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Bertrand Grospellier
Hometown: London
Country of Origin: France 
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Bertrand Grospellier - Live Updates
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| Sep 30, '09 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT London - Season VI | EPT High-Roller Event - Event 1 | 1 | + |
ElkY Gets Much Stronger Thanks To Lucky FlopSep 30, '09
Back to Grospellier, who reraised once again to 31,500. Cada folded and Ummer instantly moved all in. Grospellier called with A-K, but was in really bad shape to Ummer’s pocket kigns. The board came A-A-5-7-7, however, giving ElkY the winning hand with a full house and sending Ummer from the tournament. Grospellier now has 195,000 in chips. Player Tags: Per Ummer, Bertrand Grospellier |
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| Sep 08, '09 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona - Season VI | PokerStars EPT Barcelona Main Event | 5 | + |
Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated in 19th Place (€26,000)Sep 08, '09
Oleksandr Vaserfirer moves all in for 145,000 and ElkY calls forhis last 125,000. He turns over K The board comes 7 Player Tags: Bertrand Grospellier, Oleksandr Vaserfirer ElkY Takes a Big HitSep 08, '09
Kyllonen: Q Board: A Kyllonen won the hand to double up and Grospellier watched his stack fall down to the 100,000 range. Player Tags: Bertrand Grospellier, Jens Kyllonen PkerStars TV: ElkYSep 07, '09
Player Tags: Bertrand Grospellier |
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| Sep 07, '09 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona - Season VI | PokerStars EPT Barcelona Main Event | 4 | + |
Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated in 19th Place (€26,000)Sep 08, '09
Oleksandr Vaserfirer moves all in for 145,000 and ElkY calls forhis last 125,000. He turns over K The board comes 7 Player Tags: Bertrand Grospellier, Oleksandr Vaserfirer ElkY Takes a Big HitSep 08, '09
Kyllonen: Q Board: A Kyllonen won the hand to double up and Grospellier watched his stack fall down to the 100,000 range. Player Tags: Bertrand Grospellier, Jens Kyllonen PkerStars TV: ElkYSep 07, '09
Player Tags: Bertrand Grospellier |
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| Jul 13, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 6 | + |
Level 22 Hour 2 Update: Shulman Rolling, ElkY BustsJul 13, '09 Note: Players are currently on a 20 minute break and will return at 4:50 PDT. Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 120 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 Average Chip Count: 1,623,500 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 3,302,000 Notable Eliminations: 125. Theo Tran — $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Craig Boyd moved up to 3 million in chips when snapped off a bluff from Hieu Luu to double up. - Blair Hinkle was eliminated from the tournamrnt shortly after his stack was crippled down to 33,000. - Ahn Van Nguyen was knocked down to 1,225,000 after tangling in a hand with Steve Begleiter, who held trip deueces and is now close to 3 million. Big Hands:
Edward Teems moved all in preflop under the gun and action was folded around to Peter Eastgate in the big blind. He made the call and the two players then flipped up their cards as the featured table crowd perked up in their seats. Eastgate: A Board: A Eastgate eliminated Teems and the crowd gave a round of applause. Eastgate now holds just over 700,000. Billy Kopp Soars to Top of Chip Counts, Eliminates El Nasr Billy Kopp raised to 52,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips called. Action folded around to Nasr El Nasr put in another bet, as he made it 173,000. Billy Kopp opted to make it 506,000 and Dennis Phillips got out of the way before El Nasr moved all in for 1,325,000, which was snap called by Kopp. Kopp turned over A
The player in seat 5 raised to 55,000 and Jeff Shulman repopped it to 200,000 from the small blind. Seat 5 called and the flop was A Shulman then turned over a monster, 6 Nichoel Peppe Muscles Out Her Opposition Tommy Vedes raised to 58,000 from the cutoff and Berhard Parner called from the button. Nichoel Peppe did the same from the small blind and the flop was 10 Vedes took a session in the tank and eventually folded his hand. Peppe took the pot and she was at 1.2 million. Soulier Scores Another Knockout Don Tran moved all in preflop and Fabrice Soulier made the call. Tran tabled A The flop came down 9 Affleck’s Bluff Gets Picked Off, Stack Tumbles On a flop of 9 Affleck’s head sank as he turned over 7
Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated in 122nd Place ($40,288) Bertrand Grospellier bet 47,000 from middle position and an opponent reraised to 150,000. ElkY moved all in for about 375,000 total, slightly less than what his opponent had in his stack. Grospellier’s all in was snap called and he turned over the A Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Nicholle Peppe, Bertrand Grospellier, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Matt Affleck, Nasr El Nasr Level 22 Hour 1 Update: Joe Serock EliminatedJul 13, '09 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 Players Remaining: 126 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,900,000 Average Chip Count: 1,498,615 Notable Eliminations: 145. Joseph Serock – $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - John Martin took down a pot on the flop against Adam Bilzerian and Antoine Saout. He is up to 2,400,000. - ElkY lost some chips when he flopped top pair with A-J against the trip sevens of Alex Gurevich. ElkY lost another pot after and is short with 350,000. - With pocket aces, Billy Kopp eliminated Nasr El Nasr who held pocket queens. Kopp is at 4,660,000. - James Akenhead won a nice pot with pocket kings against the ace-king of Herbie Gelman. Akenhead is at 1,660,000 Big Hands:
Right before the break, Joseph Serock went into the tank preflop with the K He decided to open-shove from the cutoff and Jake Abdalla went all in over the top. Both blinds quickly folded and Serock exposed the Q
Fabrice Soulier raised to 49,000 preflop and Steven Levy came over the top, going all in for 601,000. Soulier made the call and tabled A The flop came down K
John Martin decided to limp in late position and then Ian Woodley raised to 85,000. Ludovic Lacay reraised to 225,000 in the cutoff and action was to Alex Prendes in the small blind. He moved all in for 1,900,000 and Martin folded. Woodley went into the tank and eventually folded. Lacay snap called and exposed the A Jeff Shulman Cracks The Ladies Darvin Moon raised to 85,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call. The flop came down A Shulman showed down A
Elky Short Fernando Gordo raised to 56,000 preflop. Bertrand Grospellier, Scott Cook and Don Tran all called and saw a flop of K Jose Rosenkrantz Eliminated Jamie Robbins and Jose Rosenkrantz got all in on the flop of Q Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Ian Woodley, Bertrand Grospellier, Joseph Serock, Ludovic Lacay Level 13 Hour 2 Update: Elky Over a Million!Jul 10, '09 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 930 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,200,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Phil Hellmuth – 500,000 Average Chip Count: 195,015 Notable Eliminations: Robert Mizarachi Big Hands:
Betrand Grospellier Wins the Largest Hand of the Tournament so Far A board of 9 Jason Alexander Grabs Some Chips Jason Alexander raised to 7,500 preflop from the hi-jack Christian Heich raised to 22,000. The flop came 8
Vitaly Lunkin Doubles Up Vitaly Lunkin was faced with a preflop raised from the cutoff and decided to reraise to 18,000. The cutoff quickly announced he was all in for 81,150 total and Lunkin quickly called. The cutoff announced he was sick of being reraised by Lunkin and tabled the 7 Betrand Grospellier Dominating Elky has been dominating his table since his massive surge to the chip lead. Grospellier raised preflop and was called by an opponent in the big blind. The flop came 8
Alex Kostritsyn Takes One Down On a flop of K Peter Eastgate Eliminates Opponent The defending main event champion got all the chips into the middle with the A Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Phil Hellmuth, Jason Alexander, Bertrand Grospellier, Peter Eastgate, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 11 Hour 2 Update: Happy Days For ShulmanJul 10, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,440 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Amir Lehavot – 555,000 CardPlayer Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 235,000 Average Stack: 131,192 Notable Eliminations: Jen Harman Big Hands:
Picking up the action on the flop of A “I’ve got nothing,” the button said as he tabled J Ivey Can’t Call On The Turn Phil Ivey raised to 4,500 from under the gun and seat 3 made the call. The player in seat 5 also called and the three players saw a flop of J
On a flop of K The river was the 3 Bill Edler Sent Packing A player raised to 4,400 preflop and Bill Edler made the call. Jamie Brown also came along and the flop fell J
On a flop of A The turn was the Q Left In The Deck: There should be some big hands to be reported on soon as Phil Ivey has moved tables and is now at the same table as Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier. They both have well over the chip average and we imagine there will be some fireworks. Also at the table are David Levi and John Monnette, who lost heads-up against Ivey at a final table this year. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, Bill Edler, Bertrand Grospellier Level 11 Hour 1 Update: Lisandro Is Player Of The YearJul 10, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,584 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Andrew Gaw – 580,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 130,700 Average Chip Count: 115,757 Notable Eliminations: Erik Seidel Big Hands: Khan Knocks Out Lynch Hevad Khan raised from early position and Eric Lynch decided it was time for him to move all in for his last 42,000. Khan made the call and saw that he was flipping. Khan tabled 5 The board ran out favorable for Lynch as it came 4 Elky Slips With Big Slick Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier called his opponent all in for about 60,000 preflop. Elky showed A The turn and river were unable to fill Elky’s full house with the 5
Phil Hellmuth called 1,600 under the gun and the action folded around to the big blind. He put in a raise and Hellmuth called. The flop was J “I flopped a flush draw, turned a 10 and still almost got away from it for nothing,” Hellmuth said. He was at 280,000. Junglen Loses Some Ground with Pocket Eights Adam Junglen raised to 6,000 preflop and was called by one player. The action get back to the big blind who three-bet to 36,000. Junglen asked how much the player had behind his raise and went into the tank. After finding out that he had another 45,000 behind, Junglen moved 101,000 into the middle. That got the other player out of the way, but not the big blind, who called off the rest of his stack. Junglen held the 8
Kristy Gazes got all of her chips into the middle preflop and was called by her opponent. Her opponent had Q The board ran out 8 Left In The Deck: Seeing Double At table #65, Dennis Phillips is sitting across from a man dressed in what can only be described as Dennis Phillips costume. The man is wearing a St. Louis Cardinals hat and the white trucker shirt that was worn by many at last year’s main event final table. Phillips claim that the man is just a fan that became a friend.
