Adam Schoenfeld - Live Updates

Level 1 Update: Bill Gazes Eliminated With Full House

May 30, '09

Blinds: 25-25

Players Remaining: 2970 out of 3,000

Notable Eliminations:

Bill Gazes

Big Hands:

Bill Gazes Eliminated With a Full House

Seat 7 raised to 75 pre-flop and Bill Gazes called on the button, along with two other players. The flop came 83A, and action was checked to seat 2 who bet 125. Gazes raised to 625 and seat 1 called, while seat 2 folded. The turn brought the A, and seat 1 checked to Gazes. Gazes quickly fired out the same 625 bet that was instantly called by seat 1. The 10 fell on the river and seat 1 instantly moved all-in and was quickly called by Gazes. Seat one turned over the A8 for a turned full house. Gazes exposed a smaller full house with the 33. Gazes was eliminated in the first half hour of play.

Adam Schoenfeld Loses Small Pot

On a board of 9232, the action was checked to Adam Schoenfeld who bet 100. A player in early position min-raised Schoenfeld to 200 and he called quickly. The river brought the Q and seat three fired out 325. Schoenfeld quickly folded.

Jean-Robert Bellande Off to a Slow Start

On a board of 1095J, Jean-Robert Bellande bets 200 and the player in seat 7 calls. The river is the 10, and this time seat 7 bets 500. Bellande calls and seat 7 turns over KQ for the nut straight, Bellande mucks his cards. After this hand he is down to 1,800 in chips.

Barry Greenstein Takes Down a Pot

On a board of 954K seat 6 bet 350 UTG+1. Barry Greenstein made the call on the hi-jack and the river brought the 8. Seat 6 bet 350 again and Greenstein raised to 1,500, leaving less than 400 in his stack. His opponent went into the tank with 1,300 left behind and eventually decided to muck. Greenstein was close to 4,000 after the hand.

Left in the Deck

Nelly in a Haystack

Rap star Nelly is playing in today’s field. Nelly played at the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo last month, and he is making his first appearance at the 2009 WSOP in today’s field. The rapper is trying to go incognito with a hoody pulled low over his head.

Player Tags: Barry Greenstein,   Bill Gazes,   Adam Schoenfeld,   Jean-Robert Bellande

Main Event - Day 4 - Level 16 - Hour 2

Jul 11, '08

Blinds/Antes: 2,500-5,000-500

Players Remaining: 363 of 6,844

Chip Leaders:
Jeremy Joseph - 2,000,000
Jeremiah Smith - 1,500,000
Allen Cunningham - 1,200,000
Owen Crowe - 1,200,000
Matthew Matros - 1,200,000
Mark Ketteringham - 1,050,000
Cristian Dragomir - 990,000
William Soffin - 980,000
Phi Nguyen - 960,000
Jon Turner - 960,000

Other Notables
Gus Hansen – 775,000
Hevad Khan – 540,000
Hoyt Corkins – 500,000
Mike Matusow – 385,000
Dag Mikkelsen – 385,000
Craig Marquis – 345,000
Johnny Chan – 300,000
Chris Klodnicki – 290,000
Thomas Keller – 285,000
Maya Antonius – 260,000
Kido Pham – 240,000
David Bakes – 140,000
Thayer Rasmussen – 105,000

Average Chip Stack: 377,860

Eliminations:
Adam Schoenfeld
Bertrand Grospellier
Devin Porter
Kirill Gersimov
Robert Mizrachi
Jamie Rosen
Kenneth Lee

Big Hands and Storylines:

McManus Making Moves

James McManus just pulled a bold, aggressive move to take down a pot pre-flop. As reported by Alan Jaffray, David Saab raised to 15,000 from the cutoff and Matt Matros re-raised to 50,000. Action folded to James McManus in the big blind who slid a stack of 30 orange chips into the middle of the table, making it 150,000 total. Both Saab and Matros folded, and McManus showed  8-4 offsuit for an audacious bluff. With that pot, McManus is at 820,000 on the day.

Robert Mizrachi Eliminated

Here are the details of the Robert Mizrachi elimination we mentioned in the prior update:

William Soffin raised from early position to 12,500 and was called by Robert Mizrachi in middle position. The flop came down J94 and Sofin moved all-in for more than three times the pot. Mizrachi made the call and they turned up their hands:

Soffin: QJ
Mizrachi: KJ

Mizrachi’s king kicker had him well in the lead. The turn was the 7, leaving Soffin only three outs on the river. Soffin spiked one of those outs however – the Q – and Mizrachi was eliminated. Soffin’s aggressive play and good fortune have helped him run his stack up to 460,000.

Cliff Josephy Doubles, but runs into bad luck and is out

Just one hand after Mizrachi had been eliminated, the action continued at table Orange 28. Salomon Sutton raised to 16,000 from the button and was met by a quick all-in by Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy. The raise was for 40,000 more and Sutton made the call. It was a race situation: Josephy showed 1010 and Sutton had AK. The flop was 1076 and Josephy took a giant lead in the hand. When the turn 10 gave Josephy quads, he exclaimed, “That is a lot of tens.” The river was meaningless and Josephy doubled up to 120,000. Sutton would be eliminated later in the level.

Later on in the level, a player was all in on a 9-8-6 flop and Josephy made the call with pocket jacks. He was up against J-10, meaning he needed to avoid a queen or seven. A queen came on the turn, and the river was a blank. Josephy had to give his opponent 174,000 chips in the hand, and was left witht just 60,000 left. He later moved all in with K-J and was up against A-K of Dag Martin Mikkelsen. Josephy flopped an open-ended straight draw, but didn't get it and was eliminated.

