Vanessa Rousso - Live Updates

Rousso Not High-Rollin Anymore

Sep 30, '09

The details are extremely scarce, but we do know that Vanessa Rousso is no longer with us in the EPT High-Roller Event.

UPDATE

Apparently, Rousso busted to fellow Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker, when his pocket sixes flopped a set against her pocket kings. Moneymaker is also the unofficial chip leader at the moment with a stack of 72,000 or so.

Rousso was last season’s Monte Carlo High-Roller champion, but couldn’t quite recapture that same magic here today. Perhaps she’ll be back for one of the other two preliminary events starting today.

The £1,000+£100 six-max no-limit hold’em tournament is starting in a few minutes.

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PokerStars TV: Vanessa Rousso

Sep 07, '09

Watch EPT BARCELONA S6: Vanessa Rousso on PokerStars.tv

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Vanessa Rousso Eliminated

Sep 05, '09

Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso has busted out of the tournament after hanging onto a short stack for much of the last level.

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PokerStars TV: Vanessa Rousso

Sep 07, '09

Watch EPT BARCELONA S6: Vanessa Rousso on PokerStars.tv

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Vanessa Rousso Eliminated

Sep 05, '09

Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso has busted out of the tournament after hanging onto a short stack for much of the last level.

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Level 5 Hour 2 Update: End of Day 1D

Jul 07, '09

NOTE: Play has ended for the night on day 1D. Check back in tomorrow at noon PDT for day 2A action.

Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante

Chip Counts:

1. Troy Weber – 340,000
2. Carter King – 172,000
3. Josh Arieh – 136,000
4. Dutch Boyd – 135,000
5. Blair Hinkle – 116,805
6. Bertrand Grospellier – 114,000
7. J.C. Tran – 113,000
8. Phil Ivey – 105,000
9. Prahlad Friedman – 101,000
10. David Benyamine – 102,200

Card Player Chip Counts:

Adam Schoenfeld – 100,000
Thomas Keller – 95,625
Jeff Shulman – 53,000
Matthew Hilger – 52,000
Shannon Shorr – 29,800
Steve Zolotow – 25,900

Average Chip Count: 42,750

Notable Eliminations:

Scott Fischman

Big Hands

Scott Fischman Eliminated by David Benyamine

It’s a three-way all in pot on a flop of 732.

Fischman: 62
Benyamine: 77
Opponent: JJ

Fischman flops bottom pair and is in third place behind Benyamine who flops top set and the third player in the hand with an overpair of jacks. The turn and river are the A and the Q, no help to Scott Fischman who is eliminated from the tournament as David Benyamine climbs up the leaderboard with over 100,000 in chips.

Vanessa Rousso Getting Short

Vanessa Rousso and an unknown opponent were tangled up on a board of K75103. Rousso bet 4,000 and was quickly called by her opponent. Rousso exposed the J9 for a jack-high flush that she nailed on the turn. However, she was no good as her opponent exposed the QQ for a higher flush that got there on the river. Rousso is down to 17,500.

Josh Arieh Aggressively Building Stack

The 2004 main event third place finisher has been hammering away at his table. He has built his stack up to well over 100,000 and is among the chip leaders. In one hand a player in middle position raised to 1,200 and the player to his left reraised to 3,400. Arieh held the button and thought for awhile before making it 9,300. Both his opponents folded. Arieh is at 132,000.

Ryan Young Wins a Small One

Ryan Young raised to 1,200 preflop and was called by Glen Chorny and another opponent. The flop came JJ3 and Young bet out 1,400. Chorny folded and his opponent on the button thought about it briefly, asking Young if he wanted a call. Young said no which prompted a quick call from the button. The J hit the turn and Young asked the dealer about the quad jacks bonus that has been a part of the day ones. Young eventually checked and so did his opponent. The river brought the 10 and Young checked again. The button also checked and exposed the 97 for a busted flush draw. Young tabled K-Q to take the pot with king-high. Young is at just about the starting amount of 30,000.

Elky Eliminates an Opponent

Bertrand Grospellier and his opponent got it all in preflop. Grospellier tabled the JJ while his opponent exposed the KQ. The board ran out AJ798 and Grospellier added 13,000 to his stack. Elky is at 114,000.

Dutch Boyd Takes a Pot from Phil Ivey

On a board of A63, Dutch Boyd led out with 1,500 from the big blind and Ivey reraised to 4,500. Boyd made the call and both players saw a 4 hit the turn. Both checked and the 8 fell on the river. Action was checked again and Boyd tabled the 63 for two pair and Ivey mucked. Boyd has 135,000 while Ivey has 105,000.

