Tuan Le Poker Tournament Updates

Level Two Hour One Update: Adams Chipping up

Jul 06, '10

Blinds: 100-200

Notable Chip Counts:

Minh Ly – 60,000
Kevin Saul – 55,850
Jean-Robert Bellande – 43,000
Amit Makhija – 40,000
Brandon Adams – 40,000
Dan Kelly – 37,000
Jeremiah Smith – 35,600

Card Player Chip Counts:

Jon Friedberg – 32,500

Notable Eliminations

Mark Seif

Big Hands:

Adams Chipping Up

Brandon Adams limped under the gun and the player in seat 5 raised to 850. The player in the big blind and Adams both called.

The flop ran 57Q and the big blind checked to Adams who bet 3,300. Seat 5 called the sizeable bet quickly and the big blind folded.

The J hit on the turn and Adams again led out for 6,000. Seat 5 called very quickly again.

The 10 landed on the river and Adams bet two orange chips for a 10,000 bet. This time seat 5 took a deep breath and tanked, shaking his head. He asked Adams if he had a set and Adams didn’t move a muscle.

Seat 5 eventually folded, flashing pocket kings and Adams scooped a nice pot that put his stack around 40,000.

Swick Takes Quick Hit

In a 3-way limped pot the flop ran 104K and action was checked to seat 9, who bet 1,200. UFC fighter Mike Swick made the call and the gentleman sitting to Swick’s left raised to 5,000. Seat 9 folded and so did Swick. Despite the loss, Swick still sits with around 30,000.

Young Gets Hit With a cold Deck and Crippled

On a flop of 272, Justin Young checked and his opponent on the button bet 2,275. Young check-raised to 6,700 and his opponent went into the tank. After a minute of thought or so, his opponent moved all-in for 22,075.

Young winced and said “I’m supposed to snap-call, but I don’t like it.”

Young eventually made the call and showed K2. His opponent on the button turned up A2, giving him the better kicker with his trips.

The turn was the 5 and the river was the Q and Young was crippled with around 4,000 left.

Le Doubles With Flush

Tuan Le got his last 10,000 or so all in on a flop of 467. he held AQ for a flush draw and his opponent held the flopped set with 44.

The 5 hit on the turn, giving Le the flush, and the 10 on the river meant that doubled up to around 21,500.

Williamson Over Dang

Robert Williamson III bet 250 on a fop of JQ5 and was called by Hac Dang. Both players checked the 10 turn and the 4 river card.

Williamson showed Q6 and Dang mucked. They are both hovering around the 30,000 starting stack.

Williamson Allegedly Lays Down Aces

On a board of 109210 Robert Williamson bet 2,800. His opponent raised to 8,000 and Williamson tanked. He eventually elected to fold. His opponent tabled the K10 and Williamson claimed he folded aces.

Player Tags: Tuan Le,   Justin Young,   Brandon Adams,   Mike Swick

Level 12: Ivey Busts, Berman On Fire

May 30, '10

Blinds:

Flop/Limit Games: 4,000-8,000 blinds; 8,000-16,000 stakes
Stud Games: 2,000 ante, 2,000 bring-in, 8,000-16,000 limits
No Limit Hold’em/PLO: 1,000 ante, 2,000-4,000 blinds

Players Remaining: 46 out of 116

Tournament Leaderboard

1. Alexander Kostritsyn – 755,000
2. Andy Bloch – 716,000
3. Mikael Thuritz – 698,500
4. Nick Schulman – 690,000
5. David Singer – 670,000
6. Erik Sagstrom – 660,000
7. Robert Mizrachi – 630,000
8. Kirk Morrison – 580,000
9. Brett Richey – 578,000
10. Ilya Bulychez – 492,000

Average Chip Count: 378,261

Notable Eliminations:

Phil Ivey
Barry Greenstein
Tuan Le
Steve Billirakis
George Lind
Sorel Mizzi
Mike Gorodinsky

Big Hands:

Pot Limit Omaha

Zolotow Takes Early Big Pot From Ivey

Phil Ivey reraised it to 16,000. Daniel Alaei, Kirk Morrison, Steve Zolotow and Eric Sagstrom all came along for a 5-way pot.

The flop came QJ9 and Zolotow bet out 8,000 first and was called by Sagstrom. Ivey made it 16,000 to go, Alaei folded, Morrison folded, and both Zolotow and Sagstrom made the call.

The 7 came on the turn and Zolotow bet 16,000. Sagstrom let his hand go and Ivey made the call.

Heads up on the 8 river, Zolotow bet 16,000 and Ivey called. Zolotow showed A1052 and Ivey mucked without showing, giving Zolotow the entire massive pot. Zolotow’s stack grew to around 570,000 and Ivey’s dropped to around 260,000.

Doyle Blasts Bonomo

On a flop of J83, Doyle Brunson check-raised Justin Bonomo and then led out on the K turn. Bonomo raised and was called. Brunson bet again on the 10 river and Bonomo called to see the bad news. Brunson showed A752 for the nut flush and took down the pot. Bonomo was left with around 70,000 in chips, while Brunson’s stack expanded to around 420,000.

