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| Dec 08, '10 | 2010 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event | 6 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kirk Morrison Eliminated in Fifth Place ($168,924)Dec 08, '10
Robl and Racener checked to Morrison, who bet 225,000. Robl raised to 550,000 and Racener folded. Morrison called and the turn was the 9 The meaningless river was the 10 Here’s a look at the updated chip counts. Seat 1 — Antonio Esfandiari — 2,915,000 Player Tags: Kirk Morrison, Andrew Robl Andrew Robl Wins Big Pot Against Kirk MorrisonDec 08, '10 Kirk Morrison made it 135,000 from the button and was reraised by Andrew Robl from the small blind to 375,000. Morrison made the call and the flop fell 10 Morrison made the call and the river was the A Player Tags: Kirk Morrison, Andrew Robl Andrew Robl Doubles Up AgainDec 07, '10 Kirk Morrison raised to 150,000 under the gun after the 6 Both players checked and the 2 Robl turned over two black queens and Morrison mucked. Robl double up to 3.23 million and Morrison dropped to 2.6 million. Player Tags: Kirk Morrison, Andrew Robl Andrew Robl Doubles UpDec 07, '10 Kia Mohajeri raised to 100,000 from early position preflop and Kirk Morrison made the call from the cutoff. Andrew Robl then moved all in for 534,000 on the button. Mohajeri made the call and Morrison mucked. Their cards: Robl: Q Board: A Robl doubled up with queens to 1.2 million while Mohajeri dropped to 1.5 million. Player Tags: Kianoosh Mohajeri, Kirk Morrison, Andrew Robl Amit Makhija Eliminated in 13th Place ($42,231)Dec 07, '10
The turn fell 10 Makhija: 9 River: 6 Makhija was eliminated in 13th place and he will take home $42,231 in prize money. Rousso grew her stack to 3 million. Player Tags: Vanessa Rousso, Kirk Morrison, Amit Makhija Kirk Morrison Doubles Through Amit MakhijaDec 07, '10 Kirk Morrison raised to 60,000 and Amit Makhija reraised to 180,000 from the big blind. Morrison raised to 300,000 and Makhija reraised to 550,000. Morrison then moved in for 834,000 and Makhija instantly called with pocket queens. Morrison showed pocket kings and they held when the board fell 8 Makhija took a major hit down to 555,000 while Morrison chipped up to 2.2 million. Player Tags: Kirk Morrison, Amit Makhija Andy Frankenberger Eliminated in 16th PlaceDec 06, '10
Morrison bet 25,000 and Frankenberger moved all in for 259,000. DeMaci mucked and Morrison called. Their cards: Frankenberger: K Turn and River: 9 Morrison filled up to make a boat on the river and Frankenberger was eliminated in 16th place late in the day. He was awarded $33,785 in prize money. Player Tags: Kirk Morrison, Christopher DeMaci, Andy Frankenberger |
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| Dec 07, '10 | 2010 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event | 5 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kirk Morrison Eliminated in Fifth Place ($168,924)Dec 08, '10
Robl and Racener checked to Morrison, who bet 225,000. Robl raised to 550,000 and Racener folded. Morrison called and the turn was the 9 The meaningless river was the 10 Here’s a look at the updated chip counts. Seat 1 — Antonio Esfandiari — 2,915,000 Player Tags: Kirk Morrison, Andrew Robl Andrew Robl Wins Big Pot Against Kirk MorrisonDec 08, '10 Kirk Morrison made it 135,000 from the button and was reraised by Andrew Robl from the small blind to 375,000. Morrison made the call and the flop fell 10 Morrison made the call and the river was the A Player Tags: Kirk Morrison, Andrew Robl Andrew Robl Doubles Up AgainDec 07, '10 Kirk Morrison raised to 150,000 under the gun after the 6 Both players checked and the 2 Robl turned over two black queens and Morrison mucked. Robl double up to 3.23 million and Morrison dropped to 2.6 million. Player Tags: Kirk Morrison, Andrew Robl Andrew Robl Doubles UpDec 07, '10 Kia Mohajeri raised to 100,000 from early position preflop and Kirk Morrison made the call from the cutoff. Andrew Robl then moved all in for 534,000 on the button. Mohajeri made the call and Morrison mucked. Their cards: Robl: Q Board: A Robl doubled up with queens to 1.2 million while Mohajeri dropped to 1.5 million. Player Tags: Kianoosh Mohajeri, Kirk Morrison, Andrew Robl Amit Makhija Eliminated in 13th Place ($42,231)Dec 07, '10