Troy Weber Charges to the Chip Lead

A pot held 15,000 when the flop hit the table J83. Troy Weber checked and the player immediately to his left bet 7,000. Weber made the call and the turn fell 8. Weber checked again and his opponent bet 11,000. Weber then check-raised to 30,000. His opponent reraised all in for 55,375 and Weber made the call after thinking it over for a few moments. Weber turned over 108 after his opponent quickly flipped up pocket queens, and the 9 fell on the river. Weber grew his stack to a massive 340,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Josh Arieh,   Scott Fischman,   David Benyamine,   Vanessa Rousso,   Bertrand Grospellier

End of Day 2: John Kabbaj Way Out In Front, Laps The Field

Jun 25, '09

Day 2 of Event no. 45 – $10,000 World Championship of Pot-Limit Hold’em has concluded for the night and just fourteen players remain. Overnight Day 1 and most of Day 2 chipleader Michael Brummelhuis was eliminated early in the money (21st – $24,066) after relinquishing the chiplead to Bryn Kenney (22nd – $24,066) sometime after the dinner break. Kenny would cruise a few levels with the lead until he got it in bad against Kevin Stammen (23rd – $24,066) and current chipleader John Kabbaj in a massive, three-way all in, double elimination pot. Kabbaj would grab the chiplead this hand and not look back. By the end of Level 20 Kabbaj had amassed nearly a quarter of the chips in play, lapping the field with 2,026,000; more than double J.C. Alvarado who currently sits in second place (924,000).

The final day begins at 1:00 pm PDT, so be sure to check back with CardPlayer.com as we bring you all of the action from this marquee event.

Blinds: 10,000-20,000

Players Remaining: 14 out of 275

Chip Counts:

1. John Kabbaj — 2,226,000
2. J.C. Alvarado — 924,000
3. Billy Kopp — 772,000
4. Eric Baldwin — 713,000
5. Isaac Haxton — 660,000
6. Davidi Kitai — 581,000
7. Kirill Gerasimov — 550,000
8. Ken Lennaard — 467,000
9. Darryll Fish — 368,000
10. Eugene Todd — 351,000

Average Chip Count: 589,285

Notable Eliminations:

15. Vanessa Rousso — $43,019

Big Hands

Vanessa Rousso Eliminated in 15th Place ($43,019)

On a flop of 954, Eugene Todd bets 32,000 and Vanessa Rousso raises the size of the pot. Todd puts Rousso all in.

Rousso: 109
Todd: 98

Rousso gets it in ahead of Todd but the 8 on the turn pairs Todd’s kicker and the 6 on the river sends Vanessa Rousso home in 15th place ($43,019).

Player Tags: Eugene Todd,   Vanessa Rousso

End of Day 1: Michael Brummelhuis Secures Late-Night Chiplead

Jun 24, '09

Day 1 of Event no. 45 – $10,000 World Championship of Pot-Limit Hold’em is in the books and Michael Brummelhuis of the Netherlands leads the way with 330,200 in chips, followed not so closely by such notable players as Toto Leonidas, Luke Staudenmaier, David Pham, Eric Bladwin, Mike Kamran, Kirill Gerasimov, Chris Moore, Justin Young, Erik Seidel, Issac Haxton, Marco Johnson, Florian Langmaan and Burt Boutin, all of whom have more than 100,00 in chips the last time we checked. Defending Champion, Nenad Medic is still in the field as well, and with a healthy chip stack of just under 100,000.

Notable players that would not be so lucky to advance beyond Day 1 include Chris Ferguson, Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Chan, Barry Greenstein and Peter Eastgage, to name a few.

With 275 total entrants in this event, just 85 players made it through the night, and they will return to the Rio at 2:00pm PDT to begin Day 2, so be sure to check back with CardPlayer.com for all of the action from this marquee event.

Blinds: 1,000-2,000

Players Remaining: 85 out of 275

Chip Counts:

1. Michael Brummelhuis — 330,200
2. Toto Leonidas — 241,100
3. Kirill Gerasimov — 213,200
4. Darryll Fish — 209,100
5. Masaaki Kagawa — 194,900
6. David Pham — 187,500
7. Kwang Lee — 182,400
8. Michael Kamran — 180,000
9. Tim Kahlmeyer — 178,300
10. John Kabbaj — 176,800

Average Chip Count: 97,058

Notable Eliminations:

David Singer
Scott Seiver
Mike Sowers
Yevginiy Timoshenko
Adam Geyer
Barny Boatman
Pat Bueno
Ivan Demidov
Hoyt Corkins

Big Hands:

David Singer Eliminated by Mike Kamran

Singer started this hand with 79,000; Kamran with 81,000.

David Singer raises to 4,400 from middle position and Mike Kamran raises to 11,500 from the button. Singer reraises the size of the pot (41,300) and Kamran moves all in; he barley has Singer covered. Singer calls and both players turn over their cards.

Singer: AK
Kamran: AA

Board: QQ397

Singer fails to improve as Kamran’s aces hold up. Mike Kamran eliminates David Singer from the tournament and brings his stack up to 160,000 this hand.

Vanessa Rousso Quadruples Up

Lee Markholt raises to 4,000 from the cutoff and gets three callers; Nam Le (button), Vanessa Rousso (small blind) and Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier (big blind).

The flop comes J98, and action folds around to Nam Le who bets 12,500. Rousso moves all in in for 16,500, Elky calls, Markholt folds and Nam Le calls.

Rousso: 108
Nam Le: 99
Elky: X – X

Rousso flops the nut straight while Nam Le flops middle set. The turn is the 7 and the river is the 4 as Vanessa Rousso all but quadruples up to 64,000 this hand.

Corkins Eliminated by Langmaan

With just about 30,000 already in the pot on a board of 10923, Hoyt Corkins moves all in for 30,000 on the turn.

