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| Jul 15, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 10 | + |
Level 24, Hour One: Theo Tran Triples Up, But Busts LaterJul 15, '10 Note: Players have gone on a 90-minute dinner break and will return at 8:30 p.m. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 103 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 2,131,747 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 2,300,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Michael Mizrachi – 5,650,000 Notable Eliminations: 105. Theo Tran — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands:
Jimmy Tran was all in preflop against Todd Witteles. Tran tabled Q The flop fell A Witteles took the pot and he was at 1 million in chips. Jarvis Busts Nadal Jose Nadal moved all in preflop against Matthew Jarvis. Nadal tabled A The flop fell K
Theo Tran and Benjamin Straate were both all in preflop and Robert Pisano decided to put them both at risk. Here were the hands: Tran: A Straate was ahead but Tran was racing against him. The flop was 6 Tran would bust out later in the level. Bardah Takes One Down Ronnie Bardah raised to 80,000 preflop and Gabriel Alarie made the call from the small blind. The two players saw the flop come down K The turn was the 7
Picking up the action on the turn, the board read Q Beckman: 8 Beckman hit two pair but Schnayder turned the straight. The river was the 6 Kenney Gets Caught Picking up the action on the flop of 5 The turn was the J
Michael Mizrachi raised to 80,000 from the hijack and Matthew Schreiber moved in for 374,000 from the big blind. Mizrachi made the call and Schreiber was officially at risk. Schreiber: A Mizrachi had two live cards and the flop gave him the lead when it fell 10 Card Player TV Card Player TV Talks To The Grinder Player Tags: Jimmy Tran, Michael Mizrachi, Todd Witteles, Garrett Beckman, Theo Tran, Matthew Berkey, Bryn Kenney, Ben Straate, Robert Pisano, Jose Nadal, Evgeny Shnayder Level 22, Hour Two: Theo Tran Doubles UpJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 134 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,638,582 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,305,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,500,000 Notable Eliminations: 140. Phil Galfond — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands:
Robert Pisano raised to 40,000 preflop and Theo Tran moved all in for 155,000. Pisano made the call and the cards were turned over. Tran: A The classic race was on and the flop fell J Savage Eliminated Matthew Schreiber raised from the button and Craig Savage moved in for 375,000. Schreiber made the call and turned over A Baldwin Needs No Flop Breeze Zuckerman raised to 61,000 and Eric Baldwin raised to 300,000 from the small blind. Zuckerman mucked her hand, flashing the A
Picking up the action after the turn, the board read J Lodden bet 300,000 and Eriquezzo looked him up one last time. Lodden turned over A Lodden scored the pot and he was at 2.6 million while Eriquezzo was at 945,000. Rainey Betters Affleck Nicholas Rainey raised to 47,000 and Matt Affleck made the call from the big blind. The flop fell J Affleck called and the river was the K
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read K The turn was the K Mizrachi’s aggression gave him the pot and he was up to 5.35 million. Brikis Knocks Out Pellegrino Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q Brikis: 9 Brikis flopped a set to better Pellegrino’s top pair. The board finished off Q
Phil Galfond made it 48,000 to go from under the gun. Josue Sauvageau made it 128,000 and the action came back around to Galfond. Galfond then took a long tank session, resulting in the clock getting called on him. He decided to move all in and Sauvageau snapped it off. Galfond: 6 Galfond was in deep trouble and the board ran out K Card Player TV Day 6 Of The Main Event Gets Underway Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi, Phil Galfond, Theo Tran, Eric Baldwin, Johnny Lodden, Nick Rainey, Matt Affleck, Josh Brikis, Bryan Pellegrino Level 22, Hour One: Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up, Johnny Chan EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 154 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,425,779 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,600,000 Notable Eliminations: 156. Johnny Chan — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands:
Robert Mizrachi moved all in for 239,000 from the big blind and he was called by Robert Pisando from the small blind. Here were their cards. Mizrachi: A Mizrachi was dominating and the flop left him freerolling when it fell K Chamberlain Surrenders The Double Daniel Chamberlain raised to 44,000 from the cutoff and Gabriel Nassif moved in for 456,000 from the button. Chamberlain looked him up and the cards were turned over. Chamberlain: A Chamberlain was dominated and needed some help with a nine or some spades. The flop board ran out with all black cards, but they were the wrong suit for Chamberlain as it ran Q
Picking up the action after the board had run out 7 Mozheng Guan made the call and turned over 7 Guan was up to 1.4 million while Kostritsyn slipped to 2.4 million. Bracy Gets Jacked Up Tony Bracy moved all in for 97,000 preflop and Redmond Lee decided to raise to 200,000. The isolation play worked as everyone else mucked and the hands were turned over. Bracy: 6 Lee was dominating and the flop fell Q
Johnny Lodden raised to 50,000 from late position and Denis Pisarev made the call from the button. The flop fell A Pisarev fired 65,000 and Lodden made the call. The turn was the 2 Lodden took down a nice pot and he was at 2 million in chips. Affleck And Harder Tangle Matt Affleck raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button next door. The two saw a flop of 9 Harder made the call and the turn was the A Affleck took the pot and he was at 3.1 million. Harder slipped to 1.11 million.
Jameson Singer moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Derek Gibb decided to look him up. Here were their cards: Singer: 7 Singer had two live cards but they were as good as dead when the flop fell A The meaningless river was the 4 Jorgensen With The Knockout Diogo Borges was all in for 520,000 preflop against Theo Jorgensen preflop. Here were their cards. Jorgensen: A Borges was dominated and the board ran out A
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000 and Bryn Kenney made the call to put him at risk. Kenney: K Kenney flopped top pair but was up against the pocket aces of his opponent. But the turn was the Q Binette Goes Boom Francois Binette and Michal Wywrot each put in three-bets before they saw a J Wywrot fired 162,000 and Binette shoved for 750,000. Wywrot made the call and he turned over A But the turn was the Q
Jonathan Driscoll raised it up to 44,000 from the hijack and Theo Tran made the call from the big blind. He then turned over his A-5, thinking he was all in. The floor was called and Tran’s hand was ruled live. The flop then came down A However, since Tran exposed his hand, he was given a one-round penalty. Siegel Eliminated Jordan Siegel moved all in for 268,000 and he was looked up by Jared Ingles in the hijack. Siegel turned over A The board ran out K
Evan Lamprea raised from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in another raise from the button. Lamprea moved enough chips into the middle to put Benyamine all in and he made the call. Benyamine: K Benyamine was dominating and the flop fell Q The river was the Q Levy Drops A Pot Gualter Salles raised to 50,000 preflop and Adam Levy made it 142,000 to go from the small blind. Salles called and the flop fell A Salles fired 100,000 and Levy made the call. The turn was the 10
Johnny Chan and pocket aces did not get along today. He lost a huge pot when he ran his kings into Robert Pisano’s aces during the first level and had a similar situation when he busted out. Chan open-shoved for 550,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Driscoll snapped him off from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over. Chan: J Chan fell victim to the aces again and the board ran out 7
Duy Le raised to 40,000 preflop and Getty Mattingsley popped it to 105,000. Mizrachi made the call from the small blind and Le also tagged along. The flop fell 10 Le bet 500,000 this time and Mattigsley fled. Mizrachi decided to look him up after a session in the tank and Le tabled J Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, David Benyamine, Michael Mizrachi, Johnny Chan, Jordan Siegel, Gabriel Nassif, Theo Tran, Duy Le, Johnny Lodden, Bryn Kenney, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Robert Pisano, Mozheng Guan, Daniel Chamberlain Level 18 Hour Two Update: Ng and Cantu Sent to the RailJul 14, '10 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Martijn Schirp – 2,250,000 Evelyn Ng
Action Folded around to Evelyn Ng in the small blind who made it 21,000 and Mark Gallagher called from the big blind. The two saw a flop 9 Ng showed A Theo Tran Finds Aces to Double Theo Tran and Alan Keating each got over 300,000 chips into the middle preflop and Tran was at risk of elimination. Tran showed A The board ran out clean for Tran as it came J
Brandon Cantu was down to his last 60,000 after a showdown with his 10-8 against a shorter stacks pocket deuces crippled him. He moved his last 60,000 into the middle before the flop and Javier Martinez called from the big blind. Cantu tabled 7 Filippo Takes Some Off Galfond Phil Galfond, Eric Capra, and Filippo Candio all saw a flop and got to the turn with no betting. The board read Q The 2 Jason Somerville Eliminated Jason Somerville got all of his remaining 300,000 chips in the middle on a flop of J Somerville showed K Scott Clements Drops a Pot We caught up with the active on the river with the board reading K Tony Dunst Eliminates a Player Tony Dunst raised in late position with the Q
On a flop of J Tony Dunst Wins a Pot Matt Affleck bet 18,000 from the cutoff. Tony Dunst called from the button and so did another player from the blinds. The flop came J Billirakis Knocks Out Three Bernard Lee moved all-in for 64,000 and was called by Steve Billirakis. Steven Harstein then re-shoved all-in for 131,000 and Feming Chan was in the small blind and decided to move all-in for 350,000. Action was back to Billirakis and he opted to call, putting all three other players at risk. Lee: A The flop came A Player Tags: Evelyn Ng, Johnny Chan, Jason Somerville, Phil Galfond, Theo Tran, Brandon Cantu, Tony Dunst, Matt Affleck Level 13 Hour Two Update: Boatman Ousted, Greenstein DoublesJul 13, '10 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante
On one of the first hands of the day, Barny Boatman moved all in for 54,800 after the flop had come down 8 It worked as the other player mucked and Wutke tabled 9 The turn and river each added a queen to the board, bricking out for Boatman and he was eliminated early on. Shorr-line Drive Picking up the action after the board had run out 3 Shannon Shorr was putting him at risk with pocket jacks and they held up against the ace-king of the all in player. Shorr scored the knockout and he was at 431,500.