Razz

Oppenheim Undercuts Tuan Le

Entering the hand in the middle of the action, Tuan Le showed 6, 45 and was calling bets on every street from David Oppenheim, sho showed A7J. On the next card Le got the 3 and led out for the first time for 16,000. Oppenheim got the 3 and made the call. The last card was dealt down to each player and both checked. Oppenheim showed 853 and Le was forced to muck, not showing his hidden cards. Oppenheim’s stack grew to 425,000 and Le’s dropped to around 130,000.

7 Stud

Berman Go’s Wild, Already Doubled Stack

Starting the day with 265,000, Lyle Berman is now over 500,000 in chips. Most of those came in two consecutive hands.

The first came at the expense of Justin Bonomo. Berman bet every street and was called by Bonomo. Both players checked the end and Bonomo mucked. Their cards were:
Berman – 10AQK-1085
Bonomo – 56A2 – MUCK

The pot dropped Bonomo to 40,000, but Berman wasn’t done.

Berman Doesn’t Please Texas Dolly

After back and forth raises from start to finish in the hand, Nick Schulman got out of the way after 4th street, but Doyle Brunson came along and was left shaking his head in disgust when Berman checked the end and showed him the winning hand.
Berman – K1043 – 7K3 for a pair of kings at the start of the hand and a flush by the end.
Brunson – 23AQ – Brunson flashed a set of deuces that he had from the start before expressing in displeasure in how Berman played his inferior hand.

To sum up Doyle’s thoughts on the way Berman played the, Abe Mosseri laughed, “He called you an idiot!”

Doyle dropped to around 200,000 after the hand while Berman sat around 550,000.

Stud/8

Ivey Gone
After losing a few big pots early, Phil Ivey got all in in Stud/8 against Eli Elezra. The hand ran:
Ivey – 4c2h – 8c6c6d4d – – As
Elezra – Ad10d – Kd7d2d3h – 6h
A flush along with a 7-low was enough for Elezra to boost Ivey from the tournament.

Left In The Deck

One table that is sure to be fun to watch contains one of the day 1 chip leaders Eric Sagstrom, day 2 chip leader Kirk Morrison, Phil Ivey, Daniel Alaei, Michael Mizrachi, Eli Elezra, Steve Zolotow, and David Singer.

Player Tags: Tuan Le,   David Oppenheim,   Steve Zolotow,   Doyle Brunson,   Lyle Berman,   Phil Ivey,   Abe Mosseri,   Justin Bonomo

Level Eight: Seidel Climbing, Raymer, Alioto and Negreanu Out

May 29, '10

Blinds:

Flop/Limit Games: 1,500-3,000 blinds; 3,000-6,000 stakes
Stud Games: 700 ante, 1,000 bring-in, 3,000-6,000 limits
No Limit Hold’em/PLO: 400 ante, 800-1,600 blinds

Players Remaining: 90 out of 116

Tournament Leaderboard

1. Brian Hastings – 340,000
2. Daniel Alaei – 335,000
3. Erik Sagstrom – 329,100
4. Alexander Kostritsyn – 315,000
5. David Oppenheim – 313,800
6. Roman Yitzhaki – 290,000
7. Justin Smith – 270,000
8. Doyle Brunson – 269,200
9. Steve Zolotow – 265,000
10. Mike Gorodinsky – 260,000

Average Chip Count: 193,333

Notable Eliminations:

Greg Raymer
Daniel Negreanu
Dario Alioto
Todd Brunson
Phil Galfond

Note: Players have gone on a 60-minute dinner break. They will return at approximately 9:10 p.m.

Big Hands:

Omaha/8

Seidel Takes A Pot

Isaac Haxton raised to 6,000 and Erik Seidel made the call from the big blind. Dan Kelly also made the call and the flop came down 973.

Seidel led out with 3,000 and Kelly called. Haxton also tagged along and the turn was the K.

Seidel bet 6,000 and Kelly raised to 12,000. Haxton got out of the way and Seidel repopped to 18,000. Kelly went into the tank for a few minutes before mucking his hand.

Seidel took the pot and was at 215,000 while Kelly was down to 65,000.

Brown Takes Pot Off Arieh

Picking up the action on a flop of Q109, Chad Brown checked to Josh Arieh who bet 3,000. Brown made the call and the Q hit on the turn.

Brown checked again and Arieh bet 6,000. Brown then check-raised to 12,000 and Arieh called.

The river was the 7 and Brown led out with 6,000. Arieh called and Brown tabled KJA6 for a straight flush and took down a nice pot. He was at 145,000 after the hand while Arieh was at 135,000.

Bach Gets None of Massive Pot

David Bach won this event a year ago, but his odds of repeating aren’t looking so good.

In one hand Bach raised to 6,000 and was called by seat 3, Chad Brown, Rafe Furst, and Josh Arieh. The flop came 872 and Bach fired 3,000 into the pot. Everyone called except Arieh.

The 3 hit on the turn, and Bach bet 6,000. Seat 3 called, Brown raised to 12,000, Furst folded and Bach reraised to 18,000. Seat 3 called and Brown repopped it yet again to 24,000 and was called by both Bach and seat 3.

The players checked down the 7 river card and showed their hands.
Bach: 8-4-3-2
Brown: A-10-8-4
Seat 3: A-5-4-3

Brown and Seat 3 split the pot of more than 100,000 and last year’s champion was left with just around 65,000. Chad Brown sits with around 165,000.

