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| Nov 05, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 9 | + |
Level 37 Update II: Phil Ivey Eliminated in Seventh Place and Steven Begleiter Eliminated in Sixth PlaceNov 08, '09 Blinds: 300,000-600,000 with a 75,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon — 63,925,000 Average Chip Count: 38,964,000 Notable Eliminations: 7: Phil Ivey — $1,404,002 Big Hands
Phil Ivey moved all in for 6.45 million under the gun preflop and Darvin Moon made the call in the big blind. The two players then turned over their cards as the audience rose to their feet in anticipation. Ivey: A Ivey was sitting in a good spot with his A-K dominating the A-Q of Moon, but Ivey has a history with A-Q, and it is not a good one. The board that fell confirmed once again that the hand is nothing short of kryptonite for the best poker player on the planet. Board: Q Ivey was eliminated and although the crowd gave him a loud ovation, the mood went sour after he exited the room. Ivey was awarded $1,404,002 in prize money for his seventh-place finish. Moon was up to 39.3 million after the hand.
Steven Begleiter raised to 1.6 million under the gun preflop and Darvin Moon reraised all in for 39.925 million. Begleiter made the all-in call for 23.25 million and the two players turned over their cards: Begleiter: Q Board: 8 The crowd erupted in cheers as the improbable happened yet again tonight. Moon hit the miracle ace on the river and he grew his stack to 63.925 million to take the chip lead. Begleiter was eliminated in sixth place. He was awarded $1,587,133 in prize money. Player Tags: Phil Ivey, Darvin Moon, Steven Begleiter Level 37 Update: The Frenchman Takes the Chip LeadNov 07, '09 Blinds: 300,000-600,000 with a 75,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Antoine Saout — 53,725,000 Average Chip Count: 27,831,429 Notable Eliminations: NONE Big Hands:
Steven Begleiter raised to 1.5 million and Antoine Saout reraised to 4.5 million from the small blind. Begleiter made the call and the flop came down 9 Saout checked and Begleiter bet 6.3 million. Saout announced all in for about 21 million and Begleiter went into the tank. After a few minutes, he made the call and fist pumped with excitement after seeing the hands. It appeared that he didn’t realize that his 8 The turn was the 10 A Huge Chop For Buchman and Cada Joe Cada raised to 1.5 million and Darvin Moon made the call. Eric Buchman then moved all in from the big blind and Cada instantly called for the last of his chips. Moon mucked and Buchman showed A The flop came J Player Tags: Antoine Saout, Steven Begleiter Level 36 Update -- Moon Takes a SpillNov 07, '09 Blinds: 200,000-400,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1: Eric Buchman — 54,825,000 Average Chip Count: 27,831,429 Notable Eliminations: NONE Big Hands:
Darvin Moon raised to 1.3 million preflop under the gun and Steven Begleiter reraised to 3.9 million from the hi-jack. Moon made the call and the flop was dealt 4 Phil Ivey Adds Some Chips Steven Begletier raised to 1.25 million preflop under the gun and Phil Ivey made the call in the big blind. The flop was dealt K Player Tags: Phil Ivey, Darvin Moon, Steven Begleiter Level 35 Update Part II: Kevin Schaffel Eliminated in Eighth Place ($1,300,228)Nov 07, '09 Blinds: 200,000-400,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining: 7 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1: Darvin Moon — 49,455,000 Average Chip Count: 27,831,429 Notable Eliminations: 8: Kevin Schaffel — $1,300,228 Big Hands:
Kevin Schaffel raised to 1.25 million preflop from the hi-jack and Steven Begleiter made the call from the cutoff. Eric Buchman reraised to 5.75 million from the button and Schaffel reraised all in for 17.2 million total. Begleiter mucked and Buchman made the call. Their cards: Buchman: K Board: Q Buchman made quad kings to win the hand and grow his stack to 51,975,000. Schaffel was eliminated in eighth place and he will take home $1,300,228 in prize money. Card Player Twitter Page: People on the Rail Adam Schoenfeld Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Kevin Schaffel, Steven Begleiter Level 34 Update Part II: European Players Double UpNov 07, '09 Blinds: 150,000-300,000 with a 40,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1: Darvin Moon — 49,455,000 Average Chip Count: 21,646,666 Notable Eliminations: NONE
James Akenhead Doubles Up James Akenheand moved all in preflop for 4,015,000 under the gun and Steven Begleiter made the call from middle position. Eric Buchman then reraised to 12 million total from the hi-jack and Begleiter got out of the way. The two live players then flipped over their cards: Akenhead: K Board: J Akenhead won the hand with a queen on the river and he doubled up to 12,855,000. Begleiter dropped to 27,190,000 after the hand. Antoine Saout Doubles Up Antoine Saout raised to 750,000 preflop from the cutoff and Darvin Moon made the call in the small blind. James Akenhead mucked in the big blind and the flop was dealt K Card Player Twitter Page: People on the Rail Adam Schoenfeld Card Player TV Barry Shulman is Presented with his WSOP Europe Main Event Gold Bracelet Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Barry Shulman, James Akenhead, Antoine Saout, Darvin Moon, Steven Begleiter 2009 Main Event Final Table Begins at Noon SaturdayNov 05, '09
The November Nine will return to the Rio in Las Vegas on Saturday at noon PST and play down to two players. Those final competitors will then battle it out on Monday night, starting at 10 p.m. PST, to see who will walk away with the first-place prize of $8,546,435 and the title of world champion. The final table episode will then be broadcast to the world on ESPN on Tuesday, starting at 6 p.m. EST. The final table, which will take place at the Penn and Teller Theater, will be open to the public. Each player at the final table has already received ninth-place prize money worth $1,263,602. Card Player’s live reporting team will be on the scene to bring you all of the action in live updates, chip counts, and photos. Here is a look at all of the information you need to know before the final table begins: NOTE: Play will begin in level 33 with blinds at 120,000-240,000 with a 30,000 ante.
