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| Jun 15, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $2,500 Eight Game Mix | 3 | + |
John Monnette Wins Event #23 ($278,144)Jun 16, '11 Eric Buchman Eliminaed in 2nd Place ($171,855) Stud 8 Eric Buchman started heads-up play with a chip deficit and John Monnette managed to further widen the gap during the initial Stud portion of the final match. Buchman was short by the time Stud-8 rolled around and got it all in on fourth street in this last hand of the night. Buchman: Q Monnette paired jacks on fifth street while Buchman paired sixes on the river and without a low hand, Eric Buchman was eliminated in 2nd Place ($171,855). John Monnette grabbed the gold bracelet and the $278,144 grand prize for winning Event #23.
Erich Buchman button-raised, Michele Limongi three-bet the small blind, John Monnette four-bet the big blind, Buchman folded and Limongi called. The flop came Q The turn was the 8 Player Tags: Eric Buchman, John Monnette, Michele Limongi Level 25: Juanda Denied Second Bracelet of Summer, Out in 6th ($42,897)Jun 16, '11 NOTE: Sixty minute levels with games changing every eight hands. Limits: 25,000-50,000 Triple Draw 2-7 – Hold’em – Omaha 8: Razz – Stud – Stud 8: Players Remaining: 5 out of 489 Average Chip Count: 733,500 Chip Counts: 1. Michele Limongi – 1,205,000 Eliminations: 6th. John Juanda – $42,897
Eric Buchman raised from the small blind, John Juanda three-bet all in from the big blind and Buchman called. Juanda turned over K The board came A Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: John Juanda, Eric Buchman Level 24: Buchman Leads Final Six; Kornuth 7th, Racener 8thJun 15, '11 NOTE: Sixty minute levels with games changing every eight hands. Limits: 20,000-40,000 Triple Draw 2-7 – Hold’em – Omaha 8: Razz – Stud – Stud 8: Players Remaining: 6 out of 489 Average Chip Count: 611,250 Chip Counts: 1. Eric Buchman – 1,015,000 Eliminations: 7th. Adam Kornuth – $32,373 Brent Hanks Doubles Through Eric Buchman Brent Hanks completed with A Hanks: A Hanks got the rest of his chips in on fourth street with split aces against Buchman’s split jacks. Hanks double-paired on sixth street while Buchman failed to improve. Brent Hanks doubled up to over 200,000 to stay alive.
Racener: A John Racener was all in on fifth street with a pair of kings against Erich Buchman’s flush draw. Buchman hit the flush on sixth street with the 5 Adam Kornuth Eliminated in 7th Place ($32,373) Michele Limongi limped in before the flop, Adam Kornuth shoved for 265,000 from the small blind and Limongi called. Kornuth turned over 8 The board came 7 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Brent Hanks, John Racener, Michele Limongi, Adam Kornuth Level 23: Geyer Eliminated 9th, Final Table Now UnderwayJun 15, '11 NOTE: Play ended last night with 25 players in accordance with the ten-level rule and resumed at 3:00pm. With the elimination of Adam Geyer in 9th place ($19,268), the official eight-handed final table is now underway. NOTE: Sixty minute levels with games changing every eight hands. Limits: 15,000-30,000 Triple Draw 2-7 – Hold’em – Omaha 8: Razz – Stud – Stud 8: Players Remaining: 8 out of 489 Average Chip Count: 458,437 Chip Counts: 1. Eric Buchman – 1,045,000 Payouts: 1st. $278,144 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: John Juanda, Desmond Portano, Eric Buchman, John Monnette, Brent Hanks, John Racener, Michele Limongi, Adam Kornuth |
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| Jun 04, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $1,500 Seven Card Stud | 3 | + |
Level 23: Heads-Up; Buchman 3rd, Spinks 4thJun 04, '11 Ante: 3,000 Players Remaining: 2 out of 357 Average Chip Count: 803,250 Chip Counts: 1. Alessio Isaia – 1,350,000 Eliminations: 3rd. Eric Buchman – $48,961 Jonathan Spinks Eliminated in 4th Place ($35,476) Third Street: Eric Buchman opened with the 6 Fourth Street: Spinks checked K Fifth Street: Spinks paired his king and and got it all in against Buchman’s jack-high. Spinks: (10 Spinks was ahead with two pair on fifth street when the money went in, but Buchman made trip sixes on sixth street. Spinks failed to improve on the river and was eliminated in 4th place ($35,476), while Buchman grabbed the chip lead with just under 900,000. Eric Buchman Eliminated in 3rd Place ($48,961) Eric Buchman and Alessio Isaia have been getting involved in a lot of big pots this past level. Early in the level Isaia took the chip lead for just under one million after catching a straight on the river. Buchman continued to lose some pretty big showdowns to Isaia until finally getting the last of his chips in the middle on fifth street with (K Isaia made a straight on sixth street and Eric Buchman was eliminated in 3rd place ($48,961). The final hands were… Buchman: (K Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Eugene Katchalov, Alessio Isaia Level 22: Final Four on Dinner Break; Parker 5th, Landry 6thJun 04, '11 NOTE: With the completion of Level 22, the final four players took a one hour dinner break and should arrive back shortly after 9:00pm to resume play. Ante: 3,000 Players Remaining: 4 out of 357 Average Chip Count: 401,625 Chip Counts: 1. Eric Buchman – 745,000 Eliminations: 5th. Dennis Parker – $26,083
Kai Landry survived a few all ins during the first level of the final table, managing to double up twice early on, but he finally ran out of luck after getting rivered here by Eric Buchman. Landry was all in on fourth street with (K Landry: (K Dennis Parker Eliminated in 5th Place ($26,083) Dennis Parker and Eric Buchman have been tangling since Level 21 when Parker doubled through him to stay alive. Shortly before the dinner break, Parker and Buchman went at it again, this time Buchman getting the best of it. Parker was left with a short stack and found himself all in against Buchman once again. Parker: K Buchman rivered a flush and Dennis Parker was eliminated in 5th place ($26,083). Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Dennis Parker, Kai Landry Ausmus Eliminated 9th; Final Table Now UnderwayJun 04, '11 NOTE: The final nine players consolidated down to one table, and with the elimination of Jeremy Ausmus in 9th place ($8,800), the official eight-handed final table began at around 4:20pm. Level: 19 Players Remaining: 8 out of 357 Average Chip Count: 200,812 Chip Counts: 1. Eric Buchman – 386,500 Payouts: 1st. $122,909 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Ali Eslami, Eugene Katchalov, Dennis Parker, Vasili Lazarou, Alessio Isaia, Kai Landry |
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| Jul 14, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 9 | + |
Level 17 Hour Two Update: Lots of Eliminations EarlyJul 14, '10 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Tony Dunst – 1,470,000 Lauren Kling
Bernard Lee got his last 41,000 into the middle prefop against Dragan Galic. Galic tabled A Lee flopped a set and doubled up to 100,000 as the board ran out 8 Billirakis Scores an Early KO Jamie Robbins and Steve Billirakis got tangled up in a preflop raising war which led to Robbins committing the last of his chips in the middle and Billirakis making the call. Robbins tabled K-Q and Billirakis showed A Matros Crippled Compliments of a Cold Deck Matt Matros and Kevin Stani got all of Stani’s chips in the middle preflop. Matros showed K Matros was eliminated just an orbit later.