The turn fell 10 Makhija: 9 River: 6 Makhija was eliminated in 13th place and he will take home $42,231 in prize money. Rousso grew her stack to 3 million. Player Tags: Vanessa Rousso, Kirk Morrison, Amit Makhija Kirk Morrison Doubles Through Amit MakhijaDec 07, '10 Kirk Morrison raised to 60,000 and Amit Makhija reraised to 180,000 from the big blind. Morrison raised to 300,000 and Makhija reraised to 550,000. Morrison then moved in for 834,000 and Makhija instantly called with pocket queens. Morrison showed pocket kings and they held when the board fell 8 Makhija took a major hit down to 555,000 while Morrison chipped up to 2.2 million. Player Tags: Kirk Morrison, Amit Makhija Andy Frankenberger Eliminated in 16th PlaceDec 06, '10
Morrison bet 25,000 and Frankenberger moved all in for 259,000. DeMaci mucked and Morrison called. Their cards: Frankenberger: K Turn and River: 9 Morrison filled up to make a boat on the river and Frankenberger was eliminated in 16th place late in the day. He was awarded $33,785 in prize money. Player Tags: Kirk Morrison, Christopher DeMaci, Andy Frankenberger |
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| Dec 06, '10 | 2010 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event | 4 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kirk Morrison Eliminated in Fifth Place ($168,924)Dec 08, '10
Robl and Racener checked to Morrison, who bet 225,000. Robl raised to 550,000 and Racener folded. Morrison called and the turn was the 9 The meaningless river was the 10 Here’s a look at the updated chip counts. Seat 1 — Antonio Esfandiari — 2,915,000 Player Tags: Kirk Morrison, Andrew Robl Andrew Robl Wins Big Pot Against Kirk MorrisonDec 08, '10 Kirk Morrison made it 135,000 from the button and was reraised by Andrew Robl from the small blind to 375,000. Morrison made the call and the flop fell 10 Morrison made the call and the river was the A Player Tags: Kirk Morrison, Andrew Robl Andrew Robl Doubles Up AgainDec 07, '10 Kirk Morrison raised to 150,000 under the gun after the 6 Both players checked and the 2 Robl turned over two black queens and Morrison mucked. Robl double up to 3.23 million and Morrison dropped to 2.6 million. Player Tags: Kirk Morrison, Andrew Robl Andrew Robl Doubles UpDec 07, '10 Kia Mohajeri raised to 100,000 from early position preflop and Kirk Morrison made the call from the cutoff. Andrew Robl then moved all in for 534,000 on the button. Mohajeri made the call and Morrison mucked. Their cards: Robl: Q Board: A Robl doubled up with queens to 1.2 million while Mohajeri dropped to 1.5 million. Player Tags: Kianoosh Mohajeri, Kirk Morrison, Andrew Robl Amit Makhija Eliminated in 13th Place ($42,231)Dec 07, '10
The turn fell 10 Makhija: 9 River: 6 Makhija was eliminated in 13th place and he will take home $42,231 in prize money. Rousso grew her stack to 3 million. Player Tags: Vanessa Rousso, Kirk Morrison, Amit Makhija Kirk Morrison Doubles Through Amit MakhijaDec 07, '10 Kirk Morrison raised to 60,000 and Amit Makhija reraised to 180,000 from the big blind. Morrison raised to 300,000 and Makhija reraised to 550,000. Morrison then moved in for 834,000 and Makhija instantly called with pocket queens. Morrison showed pocket kings and they held when the board fell 8 Makhija took a major hit down to 555,000 while Morrison chipped up to 2.2 million. Player Tags: Kirk Morrison, Amit Makhija Andy Frankenberger Eliminated in 16th PlaceDec 06, '10
Morrison bet 25,000 and Frankenberger moved all in for 259,000. DeMaci mucked and Morrison called. Their cards: Frankenberger: K Turn and River: 9 Morrison filled up to make a boat on the river and Frankenberger was eliminated in 16th place late in the day. He was awarded $33,785 in prize money. Player Tags: Kirk Morrison, Christopher DeMaci, Andy Frankenberger |
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| Jul 10, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 6 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level Seven Hour One Update: Varkonyi Bullies RoussoJul 10, '10 Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante Players Remaining: 2,097 out of 7,319 Chip Counts: 1. Gabriel Walls – 300,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Josh Brikis — 97,500 Notable Eliminations: Kirk Morrison Big Hands:
Former main event champ Robert Varkonyi called Vanessa Rousso’s raise of 1,500 and the two saw a flop of 5 The J The 3 Varkonyi had around 140,000 in chips after the hand. Rousso was still going strong with around 175,000. Morrison On Life Support Kirk Morrison limped into the pot in middle position and three others came along for the ride. The flop ran 4 Seat 7 turned up Q
