Richard Brodie Poker Tournament Updates

Level 22: Landfish Leads On Dinner Break; Schulman 9th, Brodie 8th

Jun 17, '11

NOTE: The final seven players took a one hour dinner break at the conclusion of Level 22 and will return at approximately 9:00pm to resume play.

Blinds: 13,000-25,000

Limits: 25,000-50,000

Players Remaining: 7 out of 152

Average Chip Count: 651,428

Chip Counts:

1. Steve Landfish – 1,535,000
2. Daniel Idema – 936,000
3. Barry Greenstein – 675,000
4. Justin Smith – 575,000
5. Domenico Denotaristefani – 294,000
6. Isaac Haxton – 283,000
7. Matthew Gallin – 258,000

Eliminations:

8th. Richard Brodie – $44,207
9th. Nuck Schulman – $35,519

Nick Schulman Eliminated in 9th Place ($35,519)

Nick Schulman started the official nine-handed final table on the short stack and was the first one eliminated. He opened for a raise before the flop, Steve Landfish reraised from the button, Barry Greenstein called three-bets from the big blind and Schulman called the raise.

The flop came 8 7 4, Greenstein bet, Schulman raised, Landfish folded, Greenstein three-bet, Schulman raised all in and Greenstein called.

Schulman showed 9 9 for an overpair while Greenstein showed 7 7 for middle set.

The turn and river were the 4 and the 8, giving Greenstein a full house on the turn. Greenstein raked the pot and moved up to over 500,000 this hand while Nick Schulman was eliminated in 9th place ($35,519).

Short Stacks Double Up

Domenico Denotaristefani was getting short on chips and got it all in pre-flop for three bets against Justin Smith.

Smith was ahead with A 7 against Denotaristefani’s Q 9.

The board came K 4 2 7 9, giving Smith a pair of sevens for the lead on the turn, but Denotaristefani spiked a nine on the river to double to about 400,000 this hand.

Richard Brodie inherited the short stack when Nick Schulman was eliminated in 9th place, and he doubled through Isaac Haxton shortly after. Brodie button-raised before the flop, Haxton reraised from the small blind and Brodie called.

The flop came Q J 5, Haxton bet and Brodie called.

The turn was the 8, Haxton bet and Brodie called all in.

Brodie turned over K 10 for an open-ended straight flush draw with two live cards against Haxton’s ace-high. The river was the 10, giving Brodie a pair for the win. Brodie doubled up to about 300,000 this hand to stay alive.

Richard Brodie Eliminated in 8th Place ($44,207)

Still short after his previous double up with Isaac Haxton, Richard Brodie was all in pre-flop with Q 4 against Barry Greenstein’s A 8.

The board came 9 3 2 10 8, giving Greenstein middle pair on the river. Greenstein moved up to 700,000 this hand while Richard Brodie was eliminated in 8th place ($44,207).

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Player Tags: Barry Greenstein,   Richard Brodie,   Nick Schulman,   Domenico Denotaristefani

Level 21: Corkins Eliminated 10th, Final Table Now Underway

Jun 17, '11

NOTE: Play ended last night with 14 players and resumed today at 3:00pm. The final 10 players consolidated to one table, and with the elimination of Hoyt Corkins in 10th place ($28,990), the official nine-handed final table is now underway.

Blinds: 10,000-20,000

Limits: 20,000-40,000

Players Remaining: 9 out of 152

Average Chip Count: 506,666

Chip Counts:

1. Daniel Idema – 977,000
2. Steve Landfish – 649,000
3. Matthew Gallin – 514,000
4. Justin Smith – 484,000
5. Domenico Denotaristefani – 461,000
6. Barry Greenstein – 428,000
7. Isaac Haxton – 409,000
8. Richard Brodie – 384,000
9. Nick Schulman – 252,000

Payouts:

1st. $378,642
2nd. $233,994
3rd. $169,512
4th. $125,120
5th. $94,029
6th. $71,897
7th. $55,908
8th. $44,207
9th. $35,519

Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table.