Seven Card Stud

Ferguson Takes Pot

Chris Ferguson was showing 985 against Tuan Le’s J92 after fifth street.

Ferguson bet 6,000 and Le mucked his hand rather quickly, surrendering the pot to Ferguson.

Ferguson was at 130,000 after the hand while Le was at 127,000.

Sorel Mizzi Beats Benyamine

Sorel Mizzi and David Benyamine were locked up in a hand on fifth street. Both players checked sixth and seventh street and showed down their hands.

Mizzi tabled (AJ3)Q896 while Benyamine showed (632)109AQ.

Mizzi had A-Q-J high to edge out Benyamine and take the pot. He was at 200,000 while Benyamine was at 130,000.

No Limit Hold’em_

Brunson Makes His Exits, Courtesy Of Aces

A short-staked Todd Brunson hoped to make a quick double up in the no limit hold’em round but his K9 ran into the AA of Roman Yitzhaki and Brunson’s hand didn’t improve, sending him to the rail.

Alioto Ousted

Dario Alioto moved all in for his last 8,500. Eli Elezra called, as did Noah Boeken from the big blind.

The flop came down Q44 and both players checked. The turn was the 3 and Boeken fired 12,000 into the pot.

Elezra got out of the way and Boeken tabled 109 for a flush. Alioto showed cracked kings, KK. The river was the J and Alioto was eliminated. Boeken improved to 210,000.

2-7 Low

Baker’s Jack Low Takes It

Entering the action at the first draw, David Baker and Abe Mosseri both drew 1. Mosseri checked to Baker who bet 3,000. Mosseri called and both players drew 1 again. Baker fired out 6,000 and Mosseri called.
Baker stood pat and Mosseri tried for one more card. Both players checked the end and Mosseri announced “king” low. Baker turned over J-8-7-6-3 and Mosseri looked furious.
Baker had around 225,000 after the hand, while Mosseri dropped to around 175,000.

Player’s Twitter Accounts:

For up to the minute information straight from the player’s themselves, be sure to check out the Card Player Twitter page.

Phil Hellmuth
Doyle Brunson
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Harman
Rafe Furst
Andy Bloch
Steve Sung
Justin Bonomo
Barry Greenstein
Matthew Glantz
Howard Lederer
Justin Smith
Erik Seidel

Card Player Video: Check out David Oppenheim’s thoughts on the event.

Player Tags: David Baker,   Erik Seidel,   Josh Arieh,   Chris Ferguson,   Tuan Le,   Todd Brunson,   David Benyamine,   Eli Elezra,   David Bach,   Abe Mosseri,   Dario Alioto,   Sorel Mizzi,   Isaac Haxton

Level 12: Ivey Busts, Berman On Fire

May 30, '10

Blinds:

Flop/Limit Games: 4,000-8,000 blinds; 8,000-16,000 stakes
Stud Games: 2,000 ante, 2,000 bring-in, 8,000-16,000 limits
No Limit Hold’em/PLO: 1,000 ante, 2,000-4,000 blinds

Players Remaining: 46 out of 116

Tournament Leaderboard

1. Alexander Kostritsyn – 755,000
2. Andy Bloch – 716,000
3. Mikael Thuritz – 698,500
4. Nick Schulman – 690,000
5. David Singer – 670,000
6. Erik Sagstrom – 660,000
7. Robert Mizrachi – 630,000
8. Kirk Morrison – 580,000
9. Brett Richey – 578,000
10. Ilya Bulychez – 492,000

Average Chip Count: 378,261

Notable Eliminations:

Phil Ivey
Barry Greenstein
Tuan Le
Steve Billirakis
George Lind
Sorel Mizzi
Mike Gorodinsky

Big Hands:

Pot Limit Omaha

Zolotow Takes Early Big Pot From Ivey

Phil Ivey reraised it to 16,000. Daniel Alaei, Kirk Morrison, Steve Zolotow and Eric Sagstrom all came along for a 5-way pot.

The flop came QJ9 and Zolotow bet out 8,000 first and was called by Sagstrom. Ivey made it 16,000 to go, Alaei folded, Morrison folded, and both Zolotow and Sagstrom made the call.

The 7 came on the turn and Zolotow bet 16,000. Sagstrom let his hand go and Ivey made the call.

Heads up on the 8 river, Zolotow bet 16,000 and Ivey called. Zolotow showed A1052 and Ivey mucked without showing, giving Zolotow the entire massive pot. Zolotow’s stack grew to around 570,000 and Ivey’s dropped to around 260,000.

Doyle Blasts Bonomo

On a flop of J83, Doyle Brunson check-raised Justin Bonomo and then led out on the K turn. Bonomo raised and was called. Brunson bet again on the 10 river and Bonomo called to see the bad news. Brunson showed A752 for the nut flush and took down the pot. Bonomo was left with around 70,000 in chips, while Brunson’s stack expanded to around 420,000.

Razz

Oppenheim Undercuts Tuan Le

Entering the hand in the middle of the action, Tuan Le showed 6, 45 and was calling bets on every street from David Oppenheim, sho showed A7J. On the next card Le got the 3 and led out for the first time for 16,000. Oppenheim got the 3 and made the call. The last card was dealt down to each player and both checked. Oppenheim showed 853 and Le was forced to muck, not showing his hidden cards. Oppenheim’s stack grew to 425,000 and Le’s dropped to around 130,000.

