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| May 29, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 3 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 1 | + |
Level 2 Update: McEvoy and Cantu Hit the RailMay 29, '10 Blinds: 25-50 Entrants: 3,765 Card Player Chip Counts: Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 2,250 Notable Eliminations: Tom McEvoy Big Hands:
Shamseddin’s Bluff Gets Picked Off On a flop of J Shamseddin tabled Q Veldhuis Takes a Big Hit After a preflop raise, Lex Veldhuis and three other players saw a flop of J After the 2 Amarillo Adds a Few Chips After four players saw a flop of Q The 2
After a raise to 125 from a player in the cutoff, Publisher of Card Player Media Barry Shulman three-bet to 300 on the button and took in a small pot after the player folded. Shulman is sitting at 4,475. James Mackey Wins a Pot We caught up with James Mackey in the middle of a hand. A player in early position bet 100 and Mackey raised to 300 on a flop of 8
Brandon Cantu moved all in with pocket jacks and was called by an opponent with queens. The board ran out A Left in the Deck: Some Players Like to be Fashionably Late With late registration open until the end of the second level, some notable faces have taken their seats. Tom Dwan, Eric Mizrachi, Chris Moore, and Frank Kasella all are now registered fr the tournament. The official number of entrants for the day is 3,765. Players are now on a short break The halls of the Rio are flooded with players. Action will resume in 20 minutes. While You are Waiting If you are waiting, check out a recent episode of Under the Gun that featured Brandon Cantu. Player Tags: Tom McEvoy, Allyn Jaffrey Shulman, Barry Shulman, James Mackey, Soheil Shamseddin, Lex Veldhuis |
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| Apr 18, '10 | 2010 Five-Star World Poker Classic | WPT No-Limit Hold'em Main Event | 2 | + |
Level 2 Update: Antonio Esfandiari Hits the RailApr 18, '10 Blinds: 100-200 with a 25 ante Players Remaining: 145 out of 149 Chip Counts: 1. Shawn Buchanan — 180,000 Average Chip Count: 102,000 Notable Eliminations: Antonio Esfandiari Big Hands:
On a flop of A Esfandiari then called off his last 14,000 and the turn was the K Esfandiari then mucked his hand, presumably drawing dead. The river was the 9 Henry Tran Busts One On a flop of K Seat 4 then moved all in for an additional 38,275 and Tran wasted no time before making the call with 7 Seat 4 sheepishly pushed his cards forward face down and gathered his belongings. On his way out the door, the dealer turned up his hand and revealed J The turn and river fell 5 Steve O’Dwyer Takes One From Alexandre Gomes Alexandre Gomes raised to 600 and Steve O’Dwyer reraised to 2,050. Gomes called and the flop came down A Gomes checked and O’Dwyer continued with a bet of 2,700. Gomes called and both players checked the 4 The river was the Q Player Tags: Antonio Esfandiari, Henry Tran, Soheil Shamseddin, Steve O'Dwyer, Alexandre Gomes |
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| Dec 16, '09 | 2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship | 3 | + |
Level 15 Update: Day 3 EndsDec 16, '09 NOTE: Day 3 has come to an end and the remaining field will return tomorrow at noon PST to play down to the final 10 players. The money bubble will burst when 27 players remain tomorrow. Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 36 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1.Daniel Alaei — 1,664,000 Average Chip Count: 548,333 Notable Eliminations: Soheil Shamseddin Big Hands:
Daniel Alaei (pictured right) raised to 20,000 from middle position and Yegor Tsurikov reraised to 60,000 from the button. Alaei made the call and the flop was dealt K Tsurikov moved all in for a little more than 400,000 and Alaei quickly called. Alaei flipped over 9 Soheil Shamseddin Eliminated Soheil Shamseddin moved all in for 102,000 under the gun preflop and Antonio Esfandiari made the call. Their cards: Shamseddin: A Board: K-K-2-A-5 Shamseddin was eliminated on the hand. He ends the year in fifth place in the Card Player POY standings with 4,283 points.