We caught up wit the action with a short stacked player already all-in and there was over 48,000 in the middle. Nguyen thought about the decision to call off all his chips for three minutes before making the fold. He showed K Kirk Morrison Bounced Kirk Morrison moved all-in after the player under-the-gun raised. The player on the button called Morrison’s all-in and the player under-the-gun made it 12,275. The player on the button opted to move all-in for 16,600 total and there was a three-way showdown. The player under-the-gun showed 6 Aces held up in the three-way all-in all Morrison’s WSOP has come to an end. Cantu Scores a Knockout Brandon Cantu had an opponent all-in with A The board ran out 9 Pavilion Room Coverage Tony Ma Wins a Pot On a board reading A Prahlad Friedman Free-rolling There was massive confusion and lots of debating around a table in the Pavilion Room. The story goes that Prahlad Friedman was in the big blind and was squared off in a hand versus the small blind. The flop came jack-high and Friedman’s opponent bet into him. Friedman called and there was heavy betting on the turn. On the river, the small blind bet 80,000, which was more than enough to put Friedman all in. Friedman went into the tank for minutes before his opponent finally called the clock on him. The floor came over and started giving the countdown. With three seconds left, Friedman announced call and everyone at the table heard him. However, apparently the floor didn’t hear the call, continued the countdown to zero and announced that Friedman’s hand was dead. Friedman’s opponent tabled top two and Friedman didn’t turn over his dead hand. Friedman said that his opponent had the best hand. Allegedly, Friedman should have been eliminated but from the ruling was still alive and free-rolling the rest of the way. Player Tags: Tony Ma, Prahlad Friedman, Anh Van Nguyen, Robert Varkonyi, Vanessa Rousso, Kirk Morrison Level Two, Hour Two: Ivey ClimbingJul 08, '10 Blinds: 100-200 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Khamsy Nuanmanee – 115,000 Card Player Family Chip Counts Jeff Shulman — 22,000 Notable Eliminations: None Big Hands:
In a 4-way raised pot, the flop cam e4 Elizabeth folded by Serock tanked and made the call. When the J Serock still had 43,000 after the hand, but Elizabeth was down to around 17,000. Buffer Straightens Out Opponent Burce Buffer bet 1,000 on a 3-way flop of 4 The 6h came on the river and seat 8 checked to the aggressor. Buffer fired 2,500 and seat 8 checked his cards before letting them hit the muck. Buffer showed anyway, the A Hachem Loses to Two Pair Entering the action late, Joe Hachem faced a bet of 1,600 from his opponent on a board of Q
Entering the action late, a pot of 17,000 had developed on a board of 9 After tanking for a while in front of the ESPN cameras, his opponent folded Q Little Value for Little’s Set On a board of Q
With 2,500 already in the pot preflop, Justin Smith fired 1,800 after the flop came down 8 The action was then on John Phan, and the action stayed on John Phan for awhile. He tanked for more than three minutes, giving the ESPN camera crews along with other players time to crowd around the table. Phan counted out a call, then counted out a raise, then looked at his cards, then shuffled his chips altogether, then looked at his hand again. The player in seat 1 then leaned over to the dealer and asked in a whisper what the procedure was when asking to call a clock on a player. Eventually, Phan did release his hand. Smith did the same in much faster fashion as his cards almost beat Phan’s to the muck. Ferguson took the pot and he was back around 30,000. “You were going to get reraised anyway,” Phan told Smith after the hand. “Yeah,” Smith responed. “But I call you.” Smith was at 32,000 and Phan was at 28,000. Sheikhan Can’t Call Picking up the action after the board read A Sheikhan checked and seat 7 bet 1,500. Seat 10 mucked and Sheikhan soon followed suit. Sheikhan was down to 28,300. George Danzer Chops a Pot On a board read Q77QA a player in middle position bet 1,050 and George Danzer quickly called. His oppnented tabeled the 87 and Danzer exposed the 97 for a chop. Danzer was at right around the starting stack of 30,000 after the hand.
