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| Mar 06, '11 | 2011 The Big Event | Main Event | 2 | + |
Level 8 Update -- Day 1B EndsMar 06, '11 NOTE: Day 1B has come to a close and there are 95 players who have survived from the initial 154. They will join the 130 survivors from day 1A tomorrow at noon PST for day 2 action. Tune back in to Card Player at that time for more live coverage from The Big Event. Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 95 out of 154 Chip Counts: 1. Ali Eslami — 110,000 Notable Eliminations: Cornel Cimpan Big Hands:
Daniel Negreanu raised to 1,800 under the gun and the small blind reraised to 4,500. Negreanu then reraised all in and his opponent made the all-in call for 21,000. Their cards: Negreanu: K Board: 6 Negreanu grew his stack to 105,000 after taking out his opponent. Men Nguyen Takes a Hit Men Nguyen raised to 2,000 preflop from the button and Scott Clement (small blind), Amit Makhija (big blind), and a player UTG+1 made the call. The flop fell Q Marcello Del Grosso Wins a Late Pot There was 5,100 in the pot and the board read A Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu, Marcello Del Grosso, Scott Clements, Amit Makhija Level 2 Update -- Late ArrivalsMar 06, '11
Players Remaining: 144 out of 150 Chip Counts: 1. Allen Kessler — 60,000 Notable Eliminations: Micah Raskin Big Hands: Saved by the Bell There have been a couple of notable players who have registered during the last level of play here at The Big Event. They include John Hennigan, Eddy Sabat, Rep Porter, and Joe Tehan. Michah Raskin Eliminated Four players paid the 400 price of admission preflop and then the first three cards were dealt A The small blind went into the tank and eventually made the call. The turn fell 3 Raskin: A River: J Raskin was eliminated on the hand and the small blind collected his chips. Men Nguyen Grabs Some Chips There was 4,275 in the pot and the board read 8 Barry Greenstein Grabs Some Chips There was 1,350 in the pot and the board read K Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, Men Nguyen, Micah Raskin |
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| Feb 25, '11 | 2011 L.A. Poker Classic | WPT Main Event | 1 | + |
Men the Master Grabs Some ChipsFeb 25, '11
The river fell 9 Nguyen was a little above his starting stack after the hand. Player Tags: Men Nguyen |
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| Sep 30, '10 | 2010 PokerStars.com EPT London - Season VII | EPT London Main Event | 2 | + |
The Master Takes One OutSep 30, '10
Player Tags: Men Nguyen |
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| Jul 01, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 55 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship | 1 | + |
Level Seven: The Master Gets RiveredJul 02, '10 Blinds: 250-500 Players Remaining: 252 of 346 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Mikhail Smirnov – 138,000 Average Chip Count: 41,190 Notable Eliminations: Alexander Kostritsyn Big Hands:
Picking up the action on a flop of Q Another player also called and the turn was the 8 Nguyen was disgusted as he turned over K Froehlich Busts Kostritsyn Picking up the action on a flop of K He moved all in, having Kostritsyn covered. Kostritsyn made the call and turned over A The board finished off 4
Picking up the action on a flop of A Lind bet 2,000 and Brenes made the call. The river was the K Brenes showed two pair but Lind tabled 6 Player Tags: Humberto Brenes, Men Nguyen, Eric Froehlich, Alexander Kostritsyn, George Lind Level Two: Nguyen ReloadsJul 01, '10 Blinds: 50-100 Players Remaining: 313 Average Chip Count: Notable Eliminations: None Big Hands:
Men Nguyen was involved in a hand with two other players. The board had run out A Both of his opponents called and turned over a broadway straight. Nguyen could only show trip fives and he had to use his first reload chip, resetting him to 7,500. Hollink’s Riverboat Cruises Picking up the action on a flop of 7 The turn was the K Hollink then led out with 3,000 and his opponent made a reluctant call. Hollink tabled 9
Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 5 Chiu: K Chiu flopped a set while his opponent had two pair and a straight draw. The river was the 2 Player Tags: Men Nguyen, David Chiu, Rob Hollink |
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| Jun 29, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 50 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 2 | + |
Level 5 Update: Tom Dwan Loses a PotJun 28, '10 Blinds: 100-200 Players Remaining: 378 out 460 Average Chip Count: 18,254 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Ted Forrest — 38,000 Notable Eliminations: Anthony Lellouche Big Hands:
Anthony Lellouche was all in preflop versus Justin Smith. Lellouche tabled the A Men Nguyen Loses a Pot Men Nguyen bet preflop and was called by two opponents. The flop came A Tom Dwan Loses a Pot Tom Dwan bet 450 on a flop of A Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Tom Dwan Level 17 Update: Men the Master BubblesJun 30, '10 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 Players Remaining: 39 out 460 Average Chip Count: 146,808 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Mizrachi — 435,000 Notable Eliminations: Men Nguyen Player Twitter Accounts: Annette Obrestad Big Hands:
Men Nguyen bet 16,000. Ryan D’Angelo raised pot. Nguyen called. The flop came Q Justin Smith Wins a Large Pot Justin Smith bet the pot on a board of A Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Ryan D'Angelo, Justin Smith Level 9 Update: Scott Fischman EliminatedJun 29, '10 Blinds: 400-800 Players Remaining: 207 out 460 Average Chip Count: 33,333 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Kevin Schaffel — 178,900 Notable Eliminations: Isaac Haxton Player Twitter Accounts: Annette Obrestad Big Hands:
Kevin Murphy bet 27,000 on a 4 Scott Fischman Eliminated Scott Fischman was short and saw a 5 Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Scott Fischman |
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| Jun 28, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 50 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 1 | + |
Level 5 Update: Tom Dwan Loses a PotJun 28, '10 Blinds: 100-200 Players Remaining: 378 out 460 Average Chip Count: 18,254 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Ted Forrest — 38,000 Notable Eliminations: Anthony Lellouche Big Hands:
Anthony Lellouche was all in preflop versus Justin Smith. Lellouche tabled the A Men Nguyen Loses a Pot Men Nguyen bet preflop and was called by two opponents. The flop came A Tom Dwan Loses a Pot Tom Dwan bet 450 on a flop of A Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Tom Dwan Level 17 Update: Men the Master BubblesJun 30, '10 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 Players Remaining: 39 out 460 Average Chip Count: 146,808 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Mizrachi — 435,000 Notable Eliminations: Men Nguyen Player Twitter Accounts: Annette Obrestad Big Hands:
Men Nguyen bet 16,000. Ryan D’Angelo raised pot. Nguyen called. The flop came Q Justin Smith Wins a Large Pot Justin Smith bet the pot on a board of A Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Ryan D'Angelo, Justin Smith Level 9 Update: Scott Fischman EliminatedJun 29, '10 Blinds: 400-800 Players Remaining: 207 out 460 Average Chip Count: 33,333 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Kevin Schaffel — 178,900 Notable Eliminations: Isaac Haxton Player Twitter Accounts: Annette Obrestad Big Hands:
Kevin Murphy bet 27,000 on a 4 Scott Fischman Eliminated Scott Fischman was short and saw a 5 Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Scott Fischman |
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| Jun 24, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 43 - $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship | 2 | + |
Level 10: Men Nguyen OutJun 24, '10 Flop Games: 1,000-2,000 blinds Players Remaining: 125 out of 241 Average Chip Stack: 57,810 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Carlos Mortensen – 170,000 Notable Eliminations: Men Nguyen Big Hands: Stud
Picking up the action on sixth street, Men Nguyen led out with 4,000 and Brett Richey made the call. On seventh, Nguyen moved all in and Richey called. Here were their boards: Nguyen: 9 Nguyen had rolled up nines but Richey made tens full and Nguyen was eliminated in heartbreaking fashion. Stud/8
Picking up the action on fifth street, Daniel Negreanu bet 4,000 and the player in seat 1 called. Scotty Nguyen then check-raised to 8,000 and both opponents called. All players checked on sixth street and Nguyen bet 4,000 on seventh street. “Let me tell you something,” Nguyen started. “Trips are no good baby.” Both opponents mucked and Nguyen showed his hand, (8 Binger Takes A Chunk Out Of Negreanu Michael Binger and Daniel Negreanu each put in three bets on fifth street. Binger had a pair of sevens showing while Negreanu had some connecting cards. On sixth, Binger caught a third seven and led out with 4,000. Negreanu paired tens but he mucked his hand. Negreanu was under 15,000 after the hand while Binger was at 70,000. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Men Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu, Brett Richey, Michael Binger |
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| Jun 19, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 32 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed | 3 | + |