It was just announced that Jeff Lisandro is officially the 2009 WSOP player of the year. All Lisandro did this year was cash six times and win three bracelets. Congratulations to Lisandro, the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year. Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro, Eric Lynch, Bertrand Grospellier, Hevad Khan, Dennis Phillips Level 10 Hour 1 Update: Juanda DoublesJul 10, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,683 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Amir Lehavot – 610,500 CardPlayer Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 206,700 Average Stack: 115,758 Notable Eliminations: Bryan Micon Big Hands:
Kirill Gerasimov raised to 2,500 preflop and the cutoff made the call. The flop came down Q The turn was the 10 Elky In The Mood For Knockouts Early Bertrand Grospellier raised from middle position and Mario Soares moved in for his final 16,000. Grospellier made the call and tabled 10 The flop came down 7
John Juanda raised to 3,500 from under the gun and action folded around to the big blind. He moved all in, having Juanda covered. Juanda made the call and showed down A The board ran out 7 De Wolfe Busts Roland de Wolfe was all in with K
Valerie Ross moved all in preflop and Phil Ivey made the call. Ross tabled A The flop came down 6 Jennifer Harman Loses A Pot A player raised to 3,700 and Jennifer Harman made the call. The flop was A Player Tags: John Juanda, Jennifer Harman, Kirill Gerasimov, Phil Ivey, Roland de Wolfe, Bertrand Grospellier Level 8 Hour 2 Update: Ylon Schwartz EliminatedJul 08, '09 Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,827 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Troy Weber — 475,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 170,000 Notable Eliminations: Noah Schwartz Big Hands: Miami John Gets Doubled Through A player at the table moves all in before the flop and Miami John Cernuto calls, he has him slightly covered. Cernuto: Pocket Eights Board: K Cernuto’s opponent flops a queen and doubles through. Cernuto takes a small hit to his stack as he ships roughly 12,000 across the table.
Theo Tran raises before the flop, only to be reraised by another player at the table. Tran calls and the flop comes 8 A few hands later and Theo Tran gets involved in a three-way all in pot, Tran getting the best of it once again. Tran: A Board: K Tran’s aces hold, eliminating two opponents this hand as he chips up to 130,000. Tony Hachem Knocks One Out Tony Hachem calls a 2,000 raise from the button and goes to the flop with one opponent. The flop comes J Hachem: J Hachem flops top two against the royal flush draw of his opponent. The J
With a raise of 2,500 and one caller in front of him, Phil Hellmuth reraises to 10,000 from hijack. The original raiser calls and the original caller folds. The flop comes K David Plastik Doubles Up On a flop of 8 Plastik: 8 Plastik flops top set against his opponent’s open-ended straight draw. The turn and river are the 4
On a flop of A Wahlbeck: A Wahlbeck flops top set against his opponent’s top pair. The turn and river are the 3 Elky Breaks 250,000 On a board of K Ylon Schwartz Eliminated by Bill Gazes Ylon Schwartz gets it all in pre-flop against Bill Gazes. Schwartz: K-K Board: A Schwartz gets it in good but Gazes pairs his ace on the flop. Ylon Schwartz is eliminated from the main event. Left in the Deck Players are now on their last twenty-minute break of the night and will return at approximately 8:40 pm PDT to begin the last level of the day. Player Tags: John Cernuto, David Plastik, Bill Gazes, Phil Hellmuth, Ylon Schwartz, Ville Wahlbeck, Theo Tran, Bertrand Grospellier, Tony Hachem Level 5 Hour 2 Update: End of Day 1DJul 07, '09 NOTE: Play has ended for the night on day 1D. Check back in tomorrow at noon PDT for day 2A action. Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Chip Counts: 1. Troy Weber – 340,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Adam Schoenfeld – 100,000 Average Chip Count: 42,750 Notable Eliminations: Scott Fischman Big Hands
It’s a three-way all in pot on a flop of 7 Fischman: 6 Fischman flops bottom pair and is in third place behind Benyamine who flops top set and the third player in the hand with an overpair of jacks. The turn and river are the A Vanessa Rousso Getting Short Vanessa Rousso and an unknown opponent were tangled up on a board of K Josh Arieh Aggressively Building Stack The 2004 main event third place finisher has been hammering away at his table. He has built his stack up to well over 100,000 and is among the chip leaders. In one hand a player in middle position raised to 1,200 and the player to his left reraised to 3,400. Arieh held the button and thought for awhile before making it 9,300. Both his opponents folded. Arieh is at 132,000.
Ryan Young Wins a Small One Ryan Young raised to 1,200 preflop and was called by Glen Chorny and another opponent. The flop came J
Elky Eliminates an Opponent Bertrand Grospellier and his opponent got it all in preflop. Grospellier tabled the J Dutch Boyd Takes a Pot from Phil Ivey On a board of A Troy Weber Charges to the Chip Lead A pot held 15,000 when the flop hit the table J Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Scott Fischman, David Benyamine, Vanessa Rousso, Bertrand Grospellier Level 3 Hour 2 Update: Grospellier And Ivey Very HealthyJul 06, '09 Blinds: 150-300 Chip Counts: 1. Loic Bellabarba – 110,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 62,000 Notable Eliminations: Roy Winston Big Hands:
Scott Seiver raised to 900 from early position. Seat 4 was next to act and he raised to 2,600. Seiver made the call and the flop came 7 The river was the 3 Tran Takes A Pot J.C. Tran raised to 800 from the button and the small blind made the call. The big blind mucked and the flop came down 9 The action was checked to Tran and he bet 1,200. The small blind mucked and Tran showed 8
Five players, including Steve Sung and and Mark Seif, limped in preflop. The flop fell K The river was the Q Marlon Wayans Wins A Pot Picking up the action on the turn, the board read A Wayans tabled A
On a flop of K The river was the 9 Big Slick For Ivey With 2,850 in the pot, three players saw a flop of A Ivey then tabled A
After a flop of K The turn was the A Left In The Deck: Players have gone on a 90 minute dinner break and will return at 8:20 p.m. It was briefly displayed on the tournament clock that the total number of entrants at the WSOP is 6,493. The number was taken down prior to the dinner break so it is still unofficial. The official numbers should be in after players return from dinner. Player Tags: Mark Seif, J.C. Tran, Daniel Alaei, Phil Ivey, Steve Sung, Bertrand Grospellier Level 1 Hour 2 Update: Tran And Ivey Get It GoingJul 06, '09 Blinds: 50-100 Chip Counts: 1. Dennis Peyton – 64,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 30,000 Spade Club Chip Counts: Harry Robertson – 30,000 Notable Eliminations: Dario Minieri Big Hands:
On the river, the first player checked and another player bet 1,250 with the final board reading A The first player got out of the way and after a minute or so of contemplation, the original bettor made the call. Ivey rolled over the K Salley Stumbles a Bit Early John Salley called a raise preflop as did several other players. The flop was K The river was the K
J.C. Tran bet 525 on a flop of A The big blind checked and Tran bet 1,300. The big blind eventually folded and Tran allowed the big blind to pick which card he wanted to see. The big blind picked the right card as Tran showed him a 10. Brad Berman Tripped Up Five players limped preflop and the flop came down A
On a flop of K Both players checked and seat 2 tabled Q Elky Gets Turned Out The player in seat 4 raised to 350 and seat 6 made the call. Bertrand Grospellier made the call as well from late position and the three players saw a flop of K
Dario Minieri was all in after a flop of 10 Minieri: Q Minieri had top pair but needed to dodge his opponent’s flush draw. The turn smacked Minieri as it was the J Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Phil Ivey, Bradley Berman, Ryan Young, Dario Minieri, Bertrand Grospellier |
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| Jul 10, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 3 | + |
Level 22 Hour 2 Update: Shulman Rolling, ElkY BustsJul 13, '09 Note: Players are currently on a 20 minute break and will return at 4:50 PDT. Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 120 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 Average Chip Count: 1,623,500 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 3,302,000 Notable Eliminations: 125. Theo Tran — $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Craig Boyd moved up to 3 million in chips when snapped off a bluff from Hieu Luu to double up. - Blair Hinkle was eliminated from the tournamrnt shortly after his stack was crippled down to 33,000. - Ahn Van Nguyen was knocked down to 1,225,000 after tangling in a hand with Steve Begleiter, who held trip deueces and is now close to 3 million. Big Hands:
Edward Teems moved all in preflop under the gun and action was folded around to Peter Eastgate in the big blind. He made the call and the two players then flipped up their cards as the featured table crowd perked up in their seats. Eastgate: A Board: A Eastgate eliminated Teems and the crowd gave a round of applause. Eastgate now holds just over 700,000. Billy Kopp Soars to Top of Chip Counts, Eliminates El Nasr Billy Kopp raised to 52,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips called. Action folded around to Nasr El Nasr put in another bet, as he made it 173,000. Billy Kopp opted to make it 506,000 and Dennis Phillips got out of the way before El Nasr moved all in for 1,325,000, which was snap called by Kopp. Kopp turned over A
