Tom McCormick Poker Tournament Updates

Tom McCormick Eliminated

Apr 20, '10

Dan Smith raised to 10,500 from early position and Tom McCormick made the call from middle position. Scotty Nguyen made the call from late position and Soheil Shamseddin also called from the big blind. The flop was dealt KJ2 and McCormick opened the action for 39,300. Nguyen and Shamseddin both mucked and Smith made the call. Their cards:

Smith: K10
McCormick: KQ

Turn and River: 10 and 3

McCormick was eliminated on the hand and Smith grew his stack to 406,000.

Player Tags: Tom McCormick,   Dan Smith

Level 8 Update: Shawn Buchanan Takes Chip Lead

Feb 27, '10

Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante

Players Remaining: 288 out of 745

Chip Counts:

1. Shawn Buchanan — 185,000
2. Masaaki Kagawa — 169,000
3. Mark Seif — 155,000
4. Jon Luu — 141,000
5. Erica Schoenberg — 130,000
6. Mickey Mills — 130,000
7. Eugene Katchalov — 130,000
8. Steve Sung — 125,000
9. Hoyt Corkins — 121,000
10. William James — 120,000

Average Chip Count: 51,736

Notable Eliminations:

Tom McCormick
Christian Harder
Mike Sowers

Big Hands:

Taylor Paur Busts Tom McCormick

Tom McCormick was all in on a queen high board with pocket aces, but Taylor Paur held a set of queens.

The river failed to produce the two outer and McCormick was eliminated. Paur now has over 150,000 in chips.

Ray Qartomy Doubles Up, Still Short

Ray Qartomy came into the day as the shortest stack in the room, but he’s still here, thanks to a recent double up.

Qartomy moved all in with pocket sevens and his opponent was priced in to call with 9-8. The board came out clean and Qartomy doubled up to 8,000. He’s still very short, but now he has over 10 big blinds.

Timoshenko and Sung Tangle, Neither Win

Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 1,500 and Steve Sung called behind him. The hijack and the big blind both also called and the flop came down A 9 3.

All four players checked and the turn was the J. The big blind led for 4,000 and was called by both Sung and the hijack.

The river was the Q and everyone checked. The big blind showed Q 10, Sung mucked and the hijack proudly turned over KQ for the best hand. Sung is still healthy with 115,000, but Timoshenko has work to do with 19,000.

So Long Sowers

Mike Sowers moved all in on the short stack with 10 8 only to have the button wake up with pocket kings.

The board fell J 6 5 Q A and Sowers was eliminated.

Annie Duke Doubles Through Vanessa Rousso

Vanessa Rousso raised to 1,500 and Annie Duke called on the button. The big blind called as well and the three players saw a flop of 9 6 2.

Rousso bet 3,000, Duke called and the big blind folded. The turn was the 3 and Rousso bet 5,000. Duke called and the river was the 6.

Rousso put Duke all in for her last 9,100 and Duke called with 9 9 for a full house. Rousso showed pocket eights and took a hit down to 45,000. Duke now has 39,000.

Player Tags: Tom McCormick,   Annie Duke,   Vanessa Rousso,   Ray Qartomy,   Taylor Paur

Level 13 Update: Bustout Bonanza

Oct 23, '09

Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 400 ante

Players Left: 57 of 275

Average Chip Count: 289,474

Chip Counts:

1. Jason Lavallee — 870,000
2. Jason Somerville — 745,000 (pictured right)
3. Jonas Entin — 725,000
4. Dee Luong — 690,000
5. Dutch Boyd — 610,000
6. Richard Sciuto — 457,000
7. Scott Clements — 445,000
8. Matt Glantz — 430,000
9. Steve Brecher — 350,000
10. Mark Seif — 345,000

Notable Eliminations:

Poorya Nazari
Patrick Walsh
Glen Chorny
Mikael Thuritz
Steve Gross
Hasan Habib
Justin Young
Dan O’Brien

Big Hands:

Dee Luong Takes out Poorya Nazari

Tommy Vedes raised to 10,200 preflop and two players called before Poorya Nazari (pictured right) reraised to 40,000 from the button. Dee Luong reraised to 140,000 from the big blind and everyone but Nazari mucked. The call put Nazari all in for his tournament life against Luong. Nazari held A-K and Luong held pocket aces. The board missed both players and Nazari was eliminated on the hand. Luong grew her stack to 675,000 and she joined the chip leaders.

