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David Benyamine
Hometown: Paris
Country of Origin: France 
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David Benyamine - Live Updates
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| Jul 13, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 6 | + |
Level 23 Hour 2 Update: Joe Hachem, David Benyamine EliminatedJul 13, '09 Note: The players are now on a 90 minute dinner break and will return for action at 8:20 p.m. PDT. Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 101 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 5,700,000 Average Chip Count: 1,928,911 Card Player Chip Movement: Jeff Shulman eliminated a player at his table with A-J, which dominated his opponent’s A-6. Full hand is mentioned below. Notable Eliminations: 106. Ahn Van Nguyen – $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Anh Van Nguyen held A - Hamid Nourafchan eliminated Joel Patchell in 107th place to grow his stack to 4.81 million, which is good for the chip lead. - Brian Powell doubled up through Eric Buchman to grow his stack to 800,000. - Owen Crowe won a large pot against Hieu Luu to grow his stack to 4 million. Crowe bet Luu off of a 730,000 pot when he bet 700,000 on a A-7-3 flop with two diamonds. - Noah Boeken had his kings cracked by the aces up of Bradley Craig. Craig doubled up on the hand to 2.58 million, while Boeken was knocked down to 795,000. Big Hands
Tom Schneider Doubles Up Ludovic Lacay raised to 60,000 under the gun preflop and John Martin called from the button. Tom Schneider three-bet to 310,000 from the big blind and both opponents made the call. The flop was dealt K Schneider: A Turn and River: 10 Schneider doubled up to 3.48 million.
Joe Hachem Eliminated in 103rd Place ($40,288) Joe Hachem open-shoved for 117,000 and was called by Billy Kopp. Hachem exposed the J Jeff Shulman Eliminates Opponent Jeff Shulman raised from the button and a player in the big blind moved all in for 471,000 more. Shulman went into the tank before finally making the call and exposed the A
David Benyamine Eliminated in 102nd Place ($40,288) In a blind versus blind battle, David Benyamine was in the big blind with the pocket aces. Darvin Moon was in the small blind with the 3 Phil Ivey Eliminates Opponent Bob Whalen raised to 75,000 from early position and Alex Jalali made the call. Phil Ivey moved all in from the small blind for 1,800,000. Whalen called all in for 700,000 and Jalali folded. Ivey exposed the K Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, David Benyamine, Tom Schneider, Phil Ivey, Joe Hachem Level 18 Hour 2 Update: J.C. Tran Doubles UpJul 12, '09 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 305 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 624,423 Notable Eliminations: David Levi Big Hands:
After Nasr El Nasr raised to 20,000 preflop, J.C. Tran raised all in for his last 109,000. Steven Doebler was next to act and repopped to 200,000 total. Nasr folded and the cards were turned up. Doebler tabled A David Levi Busts David Levi moved all in for his last 30,000 preflop with 70,000 already in the pot. He was called by the Clayton Newman. Levi turned over A The flop came down K
After David Benyamine and David McLarthy both put 17,000 into the pot preflop, the flop dropped 6 The river was the 5
We weren’t able to get close enough to the action since Jeff Shulman is at the feature table, but somehow he had eliminated Andy Black from the tournament and doubled up to 640,000 in chips. Ludovic Lacay Busts Another Ludovic Lacay called the all in of Shawn Pilot and showed 8 The board ran out 4 Sorel Mizzi Eliminated Sorel Mizzi got all of his chips in the middle with A The 10
There was a raise to 20,000 and Jamin Stokes opted to flat-call. The action got to Kara Scott and she decided to make it 100,000 total. The original raiser got out of the way and action was back to Stokes, who thought for 30 seconds before moving all in. Scott made the call and showed A The board ran out 3 Crowe’s Kings Trump Taylor’s Jacks We were unable to catch when all the money went in, but Owen Crowe doubled through Brian Taylor with pocket kings against pocket jacks on a board that read 7 “I didn’t want to play a big pot yet,” said Crowe. “But then I figured I had two kings, so I would.”
After a flop of 10 The turn was the 6 Player Tags: J.C. Tran, David Levi, Jeff Shulman, David Benyamine, Noah Boeken, Owen Crowe, Sorel Mizzi, Ludovic Lacay, Kara Scott, Nasr El Nasr Level 18 Hour 1 Update: Schneider And Hinkle Score Early KnockoutsJul 12, '09 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 372 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 314,000 Average Chip Count: 506,026 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Kimber Big Hands:
Tom Schneider and Keith Burt got all of their money in preflop and their hands were turned over. Schneider held A The board ran out 5 Sebok’s Bluff Picked Off Hieu Luu raised to 20,000 preflop and was called by Joe Sebok from the small blind. The flop was 5 The turn was the 8
Oliver Klatt moved all in preflop and the action folded to Isidro Martinez. He moved all in having Klatt covered and the action was on Blair Hinkle. He then came over the top for all of his chips, having both men covered. Everyone else mucked and the hands were turned up. Martinez: Q Hinkle was in great position to score a double knockout, but the flop came down J Benyamine Takes A Big Pot Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 9 Lightman then took a tank session of his own and decided to muck his hand, surrendering the large pot to Benyamine. Benyamine was around 680,000.
Kenny Tran raised to 23,000 from early position and was three-bet by a player in late position to 100,000. Tran went into the tank for several minutes before making the call. The flop came J Phillips Knocks Out Mighty Thor Dennis Phillips and Thor Hansen got all of their chips into the middle preflop and Phillips had the best of it when he turned over A Hansen said he was good with the ladies, but his mojo was a little low today as the board ran out 7 Player Tags: Thor Hansen, David Benyamine, Tom Schneider, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Blair Hinkle Level 5 Hour 2 Update: End of Day 1DJul 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 Card Player Chip Counts: Adam Schoenfeld – 100,000 Average Chip Count: 42,750 Notable Eliminations: Scott Fischman Big Hands
It’s a three-way all in pot on a flop of 7 Fischman: 6 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 Vanessa Rousso Getting Short Vanessa Rousso and an unknown opponent were tangled up on a board of K 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 J
Elky Eliminates an Opponent Bertrand Grospellier and his opponent got it all in preflop. Grospellier tabled the J Dutch Boyd Takes a Pot from Phil Ivey On a board of A Troy Weber Charges to the Chip Lead A pot held 15,000 when the flop hit the table J Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Scott Fischman, David Benyamine, Vanessa Rousso, Bertrand Grospellier |
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| Jul 12, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 5 | + |
Level 23 Hour 2 Update: Joe Hachem, David Benyamine EliminatedJul 13, '09 Note: The players are now on a 90 minute dinner break and will return for action at 8:20 p.m. PDT. Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 101 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 5,700,000 Average Chip Count: 1,928,911 Card Player Chip Movement: Jeff Shulman eliminated a player at his table with A-J, which dominated his opponent’s A-6. Full hand is mentioned below. Notable Eliminations: 106. Ahn Van Nguyen – $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Anh Van Nguyen held A - Hamid Nourafchan eliminated Joel Patchell in 107th place to grow his stack to 4.81 million, which is good for the chip lead. - Brian Powell doubled up through Eric Buchman to grow his stack to 800,000. - Owen Crowe won a large pot against Hieu Luu to grow his stack to 4 million. Crowe bet Luu off of a 730,000 pot when he bet 700,000 on a A-7-3 flop with two diamonds. - Noah Boeken had his kings cracked by the aces up of Bradley Craig. Craig doubled up on the hand to 2.58 million, while Boeken was knocked down to 795,000. Big Hands
Tom Schneider Doubles Up Ludovic Lacay raised to 60,000 under the gun preflop and John Martin called from the button. Tom Schneider three-bet to 310,000 from the big blind and both opponents made the call. The flop was dealt K Schneider: A Turn and River: 10 Schneider doubled up to 3.48 million.