The player in seat 5 raised to 55,000 and Jeff Shulman repopped it to 200,000 from the small blind. Seat 5 called and the flop was A Shulman then turned over a monster, 6 Nichoel Peppe Muscles Out Her Opposition Tommy Vedes raised to 58,000 from the cutoff and Berhard Parner called from the button. Nichoel Peppe did the same from the small blind and the flop was 10 Vedes took a session in the tank and eventually folded his hand. Peppe took the pot and she was at 1.2 million. Soulier Scores Another Knockout Don Tran moved all in preflop and Fabrice Soulier made the call. Tran tabled A The flop came down 9 Affleck’s Bluff Gets Picked Off, Stack Tumbles On a flop of 9 Affleck’s head sank as he turned over 7
Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated in 122nd Place ($40,288) Bertrand Grospellier bet 47,000 from middle position and an opponent reraised to 150,000. ElkY moved all in for about 375,000 total, slightly less than what his opponent had in his stack. Grospellier’s all in was snap called and he turned over the A Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Nicholle Peppe, Bertrand Grospellier, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Matt Affleck, Nasr El Nasr Level 22 Hour 1 Update: Joe Serock EliminatedJul 13, '09 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 Players Remaining: 126 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,900,000 Average Chip Count: 1,498,615 Notable Eliminations: 145. Joseph Serock – $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - John Martin took down a pot on the flop against Adam Bilzerian and Antoine Saout. He is up to 2,400,000. - ElkY lost some chips when he flopped top pair with A-J against the trip sevens of Alex Gurevich. ElkY lost another pot after and is short with 350,000. - With pocket aces, Billy Kopp eliminated Nasr El Nasr who held pocket queens. Kopp is at 4,660,000. - James Akenhead won a nice pot with pocket kings against the ace-king of Herbie Gelman. Akenhead is at 1,660,000 Big Hands:
Right before the break, Joseph Serock went into the tank preflop with the K He decided to open-shove from the cutoff and Jake Abdalla went all in over the top. Both blinds quickly folded and Serock exposed the Q
Fabrice Soulier raised to 49,000 preflop and Steven Levy came over the top, going all in for 601,000. Soulier made the call and tabled A The flop came down K
John Martin decided to limp in late position and then Ian Woodley raised to 85,000. Ludovic Lacay reraised to 225,000 in the cutoff and action was to Alex Prendes in the small blind. He moved all in for 1,900,000 and Martin folded. Woodley went into the tank and eventually folded. Lacay snap called and exposed the A Jeff Shulman Cracks The Ladies Darvin Moon raised to 85,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call. The flop came down A Shulman showed down A
Elky Short Fernando Gordo raised to 56,000 preflop. Bertrand Grospellier, Scott Cook and Don Tran all called and saw a flop of K Jose Rosenkrantz Eliminated Jamie Robbins and Jose Rosenkrantz got all in on the flop of Q Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Ian Woodley, Bertrand Grospellier, Joseph Serock, Ludovic Lacay Level 13 Hour 2 Update: Elky Over a Million!Jul 10, '09 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 930 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,200,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Phil Hellmuth – 500,000 Average Chip Count: 195,015 Notable Eliminations: Robert Mizarachi Big Hands:
Betrand Grospellier Wins the Largest Hand of the Tournament so Far A board of 9 Jason Alexander Grabs Some Chips Jason Alexander raised to 7,500 preflop from the hi-jack Christian Heich raised to 22,000. The flop came 8
Vitaly Lunkin Doubles Up Vitaly Lunkin was faced with a preflop raised from the cutoff and decided to reraise to 18,000. The cutoff quickly announced he was all in for 81,150 total and Lunkin quickly called. The cutoff announced he was sick of being reraised by Lunkin and tabled the 7 Betrand Grospellier Dominating Elky has been dominating his table since his massive surge to the chip lead. Grospellier raised preflop and was called by an opponent in the big blind. The flop came 8
Alex Kostritsyn Takes One Down On a flop of K Peter Eastgate Eliminates Opponent The defending main event champion got all the chips into the middle with the A Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Phil Hellmuth, Jason Alexander, Bertrand Grospellier, Peter Eastgate, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 11 Hour 2 Update: Happy Days For ShulmanJul 10, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,440 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Amir Lehavot – 555,000 CardPlayer Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 235,000 Average Stack: 131,192 Notable Eliminations: Jen Harman Big Hands:
Picking up the action on the flop of A “I’ve got nothing,” the button said as he tabled J Ivey Can’t Call On The Turn Phil Ivey raised to 4,500 from under the gun and seat 3 made the call. The player in seat 5 also called and the three players saw a flop of J
On a flop of K The river was the 3 Bill Edler Sent Packing A player raised to 4,400 preflop and Bill Edler made the call. Jamie Brown also came along and the flop fell J
On a flop of A The turn was the Q Left In The Deck: There should be some big hands to be reported on soon as Phil Ivey has moved tables and is now at the same table as Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier. They both have well over the chip average and we imagine there will be some fireworks. Also at the table are David Levi and John Monnette, who lost heads-up against Ivey at a final table this year. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, Bill Edler, Bertrand Grospellier Level 11 Hour 1 Update: Lisandro Is Player Of The YearJul 10, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,584 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Andrew Gaw – 580,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 130,700 Average Chip Count: 115,757 Notable Eliminations: Erik Seidel Big Hands: Khan Knocks Out Lynch Hevad Khan raised from early position and Eric Lynch decided it was time for him to move all in for his last 42,000. Khan made the call and saw that he was flipping. Khan tabled 5 The board ran out favorable for Lynch as it came 4 Elky Slips With Big Slick Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier called his opponent all in for about 60,000 preflop. Elky showed A The turn and river were unable to fill Elky’s full house with the 5
Phil Hellmuth called 1,600 under the gun and the action folded around to the big blind. He put in a raise and Hellmuth called. The flop was J “I flopped a flush draw, turned a 10 and still almost got away from it for nothing,” Hellmuth said. He was at 280,000. Junglen Loses Some Ground with Pocket Eights Adam Junglen raised to 6,000 preflop and was called by one player. The action get back to the big blind who three-bet to 36,000. Junglen asked how much the player had behind his raise and went into the tank. After finding out that he had another 45,000 behind, Junglen moved 101,000 into the middle. That got the other player out of the way, but not the big blind, who called off the rest of his stack. Junglen held the 8
Kristy Gazes got all of her chips into the middle preflop and was called by her opponent. Her opponent had Q The board ran out 8 Left In The Deck: Seeing Double At table #65, Dennis Phillips is sitting across from a man dressed in what can only be described as Dennis Phillips costume. The man is wearing a St. Louis Cardinals hat and the white trucker shirt that was worn by many at last year’s main event final table. Phillips claim that the man is just a fan that became a friend.
It was just announced that Jeff Lisandro is officially the 2009 WSOP player of the year. All Lisandro did this year was cash six times and win three bracelets. Congratulations to Lisandro, the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year. Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro, Eric Lynch, Bertrand Grospellier, Hevad Khan, Dennis Phillips Level 10 Hour 1 Update: Juanda DoublesJul 10, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,683 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Amir Lehavot – 610,500 CardPlayer Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 206,700 Average Stack: 115,758 Notable Eliminations: Bryan Micon Big Hands:
Kirill Gerasimov raised to 2,500 preflop and the cutoff made the call. The flop came down Q The turn was the 10 Elky In The Mood For Knockouts Early Bertrand Grospellier raised from middle position and Mario Soares moved in for his final 16,000. Grospellier made the call and tabled 10 The flop came down 7
John Juanda raised to 3,500 from under the gun and action folded around to the big blind. He moved all in, having Juanda covered. Juanda made the call and showed down A The board ran out 7 De Wolfe Busts Roland de Wolfe was all in with K
Valerie Ross moved all in preflop and Phil Ivey made the call. Ross tabled A The flop came down 6 Jennifer Harman Loses A Pot A player raised to 3,700 and Jennifer Harman made the call. The flop was A Player Tags: John Juanda, Jennifer Harman, Kirill Gerasimov, Phil Ivey, Roland de Wolfe, Bertrand Grospellier Level 8 Hour 2 Update: Ylon Schwartz EliminatedJul 08, '09 Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,827 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Troy Weber — 475,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 170,000 Notable Eliminations: Noah Schwartz Big Hands: Miami John Gets Doubled Through A player at the table moves all in before the flop and Miami John Cernuto calls, he has him slightly covered. Cernuto: Pocket Eights Board: K Cernuto’s opponent flops a queen and doubles through. Cernuto takes a small hit to his stack as he ships roughly 12,000 across the table.
