Corwin Cole Poker Tournament Updates

Day 1B -- Level 2

Jul 08, '11

NOTE: Levels are two hours in length and players are starting with 30,000 in chips. Registration will remain open until the end of the second level.

Players on Day 1B: Unknown

Blinds: 100-200

Notables Remaining:

Patrick Bruel	Andrew Lichtenberger	Jake Cody
Sam Stein	Bryan Colin	Ben Lamb
Jose Barbero	Ricky Fohrenbach	Galen Hall
Dan Kelly	Tuan Le	Chad Batista
Justin Bonomo	Bruno Fitoussi	Allen Cunningham
Chris Viox	Brock Parker	David Baker
Tony Dunst	Al Barbieri	Marvin Rettenmaier
Eugene Katchalov	Mike Matusow	Erick Lindgren
Tyler Kenney	Melissa Hayden	David Chiu
Scott Seiver	Dario Minieri	Thayer Rasmussen
Ted Lawson	Sam Trickett	Jonathan Aguiar
David Ulliott	Anton Ionel	Roland De Wolfe
Jean-Robert Bellande	John Racener	Michael Tureniec
Michael Mizrachi	Tristan Wade	John Monnette
Hafiz Khan	Matt Hyman	Zach Hyman
Vivek Rajkumar	Jeremy Menard	Jim Collopy
J.C. Moussa	Kevin O’Donnell	Noah Schwartz
Randy Dorfman	Jason Lester	Corwin Cole
Matt Brady	Ryan D’Angelo	Ryan Fair
Andy Frankenberger	Matt Kay	Mickey Petersen
James Campbell	Mike Watson	Matt LaGarde
Mohsin Charania	Justin Smith	Erica Schoenberg
Patrik Antonius	Martin Hruby	Carlos Mortensen
John Duthie	Mike Sowers	Maxim Lykov
Ben Lamb	Mike McDonald	Perry Friedman
Rhynie Campbell	Kirk Morrison	Tim West
Tyler Cornell	Mark Weitzman	Nicolas Levi
Wooka Kim	Govert Metaal	Anthony Rivera
Hasan Habib	Jordan Young

Notables Eliminated This Level:

Eric Froehlich	Andre Akkari	Rep Porter
Ashton Griffin

Hands:

Eric Froehlich Exits The Tournament Arena

It took a good call and an ill-timed bluff, but Eric Froehlich is now on the rail after moving all in for his last 11,000 on a board reading 10 9 2 K Q with pocket sevens.

His opponent came up with a call, showing pocket aces and took the pot to bust Froehlich.

Mizrachi Storms Back With Turned Two Outer

The featured table hasn’t been kind to Michael Mizrachi, but some of that bad luck turned around thanks to a recent double up.

Mizrachi was all in preflop holding J J against the A K of Derek Bailey. The flop came A Q 6 and left Mizrachi looking for one of the two remaining jacks.

Lucky for him, the J hit the turn and 3 hit the river, giving him the winning set and a new stack of 23,000 in chips.

Rep Porter Runs Into A Cooler

On a flop of J-J-7, 2011 WSOP bracelet winner Rep Porter was all in holding A-J, only to see his opponent turn over pocket sevens for the flopped boat.

The turn and river failed to fill up Porter and he was sent packing. He’ll have to take comfort in another solid summer performance to ease the sting of busting so early in the main event.

Corwin Cole Loses Race With Dead Money In The Pot

Corwin Cole raised to 525 from under the gun and was called two spots to his left by a player in middle position.

The small blind then went all in for his last 2,425 and Cole took some time before raising to 5,725 to isolate the all in player.

The caller folded and Cole opened up A 8. He was pleased to see his opponent show pocket sixes for a race situation, but when the board rolled out K 9 2 7 Q, Cole was forced to ship over some of his chips. Fortunately for him, he still has slightly over his starting stack in front of him.

Ashton Griffin Sent To The Rail

Ashton Griffin was all in on a board of J-6-3-A holding A-J for top two pair, but he didn’t have enough chips to protect his hand, getting a call from a player holding K-Q.

The river was a 10, completing the four-outer and sending Griffin home. According to his twitter account, Griffin failed to cash in any of the 25 events he played this summer.

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Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi,   Eric Froehlich,   Rep Porter,   Corwin Cole,   Ashton Griffin

Level Six, Hour Two: Cole Loses Chip Lead

Jul 09, '10

Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante

Players Remaining: 2,023 out of 2,412

Card Player Chip Counts

Justin Marchand – 23,400
Barry Shulman – 140,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 36,400
Steven A. Murphy – 23,500
Adam Schoenfeld – 28,500

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Mathieu Sauriol – 217,000
2. Dwyen Ringbauer – 210,000
3. Lauren Kling – 180,000
4. Andrew Liporace – 178,000
5. Corwin Cole – 172,000
6. Johnny Chan – 162,000
7. Jesper Hougaard – 160,000
8. Barny Boatman – 149,000
9. Hoyt Corkins – 145,000
10. Robert Mizrachi – 144,000

Notable Eliminations:

Terrance Chan
Raymond Davis
Dutch Boyd

Big Hands:

Cole Has The Door Slammed In His Face

After a series of raises preflop, a player moved all in for 57,750 and Corwin Cole made the call.

Cole: QQ
Opponent: KK

Cole was in trouble but he appeared to get lucky when the dealer laid out the flop and the Q was the door card. But it was followed by the K and the 8, giving both players a set.

The board finished off 10 and 2 and Cole took a big hit to his stack. He was no longer the chip leader as he dropped to 172,000.

Williams Runs Into Cowboys

David Williams put in a raise to 1,200 preflop. The action went to Manny Minaya on the button and he made it 3,200 to go. Williams made the call and the two saw a flop of JJ6.

Both players checked and the 4 fell on the turn. Williams took a stab with 4,000 but Minaya made the call. The river brought the 3 and Williams kept trying, firing 7,500.

Minaya made the call and Williams tabled 1010. But Minaya tabled KK for the best hand and Williams dropped to 125,000.

Farha Cracks Kings

A player limped in and then another one raised to 2,000 preflop. Sam Farha made the call from the hijack and then the limper shoved for 8,000 more. Both opponents made the call and the flop came 843.

Both players checked and the turn was the 10. They checked again and the 5 came on the river. That prompted a bet of 6,000 from Farha and his opponent mucked.

The all-in player then tabled KK but Farha rivered him, tabling 55 for a set. Farha took scored the knockout and he was at 85,000.

Kaplan Sticks Around

A player raised to 1,400 preflop and Gabe Kaplan made it 5,200 to go from the small blind. His opponent then shoved and Kaplan made the call.

Kaplan tabled AK but he was in bad shape against his opponent’s pocket aces. The flop came down Q107 and Kaplan flopped a gutshot Broadway draw.

The turn was the 9, changing nothing. But the J fell on the river and Kaplan made his straight, surviving his all in and he was at 28,000.

Kling Keeps Moving Up

A player raised to 1,300 preflop and Lauren Kling made the call from the cutoff. The player on the button also called, as did the big blind and the four players saw a flop of 1096.

Everyone checked and the turn was the A. The button fired 3,100 and Kling was the only caller.

The river was the K and both players checked. Kling then tabled 108 for top pair on the flop and the button mucked his hand. Kling took down the pot and she was up to 180,000.

Ted Forrest Doubles Up

Ted Forrest moved all in for 8,250 and was called by his opponent.

Forrest: KK
Opponent: AK

The board ran out Q7296 and Forrest doubled up to 17,000.

Mizrachi Throws Davis Overboard

Picking up the action on the flop, the board read J98 and Robert Mizrachi bet 1,150. Raymond Davis raised to 5,000 and Mizrachi made the call.

The turn was the J and Mizrachi led for 8,650. Davis moved all in for about 30,000 and Mizrachi snapped him off.

Davis: Q10
Mizrachi: J9

Davis flopped the straight but Mizrachi turned a boat and the board finished off with the 5 and Mizrachi scored the knockout. He was at 144,000.

Power Poker For Seidel

Erik Seidel raised to 1,250 and seat 3 and seat 4 both made the call. When action reached seat 6 he raised to 3,700 and action folded around to Seidel. Erik reraised to 10,500 and seats 3 and 4 got out of the way. Seat 6 tanked for a few minutes before letting his hand go.

Seidel took down the pot uncontested, chipping up to around 53,000 in chips.

The Russian Scoops One

Sitting in the big blind, Vitaly Lunkin called a raise from the button and they saw a flop. It came AK6 and Lunkin check-called the button’s bet of 2,600.

The turn was the J and both players checked. They again checked the 7 river and Lunkin showed A4 for top pair. His opponent showed KQ for second pair, and Lunkin’s stack was up to around 105,000 in chips.

Mueller Takes Big Hit

Seat 5 bet 1,500 on a flop of 45A and Greg Mueller made the call.

The turn brought the 8 and seat 4 again bet, 4,200 this time. Mueller again called.

The river was the 7 and seat 5 put in a final bet of 5,600. Mueller tanked long and hard, counted out some extra chips, but decided he’d just call. Seat 5 showed 7 5 for two pair, and Mueller mucked.

Mueller lost around 12,000 on the hand and had around 39,000 after it.

Matros Calls An All-In Bet, Chops

Matt Matros called a short-stacked player’s all in bet for 7,325 preflop and they showed down. Their hands? The same:

Matros: AK
Opponent: AK

It seemed like an obvious chop, but through the turn the board ran 52J4, putting a potential flush out there that could give Matros the nuts. Instead, the A hit on the river and they chopped the pot.

Matros had around 120,000 after the hand.

Lucky Ladies for Somerville

Jason Somerville raised from the cutoff and the big blind moved all-in for 10,000. Somerville promptly called and tabled QQ and was way ahead of his opponent’s AJ.

The board ran out J210KA, which gave his opponent two pair, but Somerville made a straight to win the pot. Somerville has 79,500 in chips.

Michelle’s Bluff Gets Sniffed Out

On the turn, the board read 5267. Tiffany Michelle checked and called a bet of 4,000.

After the dealer peeled off the 5 river, Tiffany Michelle led out for 7,000. “Really?” asked her opponent. “Will you show if I fold?”

Michelle didn’t respond and eventually her opponent made the call. Michelle showed AJ, giving her a busted flush draw and her opponent showed 44. Michelle lost the pot, but still has 49,000 in chips.

Hollywood Left Seeing Stars

We caught up with the action on the river with the board reading J96Q10 and Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh had put “Hollywood” Dave Stann all-in and Stann made the call.

Leigh tabled A9, giving her the nuts and Stann just flashed the K, showing he had a straight. Leigh moves to 65,000 in chips with knockout.

Left in the Deck:

“Miami” John Cernuto is supposedly sitting at the featured table right in front of us, but he has yet to show up for the tournament today. He has been being blinded off for the last three hours and is down to 12,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi,   Erik Seidel,   Raymond Davis,   Ted Forrest,   Greg Mueller,   Gabe Kaplan,   David Williams,   Sam Farha,   Vitaly Lunkin,   Corwin Cole,   Lauren Kling

Level Six Hour One Update: Ted Lawson Busts

Jul 09, '10

NOTE: Here is the break down of the schedule for the rest of the day:

Level 7
First Half of Level 8
Dinner Break: 90 minutes
Second Half of Level 8
First Half of Level 9

Day 2A will end around 11 p.m.

Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante

Players Remaining: 2,412 out of 2,412

Average Chip Count:

Card Player Chip Counts

Barry Shulman – 113,325
Matt Matros – 50,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 36,400
Steven A. Murphy – 23,500
Justin Marchand – 23,400
Adam Schoenfeld – 23,000
Bryan Devonshire – 13,800

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Corwin Cole – 230,000
2. Mathieu Sauriol – 217,000
3. Dwyen Ringbauer – 192,000
4. Andrew Liporace – 178,000
5. Lauren Kling – 168,000
6. Jorn Walthaus – 160,000
7. Josef Monro 152,000
8. Barny Boatman – 150,000
9. Johnny Chan – 149,000
10. Michael Reed – 142,125

Notable Eliminations:

James Akenhead
Ted Lawson
Rob Hollink

Big Hands:

Ted Lawson Eliminated

After the flop came down Q65, seat 7 fired 5,000. Ted Lawson was next to act and he took his time to make a decision.

The bet was more than a third of his remaining stack and after much deliberation, he finally moved all in. His opponent snap-called and they showed their hands:

Lawson: 99
Seat 7: AQ

Lawson was trailing and the board finished off J and A and Lawson was eliminated.

Seiver Takes One

Scott Seiver raised to 1,100 preflop and the player in seat 8 made the call. The flop came down Q94 and Seiver led out with 2,000.

His opponent decided to let it go there before losing any more chips and Seiver took down the pot. He was at 54,000.

Mizrachi Bluff Fails

We got to the table after the board had run out A5323. The player in seat 9 had fired a bet and Michael Mizrachi raised to almost 30,000.

His opponent tanked long and the ESPN cameras caught all the action. Finally, seat 9 made the call and Mizrachi lightly tapped the table.

“Ace-jack?” Mizrachi inquired.

His opponent turned over A10 for aces-up and Mizrachi dropped a big pot. He was at 95,000 after the hand.

Alaei Doubles

Daniel Alaei and his opponent got all of the money in the middle on a flop of J97.

Daniel Alaei showed J10 and had the lead against his opponent’s A7. The turn was the 9 and the river bricked off, doubling up Alaei to 30,000.

Duke Scores a Double

On a flop of 3210, Annie Duke checked and her opponent bet 8,000. Duke check-raised to 17,500 and her opponent went into the tank and thought for three minutes before moving all-in. Duke snap-called and tabled 33 and left her opponent drawing very thin with his KK.

The ESPN crew was called over to film the all-in pot. The turn was the 2 and the river was the 6, eliminating her opponent and doubling Duke up to 130,000.

After the hand, Duke joked with the rest of her table about how painful it can be to wait so long for each card to be dealt with the cameras filming.

Sneaky Kaplan Gets Caught

On a flop of J97 Gabe Kaplan checked to Luca Pagano, who bet 2,300.

After some deliberation and asking the dealer what the bet was, Kaplan threw out 5,300. The floor was called over, eventually deciding that Kaplan’s bet was merely a call.

Action continued as both players checked the 7 turn. When the K fell on the river Kaplan led out for 3,100 and Pagano paused for thought. He called and as Kaplan announced “queen-high,” Pagano turned over 49 for two pair to take the pot and chip up to around 31,000.

Kaplan had just 10,400 after the hand.

Cole Going Strong

On a board of 10Q3K, the day’s starting chip leader Corwin Cole checked to his opponent, who bet 6,000 from the button.

Cole check-raised to 35,000, putting his opponent all in for essentially 16,000. His opponent called and they showed down:

Cole: K10
Opponent: K9

Cole held two pair to his opponent’s one pair and straight draw. The 8 river helped neither player and Corwin busted another player while chipping up to 230,000.

Mueller Takes One Down

Greg Mueller check-raised his opponent from 1,600 to 4,400 on a flop of KK3. His opponent called and the turn brought the A.

Mueller checked and called when his opponent fired 6,000 into the pot on the turn. The 6 fell on the river and both players checked. Mueller showed A7 for two pair and his opponent mucked.

Mueller had 34,000 after the hand.

Scotty Gets Action

Scotty Nguyen and two other players saw a flop of AA5. The first player bet 2,500, Nguyen called, and the third party made it 7,500. The first player folded and Nguyen moved all-in for 18,650.

His opponent went into the tank for a solid five minutes before calling. Nguyen showed 55, giving him a full house and was ahead of the A4 of his opponent.

The turn was the K and the river was the Q and Nguyen doubled up to 62,000.

Hasan Habib Gets a Knockout

The player on the button raised to 1,200 and Hasan Habib made it 7,000 from the big blind. The button then moved all-in for his last 20,000 and Habib made the call.

Habib showed AK and was ahead of the button’s QJ. The flop came AA5, giving Habib trips and leaving his opponent nearly drawing dead. The turn was the 4 and the river was the 3, giving the pot to Habib, as he moved up to 72,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen,   Annie Duke,   Hasan Habib,   Ted Lawson,   Michael Mizrachi,   Gabe Kaplan,   Daniel Alaei,   Scott Seiver,   Corwin Cole

Day 2A Begins At Noon

Jul 09, '10

Click Here for Day 1D End-of-Day Chip Counts and Results.

Day 2A is just hours away. There will be 2,407 players filling the Rio, including overall chip leader Corwin Cole.

Others returning include Michael Mizrachi, Lauren Kling, Barry Shulman, and Johnny Chan. The field will play four levels with a 90-minute dinner break after level two.

Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com as we bring you all of the hourly live updates from the day’s action.

Here are the chip counts of the players returning to play today (combined day 1A and day 1C fields):