Joe Hachem Eliminated in 103rd Place ($40,288) Joe Hachem open-shoved for 117,000 and was called by Billy Kopp. Hachem exposed the J Jeff Shulman Eliminates Opponent Jeff Shulman raised from the button and a player in the big blind moved all in for 471,000 more. Shulman went into the tank before finally making the call and exposed the A
David Benyamine Eliminated in 102nd Place ($40,288) In a blind versus blind battle, David Benyamine was in the big blind with the pocket aces. Darvin Moon was in the small blind with the 3 Phil Ivey Eliminates Opponent Bob Whalen raised to 75,000 from early position and Alex Jalali made the call. Phil Ivey moved all in from the small blind for 1,800,000. Whalen called all in for 700,000 and Jalali folded. Ivey exposed the K Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, David Benyamine, Tom Schneider, Phil Ivey, Joe Hachem Level 18 Hour 2 Update: J.C. Tran Doubles UpJul 12, '09 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 305 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 624,423 Notable Eliminations: David Levi Big Hands:
After Nasr El Nasr raised to 20,000 preflop, J.C. Tran raised all in for his last 109,000. Steven Doebler was next to act and repopped to 200,000 total. Nasr folded and the cards were turned up. Doebler tabled A David Levi Busts David Levi moved all in for his last 30,000 preflop with 70,000 already in the pot. He was called by the Clayton Newman. Levi turned over A The flop came down K
After David Benyamine and David McLarthy both put 17,000 into the pot preflop, the flop dropped 6 The river was the 5
We weren’t able to get close enough to the action since Jeff Shulman is at the feature table, but somehow he had eliminated Andy Black from the tournament and doubled up to 640,000 in chips. Ludovic Lacay Busts Another Ludovic Lacay called the all in of Shawn Pilot and showed 8 The board ran out 4 Sorel Mizzi Eliminated Sorel Mizzi got all of his chips in the middle with A The 10
There was a raise to 20,000 and Jamin Stokes opted to flat-call. The action got to Kara Scott and she decided to make it 100,000 total. The original raiser got out of the way and action was back to Stokes, who thought for 30 seconds before moving all in. Scott made the call and showed A The board ran out 3 Crowe’s Kings Trump Taylor’s Jacks We were unable to catch when all the money went in, but Owen Crowe doubled through Brian Taylor with pocket kings against pocket jacks on a board that read 7 “I didn’t want to play a big pot yet,” said Crowe. “But then I figured I had two kings, so I would.”
After a flop of 10 The turn was the 6 Player Tags: J.C. Tran, David Levi, Jeff Shulman, David Benyamine, Noah Boeken, Owen Crowe, Sorel Mizzi, Ludovic Lacay, Kara Scott, Nasr El Nasr Level 18 Hour 1 Update: Schneider And Hinkle Score Early KnockoutsJul 12, '09 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 372 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 314,000 Average Chip Count: 506,026 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Kimber Big Hands:
Tom Schneider and Keith Burt got all of their money in preflop and their hands were turned over. Schneider held A The board ran out 5 Sebok’s Bluff Picked Off Hieu Luu raised to 20,000 preflop and was called by Joe Sebok from the small blind. The flop was 5 The turn was the 8
Oliver Klatt moved all in preflop and the action folded to Isidro Martinez. He moved all in having Klatt covered and the action was on Blair Hinkle. He then came over the top for all of his chips, having both men covered. Everyone else mucked and the hands were turned up. Martinez: Q Hinkle was in great position to score a double knockout, but the flop came down J Benyamine Takes A Big Pot Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 9 Lightman then took a tank session of his own and decided to muck his hand, surrendering the large pot to Benyamine. Benyamine was around 680,000.
Kenny Tran raised to 23,000 from early position and was three-bet by a player in late position to 100,000. Tran went into the tank for several minutes before making the call. The flop came J Phillips Knocks Out Mighty Thor Dennis Phillips and Thor Hansen got all of their chips into the middle preflop and Phillips had the best of it when he turned over A Hansen said he was good with the ladies, but his mojo was a little low today as the board ran out 7 Player Tags: Thor Hansen, David Benyamine, Tom Schneider, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Blair Hinkle Level 5 Hour 2 Update: End of Day 1DJul 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 Card Player Chip Counts: Adam Schoenfeld – 100,000 Average Chip Count: 42,750 Notable Eliminations: Scott Fischman Big Hands
It’s a three-way all in pot on a flop of 7 Fischman: 6 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 Vanessa Rousso Getting Short Vanessa Rousso and an unknown opponent were tangled up on a board of K 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 J
Elky Eliminates an Opponent Bertrand Grospellier and his opponent got it all in preflop. Grospellier tabled the J Dutch Boyd Takes a Pot from Phil Ivey On a board of A Troy Weber Charges to the Chip Lead A pot held 15,000 when the flop hit the table J Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Scott Fischman, David Benyamine, Vanessa Rousso, Bertrand Grospellier |
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| Jul 07, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 1 | + |
Level 23 Hour 2 Update: Joe Hachem, David Benyamine EliminatedJul 13, '09 Note: The players are now on a 90 minute dinner break and will return for action at 8:20 p.m. PDT. Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 101 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 5,700,000 Average Chip Count: 1,928,911 Card Player Chip Movement: Jeff Shulman eliminated a player at his table with A-J, which dominated his opponent’s A-6. Full hand is mentioned below. Notable Eliminations: 106. Ahn Van Nguyen – $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Anh Van Nguyen held A - Hamid Nourafchan eliminated Joel Patchell in 107th place to grow his stack to 4.81 million, which is good for the chip lead. - Brian Powell doubled up through Eric Buchman to grow his stack to 800,000. - Owen Crowe won a large pot against Hieu Luu to grow his stack to 4 million. Crowe bet Luu off of a 730,000 pot when he bet 700,000 on a A-7-3 flop with two diamonds. - Noah Boeken had his kings cracked by the aces up of Bradley Craig. Craig doubled up on the hand to 2.58 million, while Boeken was knocked down to 795,000. Big Hands
Tom Schneider Doubles Up Ludovic Lacay raised to 60,000 under the gun preflop and John Martin called from the button. Tom Schneider three-bet to 310,000 from the big blind and both opponents made the call. The flop was dealt K Schneider: A Turn and River: 10 Schneider doubled up to 3.48 million.