Theo Tran raises before the flop, only to be reraised by another player at the table. Tran calls and the flop comes 8 A few hands later and Theo Tran gets involved in a three-way all in pot, Tran getting the best of it once again. Tran: A Board: K Tran’s aces hold, eliminating two opponents this hand as he chips up to 130,000. Tony Hachem Knocks One Out Tony Hachem calls a 2,000 raise from the button and goes to the flop with one opponent. The flop comes J Hachem: J Hachem flops top two against the royal flush draw of his opponent. The J
With a raise of 2,500 and one caller in front of him, Phil Hellmuth reraises to 10,000 from hijack. The original raiser calls and the original caller folds. The flop comes K David Plastik Doubles Up On a flop of 8 Plastik: 8 Plastik flops top set against his opponent’s open-ended straight draw. The turn and river are the 4
On a flop of A Wahlbeck: A Wahlbeck flops top set against his opponent’s top pair. The turn and river are the 3 Elky Breaks 250,000 On a board of K Ylon Schwartz Eliminated by Bill Gazes Ylon Schwartz gets it all in pre-flop against Bill Gazes. Schwartz: K-K Board: A Schwartz gets it in good but Gazes pairs his ace on the flop. Ylon Schwartz is eliminated from the main event. Left in the Deck Players are now on their last twenty-minute break of the night and will return at approximately 8:40 pm PDT to begin the last level of the day. Player Tags: John Cernuto, David Plastik, Bill Gazes, Phil Hellmuth, Ylon Schwartz, Ville Wahlbeck, Theo Tran, Bertrand Grospellier, Tony Hachem Level 5 Hour 2 Update: End of Day 1DJul 07, '09 NOTE: Play has ended for the night on day 1D. Check back in tomorrow at noon PDT for day 2A action. Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Chip Counts: 1. Troy Weber – 340,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Adam Schoenfeld – 100,000 Average Chip Count: 42,750 Notable Eliminations: Scott Fischman Big Hands
It’s a three-way all in pot on a flop of 7 Fischman: 6 Fischman flops bottom pair and is in third place behind Benyamine who flops top set and the third player in the hand with an overpair of jacks. The turn and river are the A Vanessa Rousso Getting Short Vanessa Rousso and an unknown opponent were tangled up on a board of K Josh Arieh Aggressively Building Stack The 2004 main event third place finisher has been hammering away at his table. He has built his stack up to well over 100,000 and is among the chip leaders. In one hand a player in middle position raised to 1,200 and the player to his left reraised to 3,400. Arieh held the button and thought for awhile before making it 9,300. Both his opponents folded. Arieh is at 132,000.
Ryan Young Wins a Small One Ryan Young raised to 1,200 preflop and was called by Glen Chorny and another opponent. The flop came J
Elky Eliminates an Opponent Bertrand Grospellier and his opponent got it all in preflop. Grospellier tabled the J Dutch Boyd Takes a Pot from Phil Ivey On a board of A Troy Weber Charges to the Chip Lead A pot held 15,000 when the flop hit the table J Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Scott Fischman, David Benyamine, Vanessa Rousso, Bertrand Grospellier Level 3 Hour 2 Update: Grospellier And Ivey Very HealthyJul 06, '09 Blinds: 150-300 Chip Counts: 1. Loic Bellabarba – 110,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 62,000 Notable Eliminations: Roy Winston Big Hands:
Scott Seiver raised to 900 from early position. Seat 4 was next to act and he raised to 2,600. Seiver made the call and the flop came 7 The river was the 3 Tran Takes A Pot J.C. Tran raised to 800 from the button and the small blind made the call. The big blind mucked and the flop came down 9 The action was checked to Tran and he bet 1,200. The small blind mucked and Tran showed 8
Five players, including Steve Sung and and Mark Seif, limped in preflop. The flop fell K The river was the Q Marlon Wayans Wins A Pot Picking up the action on the turn, the board read A Wayans tabled A
On a flop of K The river was the 9 Big Slick For Ivey With 2,850 in the pot, three players saw a flop of A Ivey then tabled A
After a flop of K The turn was the A Left In The Deck: Players have gone on a 90 minute dinner break and will return at 8:20 p.m. It was briefly displayed on the tournament clock that the total number of entrants at the WSOP is 6,493. The number was taken down prior to the dinner break so it is still unofficial. The official numbers should be in after players return from dinner. Player Tags: Mark Seif, J.C. Tran, Daniel Alaei, Phil Ivey, Steve Sung, Bertrand Grospellier Level 1 Hour 2 Update: Tran And Ivey Get It GoingJul 06, '09 Blinds: 50-100 Chip Counts: 1. Dennis Peyton – 64,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 30,000 Spade Club Chip Counts: Harry Robertson – 30,000 Notable Eliminations: Dario Minieri Big Hands:
On the river, the first player checked and another player bet 1,250 with the final board reading A The first player got out of the way and after a minute or so of contemplation, the original bettor made the call. Ivey rolled over the K Salley Stumbles a Bit Early John Salley called a raise preflop as did several other players. The flop was K The river was the K
J.C. Tran bet 525 on a flop of A The big blind checked and Tran bet 1,300. The big blind eventually folded and Tran allowed the big blind to pick which card he wanted to see. The big blind picked the right card as Tran showed him a 10. Brad Berman Tripped Up Five players limped preflop and the flop came down A
On a flop of K Both players checked and seat 2 tabled Q Elky Gets Turned Out The player in seat 4 raised to 350 and seat 6 made the call. Bertrand Grospellier made the call as well from late position and the three players saw a flop of K
Dario Minieri was all in after a flop of 10 Minieri: Q Minieri had top pair but needed to dodge his opponent’s flush draw. The turn smacked Minieri as it was the J Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Phil Ivey, Bradley Berman, Ryan Young, Dario Minieri, Bertrand Grospellier |
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| Jul 08, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 2 | + |
Level 22 Hour 2 Update: Shulman Rolling, ElkY BustsJul 13, '09 Note: Players are currently on a 20 minute break and will return at 4:50 PDT. Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 120 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 Average Chip Count: 1,623,500 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 3,302,000 Notable Eliminations: 125. Theo Tran — $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Craig Boyd moved up to 3 million in chips when snapped off a bluff from Hieu Luu to double up. - Blair Hinkle was eliminated from the tournamrnt shortly after his stack was crippled down to 33,000. - Ahn Van Nguyen was knocked down to 1,225,000 after tangling in a hand with Steve Begleiter, who held trip deueces and is now close to 3 million. Big Hands:
Edward Teems moved all in preflop under the gun and action was folded around to Peter Eastgate in the big blind. He made the call and the two players then flipped up their cards as the featured table crowd perked up in their seats. Eastgate: A Board: A Eastgate eliminated Teems and the crowd gave a round of applause. Eastgate now holds just over 700,000. Billy Kopp Soars to Top of Chip Counts, Eliminates El Nasr Billy Kopp raised to 52,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips called. Action folded around to Nasr El Nasr put in another bet, as he made it 173,000. Billy Kopp opted to make it 506,000 and Dennis Phillips got out of the way before El Nasr moved all in for 1,325,000, which was snap called by Kopp. Kopp turned over A
The player in seat 5 raised to 55,000 and Jeff Shulman repopped it to 200,000 from the small blind. Seat 5 called and the flop was A Shulman then turned over a monster, 6 Nichoel Peppe Muscles Out Her Opposition Tommy Vedes raised to 58,000 from the cutoff and Berhard Parner called from the button. Nichoel Peppe did the same from the small blind and the flop was 10 Vedes took a session in the tank and eventually folded his hand. Peppe took the pot and she was at 1.2 million. Soulier Scores Another Knockout Don Tran moved all in preflop and Fabrice Soulier made the call. Tran tabled A The flop came down 9 Affleck’s Bluff Gets Picked Off, Stack Tumbles On a flop of 9 Affleck’s head sank as he turned over 7
Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated in 122nd Place ($40,288) Bertrand Grospellier bet 47,000 from middle position and an opponent reraised to 150,000. ElkY moved all in for about 375,000 total, slightly less than what his opponent had in his stack. Grospellier’s all in was snap called and he turned over the A Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Nicholle Peppe, Bertrand Grospellier, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Matt Affleck, Nasr El Nasr Level 22 Hour 1 Update: Joe Serock EliminatedJul 13, '09 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 Players Remaining: 126 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,900,000 Average Chip Count: 1,498,615 Notable Eliminations: 145. Joseph Serock – $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - John Martin took down a pot on the flop against Adam Bilzerian and Antoine Saout. He is up to 2,400,000. - ElkY lost some chips when he flopped top pair with A-J against the trip sevens of Alex Gurevich. ElkY lost another pot after and is short with 350,000. - With pocket aces, Billy Kopp eliminated Nasr El Nasr who held pocket queens. Kopp is at 4,660,000. - James Akenhead won a nice pot with pocket kings against the ace-king of Herbie Gelman. Akenhead is at 1,660,000 Big Hands:
Right before the break, Joseph Serock went into the tank preflop with the K He decided to open-shove from the cutoff and Jake Abdalla went all in over the top. Both blinds quickly folded and Serock exposed the Q
Fabrice Soulier raised to 49,000 preflop and Steven Levy came over the top, going all in for 601,000. Soulier made the call and tabled A The flop came down K
