Markus Lehmann - Live Updates

Level 8 Update: Brunson Rivered

May 28, '09

Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante

Players Remaining: 120 out of 201

Chip Counts:
1. Michael DeMichele – 665,000
2. Lex Veldhuis – 530,000
3. Justin Bonomo – 450,000
4. Alan Sass – 450,000
5. Ted Forrest – 445,000
6. Antonio Esfandiari – 440,000
7. Chris Moneymaker – 386,000
8. Alex Jacob – 370,000
9. Bruno Fitoussi – 367,000
10. Isaac Haxton – 364,000

Average Chip Count: 201,000

Notable Eliminations:

Alex “Kadabra” Keating
Blake Cahail
Joe Hachem
Andy Bloch
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Gavin Griffin
Steve Sung
Michael Binger
Bill Edler
Erick Lindgren
Doug Lee
Freddy Deeb
Kido Pham

Big Hands:

Texas Dolly Gets Rivered

With 13,000 in the pot, a flop of 865 hit the table. The player in seat 4 fired 11,000 and Brunson called. The turn brought the A and both players checked. The river brought the 10 and seat 4 checked again. Brunson pushed 22,000 into the pot and seat 4 countered with a raise to 100,000 total. Brunson called quickly and showed A8 for two pair, but his opponent showed A10 for a better two pair on the river. Brunson dropped to 210,000.

Zeidman and Lehmann With Perfect Tens

Corey Zeidman moved all in against Markus Lehmann. Both players tabled pocket 10s and both players were forced to chop the pot.

All Flash, No Finish as Magician Chops With DeMichele

In one of the biggest pots of the day, Antonio Esfandiari and Michael DeMichele tangled to the river. Esfandiari raised to 6,000 from the hijack and Freddy Deeb called from the button. Ali Eslami called and DeMichele joined from the blinds as well. The flop came K84 and Eslami led out with 16,000. DeMichele called and Esfandiari proceeded to pop it to 40,500. Deeb and Eslami, but DeMichele stuck around. The turn brought the 8 and DeMichele checked. Esfandiari blasted a bet of 81,200 and DeMichele called. The river came 5 and both players had enough madness as they checked. DeMichele showed KJ while Esfandiari tabled KJ for a monstrous chop. Esfandiari stood at 470,000 after the hand and DeMichele had 360,000.

Joe Hachem Busts

Joe Hachem pushed for his last 9,700 from early position and was called by Hasan Habib in the small blind. Habib showed A7 and Hachem was just happy to be drawing live with 108. The board came out 944K6 and Hachem failed to connect, busting shortly before the end of the level.

Seiver Pushes Elky Off His Hand, Takes Down Nice Pot

On a board of J925, Bertrand Grospellier fired 7,700 into the pot from the button. Scott Seiver popped it to 30,000 and Grospellier made the call. The river brought the 4 and Seiver pushed all in for 185,000. Grospellier thought about it briefly, but mucked his hand. Seiver took down a nice pot and improved his stack to 275,000 after the hand. Grospellier had 135,000.

Doug Lee Ousted By Alex Jacob

Doug Lee was just knocked out of the tournament when he ran into Alex Jacob’s two pair. Jacob increased his stack to 365,000.

Player Tags: Hasan Habib,   Antonio Esfandiari,   Doyle Brunson,   Cory Zeidman,   Doug Lee,   Markus Lehmann,   Joe Hachem,   Alex Jacob,   Bertrand Grospellier,   Scott Seiver,   Michael DeMichele

Level 4 Update: Negreanu Busted

May 28, '09

Blinds:500-1,000 with a 100 ante

Players Remaining: 189 out of 201

Chip Counts:

1. Phil Laak — 280,00
2. Tony G — 255,000
3. Scott Seiver — 250,000
4. Justin Bonomo — 240,000
5. David Chiu — 240,000
6. Michael DeMichele — 230,000
7. Evan McNiff — 215,000
8. Markus Lehmann — 215,000
9. Kyle Wilson — 210,000
10. Nam Le — 205,000

Average Chip Count: 127,619

Notable Eliminations:

Florian Langmann
John Juanda
Jonathan Little
Daniel Negreanu

Big Hands:

Nam Le Flops a Set, Climbs Up the Leaderboard

On a board of J72K, Nam Le bets 15,000, the player in seat 6 raises to 34,000, Ryan Fair folds, and Nam Le calls the raise after a few minutes in the tank. The river is the 8, and seat 6 checks to Le who bets 25,000. Seat 6 calls and Le turns over 22 for bottom set. Seat 6 mucks his hand and Le rakes the pot. Le is up to 205,000 after this hand, securing himself a current spot on the leaderboard.

Phil Galfond doubles up

With AA, Phil Galfond moved all in and was called by seat 6 with AK. The flop was 99A, and Galfond was free rolling. Running nines did not come and Galfond doubled up to 218,000.

