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| Nov 14, '10 | 2010 NAPT Los Angeles | NAPT L.A. Main Event | 3 | + |
Level 7 Update: Approaching 200 PlayersNov 12, '10
Players Remaining: 215 of 330 Eliminations: Jeff Madsen Big Hands: Bonomo vs. Phan Justin Bonomo raised to 1,700 UTG+1 and John Phan reraised to 3,100 from the hijack. The flop fell K Tim Phan Busts The board read 8 Antonio Esfandiari Takes a Big Hit The board read K Esfandiari: 7 River: 10 The small blind doubled up and Esfandiari saw his stack plummet. Left in the Deck Bustout Pace Increases The rate of eliminations has increased drastically during these last two levels of play. More than a third of the field has fallen already today, and by the end of play tonight the 330 players that started the day should be chopped in half. Player Tags: John Phan, Tim Phan, Justin Bonomo, Adam Levy John Phan Can't Beat DeucesNov 14, '10
Phan had A-J and his opponent held pocket deuces for a 200,000 pot. The deuces won and Phan was done. Player Tags: John Phan |
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| Nov 12, '10 | 2010 NAPT Los Angeles | NAPT L.A. Main Event | 1 | + |
Level 7 Update: Approaching 200 PlayersNov 12, '10
Players Remaining: 215 of 330 Eliminations: Jeff Madsen Big Hands: Bonomo vs. Phan Justin Bonomo raised to 1,700 UTG+1 and John Phan reraised to 3,100 from the hijack. The flop fell K Tim Phan Busts The board read 8 Antonio Esfandiari Takes a Big Hit The board read K Esfandiari: 7 River: 10 The small blind doubled up and Esfandiari saw his stack plummet. Left in the Deck Bustout Pace Increases The rate of eliminations has increased drastically during these last two levels of play. More than a third of the field has fallen already today, and by the end of play tonight the 330 players that started the day should be chopped in half. Player Tags: John Phan, Tim Phan, Justin Bonomo, Adam Levy John Phan Can't Beat DeucesNov 14, '10
Phan had A-J and his opponent held pocket deuces for a 200,000 pot. The deuces won and Phan was done. Player Tags: John Phan |
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| Oct 15, '10 | 2010 Festa Al Lago Classic | WPT Festa Al Lago Main Event | 1 | + |
Festa al Lago Preliminary Event HighlightsOct 15, '10
John Phan won a $1,000 limit hold’em event, and he was joined at the final table by Card Player father and son duo of Barry Shulman, who cashed in fifth place, and Jeff Shulman, who cashed in third place. Card Player Player of the Year contender Thomas Marchese also cashed in fifth place in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys event to take home 120 POY points and close the gap between him and current leader, Dwyte Pilgrim. The battle for the POY lead is now just separated by just 210 points. Scott Clements capped off an exciting preliminary week at Bellagio when he won a $1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys event, topping a final table that also included Van Altsyne, Jon Turner, and Gavin Smith. The largest preliminary event of the week was a $5,000 no-limit hold’em event that attracted 90 players and created a $436,500 prize pool. November Niner Joseph Cheong won the tournament, taking home $142,635 in prize money. He topped Brock Parker in heads-up play, and a final table that included Vivek Rajkumar. The professionals fared well in the preliminary events at Bellagio as you can see, and they will out in force at the WPT main event as well. Player Tags: John Phan, John Cernuto, Jeff Shulman, Barry Shulman, Scott Clements |
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| Aug 21, '10 | 2010 Legends of Poker | WPT Legends of Poker Main Event | 2 | + |
Level 2 Update: Former WPT Legends Champ John Phan EliminatedAug 21, '10
