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| Jul 12, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 WSOP Main Event | 6 | + |
Level 8 Update: Chau Giang Doubles UpJul 12, '11
NOTE: Levels are two hours in length. Players Remaining on Day 2B: 2,490 Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante Chip Leaders: Nicolas Fierro: 345,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Matt Matros — 106,000 Notables Eliminated: Mike Matusow Hands: Chau Giang Doubles Up The button moved all in preflop and Chau Giang made the all-in call for about 16,000. Their hands: Giang: A Board: J Giang doubled up on the hand to survive and he now holds 38,000. Tim West Doubles Up Tim West got the last of his chips (24,500) into the middle preflop and one player called him down. Their cards: West: A Board: 4 West won the hand and he doubled up to more than 50,000. Featured Poker Tweet — Shannon Elizabeth
Devilfish vs. DeMaci David Ulliot got the last of his chips into the middle preflop against Chris DeMaci. Their cards: Ulliot: Q Board: J Ulliot doubled up on the hand to survive with 21,000. DeMaci was knocked down to 59,000. Shawn Cunix Eliminated Shawn Cunix got the last of his chips into the middle preflop against Jean-Robert Bellande with a flop that read Q Bellande: Q Turn and River: 6 Cunix was eliminated on the hand and Bellande grew his stack to 80,000. Featured Poker Tweet — Joseph Udine
Player Tags: Chau Giang, Shannon Elizabeth, Joseph Udine, Christopher DeMaci, Tim West, Shawn Cunix, Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott |
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| Jul 07, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 3 | + |
Level Four, Hour Two: Giang And Yang EliminatedJul 07, '10 Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante Players Remaining: 1,980 out of 2,314 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Barny Boatman – 151,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Stephen A. Murphy — 37,800 Notable Eliminations: Chau Giang Twitter Accounts: Daniel Negreanu Big Hands:
Picking up the action after the turn, the board read K Antonio Esfandiari raised the action to 15,000 and Giang moved all in. Esfandiari made the call and the players turned over their cards: Giang: J Giang flopped a straight but his flush draw was dead to Esfandiari’s better draw that went along with his two pair. The river then brought the K Farha Getting Up There The player on the button raised to 1,625 and Sam Farha made the call from the big blind. The flop came down K The turn was the 5 Farha kept his foot on the gas pedal, firing another 7,000 into the pot. The button mucked and Farha took the pot. He was at 70,000.
The player in seat 2 and Jerry Yang tangled preflop that resulted in seat 2 moving all in for 27,800. Yang made the call and here were their cards: Yang: K Yang fell victim to a cold deck and the board offered him no help as it ran out 7 Yang took a big hit and was down to 8,000 in chips. Yang was eventually cut down to 3,200 in chips and shipped them all in preflop against the player in seat 9. Yang: Q The flop was favorable to Yang as it came Q “It’s not over yet,” Yang said before the turn. If it wasn’t over then, it was sure close to being over when the A McEvoy’s Aces Cracked Picking up the action on a flop of 9 The player called and ended up putting himself at risk as McEvoy had him covered. McEvoy held pocket aces but they were officially cracked when his opponent turned 5 The board finished out 10
A player raised to 850 preflop and another player made the call. Eli Elezra was in the big blind and came along as well to see a flop of K Elezra checked and his opponent bet 2,200. Elezra made the call againa and the river was the 8 Elezra decided to take the lead, firing 4,000. His opponent gave it up and Elezra took the pot, improving his stack to 32,000. Gored Picking up the action on a flop of 7 The turn was the J Both players checked and Mortensen tabled K
Picking up the action after the board had run out 7 Eventually, the opponent tabled 7 Chan raked in the pot and was up to 165,000. That was good for the overall chip lead on Day 1C. Outrunning Outhred After the board had run out K Outhred tabled pocket queens but they were no good as his opponent showed 10 Outhred threw his queens in the muck and he was down to 53,000.
Picking up the action after the flop came down 10 Dwan led again with 3,450 and Markholt made the call for the rest of his chips. Markholt: A Markholt flopped trips and the river brought no help to Dwan as he dropped to just over 13,000. Markholt doubled to 12,000. Left In The Deck:
Midway through the level, the tournament staff announced through the speakers that “1989 World Chammpion Phil Hellmuth has just been eliminated.” The Amazon Room erupted in cheers and applause after hearing the announcement, not quite the reaction anyone would care for. Hellmuth had been playing on the secondary feature table and made his grand entrance with UFC fighter Wanderlei Silva. He was officially TKO’d. Player Tags: Tom McEvoy, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Hellmuth, Eli Elezra, Johnny Chan, Chau Giang, Sam Farha, Alex Outhred, Tom Dwan, Jerry Yang Level Two Hour One Update: Mike Sowers Doubles UpJul 07, '10 Blinds: 100-200 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: David Williams – 126,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Steve Murphy — 37,800 Notable Eliminations: Twitter Accounts: Daniel Negreanu Big Hands:
A player raised to 600 and Mike Sowers made the call. The action was then on the small blind and he repopped it to 2,150. The first player called and Sowers moved in for 5,275. The small blind was the only caller and they turned over their hands: Sowers: K Sowers was dominating and the board ran out J Ladies Night Picking up the action after the board had run out K He tanked for a few moments and eventually threw in the call. His opponent showed Q The two players chopped the pot and Deeb was at 26,000.
A player in early position raised to 800 and got two callers. Antonio Esfandiari three-bet to 3,000 from the big blind and the initial bettor folded. The next player to act called and the last player folded. Esfandiari asked for a chip count on his opponent. Esfandiari got a count of about 14,000 and the flop came Q Jeff Madsen Loses Steam Jeff Madsen raised to 500 preflop and was called by seat 2 and the player in the big blind. The flop ran 10 The 3 Leonidas Bests Froehlich Picking up the action on the flop of J Both players checked and the 6 Froehlich mucked and was down to 23,800. Leonidas scooped the pot and was at 33,300 after the hand. Nice Fold At Tom McEvoy’s table a raising war preflop led to one player folding pocket kings face up. The table was a bit shocked until the opposing player showed pocket aces. Good read, sir.
