Gregory Pappas Poker Tournament Updates

$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low - Level 12 Recap

Jun 27, '08

Note: Players are on a 20-minute break.

Limits: 300 ante, 300 low card, 1,200-2,400 limits

Players Remaining: 51 of 544

Average Chip Stack: 31,400

Chip Counts:

Thomas Hunt III - 123,000
George Markakis - 59,000
Fil Humphreys - 55,000
Alessio Isaia - 47,000
Hoang Ta - 47,000
Mike Hefer - 44,000
David Daneshgar - 42,000
Men Nguyen - 40,000
Tim D'Alessandro - 40,000
James Richburg - 37,000

Eliminations:

Bret Jungblut
Bart Hanson
John Phan
David Singer

Hands and Storylines:

Singer goes out on bubble

David Singer was down to just a few hundred chips and put them into the pot in the first hand of hand-to-hand play. He was called by three players and when it was over Men Nguyen held a low hand and another player had a set. Singer started with a pair of eights but didn't improve.

Traniello survives with triple up

Marco Traniello was in a hand against Greg Pappas and Tim D'Alesandro. Traniello bet out each street and on seventh street had just a few hundred remaining after a bet of 2,400. Pappas was next to act, and seemed to know he was beat. He called, and then D'Alessandro was in an identical situatioin, saying, "I have to call." Traniello flipped over two pair, aces and fives, and an eight low to scoop the huge pot. After the hand Traniello had roughly 25,000 chips.

Player Tags: David Singer,   Marco Traniello,   Gregory Pappas

$1,500 Seven Card Stud - Level 15

Jun 19, '08

Seating assignments have been redrawn as the tournament field is down to two tables.

Ante: 700
Bring In: 1000
Limits: 3000/6000

Players Left: 16 of 381

Al Barbieri - 109,000
Andre Boyer - 93,000
Michael Rocco - 91,000
Chris McIntyre - 89,000
Levon Torosyan - 85,000
Max Troy - 67,000
Sabyl Landrum - 67,000
Jeff Siegal - 65,000
Bryan Devonshire - 61,000
Roy Rose - 53,000

Average Stack: 67,158

Eliminations: Ryan Nicholson, Stefan Rapp, Joel Fischbein, Chip Jett, Charlie Townsend.

Big Hands:

Boy Oh Boyer

Andre Boyer is picking a nice time to start catching some cards, and he's used that momentum to climb among the leaders. In one interesting hand, Boyer was up against Jeff Siegal. Siegal had raised to 6000 and Boyer reraised to 9000 while showing the A, this despite the A and A having already been mucked by others. Siegal made the call with the 6. Boyer bet out on every street to the end, finishing with A4K8. His clubs seemed to negate the hand of Siegal, who opened with 6JQ8. Siegal appeared tempted to fold on sixth street, and took his time before deciding to call again on seventh. Boyer then showed AK8 in the hole for aces-up. Siegal mucked his hand.
Boyer then busted the short-stacked Joel Fischbein a few hands later. With 3599, Boyer again bet on every street and drew calls, until Fischbein committed his final 2300 on sixth street. Boyer flipped over pocket queens for queens and nines, while Fischbein, with J825 was trying to back into a flush. It never came and Fischbein was eliminated in 19th place.

Nicholson Sent Packing

Chris McIntyre opened with 78 and picked up the 4 on fifth street. Ryan Nicholson opened with 85 and was all-in once he connected with the A on fifth street, having the A in the hole. But McIntyre had two buried hearts and added a fifth on sixth street to complete the flush and the elimination.

Townsend Takes a Hit, Then a Hike

Charlie Townsend lost a large portion of his chips in a battle with Greg Pappas. Townsend opened with potential, drawing the 10AJ3. He bet on fourth street, then check-called the rest of the way. Pappas was showing 7K92. When it came to the showdown, Pappas said, "all I have is the flush I started with," showing the 85. That was enough to scoop the pot, and Townsend was eliminated a few hands later.
 

Player Tags: Charlie Townsend,   Christopher Mcintyre,   Jeffrey Siegal,   Andre Boyer,   Gregory Pappas

$2,500 E.O. - Down to Heads Up

Jun 07, '08

Players Left: 2

Chip Counts:

Big Hands and Storylines:

Greg Pappas Eliminated in 5th Place ($48,190) - Omaha 8/b

Greg Pappas is all in against Tom Chambers on a board of 1097210. Pappas has a straight but he is beaten by the KQ94 for a flush of Chambers. Pappas is eliminated in fifth place.

