Men Nguyen Poker Tournament Updates

Level 8 Update -- Day 1B Ends

Mar 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
2. Daniel Negreanu — 105,000
3. Dustin Bowman — 95,000
4. Bruce Antman — 70,000
5. Michael Katz — 65,000
6. Scott Clemenst — 65,000
7. Kenny Lawson — 60,000
8. David Peters — 55,000
9. David Baker — 50,000
10. Jerry Yang — 50,000

Notable Eliminations:

Cornel Cimpan

Big Hands:

Daniel Negreanu Crosses the 100,000 Mark

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 K
Opponent: A K

Board: 6 4 2 J 5

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 8 6 and all four players checked. The turn brought the Q and UTG+1 bet 4,000. Nguyen made the call, but both Clements and Makhija mucked. Both remaining players then checked the 7 on the river and Nguyen mucked his hand when UTG+1 turned over thew 8 and 7.

Marcello Del Grosso Wins a Late Pot

There was 5,100 in the pot and the board read A 8 3 J when the big blind bet 3,100. Marcello Del Grosso made the call on the hi-jack. The river fell 4 and the big blind checked. Del Grosso bet 6,000 and his opponent mucked after spending some time in the tank. Del Grosso took his stack above 30,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Daniel Negreanu,   Marcello Del Grosso,   Scott Clements,   Amit Makhija

Level 2 Update -- Late Arrivals

Mar 06, '11

Blinds: 75-150

Players Remaining: 144 out of 150

Chip Counts:

1. Allen Kessler — 60,000
2. David Baker — 40,000
3. Ali Eslami — 40,000
4. John Hennigan — 36,000
5. Men Nguyen — 35,000
6. Barry Greenstein — 34,000
7. Jerry Yang — 30,000
8. Dwyte Pilgrim — 30,000
9. Daniel Negreanu — 30,000
10. Jennifer Tilly — 30,000

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 8 6. Micah Raskin opened the action with a 500 bet from the cutoff after action was checked around to him and then the small blind raised to 1,100. The big blind and Mel Judah mucked and Raskin reraised to 3,500.

The small blind went into the tank and eventually made the call. The turn fell 3 and Raskin bet 6,000. The small blind check-raised all in and Raksin made the all-in call. Their cards:

Raskin: A K
Opponent: 6 6

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 5 5 3 when Men Nguyen bet 2,500 from the big blind. One player mucked and then action was on Joe Tehan. he went into the tank for a while and he eventually mucked. Nguyen won the pot and grew his stack to 35,000.

Barry Greenstein Grabs Some Chips

There was 1,350 in the pot and the board read K J 3 2 when the small blind checked. Barry Greenstein bet 1,000 and from the big blind and the button made the call. The small blind mucked and the river fell 5. Greenstein bet 2,500 and the button mucked, giving Greenstein the pot.

Player Tags: Barry Greenstein,   Men Nguyen,   Micah Raskin

Men the Master Grabs Some Chips

Feb 25, '11

The board read K 10 4 A when a player in middle position bet 1,425. Men Nguyen went into the tank on the cutoff and eventually made the call.

The river fell 9 and both players checked. Nguyen flipped over Q 10 to win the hand over his opponent’s 8 6.

Nguyen was a little above his starting stack after the hand.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen

The Master Takes One Out

Sep 30, '10

Men “The Master” Nguyen’s Q J absolutely trashed his opponent’s 10 10 when the flop came down A Q Q K 6, and with that another short stack hit the rail. Nguyen has a little less than 50,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen

Level Seven: The Master Gets Rivered

Jul 02, '10

Blinds: 250-500

Players Remaining: 252 of 346

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Mikhail Smirnov – 138,000
2. Matt Venegrin – 130,000
3. Noah Boeken – 110,000
4. Vanessa Selbst – 96,000
5. David Benyamine – 90,000
6. Jeff Williams – 90,000
7. Daniel Alaei – 88,000
8. James Akenhead – 87,000
9. John Cernuto – 84,500
10. David Baker – 81,000

Average Chip Count: 41,190

Notable Eliminations:

Alexander Kostritsyn
David Chiu
Andy Bloch
Jennifer Harman

Big Hands:

Mastered On The River

Picking up the action on a flop of Q106, a player moved all in for just under 10,000 and Men Nguyen made the call.

