Tommy Vedes Poker Tournament Updates

Tommy Vedes Busts

Dec 10, '11

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Tommy Vedes Running Late

Dec 10, '11

2009 WPT Festa al Lago champion Tommy Vedes was the last player to take their seat in the NACPT Choctaw Main Event, only arriving in the middle of level 8.

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Level Four Update: Shawn Sheikhan, Alex Kravchenko Eliminated

Jul 10, '11

NOTE: Levels are two hours in length and players are starting with 30,000 in chips. Registration will remain open until the end of the second level.

Players on Day 1D: Approximately 2,800

Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante

The Chip Leaders:

1. Joe Tehan — 135,000
2. Andrew Chen — 131,000
3. Chris Limo — 130,000
4. Douglas Smith — 102,900
5. Alan Sternberg — 94,000
6. Justin Filtz — 94,000
7. Noah Boeken — 85,000
8. Matt Matros — 84,000
9. Casey McCarrel — 78,000
10. Lars Bonding — 77,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Jeff Shulman — 29,000
Matt Matros — 84,000

Featured Poker Tweet — Jeff Shulman

Notables Eliminated This Level:

Shawn Sheikhan
Alex Kravchenko
Dan Heimiller
Tommy Vedes

Hands:

Shawn Sheikhan Eliminated

Shawn Sheikhan was eliminated with pocket kings after all the money went in on a flop of 5 3 2. His opponent held the K Q for a flush draw and hit on the end when the river brought a 4.

Featured Poker Tweet — Amit Makhija

Alex Kravchenko Eliminated

Alex Kravchenko was all in for 5,000 with A-5 and was in trouble against his opponent’s pocket nines. The board ran out K 7 3 K 10 and the 2007 final tablist was gone.

Tommy Vedes Eliminated

On a board of K 10 6 7, Tommy Vedes bet and his opponent check raised to put him all in. Vedes tanked before eventually calling with K-10 for top two pair. His opponent exposed the Q J for straight and flush draws. The river was a brutal A and Vedes was gone.

Player Tags: Shawn Sheikhan,   Tommy Vedes,   Amit Makhija

Festa al Lago Main Event Begins Friday at Noon

Oct 14, '10

The World Poker Tour Festa al Lago Main Event will begin this Friday at noon PST. The tournament will feature a $10,000 buy-in and registration will remain open for the first eight levels of play.

That will allow players to register as late as day 2. Last year, Tommy Vedes bested a field of 275 en route to a $1,218,225 payday. Vedes defeated a stacked final table that included Shawn Cunix, Jason Burt, Freddy Deeb, Craig Crivello and Jason Lavallee.

The tournament action down at the Fontana Lounge has already seen its share of notable winners including November Nine member Matt Jarvis, John Cernuto, and James Van Alstyne. Card Player’s own Barry and Jeff Shulman both made the final table of the $1,000 limit hold’em event, finishing in fifth and third place respectively. John Phan took that event down after chopping with Joe Brandenburg.

The Festa al Lago Main Event will also feature the debut of Tony Dunst as a sideline reporter for an on air segment titled the “Raw Deal” which be be broadcasted on Fox Sports Net for the WPT’s ninth season.

Dunst is the latest in a number of changes for the WPT. This season Matt Savage was hired on as the Executive Tour Director, Kimberly Lansing returned as the tour’s anchor and the Royal Flush Girls were added to bring some sex appeal to the broadcast.

The Card Player reporting team will be live on location to bring you live updates, chip counts, photos and video interviews with all of your favorite players. Be sure to keep your browsers locked on cardplayer.com for all the action.