Joe Hachem Eliminated in 103rd Place ($40,288) Joe Hachem open-shoved for 117,000 and was called by Billy Kopp. Hachem exposed the J Jeff Shulman Eliminates Opponent Jeff Shulman raised from the button and a player in the big blind moved all in for 471,000 more. Shulman went into the tank before finally making the call and exposed the A
David Benyamine Eliminated in 102nd Place ($40,288) In a blind versus blind battle, David Benyamine was in the big blind with the pocket aces. Darvin Moon was in the small blind with the 3 Phil Ivey Eliminates Opponent Bob Whalen raised to 75,000 from early position and Alex Jalali made the call. Phil Ivey moved all in from the small blind for 1,800,000. Whalen called all in for 700,000 and Jalali folded. Ivey exposed the K Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, David Benyamine, Tom Schneider, Phil Ivey, Joe Hachem Level 18 Hour 2 Update: J.C. Tran Doubles UpJul 12, '09 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 305 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 624,423 Notable Eliminations: David Levi Big Hands:
After Nasr El Nasr raised to 20,000 preflop, J.C. Tran raised all in for his last 109,000. Steven Doebler was next to act and repopped to 200,000 total. Nasr folded and the cards were turned up. Doebler tabled A David Levi Busts David Levi moved all in for his last 30,000 preflop with 70,000 already in the pot. He was called by the Clayton Newman. Levi turned over A The flop came down K
After David Benyamine and David McLarthy both put 17,000 into the pot preflop, the flop dropped 6 The river was the 5
We weren’t able to get close enough to the action since Jeff Shulman is at the feature table, but somehow he had eliminated Andy Black from the tournament and doubled up to 640,000 in chips. Ludovic Lacay Busts Another Ludovic Lacay called the all in of Shawn Pilot and showed 8 The board ran out 4 Sorel Mizzi Eliminated Sorel Mizzi got all of his chips in the middle with A The 10
There was a raise to 20,000 and Jamin Stokes opted to flat-call. The action got to Kara Scott and she decided to make it 100,000 total. The original raiser got out of the way and action was back to Stokes, who thought for 30 seconds before moving all in. Scott made the call and showed A The board ran out 3 Crowe’s Kings Trump Taylor’s Jacks We were unable to catch when all the money went in, but Owen Crowe doubled through Brian Taylor with pocket kings against pocket jacks on a board that read 7 “I didn’t want to play a big pot yet,” said Crowe. “But then I figured I had two kings, so I would.”
After a flop of 10 The turn was the 6 Player Tags: J.C. Tran, David Levi, Jeff Shulman, David Benyamine, Noah Boeken, Owen Crowe, Sorel Mizzi, Ludovic Lacay, Kara Scott, Nasr El Nasr Level 18 Hour 1 Update: Schneider And Hinkle Score Early KnockoutsJul 12, '09 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 372 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 314,000 Average Chip Count: 506,026 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Kimber Big Hands:
Tom Schneider and Keith Burt got all of their money in preflop and their hands were turned over. Schneider held A The board ran out 5 Sebok’s Bluff Picked Off Hieu Luu raised to 20,000 preflop and was called by Joe Sebok from the small blind. The flop was 5 The turn was the 8
Oliver Klatt moved all in preflop and the action folded to Isidro Martinez. He moved all in having Klatt covered and the action was on Blair Hinkle. He then came over the top for all of his chips, having both men covered. Everyone else mucked and the hands were turned up. Martinez: Q Hinkle was in great position to score a double knockout, but the flop came down J Benyamine Takes A Big Pot Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 9 Lightman then took a tank session of his own and decided to muck his hand, surrendering the large pot to Benyamine. Benyamine was around 680,000.
Kenny Tran raised to 23,000 from early position and was three-bet by a player in late position to 100,000. Tran went into the tank for several minutes before making the call. The flop came J Phillips Knocks Out Mighty Thor Dennis Phillips and Thor Hansen got all of their chips into the middle preflop and Phillips had the best of it when he turned over A Hansen said he was good with the ladies, but his mojo was a little low today as the board ran out 7 Player Tags: Thor Hansen, David Benyamine, Tom Schneider, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Blair Hinkle Level 5 Hour 2 Update: End of Day 1DJul 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 Card Player Chip Counts: Adam Schoenfeld – 100,000 Average Chip Count: 42,750 Notable Eliminations: Scott Fischman Big Hands
It’s a three-way all in pot on a flop of 7 Fischman: 6 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 Vanessa Rousso Getting Short Vanessa Rousso and an unknown opponent were tangled up on a board of K 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 J
Elky Eliminates an Opponent Bertrand Grospellier and his opponent got it all in preflop. Grospellier tabled the J Dutch Boyd Takes a Pot from Phil Ivey On a board of A Troy Weber Charges to the Chip Lead A pot held 15,000 when the flop hit the table J Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Scott Fischman, David Benyamine, Vanessa Rousso, Bertrand Grospellier |
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| Jun 26, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E | 1 | + |
Level 5 Update: Steve Zolotow First to FallJun 26, '09 Flop Games: 900-1,800 Players Remaining: 94 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Hasan Habib — 280,000 Average Chip Count: 151,595 Noatble Eliminations: 95. Steve Zolotow Big Hands: HOLD’EM
With about 25,000 already in the pot on a flop K The turn is the 9 The river is the K Mikhail Tulchinskiy vs. David Benyamine Mikhail Tulchiniskiy raises to 3,600 from the cutoff, David Benyamine reraises to 5,400 from the small blind and Tulchiniskiy calls. The flop comes A The turn is the 7 The river is the J
Ville Wahlbeck vs. Howard Lederer On a flop of 9 The turn is the 8 The river is the A STUD
Gus Hansen completes the bet to 1,800 with the 8 Hansen bets on fourth street and both opponents call. Hansen: X-X-8 Hansen bets his pair of eights, Jung calls and Glantz folds. Hansen: X-X-8 Hansen bets and gets called on both sixth street and the river. Hansen turns over A STUD/8 Steve Zolotow Eliminaed by Patrick Bueno Jenneifer Harman opened the pot with the 2 Harman: X-X-2 Zolotow bets out on fourth street and both players call. Harman: X-X-2 Zolotow bets again on fifth street, Bueno raises, Harman calls and Zolotow calls all in for 8,000 and change. Harman: X-X-2 Bueno bets on sixth street and Harman calls, but folds after Bueno bets again on the river. Zolotow turns over the K Player Tags: Huck Seed, Gus Hansen, Howard Lederer, Steve Zolotow, David Benyamine, Eli Elezra, Ville Wahlbeck, Patrick Bueno, Alexander Jung Level 3 Update: Steve Billirakis atop Chip CountsJun 26, '09 Flop Games: 600-1,200 Note: Players are now on a 90 minute dinner break and will return at 8 p.m. Players Remaining: 95 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Steve Billirakis – 240,000 Big Hands: Hold’Em
The player in seat 6 raised to 2,400 preflop from the cutoff and the action was next on Justin Bonomo. He made it three bets to 3,600 and the blinds folded. Seat 6 made the call and the flop came down 10 Bonomo bet 1,200 after seat 6 checked. Seat 6 then check-raised to 2,400 and Bonomo just called. The turn was the 5 Steve Sung Gets Best of Andy Black Steve Sung and Andy Black took a flop heads up of K The river was the 8 Omaha/8
Three players were involved in a hand that saw a flop of A The river was the 10 Ivey Vs. Hansen: Round 1 Goes to Ivey Gus Hansen raised from early position and Phil Ivey defended from the big blind. The flop was K The turn was the 10 Ivey turned over A Razz
