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| Jul 17, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 12 | + |
Level 35 Hour One: Action Still SlowJul 18, '10 Blinds: 200,000-400,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining: 10 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 21,957,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Jonathan Duhamel — 52,625,000 Player Twitter Accounts Eliminations: None Big Hands:
Joseph Cheong opened the pot to 950,000 from early position. John Dolan three-bet to 2,575,000. Action was folded back to Cheong. He four-bet to 5,950,000. Dolan went into the tank for six minutes before moving all in. Cheong insta-mucked. They each had about 35,000,000 after the hand. John Dolan Wins Another John Dolan opened to 1,000,000. John Racener three-bet to 2,800,000. Dolan four-bet to 6,600,000. Racener quickly folded. Dolan was up to 40,000,000 in chips. Soi Nguyen Moves All In Soi Nguyen opened to 1,000,000 and Senti called. Nguyen continuation bet 1,700,000 on a flop of J Player Tags: Cuong Nguyen, John Dolan, Joseph Cheong Level 32, Hour Two: David Baker Eliminated In 17th PlaceJul 17, '10 Blinds: 100,000-200,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 13,723,125 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Jonathan Duhamel – 29,400,000 Player Twitter Accounts Eliminations: 17. David Baker — $396,967 Big Hands:
Soi Nguyen raised to 490,000 preflop and Brandon Steven made it 1.6 million from the big blind. Nguyen made the call and the flop came down J Both players checked and the turn was the 9 Steven tabled A Baker Moves In Duy Le raised to 505,000 and David Baker made the call from the big blind. The flop came down 5 The turn was the 7 Affleck Takes It Down David Baker raised to 420,000 and Matt Affleck made the call from the button. Duy Le also tagged along from the big blind and the three saw a flop of Q Action checked around to Affleck and he fired 825,000. Baker released his hand and Le did the same, surrendering the pot to Affleck. Affleck took down the 1.06 million chip pot and he was up to 17,500,000.
Jonathan Duhamel raised to 500,000 and Matt Affleck made the call. David Baker also called from the big blind and the flop came down Q Duhamel bet 1.18 million and Affleck mucked. Baker then shoved for over 5 million and Duhamel made the call. Baker: J Duhamel was in front with the overpair but Baker had outs with his spade draw. The turn was a brick with the Q
Benjamin Statz moved all in preflop for 4.9 million and Matthew Jarvis made the call. Their hands: Jarvis: K The board ran K Dolan Takes One From Cheong John Dolan opened for 500,000 from late position and was called by Joseph Cheong in the small blind. The flop was Q Dolan showed K Jarvis made quads, knocking Statz out in 16th place for $398,967. Player Tags: David Baker, Cuong Nguyen, Benjamin Statz, Duy Le, Jonathan Duhamel, Matt Affleck, Matt Jarvis, Brandon Steven Level 30, Hour Two: Down To 23 PlayersJul 17, '10 Blinds: 60,000-120,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 23 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 9,563,913 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Joseph Cheong – 24,400,000 Player Twitter Accounts Eliminations: 26. Matthew Bucaric — $317,161 Big Hands:
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read J Candio: 8 Candio flopped middle pair with a heart draw while Bucaric was ahead with his nines and gutshot straight draw. But the turn was the 3 Hasan Habib Doubles Up Hasan Habib moved all in for 1.13 million preflop and Matthew Jarvis made the call from the button. Habib tabled 4 The board ran out J
William Thorson limped in from the small blind and Mads Wissing checked his option. The two then saw a flop of 10 Wissing: 10 Wissing was ahead but the turn was the J Affleck Takes One Down Matt Affleck raised to 270,000 preflop and Matthew Jarvis made the call. The flop came down K The turn was the K Affleck took the pot and he was at 18 million.