Player Tags: Tommy Vedes,   Tony Dunst

Final Table Update: Jurgens (9th), Scruggs (8th), Vedes (7th) Eliminated

Jul 01, '10

Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante

Players Remaining: 6 out of 965

Average Chip Count: 1,447,500

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Jon Eaton – 2,160,000
2. Guillaume Darcourt – 1,450,000
3. Sergey Lebedev – 1,400,000
4. Ryan Welch – 1,350,000
5. Will Failla – 1,100,000
6. Bradley Craig – 620,000

Notable Eliminations:

9. Tad Jurgens — $41,842
8. Noel Scruggs — $53,694
7. Tommy Vedes — $69,647

Big Hands:

Tad Jurgens Eliminated In Ninth Place ($41,842), Noel Scruggs Eliminated In Eighth Place ($53,694)

Tad Jurgens moved all in for 150,000 and the action was on Noel Scruggs. He then moved all in for 415,000 and the action folded around to Guillaume Darcourt in the small blind. He made the call, having both opponents covered.

Jurgens: QQ
Scruggs: AQ
Darcourt: 77

Jurgens was prime to triple up but the board ran out 97324 and Darcourt flopped a set to eliminate both players.

Tommy Vedes Eliminated In Seventh Place ($69,647)

Sergey Lebedev raised preflop and the action folded to Tommy Vedes in the big blind. He oved all in and Lebedev made the call. Here were their cards:

Vedes: A9
Lebedev: 88

The race was on as Vedes had two over cards, but the board ran out 5535J and Vedes could not pair up and he was out.

Player Tags: Tommy Vedes,   Tad Jurgens,   Guillaume Darcourt,   Sergey Lebedev

Level 16 Update: In The Money

Jun 11, '10

Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 1,000 ante

Players Remaining: 14 out of 101

Average Chip Count: 216,428

Card Player Chip Counts:

Daniel Negreanu – 130,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. David Baker – 670,000
2. Vincent Musso – 310,000
3. Eric Kesselman – 310,000
4. George Danzer – 241,000
5. Doug Booth – 225,000
6. Erik Seidel – 195,000
7. John Juanda – 182,000
8. Yan Chen – 176,000
9. Andy Bloch – 172,000
10. John Monnette – 140,000

Notable Eliminations:

Tommy Vedes
Barry Greenstein
Stephen Chidwick
Anton Allemann
Par Hilderbrand

Big Hands:

Baker Knocks Out Vedes

George Danzer opened for 10,500 from the cutoff and David Baker raised to 35,000 from the button. Tommy Vedes then push all of his chips in for 105,400 total and Baker made the call after Danzer folded.

Vedes took one card and Baker stood pat. Baker showed the 10-8-7-5-4 and Vedes was drawing with his 8-6-5-3, but hit a jack to bust out of the tournament. Baker increases his chip lead and now has 505,000.

Seidel Bests Greenstein

Erik Seidel raised to 11,000 from the cutoff and Barry Greenstein moved all-in for 51,000 from the big blind. Seidel made the call and both players stood pat.

Seidel showed the 9-6-5-4-2 and bested Greenstein’s 10-low to take the pot and increase his stack to 218,000.

Stephen chidwick Eliminated

Stephen Chidwick was severely shortstacked and was all-in pre-draw against Peter Gould.

Both players drew one, but even though Gould could only make an ace-low, Chidwick paired up to send him to the rail.

Negreanu Doubles, Keeps Battling

Daniel Negreanu has been a short stack most of the day and has been wearing out the felt to stay alive.

In his most recent all-in, Eric Kesselman opened for 12,000 under-the-gun and Negreanu moved in for 44,000. Kesselman thought for a bit and then called.

Both players drew one card. Negreanu tabled the 7-5-4-2 and Kesselman showed the 9-5-3-2. Kesselman paired his 3 and Negreanu called for a paint card. He got his wish as he hit a king to get back up near the 100,000 mark. Kesselman is down to 152,000.

Anton Allemann Eliminated, Bubble Begins

David Baker raised to 13,000 from the button and Anton Allemann and Andy Bloch called from the blinds. All three players drew one card.

Allemann bet 40,000, Bloch folded and Baker raised to 320,000 which was much more than what Allemann had. Allemann called off his last 100,000 and tabled his 8-6-4-3-2. Baker showed his 7-6-4-3-2 and knocked Allemann out in 16th place. With just 15 players left, we are now offcially on the bubble and play will be hand-for-hand until one player is eliminated.

