Carlos Mortensen Poker Tournament Updates

Round Three: Hour Two – Mortensen and Griffin Out while Duthie and Dwan Advance

Jun 01, '11

NOTE: Three blind levels will be played each hour, as each is just 20 minutes long. The only difference in round 3 is that the blinds begin at 600-1,200.

NOTE: Day 2 Will Continue Until the Conclusion of the Sweet 16 Round, which will begin at 8 p.m. this evening. The field decided to take a 15-minute break at the end of hour two so the hour three update will come in at 6:15.

Players Remaining: 30 out of 128

Starting Stacks: 300,000 broken up into three chances — meaning that the players started with 100,000 and had 200,000 additional on the side that they could add on at anytime before a hand. If their additional chips were not in play when a hand begins, those chips couldn’t be used to wager with.

Ongoing Matches:

David Benyamine vs. Anthony Guetti
Chris Moorman vs. Richard Lyndaker
Dani Stern vs. Jake Cody
Isaac Haxton vs. Jonathan Jaffe

Daniel Alaei vs. Gus Hansen
Steve Blilirakis vs. Trevor Pope
Matt Marafioti vs. Maxim Lykov

Eric Froehlich vs. Steve Zolotow
Jason Smirnov vs. Darren Elias
Erik Cajelais vs. Nikolay Evdakov

Yevgeniy Timshenko vs. Amritraj Singh
Oliver Busquet vs. Andrew Robl
Kunimaro Kojo vs. Nick Schulman
David Paredes vs. John Juanda

Eliminations:

Carlos Mortensen
Ashton Griffin

Key Hands:

Carlos Mortensen Falls Against John Duthie

Carlos Mortensen was knocked down to 100,000 when he moved all in with Q J and John Duthie made the call with K 5. The board ran out K J 7 5 3 and Mortensen was down to his final reload chip.

A few hands later it was all over for Mortensen. Mortensen was all in again, this time with pocket deuces and Duthie had him covered with pocket queens. The board stayed out of things, running off J J 10 9 6 and Duthie became the first player to advance to the sweet 16 and make the money. He ensured a cash worth at least $67,436.

Tom Dwan Advances

Ashton Griffin got the last of his chips into the middle against Tom Dwan and when they flipped over their cards “Durrrr” was way out in front with pocket aces over his opponents pocket fives. The aces held and Dwan was the second player to advance to the sweet 16.

Maxim Lykov Close to the Ropes

Maxim Lykov faced another decision against Matt Marafioti with the board reading K K 6 2 A and 50,000 raised out on the table after Lykov opened the action for 16,000. Lykov decided to call and then he mucked his cards when Marafioti flipped over two black aces. Lykov was down to less than 100,000 after the hand with no reload chips.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   John Duthie,   Tom Dwan,   Ashton Griffin,   Maxim Lykov,   Matthew Marafioti

Bowker Bluffs the Matador

Mar 28, '11

There was close to 50,000 in the pot and the board read 10 6 6 10 3 when Carlos Mortensen bet 25,000 from the hi-jack on the river.

Kyle Bowker thought for a moment and then slid out enough chips to put Mortensen on a decision for his tournament life. He pondered the decision for a few minutes but eventually mucked A 6 face up in the middle of the table.

Bowker then revealed the K and the J as he collected the pot to grow his stack to more than 150,000.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   Kyle Bowker

David Oppenheim Defeats Carlos Mortensen

Mar 05, '11

Carlos Mortensen moved all in on the short stack holding A6 against the AK of David Oppenheim.

The board fell Q8422 and Mortensen was eliminated. Oppenheim moves onto the sweet 16 for the second year in a row to face Eugene Katchalov.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   David Oppenheim

Carlos Mortensen Defeats Sam Trickett

Mar 04, '11

Sam Trickett was all in holding A-9 against the Q-10 of Carlos Mortensen.

The board ran out K-K-6-J-A and Mortensen made his straight to advance.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   Sam Trickett

David Oppenheim Defeats Carlos Mortensen

Mar 05, '11

Carlos Mortensen moved all in on the short stack holding A6 against the AK of David Oppenheim.

The board fell Q8422 and Mortensen was eliminated. Oppenheim moves onto the sweet 16 for the second year in a row to face Eugene Katchalov.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   David Oppenheim

Carlos Mortensen Defeats Sam Trickett

Mar 04, '11

Sam Trickett was all in holding A-9 against the Q-10 of Carlos Mortensen.