Players Remaining: 250 out of 273 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Justin Young — 68,000 (pictured right) Average Chip Count: 25,000 Notable Eliminations: John Phan Chip Movers and Shakers It is not uncommon for the top 10 spots on the leader board to be volatile on the first day of a tournament and today is no different. The leader board has been redesigned during the second level of the day and the new chip leader is Justin Young with 68,000. Other notable additions near the top include Jared Hamby, Erick Lindgren, and Van Nguyen. Jonathan Little has held strong with 54,000. Players that are now in trouble with 15,000 or less include Eric Baldwin, Adam Geyer, David Oppenheim, J.C. Alvarado, Matt Stout, Shane Schleger, and Scott Seiver. Big Hands: John Phan Eliminated John Phan won the WPT Legends of Poker main event in 2008, but things have not gone as well for him today. He checked a flop of 5 Phan: K Phan was eliminated on the hand. Amit Makhija Gains Some Chips There was a flop of 7 Isaac Baron Beats Matt Affleck Matt Affleck raised to 450 preflop from the early position and Isaac Baron made the call from the hi-jack. The flop was dealt K The turn fell A Baron flipped over Q Left in the Deck Dinner Break Madness The tournament staff here at the Bike has decided to stagger the dinner break this evening. At 6:30 p.m. tables 16-30 will head to dinner. At 7:30 p.m. those players will return and tables 1-15 will get the buffet leftovers. When all of this food flip-flopping is finished level 4 should be in the books and the field should be happy and full before the final two levels of the night begin. Player Tags: John Phan, Isaac Baron, Amit Makhija, Matt Affleck |
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| Jul 08, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 4 | + |
Level Two, Hour Two: Ivey ClimbingJul 08, '10 Blinds: 100-200 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Khamsy Nuanmanee – 115,000 Card Player Family Chip Counts Jeff Shulman — 22,000 Notable Eliminations: None Big Hands:
In a 4-way raised pot, the flop cam e4 Elizabeth folded by Serock tanked and made the call. When the J Serock still had 43,000 after the hand, but Elizabeth was down to around 17,000. Buffer Straightens Out Opponent Burce Buffer bet 1,000 on a 3-way flop of 4 The 6h came on the river and seat 8 checked to the aggressor. Buffer fired 2,500 and seat 8 checked his cards before letting them hit the muck. Buffer showed anyway, the A Hachem Loses to Two Pair Entering the action late, Joe Hachem faced a bet of 1,600 from his opponent on a board of Q
Entering the action late, a pot of 17,000 had developed on a board of 9 After tanking for a while in front of the ESPN cameras, his opponent folded Q Little Value for Little’s Set On a board of Q
With 2,500 already in the pot preflop, Justin Smith fired 1,800 after the flop came down 8 The action was then on John Phan, and the action stayed on John Phan for awhile. He tanked for more than three minutes, giving the ESPN camera crews along with other players time to crowd around the table. Phan counted out a call, then counted out a raise, then looked at his cards, then shuffled his chips altogether, then looked at his hand again. The player in seat 1 then leaned over to the dealer and asked in a whisper what the procedure was when asking to call a clock on a player. Eventually, Phan did release his hand. Smith did the same in much faster fashion as his cards almost beat Phan’s to the muck. Ferguson took the pot and he was back around 30,000. “You were going to get reraised anyway,” Phan told Smith after the hand. “Yeah,” Smith responed. “But I call you.” Smith was at 32,000 and Phan was at 28,000. Sheikhan Can’t Call Picking up the action after the board read A Sheikhan checked and seat 7 bet 1,500. Seat 10 mucked and Sheikhan soon followed suit. Sheikhan was down to 28,300. George Danzer Chops a Pot On a board read Q77QA a player in middle position bet 1,050 and George Danzer quickly called. His oppnented tabeled the 87 and Danzer exposed the 97 for a chop. Danzer was at right around the starting stack of 30,000 after the hand.