Nick Schulman bet out on fourth street into three players and was raised to 2400 by his opponent. He made it three bets and raised to 3600 and he saw fifth street heads up. Schulman: X-X-2 Schulman bet 2400 and was called by the player in seat 8. Schulman: X-X-2 Schulman bet 2400 and was called once again by his opponent. He bet 2400 again on the river and after a few moments of contemplation, his opponent mucked, giving the pot to Schulman. Stud High
Mike Matusow and Jeffrey Lisandro are heads up in a pot on fifth street. Lisandro bet 2400 and Matusow called. They went to sixth street with their boards looking like this. Matusow: X-X-J On the river Lisandro bet 2400 again and Matusow took a few moments before putting in the chips that indicated a call. Lissandro showed K Stud/8
Picking up the action on fourth street, James Van Alstyne and Johnny Chan were mixing it up in a hand. Chan: X-X-8 Van Alstyne bet 1,200 and Chan made the call. Chan: X-X-8 Chan paired up and fired 2,400. Van Alstyne stuck around. Chan: X-X-8 Chan bet another 2,400 and Van Alstyne called again. The river was dealt and both players decided to check. Chan then turned over (K
On fifth street, Daniel Negreanu, Patrik Antonius, and Tong G put three bets into an already bloated pot. All three go to sixth street with their boards looking like this. Tony G: X-X-5 Negreanu bet out 2400 on sixth and was met with a raise from Antonius. Tony G tanked for a long while before showing his cards to the player next to him and folding. “Rolled up fives?” asked Negreanu. “I already knew that.” Neagreanu calls the bet from Antonius and checks and calls a river bet. Negreanu shows the A Player Tags: Antanas Guoga, Daniel Negreanu, David Benyamine, Mike Matusow, David Singer, Johnny Chan, Jeffrey Lisandro, James Van Alstyne, Patrik Antonius, Justin Bonomo, Nick Schulman Level 2 Update: A Few Big Names Stroll in LateJun 26, '09 Flop Games: 500-1000 Players Remaining: 93 out of 93 Big Hands: Hold’Em
Bill Chen and his opponent got in four bets preflop and took a flop heads-up. The flop was A The river was the 4 David Chiu Smacked Down By Three Ladies Jani Sointula and David Chiu crossed paths in a pot. The flop came down Q Omaha/8 Benyamine Scoops Tulchinskiy David Benyamine and Mikhail Tulchinskiy were involved in a hand that saw more than 14,000 in chips enter the middle by the turn. The board showed A
There was a bet and a raise on a flop of K Nguyen leads out for 2,000 and gets two pretty quick folds. Disgusted with himself he shows the J “I only bet because I thought there were kings and queens full out there,” said Nguyen. After the hand, the defending H.O.R.S.E champion’s stack improved to around 163,000 in chips.
Four players called Annie Duke’s big blind of 1,000 and she checked her option. The flop came down J The turn brought the 10 Razz
Justin Smith and Huck Seed are heads up in a pot with on fourth street with their boards looking like this. Seed: X-X-7-K Smith checked called a 1,000 bet from Seed. Seed: X-X-7-K-3 Even though Smith hit the worst card in the deck for his hand, he still called 2,000 from Seed. Seed: X-X-7-K-3-4 Out of turn, Smith led out for 2,000. “You are betting now, you want to check?” said Seed. Since Smith’s action was out of turn, they both check and they go to the river. Seed bet 2,000 on the river and was called by Smith. Seed announced “King-nine” as he showed the K-9-4 as he three down cards. Smith mucked and Seed took the pot. John Hanson Rakes a Big Pot John Hanson completed the bet on third street showing the 3 Hanson: 3 On fourth street, Hanson bet 1000 and was called in both spots. Hanson: 3 Eslami checked fifth street, Hanson bet and got a fold from Cassidy, but Eslami stuck around for another card. Hanson: 3 Eslami now bets and gets raised by Hanson. Eslami instantly calls and on the river Eslami checks and calls a bet from Hanson who shows the (A Stud High
Picking up the action on fourth street, Steve Billirakis and Justin Bonomo were tangled up in a hand. Billirakis: X-X-K Billirakis bets 1,000 and Bonomo makes the call. Billirakis: X-X-K Bonomo paired up and led out with 2,000. Billirakis made the call. Billirakis: X-X-K Both players received a queen and both players checked. The river was dealt and both players checked again. Bonomo then showed down (J Freedy Deeb Gets Best of Steve Sung Freddy Deeb bet fourth street and got three callers. He bet fifth street and was only called by Steve Sung. They went to sixth street heads up. Deeb: X-X-K Sung checked and called 2000 from Deeb on sixth street and the river was dealt face down. Sung checked the river and Deeb bet again. After a few moments, Sung turned his up-cards face down and mucked his hand, giving Deeb the pot. Stud/8
Picking up the action on sixth street, Phil Ivey and Erick Lindgren were involved in a hand. Ivey: X-X-2 Erick Lindgren fired out 2,000 and Phil Ivey raised it to 4,000. Lindgren made the call and the river was dealt. Ivey bet another 2,000 on the river and Lindgren called after some thought. “No pair,” Ivey said as he showed (7 “I hate playing with these people that only play no-limit,” Ivey joked after the hand. Lindgren gave a grin and Ivey followed suit. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Erick Lindgren, David Benyamine, Eli Elezra, David Chiu, Phil Ivey, Steve Billirakis, Jani Sointula, Justin Bonomo, John Hanson, Alexander Kostritsyn, Justin Smith, Mikhail Tulchinskiy |
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| Jun 20, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 40 - $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha | 1 | + |
Level 2 Update: Daniel Negreanu EliminatedJun 20, '09 Blinds: 100-200 Players Remaining: 250 Notable Eliminations: Daniel Negreanu Big Hands:
On a flop of A The turn is 10 Vengrin: A Vengrin gets it in just slightly behind with top set and the nut flush draw against Barch’s made nut straight, but the Q David Benyamine Triples Up On a flop of J The turn is the 2 The river is the 8
Daniel Negreanu was pulling double duty today in both this event and Event # 38. Buying into the $10,000 PLO event when the $2,000 Limit event went on dinner break, Negreanu was already out of add-ons by the time the $2,000 NLH event was back from dinner, never missing a hand as if nothing had happened. His final PLO hand came when he got it all in on a flop of 8 Negreanu: 10 The turn and river are the 8 Left In The Deck: Players took a twenty-minute break at the completion of Level 2 and have just returned at 7:45 pm PDT to begin Level 3. Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu, David Benyamine, Bruno Fitoussi, John Barch, Matthew Vengrin |
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| Jun 19, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 37 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud 8 or Better | 2 | + |
Level 14 Update: Raymer Knocks Two OutJun 19, '09 Ante: 1,000 Players Remaining: 37 out of 164 Chip Counts: 1. Scotty Nguyen – 317,000 Average Chip Count: 132,972 Notable Eliminations: Tom Schneider Big Hands:
Tuan Le: X-X-A After fourth street was dealt, the three players capped the action, resulting in each player having 25,000 in the pot just on that street. Tuan Le: X-X-A Le bet out 10,000 and both Sitar and Lind made the call. Lind was all in after he called. Tuan Le: X-X-A Le bet 10,000 and Sitar called. After the river was dealt, Le bet another 10,000 and Sitar made the call. Le then showed J-5-4 in the hole for an 8-low. Sitar showed a pair of nines and the two players chopped the side pot. Lind then turned over 10-10-Q for a set of tens and took the high-end of the main pot while Le took the low half. Sitar was left with just 20,000 in chips and would later be eliminated. Lind would also be eliminated later and Le was at 280,000 in chips.