John Martin decided to limp in late position and then Ian Woodley raised to 85,000. Ludovic Lacay reraised to 225,000 in the cutoff and action was to Alex Prendes in the small blind. He moved all in for 1,900,000 and Martin folded. Woodley went into the tank and eventually folded. Lacay snap called and exposed the A Jeff Shulman Cracks The Ladies Darvin Moon raised to 85,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call. The flop came down A Shulman showed down A
Elky Short Fernando Gordo raised to 56,000 preflop. Bertrand Grospellier, Scott Cook and Don Tran all called and saw a flop of K Jose Rosenkrantz Eliminated Jamie Robbins and Jose Rosenkrantz got all in on the flop of Q Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Ian Woodley, Bertrand Grospellier, Joseph Serock, Ludovic Lacay Level 13 Hour 2 Update: Elky Over a Million!Jul 10, '09 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 930 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,200,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Phil Hellmuth – 500,000 Average Chip Count: 195,015 Notable Eliminations: Robert Mizarachi Big Hands:
Betrand Grospellier Wins the Largest Hand of the Tournament so Far A board of 9 Jason Alexander Grabs Some Chips Jason Alexander raised to 7,500 preflop from the hi-jack Christian Heich raised to 22,000. The flop came 8
Vitaly Lunkin Doubles Up Vitaly Lunkin was faced with a preflop raised from the cutoff and decided to reraise to 18,000. The cutoff quickly announced he was all in for 81,150 total and Lunkin quickly called. The cutoff announced he was sick of being reraised by Lunkin and tabled the 7 Betrand Grospellier Dominating Elky has been dominating his table since his massive surge to the chip lead. Grospellier raised preflop and was called by an opponent in the big blind. The flop came 8
Alex Kostritsyn Takes One Down On a flop of K Peter Eastgate Eliminates Opponent The defending main event champion got all the chips into the middle with the A Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Phil Hellmuth, Jason Alexander, Bertrand Grospellier, Peter Eastgate, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 11 Hour 2 Update: Happy Days For ShulmanJul 10, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,440 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Amir Lehavot – 555,000 CardPlayer Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 235,000 Average Stack: 131,192 Notable Eliminations: Jen Harman Big Hands:
Picking up the action on the flop of A “I’ve got nothing,” the button said as he tabled J Ivey Can’t Call On The Turn Phil Ivey raised to 4,500 from under the gun and seat 3 made the call. The player in seat 5 also called and the three players saw a flop of J
On a flop of K The river was the 3 Bill Edler Sent Packing A player raised to 4,400 preflop and Bill Edler made the call. Jamie Brown also came along and the flop fell J
On a flop of A The turn was the Q Left In The Deck: There should be some big hands to be reported on soon as Phil Ivey has moved tables and is now at the same table as Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier. They both have well over the chip average and we imagine there will be some fireworks. Also at the table are David Levi and John Monnette, who lost heads-up against Ivey at a final table this year. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, Bill Edler, Bertrand Grospellier Level 11 Hour 1 Update: Lisandro Is Player Of The YearJul 10, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,584 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Andrew Gaw – 580,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 130,700 Average Chip Count: 115,757 Notable Eliminations: Erik Seidel Big Hands: Khan Knocks Out Lynch Hevad Khan raised from early position and Eric Lynch decided it was time for him to move all in for his last 42,000. Khan made the call and saw that he was flipping. Khan tabled 5 The board ran out favorable for Lynch as it came 4 Elky Slips With Big Slick Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier called his opponent all in for about 60,000 preflop. Elky showed A The turn and river were unable to fill Elky’s full house with the 5
Phil Hellmuth called 1,600 under the gun and the action folded around to the big blind. He put in a raise and Hellmuth called. The flop was J “I flopped a flush draw, turned a 10 and still almost got away from it for nothing,” Hellmuth said. He was at 280,000. Junglen Loses Some Ground with Pocket Eights Adam Junglen raised to 6,000 preflop and was called by one player. The action get back to the big blind who three-bet to 36,000. Junglen asked how much the player had behind his raise and went into the tank. After finding out that he had another 45,000 behind, Junglen moved 101,000 into the middle. That got the other player out of the way, but not the big blind, who called off the rest of his stack. Junglen held the 8
Kristy Gazes got all of her chips into the middle preflop and was called by her opponent. Her opponent had Q The board ran out 8 Left In The Deck: Seeing Double At table #65, Dennis Phillips is sitting across from a man dressed in what can only be described as Dennis Phillips costume. The man is wearing a St. Louis Cardinals hat and the white trucker shirt that was worn by many at last year’s main event final table. Phillips claim that the man is just a fan that became a friend.
It was just announced that Jeff Lisandro is officially the 2009 WSOP player of the year. All Lisandro did this year was cash six times and win three bracelets. Congratulations to Lisandro, the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year. Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro, Eric Lynch, Bertrand Grospellier, Hevad Khan, Dennis Phillips Level 10 Hour 1 Update: Juanda DoublesJul 10, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,683 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Amir Lehavot – 610,500 CardPlayer Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 206,700 Average Stack: 115,758 Notable Eliminations: Bryan Micon Big Hands:
Kirill Gerasimov raised to 2,500 preflop and the cutoff made the call. The flop came down Q The turn was the 10 Elky In The Mood For Knockouts Early Bertrand Grospellier raised from middle position and Mario Soares moved in for his final 16,000. Grospellier made the call and tabled 10 The flop came down 7
John Juanda raised to 3,500 from under the gun and action folded around to the big blind. He moved all in, having Juanda covered. Juanda made the call and showed down A The board ran out 7 De Wolfe Busts Roland de Wolfe was all in with K
Valerie Ross moved all in preflop and Phil Ivey made the call. Ross tabled A The flop came down 6 Jennifer Harman Loses A Pot A player raised to 3,700 and Jennifer Harman made the call. The flop was A Player Tags: John Juanda, Jennifer Harman, Kirill Gerasimov, Phil Ivey, Roland de Wolfe, Bertrand Grospellier Level 8 Hour 2 Update: Ylon Schwartz EliminatedJul 08, '09 Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,827 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Troy Weber — 475,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 170,000 Notable Eliminations: Noah Schwartz Big Hands: Miami John Gets Doubled Through A player at the table moves all in before the flop and Miami John Cernuto calls, he has him slightly covered. Cernuto: Pocket Eights Board: K Cernuto’s opponent flops a queen and doubles through. Cernuto takes a small hit to his stack as he ships roughly 12,000 across the table.
Theo Tran raises before the flop, only to be reraised by another player at the table. Tran calls and the flop comes 8 A few hands later and Theo Tran gets involved in a three-way all in pot, Tran getting the best of it once again. Tran: A Board: K Tran’s aces hold, eliminating two opponents this hand as he chips up to 130,000. Tony Hachem Knocks One Out Tony Hachem calls a 2,000 raise from the button and goes to the flop with one opponent. The flop comes J Hachem: J Hachem flops top two against the royal flush draw of his opponent. The J
With a raise of 2,500 and one caller in front of him, Phil Hellmuth reraises to 10,000 from hijack. The original raiser calls and the original caller folds. The flop comes K David Plastik Doubles Up On a flop of 8 Plastik: 8 Plastik flops top set against his opponent’s open-ended straight draw. The turn and river are the 4
On a flop of A Wahlbeck: A Wahlbeck flops top set against his opponent’s top pair. The turn and river are the 3 Elky Breaks 250,000 On a board of K Ylon Schwartz Eliminated by Bill Gazes Ylon Schwartz gets it all in pre-flop against Bill Gazes. Schwartz: K-K Board: A Schwartz gets it in good but Gazes pairs his ace on the flop. Ylon Schwartz is eliminated from the main event. Left in the Deck Players are now on their last twenty-minute break of the night and will return at approximately 8:40 pm PDT to begin the last level of the day. Player Tags: John Cernuto, David Plastik, Bill Gazes, Phil Hellmuth, Ylon Schwartz, Ville Wahlbeck, Theo Tran, Bertrand Grospellier, Tony Hachem Level 5 Hour 2 Update: End of Day 1DJul 07, '09 NOTE: Play has ended for the night on day 1D. Check back in tomorrow at noon PDT for day 2A action. Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Chip Counts: 1. Troy Weber – 340,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Adam Schoenfeld – 100,000 Average Chip Count: 42,750 Notable Eliminations: Scott Fischman Big Hands
It’s a three-way all in pot on a flop of 7 Fischman: 6 Fischman flops bottom pair and is in third place behind Benyamine who flops top set and the third player in the hand with an overpair of jacks. The turn and river are the A Vanessa Rousso Getting Short Vanessa Rousso and an unknown opponent were tangled up on a board of K Josh Arieh Aggressively Building Stack The 2004 main event third place finisher has been hammering away at his table. He has built his stack up to well over 100,000 and is among the chip leaders. In one hand a player in middle position raised to 1,200 and the player to his left reraised to 3,400. Arieh held the button and thought for awhile before making it 9,300. Both his opponents folded. Arieh is at 132,000.