James Mitchell	241,075
Corwin Cole	228,200
Dwyen Ringbauer	191,125
Mathieu Sauriol	169,900
Johnny Chan	163,700
Andrew Liporace	155,350
Josef Monro	153,350
Lauren Kling	149,650
Barny Boatman	144,050
Steven Goosen	142,925
Michael Mizrachi	142,650
Michael Reed	142,125
Sean Prendiville	140,500
Benjamin Blair	137,200
Jorn Walthaus	137,025
Felix Bleiker	136,300
Heinz Kamutzki	135,750
Darren Woods	133,975
Hoyt Corkins	129,150
Carter Phillips	128,225
Sebastian Panny	127,600
Steven Chao	126,500
Isaac Krantz	126,250
Jean Hemmer	125,875
Ville Haavisto	124,975
Geoffrey Ulrich	121,375
Steven Buckner	121,125
Kevin Mcgowan	120,900
Jakob Karlsson	119,925
Giuliano Cipolla	119,225
Mark Dalimore	118,625
Fokke Beukers	117,775
Joseph Tosaky	117,600
Austin McCormick	117,450
Jay Houston	116,900
Roger Ahn	116,300
Alexander Wice	115,650
Tyler Smith	115,050
Will Failla	115,050
Michael Ferrell	114,850
Stefan Huber	113,725
Joshua Appleby	113,400
Dimitri Rassam	113,350
Barry Shulman	113,325
Fabian Geisel	113,200
Olivier Daeninckx	112,500
Andrew Gaw	112,250
David Williams	112,225
Alioscia Oliva	112,225
Deborah Hinton	112,175
Robert Kumbatovic	111,950
Sarne Lightman	111,775
Lance Harris	111,700
Anthony Wise	110,975
Anthony Utnage	110,950
Stephen Foutty	110,000
Ognjen Sekularac	109,550
Mathias Karweta	109,200
Hubertus Verdonschot	108,675
Daniel Carter	108,650
Edward Brogdon	108,100
William Kopp	107,800
Chris Moneymaker	107,425
Imad Saab	105,500
Joseph Kuether	104,500
Blake Kelso	104,225
Nipun Java	104,200
Tomas Macnamara	103,750
Garrett Adelstein	103,125
Jeffrey Gross	103,075
Salvatore Fazzino	102,725
Alexander Fitzgerald	102,500
Jason Wheeler	101,875
Lance Turner	101,500
Miikka Anttonen	101,150
James Carroll	101,050
John Shipley	100,675
James Kilarjian	100,400
Binh Nguyen	100,300
Carter Gill	100,100
Oscar Erixon	100,025
Kevin Maurer	100,000
Bojan Gledovic	100,000
Phil Mader	99,750
Thierry Vandenberg	99,700
Ovidiu Costache	99,650
James Pritchard	99,300
Isaac Baron	99,150
Brad Jarrett	99,000
Dan Lu	98,875
Nathan Meyvis	98,675
Garrett Utt	98,550
Jimmy Ostensson	97,750
Corey Parpart	97,750
Marco Ritter	97,700
Paul Biggs	97,600
Mikhail Shalamov	97,425
Mark Meloche	97,025
Nicholas Rainey	96,775
Santtu Leinonen	96,575
Cuong Nguyen	96,550
Todd Terry	96,175
Farshad Fardad	96,075
Mark Schiowitz	96,050
Louis Barlow	95,475
Arne Riedberger	95,474
Alexandre Luneau	95,250
John Hennigan	95,050
Bastiaan Faessen	94,900
Matthew Hilger	94,800
Paul Pires Trigo	94,750
William McMahon	94,575
Matthew Peters	94,550
Jeffrey Moake	94,550
Florencio Bunal	94,425
Robert Mercer	94,325
Mark Leonard	93,775
Jared Woodin	93,675
Georges Tohme	93,650
Paulus Valkenburg	93,550
L. John Lakatosh	93,075
Casey Yontz	92,825
Jason Deutsch	92,775
Stephen Cesaro	92,757
Gil Morgensztern	92,700
Kristoffer Thorsson	92,350
Lex Veldhuis	91,925
James Gaffney	91,800
Chad Batista	91,000
John Michalak	90,850
Maria Ho	90,700
Dilbahar Demirbag	90,525
Ben Landowski	90,325
Brian Johnson	90,225
Todd Brick	90,225
Bryan Pellegrino	90,150
Nathan Lindsay	89,950
James Kasputis	89,900
Konrad Molitor	89,900
John Kranyak	89,875
Aaron Mayer	89,675
Robert Mizrachi	89,400
Kitson Kho	89,325
Shawn Lawrence	89,050
Alexander Venovski	89,050
Petri Pollanen	89,025
Kyle Johnson	88,600
Tyler Bonkowski	88,575
Matthew Schulte	88,425
Jonathan Krieger	88,350
Dean Potashner	88,350
Theo Tran	88,150
Bradley Owen	88,075
Mozheng Guan	88,075
Eric Brix	88,075
Johannes Roosen	88,000
Humberto Moreno	87,975
Patrick Uzan	87,950
D’Andre Brown	87,700
Christopher Wafula	87,550
Stefano Gismondi	87,425
Marc Lome	87,200
Bronislav Berezovsky	87,100
Anthony Pirone	87,025
Michael Mercaldo	86,850
Richard Rothmeier	86,800
Michael Mixer	86,375
Simon Watt	86,350
Ruslan Prydryk	86,175
Dan Murariu	85,500
Jennifer Leigh	85,425
Rodney Sherry	85,200
Gregory Shillig	85,150
Daniel Dasilva	84,975
Santiago Nadal	84,925
Bradley Libson	84,800
Quinn Do	84,650
Sven Leu	84,625
Garrett Beckman	84,300
Paul Hegyi	84,275
Guy Longworth	84,250
Eelke Arjaans	84,175
Christopher Bolt	84,150
Michael Bena	84,050
Ramon Cserei	84,000
Frederick Adams	83,850
David Peters	83,800
Andrew Rennhack	83,725
David Pederson	83,550
Nicholas Schwarmann	83,525
Richard Taylor	83,300
Ronald Peterson	83,100
Martijn Schirp	83,000
Christopher George	82,950
Fabio Sousa	82,850
Benjamin Logan	82,675
Rudy Luk	82,450
Bradley Oubre	82,100
Anders Jensen	82,075
Juan Ramirez	81,925
Alexander Gregory	81,825
Scott Kovach	81,675
Clyde Hinton	81,625
David Roper	81,600
Mandy Baker	81,575
Justin Cereste	81,475
Larry Lipman	81,400
Scott Cole	81,325
David Pham	81,250
Ananda Vemuri	80,975
Adam Junglen	80,975
Phillip House	80,925
Brendan Reid	80,800
Arnold Spee	80,700
Fabien Dunlop	80,690
Peter Rho	80,425
Craig Issod	80,375
Denny Walters	80,350
Giovanni Guzzo	80,350
Corey Hochman	80,100
Scott Seiver	80,100
Robert Stuve	80,075
Samuel Bernstein	80,000
Dustin Pattinson	79,950
Stuart Butts	79,800
Anthony Korfman	79,750
Timo Strohmenger	79,750
Imad Samouna	79,675
DJANGO YOUNG	79,250
Gary Lambert	79,175
Justin Gardenhire	79,125
Daniel Colpoys	79,075
Getty Mattingsley	79,025
James Pliska	79,025
Gianluca Marcucci	79,000
Alessandro Pompei	79,000
Mathieu Pelletier	78,800
Gary Friedlander	78,650
Raymond Dolan	78,475
Jason Stuken	78,375
Szymon Pieszczoch	78,125
Jon Jiles	78,000
Dariusz Paszkiewicz	77,800
Robin Bergren	77,800
Marcos Neves	77,750
Nikolay Atabekyan	77,725
Johannes Van Til	77,625
Benjamin Pollak	77,575
Daniel Van Kalkeren	77,525
Craig Mccorkell	77,425
Suleiman Abueid	77,400
Aaron Been	77,050
Matthew Closs	77,025
Fernando Halac	76,950
Maurizio Lo Russo	76,900
Michael Johnson	76,750
Arkadiy Tsinis	76,750
Mike DeMichele	76,700
David Gee	76,625
Steven Mcnally	76,600
John Hands	76,450
Cole South	76,450
Pier Fabretti	76,425
Vitaly Lunkin	76,375
Zachary Hench	76,375
Miguel Proulx	76,275
Keith Crowder	76,225
Brian Kim	76,050
Clayton Maguire	75,975
Petros Aristidou	75,725
Dylan Wilkerson	75,675
Joseph Sallese	75,650
Jonathan Aguiar	75,600
Michael Meredith	75,575
Vincent Vanpatten	75,450
Paul Lieu	75,400
Brett Feder	75,300
John Smith	75,225
John Esposito	75,000
Gijsbert Verheijen	74,775
Michael Mcquiston	74,750
Jeremy Jagoda	74,750
Roy Carter	74,700
Court Harrington	74,700
Robert Cho	74,400
Rocky Rule	74,275
Nicolas Chouity	74,225
Sven Mol	74,125
Steven Dunkelberg	74,025
Elad Magidov	73,950
Bart Hanson	73,925
Matthew Schwarmann	73,775
Phillip Faux	73,775
David Schnettler	73,750
Dimitri Hefter	73,575
Jonathan Mcgowan	73,500
Dmitrii Valouev	73,475
Vern Keller	73,400
Carl Henrikson	73,400
Gyorgy Kovacs	73,325
John Duffy	73,325
Marius Arnesen	73,175
David Warady	73,125
James Ma	73,100
Richard Collins	73,050
Charles Norris	73,025
Lennart Konst	73,000
Tam Nguyen	72,900
Alex Prendes	72,875
Burt Boutin	72,850
Andreas Johansson	72,800
Mikael Johansson	72,775
Michael Palermo	72,725
Keith Gipson	72,700
Patrick Hanoteau	72,700
Evan Wrenn	72,475
Leo Boxell	72,450
Naseem Makiya	72,375
Stefan Mattson	72,225
Govert Metaal	72,125
Alex Smith	71,700
Ronald Minnis	71,550
Matthew Stohlman	71,500
Antony Vidmer	71,375
Matvey Tevlin	71,350
Brandon Harper	71,250
Farhad Saadat	71,250
Francois Binette	71,250
Jamie Robbins	71,200
Brock Parker	71,125
Osagyefo Greene	71,000
Mark Bloom	70,975
Jasper Wetemans	70,975
Nghiahiep Nguyen	70,950
Manuel Sanchez	70,950
Charles Croft	70,925
Joseph Gricco	70,925
Maxim Semisoshenko	70,900
Daniel Vargas	70,825
Michael Borovec	70,825
Eduardo Fernandes	70,450
David Blom	70,225
George Antonakos	70,200
Ignacio Palau	70,150
Stephen O’Dwyer	70,050
Liz Lieu	70,050
Kent Lundmark	70,000
Christopher Brice	69,975
James Ferguson	69,900
Alan Wasserberger	69,825
Jimmy Jordan	69,725
Michael McClain	69,675
Brian Schmidt	69,625
Joe Tehan	69,550
Mark Bramley	69,500
Benjamin Lin	69,500
Pim Vanwieringen	69,450
Kenneth Shei	69,450
Robert Pisano	69,425
Paul Villamizar	69,325
Aaron Piekarski	69,325
James Anderson	69,225
Rajesh Vohra	69,175
Greg Schaefer	69,075
Jason Mann	68,950
Denis Pisarev	68,925
Nicholas Bevilacqua	68,800
Suketu Vaidya	68,775
Dwyte Pilgrim	68,775
Brett Puffer	68,775
Jonathan Tare	68,750
Brandon Garrity	68,700
Karl Erik Arvidsson	68,500
Jeremy Kottler	68,500
Matthew Janda	68,426
Alan Goehring	68,375
Jan Boye	68,250
Chris Klodnicki	68,150
Jeremy Vaughn	68,125
Aaron Nadell	68,100
Ben Fink	68,025
John Conkright	67,900
Constance Hammock	67,750
Rene Freymann	67,700
Daniel Miller	67,650
Lacey Jones	67,600
Thomas Konopasek	67,475
Jason Mo	67,350
Travis Klein	67,325
Michael Fryett	67,250
David Zhu	67,200
Joe Cada	67,150
Steve Johnson	67,050
Dana Shore	67,000
Robert Kalteux	67,000
Kai Paulson	66,975
Gregory Brooks	66,975
Wilfredo Santiago	66,950
Peter Mairhofer	66,925
Nazim Guillaud	66,900
Shawn Madden	66,800
Mohamedazam Razabsekh	66,800
Christopher Bianco	66,775
Aditya Agarwal	66,700
Jonathan Brule	66,575
Valentin Messina	66,550
Joel Casper	66,450
Jerry Payne	66,450
Jesse McGinty	66,350
James Pausch	66,325
James Bechtel	66,300
Gary Tang	66,200
Gerasimos Deres	66,125
Charles Tidmarsh	66,075
Brent Roberts	66,075
Justin Scott	66,050
Billy McBrayer	66,050
Robert Wiercinski	66,025
Peter Skinsacos	65,950
Samir Moukawem	65,900
Sammy Farha	65,900
Bryan Leskowitz	65,825
Robert Kim	65,750
Pramesh Bansi	65,725
Peter Murphy	65,575
Evelyn Ng	65,525
Matthew Savage	65,525
Billy Pilossoph	65,350
Jeff Kimber	65,325
Nathan Adler	65,200
Thomas Mohler	65,075
Nabih Zaczac	65,050
Howard Stein	65,025
Shannon Maxwell	65,000
Koen Debakker	64,975
Hugo Franca	64,925
Hyong Bang	64,900
Arturo Diaz	64,825
Spencer Hubbell	64,725
Matthew Kleckner	64,725
Dieter Albrecht	64,700
Boulos Estafanous	64,625
Brian Small	64,525
Roy Key	64,500
Joseph Gossweiler	64,475
Randy Dorfman	64,450
Brandon Demes	64,400
John Patgorski	64,325
Alex Bolotin	64,250
Padraig Parkinson	64,100
Yossi Azulay	64,025
Timothy Ulmer	64,000
Patrik Antonius	64,000
Darrel Tenholder	63,825
Juha Helppi	63,750
Flavio Ferrarizumbini	63,750
Paul Friedman	63,700
Andrew Teng	63,650
Benjamin Statz	63,650
Rich Ruiter	63,650
Peter Bosen	63,650
Muhidin Sarajlic	63,625
Jay Glazer	63,625
Michael Minetti	63,525
Bryan Barrile	63,525
Anton Allemann	63,500
David Braun	63,500
Brant Faulkner	63,400
Adnan Qureshi	63,400
Pat Pezzin	63,275
Narinder Singh Khasria	63,275
Germain Gillard	63,225
Donald Kidman	63,225
Hasan Habib	63,225
Craig Boyd	63,200
Matthew Matros	63,175
Darrell Ticehurst	63,150
Stephen Birkett	63,150
Brian Lamanna	63,075
Syung Hong	62,750
Aaron Kweskin	62,700
Takeo Oishi	62,700
Steven Sauser	62,675
Dylan Linde	62,575
James Taylor	62,550
Tom Hu	62,475
Jonathan Tamayo	62,200
Basilis Jordanou	62,100
Ross Myers	62,075
Chip Jett	62,050
Matthew Ashton	62,025
Annie Duke	62,000
Jarred Solomon	62,000
Keith Love	61,825
Hugh Wheeler	61,825
Jose Nadal	61,775
Clark Hamagami	61,600
David Grey	61,475
Christian Harder	61,200
Thomas Vinas	61,200
Dale Phillips	61,150
Roger Teska	61,000
Mark Schmid	60,875
Christian De Leon Angeles	60,775
Alfred Leon	60,725
Doc Hanson	60,725
Nicky Lee Evans	60,700
Alex Moore	60,700
Dragan Galic	60,550
Olivier Matillo	60,550
Kevin Okeefe	60,450
Jeet Shetty	60,350
Eiji Matsumura	60,325
Raymond Rahme	60,200
Jesse Martin	60,125
Richard Ellis	60,125
Terrence Cook	60,075
Paulo Figueiredo	60,025
Alfonso Amendola	60,000
Nikita Nikolaev	60,000
Evgeny Shnayder	59,825
Paul Mccann	59,725
Martin Kirkeby	59,675
Arie Kliper	59,675
Edward Ho	59,675
Andy Tsai	59,525
Leonard Cortelino	59,375
Danny Neess	59,300
Arnaud Esquevin	59,050
James Fennell	59,025
Salvatore Tamburello	59,025
Steven Pares	59,025
Ville Mattila	59,000
Fernando Brito	59,000
Mikhail Sionov	58,950
Pierre Canali	58,900
Toto Leonidas	58,900
David Capon	58,825
Joel Shulruf	58,800
Mikael Oestreicher	58,750
Roberto Damelian	58,675
Greg Himmelbrand	58,500
Matthew Graham	58,450
Gregory De Bora	58,225
Stephen Williams	58,175
Matt Giannetti	58,150
Brandon Steven	58,125
Erik Ekerot	58,100
Alin Grasu	58,050
Samuel Chartier	58,000
Scott Tuchman	57,975
Brent Wheeler	57,900
Nicholas Stowell	57,850
Steve Jelinek	57,825
Monte Hoover	57,675
Tony Bracy	57,650
Aaron Orourke	57,625
Jeffrey Abbas	57,550
Christopher Neville	57,550
Zvi Groysman	57,525
Jose Silverman	57,500
Daniel Moorman	57,450
Jeff Heiberg	57,400
Viacheslav Fentisov	57,400
Walan Kite	57,375
Christopher Vaniter	57,350
Richard Morgan	57,350
Glenn Cooper	57,300
Patrick Braga	57,275
Rahul Maitra	57,250
Ray Moseman	57,225
Louis Cohen	57,200
Kris Lee Steinbach	57,175
Wes Nally	57,150
Tye Rogers	57,050
Tommie Janssen	57,025
Jason Gray	57,000
Allie Prescott	56,975
Michael Bunin	56,900
Kenneth Bryant	56,875
Roland Suen	56,850
Alexander Millar	56,600
Damian Salas	56,600
Timothy Rivers	56,550
Sachin Modi	56,500
Wayne Boich	56,475
Adam York	56,425
David Whalen	56,400
Benjamin Kaupp	56,375
Tyler Gill	56,350
Daniel Wach	56,300
Mark Weil	56,300
Paul Dewald	56,300
Jason White	56,250
Joseph Bishop	56,175
Kima Kimura	56,150
Jason Lavallee	56,075
Peter Nordin	56,000
Christopher Palumbo	55,950
George Saca	55,900
Patrick Dekoster	55,875
Joe Baros	55,750
Mark Gregorich	55,625
Karib Omar	55,625
Alejandro Dearruabarrena	55,600
Chad Siu	55,575
Eric Carr	55,525
Matthias Gerigk	55,525
David Stucke	55,525
Daniel Idema	55,500
Armando Pagliari	55,500
Peter Feldman	55,450
Edward Teems	55,350
Jeffrey Cullis	55,300
Michael Doumani	55,250
Dennis Adams	55,250
Franck Ruet	55,225
Catherine O’neill	55,175
Marc Emond	55,150
Mark Zullo	55,100
Barry Leventhal	55,000
David Ulliott	55,000
Harrison Clement	54,975
Jason Lester	54,900
Karl Limbert	54,850
Jonathan Glendinning	54,850
Ran Azor	54,800
Tore Lagerborg	54,725
Fra Ianni	54,725
Dao Bac	54,700
Kyle White	54,700
Hugo Lemaire	54,650
Thomas Denny	54,625
Keith Hang	54,550
Greg Buonocore	54,550
Aleh Plauski	54,525
Ross Mallor	54,525
John Rollason	54,525
Fu Wong	54,500
Richard Clark	54,500
Andrea Vezzani	54,475
Adam Levy	54,425
John Dolan	54,350
Scott Harris	54,350
Francisco Fragoso	54,325
Amnon Filippi	54,300
Tyler Patterson	54,275
Mads Wissing	54,250
Said Abuqartoumy	54,225
Kristoffer Vadsmo	54,200
John Orourke	54,200
Cory Wolnewitz	54,200
Gerardo Godinez	54,175
Eric Schneeberger	54,125
Lonnie Heimowitz	54,125
Rob Akery	54,100
Csaba Knokoly	54,100
Tom Connor	54,025
Daniel Harmetz	54,000
Benjamin Klier	53,950
Eric Schwartz	53,875
Oscar Blanco	53,775
Lapmun Leung	53,625
Jitrada Chaivarin	53,600
Taylor Larkin	53,500
Martin Hanitz	53,475
Peter Campo	53,400
John Strzemp	53,375
Danny Butler	53,275
Anton Bertilsson	53,225
Randy Propson	53,225
David Litt	53,200
Jonathan Duhamel	53,200
Jeremy Wien	53,150
Vazgen Terpogosyan	53,150
David Sesso	53,150
David Flowers	53,150
JP Kelly	53,075
Danny Dam	53,000
Joseph Goch	52,950
Kevin Jenkins	52,925
Xavier Jutras	52,900
Khang Pham	52,875
Thomas Jones	52,825
Michael Downey	52,750
Thomas Landi	52,750
Deepak Bhatti	52,725
Francis Cipriano	52,550
Ken Evanowski	52,400
Rich Salomon	52,375
Rene Angelil	52,275
Mark Scellato	52,225
Iikka Tahkokallio	52,200
Sassoon Gourji	52,200
David Colin	52,200
Henning Bolstad	52,200
Jim Rumptz	52,175
Matthew Groves	52,125
Anthony Correia	52,125
Antoon Kleijnen	52,075
Daniel Fuhs	52,050
Charles Danielsson	52,050
Philip Stark	52,050
Benjamin Zamani	52,000
Scott Desveaux	52,000
Amirouddine Alibay	52,000
Mercedes Osti	51,975
Hung Le	51,900
Andrew Grimason	51,900
Kris Bortnovsky	51,875
Van Marcus	51,825
Brad Johnson	51,800
Guy Thomas	51,775
Joe Le	51,775
Franklin Grigsby	51,625
Haralabos Voulgaris	51,625
Sunny Chattha	51,625
Kyle Goebel	51,600
Balint Barta	51,575
Thomas Mcteer	51,425
Charalampos Tsaoussis	51,425
Joseph Reitman	51,400
Daniel Young	51,325
Stephen Cordy	51,325
Mel Judah	51,275
Scott Mayfield	51,250
Charlie Walling	51,200
Marcin Horecki	51,200
Kyle Mcmurphy	51,200
Thomas Joanides	51,075
Joseph Fama	51,075
Richard Robinson	51,025
Joao Studart	51,000
Jesper Hougaard	51,000
Bryan Bindert	51,000
Yori Epskamp	50,950
Anthony Campagna	50,875
Linh Le	50,850
Daniel Neilson	50,850
Travis Powell	50,825
John Nixon	50,775
Spencer Hudson	50,750
Dewey Tomko	50,725
Ian Gordon	50,725
Tomas Kostik	50,725
Craig Savage	50,725
Dennis Seagle	50,700
Christopher Tighe	50,625
Jeff Gibralter	50,600
Curtis Householder	50,575
Thor Hansen	50,525
Martin Jacobson	50,525
DID NOT REPORT	50,400
Wayne Bernier	50,250
Lin Wang	50,200
Thomas Koral	50,100
Ludvik Ludviksson	50,100
Timothy Clark	50,075
Seth Cohen	50,025
David Lin	50,025
Hector Aviles	50,000
Jason Glass	50,000
Jonas Kronwitter	50,000
Billy Franzese	49,975
Bill Wood	49,975
James Manning	49,950
Frank Guerra	49,950
Danny Warchol	49,900
Ford Eric	49,850
Mary Jones	49,825
Mel Randolph	49,800
Lothar Meier	49,775
Bob Rose	49,750
Luigi Petrone	49,650
Carlos Marques	49,525
Simon Ravnsbaek	49,500
Leo Labbe	49,475
Anthony Gonzalez	49,475
Adam Kagin	49,450
Richard Niedfeldt	49,425
Oskar Eugster	49,350
Andrew Fegan	49,325
Brian Thomas	49,300
David Owston	49,300
Wayne Carlson	49,275
Ethan Ruby	49,275
John Gordon	49,250
Roger McDow	49,225
Philip Armstrong	49,200
Kenneth Nay	49,070
Cameron Hamilton	49,050
Richard Grace	49,050
Jonas Mackoff	49,025
Michael Jensen	49,025
Terry Myers	49,000
Iurii Korsunskyi	49,000
Matthew Ireland	48,975
Glenn Spector	48,925
Jeremy Dunkel	48,925
Jack Zhang	48,825