1: Darvin Moon — 58,930,000 Average Chip Count: 21,646,666 Final-Table Seating Chart: Seat 1: Darvin Moon Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Eric Buchman, Phil Ivey, Kevin Schaffel, James Akenhead, Antoine Saout, Joseph Cada, Darvin Moon, Steven Begleiter |
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| Aug 25, '09 | 2009 Legends of Poker | WPT Legends of Poker Main Event | 4 | + |
Steven Begleiter Eliminated in Ninth Place ($39,240)Aug 25, '09
Terry showed A The board came 10 Player Tags: Todd Terry, Steven Begleiter Toto Leonidas Doubles UpAug 25, '09 Toto Leonidas got all of his chips into the middle preflop and Steven Begleiter made the call. Their cards: Leonidas: A Board: A Leonidas won the hand to survive and 10 players still remain. Player Tags: Toto Leonidas, Steven Begleiter Tony Gargano Eliminated in 21st Place ($18,285)Aug 25, '09 Tony Gargano raised to 21,000 from the button preflop and Steven Begleiter made the call from the small blind. The flop was dealt 8 Gargano: A Turn and River: K Gargano was eliminated on the hand in 21st place and he took home $18,285 in prize money. Begleiter grew his stack to 910,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Steven Begleiter Level 9 UpdateAug 23, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 90 out of 278 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Begleiter — 300,000 Average Chip Count: 93,000 Notable Eliminations: Ted Lawson Hand of the Level:
Van Nguyen limped under the gun and Steven Begleiter raised to 4,200 on the button. The blinds folded and Nguyen reraised to 11,900. Begleiter put her all in and Nguyen insta-called with pocket aces. Begleiter showed A After the hand, Nguyen was up to about 90,000 while Begleiter maintained his chip lead with 300,000. Level Summary: The action slowed during the last level, but just a bit. Adam Geyer was at one point near the top of the chip counts, but awful luck saw his tournament come to an early end. Early in the level, Geyer’s pocket aces ran into a flopped set. Then he was all in preflop with pocket queens, only to see his opponent river trip jacks holding A-J. Prahlad Friedman continued his march up the leaderboard by dominating his table and bringing his stack to over 200,000. Matt Marafioti informed us that he got most of those chips when his Q-J flopped quads against Marafioti’s pocket aces. Player Tags: Van Nguyen, Steven Begleiter Level 5 UpdateAug 22, '09 Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 189 out of 278 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Begleiter — 220,000 Average Chip Count: 44,000 Notable Eliminations: Tim Phan Hand of the Level:
Steven Begleiter had his opponent all-in on the turn holding a set of nines. His opponent showed a straight, but the river paired the board and Begleiter took the chip lead. Continue reading below to see how he finished the level. Level Summary: November Nine member Steven Begleiter is doing everything in his power to shore up his poker resume here at the Legends of Poker. During the level, Begleiter rivered a full house to get his stack to the 180,000 mark. Just one hand later, Begleiter got into a preflop raising war with Tim Phan that resulted in his pocket kings holding up against A-K. Begleiter ended the day as the far and away chip leader with about 220,000. Player Tags: Steven Begleiter |
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| Aug 23, '09 | 2009 Legends of Poker | WPT Legends of Poker Main Event | 2 | + |
Steven Begleiter Eliminated in Ninth Place ($39,240)Aug 25, '09
Terry showed A The board came 10 Player Tags: Todd Terry, Steven Begleiter Toto Leonidas Doubles UpAug 25, '09 Toto Leonidas got all of his chips into the middle preflop and Steven Begleiter made the call. Their cards: Leonidas: A Board: A Leonidas won the hand to survive and 10 players still remain. Player Tags: Toto Leonidas, Steven Begleiter Tony Gargano Eliminated in 21st Place ($18,285)Aug 25, '09 Tony Gargano raised to 21,000 from the button preflop and Steven Begleiter made the call from the small blind. The flop was dealt 8 Gargano: A Turn and River: K Gargano was eliminated on the hand in 21st place and he took home $18,285 in prize money. Begleiter grew his stack to 910,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Steven Begleiter Level 9 UpdateAug 23, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 90 out of 278 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Begleiter — 300,000 Average Chip Count: 93,000 Notable Eliminations: Ted Lawson Hand of the Level:
Van Nguyen limped under the gun and Steven Begleiter raised to 4,200 on the button. The blinds folded and Nguyen reraised to 11,900. Begleiter put her all in and Nguyen insta-called with pocket aces. Begleiter showed A After the hand, Nguyen was up to about 90,000 while Begleiter maintained his chip lead with 300,000. Level Summary: The action slowed during the last level, but just a bit. Adam Geyer was at one point near the top of the chip counts, but awful luck saw his tournament come to an early end. Early in the level, Geyer’s pocket aces ran into a flopped set. Then he was all in preflop with pocket queens, only to see his opponent river trip jacks holding A-J. Prahlad Friedman continued his march up the leaderboard by dominating his table and bringing his stack to over 200,000. Matt Marafioti informed us that he got most of those chips when his Q-J flopped quads against Marafioti’s pocket aces. Player Tags: Van Nguyen, Steven Begleiter Level 5 UpdateAug 22, '09 Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 189 out of 278 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Begleiter — 220,000 Average Chip Count: 44,000 Notable Eliminations: Tim Phan Hand of the Level:
Steven Begleiter had his opponent all-in on the turn holding a set of nines. His opponent showed a straight, but the river paired the board and Begleiter took the chip lead. Continue reading below to see how he finished the level. Level Summary: November Nine member Steven Begleiter is doing everything in his power to shore up his poker resume here at the Legends of Poker. During the level, Begleiter rivered a full house to get his stack to the 180,000 mark. Just one hand later, Begleiter got into a preflop raising war with Tim Phan that resulted in his pocket kings holding up against A-K. Begleiter ended the day as the far and away chip leader with about 220,000. Player Tags: Steven Begleiter |
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| Aug 22, '09 | 2009 Legends of Poker | WPT Legends of Poker Main Event | 1 | + |
Steven Begleiter Eliminated in Ninth Place ($39,240)Aug 25, '09
Terry showed A The board came 10 Player Tags: Todd Terry, Steven Begleiter Toto Leonidas Doubles UpAug 25, '09 Toto Leonidas got all of his chips into the middle preflop and Steven Begleiter made the call. Their cards: Leonidas: A Board: A Leonidas won the hand to survive and 10 players still remain. Player Tags: Toto Leonidas, Steven Begleiter Tony Gargano Eliminated in 21st Place ($18,285)Aug 25, '09 Tony Gargano raised to 21,000 from the button preflop and Steven Begleiter made the call from the small blind. The flop was dealt 8 Gargano: A Turn and River: K Gargano was eliminated on the hand in 21st place and he took home $18,285 in prize money. Begleiter grew his stack to 910,000 after the hand. Player Tags: Steven Begleiter Level 9 UpdateAug 23, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 90 out of 278 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Begleiter — 300,000 Average Chip Count: 93,000 Notable Eliminations: Ted Lawson Hand of the Level:
Van Nguyen limped under the gun and Steven Begleiter raised to 4,200 on the button. The blinds folded and Nguyen reraised to 11,900. Begleiter put her all in and Nguyen insta-called with pocket aces. Begleiter showed A After the hand, Nguyen was up to about 90,000 while Begleiter maintained his chip lead with 300,000. Level Summary: The action slowed during the last level, but just a bit. Adam Geyer was at one point near the top of the chip counts, but awful luck saw his tournament come to an early end. Early in the level, Geyer’s pocket aces ran into a flopped set. Then he was all in preflop with pocket queens, only to see his opponent river trip jacks holding A-J. Prahlad Friedman continued his march up the leaderboard by dominating his table and bringing his stack to over 200,000. Matt Marafioti informed us that he got most of those chips when his Q-J flopped quads against Marafioti’s pocket aces. Player Tags: Van Nguyen, Steven Begleiter Level 5 UpdateAug 22, '09 Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 189 out of 278 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Begleiter — 220,000 Average Chip Count: 44,000 Notable Eliminations: Tim Phan Hand of the Level:
Steven Begleiter had his opponent all-in on the turn holding a set of nines. His opponent showed a straight, but the river paired the board and Begleiter took the chip lead. Continue reading below to see how he finished the level. Level Summary: November Nine member Steven Begleiter is doing everything in his power to shore up his poker resume here at the Legends of Poker. During the level, Begleiter rivered a full house to get his stack to the 180,000 mark. Just one hand later, Begleiter got into a preflop raising war with Tim Phan that resulted in his pocket kings holding up against A-K. Begleiter ended the day as the far and away chip leader with about 220,000. Player Tags: Steven Begleiter |
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Phil Ivey Eliminated in Seventh Place ($1,404,002)
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Steven Begleiter Eliminated in Sixth Place ($1,587,133)
Antoine Saout Doubles Through Steven Begleiter
Moon Makes an Interesting Laydown
Kevin Schaffel Eliminated in Eighth Place — ($1,300,228)
Big Hands:
On Saturday, the wait will finally be over.
Chip Counts:
Todd Terry raised to 50,000 from the button and Steven Begleiter moved all in for about 500,000. Terry made the call and they flipped up their cards.
Van Nguyen Doubles Through Chip Lead
Steven Begleiter Fills Up to the Chip Lead