| Oct 01, '10 |
2010 PokerStars.com EPT London - Season VII |
EPT London Main Event |
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Search and Destroy
Oct 01, '10
 There have been a number of big names that have fallen along with the flurry of eliminations that have started the day. They include Allen Cunningham, Tony Cousineau, Jonathan Aguiar, Jeffrey Lisandro, Neil Channing, Freddy Deeb, and Team PokerStars pro Boris Becker.
Player Tags: Boris Becker
Boris Becker Gets Served
Oct 01, '10
 “All in and a call” can be heard frequently around the room, and this time it looked like it was PokerStars Team Sportstar Boris Becker whose tournament life was on the line. The cards were in front of him and a crowd gathered. “Boris! Boris! Bye Boris!” shouted a familiar voice. Becker looked across the area and saw Daniel Negreanu waving. He started waving back and then realised his teammate was waving goodbye, “It’s not me!” he said smiling.
A few moments later he was all in however with his K K facing his opponent’s A A . The board came Q 8 4 7 4 and Becker made his exit.
Player Tags: Boris Becker
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| Jan 06, '10 |
2010 PokerStars.com EPT Caribbean Adventure - Season VI |
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event |
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Level 7 Update: Here Comes Phil Ivey
Jan 06, '10
Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante
Players Remaining: 665 out of 846
Notable Chip Counts:
Vanessa Rousso — 145,000
Annette Obrestad — 125,000
Phil Ivey — 120,000
J.C. Alvarado — 100,000
Darryll Fish — 90,000
Paul Wasicka — 85,000
Alex Kamberis — 80,000
John Racener — 75,000
Joe Cassidy — 75,000
Carlos Mortensen — 70,000
Average Chip Count: 38,165
Notable Eliminations:
Jayde Nicole
Boris Becker
Alexandre Gomes
Vitaly Lunkin
Left In the Deck
Official Numbers
The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has officially surpassed last year’s mark of 1,347. A total of 846 players bought in for day 1B and with day 1A’s 669, have formed a field of 1,515.
Prize pool and payout information has yet to be passed along, but last year’s tournament awarded a cool $3 million for first. We’re expecting around $3.5 million this time around.
Big Hands:
That’s Game For Boris Becker
Boris Becker came over the top of a player’s opening raise for his last 11,000 in chips with A Q and was called by A K.
Becker couldn’t overcome the domination as the board ran out J 521010, ending his main event late in the day.
Jayde Nicole Exits, Room Suffers
Playboy Playmate Jayde Nicole raised to 1,300 from middle position and Andrew McNamee raised all in from the big blind. Nicole called all in for her last 12,000 or so and the cards went on their backs.
Nicole showed two red jacks and McNamee was racing with AK. The board came 9 66AQ and McNamee paired his ace on the turn to send Nicole from the tournament area.
After the hand, McNamee said, “I almost didn’t like that ace.” Neither did we, Andrew.
Phil Ivey Makes Kings Work
Phil Ivey raised to 1,600, Chris “SloppyKlod” Klodnicki raised to 4,500 and then Dominic Nitsche moved all in for 27,000. Ivey called and Klodnicki folded.
Nitsche showed pocket queens, but Ivey’s pocket kings were best, holding on a board reading 752A8. Ivey is now pushing 115,000 in chips.
Alexandre Gomes Runs Into Kings
Team PokerStars Pro Alexandre Gomes has fallen short of his triple crown, at least for the time being, when his big slick ran into an opponent’s pocket kings.
Suck, Resuck, For Vitaly Lunkin
WSOP superstar Vitaly Lunkin just went through a wide range of emotions in a very short span. Lunkin showed pocket eights on a flop of 10107, but Kasey Thompson revealed pocket sevens for the under full.
Lunkin had four outs to survive and one hit when the 10 peeled off the turn. Just one-out separated the Russian from a double up, but the 7 came on the river to end his tournament. Brutal.