Markus Lehmann Wins Big Pot, Breaks 200K

Kathy Liebert raises to 2,300 from under the gun, David Benefield reraises to 8,2000 from middle position, Markus Lehmann calls from the button, Blake Cahail calls from the big blind, and Kathy Liebert calls the reraise. The flop comes K94, Benefield and bets 11,700. Lehmann calls while both Cahail and Liebert fold. The turn is the K, and both players check. The river is the 2, and both players check again. Bennefield turns over 88 while Lehmann shows JJ for the better two-pair. Lehmann climbs up the leaderboard to 215,000 this hand while Benefield falls to 110,000, follwed by Liebert with 80,000 and Cahail with 65,000.

Scott Seiver Takes a Hand against Phil Hellmuth

On a flop of AAA, Hellmuth bet out 8,000 and Seiver quickly called. Hellmuth checked dark and the turn was the 5 and Seiver checked behind. The river was the A, putting all four aces on the board and Hellmuth checked. Seiver made a big bet and Hellmuth said, “I don’t think I can call you with 6 high,” before showing pocket sixes and folding.

Andy Bloch Moves All-in

Four way action pre-flop had pros J.C. Tran, Alec Torelli, Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Andy Bloch see a flop of 994. Bloch checked and Timoshenko bet out 18,000. Tran quickly folded and Torelli, the pre-flop raiser, contemplated for awhile and called. Action was back to Bloch, who moved all in for 53,100 more and Timoshenko instantly folded. Torelli asked for a count before eventually folding.

Daniel Negreanu is Eliminated

The short stacked Negreanu raised pre-flop with ace queen and was set all in by Doug Lee for 35,000, who was holding pocket threes. The flop brought a queen and everything looked good for a double up, however a 3 on the turn gave Lee a set and had Negreanu drawing dead.

Left In The Deck:

Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey, both at the same table, have begun negotiating prop bets.

Player Tags: Kathy Liebert,   Andy Bloch,   Nam Le,   Phil Hellmuth,   Phil Ivey,   Markus Lehmann,   Phil Galfond,   Scott Seiver,   David Benefield,   Yevgeniy Timoshenko,   Blake Cahail

Still Too Chicken

Feb 19, '09

With a pot worth 27,000 in the middle of the table and a board of Q4310, Andreas Hoivold bets 14,300 and Markus Lehmann goes into the tank. It seems to be all he has been doing lately.

He takes so long that players have time to leave the table, talk to friends, stretch their legs, and go to the toilet. He then folds.

"Show it!" he demands Hoivold, and then eventually talks him into it. Hoivold shows A9 for a simple ace-high.

Lehmann is seething.

Player Tags: Markus Lehmann,   Andreas Hoivold

$10,000 Main Event - Isabelle Mercier Doubles Up

Jul 05, '08

Note: Players went on break at 4:30 p.m. and have just returned to play with the blinds at 150-300.

Blinds/Antes: 100-200

Chip Leaders:
Clonie Gowen: 70,000
Rhett Butler: 63,000
Carl Henriksson: 62,000
Jeff Madsen: 59,000
Brian Townsend: 59,000
Rajesh Vohra: 58,000
Sam Farha: 53,000
Chris Moneymaker: 51,650
Jared Brintz: 50,000
Dennis Jacobs: 48,500

CP Chip Counts:
Mike Matusow: 41,400
Rolf Slotboom: 35,000
Isaac Haxton: 31,000
Marcel Luske: 19,800
Michael Binger: 18,100
Mark Gregorich: 15,200
Bertrand Grospellier: 3,500
Gavin Griffin: 3,000

Big Hands:

Mercier Doubles Up

Starting the hand with about 15,000, Isabelle Mercier was staring at a board showing K4103. She checked to her opponent who fired 3,000 into the pot. Mercier check-raised to 9,000. Her opponent then shoved all in, having Mercier covered. Mercier called all of her chips into the middle and turned over 1010 for a set on the flop. Her opponent showed AK for top pair with top kicker. Mercier had her opponent drawing dead and the 9 fell on the river to complete the board. Mercier doubled to about 30,000.

Townsend Wins Race To K.O. Opponent

Sitting with around 53,000 Brian Townsend raised to 600 from late position only to have the short-stacked player in seat 5 move all for around 2,400. Townsend made the call and showed AK. His opponent showed 55 and they were in a race situation. The flop was good for seat 5, running 987. But the turn brought the K ,connecting with Townsend to give him the best hand. The river 3 missed both players and Townsend sent his opponent to the rail while increasing his stack to 56,000.

Markus Lehmann Wins a Nice Pot

Markus Lehmann raised to 600 from the cutoff and the player on the button made the call as did the player in the big blind. The flop came 1084, and the action was checked around to Lehmann who bet 1,200. The player on the button folded the hand while the player in the big blind made the call. The turn was the 4 and once again the big blind checked to Lehmann who this time bet 2,300. The big blind called and the river was the Q. Both players checked the river, the big blind turned over 86 for two pair (eight and fours) while Lehmann showed a better two pair (tens and fours). Lehmann raked another nice pot, bringing his current chip count to just about even, or 20,000.