(Chip counts continued in post below)

Player Tags: Corwin Cole

Level 14 Update: Corwin Cole Eliminated

May 31, '10

Blinds: 1,000-2,000 with a 300 ante

Players Remaining: 188 out of 4,345

Average Chip Count: 69,335

Card Player Chip Counts:

Jon Friedberg – 46,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Andrew Youngblood – 215,000
2. Drew Crawford – 190,000
3. Marc Goldman – 190,000
4. Nancy Todd Tyner – 170,000
5. Jeremiah Degreef – 170,000
6. Terry Fleischer – 130,000
7. Adam Shuman – 130,000
8. David Vanwert – 120,000
9. Deepak Bhatti – 120,000
10. Robert Scott – 110,000

Notable Eliminations:

Corwin Cole — $2,463

Big Hands:

Eric Baldwin Almost Doubles Up

Eric Baldwin moved all in for 35,000 with pocket nines and was called by an opponent with queens. The flop of AK2 offered no help. The 8 also was no help. However, the 9 on the river gave Baldwin the pot and 70,000 in chips.

Corwin Cole Eliminated

Corwin Cole moved all in with the A9 and was called by an opponent who held pocket nines. The board ran dry for Cole and he was gone.

Aguiar’s Kings Cracked

Jon Aguiar three-bet an opponent with the KK and was delighted to call the four-bet all-in of his opponent.

His opponent showed JJ and was way behind. That was until the flop came JQ3. The turn was the 4 and the river was the 6 and Aguiar’s stack fell to the 60,000 area.

Markholt Goes From Zero to Hero in a Matter of Minutes

After a raise to 11,000 and a call, Lee Markholt tossed his last 9,100 into the middle. The fop came A82 and one of the players shoved all-in and caused the other player to fold.

It seemed that as soon as Markholt turned over his pocket nines, the 9 fell on the turn to give him a set and the 8 on the river gave a full house and pot.

Only a few hands later after tripling up to around 35,000 he found all his chips in the middle preflop with pocket aces against the A-Q of his opponent. His aces held and went from 9,100 to 70,000 in a matter of 10 minutes.

Player Tags: Lee Markholt,   Eric Baldwin,   Corwin Cole

Level 15 Update: Day 3 Ends

Oct 23, '09

Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 500 ante

Players Left: 37 of 275

Average Chip Count: 445,946

Chip Counts:

1. Jonas Entin — 1,120,000
2. Corwin Cole — 1,020,000
3. Jason Lavallee — 950,000
4. Dee Luong — 720,000
5. Dutch Boyd — 681,000
6. Brandon Cantu — 645,000
7. Matthew Glantz — 640,000
8. Mark Seif — 608,000
9. Chris Ferguson — 500,000
10. Jason Somerville — 500,000

Notable Eliminations:

Bob Safai
Scott Clements

Big Hands:

Corwin Cole Eliminates Bob Safai and Grows Chip Stack to 1 Million

Bob Safai moved all in preflop and Corwin Cole (pictured right) made the call. Their cards:

Safai: 99
Cole: AJ

Board: AJ4K3

Cole made aces up and Safai was eliminated. Cole grew his stack to more than 1 million on the hand.

Scott Clements Eliminated

With 80,000 in the pot and a board of 975A sitting on the table Scott Clements bet 80,000 from the big blind and Freddy Deeb called in middle position. The river card fell K and Clements checked. Deeb moved all in for 15,000 and Clements made the call. Deeb showed down pocket aces and Clements mucked. Deeb doubled up to 470,000 and Clements watched his stack plummet down to 3,000. He was eliminated a few minutes later.

Player Tags: Scott Clements,   Freddy Deeb,   Corwin Cole,   Bob Safai

Level 14 Update: Somerville Gets Stronger

Oct 23, '09

Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 500 ante

Players Left: 45 of 275

Average Chip Count: 366,000

Chip Counts:

1. Jason Somerville — 915,000
2. Jason Lavallee — 870,000
3. Dee Luong — 800,000
4. Matt Stout — 790,000
5. Jonas Entin — 725,000
6. Dutch Boyd — 610,000
7. Scott Clements — 445,000
8. Andy Bloch — 430,000
9. Matthew Glantz — 360,000
10. Steve Brecher — 350,000

Notable Eliminations:

Adam Geyer
Alan Smurfit
Mike Leah

Big Hands:

Jason Somerville Crosses the 900,000 Mark

Jason Somerville raised on the button and the big blind reraised an additional 30,000. Somerville set him all in with pocket sevens and the big blinds called with KQ.

