John Gale Poker Tournament Updates

John Gale Eliminates Dorothy Von Sachsen

Oct 28, '08

Dorothy Von Sachsen was all in holding AA against John Gale's KK.

The board ran out K54J2 and Gale's set of kings sent her packing. Gale now has 245,000 in chips.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: John Gale,   Dorothy Van Sachsen

John Gale Eliminated on the River

Jul 16, '08

John Gale was all in for his last 343,000 and David Pham made the call. Gale showed Q10 and was surprised to see he was coin flipping against Pham's 22.

The flop came KQJ and Gale took the lead. The turn was the 3, giving him a scare but putting him only one card away from the double up. The river was the...2 and Pham hit his set. Gale was eliminated in 11th place.

The remaining 10 players are now redrawing for the final table before taking a 15 minute break.

Player Tags: John Gale

$5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed - Level Five Recap

Jun 26, '08

Note: The payouts have been announced. Seventy-eight players will finish in the money, and the winner will receive $911,855.

Blinds-Antes: 150-300-25

Players Remaining: 396 of 805

Average Chip Stack: 20,300

Eliminations:

Kenna James
David Pham

Hands and Storylines:

Hachem's river bet gets a fold

With the board Q54K, Joe Hachem bet 6,000 when his opponent checked to him. Hachem got a call and then the rive was the 2. Hachem's opponent checked and then Hachem all in. He had his opponent, who had about 8,000 left, covered. Hachem's opponent thought for a couple minutes and then finally folded. At that moment Victor Ramdin told Hachem he'd have flopped queens up. Hachem faked disappointment, and then asked his opponent if he'd like to see a card. He said sure, and Hachem showed the 9.

Down goes the Dragon

David Pham raised and was called by the small blind. On an A-2-2 flop with two clubs the small blind check-raised Pham to 2,000 and was called. A six came on the turn and the blind bet out 3,500 and was again called. The river was an eight and the blind moved all in for 7,625. Pham now thought it over for a minute and saw that he would have less than 2,500 chips if he called and lost. Pham made the call and quickly became disgusted when he saw his opponent's cards -- pocket sixes. The player said he had to see if Pham really had the ace and would not have continued if he didn't catch a six on the turn. Pham was eliminated later in the level.

Gale wins with gutsy call

On a board of J-5-3-7, John Gale checked and faced a bet of 3,000. He thought for a minute and then called, saying that he needed to see one more card. The river was another seven, putting a third club on the board, and both players checked. Gale flipped over 5-4 and took down the pot. After the hand Gale had roughly 25,000 chips.

Player Tags: David Pham,   John Gale,   Joe Hachem,   European Report

John Gale vs. Fred Goldberg

Jul 11, '07

A player raises to $600 and John Gale makes the call.  Fred Goldberg raises to $2,600 from the button.  The original raiser folds and Gale makes the call.  The flop is 7 5 4, and Gale checks.  Goldberg bets $5,000 and Gale immediately raises all in for $8,000 more.  Goldberg mucks his hand and Gale takes the pot.  

Player Tags: John Gale,   Fred Goldberg

Level Four Recap

Jun 30, '07

The fourth level of play has just come to an end and the players are now on a much needed 15 minute break. Tournament officials had to clear out the area of spectators and media in order to make room for the mass exodus of poker players. There are still more than 2,000 players remaining.

Greg "FBT" Mueller continued to run hot throughout the last level and is now approximately second in chips with $20,000. Justin Bonomo has also built his stack up in the last level and now has $16,000 in chips.

John Gale was eliminated in the last round when his pocket fives ran into pocket nines and Jesse Jones and Joe Reitman were eliminated as well.

Notable Chip Counts

Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo	16,300
Eugene Todd	14,300
Chad Brown	13,700
Michael Gracz	13,000
Chris Reslock	13,000
Warren Karp	12,000
Greg "FBT" Mueller	12,000
Juha Helppi	8,900
Bill Chen	8,300
Shannon Shorr	7,400
Mark Seif	6,300
Lou Diamond Phillips	6,200
Arnold Spee	5,000
Chris Ferguson	4,600
Men "The Master" Nguyen	4,500
Kathy Liebert	3,500
Kenna James	2,800
Scott Clements	2,600
Ed Moncada	2,400

Player Tags: Jesse Jones,   Greg Mueller,   Justin Bonomo,   John Gale,   Joseph Reitman

Seniors Event Rolls On

Jun 25, '07

The seniors event has completed level three of play and there are still well over 1,400 players remaining. The estimated field is around 1,900 which would make this year's event the largest seniors event in history. Amarillo Slim is the current chip leader and Tom McEvoy isn't far behind. John Gale has been eliminated from today's event and 2005 Seniors Event winner William "Paul" McKinney has been sighted in the field.