Another player also called and the turn was the 8. Both players checked and the river was the Q. Nguyen checked and his opponent bet 15,000. Nguyen made a quick call and his opponent showed AQ108 for queens full.

Nguyen was disgusted as he turned over K10104 for tens full. The all-in player mucked and made his way to the rail while Nguyen was down to 65,000.

Froehlich Busts Kostritsyn

Picking up the action on a flop of KQ3, Alexander Kostritsyn bet the pot after Eric Froehlich had checked. There were two other players in the hand and they mucked and the action was back on Froehlich.

He moved all in, having Kostritsyn covered. Kostritsyn made the call and turned over AK97 for top pair. Froehlich showed QQ94 for a set of queens.

The board finished off 4 on the turn and 7 on the river and Kostritsyn was out. Froehlich was up to 26,000.

Shark Hooked

Picking up the action on a flop of AQ7, Humberto Brenes and George Lind each checked. The turn was the K and Brenes checked again.

Lind bet 2,000 and Brenes made the call. The river was the K and both players decided to check again.

Brenes showed two pair but Lind tabled 6643 for a flush and he took the pot. Brenes was at 37,000 while Lind was at 24,000.

Player Tags: Humberto Brenes,   Men Nguyen,   Eric Froehlich,   Alexander Kostritsyn,   George Lind

Level Two: Nguyen Reloads

Jul 01, '10

Blinds: 50-100

Players Remaining: 313

Average Chip Count:

Notable Eliminations:

None

Big Hands:

The Master Of Reloads

Men Nguyen was involved in a hand with two other players. The board had run out AKJ55 and Nguyen moved all in.

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 765, the player in seat 6 bet 700 and Rob Hollink made the call.

The turn was the K and seat 6 bet 2,000 after Hollink had checked again. Hollink made the call and the 5 fell on the river.

Hollink then led out with 3,000 and his opponent made a reluctant call. Hollink tabled 9766 for a full house and his opponent mucked 98 face up. Hollink took the pot and he was around 25,000 with two reload chips remaining.

Chiu’d Up

Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 543J and the player in seat 5 moved all in. David Chiu made the call and the players turned up their cards:

Chiu: KK55
Seat 5: 8542

Chiu flopped a set while his opponent had two pair and a straight draw. The river was the 2, giving no help to seat 5 and he had to use his first reload chip. Chiu took the pot and he was at 16,000 with all three reloads intact.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   David Chiu,   Rob Hollink

Level 5 Update: Tom Dwan Loses a Pot

Jun 28, '10

Blinds: 100-200

Players Remaining: 378 out 460

Average Chip Count: 18,254

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Ted Forrest — 38,000
2. Mike Matusow — 35,000
3. Fabrice Soulier — 34,000
4. Kevin Schaffel — 33,000
5. Michael Mizrachi — 30,000
6. Kevin Saul — 29,000
7. Lex Veldhuis — 28,000
8. Eric Froehlich — 28,000
9. Annette Obrestad — 28,000
10. Ayaz Mahmood — 28,000

Notable Eliminations:

Anthony Lellouche
Toto Leonidas
Carlos Mortensen
Erick Lindgren
Chris Moneymaker
Vladimir Schemelev

Big Hands:

Anthony Lellouche Eliminated

Anthony Lellouche was all in preflop versus Justin Smith. Lellouche tabled the AQ108 and was up against the AAK7 of Smith. The board ran out 1072QA and Lellouche was gone. Smith was at 32,000 after the hand.