7 Stud

Berman Go’s Wild, Already Doubled Stack

Starting the day with 265,000, Lyle Berman is now over 500,000 in chips. Most of those came in two consecutive hands.

The first came at the expense of Justin Bonomo. Berman bet every street and was called by Bonomo. Both players checked the end and Bonomo mucked. Their cards were:
Berman – 10AQK-1085
Bonomo – 56A2 – MUCK

The pot dropped Bonomo to 40,000, but Berman wasn’t done.

Berman Doesn’t Please Texas Dolly

After back and forth raises from start to finish in the hand, Nick Schulman got out of the way after 4th street, but Doyle Brunson came along and was left shaking his head in disgust when Berman checked the end and showed him the winning hand.
Berman – K1043 – 7K3 for a pair of kings at the start of the hand and a flush by the end.
Brunson – 23AQ – Brunson flashed a set of deuces that he had from the start before expressing in displeasure in how Berman played his inferior hand.

To sum up Doyle’s thoughts on the way Berman played the, Abe Mosseri laughed, “He called you an idiot!”

Doyle dropped to around 200,000 after the hand while Berman sat around 550,000.

Stud/8

Ivey Gone
After losing a few big pots early, Phil Ivey got all in in Stud/8 against Eli Elezra. The hand ran:
Ivey – 4c2h – 8c6c6d4d – – As
Elezra – Ad10d – Kd7d2d3h – 6h
A flush along with a 7-low was enough for Elezra to boost Ivey from the tournament.

Left In The Deck

One table that is sure to be fun to watch contains one of the day 1 chip leaders Eric Sagstrom, day 2 chip leader Kirk Morrison, Phil Ivey, Daniel Alaei, Michael Mizrachi, Eli Elezra, Steve Zolotow, and David Singer.

Player Tags: Tuan Le,   David Oppenheim,   Steve Zolotow,   Doyle Brunson,   Lyle Berman,   Phil Ivey,   Abe Mosseri,   Justin Bonomo

Level Eight: Seidel Climbing, Raymer, Alioto and Negreanu Out

May 29, '10

Blinds:

Flop/Limit Games: 1,500-3,000 blinds; 3,000-6,000 stakes
Stud Games: 700 ante, 1,000 bring-in, 3,000-6,000 limits
No Limit Hold’em/PLO: 400 ante, 800-1,600 blinds

Players Remaining: 90 out of 116

Tournament Leaderboard

1. Brian Hastings – 340,000
2. Daniel Alaei – 335,000
3. Erik Sagstrom – 329,100
4. Alexander Kostritsyn – 315,000
5. David Oppenheim – 313,800
6. Roman Yitzhaki – 290,000
7. Justin Smith – 270,000
8. Doyle Brunson – 269,200
9. Steve Zolotow – 265,000
10. Mike Gorodinsky – 260,000

Average Chip Count: 193,333

Notable Eliminations:

Greg Raymer
Daniel Negreanu
Dario Alioto
Todd Brunson
Phil Galfond

Note: Players have gone on a 60-minute dinner break. They will return at approximately 9:10 p.m.

Big Hands:

Omaha/8

Seidel Takes A Pot

Isaac Haxton raised to 6,000 and Erik Seidel made the call from the big blind. Dan Kelly also made the call and the flop came down 973.

Seidel led out with 3,000 and Kelly called. Haxton also tagged along and the turn was the K.

Seidel bet 6,000 and Kelly raised to 12,000. Haxton got out of the way and Seidel repopped to 18,000. Kelly went into the tank for a few minutes before mucking his hand.

Seidel took the pot and was at 215,000 while Kelly was down to 65,000.

Brown Takes Pot Off Arieh

Picking up the action on a flop of Q109, Chad Brown checked to Josh Arieh who bet 3,000. Brown made the call and the Q hit on the turn.

Brown checked again and Arieh bet 6,000. Brown then check-raised to 12,000 and Arieh called.

The river was the 7 and Brown led out with 6,000. Arieh called and Brown tabled KJA6 for a straight flush and took down a nice pot. He was at 145,000 after the hand while Arieh was at 135,000.

Bach Gets None of Massive Pot

David Bach won this event a year ago, but his odds of repeating aren’t looking so good.

In one hand Bach raised to 6,000 and was called by seat 3, Chad Brown, Rafe Furst, and Josh Arieh. The flop came 872 and Bach fired 3,000 into the pot. Everyone called except Arieh.

The 3 hit on the turn, and Bach bet 6,000. Seat 3 called, Brown raised to 12,000, Furst folded and Bach reraised to 18,000. Seat 3 called and Brown repopped it yet again to 24,000 and was called by both Bach and seat 3.

The players checked down the 7 river card and showed their hands.
Bach: 8-4-3-2
Brown: A-10-8-4
Seat 3: A-5-4-3

Brown and Seat 3 split the pot of more than 100,000 and last year’s champion was left with just around 65,000. Chad Brown sits with around 165,000.

