John Phan - Live Updates

John Phan Eliminated by Kevin Boudreau

Oct 28, '09

John Phan somehow found the rest of his stack all in against Kevin Boudreau. We’re not sure how the action went down, but there was an awkward period of time before the cards were shown as the dealer asked Phan if he wanted to call, despite all of his chips being over the line. The rest of the table was confused, but the dealer insisted that Phan vocalize his action.

Nonetheless, Phan finally said call and the hands were shown. Phan held KJ and Boudreau showed AK. The flop came down QJ4 and Phan asked for a deuce.

Instead, the A peeled off, leaving him drawing very thin. The river was the 5 and Phan was eliminated.

Player Tags: John Phan,   Kevin Boudreau

Level 3 Update -- Another Mizrachi Out

Oct 21, '09

Blinds: 100-200 with a 25 ante

Players Left: 216 of 236 (Approximately)

Chip Leaders

Matt Graham — 130,000
Ralph Perry — 112,000
Jonathan Little — 105,000
Poorya Nazari — 100,000
John Phan — 100,000 (pictured right)
Dutch Boyd — 97,000
Jason Sommerville — 95,000
Cornel Andrew Cimpan — 95,000
Mark Seif — 95,000
Abe Mosseri — 90,000

Notable Eliminations:

Michael Mizrachi

Level Summary:

Matt Graham charged up the leader board during the third level of the day. As the field size grew to 236 players his chip stack grew to 130,000. Other players that have joined the hundred grand club early are Ralph Perry (112,000), Jonathan Little (105,000), Poorya Nazari (100,000), and John Phan (100,000). Phan, the 2008 Card Player Player of the Year has been quiet in 2009. He has not played in as many tournaments as he did during his impressive run last year, but he is making news here on day 1. Phan grew his stack to 100,000 on a hand where Q-Q-5-5 sat on the board and he fired out 3,500 on the turn against Alec Torelli. Phan took down the 10,000+ pot when Torelli mucked.

Phil Ivey is holding strong as well with 87,500. Ivey won a nice pot against Josh Arieh when he made a jack-high club flush on the river and added 18,000 to his stack in the process. The lone notable bust out during the level was Michel Mizrachi, who joined his brother Robert on the rail.

Player Tags: John Phan,   Phil Ivey

Level 1 Update: John Phan Eliminated; Gets Aces Cracked

Jul 03, '09

Blinds: 50-100

Chip Counts:

1. Kenny Hallaert — 80,000
2. Jonas Klausen — 70,000
3. Craig Gray — 47,000
4. Steven van Zadelhoff — 44,000
5. C.K. Hua — 43,000
6. John Magill — 43,000
7. Allyn Jaffrey Shulman — 41,000
8. Erik Cajelais — 40,000
9. Ted Lawson — 38,000
10. Barry Shulman — 31,000

Notable Eliminations:

John Phan

Big Hands:

Mark Gregorich Off To Healthy Start

After a flop of A32, Mark Gregorich threw in a check raise against his opponent. Gregorich was called and bet the turn of the 7. His opponent called and both players saw a K fall on the river. Gregorich threw in a bet of 4,300 and was called by his opponent. Gregorich exposed the J9 for a flopped flush. His opponent mucked and Gregorich is now up to 45,000.

Phil Laak Gets Picked Off

The player in seat 2 raises to 325 from late position, Phil Laak calls from the cutoff as does the player on the button. The flop comes 762, seat 2 bets 625, Laak calls and the button folds. The turn is the 3, and this time seat 2 checks to Laak. Laak bets 1,050 and seat 2 calls. The river is the 9, and once again seat 2 checks. Laak bets 3,650 and seat 2 calls. Laak turns over 109 for a pair of nines on the river but seat 2 shows KK for a better pair. Seat 2 rakes the pot and Laak drops down to 27,000 in chips.

John Phan Eliminated

After being knocked down to just 4,000 the hand before after running his pocket queens into the turned nut straight of his opponent, John Phan raises this pot to 300 before the flop and gets two callers. The flop comes 987, and Phan bets 700. One opponent folds from late position and his other opponent in the small blind raised to 5,000. Phan called all in.