Andrew Jeter moved in his last 42,000 from the small blind after Johnny Chan had raised under-the-gun. Chan made the call and it was off to showdown. Jeter showed K Soulier Gone Fabrice Soulier moved all-in for his last 79,000 from the cutoff and David Emmons three-bet from the button to isolate and both blinds folded. Soulier was in trouble when Emmons showed A Buchman Eliminated as Rice Doubles Shawn Rice and Eric Buchman got into a prelflop battle with Rice and Buchman being on the button and in the big blind. They ended up getting all-in with very similar stack sizes. Buchman showed K The board ran out 5 Hougaard Slips Isaac Krantz moved all-in on a flop of J Hougaard showed pocket kings, but had to fade some cards when Krantz showed 5
Brian Rast raised from early position and Greg Schaefer three-bet from middle position. Rast made the call and the fop came Q The turn was the 10 David Peters Doubles Up David Peters got his stack of about 300,000 in preflop with the A Brett Richey Doubles Up A player in middle position bet 16,000 and Brett Richey moved all in for 209,000. His opponent went into the tank before eventually making the call. Richey exposed the A Shannon Shorr Eliminated On a board of K
Lauren Kling moved all in preflop for 52,000 with the A Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player A player in late position moved all in for 93,000 and it was folded to Eric Baldwin in the small blind. Baldwin tanked before finally moving all in over the top to force the big blind out. Baldwin’s opponent tabled the Q Twitter Accounts Bernard Lee Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Johnny Chan, Fabrice Soulier, Steve Billirakis, Bernard Lee, Brian Rast, Shannon Shorr, Eric Baldwin, Lauren Kling Level Eight Hour One: Dolly's Bluff Picked OffJul 10, '10 Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,836 out of 7,319 Chip Counts: 1. Gabriel Walls — 435,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Josh Brikis — 97,500 Notable Eliminations: Freddy Deeb Big Hands:
One hand after raising to 2,100 from middle position and taking down the blind, Brunson raised to 2,100 again and this time was called by Jameson Singer in the big blind. The flop ran 6 On the K Oh Captain! My Captain! One table down from Brunson, Captain Tom Franklin raised to 2,200 from the button and was called by the player in the big blind. The flop ran 9
Vanessa Selbst raised to 3,000 and the player in seat 6 raised to 11,300. When action folded back to Selbst she pushed in a stack of 5,000 chips, enough to put seat 6 all in. He tanked for a while, then called. Their hands: Selbst: J The flop ran 9 Buchman Wins Race to Double Eric Buchman got into a preflop raising war with his opponent that led to him getting all-in. Buchman held A Selbst Gets Aces and Action Selbst raised to 1,800 from middle position and was three-bet by a player to 7,200. Action got back to Selbst and Selbst made it 20,200. Her opponent moved almost all of his cihps into the middle and Selbst jammed all-in and her opponent made the call. Selbst shows A The NAPT Mohegan Sun champion is up to 205,000 in chips with that pot. Mizrachi Hits His Spades Michael and Robert advanced to day 3 yesterday and their brother Eric is trying to join them there. Eric Mizrachi called a raise of 2,200 and check-called a flop of K Mizrachi led out on the river and was called by his opponent. Mizrachi tabled the 8 Pavilion Room Coverage David Singer Doubles Up A player in early position bet and David Singer moved all in for 13,000 more. His opponent made the all and exposed the A
Layne Flack bet preflop and and was called by a player in the big blind. The flop came A Chris Ferguson Caught On a board reading 1072102 Chris Ferguson bet 10,000 and his opponent went into the tank. He eventually made the call and Ferguson tapped the table. His opponent exposed the AK and took the pot. Ferguson was down to 26,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Tom Franklin, Chris Ferguson, Layne Flack, Eric Buchman, Doyle Brunson, David Singer, Vanessa Selbst |
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| Jul 10, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 6 | + |
Level 17 Hour Two Update: Lots of Eliminations EarlyJul 14, '10 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Tony Dunst – 1,470,000 Lauren Kling
Bernard Lee got his last 41,000 into the middle prefop against Dragan Galic. Galic tabled A Lee flopped a set and doubled up to 100,000 as the board ran out 8 Billirakis Scores an Early KO Jamie Robbins and Steve Billirakis got tangled up in a preflop raising war which led to Robbins committing the last of his chips in the middle and Billirakis making the call. Robbins tabled K-Q and Billirakis showed A Matros Crippled Compliments of a Cold Deck Matt Matros and Kevin Stani got all of Stani’s chips in the middle preflop. Matros showed K Matros was eliminated just an orbit later.
