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| Jul 07, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 2 | + |
Level 5 Hour 1 Update: Gus Hansen BustsJul 07, '09 Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 1,476 out of 1,476 Chip Counts: 1. Nick Maimone – 135,000 Notable Eliminations: Gus Hansen Big Hands:
Gus Hansen entered the day with over 38,000 in chips but he was sent to the rail early in day 2a. After the flop came down K Billy Argyros Doubles Up The man known as “the croc,” Billy Argyros moved all in with A The board failed to crack Argyros’ big slick and he doubled up to about 17,000.
“Amarillo” Slim Preston raised to 1,500 preflop and Barny Boatman made the call. The flop fell 9 Boatman bet 2,500 after Preston checked. The bet was called and the river was the 5 Andy Black Gets There On a flop of 4
Sandra Naujoks was down to her last 13,000 and moved it all in with A The flop came Q Player Tags: Gus Hansen, Andy Black, Billy Argyros, Sandra Naujoks |
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| Jul 01, '08 | 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 50 - World Championship Pot Limit Omaha | 3 | + |
$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table - Harroch 5th ($214,884) / Argyros 4th ($268,605)Jul 01, '08 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 Players Remaining: 3 of 381 Average Chip Stack: 2,540,000 Chip Counts: Marty Smyth - 3,295,000 Eliminations: Richard Harroch eliminated in 5th place ($214,884) Big Hands and Storylines:
Marty Smyth raised to 200,000 from the button and Richard Harroch called from the small blind. After a flop of A Harroch: A Turn/River: 5 Harroch was in bad shape against Smyth's set of fours, but the turn gave him additional outs as an ace or five would give him a better full house and a king would give him a straight. But the river gave Smyth quads and a significant chip lead over the remaining three players. Harroch, the author of Poker for Dummies, finished in 5th place and won $214,884.
Mizrachi limped into the pot under the gun and then Billy Argyros made a pot-sized raise to 270,000. When it folded around to Mizrachi he reraised and Argyros called all in. Earlier in the level Argyros had been crippled in a pot with Mizrachi, and then doubled up against Mizrachi. But he was still short-stacked with only 440,000 entering this hand. Mizrachi: K Board: A Argyros flopped a set of aces and had Mizrachi drawing to a gutshot straight draw and backdoor flush draw. Amazingly, he hit the gutshot on the turn, and even made the flush on the river. Argyros headed out in 4th place, and gets $268,605 for his three days of work. Player Tags: Richard Harroch, Billy Argyros, Marty Smyth $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 21 - Down to One Table and Ten PlayersJun 30, '08 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 Players Remaining: 12 of 381 Average Chip Stack: 762,000
Midway through level 21, Michael Mizrachi raised to 55,000 from early position and Billy Argyros made the call from middle position. The flop was 7 Argyros: A Mizrachi had an overpair and a flush draw, but Argyros flopped a set of sevens. But the 3 Eliminations: Jimmy Tran eliminated in 13th place ($44,767) After Josh Arieh raised from early position to 60,000 and Tran called, Billy Argyros reraised 200,000 more. Arieh made the call and then after a minute Tran called all in for 125,000, creating a 150,000 side pot. The flop was A Argyros: K Argyros had Tran completely dominated and drawing dead when he hit his flush when the 8
After losing chips on the hand with Argyros and Tran, Arieh was crippled when he called bets on the turn and river by Argyros on a A Arieh tripled up soon after, but was still shortstacked and moved all in. It folded around to Greg Hurst called from the small blind. Arieh held K-9-8-4 and would need to beat Hurst's Q-Q-3-3. But the board came Q-6-5-4-9. The turn gave Arieh a heart-flush draw, but he missed on the river, sending the chip leader for much of the tournament to the exit. Shawn Buchanan eliminated in 11th place ($53,721) Buchanan called a preflop raise out of the big blind, and then got his remaining chips into the middle against Greg Hurst on the flop. Buchanan: J-T-7-6 Buchanan flopped a better two pair, but had to dodge a lot of outs on the turn and river. The flop gave Hurst a flush, and the river gave him a full house. Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Jimmy Tran, Michael Mizrachi, Shawn Buchanan, Billy Argyros, Greg Hurst $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 19 - Play Slows DownJun 30, '08 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 Players Remaining: 16 of 381 Average Chip Stack: 476,000 Chip Leaders: Kido Pham - 1,240,000 Eliminations: Len Ashby - 20th place - $28,651 Hands and Storylines:
Billy Argyros and Shawn Buchanan limped from early position, and then Eddy Scharf reraised all in from the small blind for 58,000. Argyros then reraised enough to put Buchanan all in. Buchanan had 111,000 left in his stack, and after a minute made the call. Scharf: K Buchanan flopped two pair and turn a boat to take down the pot of over 300,000 chips. After the hand Argyros was down to roughly 150,000 chips. After setback, Argyros doubles up On a Q Smyth catches Pham's bluff With the board T
Player Tags: Shawn Buchanan, Eduard Scharf, Billy Argyros, European Report $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 16Jun 30, '08 Players are now on a 20-minute break. Blinds: 3,000-6,000 Players Remaining: 30 of 381 Average Chip Stack: 254,000 Chip Counts: Josh Arieh - 600,000 Eliminations: The following players received $25,069: Eric Cloutier - 36th place Hands and Storylines:
With the board Q Benefield takes down huge pot to join chip leaders In a pot that was already huge preflop, Ben Blackmore was all in and Kido Pham and David Benefield saw a flop and after Benefield moved all in Pham folded. Benefield: Q Benefield flopped a straight and it held up to give him a huge pot and roughly 350,000 chips after the hand.