Kirill Gerasimov Eliminated

Gus Hansen raised from under-the-gun and action folded around to Danny Mitnick in middle position. Mitnick tossed in a raise to 46,000. Without too much hesitation, Kirill Gerasimov moved all-in from the small blind for 130,000 total. Hansen folded his hand, leaving the table to dictate his thoughts into his voice recorder, and Mitnick made the call. The two turned up their hands:

Gerasimov: KK
Mitnick: AK

Gerasimov asked Hansen if he had folded an ace, but Hansen claimed to have a pocket pair. That was reinforced when the dealer laid out the flop: AA10. Gerasimov needed runner-runner kings to survive, but the turn and river were the 2 and 5 and he was eliminated.

The hand takes Mitnick up to 350,000.

Can Kings Hold One Time for Mark Vos?

After getting it all in pre-flop for his last 65,000 in chips with KQ, Andy Goetsch found himself dominated by Mark Vos’ KK. As the camera crews came over to capture the moment, Vos had something to say. “I just want it to be known that someone folded the A and Q,” Vos jokingly mentioned, already fearing that he would be outdrawn. The Q102 flop was a start, and Vos was quick to note that only the case queen remained in the deck. The A on the turn brought jabs from Vos’ tablemates that his opponent could now catch any of the remaining jacks to make a straight and chop the pot. Fortunately for Vos, a miracle occurred and the 3 fell on the river. Vos finished the hand with almost 500,000 in chips.

Schoenfeld gets set on river and is knocked out

Adam Schoenfeld made a reraise and then called all in with pocket tens. He later said he knew his opponent, Sigurd Eskeland, was weak when he moved all in. But his KJ was still more or less a coinflip. But it was looking good when the flop was 8-7-6, and great after a nine came on the turn to give him a straight. He said "no set" over and over, and then the dealer went ahead and gave him a set. The ten on the river gave Eskeland a better straight and the pot.

Cantu makes call and knocks out player

Brandon Cantu called an all in reraise with pocket fours and found himself up against A-J. The board came 10-7-2-5-7 and Cantu's big stack -- he started the day with 710,000 -- got a bit bigger.

Joseph Busts Another

Chip leader Jeremy Joseph sent another player to the rails with a fortunate turn card. He raised from early position to 15,000, then Kenneth Lee announced all-in from the next seat. Lee had 70,500 in chips that went to the center of the table. Play was folded back to Joseph, who was able to call with Q10 thanks to his massive chip stack. Lee held 77 and led after the flop of 542, but the 10 on the turn vaulted Joseph into the lead, and he stayed there when the 6 came on the river.

Rosen Eliminated

Jamie Rosen, who suffered a major blow to his chip stack earlier in the day, was eliminated when his AQ went all-in against an opponent’s KK and couldn’t improve. The board ran out J9462.

Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi,   Adam Schoenfeld,   Kirill Gerasimov,   Cliff Josephy,   Mark Vos,   Brandon Cantu,   Jeremy Joseph,   Jamie Rosen,   James McManus,   European Report

Night Train

Jul 07, '07

Sam Simon Doubles

Accomplished television writer, producer and developer Sam Simon got involved in a big pot with poker pro J.J. Liu.  Simon was down to $12,000 and moved all of his chips in preflop.  After a few moments deliberation Liu decided to call with A10.  Simon's AK had Liu dominated preflop, and after the board came down 765K7 Simon doubled to around $25,000 while his friend Norm MacDonald looked cheered him on from the sidelines.

The Schoenfeld Split

Cardplayer and PokerStars's own Adam Schoenfeld called a raise to $2,000 from the big blind, and he and his opponent saw a flop of K Q 10.  His opponent bet $4,000 and Schoenfeld raised to $12,000.  His opponent thought for a moment before throwing in six orange chips, a raise to $30,000.  Schoenfeld stacked his schips into one tall tower and pushed it into the middle.  His opponent called the all-in, which was only $1,500 more than his original bet.  Schoenfeld revealed the Q 10 for bottom two, and his opponent looked surprised before revealing the Q10 for the same two pair.  Schoenfeld was on a freeroll for running spades, but when the K fell on  the turn the pot was a guaranteed chop.  Both players merely split the small blind and the chips of any limpers.


Montel?
A player in seat three limps, seat four raises to $2,000, Montel Williams and the three seat call.  The flop comes 532, Montel leads for $4,500, seat three folds and seat four moves all in for $23,200.  Montel quickly calls and tables A4 while his opponent shows down AK.  The turn is the 2, giving Montel a miracle straight.  It doesn't hold however when the river brings the 10.

Break and Color Up
Floor staff is currently coloring up the green $25 chips.  When they are finished Players will be on a 20 minute break.

Player Tags: Adam Schoenfeld,   Joanne Liu,   Montel Williams

Hour One Recap

Jun 17, '07

Stacked Tables

As predicted, the field is much smaller and more densely populated with pros.  Actor/Comedian Norm MacDonald  has made it out to his first event this year, and is sharing the table with Sorel Mizzi, Phil Laak and Minh Nguyen.  Other stacked tables include:

Table 16-
Humberto Brenes
Josh Arieh
Evelyn Ng
Andrew Black
Mark Vos

Table 52-
Mark Gregorich
Men "The Master" Nguyen
Jason Strasser

Table 59-
J.C. Tran
Darrell Dicken
Greg "FBT" Mueller

Table 225-
John Little
John Hennigan
Kirill Gerasimov

After only an hour of action, a few notable players have already been eliminated, including John Hennigan, Tony G, and J.J. Liu.  Make sure to check back for more hourly updates and the Pro Blogs of Evelyn Ng and Adam Schoenfeld.

Player Tags: Evelyn Ng,   Adam Schoenfeld,   Norman MacDonald