Over in the pavilion room, Kirk Morrison was sitting at a table with a beer and no chips. Morrison wasn’t all in, but simply waiting to receive his chips and to be dealt a hand, after registering late on day 1d. Morrison was the last player that made it into the main event last year, but said he showed up this year fifteen minutes earlier in order to avoid another close call. David Saab Moves All In David Saab bet from early position and was called by an opponent on the button. The flop came J
Bernard Lee reraised to 1,525 preflop after his opponent raised to 400. Another opponent and the original raiser made the call and the flop was dealt K His opponent bet 8,500 and Lee made the call. The river brought the 8 Left in the Deck: Players will be on a 20-minute break shortly. Player Tags: John Phan, Shawn Sheikhan, Phil Ivey, Bernard Lee, Joe Hachem, Kirk Morrison, Jonathan Little, Shannon Elizabeth, Joseph Serock, David Saab |
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| Jun 24, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 44 - $2,500 Mixed Hold'em | 1 | + |
Dinner BreakJun 24, '10
The current chip average is 22,500. The prize pool officially stands at $1,166,100. First place will walk away with $268,238. The top 54 finishers will earn a payday of at least $4,512. Two-time bracelet winner John Phan is atop the chip counts at the moment. Notable eliminations on day one include Shaun Deeb, Kevin Saul, Bryan Devonshire, Bertrand Grospellier and Tom Dwan. Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman — 41,000 Player Twitter Accounts: Jeff Shulman The remaining players will return to their seats at around 8:20 p.m. PST. Player Tags: John Phan |
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| Jun 07, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 13 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 2 | + |
Day 1B CompleteJun 07, '10
Only 1,050 players turned out for the second day 1 of the event. Day 1A drew 1,992 runners. The 168 remaining players will join the 278 from Day 1A tomorrow to play into the money. The top 324 players will receive some cash. Once the money bubble bursts, the plan is to play to the final table. Notables still remaining include Burt Boutin, Ylon Schwartz, John Phan, Brian Rast, Joe Awada, David Baker, Kelly Kim, Eugene Todd, David Plastik, Paul Wasicka and Bill Chen. Eliminations on Day 1B include Eric Baldwin, Phil Hellmuth, Christian Harder, David Pham, Michael Mizrachi, Nam Le, Tony Dunst, Sorel Mizzi and Bertrand Grospellier. Player Twitter Accounts: Paul Wasicka Stay tuned to Card Player tomorrow for updates from the Rio! Player Tags: John Phan |
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| May 29, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $50,000 Players Championship | 2 | + |
Level Six: D'Agostino, Ivey Chipping UpMay 29, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 1,000-2,000 blinds; 2,000-4,000 stakes Players Remaining: 107 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. Erik Sagstrom – 329,100 Average Chip Count: 162,616 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: Limit Hold’em
Sorel Mizzi raised to 4,000 preflop only to have John D’Agostino reraise to 6,000. Mizzi made the call. The flop came 10 After the 2 D’Agostino was at around 60,000 after the hand and Mizzi was still up around 135,000. D’Agostino Uses Limit Hold’em Round to Chip Up Against the player in seat 8 two hands later, D’Agostino three-bet preflop and the flop came Q D’Agostino called seat 8’s 2,000 bet and the K When seat 8 bet the turn, D’Agostino raised to a total of 8,000 and was called. The 9
Isaac Haxton raised to 4,000 from the cutoff and Matt Glantz made the call from the button. The flop came down J Glantz fired 2,000 and Haxton check-raised to 4,000. Glantz made the call and the 4 The river was the J Bloch Gets Better Of Ferguson We caught up with this hand on the river. The board ran out K He was up to 144,000 while Ferguson’s stack fell to 110,000 and it would fall lower during the Stud round. 2-7 Lowball
Mike Matusow raised to 4,000 before the first draw and John Juanda made the call. The players each took two cards on the first draw and Juanda bet 2,000. Matusow raised it to 4,000 and Juanda made the call. Both players drew one card on the second draw and Juanda checked. Matusow fired 4,000 and Juanda mucked his hand. Matusow started the hand with 132,000 and improved to 141,000 with the win. Juanda dropped from 138,000 to just over 130,000. Williamson Cuts The Razor Robert Williamson III was heads up with John Phan and drew 1 on the first draw, while Phan took two. Williamson bet 2,000 and Phan made the call. Phan drew two again and Williamson stood pat. After Williamson fired 4,000 into the pot, Phan gave up on the hand and Williamson boosted his stack to around 148,000. Phan was down to around 125,000. Also seated at this table is Gus Hansen, Andy Bloch, and Chris Ferguson. Omaha/8
We caught up with this hand after the flop. The board was A The turn was the 4 Ivey showed J Ivey Takes Down Pot, Mosseri Cashes In We caught up with this hand on the river. The board was K When Ivey tabled K Ivey took in the pot and was around 155,000 after the hand while Negreanu’s wallet got just a little lighter. 7-Stud
