William McMahan Poker Tournament Updates

Final Table Update: Two Down, Cantu Still Leads

Jun 27, '09

Blinds: 8,000-16,000

Players Remaining: 7 out of 762

Chip Counts:

1. Brandon Cantu — 1,140,000
2. Jacqmin Mathieu — 505,000
3. Tommy Vedes — 450,000
4. Lee Watkinson — 435,000
5. Steve Jelinek — 426,000
6. Aaron Sias — 320,000
7. Ted Weinstock — 147,000

Average Chip Count: 489,857

Notable Eliminations:

9. William McMahan — $22,862
8. Ronnie Hofman — $25,618

Elimination Hands:

William McMahan Eliminated in Ninth Place ($22,862)

Tommy Vedes raised to 36,000 and William McMahan reraised out of the small blind to 120,000.

Vedes then put him all in and McMahan called for his tournament life with AAKQ. Vedes showed A10104 and made the winning hand when the board ran out 8445J.

Ronnie Hofman Eliminated in Eighth Place ($25,618)

Ronnie Hofman raised pot in early position and was called by Lee Watkinson. Hofman committed the rest of his stack on a flop of 742 with AKQJ and was drawing extremely slim to Watkinson’s AK42.

The turn was the 7 giving Hofman hope, but the river 3 sent him packing.

Player Tags: Ronnie Hofman,   William McMahan

$10,000 Omaha 8/b World Championship - Hour One

Jun 21, '08

Blinds: 6,000-12,000
Stakes: 12,000-24,000

Players Left: 16

Chip Leaders:
Chau Giang: 480,000
Ram Vaswani: 452,000
Mike Matusow: 442,000
Jason Gray: 400,000
Toto Leonidas: 400,000
Tony Ma: 398,000
David Chiu: 380,000
David Benyamine: 300,000
Gerg Jamison: 254,000
Berry Johnston: 218,000

Eliminations:
Ray Dehkharghani Eliminated in 18th Place ($27,612)
William McMahan Eliminated in  17th Place ($27,612)

Big Hands:

Ray Dehkharghani Eliminated in 18th Place ($27,612)

Tony Ma raised from early position and Ray Dehkhargani reraised from middle position. Ma called and the flop came 1065. Ma checked to Dehkhargani who bet, Ma raised (check-raise), and Dehkhargani called all in. 

Tony Ma: AK84
Dehkhargani: AA75

Ma flopped an inside straight draw and an 8-4 low draw while Dehkhargani flopped the best hand with pocket aces for the overpair and a 7-A low. The turn was the Q, no help to either player, but the river was the 7, giving Ma the straight (high) and counterfeiting Dehkhargani's low hand. Ma scooped the pot while Dehkhargani was eliminated in 18th place ($27,612).

William McMahan Eliminated in  17th Place ($27,612)

Tony Ma raised from the small blind and William McMahan called from the big blind. The flop came 987, and Ma bet out, McMahan called. The turn was the K, and once again Ma bet out and McMahan called. The river was the 2, and Ma bet out (the bet being enough to put McMahan all in), McMahan called. McMahan turned over AJ82 for two pair (high) no low, while Ma showed 10653 for the flopped straight (high) and an 8-7-6-5-3 low. Ma scooped another pot and eliminated another player, this time it was William McMahan in 17th place ($27,612).
 

Player Tags: Tony Ma,   Ray Dehkharghani,   William McMahan