Phan: AA
Small Blind: K9

The turn is the 10, but the river is the K, giving Phan’s opponent two pair and the win. John Phan is eliminated from the tournament just halfway through the first level.

Jennifer Tilly Off to a Slow Start

On a flop of A42, Jennifer Tilly bets 300 and the player in seat 3 calls. The turn is the J, and this time Tilly bets 600, seat 3 calls. The river is the Q, and this time both players check. Seat 3 turns over A8 for top pair and Tilly mucks her hand. Seat 3 rakes the pot and Tilly is down to just 15,000 in chips after this hand.

Cory Carroll Doesn’t Get There

Cory Carroll raises to 300 from middle position and gets one caller from the cutoff. The flop comes A98, Carroll bets 525, the cutoff calls.The turn is the 8, Carroll checks, the cutoff bets 900 and Carroll calls. The river is the 7, Carroll checks, the cutoff bets 1,000 and Carroll folds. The cutoff rakes the pot while Carroll slips into the red 28,000 in chips after this hand.

Andy Black Bounces Back

Andy Black and a player saw a flop of KJ10. Black’s opponent checked to him and Black fired out a bet of 675. His opponent quickly called and the A hit the turn. Both players checked and the A fell on the river. Black’s opponent threw out a bet of 2,500 and Black reraised to 8,000. Black was called after brief deliberation. Black exposed the AK for a full boat. His opponent mucked a queen for the straight. Black is now up to about the starting stack of 30,000.

Left in the Deck

Players will take a twenty-minute break at the end of Level 1 and will return at approximately 2:30 pm PDT to begin Level 2.

Player Tags: John Phan,   Phil Laak,   Mark Gregorich,   Jennifer Tilly,   Andy Black,   Cory Carroll

Event No. 55 Begins at 5 p.m. on Monday

Jun 29, '09

Event No. 55 ($2,500 no-limit deuce-to-seven draw lowball) will begin at 5 p.m. PDT on Monday, June 29. Players will begin with 7,500 in tournament chips and blinds will begin at 50-75 with 75-150 limits.

Levels will be 60-minutes long and there will be a 20-minute break after every two levels. There will be a 60-minute dinner break after level 4 on day 1. Here is a look at the schedule for the event:

Monday, June 29, 5 p.m.: Day 1 (play 8 levels)
Tuesday, June 30, 2 p.m.: Day 2 (play down to final table)
Wednesday, July 1, 2 p.m.: Final Table

In 2008 this event attracted 238 players and the champion was John Phan, who took home $151,911 in prize money. CardPlayer.com will bring you a summary of the action at the dinner break and end of play each day for this event.

Player Tags: John Phan

Level 3 Update: Eli Elezra Eliminated

May 31, '09

Blinds: 50-100

Players Remaining: 2,500 out of 3,021

Notable Eliminations:

Eli Elezra
Matt Glantz

Big Hands:

Eli Elezra is Eliminated

After a early position raise and a call by another player, Eli Elezra shipped the rest of his stack into the pot. The initial raiser folded to Elezra’s all-in, but the other opponent eventually made the call of 1,350 total with pocket nines. Elezra tabled a dominated under-pair of pocket sixes and was looking to get lucky to double up to the starting amount. The board ran out without any help for Elezra and he was eliminated.

Nick Binger Tries to Make Something Happen

The action folds around to Nick Binger who raises to 300 from the small blind and the player in the big blind calls the raise. The flop comes QQ10, Binger bets 400 and the big blind calls. The turn is the Q, and both players check. The river is the A, and this time Binger checks to the big blind who bets 1,500. Binger thinks for a minute before folding. After this hand Binger is left with just under 10,000 in chips, a healthy stack for the time being.

Negreanu Out-Flopped, Opponent Doubles Through

After a series of pre-flop raises, Negreanu puts the player on the button to the test by reraising enough to put him all in. The button calls and both players turn over their cards. Negreanu turns over the best hand, QQ while his opponent shows K10. The board comes AK577, giving Negreanu’s opponent a pair of kings on the flop. He doubles through Negreanu, leaving the PokerStars pro with just about 2,400 in chips after this hand.