Player Tags: Isabelle Mercier,   Markus Lehmann,   Brian Townsend

Pot-Limit Hold'em - Last Level of the Night

May 30, '08

Blinds/Antes: 1,000-2,000

Players left: 70 of 352

Average Stack: 100,000

Chip Leaders:

Justin Newton - 230,000
Mike Sowers - 230,000
David Bach - 207,000
Anthony Licastro - 205,000
Nenad Medic - 198,000
Phil Laak - 175,300
Tuan Le - 175,000
Eli Elezra - 162,000
Alexander Kostritsyn - 158,000
Raphael Zimmerman - 157,000

Eliminations:

Alex Kravchenko
Markus Lehmann
Eugene Katchalov
Erik Seidel
John Juanda
Phil Ivey
Ray Coburn
Joe Sebok


Big Hands:

Showdown At Table 9

A battle of huge chipstacks became a threesome in the final minute of Level 9, when veteran Eli Elezra was moved when Table 13 was killed. Elezra joined big stacks Mike Sowers and Raphael Zimmerman just as the blinds increased to 1000-2000.

Elezra brought with him 150,000 in chips, and in a matter of minutes had eliminated Ray Coburn. After an initial Elezra raise, Coburn came over the top to 12,500, only to have Elezra make it 40,000 to play. Coburn eventually committed all of his 57,000 into the pot and flipped over pocket queens, while Elezra showed kings. The flop of 10AK gave Elezra a set and left Coburn drawing to a gut-shot straight, but he failed to hit when the 6 and 2 rounded out play.
Sowers and Zimmerman had been butting heads earlier. On play had Sowers raise pre-flop, into a second raise of Zimmerman to 45,000. Sowers made it 89,600 and Zimmerman sent up the white flag. Sowers stands at 230,000 in chips, while Zimmerman would recover to amass 185,000.

Juanda's Time Runs Out

John Juanda elected to make a stand with his shortstack and moved all-in with 48,000 chips. David "Raptor" Benefield made the call with A-K, and a bullet on the flop sent Juanda packing just as Level 9 expired.

Tuan Le Wins Massive Pot

Tuan Le became one of the tournament chip leaders thanks to a well-timed value bet. After being checked to on the river, Le bet approximately 70% of his remaining stack. His opponent deliberated for several minutes before announcing a call. Tuan Le's set of sevens was good, increasing his stack to over 200,000.

Eric Seidel Eliminated

After battling a short stack for the last round, Erik Seidel called a 5,500 raise from the player on the button. Almost as soon as the A54 flop fell, Seidel bet his remaining 6,400 and was called by his opponent. Seidel turned over 43 while his opponent showed 97. The 9 on the turn took the lead away from Seidel, and the 5 on the river meant that Erik Seidel's run had ended.

David Bach Still Slingin'

David Bach won a massive pot when his pocket queens eliminated his opponent's pocket 8s. He now has over 190,000 and is among the tournament chip leaders.

Eugene Katchalov Eliminated by Eli Elezra

Eugene got it in with the nut flush draw against Elezra's trip deuces. Eugene hit his flush on the river, but it was too late as Elezra hit quad deuces on the turn.

Laak and Keller Go At It

On a board of JT732, Phil Laak made a bet of 23,300 into his opponent, Thomas Keller. Keller pondered for several minutes before calling. Laak turned over J7 and Keller mucked. Laak now has over 175,000, but Keller is still over 100,000.

Curtains for Kravchenko

Alex Kravchenko's A-T could not improve against his opponent's J-J and his night ended prematurely.

Harman Up

Phil Laak made it 4,500 from late position but was met with a re-raise by Jen Harman in the small blind. In typical "Unabomber" fashion, Laak laughed maniacally before folding his cards.

Harman Down

Phil Laak limped two off the button, eliciting a shout of, "Is that even allowed?" from his tablemate Shawn Keller. Harman completed from the small blind and Joe Patrick checked his option. The flop of 844 checked around, leading to the 5 turn. Harman led out for 4,000, Patrick quickly raised to 13,500, leaving himself only 12,000 behind. Harman thought for two minutes before sticking in a final raise. Patrick snap called. Harman's 74 was in front of Patrick's monster draw of 63. The river brought the 2, shipping the pot to Patrick and leaving Harman with only 23,000 near the end of the day.

Player Tags: Erik Seidel,   John Juanda,   Tuan Le,   Thomas Keller,   Eli Elezra,   David Bach,   Jennifer Harman,   Alexander Kravchenko,   Eugene Katchalov,   Raphael Zimmerman,   Markus Lehmann,   Raymond Coburn,   David Benefield,   Mike Sowers

Karam vs. Lehmann

Apr 13, '08

Marc Karam opens the pot with a standard raise and Markus Lehmann reraises to 1,675. "How much do you have," says Karam. Lehmann moves his arms away to reveal the rest of his stack and Karam makes the call. The flop rolls out 542 and Lehmann bets 2,500. Karam goes into the tank for a few minutes and then asks for a count. Lehmann has 5,150 left and Karam raises to exactly that amount to put Lehmann all in. Lehmann calls all in and flips up two kings. Karam shakes his head and says "I thought you had ace-king." He turns up two eights and the turn and river bring AJ. Lehmann takes dwon the pot and survives. "Nice hand," says Karam after the hand.

Player Tags: Markus Lehmann,   Marc Karam