Joseph Curcio Poker Tournament Updates

Jeanette Mendez vs. Joseph Burcio

Jan 06, '23

Three players contributed 8000 to the pot before the flop was dealt 932, and Jeanette Mendez then bet 1,600 from the small blind.

UTG folded, and Joseph Curcio thought for a moment before calling from the cutoff. The turn brought the 9, and Mendez fired out a bet of 2,600. Curcio folded his cards, and he was at 34,500 after the hand. Mendez stacked up 54,000 after collecting the pot.

Jeanette Mendez – 54,000 (180 bb)
Joseph Curcio – 34,500 (115 bb)

Player Tags: Joseph Curcio,   Jeanette Mendez

Tony Cousineau Busts, Ronnie Bardah Triples

Nov 14, '10

Tony Cousineau moved all in from under the gun for his last 20,400 and Joseph Curcio moved all in behind him to isolate.

That play didn’t work out so well when Ronnie Bardah called all in from the button for his last 41,200. Cousineau had the worst of it with AQ and he was dominated by Curcio’s AK. Both players, however, were in terrible shape against Bardah’s pocket kings.

The board fell J9783 and Bardah tripled up. Cousineau was eliminated and Curcio was left with just over 20,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   Ronnie Bardah,   Joseph Curcio

Curcio Falls to Aces in 8th Place ($78,705)

Jul 05, '10

Curcio Falls to Aces in 8th Place ($78,705)

Vladimir Kochelaevskiy opened to 190,000 and Joseph Curcio moved all in from the small blind. When action folded back to him, Kochelaevskiy had an easy decision. He called and they showed their hands:

Kochelaevskiy: AA
Curcio: JJ

The flop didn’t bring any help for Curcio, running 2K2. The 9 turn left him drawing to two outs but the river was the 8 and Kochelaevskiy hit the unnecessary flush to eliminate Curcio in eighth place, for which he’ll take home $78,705.

Alawadhi Busts On Missed Draw in 7th Place ($103,527)

Tomer Berda raised to 200,000 and when action folded to Ali Alawadhi he made the call from the big blind.

The flop fell 53A and Alawadhi moved all in. Berda made the call and saw that he was ahead, but Alawadhi had outs. Their hands:

Alawadhi: K9
Berda: A6

The 9 fell on the turn to pair Alawadhi and give him even more outs, but the J on the river was not one of them. Alawadhi was gone in seventh place, taking $103,527 with him.

Berda had around 3 million in chips after the hand.

Player Tags: Joseph Curcio,   Tomer Berda,   Vladimir Kochelaevskiy,   Ali Alawadhi