Picking up the action after the flop came down Q The turn was the K Duke mucked as her opponent showed A Schoenberg Folds to Aggression The player under-the-gun raised to 7,500 and the player in the cutoff made the call. Erica Schoenberg was in the small blind and decided to make it an additional 16,000. The under-the-gun player called and the cutoff tanked for two minutes before making the fold. The flop came 9 After just a few seconds, her opponent made it 65,500, which essentially put Schoenberg to a decision for her stack. Schoenberg took a few minutes before letting her hand go and she dropped to 70,000 in chips.
Barry Greenstein got all-in preflop and was a huge favorite for his tournament life. Greenstein showed Q The turn was the 9 South’s Stack Moves South Cole South raised to 5,500 and called a three-bet to 17,500 from the player on the button. The flop came Q South showed pocket nines, but his opponent got there on the river when he showed the J Cunningham Gets Rockets to Double Allen Cunningham scored a double up when he got all-in preflop with A The board ran out 10 Savage Eliminated Vitaly Lunkin raised to 6,000 under-the-gun and Matt Savage moved all-in for his last 35,000. It folded to David Frazee on the button who moved all-in over the top and had Lunkin covered. Lunkin went deep into the tank for quite a while. Eventually, after double checking his cards, he tossed his hand into the muck. Frazee and Savage went to showdown and Savage didn’t like what he saw. Savage had A
Picking up the action on the turn, the board read J Barry Shulman threw in the call and the river was the Q Seat 3 tabled J Tran Takes One Down After the board ran out A His opponent in seat 1 thought it over but then threw his hand in the muck, surrendering the pot to Tran. Tran added to his stack with the win and he was at 195,000. Player Tags: Annie Duke, Barry Greenstein, Allen Cunningham, Barry Shulman, Barny Boatman, Shannon Shorr, Theo Tran, Erica Schoenberg, Cole South Level 12, Hour Two: Eugene Katchalov EliminatedJul 12, '10 Blinds: 1,000-2,000 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 1,395 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 157,398 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 243,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Johnny Chan – 635,000 Notable Eliminations: Eugene Katchalov Big Hands: Amit Makhilja Doubles Up Opponent Action was folded to Amit Makhilja. He bet 5,000 from late position. A player riding the short stack moved all in for 17,000. Makhija made the call the call when action was back to him. He exposed the Q
Eugene Katchalov was all in for 11,300 with the A Hoyt Corkins Doing Well With 25,000 in the middle on a board of A
Picking up the action after the turn, the board read 8 The river then brought the A Seat 5 tabled A Theo Tran Takes One Theo Tran raised to 5,000 preflop and the player in seat 6 made the call. The flop came down J Tran fired 6,500 and his opponent quickly released. Tran took down the small pot and he was at 106,000. Baldwin Steps Away This Time Eric Baldwin raised to 5,000 preflop and seat 1 made the call. The flop then came 8 His opponent then shoved for 75,700 and Baldwin began to think it over. “Kings again?” he asked. “That’s what you had last time.” Baldwin eventually mucked but he was still around 390,000. Mizrachi Forced Out Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 8 Michael Mizrachi fired 8,500 and his opponent in seat 8 repopped to 32,000 with the ESPN cameras watching. Mizrachi tanked but eventually released his hand and surrendered the pot. He was down to 108,000.
Robert Mizrachi raised to 5,000 preflop and the player in seat 9 made the call. Lauren Kling did the same from the big blind. The three players then saw a flop of J Kling tabled 10 The turn was the 8 Farha Takes One Without Showdown A player in the hijack raised to 5,500 and Sammy Farha called from the cutoff. The two saw a flop of J Both players checked the 10
On a flop of J The turn was the 7 “Did you have tens?” asked Chan. “I had a big hand.” He’s up to 635,000 and seems to be running over his table. Kassela’s Queens Go Down In Spades Frank Kassela bet out 10,500 on a flop of 2 The turn was the 9 His opponent turned up A Shannon Shorr Doubles Up On a board of 9 Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi, Eugene Katchalov, Phil Galfond, Shannon Shorr, Theo Tran, Amit Makhija, Lauren Kling |
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| Jul 14, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 9 | + |
Level 24, Hour One: Theo Tran Triples Up, But Busts LaterJul 15, '10 Note: Players have gone on a 90-minute dinner break and will return at 8:30 p.m. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 103 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 2,131,747 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 2,300,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Michael Mizrachi – 5,650,000 Notable Eliminations: 105. Theo Tran — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands:
Jimmy Tran was all in preflop against Todd Witteles. Tran tabled Q The flop fell A Witteles took the pot and he was at 1 million in chips. Jarvis Busts Nadal Jose Nadal moved all in preflop against Matthew Jarvis. Nadal tabled A The flop fell K
Theo Tran and Benjamin Straate were both all in preflop and Robert Pisano decided to put them both at risk. Here were the hands: Tran: A Straate was ahead but Tran was racing against him. The flop was 6 Tran would bust out later in the level. Bardah Takes One Down Ronnie Bardah raised to 80,000 preflop and Gabriel Alarie made the call from the small blind. The two players saw the flop come down K The turn was the 7
Picking up the action on the turn, the board read Q Beckman: 8 Beckman hit two pair but Schnayder turned the straight. The river was the 6 Kenney Gets Caught Picking up the action on the flop of 5 The turn was the J
Michael Mizrachi raised to 80,000 from the hijack and Matthew Schreiber moved in for 374,000 from the big blind. Mizrachi made the call and Schreiber was officially at risk. Schreiber: A Mizrachi had two live cards and the flop gave him the lead when it fell 10 Card Player TV Card Player TV Talks To The Grinder Player Tags: Jimmy Tran, Michael Mizrachi, Todd Witteles, Garrett Beckman, Theo Tran, Matthew Berkey, Bryn Kenney, Ben Straate, Robert Pisano, Jose Nadal, Evgeny Shnayder Level 22, Hour Two: Theo Tran Doubles UpJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 134 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,638,582 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,305,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,500,000 Notable Eliminations: 140. Phil Galfond — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands:
Robert Pisano raised to 40,000 preflop and Theo Tran moved all in for 155,000. Pisano made the call and the cards were turned over. Tran: A The classic race was on and the flop fell J Savage Eliminated Matthew Schreiber raised from the button and Craig Savage moved in for 375,000. Schreiber made the call and turned over A Baldwin Needs No Flop Breeze Zuckerman raised to 61,000 and Eric Baldwin raised to 300,000 from the small blind. Zuckerman mucked her hand, flashing the A
Picking up the action after the turn, the board read J Lodden bet 300,000 and Eriquezzo looked him up one last time. Lodden turned over A Lodden scored the pot and he was at 2.6 million while Eriquezzo was at 945,000. Rainey Betters Affleck Nicholas Rainey raised to 47,000 and Matt Affleck made the call from the big blind. The flop fell J Affleck called and the river was the K
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read K The turn was the K Mizrachi’s aggression gave him the pot and he was up to 5.35 million. Brikis Knocks Out Pellegrino Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q Brikis: 9 Brikis flopped a set to better Pellegrino’s top pair. The board finished off Q
Phil Galfond made it 48,000 to go from under the gun. Josue Sauvageau made it 128,000 and the action came back around to Galfond. Galfond then took a long tank session, resulting in the clock getting called on him. He decided to move all in and Sauvageau snapped it off. Galfond: 6 Galfond was in deep trouble and the board ran out K Card Player TV Day 6 Of The Main Event Gets Underway Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi, Phil Galfond, Theo Tran, Eric Baldwin, Johnny Lodden, Nick Rainey, Matt Affleck, Josh Brikis, Bryan Pellegrino Level 22, Hour One: Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up, Johnny Chan EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 154 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,425,779 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,600,000 Notable Eliminations: 156. Johnny Chan — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands:
Robert Mizrachi moved all in for 239,000 from the big blind and he was called by Robert Pisando from the small blind. Here were their cards. Mizrachi: A Mizrachi was dominating and the flop left him freerolling when it fell K Chamberlain Surrenders The Double Daniel Chamberlain raised to 44,000 from the cutoff and Gabriel Nassif moved in for 456,000 from the button. Chamberlain looked him up and the cards were turned over. Chamberlain: A Chamberlain was dominated and needed some help with a nine or some spades. The flop board ran out with all black cards, but they were the wrong suit for Chamberlain as it ran Q
Picking up the action after the board had run out 7 Mozheng Guan made the call and turned over 7 Guan was up to 1.4 million while Kostritsyn slipped to 2.4 million. Bracy Gets Jacked Up Tony Bracy moved all in for 97,000 preflop and Redmond Lee decided to raise to 200,000. The isolation play worked as everyone else mucked and the hands were turned over. Bracy: 6 Lee was dominating and the flop fell Q
Johnny Lodden raised to 50,000 from late position and Denis Pisarev made the call from the button. The flop fell A Pisarev fired 65,000 and Lodden made the call. The turn was the 2 Lodden took down a nice pot and he was at 2 million in chips. Affleck And Harder Tangle Matt Affleck raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button next door. The two saw a flop of 9 Harder made the call and the turn was the A Affleck took the pot and he was at 3.1 million. Harder slipped to 1.11 million.