Florian Langmaan tanks for several minutes before the clock is called. Langmaan ultimately makes the call with top pair (J10) as Corkins turns over pocket aces (AA).

The river is the 10, giving Langmaan trips and the pot. Hoyt Corkins is eliminated from the tournament with just minutes to go before the end of the night.

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Lee Markholt,   Nam Le,   David Singer,   Vanessa Rousso,   Bertrand Grospellier,   Michael Kamran,   Florian Langmann,   Michiel Brummelhuis

End of Day 2: John Kabbaj Way Out In Front, Laps The Field

Jun 25, '09

Day 2 of Event no. 45 – $10,000 World Championship of Pot-Limit Hold’em has concluded for the night and just fourteen players remain. Overnight Day 1 and most of Day 2 chipleader Michael Brummelhuis was eliminated early in the money (21st – $24,066) after relinquishing the chiplead to Bryn Kenney (22nd – $24,066) sometime after the dinner break. Kenny would cruise a few levels with the lead until he got it in bad against Kevin Stammen (23rd – $24,066) and current chipleader John Kabbaj in a massive, three-way all in, double elimination pot. Kabbaj would grab the chiplead this hand and not look back. By the end of Level 20 Kabbaj had amassed nearly a quarter of the chips in play, lapping the field with 2,026,000; more than double J.C. Alvarado who currently sits in second place (924,000).

The final day begins at 1:00 pm PDT, so be sure to check back with CardPlayer.com as we bring you all of the action from this marquee event.

Blinds: 10,000-20,000

Players Remaining: 14 out of 275

Chip Counts:

1. John Kabbaj — 2,226,000
2. J.C. Alvarado — 924,000
3. Billy Kopp — 772,000
4. Eric Baldwin — 713,000
5. Isaac Haxton — 660,000
6. Davidi Kitai — 581,000
7. Kirill Gerasimov — 550,000
8. Ken Lennaard — 467,000
9. Darryll Fish — 368,000
10. Eugene Todd — 351,000

Average Chip Count: 589,285

Notable Eliminations:

15. Vanessa Rousso — $43,019

Big Hands

Vanessa Rousso Eliminated in 15th Place ($43,019)

On a flop of 954, Eugene Todd bets 32,000 and Vanessa Rousso raises the size of the pot. Todd puts Rousso all in.

Rousso: 109
Todd: 98

Rousso gets it in ahead of Todd but the 8 on the turn pairs Todd’s kicker and the 6 on the river sends Vanessa Rousso home in 15th place ($43,019).

Player Tags: Eugene Todd,   Vanessa Rousso

End of Day 1: Michael Brummelhuis Secures Late-Night Chiplead

Jun 24, '09

Day 1 of Event no. 45 – $10,000 World Championship of Pot-Limit Hold’em is in the books and Michael Brummelhuis of the Netherlands leads the way with 330,200 in chips, followed not so closely by such notable players as Toto Leonidas, Luke Staudenmaier, David Pham, Eric Bladwin, Mike Kamran, Kirill Gerasimov, Chris Moore, Justin Young, Erik Seidel, Issac Haxton, Marco Johnson, Florian Langmaan and Burt Boutin, all of whom have more than 100,00 in chips the last time we checked. Defending Champion, Nenad Medic is still in the field as well, and with a healthy chip stack of just under 100,000.

Notable players that would not be so lucky to advance beyond Day 1 include Chris Ferguson, Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Chan, Barry Greenstein and Peter Eastgage, to name a few.

With 275 total entrants in this event, just 85 players made it through the night, and they will return to the Rio at 2:00pm PDT to begin Day 2, so be sure to check back with CardPlayer.com for all of the action from this marquee event.

Blinds: 1,000-2,000

Players Remaining: 85 out of 275

Chip Counts:

1. Michael Brummelhuis — 330,200
2. Toto Leonidas — 241,100
3. Kirill Gerasimov — 213,200
4. Darryll Fish — 209,100
5. Masaaki Kagawa — 194,900
6. David Pham — 187,500
7. Kwang Lee — 182,400
8. Michael Kamran — 180,000
9. Tim Kahlmeyer — 178,300
10. John Kabbaj — 176,800

Average Chip Count: 97,058

Notable Eliminations:

David Singer
Scott Seiver
Mike Sowers
Yevginiy Timoshenko
Adam Geyer
Barny Boatman
Pat Bueno
Ivan Demidov
Hoyt Corkins

Big Hands:

David Singer Eliminated by Mike Kamran

Singer started this hand with 79,000; Kamran with 81,000.

David Singer raises to 4,400 from middle position and Mike Kamran raises to 11,500 from the button. Singer reraises the size of the pot (41,300) and Kamran moves all in; he barley has Singer covered. Singer calls and both players turn over their cards.

Singer: AK
Kamran: AA

Board: QQ397

Singer fails to improve as Kamran’s aces hold up. Mike Kamran eliminates David Singer from the tournament and brings his stack up to 160,000 this hand.

Vanessa Rousso Quadruples Up

Lee Markholt raises to 4,000 from the cutoff and gets three callers; Nam Le (button), Vanessa Rousso (small blind) and Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier (big blind).