The board ran out K-K-6-J-A and Mortensen made his straight to advance.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   Sam Trickett

Carlos Mortensen Eliminated in Third Place ($640,680)

Mar 03, '11

Carlos Mortensen raised to 200,000 from the button preflop and Vivek Rajkumar made the call from the small blind. Gregory Brooks also made the call from the big blind and the flop fell J 5 3.

Rajkumar checked and Brooks bet 380,000. Mortensen then raised to 800,000. Rajkumar mucked, Brooks reraised all in, and Mortensen quickly made the all-in call. Their cards:

Brooks: 6 4
Mortensen: K J

Turn and River: 5 and 10

Brooks hit a fifth club on the river to win the hand with a flush. Mortensen was eliminated in third place and he will take home $640,680 in prize money. That makes Brooks the dominating chip leader heading into the final match.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   Gregory Brooks

Darryll Fish Eliminated in Sixth Place ($235,530)

Mar 03, '11

Darryll Fish moved all in preflop from the small blind for 1,230,000 after Carlos Mortensen raised to 150,000 from the cutoff. Mortensen made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Fish: Q 10
Mortensen: Q Q

Board: 10 9 7 A 6

Fish was eliminated on the hand in sixth place and he will take home $235,530 in prize money. Mortensen grew his stack to 4,730,000.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   Darryll Fish

Jason DeWitt Eliminated in Ninth Place ($94,800)

Mar 01, '11

Steve Gross made it 90,000 to go on the button and Carlos Mortensen reraised to 320,000 from the small blind. Jason DeWitt then moved all in from big blind for 400,000. Gross mucked and Mortensen made the call. The two players then flipped over their cards:

DeWitt: K 10
Mortensen: 7 7

Board: A 5 3 4 3

DeWitt was eliminated in ninth place and he will take home $94,800 in prize money. Mortensen continued to grow his stack and he now holds 5 million.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   Jason Dewitt,   Steve Gross

Shannon Shorr and James Carroll Eliminated in 10th Place ($63,410)

Mar 01, '11

Shannon Shorr and James Carroll both got the last of their chips in preflop and Carlos Mortensen had them both covered. Their cards:

Shorr: A A
Carroll: K K
Mortensen: Q Q

Board: J 8 2 10 K

In a strange turn of events Mortensen won the hand and he knocked out two opponents in the same hand. They each take home $63,410 after Jesse Yaginuma busted on the same hand at the other table and took the field down to the final nine players. Details on that hand will follow soon.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   James Carroll,   Shannon Shorr

Carlos Mortensen Eliminated in Third Place ($640,680)

Mar 03, '11

Carlos Mortensen raised to 200,000 from the button preflop and Vivek Rajkumar made the call from the small blind. Gregory Brooks also made the call from the big blind and the flop fell J 5 3.

Rajkumar checked and Brooks bet 380,000. Mortensen then raised to 800,000. Rajkumar mucked, Brooks reraised all in, and Mortensen quickly made the all-in call. Their cards:

Brooks: 6 4
Mortensen: K J

Turn and River: 5 and 10

Brooks hit a fifth club on the river to win the hand with a flush. Mortensen was eliminated in third place and he will take home $640,680 in prize money. That makes Brooks the dominating chip leader heading into the final match.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   Gregory Brooks

Darryll Fish Eliminated in Sixth Place ($235,530)

Mar 03, '11

Darryll Fish moved all in preflop from the small blind for 1,230,000 after Carlos Mortensen raised to 150,000 from the cutoff. Mortensen made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Fish: Q 10
Mortensen: Q Q

Board: 10 9 7 A 6

Fish was eliminated on the hand in sixth place and he will take home $235,530 in prize money. Mortensen grew his stack to 4,730,000.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   Darryll Fish

Jason DeWitt Eliminated in Ninth Place ($94,800)

Mar 01, '11

Steve Gross made it 90,000 to go on the button and Carlos Mortensen reraised to 320,000 from the small blind. Jason DeWitt then moved all in from big blind for 400,000. Gross mucked and Mortensen made the call. The two players then flipped over their cards:

DeWitt: K 10
Mortensen: 7 7

Board: A 5 3 4 3

DeWitt was eliminated in ninth place and he will take home $94,800 in prize money. Mortensen continued to grow his stack and he now holds 5 million.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   Jason Dewitt,   Steve Gross

Shannon Shorr and James Carroll Eliminated in 10th Place ($63,410)

Mar 01, '11

Shannon Shorr and James Carroll both got the last of their chips in preflop and Carlos Mortensen had them both covered. Their cards:

Shorr: A A
Carroll: K K
Mortensen: Q Q

Board: J 8 2 10 K

In a strange turn of events Mortensen won the hand and he knocked out two opponents in the same hand. They each take home $63,410 after Jesse Yaginuma busted on the same hand at the other table and took the field down to the final nine players. Details on that hand will follow soon.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   James Carroll,   Shannon Shorr

Pre-Dinner Busts

Jan 23, '11

A few other players who have hit the rail as the field plays down to the dinner break include Andy Bloch, Carlos Mortensen, and Richard Ashby.