Player Tags: Barry Greenstein,   Richard Brodie,   Nick Schulman,   Isaac Haxton,   Daniel Idema,   Justin Smith,   Matthew Gallin,   Domenico Denotaristefani

$1,500 H.O.R.S.E. - Day 1 - Level 4 Recap

Jun 29, '08

Note: The players are now on a 30-minute mini-dinner break

Stakes:
Hold’em/Omaha: 75-150 blinds
Stud/Razz/Stud8: 25 ante, 50 bring in, 150-300 stakes

Players Left: 552 of 803

Chip Leaders:
Tom Schneider - 15,400
Richard Brodie - 10,500
Perry Friedman - 9,125
Yueqi "Rich" Zhu - 8,400
Mickey Seagle - 8,000
Bryan Micon – 7,400
Sam Simon- 7,400
Thomas Hunt - 7,000
Joe Hachem - 6,500
Claude Cohen - 6,500

Average Stack: 4,365

Eliminations:
Max Pescatori

Big Hands and Storylines:

Stud

Micon Outspoken Despite Losing Pot

Bryan Micon: AQ3
Opponent: 10K10

Bryan Micon raised on third street and was called by his opponent, showing a ten. “You and I the whole day!” Micon continued, “At least we keep winning before playing each other.” Micon bet again on fourth street and was called. Then on fifth street, his opponent made a pair of tens and Micon folded to his bet. Micon exclaimed – more matter-of-factly than in any sort of Hellmuthian manner – “I had like the most concealed hand ever, and there wasn’t a single heart out!” As he said this he flipped over (8)(7). His opponent replied in kind by showing his (A)(K). Micon has gotten off to a very strong start and currently has 7,400.

Stud/8b  

Habib Doubles Up

Hasan Habib: 84Q
Opponent: A5K

A short-stacked Hasan Habib found himself all-in against on third street against an unknown opponent. Habib turned over (A)(3) for an ace-high flush draw against his opponent’s (K)(J) for a pair of kings. Habib spiked a diamond on 6^th street and that would be enough to take down the pot. Habib now has 1,300.

Razz

Greenstein Starts Anew

Greenstein: 8759
Opponent: A525

Fresh off of his sixth place finish in the H.O.R.S.E. championship, Barry Greenstein took a seat in $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. tournament, hoping to continue his recent success. We joined one of his hands in progress on fifth street, where Barry called a bet from his opponent despite his opponent showing A52. His opponent paired his five on sixth street, and Greenstein check-called. On seventh street, Greenstein check-called again. His opponent turned up (4)(3)(J) for a wheel, and Greenstein mucked his hand. Despite this temporary setback, Greenstein would end the hand with 5,300.

Player Tags: Mickey Seagle,   Barry Greenstein,   Richard Brodie,   Hasan Habib,   Tom Schneider,   Perry Friedman,   Claude Cohen,   Joe Hachem,   Sam Simon,   Bryan Micon

$1,500 H.O.R.S.E. - Day 1 - Level 3 Recap

Jun 29, '08

Stakes:
Hold’em/Omaha:  50-100 blinds
Stud/Razz/Stud8:  25 ante, 25 bring in, 100-200 stakes

Entrants: 803

Chip Leaders:
Phil Gordon - 8,500
Marsha Waggoner - 7,400
Sam Simon - 7,000
Perry Friedman - 7,000
Thomas Hunt - 7,000
Richard Brodie - 6,700
Keith Sexton - 6,500
Isabelle Mercier - 6,000
Bryan Micon - 5,800
Lou Esposito - 5,500

Big Hands and Storylines:

Stud

Alex Jacob Wins Pot, Busts Opponent

Alex Jacob: K108J
Opponent: 10242

Alex Jacob and a short-stacked opponent went to fourth street with a K and 10 showing respectively. On fourth street, Jacob bet and his opponent called, leaving himself only 525 behind. Jacob bet again on 6^th street and the other player contemplated for a while, picked up his final few chips and said, “What am I going to do with these anyway?” He tossed them in for the call, but would regret it almost immediately. After 7^th street was dealt, Jacob showed (A)(Q)(J) for the straight. The pot gives Jacob 5,200 early on day 1.

Small But Important Pot Gives Ferguson Some Breathing Room

Chris Ferguson: A538
Opponent: Q64A

Ferguson completed on third street and his opponent raised. Ferguson made the call and the two players saw fourth street. On fourth street Ferguson checked and his opponent bet. Ferguson made the call. On fifth street Ferguson again checked, and his opponent put in the last of his chips. Ferguson made the call and the two turned over:

Ferguson: (K)(K)A538
Opponent: (J)(10)Q64A

Ferguson’s opponent said, “Well, I started out okay,” as he flipped over his cards. His river card was the 7 and he was eliminated mid-way through level 3. This pot, though not particularly large, was important for Ferguson as it represented a sizeable portion of his stack. He now sits with 2,600 in chips.