Greg Raymer: 6 David Benyamine and Dustin Sitar were each all in on third street against Greg Raymer. Sitar had the lead with aces in the hole but Raymer made a straight on sixth street to scoop the pot and send his two opponents to the rail. Raymer was at 215,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Tuan Le, David Benyamine, Greg Raymer, Dustin Sitar, George Lind III Level 13 Update: Amnon Filippi, Erik Seidel EliminatedJun 19, '09 Ante: 1,000 Players Remaining: 47 out of 164 Chip Counts: 1. Tuan Le – 290,000 Average Chip Count: 104,680 Notable Eliminations: Amnon Filippi Big Hands:
Greg Raymer Doubles Up Coming back from the dinner break, Greg Raymer was short stacked when he got all his chips into the middle against David Benyamine on fourth street. Their cards: Raymer: (A Benyamine: X-X-5 Raymer made an ace-high flush to go along with his low. Benyamine had no low and just two pair. Raymer doubled up to 89,000 while Benyamine is at just 40,000.
Amnon Filippi Eliminated Amnon was all-in and ended up with two pair, sevens and sixes but was no good against the aces and fours of Tom Koral, who is at 56,000 in chips after the hand. Their cards: Filippi: (2 Tom Koral: (A Player Tags: David Benyamine, Greg Raymer, Amnon Filippi, Tom Koral Level 12 Update: David Singer, Chris Ferguson EliminatedJun 19, '09 Ante: 700 Players Remaining: 54 out of 164 Chip Counts: 1. Tuan Le – 290,000 Average Chip Count: 91,111 Notable Eliminations: David Singer Big Hands:
Chris Ferguson Triples Up, Eliminated Shortly After Chris Ferguson was all-in against Lyle Berman and Tom Schneider. Ferguson: (Q Berman: X-X-K Schneider: X-X-4 Ferguson was able to scoop the pot with his two pair, kings and queens. Schneider took the side pot against Berman with jacks and fours. Ferguson was up to 35,100 before being eliminated not long after.
John Juanda Short Stacked, Then Triples Up John Juanda, the hand after being the odd man out in a large three-way pot against Tuan Le and Joe Tehan, was all-in against David Benyamine and Tuan Le. John was short after losing the large pot the hand earlier, but found redemption on the next hand. Their cards: Juanda: X-X-3 Benyamine: X-X-2 Tuan Le: X-X-7 After betting between Le and Benyamine for a sidepot, John Juanda exposed two spades in the hole to take the high with a flush. There was no low out there and Juanda scooped the entire pot. The four-time bracelet winner is up to 76,000 now.
David Singer Eliminated On third street David Singer was all-in against Alex Jung. Their cards: Singer: (5 Jung: (6 Jung ended up with an ace-high flush and a low to scoop the entire pot. Left In The Deck: The players are now on a dinner break. Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, John Juanda, Tuan Le, David Benyamine, David Singer, Tom Schneider, Lyle Berman, Joe Tehan, Alexander Jung Level 11 Update: Mike Sexton EliminatedJun 19, '09 Ante: 500 Players Remaining: 66 out of 164 Chip Counts: 1. Tuan Le – 202,000 Average Chip Count: 70,285 Notable Eliminations: Mike Sexton Big Hands:
Mike Sexton Eliminated Mike Sexton was all-in against David Benyamine and David Sklansky. Their cards: Sexton: X-X-8 Benyamine: X-X-5 Sklansky: X-X-5 After betting between Benyamine and Sklansky, Benyamine exposed the K Norman Chad and Todd Brunson Stay Alive Norman Chad and Todd Brunson were both all-in against an opponent. On the end Chad won the high with a set of fives while Brunson took the low. Brunson is at just 8,500 and Chad was at 5,800 before being eliminated shortly after. Tim Phan Eliminated Tim Phan was eliminated when his aces and eights were no good against the quad sixes of his opponent. Player Tags: Todd Brunson, David Benyamine, David Sklansky, Mike Sexton, Tim Phan, Norman Chad |
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| Jun 17, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 35 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 1 | + |
Level 9 Update: Williamson BustsJun 17, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 Players Remaining: 90 out of 362 Chip Counts: 1. Ralph Perry – 155,800 Average Chip Count: 55,000 Notable Eliminations: Robert Williamson III Big Hands:
Preflop, Robert Williamson was all in and received two callers, including Sorel Mizzi. “I don’t even want to look,” Williamson announced as he turned his head away from the board. “It won’t make a bit of difference.” The flop came down K Williamson: K Williamson got a great flop and was in the lead. The turn was even better when the K Fitoussi Straightens Out His Opponent On a board showing Q
Scott Clements raised to 7,200 preflop and his opponent in the big blind made the call, putting himself all in. Clements: A Board: 10 Clements was ahead with the bullets for most of the way but his opponent hit the money card on the river as the 7
After David Ulliott called 1,200 from the hijack, Jesper Hougaard raised to 4,000 preflop from the cutoff and the button folded. David Benyamine was next to act in the small blind and he reraised to 9,500. Ulliott mucked and Hougaard made the call. The flop came down 9 Player Tags: David Ulliott, David Benyamine, Bruno Fitoussi, Scott Clements, Robert Williamson III, Sorel Mizzi, Jesper Hougaard |
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| Jun 16, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 33 - $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em | 2 | + |
Level 10 Update: Erick Lindgren, Carlos Mortensen EliminatedJun 16, '09 Blinds: 1,000-2,00 Players Remaining: 91 out of 185 Chip Counts: 1. Jen Harman – 155,000 Average Chip Count: 57,216 Notable Eliminations: Brock Parker Big Hands: Ville Wahlbeck Rivers Flush David Benyamine raised under-the-gun and Ville Wahlbeck called from the big blind. Wahlbeck led out and Benyamine called on a flop of Q
Bruno Fitoussi Quadruples Up With the A Left In The Deck: The players are currently on a 20 minute break. Player Tags: David Benyamine, Bruno Fitoussi, Ville Wahlbeck |
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| Jun 12, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 23 - $10,000 World Championship No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball | 3 | + |
Final Table Update: Quickly Down to FourJun 12, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 out of 96 Chip Counts: 1. Ville Wahlbeck — 740,000 Average Chip Count: 720,000 Notable Eliminations: 8. Michael Binger – $24,545 Big Hands:
Michael Binger Eliminated in Eighth Place ($24,545) Michael Binger moved all in from early position to open the action and John Juanda made the call. Binger chose to draw two and Juanda stood pat. Juanda turned over a 10-8-6-4-2 and Binger turned over 9-9-K-7-2. Binger was eliminated in eighth place.