Ryan Young Wins a Small One Ryan Young raised to 1,200 preflop and was called by Glen Chorny and another opponent. The flop came J
Elky Eliminates an Opponent Bertrand Grospellier and his opponent got it all in preflop. Grospellier tabled the J Dutch Boyd Takes a Pot from Phil Ivey On a board of A Troy Weber Charges to the Chip Lead A pot held 15,000 when the flop hit the table J Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Scott Fischman, David Benyamine, Vanessa Rousso, Bertrand Grospellier Level 3 Hour 2 Update: Grospellier And Ivey Very HealthyJul 06, '09 Blinds: 150-300 Chip Counts: 1. Loic Bellabarba – 110,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 62,000 Notable Eliminations: Roy Winston Big Hands:
Scott Seiver raised to 900 from early position. Seat 4 was next to act and he raised to 2,600. Seiver made the call and the flop came 7 The river was the 3 Tran Takes A Pot J.C. Tran raised to 800 from the button and the small blind made the call. The big blind mucked and the flop came down 9 The action was checked to Tran and he bet 1,200. The small blind mucked and Tran showed 8
Five players, including Steve Sung and and Mark Seif, limped in preflop. The flop fell K The river was the Q Marlon Wayans Wins A Pot Picking up the action on the turn, the board read A Wayans tabled A
On a flop of K The river was the 9 Big Slick For Ivey With 2,850 in the pot, three players saw a flop of A Ivey then tabled A
After a flop of K The turn was the A Left In The Deck: Players have gone on a 90 minute dinner break and will return at 8:20 p.m. It was briefly displayed on the tournament clock that the total number of entrants at the WSOP is 6,493. The number was taken down prior to the dinner break so it is still unofficial. The official numbers should be in after players return from dinner. Player Tags: Mark Seif, J.C. Tran, Daniel Alaei, Phil Ivey, Steve Sung, Bertrand Grospellier Level 1 Hour 2 Update: Tran And Ivey Get It GoingJul 06, '09 Blinds: 50-100 Chip Counts: 1. Dennis Peyton – 64,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 30,000 Spade Club Chip Counts: Harry Robertson – 30,000 Notable Eliminations: Dario Minieri Big Hands:
On the river, the first player checked and another player bet 1,250 with the final board reading A The first player got out of the way and after a minute or so of contemplation, the original bettor made the call. Ivey rolled over the K Salley Stumbles a Bit Early John Salley called a raise preflop as did several other players. The flop was K The river was the K
J.C. Tran bet 525 on a flop of A The big blind checked and Tran bet 1,300. The big blind eventually folded and Tran allowed the big blind to pick which card he wanted to see. The big blind picked the right card as Tran showed him a 10. Brad Berman Tripped Up Five players limped preflop and the flop came down A
On a flop of K Both players checked and seat 2 tabled Q Elky Gets Turned Out The player in seat 4 raised to 350 and seat 6 made the call. Bertrand Grospellier made the call as well from late position and the three players saw a flop of K
Dario Minieri was all in after a flop of 10 Minieri: Q Minieri had top pair but needed to dodge his opponent’s flush draw. The turn smacked Minieri as it was the J Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Phil Ivey, Bradley Berman, Ryan Young, Dario Minieri, Bertrand Grospellier |
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| Jul 06, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 1 | + |
Level 22 Hour 2 Update: Shulman Rolling, ElkY BustsJul 13, '09 Note: Players are currently on a 20 minute break and will return at 4:50 PDT. Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 120 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 Average Chip Count: 1,623,500 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 3,302,000 Notable Eliminations: 125. Theo Tran — $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Craig Boyd moved up to 3 million in chips when snapped off a bluff from Hieu Luu to double up. - Blair Hinkle was eliminated from the tournamrnt shortly after his stack was crippled down to 33,000. - Ahn Van Nguyen was knocked down to 1,225,000 after tangling in a hand with Steve Begleiter, who held trip deueces and is now close to 3 million. Big Hands:
Edward Teems moved all in preflop under the gun and action was folded around to Peter Eastgate in the big blind. He made the call and the two players then flipped up their cards as the featured table crowd perked up in their seats. Eastgate: A Board: A Eastgate eliminated Teems and the crowd gave a round of applause. Eastgate now holds just over 700,000. Billy Kopp Soars to Top of Chip Counts, Eliminates El Nasr Billy Kopp raised to 52,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips called. Action folded around to Nasr El Nasr put in another bet, as he made it 173,000. Billy Kopp opted to make it 506,000 and Dennis Phillips got out of the way before El Nasr moved all in for 1,325,000, which was snap called by Kopp. Kopp turned over A
The player in seat 5 raised to 55,000 and Jeff Shulman repopped it to 200,000 from the small blind. Seat 5 called and the flop was A Shulman then turned over a monster, 6 Nichoel Peppe Muscles Out Her Opposition Tommy Vedes raised to 58,000 from the cutoff and Berhard Parner called from the button. Nichoel Peppe did the same from the small blind and the flop was 10 Vedes took a session in the tank and eventually folded his hand. Peppe took the pot and she was at 1.2 million. Soulier Scores Another Knockout Don Tran moved all in preflop and Fabrice Soulier made the call. Tran tabled A The flop came down 9 Affleck’s Bluff Gets Picked Off, Stack Tumbles On a flop of 9 Affleck’s head sank as he turned over 7
Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated in 122nd Place ($40,288) Bertrand Grospellier bet 47,000 from middle position and an opponent reraised to 150,000. ElkY moved all in for about 375,000 total, slightly less than what his opponent had in his stack. Grospellier’s all in was snap called and he turned over the A Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Nicholle Peppe, Bertrand Grospellier, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Matt Affleck, Nasr El Nasr Level 22 Hour 1 Update: Joe Serock EliminatedJul 13, '09 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 Players Remaining: 126 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,900,000 Average Chip Count: 1,498,615 Notable Eliminations: 145. Joseph Serock – $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - John Martin took down a pot on the flop against Adam Bilzerian and Antoine Saout. He is up to 2,400,000. - ElkY lost some chips when he flopped top pair with A-J against the trip sevens of Alex Gurevich. ElkY lost another pot after and is short with 350,000. - With pocket aces, Billy Kopp eliminated Nasr El Nasr who held pocket queens. Kopp is at 4,660,000. - James Akenhead won a nice pot with pocket kings against the ace-king of Herbie Gelman. Akenhead is at 1,660,000 Big Hands:
Right before the break, Joseph Serock went into the tank preflop with the K He decided to open-shove from the cutoff and Jake Abdalla went all in over the top. Both blinds quickly folded and Serock exposed the Q
Fabrice Soulier raised to 49,000 preflop and Steven Levy came over the top, going all in for 601,000. Soulier made the call and tabled A The flop came down K
John Martin decided to limp in late position and then Ian Woodley raised to 85,000. Ludovic Lacay reraised to 225,000 in the cutoff and action was to Alex Prendes in the small blind. He moved all in for 1,900,000 and Martin folded. Woodley went into the tank and eventually folded. Lacay snap called and exposed the A Jeff Shulman Cracks The Ladies Darvin Moon raised to 85,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call. The flop came down A Shulman showed down A
Elky Short Fernando Gordo raised to 56,000 preflop. Bertrand Grospellier, Scott Cook and Don Tran all called and saw a flop of K Jose Rosenkrantz Eliminated Jamie Robbins and Jose Rosenkrantz got all in on the flop of Q Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Ian Woodley, Bertrand Grospellier, Joseph Serock, Ludovic Lacay Level 13 Hour 2 Update: Elky Over a Million!Jul 10, '09 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 930 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,200,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Phil Hellmuth – 500,000 Average Chip Count: 195,015 Notable Eliminations: Robert Mizarachi Big Hands:
Betrand Grospellier Wins the Largest Hand of the Tournament so Far A board of 9 Jason Alexander Grabs Some Chips Jason Alexander raised to 7,500 preflop from the hi-jack Christian Heich raised to 22,000. The flop came 8
Vitaly Lunkin Doubles Up Vitaly Lunkin was faced with a preflop raised from the cutoff and decided to reraise to 18,000. The cutoff quickly announced he was all in for 81,150 total and Lunkin quickly called. The cutoff announced he was sick of being reraised by Lunkin and tabled the 7 Betrand Grospellier Dominating Elky has been dominating his table since his massive surge to the chip lead. Grospellier raised preflop and was called by an opponent in the big blind. The flop came 8
Alex Kostritsyn Takes One Down On a flop of K Peter Eastgate Eliminates Opponent The defending main event champion got all the chips into the middle with the A Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Phil Hellmuth, Jason Alexander, Bertrand Grospellier, Peter Eastgate, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 11 Hour 2 Update: Happy Days For ShulmanJul 10, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,440 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Amir Lehavot – 555,000 CardPlayer Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 235,000 Average Stack: 131,192 Notable Eliminations: Jen Harman Big Hands:
Picking up the action on the flop of A “I’ve got nothing,” the button said as he tabled J Ivey Can’t Call On The Turn Phil Ivey raised to 4,500 from under the gun and seat 3 made the call. The player in seat 5 also called and the three players saw a flop of J
On a flop of K The river was the 3 Bill Edler Sent Packing A player raised to 4,400 preflop and Bill Edler made the call. Jamie Brown also came along and the flop fell J
On a flop of A The turn was the Q Left In The Deck: There should be some big hands to be reported on soon as Phil Ivey has moved tables and is now at the same table as Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier. They both have well over the chip average and we imagine there will be some fireworks. Also at the table are David Levi and John Monnette, who lost heads-up against Ivey at a final table this year. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, Bill Edler, Bertrand Grospellier Level 11 Hour 1 Update: Lisandro Is Player Of The YearJul 10, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,584 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Andrew Gaw – 580,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 130,700 Average Chip Count: 115,757 Notable Eliminations: Erik Seidel Big Hands: Khan Knocks Out Lynch Hevad Khan raised from early position and Eric Lynch decided it was time for him to move all in for his last 42,000. Khan made the call and saw that he was flipping. Khan tabled 5 The board ran out favorable for Lynch as it came 4 Elky Slips With Big Slick Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier called his opponent all in for about 60,000 preflop. Elky showed A The turn and river were unable to fill Elky’s full house with the 5
Phil Hellmuth called 1,600 under the gun and the action folded around to the big blind. He put in a raise and Hellmuth called. The flop was J “I flopped a flush draw, turned a 10 and still almost got away from it for nothing,” Hellmuth said. He was at 280,000. Junglen Loses Some Ground with Pocket Eights Adam Junglen raised to 6,000 preflop and was called by one player. The action get back to the big blind who three-bet to 36,000. Junglen asked how much the player had behind his raise and went into the tank. After finding out that he had another 45,000 behind, Junglen moved 101,000 into the middle. That got the other player out of the way, but not the big blind, who called off the rest of his stack. Junglen held the 8
Kristy Gazes got all of her chips into the middle preflop and was called by her opponent. Her opponent had Q The board ran out 8 Left In The Deck: Seeing Double At table #65, Dennis Phillips is sitting across from a man dressed in what can only be described as Dennis Phillips costume. The man is wearing a St. Louis Cardinals hat and the white trucker shirt that was worn by many at last year’s main event final table. Phillips claim that the man is just a fan that became a friend.