Stud/8b

Andy Bloch Gets Set-up

Andy Bloch: A5JK
Opponent: QJQ8

A player completed to 100 and Andy Bloch raised to 200. The player called and each player was dealt a fourth card. Bloch bet out and his opponent called. The hand switched gears when the opposing player was given a pair of open queens. As a result, he bet out on the final three streets, getting called all the way down by Bloch. Bloch’s showed his set when he flipped over his Q and that was good enough to win the pot. Bloch’s stack took a bit of a hit and now he has 3,000.

Player Tags: Chris Ferguson,   Richard Brodie,   Andy Bloch,   Phil Gordon,   Marsha Waggoner,   Keith Sexton,   Perry Friedman,   Isabelle Mercier,   Sam Simon,   Alex Jacob,   Lou Esposito,   Bryan Micon

$10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em - Day 1 - Level 5 Recap

Jun 15, '08

Blinds: 300-600

Players Left: 184 of 218

Chip Leaders:
Michael Binger - 60,000
Liz Lieu - 55,000
David Oppenheim - 55,000
Minh Ly - 42,000
Justin Bonomo - 40,000
Todd Witteles - 40,000
Mickey Appleman - 39,000
J.C. Tran - 38,000
Andy Bloch - 38,000
Richard Brodie - 37,000

Average Stack: 23,700

Eliminations:
Anna Wroblewski
Doyle Brunson
Marcel Luske
Patrik Antonius
Thor Hansen
Vivek Rajkumar

Big Hands and Storylines:

Kicker Problems for Boeken

Noah Boeken and Bill Edler tangled again, with Edler claiming his revenge on this occasion. Boeken raised from middle position and Edler re-raised him. The table folded around and Boeken made the call. The board came Q55T8 and Boeken check-called Edler on every street. Edler tabled AQ and Boeken rapped the table, flashed a queen, and mucked his cards. With that pot Edler is up to 28,500.

Duck Tales

With only four big blinds left, Vivek “psyduck” Rajkumar got all of his chips into the middle with AJ against his opponent’s A2. When the board ran out KT3K5, Rajkumar was up to 5,000 chips. Unfortunately his day would not last much longer and he busted 15 minutes later.

So That’s Why He Wears a Suit

We here at Card Player never tire of Marcel Luske’s antics. While many players’ shenanigans can be cruel and tragic (which makes them not really shenanigans at all) Marcel’s are always good-natured and amusing. After rivering a straight against Matt Hawrilenko to stay alive in the tournament, Luske leaned close to the table, laid his necktie flat on the felt, and made a very simple request to the dealer: “Gimme da money.” The dealer – like all of the players at the table – was entertained by this turn of events and obliged the Dutchman, placing the chips on his tie. As Luske dragged the pot in a most unusual manner, Terrence Chan asked Hawrilenko, “Now wasn’t it worth it to lose that small pot?” Unfortunately for lovers of fanciful fun and dapperly-dressed Dutchman, Luske would be eliminated later in the level.

Traniello a Thorn in Arieh’s Side

Marco Traniello has just taken two pots off of Josh Arieh and increased his stack to 28,000.

In the first pot Traniello raised from the button and Arieh called in the big blind. The two checked a AJ2 flop, and Traniello took it down on the turn (4) when Arieh check-folded.

The next hand was a bit bigger: Marco raised in early position and Arieh 3-bet him in late position. Theo Tran called in the big blind, and Traniello called. The flop was 992. Tran checked, Traniello bet, Arieh called, and Tran folded. Traniello and Arieh both checked the 6c turn. The 2 seemed to be a harmless river card, so when Traniello checked, Arieh fired 1,200. Traniello called and the two showed their cards:

Arieh: 8-8
Traniello T-T

Traniello’s recent run has propelled him up into the upper-third of today’s players. Arieh is down to 18,500, and Theo Tran is lingering at 13,000.

