Ashton Griffin Poker Tournament Updates

Level 23 Update: Parker 4th ($78,088), Griffin 5th ($55,482)

Jul 07, '12

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 6,000 ante

Players Remaining: 3 out of 101

Average Chip Count: 1,010,000

Chip Counts:

Seat no. 1 — George Danzer — 835,000

Seat no. 3 — Nick Schulman — 1,720,000

Seat no. 6 — Mike Wattel — 495,000

Players Eliminated:

Benjamin Parker — 4th Place ($78,088)
Ashton Griffin — 5th Place ($55,482)

Live Updates:

Ashton Griffin Eliminated in 5th Place ($55,482)

Ashton Griffin moved all in before the draw from under the gun and Mike Wattel called.

Draw: Griffin drew 1 card while Wattel stood pat.

Wattel: 3 – 4 – 6 – 7 – 9
Griffin: 4 – 5 – 7 – 9 – Q

Wattel stood pat with a made 9-7 low and Griffin bricked with a queen on the draw. Ashton Griffin as eliminated in 5th place ($55,482). Wattel ended the hand with around 900,000 in chips.

Benjamin Parker Eliminated in 4th Place ($78,088)

Nick Schulman raised to 55,000 before the draw, Benjamin Parker called all in from the small blind and George Danzer called the raise from the big blind.

Draw: Danzer drew 1 card while both Schulman and Parker stood pat. Both players checked the side pot.

Schulman: 2 – 4 – 5 – 8 – 9

Schulman scooped both the main and side pots with a 9-8 low as Benjamin Parker was eliminated in 4th place ($78,088). Schulman extended his lead that hand with about 1.5 million in chips.

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

Player Tags: Michael Wattel,   Nick Schulman,   Ashton Griffin,   Benjamin Parker

Level 21 Update: John Juanda Eliminated in 6th Place ($41,270)

Jul 07, '12

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 4,000 ante

Players Remaining: 5 out of 101

Average Chip Count: 606,000

Chip Counts:

Seat no. 1 — George Danzer — 680,000

Seat no. 3 — Nick Schulman — 1,200,000

Seat no. 5 — Ashton Griffin — 720,000
Seat no. 6 — Mike Wattel — 235,000
Seat no. 7 — Benjamin Parker — 220,000

Players Eliminated:

John Juanda — 6th Place ($41,270)

Live Updates:

John Juanda Eliminated in 6th Place ($41,270)

John Juanda moved all in before the draw for just under 200,000 from middle position, and Ashton Griffin moved all in over the top from the button without any action.

Draw: Juanda drew 1 card while Griffin stood pat.

Griffin: 3 – 4 – 7 – 10 – J

Juanda was drawing live but bricked with a king and was eliminated in 6th place ($41,270). Griffin ended the hand second in chips with just over 700,000.

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

Player Tags: John Juanda,   Ashton Griffin

Action Begins, Final Table Now Underway

Jul 07, '12

The final table of Event no. 60 ($10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball) is now underway, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

Day 3 began with 10 players spread out over 2 tables, and with the elimination of Ali Eslami in 8th Place ($26,004), the final table is now set. Play will begin in Level 20, and will continue until a winner is determined.

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

Seat no. 1 — George Danzer — 261,000
Seat no. 2 — John Juanda — 371,000
Seat no. 3 — Nick Schulman — 979,000
Seat no. 4 — Bob Bright — 38,000
Seat no. 5 — Ashton Griffin — 596,000
Seat no. 6 — Mike Wattel — 477,000
Seat no. 7 — Benjamin Parker — 313,000

While only 7 remain, this event gathered 101 players, creating a total prize pool of $949,400. Here is a look at the final payouts:

1st Place — $294,321
2nd Place — $181,886
3rd Place — $115,295
4th Place — $78,088
5th Place — $55,482
6th Place — $41,270
7th Place — $32,080

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

Player Tags: John Juanda,   Michael Wattel,   Ali Eslami,   Nick Schulman,   George Danzer,   Bob Bright,   Ashton Griffin,   Benjamin Parker

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:

Notables Eliminated This Level:

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

Round Three: Hour Two – Mortensen and Griffin Out while Duthie and Dwan Advance

Jun 01, '11

NOTE: Three blind levels will be played each hour, as each is just 20 minutes long. The only difference in round 3 is that the blinds begin at 600-1,200.

NOTE: Day 2 Will Continue Until the Conclusion of the Sweet 16 Round, which will begin at 8 p.m. this evening. The field decided to take a 15-minute break at the end of hour two so the hour three update will come in at 6:15.

Players Remaining: 30 out of 128

Starting Stacks: 300,000 broken up into three chances — meaning that the players started with 100,000 and had 200,000 additional on the side that they could add on at anytime before a hand. If their additional chips were not in play when a hand begins, those chips couldn’t be used to wager with.

Ongoing Matches:

David Benyamine vs. Anthony Guetti
Chris Moorman vs. Richard Lyndaker
Dani Stern vs. Jake Cody
Isaac Haxton vs. Jonathan Jaffe

Daniel Alaei vs. Gus Hansen
Steve Blilirakis vs. Trevor Pope
Matt Marafioti vs. Maxim Lykov

Eric Froehlich vs. Steve Zolotow
Jason Smirnov vs. Darren Elias
Erik Cajelais vs. Nikolay Evdakov

Yevgeniy Timshenko vs. Amritraj Singh
Oliver Busquet vs. Andrew Robl
Kunimaro Kojo vs. Nick Schulman
David Paredes vs. John Juanda

Eliminations:

Carlos Mortensen
Ashton Griffin

Key Hands:

Carlos Mortensen Falls Against John Duthie

Carlos Mortensen was knocked down to 100,000 when he moved all in with Q J and John Duthie made the call with K 5. The board ran out K J 7 5 3 and Mortensen was down to his final reload chip.