It was just announced that Jeff Lisandro is officially the 2009 WSOP player of the year. All Lisandro did this year was cash six times and win three bracelets. Congratulations to Lisandro, the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year. Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro, Eric Lynch, Bertrand Grospellier, Hevad Khan, Dennis Phillips Level 10 Hour 1 Update: Juanda DoublesJul 10, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,683 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Amir Lehavot – 610,500 CardPlayer Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 206,700 Average Stack: 115,758 Notable Eliminations: Bryan Micon Big Hands:
Kirill Gerasimov raised to 2,500 preflop and the cutoff made the call. The flop came down Q The turn was the 10 Elky In The Mood For Knockouts Early Bertrand Grospellier raised from middle position and Mario Soares moved in for his final 16,000. Grospellier made the call and tabled 10 The flop came down 7
John Juanda raised to 3,500 from under the gun and action folded around to the big blind. He moved all in, having Juanda covered. Juanda made the call and showed down A The board ran out 7 De Wolfe Busts Roland de Wolfe was all in with K
Valerie Ross moved all in preflop and Phil Ivey made the call. Ross tabled A The flop came down 6 Jennifer Harman Loses A Pot A player raised to 3,700 and Jennifer Harman made the call. The flop was A Player Tags: John Juanda, Jennifer Harman, Kirill Gerasimov, Phil Ivey, Roland de Wolfe, Bertrand Grospellier Level 8 Hour 2 Update: Ylon Schwartz EliminatedJul 08, '09 Blinds: 400-800 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,827 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Troy Weber — 475,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 170,000 Notable Eliminations: Noah Schwartz Big Hands: Miami John Gets Doubled Through A player at the table moves all in before the flop and Miami John Cernuto calls, he has him slightly covered. Cernuto: Pocket Eights Board: K Cernuto’s opponent flops a queen and doubles through. Cernuto takes a small hit to his stack as he ships roughly 12,000 across the table.
Theo Tran raises before the flop, only to be reraised by another player at the table. Tran calls and the flop comes 8 A few hands later and Theo Tran gets involved in a three-way all in pot, Tran getting the best of it once again. Tran: A Board: K Tran’s aces hold, eliminating two opponents this hand as he chips up to 130,000. Tony Hachem Knocks One Out Tony Hachem calls a 2,000 raise from the button and goes to the flop with one opponent. The flop comes J Hachem: J Hachem flops top two against the royal flush draw of his opponent. The J
With a raise of 2,500 and one caller in front of him, Phil Hellmuth reraises to 10,000 from hijack. The original raiser calls and the original caller folds. The flop comes K David Plastik Doubles Up On a flop of 8 Plastik: 8 Plastik flops top set against his opponent’s open-ended straight draw. The turn and river are the 4
On a flop of A Wahlbeck: A Wahlbeck flops top set against his opponent’s top pair. The turn and river are the 3 Elky Breaks 250,000 On a board of K Ylon Schwartz Eliminated by Bill Gazes Ylon Schwartz gets it all in pre-flop against Bill Gazes. Schwartz: K-K Board: A Schwartz gets it in good but Gazes pairs his ace on the flop. Ylon Schwartz is eliminated from the main event. Left in the Deck Players are now on their last twenty-minute break of the night and will return at approximately 8:40 pm PDT to begin the last level of the day. Player Tags: John Cernuto, David Plastik, Bill Gazes, Phil Hellmuth, Ylon Schwartz, Ville Wahlbeck, Theo Tran, Bertrand Grospellier, Tony Hachem Level 5 Hour 2 Update: End of Day 1DJul 07, '09 NOTE: Play has ended for the night on day 1D. Check back in tomorrow at noon PDT for day 2A action. Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Chip Counts: 1. Troy Weber – 340,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Adam Schoenfeld – 100,000 Average Chip Count: 42,750 Notable Eliminations: Scott Fischman Big Hands
It’s a three-way all in pot on a flop of 7 Fischman: 6 Fischman flops bottom pair and is in third place behind Benyamine who flops top set and the third player in the hand with an overpair of jacks. The turn and river are the A Vanessa Rousso Getting Short Vanessa Rousso and an unknown opponent were tangled up on a board of K Josh Arieh Aggressively Building Stack The 2004 main event third place finisher has been hammering away at his table. He has built his stack up to well over 100,000 and is among the chip leaders. In one hand a player in middle position raised to 1,200 and the player to his left reraised to 3,400. Arieh held the button and thought for awhile before making it 9,300. Both his opponents folded. Arieh is at 132,000.
Ryan Young Wins a Small One Ryan Young raised to 1,200 preflop and was called by Glen Chorny and another opponent. The flop came J
Elky Eliminates an Opponent Bertrand Grospellier and his opponent got it all in preflop. Grospellier tabled the J Dutch Boyd Takes a Pot from Phil Ivey On a board of A Troy Weber Charges to the Chip Lead A pot held 15,000 when the flop hit the table J Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Scott Fischman, David Benyamine, Vanessa Rousso, Bertrand Grospellier Level 3 Hour 2 Update: Grospellier And Ivey Very HealthyJul 06, '09 Blinds: 150-300 Chip Counts: 1. Loic Bellabarba – 110,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 62,000 Notable Eliminations: Roy Winston Big Hands:
Scott Seiver raised to 900 from early position. Seat 4 was next to act and he raised to 2,600. Seiver made the call and the flop came 7 The river was the 3 Tran Takes A Pot J.C. Tran raised to 800 from the button and the small blind made the call. The big blind mucked and the flop came down 9 The action was checked to Tran and he bet 1,200. The small blind mucked and Tran showed 8
Five players, including Steve Sung and and Mark Seif, limped in preflop. The flop fell K The river was the Q Marlon Wayans Wins A Pot Picking up the action on the turn, the board read A Wayans tabled A
On a flop of K The river was the 9 Big Slick For Ivey With 2,850 in the pot, three players saw a flop of A Ivey then tabled A
After a flop of K The turn was the A Left In The Deck: Players have gone on a 90 minute dinner break and will return at 8:20 p.m. It was briefly displayed on the tournament clock that the total number of entrants at the WSOP is 6,493. The number was taken down prior to the dinner break so it is still unofficial. The official numbers should be in after players return from dinner. Player Tags: Mark Seif, J.C. Tran, Daniel Alaei, Phil Ivey, Steve Sung, Bertrand Grospellier Level 1 Hour 2 Update: Tran And Ivey Get It GoingJul 06, '09 Blinds: 50-100 Chip Counts: 1. Dennis Peyton – 64,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 30,000 Spade Club Chip Counts: Harry Robertson – 30,000 Notable Eliminations: Dario Minieri Big Hands:
On the river, the first player checked and another player bet 1,250 with the final board reading A The first player got out of the way and after a minute or so of contemplation, the original bettor made the call. Ivey rolled over the K Salley Stumbles a Bit Early John Salley called a raise preflop as did several other players. The flop was K The river was the K
J.C. Tran bet 525 on a flop of A The big blind checked and Tran bet 1,300. The big blind eventually folded and Tran allowed the big blind to pick which card he wanted to see. The big blind picked the right card as Tran showed him a 10. Brad Berman Tripped Up Five players limped preflop and the flop came down A
On a flop of K Both players checked and seat 2 tabled Q Elky Gets Turned Out The player in seat 4 raised to 350 and seat 6 made the call. Bertrand Grospellier made the call as well from late position and the three players saw a flop of K
Dario Minieri was all in after a flop of 10 Minieri: Q Minieri had top pair but needed to dodge his opponent’s flush draw. The turn smacked Minieri as it was the J Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Phil Ivey, Bradley Berman, Ryan Young, Dario Minieri, Bertrand Grospellier |
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| Jun 24, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 45 - $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em | 2 | + |
Level 15 Update: Grospellier Eliminated, Haxton Knocks Another OutJun 24, '09 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 Players Remaining: 36 out of 275 Chip Counts: 1. Michiel Brummelhuis – 570,000 Average Chip Count: 217,565 Notable Eliminations: Bertrand Grospellier Big Hands:
The player in seat 5 raised to 16,000 and Bertrand Grospellier was next to act. He called his remaining 10,000 into the middle and everyone else mucked. In a situation that could have seen both players holding marginal hands. Instead, we got the classic race situation as Grospellier tabled Q Leonidas Hammered Down By Set After the board had run out K
Isaac Haxton raised the pot from the under the gun and Bobby Firestone moved in from the button. Haxton made the call and both players showed down their hands. Haxton: 10 The board ran out A Player Tags: Toto Leonidas, Eugene Todd, Robert Firestone, Bertrand Grospellier, Isaac Haxton End of Day 1: Michael Brummelhuis Secures Late-Night ChipleadJun 24, '09 Day 1 of Event no. 45 – $10,000 World Championship of Pot-Limit Hold’em is in the books and Michael Brummelhuis of the Netherlands leads the way with 330,200 in chips, followed not so closely by such notable players as Toto Leonidas, Luke Staudenmaier, David Pham, Eric Bladwin, Mike Kamran, Kirill Gerasimov, Chris Moore, Justin Young, Erik Seidel, Issac Haxton, Marco Johnson, Florian Langmaan and Burt Boutin, all of whom have more than 100,00 in chips the last time we checked. Defending Champion, Nenad Medic is still in the field as well, and with a healthy chip stack of just under 100,000. Notable players that would not be so lucky to advance beyond Day 1 include Chris Ferguson, Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Chan, Barry Greenstein and Peter Eastgage, to name a few. With 275 total entrants in this event, just 85 players made it through the night, and they will return to the Rio at 2:00pm PDT to begin Day 2, so be sure to check back with CardPlayer.com for all of the action from this marquee event. Blinds: 1,000-2,000 Players Remaining: 85 out of 275 Chip Counts: 1. Michael Brummelhuis — 330,200 Average Chip Count: 97,058 Notable Eliminations: David Singer Big Hands:
Singer started this hand with 79,000; Kamran with 81,000. David Singer raises to 4,400 from middle position and Mike Kamran raises to 11,500 from the button. Singer reraises the size of the pot (41,300) and Kamran moves all in; he barley has Singer covered. Singer calls and both players turn over their cards. Singer: A Board: Q Singer fails to improve as Kamran’s aces hold up. Mike Kamran eliminates David Singer from the tournament and brings his stack up to 160,000 this hand. Vanessa Rousso Quadruples Up Lee Markholt raises to 4,000 from the cutoff and gets three callers; Nam Le (button), Vanessa Rousso (small blind) and Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier (big blind). The flop comes J Rousso: 10 Rousso flops the nut straight while Nam Le flops middle set. The turn is the 7
With just about 30,000 already in the pot on a board of 10 Florian Langmaan tanks for several minutes before the clock is called. Langmaan ultimately makes the call with top pair (J The river is the 10 Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Lee Markholt, Nam Le, David Singer, Vanessa Rousso, Bertrand Grospellier, Michael Kamran, Florian Langmann, Michiel Brummelhuis Level 4 Update: Shaun Deeb Eliminated, Filippi Takes Bad BeatJun 23, '09 Blinds: 250-500 Players Remaining: 243 out of 276 Notable Eliminations: Shaun Deeb, Eric Froelich, Chau Giang Big Hands: Elky Takes a Chunk From Nam On a board of 4 This time Grospellier fired 7700, which was about half of Le’s remaining stack. Le tanked for a long while before mucking his hand. Le is now left with 15,300.
