg Raymer,   Matthew Glantz,   Chris Amaral

Level 14 Update: Andy Bloch, Hoyt Corkins, Chris Amaral Eliminated

Jun 02, '09

Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 1,000
Completion: 4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

Players Remaining: 30 out of 142

Chip Counts:

1. Max Pescatori — 360,000
2. Greg Mueller — 281,000
3. Freddie Ellis — 248,000
4. Fu Wong — 240,000
5. Ville Wahlbeck — 245,000
6. Ray Dehkharghani — 200,000
7. Chad Brown — 175,000
8. Nick Frangos — 165,000
9. Cory Zeidman — 156,000
10. John Cernuto — 146,000

Average Chip Count: 125,294

Notable Eliminations:

Andy Bloch
Chris Amaral
Hoyt Corkins

Big Hands:

Max Pescatori vs. Hoyt Corkins

Chris Amaral opens the pot for 1,000 and Hoyt Corkins completes the bet to 4,000 with the 10. Max Pescatori raises to 8,000 with the A, Amaral folds and Corkins calls.

Pescatori: X-X-A8
Corkins: X-X-108

Pescatori bets 4,000 and Corkins calls.

Pescatori: X-X-A8K
Corkins: X-X-1089

Pescatori bets 8,000 and Corkins calls.

Pescatori: X-X-A8K8
Corkins: X-X-10892

Both players check around on sixth street and the river cards are dealt. Pescatori bets 8,000 on the river and Corkins calls. Pescatori turns over AA88 for two pair and Corkins mucks his cards. Pescatori is up to 265,000 this hand while Corkins falls down to 92,000 and Amaral to 125,000.

Corkins Eliminated, Pescatori Takes Chip Lead

The player in seat 1 opens the pot for 1,000 with the 3 and Hoyt Corkins completes the bet to 4,000 with the 8. Max Pescatori raises to 8,000 with the A, seat 1 folds and Corkins call.

Pescatori: X-X-AJ
Corkins: X-X-8J

Pescatori bets 4,000, Corkins raises to 8,000 and Pescatori calls.

Pescatori: X-X-AJ5
Corkins: X-X-8JK

Pescatori bets 8,000 and Corkins raises all in for 12,500 total. Pescatori calls and the rest of the cards are dealt. Pescatori turns over KK22 for two pair and rakes the pot. Corkins is eliminated from the tournament as Pescatori grabs the chiplead with 360,000.

Chris Amaral Eliminated

Chris Amaral is all in on third street with the 10 against seat 1’s A and Max Pescatori’s 10. Pescatori and Seat 1 go at it, Pescatori ultimately making a heart flush and eliminating Amaral just before the end of Level 14.

Left In The Deck:

The players have gone on a 20 minute break as the floor colors up the gray “100” chips.

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Max Pescatori,   Chris Amaral

Level 12 Update: Mueller Leads Pack, Breaks 200K

Jun 02, '09

Ante: 500
Low Card: 700
Completion: 2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000

Players Remaining: 53 out of 142

Chip Counts:

1. Greg Mueller — 215,000
2. Nick Frangos — 180,000
3. Hoyt Corkins — 165,000
4. Ray Dekhkarghani — 140,000
5. Benjamin Lin — 125,000
6. Freddy Ellis — 118,000
7. Ville Wahlbeck — 117,000
8. Fu Wong — 110,000
9. Ivan Schertzer — 110,000
10. Steven landfish — 110,000

Average Chip Count: 80,377

Big Hands:

Daniel Negreanu Making a Comeback

Daniel Negreanu completes the bet to 2,500 with the Q, the player in seat 7 raises to 5,000 with the A and Negreanu calls.

Neagreanu: X-X-Q2
Seat 7: X-X-A2

Negreanu bets 2,500 and seat 7 calls.

Neagreanu: X-X-Q25
Seat 7: X-X-A27

Both players check around.

Neagreanu: X-X-Q25Q
Seat 7: X-X-A274

Negreanu pairs his queen and bets 5,000, leaving himself with just 2,400 behind. Seat 7 thinks for a minute before folding and showing a pair of sevens. Negreanu rakes the pot and brings his stack back up to 40,000 after this hand.

Chris Amaral on an Uptick

Scott Fischman opens the pot for 700 with the 2 and the player in seat 4 completes the bet to 2,500 with the J. Chris Amaral calls with the A and Fischman folds.

Seat 4: X-X-J7
Amaral: X-X-A8

Seat 4 bets 2,500 and Amaral calls.

Seat 4: X-X-J710
Amaral: X-X-A8Q

Both players check around.

Seat 4: X-X-J7105
Amaral: X-X-A8QJ

Amaral bets 5,000 on sixth street and seat 4 calls. Amaral dark-bets 5,000 on the river and once again, seat 4 calls. Amaral turns over AKQJ10 for Broadway and his opponent mucks. Amaral rakes the pot and builds his stack back up to 52,000 this hand.

Greg Mueller Wins a Pot, Breaks 200K

Hasan Habib opens the pot for 700 with the 3, Greg Mueller completes the bet to 2,500 with the 10 and Habib calls.

Habib: X-X-32
Mueller: X-X-109

Mueller bets 2,500 and Habib calls.

Habib: X-X-326
Mueller: X-X-109A

Mueller bets 5,000 and Habib folds. After this hand Mueller is up to 215,000 in chips.

