Charles Moore Poker Tournament Updates

Charles Moore Wins!

Oct 12, '10

Charles Moore has won the $1,500 main event at the WSOP Circuit stop in Southern Indiana.

On the final hand he limped and Kevin Calenzo raised 205,000 on top. Moore reraised an additional 400,000, and Calenzo moved all in. Moore made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Moore: J J
Calenzo: A K

Board: 10 7 2 10 Q

Calenzo was eliminated in second place ($61,724) and Moore was crowned the champion of the tournament ($98,878). He is awarded the WSOP Circuit gold ring and a seat in the $1 million National Championship that will take place in May 2011.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   Kevin Calenzo

John Holder Eliminated in Third Place ($44,787)

Oct 12, '10

John Holder got the last of his chips into the middle for the third time, but this time was not the charm. Charles Moore had him covered with pocket twos in the hole, and that was enough to best the K 10 of Holder on a 8 7 3 4 Q when the dust settled. Holder was eliminated on the hand in third place and he took home $44,787 in prize money, while Moore will take a dominating chip lead into a heads-up final against Kevin Calenzo.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   John Holder

John Holder Doubles Up Again

Oct 12, '10

Charles Moore raised to 130,000 preflop from the button and John Holder reraised all in for 585,000 total from the small blind. Moore made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Moore: A 10
Holder: Q Q

Board: J J 4 4 4

Holder has doubled up after all but blinding out once again and play continues forward once again.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   John Holder

John Holder Doubles Up

Oct 12, '10

Charles Moore limped on the button and John Holder raised to 120,000 preflop. The flop fell K 6 3 and Holder bet 225,000. Moore made the call. The 2 fell on the turn and Holder decided to move all in for 465,000. Moore went into the tank as the time in the level expired, and eventually decided to make the call. Their cards:

Moore: 7 6
Holder: K J

River: 10

Holder won the hand and he doubled up to 1.7 million. Moore is still healthy with 2 million. The chip stacks have evened up heading into dinner and this could turn out to be a long night.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   John Holder

Mike Foster Eliminated in Fourth Place ($33,043)

Oct 12, '10

Charles Moore raised to 125,000 preflop from the button and Mike Foster reraised all in from the small blind. Moore made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Moore: 8 8
Foster: K Q

Board: 9 5 5 2 4

Moore won the hand and Foster was eliminated in fourth place. He was awarded $33,043 in prize money.

Player Tags: Charles Moore

Power Moves

Oct 12, '10

Charles Moore raised to 80,000 preflop and Mike Foster reraised to 200,000. Moore made the call and the flop fell 9 3 3. Moore fired out a large bet worth 300,000 and Foster went into the tank. He stayed there for a while and eventually decided to muck. Moore re-established his chip lead with the pot.

Player Tags: Charles Moore

Kris Bradshaw Doubles Up

Oct 12, '10

Charles Moore raised to 76,000 preflop from the hi-jack and Kris Bradshaw reraised all in for 181,000. Moore went into the tank but eventually made the call. Their cards:

Moore: A 4
Bradshaw: A Q

Board: 7 6 4 5 3

Bradshaw made a flush to double up on the hand and Moore took a slight hit.

Player Tags: Charles Moore

Brian McKain Eliminated in Sixth Place ($18,885)

Oct 12, '10

Charles Moore raised to 90,000 preflop from the hi-jack and Brian McKain reraised all in for 490,000 total from the small blind. Moore made the call after a short time in the tank and they flipped over their cards:

Moore: Q Q
McKain: A 10

Board: J 10 8 9 5

Moore won the hand to take a nice chip lead with 1.8 million and McKain was eliminated in sixth place. He will take home $18,885 in prize money.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   Brian McKain

Joel Merwick Eliminated in Ninth Place ($9,163)

Oct 12, '10

Joel Merwick fell during the course of two hands. In the first, Brian McKain bet 60,000 on a J J 10 flop and Merwick raised to 165,000. McKain reraised all in and Merwick pondered an all-in call. He mucked and left himself with a little more than 200,000.