The flop comes J98, and action folds around to Nam Le who bets 12,500. Rousso moves all in in for 16,500, Elky calls, Markholt folds and Nam Le calls.

Rousso: 108
Nam Le: 99
Elky: X – X

Rousso flops the nut straight while Nam Le flops middle set. The turn is the 7 and the river is the 4 as Vanessa Rousso all but quadruples up to 64,000 this hand.

Corkins Eliminated by Langmaan

With just about 30,000 already in the pot on a board of 10923, Hoyt Corkins moves all in for 30,000 on the turn.

Florian Langmaan tanks for several minutes before the clock is called. Langmaan ultimately makes the call with top pair (J10) as Corkins turns over pocket aces (AA).

The river is the 10, giving Langmaan trips and the pot. Hoyt Corkins is eliminated from the tournament with just minutes to go before the end of the night.

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Lee Markholt,   Nam Le,   David Singer,   Vanessa Rousso,   Bertrand Grospellier,   Michael Kamran,   Florian Langmann,   Michiel Brummelhuis

Hour 4 Update: Vanessa Rousso Eliminated, Alec Torelli Advances

Jun 14, '09

Hour 4 Update

Players Remaining: 33 out of 256

Completed Round 3 Matches (Winner in Bold):

1. Jonathan Jaffe vs. Dario Minieri
2. Nathanael Poysti vs. Nicholas Rampon
3. Andrew Lichtenberger vs. Matt Hawrilenko
4. Brock Parker vs. Branden Hampton
5. Dustin Woolf vs. Mike Baxter
6. Jason Mercier Defeats Michael Pesek
7. Justin Smith vs. William Thorson
8. Steve O’Dwyer vs. Jeff Madsen
9. Jason Senti vs. Erik Seidel
10. Benjamin Sprengers vs. Noah Schwartz
11. Reberto Romanello vs Tom Dwan
12. Ben Tollerene vs. Chris Feguson
13. Yevgeniy Timoshenko vs. Scott Fischman
14. Leo Wolpert vs. David Pham
15. Johnny Chan vs. Kyle Brossia
16. Evan Roberts vs. Vanessa Rousso
17. Alec Torelli vs. Joao Barbosa
18. John Duthie vs. Terrence Chan
19. Dragan Galic vs. Jesse Martin
20. Andrew Lichtenberger vs. Matt Hawrilenko
21. Steve Zolotow vs. Jeff Garza
22. Benjamin Lamb vs. Shawn Buchanan
23. James D’Ambrosio vs. Masaaki Kagawa
24. Matthew Woodward vs. Justin Filtz
25. Clavet Mathieu vs. Alex Keating
26. Brian Lemke vs. Michael Banducci
27. Ben Spindler vs. Jaimie Armstrong
28. Dimitry Lesnoy vs. Antonio Esfandiari
29. Bryan Pellegrino vs. Adam Ewenstein
30. Jamin Stokes vs. Konstantin Puchkov
31. Albert Iversen vs. Steven Crawford
32. Nathan Doudney vs. Cory Carroll
33. Nathanael Poysti vs. Nicholas Rampone
34. Mike Caro vs. Alexey Popov (Not Yet Finished)

Big Hands:

Vanessa Rousso Eliminated

Evan Roberts open-shoved for the last of Vanessa Rousso’s stack of 39,600. Rousso went into the tank before finally calling with ace-six. Roberts tabled pocket fives and they held up to eliminate the 2009 NBC National Heads Up runner-up.

Alec Torelli Advances

The short stack of Joao Barbosa moved all-in preflop and Alec Torelli went into the tank. He said, “this is going to be a close one.” He eventually made the call and exposed the A2 and was slightly ahead of the Q9 of Barbosa. The flop was ugly for Barbosa as it came A54, giving the Event No. 2 (40,000 no-limit hold’em) sixth place finisher a pair of aces. The 7 hit the turn and the 8 fell on the river.

Mike Caro Doubles Up

Approaching almost four hours of play, Mike Caro went all-in with the AQ and was instantly called by Alexey Popov with A8. Caro survived the hand and doubled up to a 2-1 chip lead but the heads up match shows little signs of ending soon. Their match is the only one still going from round three.

Left In The Deck:

Everyone that has advanced to round four has made the money. The next round will begin very shortly. If the Caro vs. Popov match has not ended by then, the rest of the field will still begin the next round.

Player Tags: Mike Caro,   Vanessa Rousso,   Alec Torelli,   Evan Roberts,   Joao Barbosa

Hour 6 Update: Vanessa Rousso Advances

Jun 14, '09

Hour 6 Update

Players Remaining: 76 out of 256

Completed Round 2 Matches (Winner in Bold):

1. Tom “Durrrr” Dwan vs. Samuel Stein
2. Erik Seidel vs. Adam Junglen
3. Cory Carroll vs. Sorel Mizzi
4. Alec Torelli vs. Jan Maarten Meijer
5. Bryan Pellegrin vs. Will Failla
6. Benjamin Tollerene vs. Greg Raymer
7. Yevgeniy Timoshenko vs. Dmitry Stelmak
8. Benjamin Lamb vs. Scott Seiver
9. Chris Ferguson vs. Jason Somerville
10. Jeff Madsen vs. Joe Serock
11. Adam Ewestein vs. Evelyn Ng
12. Olav von Prince vs. John Juanda
13. Jason Mercier vs. Jesper Petersen
14. Johnny Chan vs. Anthony Guetti
15. Antonio Esfandari vs. Konstantin Puchkov
16. Justin Smith vs. Hoyt Corkins
17. William Thorson vs. Lex Veldhuis
18. Vanessa Rousso vs. Emil Patel
19. Steve Zolotow vs. Anton Allemann