Andrew Jeter moved in his last 42,000 from the small blind after Johnny Chan had raised under-the-gun. Chan made the call and it was off to showdown. Jeter showed K Soulier Gone Fabrice Soulier moved all-in for his last 79,000 from the cutoff and David Emmons three-bet from the button to isolate and both blinds folded. Soulier was in trouble when Emmons showed A Buchman Eliminated as Rice Doubles Shawn Rice and Eric Buchman got into a prelflop battle with Rice and Buchman being on the button and in the big blind. They ended up getting all-in with very similar stack sizes. Buchman showed K The board ran out 5 Hougaard Slips Isaac Krantz moved all-in on a flop of J Hougaard showed pocket kings, but had to fade some cards when Krantz showed 5
Brian Rast raised from early position and Greg Schaefer three-bet from middle position. Rast made the call and the fop came Q The turn was the 10 David Peters Doubles Up David Peters got his stack of about 300,000 in preflop with the A Brett Richey Doubles Up A player in middle position bet 16,000 and Brett Richey moved all in for 209,000. His opponent went into the tank before eventually making the call. Richey exposed the A Shannon Shorr Eliminated On a board of K
Lauren Kling moved all in preflop for 52,000 with the A Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player A player in late position moved all in for 93,000 and it was folded to Eric Baldwin in the small blind. Baldwin tanked before finally moving all in over the top to force the big blind out. Baldwin’s opponent tabled the Q Twitter Accounts Bernard Lee Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Johnny Chan, Fabrice Soulier, Steve Billirakis, Bernard Lee, Brian Rast, Shannon Shorr, Eric Baldwin, Lauren Kling Level Eight Hour One: Dolly's Bluff Picked OffJul 10, '10 Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,836 out of 7,319 Chip Counts: 1. Gabriel Walls — 435,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Josh Brikis — 97,500 Notable Eliminations: Freddy Deeb Big Hands:
One hand after raising to 2,100 from middle position and taking down the blind, Brunson raised to 2,100 again and this time was called by Jameson Singer in the big blind. The flop ran 6 On the K Oh Captain! My Captain! One table down from Brunson, Captain Tom Franklin raised to 2,200 from the button and was called by the player in the big blind. The flop ran 9
Vanessa Selbst raised to 3,000 and the player in seat 6 raised to 11,300. When action folded back to Selbst she pushed in a stack of 5,000 chips, enough to put seat 6 all in. He tanked for a while, then called. Their hands: Selbst: J The flop ran 9 Buchman Wins Race to Double Eric Buchman got into a preflop raising war with his opponent that led to him getting all-in. Buchman held A Selbst Gets Aces and Action Selbst raised to 1,800 from middle position and was three-bet by a player to 7,200. Action got back to Selbst and Selbst made it 20,200. Her opponent moved almost all of his cihps into the middle and Selbst jammed all-in and her opponent made the call. Selbst shows A The NAPT Mohegan Sun champion is up to 205,000 in chips with that pot. Mizrachi Hits His Spades Michael and Robert advanced to day 3 yesterday and their brother Eric is trying to join them there. Eric Mizrachi called a raise of 2,200 and check-called a flop of K Mizrachi led out on the river and was called by his opponent. Mizrachi tabled the 8 Pavilion Room Coverage David Singer Doubles Up A player in early position bet and David Singer moved all in for 13,000 more. His opponent made the all and exposed the A
Layne Flack bet preflop and and was called by a player in the big blind. The flop came A Chris Ferguson Caught On a board reading 1072102 Chris Ferguson bet 10,000 and his opponent went into the tank. He eventually made the call and Ferguson tapped the table. His opponent exposed the AK and took the pot. Ferguson was down to 26,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Tom Franklin, Chris Ferguson, Layne Flack, Eric Buchman, Doyle Brunson, David Singer, Vanessa Selbst |
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| Jun 12, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 25 - $10,000 Omaha 8 or Better Championship | 1 | + |
Level 3 Update: Benyamine Makes Steel WheelJun 12, '10 Limits: 400-800 Players Remaining: 212 out of 212 Average Chip Count: 30,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Barry Shulman – 24,500 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Allen Kessler – 46,000 Notable Eliminations: none Big Hands:
Eric Buchman raised from the small blind and Tom Schneider called from the big blind. The flop came Q The turn was the 7 Buchman turned over the A Farha Gets His Chips Chopped Four players saw a flop of A The turn was the 3 One player tabled Q
Three players, including David Benyamine and Jerry Buss, saw a flop of A The turn was the 3 Benyamine showed the steel wheel when he turned over the 2 Player Tags: Jerry Buss, Eric Buchman, David Benyamine, Tom Schneider, Sam Farha |
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| Jun 11, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 18 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em | 3 | + |
Eric Buchman Wins Event No. 18Jun 11, '10 Blinds: 25,000-50,000, Limits 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 1 out of 476 Notable Eliminations: Brent Courson – $125,737 Big Hands:
Eric Buchman raised from the button and Brent Courson three-bet from the big blind. Buchman called and saw the flop of 2 The turn was the 7 Courson earned $125,737 for his efforts and Buchman takes home $203,607 and the gold bracelet. Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Brent Courson Flavio Ferrari and Steven Hustoft EliminatedJun 11, '10 Blinds: 20,000-40,000, Limits 40,000-80,000 Players Remaining: 2 out of 476 Average Chip Count: 952,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1,428,000 1. Eric Buchman – 1,900,000 Notable Eliminations: Flavio Ferrari – $66,446 Big Hands:
Eric Buchman raised when action folded to him in the small blind and Flavio Ferrari three-bet all in and Buchman made the call. Buchman showed 9 The flop came K Hustoft Tangles With Buchman, Eliminated in Third ($90,928) There was a flurry of preflop raises between Steven Hustoft and Eric Buchman before they saw a flop of Q Buchman showed K Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Flavio Ferrari William Jensen and Hansu Chu EliminatedJun 11, '10 Blinds: 15,000-30,000, Limits 30,000-60,000 Players Remaining: 4 out of 476 Average Chip Count: 571,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Eric Buchman – 1,300,000 Notable Eliminations: William Jensen – $36,619 Big Hands:
Eric Buchman raised under-the-gun and William Jensen three-bet from the big blind. Buchman called and the flop came A The turn was the 3 Buchman had A Hansu Chu Eliminated in Fifth Place ($49,068) Hansu Chu three-bet all-in after a raise from Steven Hustoft. Hustoft made the call and the cards were turned on their backs. Chu showed the 10 Player Tags: Eric Buchman, William Jensen, Hansu Chu Matt Grapenthien Eliminated in SeventhJun 11, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000, Limits 20,000-40,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 476 Average Chip Count: 476,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Eric Buchman – 950,000 Notable Eliminations: Matt Grapenthien – $27,609 Big Hands:
Matt Grapenthien raised from the button and Eric Buchman three-bet from the big blind. Grapenthien moved all-in and Buchman called. Buchman showed A Buchman increased his stack to 950,000 and last year’s November Niner is the chip leader. Player Tags: Matt Grapenthien, Eric Buchman |
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| Jun 05, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 10 - $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship | 3 | + |
Level 18: Final 9 DecidedJun 05, '10 Blinds: Ante 3000, Bring-in 3000, Limits 12,000-24,000 Players Remaining: 9 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 450,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Vladimir Schmelev — 1,040,000 Notable Eliminations: Eric Buchman – 12th Place ($32,909) Big Hands:
Entering the action late, Men Nguyen was heads up against Michael Mizrachi. Nguyen bet on 4th street and the Grinder raised. Nguyen called, and did the same when Mizrachi bet on 5th street. When Mizrachi bet on 6th street, Nguyen took some time to think over the hand, eventually folding and giving the pot to Mizrachi. Their hands: Mizrachi: (X-X)-7 The Grinder lost a previous hand to the Master, but this hand put his chip stack back around 450,000. Buchman Busts In 12th Place ($32,909) A short-stacked Eric Buchman completed on third street and was called by the chip leader, Vladimir Schmelev. Buchman led out on 4th street and bet again, getting called. Schmelev connected for a pair of eights on 5th street and put Buchman all in. Buchman called and didn’t improve his buried pair of 4s, busting in 12th place. Schmelev: (4 Shortly after, Schmelev was the first to surpass one million in chips. Looks like he’s ready for another final table at the 2010 WSOP.
Brandon Adams entered the day short on chips, but has since chipped up and in the process knocked out Ray Dehkharghani. Ray called a raise from Adams on 3rd street, then called Adams’ bet on 4th street. Ray bet out on 5th and 6th street and was called. On the end, Ray slowed down and checked. He didn’t look too happy when he called Adams’ final bet. Their hands were: Dehkharghani: (X-X)-4 Adams’ trip Jacks took a nice pot and was no longer among the short stacks, holding 400,000 in chips. Shortly after Dehkharghani got all in, again against Adams, and Adams hit a flush to send Dehkharghani out in 11th place. Barlow Falls in 10th Place ($38,676) Todd Barlow got all in in a three-way pot and couldn’t improve upon his pair of nines, falling to Joe Cassidy’s two pair. The hands were: Barlow: (9-9)-J-2-10-8-(3) With Barlow’s elimination, the final 10 are set. Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Eric Buchman, Michael Mizrachi, Joe Cassidy, Ray Dehkharghani, Todd Barlow, Brandon Adams Level 17: And The Short Stacks Start To FallJun 05, '10 Blinds: Ante 2,000, Bring-in 3,000, Limits 10,000-20,000 Players Remaining: 12 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 346,153 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Vladimir Schmelev – 921,000 Notable Eliminations: 16. Edouard Mignot Bonnefous — $24,901 Big Hands: Edouard Mignot Eliminated In 16th Place Bonnefous was crippled a few hands prior by Vladimir Schmelev and had his last 20,000 in the middle against Eric Buchman. Bonnefous started with split aces while Buchman had Q
Bronshtein found himself all in against Vladimir Schmelev. That was already a bad sign which got worse when Schmelev showed A But Schmelev caught the case A Pat Pezzin Eliminated In 14th Place Pezzin was all in against Men “The Master” Nguyen on fifth street. Pezzin had four diamonds and a pair of deuces. He was trailing Nguyen’s pair of jacks. Pezzin caught a red card on sixth street, but the 5 Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Yuval Bronshtein, Vladimir Shchemelev, Edourd Mignot, Pat Pezzin Level 13: Phil Ivey EliminatedJun 04, '10 Blinds: Ante 1,000, Bring-in 1,000, Limits 4,000-8,000 Players Remaining: 39 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 115,325 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Ray Dehkharghani – 275,000 Notable Eliminations: Phil Ivey Big Hands:
Eric Buchman, Doyle Brunson and Phil Ivey were in a pot. Each player had three bets in the pot on third street. Ivey led out on fourth street, forcing Buchman to fold. Brunson made the call and Ivey bet again of fifth street. Brunson called again. Brunson then bet on sixth street after Ivey checked. Ivey called and Brunson fired one more bet on seventh. Ivey took a session in the tank to weigh his options. He only had 4,500 behind and a call would put him all in. Ivey eventually mucked, saving those chips for the next hand. “You did right,” Brunson told Ivey as he scooped in the pot. Brunson would knock Ivey out on the next hand and he was up to 90,000. Freddie Ellis Doubles Up We caught up with this hand as Freddie Ellis was all in against his opponent in seat 2. Ellis’ board ran out 8 The river gave Ellis a full house to secure the pot and the double up to 60,000.
Andy Black checked to Brandon Adams on fifth street and then beat him into the pot when Adams place his bet of 8,000 into the middle. Black then checked again with the 8,000 chips already in his hand when he tapped the table on sixth street. Adams bet 8,000 and Black’s chips were already in the pot awaiting the arrival of Adams’ bet. The table had a good laugh, including Adams. Both players checked on seventh street and Black showed down (A Black took the pot and was at 130,000 while Adams was down to 65,000. Schmelev Cripples Richey Brett Richey led out with bets on fourth and fifth street. Vladimir Schmelev called him down on both streets and then led out on sixth street when Richey checked. Richey called that bet and the next one on seventh street only to see Schmelev show 10 Schmelev was at 267,000 after the win. Card Player TV Eric Buchman Talks To CardPlayer.com about his run in the $10,000 7-Stud Event Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Brett Richey, Andy Black, Brandon Adams, Vladimir Shchemelev Level 12: Nick Schulman, Jennifer Harman EliminatedJun 04, '10 Blinds: Ante 700, Bring-in 1,000, Limits 3,000-6,000 Players Remaining: 43 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 104,651 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Eric Buchman – 270,000 Notable Eliminations: Todd Brunson Note: Players have gone on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 8:30 p.m. Big Hands:
We caught up with this hand after Schulman was all in against Eric Buchman. Schulman’s hand started off well enough as he was showing 6 He had straight flush possibilities but bricked on every street after that and he was eliminated. Buchman took the pot and was up to 270,000, making him the new chip leader of the tournament. Alioto Bests Negreanu We caught up with the action on fifth street. Dario Alioto bet 6,000 and Daniel Negreanu made the call. Both players checked sixth street and then Negreanu took a stab with 6,000 on seventh street. Alioto made the call and Negreanu turned over the Q Alioto turned over his hole cards, revealing K
Eric Buchman, Doyle Brunson and Dan Heimiller were involved in a three-way pot. After a bet of 6,000 on fifth street, Brunson raised it up to 12,000. Both opponents made the call and Brunson led out with 6,000 on sixth street. Both players called again and were dealt their river cards. Heimiller then led out with 6,000 and Buchman mucked. Brunson looked up Heimiller and saw the bad news. Heimiller turned over (A
Jennifer Harman was all in on sixth street against Sirious Jamshidi. This is how their boards ran out: Harman: (K Harman improved to kings-up on the river but Jamshidi also improved with three queens and Harman was ousted from the tournament. Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu, Eric Buchman, Doyle Brunson, Jennifer Harman, Sirous Jamshidi, Nick Schulman, Dario Alioto, Dan Heimiller |
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| Jun 04, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 10 - $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship | 2 | + |
Level 18: Final 9 DecidedJun 05, '10 Blinds: Ante 3000, Bring-in 3000, Limits 12,000-24,000 Players Remaining: 9 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 450,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Vladimir Schmelev — 1,040,000 Notable Eliminations: Eric Buchman – 12th Place ($32,909) Big Hands:
Entering the action late, Men Nguyen was heads up against Michael Mizrachi. Nguyen bet on 4th street and the Grinder raised. Nguyen called, and did the same when Mizrachi bet on 5th street. When Mizrachi bet on 6th street, Nguyen took some time to think over the hand, eventually folding and giving the pot to Mizrachi. Their hands: Mizrachi: (X-X)-7 The Grinder lost a previous hand to the Master, but this hand put his chip stack back around 450,000. Buchman Busts In 12th Place ($32,909) A short-stacked Eric Buchman completed on third street and was called by the chip leader, Vladimir Schmelev. Buchman led out on 4th street and bet again, getting called. Schmelev connected for a pair of eights on 5th street and put Buchman all in. Buchman called and didn’t improve his buried pair of 4s, busting in 12th place. Schmelev: (4 Shortly after, Schmelev was the first to surpass one million in chips. Looks like he’s ready for another final table at the 2010 WSOP.
Brandon Adams entered the day short on chips, but has since chipped up and in the process knocked out Ray Dehkharghani. Ray called a raise from Adams on 3rd street, then called Adams’ bet on 4th street. Ray bet out on 5th and 6th street and was called. On the end, Ray slowed down and checked. He didn’t look too happy when he called Adams’ final bet. Their hands were: Dehkharghani: (X-X)-4 Adams’ trip Jacks took a nice pot and was no longer among the short stacks, holding 400,000 in chips. Shortly after Dehkharghani got all in, again against Adams, and Adams hit a flush to send Dehkharghani out in 11th place. Barlow Falls in 10th Place ($38,676) Todd Barlow got all in in a three-way pot and couldn’t improve upon his pair of nines, falling to Joe Cassidy’s two pair. The hands were: Barlow: (9-9)-J-2-10-8-(3) With Barlow’s elimination, the final 10 are set. Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Eric Buchman, Michael Mizrachi, Joe Cassidy, Ray Dehkharghani, Todd Barlow, Brandon Adams Level 17: And The Short Stacks Start To FallJun 05, '10 Blinds: Ante 2,000, Bring-in 3,000, Limits 10,000-20,000 Players Remaining: 12 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 346,153 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Vladimir Schmelev – 921,000 Notable Eliminations: 16. Edouard Mignot Bonnefous — $24,901 Big Hands: Edouard Mignot Eliminated In 16th Place Bonnefous was crippled a few hands prior by Vladimir Schmelev and had his last 20,000 in the middle against Eric Buchman. Bonnefous started with split aces while Buchman had Q
Bronshtein found himself all in against Vladimir Schmelev. That was already a bad sign which got worse when Schmelev showed A But Schmelev caught the case A Pat Pezzin Eliminated In 14th Place Pezzin was all in against Men “The Master” Nguyen on fifth street. Pezzin had four diamonds and a pair of deuces. He was trailing Nguyen’s pair of jacks. Pezzin caught a red card on sixth street, but the 5 Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Yuval Bronshtein, Vladimir Shchemelev, Edourd Mignot, Pat Pezzin Level 13: Phil Ivey EliminatedJun 04, '10 Blinds: Ante 1,000, Bring-in 1,000, Limits 4,000-8,000 Players Remaining: 39 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 115,325 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Ray Dehkharghani – 275,000 Notable Eliminations: Phil Ivey Big Hands:
Eric Buchman, Doyle Brunson and Phil Ivey were in a pot. Each player had three bets in the pot on third street. Ivey led out on fourth street, forcing Buchman to fold. Brunson made the call and Ivey bet again of fifth street. Brunson called again. Brunson then bet on sixth street after Ivey checked. Ivey called and Brunson fired one more bet on seventh. Ivey took a session in the tank to weigh his options. He only had 4,500 behind and a call would put him all in. Ivey eventually mucked, saving those chips for the next hand. “You did right,” Brunson told Ivey as he scooped in the pot. Brunson would knock Ivey out on the next hand and he was up to 90,000. Freddie Ellis Doubles Up We caught up with this hand as Freddie Ellis was all in against his opponent in seat 2. Ellis’ board ran out 8 The river gave Ellis a full house to secure the pot and the double up to 60,000.
Andy Black checked to Brandon Adams on fifth street and then beat him into the pot when Adams place his bet of 8,000 into the middle. Black then checked again with the 8,000 chips already in his hand when he tapped the table on sixth street. Adams bet 8,000 and Black’s chips were already in the pot awaiting the arrival of Adams’ bet. The table had a good laugh, including Adams. Both players checked on seventh street and Black showed down (A Black took the pot and was at 130,000 while Adams was down to 65,000. Schmelev Cripples Richey Brett Richey led out with bets on fourth and fifth street. Vladimir Schmelev called him down on both streets and then led out on sixth street when Richey checked. Richey called that bet and the next one on seventh street only to see Schmelev show 10 Schmelev was at 267,000 after the win. Card Player TV Eric Buchman Talks To CardPlayer.com about his run in the $10,000 7-Stud Event Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Brett Richey, Andy Black, Brandon Adams, Vladimir Shchemelev Level 12: Nick Schulman, Jennifer Harman EliminatedJun 04, '10 Blinds: Ante 700, Bring-in 1,000, Limits 3,000-6,000 Players Remaining: 43 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 104,651 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Eric Buchman – 270,000 Notable Eliminations: Todd Brunson Note: Players have gone on a 60-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 8:30 p.m. Big Hands:
We caught up with this hand after Schulman was all in against Eric Buchman. Schulman’s hand started off well enough as he was showing 6 He had straight flush possibilities but bricked on every street after that and he was eliminated. Buchman took the pot and was up to 270,000, making him the new chip leader of the tournament. Alioto Bests Negreanu We caught up with the action on fifth street. Dario Alioto bet 6,000 and Daniel Negreanu made the call. Both players checked sixth street and then Negreanu took a stab with 6,000 on seventh street. Alioto made the call and Negreanu turned over the Q Alioto turned over his hole cards, revealing K
Eric Buchman, Doyle Brunson and Dan Heimiller were involved in a three-way pot. After a bet of 6,000 on fifth street, Brunson raised it up to 12,000. Both opponents made the call and Brunson led out with 6,000 on sixth street. Both players called again and were dealt their river cards. Heimiller then led out with 6,000 and Buchman mucked. Brunson looked up Heimiller and saw the bad news. Heimiller turned over (A
Jennifer Harman was all in on sixth street against Sirious Jamshidi. This is how their boards ran out: Harman: (K Harman improved to kings-up on the river but Jamshidi also improved with three queens and Harman was ousted from the tournament. Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu, Eric Buchman, Doyle Brunson, Jennifer Harman, Sirous Jamshidi, Nick Schulman, Dario Alioto, Dan Heimiller |
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| Nov 05, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 9 | + |
Level 39 Update: Antoine Takes a Huge Lead and Eric Buchman Eliminated in Fourth PlaceNov 08, '09 Blinds: 500,000-1,000,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Antoine Saout — 80,650,000 Average Chip Count: 64,940,000 Notable Eliminations: 4: Eric Buchman — $2,502,890 Big Hands
Eric Buchman raised to 2.5 million preflop and Antoine Saout reraised from the big blind to 9 million. Buchman reraised all in over the top and Saout went into the tank. He thought for a while. He eventually made the call and they turned over their cards: Buchman: A Board: K Saout doubled up on the hand to 89.2 million and he now holds a healthy chip lead. Buchman fell to 9.8 million on the hand.