The board came Q96108 and Somerville’s backdoor straight took it down to send the opponent to the rail and put his stack at 915,000.

Adam Geyer Busts to Dee Luong

Adam Geyer (pictured right) raised to 14,000 and Dee Luong reraised and Geyer announced all in. Luong called with AK and was racing against Geyer’s pocket queens.

The board came down 822A5 and Luong’s pair of aces sent Geyer to the rail short of the money. Luong now has 800,000, well above her husband Prahlad Friedman who is still alive in this tournament.

Corwin Cole Chips Up Big

During the level, Corwin Cole (pictured left) busted a player with set over set to bring his stack to a very impressive 760,000.

Brandon Cantu Busts POY Candidate Mike Leah

On a flop of Js10h8s, Brandon Cantu was all in and covering Mike Leah, who made the call with Jd10d. Cantu showed KsQh for the up and down straight draw and it hit when the turn and river came 9h4c.

Cantu now sits with 545,000.

Player Tags: Dee Luong,   Jason Somerville,   Brandon Cantu,   Adam Geyer,   Mike Leah,   Corwin Cole

Level 18 Update: In The Money Eliminations

Oct 24, '09

Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante

Players Left: 18 of 275

Average Chip Count: 916,000

Chip Counts:

1. Jason Lavallee — 3,050,000
2. Matthew Glantz — 1,400,000
3. Tommy Vedes — 1,250,000
4. Kido Pham — 1,200,000
5. Jason Burt — 1,150,000
6. Shawn Cunix — 1,100,000
7. Freddy Deeb — 1,035,000
8. Terry Ryan — 760,000
9. Larry Berg — 635,000
10. Richard Sciuto — 583,000

Notable Eliminations:

27. Markus Gonsalves — $23,885
26. Prahlad Friedman — $23,885
25. Chris Ferguson — $23,885
24. Mark Seif — $23,885
23. Chad Batista — $23,885
22. Lee Markholt — $23,885
21. Corwin Cole — $23,885
20. Jonas Entin — $23,855
19. Terry Ryan — $23,855

Big Hands:

Markus Gonsalves Eliminated in 27th Place ($23,885)

Markus Gonsalves got the rest of his short stack all in for 167,000 and Mark Seif made the call. Larry Berg then moved all in for 147,000 and Seif called that as well.Berg showed pocket queens, Gonsalves showed pocket kings and Seif was behind with A9.

The board ran out 1032QA and Berg’s set of queens gave him the near triple up and send Gonsalves to the rail. Berg now has 635,000 and Seif takes a hit down to 660,000.

Prahlad Friedman Eliminated in 26th Place ($23,885)

Prahlad Friedman (pictured right) raised in middle position and Jason Lavallee called on the button. The flop came down 1077 and Lavallee bet 59,000.

Freidman moved all in for 340,000 and Lavallee called with pocket jacks. Friedman showed AK and needed help, but it didn’t come when the Q and 4 completed the board.

Friedman is now eliminated and Lavallee is over the 2 million mark.

Chris Ferguson Eliminated in 25th Place ($23,885)

Chris Ferguson raised to 40,000 and Jonas Entin reraised to 178,000 from the small blind. Ferguson moved all in for 300,000 and Etin called.

Ferguson showed AQ and was in major trouble to Entin’s AA. The board offered no miracles and Ferguson was eliminated, boosting Entin’s stack back to 1 million.

Mark Seif Eliminated in 24th Place ($23,885)

Mark Seif has been eliminated from the tournament by Larry Berg. Seif held top pair, but ran into the set of sixes from Berg, who chips up to 1.4 million.

Chad Batista Eliminated in 23rd Place ($23,885)

Chad Batista was all in with a superior A-K against Corwin Cole’s A-J. Batista looked fine until the board produced a jack and sent him to the rail.

Lee Markholt Eliminated in 22nd Place ($23,855)

The perpetually short stack Lee Markholt was eliminated during the chaos of the level and details are unknown.

Corwin Cole Eliminated in 21st Place ($23,855)

Freddy Deeb raised and Jason Lavallee called on the button. Corwin Cole then reraised to 188,000 from the small blind. Deeb folded and Lavallee moved all in.

Cole instantly called with pocket aces and is in great shape against Lavallee’s pocket jacks. Unfortunately, the flop brings a jack and Cole’s tournament comes to an end. Lavallee now has over 3 million, more than double his closest opponent.

Jonas Entin Eliminated in 20th Place ($23,885)

Jonas Entin raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Kido Pham made the call. The flop came down KQ7 and Entin bet 100,000.

Pham then moved all in and Entin called for his last 200,000. Pham showed pocket sevens for the set and Entin was in major trouble with AQ.

The turn and river came 43 and Entin was eliminated. Pham now has 1,500,000 in chips.

Terry Ryan Eliminated in 19th Place ($23,855)

Terry Ryan was just eliminated by Jason Lavallee when he moved all in on the river and was snap called by a spade flush.

Player Tags: Mark Seif,   Chris Ferguson,   Prahlad Friedman,   Freddy Deeb,   Chad Batista,   Jason Lavallee,   Markus Gonsalves,   Jonas Entin,   Corwin Cole

Level 16 Update: Dan Shak Takes Horrible Beat

Oct 24, '09

Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante

Players Left: 33 of 275

Average Chip Count: 500,000

Chip Counts:

1. Jonas Entin — 1,070,000
2. Jason Lavallee — 1,030,000
3. Tommy Vedes — 1,010,000
4. Dee Luong — 735,000
5. Mark Seif — 715,000
6. Kido Pham — 700,000
7. Chad Batista — 650,000
8. Jason Burt — 600,000
9. Jason Somerville — 590,000
10. Shawn Cunix — 575,000

Notable Eliminations:

Nestor Martinez
Dan Shak
Mike Chiappetta
Cliff Josephy

Big Hands:

Chad Batista Gets Lucky To Stay Alive

Chad “lilholdem954” Batista (pictured right) found himself all in for over 300,000 in chips holding pocket jacks and was in bad shape against chip leader Corwin Cole’s pocket queens.

No problem for the online pro, however, when the board came J972A, giving him the winning set.

He now has over 630,000 while Cole took a hit down to 685,000.

Dan Shak Takes Really Tough Beat

Dan Shak and Tommy Vedes got into a raising war preflop that saw Shak’s AK go up against Vedes and his AQ.

The flop came out KK10 giving Shak trips, but the turn was the J, giving Vedes the Broadway straight.

Shak needed help on the river, but it was the 9 that ended his tournament, giving Vedes a huge pot and a stack of over 1 million.

Freddy Deeb Slows Down Jason Lavallee

Jason Lavallee raised to 25,000 and Freddy Deeb called in the cutoff. The flop came A76 and both players checked.

The turn was the A and Lavallee bet 41,000. Deeb minraised to 82,000 and Lavallee just called.

Both players checked down the 5 on the river and Lavallee showed AQ to win the pot and cross the million dollar mark.

Cliff Josephy Eliminated by Kido Pham

Some more bad luck for Cliff Josephy when his pocket jacks were cracked by the AJ of Kido Pham.

The board was safe until an ace hit the turn, giving Pham the elimination credit and a new stack of 700,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Dan Shak,   Kido Pham,   Cliff Josephy,   Tommy Vedes,   Freddy Deeb,   Chad Batista,   Jason Lavallee,   Corwin Cole

Level 15 Update: Day 3 Ends

Oct 23, '09

Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 500 ante

Players Left: 37 of 275

Average Chip Count: 445,946

Chip Counts:

1. Jonas Entin — 1,120,000
2. Corwin Cole — 1,020,000
3. Jason Lavallee — 950,000
4. Dee Luong — 720,000
5. Dutch Boyd — 681,000
6. Brandon Cantu — 645,000
7. Matthew Glantz — 640,000
8. Mark Seif — 608,000
9. Chris Ferguson — 500,000
10. Jason Somerville — 500,000

Notable Eliminations:

Bob Safai
Scott Clements

Big Hands:

Corwin Cole Eliminates Bob Safai and Grows Chip Stack to 1 Million

Bob Safai moved all in preflop and Corwin Cole (pictured right) made the call. Their cards:

Safai: 99
Cole: AJ

Board: AJ4K3

Cole made aces up and Safai was eliminated. Cole grew his stack to more than 1 million on the hand.

Scott Clements Eliminated

With 80,000 in the pot and a board of 975A sitting on the table Scott Clements bet 80,000 from the big blind and Freddy Deeb called in middle position. The river card fell K and Clements checked. Deeb moved all in for 15,000 and Clements made the call. Deeb showed down pocket aces and Clements mucked. Deeb doubled up to 470,000 and Clements watched his stack plummet down to 3,000. He was eliminated a few minutes later.

Player Tags: Scott Clements,   Freddy Deeb,   Corwin Cole,   Bob Safai

Level 14 Update: Somerville Gets Stronger

Oct 23, '09

Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 500 ante

Players Left: 45 of 275

Average Chip Count: 366,000

Chip Counts:

1. Jason Somerville — 915,000
2. Jason Lavallee — 870,000
3. Dee Luong — 800,000
4. Matt Stout — 790,000
5. Jonas Entin — 725,000
6. Dutch Boyd — 610,000
7. Scott Clements — 445,000
8. Andy Bloch — 430,000
9. Matthew Glantz — 360,000
10. Steve Brecher — 350,000

Notable Eliminations:

Adam Geyer
Alan Smurfit
Mike Leah

Big Hands:

Jason Somerville Crosses the 900,000 Mark

Jason Somerville raised on the button and the big blind reraised an additional 30,000. Somerville set him all in with pocket sevens and the big blinds called with KQ.

The board came Q96108 and Somerville’s backdoor straight took it down to send the opponent to the rail and put his stack at 915,000.

Adam Geyer Busts to Dee Luong

Adam Geyer (pictured right) raised to 14,000 and Dee Luong reraised and Geyer announced all in. Luong called with AK and was racing against Geyer’s pocket queens.

The board came down 822A5 and Luong’s pair of aces sent Geyer to the rail short of the money. Luong now has 800,000, well above her husband Prahlad Friedman who is still alive in this tournament.

Corwin Cole Chips Up Big

During the level, Corwin Cole (pictured left) busted a player with set over set to bring his stack to a very impressive 760,000.

Brandon Cantu Busts POY Candidate Mike Leah

On a flop of Js10h8s, Brandon Cantu was all in and covering Mike Leah, who made the call with Jd10d. Cantu showed KsQh for the up and down straight draw and it hit when the turn and river came 9h4c.

Cantu now sits with 545,000.

Player Tags: Dee Luong,   Jason Somerville,   Brandon Cantu,   Adam Geyer,   Mike Leah,   Corwin Cole

Level 18 Update: In The Money Eliminations

Oct 24, '09

Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante

Players Left: 18 of 275

Average Chip Count: 916,000

Chip Counts:

1. Jason Lavallee — 3,050,000
2. Matthew Glantz — 1,400,000
3. Tommy Vedes — 1,250,000
4. Kido Pham — 1,200,000
5. Jason Burt — 1,150,000
6. Shawn Cunix — 1,100,000
7. Freddy Deeb — 1,035,000
8. Terry Ryan — 760,000
9. Larry Berg — 635,000
10. Richard Sciuto — 583,000

Notable Eliminations:

27. Markus Gonsalves — $23,885
26. Prahlad Friedman — $23,885
25. Chris Ferguson — $23,885
24. Mark Seif — $23,885
23. Chad Batista — $23,885
22. Lee Markholt — $23,885
21. Corwin Cole — $23,885
20. Jonas Entin — $23,855
19. Terry Ryan — $23,855

Big Hands:

Markus Gonsalves Eliminated in 27th Place ($23,885)

Markus Gonsalves got the rest of his short stack all in for 167,000 and Mark Seif made the call. Larry Berg then moved all in for 147,000 and Seif called that as well.Berg showed pocket queens, Gonsalves showed pocket kings and Seif was behind with A9.