On a board reading J “Do you have a food comp?” said Cousineau after his opponent folded. “You get to see this hand if you give me a food comp.” His opponent immediately went into his pocket and found one. Cousineau, a man of his word, showed the J Filippi Can’t Dodge a Gutshot After a flop of A Filippi turned up the A Filippi is now left with 20,000. Player Tags: Tony Cousineau, Nam Le, Amnon Filippi, Bertrand Grospellier |
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| Jun 23, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 45 - $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em | 1 | + |
Level 15 Update: Grospellier Eliminated, Haxton Knocks Another OutJun 24, '09 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 Players Remaining: 36 out of 275 Chip Counts: 1. Michiel Brummelhuis – 570,000 Average Chip Count: 217,565 Notable Eliminations: Bertrand Grospellier Big Hands:
The player in seat 5 raised to 16,000 and Bertrand Grospellier was next to act. He called his remaining 10,000 into the middle and everyone else mucked. In a situation that could have seen both players holding marginal hands. Instead, we got the classic race situation as Grospellier tabled Q Leonidas Hammered Down By Set After the board had run out K
Isaac Haxton raised the pot from the under the gun and Bobby Firestone moved in from the button. Haxton made the call and both players showed down their hands. Haxton: 10 The board ran out A Player Tags: Toto Leonidas, Eugene Todd, Robert Firestone, Bertrand Grospellier, Isaac Haxton End of Day 1: Michael Brummelhuis Secures Late-Night ChipleadJun 24, '09 Day 1 of Event no. 45 – $10,000 World Championship of Pot-Limit Hold’em is in the books and Michael Brummelhuis of the Netherlands leads the way with 330,200 in chips, followed not so closely by such notable players as Toto Leonidas, Luke Staudenmaier, David Pham, Eric Bladwin, Mike Kamran, Kirill Gerasimov, Chris Moore, Justin Young, Erik Seidel, Issac Haxton, Marco Johnson, Florian Langmaan and Burt Boutin, all of whom have more than 100,00 in chips the last time we checked. Defending Champion, Nenad Medic is still in the field as well, and with a healthy chip stack of just under 100,000. Notable players that would not be so lucky to advance beyond Day 1 include Chris Ferguson, Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Chan, Barry Greenstein and Peter Eastgage, to name a few. With 275 total entrants in this event, just 85 players made it through the night, and they will return to the Rio at 2:00pm PDT to begin Day 2, so be sure to check back with CardPlayer.com for all of the action from this marquee event. Blinds: 1,000-2,000 Players Remaining: 85 out of 275 Chip Counts: 1. Michael Brummelhuis — 330,200 Average Chip Count: 97,058 Notable Eliminations: David Singer Big Hands:
Singer started this hand with 79,000; Kamran with 81,000. David Singer raises to 4,400 from middle position and Mike Kamran raises to 11,500 from the button. Singer reraises the size of the pot (41,300) and Kamran moves all in; he barley has Singer covered. Singer calls and both players turn over their cards. Singer: A Board: Q Singer fails to improve as Kamran’s aces hold up. Mike Kamran eliminates David Singer from the tournament and brings his stack up to 160,000 this hand. Vanessa Rousso Quadruples Up Lee Markholt raises to 4,000 from the cutoff and gets three callers; Nam Le (button), Vanessa Rousso (small blind) and Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier (big blind). The flop comes J Rousso: 10 Rousso flops the nut straight while Nam Le flops middle set. The turn is the 7
With just about 30,000 already in the pot on a board of 10 Florian Langmaan tanks for several minutes before the clock is called. Langmaan ultimately makes the call with top pair (J The river is the 10 Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Lee Markholt, Nam Le, David Singer, Vanessa Rousso, Bertrand Grospellier, Michael Kamran, Florian Langmann, Michiel Brummelhuis Level 4 Update: Shaun Deeb Eliminated, Filippi Takes Bad BeatJun 23, '09 Blinds: 250-500 Players Remaining: 243 out of 276 Notable Eliminations: Shaun Deeb, Eric Froelich, Chau Giang Big Hands: Elky Takes a Chunk From Nam On a board of 4 This time Grospellier fired 7700, which was about half of Le’s remaining stack. Le tanked for a long while before mucking his hand. Le is now left with 15,300.
On a board reading J “Do you have a food comp?” said Cousineau after his opponent folded. “You get to see this hand if you give me a food comp.” His opponent immediately went into his pocket and found one. Cousineau, a man of his word, showed the J Filippi Can’t Dodge a Gutshot After a flop of A Filippi turned up the A Filippi is now left with 20,000. Player Tags: Tony Cousineau, Nam Le, Amnon Filippi, Bertrand Grospellier |
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| Jun 14, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 29 - $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em | 1 | + |
Hour 7 Update: Kenny Tran, Layne Flack, Bertrand Grospellier EliminatedJun 14, '09 Hour 7 Update Players Remaining: 64 out of 256 Completed Round 2 Matches (Winner in Bold): 1. Tom “Durrrr” Dwan vs. Samuel Stein Big Hands:
Kenny Tran Eliminated Last year’s champion raised preflop and Evan Roberts re-raised enough to put Tran all-in. Tran went into the tank before eventually calling the last 30,000 of his remaining chip stack. Roberts exposed pocket eights while Tran tabled the A
Brock Parker Advances All the chips were in the middle with Brock Parker holding the A Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated With the high blinds, Bertrand Grospellier got it all-in preflop with king-queen and was up against the ace-six of James D’Ambrosio. The French pro failed to catch anything and was eliminated. Grospellier is still without a bracelet. Player Tags: Kenny Tran, Brock Parker, Jonathan Aguiar, Bertrand Grospellier, James D'Ambrosio, Evan Roberts |
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Bertrand Grospellier raised to 3,000 and Joe Cada called behind him. Action folded to Per Ummer who reraised to 11,500.
After a series of unfortunate events for one of the biggest poker stars here today, Bertrand Grospellier is now gone.
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Jens Kyllonen moved all in preflop and Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand Grospellier made the call. Their cards:
Peter Eastgate Eliminates Edward Teems
Shulman Flirts With 3 Million
Joseph Serock Eliminated
Fabrice Soulier on a Rush
Ludovic Lacay Eliminates Ian Woodley
Happy Days Are Here Again
Jen Harman Eliminated
The Man Can Dodge Bullets Baby
Cowboys Work For Gazes
Lisandro Wins Player Of The Year
Gerasimov Gets Hammered Down Early
John Juanda Doubles Up
Ivey Drops Some Chips
Theo Tran Breaks 100K…And Still Going
Hellmuth Flops Top Set, Doesn’t Get Paid Off, Shows Cards Anyway
Ville Wahlbeck Doubles Up
Scott Fischman Eliminated by David Benyamine
Seiver Turns A Set
Mark Seif Getting Low
Alaei Dropping More Chips
Elky Gets A Knockout
Ivey Makes Trips, Gets Paid
Tran Gives The Table a Sneak Peek
You’re Still A Young Man
Game Over For Super Dario
Elky Toast
Haxton With The Knockout
David Singer Eliminated by Mike Kamran
Corkins Eliminated by Langmaan
Cousineau Shows Hand for Food Comp
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