The cutoff raised to 24,000 preflop and Scotty Nguyen (pictured right) reraised to 50,000 from the button. The cutoff reraised to 150,000, Nguyen called, and the flop was dealt K Nguyen: 7 Turn and River: 5 Nguyen won the hand and he went into a rant of celebration that included some choice swear words. He was given a 10-minute penalty for the profanity and his chip stack grew to 1 million after the hand. Battle of the Big Stacks A board of 9 Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Steven Landfish, Antonio Esfandiari, Daniel Alaei, Soheil Shamseddin, Matthew Waxman Level 14 Update: Chaos For Steve O'DwyerDec 16, '09 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 46 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Joe Elpayaa — 740,000 Average Chip Count: 429,000 Notable Eliminations: Andrew Robl Big Hands:
Okay, see if you can keep up with this one. Steve O’Dwyer raised to 15,000 from under the gun and Tim Davis called. The flop came out 8 Here’s where it gets crazy. Davis made the call and turned over A The dealer, completely unaware that there was still pending action, then produced a jack and a four on the turn and river. The floor was called over and the dealer tried to tell her side of the story. Davis was quiet, presumably because he had no idea whether he had won or not, with O’Dwyer’s hand still concealed. O’Dwyer then reported the action and it was ruled that the turn and river would go back into the deck and two new cards would be turned and rivered. After she began shuffling, the table informed the floor that O’Dwyer had bet dark on the turn and that Davis still had to make a decision on whether or not to call the 95,000. The dealer then turned a deuce and Davis decided to call. O’Dwyer showed 10 The dealer pulled a nine out of the deck for the river, but in the process had forgotten to burn a card. O’Dwyer, clearly emotionally drained by seeing way too many cards try and take down his overpair, just slumped down in his chair, awaiting the true river. The “real” river was the 5
After losing most of his stack in an earlier hand, Andrew Robl was short and looking for a double up. Antonio Esfandiari raised to 17,000 and Robl moved all in for 23,000 in the small blind. Esfandiari called and said, “It was nice playing with you, Robl” as he turned over the 10 Robl showed A Esfandiari Gets a Frustrating Chop Antonio Esfandiari raised to 18,000 and Soheil Shamseddin called in the cutoff. Both blinds called as well and the flop came down A The blinds checked and Esfandiari bet 41,500. Shamseddin called and the blinds folded. The turn was the Q Shamseddin bet 50,000 and Esfandiari raised to 140,000. Shamseddin called and showed A
We didn’t catch the action on the flop, but Daniel Alaei was all in on the turn of a board reading A Devonshire was left with 18,000 and Alaei now has 1,050,000 and the chip lead. Carter King Doubles Through Joe Cassidy Carter King moved all in for his last 85,500 and was called by Joe Cassidy in the blinds. Cassidy showed A Player Tags: Antonio Esfandiari, Joe Cassidy, Daniel Alaei, Bryan Devonshire, Soheil Shamseddin, Tim Davis, Andrew Robl, Steve O'Dwyer, Carter King Level 13 Update: Eric Baldwin Clinches 2009 POY AwardDec 16, '09 Blinds: 2,500-4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 61 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Joseph Elpayaa — 740,000 Average Chip Count: 323,606 Notable Eliminations: Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Yevgeniy Timoshenko was eliminated during level 13 and Eric Baldwin (pictured right) has clinched the 2009 Card Player Player of the Year award. Baldwin will receive a $10,0000 seat in the 2010 World Series of Poker main event and a trophy in recognition of his accomplishment. Baldwin racked up a total of 6,994 points to win the award. He made a very impressive 17 final tables in 2009 and he won four tournament titles, including a win in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys at Bellagio this past weekend that served as an exclamation point on his victory. Congratulations to Eric Baldwin! Baldwin takes over the title from the 2008 POY, John Phan, who scored 6,704 points to win last year’s award. Phan was also eliminated during the 13th level of the tournament today. One player in the POY top 10 is still active in today’s field and it is Soheil Shamseddin, who holds 510,000. Shamseddin won’t be able to catch Badlwin in the point standings but if he makes the final table in this event he will jump to fourth place, and if he wins he will finish in second place behind Baldwin. Big Hands: Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated Vivek Rajkumar was all in on a board of 9
Vadim Trincher (pictured left) moved all in preflop from the small blind and seat three made the call from the cutoff. Their cards: Trincher: 10 Board: Q Trincher was eliminated on the hand. John Phan Eliminated David Pham raised to 10,500 from middle position preflop and John Phan reraised all in for 40,000 behind him. Kenna James then reraised all in over the top of Phan, which induced the big blind and Pham to fold. The two live players then flipped over their cards: Phan: 7 Board: 9 James won the hand with a set of nines to grow his stack to 160,000 and Phan was eliminated on the hand. Player Tags: John Phan, Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Kenna James, Vadim Trincher, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Vivek Rajkumar, Brent Hanks, Yevgeniy Timoshenko Level 9 Update: Eric Baldwin EliminatedDec 15, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 159 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Eric Hershler — 350,000 Average Chip Count: 124,151 Notable Eliminations: Eric Baldwin Big Hands:
On a flop of J Dwan: 7 River: 6 Baldwin was eliminated on the hand and Dwan grew his stack to 300,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko Doubles Up Yevgeniy Timoshenko was all in preflop for 48.6 million and John Juanda called him down. Their cards: Timoshenko: A Board: 10 Timoshenko doubled up on the hand to survive in the tournament.
On a flop of K Left in the Deck The official prize pool for the tournament has been released. 1st: $1,428,430 POY Watch With Baldwin now out of the tournament and the final size of the field set, the final POY contenders left in the tournament know what to shoot for if they hope to pass Baldwin for the 2009 crown. Here is a look at the top three point totals in the race: Eric Baldwin: 6,994 POY Points to be Awarded at the Final Table of this event: 1: 1,980 Cornel Cimpan needs a third-place finish or better here at Bellagio to pass Baldwin and Yevgeniy Timoshenko needs a second-place finish or better to pass Badlwin. Soheil Shamseddin and Mike Leah can’t pass Baldwin with a win but they can improve their final standings in the POY race. Here is a look at where the remaining top 10 players in the POY race stand in chips in this event: Yevgeniy Timoshenko: 95,000 Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Mike Leah, Eric Hershler, Darryll Fish Level 2 Update: Daniel Negreanu UpsetDec 14, '09 Blinds: 100-200 Players Remaining: 236 out of 244 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. John Cernuto — 135,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Barry Shulman — 68,000 Average Chip Count: 62,000 Notable Eliminations: Jason Burt Big Hands:
Mike McClain raised to 525 in early position and was called by Mohsin Charania and Chino Rheem in the blinds. The flop came down K The turn was the 8 Scott Montgomery Makes Sure He Gets Paid The cutoff raised to 600 and Scott Montgomery called on the button. The flop came A The turn was the 2 His opponent thought for a few moments before making the call, however, his chips did not entirely cross the line. Montgomery paused to ask the dealer if it was an official call and once he receieved confirmation, he turned over the winning A We’re not sure if Montgomery was afraid of an angle shoot, but either way, he now has a stack of 51,000. Jason Mercier Headed South With His Stack We’re not entirely sure of the preflop action, but it appeared as though Jason Mercier raised to 625 in the cutoff and Soheil Shamseddin reraised to 1,800 from the small blind. Benjamin Zamani then reraised to 5,925 and Mercier made the call. Shamseddin folded and both players checked a flop of K Zamani showed A Left In The Deck:
There are currently three tables in the poker room and Daniel Negreanu is seated at one, clearly not happy about his table draw. On his personal twitter account (RealKidPoker), Negreanu voiced his concerns. “Wow Bellagio officially runs the worst tourney in the country now. Sign up after a guy and you get position on him at the table. Mind boggling. At my table Men and Scotty Nguyen and Elky. We all signed up together.” Here’s a look at the rest of Negreanu’s lineup. Seat 1: Billy Kopp All three tables are pretty stacked with well-known professionals, but it doesn’t look like they will break anytime soon, thanks to the very slow structure and extremely deep stacks. POY Watch: Card Player TV spoke with current Player of the Year leader Eric Baldwin about his chances to take the overall crown, as well as his recent victory in the $1,000 rebuy tournament here at Bellagio.
Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu, Michael McClain, Chino Rheem, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Benjamin Zamani, Scott Montgomery, Jason Mercier Level 1 Update: Soheil Shamseddin Eliminates Jonathan LittleDec 14, '09 Blinds: 50-100 Players Remaining: 225 out of 228 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 120,000 Average Chip Count: 60,000
Jonathan Little Big Hands: The Magician Makes One Opponent Disappear Antonio Esfandiari (pictured right) scored the first elimination of the day when his pocket aces held up to defeat the pocket queens of an opponent. Esfandiari doubled up on the hand and he currently leads the field with 120,000. Soheil Shamseddin Eliminates Jonathan Little
Little: 9 The turn and river delivered a heart for Shamseddin and he won the hand to grow his stack to 95,000. Little was eliminated on the hand during the first level of the day. Shamseddin ended the first level in a hand that saw him lose 15,000 when he decided not to call down another all-in opponent. POY Watch:
Eric Baldwin: 6,994 You can read more about the top players in the POY race in the following two articles that were featured on CardPlayer.com last week. Faces of the 2009 POY Race — Part I Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Antonio Esfandiari, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Jason Mercier |
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| Dec 15, '09 | 2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship | 2 | + |
Level 15 Update: Day 3 EndsDec 16, '09 NOTE: Day 3 has come to an end and the remaining field will return tomorrow at noon PST to play down to the final 10 players. The money bubble will burst when 27 players remain tomorrow. Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 36 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1.Daniel Alaei — 1,664,000 Average Chip Count: 548,333 Notable Eliminations: Soheil Shamseddin Big Hands:
Daniel Alaei (pictured right) raised to 20,000 from middle position and Yegor Tsurikov reraised to 60,000 from the button. Alaei made the call and the flop was dealt K Tsurikov moved all in for a little more than 400,000 and Alaei quickly called. Alaei flipped over 9 Soheil Shamseddin Eliminated Soheil Shamseddin moved all in for 102,000 under the gun preflop and Antonio Esfandiari made the call. Their cards: Shamseddin: A Board: K-K-2-A-5 Shamseddin was eliminated on the hand. He ends the year in fifth place in the Card Player POY standings with 4,283 points.
The cutoff raised to 24,000 preflop and Scotty Nguyen (pictured right) reraised to 50,000 from the button. The cutoff reraised to 150,000, Nguyen called, and the flop was dealt K Nguyen: 7 Turn and River: 5 Nguyen won the hand and he went into a rant of celebration that included some choice swear words. He was given a 10-minute penalty for the profanity and his chip stack grew to 1 million after the hand. Battle of the Big Stacks A board of 9 Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Steven Landfish, Antonio Esfandiari, Daniel Alaei, Soheil Shamseddin, Matthew Waxman Level 14 Update: Chaos For Steve O'DwyerDec 16, '09 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 46 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Joe Elpayaa — 740,000 Average Chip Count: 429,000 Notable Eliminations: Andrew Robl Big Hands:
Okay, see if you can keep up with this one. Steve O’Dwyer raised to 15,000 from under the gun and Tim Davis called. The flop came out 8 Here’s where it gets crazy. Davis made the call and turned over A The dealer, completely unaware that there was still pending action, then produced a jack and a four on the turn and river. The floor was called over and the dealer tried to tell her side of the story. Davis was quiet, presumably because he had no idea whether he had won or not, with O’Dwyer’s hand still concealed. O’Dwyer then reported the action and it was ruled that the turn and river would go back into the deck and two new cards would be turned and rivered. After she began shuffling, the table informed the floor that O’Dwyer had bet dark on the turn and that Davis still had to make a decision on whether or not to call the 95,000. The dealer then turned a deuce and Davis decided to call. O’Dwyer showed 10 The dealer pulled a nine out of the deck for the river, but in the process had forgotten to burn a card. O’Dwyer, clearly emotionally drained by seeing way too many cards try and take down his overpair, just slumped down in his chair, awaiting the true river. The “real” river was the 5
After losing most of his stack in an earlier hand, Andrew Robl was short and looking for a double up. Antonio Esfandiari raised to 17,000 and Robl moved all in for 23,000 in the small blind. Esfandiari called and said, “It was nice playing with you, Robl” as he turned over the 10 Robl showed A Esfandiari Gets a Frustrating Chop Antonio Esfandiari raised to 18,000 and Soheil Shamseddin called in the cutoff. Both blinds called as well and the flop came down A The blinds checked and Esfandiari bet 41,500. Shamseddin called and the blinds folded. The turn was the Q Shamseddin bet 50,000 and Esfandiari raised to 140,000. Shamseddin called and showed A