End Of Day 2Jun 19, '10
The players will return at level 21 with the blinds at 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante. The average stack is 710,000 and each player is guaranteed at least $33,476 in prize money. Erick Lindgren enters the final day as one of the chip leaders. He will go in search of his ninth WSOP final table and second bracelet. Men Nguyen is also still alive and he will be going for his second bracelet of 2010 and eighth overall, although he will have the toughest climb as the short stack. Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com as we bring you all of the elimination hands as soon as the field reaches the final table on the last day of event no. 32. Here are the end of day chip counts: Table 312 Seat 1: Orlando Delacruz — 301,000 Table 314 Seat 1: Bruno Launais — 875,000 Player Tags: Erick Lindgren, Men Nguyen Men Nguyen Eliminated, Jeffrey Papola WinsJun 20, '10 Blinds: 80,000-160,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 1 out of 568 Notable Eliminations: 2. Men Nguyen — $412,746 Big Hands:
The board ran out 7 Nguyen will take home $412,746 for second place and Papola takes the bracelet, along with $667,443 Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Jeffrey Papola Final Day Begins At 3 p.m.Jun 19, '10
The remaining 12 players will return at level 21 with the blinds at 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante. The average stack is 710,000 and each player is guaranteed at least $33,476 in prize money. Erick Lindgren enters the final day as one of the chip leaders. He will go in search of his ninth WSOP final table and second bracelet. Men Nguyen is also still alive and he will be going for his second bracelet of 2010 and eighth overall, although he will have the toughest climb as the short stack. Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com as we bring you all of the elimination hands as soon as the field reaches the final table on the last day of event no. 32. Here are the starting chip counts for today: Table 312 Seat 1: Orlando Delacruz — 301,000 Table 314 Seat 1: Bruno Launais — 875,000 Player Tags: Erick Lindgren, Men Nguyen |
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| Jun 19, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 32 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed | 2 | + |
End Of Day 2Jun 19, '10
The players will return at level 21 with the blinds at 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante. The average stack is 710,000 and each player is guaranteed at least $33,476 in prize money. Erick Lindgren enters the final day as one of the chip leaders. He will go in search of his ninth WSOP final table and second bracelet. Men Nguyen is also still alive and he will be going for his second bracelet of 2010 and eighth overall, although he will have the toughest climb as the short stack. Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com as we bring you all of the elimination hands as soon as the field reaches the final table on the last day of event no. 32. Here are the end of day chip counts: Table 312 Seat 1: Orlando Delacruz — 301,000 Table 314 Seat 1: Bruno Launais — 875,000 Player Tags: Erick Lindgren, Men Nguyen Men Nguyen Eliminated, Jeffrey Papola WinsJun 20, '10 Blinds: 80,000-160,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 1 out of 568 Notable Eliminations: 2. Men Nguyen — $412,746 Big Hands:
The board ran out 7 Nguyen will take home $412,746 for second place and Papola takes the bracelet, along with $667,443 Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Jeffrey Papola Final Day Begins At 3 p.m.Jun 19, '10
The remaining 12 players will return at level 21 with the blinds at 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante. The average stack is 710,000 and each player is guaranteed at least $33,476 in prize money. Erick Lindgren enters the final day as one of the chip leaders. He will go in search of his ninth WSOP final table and second bracelet. Men Nguyen is also still alive and he will be going for his second bracelet of 2010 and eighth overall, although he will have the toughest climb as the short stack. Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com as we bring you all of the elimination hands as soon as the field reaches the final table on the last day of event no. 32. Here are the starting chip counts for today: Table 312 Seat 1: Orlando Delacruz — 301,000 Table 314 Seat 1: Bruno Launais — 875,000 Player Tags: Erick Lindgren, Men Nguyen |
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| Jun 05, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 10 - $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship | 3 | + |