Over in the pavilion room, Kirk Morrison was sitting at a table with a beer and no chips. Morrison wasn’t all in, but simply waiting to receive his chips and to be dealt a hand, after registering late on day 1d. Morrison was the last player that made it into the main event last year, but said he showed up this year fifteen minutes earlier in order to avoid another close call. David Saab Moves All In David Saab bet from early position and was called by an opponent on the button. The flop came J
Bernard Lee reraised to 1,525 preflop after his opponent raised to 400. Another opponent and the original raiser made the call and the flop was dealt K His opponent bet 8,500 and Lee made the call. The river brought the 8 Left in the Deck: Players will be on a 20-minute break shortly. Player Tags: John Phan, Shawn Sheikhan, Phil Ivey, Bernard Lee, Joe Hachem, Kirk Morrison, Jonathan Little, Shannon Elizabeth, Joseph Serock, David Saab |
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| Jul 08, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 4 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level Seven Hour One Update: Varkonyi Bullies RoussoJul 10, '10 Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante Players Remaining: 2,097 out of 7,319 Chip Counts: 1. Gabriel Walls – 300,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Josh Brikis — 97,500 Notable Eliminations: Kirk Morrison Big Hands:
Former main event champ Robert Varkonyi called Vanessa Rousso’s raise of 1,500 and the two saw a flop of 5 The J The 3 Varkonyi had around 140,000 in chips after the hand. Rousso was still going strong with around 175,000. Morrison On Life Support Kirk Morrison limped into the pot in middle position and three others came along for the ride. The flop ran 4 Seat 7 turned up Q
We caught up wit the action with a short stacked player already all-in and there was over 48,000 in the middle. Nguyen thought about the decision to call off all his chips for three minutes before making the fold. He showed K Kirk Morrison Bounced Kirk Morrison moved all-in after the player under-the-gun raised. The player on the button called Morrison’s all-in and the player under-the-gun made it 12,275. The player on the button opted to move all-in for 16,600 total and there was a three-way showdown. The player under-the-gun showed 6 Aces held up in the three-way all-in all Morrison’s WSOP has come to an end. Cantu Scores a Knockout Brandon Cantu had an opponent all-in with A The board ran out 9 Pavilion Room Coverage Tony Ma Wins a Pot On a board reading A Prahlad Friedman Free-rolling There was massive confusion and lots of debating around a table in the Pavilion Room. The story goes that Prahlad Friedman was in the big blind and was squared off in a hand versus the small blind. The flop came jack-high and Friedman’s opponent bet into him. Friedman called and there was heavy betting on the turn. On the river, the small blind bet 80,000, which was more than enough to put Friedman all in. Friedman went into the tank for minutes before his opponent finally called the clock on him. The floor came over and started giving the countdown. With three seconds left, Friedman announced call and everyone at the table heard him. However, apparently the floor didn’t hear the call, continued the countdown to zero and announced that Friedman’s hand was dead. Friedman’s opponent tabled top two and Friedman didn’t turn over his dead hand. Friedman said that his opponent had the best hand. Allegedly, Friedman should have been eliminated but from the ruling was still alive and free-rolling the rest of the way. Player Tags: Tony Ma, Prahlad Friedman, Anh Van Nguyen, Robert Varkonyi, Vanessa Rousso, Kirk Morrison Level Two, Hour Two: Ivey ClimbingJul 08, '10 Blinds: 100-200 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Khamsy Nuanmanee – 115,000 Card Player Family Chip Counts Jeff Shulman — 22,000 Notable Eliminations: None Big Hands:
In a 4-way raised pot, the flop cam e4 Elizabeth folded by Serock tanked and made the call. When the J Serock still had 43,000 after the hand, but Elizabeth was down to around 17,000. Buffer Straightens Out Opponent Burce Buffer bet 1,000 on a 3-way flop of 4 The 6h came on the river and seat 8 checked to the aggressor. Buffer fired 2,500 and seat 8 checked his cards before letting them hit the muck. Buffer showed anyway, the A Hachem Loses to Two Pair Entering the action late, Joe Hachem faced a bet of 1,600 from his opponent on a board of Q
Entering the action late, a pot of 17,000 had developed on a board of 9 After tanking for a while in front of the ESPN cameras, his opponent folded Q Little Value for Little’s Set On a board of Q
With 2,500 already in the pot preflop, Justin Smith fired 1,800 after the flop came down 8 The action was then on John Phan, and the action stayed on John Phan for awhile. He tanked for more than three minutes, giving the ESPN camera crews along with other players time to crowd around the table. Phan counted out a call, then counted out a raise, then looked at his cards, then shuffled his chips altogether, then looked at his hand again. The player in seat 1 then leaned over to the dealer and asked in a whisper what the procedure was when asking to call a clock on a player. Eventually, Phan did release his hand. Smith did the same in much faster fashion as his cards almost beat Phan’s to the muck. Ferguson took the pot and he was back around 30,000. “You were going to get reraised anyway,” Phan told Smith after the hand. “Yeah,” Smith responed. “But I call you.” Smith was at 32,000 and Phan was at 28,000. Sheikhan Can’t Call Picking up the action after the board read A Sheikhan checked and seat 7 bet 1,500. Seat 10 mucked and Sheikhan soon followed suit. Sheikhan was down to 28,300. George Danzer Chops a Pot On a board read Q77QA a player in middle position bet 1,050 and George Danzer quickly called. His oppnented tabeled the 87 and Danzer exposed the 97 for a chop. Danzer was at right around the starting stack of 30,000 after the hand.
