| Jul 20, '17 |
CPPT V - The Venetian |
$5,000 Main Event $2 Million GTD |
4 |
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James Obst Doubles Through Ardavan Yazdi
Jul 17, '17
James Obst raised from under-the-gun and was three-bet by Ardavan Yazdi in the small blind. Obst moved all in, and Yazdi made the call with A J .
Obst, however, had him dominated with A K. The board ran out Q9710 J to pair Yazdi, but it also gave Obst a Broadway straight and the double up to 22,000. Yazdi is now sitting with 12,000.
Player Tags: Ardavan Yazdi, James Obst
Fashionably Late
Jul 17, '17
 Eugene Katchalov, James Obst, Chris Klodnicki and Javier Zarco are a few of the players to take their seats later in the afternoon here on day 1A. Each of these four players share something in common in addition to being fashinably late. They are all WSOP bracelet winners.
Player Tags: James Obst
James Obst Doubles Through Jimmy Guerrero
Jul 20, '17
After a series of bets and raises, James Obst found himself all-in for his last 64,100 with KJ against the A-Q of Jimmy Guerrero.
The board fell 1087K2 and Obst paired his king to double up to 135,000.
Player Tags: James Obst
James Obst Adds To His Stack
Jul 19, '17
We walked over to find a player all in for less than 20,000 with 98 against the pocket jacks of James Obst.
The board ran out AA934 and Obst scored the knockout. He now has 101,000 in chips.
Player Tags: James Obst
Fabian Ortiz Doubles Through James Obst
Jul 20, '17
 James Obst took a big hit down to 190,000 in chips after doubling up Fabian Ortiz in a huge cooler spot. The two men saw a KKQ flop, and Ortiz checked. Obst bet 24,000, and Ortiz called.
The turn was the 3. Ortiz checked again, and Obst fired 48,000. Ortiz went all in for 181,000 total. Obst paused for a second and called. Ortiz tabled the KQ for a flopped full house. Obst turned over the AJ for the nut flush. However, he wasn’t drawing dead. He still had an out to make a royal flush.
The 4 on the river was no good for Obst and he was left short stacked.
Player Tags: James Obst, Fabian Ortiz
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| Jul 19, '17 |
CPPT V - The Venetian |
$5,000 Main Event $2 Million GTD |
3 |
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James Obst Doubles Through Ardavan Yazdi
Jul 17, '17
James Obst raised from under-the-gun and was three-bet by Ardavan Yazdi in the small blind. Obst moved all in, and Yazdi made the call with AJ.
Obst, however, had him dominated with AK. The board ran out Q9710J to pair Yazdi, but it also gave Obst a Broadway straight and the double up to 22,000. Yazdi is now sitting with 12,000.
Player Tags: Ardavan Yazdi, James Obst
Fashionably Late
Jul 17, '17
Eugene Katchalov, James Obst, Chris Klodnicki and Javier Zarco are a few of the players to take their seats later in the afternoon here on day 1A. Each of these four players share something in common in addition to being fashinably late. They are all WSOP bracelet winners.
Player Tags: James Obst
James Obst Doubles Through Jimmy Guerrero
Jul 20, '17
After a series of bets and raises, James Obst found himself all-in for his last 64,100 with KJ against the A-Q of Jimmy Guerrero.
The board fell 1087K2 and Obst paired his king to double up to 135,000.
Player Tags: James Obst
James Obst Adds To His Stack
Jul 19, '17
We walked over to find a player all in for less than 20,000 with 98 against the pocket jacks of James Obst.
The board ran out AA934 and Obst scored the knockout. He now has 101,000 in chips.
Player Tags: James Obst
Fabian Ortiz Doubles Through James Obst
Jul 20, '17
James Obst took a big hit down to 190,000 in chips after doubling up Fabian Ortiz in a huge cooler spot. The two men saw a KKQ flop, and Ortiz checked. Obst bet 24,000, and Ortiz called.
The turn was the 3. Ortiz checked again, and Obst fired 48,000. Ortiz went all in for 181,000 total. Obst paused for a second and called. Ortiz tabled the KQ for a flopped full house. Obst turned over the AJ for the nut flush. However, he wasn’t drawing dead. He still had an out to make a royal flush.
The 4 on the river was no good for Obst and he was left short stacked.
Player Tags: James Obst, Fabian Ortiz
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| Jul 17, '17 |
CPPT V - The Venetian |
$5,000 Main Event $2 Million GTD |
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James Obst Doubles Through Ardavan Yazdi
Jul 17, '17
James Obst raised from under-the-gun and was three-bet by Ardavan Yazdi in the small blind. Obst moved all in, and Yazdi made the call with AJ.
Obst, however, had him dominated with AK. The board ran out Q9710J to pair Yazdi, but it also gave Obst a Broadway straight and the double up to 22,000. Yazdi is now sitting with 12,000.
Player Tags: Ardavan Yazdi, James Obst
Fashionably Late
Jul 17, '17
Eugene Katchalov, James Obst, Chris Klodnicki and Javier Zarco are a few of the players to take their seats later in the afternoon here on day 1A. Each of these four players share something in common in addition to being fashinably late. They are all WSOP bracelet winners.