Robert Pisano raised to 295,000 and Benjamin Statz made the call. Soi Nguyen also tagged along and the three saw the flop fall K Pisano bet 630,000 and Statz mucked. Nguyen made the call and the turn was the 9 Nguyen led out with 900,000 and Pisano made the call. Nguyen showed Q Pisano took it down and he was at 10.6 million. Nguyen was at 20.85 million. Clements Chipping Up Michiel Sijpkens raised to 310,000 and Scott Clements made the call. The two then saw the flop fall A Clements checked and Sijpkens fired 350,000. Clements then check-raised to 855,000 and Sijpkens mucked. Clements took down the pot and he was up to 7 million.
Ronnie Bardah moved all in preflop after Filippo Candio put in a raise. Candio made the call to put Bardah at risk. Bardah: A Bardah was up against Candio’s aces and the flop fell J Player Tags: Hasan Habib, Cuong Nguyen, Ronnie Bardah, William Thorson, Matthew Bucaric, Mads Wissing, Robert Pisano, Filippo Candio Level 28 Hour One Update: Tony Dunst EliminatedJul 16, '10 Blinds: 40,000-80,000 with a 10,000 ante ante Players Remaining: 44 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 4,990,227 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Joseph Cheong — 12,900,000 Player Twitter Accounts Notable Eliminations: 51. James Manning — $168,556 Big Hands:
William Thorson opened to 200,000 from under the gun. Action was folded to Tony Dunst in the big blind. Dunst raised to 1,000,000, leaving himself just 75,000 behind. Thorson put Dunst all in and Dunst called. Dunst exposed the A Matt Affleck Wins One Matt Affleck opened and John Racener called from the big blind. The flop came A James Manning Eliminated James Manning was all in preflop for 700,000 with the A
Matthew Bucaric opened to 200,000 from the cutoff. Edward Ochana called on the button. Adam Levy moved all in for 1,885,000 from the small blind. Bucaric made the call. Ochana folded and Levy was at risk for his tournament life. Bucaric exposed the 9 Ace-King Chop Redmond Lee bet 225,000 from under the gun. Jakob Toestesen called from the small blind. The flop came K Jacobo Fernandez Eliminated Jacobo Fernandez moved all in for 650,000. Adam Levy moved all in over the top from the small blind with the K Jason Senti Doubles Up David Assouline and Jason Senti had all of the chips in preflop. Senti was all in for his tournament life for 1,800,000 with the K-K. Assouline exposed J-J and was behind. The flop was perfect for Senti as it came K-K-5, giving him quads. Assouline was drawing dead and was down to 4,100,000 after the hand. Senti was up to 3,750,000.
James Fennell got all his chips in the middle preflop with the 8 Sergey Rybachenko Eliminated Sergey Rybachenko was all in with the K
Joseph Cheong bet 195,000 from late position. Evan Lamprea raised all in for around 1,600,000. Action was folded back to Cheong. He made the call with pocket tens and was up against the A David Baker Doubles Up David Baker opened from late position. Evgeny Shnayder three-bet and Baker got his stack of 1,750,000 in the middle. Baker exposed the A Player Tags: David Baker, Cuong Nguyen, William Thorson, Sergey Rybachenko, Adam Levy, Tony Dunst, Matt Affleck, Joseph Cheong, Evgeny Shnayder, David Assouline |
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| Jul 16, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 11 | + |
Level 35 Hour One: Action Still SlowJul 18, '10 Blinds: 200,000-400,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining: 10 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 21,957,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Jonathan Duhamel — 52,625,000 Player Twitter Accounts Eliminations: None Big Hands:
Joseph Cheong opened the pot to 950,000 from early position. John Dolan three-bet to 2,575,000. Action was folded back to Cheong. He four-bet to 5,950,000. Dolan went into the tank for six minutes before moving all in. Cheong insta-mucked. They each had about 35,000,000 after the hand. John Dolan Wins Another John Dolan opened to 1,000,000. John Racener three-bet to 2,800,000. Dolan four-bet to 6,600,000. Racener quickly folded. Dolan was up to 40,000,000 in chips. Soi Nguyen Moves All In Soi Nguyen opened to 1,000,000 and Senti called. Nguyen continuation bet 1,700,000 on a flop of J Player Tags: Cuong Nguyen, John Dolan, Joseph Cheong Level 32, Hour Two: David Baker Eliminated In 17th PlaceJul 17, '10 Blinds: 100,000-200,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 13,723,125 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Jonathan Duhamel – 29,400,000 Player Twitter Accounts Eliminations: 17. David Baker — $396,967 Big Hands:
Soi Nguyen raised to 490,000 preflop and Brandon Steven made it 1.6 million from the big blind. Nguyen made the call and the flop came down J Both players checked and the turn was the 9 Steven tabled A Baker Moves In Duy Le raised to 505,000 and David Baker made the call from the big blind. The flop came down 5 The turn was the 7 Affleck Takes It Down David Baker raised to 420,000 and Matt Affleck made the call from the button. Duy Le also tagged along from the big blind and the three saw a flop of Q Action checked around to Affleck and he fired 825,000. Baker released his hand and Le did the same, surrendering the pot to Affleck. Affleck took down the 1.06 million chip pot and he was up to 17,500,000.
Jonathan Duhamel raised to 500,000 and Matt Affleck made the call. David Baker also called from the big blind and the flop came down Q Duhamel bet 1.18 million and Affleck mucked. Baker then shoved for over 5 million and Duhamel made the call. Baker: J Duhamel was in front with the overpair but Baker had outs with his spade draw. The turn was a brick with the Q
Benjamin Statz moved all in preflop for 4.9 million and Matthew Jarvis made the call. Their hands: Jarvis: K The board ran K Dolan Takes One From Cheong John Dolan opened for 500,000 from late position and was called by Joseph Cheong in the small blind. The flop was Q Dolan showed K Jarvis made quads, knocking Statz out in 16th place for $398,967. Player Tags: David Baker, Cuong Nguyen, Benjamin Statz, Duy Le, Jonathan Duhamel, Matt Affleck, Matt Jarvis, Brandon Steven Level 30, Hour Two: Down To 23 PlayersJul 17, '10 Blinds: 60,000-120,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 23 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 9,563,913 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Joseph Cheong – 24,400,000 Player Twitter Accounts Eliminations: 26. Matthew Bucaric — $317,161 Big Hands:
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read J Candio: 8 Candio flopped middle pair with a heart draw while Bucaric was ahead with his nines and gutshot straight draw. But the turn was the 3 Hasan Habib Doubles Up Hasan Habib moved all in for 1.13 million preflop and Matthew Jarvis made the call from the button. Habib tabled 4 The board ran out J
William Thorson limped in from the small blind and Mads Wissing checked his option. The two then saw a flop of 10 Wissing: 10 Wissing was ahead but the turn was the J Affleck Takes One Down Matt Affleck raised to 270,000 preflop and Matthew Jarvis made the call. The flop came down K The turn was the K Affleck took the pot and he was at 18 million.
Robert Pisano raised to 295,000 and Benjamin Statz made the call. Soi Nguyen also tagged along and the three saw the flop fall K Pisano bet 630,000 and Statz mucked. Nguyen made the call and the turn was the 9 Nguyen led out with 900,000 and Pisano made the call. Nguyen showed Q Pisano took it down and he was at 10.6 million. Nguyen was at 20.85 million. Clements Chipping Up Michiel Sijpkens raised to 310,000 and Scott Clements made the call. The two then saw the flop fall A Clements checked and Sijpkens fired 350,000. Clements then check-raised to 855,000 and Sijpkens mucked. Clements took down the pot and he was up to 7 million.