Men Nguyen Loses a Pot

Men Nguyen bet preflop and was called by two opponents. The flop came AQ9 and the first player checked. Nguyen bet 4,000 and got one call. The 10 fell on the turn and action went check-check. The 5 landed on the river and Nguyen’s opponent bet 6,000. Nguyen folded and was down to 10,000.

Tom Dwan Loses a Pot

Tom Dwan bet 450 on a flop of A1010 and Noah Schwartz raised it to 1,300. Dwan called. The K fell on the turn. Dwan check-called a 1,900 bet from Schwartz. The 6 hit the river and Dwan checked again. Schwartz bet 7,000. Dwan folded. Noah exposed aces for a flopped full house. Dwan was down to 3,500, while Schwartz was at 24,000.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Tom Dwan

Level 17 Update: Men the Master Bubbles

Jun 30, '10

Blinds: 3,000-6,000

Players Remaining: 39 out 460

Average Chip Count: 146,808

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Robert Mizrachi — 435,000
2. Ryan D’Angelo — 380,000
3. Ran Azor — 368,000
4. Benny Spindler — 305,000
5. David Iammarino — 305,000
6. Jose Nacho Barbero — 265,000
7. Danny Smith — 265,000
8. Di Dang — 241,000
9. Gary Bolden — 230,000
10. Ben Middleton — 215,000

Notable Eliminations:

Men Nguyen

Player Twitter Accounts:

Annette Obrestad
Matt Glantz
Justin Smith
Christian Harder

Big Hands:

Men Nguyen Bubbles

Men Nguyen bet 16,000. Ryan D’Angelo raised pot. Nguyen called. The flop came QJ9. Nguyen moved all in for 107,000, less than the pot. D’Angelo had Nguyen slightly covered. D’Angelo tanked before eventually calling. Nguyen exposed the A843 while D’Angelo exposed the AA95 and was far ahead. The 10 on the turn and the 5 on the river didn’t change anything. Nguyen was eliminated and remaining players are now in the money.

Justin Smith Wins a Large Pot

Justin Smith bet the pot on a board of AK3310. Mark Eddleman tanked and was at 45,000 after the hand. Smith climbed to 185,000.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Ryan D'Angelo,   Justin Smith

Level 9 Update: Scott Fischman Eliminated

Jun 29, '10

Blinds: 400-800

Players Remaining: 207 out 460

Average Chip Count: 33,333

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Kevin Schaffel — 178,900
2. Alex Freiberg — 138,900
3. Kevin Boudreau — 137,300
4. Jonas Entin — 118,200
5. Jarred Solomon — 104,800
6. Gary Bolden — 99,600
7. Javed Abrahams — 92,700
8. John Barch — 89,600
9. Mark Eddleman — 87,100
10. Robert Campbell — 86,700

Notable Eliminations:

Isaac Haxton
Joe Serock
Brent Roberts

Player Twitter Accounts:

Annette Obrestad
Matt Glantz
Mike Watson
Jonathan Little
Phil Hellmuth
David Baker
Phil Ivey
Eugene Todd

Big Hands:

Men Nguyen Eliminates a Player

Kevin Murphy bet 27,000 on a 4322 board. Men Nguyen potted. Murphy called all in with the KQQ10 for queens with a flush draw. Men exposed the A596 for a straight. The river bricked for Murphy and he was eliminated. Nguyen was up to 102,000 after the hand.

Scott Fischman Eliminated

Scott Fischman was short and saw a 532 flop. He got his entire stack in with the AAKJ. Daniel Makowsky called with the AK94. The 8 turn and 3 river made Fischman’s elimination official.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Scott Fischman

Level 5 Update: Tom Dwan Loses a Pot

Jun 28, '10

Blinds: 100-200

Players Remaining: 378 out 460

Average Chip Count: 18,254

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Ted Forrest — 38,000
2. Mike Matusow — 35,000
3. Fabrice Soulier — 34,000
4. Kevin Schaffel — 33,000
5. Michael Mizrachi — 30,000
6. Kevin Saul — 29,000
7. Lex Veldhuis — 28,000
8. Eric Froehlich — 28,000
9. Annette Obrestad — 28,000
10. Ayaz Mahmood — 28,000