David Benyamine Eliminated in Seventh Place ($30,492) Steve Sung raised to 32,000 from the cutoff and David Benyamine reraised all in for 86,000 from the button. Sung stood pat and Benyamine drew one card. Sung turned over J-8-7-3-2 and Benyamine conjured 9-6-5-4. He was drawing live but he paired his 9 and was eliminated in seventh place. Vince Musso Eliminated in Sixth Place ($39,697) Ville Wahlbeck raised to 35,000 and Vince Musso reraised all in. Wahlbeck called him and stood pat. Musso drew one card. Wahlbeck turned up 7-5-4-3-2 for the nuts and Musso was eliminated before he received his draw card with a 9-5-4-2. Musso was eliminated in sixth place. Archie Karas Eliminated in Fifth Place ($53,783) Archie Karas moved all in for 86,000 under the gun and Steve Sung made the call. Both players stood pat and Sung turned up 10-9-8-7-3. Karas held J-10-8-5-2 and he was eliminated in fifth place. Player Tags: John Juanda, David Benyamine, Archie Karas, Ville Wahlbeck, Steve Sung, Michael Binger, Vince Musso Level 19 Update: Roland de Wolfe (10th) and Justin Smith (9th) EliminatedJun 12, '09 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 out of 96 Chip Counts: 1. Vince Musso — 765,500 Average Chip Count: 360,000
Notable Eliminations: 10. Roland de Wolfe – $19,871 Big Hands: Roland de Wolfe Eliminated in 10th Place ($19,871) Ville Wahlbeck opened the action and Roland de Wolfe reraised all in. Wahlbeck made the call and both players stood pat. Wahlbeck held a J-8-5-4-3 and de Wolfe revealed a J-10-8-4-2. De Wolfe was eliminated in 10th place and he is the first player to hit the rail on the final day.
Justin Smith Eliminated in Ninth Place ($19,871) David Benyamine raised to open the action and Justin Smith re-raised all in. Benyamine made the call and each player drew one card. Their cards: Benyamine: 9-6-5-3 Benyamine revealed a deuce for his draw card and Smith turned up a jack. Smith was eliminated in ninth place, leaving just one more player to bust before the official final table. Player Tags: David Benyamine, Ville Wahlbeck, Roland de Wolfe, Justin Smith Level 15 Update: Tim Phan, Bruno Fitoussi EliminatedJun 11, '09 Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 17 out of 96 Chip Counts: 1. Vince Musso — 345,000 Average Chip Count: 169,411 Notable Eliminations: Mark Weitzman Big Hands:
John Juanda raises to 12,000 before the draw and Mark Weitzman moves all in behind him for an additional 500. Juanda calls. Both players draw one card each. Weitzman draws a 10-8-7-3-2 while Juanda makes a 10-6-5-4-3. Juanda rakes the pot, eliminating Mark Weitzman right after the break. Weitzman was eliminated in 22nd place, and as a result, the remaining 21 players will re-draw for seats at the final three tables.
After battling with the short stack the entire night, Bruno Fitoussi finally gets is all in for just under 25,000 from under the gun. Michael Binger calls from middle position, as does David Banyamine from the big blind. Both Fitoussi and Benyamine draw one card each as Binger stands pat. Benyamine checks the side pot, Binger bets 40,000 and Benyamine folds. Binger turns over 7-5-4-3-2 and eliminates Bruno Fitoussi from the event. Anton Allemann Eliminated by Dan Harmetz Anton Allemann moves all in from the button and Dan Harmetz calls from the big blind. Allemann draws one card as Harmetz stands pat. Harmetz turns over a made 10-9-6-5-3 while Allemann falls just short, drawing to a
On a consistent downswing since the dinner break, Bobby Bellande prepares to make his last stand as he moves all in for 25,000 from the cutoff. John Hanson calls from the big blind, he has Bellande covered. Both players draw one card each. Hanson had the best draw with a 7-5-4-2 against Bellande’s 9-8-4-2, but as Bellande draws a 10, Hanson pairs his seven. Bellande doubles ups this hand while John Hanson falls down to just 40,000 in chips. Player Tags: John Juanda, David Benyamine, Bruno Fitoussi, Mark Weitzman, Jean-Robert Bellande, Michael Binger, John Hanson Level 11 Update: Ivey And Tran OustedJun 11, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 31 out of 96 Chip Counts: 1. Vince Musso – 222,000 Average Chip Count: 80,000 Notable Eliminations: Phil Ivey Big Hands:
Ivey moved all in and was called by Steve Sung. After all was said and done, Ivey showed down a Jack-low. It was not good enough, however, as Sung showed a 10-low and Ivey was knocked out of the tournament. Sung’s stack improved to just over 60,000 in chips. Phan Chips Up The player in seat 1 raised to 5,500 from the small blind and Tim Phan made the call from the big blind. Draw: Seat 1 draws 1 card, Tim Phan draws 1 card After the draw, seat 1 checked and Phan fired 13,000. Seat 1 mucked and Phan took in the pot, improving to 118,000.
Mark Weitzman raised before the draw and action folded around to John Juanda. He then repopped it to 100,000 straight. Weitzman went into the tank for a very long time before finally sticking his remaining 40,000 into the middle. It was then time for the players to decide how many cards to draw. Draw: Juanda stands pat, Weitzman stands pat Juanda revealed 10-8-5-4-2, but Weitzman tabled 8-7-6-5-3 and he doubled up to almost 90,000. Juanda dropped down to 134,000 after the hand. Gin! The player in seat 4 raised to 5,200 and Jean-Robert Bellande made the call. Draw: Seat 4 draws 1 card, Bellande draws 1 card After the draw, seat 4 checked and Bellande fired 16,000 into the pot. Seat 4 tanked for a long time and then decided to call. “Gin!” Bellande announced after he turned over 7-5-4-3-2 for the absolute nuts. Seat 4 mucked and Bellande collected the pot and he was at 140,000.
Kenny Tran’s tournament life is now over. After a raise to 4,300 and a call prior to the draw, Justin Smith popped it to 21,000 to go. Tran then looked down at his hand and moved in for just 2,000 more. The original raiser and caller folded but Smith put in the extra two yellow chips. Draw: Smith Draws 1 card, Tran stands pat Tran tabled his 9-7-5-4-2 low and awaited to see what Smith drew. The bad news was revealed as Smith showed 8-6-5-3-2 and Tran was shown the door. Smith improved his stack to 140,000 in chips.
