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| Jun 25, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 43 - $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship | 3 | + |
Level 21 Update: Bustouts GaloreJun 25, '10 Blinds: Flop Games: 20,000-40,000 limits Players Remaining: 9 out of 241 Average Chip Count: 803,333 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Marco Johnson – 1,680,000 Notable Eliminations: 16. Brandon Adams – $26,459 Big Hands:
Omaha 8 Brandon Adams got the last of his chips in the middle against Marco Johnson on a flop of 7-5-3. Adams had the A-A-K-J, giving him just dry aces with no low draw, and Johnson flopped two pair and a low with his A-8-5-3. The turn was a 2 and the river was a 10 to eliminated Adams and vault Johnson to the top of the chip counts. Roman Yitzhaki Eliminated Omaha 8 Matt Glantz raised preflop on the button and Roman Yitzhaki three-bet from the big blind. Glantz called and the two saw a flop of Q Glantz showed the A The turn was the J
Razz Marco Johnson completed and then bet fourth and fifth street against Eugene Katchalov. Katchalov led out on sixth and was raised by Johnson with their boards looking like this. Johnson: (X-X)-4-7-5-10-(X) Johnson fired another bullet on the river and Katchalov folded. Katchalov fell to 880,000 and Johnson is up to 1,200,000. Hennigan Eliminated Stud We missed the exact details of the hand, but a very short stacked John Hennigan was all-in against Michael Chow. At the end of the hand, Chow was stacking chips and Hennigan was walking away from the table. Michael Chow Eliminated Stud Michael Chow completed and was raised by Marco Johnson. Chow made the call and got all of his chips in the middle by fifth street against Johnson. Chow: (A Chow’s aces never improved and Johnson continued to cruise as he made trip jacks to eliminated Chow. Stud 8 Cuong Do was down to his last 11,000 after calling bets the whole way down from Scott Fischman in a stud hand and having to fold the river. He got his last 11,000 in the middle on third against Brian Townsened. The boards ran out like this. Do: (K Townsend made a straight and left Do drawing dead on his river card to eliminated Do in 12th place.
Stud 8 Steve Billirakis got the last of his chips in the middle on sixth street against Ian Gordon. Billirakis: (5 Both players made full houses, but Gordon’s sevens full of aces trumped Billirakis’ fives full of eights and Billirakis was eliminated in 11th as we inch closer to the final table. Brian Townsend Eliminated Scott Fischman raised from the cutoff and Brian Townsend three-bet from the button. Carlos Mortensen then made it four bets from the big blind. Fischman folded and Townsend made the call. The flop was Q Townsend showed A The Q Player Tags: John Hennigan, Eugene Katchalov, Brandon Adams, Roman Yitzhaki, Brian Townsend, Cuong Do, Marco Johnson, Michael Chow Level 18 Update: Chainsaw Gone, Fischman SurgesJun 25, '10 Blinds: Flop Games: Limits 12,000-24,000 Players Remaining: 19 out of 241 Average Chip Count: 380,526 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Marco Johnson – 770,000 Notable Eliminations: 23. Allen Kessler – $21,997 Big Hands:
Hold’em It folded around to Allen Kessler in the small blind who raised and got the last of his chips in the middle preflop against Brian Townsend. Kessler held J Fischman Scoops a Big One Stud 8 Brian Townsend: (X-X)-8 Richard Ashby led on fourth street and all three players called. Townsend took the lead and bet out on fifth and was only called by Fischman. Townsend checked and called a bet from Fischman on sixth and seventh. Fischman turned over the 8 Abe Mosseri Eliminated Hold’em Abe Mosseri was very short and got the last of his chips in the pot against Matt Glantz. Glantz showed A The board came 7
Omaha 8 Marco Johnson raised from the cutoff and was called in position by Todd Brunson on the button. Johnson bet every street on a board that came off 6 Johnson showed J Player Tags: Scott Fischman, Todd Brunson, Allen Kessler, Abe Mosseri, Matthew Glantz, Brian Townsend, Marco Johnson End Of Day 2Jun 25, '10