Player Tags: J.C. Tran,   Thor Hansen,   Josh Arieh,   Richard Brodie,   Mickey Appleman,   Andy Bloch,   Minh Ly,   David Oppenheim,   Doyle Brunson,   Marco Traniello,   Marcel Luske,   Bill Edler,   Noah Boeken,   Patrik Antonius,   Justin Bonomo,   Liz Lieu,   Todd Witteles,   Michael Binger,   Theo Tran,   V R,   Anna Wroblewski,   European Report

Event 4 - Mixed Hold 'Em - Levels 9 and 10

Jun 02, '08

 

Blinds/Antes: 200/400 limit, 100/200 no-limit

Players Remaining: 189 of 334

Average Stack: 17,670

Chip Counts:
William Chen - 43,000
Raphael Zimmerman - 42,000
Jay Rosenkrantz - 42,000
David Williams - 40,000
Marcel Luske - 38,000
Jon Turner - 38,000
Dario Minieri - 37,000
Chau Giang - 35,000
Ben Grundy - 32,000
Phil Ivey - 30,000

Recent Eliminations:
Scott Fischman
Jennifer Tilly
John Hennigan
Richard Brodie

Big Hands:

Luske Takes a Hit

Marcel Luske limped under-the-gun, enticing two additional middle position players to just call the blind during the limit level. The player in the cut-off raised, with Luske and the other limpers making the call. Luske led out on the 1052 flop, causing both limpers to fold and the original aggressor to raise. Luske called and checked and called a bet the turn when the 9 fell. The action was the same on the 8 river, and Luske’s opponent flipped over the KK. Marcel mucked his hand.

Allen Cunningham Busts Scott Fischman

In a six way limped pot, Scott Fischman bet 1,000 on a Q77 flop and was called by Allen Cunningham. Fischman checked the J on the turn, and Cunningham fired 2 orange 1,000 chips across the line. After deliberating and counting his remaining stack, Fischman called. The K fell on the river, and Fischman pushed his remaining 2,200 into the pot, which Cunningham quickly called. Caught in a bluff, Fischman was already beginning to muck his hand when Cunningham turned over the Q7 for a flopped full house.

Laak Doubles Up via Luske

While his famous poker playing girlfriend Jennifer Tilly made her exit during the limit level, Phil Laak battled with his shrinking stack. During the no-limit level, Laak pushed all in for 2,075 from the cut-off and was called by Marcel Luske. Laak’s 43 was an underdog to Luske’s A9, but the KQ8 flop turned the tables on Luske, who needed to catch a diamond on the turn or river to overtake Laak with a higher flush. Unfortunately for Marcel, black cards fell on both streets and Laak doubled up.

Rags to Riches for Antonio

Meanwhile, Laak’s friend Antonio Esfandiari built his stack at an accelerated rate. Within minutes of being all in with the KJ against his opponent’s AQ and flopping two pair to stay alive, Esfandiari had already busted another opponent and ended the no-limit level with over 25,000.

Devilfish Takes the Bait

David “Devilfish” Ulliot lost over 25,000 to an opponent by doubling up his KK, and now has less than 10,000 in chips remaining. He is currently still seated to the immediate right of Phil Hellmuth.




 

Player Tags: Richard Brodie,   Allen Cunningham,   Scott Fischman,   Antonio Esfandiari,   Phil Laak,   John Hennigan,   Chau Giang,   Phil Ivey,   Marcel Luske,   David Williams,   Raphael Zimmerman,   Jennifer Tilly,   Bill Chen,   Jon Turner,   Ben Grundy,   Dario Minieri,   European Report

Event 4 - Mixed Hold 'Em - Levels 5 and 6

Jun 02, '08

Blinds/Antes: 150/300 limit, 75/150 no-limit

Players Remaining: 279 of 332

Average Stack: 11,900

Chip Counts:
Ben Grundy - 32,000
William Chen - 27,000
Ralph Perry - 24,900
Bill Edler - 23,000
Berry Johnston - 22,000
Phil Ivey - 20,000
Andy Bloch - 18,200
Hasan Habib - 18,000
David Ulliott - 18,000
Marcel Luske - 17,000

Big Hands:

The Poker Brat Has Arrived

Phil Hellmuth dragged his first pot after finally making his entrance due to his notorious tendency to arrive fashionably late to WSOP events. After the button raised in the limit round, David "Devilfish" Ulliot called from the small blind and Hellmuth called from the big blind. On the Q86 flop, Ulliot checked and Hellmuth bet. The original button raised folded, and Ulliot exposed the A9 before mucking. Hellmuth showed the Q.