Notable Eliminations:

Anthony Lellouche
Toto Leonidas
Carlos Mortensen
Erick Lindgren
Chris Moneymaker
Vladimir Schemelev

Big Hands:

Anthony Lellouche Eliminated

Anthony Lellouche was all in preflop versus Justin Smith. Lellouche tabled the AQ108 and was up against the AAK7 of Smith. The board ran out 1072QA and Lellouche was gone. Smith was at 32,000 after the hand.

Men Nguyen Loses a Pot

Men Nguyen bet preflop and was called by two opponents. The flop came AQ9 and the first player checked. Nguyen bet 4,000 and got one call. The 10 fell on the turn and action went check-check. The 5 landed on the river and Nguyen’s opponent bet 6,000. Nguyen folded and was down to 10,000.

Tom Dwan Loses a Pot

Tom Dwan bet 450 on a flop of A1010 and Noah Schwartz raised it to 1,300. Dwan called. The K fell on the turn. Dwan check-called a 1,900 bet from Schwartz. The 6 hit the river and Dwan checked again. Schwartz bet 7,000. Dwan folded. Noah exposed aces for a flopped full house. Dwan was down to 3,500, while Schwartz was at 24,000.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Tom Dwan

Level 17 Update: Men the Master Bubbles

Jun 30, '10

Blinds: 3,000-6,000

Players Remaining: 39 out 460

Average Chip Count: 146,808

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Robert Mizrachi — 435,000
2. Ryan D’Angelo — 380,000
3. Ran Azor — 368,000
4. Benny Spindler — 305,000
5. David Iammarino — 305,000
6. Jose Nacho Barbero — 265,000
7. Danny Smith — 265,000
8. Di Dang — 241,000
9. Gary Bolden — 230,000
10. Ben Middleton — 215,000

Notable Eliminations:

Men Nguyen

Player Twitter Accounts:

Annette Obrestad
Matt Glantz
Justin Smith
Christian Harder

Big Hands:

Men Nguyen Bubbles

Men Nguyen bet 16,000. Ryan D’Angelo raised pot. Nguyen called. The flop came QJ9. Nguyen moved all in for 107,000, less than the pot. D’Angelo had Nguyen slightly covered. D’Angelo tanked before eventually calling. Nguyen exposed the A843 while D’Angelo exposed the AA95 and was far ahead. The 10 on the turn and the 5 on the river didn’t change anything. Nguyen was eliminated and remaining players are now in the money.

Justin Smith Wins a Large Pot

Justin Smith bet the pot on a board of AK3310. Mark Eddleman tanked and was at 45,000 after the hand. Smith climbed to 185,000.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Ryan D'Angelo,   Justin Smith

Level 9 Update: Scott Fischman Eliminated

Jun 29, '10

Blinds: 400-800

Players Remaining: 207 out 460

Average Chip Count: 33,333

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Kevin Schaffel — 178,900
2. Alex Freiberg — 138,900
3. Kevin Boudreau — 137,300
4. Jonas Entin — 118,200
5. Jarred Solomon — 104,800
6. Gary Bolden — 99,600
7. Javed Abrahams — 92,700
8. John Barch — 89,600
9. Mark Eddleman — 87,100
10. Robert Campbell — 86,700

Notable Eliminations:

Isaac Haxton
Joe Serock
Brent Roberts

Player Twitter Accounts:

Annette Obrestad
Matt Glantz
Mike Watson
Jonathan Little
Phil Hellmuth
David Baker
Phil Ivey
Eugene Todd

Big Hands:

Men Nguyen Eliminates a Player

Kevin Murphy bet 27,000 on a 4322 board. Men Nguyen potted. Murphy called all in with the KQQ10 for queens with a flush draw. Men exposed the A596 for a straight. The river bricked for Murphy and he was eliminated. Nguyen was up to 102,000 after the hand.