Darvin Moon raised to 3 million from the button and Eric Buchman reraised all in from the small blind for almost 10 million. Moon made the call and they turned over their cards: Moon: K Board: Q Moon won the hand and he now holds more than 75 million. Buchman was eliminated in fourth place on the hand and he will take home $2,502,980 in prize money. Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Antoine Saout, Darvin Moon Level 35 Update Part II: Kevin Schaffel Eliminated in Eighth Place ($1,300,228)Nov 07, '09 Blinds: 200,000-400,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1: Darvin Moon — 49,455,000 Average Chip Count: 27,831,429 Notable Eliminations: 8: Kevin Schaffel — $1,300,228 Big Hands:
Kevin Schaffel raised to 1.25 million preflop from the hi-jack and Steven Begleiter made the call from the cutoff. Eric Buchman reraised to 5.75 million from the button and Schaffel reraised all in for 17.2 million total. Begleiter mucked and Buchman made the call. Their cards: Buchman: K Board: Q Buchman made quad kings to win the hand and grow his stack to 51,975,000. Schaffel was eliminated in eighth place and he will take home $1,300,228 in prize money. Card Player Twitter Page: People on the Rail Adam Schoenfeld Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Kevin Schaffel, Steven Begleiter Level 34 Update Part II: European Players Double UpNov 07, '09 Blinds: 150,000-300,000 with a 40,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1: Darvin Moon — 49,455,000 Average Chip Count: 21,646,666 Notable Eliminations: NONE
James Akenhead Doubles Up James Akenheand moved all in preflop for 4,015,000 under the gun and Steven Begleiter made the call from middle position. Eric Buchman then reraised to 12 million total from the hi-jack and Begleiter got out of the way. The two live players then flipped over their cards: Akenhead: K Board: J Akenhead won the hand with a queen on the river and he doubled up to 12,855,000. Begleiter dropped to 27,190,000 after the hand. Antoine Saout Doubles Up Antoine Saout raised to 750,000 preflop from the cutoff and Darvin Moon made the call in the small blind. James Akenhead mucked in the big blind and the flop was dealt K Card Player Twitter Page: People on the Rail Adam Schoenfeld Card Player TV Barry Shulman is Presented with his WSOP Europe Main Event Gold Bracelet Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Barry Shulman, James Akenhead, Antoine Saout, Darvin Moon, Steven Begleiter 2009 Main Event Final Table Begins at Noon SaturdayNov 05, '09
The November Nine will return to the Rio in Las Vegas on Saturday at noon PST and play down to two players. Those final competitors will then battle it out on Monday night, starting at 10 p.m. PST, to see who will walk away with the first-place prize of $8,546,435 and the title of world champion. The final table episode will then be broadcast to the world on ESPN on Tuesday, starting at 6 p.m. EST. The final table, which will take place at the Penn and Teller Theater, will be open to the public. Each player at the final table has already received ninth-place prize money worth $1,263,602. Card Player’s live reporting team will be on the scene to bring you all of the action in live updates, chip counts, and photos. Here is a look at all of the information you need to know before the final table begins: NOTE: Play will begin in level 33 with blinds at 120,000-240,000 with a 30,000 ante.
1: Darvin Moon — 58,930,000 Average Chip Count: 21,646,666 Final-Table Seating Chart: Seat 1: Darvin Moon Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Eric Buchman, Phil Ivey, Kevin Schaffel, James Akenhead, Antoine Saout, Joseph Cada, Darvin Moon, Steven Begleiter Level 32 Hour 1 Update: Nick Maimone Eliminated In 15th PlaceJul 15, '09 Blinds: 100,000-200,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 14 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Begleiter – 27,890,000 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 14,200,000 Average Chip Count: 12,988,000 Eliminations: 15. Nick Maimone — $633,022 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 14,200,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands: Cada Flushes Maimone Joe Cada raised to 500,000 preflop and Nick Maimone made the call. The flop came down K Both players checked and Cada tabled A Begleiter Adds To His Chip Lead Joe Cada raised to 500,000 and Steven Begleiter repopped to 1.25 million. Cada made the call and the flop came down J Begleiter took in the pot and he was closing in on 30 million in chips.
Jordan Smith raised to 525,000 and Jeff Shulman made the call. Both players saw a flop of 4 Shulman raked in the pot and was over 14 million after the hand. Maimone Gets Outkicked Eric Buchman raised to 525,000 and Nick Maimone called from the big blind. The flop came down K Maimone bet 1.25 million and Buchman made the call. Maimone tabled K Lamb With A Pot Ben Lamb raised to 515,000 preflop and Kevin Schaffel made the call. The flop came down K Lamb bet 1.35 million and Schaffel mucked, giving the pot over to Lamb.
Nick Maimone raised to 450,000 preflop and Eric Buchman made the call from the small blind. The flop came down J Buchman tabled J Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Eric Buchman, Jordan Smith, Ben Lamb, Nick Maimone, Joseph Cada Level 30 Hour 2 Update: Balmigere Out In 25th Place, Esfandiari Out In 24th PlaceJul 15, '09 Blinds: 60,000-120,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 23 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 21,200,000 Average Chip Count: 8,470,434 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 10,800,000 Eliminations: 25. Francois Balmigere — $352,832 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 10,800,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands Francois Balmigere Eliminated In 25th Place($352,832) Francois Balmigere raised to 330,000 preflop from middle position and Steven Begleiter called behind him. Billy Kopp came along from the big blind and the flop was 10 Balmigere tabled J Buchman Fills Up On The Turn Jonathan Tamayo raised to 355,000 from the button and Eric Buchman called from the big blind. Darvin Moon had limped in earlier and made the call as well. The flop came down 9 Buchman led out with 1.1 million and Tamayo made the call. Buchman then tabled 6
Action folded around to Phil Ivey who called from the small blind and Jeff Shulman checked from the big blind. The two players saw a flop of A Ivey checked to Shulman and he fired 200,000. Ivey had enough of his hand and threw it into the muck. Shulman took the pot and was around 11 million. Lucky Sevens For Maimone, Doubles Through Jordan Smith Jordan Smith raised to 320,000 from middle position and action folded to Nick Maimone on the button. He reraised to 825,000 and Smith made the call. The flop then came down Q But the turn changed everything as it brought the 7
Billy Kopp raised to 275,000 from under the gun and Steven Begleiter made the call from the button. The flop fell 5 Both players checked and they did the same for the J Akenhead Gets Kings Again, Wins Small Pot James Akenhead raised to 280,000 preflop and Warren Zackey made the call from the small blind. The flop came A Zackey checked and Akenhead bet 300,000. Zackey made the call and Akenhead tabled K
Phil Ivey has been hard pressed to win a pot in the early going of day 8. He doubled up Nick Maimone during the last hour and just doubled up Marco Mattes. Maimone opened with a raise to 290,000 and Mattes moved all in for almost 2.5 million. Action folded around to Ivey who made the call. Maimone got out of the way and Ivey tabled J The flop came down 10
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 310,000 preflop from under the gun and Steven Begleiter called from middle position. The flop came down 10 Esfandiari showed down 5 Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Antonio Esfandiari, Eric Buchman, Phil Ivey, James Akenhead, Billy Kopp, Francois Balmigere, Marco Mattes, Warren Zackey Level 27 Hour 2 Update: Last of the November Nine FallJul 14, '09 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 43 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 15,500,000 Average Chip Count: 4,427,727 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,800,000 Notable Eliminations: 49. Fabrice Soulier — $138,568 Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands
Tommy Vedes raised to 185,000 from under the gun and Fabrice Soulier made it a cool million from middle position, putting himself all in. Action folded around to Vedes who made the call. Vedes tabled A The flop came down J Andrew Lichtenberger Doubles Up Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 180,000 from the small blind and Eric Buchman repopped to 460,000. Lichtenberger moved all in and Buchman made the call. Buchman tabled 9 The flop came down 4
Ludovic Lacay raised 150,000 and three players called. The flop then came down K Everyone checked and they did the same after the 3 Hieu Luu Eliminated in 48th Place ($138,568) Hieu Luu was down his last 410,000 and was in the big blind when action folded around to Marc McLaughlin in the small blind. McLaughlin raised enough to put Luu all in and Luu made the call. “I don’t care,” said Luu as he put his chips in. He may not have cared, but he was ahead with his lowly 10 Three Outs Is More Than Enough for Labandeira Miguel Labandeira moved all in preflop for his last 815,000 and Steven Begleiter called from the big blind. The cards were turned up and Begleiter saw he had a big lead with his A The flop kept Begleiter in the lead as it fell K
Billy Kopp raised to 150,000 from the hijack position and Phil Ivey made the call from the cutoff. They both saw a flop of 7 Ivey raised it up to 700,000 and Kopp got out of the way. Ivey raked in the pot and was up to 8.6 million in chips. A few hands later, Ivey made a button raise to 150,000 and was three-bet by Luis Nargentino to 460,000. Ivey didn’t back down and made it 1,160,000, which Nargentino called. The flop was K Vedes Freerolls On Haabak, But Chops Tommy Vedes raised to 165,000 from late position and Jesse Haabak moved all in for 1,386,000. Vedes made the call and they A J
Antoine Saout raised to 165,000 and Francois Balmigere called. Dennis Phillips made it 450,000 and then Balmigere decided he would move all in after Saout got out of the way. Phillips called and his tournament life was at risk. Balmigere showed A Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Tommy Vedes, Billy Kopp, Ludovic Lacay, Andrew Lichtenberger |
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| Jul 15, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 8 | + |
Level 39 Update: Antoine Takes a Huge Lead and Eric Buchman Eliminated in Fourth PlaceNov 08, '09 Blinds: 500,000-1,000,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Antoine Saout — 80,650,000 Average Chip Count: 64,940,000 Notable Eliminations: 4: Eric Buchman — $2,502,890 Big Hands
Eric Buchman raised to 2.5 million preflop and Antoine Saout reraised from the big blind to 9 million. Buchman reraised all in over the top and Saout went into the tank. He thought for a while. He eventually made the call and they turned over their cards: Buchman: A Board: K Saout doubled up on the hand to 89.2 million and he now holds a healthy chip lead. Buchman fell to 9.8 million on the hand.
Darvin Moon raised to 3 million from the button and Eric Buchman reraised all in from the small blind for almost 10 million. Moon made the call and they turned over their cards: Moon: K Board: Q Moon won the hand and he now holds more than 75 million. Buchman was eliminated in fourth place on the hand and he will take home $2,502,980 in prize money. Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Antoine Saout, Darvin Moon Level 35 Update Part II: Kevin Schaffel Eliminated in Eighth Place ($1,300,228)Nov 07, '09 Blinds: 200,000-400,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1: Darvin Moon — 49,455,000 Average Chip Count: 27,831,429 Notable Eliminations: 8: Kevin Schaffel — $1,300,228 Big Hands:
Kevin Schaffel raised to 1.25 million preflop from the hi-jack and Steven Begleiter made the call from the cutoff. Eric Buchman reraised to 5.75 million from the button and Schaffel reraised all in for 17.2 million total. Begleiter mucked and Buchman made the call. Their cards: Buchman: K Board: Q Buchman made quad kings to win the hand and grow his stack to 51,975,000. Schaffel was eliminated in eighth place and he will take home $1,300,228 in prize money. Card Player Twitter Page: People on the Rail Adam Schoenfeld Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Kevin Schaffel, Steven Begleiter Level 34 Update Part II: European Players Double UpNov 07, '09 Blinds: 150,000-300,000 with a 40,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1: Darvin Moon — 49,455,000 Average Chip Count: 21,646,666 Notable Eliminations: NONE
James Akenhead Doubles Up James Akenheand moved all in preflop for 4,015,000 under the gun and Steven Begleiter made the call from middle position. Eric Buchman then reraised to 12 million total from the hi-jack and Begleiter got out of the way. The two live players then flipped over their cards: Akenhead: K Board: J Akenhead won the hand with a queen on the river and he doubled up to 12,855,000. Begleiter dropped to 27,190,000 after the hand. Antoine Saout Doubles Up Antoine Saout raised to 750,000 preflop from the cutoff and Darvin Moon made the call in the small blind. James Akenhead mucked in the big blind and the flop was dealt K Card Player Twitter Page: People on the Rail Adam Schoenfeld Card Player TV Barry Shulman is Presented with his WSOP Europe Main Event Gold Bracelet Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Barry Shulman, James Akenhead, Antoine Saout, Darvin Moon, Steven Begleiter 2009 Main Event Final Table Begins at Noon SaturdayNov 05, '09
The November Nine will return to the Rio in Las Vegas on Saturday at noon PST and play down to two players. Those final competitors will then battle it out on Monday night, starting at 10 p.m. PST, to see who will walk away with the first-place prize of $8,546,435 and the title of world champion. The final table episode will then be broadcast to the world on ESPN on Tuesday, starting at 6 p.m. EST. The final table, which will take place at the Penn and Teller Theater, will be open to the public. Each player at the final table has already received ninth-place prize money worth $1,263,602. Card Player’s live reporting team will be on the scene to bring you all of the action in live updates, chip counts, and photos. Here is a look at all of the information you need to know before the final table begins: NOTE: Play will begin in level 33 with blinds at 120,000-240,000 with a 30,000 ante.
1: Darvin Moon — 58,930,000 Average Chip Count: 21,646,666 Final-Table Seating Chart: Seat 1: Darvin Moon Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Eric Buchman, Phil Ivey, Kevin Schaffel, James Akenhead, Antoine Saout, Joseph Cada, Darvin Moon, Steven Begleiter Level 32 Hour 1 Update: Nick Maimone Eliminated In 15th PlaceJul 15, '09 Blinds: 100,000-200,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 14 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Begleiter – 27,890,000 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 14,200,000 Average Chip Count: 12,988,000 Eliminations: 15. Nick Maimone — $633,022 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 14,200,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands: Cada Flushes Maimone Joe Cada raised to 500,000 preflop and Nick Maimone made the call. The flop came down K Both players checked and Cada tabled A Begleiter Adds To His Chip Lead Joe Cada raised to 500,000 and Steven Begleiter repopped to 1.25 million. Cada made the call and the flop came down J Begleiter took in the pot and he was closing in on 30 million in chips.
Jordan Smith raised to 525,000 and Jeff Shulman made the call. Both players saw a flop of 4 Shulman raked in the pot and was over 14 million after the hand. Maimone Gets Outkicked Eric Buchman raised to 525,000 and Nick Maimone called from the big blind. The flop came down K Maimone bet 1.25 million and Buchman made the call. Maimone tabled K Lamb With A Pot Ben Lamb raised to 515,000 preflop and Kevin Schaffel made the call. The flop came down K Lamb bet 1.35 million and Schaffel mucked, giving the pot over to Lamb.