A Missed Draw Good For the Pot Against Deeb

After raising from middle position, Freddy Deeb was called by a late position opponent and Tony Licastro from the big blind. Licastro checked the K87 flop. Deeb bet, and was called by both the late position opponent and Licastro. The 6 on the turn caused a nearly identical round of action. Licastro checked, Deeb bet, the remaining opponent called, and Licastro released his hand. Both remaining players checked the 3 on the river. The player in late position turned over the JT for a missed two-way draw. However, Deeb showed the J and mucked his other card, not able to beat jack-ten high.

High Action Among Top Pros

On yet another star-studded table, Richard "Quiet Lion" Brodie raised from the button and was called by both Ryan Young in the small blind and Roy Winston in the big blind. All three checked a flop of A98. Young led out on the 6 turn and was raised by Winston, prompting Brodie to fold. Young made the call, and the J river was dealt. Young checked, Winston bet, and Young folded.

Tomko Slowly Accumulating Chips Despite Defecit

After the player under-the-gun raised, Dewey Tomko flat called from middle position. The two took the T96 flop heads-up. The raiser checked, Tomko bet, and his opponent folded. Tomko now has slightly over 8,000.

Unabomber Releases Hand, Has it Massaged

Phil Laak took a break from his hand massage to raise from the button. He was called by an opponent in the big blind. The two saw a 762 flop. The player first to act checked, Laak bet, and was called. The 7 on the turn yielded checks from both players. The first opponent bet out on the A river, and Laak folded.

Jennifer Harman Cracks the Nut Flush

Jennifer Harman won a large pot by catching board-pairing T to fill up her set of 4s. Her opponent had flopped the nut flush. After dragging the pot, she has over 15,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Richard Brodie,   Dewey Tomko,   Phil Laak,   Phil Hellmuth,   Jennifer Harman,   Anthony Licastro,   Ryan Young,   Roy Winston,   Freddy Deeb,   European Report

Hour Three Recap

Jul 06, '07

Players are busting out of today's day one heat at an alarming rate. Tables are breaking at a consistent pace and players with racks of chips are shuffling around the Amazon room on a quest to find their new tables. Thomas Wahlroos was literally moved from one end of the Amazon room to the other, only to find Liz Lieu seated to his right at his new table. The Amazon room is returning to a more familiar layout with about 115 tables left in the tournament and cash games and satellites emerging to add to the chaos.

The table adjacent to Wahlroos is home to Jeff Madsen who has been hovering just above $15,000 for much of the level. As mentioned earlier, Madsen is wearing what can only be called a ridiculous jester's outfit courtesy of Joe Sebok. Madsen looks like someone just kicked his dog and is constantly fidgeting with the jester costume that keeps covering his eyes and impeding his vision. Madsen looked up long enough to take a nice pot and build his stack to $24,000 courtesy of two unknown players at his table. With the board showing 10 10 7 3 Madsen bet out $1,500. The player in seat one called and so did the player in seat seven. The river was the 5 and this time Madsen led out with a $4,000 bet. The player in seat one took no time in folding and the player in seat seven called. Madsen showed the 10 and the player in seat seven folded.

Notable eliminations in the last hour include Marco Traniello, Shane Schleger, and Steve Billirakis. Schleger was eliminated by Richard "Quiet Lion" Brodie. Brodie made a preflop raise with pocket jacks and Schleger came back over the top all in for $10,000 more with A-K. Brodie made the and Schleger's hand didn't improve.

Andy Black and Vince Van Patten are jabbering away about poker TV and Mike Sexton. Black commented to a player at the table behind him that 'I though they were making people have IQ tests to get into the tournament this year.' after some inane boasting by on of this tablemates. Black has $23,000 in chips.

Former soccer stars Teddy Sheringham and Tony Cascarino are playing a steady game. They have $20,500 in chips each.

Other Euro chip counts include Marty Smyth on $14,050 in chips, Des Wilson on $23,200, Dave Colclough on $16,300, Chris Bjorin on $12,850, Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott on $10,550, Julian Gardiner on $43,600 and Roy 'The Boy' Brindley on $16,000.

Brindley had an unhappy start to the day after arriving late and getting tangled in a losing pot on his first hand. He's since recouped some chips saying, 'Instead of being happy to walk out after two hours, I fancy i can sit here all day now. ' Read Roy's Pro Blog exclusively at CardPlayer.com.