Patrick Walsh Eliminated

Patrick Walsh was eliminated from the tournament when his pocket queens ran into the pocket kings of Kathy Liebert. The kings held and Liebert grew her stack to 160,000.

Danny Fuhs Doubles Up

Tom McCormick raised under the gun preflop and Danny Fuhs reraised from late position. McCormick reraised all in and Fuhs made the all-in call. Their cards:

McCormick: 1010
Fuhs: JJ

Board: 6448J

Fuhs doubled up to 185,000 and McCormick dropped to 60,000.

Dan O’Brien Eliminated

On a board of Q325 Chau Giang checked and Dan O’Brien bet 13,500. Giang check-raised, which forced O’Brien to make an all-in call. Their cards:

Giang: AQ
O’Brien: 77

River: A

O’Brien was eliminated and Giang grew his stack to 230,000.

Player Tags: Tom McCormick,   Kathy Liebert,   Chau Giang,   Dee Luong,   Pat Walsh,   Poorya Nazari

Tom McCormick Doubles Up

Jul 15, '08

Phillipe Rouas raises to 25,000 and Tom McCormick reraises to 60,000. Rouas calls and checks a flop of AJ2. McCormick bets 100,000, about half of his remaining stack and Rouas check raises all in. McCormick calls and reveals AK and it is well ahead of Rouas and his A10. The turn and river came KK and McCormick doubled up to 510,000.

A short while later, Rouas doubled up to 200,000 when his pocket aces held against Chris McCormack's pocket queens.

Player Tags: Tom McCormick,   Chris McCormack,   Philippe Rouas

Negreanu Back In the Thick of Things

Jun 11, '08

Blinds/Antes: 3,000-5,000 with 5,000-10,000 betting limits

Players Left: 14 of 480

Chip Leaders:

Hien Tran: 300,000
Richard Li: 230,000
Daniel Makowsky: 208,000
Ugur Marangoz: 186,000
Fu Wong: 132,000
Derek Lerner: 130,000
Henning Granstad: 120,000
Daniel Negreanu: 117,000

Average Stack: 128,000

Big Hands:
Negreanu Back in Business

Daniel Negreanu was just around 40,000 in chips. He three-bet before the flop, making it 15,000. Three players called him and the flop came J98. Negreanu led out with 5,000 and was raised by seat 5. The other player in the pot called and Negreanu went all in. He was called by both players.The next two streets were checked by both players as they came 2 and 6 respectively. It was time to showdown and Negreanu flipped over KK  while seat 5 showed pocket 10's. The other player mucked, and just like that Negreanu nearly tripled up to 117,000 in chips.

McCormick Sent Home on A Boat

On a board of K64, Tom McCormick raised after his opponent bet 5,000. He was called and the turn was the 4. McCormick bet 10,000 after the action was checked to him, only to have his opponent raise to 20,000. McCormick went all in and was called. McCormick showed 64 for a full house on the turn, but his opponent showed KK for a much bigger boat and sent McCormick and his boat off to the salvage yard in 17th place.

Player Tags: Tom McCormick,   Daniel Negreanu

Limit Hold 'Em Level 5 recap

Jun 10, '08

Blinds: 100-200
Limits: 200-400

Players Remaining: 320-480

Chip Leaders:

Jason Maerang: 21,000
Stuart Patterson: 16,300
Derek Lerner: 14,000
J.C. Tran: 13,000
Ayaz Mahmood: 12,300
Nadim Shabou: 12,000
Tommy Hang: 11,200
Brendan Tayler: 10,800
Daniel Makowsky: 10,375
Justin Pechie: 10,300

Big Hands:

Hang Surging

Tommy Hang bet all the way down on a board of 632 - K - 7 and was called down by the seat 6 player. Hang showed down QQ for the winner. Hang is up to about 11,000 in chips.