European contenders include recent bracelet winner Alan Smurfit ($3,150), Padraig Parkinson ($2,800) and Mickey Wernick ($1,300).

Player Tags: William McKinney,   John Gale

Level 8 Recap

Jun 22, '07

Tournament Info

Players returned from break at 9 p.mto start level eight. At the end of the level only 114 players remained in the pot-limit hold'em event, including Daniel Alaei, Kenna James, William Thorsson, T.J. Cloutier and Terrence Chan.  John Gale was eliminated when his all-in on the turn with A-K received a call from J 9 on a board of 5 2 2 9.  Gale did not improve and was eliminated. 

Non-Cowboy Kenna James

A cowboy-hat free Kenna James got involved in an interesting hand.  He bet $4,200 on a board of K 9 4 4, and a short stacked opponent appeared to be considering an all-in. Kenna grabbed up the rest of his stack as if to say he was ready  to call, and began to move it toward the center of the pot.  The other player called the floor to clarify if this action out of turn constituted a binding all-in by James. After being told that it did not, the player went into the tank.  A clock was called, bringing some tension to the table.  At the end of the countdown he folded Q Q face up, only to have James reveal his Q J for both a flush draw and an inside straight draw.

Euro Update

Eoghan O’Dea has $28,000 in chips and is unlikely to be thrilled at the recent addition of William Thorson to his table. Thorson has $40,500 in chips.

Dave Colclough looks relaxed and has $29,200 while Praz Banzi has $17,000. Carlo Citrone has $33,000 in chips and Michael Keiner has $44,000.

Adrian Walsh and Martin Green have been eliminated.

Player Tags: T.J. Cloutier,   Kenna James,   Daniel Alaei,   William Thorson,   Terrence Chan,   John Gale

Hour 2 Update

Jun 22, '07

It is surprisingly quiet in the Amazon Room today as we’ve already lost over ten percent of field. The unofficial numbers show 599 total entrants which is pretty close to accurate considering that only a quarter of the room was dedicated to today’s $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em event.

While many players like Jason Strasser, Jeff Shulman and John Phan were on their way out, others like T.J. Cloutier and John Gale were off to a good start. John Phan was eliminated when his pocket pair of kings got steamrolled by an opponent’s A-Q. Phan got all of his money in the pot before the flop and his opponent in seat 2 made the call. The board comes A K J 10 2 giving Seat-2 a straight on the turn to crack Phan’s set of kings on the flop.

T.J. Cloutier was the one doing the eliminating on his table as he knocked two players in the same hand. On a flop of 9 7 5, the player in seat 4 bets $2,400, followed T.J. Cloutier who raises $3,600 more and all-in. The player in seat 6 calls all-in for less than the full amount and the player in seat 4 all calls all-in for less than the full amount. Cloutier flips over A 10 for the nut flush draw while Seat-4 shows 9 9 for top set and Seat-6 shows 7 7 for middle set. The turn and river bring the 3 and the 2, giving Cloutier the flush and eliminating both of his opponents.  

John Gale took a nice pot off of Michael Gracz when he made a straight on the river against Gracz’s failed bluff attempt. On a board of K Q 2 9 10, Gracz fires out $1,500 on the river. Gale quickly calls and turns over K J for the straight while Gracz just raps on the table throws his hand into the muck.

Gracz wasn’t the only one caught bluffing this morning as Michael Mizrachi lost a big pot on the river when his opponent put his tournament life on the line with two pair on a very dangerous board. On a flop of J J 2, Mizrachi bets $600 and is called by the player in seat 7. The turn brings the A and Mizrachi bets $1,200. Seat-7 calls and the river brings the Q. Mizrachi bets $4,000 into the pot, that would leave Seat-7 with only $25 if he were to make the call. Seat-7 does make the call and raises Mizrachi his last $25 and turns over A Q. Mizrachi laughs to himself as he throws his hand into the muck.