A few hands later it was all over for Mortensen. Mortensen was all in again, this time with pocket deuces and Duthie had him covered with pocket queens. The board stayed out of things, running off J J 10 9 6 and Duthie became the first player to advance to the sweet 16 and make the money. He ensured a cash worth at least $67,436.

Tom Dwan Advances

Ashton Griffin got the last of his chips into the middle against Tom Dwan and when they flipped over their cards “Durrrr” was way out in front with pocket aces over his opponents pocket fives. The aces held and Dwan was the second player to advance to the sweet 16.

Maxim Lykov Close to the Ropes

Maxim Lykov faced another decision against Matt Marafioti with the board reading K K 6 2 A and 50,000 raised out on the table after Lykov opened the action for 16,000. Lykov decided to call and then he mucked his cards when Marafioti flipped over two black aces. Lykov was down to less than 100,000 after the hand with no reload chips.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   John Duthie,   Tom Dwan,   Ashton Griffin,   Maxim Lykov,   Matthew Marafioti

Level 12: Naujoks Chips Up

Jun 21, '10

Blinds: 1,200-2,400

Players Remaining: 63 out of 268

Average Chip Count: 127,619

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Peter Jetten – 585,000
2. Clement Thurny – 395,000
3. Daniel Smith – 312,000
4. Thomas Marchese – 292,000
5. Blair Rodman – 258,000
6. Nikolai Yakovenko – 236,000
7. John Duthie – 223,000
8. John Dwyer – 208,000
9. Vitaly Lunkin – 190,000
10. Matthew Marafioti – 182,000

Notable Eliminations:

Jonathan Aguiar
Carlos Mortensen

Note: Players are on a 60-minute break and will return at 8:20 p.m.

Big Hands:

Naujoks Continues To Chip Up

Sandra Naujoks put in a raise preflop and she was called by the player in seat 7. The flop came down K65 and both players checked.

The turn was the 7 and seat 7 checked. Naujoks bet 7,000 and seat 7 relased his hand.

Naujoks took the pot and was at 112,000.

Griffin Muscles Out Keller

Ashton Griffin raised to 4,900 from the cutoff and Shawn Keller made the call from the big blind. The flop came down 843 and Griffin bet 7,000 and Keller tanked.

After a few moments to think, he raised to 21,000. Griffin then moved all in for 31,900 more.

Keller thought a few more moments and mucked his hand, dropping his stack to 160,000. Griffin was up to 105,000 after the hand.

Matusow Drops One

Picking up the action after the turn, the board read Q992.

Mike Matusow bet 8,000 and the player in seat 9 made the call. The player in seat 2 was also in the hand but folded to the bet. The river was the K and Matusow thought for a while.

Eventually, he checked and seat 9 checked behind. Matusow just tapped the table lightly and seat 9 showed 77 for the winner.

Matusow dropped the pot and was at 73,000.

Player Tags: Mike Matusow,   Shawn Keller,   Ashton Griffin,   Sandra Naujoks

Level 14 Update: Tim Begley Storms Up Leader Board

Feb 28, '10

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

Players Remaining: 86 out of 745

Chip Counts:

1. Mark Newhouse — 510,000
2. Tim Begley — 500,000
3. Chris Moore — 370,000
4. Taylor Paur — 310,000
5. Carlos Mortensen — 280,000
6. Steve Sung — 270,000
7. Daniel Negreanu — 250,000
8. Dan Martin — 235,000
9. Paul Niemela — 230,000
10. Masaaki Kagawa — 205,000

Average Chip Count: 173,255

Notable Eliminations:

Kataneh Hamidi
Jonathan Aguiar
John Cernuto

Big Hands:

Tim Begley Busts Kataneh Hamidi In Monster Pot

In a hand that took up the entire duration of the break, Tim Begley busted Kataneh Hamidi to take the chip lead. The board read 8 5 5 10 7 and Begley put Hamidi all in.

Hamidi tanked for the last few minutes of the level and then the entire 15 minutes of the break before she announced call. Begley showed pocket eights for the flopped full house and Hamidi exited the tournament room.

Shawn Buchanan, who tank folded earlier in the hand, let the table know that he folded pocket queens. He suspected that Hamidi held jacks, or possibly even queens herself, but ruled out kings and aces based on her line. After the hand, Begley was chip leader with over 600,000. By the end of the level, he had dropped down to just over 500,000.

Tim West Eliminated

Tim West was all in holding pocket jacks against his opponent’s As Qh.

The board fell A 6 5 6 7 and West was eliminated from the tournament.

Jonathan Aguiar Busts

Jonathan Aguiar moved all in from the button and was called by the small blind who held pocket jacks.

Aguiar was in terrible shape with J 7 and didn’t get any help as the board rolled out 9 4 2 3 K.

Prahlad Friedman Gets a Double Up

Prahlad Friedman was all in holding Ah Kc against an opponent’s pocket tens.

The board fell J 9 8 K J and Friedman doubled up to over 100,000 in chips.

Miami John Cernuto Gets Lucky, Then Unlucky

John Cernuto was all in holding A-9 against an opponent’s pocket tens.

Cernuto was thrilled to hit the ace on the flop, but his mood immediately turned sour when the 10 hit the turn, ending his run here at Commerce.

High Roller Report:

The field size for the $25,000 High Roller Championship has increased to 31 players. Among them is recent venetian High Roller Champion Ashton “theASHMAN103” Griffin.

Not surprisingly, Griffin is now the chip leader in this event as well, after bluffing Justin “BoostedJ” Smith in a large pot.

Player Tags: John Cernuto,   Tim West,   Tim Begley,   Ashton Griffin,   Kataneh Hamidi