Player Tags: Phil Ivey, Vitaly Lunkin, Boris Becker, Alexandre Gomes
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| Sep 05, '09 |
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona - Season VI |
PokerStars EPT Barcelona Main Event |
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| Apr 30, '09 |
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Season V |
EPT Grand Final Championship - Event 1 |
3 |
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Boris Becker Eliminated
Apr 30, '09
 With 80,000 in the pot and the board reading Q 8 3 J, Boris Becker shoves for 20,600, and Olivier Douce calls.
Douce shows J 10 and Becker hits the rail after revealing A 10 and seeing a brick of a river.
Player Tags: Olivier Douce, Boris Becker
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| Apr 22, '09 |
2009 Five-Star World Poker Classic (WPT) |
WPT Championship - Event 16 |
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Level 2 Update -- Boris Becker Takes a Hit
Apr 19, '09
Level: 2
Blinds: 100-200
Notable Chip Counts:
Brian Rast -- 180,000
Mimi Tran -- 155,000
Jean Max Gaspard -- 150,000
Shawn Cunix -- 144,000
David Singer -- 142,000
 Key Hands:
Boris Becker Takes a Hit
Justin Smith, Boris Becker, and the button saw a flop of 1072 and Smith checked in the small blind. Becker bet 1,550 from the big blind and the button mucked. Smith made the call and the turn fell 5. Smith checked and Becker fired out 3,500. Smith made the call and the river fell 2. Smith checked and Becker bet 11,000. Smith raised to 37,000 and Becker made the call with AA and Smith turned up 1010. Becker was knocked down to 54,000 and Smith is up to 144,000.
Matt Brady Wins a Huge Pot
Daniel Negreanu raised to 400 from early position and Barry Greenstein, Matt Brady, James Mackey, the small blind, and Clonie Gowen all made the call. The flop was dealt 1073 and Negreanu opened the action with a 1,350 bet. Greenstein mucked, Brady made the call, Mackey mucked, the small blind called, and Gowen called as well. The turn fell 2 Negreanu opened the action again with a 4,800 bet. Brady made the call, the small blind mucked, and Gowen check-raised to 14,800. Negreanu mucked and Brady made the call. The river fell 4. Gowen bet 22,000, and Brady made the call. He turned up 33 for a set and Gowen mucked. Brady was up to 140,000 after the hand and Gowen fell to 63,000.
Player Tags: Clonie Gowen, Matt Brady, Boris Becker, Justin Smith
Boris Becker Eliminated in 40th Place ($40,855)
Apr 22, '09
Tennis great Boris Becker got unlucky when his pocket king were forced to chop a pot, but his 40th place finish earned him $40,855 and a cash in one of the toughest fields in poker.
Player Tags: Boris Becker
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| Apr 19, '09 |
2009 Five-Star World Poker Classic (WPT) |
WPT Championship - Event 16 |
2 |
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Level 2 Update -- Boris Becker Takes a Hit
Apr 19, '09
Level: 2
Blinds: 100-200
Notable Chip Counts:
Brian Rast -- 180,000
Mimi Tran -- 155,000
Jean Max Gaspard -- 150,000
Shawn Cunix -- 144,000
David Singer -- 142,000
Key Hands:
Boris Becker Takes a Hit
Justin Smith, Boris Becker, and the button saw a flop of 1072 and Smith checked in the small blind. Becker bet 1,550 from the big blind and the button mucked. Smith made the call and the turn fell 5. Smith checked and Becker fired out 3,500. Smith made the call and the river fell 2. Smith checked and Becker bet 11,000. Smith raised to 37,000 and Becker made the call with AA and Smith turned up 1010. Becker was knocked down to 54,000 and Smith is up to 144,000.
Matt Brady Wins a Huge Pot
Daniel Negreanu raised to 400 from early position and Barry Greenstein, Matt Brady, James Mackey, the small blind, and Clonie Gowen all made the call. The flop was dealt 1073 and Negreanu opened the action with a 1,350 bet. Greenstein mucked, Brady made the call, Mackey mucked, the small blind called, and Gowen called as well. The turn fell 2 Negreanu opened the action again with a 4,800 bet. Brady made the call, the small blind mucked, and Gowen check-raised to 14,800. Negreanu mucked and Brady made the call. The river fell 4. Gowen bet 22,000, and Brady made the call. He turned up 33 for a set and Gowen mucked. Brady was up to 140,000 after the hand and Gowen fell to 63,000.