Entering the hand in progress, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson showed 9 Seat 6 then got the 5 After seat 6 slowed down and checked the last card, Jesus bet 4,000 and was called. He showed 6 Ivey’s Kings are King Showing X-X-4 After being dealt the 7 Ivey bet 4,000 on his next card, the J Ivey fired 4,000 after being dealt the 5 After calling Ivey’s final bet of 4,000 after the last cards were dealt, Alioto had to muck when Ivey showed K Left in the Deck: Table redraws create star-studded tables Seated at the table right next to the Card Player work area are Phil Ivey, Eli Elezra, Daniel Negreanu and Huck Seed. Another table features Erik Seidel, Phil Hellmuth, Michael Binger, David Oppenheim, Scott Clements and Isaac Haxton. Player Tags: John Phan, Erik Seidel, Chris Ferguson, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, John D'Agostino, David Oppenheim, Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Eli Elezra, Phil Ivey, Matthew Glantz, Scott Clements, Michael Binger, Sorel Mizzi, Isaac Haxton |
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| Dec 16, '09 | 2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship | 3 | + |
Level 7 Update: POY Contenders Take HitsDec 15, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 230 out of 320 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 310,000 Average Chip Count: 83,478 Notable Eliminations: Adam Levy Big Hands:
Marco Johnson moved all in for 10,600 under the gun and John Juanda (pictured right) made the call from the cutoff. Yevgeniy Timoshenko reraised to 13,600 and Juanda reraised to 26,000. Timosehnko reraised all in and Juanda made the all-in call. Their cards: Timoshenko: J Board: A Juanda made a full house and he doubled up on the hand to 150,000 and Marco Johnson was eliminated. Timoshenko watched his chips fall to 45,000 on the hand. Kenny Trans Aces are No Good A series of bets and raises preflop saw the big blind all in for 80,000 and Kenny Tran had him covered. Their cards: Tran: A The big blind doubled up and Tran was knocked down to 25,000. John Phan Takes out an Opponent John Phan moved all in preflop from late position and the cutoff made the all-in call. Their cards: Phan: A Board: 10-6-4-6-K Phan won the hand and he grew his stack to 90,000
The top two POY contenders have each taken a hit during the second level on day 2. Cornel Cimpan (pictured left) held pocket jacks but they fell to the A-J of his opponent and his stack is now down to 30,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko also held jacks when he lost a large chunk of his stack (see hand above). They lost to the pocket kings of John Juanda and Timoshenko now holds just 45,000. Timoshenko recovered at the end of the level when he doubled up with pocket tens and now holds 90,000. Here is a look at the chip counts for the POY contenders left in play: Soheil Shamseddin: 133,000 Player Tags: John Phan, Cornel Cimpan, John Juanda, Kenny Tran, Marco Johnson, Yevgeniy Timoshenko Level 13 Update: Eric Baldwin Clinches 2009 POY AwardDec 16, '09 Blinds: 2,500-4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 61 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Joseph Elpayaa — 740,000 Average Chip Count: 323,606 Notable Eliminations: Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Yevgeniy Timoshenko was eliminated during level 13 and Eric Baldwin (pictured right) has clinched the 2009 Card Player Player of the Year award. Baldwin will receive a $10,0000 seat in the 2010 World Series of Poker main event and a trophy in recognition of his accomplishment. Baldwin racked up a total of 6,994 points to win the award. He made a very impressive 17 final tables in 2009 and he won four tournament titles, including a win in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys at Bellagio this past weekend that served as an exclamation point on his victory. Congratulations to Eric Baldwin! Baldwin takes over the title from the 2008 POY, John Phan, who scored 6,704 points to win last year’s award. Phan was also eliminated during the 13th level of the tournament today. One player in the POY top 10 is still active in today’s field and it is Soheil Shamseddin, who holds 510,000. Shamseddin won’t be able to catch Badlwin in the point standings but if he makes the final table in this event he will jump to fourth place, and if he wins he will finish in second place behind Baldwin. Big Hands: Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated Vivek Rajkumar was all in on a board of 9
Vadim Trincher (pictured left) moved all in preflop from the small blind and seat three made the call from the cutoff. Their cards: Trincher: 10 Board: Q Trincher was eliminated on the hand. John Phan Eliminated David Pham raised to 10,500 from middle position preflop and John Phan reraised all in for 40,000 behind him. Kenna James then reraised all in over the top of Phan, which induced the big blind and Pham to fold. The two live players then flipped over their cards: Phan: 7 Board: 9 James won the hand with a set of nines to grow his stack to 160,000 and Phan was eliminated on the hand. Player Tags: John Phan, Cornel Cimpan, Kenna James, Vadim Trincher, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Vivek Rajkumar, Brent Hanks, Yevgeniy Timoshenko |
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| Dec 15, '09 | 2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship | 2 | + |