Negreanu Makes a Wheel to Double Up

John Juanda raised to 11,000 under-the-gun and Daniel Negreanu moved all in for 64,500. Juanda made the call and stood pat. Negreanu drew one and showed the 7-5-4-2 and needed to improve against Juanda’s 9-8-6-4-3.

Negreanu took a few moments to squeeze out his river card, which was a 3 to give him the wheel and the pot to double up to almost 130,000.

Hilderbrand Busts, Pops the Bubble

Par Hilderbrand raised to 11,500 from the cutoff and Doug Booth made it 31,500 from the button. After the blinds folded, Hilderbrand pushed all-in for 40,000 more and Booth called.

“We are in the money now,” Both said as he showed the 7-5-4-3-2, good for the wheel and the pot.

Player Tags: Erik Seidel,   Barry Greenstein,   Tommy Vedes,   George Danzer,   David Baker

Level 5 Update: Professor Scoops a Pot

Jun 06, '10

Limits: Bring-in 200,, Ante 100 Limits 600-1,200

Players Remaining: 160 out of 170

Average Chip Count: 31,875

Card Player Chip Counts:

Barry Shulman – 35,000
Phil Hellmuth – 23,000
Steve Zolotow – 38,000
Mark Gregorich – 39,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Sirous Jamshidi – 85,000
2. Barry Greenstein – 68,000
3. Jennifer Harman – 60,000
4. Josh Arieh – 57,000
5. Nick Schulman – 55,000
6. Bob Lauria – 54,000
7. Tommy Vedes – 51,000
8. Ozzy Sheikh – 50,000
9. Alexander Kostritsyn – 49,000
10. Eli Elezra – 47,000

Notable Eliminations:

Marco Traniello
Michael Binger

Big Hands:

Straight Scoops For Vedes

On fifth street, Tommy Vedes bet and was called by Jason Mercier and another opponent and the same action took place on sixth street.

Vedes: (X-X)-8-8-7-J
Mercier: (X-X)-Q-4-2-9
Opponent: (X-X)-2-8-3-4

On the river Vedes bet again and his first opponent took a while pondering his options and eventually tossed in a call. Mercier quickly grabbed 1,200 and threw in a call. Vedes turned over the 9-10-A, giving him a jack-high straight.

“Of course,” muttered Mercier as he and the player in seat 8 tossed their cards into he muck. Mercier slipped to 31,000 and seat 8 has just 4,500 left. Vedes now has 51,000.

Monette Bests Seidel

We picked up this hand on sixth street with John Monette tangling with Erik Seidel. Seidel checked and called a bet on sixth with the boards looking like this.

Monette: (X-X)-6-78-9
Seidel: (X-X)-A-Q-9-4

Seidel checked and Monette checked as well. Seidel showed a pair of aces, but Monette tabled two pair, sevens and eights, to take the pot. Seidel, who is playing simultaneously in the 2-7 tournament, dropped to 31,000 and Monette is up to 40,000.

Class is in Session, Professor Scoops One

Howard Lederer completed on third street and George Trigeorgis called. Lederer-check-called a bet on fourth and raised sixth street when Trigeorgis was first to act. Trigeorgis called and their boards on sixth street looked like this.

Lederer: (X-X)-7-J-6-3
Trigeorgis: (X-X)-4-7-K-8

Lederer bet sixth street and the river and was called both times. He showed the A-2-3, giving him a flush and a 7-6-3-2-A low. He scooped the pot and increased his stack to 48,000.