We didn’t catch the action on the flop, but Daniel Alaei was all in on the turn of a board reading A Devonshire was left with 18,000 and Alaei now has 1,050,000 and the chip lead. Carter King Doubles Through Joe Cassidy Carter King moved all in for his last 85,500 and was called by Joe Cassidy in the blinds. Cassidy showed A Player Tags: Antonio Esfandiari, Joe Cassidy, Daniel Alaei, Bryan Devonshire, Soheil Shamseddin, Tim Davis, Andrew Robl, Steve O'Dwyer, Carter King Level 13 Update: Eric Baldwin Clinches 2009 POY AwardDec 16, '09 Blinds: 2,500-4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 61 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Joseph Elpayaa — 740,000 Average Chip Count: 323,606 Notable Eliminations: Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Yevgeniy Timoshenko was eliminated during level 13 and Eric Baldwin (pictured right) has clinched the 2009 Card Player Player of the Year award. Baldwin will receive a $10,0000 seat in the 2010 World Series of Poker main event and a trophy in recognition of his accomplishment. Baldwin racked up a total of 6,994 points to win the award. He made a very impressive 17 final tables in 2009 and he won four tournament titles, including a win in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys at Bellagio this past weekend that served as an exclamation point on his victory. Congratulations to Eric Baldwin! Baldwin takes over the title from the 2008 POY, John Phan, who scored 6,704 points to win last year’s award. Phan was also eliminated during the 13th level of the tournament today. One player in the POY top 10 is still active in today’s field and it is Soheil Shamseddin, who holds 510,000. Shamseddin won’t be able to catch Badlwin in the point standings but if he makes the final table in this event he will jump to fourth place, and if he wins he will finish in second place behind Baldwin. Big Hands: Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated Vivek Rajkumar was all in on a board of 9
Vadim Trincher (pictured left) moved all in preflop from the small blind and seat three made the call from the cutoff. Their cards: Trincher: 10 Board: Q Trincher was eliminated on the hand. John Phan Eliminated David Pham raised to 10,500 from middle position preflop and John Phan reraised all in for 40,000 behind him. Kenna James then reraised all in over the top of Phan, which induced the big blind and Pham to fold. The two live players then flipped over their cards: Phan: 7 Board: 9 James won the hand with a set of nines to grow his stack to 160,000 and Phan was eliminated on the hand. Player Tags: John Phan, Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Kenna James, Vadim Trincher, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Vivek Rajkumar, Brent Hanks, Yevgeniy Timoshenko Level 9 Update: Eric Baldwin EliminatedDec 15, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 159 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Eric Hershler — 350,000 Average Chip Count: 124,151 Notable Eliminations: Eric Baldwin Big Hands:
On a flop of J Dwan: 7 River: 6 Baldwin was eliminated on the hand and Dwan grew his stack to 300,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko Doubles Up Yevgeniy Timoshenko was all in preflop for 48.6 million and John Juanda called him down. Their cards: Timoshenko: A Board: 10 Timoshenko doubled up on the hand to survive in the tournament.
On a flop of K Left in the Deck The official prize pool for the tournament has been released. 1st: $1,428,430 POY Watch With Baldwin now out of the tournament and the final size of the field set, the final POY contenders left in the tournament know what to shoot for if they hope to pass Baldwin for the 2009 crown. Here is a look at the top three point totals in the race: Eric Baldwin: 6,994 POY Points to be Awarded at the Final Table of this event: 1: 1,980 Cornel Cimpan needs a third-place finish or better here at Bellagio to pass Baldwin and Yevgeniy Timoshenko needs a second-place finish or better to pass Badlwin. Soheil Shamseddin and Mike Leah can’t pass Baldwin with a win but they can improve their final standings in the POY race. Here is a look at where the remaining top 10 players in the POY race stand in chips in this event: Yevgeniy Timoshenko: 95,000 Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Mike Leah, Eric Hershler, Darryll Fish Level 2 Update: Daniel Negreanu UpsetDec 14, '09 Blinds: 100-200 Players Remaining: 236 out of 244 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. John Cernuto — 135,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Barry Shulman — 68,000 Average Chip Count: 62,000 Notable Eliminations: Jason Burt Big Hands:
Mike McClain raised to 525 in early position and was called by Mohsin Charania and Chino Rheem in the blinds. The flop came down K The turn was the 8 Scott Montgomery Makes Sure He Gets Paid The cutoff raised to 600 and Scott Montgomery called on the button. The flop came A The turn was the 2 His opponent thought for a few moments before making the call, however, his chips did not entirely cross the line. Montgomery paused to ask the dealer if it was an official call and once he receieved confirmation, he turned over the winning A We’re not sure if Montgomery was afraid of an angle shoot, but either way, he now has a stack of 51,000. Jason Mercier Headed South With His Stack We’re not entirely sure of the preflop action, but it appeared as though Jason Mercier raised to 625 in the cutoff and Soheil Shamseddin reraised to 1,800 from the small blind. Benjamin Zamani then reraised to 5,925 and Mercier made the call. Shamseddin folded and both players checked a flop of K Zamani showed A Left In The Deck:
There are currently three tables in the poker room and Daniel Negreanu is seated at one, clearly not happy about his table draw. On his personal twitter account (RealKidPoker), Negreanu voiced his concerns. “Wow Bellagio officially runs the worst tourney in the country now. Sign up after a guy and you get position on him at the table. Mind boggling. At my table Men and Scotty Nguyen and Elky. We all signed up together.” Here’s a look at the rest of Negreanu’s lineup. Seat 1: Billy Kopp All three tables are pretty stacked with well-known professionals, but it doesn’t look like they will break anytime soon, thanks to the very slow structure and extremely deep stacks. POY Watch: Card Player TV spoke with current Player of the Year leader Eric Baldwin about his chances to take the overall crown, as well as his recent victory in the $1,000 rebuy tournament here at Bellagio.
Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu, Michael McClain, Chino Rheem, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Benjamin Zamani, Scott Montgomery, Jason Mercier Level 1 Update: Soheil Shamseddin Eliminates Jonathan LittleDec 14, '09 Blinds: 50-100 Players Remaining: 225 out of 228 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 120,000 Average Chip Count: 60,000
Jonathan Little Big Hands: The Magician Makes One Opponent Disappear Antonio Esfandiari (pictured right) scored the first elimination of the day when his pocket aces held up to defeat the pocket queens of an opponent. Esfandiari doubled up on the hand and he currently leads the field with 120,000. Soheil Shamseddin Eliminates Jonathan Little
Little: 9 The turn and river delivered a heart for Shamseddin and he won the hand to grow his stack to 95,000. Little was eliminated on the hand during the first level of the day. Shamseddin ended the first level in a hand that saw him lose 15,000 when he decided not to call down another all-in opponent. POY Watch:
Eric Baldwin: 6,994 You can read more about the top players in the POY race in the following two articles that were featured on CardPlayer.com last week. Faces of the 2009 POY Race — Part I Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Antonio Esfandiari, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Jason Mercier |
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| Dec 14, '09 | 2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship | 1 | + |
Level 15 Update: Day 3 EndsDec 16, '09 NOTE: Day 3 has come to an end and the remaining field will return tomorrow at noon PST to play down to the final 10 players. The money bubble will burst when 27 players remain tomorrow. Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 36 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1.Daniel Alaei — 1,664,000 Average Chip Count: 548,333 Notable Eliminations: Soheil Shamseddin Big Hands:
Daniel Alaei (pictured right) raised to 20,000 from middle position and Yegor Tsurikov reraised to 60,000 from the button. Alaei made the call and the flop was dealt K Tsurikov moved all in for a little more than 400,000 and Alaei quickly called. Alaei flipped over 9 Soheil Shamseddin Eliminated Soheil Shamseddin moved all in for 102,000 under the gun preflop and Antonio Esfandiari made the call. Their cards: Shamseddin: A Board: K-K-2-A-5 Shamseddin was eliminated on the hand. He ends the year in fifth place in the Card Player POY standings with 4,283 points.
The cutoff raised to 24,000 preflop and Scotty Nguyen (pictured right) reraised to 50,000 from the button. The cutoff reraised to 150,000, Nguyen called, and the flop was dealt K Nguyen: 7 Turn and River: 5 Nguyen won the hand and he went into a rant of celebration that included some choice swear words. He was given a 10-minute penalty for the profanity and his chip stack grew to 1 million after the hand. Battle of the Big Stacks A board of 9 Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Steven Landfish, Antonio Esfandiari, Daniel Alaei, Soheil Shamseddin, Matthew Waxman Level 14 Update: Chaos For Steve O'DwyerDec 16, '09 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 46 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Joe Elpayaa — 740,000 Average Chip Count: 429,000 Notable Eliminations: Andrew Robl Big Hands:
Okay, see if you can keep up with this one. Steve O’Dwyer raised to 15,000 from under the gun and Tim Davis called. The flop came out 8 Here’s where it gets crazy. Davis made the call and turned over A The dealer, completely unaware that there was still pending action, then produced a jack and a four on the turn and river. The floor was called over and the dealer tried to tell her side of the story. Davis was quiet, presumably because he had no idea whether he had won or not, with O’Dwyer’s hand still concealed. O’Dwyer then reported the action and it was ruled that the turn and river would go back into the deck and two new cards would be turned and rivered. After she began shuffling, the table informed the floor that O’Dwyer had bet dark on the turn and that Davis still had to make a decision on whether or not to call the 95,000. The dealer then turned a deuce and Davis decided to call. O’Dwyer showed 10 The dealer pulled a nine out of the deck for the river, but in the process had forgotten to burn a card. O’Dwyer, clearly emotionally drained by seeing way too many cards try and take down his overpair, just slumped down in his chair, awaiting the true river. The “real” river was the 5
After losing most of his stack in an earlier hand, Andrew Robl was short and looking for a double up. Antonio Esfandiari raised to 17,000 and Robl moved all in for 23,000 in the small blind. Esfandiari called and said, “It was nice playing with you, Robl” as he turned over the 10 Robl showed A Esfandiari Gets a Frustrating Chop Antonio Esfandiari raised to 18,000 and Soheil Shamseddin called in the cutoff. Both blinds called as well and the flop came down A The blinds checked and Esfandiari bet 41,500. Shamseddin called and the blinds folded. The turn was the Q Shamseddin bet 50,000 and Esfandiari raised to 140,000. Shamseddin called and showed A