Big Hands:

Vanessa Rousso Eliminates Emil Patel

Emil Patel raised to 5,000 preflop and Vanessa Rousso went into the tank. She asked him how much he had behind and Patel replied with just about 35,000. Rousso went all-in and Patel instantly called. Rousso exposed the AQ and Patel exposed the AJ. The board ran out A961010 and the 2009 NBC Heads Up Runner-up eliminated Patel.

Player Tags: Vanessa Rousso,   Emil Patel

Hour 4 Update: Vanessa Rousso Eliminated, Alec Torelli Advances

Jun 14, '09

Hour 4 Update

Players Remaining: 33 out of 256

Completed Round 3 Matches (Winner in Bold):

1. Jonathan Jaffe vs. Dario Minieri
2. Nathanael Poysti vs. Nicholas Rampon
3. Andrew Lichtenberger vs. Matt Hawrilenko
4. Brock Parker vs. Branden Hampton
5. Dustin Woolf vs. Mike Baxter
6. Jason Mercier Defeats Michael Pesek
7. Justin Smith vs. William Thorson
8. Steve O’Dwyer vs. Jeff Madsen
9. Jason Senti vs. Erik Seidel
10. Benjamin Sprengers vs. Noah Schwartz
11. Reberto Romanello vs Tom Dwan
12. Ben Tollerene vs. Chris Feguson
13. Yevgeniy Timoshenko vs. Scott Fischman
14. Leo Wolpert vs. David Pham
15. Johnny Chan vs. Kyle Brossia
16. Evan Roberts vs. Vanessa Rousso
17. Alec Torelli vs. Joao Barbosa
18. John Duthie vs. Terrence Chan
19. Dragan Galic vs. Jesse Martin
20. Andrew Lichtenberger vs. Matt Hawrilenko
21. Steve Zolotow vs. Jeff Garza
22. Benjamin Lamb vs. Shawn Buchanan
23. James D’Ambrosio vs. Masaaki Kagawa
24. Matthew Woodward vs. Justin Filtz
25. Clavet Mathieu vs. Alex Keating
26. Brian Lemke vs. Michael Banducci
27. Ben Spindler vs. Jaimie Armstrong
28. Dimitry Lesnoy vs. Antonio Esfandiari
29. Bryan Pellegrino vs. Adam Ewenstein
30. Jamin Stokes vs. Konstantin Puchkov
31. Albert Iversen vs. Steven Crawford
32. Nathan Doudney vs. Cory Carroll
33. Nathanael Poysti vs. Nicholas Rampone
34. Mike Caro vs. Alexey Popov (Not Yet Finished)

Big Hands:

Vanessa Rousso Eliminated

Evan Roberts open-shoved for the last of Vanessa Rousso’s stack of 39,600. Rousso went into the tank before finally calling with ace-six. Roberts tabled pocket fives and they held up to eliminate the 2009 NBC National Heads Up runner-up.

Alec Torelli Advances

The short stack of Joao Barbosa moved all-in preflop and Alec Torelli went into the tank. He said, “this is going to be a close one.” He eventually made the call and exposed the A2 and was slightly ahead of the Q9 of Barbosa. The flop was ugly for Barbosa as it came A54, giving the Event No. 2 (40,000 no-limit hold’em) sixth place finisher a pair of aces. The 7 hit the turn and the 8 fell on the river.

Mike Caro Doubles Up

Approaching almost four hours of play, Mike Caro went all-in with the AQ and was instantly called by Alexey Popov with A8. Caro survived the hand and doubled up to a 2-1 chip lead but the heads up match shows little signs of ending soon. Their match is the only one still going from round three.

Left In The Deck:

Everyone that has advanced to round four has made the money. The next round will begin very shortly. If the Caro vs. Popov match has not ended by then, the rest of the field will still begin the next round.

Player Tags: Mike Caro,   Vanessa Rousso,   Alec Torelli,   Evan Roberts,   Joao Barbosa

Hour 6 Update: Vanessa Rousso Advances

Jun 14, '09

Hour 6 Update

Players Remaining: 76 out of 256

Completed Round 2 Matches (Winner in Bold):

1. Tom “Durrrr” Dwan vs. Samuel Stein
2. Erik Seidel vs. Adam Junglen
3. Cory Carroll vs. Sorel Mizzi
4. Alec Torelli vs. Jan Maarten Meijer
5. Bryan Pellegrin vs. Will Failla
6. Benjamin Tollerene vs. Greg Raymer
7. Yevgeniy Timoshenko vs. Dmitry Stelmak
8. Benjamin Lamb vs. Scott Seiver
9. Chris Ferguson vs. Jason Somerville
10. Jeff Madsen vs. Joe Serock
11. Adam Ewestein vs. Evelyn Ng
12. Olav von Prince vs. John Juanda
13. Jason Mercier vs. Jesper Petersen
14. Johnny Chan vs. Anthony Guetti
15. Antonio Esfandari vs. Konstantin Puchkov
16. Justin Smith vs. Hoyt Corkins
17. William Thorson vs. Lex Veldhuis
18. Vanessa Rousso vs. Emil Patel
19. Steve Zolotow vs. Anton Allemann