Over in the pavilion room, Kirk Morrison was sitting at a table with a beer and no chips. Morrison wasn’t all in, but simply waiting to receive his chips and to be dealt a hand, after registering late on day 1d. Morrison was the last player that made it into the main event last year, but said he showed up this year fifteen minutes earlier in order to avoid another close call. David Saab Moves All In David Saab bet from early position and was called by an opponent on the button. The flop came J
Bernard Lee reraised to 1,525 preflop after his opponent raised to 400. Another opponent and the original raiser made the call and the flop was dealt K His opponent bet 8,500 and Lee made the call. The river brought the 8 Left in the Deck: Players will be on a 20-minute break shortly. Player Tags: John Phan, Shawn Sheikhan, Phil Ivey, Bernard Lee, Joe Hachem, Kirk Morrison, Jonathan Little, Shannon Elizabeth, Joseph Serock, David Saab |
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| Jun 03, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 10 - $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship | 1 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 3 Update: Hansen Hits Flush on JuandaJun 03, '10 Limits: Bring-in 100, ante 100, Limits 400-800 Players Remaining: 148 out of 148 Average Chip Count: 30,000 Notable Eliminations: none Big Hands:
Walking in on the hand late, Gus Hansen was heads up with John Juanda who called Hansen’s bet on 6th street. Hansen again bet on 7th street and Juanda called. Hansen showed his hand, announcing, “I have a lot of spades.” His flush moved him up to 36,000 in chips. Kings Win For Chin Entering the action late, Kirk Morrison bet after 5th street and Bill Chen made the call. Chen bet out after 6th and 7th street and Morrison called. Chen: (K Chen’s pair of queens were good enough and his stack boosted to 33,000. Morrison fell to 28,000. No Dice For Dario Dario Minieri check-called the player in seat 6 on every street until 7th, in which he showed his missed draws and mucked. Their hands were: The pot dropped Dario to around 26,000. Defending Champ Gains Some Chips Freddie Ellis got tangled with Andy Bloch after Bloch completed with the 9 On sixth street their boards looked like this: Ellis: (X-X)-5 Ellis led for 800 and Bloch folded pretty quickly. Ellis is hovering around the original 30,000 chip mark.
After losing about half of his chips throughout the first two levels, Barry Greenstein made it 800 after his opponent completed to 400. Greenstein was met with another raise from his opponent to 1,200 and he made the call. Greenstein called 400 on fourth street and raised a bet of 800 to 1,600 on fifth. Greenstein was showing (X-X)-6 Player Tags: John Juanda, Gus Hansen, Bill Chen, Kirk Morrison, Dario Minieri |
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| May 31, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $50,000 Players Championship | 4 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 19: Seidel, Singer, Van Alstyne, Morrison Out; Bloch First To CashMay 31, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 10,000-30,000 blinds; 30,000-60,000 stakes Players Remaining: 14 out of 116 Average Chip Count: 1,242,857 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. John Juanda – 2,250,000 Notable Eliminations: James Van Alstyne Big Hands: Seven Card Stud
Vladimir Schmelev completed to 30,000 and Erik Seidel raised to 60,000. Schmelev made the call and then led out again with 30,000. Seidel raised all in and Schmelev made the call. Here were there boards and how they ran out. Seidel: 5 Seidel committed his chips with pocket aces but Schmelev hit a set of tens on fourth street. Seidel improved to two pair but it was not enough as he was eliminated just a few spots shy of the money. James Van Alstyne Out We caught this hand as Alexander Kostritsyn was counting up his chips after scooping a pot between him, Allen Bari and James Van Alstyne. Van Alstyne had the rest of his chips committed and was eliminated.
We picked up the action on fourth street. Mikael Thuritz bet 30,000 and David Singer made the call. Thuritz fired 60,000 on fifth street and Singer raised to 120,000, leaving only 30,000 behind. Thuritz put in enough to put Singer all in and Singer made the easy call. Singer: 7 Singer made a king-high flush on fifth street but Thuritz caught his diamond on seventh street for an ace-high flush and Singer was out in heartbreaking fashion. Stud/8 Kirk Morrison Bursts Bubble, Out In 17th We did not catch the action but Daniel Alaei eliminated Kirk Morrison to burst the money bubble just two hands into hand-for-hand play. With Morrison’s elimination, the money bubble has burst and the next person eliminated will earn $98,331.