Marcel Luske Makes a Fold Over in the pavilion room, Marcel Luske saw a flop of A Player Tags: Toto Leonidas, Antonio Esfandiari, Chau Giang, Marcel Luske, Eric Froehlich, Jeff Madsen, Shaun Deeb, Mike Sowers Level One Hour Two Update: Dario Minieri EliminatedJul 07, '10 Blinds: 50-100 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: David Williams – 80,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Steve Murphy — 37,800 Notable Eliminations: Dario Minieri Big Hands:
The player in seat 2 raised to 325 preflop and Paul Magrill made the call from late position. David Oppenheim also made the call and the flop came down 7 Seat 2 and Magrill each checked and Oppenheim bet 500. Seat 2 made the call but Magrill got out of the way. The turn was the 8 The river was the Q “You got it,” Oppenheim said as he tapped the table. “No pair.” Seat 2 tabled 7 Eric Baldwin Loses Minimum Picking up the action on the flop, the board read K The player in seat 7 checked and Eric Baldwin did the same. The A Seat 7 then tabled K Chau Giang Takes One Off Antonio Esfandiari On a board of A Christian Harder Wins with Set-Over-Set Christian Harder bet a Q
A player from middle position bet 4,000 on a J Gray Cuts Isaia With His Diamonds Picking up the action after the board had run out J Jason Gray fired 4,000 and Alessio Isaia decided to look him up. Gray turned over Q
The player in seat 2 raised to 300 and Matt Hawrilenko made the call from the button. The blinds also called and the flop came down A Action was checked to Hawrilenko and he bet 500. Everyone threw in the call and the turn was the 2 Action checked to seat 2 and he bet 800. Hawrilenko folded and the blinds followed suit as seat 2 took the pot. Hawrilenko was at 33,000 after the hand. Sexton Not Happy About His Runner-Runner Flush Mike Sexton was heads up with the player in seat 3 when the flop came J The river was the 6 As Sexton thought it over seat 3 said, “Runner-runner,” and smiled, alluding to the runner-runner flush he had made. Sexton responded with, “I see that. The thing is, I made runner-runner.” Sexton eventually called, and sure enough both players were telling the truth. Their hands: Seat 3: A Seat 3 showed the ace-high flush and Sexton’s 10-high flush was no good. He sighed and turned to watch the conclusion of the Germany-Spain World Cup action. He had around 26,400 in chips after the loss. Jaka Makes Big Lay Down Entering the action late, Faraz Jaka looked pained as he pondered his opponent’s bet of 13,000 on a board of A CardPlayer TV Day 1C Begins Player Tags: Antonio Esfandiari, Chau Giang, Matt Hawrilenko, Jason Gray, Dario Minieri, Eric Baldwin, Christian Harder, Alessio Isaia |
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| Jul 02, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 55 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship | 2 | + |
Level 18: Money Bubble BurstsJul 03, '10 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 Players Remaining: 35 out of 346 Average Chip Count: 296,571 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Tom Dwan – 902,000 Notable Eliminations: Eli Elezra Big Hands:
Chau Giang moved all in preflop for his last 65,000 and David Ullliot came over the top for the rest of his chips, which were 30,000 more. Matthew Wheat made the call to put both players at risk. Giang: A The board ran out A Elezra Eliminated As Money Bubble Bursts Alessio Isaia limped in from the small blind and Eli Elezra raised to 30,000 from the big blind. Isaia made the call and the flop fell A Elezra moved all in and Isaia made a quick call. Elezra: A Elezra had top pair but Isaia flopped a wheel and the board finished off Q On the other tables, Noah Schwartz and Tore Lagerborg were both eliminated to burst the money bubble. Player Tags: Eli Elezra, Chau Giang, Alessio Isaia Level Nine: Chau Giang Doubles UpJul 02, '10 Blinds: 400-800 Players Remaining: 171 out of 346 Average Chip Count: 60,701 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Antonio Piano – 240,000 Notable Eliminations: Men Nguyen Big Hands:
Picking up the action on a flop of Q Schoenberg got out of the way and Giang tabled A The board finished out Q Benyamine Takes One Off Dwan Picking up the action on a flop of 9 The river was the 8
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q Filippi: A Filippi flopped a staight but Cousineau was drawing to a bigger one. The turn was the harmeless 4 Player Tags: David Benyamine, Eli Elezra, Chau Giang, Amnon Filippi, Julian Gardner, Tom Dwan |
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| Jun 18, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 35 - $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Heads Up Championship | 1 | + |
Hour 2 Update: Chau Giang and Dani Stern EliminatedJun 18, '10 Blinds: 400-800 Players Remaining: 243 out of 256 Starting Chip Stack: 30,000 Notable Eliminations: David Baker Notable Advancements to Round Two at 10 p.m. PST: Phil Ivey Player Twitter Accounts: Phil Ivey Big Hands:
Brendan Murphy bet on the button with the 9 Antoine Saout Doubles Up Antoine Saout was all in preflop with pocket eights versus the pocket sixes of Scott Clements. The over pair held and Saout doubled to 16,400.
Dani Stern was all in preflop with the A Gavin Smith Doubles Up Gavin Smith was all in after a flop of J Player Tags: Gavin Smith, Chau Giang, Paul Wasicka, Scott Clements, Brendan Murphy, Antoine Saout, Dani Stern |
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| May 29, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $50,000 Players Championship | 2 | + |
Level Seven: Haxton Gets Aggressive, Bill Chen OutMay 29, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 1,300-2,500 blinds; 2,500-5,000 stakes Players Remaining: 102 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. Erik Sagstrom – 329,100 Average Chip Count: 170,580 Notable Eliminations: David Chiu CardPlayer TV: Check out how reigning Main Event Champion Joe Cada is feeling and what $50k event chip leader Erik Sagstrom had to say about the tournament thus far… Big Hands: No Limit Hold’em
Picking up the hand on the flop, Isaac Haxton bet 7,500 into a board reading 7 On the next hand, Dan Kelly raised to 2,500 from the button preflop. Haxton made the call from the small blind and Matt Glantz followed suit from the big blind. The flop came down J Chen Falls in No Limit Hold’em Round Justin Smith check-called Bill Chen’s 25,000 on a board of K Negreanu Benefits in No Limit Hold’em Round Daniel Negreanu raises to 3,200 preflop and is called by Dario Alioto. Both players check a flop of A
After Michael Mizrachi and Sorel Mizzi invested 3,600 each into the pot preflop, the board came K Mizrachi led out with 5,000 and Mizzi mucked his hand. “What else could I have,” Mizrachi said as he turned over A He took down the pot and improved to 115,000 while Mizzi was at 200,000. The two would tangle again in a Pot-limit Omaha hand. Pot-Limit Omaha Mizrachi And Mizzi Go Again Michael Mizrachi bet 3,000 preflop and David Benyamine made the call. Sorel Mizzi then bet the pot for about 16,000 and both opponents made the call. The flop came down 10 Mizrachi took that pot and was around 135,000 after the hand.
Eli Elezra raised to 1,200 and was called by Daniel Negreanu, only to have the short-stacked Tam Hang move all in for his last 4,100. Elezra made a pot size raise to get Negreanu out and was heads up with a chance to knock Hang out of the tournament. Elezra showed A The very next hand Elezra called Dario Alioto’s 4,000 raise from the button and the flop came K Elezra showed A Hastings And Fossilman Tangle Brian Hastings bet 13,000 after a flop of J Greg Raymer thought about his options before deciding to muck his hand. Hastings took a small pot and was around 164,000 while Raymer was ailing with just over 30,000.
Scotty Nguyen raised the pot, 5,700, preflop. Action folded around to Ted Forrest in the big blind who decided to see a flop. It came down 7 Nguyen started with 210,000 and improved to 220,000 while Forrest dropped from 145,000 to 137,000. Flop Kills Action Picking up the action after the flop, the board read Q The turn was the 8 Bach turned over 7 2-7 Triple Draw
We caught up with this hand on the second draw. Abe Mosseri folded his hand and Dario Alioto drew one card. Daniel Negreanu stood pat and led out before the final draw. Alioto made the call and drew one card. He then led out with a bet, much to the displeasure of Negreanu who made the call. Alioto turned over 8-5-4-3-2 for the 8-perfect and Negreanu could only wave his arms in disgust as he showed 8-7-5-3-2. He was down to just 70,000 after the hand while Alioto was at 60,000. Limit Hold’em Huck Flushes Elezra’s Trips Huck Seed raised to 5,000 preflop and Eli Elezra called from the big blind. Elezra checked a flop of K The pot put Seed around 230,000 in chips and Elezra dropped to around 175,000. Giang Flushes South Picking up the hand after the river, the board ran out Q South mucked his hand and was down to 180,000 while Giang was up to 225,000. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, David Benyamine, David Bach, Michael Mizrachi, Chau Giang, Greg Raymer, Bill Chen, Dario Alioto, Sorel Mizzi, Isaac Haxton, Cole South, Brian Hastings, Justin Smith Level Four: Durrrr EliminatedMay 29, '10 Note: Following this round the players have agreed to cut the break down from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. Blinds Limit Games: 800-1,500; 1,500-3,000 Stakes Players Remaining: 112 out of 116 Notable Chip Counts: Hasan Habib – 200,000 Eliminations: Tom Dwan Pot Limit Omaha
Daniel Negreanu, Tom Dwan and Shawn Buchanan checked a flop of A After the J The 10 Shortly after, Dwan busted out of the tournament. No Limit Hold’em Seiver doubles through Dario After several significant preflop raises, Scott Seiver managed to get his 75,100 all in against Dario Minieri. With a board of 6
Steve Zolotow raised to 2,100 from under the gun and Ralph Perry called behind him. Action folded around to Freddy Deeb who reraised to 12,100. Tim Phan made the call from the button and Zolotow and Perry mucked. The flop came down A Deeb threw out a 5,000 chip and announced, “Fifteen.” While it was likely Deeb meant 15,000, Zolotow pointed out that the bet was more likely 1,500 since the chip was valued lower than 15,000. The floor was called over and ruled that the bet was 15,000. Phan made the call regardless and both players checked the 7 “Nines,” Deeb told Phan, never turning over his hand. Phan then turned over A Arieh Takes Big Pot Off Phan On the very next hand at the table, Tim Phan raised to 6,500 after seat 7 made 2,100 to go. Josh Arieh then repopped it to 16,800 from the button. Seat 7 mucked but Phan made the call. The flop came down 5 The turn was the 4 Binger getting into opponent’s heads Michael Binger is making his table think. First, he brought the topic of time travel into the table’s conversation. If you could time travel 20 years backward for forward, where would it be? Jeff Lisandro answered, "Who cares? As long as you know the Kentucky Derby winners. Doyle Brunson mirrored that response with, “And Super Bowl winners.” It’s all making the money, Lisandro concluded. The following hand, Binger bet 2500 on a flop of 8 Limit Hold’em
On a board showing 7 The river brought the J Schulman mucked and was down to 182,000. Binger improved his stack to 123,000. Omaha/8 Habib Bests Schulman On a flop of J Schulman led out again, this time for 3,000. Habib then raised it to 6,000 and Schulman made the call. The river was the 8 Ivey, Benyamine clash in a friendly game of poker The most entertaining table in event 2 has to be the one containing Scotty Nguyen and Chau Giang. Giang has been especially energetic, while sharing stories to keep the table smiling. During these story times there has also been some poker. On the other side of the table Phil Ivey check-called David Benyamine all the way down on a board of J
After a flop of J Bill Chen folded his hand and the turn was the 2 Lisandro bet 3,000 again and Brunson had enough as he mucked his hand. Lisandro took the pot and was around 142,000 while Brunson was at 145,000. Card Player TV: Players Championship Begins: Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Hasan Habib, Daniel Negreanu, Steve Zolotow, David Benyamine, Doyle Brunson, Shawn Buchanan, Jeffrey Lisandro, Chau Giang, Phil Ivey, Tim Phan, Michael Binger, Nick Schulman, Tom Dwan, Dario Minieri, Freddy Deeb, Scott Seiver, Ralph Perry Level One Update: Nguyen and Raymer Chipping UpMay 28, '10 Blinds: Limit Games: 400-800; 800-1,600 Stakes Players Remaining 113 Starting Stack: 150,000 Big Hands: Stud
The Prince of Poker is hoping to repeat his 2008 win, even if he has to go through Phil Ivey along the way. The two have tangled frequently already, with Nguyen getting the better of the exchanges. With Ivey showing 7 Scotty replied with, “Not a flush draw, baby. I had a hand,” followed by his infectious laugh. The “baby’s” have begun. Scotty and Ivey… a familiar picture The very next hand Ivey showed A Forrest grows his stack Showing 9 Elezra’s aces no good Alexander Kostritsyn checked after showing 2 Omaha 8OB
Seidel Loses Some Chips On a board of K Razz Seidel Takes Another Hit Phil Galfond and Erik Seidel were engaged in a relatively large pot. Galfond bet and Seidel called. Galfond exposed a 7-high low and Seidel mucked. The online pro raked in the 15,000 chip pot and is up to 170,000.
Raymer Looking Good Greg Raymer and Dario Minieri were involved in a small razz pot. Minieri checked and Raymer made a bet on the end from middle position. Minieri called and Raymer flipped over a 6-low. Minieri mucked and Raymer added to his stack. Limit Hold Em Giang Takes One Off Lawson Ted Lawson, David Benyamine, Chau Giang and Phil Ivey all limped preflop and saw a flop of 9 Lawson bet 800 and Benyamine folded. Giang raised to 1,600 causing Ivey to fold. Lawson stuck around and the turn was the 8 Giang fired 1,600 and Lawson called. The same happened on the 7 Giang took down the pot and was at 165,000. Lawson dropped to 140,000. Left in the Deck: Some players have to wait. Pros such as Amnon Filippi, Barry Greenstein and Josh Arieh are waiting to buy into the event. The ruling on the floor is that they have to wait till the beginning of level two. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Erik Seidel, Josh Arieh, Barry Greenstein, Ted Forrest, Ted Lawson, Eli Elezra, Chau Giang, Phil Ivey, Greg Raymer, Amnon Filippi, Phil Galfond, Dario Minieri, Alexander Kostritsyn Level One -- Greg Mueller Starts off StrongMay 28, '10 Blinds: Limit Games: 400-800; 800-1,600 Stakes Entrants: 101 Starting Stack: 150,000 Big Hands: Triple Draw
Isaac Haxton raised to 1,600 before the first draw and the player in seat 2 raised to 2,400. Haxton made the call and Haxton drew two cards on the first draw. His opponent drew one and Haxton checked. Seat 2 bet 800 and Haxton called. Haxton drew two more cards and seat 2 drew one. Haxton checked again and seat 2 fired 1,600. Haxton raised to 3,200 and seat 2 reraised to 4,800. Haxton was not done as he upped the action to 6,400. Seat 2 made the call and both players stood pat on the last draw. Haxton showed down a 7-6-4-3-2 low and his opponent mucked. Haxton took the pot and improved his stack to about 178,000. Harman Takes One From Minieri After the cards are dealt, Dario Minieri raised to 1400 and was called by Daniel Stern and Jennifer Harman. Minieri drew one, and both Stern and Harman took 2. Minieri bet 800 and was called by both opponents. Minieri drew one, Harman took none, and Stern took one. Minieri bet 1500 and was called by Harman, while Stern folded. Both players checked on the end and Harman showed an 8-low — 8 Limit Hold’em Chau Giang Takes a Pot On a board of 9
Greg Mueller Starts Off Strong Greg Mueller and Andy Bloch tangled and saw a flop of A Left in the Deck: Event 2 Features Some Stacked Tables The 2007 and 2008 winners of this event, Freddy Deeb and Scotty Nguyen are seated next to each other at a table also featuring Phil Ivey, Ted Lawson, David Benyamine and Chau Giang. Table 309 features Dario Minieri,Daniel Stern Jennifer Harman, Greg Raymer, Scott Seiver, and Noah Boaken. Brian Townsend, Daniel Alaei, Ted Forest, Erick Lindgren, Mike Matusow are also seated together. Overheard On The Felt 2004 WSOP Main Event Champion Greg Raymer expressed his surprise toward the field of 77 entrants. (Though the number has been steadily rising and was at 109 at the time of this post.) “I would’ve thought having no limit hold’em and PLO would’ve brought more people in,” he said. Daniel Negreanu revealed that he has now been doing workout phenomenon P90X for 3 days. He said he thinks it’ll get easier with time, but Negreanu’s Twitter posts reveal that painful aftermath of the workout. Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Daniel Negreanu, Greg Mueller, Jennifer Harman, Chau Giang, Greg Raymer, Dario Minieri, Isaac Haxton |
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| May 28, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $50,000 Players Championship | 1 | + |
Level Seven: Haxton Gets Aggressive, Bill Chen OutMay 29, '10 Blinds: Flop/Limit Games: 1,300-2,500 blinds; 2,500-5,000 stakes Players Remaining: 102 out of 116 Tournament Leaderboard 1. Erik Sagstrom – 329,100 Average Chip Count: 170,580 Notable Eliminations: David Chiu CardPlayer TV: Check out how reigning Main Event Champion Joe Cada is feeling and what $50k event chip leader Erik Sagstrom had to say about the tournament thus far… Big Hands: No Limit Hold’em
Picking up the hand on the flop, Isaac Haxton bet 7,500 into a board reading 7 On the next hand, Dan Kelly raised to 2,500 from the button preflop. Haxton made the call from the small blind and Matt Glantz followed suit from the big blind. The flop came down J Chen Falls in No Limit Hold’em Round Justin Smith check-called Bill Chen’s 25,000 on a board of K Negreanu Benefits in No Limit Hold’em Round Daniel Negreanu raises to 3,200 preflop and is called by Dario Alioto. Both players check a flop of A
After Michael Mizrachi and Sorel Mizzi invested 3,600 each into the pot preflop, the board came K Mizrachi led out with 5,000 and Mizzi mucked his hand. “What else could I have,” Mizrachi said as he turned over A He took down the pot and improved to 115,000 while Mizzi was at 200,000. The two would tangle again in a Pot-limit Omaha hand. Pot-Limit Omaha Mizrachi And Mizzi Go Again Michael Mizrachi bet 3,000 preflop and David Benyamine made the call. Sorel Mizzi then bet the pot for about 16,000 and both opponents made the call. The flop came down 10 Mizrachi took that pot and was around 135,000 after the hand.
Eli Elezra raised to 1,200 and was called by Daniel Negreanu, only to have the short-stacked Tam Hang move all in for his last 4,100. Elezra made a pot size raise to get Negreanu out and was heads up with a chance to knock Hang out of the tournament. Elezra showed A The very next hand Elezra called Dario Alioto’s 4,000 raise from the button and the flop came K Elezra showed A Hastings And Fossilman Tangle Brian Hastings bet 13,000 after a flop of J Greg Raymer thought about his options before deciding to muck his hand. Hastings took a small pot and was around 164,000 while Raymer was ailing with just over 30,000.
Scotty Nguyen raised the pot, 5,700, preflop. Action folded around to Ted Forrest in the big blind who decided to see a flop. It came down 7 Nguyen started with 210,000 and improved to 220,000 while Forrest dropped from 145,000 to 137,000. Flop Kills Action Picking up the action after the flop, the board read Q The turn was the 8 Bach turned over 7 2-7 Triple Draw
We caught up with this hand on the second draw. Abe Mosseri folded his hand and Dario Alioto drew one card. Daniel Negreanu stood pat and led out before the final draw. Alioto made the call and drew one card. He then led out with a bet, much to the displeasure of Negreanu who made the call. Alioto turned over 8-5-4-3-2 for the 8-perfect and Negreanu could only wave his arms in disgust as he showed 8-7-5-3-2. He was down to just 70,000 after the hand while Alioto was at 60,000. Limit Hold’em Huck Flushes Elezra’s Trips Huck Seed raised to 5,000 preflop and Eli Elezra called from the big blind. Elezra checked a flop of K The pot put Seed around 230,000 in chips and Elezra dropped to around 175,000. Giang Flushes South Picking up the hand after the river, the board ran out Q South mucked his hand and was down to 180,000 while Giang was up to 225,000. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Huck Seed, Daniel Negreanu, David Benyamine, David Bach, Michael Mizrachi, Chau Giang, Greg Raymer, Bill Chen, Dario Alioto, Sorel Mizzi, Isaac Haxton, Cole South, Brian Hastings, Justin Smith Level Four: Durrrr EliminatedMay 29, '10 Note: Following this round the players have agreed to cut the break down from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. Blinds Limit Games: 800-1,500; 1,500-3,000 Stakes Players Remaining: 112 out of 116 Notable Chip Counts: Hasan Habib – 200,000 Eliminations: Tom Dwan Pot Limit Omaha
Daniel Negreanu, Tom Dwan and Shawn Buchanan checked a flop of A After the J The 10 Shortly after, Dwan busted out of the tournament. No Limit Hold’em Seiver doubles through Dario After several significant preflop raises, Scott Seiver managed to get his 75,100 all in against Dario Minieri. With a board of 6
Steve Zolotow raised to 2,100 from under the gun and Ralph Perry called behind him. Action folded around to Freddy Deeb who reraised to 12,100. Tim Phan made the call from the button and Zolotow and Perry mucked. The flop came down A Deeb threw out a 5,000 chip and announced, “Fifteen.” While it was likely Deeb meant 15,000, Zolotow pointed out that the bet was more likely 1,500 since the chip was valued lower than 15,000. The floor was called over and ruled that the bet was 15,000. Phan made the call regardless and both players checked the 7 “Nines,” Deeb told Phan, never turning over his hand. Phan then turned over A Arieh Takes Big Pot Off Phan On the very next hand at the table, Tim Phan raised to 6,500 after seat 7 made 2,100 to go. Josh Arieh then repopped it to 16,800 from the button. Seat 7 mucked but Phan made the call. The flop came down 5 The turn was the 4 Binger getting into opponent’s heads Michael Binger is making his table think. First, he brought the topic of time travel into the table’s conversation. If you could time travel 20 years backward for forward, where would it be? Jeff Lisandro answered, "Who cares? As long as you know the Kentucky Derby winners. Doyle Brunson mirrored that response with, “And Super Bowl winners.” It’s all making the money, Lisandro concluded. The following hand, Binger bet 2500 on a flop of 8 Limit Hold’em
On a board showing 7 The river brought the J Schulman mucked and was down to 182,000. Binger improved his stack to 123,000. Omaha/8 Habib Bests Schulman On a flop of J Schulman led out again, this time for 3,000. Habib then raised it to 6,000 and Schulman made the call. The river was the 8 Ivey, Benyamine clash in a friendly game of poker The most entertaining table in event 2 has to be the one containing Scotty Nguyen and Chau Giang. Giang has been especially energetic, while sharing stories to keep the table smiling. During these story times there has also been some poker. On the other side of the table Phil Ivey check-called David Benyamine all the way down on a board of J
After a flop of J Bill Chen folded his hand and the turn was the 2 Lisandro bet 3,000 again and Brunson had enough as he mucked his hand. Lisandro took the pot and was around 142,000 while Brunson was at 145,000. Card Player TV: Players Championship Begins: Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Hasan Habib, Daniel Negreanu, Steve Zolotow, David Benyamine, Doyle Brunson, Shawn Buchanan, Jeffrey Lisandro, Chau Giang, Phil Ivey, Tim Phan, Michael Binger, Nick Schulman, Tom Dwan, Dario Minieri, Freddy Deeb, Scott Seiver, Ralph Perry Level One Update: Nguyen and Raymer Chipping UpMay 28, '10 Blinds: Limit Games: 400-800; 800-1,600 Stakes Players Remaining 113 Starting Stack: 150,000 Big Hands: Stud
The Prince of Poker is hoping to repeat his 2008 win, even if he has to go through Phil Ivey along the way. The two have tangled frequently already, with Nguyen getting the better of the exchanges. With Ivey showing 7 Scotty replied with, “Not a flush draw, baby. I had a hand,” followed by his infectious laugh. The “baby’s” have begun. Scotty and Ivey… a familiar picture The very next hand Ivey showed A Forrest grows his stack Showing 9 Elezra’s aces no good Alexander Kostritsyn checked after showing 2 Omaha 8OB
Seidel Loses Some Chips On a board of K Razz Seidel Takes Another Hit Phil Galfond and Erik Seidel were engaged in a relatively large pot. Galfond bet and Seidel called. Galfond exposed a 7-high low and Seidel mucked. The online pro raked in the 15,000 chip pot and is up to 170,000.
Raymer Looking Good Greg Raymer and Dario Minieri were involved in a small razz pot. Minieri checked and Raymer made a bet on the end from middle position. Minieri called and Raymer flipped over a 6-low. Minieri mucked and Raymer added to his stack. Limit Hold Em Giang Takes One Off Lawson Ted Lawson, David Benyamine, Chau Giang and Phil Ivey all limped preflop and saw a flop of 9 Lawson bet 800 and Benyamine folded. Giang raised to 1,600 causing Ivey to fold. Lawson stuck around and the turn was the 8 Giang fired 1,600 and Lawson called. The same happened on the 7 Giang took down the pot and was at 165,000. Lawson dropped to 140,000. Left in the Deck: Some players have to wait. Pros such as Amnon Filippi, Barry Greenstein and Josh Arieh are waiting to buy into the event. The ruling on the floor is that they have to wait till the beginning of level two. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Erik Seidel, Josh Arieh, Barry Greenstein, Ted Forrest, Ted Lawson, Eli Elezra, Chau Giang, Phil Ivey, Greg Raymer, Amnon Filippi, Phil Galfond, Dario Minieri, Alexander Kostritsyn Level One -- Greg Mueller Starts off StrongMay 28, '10 Blinds: Limit Games: 400-800; 800-1,600 Stakes Entrants: 101 Starting Stack: 150,000 Big Hands: Triple Draw
Isaac Haxton raised to 1,600 before the first draw and the player in seat 2 raised to 2,400. Haxton made the call and Haxton drew two cards on the first draw. His opponent drew one and Haxton checked. Seat 2 bet 800 and Haxton called. Haxton drew two more cards and seat 2 drew one. Haxton checked again and seat 2 fired 1,600. Haxton raised to 3,200 and seat 2 reraised to 4,800. Haxton was not done as he upped the action to 6,400. Seat 2 made the call and both players stood pat on the last draw. Haxton showed down a 7-6-4-3-2 low and his opponent mucked. Haxton took the pot and improved his stack to about 178,000. Harman Takes One From Minieri After the cards are dealt, Dario Minieri raised to 1400 and was called by Daniel Stern and Jennifer Harman. Minieri drew one, and both Stern and Harman took 2. Minieri bet 800 and was called by both opponents. Minieri drew one, Harman took none, and Stern took one. Minieri bet 1500 and was called by Harman, while Stern folded. Both players checked on the end and Harman showed an 8-low — 8 Limit Hold’em Chau Giang Takes a Pot On a board of 9
Greg Mueller Starts Off Strong Greg Mueller and Andy Bloch tangled and saw a flop of A Left in the Deck: Event 2 Features Some Stacked Tables The 2007 and 2008 winners of this event, Freddy Deeb and Scotty Nguyen are seated next to each other at a table also featuring Phil Ivey, Ted Lawson, David Benyamine and Chau Giang. Table 309 features Dario Minieri,Daniel Stern Jennifer Harman, Greg Raymer, Scott Seiver, and Noah Boaken. Brian Townsend, Daniel Alaei, Ted Forest, Erick Lindgren, Mike Matusow are also seated together. Overheard On The Felt 2004 WSOP Main Event Champion Greg Raymer expressed his surprise toward the field of 77 entrants. (Though the number has been steadily rising and was at 109 at the time of this post.) “I would’ve thought having no limit hold’em and PLO would’ve brought more people in,” he said. Daniel Negreanu revealed that he has now been doing workout phenomenon P90X for 3 days. He said he thinks it’ll get easier with time, but Negreanu’s Twitter posts reveal that painful aftermath of the workout. Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Daniel Negreanu, Greg Mueller, Jennifer Harman, Chau Giang, Greg Raymer, Dario Minieri, Isaac Haxton |
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| Oct 24, '09 | 2009 Festa al Lago Classic | WPT Festa Al Lago Championship -- No-Limit Hold'em | 4 | + |
Level 17 Update: Money Bubble BurstsOct 24, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Left: 27 of 275 Average Chip Count: 611,111 Chip Counts: 1. Jason Lavallee — 1,615,000 Notable Eliminations: Dee Luong Big Hands:
Dee Luong (pictured right) was crippled after Freddy Deeb doubled up through her with pocket aces to grow his stack to 1,230,000. Luong held pocket kings but she watched her stack fall down to 87,000. A few hands later Jason Lavallee opened a pot for a raise and Luong reraised all in. Lavallee made the call and they flipped over their cards: Luong: 6 Board: A Luong was eliminated on the hand and Lavallee held 1,350,000. Brandon Cantu Eliminated Brandon Cantu moved all in preflop for 160,000 and Mrk Seif made the call. Their cards: Cantu: A Board: K Cantu was eliminated on the hand and Seif grew his stack to 1,145,000.
Part I Kido Pham raised to 27,000 from the cutoff and Aaron Jones reraised all in for 171,000 from the button. Andy Bloch reraised all in and Pham mucked. The cards: Jones: Q Board: Q Bloch was knocked down to 305,000 on the hand and Jones doubled up to 395,000. Part II Andy Bloch raised to 32,000 from the cutoff and Jason Burt reraised from the small blind. Bloch reraised all in and Burt made the call. Their cards: Burt: 10 Board: Q Burt grew his stack to 970,000 and Bloch was eliminated. Jason Somerville Eliminated Jason Somerville moved all in preflop on a short stack (180,000) for the third time in a row and Jeff Blenkarn made the call. Their cards: Blenkarn: A Board: K Blenkran grew his stack to 660,000 and Somerville was eliminated on the hand. Chau Giang Eliminated on the Money Bubble Matt Stout raised from early position to 32,000 and Chau Giang reraised all in from middle position for 199,000. Prahlad Friedman reraised all in from the cutoff for 259,000 and Stout mucked pocket tens. Friedman and Giang then revealed their cards: Giang: A Board: Q Friedman held 515,000 after the hand and Giang was eliminated on the money bubble in 28th place. Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Prahlad Friedman, Chau Giang, Dee Luong, Jason Somerville, Matt Stout, Brandon Cantu, Jason Lavallee, Aaron Jones, Jason Burt Level 13 Update: Bustout BonanzaOct 23, '09
Players Left: 57 of 275 Average Chip Count: 289,474 Chip Counts: 1. Jason Lavallee — 870,000 Notable Eliminations: Poorya Nazari Big Hands:
Tommy Vedes raised to 10,200 preflop and two players called before Poorya Nazari (pictured right) reraised to 40,000 from the button. Dee Luong reraised to 140,000 from the big blind and everyone but Nazari mucked. The call put Nazari all in for his tournament life against Luong. Nazari held A-K and Luong held pocket aces. The board missed both players and Nazari was eliminated on the hand. Luong grew her stack to 675,000 and she joined the chip leaders. Patrick Walsh Eliminated Patrick Walsh was eliminated from the tournament when his pocket queens ran into the pocket kings of Kathy Liebert. The kings held and Liebert grew her stack to 160,000. Danny Fuhs Doubles Up Tom McCormick raised under the gun preflop and Danny Fuhs reraised from late position. McCormick reraised all in and Fuhs made the all-in call. Their cards: McCormick: 10 Board: 6 Fuhs doubled up to 185,000 and McCormick dropped to 60,000. Dan O’Brien Eliminated On a board of Q Giang: A River: A O’Brien was eliminated and Giang grew his stack to 230,000. Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Kathy Liebert, Chau Giang, Dee Luong, Pat Walsh, Poorya Nazari Level 8 Update: Registration Closed, Officals Numbers To FollowOct 22, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 100 ante Players Left: 149 of 273 (Approximately) Average Chip Count 109,000 Chip Leaders Chau Giang — 380,000 Card Player Chip Counts Mike Matusow — 245,000 Notable Eliminations: Erik Cajelais Level Summary:
Cole jumped out to a stack of 340,000 and became the first player to cross the 300,000 mark, but Giang made a leap of his own and now owns the tournament room’s highest count with 380,000. Jason Somerville admitted to having a bad level 7 but picked it right back up when he eliminated John Juanda to close level 8.
The river bricked with the 7 Registration is now closed, but it will be some time before official numbers and the prize pool are announced. Player Tags: John Juanda, Chau Giang, Jason Somerville Level 6 Update: Chau Giang Takes Over the Chip LeadOct 22, '09 Blinds: 400-800 with a 75 ante Players Left: 189 of 264 (Approximately) Average Chip Count 72,000 Chip Leaders Chau Giang — 270,000 Card Player Chip Counts Mike Matusow — 230,000 Notable Eliminations: Jason Mercier Level Summary:
Overnight chip leader Mike Matusow began his day nicely when his suited A-Q ran into another suited A-Q and made a flush to take the pot, increasing his stack to 237,000. Matusow lost a bit before the end of the level and dropped to second place overall when Chau Giang shot up to 270,000. It was a good luck, then bad luck situation for the recently departed Eli Elezra. Elezra was short stacked and five bet all-in holding pocket tens, only to run into pocket aces. The flop came J-J-10 giving him the temporary lead, but the turn was another jack, counterfeiting his hand and sending him to the rail. Player Tags: Mike Matusow, Eli Elezra, Chau Giang Level 4 Update -- Phil Laak Is BackOct 21, '09 Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Players Left: 213 of 241 (Approximately) Chip Leaders Phil Laak — 203,000 Notable Eliminations: Alec Torelli Level Summary:
David “bakes” Baker is now in the top ten thanks to a fortunate flop that saw him sitting with a set of nines against his opponent’s pocket aces. The turn put a four-card straight on board, but that didn’t stop the money from getting in. The river harmlessly paired the board and Baker chipped up to 125,000. On the other side of the spectrum is Sam Stein, who made back-to-back WPT final tables earlier this year. He called Chau Giang’s all in with trip sevens on a Q-7-7 board, but Giang showed pocket queens to double up to 120,000, leaving Stein with a crippled 10,000 stack. The remaining players will now get set for their final level of the evening. Player Tags: Phil Laak, Chau Giang, David Baker, Sam Stein |
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| Oct 23, '09 | 2009 Festa al Lago Classic | WPT Festa Al Lago Championship -- No-Limit Hold'em | 3 | + |
Level 17 Update: Money Bubble BurstsOct 24, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Left: 27 of 275 Average Chip Count: 611,111 Chip Counts: 1. Jason Lavallee — 1,615,000 Notable Eliminations: Dee Luong Big Hands:
Dee Luong (pictured right) was crippled after Freddy Deeb doubled up through her with pocket aces to grow his stack to 1,230,000. Luong held pocket kings but she watched her stack fall down to 87,000. A few hands later Jason Lavallee opened a pot for a raise and Luong reraised all in. Lavallee made the call and they flipped over their cards: Luong: 6 Board: A Luong was eliminated on the hand and Lavallee held 1,350,000. Brandon Cantu Eliminated Brandon Cantu moved all in preflop for 160,000 and Mrk Seif made the call. Their cards: Cantu: A Board: K Cantu was eliminated on the hand and Seif grew his stack to 1,145,000.
Part I Kido Pham raised to 27,000 from the cutoff and Aaron Jones reraised all in for 171,000 from the button. Andy Bloch reraised all in and Pham mucked. The cards: Jones: Q Board: Q Bloch was knocked down to 305,000 on the hand and Jones doubled up to 395,000. Part II Andy Bloch raised to 32,000 from the cutoff and Jason Burt reraised from the small blind. Bloch reraised all in and Burt made the call. Their cards: Burt: 10 Board: Q Burt grew his stack to 970,000 and Bloch was eliminated. Jason Somerville Eliminated Jason Somerville moved all in preflop on a short stack (180,000) for the third time in a row and Jeff Blenkarn made the call. Their cards: Blenkarn: A Board: K Blenkran grew his stack to 660,000 and Somerville was eliminated on the hand. Chau Giang Eliminated on the Money Bubble Matt Stout raised from early position to 32,000 and Chau Giang reraised all in from middle position for 199,000. Prahlad Friedman reraised all in from the cutoff for 259,000 and Stout mucked pocket tens. Friedman and Giang then revealed their cards: Giang: A Board: Q Friedman held 515,000 after the hand and Giang was eliminated on the money bubble in 28th place. Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Prahlad Friedman, Chau Giang, Dee Luong, Jason Somerville, Matt Stout, Brandon Cantu, Jason Lavallee, Aaron Jones, Jason Burt Level 13 Update: Bustout BonanzaOct 23, '09
Players Left: 57 of 275 Average Chip Count: 289,474 Chip Counts: 1. Jason Lavallee — 870,000 Notable Eliminations: Poorya Nazari Big Hands:
Tommy Vedes raised to 10,200 preflop and two players called before Poorya Nazari (pictured right) reraised to 40,000 from the button. Dee Luong reraised to 140,000 from the big blind and everyone but Nazari mucked. The call put Nazari all in for his tournament life against Luong. Nazari held A-K and Luong held pocket aces. The board missed both players and Nazari was eliminated on the hand. Luong grew her stack to 675,000 and she joined the chip leaders. Patrick Walsh Eliminated Patrick Walsh was eliminated from the tournament when his pocket queens ran into the pocket kings of Kathy Liebert. The kings held and Liebert grew her stack to 160,000. Danny Fuhs Doubles Up Tom McCormick raised under the gun preflop and Danny Fuhs reraised from late position. McCormick reraised all in and Fuhs made the all-in call. Their cards: McCormick: 10 Board: 6 Fuhs doubled up to 185,000 and McCormick dropped to 60,000. Dan O’Brien Eliminated On a board of Q Giang: A River: A O’Brien was eliminated and Giang grew his stack to 230,000. Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Kathy Liebert, Chau Giang, Dee Luong, Pat Walsh, Poorya Nazari Level 8 Update: Registration Closed, Officals Numbers To FollowOct 22, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 100 ante Players Left: 149 of 273 (Approximately) Average Chip Count 109,000 Chip Leaders Chau Giang — 380,000 Card Player Chip Counts Mike Matusow — 245,000 Notable Eliminations: Erik Cajelais Level Summary:
Cole jumped out to a stack of 340,000 and became the first player to cross the 300,000 mark, but Giang made a leap of his own and now owns the tournament room’s highest count with 380,000. Jason Somerville admitted to having a bad level 7 but picked it right back up when he eliminated John Juanda to close level 8.
The river bricked with the 7 Registration is now closed, but it will be some time before official numbers and the prize pool are announced. Player Tags: John Juanda, Chau Giang, Jason Somerville Level 6 Update: Chau Giang Takes Over the Chip LeadOct 22, '09 Blinds: 400-800 with a 75 ante Players Left: 189 of 264 (Approximately) Average Chip Count 72,000 Chip Leaders Chau Giang — 270,000 Card Player Chip Counts Mike Matusow — 230,000 Notable Eliminations: Jason Mercier Level Summary:
Overnight chip leader Mike Matusow began his day nicely when his suited A-Q ran into another suited A-Q and made a flush to take the pot, increasing his stack to 237,000. Matusow lost a bit before the end of the level and dropped to second place overall when Chau Giang shot up to 270,000. It was a good luck, then bad luck situation for the recently departed Eli Elezra. Elezra was short stacked and five bet all-in holding pocket tens, only to run into pocket aces. The flop came J-J-10 giving him the temporary lead, but the turn was another jack, counterfeiting his hand and sending him to the rail. Player Tags: Mike Matusow, Eli Elezra, Chau Giang Level 4 Update -- Phil Laak Is BackOct 21, '09 Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Players Left: 213 of 241 (Approximately) Chip Leaders Phil Laak — 203,000 Notable Eliminations: Alec Torelli Level Summary:
David “bakes” Baker is now in the top ten thanks to a fortunate flop that saw him sitting with a set of nines against his opponent’s pocket aces. The turn put a four-card straight on board, but that didn’t stop the money from getting in. The river harmlessly paired the board and Baker chipped up to 125,000. On the other side of the spectrum is Sam Stein, who made back-to-back WPT final tables earlier this year. He called Chau Giang’s all in with trip sevens on a Q-7-7 board, but Giang showed pocket queens to double up to 120,000, leaving Stein with a crippled 10,000 stack. The remaining players will now get set for their final level of the evening. Player Tags: Phil Laak, Chau Giang, David Baker, Sam Stein |
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| Oct 22, '09 | 2009 Festa al Lago Classic | WPT Festa Al Lago Championship -- No-Limit Hold'em | 2 | + |
Level 17 Update: Money Bubble BurstsOct 24, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Left: 27 of 275 Average Chip Count: 611,111 Chip Counts: 1. Jason Lavallee — 1,615,000 Notable Eliminations: Dee Luong Big Hands:
Dee Luong (pictured right) was crippled after Freddy Deeb doubled up through her with pocket aces to grow his stack to 1,230,000. Luong held pocket kings but she watched her stack fall down to 87,000. A few hands later Jason Lavallee opened a pot for a raise and Luong reraised all in. Lavallee made the call and they flipped over their cards: Luong: 6 Board: A Luong was eliminated on the hand and Lavallee held 1,350,000. Brandon Cantu Eliminated Brandon Cantu moved all in preflop for 160,000 and Mrk Seif made the call. Their cards: Cantu: A Board: K Cantu was eliminated on the hand and Seif grew his stack to 1,145,000.
Part I Kido Pham raised to 27,000 from the cutoff and Aaron Jones reraised all in for 171,000 from the button. Andy Bloch reraised all in and Pham mucked. The cards: Jones: Q Board: Q Bloch was knocked down to 305,000 on the hand and Jones doubled up to 395,000. Part II Andy Bloch raised to 32,000 from the cutoff and Jason Burt reraised from the small blind. Bloch reraised all in and Burt made the call. Their cards: Burt: 10 Board: Q Burt grew his stack to 970,000 and Bloch was eliminated. Jason Somerville Eliminated Jason Somerville moved all in preflop on a short stack (180,000) for the third time in a row and Jeff Blenkarn made the call. Their cards: Blenkarn: A Board: K Blenkran grew his stack to 660,000 and Somerville was eliminated on the hand. Chau Giang Eliminated on the Money Bubble Matt Stout raised from early position to 32,000 and Chau Giang reraised all in from middle position for 199,000. Prahlad Friedman reraised all in from the cutoff for 259,000 and Stout mucked pocket tens. Friedman and Giang then revealed their cards: Giang: A Board: Q Friedman held 515,000 after the hand and Giang was eliminated on the money bubble in 28th place. Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Prahlad Friedman, Chau Giang, Dee Luong, Jason Somerville, Matt Stout, Brandon Cantu, Jason Lavallee, Aaron Jones, Jason Burt Level 13 Update: Bustout BonanzaOct 23, '09
Players Left: 57 of 275 Average Chip Count: 289,474 Chip Counts: 1. Jason Lavallee — 870,000 Notable Eliminations: Poorya Nazari Big Hands:
Tommy Vedes raised to 10,200 preflop and two players called before Poorya Nazari (pictured right) reraised to 40,000 from the button. Dee Luong reraised to 140,000 from the big blind and everyone but Nazari mucked. The call put Nazari all in for his tournament life against Luong. Nazari held A-K and Luong held pocket aces. The board missed both players and Nazari was eliminated on the hand. Luong grew her stack to 675,000 and she joined the chip leaders. Patrick Walsh Eliminated Patrick Walsh was eliminated from the tournament when his pocket queens ran into the pocket kings of Kathy Liebert. The kings held and Liebert grew her stack to 160,000. Danny Fuhs Doubles Up Tom McCormick raised under the gun preflop and Danny Fuhs reraised from late position. McCormick reraised all in and Fuhs made the all-in call. Their cards: McCormick: 10 Board: 6 Fuhs doubled up to 185,000 and McCormick dropped to 60,000. Dan O’Brien Eliminated On a board of Q Giang: A River: A O’Brien was eliminated and Giang grew his stack to 230,000. Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Kathy Liebert, Chau Giang, Dee Luong, Pat Walsh, Poorya Nazari Level 8 Update: Registration Closed, Officals Numbers To FollowOct 22, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 100 ante Players Left: 149 of 273 (Approximately) Average Chip Count 109,000 Chip Leaders Chau Giang — 380,000 Card Player Chip Counts Mike Matusow — 245,000 Notable Eliminations: Erik Cajelais Level Summary:
Cole jumped out to a stack of 340,000 and became the first player to cross the 300,000 mark, but Giang made a leap of his own and now owns the tournament room’s highest count with 380,000. Jason Somerville admitted to having a bad level 7 but picked it right back up when he eliminated John Juanda to close level 8.
The river bricked with the 7 Registration is now closed, but it will be some time before official numbers and the prize pool are announced. Player Tags: John Juanda, Chau Giang, Jason Somerville Level 6 Update: Chau Giang Takes Over the Chip LeadOct 22, '09 Blinds: 400-800 with a 75 ante Players Left: 189 of 264 (Approximately) Average Chip Count 72,000 Chip Leaders Chau Giang — 270,000 Card Player Chip Counts Mike Matusow — 230,000 Notable Eliminations: Jason Mercier Level Summary:
Overnight chip leader Mike Matusow began his day nicely when his suited A-Q ran into another suited A-Q and made a flush to take the pot, increasing his stack to 237,000. Matusow lost a bit before the end of the level and dropped to second place overall when Chau Giang shot up to 270,000. It was a good luck, then bad luck situation for the recently departed Eli Elezra. Elezra was short stacked and five bet all-in holding pocket tens, only to run into pocket aces. The flop came J-J-10 giving him the temporary lead, but the turn was another jack, counterfeiting his hand and sending him to the rail. Player Tags: Mike Matusow, Eli Elezra, Chau Giang Level 4 Update -- Phil Laak Is BackOct 21, '09 Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Players Left: 213 of 241 (Approximately) Chip Leaders Phil Laak — 203,000 Notable Eliminations: Alec Torelli Level Summary:
David “bakes” Baker is now in the top ten thanks to a fortunate flop that saw him sitting with a set of nines against his opponent’s pocket aces. The turn put a four-card straight on board, but that didn’t stop the money from getting in. The river harmlessly paired the board and Baker chipped up to 125,000. On the other side of the spectrum is Sam Stein, who made back-to-back WPT final tables earlier this year. He called Chau Giang’s all in with trip sevens on a Q-7-7 board, but Giang showed pocket queens to double up to 120,000, leaving Stein with a crippled 10,000 stack. The remaining players will now get set for their final level of the evening. Player Tags: Phil Laak, Chau Giang, David Baker, Sam Stein |
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| Oct 21, '09 | 2009 Festa al Lago Classic | WPT Festa Al Lago Championship -- No-Limit Hold'em | 1 | + |
Level 17 Update: Money Bubble BurstsOct 24, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Left: 27 of 275 Average Chip Count: 611,111 Chip Counts: 1. Jason Lavallee — 1,615,000 Notable Eliminations: Dee Luong Big Hands:
Dee Luong (pictured right) was crippled after Freddy Deeb doubled up through her with pocket aces to grow his stack to 1,230,000. Luong held pocket kings but she watched her stack fall down to 87,000. A few hands later Jason Lavallee opened a pot for a raise and Luong reraised all in. Lavallee made the call and they flipped over their cards: Luong: 6 Board: A Luong was eliminated on the hand and Lavallee held 1,350,000. Brandon Cantu Eliminated Brandon Cantu moved all in preflop for 160,000 and Mrk Seif made the call. Their cards: Cantu: A Board: K Cantu was eliminated on the hand and Seif grew his stack to 1,145,000.
Part I Kido Pham raised to 27,000 from the cutoff and Aaron Jones reraised all in for 171,000 from the button. Andy Bloch reraised all in and Pham mucked. The cards: Jones: Q Board: Q Bloch was knocked down to 305,000 on the hand and Jones doubled up to 395,000. Part II Andy Bloch raised to 32,000 from the cutoff and Jason Burt reraised from the small blind. Bloch reraised all in and Burt made the call. Their cards: Burt: 10 Board: Q Burt grew his stack to 970,000 and Bloch was eliminated. Jason Somerville Eliminated Jason Somerville moved all in preflop on a short stack (180,000) for the third time in a row and Jeff Blenkarn made the call. Their cards: Blenkarn: A Board: K Blenkran grew his stack to 660,000 and Somerville was eliminated on the hand. Chau Giang Eliminated on the Money Bubble Matt Stout raised from early position to 32,000 and Chau Giang reraised all in from middle position for 199,000. Prahlad Friedman reraised all in from the cutoff for 259,000 and Stout mucked pocket tens. Friedman and Giang then revealed their cards: Giang: A Board: Q Friedman held 515,000 after the hand and Giang was eliminated on the money bubble in 28th place. Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Prahlad Friedman, Chau Giang, Dee Luong, Jason Somerville, Matt Stout, Brandon Cantu, Jason Lavallee, Aaron Jones, Jason Burt Level 13 Update: Bustout BonanzaOct 23, '09
Players Left: 57 of 275 Average Chip Count: 289,474 Chip Counts: 1. Jason Lavallee — 870,000 Notable Eliminations: Poorya Nazari Big Hands:
Tommy Vedes raised to 10,200 preflop and two players called before Poorya Nazari (pictured right) reraised to 40,000 from the button. Dee Luong reraised to 140,000 from the big blind and everyone but Nazari mucked. The call put Nazari all in for his tournament life against Luong. Nazari held A-K and Luong held pocket aces. The board missed both players and Nazari was eliminated on the hand. Luong grew her stack to 675,000 and she joined the chip leaders. Patrick Walsh Eliminated Patrick Walsh was eliminated from the tournament when his pocket queens ran into the pocket kings of Kathy Liebert. The kings held and Liebert grew her stack to 160,000. Danny Fuhs Doubles Up Tom McCormick raised under the gun preflop and Danny Fuhs reraised from late position. McCormick reraised all in and Fuhs made the all-in call. Their cards: McCormick: 10 Board: 6 Fuhs doubled up to 185,000 and McCormick dropped to 60,000. Dan O’Brien Eliminated On a board of Q Giang: A River: A O’Brien was eliminated and Giang grew his stack to 230,000. Player Tags: Tom McCormick, Kathy Liebert, Chau Giang, Dee Luong, Pat Walsh, Poorya Nazari Level 8 Update: Registration Closed, Officals Numbers To FollowOct 22, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 100 ante Players Left: 149 of 273 (Approximately) Average Chip Count 109,000 Chip Leaders Chau Giang — 380,000 Card Player Chip Counts Mike Matusow — 245,000 Notable Eliminations: Erik Cajelais Level Summary:
Cole jumped out to a stack of 340,000 and became the first player to cross the 300,000 mark, but Giang made a leap of his own and now owns the tournament room’s highest count with 380,000. Jason Somerville admitted to having a bad level 7 but picked it right back up when he eliminated John Juanda to close level 8.
The river bricked with the 7 Registration is now closed, but it will be some time before official numbers and the prize pool are announced. Player Tags: John Juanda, Chau Giang, Jason Somerville Level 6 Update: Chau Giang Takes Over the Chip LeadOct 22, '09 Blinds: 400-800 with a 75 ante Players Left: 189 of 264 (Approximately) Average Chip Count 72,000 Chip Leaders Chau Giang — 270,000 Card Player Chip Counts Mike Matusow — 230,000 Notable Eliminations: Jason Mercier Level Summary:
Overnight chip leader Mike Matusow began his day nicely when his suited A-Q ran into another suited A-Q and made a flush to take the pot, increasing his stack to 237,000. Matusow lost a bit before the end of the level and dropped to second place overall when Chau Giang shot up to 270,000. It was a good luck, then bad luck situation for the recently departed Eli Elezra. Elezra was short stacked and five bet all-in holding pocket tens, only to run into pocket aces. The flop came J-J-10 giving him the temporary lead, but the turn was another jack, counterfeiting his hand and sending him to the rail. Player Tags: Mike Matusow, Eli Elezra, Chau Giang Level 4 Update -- Phil Laak Is BackOct 21, '09 Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Players Left: 213 of 241 (Approximately) Chip Leaders Phil Laak — 203,000 Notable Eliminations: Alec Torelli Level Summary:
David “bakes” Baker is now in the top ten thanks to a fortunate flop that saw him sitting with a set of nines against his opponent’s pocket aces. The turn put a four-card straight on board, but that didn’t stop the money from getting in. The river harmlessly paired the board and Baker chipped up to 125,000. On the other side of the spectrum is Sam Stein, who made back-to-back WPT final tables earlier this year. He called Chau Giang’s all in with trip sevens on a Q-7-7 board, but Giang showed pocket queens to double up to 120,000, leaving Stein with a crippled 10,000 stack. The remaining players will now get set for their final level of the evening. Player Tags: Phil Laak, Chau Giang, David Baker, Sam Stein |
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Chau Giang Disappears Courtesy Of The Magician
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Yang Gets Hammered Down To Size, Then Eliminated
Elezra Gets One
Don’t Stand On The Tracks When The Orient Express Is Coming Through
Dwan Tripped Up
It’s Not Easy Being Phil
Mike Sowers Doubles Up
Antonio Esfandiari Three-Bets
Oppenheim Gets Caught
Dario Minieri Eliminated
Hawrilenko Can’t Steal It
Amnon Filippi Out
Chau Giang Eliminated
Dani Stern Eliminated
Haxton Takes Pot From Oppenheim, Then Kelly
The Grinder Gets No Action From Mizzi
Scotty Bets Forrest Out
Alioto Low Bridges Negreanu
Dwan Gets Short, Busts
Floor Ruling Costs Deeb A Little More
Binger High Fives Schulman
Lisandro Bets Out Doyle
Haxton Gets an Early Pot
Dee Luong Eliminated
Andy Bloch Eliminated in Two Parts
Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 400 ante
Dee Luong Takes out Poorya Nazari
Chau Giang started the day by passing Mike Matusow for the chip lead, but faltered a bit this level when he was passed by Corwin Cole.
Somerville and Juanda found themselves playing for it all on a board reading K
The first level of the day saw the field increase to 264 players. Registration will still be open for the next two levels, though players coming in at this point will be stuck playing with only 60 big blinds.
Despite the relatively low blinds and deep stack play, many found level 4 to be a level filled with big hands and big stacks moving up and down the leader board. The Unabomber, Phil Laak is now at the top of the chip counts, cracking the 200,000 mark. Joining him are notables such as Jason Somerville, who is parlaying his time at the featured table to a 175,000 stack.