Big Hands:

Vanessa Rousso Eliminates Emil Patel

Emil Patel raised to 5,000 preflop and Vanessa Rousso went into the tank. She asked him how much he had behind and Patel replied with just about 35,000. Rousso went all-in and Patel instantly called. Rousso exposed the AQ and Patel exposed the AJ. The board ran out A961010 and the 2009 NBC Heads Up Runner-up eliminated Patel.

Player Tags: Vanessa Rousso,   Emil Patel

Level 7 Update: Rousso, Alioto, Williams Eliminated

Jun 11, '09

Blinds: 400-800 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 66 out of 96

Chip Counts:

1. Roland de Wolfe — 124,000
2. Vince Musso — 118,000
3. John Juanda — 111,000
4. Jeff Lisandro — 92,300
5. Johnny Chan — 73,000
6. Sam Grizzle — 71,000
7. Mike Matusow — 68,000
8. Bruno Fitoussi — 67,000
9. Jean-Robert Bellande — 66,000
10. Amnon Filippi — 61,000

Average Chip Count: 43,636

Notable Eliminations:

Vanessa Rousso
Dario Alioto
David Williams
Dan O’Brien
Erik Lindgren
Phil Hellmuth
Barry Greenstein
Carlos Mortensen

Big Hands:

Vanessa Rousso Eliminated by Daniel Alaei

Vanessa Rousso moves all in for 3,500 from the button and Daniel Alaei calls from the small blind.

Rousso draws two cards while Alaei draws only one.

Aleai turns over a made J-7 low while Rousso shows a 10-9-2 low and first draws a queen, and then another ten. Rousso is eliminated from the tournament.

Dario Alioto Eliminated by John Juanda

Carlos Mortensen raises to 2,000 from under the gun and Freddy Deeb calls from early position. John Juanda reraises to 8,500 from the cutoff and Dario Alioto four-bets a total of 17,000. Mortensen and Deeb both fold their hands and Juanda calls.

Juanda draws one card while Alioto stands pat.

Juanda bets 30,000 after the draw, enough to put Alioto all in. Alioto calls all in for his last 25,000 and Juanda turns over an 8-7-5-4-3 low. Alioto mucks his cards and Juanda rakes the pot. Dario Alioto is eliminated from the tournament as Juanda brings his stack back up to 102,000 which keeps him in contention.

David Williams Eliminated by Justin Smith

David Williams moves all in for 3,425 from the button and Justin Smith calls from the small blind.

Both players draw one card each.

Williams was drawing to a J-10 low while Smith had already made a 9-6 low. With Williams drawing dead, Smith rakes the pot as he eliminates his opponent from the tournament.

Player Tags: John Juanda,   Carlos Mortensen,   Daniel Alaei,   David Williams,   Vanessa Rousso,   Dario Alioto,   Freddy Deeb,   Justin Smith

Level 4 Update: Negreanu Busts

Jun 10, '09

Blinds: 150-300 with a 75 ante

Players Remaining: 92 of 96

Chip Counts:

1. Jon Turner – 65,000
2. Freddy Deeb – 62,000
3. Phil Ivey – 51,000
4. Chino Rheem – 48,000
5. Johnny Chan – 48,000
6. Mark Weitzman – 46,000
7. Dario Minieri – 44,000
8. Farzad Bonyadi – 43,000
9. Jean-Robert Bellande – 43,000
10. Sam Grizzle – 43,000

Average Chip Count: 30,968

Notable Eliminations:

Daniel Negreanu

Big Hands:

Rousso’s King Good Enough

The player in seat 4 raised to 1,000 and only Vanessa Rousso made the call from the small blind.

Draw: Seat 4 draws 1 card, Rousso draws 1 card

Seat 4 checked and Rousso did the same behind her. “King,” Rousso announced as she tabled K-J-9-7-3. Seat 4 mucked and Rousso took the pot, improving to 35,000.

He’s Supposed To Win

With 1,500 in the pot, it was time for David Grey and Phil Ivey to draw cards.

Draw: Grey draws 1 card, Ivey stands pat

“It’s okay,” Grey said as he was dealt his card. “He’s supposed to beat me.” Grey looked down at his hand and then bet 2,000. Ivey then tanked for a bit and elected to muck. Grey said a few words to Ivey and he just laughed. Grey was up to 28,000 and Ivey was down to 42,000.

Nice Catch

After all of the pre-draw action between Greg Mueller and Huck Seed, it was time for both players to draw.

Draw: Seed draws 1 card, Mueller draws 1 card

Both players checked and Seed showed the A. Mueller then showed K-J-6-5-3. “Nice catch,” Seed joked. Mueller smiled and raked in the pot. His stack was at 38,000 while Seed was down to 33,500.