John Phan Makes a Good Laydown

The player on the button raises to 400 and John Phan calls from the small blind. The flop comes KJ7, and Phan bets 400. The button raises to 1,200 and Phan thinks for a minute before folding 99 face-up. His opponent shows AA and rakes the pot. After this ahnd Phan is down to 4,600 in chips.

Dale Pinchot vs. Peter Feldman

With just about 1,000 already in the pot on a board of KJ23, Dale Pinchot bets 625 and Peter Feldman calls. The river is the 10, and this time Pinchot bets 700. Feldman folds, leaving himself with 1,100 in chips while Pinchot rakes the pot and brings his stack up to 3,500 this hand.

Player Tags: John Phan,   Daniel Negreanu,   Eli Elezra,   Peter Feldman,   Dale Pinchot,   Nick Binger

Level 5 Update -- Vadim Trincher Up to 300,000

Apr 18, '09

Level: 5

Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante

Notable Chip Counts:

Vadim Trincher -- 300,000
Johnny Chan -- 285,000
Burt Boutin -- 280,000
Shaun Deeb -- 275,000
Shane Schleger -- 221,000
Andy Bloch -- 203,000

Notable Eliminations:

John Gale
Sergey Rybachenko

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Key Hands:

Burt Boutin Wins a Huge Pot

Remy Biechel was all in on a flop of AK4 against Burt Boutin. Their cards:

Biechel: A-Q
Boutin: 76

The turn and river bricked out and Boutin grew his stack to 275,000.

Vadim Trincher Defeats John Phan with Set over Set

John Phan bet 18,000 on a board of 1083KJ and Vadim Trincher raised to 43,000. Phan called him down and flipped up 88. Trincher prevailed when he turned up KK for a better set and took down the pot to grow his stack to 300,000 for the chip lead. Phan was knocked down to 20,000 after the hand.
 

Player Tags: John Phan,   Burt Boutin,   Vadim Trincher

Level 5 Update

Mar 17, '09

Big Hands:

John Phan Eliminated

John Phan moved all in preflop for 3,075, Chris McCormack reraised all in, and Gary Tighe called both players down. Their cards:

Phan: AJ
McCormack: KK
Tighe: A2

Board: 543QJ

Tighe made a wheel and he busted both Phan and McCormack. Tighe was also awarded the $5,000 bounty for bouncing Phan.

Official Prize Pool

1: $1,025,500
2: $550,000
3: $291,500
4: $230,000
5: $180,000
6: $135,000
7-8: $90,000
9-10: $60,000
11-12: $40,000
13-18: $30,000
19-24: $25,000
25-30: $20,000
31-36: $15,000
37-45: $12,500

Phil Laak Eliminated

Phil Laak moved all in with K-Q on a king-high flop against Frank Khadivi, who held A-K. Laak was busted out of the tournament when the turn and river bricked and Khadivi collected the $5,000 bounty.

Player Tags: John Phan,   Phil Laak,   Chris McCormack

Level 1 Update

Mar 17, '09

Big Hands:

John Phan Takes a Hit

On a board of 942J late position bet 1,500 and John Phan made the call on the button. After the river bricked out late position bet 4,500 and Phan made the call once again. Late position flipped up A3 and Phan turned up QJ. Phan takes an early hit on the day and he is now down to 7,000.

Player Tags: John Phan

Sam Farha Defeats John Phan

Mar 07, '09

John Phan had a slight lead in his match against Sam Farha when both players decided to get it all in on a flop of K97.

Phan bet, Farha raised, Phan reraised, Farha moved all in and Phan called. Farha showed 83 for the flush draw and Phan showed J10 for the double-gutshot straight draw! Amazingly, Phan's jack-high was good, but not for long.

The turn was the K and Farha made his flush. Phan still had outs to the higher flush, but missed when the river was the 3.
This hand left Phan crippled and his final hand came when he pushed A5 into Farha's 1010.

The board ran out Q938J and Phan was eliminated in a tie for ninth place, earning $25,000.

Farha will now play against the winner between David Williams and Erick Lindgren.