The unofficial current chip leader is Nestor Martinez with $94,000. Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf and Barry Greenstein are both in the top ten in chips with $50,000 and $48,000 respectively.

Mike Sexton	31500
Michael Mizrachi	31200
Billy Baxter	29000
Steve Paul-Ambrose	27600
Huck Seed	27500
Alex Jacob	25500
Tony Cousineau	24000
Tobey Maguire	23000
Perry Friedman	22000
Joe Awada	20000
John D'Agostino	20000
Mickey Appleman	20000
Thomas Wahlroos	20000
Joe Beevers	19000
Tony Ma	19000
Jeff Madsen	17500
Debbie Burkhead	17000
Liz Lieu	17000
Minh Ly	16500
Dewey Tomko	15000
Janet Jones	13500
Johnny Chan	13000
Joe Tehan	12000
Josh Arieh	12000
David Grey	11600
Frankie O'Dell	11350
Ray Romano`	11000
Kenny Tran	7000
Marcel Luske	4200

Player Tags: Barry Greenstein,   Richard Brodie,   Marco Traniello,   Dustin Woolf,   Steve Billirakis,   Shane Schleger,   Liz Lieu,   Joe Sebok,   Thomas Wahlroos,   Nestor Martinez,   Jeff Madsen

Stud/Hold'em Update

Jul 01, '07

Players are starting to drop out at a rather fast rate as we continue to change games and see blind increases at an even faster rate. While many are on their way out, others are trying to get back in the game.

Erik Seidel doubles up during the latest Stud portion of this event, coming in for a raise with the J showing. The player in seat no. 8 calls the cold raise showing the 5. Seidel continues to take the betting lead right down fifth street where he moves all-in and gets called. Seidel is showing a board of J 8 J on fifth street while his opponent is showing a board of 5 K 8. Seidel hits the 4 on sixth street and the 10 on the river while seat no. 8 makes the A and the A. Seidel turns over J 2 for trip jacks and his opponent mucks his hand. Seidel doubles up and stays alive.

Richard “Quiet Lion” Brodie wouldn’t be so lucky during the latest hold’em portion the S.H.O.E. event. On a flop of 9 5 5, Brodie bets out and the player in seat no. 5 raises. Brodie re-raises making it three bets to go and his opponent simply flat calls. The 9 hits the turn and Brodie fires out one more bet, putting him all-in. Seat no. 5 calls and turns over K K while a disappointed Brodie turns over 6 6. The J hits the river and Richard Brodie is eliminated.

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Player Tags: Erik Seidel,   Richard Brodie

Level 14

Jun 21, '07

Dinner break began shortly after 10 p.m. for the 24 players who remained in the the $3,000 limit hold'em event.  Richard Brodie found himself all-in only minutes before the break with A-Q on a board of Q 6 4 6 6, only to split the pot when his opponent also revealed A-Q.

When players returned from the dinner break at 11:40 p.m., the next pay jump was only five eliminations away. 

Brown and Mueller Go Up and Down

Chad Brown, who is doing double duty in this event and the $5,000 omaha eight or better event, had a sick beat put on him by Greg Mueller.  Brown flopped a set of kings and Mueller called all the way down with pocket aces, only to hit an ace on the river. Brown was left with $14,000, which he had all-in soon after.  This time Brown caught an ace on the flop, and his A 10 outran the K K of his opponent, ending the hand with almost $50,000.  Mueller faced similar circumstances later in the level, losing a big pot with 7 7 against A A.  Down to around $10,000, Mueller got all-in preflop with 10 10 and won a race against K Q to stay alive in the tournament.  That tournament life didn't last long however, and Mueller busted just before the end of the level.

Eliminations

Phil Hellmuth hit the rail only minutes after the dinner break when he got all of his money in with kings against nines, only to have his opponent outdraw him.   Richard Brodie busted later in the level.  Only twenty players remained at the end of level 14, meaning that the next payout jump was only one bust away.

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Notable Chip Counts

J.J. Liu	125,000
David "The Dragon" Pham	115,000
Max Pescatori	60,000
Chad Brown	40,000

Player Tags: Richard Brodie,   Greg Mueller,   Phil Hellmuth

Crawling Along

Jun 17, '07

The Razz event has been reduced to a crawling place where 179 players now remain with an average chip stack of $5,715. Some recent eliminations this level include Mel Judah and Max Pescatori.