Sung Takes Another Pot

After Steve Sung and his opponent had drawn their cards, both players checked the action and Sung showed down 9-7-5-3-2 and his opponent mucked. Sung raked in the pot and he was up to almost 50,000 in chips.

Left In The Deck:

Players have gone on a 60 minute dinner break.

Player Tags: Huck Seed,   Greg Mueller,   David Grey,   Phil Ivey,   Vanessa Rousso

Level 2 Update: Chino Doing Well

Jun 10, '09

Blinds: 75-150 with a 25 ante

Entrants: 72

Chip Counts:

1. Huck Seed – 32,000
2. Vanessa Rousso – 31,000
3. Sam Grizzle – 30,000
4. Mike Matusow – 30,000
5. Jeff Lisandro – 30,000
6. Amnon Filippi – 30,000
7. Archie Karas – 30,000
8. Tim Phan – 30,000
9. Johnny Chan – 30,000
10. Erick Lindgren – 30,000

Average Chip Count: 30,000

Notable Eliminations:

None

Big Hands:

Rheem Chipping Up

Chino Rheem raised to 425 before the first draw and the player in seat 6 raised to 1,500 total. “I’m gonna give it back to you,” Rheem said as he threw in the call and it was time to draw.

Draw: Rheem draws 1 card, Seat 6 stands pat

Seat 6 stood pat and checked before Rheem even received his card. Rheem glanced down and then fired 3,200 and seat 6 made the call. Rheem showed down 8-6-5-4-2 and his opponent mucked. Rheem took in the pot and was at almost 40,000 total.

Karas And Nguyen Get Involved, Neither Takes The Pot

Archie Karas raised to 400 from the big blind before the draw and Scotty Nguyen made the call from the cutoff. The button in seat 3 also came along and it was time to draw.

Draw: Karas draws 1 card, Nguyen draws 1 card, Seat 3 draws 2 cards

After the draw, Karas checked and Nguyen did the same. The player in seat 3 checked and turned over his Queen-low. Nguyen then showed the K to signify a king-low and then mucked his hand. Karas also mucked and seat 3 took the pot. Nguyen was down to 24,000 total while Karas was down to 34,000.

David Williams Arrives, Takes Pot Off Rousso And Lisandro

David Williams arrived to the tournament toward the end of level 1 and took his seat at the table holding Vanessa Rousso and Jeff Lisandro. We pick this hand up at the draw.

Draw: Rousso draws 2 cards, Lisandro draws 2 cards, Williams draws 1 card.

There was 1,000 in the pot and the action was checked to Williams. He fired 600 into the pot and both of his opponents mucked. Williams raked in the pot and he was around 32,000 total.

Fitoussi Takes A Pot From Bellande

Bruno Fitoussi tangled with Jean-Robert Bellande in a hand. There was 1,200 in the pot after both players drew cards. The action was checked all around and Fitoussi tabled 9-7-6-3-2 and Bellande mucked. Fitoussi took the pot and was around 33,000 total while Bellande was down to around 25,000 total.

Left In The Deck:

Another 10k Event, Another Cash?

Ville Wahlbeck has taken his seat at a table holding Johnny Chan and Erick Lindgren. Wahlbeck has already made two final tables in $10,000 buy-in events. He finished 3rd in the 10k Stud event and won the 10k mixed games event. It will be interesting to see if Wahlbeck can keep his hot streak going.

Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen,   Jeffrey Lisandro,   Bruno Fitoussi,   Archie Karas,   David Williams,   Ville Wahlbeck,   Jean-Robert Bellande,   Vanessa Rousso,   Chino Rheem

Level 1 Update: Rousso Takes A Big Pot Early

Jun 10, '09

Blinds: 50-100 with a 25 ante

Entrants: 62

Chip Counts:

1. Huck Seed – 32,000
2. Vanessa Rousso – 31,000
3. Sam Grizzle – 30,000
4. Mike Matusow – 30,000
5. Jeff Lisandro – 30,000
6. Amnon Filippi – 30,000
7. Archie Karas – 30,000
8. Tim Phan – 30,000
9. Johnny Chan – 30,000
10. Erick Lindgren – 30,000

Average Chip Count: 30,000

Notable Eliminations:

None

Big Hands:

Lady Maverick Takes A Nice Pot Early

Vanessa Rousso raised to 300 from the cutoff and the player in seat 2 was next to act on the button. He repopped it to 4,300 more and Rousso made the call. It was then time to draw.

Draw: Rousso Stands Pat, Seat 2 Stands Pat

Rousso showed down 9-7-4-3-2 and her opponent flashed a 10, then he mucked his hand. Rousso scored a nice sized pot early on and she was up to almost 20,000, her two reload chips still intact.

Chan And Lindgren Tangle

After both players had drawn their cards, Johnny Chan fired 800 into the pot and Lindgren thought for a few moments before making the call. Chan showed a 10-low and Lindgren mucked his hand. Chan took in the pot and was around 13,000 in the early going. Lindgren dropped to 9,200 but would get some back in later hands.

Erick Lindgren Involved Early And Often

The player in seat 5 min-raised to 200 and Lindgren made the call.

Draw: Seat 5 draws 1 card, Lindgren draws 1 card

Erick Lindgren led out for 600 after the draw and his opponent mucked his hand, giving the pot to Lindgren. But Lindgren was not done.