Jameson Singer moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Derek Gibb decided to look him up. Here were their cards: Singer: 7 Singer had two live cards but they were as good as dead when the flop fell A The meaningless river was the 4 Jorgensen With The Knockout Diogo Borges was all in for 520,000 preflop against Theo Jorgensen preflop. Here were their cards. Jorgensen: A Borges was dominated and the board ran out A
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000 and Bryn Kenney made the call to put him at risk. Kenney: K Kenney flopped top pair but was up against the pocket aces of his opponent. But the turn was the Q Binette Goes Boom Francois Binette and Michal Wywrot each put in three-bets before they saw a J Wywrot fired 162,000 and Binette shoved for 750,000. Wywrot made the call and he turned over A But the turn was the Q
Jonathan Driscoll raised it up to 44,000 from the hijack and Theo Tran made the call from the big blind. He then turned over his A-5, thinking he was all in. The floor was called and Tran’s hand was ruled live. The flop then came down A However, since Tran exposed his hand, he was given a one-round penalty. Siegel Eliminated Jordan Siegel moved all in for 268,000 and he was looked up by Jared Ingles in the hijack. Siegel turned over A The board ran out K
Evan Lamprea raised from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in another raise from the button. Lamprea moved enough chips into the middle to put Benyamine all in and he made the call. Benyamine: K Benyamine was dominating and the flop fell Q The river was the Q Levy Drops A Pot Gualter Salles raised to 50,000 preflop and Adam Levy made it 142,000 to go from the small blind. Salles called and the flop fell A Salles fired 100,000 and Levy made the call. The turn was the 10
Johnny Chan and pocket aces did not get along today. He lost a huge pot when he ran his kings into Robert Pisano’s aces during the first level and had a similar situation when he busted out. Chan open-shoved for 550,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Driscoll snapped him off from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over. Chan: J Chan fell victim to the aces again and the board ran out 7
Duy Le raised to 40,000 preflop and Getty Mattingsley popped it to 105,000. Mizrachi made the call from the small blind and Le also tagged along. The flop fell 10 Le bet 500,000 this time and Mattigsley fled. Mizrachi decided to look him up after a session in the tank and Le tabled J Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, David Benyamine, Michael Mizrachi, Johnny Chan, Jordan Siegel, Gabriel Nassif, Theo Tran, Duy Le, Johnny Lodden, Bryn Kenney, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Robert Pisano, Mozheng Guan, Daniel Chamberlain Level 18 Hour Two Update: Ng and Cantu Sent to the RailJul 14, '10 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Martijn Schirp – 2,250,000 Evelyn Ng
Action Folded around to Evelyn Ng in the small blind who made it 21,000 and Mark Gallagher called from the big blind. The two saw a flop 9 Ng showed A Theo Tran Finds Aces to Double Theo Tran and Alan Keating each got over 300,000 chips into the middle preflop and Tran was at risk of elimination. Tran showed A The board ran out clean for Tran as it came J
Brandon Cantu was down to his last 60,000 after a showdown with his 10-8 against a shorter stacks pocket deuces crippled him. He moved his last 60,000 into the middle before the flop and Javier Martinez called from the big blind. Cantu tabled 7 Filippo Takes Some Off Galfond Phil Galfond, Eric Capra, and Filippo Candio all saw a flop and got to the turn with no betting. The board read Q The 2 Jason Somerville Eliminated Jason Somerville got all of his remaining 300,000 chips in the middle on a flop of J Somerville showed K Scott Clements Drops a Pot We caught up with the active on the river with the board reading K Tony Dunst Eliminates a Player Tony Dunst raised in late position with the Q
On a flop of J Tony Dunst Wins a Pot Matt Affleck bet 18,000 from the cutoff. Tony Dunst called from the button and so did another player from the blinds. The flop came J Billirakis Knocks Out Three Bernard Lee moved all-in for 64,000 and was called by Steve Billirakis. Steven Harstein then re-shoved all-in for 131,000 and Feming Chan was in the small blind and decided to move all-in for 350,000. Action was back to Billirakis and he opted to call, putting all three other players at risk. Lee: A The flop came A Player Tags: Evelyn Ng, Johnny Chan, Jason Somerville, Phil Galfond, Theo Tran, Brandon Cantu, Tony Dunst, Matt Affleck Level 13 Hour Two Update: Boatman Ousted, Greenstein DoublesJul 13, '10 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante
On one of the first hands of the day, Barny Boatman moved all in for 54,800 after the flop had come down 8 It worked as the other player mucked and Wutke tabled 9 The turn and river each added a queen to the board, bricking out for Boatman and he was eliminated early on. Shorr-line Drive Picking up the action after the board had run out 3 Shannon Shorr was putting him at risk with pocket jacks and they held up against the ace-king of the all in player. Shorr scored the knockout and he was at 431,500.
Picking up the action after the flop came down Q The turn was the K Duke mucked as her opponent showed A Schoenberg Folds to Aggression The player under-the-gun raised to 7,500 and the player in the cutoff made the call. Erica Schoenberg was in the small blind and decided to make it an additional 16,000. The under-the-gun player called and the cutoff tanked for two minutes before making the fold. The flop came 9 After just a few seconds, her opponent made it 65,500, which essentially put Schoenberg to a decision for her stack. Schoenberg took a few minutes before letting her hand go and she dropped to 70,000 in chips.