Seven Card Stud

Ferguson Takes Pot

Chris Ferguson was showing 985 against Tuan Le’s J92 after fifth street.

Ferguson bet 6,000 and Le mucked his hand rather quickly, surrendering the pot to Ferguson.

Ferguson was at 130,000 after the hand while Le was at 127,000.

Sorel Mizzi Beats Benyamine

Sorel Mizzi and David Benyamine were locked up in a hand on fifth street. Both players checked sixth and seventh street and showed down their hands.

Mizzi tabled (AJ3)Q896 while Benyamine showed (632)109AQ.

Mizzi had A-Q-J high to edge out Benyamine and take the pot. He was at 200,000 while Benyamine was at 130,000.

No Limit Hold’em_

Brunson Makes His Exits, Courtesy Of Aces

A short-staked Todd Brunson hoped to make a quick double up in the no limit hold’em round but his K9 ran into the AA of Roman Yitzhaki and Brunson’s hand didn’t improve, sending him to the rail.

Alioto Ousted

Dario Alioto moved all in for his last 8,500. Eli Elezra called, as did Noah Boeken from the big blind.

The flop came down Q44 and both players checked. The turn was the 3 and Boeken fired 12,000 into the pot.

Elezra got out of the way and Boeken tabled 109 for a flush. Alioto showed cracked kings, KK. The river was the J and Alioto was eliminated. Boeken improved to 210,000.

2-7 Low

Baker’s Jack Low Takes It

Entering the action at the first draw, David Baker and Abe Mosseri both drew 1. Mosseri checked to Baker who bet 3,000. Mosseri called and both players drew 1 again. Baker fired out 6,000 and Mosseri called.
Baker stood pat and Mosseri tried for one more card. Both players checked the end and Mosseri announced “king” low. Baker turned over J-8-7-6-3 and Mosseri looked furious.
Baker had around 225,000 after the hand, while Mosseri dropped to around 175,000.

Player’s Twitter Accounts:

For up to the minute information straight from the player’s themselves, be sure to check out the Card Player Twitter page.

Phil Hellmuth
Doyle Brunson
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Harman
Rafe Furst
Andy Bloch
Steve Sung
Justin Bonomo
Barry Greenstein
Matthew Glantz
Howard Lederer
Justin Smith
Erik Seidel

Card Player Video: Check out David Oppenheim’s thoughts on the event.

Player Tags: David Baker,   Erik Seidel,   Josh Arieh,   Chris Ferguson,   Tuan Le,   Todd Brunson,   David Benyamine,   Eli Elezra,   David Bach,   Abe Mosseri,   Dario Alioto,   Sorel Mizzi,   Isaac Haxton

Level 4 Update: Field Size Nears 300 Mark

Dec 14, '09

Blinds: 200-400 with a 25 ante

Players Remaining: 260 out of 290 (unofficial)

Chip Counts:

1. Darryll Fish — 200,000
2. Billy Kopp — 185,000
3. Jon Turner — 180,000
4. David Benyamine — 170,000
5. Cory Carroll — 155,000
6. James Mackey — 140,000
7. Soheil Shamseddin — 135,000
8. Isaac Baron — 115,000
9. John Cernuto — 115,000

Card Player Chip Counts

Barry Shulman — 72,000

Average Chip Count: 67,000

Notable Eliminations:

Jean Gaspard
Scott Seiver
Corwin Cole

Big Hands:

What Was Tuan Holding?

We caught up with this hand on the river, with a board showing A423A.

Tuan Le bet 11,000 and Amit Makhija moved all in for 53,000, covering Le’s final 21,000 in chips. Le agonzied over his decision for over four minutes while Makhija remained silent and still. Eventually, Le folded and kept his remaining chips. Makhija neglected to show.

Let’s Chop It

A player raised, David Chiu reraised and Christian Harder put in yet another raise. The original player folded and Chiu decided to just call.

The flop came out J83 and both players got their remaining chips in the middle. Chiu was hoping for Harder to show pocket kings, but instead, both players were disappointed to find out they were both holding pocket aces. The inconsequential turn and river came and both players chopped the pot for a small profit.

Chris Moore Should’ve Folded

Chris Moore raised to 1,100 in middle position and was called by an unknown opponent and Barry Shulman in the big blind. The flop came out J87 and both Shulman and Moore checked to their opponent who bet 2,600.

Moore was the only caller and both players checked the turn when the J fell. The river was the Q and Moore’s opponent bet 3,500. Moore took about 30 second before calling and mucked when he was shown KJ. Nonetheless, Moore still stands strong with 76,000 in chips.

Left In The Deck:

Action In Bobby’s Room

The tournament is going strong now with nearly 290 players, but the action in Bobby’s Room adjacent to the poker room is doing just as well with both tables at capacity.

Currently, Doyle Brunson, Lyle Berman, Phil Ivey, David Oppenheim and Eric Sagstrom are competing for huge stakes.