The board ran out 1032QA and Berg’s set of queens gave him the near triple up and send Gonsalves to the rail. Berg now has 635,000 and Seif takes a hit down to 660,000.

Prahlad Friedman Eliminated in 26th Place ($23,885)

Prahlad Friedman (pictured right) raised in middle position and Jason Lavallee called on the button. The flop came down 1077 and Lavallee bet 59,000.

Freidman moved all in for 340,000 and Lavallee called with pocket jacks. Friedman showed AK and needed help, but it didn’t come when the Q and 4 completed the board.

Friedman is now eliminated and Lavallee is over the 2 million mark.

Chris Ferguson Eliminated in 25th Place ($23,885)

Chris Ferguson raised to 40,000 and Jonas Entin reraised to 178,000 from the small blind. Ferguson moved all in for 300,000 and Etin called.

Ferguson showed AQ and was in major trouble to Entin’s AA. The board offered no miracles and Ferguson was eliminated, boosting Entin’s stack back to 1 million.

Mark Seif Eliminated in 24th Place ($23,885)

Mark Seif has been eliminated from the tournament by Larry Berg. Seif held top pair, but ran into the set of sixes from Berg, who chips up to 1.4 million.

Chad Batista Eliminated in 23rd Place ($23,885)

Chad Batista was all in with a superior A-K against Corwin Cole’s A-J. Batista looked fine until the board produced a jack and sent him to the rail.

Lee Markholt Eliminated in 22nd Place ($23,855)

The perpetually short stack Lee Markholt was eliminated during the chaos of the level and details are unknown.

Corwin Cole Eliminated in 21st Place ($23,855)

Freddy Deeb raised and Jason Lavallee called on the button. Corwin Cole then reraised to 188,000 from the small blind. Deeb folded and Lavallee moved all in.

Cole instantly called with pocket aces and is in great shape against Lavallee’s pocket jacks. Unfortunately, the flop brings a jack and Cole’s tournament comes to an end. Lavallee now has over 3 million, more than double his closest opponent.

Jonas Entin Eliminated in 20th Place ($23,885)

Jonas Entin raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Kido Pham made the call. The flop came down KQ7 and Entin bet 100,000.

Pham then moved all in and Entin called for his last 200,000. Pham showed pocket sevens for the set and Entin was in major trouble with AQ.

The turn and river came 43 and Entin was eliminated. Pham now has 1,500,000 in chips.

Terry Ryan Eliminated in 19th Place ($23,855)

Terry Ryan was just eliminated by Jason Lavallee when he moved all in on the river and was snap called by a spade flush.

Player Tags: Mark Seif,   Chris Ferguson,   Prahlad Friedman,   Freddy Deeb,   Chad Batista,   Jason Lavallee,   Markus Gonsalves,   Jonas Entin,   Corwin Cole

Level 16 Update: Dan Shak Takes Horrible Beat

Oct 24, '09

Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante

Players Left: 33 of 275

Average Chip Count: 500,000

Chip Counts:

1. Jonas Entin — 1,070,000
2. Jason Lavallee — 1,030,000
3. Tommy Vedes — 1,010,000
4. Dee Luong — 735,000
5. Mark Seif — 715,000
6. Kido Pham — 700,000
7. Chad Batista — 650,000
8. Jason Burt — 600,000
9. Jason Somerville — 590,000
10. Shawn Cunix — 575,000

Notable Eliminations:

Nestor Martinez
Dan Shak
Mike Chiappetta
Cliff Josephy

Big Hands:

Chad Batista Gets Lucky To Stay Alive

Chad “lilholdem954” Batista (pictured right) found himself all in for over 300,000 in chips holding pocket jacks and was in bad shape against chip leader Corwin Cole’s pocket queens.

No problem for the online pro, however, when the board came J972A, giving him the winning set.

He now has over 630,000 while Cole took a hit down to 685,000.

Dan Shak Takes Really Tough Beat

Dan Shak and Tommy Vedes got into a raising war preflop that saw Shak’s AK go up against Vedes and his AQ.

The flop came out KK10 giving Shak trips, but the turn was the J, giving Vedes the Broadway straight.

Shak needed help on the river, but it was the 9 that ended his tournament, giving Vedes a huge pot and a stack of over 1 million.

Freddy Deeb Slows Down Jason Lavallee

Jason Lavallee raised to 25,000 and Freddy Deeb called in the cutoff. The flop came A76 and both players checked.

The turn was the A and Lavallee bet 41,000. Deeb minraised to 82,000 and Lavallee just called.

Both players checked down the 5 on the river and Lavallee showed AQ to win the pot and cross the million dollar mark.

Cliff Josephy Eliminated by Kido Pham

Some more bad luck for Cliff Josephy when his pocket jacks were cracked by the AJ of Kido Pham.

The board was safe until an ace hit the turn, giving Pham the elimination credit and a new stack of 700,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Dan Shak,   Kido Pham,   Cliff Josephy,   Tommy Vedes,   Freddy Deeb,   Chad Batista,   Jason Lavallee,   Corwin Cole

Level 6 Update: Jesus is Eliminated

May 28, '09

Blinds: 800-1600 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 150 out of 201

Chip Counts:

1. Antonio Esfandiari — 470,000
2. Justin Bonomo — 470,000
3. Mark Seif — 450,000
4. Chris Moneymaker — 415,000
5. Matthew Glantz — 400,000
6. Bruno Fitoussi — 367,000
7. Frank Kassela — 340,000
8. Lex Veldhuis — 330,000
9. Isaac Haxton — 324,000
10. Eric Kesselman — 315,000

Average Chip Count: 160,800

Notable Eliminations:

Annie Duke
Chris Ferguson
Shaun Deeb

Big Hands:

Ivan Demidov Rivers a Flush

After a bet of 17,100 on the flop of 356 by Ivan Demidov, Vanessa Rousso and Eric Kesselman called. The turn brought the 5 and Rousso checked, Demidov checked and Kesselman checked. The river was the 6, completely the back door flush draw. Rousso checked, Demidov bet out 22,000 quickly and Kesselman thought about it briefly for making the call. Rousso folded and Demidov tabled AQ and Kesselman mucked. Demidov is now back up to 130,000.

Dennis Philips Doubles Through Doug Lee

A short-stacked Dennis Phillips gets it all in with AA against Doug Lee’s KJ on a flop of A72. The turn and river bring no help to Lee who is down to 65,000 after doubling Phillips up to 85,000 this hand.

Annie Duke is Eliminated

On a flop of 10Q3, Antonio Esfandiari bet out and Annie Duke called. The turn brought the 8 and Esfandiari bet out again, and Duke called. The river was the 4 and Esfandiari put Annie Duke all in for about 70,000. Duke thought for about 2 minutes before calling. Esfandiari turned over 33, and Duke mucked AQ. Esfandiari is now up to 460,000.

Dragon Eliminates Corwin Cole

David “The Dragon” Pham raises to 4,500 from early position, Corwin Cole reraises to 12,500 from middle position and Pham calls. The flop comes Q53, and Corwin bets 16,400. Pham calls and the turn is the J. This time Cole checks to Pham who bets 25,000, enough to put his opponent all in. Cole calls off his tournament life and flips over KK for the overpair, but Pham turns over JJ for middle set. The river is the Q, giving Pham a full house, and sending Cole home early. After eliminating Corwin Cole this hand, Pham is sitting just under 250,000.

Chris Ferguson is Eliminated

On a flop of J98, Chris Ferguson moved all in and was called by Chris Moneymaker, while Humberto Brenes, who was also in the hand, folded. Ferguson tabled 1010 and Moneymaker had him dominated with J10, and Ferguson was hoping for a split pot. The turn was the K and the river was the K, eliminating Ferguson and vaulting Moneymaker to 360,000 in chips.

Dinner Break

The remaining 165 players are now on a dinner break. Join us at 8:30 PST when play resumes.

Player Tags: Humberto Brenes,   David Pham,   Chris Ferguson,   Antonio Esfandiari,   Chris Moneymaker,   Vanessa Rousso,   Dennis Phillips,   Corwin Cole,   Ivan Demidov

Corwin Cole Eliminated

Mar 17, '09

Corwin Cole moved all in for 40,000 or so and Wayne Boich moved all in behind him to isolate. Alex Melnikow thought it over in the big blind for a bit before mucking.

Cole showed A10 but was in major trouble to Boich's KK. The board filled out KQ954 and Cole was eliminated.

The final 13 players are now beginning hand-for-hand play.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Wayne Boich,   Corwin Cole

Corwin Cole Eliminated in 7th Place ($21,640)

Dec 09, '08

Corwin Cole moves all in for his last 91,000 and is called by Hafiz Khan in the small blind.

Cole shows pocket sixes and is racing against Khan's A9.

The board comes AK10A10 and Khan's full house eliminates Cole in seventh place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Hafiz Khan,   Corwin Cole

Corwin Cole Gets a Freebie

Oct 29, '08

In one of the most bizarre plays we've seen thus far, Corwin Cole just busted a player who voluntarily called all in with Queen high.

The flop was A76 and Cole put his opponent all in with A5. Incredibly, his opponent made the call with Q5, needing runner runner just to chop. The turn and river came J3 and Cole increased his stack to 300,000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Corwin Cole

$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Day 2 - Level 20 Recap

Jul 01, '08

Note: The players are now on a 20 minute break

Blinds: 10,000-20,000

Players Left: 11 of 2,693

Chip Leaders:
Corwin Cole - 1,450,000
Jeffery Courtney - 1,280,000
Matthew Matros - 875,000
Farzad Rouhani - 720,000
Daniel Heimiller - 710,000
Scott Sitron - 600,000
Voitto Rintala - 530,000
Andrey Zaichenko - 470,000
Todd Hanks - 460,000
David Daneshgar - 420,000

Average Stack: 734,450

Eliminations:
12^th – Brock Mishler
13^th – Joachim Berg-Jensen
14^th – Elliot Smith

Big Hands and Storylines:

Joachim Berg-Jensen Eliminated By Dan Heimiller

Dan Heimiller raised from early position and action folded around to Joachim Berg-Jensen in the small blind. Berg-Jensen shoved for 255,000 and was called by Heimiller. Berg-Jensen had AK but Heimiller had QQ and a slight lead. The flop was ten-high and rainbow, and Berg-Jensen was left to catch either an ace or king on the turn/river to take down the pot and continue on in the tournament. The turn was the 2 and Berg-Jensen was down to one final card. The river was the 3 and that was all she wrote for Berg-Jensen.

Heimiller Eliminates Another

Brock Mishler opened the betting by moving all-in on the button for approximately 200,000. Dan Heimiller made the call from the big blind and then two showed their cards:

Mishler: J10
Heimiller: A8

The board came down 7735Q and Heimiller’s ace-high would hold up to take down the pot, eliminating Mishler.

This pot brought Heimiller’s stack to nearly 1,300,000, but he would later be cut down to 710,000 after a failed bluff attempt against Jeffery Courtney.