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Notable Chip Counts

John Gale	17,000
T.J. Cloutier	16,500
Joe Hachem	16,500
Michael Mizrachi	9,500
Joe Pelton	7,300
Mark Seif	6,700
Thomas Wahlroos	6,400
Phil Laak	5,400
Shannon Elizabeth	5,300
Vanessa Rousso	4,000
Mimi Tran	4,000
Michael Gracz	4,000
Jennifer Tilly	4,000
Jeff Lisandro	4,000
Humberto Brenes	4,000
Darrell Dicken	4,000
Barry Greenstein	4,000
Amnon Filippi	4,000
Sorel Mizzi	3,800
Allen Cunningham	2,900
Joe Awada	2,300
Michael Binger	1,600
Chris Ferguson	1,100

Player Tags: John Phan,   T.J. Cloutier,   Jeff Shulman,   Michael Mizrachi,   John Gale,   Jason Strasser

Hour One Recap

Jun 22, '07

Apparently $4,000 doesn’t provide enough play for J.C. Tran.  Having been crippled in a previous hand, Tran finds himself all-in against another player’s Q 4 with a  board of A Q J 3 9.  Unable to beat the Queens, Tran mucks and exits quickly today. 

 

With only one quadrant of the Amazon Room filled today, it looks like this field will be very close to the 590 from last year.  The number of familiar faces are greater per table than in yesterday’s $1,500 no limit field.  At least two pros per table is standard.  One table of note is Table 10 which houses Joe Hachem, Erica Schoenberg, Matt Hilger, and Gioi Luong.  Schoenberg took a pot off of Hachem early on.  The two of them saw a limped flop K Q 7 with one other player.  The turn came 8, Hachem bet $150, and both Schoenberg and the other player called.  The river was the 10, Hachem bet $425, and only Schoenberg called.  Schoenberg showed 9 6, and Hachem mucked.  They’ve had a fun time at their table as well.  When a new dealer sat down, he asked them, “We’re playing Omaha right?” as he dealt out each player four cards.  They all politely corrected him and got back to business.

 

Apparently the dealers aren’t the only ones who aren’t paying attention.  One player wanted to draw attention to the fact that the player in Seat 1 had won with a walk in the big blind.  This is only interesting because Seat 1 had yet to arrive at his table.  Somebody should nudge the Player in Seat 10 and wake him up.

 

Another stacked table of note includes Michael Mizrachi, Jon Friedberg, Ralph Perry, Jean Gaspard, and Eric “Rizen” Lynch. Lynch along with John Gale, and Doug Carli will be mapping their progress today in our Pro Blogs.

Notable Chip Counts

 

John Gale	13,500
Michael Mizrachi	9,500
Joe Hachem	7,600
Thomas Wahlroos	6,400
Vanessa Rousso	5,000
T.J. Cloutier	4,000
Steve Paul-Ambrose	4,000
Sorel Mizzi	4,000
Shannon Elizabeth	4,000
Nick Binger	4,000
Mimi Tran	4,000
Michael Gracz	4,000
Jon Turner	4,000
Jeff Lisandro	4,000
Humberto Brenes	4,000
Amnon Filippi	4,000
Allen Cunningham	4,000
Jennifer Tilly	3,900
Chris Ferguson	3,500
Phil Laak	3,300

 

 

Player Tags: Gioi Luong,   J.C. Tran,   Matthew Hilger,   Michael Mizrachi,   Jon Friedberg,   John Gale,   Joe Hachem,   Eric Lynch,   Erica Schoenberg,   Ralph Perry

Early Bust Outs

Jun 16, '07

A number of notable players have fallen in the first two hours of play. Humberto Brenes, Mike Mizrachi, John Gale, Jared Hamby, Carmel Petresco, and Shannon Elizabeth were all on the way out this past hour.  On the way into the Amazon room was Phil Hellmuth, who shook the hands of all his table mates before sitting.

Mizrachi was eliminated this level after being short stacked most of the day. With the flop showing Q-10-x, Mizrachi's opponent pushed all in for $975. Mizrachi only had $1,000 left and called with A-Q for top pair. His opponent turned over 10-10 and the board bricked out for Mizrachi. With his last $75 Mizrachi was all in on the next hand with 2-2 up against K-8. An eight spiked on the flop and Mizrachi couldn't catch again and was eliminated.

John Gale was unfortunately also eliminated this round. Gale raised to $325 preflop and got only one caller, the player in seat three. The flop came A 5 3. Gale pushed all in and the player in seat three called. Gale was holding A 9, good for top pair. His opponent in the three seat showed A Q for top pair with a better kicker. In a calm, cool manner Gale simply says, "nine." The 9 came on the turn and Gale showed a slight smile. The river was the Q and Gale went from excited to disappointed in a matter of seconds.