We caught this hand after seventh street. Vladimir Schmelev bet enough to put Andy Bloch all in and Bloch made the call. Here were their hands: Bloch: 9 Bloch made two pair for the high but it was no match for Schmelev’s set of three’s. Bloch could not qualify for a low hand and he was the first one to cash out in the Players Championship. No Limit Hold’em
Brett Richey put his last 100,000 into the middle against Allen Bari preflop. Bari turned over A The flop was harmless as it came down 10 No player had a club in their hand so Bari needed an ace to knock Richey out but the J Pot Limit Omaha Ilya Bulychev Doubles Through Vladimir Schmelev, Then Eliminated In 15th Place ($98,331) John Juanda and Vladimir Schmelev had each put 43,000 into the pot preflop. Ilya Bulychev then bet the pot, putting himself all in for his last 132,000. Juanda thought for a long time before finally deciding to muck his hand. Schmelev quickly called and showed J The board rand out 7 However, Schmelev would get payback just a couple of hands later as he got all his chips back, as well as Bulychev’s remainder, eliminating Bulychev in 15th place. Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, David Singer, James Van Alstyne, Brett Richey, Mikael Thuritz, Kirk Morrison, Ilya Bulychev Level 17: Alaei Chips UpMay 31, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 10,000-20,000 blinds; 20,000-40,000 stakes Players Remaining: 22 of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. David Oppenheim – 1,900,000 Average Chip Count: 790,909 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: Omaha 8/b
Seeing the flop was Kirk Morrison, David Singer, Daniel Alaei, and Hasan Habib. The flop ran J Morrison called and the turn brought the 9 Alaei showed A Limit Hold’em Schulman Getting Short After losing many of his chips in the last round of play, Nick Schulman called a raise from Mikael Thuritz and they saw a flop of A Razz Abe Takes One Off Seidel
Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Hasan Habib, David Singer, Daniel Alaei, Abe Mosseri, Mikael Thuritz, Nick Schulman, Kirk Morrison |
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| May 31, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $50,000 Players Championship | 3 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 19: Seidel, Singer, Van Alstyne, Morrison Out; Bloch First To CashMay 31, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 10,000-30,000 blinds; 30,000-60,000 stakes Players Remaining: 14 out of 116 Average Chip Count: 1,242,857 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. John Juanda – 2,250,000 Notable Eliminations: James Van Alstyne Big Hands: Seven Card Stud
Vladimir Schmelev completed to 30,000 and Erik Seidel raised to 60,000. Schmelev made the call and then led out again with 30,000. Seidel raised all in and Schmelev made the call. Here were there boards and how they ran out. Seidel: 5 Seidel committed his chips with pocket aces but Schmelev hit a set of tens on fourth street. Seidel improved to two pair but it was not enough as he was eliminated just a few spots shy of the money. James Van Alstyne Out We caught this hand as Alexander Kostritsyn was counting up his chips after scooping a pot between him, Allen Bari and James Van Alstyne. Van Alstyne had the rest of his chips committed and was eliminated.
We picked up the action on fourth street. Mikael Thuritz bet 30,000 and David Singer made the call. Thuritz fired 60,000 on fifth street and Singer raised to 120,000, leaving only 30,000 behind. Thuritz put in enough to put Singer all in and Singer made the easy call. Singer: 7 Singer made a king-high flush on fifth street but Thuritz caught his diamond on seventh street for an ace-high flush and Singer was out in heartbreaking fashion. Stud/8 Kirk Morrison Bursts Bubble, Out In 17th We did not catch the action but Daniel Alaei eliminated Kirk Morrison to burst the money bubble just two hands into hand-for-hand play. With Morrison’s elimination, the money bubble has burst and the next person eliminated will earn $98,331.
We caught this hand after seventh street. Vladimir Schmelev bet enough to put Andy Bloch all in and Bloch made the call. Here were their hands: Bloch: 9 Bloch made two pair for the high but it was no match for Schmelev’s set of three’s. Bloch could not qualify for a low hand and he was the first one to cash out in the Players Championship. No Limit Hold’em