After Pappas was eliminated, Rouhani began to steamroll the other three players, at one point having both Yueqi Zhu and Miami John Cernuto on the ropes.

Yueqi Zhu Eliminated in 4th Place ($63,807)

Yueqi Zhu was short stacked and needed to make a move with A5Q9, but unforunately ran into the AA3K of Farzad Rouhani. The Aces held up and a low never materialized for Zhu, who finished in fourth place.

Miami John Cernuto Eliminated in 3rd Place ($86,117)

On a board of J1075, Miami John Cernuto is all in holding 10753 for two pair. He's up against Farzad Rouhani's AQ95. The river is the K and Rouhani makes his flush to eliminate Cernuto in fourth place.
 

NOTE: The players then took a brief break before beginning heads-up play.
 

 

 

 

Player Tags: John Cernuto,   Farzad Rouhani,   Gregory Pappas,   Yueqi Zhu,   Tom Chambers

Continuing The Action

Jun 21, '07

Lull in the Action

Nesbitt Coburn then doubled up through Nick Frangos and Greg Raymer made an appearance to sweat the action. After the after the aforementioned action that took place over the course of back to back hands play slowed down for the next 20 hands. Jeffrey Lisandro was able to double up through Pappas with three fours during this stretch.

Gregory Pappas Eliminated in Sixth Place ($16,282)

Gregory Pappas was the next to hit the rail in sixth place. Pappas had started the day with a healthy amount of chips, but his fall from grace was complete when he was busted by Nesbitt Coburn and his king-high straight. He took home $16,282 in prize money.

Chip Counts

Daniel Negreanu: $246,000
Nick Frangos: $305,000
Nesbitt Coburn: $103,000
Jeff Lisandro: $94,000
Severin Walser: $102,000

Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro,   Nesbitt Coburn,   Gregory Pappas,   Nick Frangos

Shuffle Up and Deal

Jun 21, '07

The players took their seats at 1:00 p.m. and here is how the table looked:

Seat No. 1: Daniel Negreanu - $164,500
Seat No. 2: Gregory Pappas - $144,000
Seat No. 3: Nick Frangos - $90,500
Seat No. 4: David Brody - $16,000
Seat No. 5: Jeffrey Lisandro - $195,000
Seat No. 6: Nesbitt Coburn - $150,500
Seat No. 7: Severin Walser - $24,000
Seat No. 8: Farshad Cohen - $75,500

Farshad Cohen Eliminated in Eighth Place ($8,916)

The cards got in the air at 1:25 p.m. and Farshad Cohen was the first to make an exit a half hour into play. He was eliminated by the queen-high straight of Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu made the straight on seventh street and Cohen was sent to the rail in eighth place. He took home $8,916 in prize money.

David Brody Eliminated in Seventh Place ($12,405)

David Brody was on an extreme short stack at this point ($6,000) and he was all in against Greg Pappas.  Pappas also made a queen-high straight to send his opponent packing. Brody was eliminated in seventh place and he took home $12,405 in prize money.

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   David Brody,   Gregory Pappas,   Farshad Cohen

Final Table Set

Jun 20, '07

Action got down to ninehanded and each hand was watched by the eyes of ESPN cameras and rail birds closely. In the end Howard Lederer was the television bubble boy when he was busted by the two pair of Jeffrey Lisandro. The players then re-drew for seats at the final table. A decision now had to be made to play through the night, or come back tomorrow. The ESPN producers made their case for the latter, since they intended to film the action. Lisandro was the only player who wanted to continue, but he changed his mind when they told him they would begin the final table at 1 p.m. tomorrow. This would allow him to still participate in the 5 p.m. event tomorrow. The players then bagged up their chips and this is how things will look when they take their seats at 1 p.m. tomorrow:

Seat No. 1: Daniel Negreanu - $164,500
Seat No. 2: Gregory Pappas - $144,000
Seat No. 3: Nick Frangos - $90,500
Seat No. 4: David Brody - $16,000
Seat No. 5: Jeffrey Lisandro - $195,000
Seat No. 6: Nesbitt Coburn - $150,500
Seat No. 7: Severin Walser - $24,000
Seat No. 8: Farshad Cohen - $75,500

Tune in to CardPlayer.com to follow all the final table action

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   David Brody,   Jeffrey Lisandro,   Nesbitt Coburn,   Gregory Pappas,   Nick Frangos,   Farshad Cohen,   Severin Walser

What Hour is This Again?

