Andre Boyer Poker Tournament Updates

$1,500 Stud - Two Hit the Rail

Jun 20, '08

Players left: 5 of 381

Chip Leaders:

Michael Rocco - 310,000
Al Barbieri - 295,000
Giacomo D'Agostino - 95,000
Levon Torosyan - 240,000
Max Troy - 160,000

Eliminations: Jeffrey Siegal (8th Place), Andre Boyer (7th Place), Danny Kalpakis (6th Place)

Big Hands and Story Lines:

Danny Kalpakis Doubles Up

Kalpakis got it all in once again on fifth street with a straight draw and a pair of jacks against Giacomo D'Agostino's pair of kings. D'Agostino failed to improve but Kalpakis came from behind to catch a ten for two pair. Kalpakis doubled to 64,000 in chips.

Jeffrey Siegal Eliminated in Eighth Place ($14,041)

Jeffrey Siegal was all in holding aces up and looking to double up. Unfortunately for him, Max Troy was rolled up with sevens to bust him in eighth place.

Andre Boyer Eliminated in Seventh Place ($16,642)

Andre Boyer battled a short stack for awhile, but finally succumbed to Al Barbieri and his trip fours. Bracelet winner Boyer was eliminated in seventh place.

Danny Kalpakis Eliminated in Sixth Place ($21,842)

Kalpakis has finally been eliminated after numerous double ups throughout the final table. This time he had the best hand with a pair of sixes, but Barbieri hit trip deuces on fifth street to end his day in sixth place.

NOTE: The players then took a 20-minute break.

Player Tags: Jeffrey Siegal,   Andre Boyer,   Maxwell Troy,   Al Barbieri,   Giacomo D'Agostino,   Dan Kalpakis

$1,500 Seven Card Stud - Level 15

Jun 19, '08

Seating assignments have been redrawn as the tournament field is down to two tables.

Ante: 700
Bring In: 1000
Limits: 3000/6000

Players Left: 16 of 381

Al Barbieri - 109,000
Andre Boyer - 93,000
Michael Rocco - 91,000
Chris McIntyre - 89,000
Levon Torosyan - 85,000
Max Troy - 67,000
Sabyl Landrum - 67,000
Jeff Siegal - 65,000
Bryan Devonshire - 61,000
Roy Rose - 53,000

Average Stack: 67,158

Eliminations: Ryan Nicholson, Stefan Rapp, Joel Fischbein, Chip Jett, Charlie Townsend.

Big Hands:

Boy Oh Boyer

Andre Boyer is picking a nice time to start catching some cards, and he's used that momentum to climb among the leaders. In one interesting hand, Boyer was up against Jeff Siegal. Siegal had raised to 6000 and Boyer reraised to 9000 while showing the A, this despite the A and A having already been mucked by others. Siegal made the call with the 6. Boyer bet out on every street to the end, finishing with A4K8. His clubs seemed to negate the hand of Siegal, who opened with 6JQ8. Siegal appeared tempted to fold on sixth street, and took his time before deciding to call again on seventh. Boyer then showed AK8 in the hole for aces-up. Siegal mucked his hand.
Boyer then busted the short-stacked Joel Fischbein a few hands later. With 3599, Boyer again bet on every street and drew calls, until Fischbein committed his final 2300 on sixth street. Boyer flipped over pocket queens for queens and nines, while Fischbein, with J825 was trying to back into a flush. It never came and Fischbein was eliminated in 19th place.

Nicholson Sent Packing

Chris McIntyre opened with 78 and picked up the 4 on fifth street. Ryan Nicholson opened with 85 and was all-in once he connected with the A on fifth street, having the A in the hole. But McIntyre had two buried hearts and added a fifth on sixth street to complete the flush and the elimination.

Townsend Takes a Hit, Then a Hike

Charlie Townsend lost a large portion of his chips in a battle with Greg Pappas. Townsend opened with potential, drawing the 10AJ3. He bet on fourth street, then check-called the rest of the way. Pappas was showing 7K92. When it came to the showdown, Pappas said, "all I have is the flush I started with," showing the 85. That was enough to scoop the pot, and Townsend was eliminated a few hands later.
 