Scott Fischman Eliminated

Scott Fischman was short and saw a 532 flop. He got his entire stack in with the AAKJ. Daniel Makowsky called with the AK94. The 8 turn and 3 river made Fischman’s elimination official.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Scott Fischman

Level 10: Men Nguyen Out

Jun 24, '10

Flop Games: 1,000-2,000 blinds
Stud Games: 500 ante, 500 bring-in, 2,000-4,000 limits

Players Remaining: 125 out of 241

Average Chip Stack: 57,810

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Carlos Mortensen – 170,000
2. Mikael Thuritz – 145,000
3. Abe Mosseri – 137,000
4. Scott Bohlman – 117,600
5. John Racener – 110,000
6. Jason Lester – 110,000
7. Greg Raymer – 108,000
8. Brendan Taylor – 106,000
9. Arturo Diaz – 104,800
10. Scotty Nguyen – 100,000

Notable Eliminations:

Men Nguyen
Chad Brown

Big Hands:

Stud

Master Of Nothing

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: 98A7(99-X)
Richey: J10K5(1010K

Nguyen had rolled up nines but Richey made tens full and Nguyen was eliminated in heartbreaking fashion.

Stud/8

Nguyen With The Straight

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, (854)679J for a straight. He was at 120,000 after the hand while Negreanu was at 26,300.

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

End Of Day 2

Jun 19, '10

The chips have been bagged and play has come to an end on day two with just 12 players remaining. The final two tables will return Saturday at 3 p.m. to play down to a champion.

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
Seat 2: Anthony Roux — 668,000
Seat 3: Evan Panesis — 299,000
Seat 4: Jeffrey Papola — 598,000
Seat 5: Mark Radoja — 1,493,000
Seat 6: Darren Elias — 841,000

Table 314

Seat 1: Bruno Launais — 875,000
Seat 2: Men Nguyen — 264,000
Seat 3: Erick Lindgren — 1,165,000
Seat 4: Taylor Mcfarland — 848,000
Seat 5: Paul Sheng — 712,000
Seat 6: Lucas Greenwood — 425,000

Player Tags: Erick Lindgren,   Men Nguyen

Men Nguyen Eliminated, Jeffrey Papola Wins

Jun 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:

Jeffrey Papola made it 320,000 from the button and Men Nguyen moved all-in for just over 2,000,000 and was snap called by Papola. Papola showed JJ and was ahead of Nguyen’s K10.

The board ran out 7759A, keeping Papola’s jacks in the lead and giving him the bracelet.

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 final two tables of event no. 32 ($5,000 no limit hold’em six-handed) will return at 3 p.m. to battle down to a champion.

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
Seat 2: Anthony Roux — 668,000
Seat 3: Evan Panesis — 299,000
Seat 4: Jeffrey Papola — 598,000
Seat 5: Mark Radoja — 1,493,000
Seat 6: Darren Elias — 841,000

Table 314

Seat 1: Bruno Launais — 875,000
Seat 2: Men Nguyen — 264,000
Seat 3: Erick Lindgren — 1,165,000
Seat 4: Taylor Mcfarland — 848,000
Seat 5: Paul Sheng — 712,000
Seat 6: Lucas Greenwood — 425,000

Player Tags: Erick Lindgren,   Men Nguyen

End Of Day 2

Jun 19, '10

The chips have been bagged and play has come to an end on day two with just 12 players remaining. The final two tables will return Saturday at 3 p.m. to play down to a champion.