Level 2 Update: Lisandro Chips UpJun 03, '10 Limits: Bring-in 100, Ante 75, Limits 300-600 Players Remaining: 128 out of 128 Notable Eliminations: none Big Hands:
George Lind, Jeff Lisandro, and David Benefield got tangled up in a three-way pot. On fifth street, Lind’s board was (X-X)-Q Lind 600, Lisandro called, and Benefield raised to 1,200, which was called by both players. Benefield then caught a 3 Brandon Adams Bests Mueller On fifth street, Brandon Adams bet and was called by Mueller with his board looking like (X-X)-A The river was dealt face down and both players knocked the table again. Adams exposed the A
Entering late on heads up action between Men Nguyen and Abe Mosseri, The Master bet on the end and Mosseri called to see the bad news. The Master showed 10-J-Q-K-A for the broadway straight, and Mosseri mucked, giving the 3,000 pot to The Master. He had 34,200 after the hand. D’Agostino Shows Opponent Who Is King John D’Agostino bet and was called on 4th and 5th street before checking 5th street. Seat 1 checked behind him and D’Agostino fired again on 6th street and was called. Both players checked the end and showed down. Seat 1: (X-X) 9 Ivey Wins a Pot, What a Shocker Phil Ivey completed the bring-in showing the 10 Ivey: (X-X)-10 Traniello now checked and was the only caller of Ivey’s bet. Ivey showed the A Player Tags: Men Nguyen, John D'Agostino, Greg Mueller, Jeffrey Lisandro, Abe Mosseri, Brandon Adams, David Benefield Level 1 Update: Clements Off To Good StartJun 03, '10 Limits: Bring-in 50, Ante 50, Stakes 200-400 Average Chip Count: Big Hands:
Both Scott Clements and Erick Lindgren checked the first four cards with Clements showing 7 Lindgren checked when he got the 9 Both players checked the last card and Clements showed he was essentially playing his visible pair of sevens, and his down cards were A Trips Take One From Negreau Daniel Negreanu bet every street against Alexander Kravchenko and the player in seat 3. Seat 3 got out of the way after 5th street, but Kravchenko check-called until Negreanu bet on the 7th street. Here, he check-raised to 800 and Negreanu called. Negreanu: (X-X)-3 Kravchenko’s full house took a nice early pot, boosting his stack to around 32,500, while Negreanu’s dropped to around 27,500.
On fourth street, Barry Greenstein check-called a bet from Scotty Nguyen with his board reading (X-X)-5 Greenstein picked up the 2 On the river, Nguyen now checked and Greenstein bet and Nguyen called. Greenstein revealed the 4 Lisandro Chipping Up Jeffrey Lisandro bet on every street as the player in seat 3 called through 5th street. Their cards were: Lisandro bet here and seat 3 gave his hand up to last year’s WSOP player of the year. Lisandro had aroudn 32,000 after the hand. Left In the Deck: Maybe Scotty Nguyen is changing his ways a little bit. He usually enjoys an alcoholic beverage while playing, but today, he is sitting with an O’Douls in front of him. Men “The Master” Imposture The real Men “The Master” Nguyen has arrived at the event, but apparently there is an imposture out there. Allen Kessler walked up to The Master to tell him that there is a fake Twitter account for Nguyen, and the account is saying some “nasty things.” Ever so coolly, The Master responded with “So what?” and walked away. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Erick Lindgren, Barry Greenstein, Men Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu, Jeffrey Lisandro, Alexander Kravchenko, Scott Clements Level 16: Hand-For-Hand Mercifully Ends, Dario Alioto Bubble BoyJun 05, '10 Blinds: Ante 2,000, Bring-in 2,000, Limits 8,000-16,000 Players Remaining: 16 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 281,250 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Michael Mizrachi – 475,000 Notable Eliminations: Freddie Ellis Big Hands:
Kostritsyn was all in on third street against Brandon Adams. Here is how their boards ran out. Kostritsyn: (8 Adams made two pair but Kostritsyn managed to get trip-eights and doubled up to 70,000. Adams, once the massive chip leader at almost 500,000, is down to 240,000. Unfortunately for Kostritsyn, he would not make it past the level as he was eliminated in 18th place, setting up hand-for-hand play. Evdakov Slams Heimiller Nikolay Evdakov took a huge pot off Dan Heimiller to move over 400,000 in chips. Evdakov had the 6 Heimiller was at 75,000 while Evdakov was at 415,000.
The defending champion hung in for a long time, but Brandon Adams delivered the knockout blow and abolished any idea of a repeat champion. Ellis: (J Ellis started off with the best of it but Adams hit trip-nines on fourth street and the 2 Adams build his stack back up to 415,000 with the pot.