Barry Greenstein got all-in preflop and was a huge favorite for his tournament life. Greenstein showed Q The turn was the 9 South’s Stack Moves South Cole South raised to 5,500 and called a three-bet to 17,500 from the player on the button. The flop came Q South showed pocket nines, but his opponent got there on the river when he showed the J Cunningham Gets Rockets to Double Allen Cunningham scored a double up when he got all-in preflop with A The board ran out 10 Savage Eliminated Vitaly Lunkin raised to 6,000 under-the-gun and Matt Savage moved all-in for his last 35,000. It folded to David Frazee on the button who moved all-in over the top and had Lunkin covered. Lunkin went deep into the tank for quite a while. Eventually, after double checking his cards, he tossed his hand into the muck. Frazee and Savage went to showdown and Savage didn’t like what he saw. Savage had A
Picking up the action on the turn, the board read J Barry Shulman threw in the call and the river was the Q Seat 3 tabled J Tran Takes One Down After the board ran out A His opponent in seat 1 thought it over but then threw his hand in the muck, surrendering the pot to Tran. Tran added to his stack with the win and he was at 195,000. Player Tags: Annie Duke, Barry Greenstein, Allen Cunningham, Barry Shulman, Barny Boatman, Shannon Shorr, Theo Tran, Erica Schoenberg, Cole South Level 12, Hour Two: Eugene Katchalov EliminatedJul 12, '10 Blinds: 1,000-2,000 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 1,395 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 157,398 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 243,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Johnny Chan – 635,000 Notable Eliminations: Eugene Katchalov Big Hands: Amit Makhilja Doubles Up Opponent Action was folded to Amit Makhilja. He bet 5,000 from late position. A player riding the short stack moved all in for 17,000. Makhija made the call the call when action was back to him. He exposed the Q
Eugene Katchalov was all in for 11,300 with the A Hoyt Corkins Doing Well With 25,000 in the middle on a board of A
Picking up the action after the turn, the board read 8 The river then brought the A Seat 5 tabled A Theo Tran Takes One Theo Tran raised to 5,000 preflop and the player in seat 6 made the call. The flop came down J Tran fired 6,500 and his opponent quickly released. Tran took down the small pot and he was at 106,000. Baldwin Steps Away This Time Eric Baldwin raised to 5,000 preflop and seat 1 made the call. The flop then came 8 His opponent then shoved for 75,700 and Baldwin began to think it over. “Kings again?” he asked. “That’s what you had last time.” Baldwin eventually mucked but he was still around 390,000. Mizrachi Forced Out Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 8 Michael Mizrachi fired 8,500 and his opponent in seat 8 repopped to 32,000 with the ESPN cameras watching. Mizrachi tanked but eventually released his hand and surrendered the pot. He was down to 108,000.
Robert Mizrachi raised to 5,000 preflop and the player in seat 9 made the call. Lauren Kling did the same from the big blind. The three players then saw a flop of J Kling tabled 10 The turn was the 8 Farha Takes One Without Showdown A player in the hijack raised to 5,500 and Sammy Farha called from the cutoff. The two saw a flop of J Both players checked the 10
On a flop of J The turn was the 7 “Did you have tens?” asked Chan. “I had a big hand.” He’s up to 635,000 and seems to be running over his table. Kassela’s Queens Go Down In Spades Frank Kassela bet out 10,500 on a flop of 2 The turn was the 9 His opponent turned up A Shannon Shorr Doubles Up On a board of 9 Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi, Eugene Katchalov, Phil Galfond, Shannon Shorr, Theo Tran, Amit Makhija, Lauren Kling |
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| Jul 13, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 8 | + |
Level 24, Hour One: Theo Tran Triples Up, But Busts LaterJul 15, '10 Note: Players have gone on a 90-minute dinner break and will return at 8:30 p.m. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 103 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 2,131,747 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 2,300,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Michael Mizrachi – 5,650,000 Notable Eliminations: 105. Theo Tran — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands:
Jimmy Tran was all in preflop against Todd Witteles. Tran tabled Q The flop fell A Witteles took the pot and he was at 1 million in chips. Jarvis Busts Nadal Jose Nadal moved all in preflop against Matthew Jarvis. Nadal tabled A The flop fell K
Theo Tran and Benjamin Straate were both all in preflop and Robert Pisano decided to put them both at risk. Here were the hands: Tran: A Straate was ahead but Tran was racing against him. The flop was 6 Tran would bust out later in the level. Bardah Takes One Down Ronnie Bardah raised to 80,000 preflop and Gabriel Alarie made the call from the small blind. The two players saw the flop come down K The turn was the 7
Picking up the action on the turn, the board read Q Beckman: 8 Beckman hit two pair but Schnayder turned the straight. The river was the 6 Kenney Gets Caught Picking up the action on the flop of 5 The turn was the J
Michael Mizrachi raised to 80,000 from the hijack and Matthew Schreiber moved in for 374,000 from the big blind. Mizrachi made the call and Schreiber was officially at risk. Schreiber: A Mizrachi had two live cards and the flop gave him the lead when it fell 10 Card Player TV Card Player TV Talks To The Grinder Player Tags: Jimmy Tran, Michael Mizrachi, Todd Witteles, Garrett Beckman, Theo Tran, Matthew Berkey, Bryn Kenney, Ben Straate, Robert Pisano, Jose Nadal, Evgeny Shnayder Level 22, Hour Two: Theo Tran Doubles UpJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 134 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,638,582 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,305,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,500,000 Notable Eliminations: 140. Phil Galfond — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands:
Robert Pisano raised to 40,000 preflop and Theo Tran moved all in for 155,000. Pisano made the call and the cards were turned over. Tran: A The classic race was on and the flop fell J Savage Eliminated Matthew Schreiber raised from the button and Craig Savage moved in for 375,000. Schreiber made the call and turned over A Baldwin Needs No Flop Breeze Zuckerman raised to 61,000 and Eric Baldwin raised to 300,000 from the small blind. Zuckerman mucked her hand, flashing the A
Picking up the action after the turn, the board read J Lodden bet 300,000 and Eriquezzo looked him up one last time. Lodden turned over A Lodden scored the pot and he was at 2.6 million while Eriquezzo was at 945,000. Rainey Betters Affleck Nicholas Rainey raised to 47,000 and Matt Affleck made the call from the big blind. The flop fell J Affleck called and the river was the K
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read K The turn was the K Mizrachi’s aggression gave him the pot and he was up to 5.35 million. Brikis Knocks Out Pellegrino Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q Brikis: 9 Brikis flopped a set to better Pellegrino’s top pair. The board finished off Q
Phil Galfond made it 48,000 to go from under the gun. Josue Sauvageau made it 128,000 and the action came back around to Galfond. Galfond then took a long tank session, resulting in the clock getting called on him. He decided to move all in and Sauvageau snapped it off. Galfond: 6 Galfond was in deep trouble and the board ran out K Card Player TV Day 6 Of The Main Event Gets Underway Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi, Phil Galfond, Theo Tran, Eric Baldwin, Johnny Lodden, Nick Rainey, Matt Affleck, Josh Brikis, Bryan Pellegrino Level 22, Hour One: Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up, Johnny Chan EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 154 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,425,779 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,600,000 Notable Eliminations: 156. Johnny Chan — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands:
Robert Mizrachi moved all in for 239,000 from the big blind and he was called by Robert Pisando from the small blind. Here were their cards. Mizrachi: A Mizrachi was dominating and the flop left him freerolling when it fell K Chamberlain Surrenders The Double Daniel Chamberlain raised to 44,000 from the cutoff and Gabriel Nassif moved in for 456,000 from the button. Chamberlain looked him up and the cards were turned over. Chamberlain: A Chamberlain was dominated and needed some help with a nine or some spades. The flop board ran out with all black cards, but they were the wrong suit for Chamberlain as it ran Q
Picking up the action after the board had run out 7 Mozheng Guan made the call and turned over 7 Guan was up to 1.4 million while Kostritsyn slipped to 2.4 million. Bracy Gets Jacked Up Tony Bracy moved all in for 97,000 preflop and Redmond Lee decided to raise to 200,000. The isolation play worked as everyone else mucked and the hands were turned over. Bracy: 6 Lee was dominating and the flop fell Q
Johnny Lodden raised to 50,000 from late position and Denis Pisarev made the call from the button. The flop fell A Pisarev fired 65,000 and Lodden made the call. The turn was the 2 Lodden took down a nice pot and he was at 2 million in chips. Affleck And Harder Tangle Matt Affleck raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button next door. The two saw a flop of 9 Harder made the call and the turn was the A Affleck took the pot and he was at 3.1 million. Harder slipped to 1.11 million.
Jameson Singer moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Derek Gibb decided to look him up. Here were their cards: Singer: 7 Singer had two live cards but they were as good as dead when the flop fell A The meaningless river was the 4 Jorgensen With The Knockout Diogo Borges was all in for 520,000 preflop against Theo Jorgensen preflop. Here were their cards. Jorgensen: A Borges was dominated and the board ran out A
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000 and Bryn Kenney made the call to put him at risk. Kenney: K Kenney flopped top pair but was up against the pocket aces of his opponent. But the turn was the Q Binette Goes Boom Francois Binette and Michal Wywrot each put in three-bets before they saw a J Wywrot fired 162,000 and Binette shoved for 750,000. Wywrot made the call and he turned over A But the turn was the Q
Jonathan Driscoll raised it up to 44,000 from the hijack and Theo Tran made the call from the big blind. He then turned over his A-5, thinking he was all in. The floor was called and Tran’s hand was ruled live. The flop then came down A However, since Tran exposed his hand, he was given a one-round penalty. Siegel Eliminated Jordan Siegel moved all in for 268,000 and he was looked up by Jared Ingles in the hijack. Siegel turned over A The board ran out K
Evan Lamprea raised from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in another raise from the button. Lamprea moved enough chips into the middle to put Benyamine all in and he made the call. Benyamine: K Benyamine was dominating and the flop fell Q The river was the Q Levy Drops A Pot Gualter Salles raised to 50,000 preflop and Adam Levy made it 142,000 to go from the small blind. Salles called and the flop fell A Salles fired 100,000 and Levy made the call. The turn was the 10
Johnny Chan and pocket aces did not get along today. He lost a huge pot when he ran his kings into Robert Pisano’s aces during the first level and had a similar situation when he busted out. Chan open-shoved for 550,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Driscoll snapped him off from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over. Chan: J Chan fell victim to the aces again and the board ran out 7
Duy Le raised to 40,000 preflop and Getty Mattingsley popped it to 105,000. Mizrachi made the call from the small blind and Le also tagged along. The flop fell 10 Le bet 500,000 this time and Mattigsley fled. Mizrachi decided to look him up after a session in the tank and Le tabled J Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, David Benyamine, Michael Mizrachi, Johnny Chan, Jordan Siegel, Gabriel Nassif, Theo Tran, Duy Le, Johnny Lodden, Bryn Kenney, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Robert Pisano, Mozheng Guan, Daniel Chamberlain Level 18 Hour Two Update: Ng and Cantu Sent to the RailJul 14, '10 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Martijn Schirp – 2,250,000 Evelyn Ng
Action Folded around to Evelyn Ng in the small blind who made it 21,000 and Mark Gallagher called from the big blind. The two saw a flop 9 Ng showed A Theo Tran Finds Aces to Double Theo Tran and Alan Keating each got over 300,000 chips into the middle preflop and Tran was at risk of elimination. Tran showed A The board ran out clean for Tran as it came J
Brandon Cantu was down to his last 60,000 after a showdown with his 10-8 against a shorter stacks pocket deuces crippled him. He moved his last 60,000 into the middle before the flop and Javier Martinez called from the big blind. Cantu tabled 7 Filippo Takes Some Off Galfond Phil Galfond, Eric Capra, and Filippo Candio all saw a flop and got to the turn with no betting. The board read Q The 2 Jason Somerville Eliminated Jason Somerville got all of his remaining 300,000 chips in the middle on a flop of J Somerville showed K Scott Clements Drops a Pot We caught up with the active on the river with the board reading K Tony Dunst Eliminates a Player Tony Dunst raised in late position with the Q
On a flop of J Tony Dunst Wins a Pot Matt Affleck bet 18,000 from the cutoff. Tony Dunst called from the button and so did another player from the blinds. The flop came J Billirakis Knocks Out Three Bernard Lee moved all-in for 64,000 and was called by Steve Billirakis. Steven Harstein then re-shoved all-in for 131,000 and Feming Chan was in the small blind and decided to move all-in for 350,000. Action was back to Billirakis and he opted to call, putting all three other players at risk. Lee: A The flop came A Player Tags: Evelyn Ng, Johnny Chan, Jason Somerville, Phil Galfond, Theo Tran, Brandon Cantu, Tony Dunst, Matt Affleck Level 13 Hour Two Update: Boatman Ousted, Greenstein DoublesJul 13, '10 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante
On one of the first hands of the day, Barny Boatman moved all in for 54,800 after the flop had come down 8 It worked as the other player mucked and Wutke tabled 9 The turn and river each added a queen to the board, bricking out for Boatman and he was eliminated early on. Shorr-line Drive Picking up the action after the board had run out 3 Shannon Shorr was putting him at risk with pocket jacks and they held up against the ace-king of the all in player. Shorr scored the knockout and he was at 431,500.
Picking up the action after the flop came down Q The turn was the K Duke mucked as her opponent showed A Schoenberg Folds to Aggression The player under-the-gun raised to 7,500 and the player in the cutoff made the call. Erica Schoenberg was in the small blind and decided to make it an additional 16,000. The under-the-gun player called and the cutoff tanked for two minutes before making the fold. The flop came 9 After just a few seconds, her opponent made it 65,500, which essentially put Schoenberg to a decision for her stack. Schoenberg took a few minutes before letting her hand go and she dropped to 70,000 in chips.
Barry Greenstein got all-in preflop and was a huge favorite for his tournament life. Greenstein showed Q The turn was the 9 South’s Stack Moves South Cole South raised to 5,500 and called a three-bet to 17,500 from the player on the button. The flop came Q South showed pocket nines, but his opponent got there on the river when he showed the J Cunningham Gets Rockets to Double Allen Cunningham scored a double up when he got all-in preflop with A The board ran out 10 Savage Eliminated Vitaly Lunkin raised to 6,000 under-the-gun and Matt Savage moved all-in for his last 35,000. It folded to David Frazee on the button who moved all-in over the top and had Lunkin covered. Lunkin went deep into the tank for quite a while. Eventually, after double checking his cards, he tossed his hand into the muck. Frazee and Savage went to showdown and Savage didn’t like what he saw. Savage had A
Picking up the action on the turn, the board read J Barry Shulman threw in the call and the river was the Q Seat 3 tabled J Tran Takes One Down After the board ran out A His opponent in seat 1 thought it over but then threw his hand in the muck, surrendering the pot to Tran. Tran added to his stack with the win and he was at 195,000. Player Tags: Annie Duke, Barry Greenstein, Allen Cunningham, Barry Shulman, Barny Boatman, Shannon Shorr, Theo Tran, Erica Schoenberg, Cole South Level 12, Hour Two: Eugene Katchalov EliminatedJul 12, '10 Blinds: 1,000-2,000 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 1,395 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 157,398 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 243,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Johnny Chan – 635,000 Notable Eliminations: Eugene Katchalov Big Hands: Amit Makhilja Doubles Up Opponent Action was folded to Amit Makhilja. He bet 5,000 from late position. A player riding the short stack moved all in for 17,000. Makhija made the call the call when action was back to him. He exposed the Q
Eugene Katchalov was all in for 11,300 with the A Hoyt Corkins Doing Well With 25,000 in the middle on a board of A
Picking up the action after the turn, the board read 8 The river then brought the A Seat 5 tabled A Theo Tran Takes One Theo Tran raised to 5,000 preflop and the player in seat 6 made the call. The flop came down J Tran fired 6,500 and his opponent quickly released. Tran took down the small pot and he was at 106,000. Baldwin Steps Away This Time Eric Baldwin raised to 5,000 preflop and seat 1 made the call. The flop then came 8 His opponent then shoved for 75,700 and Baldwin began to think it over. “Kings again?” he asked. “That’s what you had last time.” Baldwin eventually mucked but he was still around 390,000. Mizrachi Forced Out Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 8 Michael Mizrachi fired 8,500 and his opponent in seat 8 repopped to 32,000 with the ESPN cameras watching. Mizrachi tanked but eventually released his hand and surrendered the pot. He was down to 108,000.