Level 7 Update: POY Contenders Take HitsDec 15, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 230 out of 320 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 310,000 Average Chip Count: 83,478 Notable Eliminations: Adam Levy Big Hands:
Marco Johnson moved all in for 10,600 under the gun and John Juanda (pictured right) made the call from the cutoff. Yevgeniy Timoshenko reraised to 13,600 and Juanda reraised to 26,000. Timosehnko reraised all in and Juanda made the all-in call. Their cards: Timoshenko: J Board: A Juanda made a full house and he doubled up on the hand to 150,000 and Marco Johnson was eliminated. Timoshenko watched his chips fall to 45,000 on the hand. Kenny Trans Aces are No Good A series of bets and raises preflop saw the big blind all in for 80,000 and Kenny Tran had him covered. Their cards: Tran: A The big blind doubled up and Tran was knocked down to 25,000. John Phan Takes out an Opponent John Phan moved all in preflop from late position and the cutoff made the all-in call. Their cards: Phan: A Board: 10-6-4-6-K Phan won the hand and he grew his stack to 90,000
The top two POY contenders have each taken a hit during the second level on day 2. Cornel Cimpan (pictured left) held pocket jacks but they fell to the A-J of his opponent and his stack is now down to 30,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko also held jacks when he lost a large chunk of his stack (see hand above). They lost to the pocket kings of John Juanda and Timoshenko now holds just 45,000. Timoshenko recovered at the end of the level when he doubled up with pocket tens and now holds 90,000. Here is a look at the chip counts for the POY contenders left in play: Soheil Shamseddin: 133,000 Player Tags: John Phan, Cornel Cimpan, John Juanda, Kenny Tran, Marco Johnson, Yevgeniy Timoshenko Level 13 Update: Eric Baldwin Clinches 2009 POY AwardDec 16, '09 Blinds: 2,500-4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 61 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Joseph Elpayaa — 740,000 Average Chip Count: 323,606 Notable Eliminations: Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Yevgeniy Timoshenko was eliminated during level 13 and Eric Baldwin (pictured right) has clinched the 2009 Card Player Player of the Year award. Baldwin will receive a $10,0000 seat in the 2010 World Series of Poker main event and a trophy in recognition of his accomplishment. Baldwin racked up a total of 6,994 points to win the award. He made a very impressive 17 final tables in 2009 and he won four tournament titles, including a win in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys at Bellagio this past weekend that served as an exclamation point on his victory. Congratulations to Eric Baldwin! Baldwin takes over the title from the 2008 POY, John Phan, who scored 6,704 points to win last year’s award. Phan was also eliminated during the 13th level of the tournament today. One player in the POY top 10 is still active in today’s field and it is Soheil Shamseddin, who holds 510,000. Shamseddin won’t be able to catch Badlwin in the point standings but if he makes the final table in this event he will jump to fourth place, and if he wins he will finish in second place behind Baldwin. Big Hands: Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated Vivek Rajkumar was all in on a board of 9
Vadim Trincher (pictured left) moved all in preflop from the small blind and seat three made the call from the cutoff. Their cards: Trincher: 10 Board: Q Trincher was eliminated on the hand. John Phan Eliminated David Pham raised to 10,500 from middle position preflop and John Phan reraised all in for 40,000 behind him. Kenna James then reraised all in over the top of Phan, which induced the big blind and Pham to fold. The two live players then flipped over their cards: Phan: 7 Board: 9 James won the hand with a set of nines to grow his stack to 160,000 and Phan was eliminated on the hand. Player Tags: John Phan, Cornel Cimpan, Kenna James, Vadim Trincher, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Vivek Rajkumar, Brent Hanks, Yevgeniy Timoshenko |
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Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante
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and John Phan bet 4,025. Bonomo made the call and the 3
fell on the turn. Phan bet 9,000 and once again Bonomo made the call. Both players checked the K
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We have to say goodbye to John Phan, who told us his eliminations hand on his way out the door.
Highlights from the preliminary events include preliminary victories by 
Blinds: 75-150
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Serock and Elizabeth Give Some Away
Ivey Forces a Big Laydown
Ferguson Takes A Pot, But John Phan The Star
Kirk Morrison Sitting With Just a Beer
Bernard Lee Wins a Nice One
169 players remain out of the 507 that registered.
Day 1B of event No. 13 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em) is in the books.
Mizzi Spaces On The Current Game
Haxton Throws Glantz Overboard
Matusow Forces Out Juanda
Ivey Chops With Elezra
Jesus Turns Weak Cards Into Two Pair
Juanda Doubles Up, Marco Johnson Out, and Yevgeniy Timoshenko Takes a Hit
Vadim Trincher Eliminated