Padraig Parkinson from Ireland has doubled up before the break and is sitting beside two Irish Americans - Doherty and O'Connor - who is sure are going to bust him out.

The players are on a 15 minute break following the completion of level two and cards will be back in the air shortly.

Player Tags: Humberto Brenes,   Michael Mizrachi,   John Gale,   Shannon Elizabeth,   Jared Hamby

John Gale Takes 5th

Jun 15, '07

Action is fast today as we had back to back bustouts.  After Ted Lawson was eliminated, John Gale got all-in with 3-3 against David Dicken's 5-5.  David's hand held up and sent John Gale to the rail.

John Gale takes 5th place and earns $15,405 for his efforts.

Player Tags: John Gale

Mikael Thuritz Finishes 9th

Jun 15, '07

Mikael Thuritz moved all-in from late position with 2 2 and was called by Roland DeWolfe on the button who held K Q.  The baord came 8 8 8 K 2 and Mikael Thuritz is eliminated in 9th place for $5,600.

Player Tags: John Gale,   Roland de Wolfe

John Gale's Double Double!

Jun 15, '07

Early on in today's play we have already seen some action.  On hand #4 John Gale moved all-in over a raise by Mikael Thuritz.  Mikael made the call and showed A6 and John flipped up 99.  John's ahnd held up after a board of A 9 3 6 5.  Just two hands later John moved in again and this time was called by David Williams with 4-4.  Gale turned up 7-7 and held up to increase his stack to $100,000.

Player Tags: John Gale

HORSE Day Two Plays Down

Jun 10, '07

Three Horse Race

Three table remained with 25 players as the night got very late at the $2,500 H.O.R.S.E. tournament. Cyndy Violette, David Williams, David Grey, and John D'Agostino had all fallen out of the race during the last hour. Many familiar faces remained, and Robert Mizrachi, David Chiu, Darrel Dicken, Jason Sagle, Tom Schneider, John Gale, and Ali Eslami were all still in the hunt. Barring an extreme slow down in play, the tournament will end at 4 a.m. this morning. The players will then return at 3 p.m. to settle the score tomorrow

Chu Busted

David Chiu became the twenty-fifth place finisher when he mucked 8 8 (K A 10 9) without tossing over his final down card. His opponent had shown 5 A (A 2 4 7) K.

The Destruction of Art

Art Adams was the next to hit the rail in twenty-fourth place, he mucked his hand when his opponent made queens full of aces on seventh street to send him packing.

Gale Gains Ground

John Gale fired out $3,000 on fourth street and his opponent raised to $6,000. On fifth street Gale checked to his opponent and he bet $6,000. This trend continued until seventh street, where both players checked. Gale turned up A 10 (Q 10 A 9) J and his opponent folded his hand. Gale was now up to $120,000.

Player Tags: David Chiu,   John Gale

HORSE Race

Jun 10, '07

Down to Six Tables

The H.O.R.S.E. event got down to six tables with 40 players remaining. Bill Edler, Micket Appleman, Daniel Negreanu were all lost along the way.

Different Strategies

Between hands Ali Eslami and David Grey conversed about the different approaches and finer points one needs to consider when playing in a World Series of Poker event, as opposed to a World Poker Tour event. Grey advocated a very aggressive push around the money bubble of the WPT.

Chip Counts Of Note

Some familiar faces had chip stacks in the top ten:

Darrell Dicken: $113,000
John Gale: $96,000
Jason Sagle: $75,000

Quad Kings Take the High

Jason Newell is all in on third street and seat one had made the call. The cards were then dealt:

JDN: 2 4 (5 2 4 A) 6
Seat one: 10 K (K 10KK) A

The fact that the game was seven card stud  8/OB  is the saving grace for Jason, who took the low half of the pot.

Gale Scoops

With the J 8 A 8 exposed Gale raised to $6,000 after his opponent bet $3,000. Seat one called with 9 2 J K exposed. Gale bet $3,000 on the last down card and seat one called. Gale flipped over 6 5 3 and seat one got scooped when all he could muster was the 8. Seat one was eliminated on the next hand and Gale now had $96,000. 

Player Tags: Jason Sagle,   John Gale,   Darrell Dicken