Player Tags: Farzad Rouhani,   David Daneshgar,   Voitto Rintala,   Scott Sitron,   Andrey Zaichenko,   Elliot Smith,   Corwin Cole,   Jeff Courtney,   Brock Mishler,   Joachim Berg-Jensen,   Todd Hanks

$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Day 2 - Level 19 Recap

Jul 01, '08

Blinds: 8,000-16,000

Players Left: 14 of 2,693

Chip Leaders:
Matthew Matros - 1,025,000
Corwin Cole - 895,000
Daniel Heimiller - 830,000
Farzad Rouhani - 720,000
Jeffery Courtney - 630,000
Gary Biggar - 623,000
Andrey Zaichenko - 620,000
Voitto Rintala - 530,000
Todd Hanks - 460,000
David Daneshgar - 420,000

Average Stack: 577,075

Eliminations:
15^th – Cody Slaubaugh
16^th – Lars Sundberg
17^th – Daniel Hughes
18^th – Eric Jolly
19^th – Petter Frannson
20^th – Richard Kirsch

Big Hands and Storylines:

Corwin, For The Win

The players redrew at 18 players, and despite the full 9-handed tables in play, table 1 was still packed with action. Elliot Smith raised to 40,000 from middle position and Scott Sitron, on his left, raised to 110,000. Corwin Cole, after a moment’s thought, moved all-in for 328,000. Eric Jolly then called all-in. Smith folded and Sitron called, having everyone covered. The three showed their hands:

Scott Sitron: AA
Corwin Cole: QQ
Eric Jolly: JJ

The flop came 862 and nothing had changed. The turn came K, Sitron was one card away from a massive chip advantage at the table, but the river changed that. The river was the Q and Corwin Cole took down the pot, though you would never know it by his expression. He sat stone-faced, moving only to rake in the monster pot. After the hand, Cole had 950,000, Sitron had 250,000, and Jolly was eliminated... which nobody could deny.

Daniel Hughes Eliminated

Daniel Hughes moved all-in for 145,000 from late position. Andrey Zaichenko moved all-in behind him and everybody else folded. Hughes showed A10 and Zaichenko had QQ. The flop came Q82 and Hughes was drawing almost dead. The 10 sealed his fate and he was eliminated in 17^th place.

Zaichenko Gives Some Back

Action folded around to Gary Biggar in the small blind and he shoved all-in for about 123,000. Zaichenko looked down at his cards in the big blind and he opted to call. The two turned over:

Biggar: A8
Zaichenko: K7

The flop helped out Biggar a lot: A97. The turn, though, was the 10, giving Zaichenko an open-ended straight draw. The river was the blank of all blanks – the 2 – and Biggar doubled up to 250,000. Zaichenko still has about 900,000.

Player Tags: Farzad Rouhani,   David Daneshgar,   Richard Kirsch,   Daniel Hughes,   Cody Slaubaugh,   Voitto Rintala,   Scott Sitron,   Andrey Zaichenko,   Corwin Cole,   Jeff Courtney,   Todd Hanks

$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Day 2 - Level 18 Recap

Jul 01, '08

Blinds: 6,000-12,000

Players Left:   20 of 2,693

Chip Leaders:
Dan Heimiller – 1,100,000
Andrey Zaichenko - 750,000
Matthew Matros - 712,000
Farzad Rouhani - 600,000
Scott Sitron - 570,000
Richard Kirsch - 490,000
Cody Slaubaugh - 475,000
Elliot Smith - 380,000
Voitto Rintala - 310,000
Corwin Cole - 282,000

Average Stack: 403,950

Eliminations:
21^st – Martin Cardno
22^nd – Paulo Nunes
23^rd – Joe Neiman
24^th – Dan Harmetz
25^th – Mimi Tran
26^th – Anders Fraulund
27^th – Andrew Garvin

Big Hands and Storylines:

Heimiller Time

Dan Heimiller raised to 40,000 in late position and action folded around to Andrew Garvin in the blinds. Garvin moved all-in for about 180,000. Heimiller insta-called and flipped up AA. Garvin showed 99. The board came 10758K and Garvin was eliminated. Heimiller grew his stack to an even more impressive 1,100,000.

Biggar is Better; Mimi Tran Eliminated

Gary Biggar and Mimi Tran, both short-stacked, got all-in pre-flop. Biggar had Tran dominated with his AQ going against her KQ. The flop came 1044 and the turn was the 6. Going to the river, Tran had only 3 outs, and when the 4 peeled off, her tournament was over. After winning the hand Biggar was up to 175,000.

Set Over Set Propels Rouhani

Farzad Rouhani raised to 36,000 from early position and Andriy Zaichenko made the call from the cutoff. The two saw a flop of 985. Rouhani led out for 32,000 and Zaichenko raised to 100,000. Undeterred by this show of strength, Rouhani moved all-in and was snap-called by Zaichenko. The two turned over their hands:

Rouhani: 99
Zaichenko: 55

Zaichenko did not make quads and he took a big hit, now at 750,000. Rouhani’s double up gives him 600,000.

Player Tags: Farzad Rouhani,   Mimi Tran,   Richard Kirsch,   Andrew Garvin,   Dan Harmetz,   Cody Slaubaugh,   Voitto Rintala,   Scott Sitron,   Martin Cardno,   Andrey Zaichenko,   Elliot Smith,   Corwin Cole,   Anders Fraulund

$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Day 2 - Level 17 Recap

Jul 01, '08

Blinds: 5,000-10,000

Players Left:  28 of 2,693

Chip Leaders:
Matthew Matros - 712,000
Scott Sitron - 570,000
Richard Kirsch - 490,000
Cody Slaubaugh - 410,000
Elliot Smith - 380,000
Andrey Zaichenko - 375,000
Farzad Rouhani - 310,000
Voitto Rintala - 310,000
Joseph Neiman - 310,000
Corwin Cole - 282,000

Average Stack: 288,535

Eliminations:
Ben Spraggons
John McCauley
Esther Garza
Tim Barchie

Big Hands and Storylines:

Sundberg Doubles Up Through Tran

Mimi Tran raised to 30,000 from the button and Lars Sundberg moved all-in from the big blind. It was 49,000 more to Tran and she analyzed her decision. After about 50 seconds of thought, she made the call and the two turned up their cards:

Sundberg: 88
Tran: AQ

The board came 10975J and Sundberg won the hand with a jack-high straight. Sundberg now has 170,000 while Tran is languishing with 100,000.

Matros Keeps Accumulating

Twice during recent rounds, players have attempted to steal the blinds of Matt Matros. On both occasions Matros put in a big raise and forced the players to lay down their hands. Matt Matros did play a hand that went to showdown though. Anders Fraulund raised to 30,000 and this time Matros opted to call in the big blind. Matros checked the 965 flop and called a 45,000 bet from Fraulund. Both players checked when the 6 paired the board. The river was the 7 and Matros led out for 90,000. Fraulund called instantly and when Matros had confirmed this with the dealer he showed A6 for turned trips. Fraulund showed K9 and said, “Good hand.”

Matros has about 700,000. Fraulund is down to 160,000.

Tim Barchie Eliminated By Cody Slaubaugh

Tim Barchie moved all-in from early position and action folded around to Cody “thugmoneymkr” Slaubaugh in the small blind. It was 80,000 more to call for him. Instead of simply calling, he shoved over the raise for about 300,000. The big blind folded and the two showed their hands:

Barchie: A4
Slaubaugh: A6

The flop was perfect for Slaugbaugh: J106. Barchie could not catch up and he was eliminated.

Slaubaugh now has 410,000.

Player Tags: Farzad Rouhani,   Mimi Tran,   Richard Kirsch,   Cody Slaubaugh,   Voitto Rintala,   Scott Sitron,   Andrey Zaichenko,   Elliot Smith,   Corwin Cole,   Tim Barchie,   Anders Fraulund

$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Day 2 - Level 16

Jul 01, '08

Note: The players are now on a 20 minute break

Blinds: 4,000-8,000

Players Left:  35 of 2,693

Chip Leaders:
Daniel Heimiller - 610,000
Scott Sitron - 570,000
Matthew Matros - 550,000
Andrey Zaichenko - 430,000
Corwin Cole - 404,000
Elliot Smith - 380,000
Cody Slaubaugh - 355,000
Joachim Berg-Jensen - 350,000
Richard Kirsch - 340,000
Anders Fraulund - 330,000

Average Stack: 230,825

Eliminations:
Alvin Zeidenfeld
Gary Marcum
Vanessa Rousso

Big Hands and Storylines:

Matros and Heimiller Butt Heads

Two of the bigger stacks in the tournament, Matt Matros and Dan Heimiller, played a fairly large pot in the last level. Action folded around to Matros in the small blind and he raised it to 24,000. Dan Heimiller made a fairly quick call. The flop ran off 988 and Matros led out with a bet of 35,000. Heimiller made another quick call. Matros checked on the 10 turn and Heimiller bet 80,000. Matros stacked a column of orange chips, pulled them back in toward his stack, and declared himself all-in.

Heimiller was now stuck. He stared at the board, talking to himself, for nearly 7 minutes before Matros called the clock on him. The floorwoman came over and informed Heimiller that he had one minute to make a decision and at the end of the one minute his hand would be ruled dead. No sooner than she had finished her speech, Heimiller folded his hand.

After this confrontation, Matros is up to 520,000. Heimiller would be down to 455,000 but later chipped up to 610,000 to become chip leader.

Cardno Not Card Dead

Alvin Zeidenfeld, action having folded to him, moved all-in from the button for 63,500. Mimi Tran folded and Martin Cardno made a quick call. Zeidenfeld showed QJ and Cardno had A8. The board – K7793 – changed nothing, and Cardno won the hand. After a few moments of counting by the dealer (with some help by Mimi Tran), it was decided that Cardno had more chips and Zeidenfeld was eliminated.  Cardno now has 140,000.

Garvin Stomps, Eliminates Marcum

Gary Marcum moved all-in from middle position for 70,000 and Andrew Garvin made a quick call after action folded around to him. Marcum, without much confidence, showed A8. His pessimism was warranted, however, as Garvin showed AA. There would be no miracle for Marcum as the board rolled out Q549A. Marcum was covered by a few thousand, and he was eliminated. After the hand Garvin was up to 140,000.

Player Tags: Richard Kirsch,   Andrew Garvin,   Alvin Zeidenfeld,   Cody Slaubaugh,   Scott Sitron,   Martin Cardno,   Andrey Zaichenko,   Elliot Smith,   Corwin Cole,   Gary Marcum,   Anders Fraulund,   Joachim Berg-Jensen

$1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Day 2 - Level 15 Recap

Jul 01, '08

Blinds: 3,000-6,000

Players Left:  52 of 2,693

Chip Leaders:
Scott Sitron - 560,000
Corwin Cole - 420,000
Andrey Zaichenko - 370,000
Jeffery Courtney - 240,000
Mimi Tran - 230,000
Cody Slaubaugh - 220,000
Daniel Heimiller - 192,000
Gary Marcum - 180,000
Hans Erlandsson - 175,000
Matthew Matros - 168,000
Alvin Zeidenfeld - 163,000

Average Stack: 155,365

Eliminations:
Jason Morgan
John Monnette
Nath Pizzolatto

Big Hands and Storylines:

It’s a Good Day To Have Ace-Queen: Part I

John McCauley raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and the button moved all-in for 120,000. McCauley, who only had 60,000 left behind, made the call with AQ while the button had 66. The flop was J95 and the turn was the 10, giving McCauley an open-ended straight-draw in addition to his two over cards. Before either player even had a chance to soak in the suspense, the dealer turned over the Q, giving McCauley new life in the tournament. After the hand he was up to about 190,000.