Player Tags: James Obst
James Obst Doubles Through Jimmy Guerrero
Jul 20, '17
After a series of bets and raises, James Obst found himself all-in for his last 64,100 with KJ against the A-Q of Jimmy Guerrero.
The board fell 1087K2 and Obst paired his king to double up to 135,000.
Player Tags: James Obst
James Obst Adds To His Stack
Jul 19, '17
We walked over to find a player all in for less than 20,000 with 98 against the pocket jacks of James Obst.
The board ran out AA934 and Obst scored the knockout. He now has 101,000 in chips.
Player Tags: James Obst
Fabian Ortiz Doubles Through James Obst
Jul 20, '17
James Obst took a big hit down to 190,000 in chips after doubling up Fabian Ortiz in a huge cooler spot. The two men saw a KKQ flop, and Ortiz checked. Obst bet 24,000, and Ortiz called.
The turn was the 3. Ortiz checked again, and Obst fired 48,000. Ortiz went all in for 181,000 total. Obst paused for a second and called. Ortiz tabled the KQ for a flopped full house. Obst turned over the AJ for the nut flush. However, he wasn’t drawing dead. He still had an out to make a royal flush.
The 4 on the river was no good for Obst and he was left short stacked.
Player Tags: James Obst, Fabian Ortiz
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| Jan 26, '11 |
2011 Aussie Millions |
$250,000 Super High Roller |
1 |
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| Jan 24, '11 |
2011 Aussie Millions |
Aussie Millions Main Event |
3 |
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| Jan 22, '11 |
2011 Aussie Millions |
Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge |
2 |
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Winfred Yu Makes it Official
Jan 22, '11
Winfred Yu was given a bad time to look at pocket jacks when he moved all in on a 10-7-3 flop. That is because James Obst woke up with pocket kings behind him. The turn and river stayed neutral and Yu was eliminated.
That took the field down to a final table of eight and play ended for the night. The final table will begin at 2 p.m. local time tomorrow here in Australia. Until then, stay tuned for a recap of the day’s events and official chip counts.
You can also catch live updates from Day 1A of the Aussie Millions $10,0000 main event tomorrow starting at noon local time.
Player Tags: Winfred Yu, James Obst
James Obst Eliminated in Fifth Place ($200,000)
Jan 22, '11
 James Obst got the last of his chips into the middle preflop and Tony Bloom was his opposition. Their cards:
Obst: K 10
Bloom: J J
Board: Q 6 2 2 6
Obst was eliminated and he took home $200,000 in fifth place.
Player Tags: Tony Bloom, James Obst
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| Jan 22, '11 |
2011 Aussie Millions |
Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge |
1 |
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Winfred Yu Makes it Official
Jan 22, '11
Winfred Yu was given a bad time to look at pocket jacks when he moved all in on a 10-7-3 flop. That is because James Obst woke up with pocket kings behind him. The turn and river stayed neutral and Yu was eliminated.
That took the field down to a final table of eight and play ended for the night. The final table will begin at 2 p.m. local time tomorrow here in Australia. Until then, stay tuned for a recap of the day’s events and official chip counts.
You can also catch live updates from Day 1A of the Aussie Millions $10,0000 main event tomorrow starting at noon local time.
Player Tags: Winfred Yu, James Obst
James Obst Eliminated in Fifth Place ($200,000)
Jan 22, '11
James Obst got the last of his chips into the middle preflop and Tony Bloom was his opposition. Their cards:
Obst: K 10
Bloom: J J
Board: Q 6 2 2 6
Obst was eliminated and he took home $200,000 in fifth place.
Player Tags: Tony Bloom, James Obst
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| Oct 04, '09 |
2009 PokerStars.com EPT London - Season VI |
PokerStars EPT London Main Event |
3 |
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Level 4 Update -- Table of Terror
Oct 03, '09
Blinds: 100-200 plus ante: 50
Players Remaining: 361 out of 422 (Unofficial)
Average Chip Count: 35,600
Notable Eliminations:
Felipe Ramos
Ben Grundy
Richard Ashby
Alexandre Gomes
Hand of the Level:
More Like Table of the Level
 The most eye-catching thing to occur during this level, is the bit-by-bit coming together of pros and players of interest at one of the tables near the door. Gus Hansen, known to never play the very early levels, sat down to a table that was also holding Annette Obrestad, James Obst (pictured right), Laurence Houghton, and Jeffrey Lisandro. Richard Ashby was also there but Obst’s set held against Ashby’s flush draw and he made his exit from the table of horrors. Although Hansen is not long here, he is actually down to 32,000.
Straight Versus Flush
On an interesting looking 9 8 7 flop, Chad Brown checks and his opponent bets 1,500. Brown calls and the turn is the 7 . He checks again, and his opponent applies more pressure, betting 3,700. Brown pushes that to 9,100 and the player calls. The river is the 7 and both players check. Brown shows J 10 for the straight but his opponent has him crushed with A 3 for the flush. Both had it on the flop, but luckily the hand was not fatal.