Jun 20, '07

The Tortoise and the Tortoise

There was a short break shortly into this stretch of play for fifteen minutes. The players returned, 13 of them, and took their seats at the final two tables. Over an hour later 11 of them remained, including, Daniel Negreanu, Howard Lederer, Nick Frangos, Jeffrey Lisandro, Mel Judah, and new chip leader Greg Pappas. David Chiu was not among the names listed because he had busted out of the tournament in 12th place. Lisandro, Judah, and Lederer were all on short stacks at some point during this stretch of play, but the man with the fewest chips was taking down pot after pot. During this stretch of play a short stack was the lucky rabbit’s foot of the moment.

Negreanu’s Rise

Daniel Negreanu had tangled in a large pot with Howard Lederer where he scored over $40,000 then he was moved over to the table that Chiu had vacated. Waiting with open arms was Pappas. He seemed quite eager to play with Kid Poker, as well as chat with him.

Pappas may not have been as happy to have Negreanu at his table after this hand. After a raise and call followed each street, both players checked the final card. Negreanu exposed A Q (10 J 3 A) 9 and Pappas turned up Q 10 (Q 3 7 4) 5. “Now you’re the chip leader,” said Pappas to Negreanu as collected the pot. Indeed he was with $160,000.

Late Night with Pappas and Frangos

Many players were showing the lateness of the hour in their expressions, body language, and patterns of speech. Not Pappas and Frangos though, each man was the entertainment front man for his table, and the ESPN camera crews scurried to and fro to capture the action. Here are some nuggets of wisdom they each exposed over the last hour:

“If this was six card stud I’d have been out about 35 hands ago.” – Pappas

“The poker book got thrown out the window 24 minutes ago.” – Frangos

“You can’t play big pots with small stacks.” - Pappas

“Can you bang on the drum…You should be paying me for this…If she breaks something I’ll give her $200.” – Frangos (to massage therapist)

"I caught a straight, just like magic.” – Pappas (after he busted Chiu)

"This should get rid of the riff-raff.” – Frangos (after the blinds increased)

The Wall

Eliminating Chiu in 12th place was hard enough for this tournament field so we will see how long it takes to get down to the final ten players. Pappas had regained the chip lead at his table with Negreanu, while Judah, Lisandro, and Lederer took turns doubling up at the other table. Good grief!

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   David Chiu,   Gregory Pappas,   Nick Frangos

Continuing The Action

Jun 21, '07

Lull in the Action

Nesbitt Coburn then doubled up through Nick Frangos and Greg Raymer made an appearance to sweat the action. After the after the aforementioned action that took place over the course of back to back hands play slowed down for the next 20 hands. Jeffrey Lisandro was able to double up through Pappas with three fours during this stretch.

Gregory Pappas Eliminated in Sixth Place ($16,282)

Gregory Pappas was the next to hit the rail in sixth place. Pappas had started the day with a healthy amount of chips, but his fall from grace was complete when he was busted by Nesbitt Coburn and his king-high straight. He took home $16,282 in prize money.

Chip Counts

Daniel Negreanu: $246,000
Nick Frangos: $305,000
Nesbitt Coburn: $103,000
Jeff Lisandro: $94,000
Severin Walser: $102,000

Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro,   Nesbitt Coburn,   Gregory Pappas,   Nick Frangos

Shuffle Up and Deal

Jun 21, '07

The players took their seats at 1:00 p.m. and here is how the table looked:

Seat No. 1: Daniel Negreanu - $164,500
Seat No. 2: Gregory Pappas - $144,000
Seat No. 3: Nick Frangos - $90,500
Seat No. 4: David Brody - $16,000
Seat No. 5: Jeffrey Lisandro - $195,000
Seat No. 6: Nesbitt Coburn - $150,500
Seat No. 7: Severin Walser - $24,000
Seat No. 8: Farshad Cohen - $75,500

Farshad Cohen Eliminated in Eighth Place ($8,916)

The cards got in the air at 1:25 p.m. and Farshad Cohen was the first to make an exit a half hour into play. He was eliminated by the queen-high straight of Daniel Negreanu. Negreanu made the straight on seventh street and Cohen was sent to the rail in eighth place. He took home $8,916 in prize money.