A few hands later, the player in seat 6 drew two cards while Lindgren took one card. Seat 6 then checked to Lindgren who fired 700 into the pot. Seat 6 mucked his hand and Lindgren took down another pot. Lindgren was up to 16,000 with his two reload chips still intact.

Seed Pushes Grizzle Out

Sam Grizzle raised to 600 from early position and action folded around to Huck Seed in the big blind. Seed then raised it 2,600 total and action was back on Grizzle. Grizzle tanked for a bit and then threw his cards into the muck. Seed took in the pot and he was up to 32,000 after he used his two reload chips.

Left In The Deck:

Bartender, I’ll Take A Double Shot

As the tournament began, it was explained to Sam Grizzle that the two red chips in front of him were to rebuy his chips. Grizzle needed clarification from Huck Seed and Mike Matusow that these chips were just reload chips and that they would not cost anything extra. This was a relief to Grizzle, who said “If this is a rebuy tournament I am not playing.”

After this was explained, Grizzle elected to take his reload immediately and Huck Seed followed suit. Players can use their reload at any time during the first three levels. If they do not use it by the end of level 3, the players are forced to take the 20,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Sam Grizzle,   Erick Lindgren,   Huck Seed,   Mike Matusow,   Johnny Chan,   Vanessa Rousso

Level 6 Update: Ferguson Goes Bust

Jun 04, '09

Level Structure:

2-7 triple draw, limit hold’em, and Omaha 8OB: 400-800 blinds and 800-1,600 limits

7-card stud, razz, and 7-card stud 8OB: 200 ante, 200 bring-in, with a 800 completion and 800-1,600 limits

no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha: 200-400 blinds with a 100 ante

NOTES: Games change every eight hands. Two players will be forced to sit out during 2-7 triple draw each hand.

Players Remaining: 167 out of 194

Chip Counts:

1. Vanessa Rousso – 80,000
2. David Singer – 74,000
3. Jimmy Fricke – 70,000
4. Daniel Negreanu – 68,000
5. Marco Traniello – 64,000
6. Andy Bloch – 62,000
7. Ted Forrest – 60,000
8. Nick Schulman – 60,000
9. Gavin Smith – 59,000
10. George Danzer – 55,500

Average Chip Count: 34,035

Notable Eliminations:

Mark Vos
Raphael Zimmerman
John D’Agostino
Chris Ferguson

Big Hands:

Limit HE

Madsen With the Bluff on Sung, Then Takes One Off Rousso

Fireworks went off between Steve Sung and Jeff Madsen after the flop came 832. Sung led out with 600 and Madsen raised to 1,200. Sung would not be outdone as he three-bet it to 1,800. Madsen came to play, however, and capped it to 2,400. Sung had enough of this game and mucked his hand. Madsen then poured salt in the wound when he tabled 54 for an open ended straight draw and not much else. Sung just smiled as his stack was down to 25,000. For Madsen, the action was just beginning.

On the next hand, Vanessa Rousso raised to 1,200 preflop and Madsen was the only caller. The flop came K85. Rousso bet 600 and Madsen came along. The turn was the 5 and both players checked. The river brought the 2 and Madsen took the initiative, firing 1,200. Rousso made the call and Madsen showed 99. It was better than Rousso’s 77 and he raked in the pot, his stack improving to almost 30,000. Rousso was down to around 73,000.

NLHE

Fitoussi Straightens Out Jesus

On a board reading 4573, Bruno Fitoussi bet enough to put Chris Ferguson all in. Ferguson then went into the tank for a while.

Daniel Negreanu and David Bach each got up and stretched their legs as Ferguson contemplated on what to do. Finally, Ferguson grabbed his stack and splashed it into the pot, tabling KK. Fitoussi showed 66 for a straight and the river could not save Jesus as he was eliminated. Fitoussi improved his stack to around 60,000 with the knockout.

Omaha 8

Smith Scoops The River

On a board showing 1075, John Cernuto bet 1,600 and Gavin Smith made the call, as did the player in seat 3. The river brought the 8 and the action was checked to Smith. He quickly fired 1,600 into the pot and both of his opponents called. Smith then turned over the bad news, showing AQ92 for a flush and the nut low, both acquired on the river. Both opponents mucked, Cernuto with a little extra sass on it, and Smith scooped the pot. His stack was around 75,000 while Cernuto was down to 55,000.

Razz

Planting The Seed

Chino Rheem: 26A
Huck Seed: 3AJ
David Chiu: 4AK

Rheem led out with 1,600 and Seed made the call. Chiu decided he had enough of this nonsense and mucked his hand.

Chino Rheem: 26A3
Huck Seed: 3AJ5

Rheem fired another 1,600 shot and Seed made the call. On the river, Rheem slowed down and checked. Seed followed suit and Rheem announced “seven,” indicating his seven-low. Seed then turned over 467 for a six-low and he took down the pot. His stack was around 44,000 while Rheem was at 46,000.

Player Tags: John Cernuto,   Chris Ferguson,   Huck Seed,   Gavin Smith,   Bruno Fitoussi,   Vanessa Rousso,   Chino Rheem,   Jeff Madsen