Player Tags: Clonie Gowen, Matt Brady, Boris Becker, Justin Smith
Boris Becker Eliminated in 40th Place ($40,855)
Apr 22, '09
Tennis great Boris Becker got unlucky when his pocket king were forced to chop a pot, but his 40th place finish earned him $40,855 and a cash in one of the toughest fields in poker.
Player Tags: Boris Becker
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| Feb 18, '09 |
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Scandinavian Open - Season V |
EPT No-Limit Hold'em Main Event - Event 2 |
2 |
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Table Changes
Feb 18, '09
Jonas Molander is now on Andrea Benelli and Theo Jorgensen's table. Benelli has 22,000, Jacobson has 18,000.
Orjan Holt has been moved to Boris Becker's table and the change of scenery seems to have agreed with him. With triple his chip stack from before he has been playing aggressively and confidently, and tensions seem to have changed at the table.
Seat 2 at his table bets 550, Holt from the hijack raises it to 2,100, seat 2 folds.
In the very next hand, Holt raises to 500 and Boris Becker calls from the button.
The flop comes down AJ10 and Holt checks. Becker bets 1,200 and Holt insta-calls, so much so his chips are nearly down before Becker's.
The turn is the 8 and Holt checks once again. Becker bets 4,000 and Holt asks how much he has behind. 3,175 is the amount, so Holt thinks for a bit and then reveals the A and folds. Becker takes back the focus and rakes in his chips. Holt is back down to about 13,300, but there is no doubt that this will change once again very soon.
Player Tags: Orjan Holt, Boris Becker
Boris Beckons a Call
Feb 18, '09
An under-the-gun Boris Becker calls a raise of 450 (300 plus blinds) and we see a flop: K92.
Some rather feminine-looking Dolce & Gabbana shades are now placed on the prestinely groomed head of the tennis star and Becker bets 800. His opponents seem to fear him, maybe less for his play, than his celebrity status. That however won't last long, and he will have to make sure his game speaks for itself. Becker scoops the pot and places his Gabbana's back on the felt.
Player Tags: Boris Becker
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| Apr 13, '08 |
2008 EPT Grand Final - Season IV |
EPT Grand Final Main Event |
2 |
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Max Pescatori Out; Boris Becker Bounces Back
Apr 13, '08
 Max Pescatori has been eliminated by Antonio Esfandiari while Boris Becker has won two pots in a row to double his chips to 4,300. In the first he had A-Q Vs A-J and a queen came on the turn and in the hand immediately afterward he called a 350 bet with two others before the flop, which came 76 2and everyone checked.
A 4 on turn and everyone checked again and K on the river saw both opponets check to Becker, he bet 1,000 and his opponents folded.
Player Tags: Max Pescatori, Antonio Esfandiari, Boris Becker
Boris Becker and the Table of Death
Apr 13, '08
On a flop of 855 former tennis star Boris Becker called a bet of 1,000. The turn came 2, Becker checked but called another bet of 1,500 and the river came J. The Team PokerStars pro from Germany checked again, but called a bet of 2,000 and his opponent tabled K5 for a flopped set and Becker mucked.
Several others at the table sneaked glances at each other, no doubt wishing they had been at the receiving end of such loose play.
Elsewhere Antonio Esfandiari has joined Gus Hansen, Dario Alioto, Max Pescatori, and Marc Goodwin at the Table of Death. Ram Vaswani has what looks like over 30,000 in chips and is at a new table and William Thorsson has moved to join Chad Brown, Daniel Negreanu and Paul Testud.
A short-stacked Gavin Griffin tried to get involved in a pot by calling a raise of 600 pre-flop but a board of AK6 saw his opponent make the first move and Grifin quickly folded and auto-counted his remaing chips - all 10 or so of them totalling about 2,000.
Player Tags: Antonio Esfandiari, Ram Vaswani, Gavin Griffin, Marc Goodwin, Dario Alioto, Boris Becker
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