David Williams raised preflop and only David Singer called. On the flop Singer acted first and put Williams all in. Williams: A Williams flopped two pair and the nut flush draw and was way ahead of Singer. When he caught a full house on the turn the river card was irrelevant. Singer was crippled and out soon after.
Player Tags: Josh Arieh, David Singer, David Williams, Billy Argyros, David Benefield, Andrew Blackmore, European Report |
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| Jun 30, '08 | 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 50 - World Championship Pot Limit Omaha | 2 | + |
$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table - Harroch 5th ($214,884) / Argyros 4th ($268,605)Jul 01, '08 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 Players Remaining: 3 of 381 Average Chip Stack: 2,540,000 Chip Counts: Marty Smyth - 3,295,000 Eliminations: Richard Harroch eliminated in 5th place ($214,884) Big Hands and Storylines:
Marty Smyth raised to 200,000 from the button and Richard Harroch called from the small blind. After a flop of A Harroch: A Turn/River: 5 Harroch was in bad shape against Smyth's set of fours, but the turn gave him additional outs as an ace or five would give him a better full house and a king would give him a straight. But the river gave Smyth quads and a significant chip lead over the remaining three players. Harroch, the author of Poker for Dummies, finished in 5th place and won $214,884.
Mizrachi limped into the pot under the gun and then Billy Argyros made a pot-sized raise to 270,000. When it folded around to Mizrachi he reraised and Argyros called all in. Earlier in the level Argyros had been crippled in a pot with Mizrachi, and then doubled up against Mizrachi. But he was still short-stacked with only 440,000 entering this hand. Mizrachi: K Board: A Argyros flopped a set of aces and had Mizrachi drawing to a gutshot straight draw and backdoor flush draw. Amazingly, he hit the gutshot on the turn, and even made the flush on the river. Argyros headed out in 4th place, and gets $268,605 for his three days of work. Player Tags: Richard Harroch, Billy Argyros, Marty Smyth $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 21 - Down to One Table and Ten PlayersJun 30, '08 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 Players Remaining: 12 of 381 Average Chip Stack: 762,000
Midway through level 21, Michael Mizrachi raised to 55,000 from early position and Billy Argyros made the call from middle position. The flop was 7 Argyros: A Mizrachi had an overpair and a flush draw, but Argyros flopped a set of sevens. But the 3 Eliminations: Jimmy Tran eliminated in 13th place ($44,767) After Josh Arieh raised from early position to 60,000 and Tran called, Billy Argyros reraised 200,000 more. Arieh made the call and then after a minute Tran called all in for 125,000, creating a 150,000 side pot. The flop was A Argyros: K Argyros had Tran completely dominated and drawing dead when he hit his flush when the 8
After losing chips on the hand with Argyros and Tran, Arieh was crippled when he called bets on the turn and river by Argyros on a A Arieh tripled up soon after, but was still shortstacked and moved all in. It folded around to Greg Hurst called from the small blind. Arieh held K-9-8-4 and would need to beat Hurst's Q-Q-3-3. But the board came Q-6-5-4-9. The turn gave Arieh a heart-flush draw, but he missed on the river, sending the chip leader for much of the tournament to the exit. Shawn Buchanan eliminated in 11th place ($53,721) Buchanan called a preflop raise out of the big blind, and then got his remaining chips into the middle against Greg Hurst on the flop. Buchanan: J-T-7-6 Buchanan flopped a better two pair, but had to dodge a lot of outs on the turn and river. The flop gave Hurst a flush, and the river gave him a full house. Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Jimmy Tran, Michael Mizrachi, Shawn Buchanan, Billy Argyros, Greg Hurst $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 19 - Play Slows DownJun 30, '08 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 Players Remaining: 16 of 381 Average Chip Stack: 476,000 Chip Leaders: Kido Pham - 1,240,000 Eliminations: Len Ashby - 20th place - $28,651 Hands and Storylines:
Billy Argyros and Shawn Buchanan limped from early position, and then Eddy Scharf reraised all in from the small blind for 58,000. Argyros then reraised enough to put Buchanan all in. Buchanan had 111,000 left in his stack, and after a minute made the call. Scharf: K Buchanan flopped two pair and turn a boat to take down the pot of over 300,000 chips. After the hand Argyros was down to roughly 150,000 chips. After setback, Argyros doubles up On a Q Smyth catches Pham's bluff With the board T
Player Tags: Shawn Buchanan, Eduard Scharf, Billy Argyros, European Report $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 16Jun 30, '08 Players are now on a 20-minute break. Blinds: 3,000-6,000 Players Remaining: 30 of 381 Average Chip Stack: 254,000 Chip Counts: Josh Arieh - 600,000 Eliminations: The following players received $25,069: Eric Cloutier - 36th place Hands and Storylines:
With the board Q Benefield takes down huge pot to join chip leaders In a pot that was already huge preflop, Ben Blackmore was all in and Kido Pham and David Benefield saw a flop and after Benefield moved all in Pham folded. Benefield: Q Benefield flopped a straight and it held up to give him a huge pot and roughly 350,000 chips after the hand.
David Williams raised preflop and only David Singer called. On the flop Singer acted first and put Williams all in. Williams: A Williams flopped two pair and the nut flush draw and was way ahead of Singer. When he caught a full house on the turn the river card was irrelevant. Singer was crippled and out soon after.
Player Tags: Josh Arieh, David Singer, David Williams, Billy Argyros, David Benefield, Andrew Blackmore, European Report |
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| Jun 25, '08 | 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 45 - World Championship H.O.R.S.E. | 1 | + |
$50,000 H.O.R.S.E - End of DayJun 25, '08 Play is done for the day. Day 2 action will resume at 3 p.m. Blinds: Player Tags: Toto Leonidas, David Oppenheim, David Benyamine, Phil Hellmuth, John Hennigan, Tom Schneider, Bruno Fitoussi, Phil Ivey, Perry Friedman, Isabelle Mercier, Patrik Antonius, Bill Chen, Brandon Adams, Billy Argyros, Tom Dwan, Alexander Kostritsyn, European Report |
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| Jun 22, '08 | 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 41 - Mixed Hold'em | 1 | + |
Mixed Hold'em - Level 5 - Hellmuth GoneJun 22, '08 Limit Blinds: 200-400 Player Tags: Nam Le, David Benyamine, Phil Hellmuth, Berry Johnston, Billy Argyros, Isaac Haxton, European Report |
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| Jun 12, '08 | 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 22 - H.O.R.S.E. | 2 | + |
$3,000 H.O.R.S.E - Level 16Jun 12, '08 Limits: Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, Marcel Luske, Kevin Saul, Billy Argyros, European Report $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.- Day 2 - Level 11 RecapJun 12, '08 Limits: Player Tags: Farzad Rouhani, Michael Gracz, David Levi, Max Pescatori, Ted Forrest, Todd Brunson, Steve Zolotow, Marco Traniello, Jennifer Harman, Loi Tran, Mike Sexton, Mark Wilds, James Mackey, Matthew Glantz, Eric Froehlich, Kevin Saul, Billy Argyros, Joshua Woolsey, Doug Ganger, Felipe Tavares |
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Gus Hansen Eliminated
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3
, Hansen called a bet from Norman Gautron. The turn brought the 10
The Legend Takes Some Off Boatman
. Both players checked again and Preston showed 9
Naujoks Goes Bust
Richard Harroch Eliminated in 5th Place ($214,884)
Billy Argyros Eliminated in 4th Place ($268,605)
Mizrachi doubles through Argyros in 1.3 million-chip pot
Josh Arieh eliminated in 12th place ($53,721)
Scharf eliminated, Buchanan nearly triples
Arieh gets back some chips
Williams doubles through Singer
Omaha 8
Nam Le With The KO
Mackey Making His Mark