Player Tags: Tuan Le,   David Chiu,   Chris Moore,   Amit Makhija,   Christian Harder

Level 14 Update: Raymer Knocks Two Out

Jun 19, '09

Ante: 1,000
Low Card: 2,000
Completion: 5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000

Players Remaining: 37 out of 164

Chip Counts:

1. Scotty Nguyen – 317,000
2. Yan Chen – 300,000
3. Farzad Rouhani – 288,000
4. Tuan Le – 280,000
5. William Buckley – 239,000
6. Greg Raymer – 215,000
7. John Hennigan – 210,000
8. Claudio Rinaldi – 201,000
9. Anthony Rivera – 190,000
10. Jon Turner – 190,000

Average Chip Count: 132,972

Notable Eliminations:

Tom Schneider
Dario Minieri
David Benyamine

Big Hands:

Le And Lind Get Most Of Sitar’s Chips

Tuan Le: X-X-A8
Dustin Sitar: X-X-96
George Lind III: X-X-106

After fourth street was dealt, the three players capped the action, resulting in each player having 25,000 in the pot just on that street.

Tuan Le: X-X-A87
Dustin Sitar: X-X-96K
George Lind III: X-X-106K

Le bet out 10,000 and both Sitar and Lind made the call. Lind was all in after he called.

Tuan Le: X-X-A879
Dustin Sitar: X-X-96KA
George Lind III: X-X-106K2

Le bet 10,000 and Sitar called. After the river was dealt, Le bet another 10,000 and Sitar made the call. Le then showed J-5-4 in the hole for an 8-low. Sitar showed a pair of nines and the two players chopped the side pot. Lind then turned over 10-10-Q for a set of tens and took the high-end of the main pot while Le took the low half. Sitar was left with just 20,000 in chips and would later be eliminated. Lind would also be eliminated later and Le was at 280,000 in chips.

Benyamine And Sitar Become Fossils

Greg Raymer: 6Q75(84X)
David Benyamine: A10310(98-X)
Dustin Sitar: X-Q7J(AA-X)

David Benyamine and Dustin Sitar were each all in on third street against Greg Raymer. Sitar had the lead with aces in the hole but Raymer made a straight on sixth street to scoop the pot and send his two opponents to the rail. Raymer was at 215,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Tuan Le,   David Benyamine,   Greg Raymer,   Dustin Sitar

Level 12 Update: David Singer, Chris Ferguson Eliminated

Jun 19, '09

Ante: 700
Low Card: 1000
Completion: 3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Players Remaining: 54 out of 164

Chip Counts:

1. Tuan Le – 290,000
2. Scotty Nguyen – 204,000
3. Jeff Lisandro – 191,000
4. Tony Rivera – 168,000
5. Tom Schneider – 168,000
6. John Hennigan – 147,000
7. Dario Minieri – 135,000
8. Nick Schulman – 135,000
9. Dutch Boyd – 127,000
10. Lyle Berman – 112,000

Average Chip Count: 91,111

Notable Eliminations:

David Singer
Sabyl Cohen-Landrum
James Van Alstyne
Toto Leonidas
Huck Seed
Daniel Alaei
Chris Ferguson
David Sklansky

Big Hands:

Chris Ferguson Triples Up, Eliminated Shortly After

Chris Ferguson was all-in against Lyle Berman and Tom Schneider.

Ferguson: (Q2)QKK10(2)

Berman: X-X-K7A6-X

Schneider: X-X-45JJ-X

Ferguson was able to scoop the pot with his two pair, kings and queens. Schneider took the side pot against Berman with jacks and fours. Ferguson was up to 35,100 before being eliminated not long after.

John Juanda Short Stacked, Then Triples Up

John Juanda, the hand after being the odd man out in a large three-way pot against Tuan Le and Joe Tehan, was all-in against David Benyamine and Tuan Le. John was short after losing the large pot the hand earlier, but found redemption on the next hand.

Their cards:

Juanda: X-X-34AA-X

Benyamine: X-X-23Q5-X

Tuan Le: X-X-72103-X

After betting between Le and Benyamine for a sidepot, John Juanda exposed two spades in the hole to take the high with a flush. There was no low out there and Juanda scooped the entire pot. The four-time bracelet winner is up to 76,000 now.

David Singer Eliminated

On third street David Singer was all-in against Alex Jung.

Their cards:

Singer: (510)109A8(8)

Jung: (67)95K4(A)

Jung ended up with an ace-high flush and a low to scoop the entire pot.

Left In The Deck:

The players are now on a dinner break.

Player Tags: Chris Ferguson,   John Juanda,   Tuan Le,   David Benyamine,   David Singer,   Tom Schneider,   Lyle Berman,   Joe Tehan,   Alexander Jung

Level 10 Update -- Tuan Le Eliminated

Apr 20, '09

Level: 10
Blinds: 1.000-2,000 with a 300 ante.
Players Left: 169 out of 338

Average Chip Count: 199,408

Notable Chip Counts:

Jean Noel Thorel -- 760,000
Justin Young -- 710,000
Dan Heimiller -- 650,000
Bertrand Grospellier -- 610,000
Joseph Parker -- 530,000

Notable Eliminations:

Tuan Le
Mark Teltscher
Cliff Josephy
Vanessa Rousso

Key Hands:

Tuan Le Eliminated

Joseph Parker bet 50,000 on the turn with 764K sitting on the board and Tuan Le moved all in. Parker called with A5 and Le turned up 77. The river fell 3 and Le was eliminated by the straight of Parker.