David Brody Eliminated in Seventh Place ($12,405)

David Brody was on an extreme short stack at this point ($6,000) and he was all in against Greg Pappas.  Pappas also made a queen-high straight to send his opponent packing. Brody was eliminated in seventh place and he took home $12,405 in prize money.

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   David Brody,   Gregory Pappas,   Farshad Cohen

Final Table Set

Jun 20, '07

Action got down to ninehanded and each hand was watched by the eyes of ESPN cameras and rail birds closely. In the end Howard Lederer was the television bubble boy when he was busted by the two pair of Jeffrey Lisandro. The players then re-drew for seats at the final table. A decision now had to be made to play through the night, or come back tomorrow. The ESPN producers made their case for the latter, since they intended to film the action. Lisandro was the only player who wanted to continue, but he changed his mind when they told him they would begin the final table at 1 p.m. tomorrow. This would allow him to still participate in the 5 p.m. event tomorrow. The players then bagged up their chips and this is how things will look when they take their seats at 1 p.m. tomorrow:

Seat No. 1: Daniel Negreanu - $164,500
Seat No. 2: Gregory Pappas - $144,000
Seat No. 3: Nick Frangos - $90,500
Seat No. 4: David Brody - $16,000
Seat No. 5: Jeffrey Lisandro - $195,000
Seat No. 6: Nesbitt Coburn - $150,500
Seat No. 7: Severin Walser - $24,000
Seat No. 8: Farshad Cohen - $75,500

Tune in to CardPlayer.com to follow all the final table action

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   David Brody,   Jeffrey Lisandro,   Nesbitt Coburn,   Gregory Pappas,   Nick Frangos,   Farshad Cohen,   Severin Walser

What Hour is This Again?

Jun 20, '07

The Tortoise and the Tortoise

There was a short break shortly into this stretch of play for fifteen minutes. The players returned, 13 of them, and took their seats at the final two tables. Over an hour later 11 of them remained, including, Daniel Negreanu, Howard Lederer, Nick Frangos, Jeffrey Lisandro, Mel Judah, and new chip leader Greg Pappas. David Chiu was not among the names listed because he had busted out of the tournament in 12th place. Lisandro, Judah, and Lederer were all on short stacks at some point during this stretch of play, but the man with the fewest chips was taking down pot after pot. During this stretch of play a short stack was the lucky rabbit’s foot of the moment.

Negreanu’s Rise

Daniel Negreanu had tangled in a large pot with Howard Lederer where he scored over $40,000 then he was moved over to the table that Chiu had vacated. Waiting with open arms was Pappas. He seemed quite eager to play with Kid Poker, as well as chat with him.

Pappas may not have been as happy to have Negreanu at his table after this hand. After a raise and call followed each street, both players checked the final card. Negreanu exposed A Q (10 J 3 A) 9 and Pappas turned up Q 10 (Q 3 7 4) 5. “Now you’re the chip leader,” said Pappas to Negreanu as collected the pot. Indeed he was with $160,000.

Late Night with Pappas and Frangos

Many players were showing the lateness of the hour in their expressions, body language, and patterns of speech. Not Pappas and Frangos though, each man was the entertainment front man for his table, and the ESPN camera crews scurried to and fro to capture the action. Here are some nuggets of wisdom they each exposed over the last hour:

“If this was six card stud I’d have been out about 35 hands ago.” – Pappas

“The poker book got thrown out the window 24 minutes ago.” – Frangos

“You can’t play big pots with small stacks.” - Pappas

“Can you bang on the drum…You should be paying me for this…If she breaks something I’ll give her $200.” – Frangos (to massage therapist)

"I caught a straight, just like magic.” – Pappas (after he busted Chiu)

"This should get rid of the riff-raff.” – Frangos (after the blinds increased)

The Wall

Eliminating Chiu in 12th place was hard enough for this tournament field so we will see how long it takes to get down to the final ten players. Pappas had regained the chip lead at his table with Negreanu, while Judah, Lisandro, and Lederer took turns doubling up at the other table. Good grief!

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   David Chiu,   Gregory Pappas,   Nick Frangos