Nick Maimone raised to 450,000 preflop and Eric Buchman made the call from the small blind. The flop came down J Buchman tabled J Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Eric Buchman, Jordan Smith, Ben Lamb, Nick Maimone, Joseph Cada Level 30 Hour 2 Update: Balmigere Out In 25th Place, Esfandiari Out In 24th PlaceJul 15, '09 Blinds: 60,000-120,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 23 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 21,200,000 Average Chip Count: 8,470,434 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 10,800,000 Eliminations: 25. Francois Balmigere — $352,832 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 10,800,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands Francois Balmigere Eliminated In 25th Place($352,832) Francois Balmigere raised to 330,000 preflop from middle position and Steven Begleiter called behind him. Billy Kopp came along from the big blind and the flop was 10 Balmigere tabled J Buchman Fills Up On The Turn Jonathan Tamayo raised to 355,000 from the button and Eric Buchman called from the big blind. Darvin Moon had limped in earlier and made the call as well. The flop came down 9 Buchman led out with 1.1 million and Tamayo made the call. Buchman then tabled 6
Action folded around to Phil Ivey who called from the small blind and Jeff Shulman checked from the big blind. The two players saw a flop of A Ivey checked to Shulman and he fired 200,000. Ivey had enough of his hand and threw it into the muck. Shulman took the pot and was around 11 million. Lucky Sevens For Maimone, Doubles Through Jordan Smith Jordan Smith raised to 320,000 from middle position and action folded to Nick Maimone on the button. He reraised to 825,000 and Smith made the call. The flop then came down Q But the turn changed everything as it brought the 7
Billy Kopp raised to 275,000 from under the gun and Steven Begleiter made the call from the button. The flop fell 5 Both players checked and they did the same for the J Akenhead Gets Kings Again, Wins Small Pot James Akenhead raised to 280,000 preflop and Warren Zackey made the call from the small blind. The flop came A Zackey checked and Akenhead bet 300,000. Zackey made the call and Akenhead tabled K
Phil Ivey has been hard pressed to win a pot in the early going of day 8. He doubled up Nick Maimone during the last hour and just doubled up Marco Mattes. Maimone opened with a raise to 290,000 and Mattes moved all in for almost 2.5 million. Action folded around to Ivey who made the call. Maimone got out of the way and Ivey tabled J The flop came down 10
Antonio Esfandiari raised to 310,000 preflop from under the gun and Steven Begleiter called from middle position. The flop came down 10 Esfandiari showed down 5 Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Antonio Esfandiari, Eric Buchman, Phil Ivey, James Akenhead, Billy Kopp, Francois Balmigere, Marco Mattes, Warren Zackey Level 27 Hour 2 Update: Last of the November Nine FallJul 14, '09 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 43 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 15,500,000 Average Chip Count: 4,427,727 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,800,000 Notable Eliminations: 49. Fabrice Soulier — $138,568 Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands
Tommy Vedes raised to 185,000 from under the gun and Fabrice Soulier made it a cool million from middle position, putting himself all in. Action folded around to Vedes who made the call. Vedes tabled A The flop came down J Andrew Lichtenberger Doubles Up Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 180,000 from the small blind and Eric Buchman repopped to 460,000. Lichtenberger moved all in and Buchman made the call. Buchman tabled 9 The flop came down 4
Ludovic Lacay raised 150,000 and three players called. The flop then came down K Everyone checked and they did the same after the 3 Hieu Luu Eliminated in 48th Place ($138,568) Hieu Luu was down his last 410,000 and was in the big blind when action folded around to Marc McLaughlin in the small blind. McLaughlin raised enough to put Luu all in and Luu made the call. “I don’t care,” said Luu as he put his chips in. He may not have cared, but he was ahead with his lowly 10 Three Outs Is More Than Enough for Labandeira Miguel Labandeira moved all in preflop for his last 815,000 and Steven Begleiter called from the big blind. The cards were turned up and Begleiter saw he had a big lead with his A The flop kept Begleiter in the lead as it fell K
Billy Kopp raised to 150,000 from the hijack position and Phil Ivey made the call from the cutoff. They both saw a flop of 7 Ivey raised it up to 700,000 and Kopp got out of the way. Ivey raked in the pot and was up to 8.6 million in chips. A few hands later, Ivey made a button raise to 150,000 and was three-bet by Luis Nargentino to 460,000. Ivey didn’t back down and made it 1,160,000, which Nargentino called. The flop was K Vedes Freerolls On Haabak, But Chops Tommy Vedes raised to 165,000 from late position and Jesse Haabak moved all in for 1,386,000. Vedes made the call and they A J
Antoine Saout raised to 165,000 and Francois Balmigere called. Dennis Phillips made it 450,000 and then Balmigere decided he would move all in after Saout got out of the way. Phillips called and his tournament life was at risk. Balmigere showed A Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Tommy Vedes, Billy Kopp, Ludovic Lacay, Andrew Lichtenberger |
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Michele Limongi Eliminated in 3rd Place ($109,425)
John Juanda Eliminated in 6th Place ($42,897)
John Racener Eliminated in 8th Place ($24,797)
Kai Landry Eliminated in 6th Place ($19,456)
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Rast Sent Packing
Lauren Kling Eliminated
Brunson’s Bluff Gets Picked Off
Selbst Doubles Up Opponent
Layne Flack Short
Schneider Flushed out by Buchman
Straight Flush For Benyamine
Flavio Ferrari Eliminated in Fourth Place ($66,446)
William Jensen Another Buchman Casualty, Finishes Sixth ($36,619)
Matt Grapenthien Eliminated in Seventh Place ($27,609)
The Grinder Clashes With The Master
Dehkharghani Crippled, Out In 11th Place ($32,909)
Yuval Bronshtein Eliminated In 15th Place
Doyle Cripples Ivey, Then Busts Him
Andy Black Has Some Fun Taking Chips From Brandon Adams
Nick Schulman Doesn’t Have Enough Heart, Eliminated By Buchman
Dolly Takes A Ride On Heimiller’s Boat
Jennifer Harman Eliminated
Antoine Saout Up to 90 Million
Eric Buchman Eliminated in Fourth Place ($2,502,980)
Kevin Schaffel Eliminated in Eighth Place — ($1,300,228)
Big Hands:
On Saturday, the wait will finally be over.
Chip Counts:
Shulman Takes A Pot
Nick Maimone Eliminated In 15th Place($633,022)
Shulman Wins Battle Of The Blinds Against Ivey
I Am Chip Leader, Hear Me Roar
The Phil Ivey National Bank
The Magician Disappears, Antonio Esfandiari Eliminated In 24th Place($352,832)
Fabrice Soulier Busted By Tommy Vedes
Vedes Takes One Off Lacay
The Chip Leaders Gets Caught In The Ivey
Dennis Phillips’ Second Trip to the November Nine Stopped by Francoios Balmigere