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| Jul 07, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 WSOP Main Event | 1 | + |
Level Two Update: Jerry Yang EliminatedJul 07, '11 NOTE: Levels are two hours in length and players are starting with 30,000 in chips. Blinds: 100-200 Notables in Field: Brian Hastings Card Player Chip Counts: Barry Shulman — 27,500 Notable Eliminations: McLean Karr Hands:
Olivier Busquet raised to 500 and was called by three opponents. The flop fell 9 Evelyn Ng Rebuilding On a board of 9 Johnny Lodden Chipping Up Johnny Lodden bet 450 with the 3 Jerry Yang Eliminated 2007 champion Jerry Yang opened up the action to 1,000 and was three-bet to just over 2,000. Yang called and the flop fell A-J-5. Yang checked and faced a continuation bet of 2,500. Yang check raised to 6,000, and his opponent made it 12,000. Yang shoved for about 22,000 and was snapped called by a set of jacks. Yang tabled top two pair and failed to improve on the turn and river. He was gone early in yet another main event. Jani Sointula at Nearly 90,000 On a board of Q Player Tags: Evelyn Ng, Jani Sointula, Jerry Yang, Johnny Lodden, Olivier Busquet |
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| Mar 27, '11 | 2011 WSOP Circuit Regional Championship - Harrah's Rincon | Event 39 - No-Limit Hold'em Regional Championship | 1 | + |
Jerry Yang Takes a HitMar 27, '11
He eventually tossed his chips into the middle but he mucked when his opponent revealed A Player Tags: Jerry Yang |
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| Aug 20, '10 | 2010 Legends of Poker | WPT Legends of Poker Main Event | 1 | + |
Level 2 Update: Soi Nguyen Takes the Chip LeadAug 20, '10
Players Remaining: 174 out of 182 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Soi Nguyen — 100,000 Average Chip Count: 26,149 Notable Eliminations: Justin Smith Big Hands: Soi Nguyen Takes the Chip Lead Soi Nguyen is the only November Nine member that is in action on day 1A of the tournament and he just won a huge hand to take the chip lead. The pot took him up to 100,000 and he held J Earlier during round 2 Nguyen had doubled up to grow his stack to 65,000. He moved all in for his final 8,975 into a pot worth more than 50,000 and one opponent called him down. The board read 10 David Baker Eliminated After one player raised to 700 preflop from middle position Nguyen made the call and David Baker moved all in from the big blind. The player that opened the pot made the call and Nguyen mucked. The final two players then flipped over their cards: Baker: 8 Board: A His opponent hit running queens to win the hand and Baker was eliminated from the tournament. Jerry Yang Eliminated Jerry Yang moved all in for 6,000 on a flop of J Yang: A Turn and River: 7 Yang was eliminated on the hand. Justin Smith Eliminated Justin Smith moved all in on the turn with Q-4 in the hole on a A-4-4-7 board. He was up against the A-7 of his opponent and the river only made matters worse, bringing another 7 into the mix. Smith was eliminated on the hand. Left in the Deck Schedule Change The tournament director announced during the break that play would continue for six levels on day 1A. Play was originally scheduled for seven levels. Play should end before midnight with the new schedule. Player Tags: David Baker, Jerry Yang, Justin Smith, Soi Nguyen |
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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 Two Update: David Williams On FireJul 07, '10 Blinds: 100-200 Average Chip Counts 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. David Williams – 126,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Steve Murphy — 37,800 Notable Eliminations: Twitter Accounts: Daniel Negreanu Big Hands:
Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 8 His opponent did the same and the Q Williams took the pot and he kept adding chips to his massive stack of 126,000. He is the first notable to break into six figures and the second level is only halfway through. Oppenheim In The Win Column Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 10 The river was the J His opponent mucked and Oppenheim took in the pot. He was up to 37,000 after the hand.
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read 7 The turn was the 8 Negreanu was in deep trouble as he showed Q Negreanu Wins “Crazy Internet” Hand Daniel Negreanu raised from the button to 750 and was called by the player in seat 2. On the flop of 8 The J Negreanu took just a moment to reraise to 11,200 and seat 2 tanked once again, asking for a chip count on Negreanu’s remaining stack (around 17,000). Seat 2 counted out a raise that would put Negreanu all in but then returned the chips to his stack. After a few minutes with the ESPN crews anxiously watching, seat 2 folded and tapped the table. Negreanu responded with, “You had the right idea,” and showed 4 Respecting The Champ Facing a raise of 600 from the player to his immediate right, 2007 WSOP main event winner Jerry Yang repopped it to 2,600. His opponent thought it over but decided to give Yang credit and folded. Yang, like the gentleman he is, showed K Chop it Up, Elezra After some significant preflop action, Eli Elezra and his opponent checked down a board of K Sam Farha Drops One Sam Farha raised to 400 from the button and the small blind reraised to 2,000. Farha made the call and the flop came down A The small blind bet 1,000 and Farha raised to 3,000. The small blind called and the turn was the 6 Both players checked to see the 9
Tom Dwan raised from under the gun and received to calls. The flop came down 8 The turn was the 3 Dwan then showed J Robert Mizrachi Shoots Down Cowboys A player moved all in preflop and Robert Mizrachi made the call. Here were their hands: Mizrachi: A Mizrachi was on the right side of the cooler as the board offered no help to his opponent. The player was eliminated and Mizrachi shot up to 65,000. Juan Macerias Eliminated On a 9 Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Daniel Negreanu, David Oppenheim, Eli Elezra, David Williams, Sam Farha, Tom Dwan, Jerry Yang |
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| Mar 07, '10 | 2010 NBC National Heads-Up Championship | NBC Heads Up Championship Event | 3 | + |
Annie Duke Defeats Jerry Yang ($75,000)Mar 07, '10
Finally, on the last hand, Yang shoved with J Duke advances to face Dennis Phillips in the Final Four. Player Tags: Annie Duke, Jerry Yang Jerry Yang Defeats Barry Greenstein ($25,000)Mar 06, '10
The board fell K Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, Jerry Yang Jerry Yang Defeats Jennifer HarmanMar 06, '10
The board rolled out K-7-3-J-10 and Harman was eliminated. Yang will now face off against the winner between Barry Greenstein and Sam Farha in the Sweet Sixteen. Player Tags: Jennifer Harman, Jerry Yang Jerry Yang Defeats Mike MatusowMar 05, '10
Matusow showed slow played pocket kings and needed help on the river to stay alive. The river was a seven and he was eliminated. Yang will now take on the winner between Jennifer Tilly and Jennifer Harman. Player Tags: Mike Matusow, Jerry Yang |
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| Mar 06, '10 | 2010 NBC National Heads-Up Championship | NBC Heads Up Championship Event | 2 | + |
Annie Duke Defeats Jerry Yang ($75,000)Mar 07, '10
Finally, on the last hand, Yang shoved with J Duke advances to face Dennis Phillips in the Final Four. Player Tags: Annie Duke, Jerry Yang Jerry Yang Defeats Barry Greenstein ($25,000)Mar 06, '10
The board fell K Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, Jerry Yang Jerry Yang Defeats Jennifer HarmanMar 06, '10
The board rolled out K-7-3-J-10 and Harman was eliminated. Yang will now face off against the winner between Barry Greenstein and Sam Farha in the Sweet Sixteen. Player Tags: Jennifer Harman, Jerry Yang Jerry Yang Defeats Mike MatusowMar 05, '10
Matusow showed slow played pocket kings and needed help on the river to stay alive. The river was a seven and he was eliminated. Yang will now take on the winner between Jennifer Tilly and Jennifer Harman. Player Tags: Mike Matusow, Jerry Yang |
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| Mar 05, '10 | 2010 NBC National Heads-Up Championship | NBC Heads Up Championship Event | 1 | + |
Annie Duke Defeats Jerry Yang ($75,000)Mar 07, '10
Finally, on the last hand, Yang shoved with J Duke advances to face Dennis Phillips in the Final Four. Player Tags: Annie Duke, Jerry Yang Jerry Yang Defeats Barry Greenstein ($25,000)Mar 06, '10
The board fell K Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, Jerry Yang Jerry Yang Defeats Jennifer HarmanMar 06, '10
The board rolled out K-7-3-J-10 and Harman was eliminated. Yang will now face off against the winner between Barry Greenstein and Sam Farha in the Sweet Sixteen. Player Tags: Jennifer Harman, Jerry Yang Jerry Yang Defeats Mike MatusowMar 05, '10
Matusow showed slow played pocket kings and needed help on the river to stay alive. The river was a seven and he was eliminated. Yang will now take on the winner between Jennifer Tilly and Jennifer Harman. Player Tags: Mike Matusow, Jerry Yang |
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| Jul 03, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 1 | + |
Level 4 Hour 1 Update: Jerry Yang EliminatedJul 03, '09 Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante Players Remaining: 921 out of 1116 Chip Counts: 1. Dragan Galic – 110,000 Notable Eliminations: Jerry Yang, Perry Friedman, Darryl Dicken Big Hands:
A short stacked Jerry Yang was all in preflop with J Yang’s fate was sealed as the 4 Mark Gregorich Takes A Pot On a board showing 10
The player in seat 6 opened the action for a raise to 1,150 and action folded around to Jason Alexander. He then reraised to 3,200 and seat 6 made the call. The flop then fell J Seat 6 showed 8 Brad Garrett then had a little fun with his friend. “Wow,” he started. “As bad as your game is buddy, that’s incredible.” The table had a laugh and Alexander left his chips strewn about in front of him. “I’ll be back,” he joked, pretending to walk away from the table. “Yeah, to the pharmacy,” Garrett joked again. After all of this, Garrett forgot to input his ante and the dealer asked him to do it. “I’m sorry sweetheart,” he said. “Can I just get a minute to absorb what just happened.” Garrett then placed his ante in and play continued. Duthie Shows Some Heart Picking up the action on the turn, action was checked to John Duthie with the board showing Q
Michael Gracz called his opponent’s all in bet, totaling around 24,000. Here were their hands. Gracz: A Board: J Gracz hit his ace, but unfortunately for him it was after his opponent flopped a set. Gracz took a hit down to 50,000. Those Flush Draws Will Cost You After a flop of 7 Affleck Gets Opponent to Fold a Set Matt “mcmatto” Affleck, the winner of the $3000 SCOOP event on PokerStars, and his opponent on the button got in 5600 preflop and took a flop of A The turn was the 4 Finally, after a few minutes of thought, he tossed the Q Left In The Deck: There were 1,116 players in day 1a for this year’s main event. This is down just slightly from last year’s numbers, as there were 1,297 players in 2008. Player Tags: Michael Gracz, Mark Gregorich, Steve Paul Ambrose, Jerry Yang, Jason Alexander Level 3 Hour 2 Update: Deeb, Vos EliminatedJul 03, '09 Blinds: 150-300 Chip Counts: 1. Dragan Galic – 110,000 Notable Eliminations: Freddy Deeb, Matt Glantz, Nelly, Chris Moorman, Mark Vos, Gabe Kaplan Big Hands:
Three players were in a pot that saw a flop of K Deeb then tabled A Chris Moorman Gone The player in the small blind limped in and Chris Moorman moved all in. The small blind called and the players tabled their hands. Small Blind: A Board: A Moorman was outflopped and could not catch up the rest of the way and his main event was cut short on day 1.
Mark Vos raised to 700 preflop and action folded around to Peter Hedlund. He reraised to 3,000 and Vos came back over the top, moving in for 8,450. Hedlund called and showed down A Jerry Yang Doubles Up A player in middle position raised to 850 and Jerry Yang all in 3,925. Action folded around to the middle position player. He made the call and Yang showed K The player in the big blind then announced that he had folded a deuce. The turn was the K
Perry Friedman took a flop heads up against his opponent and the flop fell 9 Friedman showed K Nines Are No Good For Alexander Jason Alexander raised from the hijack position and was called by the small blind. The flop was A Alexander decided it was time to bet and put out 1500 into the middle. He was met with a check-raise to 3500 from the small blind. After some thought, Alexander put in the call. The river was the 8 Alexander tabled the 9
Over at the feature table, the flop came down 4 Yang Doubles Up Again After being moved to a new table, Jerry Yang made it 900 to go preflop and was three-bet by Steve Paul-Ambrose to 2550. Yang called and they saw a flop of 2 Yang put in the call and said “This is the hand I won the World Series with,” said Yang as he tabled the 8 The turn was the K Player Tags: Perry Friedman, Peter Hedlund, Mark Vos, Jerry Yang, Jason Alexander, Freddy Deeb, Keven Stammen, Lex Veldhuis, Chris Moorman Level 3 Hour One Update: A Lesson For The MasterJul 03, '09 Blinds: 150-300 Chip Counts: 1. Bryan Colin – 75,000 Notable Eliminations: Nick Frangos Big Hands:
On a board showing J “You checked the river with two pair?” a player who was observing the hand quipped. “He’s a changed man,” John Duthie joked. Nguyen then chimed in with; “Three more Corona’s and then maybe.” He then added, “You wanna teach the Master how to play?” The other player quickly replied, “I’m trying to learn from you.” Everyone laughed and Nguyen was at 31,000. Lunkin Muscled Out Vitaly Lunkin raised to 800 preflop and action folded around to seat 4. He made it 2,500 to go and Lunkin was next to act. He spent a few moments in the tank, then released his hand into the muck. He was at 45,000 after the hand.
After a flop of 8 Chan could not beat it and mucked his hand. He was down to just 8,200 after losing that pot. It Was That Damn Sasquatch Adrian Gavile and John Kranyak were involved in a hand that resulted in Gavile making quad jacks against Kranyak’s ace-king. As a result, Gavile won the $100 prize package offered by the official sponsor of the 2009 WSOP, Jack Link’s Beef Jerky. The prize package essentially consists of $100 worth of beef jerky. Play was halted for almost five minutes as the floor awaited on the Jack Link’s Sasquatch to arrive and give Gavile his prize. However, the Sasquatch was nowhere to be found and the floor ruled for play to continue. Gavile would just have to wait for the Sasquatch to make his presence known in order to receive his prize.
On a flop of K Fricke Value Bets and Wins a Small Pot With the board reading A Fricke quickly turned over the Q Hennigan Mucks to the Nut Flush After a raise and a call preflop, John Hennigan defended his big blind. The flop was 6 The river was the 6 The cutoff showed the A Player Tags: Men Nguyen, John Hennigan, Johnny Chan, Jerry Yang, Jimmy Fricke, Adrian Gavile, Vitaly Lunkin, John Kranyak Level 2 Update: Nelly Doubles UpJul 03, '09 Blinds: 100-200 Chip Counts: 1. Bryan Colin — 96,000 Notable Eliminations: Cody Slaubaugh Big Hands:
2007 Main Event Champion Jerry Yang raises to 800 from early position and it gets reraised 2,600 behind him. Yang calls and the flop comes 10 Yang: 10 Yang is ahead on the turn with top set against his opponent’s pair of kings. The river is the 10 Cody Slaubaugh Eliminated by Eli Elezra Over on the featured table, Cody Slaubaugh got it all in on the river against Eli Elezra on a board of K Matt Vengrin Capitalizes on Opponent’s Mistake Matt Vengrin raises before the flop from middle position and gets one caller from the player in seat 9. The flop comes 6
Michael Tureniec Runs Into Set Over Set Michael Tureniec just doubled up his opponent with the 4 Nelly Doubles Up Nelly had a smaller stack of 12,000 when he moved all in over the preflop bet of an opponent. The initial raiser went into the tank before finally making the call. Nelly exposed the A
Phil Laak Puts Opponent All In After calling a preflop raise from his opponent, Phil Laak saw a flop of 9 Jennifer Tilly Puts Most of Stack at Risk On a board of 6 Andrew Black Adds to Stack On a board of A Player Tags: Phil Laak, Eli Elezra, Jennifer Tilly, Andy Black, Jerry Yang, Matthew Vengrin, Cody Slaubaugh |
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| Mar 16, '09 | 2009 Bay 101 Shooting Star | WPT Championship - Event 2 | 1 | + |
Level 6 UpdateMar 16, '09 Player Tags: Lee Watkinson, Phil Hellmuth, Jerry Yang, Soheil Shamseddin Level 2 UpdateMar 16, '09
Jerry Yang moved all in on a board of Q Player Tags: Andy Bloch, Jerry Yang |
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| Mar 07, '09 | 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Championship | NBC Heads Up Championship Event | 2 | + |
John Phan Defeats Jerry YangMar 07, '09
Player Tags: John Phan, Jerry Yang Jerry Yang Defeats Clonie GowenMar 06, '09
Player Tags: Clonie Gowen, Jerry Yang |
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Olivier Busquet Off to Good Start
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on the river prompted an all-in bet from Busquet. His opponent folded and he was now up to about 55,000
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The board read 8
Blinds: 75-150
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in the hole on a board that held a third jack. His opponent also had a set, although when his two nines were joined by a third on the river it sealed his fate and made Nguyen the chip leader heading into the second break.
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at the time. Nguyen turned over 5
Chau Giang Disappears Courtesy Of The Magician
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
David Williams On A Roll
Negreanu Saved On The River
Tom Dwan Back To Basics
Annie Duke had Jerry Yang (pictured right) all in with the best hand three times and yet never closed it out.
Barry Greenstein (pictured right) was all in for his last 18,000 or so with 10
Jennifer Harman (pictured right) was short stack and all in with Q-8 against the Q-10 of Jerry Yang.
Mike Matusow (pictured left) moved all in on a board reading 8-6-2-4 and Jerry Yang snap called with 6-4 for two pair.
Jerry Yang Eliminated
By George!
Michael Gracz Doubles His Opponent
Freddy Deeb Busted By Keven Stammen
Mark Vos Ousted
Prerry Friedman Cracks Aces, Eliminates Opponent
Veldhuis With A Stone Cold Bluff
The Master Is The Student?
Chan Ailing
Jerry Yang Doubles Up With Quads
Andy Bloch - out
Big Hands:
Big Hands:
John Phan and Jerry Yang got it all in preflop after a series of raises. Phan had Yang covered, but just barely.
During the party at PURE last night, Ali Nejad joked about Clonie Gowen's match with Full Tilt player Jerry Yang. Nejad quipped, "In an exciting cross promotional development, this match will be broadcasted on CourtTV." The match ended up being much more tame, however.