Dario Alioto nursed a short stack for almost two hours during hand-for-hand play. Finally, he played a pot for all of his chips. Alioto was responsible for the bring-in of 2,000 and Men Nguyen called. Alioto was showing a 2 Nguyen received a 3 “You’ve got two options,” Nguyen said. “You check, I bet; or you bet I raise.” Alioto decided to bet and Nguyen was true to his word, raising enough to put Alioto all in. Nguyen turned over (A Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Brandon Adams, Freddie Ellis, Dario Alioto, Nikolay Evdakov, Alexander Kostritsyn, Dan Heimiller Level 26: The Master Earns 7th BraceletJun 06, '10 Blinds: Ante 15,000, Bring-in 20,000, Limits 60,000-120,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands
Men Nguyen and an extremely low-stacked Brandon Adams agreed to put it all in blind and they watched helplessly as the cards fell. The hands were: Adams: (A Seeing that Adams had a pair of queens, the Master took his last card face down as his groupies on the rail crowded around to see him peel up the corner. A queen would give Nguyen a straight, or a king would give him a better pair than Adams’ queens. “King!” The announcement came as the crowd exploded into celebration. The K Adams capped an impressive day going from among the low stacks at the start of the day to runner up of the event, taking $243,958 for his work. Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Brandon Adams Level 25: Down To TwoJun 06, '10 Blinds: Ante 10,000, Bring-in 20,000, Limits 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 2 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 2,250,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Men Nguyen — 3,150,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands
Men Nguyen, Brandon Adams, and Nikolay Evdakov were three-way going to fourth street. Evdakov bet and both Adams and Nguyen called. Nguyen bet on 5th street and Evdakov raised, making Adams get out of the way. Nguyen re-raised and put Evdakov all in, who called. The hands were: Evdakov: (A The pot to Nguyen to 2.5 million chipos, while Evdakov exited in 4th place. Billirakis KOed in 3rd Place ($152,788) Steve Billirakis got the remainder of his short stack in on 3rd street against Men Nguyen. Their hands were: Billirakis: (10 Nguyen hit three 7’s, besting the two pair held by Billirakis, sending him to the rail in 3rd place. Left heads up were Brandon Adams and Men Nguyen. Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Steve Billirakis, Brandon Adams, Nikolay Evdakov Level 24: Cassidy Out In 5th PlaceJun 06, '10 Blinds: Ante 10,000, Bring-in 10,000, Limits 40,000-80,000 Players Remaining: 4 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 1,125,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Men Nguyen — 2,150,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands
Men Nguyen completed and Brandom Adams raised, with the Master calling. Adams bet first on 4th street and got a call. Nguyen bet first on 5th street and got a call. Both players checked 6th street and Adams led out on the river. Their hands: Adams: (A Adams’ two pair was good and Nguyen mucked. Nguyen still had the chip lead after the hand, with 2.1 million in chips, but Adams was climbing into contention with 925,000.
Short-stacked and with his back against the wall, Joe Cassidy was heads up with Nikolay Evdakov and got it all in on 4th street. The hands were: Cassidy:(4 A pair of nines was good enough for Evdakov to send Cassidy to the rail in 5th place. Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Joe Cassidy, Brandon Adams, Nikolay Evdakov Level 22: And There Were Six...Jun 05, '10 Blinds: Ante 5000, Bring-in 7000, Limits 25,000-50,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 750,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Men Nguyen — 1,250,000 Notable Eliminations: Vladimir Schmelev – 7th Place – $55,991 Big Hands
In a three-way pot against Michael Mizrachi and Nikolay Evdakov, Vladimir Schmelev was all in on 5th street, and his opponenets checked down the rest of the action. They showed: Schmelev: (A Schmelev is hanging tough at this final table, following a 2nd place finish in the $50,000 Players Championship. Mizrachi Takes Some From Evdakov After leading out on 4th street, Michael Mizrachi was raised by Nikolay Evdakov and made the call, putting himself all in as the lurking Men Nguyen folded. Their hands were: Mizrachi: (A The Grinder’s two pair took the pot and he took a sizable pot to increase his stack to around 600,000. The Master Goes Straight To The Top Men Nguyen raised and Vladimir Schmelev re-raised and the two were heads up. Schmelev bet on 4th street and Nguyen called. On 5th street Schmelev check-raised the Master and Nguyen called. Schmelev bet the last two streets and Nguyen raised on the end. Schmelev called and they showed down. Nguyen: (Q Nguyen took the pot and jumped to 1,150,000 in chips. Schmelev dropped to 115,000 and eliminated soon after. Schmelev Out in 7th Place ($55,991) In a 5-way pot, Men Nguyen led out on 4th street, Steve Billirakis folded and Vladimir Schmelev re=raised. Nikolay Evdakov and Brandon Adams folded and Nguyen re-raised Schmelev all in. Nguyen: (8 Nguyen’s two pair took the pot and sent Schmelev to the rail in 7th place. Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Michael Mizrachi, Joe Cassidy, Steve Billirakis, Brandon Adams, Nikolay Evdakov, Vladimir Shchemelev Level 21: Billirakis Climbs The LadderJun 05, '10 Blinds: Ante 5000, Bring-in 5000, Limits 20,000-40,000 Players Remaining: 7 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 643,857 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Brandon Adams — 1,050,000 Notable Eliminations:
Steve Billirakis bet on every street and was called by Michael Mizrachi all the way until 6th street. Seeing that Billirakis paired his ace, Mizrachi let his hand go, showing his pair of queens as he did. Their cards: Mizrachi: (A The pot took Billirakis to 550,000. Mizrachi dropped to 400,000. Cassidy Doubles Through The Master Joe Cassidy got the last of his chips in on 5th street against Men Nguyen. Nguyen was behind and didn’t improve, giving Cassidy a double up to 300,000. Their cards: Nguyen: (9
After Brandon Adams completed, Men Nguyen raised, Vladimir Schmelev re-raised and Joe Cassidy raised yet again. Everyone got out of the way except Schmelev. Cassidy continued the aggression, betting every street and getting called by Schmelev until the very end, when he looked at his last card and finally mucked. Their cards: Schmelev: (X-X)-7 After losing the pot without showing down, Schmelev was on life support with 90,000 in chips. Cassidy boosted to 480,000. Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Michael Mizrachi, Joe Cassidy, Steve Billirakis, Brandon Adams Level 20: Final Table SetJun 05, '10 Blinds: Ante 4000, Bring-in 5000, Limits 18,000-36,000 Players Remaining: 7 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 562,500 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Nikolay Evdakov — 1,170,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: Heimiller Stays Alive, Temporarily Short-stacked Dan Heimiller got all in chipped up nicely. The cards were: Heimiller: (K-J)-A-A-2-J-(Q) With the win he had around 115,000 in chips, but around 15 minutes later he was eliminated.
Men “The Master” Nguyen completed the final table when he got Dan Heimiller all in. Their hands were: Heimiller was out in 9th Place, and the final 8 were moved to the feature table. Evdakov Takes Chip Lead Nikolay Evdakov and Sirous Jamshidi called Vladimir Schmelev on 3rd street, and Schmelev folded when Jamshidi led out on 4th street. Evdakov continued calling Jamshidi on every street, before slowing and check-calling when Evdakov bet on the end. Their cards: Evdakov: (8 Evdakov’s straight took it down, pushing his stack to around one million and dropping Jamshidi to 220,000 in the process.
Brandon Adams, Vladimir Schmelev and Sirous Jamshidi all went the distance in a hand that saw Schmelev complete and lead out on 4th street, Jamshidi lead out with a bet on 5th street, and the rest of the action being checked down. Their cards: Adams: (6 Two pair earned Adams the pot, pushing his stack to 800,000. Jamshidi’s already short stack dwindled to around 140,000. Sirous Jamshidi Busts in 8th Place ($46,206) Sirous Jamshidi was all in on 5th street and Brandon Adams called with a pair of aces. They held up and Jamshidi was gone in 8th place. Their cards: Adams: (A Adams was among the chip leaders following the hand. Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Sirous Jamshidi, Nikolay Evdakov, Dan Heimiller Level 19: The Master Keeps BusyJun 05, '10 Blinds: Ante 3000, Bring-in 3000, Limits 15,000-30,000 Players Remaining: 9 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 500,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Brandon Adams — 850,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands:
After dropping some chips in the previous level, Men Nguyen was able to capitalize on a full house to take a nice pot from Sirous Jamshidi. Jamshidi completed on 3rd street and was called by Michael Mizrachi, Nguyen, and Steve Billirakis. Jamshidi bet and Nguyen raised on 4th street, leading to folds from Mizrachi and Billirakis. Nguyen bet every street left and was called by Jamshidi. The Master was more than happy to show down: Nguyen: (A Nguyen had 360,000 after the hand, and Jamshidi fell to 180,000. Mizrachi Takes One From Cassidy Heads up with Joe Cassidy, Michael Mizrachi bet on every street and was called. Mizrachi finally checked the end and Cassidy checked as well. Their hands were: Mizrachi: (10 Mizrachi took the pot and chipped back up to nearly 500,000, while Cassidy dropped to 300,000. Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Michael Mizrachi, Joe Cassidy, Sirous Jamshidi |
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