Robert Mizrachi raised to 5,000 preflop and the player in seat 9 made the call. Lauren Kling did the same from the big blind. The three players then saw a flop of J Kling tabled 10 The turn was the 8 Farha Takes One Without Showdown A player in the hijack raised to 5,500 and Sammy Farha called from the cutoff. The two saw a flop of J Both players checked the 10
On a flop of J The turn was the 7 “Did you have tens?” asked Chan. “I had a big hand.” He’s up to 635,000 and seems to be running over his table. Kassela’s Queens Go Down In Spades Frank Kassela bet out 10,500 on a flop of 2 The turn was the 9 His opponent turned up A Shannon Shorr Doubles Up On a board of 9 Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi, Eugene Katchalov, Phil Galfond, Shannon Shorr, Theo Tran, Amit Makhija, Lauren Kling |
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| Jul 12, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 7 | + |
Level 24, Hour One: Theo Tran Triples Up, But Busts LaterJul 15, '10 Note: Players have gone on a 90-minute dinner break and will return at 8:30 p.m. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 103 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 2,131,747 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 2,300,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Michael Mizrachi – 5,650,000 Notable Eliminations: 105. Theo Tran — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands:
Jimmy Tran was all in preflop against Todd Witteles. Tran tabled Q The flop fell A Witteles took the pot and he was at 1 million in chips. Jarvis Busts Nadal Jose Nadal moved all in preflop against Matthew Jarvis. Nadal tabled A The flop fell K
Theo Tran and Benjamin Straate were both all in preflop and Robert Pisano decided to put them both at risk. Here were the hands: Tran: A Straate was ahead but Tran was racing against him. The flop was 6 Tran would bust out later in the level. Bardah Takes One Down Ronnie Bardah raised to 80,000 preflop and Gabriel Alarie made the call from the small blind. The two players saw the flop come down K The turn was the 7
Picking up the action on the turn, the board read Q Beckman: 8 Beckman hit two pair but Schnayder turned the straight. The river was the 6 Kenney Gets Caught Picking up the action on the flop of 5 The turn was the J
Michael Mizrachi raised to 80,000 from the hijack and Matthew Schreiber moved in for 374,000 from the big blind. Mizrachi made the call and Schreiber was officially at risk. Schreiber: A Mizrachi had two live cards and the flop gave him the lead when it fell 10 Card Player TV Card Player TV Talks To The Grinder Player Tags: Jimmy Tran, Michael Mizrachi, Todd Witteles, Garrett Beckman, Theo Tran, Matthew Berkey, Bryn Kenney, Ben Straate, Robert Pisano, Jose Nadal, Evgeny Shnayder Level 22, Hour Two: Theo Tran Doubles UpJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 134 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,638,582 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,305,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,500,000 Notable Eliminations: 140. Phil Galfond — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands:
Robert Pisano raised to 40,000 preflop and Theo Tran moved all in for 155,000. Pisano made the call and the cards were turned over. Tran: A The classic race was on and the flop fell J Savage Eliminated Matthew Schreiber raised from the button and Craig Savage moved in for 375,000. Schreiber made the call and turned over A Baldwin Needs No Flop Breeze Zuckerman raised to 61,000 and Eric Baldwin raised to 300,000 from the small blind. Zuckerman mucked her hand, flashing the A
Picking up the action after the turn, the board read J Lodden bet 300,000 and Eriquezzo looked him up one last time. Lodden turned over A Lodden scored the pot and he was at 2.6 million while Eriquezzo was at 945,000. Rainey Betters Affleck Nicholas Rainey raised to 47,000 and Matt Affleck made the call from the big blind. The flop fell J Affleck called and the river was the K
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read K The turn was the K Mizrachi’s aggression gave him the pot and he was up to 5.35 million. Brikis Knocks Out Pellegrino Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q Brikis: 9 Brikis flopped a set to better Pellegrino’s top pair. The board finished off Q
Phil Galfond made it 48,000 to go from under the gun. Josue Sauvageau made it 128,000 and the action came back around to Galfond. Galfond then took a long tank session, resulting in the clock getting called on him. He decided to move all in and Sauvageau snapped it off. Galfond: 6 Galfond was in deep trouble and the board ran out K Card Player TV Day 6 Of The Main Event Gets Underway Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi, Phil Galfond, Theo Tran, Eric Baldwin, Johnny Lodden, Nick Rainey, Matt Affleck, Josh Brikis, Bryan Pellegrino Level 22, Hour One: Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up, Johnny Chan EliminatedJul 15, '10 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 154 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 1,425,779 Card Player Chip Counts: Andrew Brokos – 1,265,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Robert Pisano – 5,600,000 Notable Eliminations: 156. Johnny Chan — $57,102 Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Big Hands:
Robert Mizrachi moved all in for 239,000 from the big blind and he was called by Robert Pisando from the small blind. Here were their cards. Mizrachi: A Mizrachi was dominating and the flop left him freerolling when it fell K Chamberlain Surrenders The Double Daniel Chamberlain raised to 44,000 from the cutoff and Gabriel Nassif moved in for 456,000 from the button. Chamberlain looked him up and the cards were turned over. Chamberlain: A Chamberlain was dominated and needed some help with a nine or some spades. The flop board ran out with all black cards, but they were the wrong suit for Chamberlain as it ran Q
Picking up the action after the board had run out 7 Mozheng Guan made the call and turned over 7 Guan was up to 1.4 million while Kostritsyn slipped to 2.4 million. Bracy Gets Jacked Up Tony Bracy moved all in for 97,000 preflop and Redmond Lee decided to raise to 200,000. The isolation play worked as everyone else mucked and the hands were turned over. Bracy: 6 Lee was dominating and the flop fell Q
Johnny Lodden raised to 50,000 from late position and Denis Pisarev made the call from the button. The flop fell A Pisarev fired 65,000 and Lodden made the call. The turn was the 2 Lodden took down a nice pot and he was at 2 million in chips. Affleck And Harder Tangle Matt Affleck raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Christian Harder made the call from the button next door. The two saw a flop of 9 Harder made the call and the turn was the A Affleck took the pot and he was at 3.1 million. Harder slipped to 1.11 million.
Jameson Singer moved all in for 150,000 preflop and Derek Gibb decided to look him up. Here were their cards: Singer: 7 Singer had two live cards but they were as good as dead when the flop fell A The meaningless river was the 4 Jorgensen With The Knockout Diogo Borges was all in for 520,000 preflop against Theo Jorgensen preflop. Here were their cards. Jorgensen: A Borges was dominated and the board ran out A
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read Q Paulo Figueiredo moved all in for 498,000 and Bryn Kenney made the call to put him at risk. Kenney: K Kenney flopped top pair but was up against the pocket aces of his opponent. But the turn was the Q Binette Goes Boom Francois Binette and Michal Wywrot each put in three-bets before they saw a J Wywrot fired 162,000 and Binette shoved for 750,000. Wywrot made the call and he turned over A But the turn was the Q
Jonathan Driscoll raised it up to 44,000 from the hijack and Theo Tran made the call from the big blind. He then turned over his A-5, thinking he was all in. The floor was called and Tran’s hand was ruled live. The flop then came down A However, since Tran exposed his hand, he was given a one-round penalty. Siegel Eliminated Jordan Siegel moved all in for 268,000 and he was looked up by Jared Ingles in the hijack. Siegel turned over A The board ran out K
Evan Lamprea raised from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in another raise from the button. Lamprea moved enough chips into the middle to put Benyamine all in and he made the call. Benyamine: K Benyamine was dominating and the flop fell Q The river was the Q Levy Drops A Pot Gualter Salles raised to 50,000 preflop and Adam Levy made it 142,000 to go from the small blind. Salles called and the flop fell A Salles fired 100,000 and Levy made the call. The turn was the 10
Johnny Chan and pocket aces did not get along today. He lost a huge pot when he ran his kings into Robert Pisano’s aces during the first level and had a similar situation when he busted out. Chan open-shoved for 550,000 from the cutoff and Jonathan Driscoll snapped him off from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned over. Chan: J Chan fell victim to the aces again and the board ran out 7
Duy Le raised to 40,000 preflop and Getty Mattingsley popped it to 105,000. Mizrachi made the call from the small blind and Le also tagged along. The flop fell 10 Le bet 500,000 this time and Mattigsley fled. Mizrachi decided to look him up after a session in the tank and Le tabled J Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, David Benyamine, Michael Mizrachi, Johnny Chan, Jordan Siegel, Gabriel Nassif, Theo Tran, Duy Le, Johnny Lodden, Bryn Kenney, Adam Levy, Alexander Kostritsyn, Robert Pisano, Mozheng Guan, Daniel Chamberlain Level 18 Hour Two Update: Ng and Cantu Sent to the RailJul 14, '10 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Martijn Schirp – 2,250,000 Evelyn Ng
Action Folded around to Evelyn Ng in the small blind who made it 21,000 and Mark Gallagher called from the big blind. The two saw a flop 9 Ng showed A Theo Tran Finds Aces to Double Theo Tran and Alan Keating each got over 300,000 chips into the middle preflop and Tran was at risk of elimination. Tran showed A The board ran out clean for Tran as it came J
Brandon Cantu was down to his last 60,000 after a showdown with his 10-8 against a shorter stacks pocket deuces crippled him. He moved his last 60,000 into the middle before the flop and Javier Martinez called from the big blind. Cantu tabled 7 Filippo Takes Some Off Galfond Phil Galfond, Eric Capra, and Filippo Candio all saw a flop and got to the turn with no betting. The board read Q The 2 Jason Somerville Eliminated Jason Somerville got all of his remaining 300,000 chips in the middle on a flop of J Somerville showed K Scott Clements Drops a Pot We caught up with the active on the river with the board reading K Tony Dunst Eliminates a Player Tony Dunst raised in late position with the Q
On a flop of J Tony Dunst Wins a Pot Matt Affleck bet 18,000 from the cutoff. Tony Dunst called from the button and so did another player from the blinds. The flop came J Billirakis Knocks Out Three Bernard Lee moved all-in for 64,000 and was called by Steve Billirakis. Steven Harstein then re-shoved all-in for 131,000 and Feming Chan was in the small blind and decided to move all-in for 350,000. Action was back to Billirakis and he opted to call, putting all three other players at risk. Lee: A The flop came A Player Tags: Evelyn Ng, Johnny Chan, Jason Somerville, Phil Galfond, Theo Tran, Brandon Cantu, Tony Dunst, Matt Affleck Level 13 Hour Two Update: Boatman Ousted, Greenstein DoublesJul 13, '10 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante
On one of the first hands of the day, Barny Boatman moved all in for 54,800 after the flop had come down 8 It worked as the other player mucked and Wutke tabled 9 The turn and river each added a queen to the board, bricking out for Boatman and he was eliminated early on. Shorr-line Drive Picking up the action after the board had run out 3 Shannon Shorr was putting him at risk with pocket jacks and they held up against the ace-king of the all in player. Shorr scored the knockout and he was at 431,500.