Little By Little
 Morten Erlandsen bets 1,400 on an A K 6 flop and his opponent calls. The J turn and the 2 river is checked down and Erlandsen shows pocket fours. It’s enough.
On a table nearby, a conversation can be heared about a recent hand. The under-the-gun player bet 550, Julien Brecard called, and a Finnish player on the button raised it to 1,600. The big blind reraised it to 6,000, the original bettor folded, Brecard called, and the Finn folded.
The flop came A-5-6 rainbow, the big blind checked, Brecard bet 4,600, the big blind thought about it and then folded pocket kings face up, giving the Frenchman a nice pot. Who is to say he had the ace at all, in fact, he cheekily hints that he had jacks, but who knows.
PokerStars TV
Watch EPT 6 London Day 1B: Team Pro Cab Race on PokerStars.tv
The players now have their first break of the day before beginning level 5.
Player Tags: Morten Erlandsen, James Obst
All Aces Accounted For
Oct 04, '09
 It’s been an up and down, mostly up day for James “ANDY McLEOD” Obst.
We caught up with the young online pro as he had two shorter stacks all in and drawing very, very slim.
One player showed A2, the other showed AK and Obst turned over the superior AA.
The board came Q8568 and Obst knocked out two, putting his stack at 255,000.
Player Tags: James Obst
James Obst Gets Set Under Set
Oct 04, '09
 We caught up with the action late, but when we arrived James Obst was shipping over a large chunk of his stack to an opponent across the table.
It appears that Obst flopped a set of sevens, only to lose to his opponent’s flopped set of aces. He looks a bit disheartened, but he still has 92,000 in chips in front of him.
Player Tags: James Obst
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| Oct 03, '09 |
2009 PokerStars.com EPT London - Season VI |
PokerStars EPT London Main Event |
2 |
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Level 4 Update -- Table of Terror
Oct 03, '09
Blinds: 100-200 plus ante: 50
Players Remaining: 361 out of 422 (Unofficial)
Average Chip Count: 35,600
Notable Eliminations:
Felipe Ramos
Ben Grundy
Richard Ashby
Alexandre Gomes
Hand of the Level:
More Like Table of the Level
The most eye-catching thing to occur during this level, is the bit-by-bit coming together of pros and players of interest at one of the tables near the door. Gus Hansen, known to never play the very early levels, sat down to a table that was also holding Annette Obrestad, James Obst (pictured right), Laurence Houghton, and Jeffrey Lisandro. Richard Ashby was also there but Obst’s set held against Ashby’s flush draw and he made his exit from the table of horrors. Although Hansen is not long here, he is actually down to 32,000.
Straight Versus Flush
On an interesting looking 9 8 7 flop, Chad Brown checks and his opponent bets 1,500. Brown calls and the turn is the 7. He checks again, and his opponent applies more pressure, betting 3,700. Brown pushes that to 9,100 and the player calls. The river is the 7 and both players check. Brown shows J 10 for the straight but his opponent has him crushed with A 3 for the flush. Both had it on the flop, but luckily the hand was not fatal.
Little By Little
Morten Erlandsen bets 1,400 on an A K 6 flop and his opponent calls. The J turn and the 2 river is checked down and Erlandsen shows pocket fours. It’s enough.
On a table nearby, a conversation can be heared about a recent hand. The under-the-gun player bet 550, Julien Brecard called, and a Finnish player on the button raised it to 1,600. The big blind reraised it to 6,000, the original bettor folded, Brecard called, and the Finn folded.
The flop came A-5-6 rainbow, the big blind checked, Brecard bet 4,600, the big blind thought about it and then folded pocket kings face up, giving the Frenchman a nice pot. Who is to say he had the ace at all, in fact, he cheekily hints that he had jacks, but who knows.
PokerStars TV
Watch EPT 6 London Day 1B: Team Pro Cab Race on PokerStars.tv
The players now have their first break of the day before beginning level 5.
Player Tags: Morten Erlandsen, James Obst
All Aces Accounted For
Oct 04, '09
It’s been an up and down, mostly up day for James “ANDY McLEOD” Obst.
We caught up with the young online pro as he had two shorter stacks all in and drawing very, very slim.
One player showed A2, the other showed AK and Obst turned over the superior AA.
The board came Q8568 and Obst knocked out two, putting his stack at 255,000.
Player Tags: James Obst
James Obst Gets Set Under Set
Oct 04, '09
We caught up with the action late, but when we arrived James Obst was shipping over a large chunk of his stack to an opponent across the table.
It appears that Obst flopped a set of sevens, only to lose to his opponent’s flopped set of aces. He looks a bit disheartened, but he still has 92,000 in chips in front of him.
Player Tags: James Obst
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| Jan 17, '09 |
2009 Aussie Millions |
Aussie Millions Main Event - Event 9 |
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We have our first major confrontation in the tournament. James Obst, Sam Trickett, and Erik Seidel got into a preflop battle of raises that saw Trickett get out of the way, and Obst send the last of his chips into the middle against Erik Seidel. Their cards:
3
On a board of A