Negreanu Almost Does It Again

Negreanu led out on a board of 1094 and was raised. Negreanu made the obligatory call, then check-called the turned 2. The 4 was again checked by Negreanu, who mucked his cards after his opponent bet. "I almost did it again," announced Negreanu. "One more spade, baby." That hand took Negreanu down to about 5,800.

Hansen Makes Friends With Myung, Angers Napkin 

Thor Hansen blew his nose into a napkin, stuffed it into a Pepsi can, and then took down a pot from his "friend," John Myung. After Hansen raised, Myung three bet from the button, and Hansen called. Myung bet again when checked to on a flop of Q109 and Hansen called. "I check to my friend," said Hansen, after the K fell on the turn, and Myung checked behind. Hansen led out for the first time in the hand when the A hit on the river. Hansen showed AJ for the turned straight. Myung mucked. Hansen is up to about 4,000.

Kill Pot for Froehlich

Eric Froehlich raised from middle position and the seat 7 player called behind him. Froelich led out on a flop of A109 and his opponent raised. Froehlch three bet and his opponent called. He fired again on a turn card that brough no fourth club, and his opponent folded.
The next hand Froehlich raised again and this time was called by Tom McCormick in seat 8, who called him on a flop of KKJ and then checked down the rest of the way. Froehlich tabled A7 for a turned pair of sevens. "You bet when you were behind and checked after you made your hand," commented McCormick, who folded. Froehlich is up to about 5,000.

Player Tags: Tom McCormick,   Eric Froehlich

Negreanu Back In the Thick of Things

Jun 11, '08

Blinds/Antes: 3,000-5,000 with 5,000-10,000 betting limits

Players Left: 14 of 480

Chip Leaders:

Hien Tran: 300,000
Richard Li: 230,000
Daniel Makowsky: 208,000
Ugur Marangoz: 186,000
Fu Wong: 132,000
Derek Lerner: 130,000
Henning Granstad: 120,000
Daniel Negreanu: 117,000

Average Stack: 128,000

Big Hands:
Negreanu Back in Business

Daniel Negreanu was just around 40,000 in chips. He three-bet before the flop, making it 15,000. Three players called him and the flop came J98. Negreanu led out with 5,000 and was raised by seat 5. The other player in the pot called and Negreanu went all in. He was called by both players.The next two streets were checked by both players as they came 2 and 6 respectively. It was time to showdown and Negreanu flipped over KK  while seat 5 showed pocket 10's. The other player mucked, and just like that Negreanu nearly tripled up to 117,000 in chips.

McCormick Sent Home on A Boat

On a board of K64, Tom McCormick raised after his opponent bet 5,000. He was called and the turn was the 4. McCormick bet 10,000 after the action was checked to him, only to have his opponent raise to 20,000. McCormick went all in and was called. McCormick showed 64 for a full house on the turn, but his opponent showed KK for a much bigger boat and sent McCormick and his boat off to the salvage yard in 17th place.

Player Tags: Tom McCormick,   Daniel Negreanu

Limit Hold 'Em Level 5 recap

Jun 10, '08

Blinds: 100-200
Limits: 200-400

Players Remaining: 320-480

Chip Leaders:

Jason Maerang: 21,000
Stuart Patterson: 16,300
Derek Lerner: 14,000
J.C. Tran: 13,000
Ayaz Mahmood: 12,300
Nadim Shabou: 12,000
Tommy Hang: 11,200
Brendan Tayler: 10,800
Daniel Makowsky: 10,375
Justin Pechie: 10,300

Big Hands:

Hang Surging

Tommy Hang bet all the way down on a board of 632 - K - 7 and was called down by the seat 6 player. Hang showed down QQ for the winner. Hang is up to about 11,000 in chips.

Negreanu Almost Does It Again

Negreanu led out on a board of 1094 and was raised. Negreanu made the obligatory call, then check-called the turned 2. The 4 was again checked by Negreanu, who mucked his cards after his opponent bet. "I almost did it again," announced Negreanu. "One more spade, baby." That hand took Negreanu down to about 5,800.

Hansen Makes Friends With Myung, Angers Napkin 

Thor Hansen blew his nose into a napkin, stuffed it into a Pepsi can, and then took down a pot from his "friend," John Myung. After Hansen raised, Myung three bet from the button, and Hansen called. Myung bet again when checked to on a flop of Q109 and Hansen called. "I check to my friend," said Hansen, after the K fell on the turn, and Myung checked behind. Hansen led out for the first time in the hand when the A hit on the river. Hansen showed AJ for the turned straight. Myung mucked. Hansen is up to about 4,000.

Kill Pot for Froehlich

Eric Froehlich raised from middle position and the seat 7 player called behind him. Froelich led out on a flop of A109 and his opponent raised. Froehlch three bet and his opponent called. He fired again on a turn card that brough no fourth club, and his opponent folded.
The next hand Froehlich raised again and this time was called by Tom McCormick in seat 8, who called him on a flop of KKJ and then checked down the rest of the way. Froehlich tabled A7 for a turned pair of sevens. "You bet when you were behind and checked after you made your hand," commented McCormick, who folded. Froehlich is up to about 5,000.

Player Tags: Tom McCormick,   Eric Froehlich

Tom McCormick Eliminated in 32nd Place ($65,955)

Apr 23, '08

Tom McCormick was eliminated by David Chiu shortly before the break. McCormick receives $65,955.

Player Tags: Tom McCormick

Tom McCormick Doubles Up

Apr 23, '08

Tom McCormick is all in for his last 81,000 against John Hoang.

McCormick shows AJ and is up against Hoang's A5. The board comes A7692 and McCormick doubles up to 180,000 or so.

Player Tags: Tom McCormick,   John Hoang

Men's Re-Suck Hand

Apr 23, '08

We're not sure when all the money went into the pot, but it was either preflop or on the flop. This was the situation:

Board:  1063

Men Nguyen:  Q10
Tom McCormick:  A2

Nguyen had a pair of tens with a flush draw, while McCormick had an overcard with a higher flush draw.

The turn card was the A, and McCormick takes the lead with a pair of aces. Nguyen needs a queen or a ten to stay alive.

The river card is the Q. This is what caused Nguyen to yell, "Queen, baby!" And then his now infamous line (at least to those in the room), "Suck and re-suck, baby!"

Men Nguyen wins the hand, doubling to about 800,000 in chips. Tom McCormick drops down to about 250,000.

Player Tags: Tom McCormick,   Men Nguyen

Tom McCormick Eliminated

Mar 17, '08

Tom McCormick was just coolered out of the tournament when his pocket kings ran into the pocket aces of his opponent.

Player Tags: Tom McCormick

Down to 82

Jun 26, '07

The field in this year's Seniors event has narrowed down to 82 players and the pace of play has picked up dramatically. The remaining players are not hesitating to shove all their chips in the middle and play large pot poker. Concurrently, this tournament has also become the loudest and most emotional. Some players are spewing profanitly laced tantrums and causing scenes that are attracting fans over to the rail.

Tom McCormick was all in before the flop up in a massive sized pot against one of the chip leaders, David Icke. McCormick was all in with pocket kings up against Icke's pocket queens. McCormick had a chance to become the chip leader if his kings held up and was up out of his seat in anticipation. The dealer peeled of a queen on the flop and McCormick yelled out as loud as he could. "That's Bull****!" screamed McCormick. The turn and river bricked out and Icke's queens cracked McCormick's kings. McCormick stormed out of the tournament area muttering obscenities.

Mickey Wernick hit the rail when his 9-9 could not take down two callers with A-Q and A-K on a board with an Ace a King and a Queen.

Player Tags: Tom McCormick,   David Icke