Brett Richey put his last 100,000 into the middle against Allen Bari preflop. Bari turned over A The flop was harmless as it came down 10 No player had a club in their hand so Bari needed an ace to knock Richey out but the J Pot Limit Omaha Ilya Bulychev Doubles Through Vladimir Schmelev, Then Eliminated In 15th Place ($98,331) John Juanda and Vladimir Schmelev had each put 43,000 into the pot preflop. Ilya Bulychev then bet the pot, putting himself all in for his last 132,000. Juanda thought for a long time before finally deciding to muck his hand. Schmelev quickly called and showed J The board rand out 7 However, Schmelev would get payback just a couple of hands later as he got all his chips back, as well as Bulychev’s remainder, eliminating Bulychev in 15th place. Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, David Singer, James Van Alstyne, Brett Richey, Mikael Thuritz, Kirk Morrison, Ilya Bulychev Level 17: Alaei Chips UpMay 31, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 10,000-20,000 blinds; 20,000-40,000 stakes Players Remaining: 22 of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. David Oppenheim – 1,900,000 Average Chip Count: 790,909 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: Omaha 8/b
Seeing the flop was Kirk Morrison, David Singer, Daniel Alaei, and Hasan Habib. The flop ran J Morrison called and the turn brought the 9 Alaei showed A Limit Hold’em Schulman Getting Short After losing many of his chips in the last round of play, Nick Schulman called a raise from Mikael Thuritz and they saw a flop of A Razz Abe Takes One Off Seidel
Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Hasan Habib, David Singer, Daniel Alaei, Abe Mosseri, Mikael Thuritz, Nick Schulman, Kirk Morrison |
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| Jul 11, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 3 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 14 Hour 2 Update: Kirk Morrison EliminatedJul 11, '09 Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 810 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,380,500 Card Player Chip Counts: Phil Hellmuth – 500,000 Average Chip Count: 220,884 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Lisandro Big Hands: Kevin Saul Victim to Bluff Kevin Saul raised from late position and a player in the big blind reraised to 35,000. Saul made the call and both players saw a flop of 8
Alex Kostritsyn Bluffed out of 400,000 Pot On a flop of 8 Kirk Morrison Eliminated After a flop of 7
Hevad Khan Cracks a Set of Aces On a board of A J.C. Alvarado Takes a Hit With a flop of 8 Alvarado: J Turn and River: J Alvarado lost the hand and his stack dropped to just 70,000. Shawn Buchanan Eliminated Shawn Buchanan was in the big blind when the small blind moved all in for about 100,000. Buchanan made the call with the J
Dan Harrington Takes a Hit The small blind raised to 8,500 preflop and Dan Harrington made the call from the big blind. The flop was dealt A The small blind checked and Harrington bet 37,000. The small blind then raised all in for 36,700 more and Harrinton made the call. The small blind showed down A Player Tags: Dan Harrington, Shawn Buchanan, Kevin Saul, Kirk Morrison, Hevad Khan, Alexander Kostritsyn |
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| Jul 14, '07 | 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 55 - World Championship No-Limit Hold'em | 5 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hour Two RecapJul 14, '07 Kirk Engineers Fold Kirk Morrison raised to $60,000 from the cutoff, and Robin Bergren reraised to $185,000 from the button, and Morrison made the call. The flop came 10 Maria Stomps Keating Action folded around to Maria Ho in the small blind who raised to $60,000. Alan Keating reraised all in for his last $256,000 more. Ho quickly counted out the call and separated it from her stack, but then went into the tank for several minutes. She eventually made the call. Ho showed K Degree All-In Moment Bill Edler limped from the cutoff, the player in seat No. 5 raised to $80,000, Pete DeBest called from the small blind, Edler moved all in over the top, seat No. 5 folded, and Pete DeBest went into the tank. DeBest, in the course of trying to determine what Edler could be holding, reached into his bad. Edler joked “That’s not an electronic device is it?” The other players then smiled as DeBest produced a stick of Degree deodorant, to assist him with his decision. Edler announced to the ESPN cameras, “I always use Degree, it keeps me dry in moments like these.” DeBest eventually made the call showing A More Money for Shopping Baby! With the elimination of Cody Slaubaugh in 100th place, Jack Effel announced over the microphone that another pay bump had now been reached, and the next nine players eliminated would receive $65,535. Scotty Nguyen then announced to the crowd: “More money for the wife for shopping, baby!” Silber Solves Dario Dario Minieri has confounded his opponents with his wildly unpredictable play for four straight days in the main event, but Reagan Silber finally caught him. Minieri made the minimum raise preflop from middle position and was called by Silber on the button and the big blind. The flop was 10 Other Notable Eliminations Also busting in the last hour were Chad Brown who could no longer weather the short stack, and bowed out in 97th place. Kelly Jo McGlothin pushed all of her remaining chips in on a flush draw, and couldn’t find her fifth heart. Her elimination leaves Maria Ho as the last remaining woman in the field.