It’s getting late here at The Rio which might explain why Richard Brodie went into the tank when his opponent bets out on sixth street while Brodie was showing a  board of 8 8 8 8. Everyone gets a good laugh at Brodie’s expense, but in his defense his opponent was showing a board of 2 2 K 7, and Brodie did have a somewhat decent drawing hand until sixth street.

Jeffrey Lisandro takes down a nice pot before the level change with an 8-4-3-2-A low against his opponent’s 8-7-5-3-2 low. This pot gives Lisandro a nice cushion for day 2 as the night winds down.

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Player Tags: Richard Brodie,   Mel Judah,   Jeffrey Lisandro

Razz Update

Jun 17, '07

The $1,500 Razz event is finishing up Level 4 after which they will break for fifteen minutes while the tournament staff races off the $5 chips. The field is short in size, but stacked in professional accomplishments as we can see several tables with quite a few pros sitting alongside each other.

Table # 59 plays host to Thor Hansen, Cyndy Violette, Chad brown, and Mark Seif. Seif and Brown got involved in a heads-up pot together where Chad Brown came out victorious in the end. Mark Seif was showing a board of A 9 4 6 when Chad Brown bet into him on the river. Brown was showing a board of 2 3 Q 5 and Seif makes the call. Brown shows A 7 7 for a seven-low. Seif mucks his cards and Brown rakes a nice pot.

Table # 44 is no slouch in the race for stacked tables, with Richard Brodie, Victor Ramdin and David Levi all sitting together. Richard Brodie grabbed a nice pot this level when he busted his opponent’s 8-7 low with his 8-6 low. Brodie had a board of 8 9 6 4 when he bet the river and his opponent raised. Brodie re-raises and his opponent makes the call and shows 8-7 while Brodie turns over 3 2 10 for the win.

Table # 45 is also stacked with the likes of Gavin Griffin, Brett “gank” Jungblut and David Sklansky. Griffin took a really nice pot off of one of his opponents when the player in seat 8 took the betting lead with a board of 6 5 Q 8, and failed to make a hand on the river. Griffin who showed a board of 2 A 7 J and turned over 3 9 9 for a nine-low after bother players checked the river. Griffin rakes the pot while his opponent mucks his cards.  

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Player Tags: Mark Seif,   Thor Hansen,   Brett Jungblut,   Richard Brodie,   David Levi,   David Sklansky,   Cyndy Violette,   Gavin Griffin

Play Ends For The Night

Jun 11, '07

Play was halted at 3:00am on the dot with about 10 minutes left in the current level.  Approximately 136 players remain in the tournament on 17 tables.  But several players busted in the last level of play.

Daniel Negreanu, Amir Vahedi, Richard "Quiet Lion" Brodie, and Steve Zolotow were all eliminated.  Two pros who had fought off the short-stack for quite a while also hit the exit.  Kristy Gazes was all in with two callers, and as they continued to bet into each other on the final streets, she began to pack up before the river came.  Marcel Luske was also all in in a three way pot during the last minute of play.  He picked a bad time to find wired nines, as his opponent turned out to have rolled up Kings.

But it was not all bust outs for sure.  Greg Raymer saw some ups and downs.  With a board of 8769, Raymer called his opponent, showing QQ54, all the way down.  Surely a bad sign, Raymer's opponent bet without looking at his river card.  At the showdown, the player flipped his unknown river card first, which turned out to be the Q, and he then exposed his original hole cards which amazingly were Q5.  Apparantly unfazed, Raymer scooped a large pot a few hands later by tripping a split pair of fives, and having them hold up to the river.

Also gathering chips was Jeff Madsen who ends the day above $25,000.  Madsen showed us when it is not favorable to pair your board in stud.  Having initially raised with the A, Madsen only received a call from a player showing K.  Madsen's 4th street was the A, prompting a quick fold from his opponent.  Madsen then showed his hole cards, KK, lamenting his action-killing Ace.

Also still in the mix are Ted Forrest, Annie Duke, and Perry Friedman.

Play will resume tomorrow at 3pm PST

Player Tags: Amir Vahedi,   Annie Duke,   Kristy Gazes,   Richard Brodie,   Daniel Negreanu,   Ted Forrest,   Steve Zolotow,   Perry Friedman,   Marcel Luske,   Greg Raymer,   Jeff Madsen