Player Tags: Andy Bloch,   Carlos Mortensen

Level 1 Update: Early Movers and Shakers

Sep 24, '10

Blinds: 50-100

Players Remaining: 200 out of 200 (unofficial)

Chip Counts:

1. David Benyamine — 65,000
2. Andrew Pantling — 55,000
3. Carlos Mortensen — 44,000
4. Ludovic Lacay — 42,000
5. Eli Elezra — 41,000
6. John Dolan — 35,000
7. Tom Dwan — 30,000
8. Phil Ivey — 30,000
9. Daniel Negreanu — 30,000
10. Phil Laak – 30,000

Card Player Family Chip Counts:

Barry Shulman — 34,000

Average Chip Count:

30,000

Notable Eliminations:

Saar Wilf

Big Hands:

Defending Champ Chops It Up

Defending champion Barry Shulman found himself all in in the first level against Andy Frankenberger. However, fortunately both players were left relatively unscathed. With blinds at 50-100, the player in mid-position raised to 300. Frankenberger called, as did Shulman from the small blind. The big blind also came along for the ride and the flop came down 10-10-4.

Shulman checked, the big blind bet 450, and the original bettor folded. Frankenberger made the call and then Shulman raised it up to 2,000. The two players called and the turn was a 7. Shulman bet 10,000 and the big blind folded. Frankenberger called and the river was a 4. Shulman then shoved all in and saw a call from Frankenberger. The river card meant the two would see a chopped pot as Shulman held A-10 and Frankenberger held Q-10.

A lucky escape for Frankenberger as both players’ stacks hover around the 35,000 mark.

Early Skirmish

An unusually large pot transpired during the opening minute of play when Eli Elezra bet 1,000 on a 9 6 2 flop. Juha Helppi made the call under the gun and Robert Cooper raised to 3,000.

The turn fell A and all three players checked. The 4 was brought down the pipe by the river and Elezra bet 7,000. Helppi made the call and Cooper mucked K K face up on the table. Helppi flipped over the A but Elezra countered with A 6 and he won the pot to take an early lead with 41,000.

David Benyamine Eliminates Saar Wilf

After minimal action to open the pot, a 10-8-6 flop sat on the table with two hearts when David Benyamine bet and Saar Wilf made the call. The turn brought a 4 and Benyamine bet again. This time Wilf raised and Benyamine reraised all in.

Wilf made the call for his tournament life and flipped over pocket tens for the set. Benyamine revealed 7-5 for a straight and he won the hand, grew his stack to 65,000, and eliminated Wilf.

Carlos Mortensen on the Rise

Carlos Mortensen bet 10,000 into a pot of equal size with a board of A 10 5 8 A sitting on the table. Elijah Berg went into the tank and eventually made the call. Berg when Mortensen revealed A 10 to win the pot and grow his stack to 45,000.

High Roller Heads-Up Report — Extra Day Added

The £10,350 heads-up high roller event has reached the final match between Gus Hansen and Jim Collopy from an initial field of 103. The winner will take home the top prize worth £288,409 and the runner-up will take home £178,211 and some deflated hopes.

First Match: The first round saw Hansen take control but Collopy held on to battle for quite some time before succumbing to a first-game loss.

Second Match: This match started the same as the first with Hansen jumping out to a lead and Collopy struggling to catch up. Things went differently when he moved all in though. He doubled up twice to even up the chip counts and then he took control to win the second match and tie things up 1-1.

When the score was evened it was 3 a.m. local time last night and the two decided to stop play and return today at a time to be determined. We will bring you updates from when play finally does begin anew and then keep you posted until a winner is crowned in this prestigious tournament.