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
Seat 2: Anthony Roux — 668,000
Seat 3: Evan Panesis — 299,000
Seat 4: Jeffrey Papola — 598,000
Seat 5: Mark Radoja — 1,493,000
Seat 6: Darren Elias — 841,000

Table 314

Seat 1: Bruno Launais — 875,000
Seat 2: Men Nguyen — 264,000
Seat 3: Erick Lindgren — 1,165,000
Seat 4: Taylor Mcfarland — 848,000
Seat 5: Paul Sheng — 712,000
Seat 6: Lucas Greenwood — 425,000

Player Tags: Erick Lindgren,   Men Nguyen

Men Nguyen Eliminated, Jeffrey Papola Wins

Jun 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:

Jeffrey Papola made it 320,000 from the button and Men Nguyen moved all-in for just over 2,000,000 and was snap called by Papola. Papola showed JJ and was ahead of Nguyen’s K10.

The board ran out 7759A, keeping Papola’s jacks in the lead and giving him the bracelet.

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 final two tables of event no. 32 ($5,000 no limit hold’em six-handed) will return at 3 p.m. to battle down to a champion.

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
Seat 2: Anthony Roux — 668,000
Seat 3: Evan Panesis — 299,000
Seat 4: Jeffrey Papola — 598,000
Seat 5: Mark Radoja — 1,493,000
Seat 6: Darren Elias — 841,000

Table 314

Seat 1: Bruno Launais — 875,000
Seat 2: Men Nguyen — 264,000
Seat 3: Erick Lindgren — 1,165,000
Seat 4: Taylor Mcfarland — 848,000
Seat 5: Paul Sheng — 712,000
Seat 6: Lucas Greenwood — 425,000

Player Tags: Erick Lindgren,   Men Nguyen

Level 2 Update: Lisandro Chips Up

Jun 03, '10

Limits: Bring-in 100, Ante 75, Limits 300-600

Players Remaining: 128 out of 128

Notable Eliminations:

none

Big Hands:

Jeff Lisandro Picks Up a Three-Way Pot

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-7-10, Lisandro’s board was (X-X)-A-K-3, and Benefield’s board was (X-X)-8-5-4.

Lind 600, Lisandro called, and Benefield raised to 1,200, which was called by both players. Benefield then caught a 3, Lisarndro caught the K, and Lind caught the 8. Now Lisandro bet 600 and was called by both players. Lisandro bet again after the river was dealt and Benefield folded and Lind called. Lisandro showed K-10-2 in his hand, showing that he missed his flush, but made three kings and Lind mucked his hand.

Brandon Adams Bests Mueller

On fifth street, Brandon Adams bet and was called by Mueller with his board looking like (X-X)-A-3-5. Mueller’s board was (X-X)-Q39. Mueller paired his nine when he caught the 9 on sixth and Adams caught the J and both players checked.

The river was dealt face down and both players knocked the table again. Adams exposed the AQ7 in the hole, giving him a pair of aces and Mueller mucked his hand. Adams is up to 33,000.

Master of Broadway

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) 9A10K-(X)
D’Agostino: (X-X) K549 – D’Agostino showed the K in the hole for the pair of kings, and seat 1 mucked. The pot put D’Agostino’s stack around 31,500.

Ivey Wins a Pot, What a Shocker

Phil Ivey completed the bring-in showing the 10 and was called by Ylon Schwartz, Marco Traniello, and Cory Zeidman. Traniello then bet every street up to the river, and was called by every player. On the river their boards looked like this.

Ivey: (X-X)-10-3-9-5
Zeidman: (X-X)-6-10-4-7
Schwartz: (X-X)-8-4-3-10
Traniello: (X-X)-Q-K-2-2

Traniello now checked and was the only caller of Ivey’s bet. Ivey showed the AQ7 in the hole, making him a flush good enough to take the pot.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   John D'Agostino,   Greg Mueller,   Jeffrey Lisandro,   Abe Mosseri,   Brandon Adams,   David Benefield

Level 1 Update: Clements Off To Good Start

Jun 03, '10

Limits: Bring-in 50, Ante 50, Stakes 200-400

Average Chip Count:

Big Hands:

Clements Clubs Lindgren

Both Scott Clements and Erick Lindgren checked the first four cards with Clements showing 7Q and Lindgren showing K4.

Lindgren checked when he got the 9 on the next street and Clements bet 400 when he got the 7. Lindgren called and got the 5 next, checking to Clements who checked his 3.

Both players checked the last card and Clements showed he was essentially playing his visible pair of sevens, and his down cards were AJ2. The pair was good, and Lindgren mucked, down to around 29,400 in chips while Clements was up a bit, at 30,600.

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)-3A77-X
Kravchenko: (88)-5108Q – (5)

Kravchenko’s full house took a nice early pot, boosting his stack to around 32,500, while Negreanu’s dropped to around 27,500.

Scotty Gets Flushed

On fourth street, Barry Greenstein check-called a bet from Scotty Nguyen with his board reading (X-X)-5-J. Nguyen’s board resembled (X-X)-8-9.

Greenstein picked up the 2 on fifth and check-called another bet from Nguyen who caught the 7. Nguyen now led on sixth when he caught the J and Greenstein called, who caught the 4.

On the river, Nguyen now checked and Greenstein bet and Nguyen called. Greenstein revealed the 4-10-7 in the hole to make a flush and send him the pot.

Lisandro Chipping Up

Jeffrey Lisandro bet on every street as the player in seat 3 called through 5th street. Their cards were:
Lisandro: (X-X) A8Q
Seat 3: (X-X) 6J5

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 Boy

Jun 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
2. Men Nguyen – 462,000
3. Brandon Adams – 415,000
4. Nikolay Evdakov – 415,000
5. Vladimir Schmelev – 350,000
6. Sirious Jamshidi – 335,000
7. Eric Buchman – 330,000
8. Dario Alioto – 295,000
9. Ray Dehkharghani – 277,000
10. Todd Barlow – 195,000

Notable Eliminations:

Freddie Ellis
Alexander Kostritsyn
Dario Alioto

Big Hands:

Alexander Kostritsyn Doubles Through Brandon Adams, But Is Then Eliminated

Kostritsyn was all in on third street against Brandon Adams. Here is how their boards ran out.

Kostritsyn: (886)9A8-X
Adams: AQ10Q107J

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 showing and turned over 66 for trips to take a chunk out of Heimiller’s stack.

Heimiller was at 75,000 while Evdakov was at 415,000.

Freddie Ellis Eliminated

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: (JJ)101073
Adams: (99)492A

Ellis started off with the best of it but Adams hit trip-nines on fourth street and the 2 on the river gave him a full house to knock out the defending champion.

Adams build his stack back up to 415,000 with the pot.

Dario Alioto Bubbles The Money, Eliminated By Men The Master

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 while Nguyen showed 7.

Nguyen received a 3 on fourth street whihle Alioto received the K.

“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 (A7) for split sevens while Alioto had nothing. Nguyen held the lead until the river when Alioto flipped over the K to pair his king. Nguyen then sweated his river card and finally turned over the 3 to make two pair and finally burst the money bubble.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Brandon Adams,   Freddie Ellis,   Dario Alioto,   Nikolay Evdakov,   Alexander Kostritsyn,   Dan Heimiller

Level 26: The Master Earns 7th Bracelet

Jun 06, '10

Blinds: Ante 15,000, Bring-in 20,000, Limits 60,000-120,000

Notable Eliminations:
Brandon Adams – 2nd Place – $243,958

Big Hands

The Master Wins 7th Bracelet, Adams Gets Runner Up ($243,958)

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: (A3)-QQ54-(9)
Nguyen: (96)-10KJ6

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 was turned over and Men Nguyen earned his 7th bracelet and $394,800 in prize money.

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 Two

Jun 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
2. Brandon Adams — 1,300,000

Notable Eliminations:
Steve Billirakis – 3rd Place – $152,788
Nikolay Evdakov – 4th Place – $110,629

Big Hands

Evdakov Out in 4th Place ($110,629)

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: (AQ)-A7310-(8)
Nguyen: (67)-610Q5-(5)
(X-X)-4-8A-FOLD

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: (10Q)-4J3J-(Q)
Nguyen: (K7)-727J-(9)

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 Place

Jun 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
2. Brandon Adams — 980,000
3. Steve Billirakis — 750,000
4. Nikolay Evdakov — 480,000

Notable Eliminations:

Big Hands

Aces For Adams

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: (AA)-26J6-(J)
Nguyen: (X-X)-53510-(X)

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.

Cassidy Falls in 5th Place ($86,461)

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:(47)-76108-(Q)
Evdakov: (39)-6942-(A)

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
2. Nikolay Evdakov — 900,000
3. Brandon Adams — 850,000
4. Michael Mizrachi — 620,000
5. Steve Billirakis — 570,000
6. Joe Cassidy — 490,000

Notable Eliminations:

Vladimir Schmelev – 7th Place – $55,991

Big Hands

Schmelev Hanging On

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: (A6)-A1089-(7)
Evdakov: (Q2)-57KQ-(MUCK)
Mizrachi: (Q4)-102A4-(MUCK)

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: (AQ)-A58Q-(X)
Evdakov: (J10)-JQ64-(MUCK)

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-9)-K108J-(2)
Schmelev: (X-X)-A763-(X)

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: (88)-JA3A-(Q)
Schmelev: (K4)-3453-(10)

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 Ladder

Jun 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
2. Nikolay Evdakov — 1,000,000
3. Steve Billirakis — 580,000
4. Men Nguyen — 530,000
5. Vladimir Schmelev — 450,000
6. Michael Mizrachi — 400,000
7. Joe Cassidy — 290,000

Notable Eliminations:

Billirakis Pairs Higher Than The Grinder

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: (AQ)-103Q9
Billirakis: (Q2)-AJQA

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: (98)-728J-(A)
Cassidy: (QQ)-3647-(9)

Schmelev Loses Monster Pot

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)-783K-(X)
Cassidy: (X-X)-KJ73-(X)

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 Set

Jun 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
2. Brandon James — 800,000
3. Vladimir Schmelev — 740,000
4. Men Nguyen — 630,000
5. Steve Billirakis — 600,000
6. Michael Mizrachi — 300,000
7. Joe Cassidy — 190,000

Notable Eliminations:
Dan Heimiller – 9th Place – $38,676
Sirous Jamshidi – 8th Place – $46,206

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)
Evdakov: (2-9)-9-5-6-J-(X)

With the win he had around 115,000 in chips, but around 15 minutes later he was eliminated.

Nguyen Busts Heimiller in 9th Place ($38,676)

Men “The Master” Nguyen completed the final table when he got Dan Heimiller all in. Their hands were:
Heimiller: (AJ)-310Q9-(4)
Nguyen: (87)-A610A-(J)

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: (89)-J672-(10)
Jamshidi: (X-X)-K10AJ-(X)

Evdakov’s straight took it down, pushing his stack to around one million and dropping Jamshidi to 220,000 in the process.

Adams Moving On Up

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: (67-6393-(8)
Schmelev: (X-X)-Q58J-(MUCK)
Jamshidi: (X-X)-7JQK-(MUCK)

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: (A2)-AQ5J-(6)
Jamshidi: (89)-81037-(Q)

Adams was among the chip leaders following the hand.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Sirous Jamshidi,   Nikolay Evdakov,   Dan Heimiller

Level 19: The Master Keeps Busy

Jun 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
2. Nikolay Evdakov — 840,000
3. Vladimir Schmelev — 820,000
4. Michael Mizrachi — 480,000
5. Men Nguyen — 450,000
6. Steve Billirakis — 430,000
7. Joe Cassidy — 300,000
8. Sirous Jamshidi — 220,000
9. Dan Heimiller — 130,000

Notable Eliminations:

Big Hands:

The Master Fills Up

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: (AA)-4749-(A)
Jamshidi: (X-X)-K67J-(X)

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: (10-2)-103A3-(4)
Cassidy: (X-X)-K759-(X)

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