Joe Sebok Doubles Up

Joe Sebok faced an all-in decision on a flop of 766 and he decided to call all in. He and his opponent then flipped up their hands:

Sebok: JJ
Opponent: 99

Turn and River: Q5

Sebok doubled up on the hand and he holds 280,000.

Vanessa Rousso Eliminated

Mike Matusow bet 8,500 on a board of K558 with 20,000 in the pot. Vanessa Rousso moved all in for 40,500 and Matusow called her down. Their cards:

Matusow: A8
Rousso: 33

River: 10

Rousso was eliminated on the hand and Matusow held 200,000.

Cliff Josephy Eliminated

J.C. Tran raised preflop under the gun to 5,500 and Cliff Josephy moved all in. Tran made the call and they flipped up their cards:

Tran: AK
Josephy: 88

Board: 995A4

Josephy was eliminated on the hand Tran was up to 220,000.

Player Tags: Tuan Le,   Mike Matusow,   Cliff Josephy,   Vanessa Rousso,   Joe Sebok

Level 2 Update -- Cliff Josephy Hits Quads

Apr 18, '09

Level: 2
Blinds: 100-200

Notable Chip Counts:

Vadim Trincher -- 215,000
Andy Bloch -- 189,000
Bertrand Grospellier -- 181,000
Shane Schleger -- 155,000
David Benyamine -- 145,000

Notable Eliminations:

Dan "Wretchy" Martin

Key Hands:

Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy Hits Quads

On a board of Q 9 7 4 9, Cliff Josephy showed down 9 9 for quads against Tuan Le. Josephy was able to get about 11,000 from Le on the turn, but was obviously frustrated that he didn't win more on the river.

Vadim Trincher Takes Out Dan "Wretchy" Martin

The details are unknown, but Vadim Trincher took out Dan Martin during the level to pick up a huge pot and bring his stack to over 200,000.

Card Player TV:

Card Player TV talks to Andy Bloch and Tony "muckthenuts" Dunst on the first break of the day. In the video, Bloch goes into detail about the hand that gave him the chip lead early on.



 

Player Tags: Tuan Le,   Cliff Josephy

Level 10 Update -- Tuan Le Eliminated

Apr 20, '09

Level: 10
Blinds: 1.000-2,000 with a 300 ante.
Players Left: 169 out of 338

Average Chip Count: 199,408

Notable Chip Counts:

Jean Noel Thorel -- 760,000
Justin Young -- 710,000
Dan Heimiller -- 650,000
Bertrand Grospellier -- 610,000
Joseph Parker -- 530,000

Notable Eliminations:

Tuan Le
Mark Teltscher
Cliff Josephy
Vanessa Rousso

Key Hands:

Tuan Le Eliminated

Joseph Parker bet 50,000 on the turn with 764K sitting on the board and Tuan Le moved all in. Parker called with A5 and Le turned up 77. The river fell 3 and Le was eliminated by the straight of Parker.

Joe Sebok Doubles Up

Joe Sebok faced an all-in decision on a flop of 766 and he decided to call all in. He and his opponent then flipped up their hands:

Sebok: JJ
Opponent: 99

Turn and River: Q5

Sebok doubled up on the hand and he holds 280,000.

Vanessa Rousso Eliminated

Mike Matusow bet 8,500 on a board of K558 with 20,000 in the pot. Vanessa Rousso moved all in for 40,500 and Matusow called her down. Their cards:

Matusow: A8
Rousso: 33

River: 10

Rousso was eliminated on the hand and Matusow held 200,000.

Cliff Josephy Eliminated

J.C. Tran raised preflop under the gun to 5,500 and Cliff Josephy moved all in. Tran made the call and they flipped up their cards:

Tran: AK
Josephy: 88

Board: 995A4

Josephy was eliminated on the hand Tran was up to 220,000.

Player Tags: Tuan Le,   Mike Matusow,   Cliff Josephy,   Vanessa Rousso,   Joe Sebok

Level 2 Update -- Cliff Josephy Hits Quads

Apr 18, '09

Level: 2
Blinds: 100-200

Notable Chip Counts:

Vadim Trincher -- 215,000
Andy Bloch -- 189,000
Bertrand Grospellier -- 181,000
Shane Schleger -- 155,000
David Benyamine -- 145,000

Notable Eliminations:

Dan "Wretchy" Martin

Key Hands:

Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy Hits Quads

On a board of Q 9 7 4 9, Cliff Josephy showed down 9 9 for quads against Tuan Le. Josephy was able to get about 11,000 from Le on the turn, but was obviously frustrated that he didn't win more on the river.

Vadim Trincher Takes Out Dan "Wretchy" Martin

The details are unknown, but Vadim Trincher took out Dan Martin during the level to pick up a huge pot and bring his stack to over 200,000.

Card Player TV:

Card Player TV talks to Andy Bloch and Tony "muckthenuts" Dunst on the first break of the day. In the video, Bloch goes into detail about the hand that gave him the chip lead early on.