Player Tags: John Phan,   Sam Farha

John Phan Defeats Jerry Yang

Mar 07, '09

John Phan and Jerry Yang got it all in preflop after a series of raises. Phan had Yang covered, but just barely.

Yang showed AQ, but it was behind to Phan's KK. The board ran out Q-9-7-K-J and Yang was eliminated from the tournament.

Phan advances to play the winner of Sam Farha and Peter Eastgate later this afternoon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: John Phan,   Jerry Yang

John Phan Defeats Erik Seidel

Mar 06, '09

Erik Seidel check-raised all in on the turn with the board reading KJ77 against John Phan. Phan called him down and turned up A7. Seidel turned over 107, with a flush draw as his only hope to survive. The river brought a 2, but not the suit that Seidel needed to advance. Seidel was eliminated in the first round for the fifth year in a row and Phan advanced to the second round, which will play tomorrow.











 

Player Tags: John Phan,   Erik Seidel

Sam Farha Defeats John Phan

Mar 07, '09

John Phan had a slight lead in his match against Sam Farha when both players decided to get it all in on a flop of K97.

Phan bet, Farha raised, Phan reraised, Farha moved all in and Phan called. Farha showed 83 for the flush draw and Phan showed J10 for the double-gutshot straight draw! Amazingly, Phan's jack-high was good, but not for long.

The turn was the K and Farha made his flush. Phan still had outs to the higher flush, but missed when the river was the 3.
This hand left Phan crippled and his final hand came when he pushed A5 into Farha's 1010.

The board ran out Q938J and Phan was eliminated in a tie for ninth place, earning $25,000.

Farha will now play against the winner between David Williams and Erick Lindgren.

Player Tags: John Phan,   Sam Farha

John Phan Defeats Jerry Yang

Mar 07, '09

John Phan and Jerry Yang got it all in preflop after a series of raises. Phan had Yang covered, but just barely.

Yang showed AQ, but it was behind to Phan's KK. The board ran out Q-9-7-K-J and Yang was eliminated from the tournament.

Phan advances to play the winner of Sam Farha and Peter Eastgate later this afternoon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: John Phan,   Jerry Yang

John Phan Defeats Erik Seidel

Mar 06, '09

Erik Seidel check-raised all in on the turn with the board reading KJ77 against John Phan. Phan called him down and turned up A7. Seidel turned over 107, with a flush draw as his only hope to survive. The river brought a 2, but not the suit that Seidel needed to advance. Seidel was eliminated in the first round for the fifth year in a row and Phan advanced to the second round, which will play tomorrow.











 

Player Tags: John Phan,   Erik Seidel

Level 12 Update

Feb 23, '09

Level: 12

Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante

Players Left: 144 out of 696
 

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Score Board

Notable Chip Counts

Antonio Esfandiari - 405,000
Kofi Farkye - 391,000
Mike Sowers - 338,000
Anthony Venturini - 212,000
Haralabos Voulgaris - 210,500
KJ Nam - 200,500
Adam Geyer - 188,000
Cody Slaubaugh - 183,000
Bertrand Grospellier - 178,900
Jeff Garza - 172,500

Average: 96,667

Notable Eliminations

Tim Vance
Eric Mizrachi

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Big Hands:

Shannon Shorr Takes a Big Hit

Webber Kang was all in with pocket queens on a board of Q9275 and Shannon Shorr had called him down. Kang doubled up on the hand to 114,000 while Shorr was knocked down to just 45,000.

John Phan Doubles Up

John Phan was all in for 69,100 and Scott Freeman called him down. Their cards:

Phan: AQ
Freeman: QJ

Board: A65J9

Phan doubled up on the hand and he is now close to 150,000.

Hoyt vs. Esfandiari

On a flop of Q43 with 6,000 in the pot, Antonio Esfandiari bet 5,400 from the button and Hoyt Corkins went into the tank in the big blind. He eventually made the call and both players checked the A on the turn. The river fell K and Esfandiari fired out 10,200. Corkins went into the tank and he eventually mucked. Esfandiari won the hand and he continues to grow his chip lead past 400,000.

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   John Phan,   Antonio Esfandiari,   Shannon Shorr,   Scott Freeman