Left In The Deck:
The remaining players in the $10K World Championship of Seven card Stud event are now on a sixty minute dinner break and will return at approximately 7:30 pm PDT to begin Level 14.

Player Tags: Hasan Habib,   Daniel Negreanu,   Greg Mueller,   Chris Amaral

Chris Amaral Eliminated in Huge Pot

Mar 17, '09

Evan McNiff raised to 3,100 in the cutoff and was called by Chris Amaral on the button, Jimmy Fricke in the small blind and Sam Stein in the big blind.

The flop came down A-9-3 and McNiff continued with a bet of 5,400. Amaral raised 9,500 on top and Fricke and Stein both folded.

McNiff then reraised an additional 20,500 on top of that and Amaral moved all in for 87,000. McNiff made the call and showed A-9 for top two pair. Amaral could only show K-Q high and failed to get the running hearts he needed to stay alive.

McNiff is now the runaway chip leader with 415,000.

Player Tags: Chris Amaral,   Evan McNiff

Burt Boutin Eliminated

Mar 17, '09

In a three-way limped pot between Chris Amaral, Jimmy Fricke and Burt Boutin, everyone saw a flop of 10-8-3 with two diamonds.

Boutin ended up all in holding the nut flush draw, but the board bricked against Amaral's 108 for top two pair.

Player Tags: Burt Boutin,   Chris Amaral

Jon "PearlJammer" Turner Makes Sick Read, Busts Anyway

Mar 17, '09

Stanley Wasserkug, Chris Amaral, Jimmy Fricke and Jon Turner see a flop of 1062. Wasserkug bets 3,000 and Chris Amaral moves all in for 28,000.

Jimmy Fricke calls over a tournament reporter to show him his hand and then mucks. Turner sees Fricke's actions and decides to call all in for about 16,000 in chips.

The action is back on Wasserkug, who would be playing for most of his stack. Wasserkug calls and before any of the cards are turned over, Turner slams the table and explaines his reasoning.

Turner states that he knew Amaral was pushing with a spade draw and decided to call all in with 99, knowing Fricke had folded a hand like 98 (Fricke actually held 97). He never actually thought that Wasserkug would call all in with a ten.

Sure enough, Amaral shows KJ and Wasserkug is ahead with J10. The turn is the Q and Turner is drawing dead. Amaral picks up a straight draw as well and hits it when the river comes in the form of the A.

Turner is eliminated, Wasserkug is crippled and Amaral takes a huge pot.

Player Tags: Stan Wasserkrug,   Jon Turner,   Jimmy Fricke,   Chris Amaral

David Oppenheim Eliminated

Feb 17, '09

David Oppenheim busted out of the tournament during Stud eight-or-better when his pair of queens fell to Chris Amaral, who held a pair of kings.














 

Player Tags: David Oppenheim,   Chris Amaral

Marco Traniello Eliminated by Chris Amaral

Feb 17, '09

Razz

Marco Traniello raised on the short stack and Chris Amaral put him all in. Amaral's 4-3-A was ahead of Traniello's 8-2-A and Traniello was drawing dead on sixth street when Amaral made a perfect 8 low.

Player Tags: Marco Traniello,   Chris Amaral

Chris Amaral Eliminated

Feb 18, '09

Limit Hold'em

The hold'em rounds were not kind to Chris Amaral, who was crippled against Kenny Tran in the hand before the break.

Amaral raised with A-Q and flopped top pair on a flop with two hearts. Kenny Tran called a bet on the flop with pocket sevens, holding the 7. Both checked the low heart on the turn and Tran bet when the river put four to the flush on board. Amaral called with his top pair and Tran scooped the pot.

After returning from the break, Amaral got it all in against Chris Tsipriladis on a board of AJ2. Amaral showed QJ but was behind to Tsipriladis and his A10. The turn and river came KQ, giving Tsipriladis a straight and eliminating Amaral from the tournament.

Player Tags: Kenny Tran,   Chris Amaral

David Oppenheim Eliminated

Feb 17, '09

David Oppenheim busted out of the tournament during Stud eight-or-better when his pair of queens fell to Chris Amaral, who held a pair of kings.














 

Player Tags: David Oppenheim,   Chris Amaral

Marco Traniello Eliminated by Chris Amaral

Feb 17, '09

Razz

Marco Traniello raised on the short stack and Chris Amaral put him all in. Amaral's 4-3-A was ahead of Traniello's 8-2-A and Traniello was drawing dead on sixth street when Amaral made a perfect 8 low.

Player Tags: Marco Traniello,   Chris Amaral

Chris Amaral Eliminated

Feb 18, '09

Limit Hold'em

The hold'em rounds were not kind to Chris Amaral, who was crippled against Kenny Tran in the hand before the break.

Amaral raised with A-Q and flopped top pair on a flop with two hearts. Kenny Tran called a bet on the flop with pocket sevens, holding the 7. Both checked the low heart on the turn and Tran bet when the river put four to the flush on board. Amaral called with his top pair and Tran scooped the pot.

After returning from the break, Amaral got it all in against Chris Tsipriladis on a board of AJ2. Amaral showed QJ but was behind to Tsipriladis and his A10. The turn and river came KQ, giving Tsipriladis a straight and eliminating Amaral from the tournament.

Player Tags: Kenny Tran,   Chris Amaral