Player Tags: Charlie Townsend,   Christopher Mcintyre,   Jeffrey Siegal,   Andre Boyer,   Gregory Pappas

$1,500 Stud - Two Hit the Rail

Jun 20, '08

Players left: 5 of 381

Chip Leaders:

Michael Rocco - 310,000
Al Barbieri - 295,000
Giacomo D'Agostino - 95,000
Levon Torosyan - 240,000
Max Troy - 160,000

Eliminations: Jeffrey Siegal (8th Place), Andre Boyer (7th Place), Danny Kalpakis (6th Place)

Big Hands and Story Lines:

Danny Kalpakis Doubles Up

Kalpakis got it all in once again on fifth street with a straight draw and a pair of jacks against Giacomo D'Agostino's pair of kings. D'Agostino failed to improve but Kalpakis came from behind to catch a ten for two pair. Kalpakis doubled to 64,000 in chips.

Jeffrey Siegal Eliminated in Eighth Place ($14,041)

Jeffrey Siegal was all in holding aces up and looking to double up. Unfortunately for him, Max Troy was rolled up with sevens to bust him in eighth place.

Andre Boyer Eliminated in Seventh Place ($16,642)

Andre Boyer battled a short stack for awhile, but finally succumbed to Al Barbieri and his trip fours. Bracelet winner Boyer was eliminated in seventh place.

Danny Kalpakis Eliminated in Sixth Place ($21,842)

Kalpakis has finally been eliminated after numerous double ups throughout the final table. This time he had the best hand with a pair of sixes, but Barbieri hit trip deuces on fifth street to end his day in sixth place.

NOTE: The players then took a 20-minute break.

Player Tags: Jeffrey Siegal,   Andre Boyer,   Maxwell Troy,   Al Barbieri,   Giacomo D'Agostino,   Dan Kalpakis

$1,500 Seven Card Stud - Level 15

Jun 19, '08

Seating assignments have been redrawn as the tournament field is down to two tables.

Ante: 700
Bring In: 1000
Limits: 3000/6000

Players Left: 16 of 381

Al Barbieri - 109,000
Andre Boyer - 93,000
Michael Rocco - 91,000
Chris McIntyre - 89,000
Levon Torosyan - 85,000
Max Troy - 67,000
Sabyl Landrum - 67,000
Jeff Siegal - 65,000
Bryan Devonshire - 61,000
Roy Rose - 53,000

Average Stack: 67,158

Eliminations: Ryan Nicholson, Stefan Rapp, Joel Fischbein, Chip Jett, Charlie Townsend.

Big Hands:

Boy Oh Boyer

Andre Boyer is picking a nice time to start catching some cards, and he's used that momentum to climb among the leaders. In one interesting hand, Boyer was up against Jeff Siegal. Siegal had raised to 6000 and Boyer reraised to 9000 while showing the A, this despite the A and A having already been mucked by others. Siegal made the call with the 6. Boyer bet out on every street to the end, finishing with A4K8. His clubs seemed to negate the hand of Siegal, who opened with 6JQ8. Siegal appeared tempted to fold on sixth street, and took his time before deciding to call again on seventh. Boyer then showed AK8 in the hole for aces-up. Siegal mucked his hand.
Boyer then busted the short-stacked Joel Fischbein a few hands later. With 3599, Boyer again bet on every street and drew calls, until Fischbein committed his final 2300 on sixth street. Boyer flipped over pocket queens for queens and nines, while Fischbein, with J825 was trying to back into a flush. It never came and Fischbein was eliminated in 19th place.

Nicholson Sent Packing

Chris McIntyre opened with 78 and picked up the 4 on fifth street. Ryan Nicholson opened with 85 and was all-in once he connected with the A on fifth street, having the A in the hole. But McIntyre had two buried hearts and added a fifth on sixth street to complete the flush and the elimination.

Townsend Takes a Hit, Then a Hike

Charlie Townsend lost a large portion of his chips in a battle with Greg Pappas. Townsend opened with potential, drawing the 10AJ3. He bet on fourth street, then check-called the rest of the way. Pappas was showing 7K92. When it came to the showdown, Pappas said, "all I have is the flush I started with," showing the 85. That was enough to scoop the pot, and Townsend was eliminated a few hands later.
 

Player Tags: Charlie Townsend,   Christopher Mcintyre,   Jeffrey Siegal,   Andre Boyer,   Gregory Pappas

NLHE 1,500 - Day 2 - Level 10

Jun 02, '08

Blinds/Antes: 600-1200 with a 100 ante moving to 800-1,600 with a 200 ante

Players Left: 314 of 3,929

Chip Leaders:

Ryan D'Angelo: 194,500
Pat White: 183,000
Parimal Parmar: 144,000
Paul Lee 115,000
Allan Puzontyan: 111,400
David Robertson: 109,100
David Bach: 105,000
Michael Ium: 104,000
Frank Sinopoli: 103,900
John Phan: 98,000

Average Stack: 39,687

Eliminations: David Singer

Big Hands

Gregorich Doubles Up With Big Slick

All in preflop for 8,500. Mark Gregorich was called by one player.. Gregorich flipped AK. His opponent had A4 and was dominated. The board offered no help. Gregorich doubled up and moved his stack to about 18,000.

Lieberman Doubles Up

Peter Lieberman went all in for 13,700 preflop. He was called by Andre Boyer. Lieberman had AK. Boyer flipped  KK. The A hit on the flop and Lieberman doubled up to about 30,000.

John Carlson Takes A Huge Pot

Pat White raised to 4,000 from late position. John Carlson reraised to 10,000 from the big blind. White called. The flop was 1053. Carlson went all in for 71,000 and was called by White. Carlson showed AA while White mucked pocket kings. Carlson now has around 150,000 and is among the chip leaders.

Player Tags: Mark Gregorich,   Andre Boyer,   Peter Lieberman,   Pat White,   John Carlson

Level 9 Recap Part 1

Jul 10, '07

Unbelievable The Best Hand Won

Holding J 6 Huck Seed got all of his remaining chips in the pot on a flop of 7 6 2 against his opponent’s 10-10.  The turn was a blank, but the river was the J, and Seed doubled up.  As Seed raked in the pot his opponent shook his head in disbelief, and said, “Unreal.”  Seed then responded, “I know it’s unbelievable the best hand won”  His opponent looked at him quizzically, and then it was explained to him how on the flop, despite being behind, Seed’s hand was the slight favorite.

French Connection

In such a internationally diverse field its remarkable when notable players with the same heritage get to play together in such a large tournament.  At one table in particular, bracelet winners Bruno Fitoussi and Andre Boyer sandwich PokerStars online qualifier Patrice McClean.  All of these players are French, but I think its safe to say like everyone else in this tournament, they will step over anyone to get to the $8.25 million at the end of the rainbow.

Oh Shirley

Shirley Williams found herself in quite a bit of trouble after she raised from the cutoff to $5,000.  The player in Seat 5 reraised to $15,000 from the small blind, Williams reraised to $40,000, and Seat 5 pushed all in for a few thousand more.  Seat 5 flipped over A A, and Williams looked crestfallen as she turned over A K.  She announced, “I need runner-runner-runner-runner clubs” She got half of that on the J 7 7 flop, but the turn and river were the 5 and 7, and Williams was crippled.

Ng Out

 
Evelyn Ng was eliminated after she pushed all in over Matt Sterling’s preflop raise with pocket nines.  Sterling, however, had pocket Aces, and with an Ace on the flop it was all over for Ng.

Dropping Like Flies

 
Tournament Director Jack Effel has announced that since the eliminations are ramping up so quickly, there is a possibility play may stop early today.  There are approximately 590 players left now with an hour left in the 9^th level.  If the number of players is in the 375 range at the end of the 10^th level, play will stop there.  We’ll have to just wait and see.

Player Tags: Evelyn Ng,   Huck Seed,   Bruno Fitoussi,   Andre Boyer,   Shirley Williams,   Pat Mclean