Cyndy Violette and Tommy Hang each had the distinction of bursting the bubble as they busted on the same hand after holding on for so long. With the double elimination on the bubble, both players chopped the $21,997 for 24th place. There were 169 players who returned on day two and only 23 of them survived. Notables who made their exit included Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, Erik Seidel and Erick Lindgren. Brian Townsend leads the names of notables still alive. He is near the top of the leaderboard but has others like Carlos Mortensen, Marco Johnson and Nick Schulman nipping at his heels. Players will return at 3 p.m. to play down to a champion at level 18. The average stack is 314,347 and every player who busts is guaranteed $21,997. Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com as we bring you hourly live updates from the final day of event no. 43. Player Tags: Brian Townsend Level 13: Lindgren, Binger, Ferguson OutJun 24, '10 Flop Games: 2,000-4,000 blinds Players Remaining: 58 out of 241 Average Chip Stack: 124,655 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Steve Billirakis – 340,000 Notable Eliminations: Erick Lindgren Big Hands: Stud
Picking up the action on fifth street, Brian Townsend bet 8,000 and Erick Lindgren made the call. It was the same story on sixth and seventh street and here were their boards: Townsend: (8 Townsend’s trip-eights caused Lindgren to muck his hand and Townsend took the pot. He was at 300,000 while Lindgren was down to just 22,500. Hold’em Barbieri Flushes Smith Justin Smith raised to 8,000 from under the gun and Daniel Alaei made the call from the cutoff. Al Barbieri was in the big blind and threw in the extra 4,000 to see a flop. It came down 7 Barbieri bet 4,000 and Smith raised to 8,000. Alaei got out of the way and Smith made the call. The turn was the Q Barbieri bet another 8,000 and Smith called. Barbieri turned over 9 Lindgren Busts A few hands after losing to Brian Townsend, Erick Lindgren was all in holding Q The flop came down K Omaha/8
Steve Billirakis raised to 8,000 from the cutoff and Scotty Nguyen called from the button. Phil Galfond tagged along from the big blind and the flop came down K The turn was the 4 Billirakis turned over A Jesus Walks Scotty Nguyen raised to 8,000 and Chris Ferguson made the call from the big blind. The flop came down K Ferguson’s chips eventually all got into the middle and he turned over K Razz Michael Binger Eliminated Michael Binger found himself all in against James Mackey. Binger was drawing to a 9-7 low but paired jacks and had to settle for a jack-low. The 9-7 would not have made a difference, however, as Mackey made a 9-4 low and Binger made his exit from the tournament. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Chris Ferguson, Erick Lindgren, James Mackey, Steve Billirakis, Michael Binger, Phil Galfond, Brian Townsend |
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| Jun 24, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 43 - $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship | 2 | + |
Level 21 Update: Bustouts GaloreJun 25, '10 Blinds: Flop Games: 20,000-40,000 limits Players Remaining: 9 out of 241 Average Chip Count: 803,333 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Marco Johnson – 1,680,000 Notable Eliminations: 16. Brandon Adams – $26,459 Big Hands:
Omaha 8 Brandon Adams got the last of his chips in the middle against Marco Johnson on a flop of 7-5-3. Adams had the A-A-K-J, giving him just dry aces with no low draw, and Johnson flopped two pair and a low with his A-8-5-3. The turn was a 2 and the river was a 10 to eliminated Adams and vault Johnson to the top of the chip counts. Roman Yitzhaki Eliminated Omaha 8 Matt Glantz raised preflop on the button and Roman Yitzhaki three-bet from the big blind. Glantz called and the two saw a flop of Q Glantz showed the A The turn was the J
Razz Marco Johnson completed and then bet fourth and fifth street against Eugene Katchalov. Katchalov led out on sixth and was raised by Johnson with their boards looking like this. Johnson: (X-X)-4-7-5-10-(X) Johnson fired another bullet on the river and Katchalov folded. Katchalov fell to 880,000 and Johnson is up to 1,200,000. Hennigan Eliminated Stud We missed the exact details of the hand, but a very short stacked John Hennigan was all-in against Michael Chow. At the end of the hand, Chow was stacking chips and Hennigan was walking away from the table. Michael Chow Eliminated Stud Michael Chow completed and was raised by Marco Johnson. Chow made the call and got all of his chips in the middle by fifth street against Johnson. Chow: (A Chow’s aces never improved and Johnson continued to cruise as he made trip jacks to eliminated Chow. Stud 8 Cuong Do was down to his last 11,000 after calling bets the whole way down from Scott Fischman in a stud hand and having to fold the river. He got his last 11,000 in the middle on third against Brian Townsened. The boards ran out like this. Do: (K Townsend made a straight and left Do drawing dead on his river card to eliminated Do in 12th place.
Stud 8 Steve Billirakis got the last of his chips in the middle on sixth street against Ian Gordon. Billirakis: (5 Both players made full houses, but Gordon’s sevens full of aces trumped Billirakis’ fives full of eights and Billirakis was eliminated in 11th as we inch closer to the final table. Brian Townsend Eliminated Scott Fischman raised from the cutoff and Brian Townsend three-bet from the button. Carlos Mortensen then made it four bets from the big blind. Fischman folded and Townsend made the call. The flop was Q Townsend showed A The Q Player Tags: John Hennigan, Eugene Katchalov, Brandon Adams, Roman Yitzhaki, Brian Townsend, Cuong Do, Marco Johnson, Michael Chow Level 18 Update: Chainsaw Gone, Fischman SurgesJun 25, '10 Blinds: Flop Games: Limits 12,000-24,000 Players Remaining: 19 out of 241 Average Chip Count: 380,526 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Marco Johnson – 770,000 Notable Eliminations: 23. Allen Kessler – $21,997 Big Hands:
Hold’em It folded around to Allen Kessler in the small blind who raised and got the last of his chips in the middle preflop against Brian Townsend. Kessler held J Fischman Scoops a Big One Stud 8 Brian Townsend: (X-X)-8 Richard Ashby led on fourth street and all three players called. Townsend took the lead and bet out on fifth and was only called by Fischman. Townsend checked and called a bet from Fischman on sixth and seventh. Fischman turned over the 8 Abe Mosseri Eliminated Hold’em Abe Mosseri was very short and got the last of his chips in the pot against Matt Glantz. Glantz showed A The board came 7
Omaha 8 Marco Johnson raised from the cutoff and was called in position by Todd Brunson on the button. Johnson bet every street on a board that came off 6 Johnson showed J Player Tags: Scott Fischman, Todd Brunson, Allen Kessler, Abe Mosseri, Matthew Glantz, Brian Townsend, Marco Johnson End Of Day 2Jun 25, '10
Cyndy Violette and Tommy Hang each had the distinction of bursting the bubble as they busted on the same hand after holding on for so long. With the double elimination on the bubble, both players chopped the $21,997 for 24th place. There were 169 players who returned on day two and only 23 of them survived. Notables who made their exit included Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, Erik Seidel and Erick Lindgren. Brian Townsend leads the names of notables still alive. He is near the top of the leaderboard but has others like Carlos Mortensen, Marco Johnson and Nick Schulman nipping at his heels. Players will return at 3 p.m. to play down to a champion at level 18. The average stack is 314,347 and every player who busts is guaranteed $21,997. Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com as we bring you hourly live updates from the final day of event no. 43. Player Tags: Brian Townsend Level 13: Lindgren, Binger, Ferguson OutJun 24, '10 Flop Games: 2,000-4,000 blinds Players Remaining: 58 out of 241 Average Chip Stack: 124,655 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Steve Billirakis – 340,000 Notable Eliminations: Erick Lindgren Big Hands: Stud
Picking up the action on fifth street, Brian Townsend bet 8,000 and Erick Lindgren made the call. It was the same story on sixth and seventh street and here were their boards: Townsend: (8 Townsend’s trip-eights caused Lindgren to muck his hand and Townsend took the pot. He was at 300,000 while Lindgren was down to just 22,500. Hold’em Barbieri Flushes Smith Justin Smith raised to 8,000 from under the gun and Daniel Alaei made the call from the cutoff. Al Barbieri was in the big blind and threw in the extra 4,000 to see a flop. It came down 7 Barbieri bet 4,000 and Smith raised to 8,000. Alaei got out of the way and Smith made the call. The turn was the Q Barbieri bet another 8,000 and Smith called. Barbieri turned over 9 Lindgren Busts A few hands after losing to Brian Townsend, Erick Lindgren was all in holding Q The flop came down K Omaha/8
Steve Billirakis raised to 8,000 from the cutoff and Scotty Nguyen called from the button. Phil Galfond tagged along from the big blind and the flop came down K The turn was the 4 Billirakis turned over A Jesus Walks Scotty Nguyen raised to 8,000 and Chris Ferguson made the call from the big blind. The flop came down K Ferguson’s chips eventually all got into the middle and he turned over K Razz Michael Binger Eliminated Michael Binger found himself all in against James Mackey. Binger was drawing to a 9-7 low but paired jacks and had to settle for a jack-low. The 9-7 would not have made a difference, however, as Mackey made a 9-4 low and Binger made his exit from the tournament. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Chris Ferguson, Erick Lindgren, James Mackey, Steve Billirakis, Michael Binger, Phil Galfond, Brian Townsend |
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| May 29, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $50,000 Players Championship | 1 | + |
End Of Day 1May 29, '10 Day 1 of the Players Championship is officially over. There were 116 entrants by the end of the dinner break and 110 of them will return Saturday at 3 p.m. for Day 2. Dan Shak had the distinction of being the first player eliminated from the tournament after he was crippled in a hand against Dan Kelly. Tom Dwan, Andrew Brown, Marc Karam, Greg Mueller and Brian Townsend would follow Shak out the door before the day was over. The unofficial chip leader after Day 1 is David Oppenheim with about 305,000. Others in contention include Erik Sagstrom with 280,000; Justin Bonomo with 255,000 and Barry Greenstein with 240,000. Stay tuned to Cardplayer.com for a recap of today’s events as well as all of the live updates for Day 2 of the Players Championship. Player Tags: Barry Greenstein, David Oppenheim, Erik Sagstrom, Justin Bonomo, Tom Dwan, Brian Townsend |
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| Jul 07, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 2 | + |
Level 5 Hour 2: Johnny Chan OutJul 07, '09 Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Day 2A Field: 1,476 Chip Counts: 1. Samer Rahman – 145,000 Notable Eliminations: Johnny Chan Big Hands:
Johnny Chan moved all in for 6,000 from the big blind. Matthew Woodward had limped in earlier and made the call. Chan tabled A The board ran out K Tilly Counterfeited, Sent Out Jennifer Tilly moved all in after a flop 8 The turn was the Q
After a flop of 8 Sointula made no flush on the turn, but did hit the 6 Brian Townsend Gone Brian Townsend got his stack all in preflop with Q
Katja Thater had her opponent all in on the turn with the board reading 9 Despite that, the 10 Brunson Drops Chips Picking up the action on the turn, the board read A
A player in middle position raised to 1,025 preflop. The action folded to Kara Scott on the button. She raised to 3,000 and her opponent called. The flop was A She made the call and her opponent mucked his hand. She tabled A Player Tags: Todd Brunson, Phil Laak, Johnny Chan, Jennifer Tilly, Brian Townsend, Katja Thater, Kara Scott |
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| May 30, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $40,000 40th Annual No-Limit Hold'em | 3 | + |
Level 21 Update: Clark Hamagami, Doshi Suresh, and Davd Baker EliminatedMay 30, '09 Blinds: 18,000-36,000 with a 4,000 chip ante Players Remaining: 14 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Lex Veldhuis — 5,200,000 Average Chip Count: 1,608,000 Notable Eliminations: 17. Clark Hamagami ($96,171) Big Hands: Doshi Suresh Eliminated by Greg Raymer in 16th Place ($96,171) Doshi Suresh moved all-in pre-flop and was quickly called by the big stack of Greg Raymer. Suresh tabled A David Baker Eliminated in 15th Place ($128,666) David Baker raised to 85,000 on the button and Lex Veldhuis reraised to 205,000 from the small blind. Baker moved all in for 1,480,000 and Velhuis called him down. Their cards: Baker: 6 Board: A Baker was eliminated in 15th place and Veldhuis grew his stack to 5.2 million to take the chip lead. Greg Raymer gets Aces Cracked Twice Brian Townsend was all in preflop on the small blind for 275,000 and Greg Ramyer had him covered under the gun. Their cards: Raymer: A Board: K Townsend doubled up on the hand to survive with a Broadway straight and Raymer took a hit on the hand. A few hands later Keith Lehr was the player all in preflop and once again Raymer had his opponent covered. Their cards: Raymer: A Board: K Lehr doubled up on the hand to survive and Raymer couled only watch as his aces were crakced for a second time in a row. Raymer still held 2.1 million after the hand due to the short stacks that he was up against in both cases. Left in the Deck - Layne Flack came over from his Omaha 8 or Better to talk with Ted Forrest. - The tournament staff is currently coloring up the players and adding 50,000 pink chips into play. Player Tags: David Baker, Ted Forrest, Greg Raymer, Brian Townsend, Keith Lehr, Lex Veldhuis Level 20 Update: Andy Black and Matthew Glantz EliminatedMay 30, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 chip ante Players Remaining: 17 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Justin Bonomo — 3,500,000 Average Chip Count: 1,400,000 Notable Eliminations: 19. Andy Black ($71,858) Big Hands:
Andy Black Finds a Lucky Flop, Horrible Turn, Eliminated in 19th Place ($71,858) With less than 10 big blinds, Andy Black moved all-in for just under 300,000. The action was folded to Dani Stern, who instantly called with A Tony G Doubles Up Severely short stacked, Tony G moved all-in pre-flop with 3 Alex Veldhuis Makes Big All-in Bet Brian Townsend raised pre-flop to 75,000 and Alec Torelli re-raised from the cut off to 185,000. Action was folded to Alex Veldhuis in the big blind who moved all in for about 1,800,000 total. Torelli tanked for a few minutes before finally folding to the large bet from Veldhuis. Matthew Glantz Eliminated in 18th Place ($96,171) Alex Veldhuis and Matthew Glantz saw a flop of Q Tony G Doubles Up Again Isaac Haxton and Tony G were once again tangled up in a pot with Tony G holding the 10 Left In The Deck Players are on a 20 minute break and will play 2 more levels before a dinner break. Player Tags: Matthew Glantz, Andy Black, Brian Townsend, Isaac Haxton, Lex Veldhuis Level 14 Update: Mike Matusow EliminatedMay 29, '09 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 44 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Brian Townsend – 1,470,000 Average Chip Count: 548,181 Notable Eliminations: Emil Patel Big Hands:
Huck Seed is Eliminated On a board of 7 Nam Le Doubles Up Nam Le and Sorel Mizzi got it all in on the flop with Le holding the 10 Mike Matusow Eliminated Mike Matusow raised to 25,000 preflop from the big blind and Keith Lehr reraised enough to put Matusow all in under the gun. Matusow made the call and they flipped up their cards: Matusow: 7 Board: Q Matusow was eliminated on the hand and Lehr moved up to 600,000. Matthew Glantz Flops a Set On a board of J
Brian Townsend Eliminates Emil Patel Emil Patel and Brian Townsend got it all-in pre-flop with Patel holding A Left In The Deck: Table 60 is a stacked table with pros Greg Raymer, Andrew Robl, Vanessa Rousso, Steve Zolotow, Brian Rast, Alec Torelli and formerly Bruno Fitoussi before he was eliminated and Andrew Black before he was moved. The players are on a 60 minute dinner break. The action tonight will conclude when they have reached 18 players or have played four more levels. Player Tags: Nam Le, Huck Seed, Steve Zolotow, Mike Matusow, Greg Raymer, Matthew Glantz, Emil Patel, Brian Townsend, Keith Lehr, Alec Torelli, Sorel Mizzi, Evan McNiff Level 12 Update: Brian Townsend Builds a Huge StackMay 29, '09 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 67 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Alex Veldhuis – 1,090,000 Average Chip Count: 354,706 Notable Eliminations: Doyle Brunson Big Hands:
Chau Giang Doubles Up Facing a 26,500 button raise from Andrew Robl, Chau Giang moved all in pre-flop for 45,000 more. Robl was committed and quickly called with the A Chris Moneymaker Avoids Disaster Chris Moneymaker raised pre-floped and Humberto Brenes just called. The flop brought the A Brian Townsend Wins a Huge Pot On a board of A Chris Moore Busts One Chris Moore (UTG) and his opponent on the small blind got it all in preflop. Their cards: Moore: A Board: 8 Moore won the hand and sent his opponent packing. Michael DeMichele Sent to the Rail On a board of 8 Brian Rast Gets Lucky to Double Up On a flop of 7
David “Devil Fish” Ulliott is Eliminated On the very next hand after Brian Rast’s huge double up, the short stack David Ulliott raised pre-flop to 25,000 with pocket kings. Rast min-raised to 50,000 and Ulliott went all-in instantly. Rast called and exposed 7 Table 60 is running hot At the same table and a hand after Rasts double up and Ulliot’s elimination, Greg Raymer called the all-in of Ville Wahlbeck. Raymer showed A Left in the Deck: Mike Matusow is entered in the Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better tournament that is running simultaneously and has ran over to the other table to see a hand. Players went to a 20 minute break, and will return to play more 2 more levels before a 60 minute dinner break later this evening. After the break they will play four levels or down to 18 players, whichever comes first. Card Player TV Check out this video from CardPlayer TV with chip leader Lex Veldhuis. Player Tags: Mark Seif, Humberto Brenes, Chris Moneymaker, Chau Giang, Bruno Fitoussi, Greg Raymer, Brian Rast, Chris Moore, Brian Townsend, Andrew Robl |
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| May 29, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $40,000 40th Annual No-Limit Hold'em | 2 | + |
Level 21 Update: Clark Hamagami, Doshi Suresh, and Davd Baker EliminatedMay 30, '09 Blinds: 18,000-36,000 with a 4,000 chip ante Players Remaining: 14 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Lex Veldhuis — 5,200,000 Average Chip Count: 1,608,000 Notable Eliminations: 17. Clark Hamagami ($96,171) Big Hands: Doshi Suresh Eliminated by Greg Raymer in 16th Place ($96,171) Doshi Suresh moved all-in pre-flop and was quickly called by the big stack of Greg Raymer. Suresh tabled A David Baker Eliminated in 15th Place ($128,666) David Baker raised to 85,000 on the button and Lex Veldhuis reraised to 205,000 from the small blind. Baker moved all in for 1,480,000 and Velhuis called him down. Their cards: Baker: 6 Board: A Baker was eliminated in 15th place and Veldhuis grew his stack to 5.2 million to take the chip lead. Greg Raymer gets Aces Cracked Twice Brian Townsend was all in preflop on the small blind for 275,000 and Greg Ramyer had him covered under the gun. Their cards: Raymer: A Board: K Townsend doubled up on the hand to survive with a Broadway straight and Raymer took a hit on the hand. A few hands later Keith Lehr was the player all in preflop and once again Raymer had his opponent covered. Their cards: Raymer: A Board: K Lehr doubled up on the hand to survive and Raymer couled only watch as his aces were crakced for a second time in a row. Raymer still held 2.1 million after the hand due to the short stacks that he was up against in both cases. Left in the Deck - Layne Flack came over from his Omaha 8 or Better to talk with Ted Forrest. - The tournament staff is currently coloring up the players and adding 50,000 pink chips into play. Player Tags: David Baker, Ted Forrest, Greg Raymer, Brian Townsend, Keith Lehr, Lex Veldhuis Level 20 Update: Andy Black and Matthew Glantz EliminatedMay 30, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 chip ante Players Remaining: 17 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Justin Bonomo — 3,500,000 Average Chip Count: 1,400,000 Notable Eliminations: 19. Andy Black ($71,858) Big Hands:
Andy Black Finds a Lucky Flop, Horrible Turn, Eliminated in 19th Place ($71,858) With less than 10 big blinds, Andy Black moved all-in for just under 300,000. The action was folded to Dani Stern, who instantly called with A Tony G Doubles Up Severely short stacked, Tony G moved all-in pre-flop with 3 Alex Veldhuis Makes Big All-in Bet Brian Townsend raised pre-flop to 75,000 and Alec Torelli re-raised from the cut off to 185,000. Action was folded to Alex Veldhuis in the big blind who moved all in for about 1,800,000 total. Torelli tanked for a few minutes before finally folding to the large bet from Veldhuis. Matthew Glantz Eliminated in 18th Place ($96,171) Alex Veldhuis and Matthew Glantz saw a flop of Q Tony G Doubles Up Again Isaac Haxton and Tony G were once again tangled up in a pot with Tony G holding the 10 Left In The Deck Players are on a 20 minute break and will play 2 more levels before a dinner break. Player Tags: Matthew Glantz, Andy Black, Brian Townsend, Isaac Haxton, Lex Veldhuis Level 14 Update: Mike Matusow EliminatedMay 29, '09 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 44 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Brian Townsend – 1,470,000 Average Chip Count: 548,181 Notable Eliminations: Emil Patel Big Hands:
Huck Seed is Eliminated On a board of 7 Nam Le Doubles Up Nam Le and Sorel Mizzi got it all in on the flop with Le holding the 10 Mike Matusow Eliminated Mike Matusow raised to 25,000 preflop from the big blind and Keith Lehr reraised enough to put Matusow all in under the gun. Matusow made the call and they flipped up their cards: Matusow: 7 Board: Q Matusow was eliminated on the hand and Lehr moved up to 600,000. Matthew Glantz Flops a Set On a board of J
Brian Townsend Eliminates Emil Patel Emil Patel and Brian Townsend got it all-in pre-flop with Patel holding A Left In The Deck: Table 60 is a stacked table with pros Greg Raymer, Andrew Robl, Vanessa Rousso, Steve Zolotow, Brian Rast, Alec Torelli and formerly Bruno Fitoussi before he was eliminated and Andrew Black before he was moved. The players are on a 60 minute dinner break. The action tonight will conclude when they have reached 18 players or have played four more levels. Player Tags: Nam Le, Huck Seed, Steve Zolotow, Mike Matusow, Greg Raymer, Matthew Glantz, Emil Patel, Brian Townsend, Keith Lehr, Alec Torelli, Sorel Mizzi, Evan McNiff Level 12 Update: Brian Townsend Builds a Huge StackMay 29, '09 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 67 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Alex Veldhuis – 1,090,000 Average Chip Count: 354,706 Notable Eliminations: Doyle Brunson Big Hands:
Chau Giang Doubles Up Facing a 26,500 button raise from Andrew Robl, Chau Giang moved all in pre-flop for 45,000 more. Robl was committed and quickly called with the A Chris Moneymaker Avoids Disaster Chris Moneymaker raised pre-floped and Humberto Brenes just called. The flop brought the A Brian Townsend Wins a Huge Pot On a board of A Chris Moore Busts One Chris Moore (UTG) and his opponent on the small blind got it all in preflop. Their cards: Moore: A Board: 8 Moore won the hand and sent his opponent packing. Michael DeMichele Sent to the Rail On a board of 8 Brian Rast Gets Lucky to Double Up On a flop of 7
David “Devil Fish” Ulliott is Eliminated On the very next hand after Brian Rast’s huge double up, the short stack David Ulliott raised pre-flop to 25,000 with pocket kings. Rast min-raised to 50,000 and Ulliott went all-in instantly. Rast called and exposed 7 Table 60 is running hot At the same table and a hand after Rasts double up and Ulliot’s elimination, Greg Raymer called the all-in of Ville Wahlbeck. Raymer showed A Left in the Deck: Mike Matusow is entered in the Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better tournament that is running simultaneously and has ran over to the other table to see a hand. Players went to a 20 minute break, and will return to play more 2 more levels before a 60 minute dinner break later this evening. After the break they will play four levels or down to 18 players, whichever comes first. Card Player TV Check out this video from CardPlayer TV with chip leader Lex Veldhuis. Player Tags: Mark Seif, Humberto Brenes, Chris Moneymaker, Chau Giang, Bruno Fitoussi, Greg Raymer, Brian Rast, Chris Moore, Brian Townsend, Andrew Robl |
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| Jul 05, '08 | 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 54 - World Championship No-Limit Hold'em | 3 | + |
Main Event Day 1b - So Long SammyJul 05, '08 Note: Players are now on a 90 minute dinner break. Player Tags: Marcel Luske, Sam Farha, Brian Townsend, Jeff Madsen $10,000 Main Event - Isabelle Mercier Doubles UpJul 05, '08 Note: Players went on break at 4:30 p.m. and have just returned to play with the blinds at 150-300. Player Tags: Isabelle Mercier, Markus Lehmann, Brian Townsend |
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| Mar 01, '08 | 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Championship | NBC Heads-Up Championship Event | 2 | + |
Huck Seed Moves OnMar 01, '08
Player Tags: Huck Seed, Brian Townsend David Pham Gets a Bad BeatFeb 29, '08 David Pham is all in with pocket nines against the 10-9 offsuit of Brian "sbrugby" Townsend. The flop comes 10-10-7 and Pham is drawing to a chop. The turn is a five and that kills Pham's chances as Townsend advances to the next round. Player Tags: David Pham, Brian Townsend |
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| Feb 29, '08 | 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Championship | NBC Heads-Up Championship Event | 1 | + |
Huck Seed Moves OnMar 01, '08
Player Tags: Huck Seed, Brian Townsend David Pham Gets a Bad BeatFeb 29, '08 David Pham is all in with pocket nines against the 10-9 offsuit of Brian "sbrugby" Townsend. The flop comes 10-10-7 and Pham is drawing to a chop. The turn is a five and that kills Pham's chances as Townsend advances to the next round. Player Tags: David Pham, Brian Townsend |
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| Jun 19, '07 | 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 31 - World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em | 1 | + |
Play Finally BeginsJun 19, '07 Play has finally gotten underway in the heads up event. Here is the recap of hour one.Sick Match-Ups Max Pescatori vs. Patrik Antonius Freddy Deeb vs. Daniel Negreanu Dan Harrington vs. Howard Lederer Kristy Gazes vs. Rene Angelil Davidson Matthews vs. Kenna James Isabelle Mercier vs. John Phan Amir Vahedi vs. Clonie Gowen Jon "PearlJammer" Turner vs. Jason Strasser Jennifer Harman vs. Ted Forrest Flushes Over Flushes David Williams won his match on the first hand, when he flopped the nut flush draw and his opponent flopped a pair and the second nut flush draw. They got involved in a raising war, getting all the money in on the flop. Williams caught his flush and had his opponent drawing dead going into the river. Williams might nor have gotten one of the controversial byes, but he got the next best thing. Brian Townsend got involved in a similar hand. Unfortunately for Townsend, he was on the second-nuts side, and found himself out of the tournament within half an hour of starting. Winners Shannon Elizabeth, Jennifer Tilly, Evelyn Ng, Antonio Esfandiari and Bill Chen all won their first match. Chen won his match when he got all his money on on a flop of A Q 7 with the K Q against his opponents' A 9 . The turn brought his opponent two pair with the 9 , but the 4 on the river completed Chen's flush and gave him the victory. Pescatori vs. Antonius The Max Pescatori versus Patrik Antonius match has been a roller coaster. Pescatori was down to only $2,000 after his A Q ran into Antonius' Q 6 with a board of Q 10 6 3 . He was able to fight back slowly, and eventually doubled back up to almost even when he got Antonius to call his all-in after his 9 9 connected with the board of Q J 9 3 Q .Action continues in round one, with many great matches still going on. Make sure to check back for more hourly updates here at Cardplayer.com. Player Tags: Max Pescatori, David Williams, Patrik Antonius, Brian Townsend |
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