Picking up the action after the flop came down Q The turn was the K Duke mucked as her opponent showed A Schoenberg Folds to Aggression The player under-the-gun raised to 7,500 and the player in the cutoff made the call. Erica Schoenberg was in the small blind and decided to make it an additional 16,000. The under-the-gun player called and the cutoff tanked for two minutes before making the fold. The flop came 9 After just a few seconds, her opponent made it 65,500, which essentially put Schoenberg to a decision for her stack. Schoenberg took a few minutes before letting her hand go and she dropped to 70,000 in chips.
Barry Greenstein got all-in preflop and was a huge favorite for his tournament life. Greenstein showed Q The turn was the 9 South’s Stack Moves South Cole South raised to 5,500 and called a three-bet to 17,500 from the player on the button. The flop came Q South showed pocket nines, but his opponent got there on the river when he showed the J Cunningham Gets Rockets to Double Allen Cunningham scored a double up when he got all-in preflop with A The board ran out 10 Savage Eliminated Vitaly Lunkin raised to 6,000 under-the-gun and Matt Savage moved all-in for his last 35,000. It folded to David Frazee on the button who moved all-in over the top and had Lunkin covered. Lunkin went deep into the tank for quite a while. Eventually, after double checking his cards, he tossed his hand into the muck. Frazee and Savage went to showdown and Savage didn’t like what he saw. Savage had A
Picking up the action on the turn, the board read J Barry Shulman threw in the call and the river was the Q Seat 3 tabled J Tran Takes One Down After the board ran out A His opponent in seat 1 thought it over but then threw his hand in the muck, surrendering the pot to Tran. Tran added to his stack with the win and he was at 195,000. Player Tags: Annie Duke, Barry Greenstein, Allen Cunningham, Barry Shulman, Barny Boatman, Shannon Shorr, Theo Tran, Erica Schoenberg, Cole South Level 12, Hour Two: Eugene Katchalov EliminatedJul 12, '10 Blinds: 1,000-2,000 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 1,395 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 157,398 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 243,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Johnny Chan – 635,000 Notable Eliminations: Eugene Katchalov Big Hands: Amit Makhilja Doubles Up Opponent Action was folded to Amit Makhilja. He bet 5,000 from late position. A player riding the short stack moved all in for 17,000. Makhija made the call the call when action was back to him. He exposed the Q
Eugene Katchalov was all in for 11,300 with the A Hoyt Corkins Doing Well With 25,000 in the middle on a board of A
Picking up the action after the turn, the board read 8 The river then brought the A Seat 5 tabled A Theo Tran Takes One Theo Tran raised to 5,000 preflop and the player in seat 6 made the call. The flop came down J Tran fired 6,500 and his opponent quickly released. Tran took down the small pot and he was at 106,000. Baldwin Steps Away This Time Eric Baldwin raised to 5,000 preflop and seat 1 made the call. The flop then came 8 His opponent then shoved for 75,700 and Baldwin began to think it over. “Kings again?” he asked. “That’s what you had last time.” Baldwin eventually mucked but he was still around 390,000. Mizrachi Forced Out Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 8 Michael Mizrachi fired 8,500 and his opponent in seat 8 repopped to 32,000 with the ESPN cameras watching. Mizrachi tanked but eventually released his hand and surrendered the pot. He was down to 108,000.
Robert Mizrachi raised to 5,000 preflop and the player in seat 9 made the call. Lauren Kling did the same from the big blind. The three players then saw a flop of J Kling tabled 10 The turn was the 8 Farha Takes One Without Showdown A player in the hijack raised to 5,500 and Sammy Farha called from the cutoff. The two saw a flop of J Both players checked the 10
On a flop of J The turn was the 7 “Did you have tens?” asked Chan. “I had a big hand.” He’s up to 635,000 and seems to be running over his table. Kassela’s Queens Go Down In Spades Frank Kassela bet out 10,500 on a flop of 2 The turn was the 9 His opponent turned up A Shannon Shorr Doubles Up On a board of 9 Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi, Eugene Katchalov, Phil Galfond, Shannon Shorr, Theo Tran, Amit Makhija, Lauren Kling |
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| May 30, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 3 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 2 | + |
Level 3 Update: Theo Tran Eliminates a PlayerMay 30, '10 Blinds: 50-100 Players Remaining: 1,612 out of 4,341 Card Player Chip Counts: Justin Marchand – 5,500 Notable Eliminations: Greg Raymer Big Hands:
Theo Tran Eliminates a Player A player in early position bet 150 and two players called. Theo Tran (5,400 in chips) was next to act and made it 400 to go. The initial raiser folded and the next player to act called, prompting a fold from the third player. The flop came 10 Chad Batista Doubles Up an Opponent We caught up with the action on a flop of 8 Brian Rast Loses a Hand We met up with the action on a flop of 8 Tony Dunst Looking Good With 9,600 in his stack, Tony Dunst had an opponent in for just over 2,000. Dunst tabled the A Phan Doubles Through Lindgren Erick Lindgren limped in and then was faced with an all-in from Tim Phan for 1,000. Lindgren made the call and tabled K The flop was good for Phan as it came A Left In The Deck: Michael Binger is either very uninterested in the tournament or is already figuring out what he’s going to do when he’s short stacked. He is at the table reading Crisis Economics. Player Tags: Brian Rast, Theo Tran, Chad Batista, Tony Dunst |
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| Oct 29, '09 | 2009 Caesars Palace Classic | Caesars Palace Classic -- Main Event Championship | 3 | + |
Theo Tran Eliminated in Seventh Place ($30,485)Oct 29, '09
Glen Chorny raised on the button to 38,000 and Theo Tran moved all in for 261,000 in the small blind. The action came to Isaac Baron in the big blind who asked for a count. After thinking it over, he announced all in for about 735,000. Chorny then asked for a count from the dealer and after a few moments, he decided to call as well. Tran turned over A The board rolled out 7 Player Tags: Isaac Baron, Theo Tran, Glen Chorny Theo Tran Doubles Up AgainOct 29, '09 Kathy Liebert raised 31,000 preflop and Theo Tran moved all in for 98,000 more. Liebert made the call and they turned over their cards: Liebert: K Board: 7 Tran doubled up again on the hand and play continued eight handed. Player Tags: Kathy Liebert, Theo Tran Theo Tran Doubles UpOct 29, '09
Chorny called with A The board ran out K Player Tags: Theo Tran, Glen Chorny Theo Tran Doubles Up on the BubbleOct 28, '09
Tran: J Board: 8 Tran doubled up on the hand to survive and Kim’s stack dropped to 68,000. Player Tags: Kelly Kim, Theo Tran Theo Tran Takes a Big HitOct 27, '09
Player Tags: Theo Tran Theo Tran Among Chip LeadersOct 27, '09
Both players checked it down until the river on a board reading K Okay, we know that hand wasn’t that important, but it does give us a good excuse to tell you that he has 99,000 in chips and is among the chip leaders. Player Tags: Theo Tran |
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| Oct 28, '09 | 2009 Caesars Palace Classic | Caesars Palace Classic -- Main Event Championship | 2 | + |
Theo Tran Eliminated in Seventh Place ($30,485)Oct 29, '09
Glen Chorny raised on the button to 38,000 and Theo Tran moved all in for 261,000 in the small blind. The action came to Isaac Baron in the big blind who asked for a count. After thinking it over, he announced all in for about 735,000. Chorny then asked for a count from the dealer and after a few moments, he decided to call as well. Tran turned over A The board rolled out 7 Player Tags: Isaac Baron, Theo Tran, Glen Chorny Theo Tran Doubles Up AgainOct 29, '09 Kathy Liebert raised 31,000 preflop and Theo Tran moved all in for 98,000 more. Liebert made the call and they turned over their cards: Liebert: K Board: 7 Tran doubled up again on the hand and play continued eight handed. Player Tags: Kathy Liebert, Theo Tran Theo Tran Doubles UpOct 29, '09
Chorny called with A The board ran out K Player Tags: Theo Tran, Glen Chorny Theo Tran Doubles Up on the BubbleOct 28, '09
Tran: J Board: 8 Tran doubled up on the hand to survive and Kim’s stack dropped to 68,000. Player Tags: Kelly Kim, Theo Tran Theo Tran Takes a Big HitOct 27, '09
Player Tags: Theo Tran Theo Tran Among Chip LeadersOct 27, '09
Both players checked it down until the river on a board reading K Okay, we know that hand wasn’t that important, but it does give us a good excuse to tell you that he has 99,000 in chips and is among the chip leaders. Player Tags: Theo Tran |
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| Oct 27, '09 | 2009 Caesars Palace Classic | Caesars Palace Classic -- Main Event Championship | 1 | + |
Theo Tran Eliminated in Seventh Place ($30,485)Oct 29, '09
Glen Chorny raised on the button to 38,000 and Theo Tran moved all in for 261,000 in the small blind. The action came to Isaac Baron in the big blind who asked for a count. After thinking it over, he announced all in for about 735,000. Chorny then asked for a count from the dealer and after a few moments, he decided to call as well. Tran turned over A The board rolled out 7 Player Tags: Isaac Baron, Theo Tran, Glen Chorny Theo Tran Doubles Up AgainOct 29, '09 Kathy Liebert raised 31,000 preflop and Theo Tran moved all in for 98,000 more. Liebert made the call and they turned over their cards: Liebert: K Board: 7 Tran doubled up again on the hand and play continued eight handed. Player Tags: Kathy Liebert, Theo Tran Theo Tran Doubles UpOct 29, '09
Chorny called with A The board ran out K Player Tags: Theo Tran, Glen Chorny Theo Tran Doubles Up on the BubbleOct 28, '09
Tran: J Board: 8 Tran doubled up on the hand to survive and Kim’s stack dropped to 68,000. Player Tags: Kelly Kim, Theo Tran Theo Tran Takes a Big HitOct 27, '09
Player Tags: Theo Tran Theo Tran Among Chip LeadersOct 27, '09
Both players checked it down until the river on a board reading K Okay, we know that hand wasn’t that important, but it does give us a good excuse to tell you that he has 99,000 in chips and is among the chip leaders. Player Tags: Theo Tran |
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| Oct 06, '09 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT London - Season VI | PokerStars EPT London Main Event | 5 | + |
Theo Tran Eliminated in 23rd Place (£17,000)Oct 06, '09
Gudvangen showed pocket jacks and Tran flipped over A-K. The board ran out J-10-4-10-Q and Gudvangen’s full house bested Tran’s straight to take the pot, putting Tran on the rail in 23rd place, £17,000 richer. Player Tags: Theo Tran, Martin Gudvangen |
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| Jul 12, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 5 | + |
Level 20 Hour 1 Update: Phillips Gets Doubled ThroughJul 12, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 210 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. James Akenhead – 2,890,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 822,025 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands:
Theo Tran raised to 35,000 and was called by seat 9. The flop came down 8 The rail then started to cheer as seat 9 took the pot. “Really?” Tran asked sarcastically with a grin on his face. “Really?” Tran was down to 865,000. Nasr Gets Caught Picking up the action on the turn, the board read K Nasr tabled J
Eugene Fouksman moved all in for 200,000 and Dennis Phillips decided to make the call. Fouksman tabled A The board ran out 8 Sebok Runs a Flush, Eliminates an Opponent On a flop of 10 Sebok asked how much his opponent had left and when he got the answer, he opted to call. The A Sebok turned over 7 Left In The Deck: Action has slowed down to a crawl during the first hour of level 20. The first two levels of the day saw an average of 50 eliminations for every hour. So far, only 21 players have been eliminated in the first hour. The tournament staff has stated their goal is to play down to 175 players or five levels. With the dinner break scheduled after this level, it will be interesting to see if the staff calls the action after this level, as they did on day 4, or if they will make the field return after the 90 minute break to play one last level. Player Tags: Theo Tran, Dennis Phillips, Nasr El Nasr Level 15 Hour 1 Update: J.C. Tran Doubles UpJul 11, '09 Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 729 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,600,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 197,000 Average Chip Count: 220,884 Notable Eliminations: Maria Mayrinck Big Hands:
On the third hand of the day, Steve Gahaghan moved all in from under the gun for 52,000. Jeff Shulman was next to act and made the quick call. Everyone else mucked and Gahaghan showed A The flop fell 10 Bilzerian Hits Runners to Stay Alive Dan Bilzerian moved all in preflop and was called by Jesse Chinni for his last 67,500 chips. Chinni showed A The turn, however, gave Bilzerian some hope when the 8 Bonomo Suffers Early Blow Meyer Rainer was all in preflop against Justin Bonomo. Bonomo held A Rainer doubled up to 330,000, while Bonomo dropped to 310,000 in chips.
In yet another all in preflop confrontation, which seems to be the theme of the beginning of the day, Joe Sebok called the all in of a short stacked Mads Jacobsen. Sebok showed A The turn and river didn’t improve him when the J Theo Tran Gets A Good Flop Theo Tran raised to 11,000 under the gun and action folded all the way around to Ray DeBruyn in the big blind. He made the call and both players saw the flop come down A DeBruyn turned over 10
After losing over 100,000 a few hands prior when he ran his ace-king into pocket aces, J.C. Tran moved all in for his last 40,000 preflop. Mark Weil had originally raised to 11,000 and decided to make the call. Tran turned up A “Put a face card out there, dealer,” Tran pleaded. The river was anything but a face card, bringing the 2 Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Jeff Shulman, Justin Bonomo, Joe Sebok, Theo Tran Level 8 Hour 2 Update: Ylon Schwartz EliminatedJul 08, '09 Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,827 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Troy Weber — 475,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 170,000 Notable Eliminations: Noah Schwartz Big Hands: Miami John Gets Doubled Through A player at the table moves all in before the flop and Miami John Cernuto calls, he has him slightly covered. Cernuto: Pocket Eights Board: K Cernuto’s opponent flops a queen and doubles through. Cernuto takes a small hit to his stack as he ships roughly 12,000 across the table.
Theo Tran raises before the flop, only to be reraised by another player at the table. Tran calls and the flop comes 8 A few hands later and Theo Tran gets involved in a three-way all in pot, Tran getting the best of it once again. Tran: A Board: K Tran’s aces hold, eliminating two opponents this hand as he chips up to 130,000. Tony Hachem Knocks One Out Tony Hachem calls a 2,000 raise from the button and goes to the flop with one opponent. The flop comes J Hachem: J Hachem flops top two against the royal flush draw of his opponent. The J
With a raise of 2,500 and one caller in front of him, Phil Hellmuth reraises to 10,000 from hijack. The original raiser calls and the original caller folds. The flop comes K David Plastik Doubles Up On a flop of 8 Plastik: 8 Plastik flops top set against his opponent’s open-ended straight draw. The turn and river are the 4
On a flop of A Wahlbeck: A Wahlbeck flops top set against his opponent’s top pair. The turn and river are the 3 Elky Breaks 250,000 On a board of K Ylon Schwartz Eliminated by Bill Gazes Ylon Schwartz gets it all in pre-flop against Bill Gazes. Schwartz: K-K Board: A Schwartz gets it in good but Gazes pairs his ace on the flop. Ylon Schwartz is eliminated from the main event. Left in the Deck Players are now on their last twenty-minute break of the night and will return at approximately 8:40 pm PDT to begin the last level of the day. Player Tags: John Cernuto, David Plastik, Bill Gazes, Phil Hellmuth, Ylon Schwartz, Ville Wahlbeck, Theo Tran, Bertrand Grospellier, Tony Hachem |
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