We didn’t catch the action on the flop, but Daniel Alaei was all in on the turn of a board reading A Devonshire was left with 18,000 and Alaei now has 1,050,000 and the chip lead. Carter King Doubles Through Joe Cassidy Carter King moved all in for his last 85,500 and was called by Joe Cassidy in the blinds. Cassidy showed A Player Tags: Antonio Esfandiari, Joe Cassidy, Daniel Alaei, Bryan Devonshire, Soheil Shamseddin, Tim Davis, Andrew Robl, Steve O'Dwyer, Carter King Level 13 Update: Eric Baldwin Clinches 2009 POY AwardDec 16, '09 Blinds: 2,500-4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 61 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Joseph Elpayaa — 740,000 Average Chip Count: 323,606 Notable Eliminations: Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Yevgeniy Timoshenko was eliminated during level 13 and Eric Baldwin (pictured right) has clinched the 2009 Card Player Player of the Year award. Baldwin will receive a $10,0000 seat in the 2010 World Series of Poker main event and a trophy in recognition of his accomplishment. Baldwin racked up a total of 6,994 points to win the award. He made a very impressive 17 final tables in 2009 and he won four tournament titles, including a win in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys at Bellagio this past weekend that served as an exclamation point on his victory. Congratulations to Eric Baldwin! Baldwin takes over the title from the 2008 POY, John Phan, who scored 6,704 points to win last year’s award. Phan was also eliminated during the 13th level of the tournament today. One player in the POY top 10 is still active in today’s field and it is Soheil Shamseddin, who holds 510,000. Shamseddin won’t be able to catch Badlwin in the point standings but if he makes the final table in this event he will jump to fourth place, and if he wins he will finish in second place behind Baldwin. Big Hands: Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated Vivek Rajkumar was all in on a board of 9
Vadim Trincher (pictured left) moved all in preflop from the small blind and seat three made the call from the cutoff. Their cards: Trincher: 10 Board: Q Trincher was eliminated on the hand. John Phan Eliminated David Pham raised to 10,500 from middle position preflop and John Phan reraised all in for 40,000 behind him. Kenna James then reraised all in over the top of Phan, which induced the big blind and Pham to fold. The two live players then flipped over their cards: Phan: 7 Board: 9 James won the hand with a set of nines to grow his stack to 160,000 and Phan was eliminated on the hand. Player Tags: John Phan, Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Kenna James, Vadim Trincher, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Vivek Rajkumar, Brent Hanks, Yevgeniy Timoshenko Level 9 Update: Eric Baldwin EliminatedDec 15, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 159 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Eric Hershler — 350,000 Average Chip Count: 124,151 Notable Eliminations: Eric Baldwin Big Hands:
On a flop of J Dwan: 7 River: 6 Baldwin was eliminated on the hand and Dwan grew his stack to 300,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko Doubles Up Yevgeniy Timoshenko was all in preflop for 48.6 million and John Juanda called him down. Their cards: Timoshenko: A Board: 10 Timoshenko doubled up on the hand to survive in the tournament.
On a flop of K Left in the Deck The official prize pool for the tournament has been released. 1st: $1,428,430 POY Watch With Baldwin now out of the tournament and the final size of the field set, the final POY contenders left in the tournament know what to shoot for if they hope to pass Baldwin for the 2009 crown. Here is a look at the top three point totals in the race: Eric Baldwin: 6,994 POY Points to be Awarded at the Final Table of this event: 1: 1,980 Cornel Cimpan needs a third-place finish or better here at Bellagio to pass Baldwin and Yevgeniy Timoshenko needs a second-place finish or better to pass Badlwin. Soheil Shamseddin and Mike Leah can’t pass Baldwin with a win but they can improve their final standings in the POY race. Here is a look at where the remaining top 10 players in the POY race stand in chips in this event: Yevgeniy Timoshenko: 95,000 Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Mike Leah, Eric Hershler, Darryll Fish Level 2 Update: Daniel Negreanu UpsetDec 14, '09 Blinds: 100-200 Players Remaining: 236 out of 244 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. John Cernuto — 135,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Barry Shulman — 68,000 Average Chip Count: 62,000 Notable Eliminations: Jason Burt Big Hands:
Mike McClain raised to 525 in early position and was called by Mohsin Charania and Chino Rheem in the blinds. The flop came down K The turn was the 8 Scott Montgomery Makes Sure He Gets Paid The cutoff raised to 600 and Scott Montgomery called on the button. The flop came A The turn was the 2 His opponent thought for a few moments before making the call, however, his chips did not entirely cross the line. Montgomery paused to ask the dealer if it was an official call and once he receieved confirmation, he turned over the winning A We’re not sure if Montgomery was afraid of an angle shoot, but either way, he now has a stack of 51,000. Jason Mercier Headed South With His Stack We’re not entirely sure of the preflop action, but it appeared as though Jason Mercier raised to 625 in the cutoff and Soheil Shamseddin reraised to 1,800 from the small blind. Benjamin Zamani then reraised to 5,925 and Mercier made the call. Shamseddin folded and both players checked a flop of K Zamani showed A Left In The Deck:
There are currently three tables in the poker room and Daniel Negreanu is seated at one, clearly not happy about his table draw. On his personal twitter account (RealKidPoker), Negreanu voiced his concerns. “Wow Bellagio officially runs the worst tourney in the country now. Sign up after a guy and you get position on him at the table. Mind boggling. At my table Men and Scotty Nguyen and Elky. We all signed up together.” Here’s a look at the rest of Negreanu’s lineup. Seat 1: Billy Kopp All three tables are pretty stacked with well-known professionals, but it doesn’t look like they will break anytime soon, thanks to the very slow structure and extremely deep stacks. POY Watch: Card Player TV spoke with current Player of the Year leader Eric Baldwin about his chances to take the overall crown, as well as his recent victory in the $1,000 rebuy tournament here at Bellagio.
Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu, Michael McClain, Chino Rheem, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Benjamin Zamani, Scott Montgomery, Jason Mercier Level 1 Update: Soheil Shamseddin Eliminates Jonathan LittleDec 14, '09 Blinds: 50-100 Players Remaining: 225 out of 228 (unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 120,000 Average Chip Count: 60,000
Jonathan Little Big Hands: The Magician Makes One Opponent Disappear Antonio Esfandiari (pictured right) scored the first elimination of the day when his pocket aces held up to defeat the pocket queens of an opponent. Esfandiari doubled up on the hand and he currently leads the field with 120,000. Soheil Shamseddin Eliminates Jonathan Little
Little: 9 The turn and river delivered a heart for Shamseddin and he won the hand to grow his stack to 95,000. Little was eliminated on the hand during the first level of the day. Shamseddin ended the first level in a hand that saw him lose 15,000 when he decided not to call down another all-in opponent. POY Watch:
Eric Baldwin: 6,994 You can read more about the top players in the POY race in the following two articles that were featured on CardPlayer.com last week. Faces of the 2009 POY Race — Part I Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Antonio Esfandiari, Soheil Shamseddin, Eric Baldwin, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Jason Mercier |
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| Jun 18, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 37 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud 8 or Better | 1 | + |
Level 2 Update: 144 And Counting, Field Still GrowingJun 18, '09 Ante: 75 Players Remaining: 144 out of 144 Chip Counts: 1. Scotty Nguyen — 49,000 Average Chip Count: 30,000 Big Hands:
The player in seat 1 opens for 100 with the 7 Seat 1: X-X-7 Cernuto bets 300 and both opponents call. Seat 1: X-X-7 Wattel bets 600, Cernuto raises to 1,200, Seat 1 calls, Wattel reraises to 1,800 and both Cernuto and seat 1 call the three-bets. Seat 1: X-X-7 Wattel bets 600 on sixth street, Cernuto calls and seat 1 folds. Wattel bets 600 on the river as well, this time Cernuto gives up the hand. Wattel rakes the pot, bringing his chip count up to 38,000 this hand while Cernuto falls back down to even (30,000). Barry Greenstein vs. Soheil Shamseddin Soheil Shamseddin opens the pot for 100 with the 4 Greenstein: X-X-7 Greenstein bets 300 and Shamseddin calls. Greenstein: X-X-7 This time Shamseddin bets 600 and Greenstein calls. Greenstein: X-X-7 Greenstein bets 600 on sixth street and Shamseddin folds. “I’m afraid of hearts. I have no hearts in my hand”, says Shamseddin as he throws his cards away. “Either do I”, says Greenstein as he rakes the pot, bringing himself back up to even (30,000) while Shamseddin stills has just about 40,000 in chips after this hand. Left in the Deck Players will take a twenty-minute break at the end of Level 2 and return at approximately 7:45 pm PDT to begin Level 3. Player Tags: John Cernuto, Barry Greenstein, Michael Wattel, Soheil Shamseddin |
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| Jun 17, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 33 - $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em | 3 | + |
Final Table Update: Soheil Shamseddin Eliminated in 8th place ($59,996)Jun 17, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 Players Remaining: 7 out of 185 Chip Counts: 1. Chad Brown — 1,400,000 Average Chip Count: 792,857 Notable Eliminations: 8. Soheil Shamseddin — $59,996 Big Hands
Soheil Shamseddin raises on the button, Matt Glantz reraises from the small blind and Shamseddin calls. The flop comes Q Shanseddin: A Glantz leads on the turn with two pairs, hitting the 9 Player Tags: Matthew Glantz, Soheil Shamseddin Level 18 Update: Perry And Brunson BustJun 17, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 Players Remaining: 12 out of 185 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Hawrilenko – 780,000 Average Chip Count: 426,923 Notable Eliminations: 15. Ralph Perry — $32,693 Big Hands:
Mark Klecan raised to 24,000 and Daniel Alaei three-bet to 36,000. Ralph Perry then moved his entire stack into the middle and both opponents called. The flop came down 6 Perry: A Klecan flopped top pair and had Perry on the ropes. The river was the K Hawrilenko Makes Push Toward The Top Michiel Brummelhuis raised to 24,000 preflop and Matt Hawrilenko made the call from the big blind. The flop came 8
Soheil Shamseddin raised preflop to 24,000 and Todd Brunson called. Maria Ho then raised to 24,000 and both opponents called. The flop came K Ho: 8 Ho had the lead but Brunson had her heart draw covered. The turn was red, but not the suit Brunson wanted as it was the A Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend
Player Tags: Todd Brunson, Jennifer Harman, Daniel Alaei, Maria Ho, Matt Hawrilenko, Soheil Shamseddin, Ralph Perry, Michiel Brummelhuis, Mark Klecan |
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| Jun 17, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 33 - $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em | 2 | + |
