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David Chiu
Hometown: Rowland Heights
Country of Origin: United States 
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David Chiu - Live Updates
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| Jun 29, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E | 4 | + |
Level 20 Update: Final Table SetJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 20,000-40,000 Limits — 40,000-80,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Erik Sagstrom – 3,675,000 Average Chip Count: 1,781,250 Notable Eliminations: 12. David Chiu – $99,590 Big Hands: Omaha 8/b
John Hanson raised from the button and David Chiu called and was al in from the small blind. Ville Wahlbeck also called from the big blind. Hanson and Wahlbeck checked it all the way down and the board fell J Ray Dehkharghani Eliminated in 11th Place ($99,590) Vitaly Lunkin raised from the button and Ray Dehkharghani three-bet all in from the small blind. Huck Seed called from the big blind and Lunkin also came along. Seed and Lunkin checked all the way down as the board fell A Seed took the whole pot as he made aces and threes with a ten kicker, which eliminated Dehkharghani in 11th place. Mike Wattel Eliminated in 10th Place ($123,895) Chau Giang raised from middle position and Mike Wattel called in the big blind. The flop was A Giang showed the A Giang had flopped two pair and had Wattel on the ropes. The J
Vitaly Lunkin raised from middle position and was called by Chau Giang, Gus Hansen, Ville Wahlbeck, and Erik Sagstrom. More than half the table saw the flop of K The J Player Tags: Gus Hansen, Michael Wattel, David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani Level 16 Update: Defending Champ Nguyen EliminatedJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 9,000-18,000, Limits – 18,000-36,000 Players Remaining: 20 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 1,527,000 Average Chip Count: 750,000 Notable Eliminations: John Hennigan Big Hands: Hold’em
David Bach raised to 36,000 preflop and Freddy Deeb made the call. The flop came down J Deeb showed down K Omaha/8
David Bach raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and the action was on John Hennigan in the small blind. He three-bet to 54,000 and action was back on Bach after the big blind folded. Bach added another bet to 72,000 and Hennigan called. The flop then came down J Bach made the call and Hennigan tabled A
Scotty Nguyen made his last stand just before day 3 came to an end. He was all in for his last 28,000 preflop against Frank Kassela. Here is how their boards looked. Nguyen: A Board: 5 The flop gave Nguyen four cards to a low but the following two streets did refused to help the defending champion and he was eliminated. Razz
Bill Chen was short on chips and found himself at risk on third street against Ray Dehkharghani. Here is how their boards ran out. Chen: (A-8)9-10-K-5(8) Chen was only able to make a king-low and Dehkharghani made a 10-low to knock Chen out just a few spots shy of the money. Dehkharghani took the pot and was at 400,000 after the knockout. Stud High
Steve Billirakis completed to 18,000 and Thor Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call and here is how their boards looked heading into fourth street. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis led out with 18,000 and Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis bet 36,000 and Hansen raised all in. Billirakis made the call and turned over (10 Stud/8
Huck Seed, Vitaly Lunkin and Frank Kassela were each involved in a hand. Kassela brought in for 5,000 and Seed completed to 18,000. Kassela and Lunkin both called. Here is how their boards looked entering fourth street. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed who fired 18,000. Both opponents called. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed again and he fired 36,000. Lunkin made the call but Kassela had enough and mucked. Seed: X-X-8 Lunkin made two pair on sixth street and led out with 36,000. Seed made the call. The river was dealt and both players checked. Lunkin then tabled (8
Picking up the action on fourth street, Steve Billirakis, David Chiu and Matt Glantz were involved in a hand. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 18,000 and both opponents called. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. Glantz called the remainder of his stack and he was all in. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. The river was dealt and Billirakis checked. Chiu fired 36,000 and Billirakis let his hand go. Chiu then tabled (A
Mikhail Tulchinskiy found himself all in against Erik Seidel. Here is how their boards ran out. Tulchinskiy: (3 Seidel was rolled up with three eights but Tulchinskiy got something to fight back with when he received a third three on fourth street. They drew blanks until the river where Tulchinskiy scored a full boat. Unfortunately, Seidel also hit a boat and his was bigger. Tulchinskiy got up and made his exit from the tournament. Player Tags: Thor Hansen, Frank Kassela, Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, David Bach, John Hennigan, David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani, Steve Billirakis, Freddy Deeb, Vitaly Lunkin Level 10 Update: Matusow, Bloch, Lisandro, Negreanu EliminatedJun 27, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 2,500-5,000, Limits – 5,000-10,000 Players Remaining: 63 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Hasan Habib — 460,000 Average Chip Count: 226,190 Notable Eliminations: Mike Matusow Big Hands: STUD/8
In a a five-way, one all in pot that involved David Benyamine, John Monnette, John Kabbaj and eventual winner Phil Ivey, Fellows was all in showing A Ivey turns over 8 Jeff Lisandro Eliminated by Frank Kassela Jeff Lisandro is all in on sixth street against both Frank Kassela and John Hennigan. Lisandro: X-X-8 Kassela and Hennigan check the river, there is no side pot. Kassela turns over A OMAHA/8
Jason Gray comes in for a raise, Andy Bloch three-bets and Gray calls. The flop is A Bloch: A Both players flopped two pair, Bloch getting the best of it. The turn is the 6 RAZZ Mike Matusow Eliminated by David Chiu Mike Matusow was short-stacked and all in of fourth street against David Chiu. Matusow: 6-2-10-4-10-4-10 Chiu went on to make a 6-low while Matusow made a full house on the river. Matusow is eliminated from the tournament. HOLD’EM
Daniel Negreanu raises from the button, Mikhal Tulchinskiy reraises and Negreanu calls. The flop comes 6 The turn is the 8 Negreanu: A Negreanu flops top pair, Tulchinskiy shows the overpair. the river is the 4 Player Tags: Frank Kassela, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, John Hennigan, David Chiu, Jeffrey Lisandro, Phil Ivey, Zac Fellows Level 8 Update: John Juanda, Max Pescatori EliminatedJun 27, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 1,500-3,000, Limits – 3,000-6,000 Players Remaining: 77 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Hasan Habib – 453,000 Average Chip Count: 182,692 Notable Eliminations: Justin Bonomo Big Hands: Hold’em
After a flop of A “I’m sorry,” Giang said. “I’m getting a good massage.” Giang took his chips back and Negreanu checked. “She might have saved me 6,000,” he said. “I don’t think I have much of a chance in this hand.” Giang then fired those same chips into the middle. “I bet dark,” Giang said. Negreanu instantly mucked and the hand was over before the 2
Matt Hawrilenko raised to 6,000 preflop from middle position and action folded to Jon Turner in the small blind. He three-bet to 9,000 and Hawrilenko called. The flop came down J The turn was the 10 Omaha/8
David Grey raised to 6,000 and Allen Kessler called from the small blind. Erik Seidel folded his big blind and the flop came down 9 Both players checked and Grey announced “sevens.” Kessler showed K
David Bach raised to 6,000 from under the gun and John Juanda reraised all in for 7,500 total. Scotty Nguyen made the call from the big blind and Bach called as well. The flop came down A Both players checked and Nguyen showed 5
Ralph Perry raised to 6,000 and Chris Ferguson called from the button. Hasan Habib called from the small blind and Max Pescatori called the remainder of his stack from the big blind. The flop came down Q Razz
Picking up the action on fourth street, Scotty Nguyen and David Chiu were involved in a hand. Nguyen: X-X-6 Chiu checked despite Nguyen showing a pair on the board. Nguyen checked as well. Nguyen: X-X-6 Nguyen reached for chips and bet 6,000. Chiu turned over his hole cards, (5-2), and mucked them. Nguyen took the pot and was at 195,000. Stud High
Picking up the action on fifth street, Nikolay Evdakov and Brett Richey were involved in a hand. Richey: X-X-10 Evdakov started the betting with 6,000 and by the time everything was said and done, Richey was all in for 16,000. He turned over (J Stud/8
Picking up the action on fourth street, Huck Seed and Andy Bloch were involved in a hand. Seed: X-X-3 Both players checked. Seed: X-X-3 Both players checked again. Seed: X-X-3 Both players checked once again. Huck Seed then asked, “What game is this, stud eight?” The river was dealt and Seed finally bet 6,000. Bloch made the call and then turned over (10
Picking up the action on fourth street, David Bach and Vitaly Lunkin were involved in a pot. Bach: X-X-A Bach bet 3,000 and Lunkin called. Bach: X-X-A Bach bet 6,000 and Lunkin raised to 12,000. Bach made the call. Bach: X-X-A Bach bet again, despite getting raised on the previous street. Lunkin took the foot off the gas as he just called. On the river, both players checked and Bach showed (6 Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch, Hasan Habib, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, Max Pescatori, David Bach, Allen Kessler, David Chiu, Chau Giang, David Grey, Brett Richey, Matt Hawrilenko, Jon Turner, Vitaly Lunkin, Ralph Perry, Nikolay Evdakov Level 7 Update: Harman Eliminated, Juanda CrippledJun 27, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 1,300-2,500, Limits – 2,500-5,000 Players Remaining: 84 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Hasan Habib – 440,000 Average Chip Count: 161,747 Notable Eliminations: Ali Eslami Big Hands: Hold’em
Harman raised to 5,000 from under the gun and action folded to Max Pescatori in the cutoff. He three-bet to 7,500 and she was the only caller. The flop came down Q Those chips went in on her big blind during the next hand and Steve Sung put her at risk. Sung: K Board: A Harman never received any help and she was eliminated from the tournament.
Doyle Brunson raised to 5,000 from the button and Phil Ivey made the call from the small blind. The big blind mucked and both players saw a flop of K Brunson then turned over A Omaha/8
Matt Glantz raised to 5,000 from the small blind and Jon Turner made the call from the big blind. The flop came down K Action calmed down on the river as both players checked the A Razz
Picking up the action on fifth street, Justin Bonomo and Freddy Deeb were tangled in a hand. Deeb: X-X-2 Deeb bet 5,000 and Bonomo made the call despite showing a pair on his board. Deeb: X-X-2 Deeb bet another 5,000 and Bonomo made the call. The river was then dealt and Deeb checked to his opponent. Bonomo fired 5,000 and Deeb called after a few moments. Bonomo turned over (3 Stud High
Picking up the action on fifth street, Chau Giang, Daniel Negreanu and Scott Clements were involved in a hand. Giang: X-X-K Chau Giang bet 5,000 and both opponents called. Giang: X-X-K Clements was the one who bet on sixth street, putting out 5,000. Negreanu and Giang both called. The river was dealt and everyone checked. Giang then said “Kings” to signify one pair. Clements showed (Q Giang was at 175,000, Clements was at 97,000 and Negreanu was at 207,000. Stud/8
Andy Bloch completed to 2,500 and Huck Seed made the call. Here were there cards going into fourth street. Seed: X-X-A Bloch checked after he paired and Seed checked right behind him. Seed: X-X-A Seed fired 5,000 after the action was checked to him and Bloch made the call. Seed: X-X-A Seed bet 5,000 and Bloch called. After the river was dealt, the same events took place as Bloch check-called a 5,000 bet from Seed. Seed then turned over (A
Picking up the action on fourth street, David Chiu, John Juanda and Johnny Chan were tangled in a hand. Chiu: X-X-A John Juanda bet 2,500 and both opponents called. Chiu: X-X-A Juanda paired and bet 5,000 after Chan checked to him. Both opponents called. Chiu: X-X-A Juanda bet another 5,000 and both opponents called. The river was dealt and everyone decided to check. Juanda tabled (A Player Tags: John Juanda, Andy Bloch, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, David Chiu, Johnny Chan, Chau Giang, Matthew Glantz, Justin Bonomo, Scott Clements, Jon Turner, Freddy Deeb 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 29, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E | 3 | + |
Level 20 Update: Final Table SetJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 20,000-40,000 Limits — 40,000-80,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Erik Sagstrom – 3,675,000 Average Chip Count: 1,781,250 Notable Eliminations: 12. David Chiu – $99,590 Big Hands: Omaha 8/b
John Hanson raised from the button and David Chiu called and was al in from the small blind. Ville Wahlbeck also called from the big blind. Hanson and Wahlbeck checked it all the way down and the board fell J Ray Dehkharghani Eliminated in 11th Place ($99,590) Vitaly Lunkin raised from the button and Ray Dehkharghani three-bet all in from the small blind. Huck Seed called from the big blind and Lunkin also came along. Seed and Lunkin checked all the way down as the board fell A Seed took the whole pot as he made aces and threes with a ten kicker, which eliminated Dehkharghani in 11th place. Mike Wattel Eliminated in 10th Place ($123,895) Chau Giang raised from middle position and Mike Wattel called in the big blind. The flop was A Giang showed the A Giang had flopped two pair and had Wattel on the ropes. The J
Vitaly Lunkin raised from middle position and was called by Chau Giang, Gus Hansen, Ville Wahlbeck, and Erik Sagstrom. More than half the table saw the flop of K The J Player Tags: Gus Hansen, Michael Wattel, David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani Level 16 Update: Defending Champ Nguyen EliminatedJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 9,000-18,000, Limits – 18,000-36,000 Players Remaining: 20 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 1,527,000 Average Chip Count: 750,000 Notable Eliminations: John Hennigan Big Hands: Hold’em
David Bach raised to 36,000 preflop and Freddy Deeb made the call. The flop came down J Deeb showed down K Omaha/8
David Bach raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and the action was on John Hennigan in the small blind. He three-bet to 54,000 and action was back on Bach after the big blind folded. Bach added another bet to 72,000 and Hennigan called. The flop then came down J Bach made the call and Hennigan tabled A
Scotty Nguyen made his last stand just before day 3 came to an end. He was all in for his last 28,000 preflop against Frank Kassela. Here is how their boards looked. Nguyen: A Board: 5 The flop gave Nguyen four cards to a low but the following two streets did refused to help the defending champion and he was eliminated. Razz
Bill Chen was short on chips and found himself at risk on third street against Ray Dehkharghani. Here is how their boards ran out. Chen: (A-8)9-10-K-5(8) Chen was only able to make a king-low and Dehkharghani made a 10-low to knock Chen out just a few spots shy of the money. Dehkharghani took the pot and was at 400,000 after the knockout. Stud High
Steve Billirakis completed to 18,000 and Thor Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call and here is how their boards looked heading into fourth street. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis led out with 18,000 and Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis bet 36,000 and Hansen raised all in. Billirakis made the call and turned over (10 Stud/8
Huck Seed, Vitaly Lunkin and Frank Kassela were each involved in a hand. Kassela brought in for 5,000 and Seed completed to 18,000. Kassela and Lunkin both called. Here is how their boards looked entering fourth street. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed who fired 18,000. Both opponents called. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed again and he fired 36,000. Lunkin made the call but Kassela had enough and mucked. Seed: X-X-8 Lunkin made two pair on sixth street and led out with 36,000. Seed made the call. The river was dealt and both players checked. Lunkin then tabled (8
Picking up the action on fourth street, Steve Billirakis, David Chiu and Matt Glantz were involved in a hand. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 18,000 and both opponents called. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. Glantz called the remainder of his stack and he was all in. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. The river was dealt and Billirakis checked. Chiu fired 36,000 and Billirakis let his hand go. Chiu then tabled (A
Mikhail Tulchinskiy found himself all in against Erik Seidel. Here is how their boards ran out. Tulchinskiy: (3 Seidel was rolled up with three eights but Tulchinskiy got something to fight back with when he received a third three on fourth street. They drew blanks until the river where Tulchinskiy scored a full boat. Unfortunately, Seidel also hit a boat and his was bigger. Tulchinskiy got up and made his exit from the tournament. Player Tags: Thor Hansen, Frank Kassela, Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, David Bach, John Hennigan, David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani, Steve Billirakis, Freddy Deeb, Vitaly Lunkin Level 10 Update: Matusow, Bloch, Lisandro, Negreanu EliminatedJun 27, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 2,500-5,000, Limits – 5,000-10,000 Players Remaining: 63 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Hasan Habib — 460,000 Average Chip Count: 226,190 Notable Eliminations: Mike Matusow Big Hands: STUD/8
In a a five-way, one all in pot that involved David Benyamine, John Monnette, John Kabbaj and eventual winner Phil Ivey, Fellows was all in showing A Ivey turns over 8 Jeff Lisandro Eliminated by Frank Kassela Jeff Lisandro is all in on sixth street against both Frank Kassela and John Hennigan. Lisandro: X-X-8 Kassela and Hennigan check the river, there is no side pot. Kassela turns over A OMAHA/8
Jason Gray comes in for a raise, Andy Bloch three-bets and Gray calls. The flop is A Bloch: A Both players flopped two pair, Bloch getting the best of it. The turn is the 6 RAZZ Mike Matusow Eliminated by David Chiu Mike Matusow was short-stacked and all in of fourth street against David Chiu. Matusow: 6-2-10-4-10-4-10 Chiu went on to make a 6-low while Matusow made a full house on the river. Matusow is eliminated from the tournament. HOLD’EM
Daniel Negreanu raises from the button, Mikhal Tulchinskiy reraises and Negreanu calls. The flop comes 6 The turn is the 8 Negreanu: A Negreanu flops top pair, Tulchinskiy shows the overpair. the river is the 4 Player Tags: Frank Kassela, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, John Hennigan, David Chiu, Jeffrey Lisandro, Phil Ivey, Zac Fellows Level 8 Update: John Juanda, Max Pescatori EliminatedJun 27, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 1,500-3,000, Limits – 3,000-6,000 Players Remaining: 77 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Hasan Habib – 453,000 Average Chip Count: 182,692 Notable Eliminations: Justin Bonomo Big Hands: Hold’em
After a flop of A “I’m sorry,” Giang said. “I’m getting a good massage.” Giang took his chips back and Negreanu checked. “She might have saved me 6,000,” he said. “I don’t think I have much of a chance in this hand.” Giang then fired those same chips into the middle. “I bet dark,” Giang said. Negreanu instantly mucked and the hand was over before the 2
Matt Hawrilenko raised to 6,000 preflop from middle position and action folded to Jon Turner in the small blind. He three-bet to 9,000 and Hawrilenko called. The flop came down J The turn was the 10 Omaha/8
David Grey raised to 6,000 and Allen Kessler called from the small blind. Erik Seidel folded his big blind and the flop came down 9 Both players checked and Grey announced “sevens.” Kessler showed K
David Bach raised to 6,000 from under the gun and John Juanda reraised all in for 7,500 total. Scotty Nguyen made the call from the big blind and Bach called as well. The flop came down A Both players checked and Nguyen showed 5
Ralph Perry raised to 6,000 and Chris Ferguson called from the button. Hasan Habib called from the small blind and Max Pescatori called the remainder of his stack from the big blind. The flop came down Q Razz
Picking up the action on fourth street, Scotty Nguyen and David Chiu were involved in a hand. Nguyen: X-X-6 Chiu checked despite Nguyen showing a pair on the board. Nguyen checked as well. Nguyen: X-X-6 Nguyen reached for chips and bet 6,000. Chiu turned over his hole cards, (5-2), and mucked them. Nguyen took the pot and was at 195,000. Stud High
Picking up the action on fifth street, Nikolay Evdakov and Brett Richey were involved in a hand. Richey: X-X-10 Evdakov started the betting with 6,000 and by the time everything was said and done, Richey was all in for 16,000. He turned over (J Stud/8
Picking up the action on fourth street, Huck Seed and Andy Bloch were involved in a hand. Seed: X-X-3 Both players checked. Seed: X-X-3 Both players checked again. Seed: X-X-3 Both players checked once again. Huck Seed then asked, “What game is this, stud eight?” The river was dealt and Seed finally bet 6,000. Bloch made the call and then turned over (10
Picking up the action on fourth street, David Bach and Vitaly Lunkin were involved in a pot. Bach: X-X-A Bach bet 3,000 and Lunkin called. Bach: X-X-A Bach bet 6,000 and Lunkin raised to 12,000. Bach made the call. Bach: X-X-A Bach bet again, despite getting raised on the previous street. Lunkin took the foot off the gas as he just called. On the river, both players checked and Bach showed (6 Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch, Hasan Habib, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, Max Pescatori, David Bach, Allen Kessler, David Chiu, Chau Giang, David Grey, Brett Richey, Matt Hawrilenko, Jon Turner, Vitaly Lunkin, Ralph Perry, Nikolay Evdakov Level 7 Update: Harman Eliminated, Juanda CrippledJun 27, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 1,300-2,500, Limits – 2,500-5,000 Players Remaining: 84 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Hasan Habib – 440,000 Average Chip Count: 161,747 Notable Eliminations: Ali Eslami Big Hands: Hold’em
Harman raised to 5,000 from under the gun and action folded to Max Pescatori in the cutoff. He three-bet to 7,500 and she was the only caller. The flop came down Q Those chips went in on her big blind during the next hand and Steve Sung put her at risk. Sung: K Board: A Harman never received any help and she was eliminated from the tournament.
Doyle Brunson raised to 5,000 from the button and Phil Ivey made the call from the small blind. The big blind mucked and both players saw a flop of K Brunson then turned over A Omaha/8
Matt Glantz raised to 5,000 from the small blind and Jon Turner made the call from the big blind. The flop came down K Action calmed down on the river as both players checked the A Razz
Picking up the action on fifth street, Justin Bonomo and Freddy Deeb were tangled in a hand. Deeb: X-X-2 Deeb bet 5,000 and Bonomo made the call despite showing a pair on his board. Deeb: X-X-2 Deeb bet another 5,000 and Bonomo made the call. The river was then dealt and Deeb checked to his opponent. Bonomo fired 5,000 and Deeb called after a few moments. Bonomo turned over (3 Stud High
Picking up the action on fifth street, Chau Giang, Daniel Negreanu and Scott Clements were involved in a hand. Giang: X-X-K Chau Giang bet 5,000 and both opponents called. Giang: X-X-K Clements was the one who bet on sixth street, putting out 5,000. Negreanu and Giang both called. The river was dealt and everyone checked. Giang then said “Kings” to signify one pair. Clements showed (Q Giang was at 175,000, Clements was at 97,000 and Negreanu was at 207,000. Stud/8
Andy Bloch completed to 2,500 and Huck Seed made the call. Here were there cards going into fourth street. Seed: X-X-A Bloch checked after he paired and Seed checked right behind him. Seed: X-X-A Seed fired 5,000 after the action was checked to him and Bloch made the call. Seed: X-X-A Seed bet 5,000 and Bloch called. After the river was dealt, the same events took place as Bloch check-called a 5,000 bet from Seed. Seed then turned over (A
Picking up the action on fourth street, David Chiu, John Juanda and Johnny Chan were tangled in a hand. Chiu: X-X-A John Juanda bet 2,500 and both opponents called. Chiu: X-X-A Juanda paired and bet 5,000 after Chan checked to him. Both opponents called. Chiu: X-X-A Juanda bet another 5,000 and both opponents called. The river was dealt and everyone decided to check. Juanda tabled (A Player Tags: John Juanda, Andy Bloch, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, David Chiu, Johnny Chan, Chau Giang, Matthew Glantz, Justin Bonomo, Scott Clements, Jon Turner, Freddy Deeb 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 27, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E | 2 | + |
Level 20 Update: Final Table SetJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 20,000-40,000 Limits — 40,000-80,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Erik Sagstrom – 3,675,000 Average Chip Count: 1,781,250 Notable Eliminations: 12. David Chiu – $99,590 Big Hands: Omaha 8/b
John Hanson raised from the button and David Chiu called and was al in from the small blind. Ville Wahlbeck also called from the big blind. Hanson and Wahlbeck checked it all the way down and the board fell J Ray Dehkharghani Eliminated in 11th Place ($99,590) Vitaly Lunkin raised from the button and Ray Dehkharghani three-bet all in from the small blind. Huck Seed called from the big blind and Lunkin also came along. Seed and Lunkin checked all the way down as the board fell A Seed took the whole pot as he made aces and threes with a ten kicker, which eliminated Dehkharghani in 11th place. Mike Wattel Eliminated in 10th Place ($123,895) Chau Giang raised from middle position and Mike Wattel called in the big blind. The flop was A Giang showed the A Giang had flopped two pair and had Wattel on the ropes. The J
Vitaly Lunkin raised from middle position and was called by Chau Giang, Gus Hansen, Ville Wahlbeck, and Erik Sagstrom. More than half the table saw the flop of K The J Player Tags: Gus Hansen, Michael Wattel, David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani Level 16 Update: Defending Champ Nguyen EliminatedJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 9,000-18,000, Limits – 18,000-36,000 Players Remaining: 20 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 1,527,000 Average Chip Count: 750,000 Notable Eliminations: John Hennigan Big Hands: Hold’em
David Bach raised to 36,000 preflop and Freddy Deeb made the call. The flop came down J Deeb showed down K Omaha/8
David Bach raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and the action was on John Hennigan in the small blind. He three-bet to 54,000 and action was back on Bach after the big blind folded. Bach added another bet to 72,000 and Hennigan called. The flop then came down J Bach made the call and Hennigan tabled A
Scotty Nguyen made his last stand just before day 3 came to an end. He was all in for his last 28,000 preflop against Frank Kassela. Here is how their boards looked. Nguyen: A Board: 5 The flop gave Nguyen four cards to a low but the following two streets did refused to help the defending champion and he was eliminated. Razz
Bill Chen was short on chips and found himself at risk on third street against Ray Dehkharghani. Here is how their boards ran out. Chen: (A-8)9-10-K-5(8) Chen was only able to make a king-low and Dehkharghani made a 10-low to knock Chen out just a few spots shy of the money. Dehkharghani took the pot and was at 400,000 after the knockout. Stud High
Steve Billirakis completed to 18,000 and Thor Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call and here is how their boards looked heading into fourth street. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis led out with 18,000 and Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis bet 36,000 and Hansen raised all in. Billirakis made the call and turned over (10 Stud/8
Huck Seed, Vitaly Lunkin and Frank Kassela were each involved in a hand. Kassela brought in for 5,000 and Seed completed to 18,000. Kassela and Lunkin both called. Here is how their boards looked entering fourth street. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed who fired 18,000. Both opponents called. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed again and he fired 36,000. Lunkin made the call but Kassela had enough and mucked. Seed: X-X-8 Lunkin made two pair on sixth street and led out with 36,000. Seed made the call. The river was dealt and both players checked. Lunkin then tabled (8
Picking up the action on fourth street, Steve Billirakis, David Chiu and Matt Glantz were involved in a hand. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 18,000 and both opponents called. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. Glantz called the remainder of his stack and he was all in. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. The river was dealt and Billirakis checked. Chiu fired 36,000 and Billirakis let his hand go. Chiu then tabled (A
Mikhail Tulchinskiy found himself all in against Erik Seidel. Here is how their boards ran out. Tulchinskiy: (3 Seidel was rolled up with three eights but Tulchinskiy got something to fight back with when he received a third three on fourth street. They drew blanks until the river where Tulchinskiy scored a full boat. Unfortunately, Seidel also hit a boat and his was bigger. Tulchinskiy got up and made his exit from the tournament. Player Tags: Thor Hansen, Frank Kassela, Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, David Bach, John Hennigan, David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani, Steve Billirakis, Freddy Deeb, Vitaly Lunkin Level 10 Update: Matusow, Bloch, Lisandro, Negreanu EliminatedJun 27, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 2,500-5,000, Limits – 5,000-10,000 Players Remaining: 63 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Hasan Habib — 460,000 Average Chip Count: 226,190 Notable Eliminations: Mike Matusow Big Hands: STUD/8
In a a five-way, one all in pot that involved David Benyamine, John Monnette, John Kabbaj and eventual winner Phil Ivey, Fellows was all in showing A Ivey turns over 8 Jeff Lisandro Eliminated by Frank Kassela Jeff Lisandro is all in on sixth street against both Frank Kassela and John Hennigan. Lisandro: X-X-8 Kassela and Hennigan check the river, there is no side pot. Kassela turns over A OMAHA/8
Jason Gray comes in for a raise, Andy Bloch three-bets and Gray calls. The flop is A Bloch: A Both players flopped two pair, Bloch getting the best of it. The turn is the 6 RAZZ Mike Matusow Eliminated by David Chiu Mike Matusow was short-stacked and all in of fourth street against David Chiu. Matusow: 6-2-10-4-10-4-10 Chiu went on to make a 6-low while Matusow made a full house on the river. Matusow is eliminated from the tournament. HOLD’EM
Daniel Negreanu raises from the button, Mikhal Tulchinskiy reraises and Negreanu calls. The flop comes 6 The turn is the 8 Negreanu: A Negreanu flops top pair, Tulchinskiy shows the overpair. the river is the 4 Player Tags: Frank Kassela, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, John Hennigan, David Chiu, Jeffrey Lisandro, Phil Ivey, Zac Fellows Level 8 Update: John Juanda, Max Pescatori EliminatedJun 27, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 1,500-3,000, Limits – 3,000-6,000 Players Remaining: 77 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Hasan Habib – 453,000 Average Chip Count: 182,692 Notable Eliminations: Justin Bonomo Big Hands: Hold’em
After a flop of A “I’m sorry,” Giang said. “I’m getting a good massage.” Giang took his chips back and Negreanu checked. “She might have saved me 6,000,” he said. “I don’t think I have much of a chance in this hand.” Giang then fired those same chips into the middle. “I bet dark,” Giang said. Negreanu instantly mucked and the hand was over before the 2
Matt Hawrilenko raised to 6,000 preflop from middle position and action folded to Jon Turner in the small blind. He three-bet to 9,000 and Hawrilenko called. The flop came down J The turn was the 10 Omaha/8
David Grey raised to 6,000 and Allen Kessler called from the small blind. Erik Seidel folded his big blind and the flop came down 9 Both players checked and Grey announced “sevens.” Kessler showed K
David Bach raised to 6,000 from under the gun and John Juanda reraised all in for 7,500 total. Scotty Nguyen made the call from the big blind and Bach called as well. The flop came down A Both players checked and Nguyen showed 5
Ralph Perry raised to 6,000 and Chris Ferguson called from the button. Hasan Habib called from the small blind and Max Pescatori called the remainder of his stack from the big blind. The flop came down Q Razz
Picking up the action on fourth street, Scotty Nguyen and David Chiu were involved in a hand. Nguyen: X-X-6 Chiu checked despite Nguyen showing a pair on the board. Nguyen checked as well. Nguyen: X-X-6 Nguyen reached for chips and bet 6,000. Chiu turned over his hole cards, (5-2), and mucked them. Nguyen took the pot and was at 195,000. Stud High
Picking up the action on fifth street, Nikolay Evdakov and Brett Richey were involved in a hand. Richey: X-X-10 Evdakov started the betting with 6,000 and by the time everything was said and done, Richey was all in for 16,000. He turned over (J Stud/8
Picking up the action on fourth street, Huck Seed and Andy Bloch were involved in a hand. Seed: X-X-3 Both players checked. Seed: X-X-3 Both players checked again. Seed: X-X-3 Both players checked once again. Huck Seed then asked, “What game is this, stud eight?” The river was dealt and Seed finally bet 6,000. Bloch made the call and then turned over (10
Picking up the action on fourth street, David Bach and Vitaly Lunkin were involved in a pot. Bach: X-X-A Bach bet 3,000 and Lunkin called. Bach: X-X-A Bach bet 6,000 and Lunkin raised to 12,000. Bach made the call. Bach: X-X-A Bach bet again, despite getting raised on the previous street. Lunkin took the foot off the gas as he just called. On the river, both players checked and Bach showed (6 Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch, Hasan Habib, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, Max Pescatori, David Bach, Allen Kessler, David Chiu, Chau Giang, David Grey, Brett Richey, Matt Hawrilenko, Jon Turner, Vitaly Lunkin, Ralph Perry, Nikolay Evdakov Level 7 Update: Harman Eliminated, Juanda CrippledJun 27, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 1,300-2,500, Limits – 2,500-5,000 Players Remaining: 84 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Hasan Habib – 440,000 Average Chip Count: 161,747 Notable Eliminations: Ali Eslami Big Hands: Hold’em
Harman raised to 5,000 from under the gun and action folded to Max Pescatori in the cutoff. He three-bet to 7,500 and she was the only caller. The flop came down Q Those chips went in on her big blind during the next hand and Steve Sung put her at risk. Sung: K Board: A Harman never received any help and she was eliminated from the tournament.
Doyle Brunson raised to 5,000 from the button and Phil Ivey made the call from the small blind. The big blind mucked and both players saw a flop of K Brunson then turned over A Omaha/8
Matt Glantz raised to 5,000 from the small blind and Jon Turner made the call from the big blind. The flop came down K Action calmed down on the river as both players checked the A Razz
Picking up the action on fifth street, Justin Bonomo and Freddy Deeb were tangled in a hand. Deeb: X-X-2 Deeb bet 5,000 and Bonomo made the call despite showing a pair on his board. Deeb: X-X-2 Deeb bet another 5,000 and Bonomo made the call. The river was then dealt and Deeb checked to his opponent. Bonomo fired 5,000 and Deeb called after a few moments. Bonomo turned over (3 Stud High
Picking up the action on fifth street, Chau Giang, Daniel Negreanu and Scott Clements were involved in a hand. Giang: X-X-K Chau Giang bet 5,000 and both opponents called. Giang: X-X-K Clements was the one who bet on sixth street, putting out 5,000. Negreanu and Giang both called. The river was dealt and everyone checked. Giang then said “Kings” to signify one pair. Clements showed (Q Giang was at 175,000, Clements was at 97,000 and Negreanu was at 207,000. Stud/8
Andy Bloch completed to 2,500 and Huck Seed made the call. Here were there cards going into fourth street. Seed: X-X-A Bloch checked after he paired and Seed checked right behind him. Seed: X-X-A Seed fired 5,000 after the action was checked to him and Bloch made the call. Seed: X-X-A Seed bet 5,000 and Bloch called. After the river was dealt, the same events took place as Bloch check-called a 5,000 bet from Seed. Seed then turned over (A
Picking up the action on fourth street, David Chiu, John Juanda and Johnny Chan were tangled in a hand. Chiu: X-X-A John Juanda bet 2,500 and both opponents called. Chiu: X-X-A Juanda paired and bet 5,000 after Chan checked to him. Both opponents called. Chiu: X-X-A Juanda bet another 5,000 and both opponents called. The river was dealt and everyone decided to check. Juanda tabled (A Player Tags: John Juanda, Andy Bloch, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, David Chiu, Johnny Chan, Chau Giang, Matthew Glantz, Justin Bonomo, Scott Clements, Jon Turner, Freddy Deeb 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 26, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E | 1 | + |
Level 20 Update: Final Table SetJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 20,000-40,000 Limits — 40,000-80,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Erik Sagstrom – 3,675,000 Average Chip Count: 1,781,250 Notable Eliminations: 12. David Chiu – $99,590 Big Hands: Omaha 8/b
John Hanson raised from the button and David Chiu called and was al in from the small blind. Ville Wahlbeck also called from the big blind. Hanson and Wahlbeck checked it all the way down and the board fell J Ray Dehkharghani Eliminated in 11th Place ($99,590) Vitaly Lunkin raised from the button and Ray Dehkharghani three-bet all in from the small blind. Huck Seed called from the big blind and Lunkin also came along. Seed and Lunkin checked all the way down as the board fell A Seed took the whole pot as he made aces and threes with a ten kicker, which eliminated Dehkharghani in 11th place. Mike Wattel Eliminated in 10th Place ($123,895) Chau Giang raised from middle position and Mike Wattel called in the big blind. The flop was A Giang showed the A Giang had flopped two pair and had Wattel on the ropes. The J
Vitaly Lunkin raised from middle position and was called by Chau Giang, Gus Hansen, Ville Wahlbeck, and Erik Sagstrom. More than half the table saw the flop of K The J Player Tags: Gus Hansen, Michael Wattel, David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani Level 16 Update: Defending Champ Nguyen EliminatedJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 9,000-18,000, Limits – 18,000-36,000 Players Remaining: 20 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 1,527,000 Average Chip Count: 750,000 Notable Eliminations: John Hennigan Big Hands: Hold’em
David Bach raised to 36,000 preflop and Freddy Deeb made the call. The flop came down J Deeb showed down K Omaha/8
David Bach raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and the action was on John Hennigan in the small blind. He three-bet to 54,000 and action was back on Bach after the big blind folded. Bach added another bet to 72,000 and Hennigan called. The flop then came down J Bach made the call and Hennigan tabled A
Scotty Nguyen made his last stand just before day 3 came to an end. He was all in for his last 28,000 preflop against Frank Kassela. Here is how their boards looked. Nguyen: A Board: 5 The flop gave Nguyen four cards to a low but the following two streets did refused to help the defending champion and he was eliminated. Razz
Bill Chen was short on chips and found himself at risk on third street against Ray Dehkharghani. Here is how their boards ran out. Chen: (A-8)9-10-K-5(8) Chen was only able to make a king-low and Dehkharghani made a 10-low to knock Chen out just a few spots shy of the money. Dehkharghani took the pot and was at 400,000 after the knockout. Stud High
Steve Billirakis completed to 18,000 and Thor Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call and here is how their boards looked heading into fourth street. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis led out with 18,000 and Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis bet 36,000 and Hansen raised all in. Billirakis made the call and turned over (10 Stud/8
Huck Seed, Vitaly Lunkin and Frank Kassela were each involved in a hand. Kassela brought in for 5,000 and Seed completed to 18,000. Kassela and Lunkin both called. Here is how their boards looked entering fourth street. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed who fired 18,000. Both opponents called. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed again and he fired 36,000. Lunkin made the call but Kassela had enough and mucked. Seed: X-X-8 Lunkin made two pair on sixth street and led out with 36,000. Seed made the call. The river was dealt and both players checked. Lunkin then tabled (8
Picking up the action on fourth street, Steve Billirakis, David Chiu and Matt Glantz were involved in a hand. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 18,000 and both opponents called. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. Glantz called the remainder of his stack and he was all in. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. The river was dealt and Billirakis checked. Chiu fired 36,000 and Billirakis let his hand go. Chiu then tabled (A
Mikhail Tulchinskiy found himself all in against Erik Seidel. Here is how their boards ran out. Tulchinskiy: (3 Seidel was rolled up with three eights but Tulchinskiy got something to fight back with when he received a third three on fourth street. They drew blanks until the river where Tulchinskiy scored a full boat. Unfortunately, Seidel also hit a boat and his was bigger. Tulchinskiy got up and made his exit from the tournament. Player Tags: Thor Hansen, Frank Kassela, Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, David Bach, John Hennigan, David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani, Steve Billirakis, Freddy Deeb, Vitaly Lunkin Level 10 Update: Matusow, Bloch, Lisandro, Negreanu EliminatedJun 27, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 2,500-5,000, Limits – 5,000-10,000 Players Remaining: 63 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Hasan Habib — 460,000 Average Chip Count: 226,190 Notable Eliminations: Mike Matusow Big Hands: STUD/8
In a a five-way, one all in pot that involved David Benyamine, John Monnette, John Kabbaj and eventual winner Phil Ivey, Fellows was all in showing A Ivey turns over 8 Jeff Lisandro Eliminated by Frank Kassela Jeff Lisandro is all in on sixth street against both Frank Kassela and John Hennigan. Lisandro: X-X-8 Kassela and Hennigan check the river, there is no side pot. Kassela turns over A OMAHA/8
Jason Gray comes in for a raise, Andy Bloch three-bets and Gray calls. The flop is A Bloch: A Both players flopped two pair, Bloch getting the best of it. The turn is the 6 RAZZ Mike Matusow Eliminated by David Chiu Mike Matusow was short-stacked and all in of fourth street against David Chiu. Matusow: 6-2-10-4-10-4-10 Chiu went on to make a 6-low while Matusow made a full house on the river. Matusow is eliminated from the tournament. HOLD’EM
Daniel Negreanu raises from the button, Mikhal Tulchinskiy reraises and Negreanu calls. The flop comes 6 The turn is the 8 Negreanu: A Negreanu flops top pair, Tulchinskiy shows the overpair. the river is the 4 Player Tags: Frank Kassela, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, John Hennigan, David Chiu, Jeffrey Lisandro, Phil Ivey, Zac Fellows Level 8 Update: John Juanda, Max Pescatori EliminatedJun 27, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 1,500-3,000, Limits – 3,000-6,000 Players Remaining: 77 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Hasan Habib – 453,000 Average Chip Count: 182,692 Notable Eliminations: Justin Bonomo Big Hands: Hold’em
After a flop of A “I’m sorry,” Giang said. “I’m getting a good massage.” Giang took his chips back and Negreanu checked. “She might have saved me 6,000,” he said. “I don’t think I have much of a chance in this hand.” Giang then fired those same chips into the middle. “I bet dark,” Giang said. Negreanu instantly mucked and the hand was over before the 2
Matt Hawrilenko raised to 6,000 preflop from middle position and action folded to Jon Turner in the small blind. He three-bet to 9,000 and Hawrilenko called. The flop came down J The turn was the 10 Omaha/8
David Grey raised to 6,000 and Allen Kessler called from the small blind. Erik Seidel folded his big blind and the flop came down 9 Both players checked and Grey announced “sevens.” Kessler showed K
David Bach raised to 6,000 from under the gun and John Juanda reraised all in for 7,500 total. Scotty Nguyen made the call from the big blind and Bach called as well. The flop came down A Both players checked and Nguyen showed 5
Ralph Perry raised to 6,000 and Chris Ferguson called from the button. Hasan Habib called from the small blind and Max Pescatori called the remainder of his stack from the big blind. The flop came down Q Razz
Picking up the action on fourth street, Scotty Nguyen and David Chiu were involved in a hand. Nguyen: X-X-6 Chiu checked despite Nguyen showing a pair on the board. Nguyen checked as well. Nguyen: X-X-6 Nguyen reached for chips and bet 6,000. Chiu turned over his hole cards, (5-2), and mucked them. Nguyen took the pot and was at 195,000. Stud High
Picking up the action on fifth street, Nikolay Evdakov and Brett Richey were involved in a hand. Richey: X-X-10 Evdakov started the betting with 6,000 and by the time everything was said and done, Richey was all in for 16,000. He turned over (J Stud/8
Picking up the action on fourth street, Huck Seed and Andy Bloch were involved in a hand. Seed: X-X-3 Both players checked. Seed: X-X-3 Both players checked again. Seed: X-X-3 Both players checked once again. Huck Seed then asked, “What game is this, stud eight?” The river was dealt and Seed finally bet 6,000. Bloch made the call and then turned over (10
Picking up the action on fourth street, David Bach and Vitaly Lunkin were involved in a pot. Bach: X-X-A Bach bet 3,000 and Lunkin called. Bach: X-X-A Bach bet 6,000 and Lunkin raised to 12,000. Bach made the call. Bach: X-X-A Bach bet again, despite getting raised on the previous street. Lunkin took the foot off the gas as he just called. On the river, both players checked and Bach showed (6 Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch, Hasan Habib, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, Max Pescatori, David Bach, Allen Kessler, David Chiu, Chau Giang, David Grey, Brett Richey, Matt Hawrilenko, Jon Turner, Vitaly Lunkin, Ralph Perry, Nikolay Evdakov Level 7 Update: Harman Eliminated, Juanda CrippledJun 27, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 1,300-2,500, Limits – 2,500-5,000 Players Remaining: 84 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Hasan Habib – 440,000 Average Chip Count: 161,747 Notable Eliminations: Ali Eslami Big Hands: Hold’em
Harman raised to 5,000 from under the gun and action folded to Max Pescatori in the cutoff. He three-bet to 7,500 and she was the only caller. The flop came down Q Those chips went in on her big blind during the next hand and Steve Sung put her at risk. Sung: K Board: A Harman never received any help and she was eliminated from the tournament.
Doyle Brunson raised to 5,000 from the button and Phil Ivey made the call from the small blind. The big blind mucked and both players saw a flop of K Brunson then turned over A Omaha/8
Matt Glantz raised to 5,000 from the small blind and Jon Turner made the call from the big blind. The flop came down K Action calmed down on the river as both players checked the A Razz
Picking up the action on fifth street, Justin Bonomo and Freddy Deeb were tangled in a hand. Deeb: X-X-2 Deeb bet 5,000 and Bonomo made the call despite showing a pair on his board. Deeb: X-X-2 Deeb bet another 5,000 and Bonomo made the call. The river was then dealt and Deeb checked to his opponent. Bonomo fired 5,000 and Deeb called after a few moments. Bonomo turned over (3 Stud High
Picking up the action on fifth street, Chau Giang, Daniel Negreanu and Scott Clements were involved in a hand. Giang: X-X-K Chau Giang bet 5,000 and both opponents called. Giang: X-X-K Clements was the one who bet on sixth street, putting out 5,000. Negreanu and Giang both called. The river was dealt and everyone checked. Giang then said “Kings” to signify one pair. Clements showed (Q Giang was at 175,000, Clements was at 97,000 and Negreanu was at 207,000. Stud/8
Andy Bloch completed to 2,500 and Huck Seed made the call. Here were there cards going into fourth street. Seed: X-X-A Bloch checked after he paired and Seed checked right behind him. Seed: X-X-A Seed fired 5,000 after the action was checked to him and Bloch made the call. Seed: X-X-A Seed bet 5,000 and Bloch called. After the river was dealt, the same events took place as Bloch check-called a 5,000 bet from Seed. Seed then turned over (A
Picking up the action on fourth street, David Chiu, John Juanda and Johnny Chan were tangled in a hand. Chiu: X-X-A John Juanda bet 2,500 and both opponents called. Chiu: X-X-A Juanda paired and bet 5,000 after Chan checked to him. Both opponents called. Chiu: X-X-A Juanda bet another 5,000 and both opponents called. The river was dealt and everyone decided to check. Juanda tabled (A Player Tags: John Juanda, Andy Bloch, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, David Chiu, Johnny Chan, Chau Giang, Matthew Glantz, Justin Bonomo, Scott Clements, Jon Turner, Freddy Deeb 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 06, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 12 - $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event | 3 | + |
Ville Wahlbeck Wins Event No. 12Jun 07, '09
With more than a 5-1 chip lead entering heads-up play against David Chiu, it was only a matter of time before Ville Wahlbeck won his first WSOP bracelet. The game was Omaha-8 and David Chiu was extremely short stacked. That short stack was all in preflop and Wahlbeck made the call. The players then showed down their hands. Chiu: A Chiu was able to take the lead on the turn when he paired his 10, but Wahlbeck ended the event when he made Broadway on the river and Chiu was eliminated in 2nd place, earning $304,176. Wahlbeck took home his first WSOP bracelet and the largest cash-out of his career, pocketing $492,375. That concludes CardPlayer.com’s live coverage of event 12. Congratulations to Ville Wahlbeck, the 2009 WSOP Mixed Event World Champion. Player Tags: David Chiu, Ville Wahlbeck Final Table Update: Todd Brunson 8th, Mike Wattel 7th, James Van Alstyne 6thJun 06, '09 Level Structure: 2-7 triple draw, limit hold’em, and Omaha 8OB: 20,000-40,000 blinds and 40,000-80,000 limits 7-card stud, razz, and 7-card stud 8OB: 10,000 ante, 10,000 bring-in, with a 40,000 completion and 40,000-80,000 limits no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha: 10,000-20,000 blinds with a 5,000 ante NOTES: Games change every eight hands. Two players will be forced to sit out during 2-7 triple draw each hand. Players Remaining: 5 out of 194 Chip Counts: 1. David Chiu – 2,500,000 Average Chip Count: 1,198,000 Notable Eliminations: 8. Todd Brunson — $54,845 Big Hands: STUD Todd Brunson Eliminated in 8th Place ($54,845) With the stakes rapidly rising, Todd Brunson decided to make his last stand with a split pair of tens. Unfortunately for Brunson, he ran his pair of tens right into David Chiu’s rolled-up kings. Chiu filled on the river while Brunson bricked-out. The final hands were as follows. Chiu: (K Todd Brunson is eliminated in 8th place ($54,845). NLH
David Chiu raises to 55,000 from the button and Mike Wattel moves all in for 56,000. Chiu calls the additional 1,000 and both players turn over their cards. Wattel: 9 Board: A Wattel gets it in good with a pair of nines, but Chiu flops a king and turns an eight for two pair. Mike Wattel is eliminated in 7th place ($64,373). PLO
David Chiu raised the pot, 55,000 preflop and Huck Seed made the call. The action was then on Van Alstyne who re-potted to 220,000. Chiu made the call and Seed decided to come along as well. The flop dropped 10 Chiu: Q Chiu hit top two pair and had an open ended straight draw to go with it. Van Alstyne’s aces were in trouble and the K Player Tags: Michael Wattel, Todd Brunson, David Chiu, James Van Alstyne Level 22 Update: Sheikh 12th, Serock 11th, Yitzhaki 10thJun 06, '09 Level Structure: 2-7 triple draw, limit hold’em, and Omaha 8OB: 500-1,000 blinds and 1,000-2,000 limits 7-card stud, razz, and 7-card stud 8OB: 200 ante, 300 bring-in, with a 1,000 completion and 1,000-2,000 limits no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha: 250-500 blinds with a 150 ante NOTES: Games change every eight hands. Two players will be forced to sit out during 2-7 triple draw each hand. Players Remaining: 9 out of 194 Chip Counts: 1. Scott Dorin — 1,400,000 Average Chip Count: 646,666 Notable Eliminations: 12. Aurangzeb Sheikh — $34,958 Big Hands: RAZZ
Joe Serock completes the bet on third street with the 4 Serock: (A Sheikh gets the last of his chips in on fourth street and the the players turn their cards face up. Sheikh ends up making a pair low on sixth street while Serock makes an 8-7 low by the river. Aurangzeb Sheikh is eliminated in 12th place ($34,958). NLH Joe Serock Eliminated in 11th Place ($34,958) Joe Serock moves all in before the flop for 35,000 and gets three callers; David Chiu (Button), Scott Dorin (Small Blind) and James Van Alstyne (Big Blind). The flop comes K LIMIT HOLD’EM
After a series a of raises and reraises, Roman Yitzhaki gets it all in pre-flop with pocket jacks against Huck Seed’s pocket aces. The board comes A-2-3-2-6, giving Seed a full house and eliminating Roman Yitzhaki in 10th place 9$42,818). Left In The Deck: At the conclusion of Level 22, the remaining nine players will take a seventy-five minute dinner break and will return to Level 23 at approximately 7:00 pm PDT. Player Tags: Huck Seed, David Chiu, James Van Alstyne, Roman Yitzhaki, Joseph Serock, Scott Dorin Level 15 Update: Chiu Fighting BackJun 05, '09 Level Structure: 2-7 triple draw, limit hold’em, and Omaha 8OB: 3,000-6,000 blinds and 6,000-12,000 limits 7-card stud, razz, and 7-card stud 8OB: 1,500 ante, 2,000 bring-in, with a 6,000 completion and 6,000-12,000 limits no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha: 1,500-3,000 blinds with a 700 ante NOTES: Games change every eight hands. Two players will be forced to sit out during 2-7 triple draw each hand. Players Remaining: 37 out of 194 Chip Counts: 1. Soheil Shamseddin – 340,000 Average Chip Count: 157,297 Notable Eliminations: Patrick Bueno Big Hands: Stud 8
Michael Binger: X-X-4 The player in seat 6 fired 12,000 into the pot and Michael Binger came along for the ride. Michael Binger: X-X-4 Seat 6 fired another 12,000 into the pot and Binger stuck around. When the river card came, the action was on Binger. However, seat 6 bet 12,000 out of turn and the dealer explained Binger was first to act. Binger conceded a check, then popped it to 24,000. Seat 6 wasn’t finished as he three-bet to 36,000. Binger made the call and seat 6 announced he had the wheel. “Me too,” Binger said as he tabled A After the hand, Liv Boeree stopped by to say a few words to Binger. That in itself makes Binger a winner in this reporter’s book. Stud
David Chiu: X-X-5 Chiu was the low card and brought in 2,000. The player in seat 7 completed to 6,000 and Chiu made the call. David Chiu: X-X-5 Seat 7 bet another 6,000 and Chiu made the call. David Chiu: X-X-5 Seat 7 kept up the aggression, betting 12,000. Chiu stuck around and the players saw sixth street. David Chiu: X-X-5 Chiu paired up on sixth street and quickly took control of the hand, firing 12,000. Seat 7 mucked his hand and Chiu raked in the pot. After being down to his last 20,000 earlier, Chiu has chipped back up to over 110,000. Razz:
Patrick Bueno: X-X-2 After Steve Sung brought in 2,000 with the K Patrick Bueno: X-X-2 Bueno led out again with 6,000 and Brunson again raised to 12,000. Bueno made the call. Patrick Bueno: X-X-2 Brunson was first to act after fifth street gave him a better low hand on the board and he led out with 12,000. Bueno made the call. Patrick Bueno: X-X-2 The action reversed back to Bueno as he was showing the better low hand. He checked and Brunson bet 12,000. Bueno called again and the river was dealt. Bueno checked again and Brunson bet 12,000. Bueno had enough and mucked his hand, leaving himself with only 12,500. Brunson chipped up to over 220,000. Miami John Builds His Big Stack John Cernuto: X-X-3 Cernuto bet 6,000 and his opponent decided to tag along. John Cernuto: X-X-3 Cernuto fired another 12,000 and his opponent laid down his hand. Cernuto raked in the pot and he was around 175,000 in chips. Player Tags: John Cernuto, Todd Brunson, David Chiu, Patrick Bueno, Michael Binger, Liv Boeree Level 14 Update: Adams Knocks Out Schulman, Habib Also OutJun 05, '09 Level Structure: 2-7 triple draw, limit hold’em, and Omaha 8OB: 2,500-5,000 blinds and 5,000-10,000 limits 7-card stud, razz, and 7-card stud 8OB: 1,000 ante, 2,000 bring-in, with a 5,000 completion and 5,000-10,000 limits no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha: 1,200-2,400 blinds with a 600 ante NOTES: Games change every eight hands. Two players will be forced to sit out during 2-7 triple draw each hand. Players Remaining: 41 out of 194 Chip Counts: 1. Soheil Shamseddin – 305,000 Average Chip Count: 126,522 Notable Eliminations: Nick Schulman Big Hands: NLHE
With 13,000 in the pot, the flop came down 8 2-7 Triple Draw
The player in seat 5 raised to 10,000 before the first draw and Hasan Habib decided to make the call. First Draw: Habib Draws 3 cards, seat 5 draws 2 Seat 5 fired another 5,000 after Habib checked. Habib quickly called and the second draw was next. Second Draw: Habib Draws 2 cards, seat 5 draws 1 card Habib checked again and seat 5 fired 10,000. Habib remained persistent as he made the call. Third Draw: Habib draws 1 card, seat 5 stands pat Habib checked one last time and seat 5 kept up the pressure, firing 10,000. Habib could not call and mucked his hand, leaving himself with only 9,000 chips. Those would be gone soon enough. Limit HE
Action folded around to John Cernuto in the small blind and he raised to 10,000. Habib was next to act in the big blind and he raised 4,400 more as he put himself all in and at risk. Cernuto called and both players tabled their hands: Cernuto: K Habib needed some help and the flop was somewhat helpful as it dropped A PLO Mizrachi Cripples Chiu With The Pot David Chiu raised the action preflop to 5,200. Robert Mizrachi was the only one who made the call and the flop came down 7
Before the flop, Nick Schulman and Brandon Adams were involved in a skirmish in which all of Schulman’s chips wound up in the pot. He showed down Q Player Tags: John Cernuto, Robert Mizrachi, Hasan Habib, David Oppenheim, David Chiu, Brandon Adams, Nick Schulman Level 9 Update: Greg Mueller Eliminated (Stud)Jun 05, '09 Level Structure: 2-7 triple draw, limit hold’em, and Omaha 8OB: 800-1,500 blinds and 1,500-3,000 limits 7-card stud, razz, and 7-card stud 8OB: 300 ante, 500 bring-in, with a 1,500 completion and 1,500-3,000 limits no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha: 400-800 blinds with a 200 ante NOTES: Games change every eight hands. Two players will be forced to sit out during 2-7 triple draw each hand. Players Remaining: 120 out of 194 Chip Counts: 1. John Hanson — 172,000 Average Chip Count: XXX Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: STUD Greg Mueller got involved in a huge pot with with a board of X-X-K The very next hand and Mickey Appleman opens the pot for 500 with the 2 Cernuto hits the J Mueller: 4 Mueller tells the dealer to deal his last card face-down as he wants “…to squeeze it”, he says. He turns over a Q
Chino Rheem opens the pot for 500 with the 4 Giang: X-X-4 Giang checks, Griffin bets 1,500, Giang calls. Giang: X-X-4 Giang bets 3,000 and Griffin calls. Giang: X-X-4 Giang bets 3,000 on sixth street and Griffin calls. Giang bets another 3,000 on the river and Griffin calls. Giang turns over A STUD/8 David Chiu vs. Jeff Madsen David Gray opens the pot for 500 with the 5 Madsen: X-X-6 Chiu bets 1,500 and Madsen calls. Madsen: X-X-6 Chiu bets 3,000 and Madsen folds. Chiu turns over A Player Tags: John Cernuto, Greg Mueller, David Chiu, Chau Giang, Gavin Griffin, Jeff Madsen |
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| Jun 05, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 12 - $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event | 2 | + |
Ville Wahlbeck Wins Event No. 12Jun 07, '09
With more than a 5-1 chip lead entering heads-up play against David Chiu, it was only a matter of time before Ville Wahlbeck won his first WSOP bracelet. The game was Omaha-8 and David Chiu was extremely short stacked. That short stack was all in preflop and Wahlbeck made the call. The players then showed down their hands. Chiu: A Chiu was able to take the lead on the turn when he paired his 10, but Wahlbeck ended the event when he made Broadway on the river and Chiu was eliminated in 2nd place, earning $304,176. Wahlbeck took home his first WSOP bracelet and the largest cash-out of his career, pocketing $492,375. That concludes CardPlayer.com’s live coverage of event 12. Congratulations to Ville Wahlbeck, the 2009 WSOP Mixed Event World Champion. Player Tags: David Chiu, Ville Wahlbeck Final Table Update: Todd Brunson 8th, Mike Wattel 7th, James Van Alstyne 6thJun 06, '09 Level Structure: 2-7 triple draw, limit hold’em, and Omaha 8OB: 20,000-40,000 blinds and 40,000-80,000 limits 7-card stud, razz, and 7-card stud 8OB: 10,000 ante, 10,000 bring-in, with a 40,000 completion and 40,000-80,000 limits no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha: 10,000-20,000 blinds with a 5,000 ante NOTES: Games change every eight hands. Two players will be forced to sit out during 2-7 triple draw each hand. Players Remaining: 5 out of 194 Chip Counts: 1. David Chiu – 2,500,000 Average Chip Count: 1,198,000 Notable Eliminations: 8. Todd Brunson — $54,845 Big Hands: STUD Todd Brunson Eliminated in 8th Place ($54,845) With the stakes rapidly rising, Todd Brunson decided to make his last stand with a split pair of tens. Unfortunately for Brunson, he ran his pair of tens right into David Chiu’s rolled-up kings. Chiu filled on the river while Brunson bricked-out. The final hands were as follows. Chiu: (K Todd Brunson is eliminated in 8th place ($54,845). NLH
David Chiu raises to 55,000 from the button and Mike Wattel moves all in for 56,000. Chiu calls the additional 1,000 and both players turn over their cards. Wattel: 9 Board: A Wattel gets it in good with a pair of nines, but Chiu flops a king and turns an eight for two pair. Mike Wattel is eliminated in 7th place ($64,373). PLO
David Chiu raised the pot, 55,000 preflop and Huck Seed made the call. The action was then on Van Alstyne who re-potted to 220,000. Chiu made the call and Seed decided to come along as well. The flop dropped 10 Chiu: Q Chiu hit top two pair and had an open ended straight draw to go with it. Van Alstyne’s aces were in trouble and the K Player Tags: Michael Wattel, Todd Brunson, David Chiu, James Van Alstyne Level 22 Update: Sheikh 12th, Serock 11th, Yitzhaki 10thJun 06, '09 Level Structure: 2-7 triple draw, limit hold’em, and Omaha 8OB: 500-1,000 blinds and 1,000-2,000 limits 7-card stud, razz, and 7-card stud 8OB: 200 ante, 300 bring-in, with a 1,000 completion and 1,000-2,000 limits no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha: 250-500 blinds with a 150 ante NOTES: Games change every eight hands. Two players will be forced to sit out during 2-7 triple draw each hand. Players Remaining: 9 out of 194 Chip Counts: 1. Scott Dorin — 1,400,000 Average Chip Count: 646,666 Notable Eliminations: 12. Aurangzeb Sheikh — $34,958 Big Hands: RAZZ
Joe Serock completes the bet on third street with the 4 Serock: (A Sheikh gets the last of his chips in on fourth street and the the players turn their cards face up. Sheikh ends up making a pair low on sixth street while Serock makes an 8-7 low by the river. Aurangzeb Sheikh is eliminated in 12th place ($34,958). NLH Joe Serock Eliminated in 11th Place ($34,958) Joe Serock moves all in before the flop for 35,000 and gets three callers; David Chiu (Button), Scott Dorin (Small Blind) and James Van Alstyne (Big Blind). The flop comes K LIMIT HOLD’EM
After a series a of raises and reraises, Roman Yitzhaki gets it all in pre-flop with pocket jacks against Huck Seed’s pocket aces. The board comes A-2-3-2-6, giving Seed a full house and eliminating Roman Yitzhaki in 10th place 9$42,818). Left In The Deck: At the conclusion of Level 22, the remaining nine players will take a seventy-five minute dinner break and will return to Level 23 at approximately 7:00 pm PDT. Player Tags: Huck Seed, David Chiu, James Van Alstyne, Roman Yitzhaki, Joseph Serock, Scott Dorin Level 15 Update: Chiu Fighting BackJun 05, '09 Level Structure: 2-7 triple draw, limit hold’em, and Omaha 8OB: 3,000-6,000 blinds and 6,000-12,000 limits 7-card stud, razz, and 7-card stud 8OB: 1,500 ante, 2,000 bring-in, with a 6,000 completion and 6,000-12,000 limits no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha: 1,500-3,000 blinds with a 700 ante NOTES: Games change every eight hands. Two players will be forced to sit out during 2-7 triple draw each hand. Players Remaining: 37 out of 194 Chip Counts: 1. Soheil Shamseddin – 340,000 Average Chip Count: 157,297 Notable Eliminations: Patrick Bueno Big Hands: Stud 8
Michael Binger: X-X-4 The player in seat 6 fired 12,000 into the pot and Michael Binger came along for the ride. Michael Binger: X-X-4 Seat 6 fired another 12,000 into the pot and Binger stuck around. When the river card came, the action was on Binger. However, seat 6 bet 12,000 out of turn and the dealer explained Binger was first to act. Binger conceded a check, then popped it to 24,000. Seat 6 wasn’t finished as he three-bet to 36,000. Binger made the call and seat 6 announced he had the wheel. “Me too,” Binger said as he tabled A After the hand, Liv Boeree stopped by to say a few words to Binger. That in itself makes Binger a winner in this reporter’s book. Stud
David Chiu: X-X-5 Chiu was the low card and brought in 2,000. The player in seat 7 completed to 6,000 and Chiu made the call. David Chiu: X-X-5 Seat 7 bet another 6,000 and Chiu made the call. David Chiu: X-X-5 Seat 7 kept up the aggression, betting 12,000. Chiu stuck around and the players saw sixth street. David Chiu: X-X-5 Chiu paired up on sixth street and quickly took control of the hand, firing 12,000. Seat 7 mucked his hand and Chiu raked in the pot. After being down to his last 20,000 earlier, Chiu has chipped back up to over 110,000. Razz:
Patrick Bueno: X-X-2 After Steve Sung brought in 2,000 with the K Patrick Bueno: X-X-2 Bueno led out again with 6,000 and Brunson again raised to 12,000. Bueno made the call. Patrick Bueno: X-X-2 Brunson was first to act after fifth street gave him a better low hand on the board and he led out with 12,000. Bueno made the call. Patrick Bueno: X-X-2 The action reversed back to Bueno as he was showing the better low hand. He checked and Brunson bet 12,000. Bueno called again and the river was dealt. Bueno checked again and Brunson bet 12,000. Bueno had enough and mucked his hand, leaving himself with only 12,500. Brunson chipped up to over 220,000. Miami John Builds His Big Stack John Cernuto: X-X-3 Cernuto bet 6,000 and his opponent decided to tag along. John Cernuto: X-X-3 Cernuto fired another 12,000 and his opponent laid down his hand. Cernuto raked in the pot and he was around 175,000 in chips. Player Tags: John Cernuto, Todd Brunson, David Chiu, Patrick Bueno, Michael Binger, Liv Boeree Level 14 Update: Adams Knocks Out Schulman, Habib Also OutJun 05, '09 Level Structure: 2-7 triple draw, limit hold’em, and Omaha 8OB: 2,500-5,000 blinds and 5,000-10,000 limits 7-card stud, razz, and 7-card stud 8OB: 1,000 ante, 2,000 bring-in, with a 5,000 completion and 5,000-10,000 limits no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha: 1,200-2,400 blinds with a 600 ante NOTES: Games change every eight hands. Two players will be forced to sit out during 2-7 triple draw each hand. Players Remaining: 41 out of 194 Chip Counts: 1. Soheil Shamseddin – 305,000 Average Chip Count: 126,522 Notable Eliminations: Nick Schulman Big Hands: NLHE
With 13,000 in the pot, the flop came down 8 2-7 Triple Draw
The player in seat 5 raised to 10,000 before the first draw and Hasan Habib decided to make the call. First Draw: Habib Draws 3 cards, seat 5 draws 2 Seat 5 fired another 5,000 after Habib checked. Habib quickly called and the second draw was next. Second Draw: Habib Draws 2 cards, seat 5 draws 1 card Habib checked again and seat 5 fired 10,000. Habib remained persistent as he made the call. Third Draw: Habib draws 1 card, seat 5 stands pat Habib checked one last time and seat 5 kept up the pressure, firing 10,000. Habib could not call and mucked his hand, leaving himself with only 9,000 chips. Those would be gone soon enough. Limit HE
Action folded around to John Cernuto in the small blind and he raised to 10,000. Habib was next to act in the big blind and he raised 4,400 more as he put himself all in and at risk. Cernuto called and both players tabled their hands: Cernuto: K Habib needed some help and the flop was somewhat helpful as it dropped A PLO Mizrachi Cripples Chiu With The Pot David Chiu raised the action preflop to 5,200. Robert Mizrachi was the only one who made the call and the flop came down 7
Before the flop, Nick Schulman and Brandon Adams were involved in a skirmish in which all of Schulman’s chips wound up in the pot. He showed down Q Player Tags: John Cernuto, Robert Mizrachi, Hasan Habib, David Oppenheim, David Chiu, Brandon Adams, Nick Schulman Level 9 Update: Greg Mueller Eliminated (Stud)Jun 05, '09 Level Structure: 2-7 triple draw, limit hold’em, and Omaha 8OB: 800-1,500 blinds and 1,500-3,000 limits 7-card stud, razz, and 7-card stud 8OB: 300 ante, 500 bring-in, with a 1,500 completion and 1,500-3,000 limits no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha: 400-800 blinds with a 200 ante NOTES: Games change every eight hands. Two players will be forced to sit out during 2-7 triple draw each hand. Players Remaining: 120 out of 194 Chip Counts: 1. John Hanson — 172,000 Average Chip Count: XXX Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: STUD Greg Mueller got involved in a huge pot with with a board of X-X-K The very next hand and Mickey Appleman opens the pot for 500 with the 2 Cernuto hits the J Mueller: 4 Mueller tells the dealer to deal his last card face-down as he wants “…to squeeze it”, he says. He turns over a Q
Chino Rheem opens the pot for 500 with the 4 Giang: X-X-4 Giang checks, Griffin bets 1,500, Giang calls. Giang: X-X-4 Giang bets 3,000 and Griffin calls. Giang: X-X-4 Giang bets 3,000 on sixth street and Griffin calls. Giang bets another 3,000 on the river and Griffin calls. Giang turns over A STUD/8 David Chiu vs. Jeff Madsen David Gray opens the pot for 500 with the 5 Madsen: X-X-6 Chiu bets 1,500 and Madsen calls. Madsen: X-X-6 Chiu bets 3,000 and Madsen folds. Chiu turns over A Player Tags: John Cernuto, Greg Mueller, David Chiu, Chau Giang, Gavin Griffin, Jeff Madsen |
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| Jun 02, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 6 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud | 2 | + |
Level 13 Update: Bruno Fitoussi EliminatedJun 02, '09 Ante: 700 Players Remaining: 44 out of 142 Chip Counts: 1. Freddie Ellis — 210,000 Average Chip Count: 96,818 Notable Eliminations: Bruno Fitoussi Big Hands:
Hasan Habib bets 3,000 on fourth street with the 10 Fitoussi: X-X-2 Fitoussi bets 6,000 and Bloch calls. Fitoussi: X-X-2 Fitoussi bets 6,000 and Bloch calls all in for 4,000. The river cards are dealt and Fitoussi shows 2 Bruno Fitoussi Eliminated After getting rivered and doubled through by Andy Bloch a few hands earlier, Bruno Fitoussi commits his last 3,000 or so chips in this pot. It’s three-way action with Fitoussi all-in on third street against Steve Zolotow and the player in seat 8. Zolotow and seat 8 go back and forth a few times until all of the cards are finally dealt. Seat 8 ends up making a flush and Zolotow mucks his cards, followed by Fitoussi who is eliminated from the tournament. After this hand Zolotow stills its relatively strong with 72,000 in chips.
Hoyt Corkins opens the pot for 1,000 with the 2 Corkins: X-X-2 Corkins bets 3,000 and Chiu calls. Corkins: X-X-2 Corkins bets 6,000 and Chiu calls. Corkins: X-X-2 Corkins bets 6,000 on sixth street and Chiu raises to 12,000. Corkins reraises to 18,000 and Chiu four-bets to 24,000. Corkins calls and the river cards are dealt. Chiu bets 6,000 and Corkins calls. Chiu turns over 10 Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Andy Bloch, Steve Zolotow, David Chiu, Bruno Fitoussi Level 10 Update: Phil Ivey, Scotty Nguyen EliminatedJun 02, '09 Ante: 300 Players Remaining: 74 out of 142 Chip Counts: 1. Ivan Shertzer — 157,000 Average Chip Count: 57,568 Notable Eliminations: Phil Ivey Big Hands:
The player in seat 4 opens the pot for 500 with the 4 Seat 2: X-X-K Chiu bets 1,500, Oppenheim and seat 2 both call, seat 4 folds. Seat 2: X-X-K Chiu bets 3,000, seat 2 folds and Oppenheim raised to 6,000. Chiu calls. Chiu: X-X-K Both players check on sixth street. Chiu bets 3,000 on the river and Oppenheim calls. Chiu turns over K Johnny Chan Eliminates Scotty Nguyen, Builds Stack A few minutes after eliminating Scotty Nguyen, Johnny Chan gets involved in this pot, where the player in seat 7 opens for 500 with the 2 Chan: X-X-10 Chan bets 1,500 and both players call. Chan: X-X-10 All three players check around. Chan: X-X-10 Seat 6 bets 3,000 with a pair of fives on sixth street, Seat 7 folds and Chan calls. Both players check the river and Chan turns over the 10
Phil Ivey opens the pot for 500 with the 3 Corkins: X-X-9 Negreanu bets 1,500, seat 8 calls and Corkins folds. Negreanu: X-X-J Negreanu pairs eights and bets 3,000, seat 8 calls. Negreanu: X-X-J Negreanu once again bets 3,000 on sixth street and this time seat 8 folds. Negreanu rakes the pot and brings his chip count up to 60,000 while Corkins falls to 80,000 and Ivey is left with just 3,500 in chips after this hand. Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, David Oppenheim, David Chiu, Johnny Chan, Phil Ivey |
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| May 31, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 4 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 2 | + |
Level 4 Update: Another Pro Eliminated With a FlushMay 31, '09 Blinds: 75-150 Players Remaining: 2,000 out of 3,021 Notable Eliminations: David Chiu Big Hands:
David Chiu Eliminated David Chiu raised pre-flop with the 10 Paul Darden Doubles Up Paul Darden gets it all-in with A
The player in seat 2 raises to 400 from middle position and Shawn Sheikhan calls from the small blind. The flop comes A Daniel Negreanu Moves All-in After min-raising to 300 pre-flop, Daniel Negreanu was re-raised to 750 by an opponent in seat 9. Negreanu called and both players saw a flop of 2
Dario Minieri Doubles Up From the button, Dario Minieri moved all-in for 2,075 with K Left In The Deck The players are on a 20 minute break. Player Tags: Shawn Sheikhan, David Chiu, Paul Darden, David Daneshgar, Isaac Baron, Dario Minieri |
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| May 30, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $40,000 40th Annual No-Limit Hold'em | 3 | + |
Level 19 Day 3 Update: Three Quick EliminationsMay 30, '09 Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 3,000 chip ante Players Remaining: 19 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Justin Bonomo — 3,100,000 | ||||
David Chiu Eliminated in 12th Place ($99,590)
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Gus Hansen Eliminated in Ninth Place ($123,895)
The World Needs A Hero
The End Of The World As We Know It
And The New $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Champion Is…
Bill Chen Fades Away
The Fall Of Thor
Lunkin Steps On Seed
Matt Glantz Busts
Seidel’s Yacht Sinks Tulchinskiy In His Rowboat
Zac Fellows Eliminated by Phil Ivey
Andy Bloch Eliminated by Jason Gray
Daniel Negreanu Eliminated by Mikhail Tulchinskiy
She Must Have Hit A Nerve
Party Like It’s 99
Full Boat Good For Chainsaw
John Juanda Knocked Out
Max Pescatori Gone
Pairs Are Bad, Unless He Has A Bigger One
Brett Richey Doubles Up
What Game Is It Again?
Bach Takes Nice Pot Off Lunkin
Jennifer Harman Crippled, Then Busts
Ivey Runs Into Doyle’s Slick
Glantz Wins Big Pot In Battle Of The Blinds With Turner
Bonomo Betters Deeb
The Art Of Catching On The River
Seed Scoops Bloch
Juanda Crippled As Chiu Scoops
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”
Ville Wahlbeck Wins Event 12($492,375), David Chiu Eliminated In 2nd Place($304,176)
Mike Wattel Eliminated in 7th place ($64,373)
James Van Alstyne Eliminated In 6th Place($79,181)
Aurangzeb Sheikh Eliminated in 12th Place ($34,958)
Roman Yitzhaki Eliminated in 10th place ($42,818)
Two-Wheel Drive
Chiu Making A Comeback
Brunson Muy Bueno
Oppenheim Trying To Get Some Fighting Chips Back
Habib’s Drawing Pencil Breaks, Gets Crippled
Cernuto Shows Habib The Door
Adams’ Bullets Exterminate Schulman And His Ladies
Greg Mueller; Busted by Hennigan, Eliminated by Miami John
Chau Giang vs. Gavin Griffin
Hoyt Corkins vs. David Chiu
Shawn Sheikhan Doubles up