Erica Schoenberg stopped by earlier to show some support to her significant other David Benyamine. That visit put some luck on his side as Benyamine took a nice pot off John Juanda. Juanda raised to 14,500 before the draw and Benyamine made the call from the button. Draw: Juanda stands pat, Benyamine draws 1 card Juanda checked after the draw and Benyamine fired 18,000 into the pot. Juanda made the call and Benyamine showed 9-8-6-3-2. Juanda mucked his hand and Benyamine was up to 160,000 while Juanda was down to 110,000. Player Tags: John Juanda, David Benyamine, Phil Ivey, Kenny Tran, Mark Weitzman, Tim Phan, Jean-Robert Bellande, Steve Sung, Erica Schoenberg, Justin Smith Level 9 Update: Sung And Mizzi Double UpJun 11, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 46 out of 96 Chip Counts: 1. Roland De Wolfe – 180,300 Average Chip Count: 58,776 Notable Eliminations: Steve Zolotow Big Hands:
Steve Sung was all in before the draw for his last 6,000 in chips. Freddy Deeb was the only caller and it was time to draw. Draw: Sung draws 1 card, Deeb’s draw unknown After the draw, Deeb announced he had a King-low. Sung then turned over his holding, showing 10-7-3-2 before he flipped over his drawn card. It was the 4 Zolotow With An Early Pot, Busts Out Later With 5,600 in the pot and the draw already completed, Steve Zolotow fired 3,000 into the pot and the action was on Chris Bjorin. He thought for a few moments but decided to muck his hand and surrender the pot. Zolotow raked it in and was around 32,000 in chips. Those chips did not last long, however, as he busted out shortly after.
Before the draw, Mizzi was all in for his last 10,400 and the action was on Binger. He tanked for a long time and then finally decided to throw in the call. Draw: Mizzi draws 1 card, Binger draws 1 card When Mizzi drew his card, Binger had a look of frustration on his face as he drew his card. Before even looking at his card, Binger said to Mizzi, “You win.” Mizzi turned over a K-10-8-6-2 and Binger mucked. He was down to 51,000 while Mizzi doubled up to 22,000.
Prior to the draw, Tim Phan raised and Jean-Robert Bellande made the call from the button. Greg Mueller followed suit from the small blind and the onus was now on the players to draw. Draw: Mueller stands pat, Phan draws 2 cards, Bellande draws 1 card Everyone checked and Mueller turned over a Jack-low, good enough to take the pot as his opponents mucked. Mueller was at 60,000 while Bellande was down to 50,000 and Phan was at 86,000.
Freddy Deeb moved all in for his last 13,700 and action folded around to David Benyamine in the big blind. He thought for a few moments and then made the call. Draw: Benyamine draws 1 card, Deeb draws 1 card Before they received their cards, both players turned over their hands. Benyamine showed 8-7-5-2 while Deeb revealed 9-6-5-3. Deeb was the first to turn his card and it was the 10 Player Tags: Steve Zolotow, David Benyamine, Greg Mueller, Tim Phan, Jean-Robert Bellande, Steve Sung, Michael Binger, Freddy Deeb, Sorel Mizzi |
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| Jun 11, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 23 - $10,000 World Championship No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball | 2 | + |
Final Table Update: Quickly Down to FourJun 12, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 out of 96 Chip Counts: 1. Ville Wahlbeck — 740,000 Average Chip Count: 720,000 Notable Eliminations: 8. Michael Binger – $24,545 Big Hands:
Michael Binger Eliminated in Eighth Place ($24,545) Michael Binger moved all in from early position to open the action and John Juanda made the call. Binger chose to draw two and Juanda stood pat. Juanda turned over a 10-8-6-4-2 and Binger turned over 9-9-K-7-2. Binger was eliminated in eighth place.
David Benyamine Eliminated in Seventh Place ($30,492) Steve Sung raised to 32,000 from the cutoff and David Benyamine reraised all in for 86,000 from the button. Sung stood pat and Benyamine drew one card. Sung turned over J-8-7-3-2 and Benyamine conjured 9-6-5-4. He was drawing live but he paired his 9 and was eliminated in seventh place. Vince Musso Eliminated in Sixth Place ($39,697) Ville Wahlbeck raised to 35,000 and Vince Musso reraised all in. Wahlbeck called him and stood pat. Musso drew one card. Wahlbeck turned up 7-5-4-3-2 for the nuts and Musso was eliminated before he received his draw card with a 9-5-4-2. Musso was eliminated in sixth place. Archie Karas Eliminated in Fifth Place ($53,783) Archie Karas moved all in for 86,000 under the gun and Steve Sung made the call. Both players stood pat and Sung turned up 10-9-8-7-3. Karas held J-10-8-5-2 and he was eliminated in fifth place. Player Tags: John Juanda, David Benyamine, Archie Karas, Ville Wahlbeck, Steve Sung, Michael Binger, Vince Musso Level 19 Update: Roland de Wolfe (10th) and Justin Smith (9th) EliminatedJun 12, '09 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 out of 96 Chip Counts: 1. Vince Musso — 765,500 Average Chip Count: 360,000
Notable Eliminations: 10. Roland de Wolfe – $19,871 Big Hands: Roland de Wolfe Eliminated in 10th Place ($19,871) Ville Wahlbeck opened the action and Roland de Wolfe reraised all in. Wahlbeck made the call and both players stood pat. Wahlbeck held a J-8-5-4-3 and de Wolfe revealed a J-10-8-4-2. De Wolfe was eliminated in 10th place and he is the first player to hit the rail on the final day.
Justin Smith Eliminated in Ninth Place ($19,871) David Benyamine raised to open the action and Justin Smith re-raised all in. Benyamine made the call and each player drew one card. Their cards: Benyamine: 9-6-5-3 Benyamine revealed a deuce for his draw card and Smith turned up a jack. Smith was eliminated in ninth place, leaving just one more player to bust before the official final table. Player Tags: David Benyamine, Ville Wahlbeck, Roland de Wolfe, Justin Smith Level 15 Update: Tim Phan, Bruno Fitoussi EliminatedJun 11, '09 Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 17 out of 96 Chip Counts: 1. Vince Musso — 345,000 Average Chip Count: 169,411 Notable Eliminations: Mark Weitzman Big Hands:
John Juanda raises to 12,000 before the draw and Mark Weitzman moves all in behind him for an additional 500. Juanda calls. Both players draw one card each. Weitzman draws a 10-8-7-3-2 while Juanda makes a 10-6-5-4-3. Juanda rakes the pot, eliminating Mark Weitzman right after the break. Weitzman was eliminated in 22nd place, and as a result, the remaining 21 players will re-draw for seats at the final three tables.
After battling with the short stack the entire night, Bruno Fitoussi finally gets is all in for just under 25,000 from under the gun. Michael Binger calls from middle position, as does David Banyamine from the big blind. Both Fitoussi and Benyamine draw one card each as Binger stands pat. Benyamine checks the side pot, Binger bets 40,000 and Benyamine folds. Binger turns over 7-5-4-3-2 and eliminates Bruno Fitoussi from the event. Anton Allemann Eliminated by Dan Harmetz Anton Allemann moves all in from the button and Dan Harmetz calls from the big blind. Allemann draws one card as Harmetz stands pat. Harmetz turns over a made 10-9-6-5-3 while Allemann falls just short, drawing to a
On a consistent downswing since the dinner break, Bobby Bellande prepares to make his last stand as he moves all in for 25,000 from the cutoff. John Hanson calls from the big blind, he has Bellande covered. Both players draw one card each. Hanson had the best draw with a 7-5-4-2 against Bellande’s 9-8-4-2, but as Bellande draws a 10, Hanson pairs his seven. Bellande doubles ups this hand while John Hanson falls down to just 40,000 in chips. Player Tags: John Juanda, David Benyamine, Bruno Fitoussi, Mark Weitzman, Jean-Robert Bellande, Michael Binger, John Hanson Level 11 Update: Ivey And Tran OustedJun 11, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 31 out of 96 Chip Counts: 1. Vince Musso – 222,000 Average Chip Count: 80,000 Notable Eliminations: Phil Ivey Big Hands:
Ivey moved all in and was called by Steve Sung. After all was said and done, Ivey showed down a Jack-low. It was not good enough, however, as Sung showed a 10-low and Ivey was knocked out of the tournament. Sung’s stack improved to just over 60,000 in chips. Phan Chips Up The player in seat 1 raised to 5,500 from the small blind and Tim Phan made the call from the big blind. Draw: Seat 1 draws 1 card, Tim Phan draws 1 card After the draw, seat 1 checked and Phan fired 13,000. Seat 1 mucked and Phan took in the pot, improving to 118,000.