Ronnie Bardah moved all in preflop after Filippo Candio put in a raise. Candio made the call to put Bardah at risk. Bardah: A Bardah was up against Candio’s aces and the flop fell J Player Tags: Hasan Habib, Cuong Nguyen, Ronnie Bardah, William Thorson, Matthew Bucaric, Mads Wissing, Robert Pisano, Filippo Candio Level 28 Hour One Update: Tony Dunst EliminatedJul 16, '10 Blinds: 40,000-80,000 with a 10,000 ante ante Players Remaining: 44 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 4,990,227 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Joseph Cheong — 12,900,000 Player Twitter Accounts Notable Eliminations: 51. James Manning — $168,556 Big Hands:
William Thorson opened to 200,000 from under the gun. Action was folded to Tony Dunst in the big blind. Dunst raised to 1,000,000, leaving himself just 75,000 behind. Thorson put Dunst all in and Dunst called. Dunst exposed the A Matt Affleck Wins One Matt Affleck opened and John Racener called from the big blind. The flop came A James Manning Eliminated James Manning was all in preflop for 700,000 with the A
Matthew Bucaric opened to 200,000 from the cutoff. Edward Ochana called on the button. Adam Levy moved all in for 1,885,000 from the small blind. Bucaric made the call. Ochana folded and Levy was at risk for his tournament life. Bucaric exposed the 9 Ace-King Chop Redmond Lee bet 225,000 from under the gun. Jakob Toestesen called from the small blind. The flop came K Jacobo Fernandez Eliminated Jacobo Fernandez moved all in for 650,000. Adam Levy moved all in over the top from the small blind with the K Jason Senti Doubles Up David Assouline and Jason Senti had all of the chips in preflop. Senti was all in for his tournament life for 1,800,000 with the K-K. Assouline exposed J-J and was behind. The flop was perfect for Senti as it came K-K-5, giving him quads. Assouline was drawing dead and was down to 4,100,000 after the hand. Senti was up to 3,750,000.
James Fennell got all his chips in the middle preflop with the 8 Sergey Rybachenko Eliminated Sergey Rybachenko was all in with the K
Joseph Cheong bet 195,000 from late position. Evan Lamprea raised all in for around 1,600,000. Action was folded back to Cheong. He made the call with pocket tens and was up against the A David Baker Doubles Up David Baker opened from late position. Evgeny Shnayder three-bet and Baker got his stack of 1,750,000 in the middle. Baker exposed the A Player Tags: David Baker, Cuong Nguyen, William Thorson, Sergey Rybachenko, Adam Levy, Tony Dunst, Matt Affleck, Joseph Cheong, Evgeny Shnayder, David Assouline |
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| May 22, '07 | 2007 Mirage Poker Showdown (WPT) | No-Limit Hold'em Championship Event 10 | 4 | + |
First Hand of the Day - Cuong Nguyen Eliminated in 18th Place ($23,056)May 22, '07 Cuong Nguyen moves all-in under the gun and John D'Agostino calls from middle position. Dags flips over pocket kings and Nguyen shows A Q . The board comes Q J 6 9 9 and Nguyen is eliminated in 18th place.
Player Tags: John D'Agostino, Cuong Nguyen Gabriel Alarie Eliminiated in 20th Place ($17,292)May 21, '07 Darrell Dicken bets $35,000 and is called by Cuong Nguyen and Gabriel Alarie. The flop comes 8 7 5 and Dicken bets out $100,000. Nguyen folds and Alarie raises all in. Dicken makes the call and shows 10 10 . Alarie turns over 9 7 . The turn is the J and the river is the Q . Alarie is eliminated in 20th place, earning $17,292.
Player Tags: Cuong Nguyen, Darrell Dicken, Gabriel Alarie |
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| May 21, '07 | 2007 Mirage Poker Showdown (WPT) | No-Limit Hold'em Championship Event 10 | 3 | + |
First Hand of the Day - Cuong Nguyen Eliminated in 18th Place ($23,056)May 22, '07 Cuong Nguyen moves all-in under the gun and John D'Agostino calls from middle position. Dags flips over pocket kings and Nguyen shows A Q . The board comes Q J 6 9 9 and Nguyen is eliminated in 18th place.
Player Tags: John D'Agostino, Cuong Nguyen Gabriel Alarie Eliminiated in 20th Place ($17,292)May 21, '07 Darrell Dicken bets $35,000 and is called by Cuong Nguyen and Gabriel Alarie. The flop comes 8 7 5 and Dicken bets out $100,000. Nguyen folds and Alarie raises all in. Dicken makes the call and shows 10 10 . Alarie turns over 9 7 . The turn is the J and the river is the Q . Alarie is eliminated in 20th place, earning $17,292.
Player Tags: Cuong Nguyen, Darrell Dicken, Gabriel Alarie |
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