A few hands later he got the last of his chips into the middle with pocket nines and Charles Moore held pocket jacks. Merwick hit a nine on the flop, but Moore spiked a jack on the river of a 9 8 4 7 J board to send him home in ninth place. He was awarded $9,163 in prize money.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   Joel Merwick

Final Table Begins at 1 p.m. Today

Oct 12, '10

The final nine are set at the World Series of Poker Circuit $1,500 no-limit hold’em main event at the Horseshoe Casino in Southern Indiana. The final table will begin at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday and Card Player will bring you full live coverage from the final table.

Leading the way heading into the final table tomorrow is Charles Moore with 1,233,000. Moore is the most well-known professional at the final table and he recently scored a fifth-place finish ($21,795) at the last WSOP Circuit main event in Council Bluffs. Moore also holds 52.5 points and sits in 18th place on the National Championship leader board. We will see how much progress he makes on the leader board tomorrow.

Final-Table Seating Chart with Chip Counts:

Seat 1: John Holder — 825,000
Seat 2: Kevin Calenzo — 288,000
Seat 3: John Alfera — 636,000
Seat 4: Joel Merwick — 516,000
Seat 5: Charles Moore — 1,233,000
Seat 6: Jorge Solorzano — 506,000
Seat 7: Kris Bradshaw — 251,000
Seat 8: Mike Foster — 850,000
Seat 9: Brian McKain — 677,000

Final-Table Payouts:

1	99,878
2	61,725
3	44,787
4	33,043
5	24,782
6	18,885
7	14,616
8	11,486
9	9,164

Day 2 saw 64 players return from the initial field of 289 players. Notable eliminations included former gold bracelet winner Robert Cheung, Chris Viox, and the player at the top of the WSOP Circuit National Championship leader board, Shiva Dudani. He busted in 17th place and took home $5,081. He now holds 145 points in the National Championship, which is more than his next closest competitors (Jeffrey Epstein and Kevin Manley — 87.5 points). He holds even more points than automatice qualifiers Blair Hinkle (100 points — Council Bluffs main event winner) and Roberto Georato (90 points — Council Bluffs casino champion).

Day 2 Results:

10	Kenny Piel	$7,420
11	Garrett Utt	$7,420
12	David Clough	$7,420
13	Tuan Bui Le	$6,097
14	Ilias Kellikidis	$6,097
15	Dean Schultz	$6,097
16	Drazen Ilich	$5,081
17	Shiva Dudani	$5,081
18	Miguel Borrero	5,081
19	Austin McCormick	$4,293
20	Adam Friedman	$4,293
21	Michael Cole	$4,293
22	William McMahan	$3,683
23	Keith Crowder	$3,683
24	Steve Kats	$3,683
25	Greg Masters	$3,200
26	Chris Viox	$3,200
27	Larry Ormson	$3,200
28	Ray Martin	$2,822
29	John Ford	$2,822
30	Ulises Roman	$2,822

Player Tags: Charles Moore

Charles Moore Wins!

Oct 12, '10

Charles Moore has won the $1,500 main event at the WSOP Circuit stop in Southern Indiana.

On the final hand he limped and Kevin Calenzo raised 205,000 on top. Moore reraised an additional 400,000, and Calenzo moved all in. Moore made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Moore: J J
Calenzo: A K

Board: 10 7 2 10 Q

Calenzo was eliminated in second place ($61,724) and Moore was crowned the champion of the tournament ($98,878). He is awarded the WSOP Circuit gold ring and a seat in the $1 million National Championship that will take place in May 2011.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   Kevin Calenzo

John Holder Eliminated in Third Place ($44,787)

Oct 12, '10

John Holder got the last of his chips into the middle for the third time, but this time was not the charm. Charles Moore had him covered with pocket twos in the hole, and that was enough to best the K 10 of Holder on a 8 7 3 4 Q when the dust settled. Holder was eliminated on the hand in third place and he took home $44,787 in prize money, while Moore will take a dominating chip lead into a heads-up final against Kevin Calenzo.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   John Holder

John Holder Doubles Up Again

Oct 12, '10

Charles Moore raised to 130,000 preflop from the button and John Holder reraised all in for 585,000 total from the small blind. Moore made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Moore: A 10
Holder: Q Q

Board: J J 4 4 4

Holder has doubled up after all but blinding out once again and play continues forward once again.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   John Holder

John Holder Doubles Up

Oct 12, '10

Charles Moore limped on the button and John Holder raised to 120,000 preflop. The flop fell K 6 3 and Holder bet 225,000. Moore made the call. The 2 fell on the turn and Holder decided to move all in for 465,000. Moore went into the tank as the time in the level expired, and eventually decided to make the call. Their cards:

Moore: 7 6
Holder: K J

River: 10

Holder won the hand and he doubled up to 1.7 million. Moore is still healthy with 2 million. The chip stacks have evened up heading into dinner and this could turn out to be a long night.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   John Holder

Mike Foster Eliminated in Fourth Place ($33,043)

Oct 12, '10

Charles Moore raised to 125,000 preflop from the button and Mike Foster reraised all in from the small blind. Moore made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Moore: 8 8
Foster: K Q

Board: 9 5 5 2 4

Moore won the hand and Foster was eliminated in fourth place. He was awarded $33,043 in prize money.

Player Tags: Charles Moore

Power Moves

Oct 12, '10

Charles Moore raised to 80,000 preflop and Mike Foster reraised to 200,000. Moore made the call and the flop fell 9 3 3. Moore fired out a large bet worth 300,000 and Foster went into the tank. He stayed there for a while and eventually decided to muck. Moore re-established his chip lead with the pot.

Player Tags: Charles Moore

Kris Bradshaw Doubles Up

Oct 12, '10

Charles Moore raised to 76,000 preflop from the hi-jack and Kris Bradshaw reraised all in for 181,000. Moore went into the tank but eventually made the call. Their cards:

Moore: A 4
Bradshaw: A Q

Board: 7 6 4 5 3

Bradshaw made a flush to double up on the hand and Moore took a slight hit.

Player Tags: Charles Moore

Brian McKain Eliminated in Sixth Place ($18,885)

Oct 12, '10

Charles Moore raised to 90,000 preflop from the hi-jack and Brian McKain reraised all in for 490,000 total from the small blind. Moore made the call after a short time in the tank and they flipped over their cards:

Moore: Q Q
McKain: A 10

Board: J 10 8 9 5

Moore won the hand to take a nice chip lead with 1.8 million and McKain was eliminated in sixth place. He will take home $18,885 in prize money.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   Brian McKain

Joel Merwick Eliminated in Ninth Place ($9,163)

Oct 12, '10

Joel Merwick fell during the course of two hands. In the first, Brian McKain bet 60,000 on a J J 10 flop and Merwick raised to 165,000. McKain reraised all in and Merwick pondered an all-in call. He mucked and left himself with a little more than 200,000.

A few hands later he got the last of his chips into the middle with pocket nines and Charles Moore held pocket jacks. Merwick hit a nine on the flop, but Moore spiked a jack on the river of a 9 8 4 7 J board to send him home in ninth place. He was awarded $9,163 in prize money.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   Joel Merwick

Final Table Begins at 1 p.m. Today

Oct 12, '10

The final nine are set at the World Series of Poker Circuit $1,500 no-limit hold’em main event at the Horseshoe Casino in Southern Indiana. The final table will begin at 1 p.m. EST on Tuesday and Card Player will bring you full live coverage from the final table.

Leading the way heading into the final table tomorrow is Charles Moore with 1,233,000. Moore is the most well-known professional at the final table and he recently scored a fifth-place finish ($21,795) at the last WSOP Circuit main event in Council Bluffs. Moore also holds 52.5 points and sits in 18th place on the National Championship leader board. We will see how much progress he makes on the leader board tomorrow.

Final-Table Seating Chart with Chip Counts:

Seat 1: John Holder — 825,000
Seat 2: Kevin Calenzo — 288,000
Seat 3: John Alfera — 636,000
Seat 4: Joel Merwick — 516,000
Seat 5: Charles Moore — 1,233,000
Seat 6: Jorge Solorzano — 506,000
Seat 7: Kris Bradshaw — 251,000
Seat 8: Mike Foster — 850,000
Seat 9: Brian McKain — 677,000

Final-Table Payouts:

1	99,878
2	61,725
3	44,787
4	33,043
5	24,782
6	18,885
7	14,616
8	11,486
9	9,164

Day 2 saw 64 players return from the initial field of 289 players. Notable eliminations included former gold bracelet winner Robert Cheung, Chris Viox, and the player at the top of the WSOP Circuit National Championship leader board, Shiva Dudani. He busted in 17th place and took home $5,081. He now holds 145 points in the National Championship, which is more than his next closest competitors (Jeffrey Epstein and Kevin Manley — 87.5 points). He holds even more points than automatice qualifiers Blair Hinkle (100 points — Council Bluffs main event winner) and Roberto Georato (90 points — Council Bluffs casino champion).

Day 2 Results:

10	Kenny Piel	$7,420
11	Garrett Utt	$7,420
12	David Clough	$7,420
13	Tuan Bui Le	$6,097
14	Ilias Kellikidis	$6,097
15	Dean Schultz	$6,097
16	Drazen Ilich	$5,081
17	Shiva Dudani	$5,081
18	Miguel Borrero	5,081
19	Austin McCormick	$4,293
20	Adam Friedman	$4,293
21	Michael Cole	$4,293
22	William McMahan	$3,683
23	Keith Crowder	$3,683
24	Steve Kats	$3,683
25	Greg Masters	$3,200
26	Chris Viox	$3,200
27	Larry Ormson	$3,200
28	Ray Martin	$2,822
29	John Ford	$2,822
30	Ulises Roman	$2,822

Player Tags: Charles Moore

Charles Moore Eliminated in Fifth Place ($21,795)

Aug 31, '10

Charles Moore got all of his chips into the middle preflop on the button and Blair Hinkle made the call from the cutoff. Their cards:

Hinkle: 99
Moore: AK

Board: J858Q

Their stacks were very close. Moore was all in for 783,000 and Hinkle had him covered by 7,000. Moore was eliminated in fifth place and he took home $21,795. The Hinkle nearly doubled up to 1.7 million after the hand.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   Blair Hinkle

Can't Stop Destiny

Aug 31, '10

The carousel of double-ups continues. This time it was Dwyte Pilgrim who moved all in preflop, from the small blind for 321,000. Charles Moore made the call and they turned over their cards:

Moore: QQ
Pilgrim: A8

Board: 84478

Pilgrim hit a third 8 on the river to survive and keep his hopes of winning another WSOP Circuit main event alive. He doubled up to 700,000 after the hand and Moore settled in around 800,000. “Can’t stop destiny,” said Pilgrim as he collected the pot.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   Dwyte Pilgrim

Charles Moore Doubles Up

Aug 31, '10

Blair Hinkle raised to 41,000 preflop from the big blind and Charles Moore reraised to 525,000 from the small blind. Hinkle made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Hinkle: AJ
Moore: A9

Board: K7354

Moore doubled up on the hand and he now holds over a million. Hinkle is hurting with 240,000.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   Blair Hinkle

Kevin Calenzo Crippled but Fighting

Aug 31, '10

Kevin Calenzo recently picked a very bad time to put most of his chips at risk against Blair Hinkle, who held pocket aces. They held for Hinkle this time and Calenzo was left with just 20,000 after the hand.

Since that time he doubled up with A-J against the 9-3 of Hinkle on a loaded A-K-Q-J-K board and then he tripled up to take his stack off life support.

Charles Moore raised to 45,000 preflop from the cutoff on the hand, Calenzo made the all-in call for 42,000 from the small blind and then Daniel Biddle reraised to 145,000 from the big blind. Moore mucked and the two live players flipped over their cards:

Biddle: QQ
Calenzo: A9

Board: 862107

Calenzo won the hand on the river and he grew his stack to more than 100,000.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   Kevin Calenzo,   Blair Hinkle,   Daniel Biddle

Charles Moore Doubles Up

Aug 31, '10

There was a flop reading QJ5 on the table when Kevin Calenzo decided to move all in from the button. Charles Moore made the all-in call for 191,000 from under the gun and they flipped over their cards:

Moore: AQ
Calenzo: AK

Turn and River: 4 and 6

Moore doubled up with his queens and he was close to 500,000 after the hand. Calenzo dropped down to the neighborhood of 350,000 after paying out his opponent.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   Kevin Calenzo

Jack Do Doubles Up

Aug 31, '10

Charles Moore raised to 100,000 preflop from the cutoff and Jack Do raised all in for 240,000 total from the hi-jack. Moore made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Do: KK
Moore: QQ

Board: 87288

Do doubled up on the hand to 500,000 and Moore dropped to 305,000.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   Jack Do

Hinkle Hikes the Standings

Aug 31, '10

A board of QJ55 sat on the board along with approximately 90,000 in the pot when Charles Moore bet from the hijack and Blair Hinkle raised all in for 296,000 more from the button. Moore went into the tank and he eventually decided to muck.

Hinkle grew his stack to 555,000 after the hand. He has been the most active player during the first level of play today and his chip stack has grown accordingly.

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   Blair Hinkle

$1,500 Seven Card Stud - End of Day

Jun 19, '08

Players came back from a 20-minute break still playing 12-handed, needing four eliminations to create the final table for the $1,500 Seven Card Stud event. After 20 minutes of frantic action, the final table had been accounted for. The final table begins Friday at 3 p.m. PST.

Players left: 8 of 381

Average Stack: 127,000

Chip Leaders:

Michael Rocco - 255,000
Al Barbieri - 252,500
Jeff Siegal - 150,000
Giacomo D'Agostino - 123,000
Levon Torosyan - 114,500
Max Troy - 88,500
Andre Boyer - 86,000
Danny Kalpakis - 55,000

Eliminations: Charles Moore (ninth); Roy Rose (10th); Bryan Devonshire (11th); Sabyl Landrum (12th).
Storylines/Big Hands

Kalpakis Survives Tense All-in

The final eight is determined, but short-stack Danny Kalpakis was one card away from being eliminated just minutes earlier. He was all-in for his final 23,000 after fifth street, showing A9 7. Charles Moore had bet fourth and fifth street showing JJ3. All-in, Kalpakis showed wired aces for three of a kind, while Moore showed the J for trips of his own. Moore hit a trey on sixth street to fill up and seemingly eliminate Kalpakis, but the short-stack hit the 9 with his final card for a bigger full house to remain alive.

Torosyan Makes it Official

Once Moore was shortstacked, Levon Torosyan put him away with a tough call. Moore was showing KK through fourth street when he was all-in for his final 15,500. Torosyan was showing 9Q, but elected to make the call with 9-Q in the hole as well. He hit the Q on sixth street to fill up, and Moore missed with his final outs.

Rose Out in 10th

Roy Rose was all-in for his last 6500 in chips on fourth street, showing 94. He paired with the 4 on fifth street, but that was as far as he got. Al Barbieri, who opened with 109, had 10Q in the hole, then ran out 6-7-8 for the straight.

Devonshire, Landrum Eliminated

Bryan Devonshire was drawing to a deuce after sixth street, having A345 while Barbieri had two pair, jacks-up. Barbieri was dealt the deuce Devonshire needed with his final card.
Landrum fell victim to Rose, Landrum with KQKQ through fourth street and all-in, while Rose had AJJJ. Rose filled with an ace for his last card.
 

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   Al Barbieri,   Levon Torosyan,   Dan Kalpakis

Seven Card Stud - Level 11 recap

Jun 19, '08

Limits: 1,000-2,000 ante 200 bring-in 300

Players: 41-301

Eliminations: Men Nguyen, Richard Tatalovich

Chip Leaders:

Chip Jett: 65,000
Maxl Troy: 65,000
Ryan Nicholson: 64,000
Christopher McIntyre: 58,000
Giacomo D'Agostino: 47,000
Dan Kalpakis: 45,000
Christopher Tryba: 41,000
Chad Brown: 38,600
Roy Rose: 38,000
Gregory Pappas: 38,000

Big Hands:

Master Busts

Men Nguyen was eliminated when his pair of jacks failed to improve against Max Troy's pair of queens.

Barbieri Diving

Al Barbieri continued his string of erratic play. In one hand, after George Brand bet all the way down showing 93102, Barbieri called the whole way with K57J. After the last down card was dealt, Barbieri led out for 2,000 and Brand made the call. "Ace high," said Barbieri, and Bran rolled overa nine and a three for nines up.
The next hand, Barbieri again called down an opponent, Chris Tryba this time, with J810A. His opponent had Q476 showing, and rolled over the Q and 4 for queens up. Barbieri showed two kings in the whole and mucked his hand. He's down to about 25,000 after starting the day with the chip lead.

Moore Doubles Up

Charles Moore was all in after fifth street with KJK32 and behind his opponent's AAJ910 but caught a 3 on the river to make kings up and double through. Moore has about 17,000.

 

Player Tags: Charles Moore,   Men Nguyen,   Al Barbieri