 

Player Tags: Tuan Le,   Cliff Josephy

Level 16 Update

Dec 17, '08

Scoreboard

Level: 16
Blinds/Antes: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante

Players Left: 40 of 497
Average: 550,000

Notable Chip Counts

Jack Wu - 1,290,000
Chino Rheem - 1,140,000
Evan McNiff - 1,050,000
Benjamin Straate - 1,000,000
Luke Staudenmaier - 871,000

In the Money Eliminations

$23,420
55th: Tim Vance
54th: Tuan Le
53rd: Shawn Cunix
52nd: Daniel "Rekrul" Schreiber
51st: Skip Wilson

$28,825
50th: Henrik Antanesian
49th: Gary Haglund
48th: Allen Cunningham
47th: Nam Le
46th: Matt Gianetti
45th: Elia Ahmadian
44th: Tommy Vu
43rd: Scott Bohlman
42nd: Thang "Kido" Pham
41st: Adam "csimmsux" Geyer

Big Hands:

Tim Vance Starts The Day With a Bust

EPT winner Tim Vance started the day short but was looking to double up with pocket jacks. Unfortunately, Jared Rubin woke up with pocket aces to bust Vance and make him the first the hit the rail on the day.

Shawn Cunix Goes Home

After doubling up Jonathan Little when both players made straights, Shawn Cunix was eliminated when Nam Le paired his jack. Cunix, who was one of the shortest stacks near the bubble, was eliminated in 53rd place.

Daniel "Rekrul" Schreiber Eliminated

Daniel Schrieber was looking to duplicate his buddy Bertrand Grospellier's success here at the Bellagio but ran his pocket tens into Matt Giannetti's pocket jacks. The board offered no help and Schreiber was eliminated from the tournament.

Allen Cunningham Suffers a Cooler

Allen Cunningham was all in holding pocket kings, but Benjamin Straate had him crushed with pocket aces. The board failed to give Cunningham any help and he was eliminated in 48th place. After the hand, Straate was nearing the chip lead with 1.2 million.

Nam Le Makes His Exit

After doubling up Yehuda Yerushalaim, Nam Le was short and looking for help. He eventually got it in with A 9 against Hunter Frey's pocket fours. Frey's fours held and Le was eliminated from the tournament.

Mark Teltscher Doubles Up Huge

Mark Teltscher got in a series of preflop raises against Benjamin Straat and found out that his jacks were well ahead of his opponent's A-10 offsuit. The jack on the flop gave him the massive pot of 800,000 and brought Straate back down to earth with about 1 million in chips.

Left In the Deck:

By the way, it's currently snowing on the strip here in Las Vegas.

Player Tags: Nam Le,   Allen Cunningham,   Tuan Le,   Tim Vance,   Mark Teltscher,   Shawn Cunix,   Daniel Schreiber

Erick Lindgren and Tuan Le Eliminated

Aug 26, '08

Erick Lindgren and Tuan Le have both busted out of the tournament. Here are the details from the hand:

On a flop of Q107 Lindgren moved all in and then Trong Nguyen moved all in over the top of Lindgren. Le called all in after that and all three players turned up their hands:

Lindgren: KK
Le: 77
Nguyen: Q10

Turn and river: 8A

Nguyen hit a flush to win 605,000 and send both of his talented opponents to the rail.

Player Tags: Erick Lindgren,   Tuan Le

Greg Mueller Elimination Hand

Aug 25, '08

Here is the complete video footage of Greg Mueller's elimination:

Player Tags: Tuan Le,   Max Pescatori,   Greg Mueller

Greg Mueller Eliminated

Aug 25, '08

Greg Mueller was all in and flopped a set of kings. There was some side action with Max Pescatori and Tuan Le and Pescatori ended up making a flush to eliminate Mueller from the hand.

Stay tuned for more details as CardPlayer TV brings you the all the recorded action.

Player Tags: Tuan Le,   Max Pescatori,   Greg Mueller

Peter Feldman Eliminated

Aug 25, '08

Peter Feldman was all in with pocket nines against Tuan Le's A-Q. Feldman was able to catch a nine, but Le made a straight to send "Nordberg" packing.

Player Tags: Tuan Le,   Peter Feldman

Erick Lindgren and Tuan Le Eliminated

Aug 26, '08

Erick Lindgren and Tuan Le have both busted out of the tournament. Here are the details from the hand:

On a flop of Q107 Lindgren moved all in and then Trong Nguyen moved all in over the top of Lindgren. Le called all in after that and all three players turned up their hands:

Lindgren: KK
Le: 77
Nguyen: Q10

Turn and river: 8A

Nguyen hit a flush to win 605,000 and send both of his talented opponents to the rail.

Player Tags: Erick Lindgren,   Tuan Le

Greg Mueller Elimination Hand

Aug 25, '08

Here is the complete video footage of Greg Mueller's elimination:

Player Tags: Tuan Le,   Max Pescatori,   Greg Mueller

Greg Mueller Eliminated

Aug 25, '08

Greg Mueller was all in and flopped a set of kings. There was some side action with Max Pescatori and Tuan Le and Pescatori ended up making a flush to eliminate Mueller from the hand.

Stay tuned for more details as CardPlayer TV brings you the all the recorded action.

Player Tags: Tuan Le,   Max Pescatori,   Greg Mueller

Peter Feldman Eliminated

Aug 25, '08

Peter Feldman was all in with pocket nines against Tuan Le's A-Q. Feldman was able to catch a nine, but Le made a straight to send "Nordberg" packing.

Player Tags: Tuan Le,   Peter Feldman