Here are the results so far for this event:

3: Ram Vaswani — £96,212
3: Andrew Feldman — £96,212
5: Daniel Negreanu — £47,045
5: Kevin Eyster — £47,045
5: Huck Seed — £47,045
5: Neil Channing — £47,045
9: Howard Lederer — £22,847
9: Martin Kabrhel — £22,847
9: McLean Karr — £22,847
9: Saar Wilf — £22,847
9: Andrew Robl — £22,847
9: Phil Ivey — £22,847
9: Marius Torbergson — £22,847
9: Sondre Svaniek — £22,847

Player Tags: Juha Helppi,   Carlos Mortensen,   Eli Elezra,   Barry Shulman,   Andy Frankenberger

Level Five, Hour One: Dwan Eliminated

Jul 07, '10

Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante

Players Remaining: 1,774 out of 2,314

Notable Chip Counts:

1. Barny Boatman – 152,000
2. Johnny Chan – 150,000
3. Sean Prediville – 145,000
4. Mathiu Sauriol – 144,000
5. Lauren Kling – 135,000
6. Robert Mizrachi – 134,000
7. Isaac Krantz – 132,000
8. Michael Reed – 130,000
9. Fabian Geisel – 117,000
10. Billy Kopp – 114,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Stephen A. Murphy — 23,000
Christina Lindley — 32,000
Dani Stern — 37,000
Tony Dunst — 13,775

Notable Eliminations:

Tom Dwan
Alex Outhred

Twitter Accounts:

Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Alex Outhred
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Antonio Esfandiari
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke

Big Hands:

Lieu And Her Ladies Score The Knockout

A player moved all in from under the gun and the action folded around to Liz Lieu in the small blind. She made the call and they turned over their hands:

Lieu: QQ
Opponent: AQ

Lieu was dominating and the board ran out 85394 and Lieu knocked out her opponent. She was up to 72,000 after the hand.

Binger’s Kings Hold

A player put in a raise from early position preflop and Nick Binger repopped from the cutoff. The initial raiser put in another raise and Binger moved all in. The call was made and the players turned their cards:

Binger: KK
Opponent: AK

Binger was dominating and the board ran out 109210J and Binger doubled up to 33,200.

Mortensen Surrenders His Hearts

Picking up the action after the board had run out 1087QQ Carlos Mortensen led out with 3,500.

His opponent proceeded to raise it up to 15,200. Mortensen then went into a session in the tank and asked his opponent if he would show if Mortensen folded.

Mortensen did not get that luxury but he mucked his hand face up. Mortensen threw away A4 for the nut flush. He apparently put his opponent on a full house and was down to 25,000.

Williams Drops A Pot

David Williams raised to 1,050 from under the gun and he was called by three players. The flop came down AJ4 and Williams bet 3,000.

One player called and the A fell on the turn. Both players checked and the 2 came on the river.

The opponent bet 3,500 and Williams made the call. The opponent then showed AQ for trips and Williams mucked. He was at 110,000 after the hand.

Dwan On The Brink, Then Falls

Tom Dwan raised to 1,050 preflop and Lee Markholt made the call, as did the big blind. The flop came down 954 and Dwan fired 2,275.

Markholt was the only one to call and the turn was the K. Both players checked and the 7 fell on the river.

Dwan took a stab with 4,850 and Markholt made a hesitant call. It turned out to be a good one, however, as Dwan tabled J8 for a whole lot of nothing. Markholt tabled 109 for a pair of nines and took the pot. Dwan was down to just 6,000.

Then, on one of the last hands of the night, Dwan found his demise.

A player raised to 1,100 and Tom Dwan made the call from the big blind. The flop came down J108.

Dwan moved all in for 2,000 and was called. Here were the hands:

Dwan: J10
Opponent: QJ

Dwan flopped top two but his opponent had a gutshot straight draw. The turn was the 6, doing no damage. But the river was the 9, making the other player his straight and Dwan was sent to the rail.

The Art Of Doubli-Ng

Picking up the action after the flop came down 432, Evelyn Ng bet 6,600 and her opponent moved all in. She made the call, putting herself at risk:

Ng: 88
Opponent: AQ

Ng was good with her overpair and the board finished off 3 and K. Ng took the pot and doubled up to 53,000.

Player Tags: Lee Markholt,   Evelyn Ng,   Carlos Mortensen,   David Williams,   Liz Lieu,   Tom Dwan,   Nick Binger

Level 21: Matador Gored

Jul 02, '10

Blinds: 12,000-24,000

Players Remaining: 14 out of 191

Average Chip Count: 895,312

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Bryn Kenney — 2,425,000
2. Brian Hodhod — 2,000,000
3. Abe Mosseri — 1,500,000
4. Isaac Haxton — 1,240,000
5. Daniel Negreanu — 1,200,000
6. Sam Trickett — 1,123,000
7. Jason Somerville — 1,050,000
8. Shawn Buchanan — 1,020,000
9. Dan Kelly — 930,000
10. Martins Adeniya: 549,000

Notable Eliminations:

18th – Justin Bonomo
17th – Carlos Mortensen
16th – Vadim Trincher
15th – Heather Sue Mercer
14th – Billy Jordanou
13th – Martins Adeniya
12th – Abe Mosseri

Big Hands:

The Matador Gored in 17th ($58,699)

Carlos Mortensen open-shoved for his last 330,000 and Brian Hodhod moved all in over the top. Everyone else folded. Their hands:

Mortensen: A6
Hodhod: AQ

Mortensen was well behind and needed to see some spades or a six to make things interesting. The flop came 53Q, not offering a lot of help. The 3 turn left Mortensen dead to a six. The river was the 5 and Mortensen was gone in 17th place, for $58,699.

Mercer Falls in 15th ($58,699)

Martins Adeniya raised to 58,000 and Heather Sue Mercer moved all in for 221,000 from the small blind. Isaac Haxton sat in the big blind and moved all in over the top, prompting Adeniya to fold. Their hands:

Haxton: AQ
Mercer: A6

Mercer was trailing and found no help on the board of K102910. Just like that, the last woman in the event was gone in 15h place, earning $58,699.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   Heather Mercer,   Isaac Haxton,   Brian Hodhod

Level 18: Negreanu Rolling

Jul 02, '10

Blinds: 9,000-18,000 with a 2,000 Ante

Players Remaining: 22 out of 191

Average Chip Count: 716,250

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Bryn Kenney — 1,750,000
2. Abe Mosseri — 1,350,000
3. Daniel Negreanu — 940,000
4. Frank Kassela — 930,000
5. Eugene Katchalov — 880,000
6. Sam Trickett — 840,000
7. Brian Hodhod — 797,000
8. Isaac Haxton — 795,000
9. Dan Kelly — 667,000
10. Shawn Buchanan — 662,000

Notable Eliminations:
Barry Greenstein

Big Hands:

Negreanu Continues His Climb, Busts Corkins

Hoyt Corkins raised to 171,000 preflop and Daniel Negreanu raised enough for Corkins to put his last few chips in, which he did. Their hands:

Negreanu: A8
Corkins: 9

Negreanu was behind but the flop was good to him. It ran A105 to pair his ace and the board finished J8 to give him the pot and knock Corkins out of the event.

Negreanu had around 1,340,000 in chips following the hand.

Mercer Hits Quads On Mortensen

Heather Sue Mercer moved all in preflop for 278,000 after Carlos Mortensen’s initial raise. The Matador called and they showed down:

Mercer: QQ
Mortensen: AJ

Mercer would remain the last woman in the event, as she hit quads on a board of J75QQ to double up to 560,000.

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Daniel Negreanu,   Carlos Mortensen,   Heather Mercer

Level 16: Mortensen Riding Up Leaderboard

Jul 01, '10

Players Remaining: 25 out of 191

Average Chip Count: 573,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Bryn Kenney — 1,060,000
2. Daniel Negreanu — 1,050,000
3. Abe Mosseri — 860,000
4. Brian Hodhod — 840,000
5. Mikael Thuritz — 835,000
6. Carlos Mortensen — 800,000
7. Vadim Trincher — 800,000
8. Justin Bonomo — 690,000
9. Isaac Haxton — 649,000
10. Frank Kassela — 645,000

Notable Eliminations:
Scott Seiver
Beth Shak

Big Hands:

The Matador Busts Seiver

Carlos Mortensen called Scott Seiver’s preflop raise of 20,000 and they saw a flop.

It came 663 and Seiver checked. Mortensen fired out 50,000 and Seiver check-raised all in for 235,000. Mortensen made the call and they showed down:

Seiver: 22
Mortensen: 44

Seiver was in trouble with the lower pocket pair. The J hit on the turn and the 10 river eliminated Seiver and shot Mortensen to 800,000 in chips.

Beth Shak Falls to King-High

Beth Shak was short on chips and put her last 31,000 all in preflop against Brian Hodhod. The flop ran 942JA, missing both players and Hodhod’s king-high eliminated Shak.

Hodhod had 840,000 after the hand. With Shak gone, Heather Sue Mercier was the last woman remaining in the event.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   Beth Shak,   Scott Seiver,   Brian Hodhod