Player Tags: Erik Seidel,   Howard Lederer,   Tommy Vedes,   Jason Mercier

Level 16 Update: Tommy Vedes and Dan Lu Eliminated

May 31, '10

Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 500 ante

Players Remaining: 122 out of 4,345

Average Chip Count: 106,844

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Drew Crawford – 640,000
2. Marc Goldman – 265,000
3. Andrew Youngblood – 215,000
4. Jeremiah Degreef – 170,000
5. Nancy Todd Tyner – 161,000
6. Terry Fleischer – 130,000
7. Adam Shuman – 130,000
8. Braxton Dunaway – 130,000
9. Zvi Groysman – 130,000
10. David Vanwert – 126,000

Notable Eliminations:

Dan Lu – $3,363
Tommy Vedes – $3,363
Jared Hamby – $3,363

Big Hands:

Aguiar Avoids Three-Outer to Double

Joe Elpayaa raised to 9,000 and Jon Aguiar moved his last 50,000 into the middle. Elpayaa made the call and showed KQ, while Aguiar showed AQ.

The board ran 53J52 and Aguiar doubled up to just over 100,000.

Dan Lu Eliminated

A player in the cutoff open shoved for 500 and Dan Lu moved in from the button for 75,000 with A-Q. Unfortunately for Lu, one of the players in the blinds woke up with pocket aces and eliminated both Lu and the short stack.

Tommy Vedes Eliminated

Tommy Vedes and an opponent were tangled up on a flop of 652. Vedes check-raised all in from the big blind and was snapped called by his opponent. Vedes tabled the KK but was up against the AA of his opponent. Vedes failed to improve and was eliminated from the event.

The Master Doubles Up

There was a raise from early position and then Men Nguyen moved the last of his chips into the middle. Nguyen held QQ and was up against his opponent’s AK.

The flop contained a third queen for Nguyen and doubled up to 90,000.

Jared Hamby Eliminated

To make a long story short, Jared Hamby got all of his chips in the middle with pocket sixes and his opponent held pocket kings. The dealer couldn’t deliver a six for Hamby he hit the rail.

Drew Crawford Wins a Massive Pot

We caught up with the action on the flop of 763, where Drew Crawford called a 20,000 chip bet from an opponent. The 8 fell on the turn and Crawford’s opponent fired out again. Crawford went into the tank before announcing all in, having his opponent significantly covered. The player went into the tank before making the call for about 150,000 chips. Crawford tabled 8-8 for a turned set and had drawn out on the A-A of his opponent. Crawford won the hand and is now the overwhelming chip leader with 640,000, over double the closest competitor.

Player Tags: Tommy Vedes,   Andrew Crawford,   Dan Lu

Level 8 Update: Sam Stein Eliminated

May 29, '10

Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante

Entrants: 3,946

Card Player Chip Counts:

Jon Friedberg – 18,750
Julian Jaffrey Horan – out

Notable Eliminations:

Julian Jaffrey Horan
Sam Stein
Max Lykov

Player’s Twitter Accounts:

Fabrice Soulier
Vanessa Rousso
Bryan Devonshire
Shaun Deeb
Jonathan Little

Big Hands:

Sam Stein Eliminated

On the river the board read JJ879 and after his opponent checked, Sam Stein moved all-in for his last 4,275 and was eventually called by his opponent who held pocket kings.

Stein, the NAPT Venetian Main Event runner-up, showed 76 and was eliminated from the tournament.

Max Lykov Crippled, Then Eliminated

On a flop of J103, Max Lykov got all of his chips in the middle against his opponent. His opponent tabled KK and Lykov showed J10 for top two pair. The turn came the 6 and the river was the 6 counterfitting Lykov’s two pair and leaving him with just 150.

Lykov was eliminated on the next hand.

Van Wert Bests Stelmak

Three players saw a flop of 475. David van Wert bet 2,700 after Dmitry Stelmak checked. The player in the cutoff folded and Stelmak made the call.

The turn was the 9 and both players checked. The river was the Q and after Stelmak checked, van Wert bet 4,500. Stelmak made the call and van Wert showed QQ. Stelmak mucked and dropped to 16,000, while van Wert shot up to 40,000

Lee Wins a Race, Doubles Up

Bernard Lee found all of his chips in the middle preflop with pocket nines against his opponents KQ.

The board ran out A7358 giving Lee the hand and doubling him up to 8,500.

Vedes Scores a Knockout

A player pushed his last 6,225 into the middle and Tommy Vedes made the call. Vedes showed A10 and was way behind the JJ of his opponent.

The flop was 834 and the turn was the 6, keeping the pocket jacks in the lead. The river, however was the A and gave Vedes the pot. Vedes climbed to about 30,000 with the win.

Left in the Deck:

Players will be taking a short break after this level.

Player Tags: Tommy Vedes,   Sam Stein

Level 16 Update: Tommy Vedes and Dan Lu Eliminated

May 31, '10

Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 500 ante

Players Remaining: 122 out of 4,345

Average Chip Count: 106,844

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Drew Crawford – 640,000
2. Marc Goldman – 265,000
3. Andrew Youngblood – 215,000
4. Jeremiah Degreef – 170,000
5. Nancy Todd Tyner – 161,000
6. Terry Fleischer – 130,000
7. Adam Shuman – 130,000
8. Braxton Dunaway – 130,000
9. Zvi Groysman – 130,000
10. David Vanwert – 126,000

Notable Eliminations:

Dan Lu – $3,363
Tommy Vedes – $3,363
Jared Hamby – $3,363

Big Hands:

Aguiar Avoids Three-Outer to Double

Joe Elpayaa raised to 9,000 and Jon Aguiar moved his last 50,000 into the middle. Elpayaa made the call and showed KQ, while Aguiar showed AQ.

The board ran 53J52 and Aguiar doubled up to just over 100,000.

Dan Lu Eliminated

A player in the cutoff open shoved for 500 and Dan Lu moved in from the button for 75,000 with A-Q. Unfortunately for Lu, one of the players in the blinds woke up with pocket aces and eliminated both Lu and the short stack.

Tommy Vedes Eliminated

Tommy Vedes and an opponent were tangled up on a flop of 652. Vedes check-raised all in from the big blind and was snapped called by his opponent. Vedes tabled the KK but was up against the AA of his opponent. Vedes failed to improve and was eliminated from the event.

The Master Doubles Up

There was a raise from early position and then Men Nguyen moved the last of his chips into the middle. Nguyen held QQ and was up against his opponent’s AK.

The flop contained a third queen for Nguyen and doubled up to 90,000.

Jared Hamby Eliminated

To make a long story short, Jared Hamby got all of his chips in the middle with pocket sixes and his opponent held pocket kings. The dealer couldn’t deliver a six for Hamby he hit the rail.

Drew Crawford Wins a Massive Pot

We caught up with the action on the flop of 763, where Drew Crawford called a 20,000 chip bet from an opponent. The 8 fell on the turn and Crawford’s opponent fired out again. Crawford went into the tank before announcing all in, having his opponent significantly covered. The player went into the tank before making the call for about 150,000 chips. Crawford tabled 8-8 for a turned set and had drawn out on the A-A of his opponent. Crawford won the hand and is now the overwhelming chip leader with 640,000, over double the closest competitor.

Player Tags: Tommy Vedes,   Andrew Crawford,   Dan Lu

Level 8 Update: Sam Stein Eliminated

May 29, '10

Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante

Entrants: 3,946

Card Player Chip Counts:

Jon Friedberg – 18,750
Julian Jaffrey Horan – out

Notable Eliminations:

Julian Jaffrey Horan
Sam Stein
Max Lykov

Player’s Twitter Accounts:

Fabrice Soulier
Vanessa Rousso
Bryan Devonshire
Shaun Deeb
Jonathan Little

Big Hands:

Sam Stein Eliminated

On the river the board read JJ879 and after his opponent checked, Sam Stein moved all-in for his last 4,275 and was eventually called by his opponent who held pocket kings.

Stein, the NAPT Venetian Main Event runner-up, showed 76 and was eliminated from the tournament.

Max Lykov Crippled, Then Eliminated

On a flop of J103, Max Lykov got all of his chips in the middle against his opponent. His opponent tabled KK and Lykov showed J10 for top two pair. The turn came the 6 and the river was the 6 counterfitting Lykov’s two pair and leaving him with just 150.

Lykov was eliminated on the next hand.

Van Wert Bests Stelmak

Three players saw a flop of 475. David van Wert bet 2,700 after Dmitry Stelmak checked. The player in the cutoff folded and Stelmak made the call.

The turn was the 9 and both players checked. The river was the Q and after Stelmak checked, van Wert bet 4,500. Stelmak made the call and van Wert showed QQ. Stelmak mucked and dropped to 16,000, while van Wert shot up to 40,000

Lee Wins a Race, Doubles Up

Bernard Lee found all of his chips in the middle preflop with pocket nines against his opponents KQ.

The board ran out A7358 giving Lee the hand and doubling him up to 8,500.

Vedes Scores a Knockout

A player pushed his last 6,225 into the middle and Tommy Vedes made the call. Vedes showed A10 and was way behind the JJ of his opponent.

The flop was 834 and the turn was the 6, keeping the pocket jacks in the lead. The river, however was the A and gave Vedes the pot. Vedes climbed to about 30,000 with the win.

Left in the Deck:

Players will be taking a short break after this level.

Player Tags: Tommy Vedes,   Sam Stein

Tommy Vedes Eliminated

Apr 20, '10

Tommy Vedes was all in preflop for 130,000 on a flop of 633 and Nikolay Evdakov made the call. Their cards:

Vedes: JJ
Evdakov: A3

The 3 fell on the turn and Vedes was drawing dead. He was eliminated from the tournament and Evdakov grew his stack to 620,000.

Player Tags: Tommy Vedes,   Nikolay Evdakov

Olivier Busquet Doubles Up

Apr 20, '10

Tommy Vedes bet 18,900 on a board that read K102J and Olivier Busquet raised all in for 78,200 total. Vedes made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Busquet: 65
Vedes: AQ

River: Q

Busquet doubled up on the hand to 240,000 and Vedes fell to 80,000.

Player Tags: Tommy Vedes,   Olivier Busquet

Chris Ferguson Eliminated

Apr 19, '10

Tommy Vedes raised to 2,500 from late position and the cutoff made the call. Chris Ferguson reraised to 11,000 from the big blind. Vedes made the call and the cutoff mucked. The flop was dealt 7-6-3 rainbow and Ferguson bet 16,000. Vedes moved all in and Ferguson made the call. Their cards:

Ferguson: K-K
Vedes: 98

Turn and River: A-5

Vedes won the hand with a nine-high straight and Ferguson was eliminated. Vedes held 368,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Chris Ferguson,   Tommy Vedes

Tommy Vedes Eliminated

Apr 20, '10

Tommy Vedes was all in preflop for 130,000 on a flop of 633 and Nikolay Evdakov made the call. Their cards:

Vedes: JJ
Evdakov: A3

The 3 fell on the turn and Vedes was drawing dead. He was eliminated from the tournament and Evdakov grew his stack to 620,000.

Player Tags: Tommy Vedes,   Nikolay Evdakov

Olivier Busquet Doubles Up

Apr 20, '10

Tommy Vedes bet 18,900 on a board that read K102J and Olivier Busquet raised all in for 78,200 total. Vedes made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Busquet: 65
Vedes: AQ

River: Q

Busquet doubled up on the hand to 240,000 and Vedes fell to 80,000.

Player Tags: Tommy Vedes,   Olivier Busquet

Chris Ferguson Eliminated

Apr 19, '10

Tommy Vedes raised to 2,500 from late position and the cutoff made the call. Chris Ferguson reraised to 11,000 from the big blind. Vedes made the call and the cutoff mucked. The flop was dealt 7-6-3 rainbow and Ferguson bet 16,000. Vedes moved all in and Ferguson made the call. Their cards:

Ferguson: K-K
Vedes: 98

Turn and River: A-5

Vedes won the hand with a nine-high straight and Ferguson was eliminated. Vedes held 368,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Chris Ferguson,   Tommy Vedes