It’s a Good Day To Have Ace-Queen: Part II

Corwin Cole raised to 15,000 from early position. A player in middle position called, and the player to his left moved all-in. The dealer counted up the chips and it was 52,000 more to Cole. After only about 20 seconds of thought, Cole made the call. The third player quickly folded and the two showed their hands:

Cole: AQ
Opponent: 88

The flop came K99 and Cole was drawing to six outs. The 5 was unhelpful, but once again, a queen – the Q – appeared on the river to help out ace-queen. Cole's opponent wasted no extra time at the table. He immediately walked over to the payout stand, located a mere 4 or 5 feet from his seat, and informed the tournament officials that he had been eliminated.

Cole is now up to 420,000.

Spraggons’ Kings Crack Aces

Ben “Spraggs” Spraggons and James Morgan got all in pre-flop. Morgan was well ahead with his AA dominating Spraggons’ KK. The flop was harmless: 842. The turn was anything but harmless however. When the K came off the deck Morgan sprung from his chair like it was electrified and began to bemoan his bad luck, “I’m not meant to win this year.” The turn blanked, and just like that Spraggons was up to 90,000. Morgan, down to 30,000, would be eliminated two hands later when his 73 was no match for, what else, KK.

Player Tags: Mimi Tran,   Alvin Zeidenfeld,   Cody Slaubaugh,   Jason Morgan,   Hans Erlandsson,   Scott Sitron,   Andrey Zaichenko,   Corwin Cole,   Gary Marcum,   Jeff Courtney

$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Final Table - Corwin and Rouhani Eliminated

Jul 02, '08

Note: The players are now on a 60-minute dinner break

Blinds: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante

Chip Counts:
Scott Sitron - 3,655,000
David Daneshgar - 2,750,000
Dan Heimiller - 1,690,000

Eliminations:
Fourth Place – Farzad Rouhani - ($231,584)
Fifth Place – Corwin Cole - ($189,311)

Big Hands and Storylines:

Corwin Cole Eliminated In Fifth Place ($189,311)

Corwin Cole moved all-in from the cutoff for 870,000 and action folded around to Scott Sitron in the small blind. Sitron made the call and the two showed their cards:

Cole: 98
Sitron: A8

SItron had Cole dominated. The A63 flop made things even bleaker for Cole. The K on the turn was the clincher, and Sitron would win the hand, moving up to 2,785,000. For finishing in fifth place, Cole will leave here with $189,311.

Farzad Rouhani Eliminated in Fourth Place ($231,584)

Farzad Rouhani opened the action from the button by moving all-in for 515,000. Scott Sitron again woke up with a hand in the blinds and called with 1010. Rouhani disgustedly turned up his A9 and awaited the flop. The flop would bring good news only to Sitron, as he hit a set on the 1042 flop. The 4 on the turn filled Sitron up and made him the first player in the tournament to surpass 3 million chips. Farzad Rouhani will take away $231,584 from his second final table of this year’s World Series.

David Daneshgar Doubles Through Dan Heimiller

David Daneshgar raised to 250,000 on the button, Dan Heimiller made it 800,000 from the small blind, and Scott Sitron ducked out of the hand. Daneshgar instantly moved all-in. Heimiller seemed to know that his hand was no good, but, getting about 4-to-1 on his money, he made the call with A10. Daneshgar, though ahead with JJ, did not look like a man who was confident in his lead. The board – KK73Q – strengthened Daneshgar’s resolve though, and he doubled up to 2,780,000. Heimiller dropped to third of three with 2,090,000.

Player Tags: Farzad Rouhani,   David Daneshgar,   Scott Sitron,   Corwin Cole

$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Final Table - War of Attrition

Jul 02, '08

Blinds: 30,000-60,000, 5,000 ante

Chip Counts:
Scott Sitron - 2,705,000
David Daneshgar - 1,530,000
Daniel Heimiller - 1,450,000
Farzad Rouhani – 1,305,000
Corwin Cole - 1,055,000

Big Hands and Storylines:

Dan Heimiller Doubles Through Corwin Cole

Dan Heimiller moved all-in from under the gun for about 425,000 and Corwin Cole made the call from the big blind. Corwin had Heimiller dominated – A9 versus A6 – but for the second time on the day, his lead would not last. The doorcard was the 6, and that was joined by the 6 and 2. Heimiller beamed, asking the dealer for “one more six.” The board ran out J and 5, and while Heimiller didn’t get his fourth 5, he did win the pot, giving him 900,000 in chips. The blow to Cole’s stack left him with 1,260,000.

Corwin Cole Doubles Through Farzad Rouhani

Farzad Rouhani raised from the cutoff and Corwin Cole quickly moved all-in from the big blind for 940,000 total. Rouhani seemed agitated; he stood up and paced back and forth. He returned to his seat but did not sit down, instead he leaned over it and maddeningly stacked and re-stacked his chips, the normally airy clacking of chips replaced by a series of deep thuds. Rouhani shoved his chips into the middle and slammed down his cards: AQ. Cole showed 55 and the two were racing. Rouhani’s fortuitous luck continued when the flop came AK7. But just as quickly as his lead came did it dissolve into thin air. The 5 on the turn gave Cole new and unexpected life. When the river bricked – 6 – Cole was back among the chip leaders with 1,935,000. Rouhani slipped back to 1,480,000.

Dan Heimiller Doubles Through Corwin Cole

Action folded around to Corwin Cole with a short-stacked Dan Heimiller behind him in the big blind. Cole, fresh off of his double up, moved all in. Heimiller snap-called him from the big blind and the two revealed their cards:

Cole: A3
Heimiller: AK

The flop game 1085 and things got just a bit more tense for Heimiller, in addition to the three treys, he would also have to fade 8 spades. The turn was the 9 and Heimiller was one card away from a vital double up. The river was the 9 and Heimiller doubled up to 1,450,000. Corwin, after having just won a pot for his tournament life, found himself back down around 1,200,000.

Farzad Rouhani Doubles Through David Daneshgar

David Daneshgar raised from the cutoff to 155,000. Action folded around to Farzad Rouhani in the big blind who moved in for 500,000 more. After much contemplation Daneshgar made the call. Rouhani showed AK and Daneshgar showed the cause for his deliberation, flipping over 75. The flop – Q107 – made Daneshgar look like a genius, and so did the 6 on the turn. Poker is a fickle game though, and the K on the river ripped the pot from Daneshgar’s grasp. Rouhani went from the brink of elimination to a stack of 1,355,000.

Player Tags: Farzad Rouhani,   David Daneshgar,   Scott Sitron,   Corwin Cole

$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Final Table - Matt Matros Eliminated

Jul 02, '08

Note: The players are now on a 20 minute break

Blinds: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante

Chip Counts:
Farzad Rouhani - 2,220,000
Scott Sitron - 1,955,000
Corwin Cole - 1,750,000
David Daneshgar – 1,625,000
Daniel Heimiller – 400,000

Eliminations:
Sixth Place – Matt Matros ($148,875)

Big Hands and Storylines:

Matt Matros Eliminated in Sixth Place ($148,875)

Corwin Cole, first to act, raised to 125,000 and Matt Matros wasted no time in moving all-in for his 690,000 chips. Cole audibly sighed before making the call and the two showed their cards:

Matros: AQ
Cole: A9

The flop came down K94 and Matros shook his head in disbelief. The 10 on the turn gave Cole the flush and spelled the end of the day for Matros. For his sixth place finish Matros took home $148,875.

Heimiller Chipping Up

Dan Heimiller went from short stack of 400,000 to over a million in chips in a very unorthodox manner. Instead of doubling up on a single hand, Heimiller was steadily chipping up playing post-flop poker, winning 4 out of 5 hands at one point.

Daneshgar Goes To The Break In Style

David Daneshgar raised to 125,000 from under-the gun and he was called by Dan Heimiller on the button. The flop came 1085 and Daneshgar led out for 200,000. Heimiller mulled it over before making a smallish raise to 500,000. Before Heimiller had even finished moving his chips into the pot, Daneshgar moved all-in. Heimiller folded immediately and Daneshgar took down the pot.

That pot brought Daneshgar up to 1,625,000 and ended Heimiller's recent run, knocking him down to around 400,000.

Player Tags: Farzad Rouhani,   David Daneshgar,   Scott Sitron,   Corwin Cole

$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Final Table - Courtney and Zaichenko Eliminated

Jul 02, '08

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

Chip Counts:
David Daneshgar - 1,910,000
Scott Sitron - 1,820,000
Farzad Rouhani - 1,725,000
Corwin Cole - 1,500,000
Daniel Heimiler - 580,000
Matthew Matros - 495,000

Eliminations:
Seventh Place – Andrey Zaichenko ($112,116)
Eighth Place – Jeff Courtney ($84,546)

Big Hands and Storylines:

Jeff Courtney Eliminated in Eighth Place ($84,546)

Today was just not Jeff Courtney’s day. On three occasions the young man from Lancaster, Pennsylvania got his chips in with a solid hand against Farzad Rouhani, and on three occasions he would lose a big pot.

The final blow took place minutes after returning from a 20-minute break. Rouhani raised to 105,000 and Courtney moved all-in for 475,000 from the button. After a bit of thinking, Rouhani said, “Let’s go,” and made the call, showing AQ, a hand that he had folded earlier in a not too dissimilar situation. He was racing against Courtney’s JJ. The flop was another dagger for Courtney: Q94, and when the turn (4) and river (9) failed to improve his hand, he would be eliminated. For his three days of work, Jeff Courtney took home $84,546.

Corwin Cole Doubles Through Matt Matros

Corwin Cole raised to 100,000 from the cutoff and was called by Matt Matros in the small blind. The flop came AK6 and Matros checked to Cole. Cole bet 135,000 and action was back on Matros. The Yale grad did not take very long before sliding in a stack of green chips totaling 400,000. Cole then moved all-in and was insta-called by Matros. The two showed their hands:

Cole: 66
Matros: QJ

Cole flopped a set of sixes but still needed to dodge Matros’ 11 outs. When the A came on the turn all suspense was dashed. That hand gave Cole the chip lead with 2,115,000. After a couple of hours of patient play as the chip leader, Matros suddenly became the shortstack with 480,000.

Andrey Zaichenko Eliminated in Seventh Place ($112,116)

The table folded around to Andrey Zaichenko who open-shoved for 770,000 on the button. Scott Sitron quickly called from the small blind and Daneshgar folded. Sitron had the goods – KK – but that was not the case for Zaichenko, who showed his 96. Zaichenko would fall even further behind on the KQ2 flop. The 9 turn and A river provided no miracles for the Russian and his day was done. Zaichenko’s seventh place finish was good for $112,116.

Sitron’s timely kings helped propel him to 1,880,000.

David Daneshgar Doubles Through Corwin Cole

Daneshgar raised to 105,000 from the button and Corwin Cole moved all-in from the big blind. Daneshgar was clearly uncomfortable with the decision to be made, first sprawling face down across the table and then standing up with his arms crossed. Trusting his read, Daneshgar made the call with AJ. Cole smiled and turned over 86. An excellent call by Daneshgar for sure, but he was still only a 59 percent favorite going to the flop. The board came A942A and Daneshgar won the hand handily.

Daneshgar’s double up took him to 1,910,000 and Cole took a slight hit, dropping to 1,475,000.

Player Tags: Farzad Rouhani,   David Daneshgar,   Scott Sitron,   Andrey Zaichenko,   Corwin Cole,   European Report,   Jeff Courtney