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pokerstars.com Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Reagan Silber, Bill Edler, Maria Ho, Robin Bergren, Kirk Morrison, Dario Minieri, Cody Slaubaugh, Kelly McGlothlin, Peter Debesr, Alan Keating Players on BreakJul 13, '07 Tournament officials announced that the players would be going on their intended level break an hour early in order to organize the tables properly. The players will return in 20 minutes to finish the level and play half of one more level before leaving on a dinner break. Tournament director Jack Effel also cleared up any confusion about the schedule by confirming that play will last either four and a half levels today or until the field is down to 99 players.Carlos Mortensen didn't take long to get all his chips in the middle early on in this level and ran head first into an overpair. Mortensen had pushed with pocket jacks only to find his opponent was holding pocket queens. Mortensen didn't improve and the 2001 Main Event champion was sent to the rail. With the field condensing, many notable players are finding themselves sitting by or across from other notables they have played with many times before. Sharing the felt at table 59 was Gus Hansen, Daniel Alaei, Ayaz Mahmood and Scotty Nguyen. The four players only sat together for a few hands before ESPN scooped them up and sat them at the featured table. Sorel Mizzi started level 17 with over $700,000 and looked comfortable to go deep in this year's Main Event. The poker gods had a different plan for Mizzi and cut his tournament shorter than many had anticipated. Two players at Mizzi's table, Ed Betlow and the player in seat eight limped into the pot for $10,000 each. Mizzi raised to $51,000 and both players called to see a flop. The flop came J  7 3 and Mizzi bet out $93,000. Betlow raised to $200,000 and the player in seat eight folded right away. Mizzi took a few moments to think and then declared that he was all in. Once the $200,000 bet was called, Mizzi had pushed for $419,000 more. Betlow asked MIzzi if he would show him his cards if he folded. Mizzi sat in his chair silent. "Ok then. It's a sick call but here we go" said Betlow as he pushed $419,000 into the middle. Mizzi turned over K J for top pair and Betlow showed A 7 for middle pair with top kicker. Everyone at the table was slightly surprised at Betlow's call. The turn brought the A and Mizzi stared hard with hatred at the card. The river was the 8 and Sorel Mizzi stood up from the table. "I would have folded if you would have shown me" Betlow said as Mizzi left the table. "You played well sir" said Mizzi as he walked away.Jason Sell was also eliminated in the first half of level 17 after finding himself all in with A K. Steven Garfinkle called the all in bet with pocket queens. The flop came Q J 4 and took most of the mystery out of it. The turn was the 5 and the river brought the 2. A big bet on the river helped Neil Channing take a large pot off of Kirk Morrison shortly before the two were moved to the on deck featured table. Morrison raised to $30,000 preflop and Channing popped him to $110,000 total. Morrison made the call and the flop came down K J J. Channing threw out $75,000 and Morrison didn't hesitate to make the call. The turn was the 8 and both players checked. The river brought the K and Channing fired out $160,000. Morrison took a slow sip of his beer and threw his cards in the muck. Channing took down the large pot without ever having to show his cards.
Player Tags: Ayaz Mahmood, Scotty Nguyen, Gus Hansen, Daniel Alaei, Neil Channing, Edward Betlow, Jason Sell, Kirk Morrison, Sorel Mizzi Hour Two RecapJul 07, '07 Family Affair Continued Left off of the list of family members in the tournament field today were Howard Lederer and Annie Duke, who entered the tournament area a little late. Lederer actually now shares the table with Allyn Jaffery Shulman, whose original table has already broken. Runner Up Affair
Also Joe Sebok seems to be the only real poker royalty (don’t tell Prince of Poker Scotty Nguyen though). Sebok, the winner of the prop bet between Gavin Smith and Jeff Madsen is adorned today in a royal cape, which has been rather lucky for him as he has chipped up to about $35,000.
Power out gunned Recent Irish Open finalist Nicky Power has been eliminated. 'I found aces the hand before, raised it up and got no callers,' he explained to CardPlayer.com. 'The next hand i found A-K and the flop came K-K-4. All the money went in the middle and the other fella had 4-4. I don't mind really, folding is not a big part of my game so what can you do,' he grinned. Trumper trumped this time. Englishman Simon Trumper had to fold 10-10 to a raise from 'a loose-agressive guy' in seat nine. He didn't seem too upset though as he described his various observations of the playing styles and strategies of the players at his table to CardPlayer.com. Donnacha O'Dea $16,700 Pascal Perrault $23,050 Jen Mason $13,050 Simon Trumper $21,800 Ross Boatman $23,500 Rob Taylor $13,025 Neil Channing $42,000 Thomas Finneran $16,350 Eoghan O'Dea $23,000 George McKeever $35,300 Derek Murray $15,900 Alan Smurfit $27,200 John Duthie $36,200 Dave Murray $19,675 Adam Noone $17,050 Vicky Coren $22250 Notable Chip Counts
Player Tags: T.J. Cloutier, Erik Seidel, Annie Duke, Howard Lederer, David Williams, Sam Farha, Ylon Schwartz, Paul Wasicka, Patrik Antonius, Joe Sebok, Kirk Morrison, Robert Cheung |
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John Racener raised to 255,000 and Kirk Morrison called from the buttoon. Andrew Robl came along in the small blind and the flop fell A
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. Robl moved all in and Morrison reluctantly called all in holding A
9
Kirk Morrison raised to 35,000 from early position and Andy Frankenberger made the call from the cutoff. Chris DeMaci called from the big blind and the flop was dealt Q
Varkonyi Takes Some From Rousso
Nguyen Makes Great Fold
Serock and Elizabeth Give Some Away
Ivey Forces a Big Laydown
Ferguson Takes A Pot, But John Phan The Star
Kirk Morrison Sitting With Just a Beer
Bernard Lee Wins a Nice One
Gus Has Lots of Spades
Greenstein Recovers From Early Stumble
Erik Seidel Eliminated
David Singer Eliminated
Andy Bloch Eliminated In 16th Place ($98,331)
Brett Richey Doubles Up
Alaei Scoops Pot From Morrison
Abe Mosseri raised on his 6