Final Table Update: Soheil Shamseddin Eliminated in 8th place ($59,996)Jun 17, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 Players Remaining: 7 out of 185 Chip Counts: 1. Chad Brown — 1,400,000 Average Chip Count: 792,857 Notable Eliminations: 8. Soheil Shamseddin — $59,996 Big Hands
Soheil Shamseddin raises on the button, Matt Glantz reraises from the small blind and Shamseddin calls. The flop comes Q Shanseddin: A Glantz leads on the turn with two pairs, hitting the 9 Player Tags: Matthew Glantz, Soheil Shamseddin Level 18 Update: Perry And Brunson BustJun 17, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 Players Remaining: 12 out of 185 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Hawrilenko – 780,000 Average Chip Count: 426,923 Notable Eliminations: 15. Ralph Perry — $32,693 Big Hands:
Mark Klecan raised to 24,000 and Daniel Alaei three-bet to 36,000. Ralph Perry then moved his entire stack into the middle and both opponents called. The flop came down 6 Perry: A Klecan flopped top pair and had Perry on the ropes. The river was the K Hawrilenko Makes Push Toward The Top Michiel Brummelhuis raised to 24,000 preflop and Matt Hawrilenko made the call from the big blind. The flop came 8
Soheil Shamseddin raised preflop to 24,000 and Todd Brunson called. Maria Ho then raised to 24,000 and both opponents called. The flop came K Ho: 8 Ho had the lead but Brunson had her heart draw covered. The turn was red, but not the suit Brunson wanted as it was the A Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend
Player Tags: Todd Brunson, Jennifer Harman, Daniel Alaei, Maria Ho, Matt Hawrilenko, Soheil Shamseddin, Ralph Perry, Michiel Brummelhuis, Mark Klecan |
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| Jun 02, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 6 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud | 2 | + |
Level 9 Update: Chris Reslock EliminatedJun 02, '09 Ante: 300 Players Remaining: 93 out of 142 Chip Counts: 1. Benjamin Lin — 116,000 Average Chip Count: 45,806 Notable Eliminations: Chris Reslock Big Hands:
Soheil Shamseddin opens the pot for 300 with the 3 Shamseddin: X-X-3 Shamseddin and Elezra both check to Corkins who bets 1,200. Both players call. Shamseddin: X-X-3 Shamseddin bets 2,400, Elezra calls and Corkins raises to 4,800. Elezra folds to the raise and Shamseddin calls. Shamseddin: X-X-3 Shamseddin checks to Corkins who bets 2,400 on sixth street, Shamseddin calls. Corkins bets 2,400 on the river and Shamseddin calls. Corkins turns over 8 Nick Frangos Still On Top The player in seat 7 opens the pot for 300 with the 6 Seat 1: X-X-8 Frangos bets 1,200, seat 1 folds while both seats 4 and 7 call. Seat 4: X-X-9 Frangos bets 2,400 with his pair of fives and both of his opponents fold. Frangos rakes the pot and brings his stack up to 90,000, securing himself a spot on the leaderboard here in Level 9.
The player in seat 5 opens the pot for 300 with the 3 Cernuto: X-X-10 Cernuto bets 1,200 and seat 5 calls. Cernuto: X-X-10 This time seat 5 bets 2,400 and Cernuto calls. Cernuto: X-X-10 Once again, seat 5 bets 2,400 on sixth street and Cernuto calls. Both players check the river. Cernuto turns over the J Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, John Cernuto, Eli Elezra, Nikolaos Frangos, Soheil Shamseddin |
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| Mar 16, '09 | 2009 Bay 101 Shooting Star | WPT Championship - Event 2 | 1 | + |
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, Soheil Shamseddin bet 300 and was called by a player on the button. The turn was the 10
and Preston bet 800 after his opponent checked.
Shulman Wins a Small Pot
Brandon Cantu Eliminated
Soheil Shamseddin Eliminates Antonio Esfandiari
Daniel Alaei is Crushing
Scotty Nguyen Doubles Up and then Receives a Penalty
Complete Chaos on Steve O’Dwyer’s Table
Andrew Robl Bites the Dust
Daniel Alaei Takes Chip Lead, Becomes First Millionaire
Vadim Trincher Eliminated
Eric Baldwin Eliminated
Eric Hershler Takes the Chip Lead
Chino Rheem’s Trips Boost Him Above Starting Stack
Negreanu Not Happy About Table Draw
Notable Eliminations:
Soheil Shamseddin (pictured left) raised to 250 under the gun and Jonathan Little made the call from the button. The small blind called as well and the flop was dealt 9
There are six players that have scored at least 4,000 points in the 2009 Card Player Player of the Year race and five of them are active in today’s field, including the leader Eric Baldwin (pictured left). He is joined by Cornel Cimpan (second place), and Yevgeniy Timsohenko (third place), who each have the best shot at catching him with a deep finish in this event. Soheil Shamseddin (fifth place) and Jason Mercier (sixth place) are seated together at table 53. Here is a look at how close they are in the point standings:
Mike Wattel vs. Miami John
Ralph Perry Is Outta Here
Todd Brunson Rides Out Courtesy Of Ho
Jennifer Harman raised to 24,000 under the gun and Soheil Shamseddin made the call from the big blind. The flop came down Q
Hoyt Corkins Wins a Big Pot
Miami John Adds to His Stack
Andy Bloch - out
Big Hands: