Dennis, short stack nearly the entire day, has managed to stay in the hunt by tossing in a few small all-in bets and scooping up blinds and antes. However, when he goes all-in for his last $65,000 with A-Qh, Daniel Negreanu call with J-J. The flop is K-7-3 and the turn brings an 8 of hearts. Now, with only six outs, Dennis knows this might be it and when the river brings a 7 the table is finally trimed to three players.
Asher Derei knocked out
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 05, 9:49 AM
Asher moves all in for $137,000 and Chris raises it up another $200,000. Asher has A-J and faces Chris with his 10-10. The flop is no help to Asher's, Q-7-5. The turn is a 8. Asher still has 6 outs on the river but the king of diamonds falls and Asher is knocked out, leaving the table fourhanded.
Hands 18-22
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 05, 8:36 AM
Hand 18- Asher and Erick both see the flop on the cheap and it comes K-Q-5 with two hearts. Erick bets $10,000 and Asher calls. Turn is Js. Asher bets $20,000 and Erick calls. River card is 2d. Asher checks and Erick bets $45,000. Asher calls the bet, donating another big bet to Erick's winning Ks-10h. Hand 19- Erick, who has scooped up two consecutive large pots, opens the pot for $12,000. He finds two callers, Asher and Chris. We see a flop three handed, Q-8-3. Asher and Chris check. Erick bets $8,000 and wins the pot. Hand 20- We see a J-9-8 rainbow flop on the cheap head up between Chris and Daniel. Chris leads into the flop for $30,000, Daniel re-raises, making it a total of $80,000. Chris passes and Daniel rakes the pot. Hand 21- Dennis, almost non-existant in this early action, is first to act and tosses out $20,000. Daniel heckles the player, makes it another $100,000 to go. Dennis mucks his cards and Mr. Negreanu continues to build his stack. Hand 22-Chris make it $20,000 to go. Daniel pushes it up to $60,000. Chris asks if he is going to make this re-raise activity a habit and tosses his cards in the muck. Daniel show his pocket aces to the delight of the audience.
Hands 11-17
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 05, 8:11 AM
Hand 11- Chris opens for $20,000 and Erick calls. A-K-10 rainbow. Erick checks and Chris bets $40,000. Turn is another A. Erick checks and Chris bets $75,000. Erick deliberates until his clock is almost out and mucks his hand. Hand 12: Daniel opens the pot for $18,000 and Erick immediately to his left makes it another $80,000 to go. Daniel lets his cards go and Erick wins his first pot in some time. Hand 13- Asher and Daniel see a cheap flop and then check it all the way down to the river. The flop bring J-8-6 Ac on the turn 7h on the river Asher shows A-5 for a pair of aces beating Daniel's pair of eights. Hand 14-Daniel opens pot for $18,000 and finds no callers. Hand 15-Erick calls $6,000 big blind, Chris calls from the small blind and Daniel 10-8-6 with two clubs it is checked around to Erick who bets $16,000, Chris calls and Daniel folds. The turn brings a 7c, Chris checks and Erick tries to make a move on Chris, making it $35,000 to go. Chris makes it another $65,000 to go and Erick mucks his hand Hand 16- Daniel, in keeping with tradition, pushes out an uncontested $30,000 raise which scoops the blinds and antes. Hand 17-Asher opens pot for $20,000, Chris calls, Daniel folds, Erick calls from the small blind and A-7-4 flop with two diamonds it is checked around. The turn brings a 10d. Erick and Asher both check and Chris bets $40,000. Erick calls and Asher runs the numbers in his head, the clock comes down and he passes on this hand. Heads up between Erick and Chris. The river is an uneventful 3h. Both players check and Erick scoops the pot with his A-J, pair of aces.
Hands 5-10
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 05, 8:03 AM
Hand 5-Daniel makes it another $25,000 to go from the button after Chris attempts to limp in. He takes the pot uncontested. Hand 6-Daniel calls from the small blind and Erick checks. J-7-3 is the flop. Daniel checks. Erick bets $8000 and Daniel throws the hand away. Hand 7-Chris opens the pot for $18,000, Daniel calls and the blinds fold. A rainbowed A-8-6 flop illicits a $40,000 bet from Chris. Daniel just smooth calls behind him. The turn card is the 8c, with the board now showing four different suits. Chris bets $75,000 and Daniel, after some deliberation calls. The river brings the 9s which is checked by Chris, Daniel shuffles some chips and also checks. Chris takes down the biggest pot of the night with A-Q, outkicking Daniels A-J. Daniel picks up Hand 8 with an uncontested $20,000 raise. Hand 9- Daniel calls, Asher calls from small blind and Chris says lets see a cheap flop. The flop comes A-K-K with two diamonds. Asher bets $18,000 and he picks up the pot. Hand 10- Erick opens the pot for $12,000 Flop comes 10-5-3 Turn is 6s. Daniel bets $16,000 and Erick smooth calls behind him. River card is Jd. Daniel bets $31,000 and Erick mucks his hand.
After four hands, our first player is knocked out
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 05, 7:46 AM
Hand 1- Chris opens the pot for $20,000, Daniel raises it $60,000 more right before the clock runs out on him. Chris, dressed up in Al Capone-like garb for today's tourney mucks his hand Hand 2- Daniel makes it $18,000 from the button and scoops the blinds and antes when he gets no callers, winning the first two hands of the event. Hand 3- Erick opens pot for $12,000 and Asher, in the BB calls. Flop comes 10-8-2 with two diamonds. Erick bets $16,000 and Asher pushes all in and Erick lets his hand go. Hand 4- Allen raise $21,000, Chris calls and the flop come 7-5-2 rainbow. Chris bets $20,000 and he is called by Allen. Turn brings the 10h. Chris checks and Allen pushes another $20,000 into the pot. Chris looks at the clock, declares raise and makes it $100,000 more to go. Allen looks bothered by the raise, appears he is going to muck his hand but then calls. Chris bets the river card in the dark, which is a 5. Allen calls the in the dark bet, flips his 6-6. The river, a miracle card for Chris against 6-6, makes a set of fives for Chris' pocket 5-5. Chris now has just under $500,000, Daniel just under $600,000, Erick just under $400,000 with the other players sitting with about $150,000 each.
Players are seated
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 05, 7:38 AM
Here are the seating positions at the start of the tournament: 1. Chris Bigler, 2. Allen Krell, 3. Daniel Negreanu, 4. Erick Lindgren, 5. Dennis Waterman and 6. Asher Derei. Antes are $1000 with the blinds $3000/$6000 and the button will start in the #2 seat. To keep the action moving at a rapid pace, players will have 90 seconds to act on their hand. Players will get a 30 second extension once during the course of the tournament.
Almost ready for action
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 05, 7:10 AM
The chips are stacked up and within the next few minutes some of poker's most feared and admired competitors will take their seats for a shot at the first place prize of $200,000 and a seat at the Word Poker Tour World Championship at the Bellagio on April 24th. Stay tuned for updates on this exciting event.
PPT Championship Final Day
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 05, 6:23 AM
It's the Final Day of the PPT Championship at the L.A. Poker Classic. The No-Limit action begins at 3:00pm (PST). The chip counts at the final table are as follows: 1. Daniel Negreanu $549,000, 2. Erick Lindgren $453,000, 3. Chris Bigler $296,000, 4. Allen Krell $190,000, 5. Dennis Waterman $185,000, 6. Asher Derei $133,000.
