Preston Derden Poker Tournament Updates

Level 2 Update: Parker Takes An Early Lead

Jun 14, '12

Level: 2

Blinds: 2,000-4,000
Limits: 4,000-8,000

Players Remaining: 10 out of 366

Average Chip Count: 164,700

Chip Counts:

Seat no. 1 — Darin Thomas — 260,000
Seat no. 2 — Preston Derden — 124,000
Seat no. 3 — Christopher Hartman — 180,000
Seat no. 4 — Victor Ramdin — 70,000
Seat no. 5 — Brock Parker — 214,000
Seat no. 6 — Christopher Vitch — 101,000
Seat no. 7 — Sean Rice — 107,000
Seat no. 8 — Brian Meinders — 243,000
Seat no. 9 — Ian Johns — 135,000
Seat no. 10 — Matthew Schreiber — 140,000

Live Updates:

Parker Tops the Leader Board, Ramdin at the Bottom

The final ten players all started the day nearly even in chips and without any real deviation from the average stack. Brock Parker took an early lead in the first level of the day after rivering a straight against Preston Derden to jump up to just under 200,000 in chips.

Victor Ramdin went the other direction and found himself on the short stack early in the first level. He managed to chip up a bit towards the end of the second level after winning some smaller pots against the other short stacks. Ramdin flopped top pair and rivered a straight to win a pot against Preston Derden although both players ended the level towards bottom of the counts.

Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Brock Parker,   Preston Derden

Action Begins, Final Table Now Underway

Jun 14, '12

The final table of Event no. 25 ($1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout) is now underway, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

The Shootout tournament features a different format than a traditional Hold’em event in that players must win their table before moving on. As players win their individual tables, they take those chips with them to the next round where they must win another table and so on, until the final table is reached. With the elimination of Daniel Walker in 11th Place ($3,088), the final table is now set. Play will begin in Level 8 with blinds of 1,500-3,000 and limits of 3,000-6,000, and will continue until a winner is determined.

With cards now back in the air, here is a look at the final table and how these players match up:

Seat no. 1 — Darin Thomas — 155,500
Seat no. 2 — Preston Derden — 157,500
Seat no. 3 — Christopher Hartman — 162,500
Seat no. 4 — Victor Ramdin — 165,500
Seat no. 5 — Brock Parker — 164,500
Seat no. 6 — Christopher Vitch — 162,000
Seat no. 7 — Sean Rice — 160,000
Seat no. 8 — Brian Meinders — 162,400
Seat no. 9 — Ian Johns — 159,000
Seat no. 10 — Matthew Schreiber — 154,500

While only 10 remain, this event gathered 366 players, creating a total prize pool of $494,100. Here is a look at the final payouts:

1st Place — $116,118
2nd Place — $71,704
3rd Place — $51,861
4th Place — $37,897
5th Place — $27,986
6th Place — $20,886
7th Place — $15,747
8th Place — $11,992
9th Place — $9,225
10th Place — $7,164

Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

Player Tags: Victor Ramdin,   Brock Parker,   Darin Thomas,   Ian Johns,   Preston Derden,   Sean Rice,   Brian Meinders,   Christopher Hartman,   Matthew Schreiber,   Christopher Vitch

Derden and Ward Eliminated

Jun 20, '10

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

Players Remaining: 5 out of 3,142

Average Chip Count: 1,885,200

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. John Woo – 3,440,000
2. Daniel Camillo – 2,230,000
3. Harold Angle – 1,840,000
4. Michael Minetti – 935,000
5. Eric Stemp – 925,000

Notable Eliminations:

7. Jack Ward – $62,883
6. Preston Derden – $83,872

Big Hands:

Jack Ward Eliminated in Seventh Place ($62,883)

Jack Ward called in the small blind and John Woo checked his option. The two players saw a flop of JJ3.

Ward checked, Woo bet 40,000, and Ward raised to 125,000. Woo called and the K fell on the turn. Ward shoved for 620,000 and Woo tanked before making the call with K3 and was ahead of Ward’s 44

The river was the A and Woo takes the chip lead and Ward was eliminated with over $60,000 for his efforts.

Preston Derden Eliminated in Sixth Place ($83,872)

Preston Derden moved all-in from the hijack for 350,000 and John Woo called from the button.

Woo showed AQ and Derden showed J8. The board ran out 456A9, sending the pot to Woo and eliminating Derden in sixth place

Player Tags: Jack Ward,   John Woo,   Preston Derden