Mark Weitzman raised before the draw and action folded around to John Juanda. He then repopped it to 100,000 straight. Weitzman went into the tank for a very long time before finally sticking his remaining 40,000 into the middle. It was then time for the players to decide how many cards to draw. Draw: Juanda stands pat, Weitzman stands pat Juanda revealed 10-8-5-4-2, but Weitzman tabled 8-7-6-5-3 and he doubled up to almost 90,000. Juanda dropped down to 134,000 after the hand. Gin! The player in seat 4 raised to 5,200 and Jean-Robert Bellande made the call. Draw: Seat 4 draws 1 card, Bellande draws 1 card After the draw, seat 4 checked and Bellande fired 16,000 into the pot. Seat 4 tanked for a long time and then decided to call. “Gin!” Bellande announced after he turned over 7-5-4-3-2 for the absolute nuts. Seat 4 mucked and Bellande collected the pot and he was at 140,000.
Kenny Tran’s tournament life is now over. After a raise to 4,300 and a call prior to the draw, Justin Smith popped it to 21,000 to go. Tran then looked down at his hand and moved in for just 2,000 more. The original raiser and caller folded but Smith put in the extra two yellow chips. Draw: Smith Draws 1 card, Tran stands pat Tran tabled his 9-7-5-4-2 low and awaited to see what Smith drew. The bad news was revealed as Smith showed 8-6-5-3-2 and Tran was shown the door. Smith improved his stack to 140,000 in chips.
Erica Schoenberg stopped by earlier to show some support to her significant other David Benyamine. That visit put some luck on his side as Benyamine took a nice pot off John Juanda. Juanda raised to 14,500 before the draw and Benyamine made the call from the button. Draw: Juanda stands pat, Benyamine draws 1 card Juanda checked after the draw and Benyamine fired 18,000 into the pot. Juanda made the call and Benyamine showed 9-8-6-3-2. Juanda mucked his hand and Benyamine was up to 160,000 while Juanda was down to 110,000. Player Tags: John Juanda, David Benyamine, Phil Ivey, Kenny Tran, Mark Weitzman, Tim Phan, Jean-Robert Bellande, Steve Sung, Erica Schoenberg, Justin Smith Level 9 Update: Sung And Mizzi Double UpJun 11, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 46 out of 96 Chip Counts: 1. Roland De Wolfe – 180,300 Average Chip Count: 58,776 Notable Eliminations: Steve Zolotow Big Hands:
Steve Sung was all in before the draw for his last 6,000 in chips. Freddy Deeb was the only caller and it was time to draw. Draw: Sung draws 1 card, Deeb’s draw unknown After the draw, Deeb announced he had a King-low. Sung then turned over his holding, showing 10-7-3-2 before he flipped over his drawn card. It was the 4 Zolotow With An Early Pot, Busts Out Later With 5,600 in the pot and the draw already completed, Steve Zolotow fired 3,000 into the pot and the action was on Chris Bjorin. He thought for a few moments but decided to muck his hand and surrender the pot. Zolotow raked it in and was around 32,000 in chips. Those chips did not last long, however, as he busted out shortly after.
Before the draw, Mizzi was all in for his last 10,400 and the action was on Binger. He tanked for a long time and then finally decided to throw in the call. Draw: Mizzi draws 1 card, Binger draws 1 card When Mizzi drew his card, Binger had a look of frustration on his face as he drew his card. Before even looking at his card, Binger said to Mizzi, “You win.” Mizzi turned over a K-10-8-6-2 and Binger mucked. He was down to 51,000 while Mizzi doubled up to 22,000.
Prior to the draw, Tim Phan raised and Jean-Robert Bellande made the call from the button. Greg Mueller followed suit from the small blind and the onus was now on the players to draw. Draw: Mueller stands pat, Phan draws 2 cards, Bellande draws 1 card Everyone checked and Mueller turned over a Jack-low, good enough to take the pot as his opponents mucked. Mueller was at 60,000 while Bellande was down to 50,000 and Phan was at 86,000.
Freddy Deeb moved all in for his last 13,700 and action folded around to David Benyamine in the big blind. He thought for a few moments and then made the call. Draw: Benyamine draws 1 card, Deeb draws 1 card Before they received their cards, both players turned over their hands. Benyamine showed 8-7-5-2 while Deeb revealed 9-6-5-3. Deeb was the first to turn his card and it was the 10 Player Tags: Steve Zolotow, David Benyamine, Greg Mueller, Tim Phan, Jean-Robert Bellande, Steve Sung, Michael Binger, Freddy Deeb, Sorel Mizzi |
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J.C Tran Doubles
Shulman Busts Andy Black
Stokes Doubles Through Kara Scott
Noah Boeken Scores A Knockout, Over A Million
Schneider Eliminates Burt With Big Slick
Blair Hinkle Doubles One Opponent Up, Makes A Profit Anyway
Kenny Tran Gets Bluffed
Scott Fischman Eliminated by David Benyamine
Huck Seed vs. Eli Elezra
Gus Hansen Wins Big Pot
Two Bullets To The Head
Singer Gets Chopped Up
Schulman Gets a River Fold, Wins Big Pot
Lisandro Makes Two Pair to Best Matusow
Chopping With Johnny Chan
Negreanu and Antonius Chop Big Pot
Bill Chen’s Pocket Kings Run into Pocket Kings
Scotty Nguyen Makes Quads, But Gets No Action
Justin Smith Takes One
Justin Smith Tangles With Huck Seed in Weird Hand
Justin Bonomo Jacks Up Billirakis
“These No Limit Players”
Matt Vengrin Doubles Through Tex Barch
Daniel Negreanu Eliminated
Le And Lind Get Most Of Sitar’s Chips
Benyamine And Sitar Become Fossils
Williamson’s Heart Broken On The River
Clements Falters
Benyamine Tangles With Hougaard
Mark Weitzman Eliminated by John Juanda
Bruno Fitoussi Eliminated by Michael Binger
Bobby Bellande Doubles Up
Phil Ivey Eliminated By Steve Sung
Juanda Drops Some Chips
Oh My God! They Killed Kenny!
Lady Luck On Benyamine’s Side
Steve Sung Doubles Up Through Freddy Deeb
Sorel Mizzi Doubles Through Michael Binger
Mueller Loves The Three-Way Action
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