Neil Channing Poker Tournament Updates

Final Table Update: Neil Channing Eliminated In 2nd Place, Joshua Tieman Wins Event No. 6

Jun 03, '10

Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 1 out of 358

Notable Eliminations:

2. Neil Channing — $273,153

Big Hands:

Neil Channing Eliminated In 2nd Place ($273,153), Joshua Tieman Wins Event No. 6 ($441,692)

Joshua Tieman steamrolled his way to a massive chip lead once the final table got to heads up play. Neil Channing decided to make his stand moving all in preflop holding A7. Tieman made the call once again, and once again he was dominating his opponent holding AJ.

The flop came down K104, giving Channing no help. The turn was the 10, pairing the board and giving Channing some outs. He needed to a king or a four to chop the pot or a seven to win it. But the river was the Q, giving Tieman a broadway straight and the victory.

Player Tags: Neil Channing,   Joshua Tieman

Final Table to Kick Off at 2:30

Jun 03, '10

Neil Channing has won a title in Ireland and now is looking to add a WSOP bracelet to his collection of titles.

Channing headlines a final table that includes Joe Elpayaa, Stuart Rutter, Josh Tieman, Brent Hanks, and Nicolas Levi. The final six will be back in the Amazon room at 2:30 p.m. to fight for the $441,692 first place prize money and for somebody to win their first bracelet.

Stay tuned to Card Player for updates on the final table and to see who can win their third table to take home a bracelet.

Player Tags: Neil Channing,   Joseph Elpayaa,   Stuart Rutter

Neil "Badly Beaten" Channing

Apr 28, '10

Coming in late in the action, we get there as Neil Channing’s A-Q and tournament life is swept away by A-J.

He informs Card Player that he recently lost most of his stack to Lex Veldhuis who reraised Channing’s button bet of 70,000 to 110,000 from the big blind in a previous pot. Channing called with A-6 but couldn’t catch up, and soon shoved the remainder of his stack in with A-Q. A painful 4-3-2 board made his Russian opponent comment about his need of a 5, but his comments came to an abrupt end when he spiked a jack and ended Channing’s run in the event.

Player Tags: Neil Channing

Level 12 Update: Chris Moneymaker Reigns Atop Leaderboard

Apr 27, '10

Blinds: 1,000-2,000 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 230 out of 848

Average Chip Count: 110,608

Chip Counts:

1. Chris Moneymaker — 460,000
2. Simon Munz — 340,000
3. Owen Crowe — 310,000
4. Ramzi Jelassi — 260,000
5. Aaron Gustavson — 250,000
6. Toby Lewis — 250,000
7. Paul Berende — 225,000
8. Thiago Nishijima — 215,000
9. Nicolas Levi — 185,000
10. Russell Carson — 180,000

Notable Eliminations:

Liam Flood
Vanessa Rousso
Alfio Battisti
J.J. Liu
Liz Lieu
Nickl Binger

Big Hands:

Mel Judah Chips Up Big

Juan Manuel Pastor raised to 5,200 and the button called before Mel Judah reraised to 33,000, nearly half of his stack.

Pastor folded, but the button moved all in and Judah called for his last 35,000 with AK.

The button showed pocket queens, but Judah connected on a board of A3246 to double up to just under 150,000.

Liam Flood Eliminated

Liam Flood was all in on a queen high flop holding K-Q. Unfortunately, his opponent held A-Q for a higher kicker and ended Flood’s tournament when the turn and river failed to bring a king.

Allie Prescott Doubles Up

Allie Prescott moved all in from the cutoff for his last 30,000 with pocket kings and was called by an opponent holding AJ.

The board rolled out 108334 and Prescott is now sitting with just over 60,000 in chips.

Alfio Battisti Busted by Neil Channing

Team PokerStars Online Pro Alfio Battisti raised to 4,500 and Neil Channing reraised to 14,500 behind him. Battisti then moved all in for 74,000 and Channing immediately made the call, showing pocket kings.

Battisti could only sheepishly reveal pocket tens and they couldn’t find friends on a board of Q8779. Channing is now up to 220,000.

Nothing But A Flesh Wound

Team PokerStars Pro Alex Gomes called a short stacks push of 32,000 with As10h and saw that he was in good shape against his opponent’s QJ.

Unfortunately, the board fell J82K5 and the short stack doubled up. Gomes is still strong, however, with 160,000 in chips.

Aaron Gustavson Takes A Hit

Aaron Gustavson was well on his way to the chip lead, but he lost about 70,000 from his stack after calling Martin Schmidkunz’s all in with pocket queens.

Schmidkunz showed pocket kings and they held to boost his stack to 145,000. Gustavson still has 250,000 to work with.

Player Tags: Mel Judah,   Neil Channing,   Allie Prescott,   Liam Flood,   Aaron Gustavson,   Alexandre Gomes,   Alfio Battisti

Neil "Badly Beaten" Channing

Apr 28, '10

Coming in late in the action, we get there as Neil Channing’s A-Q and tournament life is swept away by A-J.

He informs Card Player that he recently lost most of his stack to Lex Veldhuis who reraised Channing’s button bet of 70,000 to 110,000 from the big blind in a previous pot. Channing called with A-6 but couldn’t catch up, and soon shoved the remainder of his stack in with A-Q. A painful 4-3-2 board made his Russian opponent comment about his need of a 5, but his comments came to an abrupt end when he spiked a jack and ended Channing’s run in the event.

Player Tags: Neil Channing

Level 12 Update: Chris Moneymaker Reigns Atop Leaderboard

Apr 27, '10

Blinds: 1,000-2,000 with a 200 ante

Players Remaining: 230 out of 848

Average Chip Count: 110,608

Chip Counts:

1. Chris Moneymaker — 460,000
2. Simon Munz — 340,000
3. Owen Crowe — 310,000
4. Ramzi Jelassi — 260,000
5. Aaron Gustavson — 250,000
6. Toby Lewis — 250,000
7. Paul Berende — 225,000
8. Thiago Nishijima — 215,000
9. Nicolas Levi — 185,000
10. Russell Carson — 180,000

Notable Eliminations:

Liam Flood
Vanessa Rousso
Alfio Battisti
J.J. Liu
Liz Lieu
Nickl Binger

Big Hands:

Mel Judah Chips Up Big

Juan Manuel Pastor raised to 5,200 and the button called before Mel Judah reraised to 33,000, nearly half of his stack.

Pastor folded, but the button moved all in and Judah called for his last 35,000 with AK.

The button showed pocket queens, but Judah connected on a board of A3246 to double up to just under 150,000.

Liam Flood Eliminated

Liam Flood was all in on a queen high flop holding K-Q. Unfortunately, his opponent held A-Q for a higher kicker and ended Flood’s tournament when the turn and river failed to bring a king.

Allie Prescott Doubles Up

Allie Prescott moved all in from the cutoff for his last 30,000 with pocket kings and was called by an opponent holding AJ.

The board rolled out 108334 and Prescott is now sitting with just over 60,000 in chips.

Alfio Battisti Busted by Neil Channing

Team PokerStars Online Pro Alfio Battisti raised to 4,500 and Neil Channing reraised to 14,500 behind him. Battisti then moved all in for 74,000 and Channing immediately made the call, showing pocket kings.

Battisti could only sheepishly reveal pocket tens and they couldn’t find friends on a board of Q8779. Channing is now up to 220,000.

Nothing But A Flesh Wound

Team PokerStars Pro Alex Gomes called a short stacks push of 32,000 with As10h and saw that he was in good shape against his opponent’s QJ.

Unfortunately, the board fell J82K5 and the short stack doubled up. Gomes is still strong, however, with 160,000 in chips.

Aaron Gustavson Takes A Hit

Aaron Gustavson was well on his way to the chip lead, but he lost about 70,000 from his stack after calling Martin Schmidkunz’s all in with pocket queens.

Schmidkunz showed pocket kings and they held to boost his stack to 145,000. Gustavson still has 250,000 to work with.

Player Tags: Mel Judah,   Neil Channing,   Allie Prescott,   Liam Flood,   Aaron Gustavson,   Alexandre Gomes,   Alfio Battisti

Neil Channing Eliminated

Jan 20, '09

Neil Channing has busted out of the tournament. His pocket queens were no good when an opponent flopped three nines and sent him to the rail.









 

Player Tags: Neil Channing

$10,000 Main Event - Day 1b - Hour Two

Jul 04, '08

Note: Players are on their first twenty-minute break of the day and will return at approx. 2:30 pm to begin Level 2 with increased blinds of 100-200.

Blinds: 50-100

Chip Counts:
John Robbins: 48,000
Stephen Ladowsky: 4,000
Giles Smadia: 47,000
Dustin Sitar: 39,900
Dustin Dorrance-Bowman: 39,000
Kristy Gazes: 39,000
Michael Pedley: 39,000
Michael Guzzardi: 37,000
Michael Watson: 37,000
Mike Stovall: 36,000

CP Chip Counts:

Steve Zolotow: 14,700
Lee Watkinson: 7,900

 

Eliminations: Ted Forrest, Andy Black, Daniel Negreanu

Big Hands:

Set Over set, Negreanu Leaves Early

Daniel Negreanu drew a seat at the ESPN secondary feature table today, but his stay would not even last one round after Negreanu made an early exit when his set of sixes walked into a better set of nines. There was a lot of dissapointment on the rail as many spectators had lined up to watch Negreanu play...there is always next year.

Mrs. Varkonyi Catches a Bluff

Olaf Thorson raised to 250 before the flop and next to act, Olga Varkonyi reraised to 750. Thorson made the call and said, "I don't know why you have to be so aggressive," giving the whole table a good laugh. The flop came 1097, and Varkonyi bet 1,500 after it was checked to her. Thorson made the call both players checked the turn (10). The river was the 9 and Thorson took a stab at the pot, firing 1,800 into the middle. Varkonyi called and Thorson said, "I play the board," showing 76. Varkonyi turned over AA and raked the pot. She started the hand with 21,000, chipping up to 28,000 by the end of the hand.

Kravchenko Chipping Up

On a flop of AA10, the player in seat 7 bet 300 and Alex Kravchenko made the call, as did seat 1. The turn was the 6, and both seats 1 and 7 checked to Kravchenko who bet 775. Seat 1 called and seat 7 folded. The river was the 9 and Kravchenko bet 1,100. Seat 1 tanked for a moment before mucking his cards. Kravcheno raked the pot, bringing his chip count 34,000 after the hand.

Don't Mess With A Mizrachi

The player on the button raised to 300 before the flop, and was called by both the blinds, including Robert Mizrachi in the big blind. Mizrachi led out on the flop of J74, betting 850 after the small blind checked. The button raised for an additional 1,500. Mizrachi thought only briefly before making the wager a total of 4,200. The button squirmed uncomfortably in his seat, rechecking his cards for some time before folding reluctantly. After the hand, Mizrachi is back up to 19,000 in chips.

Fischman Folds To Check Raise

Scott Fischman popped it up 300 before the flop from middle position, and was called only by the big blind, and they went heads up to the flop, which came out 742. The player in the blind checked over to Fischman, who made a continuation bet of 525, only to have his opponent raise to a total of 1,300. Fischman considered the situation only briefly before getting away from his hand, standing from the table to leave for the break a few minutes early.

European Action

On a board of K654 Swede William Thorsson called a bet of 1,200. The turn fell the 5 and Thorsson slowly shook his head as his opponent bet 2,000. “Aces” he said to his opponent – less a question and more a statement of fact.

“How did you know?,” was the reply. Thorsson counted his chips out twice and finally made the call but as he threw his chips in the middle he held his cards over the muck with his other hand. His opponent flashed the aces. “How did you know,” he asked again while raking in the chips.

Elsewhere Englishman Mickey Wernick snatched a nice pot from Greg Raymer and has around 25,000 in chips.

Hendon Mobster Ram Vaswani is the button to recent Irish Open winner Neil Channing’s big blind and both have just over their starting stacks.

EPT boss John Duthie has 22,900 in chips and relaxing with a massage, Barny Boatman was pushed off two pots in a row just before the end of level one but still has around his starting stack while former Swedish international soccer star Tomas Brolin is on a comfortable 37,000.

Patrik Antonius limped into the pot from under the gun. One player in middle position, the button, and both blinds also went to the flop. On the flop of J98, the blinds checked to Antonius, who fired a bet of 375. The middle position player folded action to the button, who then raised to a total of 1,000, pushing out the blinds. Antonius made the call, and fired out for another 1,600 on the turn, which brought the 10. The button called, and then called his bet of 3,200 on the river after the dealer put down the 3. Antonius showed down QQ for a turned straight, but had to chop the pot with his opponent, who held QJ. After the hand, Antonius had only a whisker more than his starting stack, sitting behind around 20,500.

Player Tags: Donnacha O'Dea,   Robert Mizrachi,   Chris Bjorin,   Scott Fischman,   Daniel Negreanu,   Ram Vaswani,   Barny Boatman,   John Duthie,   Greg Raymer,   Kevin O'Connell,   Neil Channing,   Olaf Thorson,   Markus Golser,   Alexander Kravchenko,   Thomas Fougeron,   William Thorson,   Patrik Antonius,   Conor Tate,   Sverre Sundbo,   Victoria Coren,   Michael Wernick,   Tomas Brolin,   Des Wilson

$2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em - Day 2 - Level 15 Recap

Jun 21, '08

Blinds: 3,000-6,000

Players Left: 15 of 605

Chip Leaders:
Ayaz Mahmood - 250,000
Chris Bell - 250,000
Davidi Kitai - 195,000
Jeff Sluzinski - 180,000
Michael Binger - 170,000
Keith Lehr - 155,000
Benjamin Zamani - 145,000
Michael Greco- 110,000
Benjamin Roberts - 110,000
Amato Galasso - 105,000

Average Stack: 161,300

Eliminations:
16^th – Neil Channing
17^th – Davood Mehrmand
18^th – Eugene Todd
19^th – Dan Quinn
20^th – Rob Perry
21^st – Al Adler


Big Hands and Storylines:

Two Tables Left

It took only 15 minutes to eliminate 3 participants and reach the final 18 players. Players were drawn to their new seats and play resumed. Another 3 players were eliminated before the end of the level, leaving us with only 15 players left.

Watkinson Makes Nice Laydown

Lee Watkinson raised to 18,000 from early position and was met by a raise from Keith Lehr. The bet was 45,000 more to Watkinson who only thought for seconds before folding 9-9 face-up. Lehr sportingly showed his J-J and congratulated Watkinson on a nice fold.

Cheung Eliminates Perry

Robert Cheung raised to 20,000 from middle position and Rob Perry moved all-in from the small blind for about 55,000. Cheung called, saying, “I don’t have much.” Cheung turned over QJ and was delighted to see Perry flip 77. The flop was 944, but the turn was the Q and Perry tossed his orange high into the air in frustration (catching it as it came down, of course). The turn 8 brought no help and Perry was eliminated in 20^th place.

Kitai Does In Quinn

Dan Quinn limped on the button, Davidi Kitai call from the small blind, and Michael Binger checked his option. The flop rolled out QJ7 and the two blinds checked to Quinn who bet 12,000. Kitai called and Binger folded. The turn was the A. Kitai checked again, Quinn bet 42,000, and Kitai raised a nominal amount to put Quinn all-in. The two showed their cards:

Kitai: Q10
Quinn: Q9

The river was the 5 and Quinn was eliminated in 19^th place.

Player Tags: Ayaz Mahmood,   Davood Mehrmand,   Benjamin Roberts,   Neil Channing,   Robert Perry,   Chris Bell,   Eugene Todd,   Al Adler,   Michael Binger,   Robert Cheung,   Keith Lehr,   Dan Quinn,   Davidi Kitai,   Michael Greco,   Amato Galasso,   Jeff Sluzinski,   Benjamin Zamani

Chip Count Update, Pre-Bubble Eliminations

Apr 15, '08

PokerStars.com recently published the official chip counts before the dinner break. Click on the chip counts for the most recent stacks. Here are the top five on our chip counts:

1. Johnny Lodden -- 530,000
2. Rami Boukai -- 422,000
3. Oyvind Riisem -- 350,000
4. Mostafa Belkhayate -- 320,000
5. Luca Pagano -- 250,000

Also, a ton of notable players were eliminated during or near the media blackout period surrounding the money bubble. They included:

• Eli Elezra
• Joe Udine
• James Byrne
• Neil Channing
• Sasha Rosewood

Player Tags: Eli Elezra,   Neil Channing,   Joseph Udine,   James Byrne,   Sasha Rosewood

Internet Pros Busting in Droves

Apr 14, '08

Josh "JJProdigy" Field, Richard "RonaldKosh" Fohrenback, and Shaun "ShaunDeeb" Deeb have all busted from the PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final.

When Deeb's table was asked how he busted, Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron started to explain, and Neil Channing cut in, "If you try to make a list of how he lost all of his chips, you'll never remember it."

Baron smiled sheepishly and added, "He had a rough day. He's a good player."

Channing turned to the player to his right and said, "Everyone online is a good player."

Player Tags: Neil Channing,   Isaac Baron,   Shaun Deeb,   Richard Fohrenbach,   Josh Field

Chip Count Update

Apr 14, '08

Some updated chip counts include:

• Thomas Wahlroos 51,000
• Tomas Brolin 35,800
• Freddy Deeb 115,700
• James Byrne 18,600
• Paul Testud 25,400
• Neil Channing 35,800

 

Player Tags: Paul Testud,   Neil Channing,   Thomas Wahlroos,   Freddy Deeb,   Tomas Brolin,   James Byrne

Grind Britain

Apr 13, '08

Irish Open winner Neil Channing has fetched up at PokerStars.com EPT London winner Vicky Coren's table - the pair know each other well from their regular stomping ground the Victoria Casino in London.

At the next table ttwo other well-known Brits, Surinder Sunar and Mickey Wernick's found themselves at the same table - both have been playing in the biggest games across Europe and America since the early 1980s.

Channing gesticulates at the table and says, apropos of nothing, "Would you look at that - there's some experience at that table. What a pair of grinders," grinned Channing pointing at Wernick and Sunar who both raise a weary, late night smile.

When informed this might be himself and Coren in 30 years time Channing quips, "I hope that's not all we have to look forward to."

Wernick announces back to the Channing/Coren table that he's all-in. "What he got," asks Channing. "A-K vs K-Q suited," is the response. "Does Mickey have the A-K," enquires Vicky standing up to have a look. "Of course he has the A-K," said Channing, deadpan as usual, without having to look up.

Mickey duly wins the hand, doubles up, and despite being short-stacked announces proudly, "Back in the saddle."

Player Tags: Surinder Sunar,   Neil Channing,   Victoria Coren,   Michael Wernick

Neil Channing Doubles Up

Apr 13, '08

Irish Open champion Neil Channing flopped a set of fives againt an up and down straght draw and and the turn gave his opponent a flush draw also but Channing's hand was good and he scooped 15,000 chips and is now sitting on around 15,000.

"I think it was some young American guy who's like, too young to play in American but has done something on the internet," said Channing with a characteristic sardonic tone.

Some recent chip counts include:

• Jani Sointula 27,700
• Jon Friedberg 11,850
• Alex Kravchenko 8,150
• Juha Helppi 8,425
• Casey Castle 29,900
• Chad Brown 48,000
• Daniel Negreanu 19,800
• Marc Goodwin 11,875
• Dario Alioto 43,600
• Antonio Esfandiari 33,850
• Phillipe Rouas 30,000

 

Player Tags: Juha Helppi,   Daniel Negreanu,   Jon Friedberg,   Neil Channing,   Alexander Kravchenko,   Jani Sointula,   Marc Goodwin,   Dario Alioto,   Casey Castle

Tim Vance Doubles Up

Apr 13, '08

PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen winner Tim Vance has doubled up with aces against jacks on a nine hig flop and is now sitting on 16,525 in chips. The American jumped from his seat and shouted 'yes' when an ace fell on the river.

Recent Irish Open winner Neil Channing is at his table and was bemoaning the fact he had been giving away so many of his trademake red shirts he had none left. Neil will be on the cover of the June issue of Card Player Poker + Sports which will hit the streets in mid-May. "I'd have worn a clean shirt if i'd have known," he joked.

Some chip counts of note from half the room not on dinner:

• Alex Kravchenko 7,650
• Victor Ramdin 6,300
• Arnaud Mattern 6,400
• Juha Helppi 10,625
• Surinder Sunar 16,950
• Neil Channing 16,825

Player Tags: Juha Helppi,   Surinder Sunar,   Neil Channing,   Alexander Kravchenko,   Tim Vance

Dario Minieri is Out

Apr 13, '08

Dario Minieri is out of the tournament with jacks agaist eights which hit a set .

Some recent chip counts include:

• Alex Kravchenko 9,200
• Ram Vaswani 10,100
• Neil Channing 18,600
• Yevgeniy Timoshenko 10,900
• Kevin O'Connell 6,975
• Vicky Coren 9,050
• Boris Becker 7,675
• Paul Leckey 8,875
• Paul Testud 20,900
• Chad Brown 9,300
• Daniel Negreanu 21,500
• Jon Friedberg 11.075
• Gavin Griffin 2,175

Player Tags: Ram Vaswani,   Neil Channing,   Markus Golser,   Dario Minieri,   Yevgeniy Timoshenko

Chip Count Update, Pre-Bubble Eliminations

Apr 15, '08

PokerStars.com recently published the official chip counts before the dinner break. Click on the chip counts for the most recent stacks. Here are the top five on our chip counts:

1. Johnny Lodden -- 530,000
2. Rami Boukai -- 422,000
3. Oyvind Riisem -- 350,000
4. Mostafa Belkhayate -- 320,000
5. Luca Pagano -- 250,000

Also, a ton of notable players were eliminated during or near the media blackout period surrounding the money bubble. They included:

• Eli Elezra
• Joe Udine
• James Byrne
• Neil Channing
• Sasha Rosewood

Player Tags: Eli Elezra,   Neil Channing,   Joseph Udine,   James Byrne,   Sasha Rosewood

Internet Pros Busting in Droves

Apr 14, '08

Josh "JJProdigy" Field, Richard "RonaldKosh" Fohrenback, and Shaun "ShaunDeeb" Deeb have all busted from the PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final.

When Deeb's table was asked how he busted, Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron started to explain, and Neil Channing cut in, "If you try to make a list of how he lost all of his chips, you'll never remember it."

Baron smiled sheepishly and added, "He had a rough day. He's a good player."

Channing turned to the player to his right and said, "Everyone online is a good player."

Player Tags: Neil Channing,   Isaac Baron,   Shaun Deeb,   Richard Fohrenbach,   Josh Field

Chip Count Update

Apr 14, '08

Some updated chip counts include:

• Thomas Wahlroos 51,000
• Tomas Brolin 35,800
• Freddy Deeb 115,700
• James Byrne 18,600
• Paul Testud 25,400
• Neil Channing 35,800

 

Player Tags: Paul Testud,   Neil Channing,   Thomas Wahlroos,   Freddy Deeb,   Tomas Brolin,   James Byrne

Grind Britain

Apr 13, '08

Irish Open winner Neil Channing has fetched up at PokerStars.com EPT London winner Vicky Coren's table - the pair know each other well from their regular stomping ground the Victoria Casino in London.

At the next table ttwo other well-known Brits, Surinder Sunar and Mickey Wernick's found themselves at the same table - both have been playing in the biggest games across Europe and America since the early 1980s.

Channing gesticulates at the table and says, apropos of nothing, "Would you look at that - there's some experience at that table. What a pair of grinders," grinned Channing pointing at Wernick and Sunar who both raise a weary, late night smile.

When informed this might be himself and Coren in 30 years time Channing quips, "I hope that's not all we have to look forward to."

Wernick announces back to the Channing/Coren table that he's all-in. "What he got," asks Channing. "A-K vs K-Q suited," is the response. "Does Mickey have the A-K," enquires Vicky standing up to have a look. "Of course he has the A-K," said Channing, deadpan as usual, without having to look up.

Mickey duly wins the hand, doubles up, and despite being short-stacked announces proudly, "Back in the saddle."

Player Tags: Surinder Sunar,   Neil Channing,   Victoria Coren,   Michael Wernick

Neil Channing Doubles Up

Apr 13, '08

Irish Open champion Neil Channing flopped a set of fives againt an up and down straght draw and and the turn gave his opponent a flush draw also but Channing's hand was good and he scooped 15,000 chips and is now sitting on around 15,000.

"I think it was some young American guy who's like, too young to play in American but has done something on the internet," said Channing with a characteristic sardonic tone.

Some recent chip counts include:

• Jani Sointula 27,700
• Jon Friedberg 11,850
• Alex Kravchenko 8,150
• Juha Helppi 8,425
• Casey Castle 29,900
• Chad Brown 48,000
• Daniel Negreanu 19,800
• Marc Goodwin 11,875
• Dario Alioto 43,600
• Antonio Esfandiari 33,850
• Phillipe Rouas 30,000

 

Player Tags: Juha Helppi,   Daniel Negreanu,   Jon Friedberg,   Neil Channing,   Alexander Kravchenko,   Jani Sointula,   Marc Goodwin,   Dario Alioto,   Casey Castle

Tim Vance Doubles Up

Apr 13, '08

PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen winner Tim Vance has doubled up with aces against jacks on a nine hig flop and is now sitting on 16,525 in chips. The American jumped from his seat and shouted 'yes' when an ace fell on the river.

Recent Irish Open winner Neil Channing is at his table and was bemoaning the fact he had been giving away so many of his trademake red shirts he had none left. Neil will be on the cover of the June issue of Card Player Poker + Sports which will hit the streets in mid-May. "I'd have worn a clean shirt if i'd have known," he joked.

Some chip counts of note from half the room not on dinner:

• Alex Kravchenko 7,650
• Victor Ramdin 6,300
• Arnaud Mattern 6,400
• Juha Helppi 10,625
• Surinder Sunar 16,950
• Neil Channing 16,825

Player Tags: Juha Helppi,   Surinder Sunar,   Neil Channing,   Alexander Kravchenko,   Tim Vance

Dario Minieri is Out

Apr 13, '08

Dario Minieri is out of the tournament with jacks agaist eights which hit a set .

Some recent chip counts include:

• Alex Kravchenko 9,200
• Ram Vaswani 10,100
• Neil Channing 18,600
• Yevgeniy Timoshenko 10,900
• Kevin O'Connell 6,975
• Vicky Coren 9,050
• Boris Becker 7,675
• Paul Leckey 8,875
• Paul Testud 20,900
• Chad Brown 9,300
• Daniel Negreanu 21,500
• Jon Friedberg 11.075
• Gavin Griffin 2,175

Player Tags: Ram Vaswani,   Neil Channing,   Markus Golser,   Dario Minieri,   Yevgeniy Timoshenko

Chip Count Update, Pre-Bubble Eliminations

Apr 15, '08

PokerStars.com recently published the official chip counts before the dinner break. Click on the chip counts for the most recent stacks. Here are the top five on our chip counts:

1. Johnny Lodden -- 530,000
2. Rami Boukai -- 422,000
3. Oyvind Riisem -- 350,000
4. Mostafa Belkhayate -- 320,000
5. Luca Pagano -- 250,000

Also, a ton of notable players were eliminated during or near the media blackout period surrounding the money bubble. They included:

• Eli Elezra
• Joe Udine
• James Byrne
• Neil Channing
• Sasha Rosewood

Player Tags: Eli Elezra,   Neil Channing,   Joseph Udine,   James Byrne,   Sasha Rosewood

Internet Pros Busting in Droves

Apr 14, '08

Josh "JJProdigy" Field, Richard "RonaldKosh" Fohrenback, and Shaun "ShaunDeeb" Deeb have all busted from the PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final.

When Deeb's table was asked how he busted, Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron started to explain, and Neil Channing cut in, "If you try to make a list of how he lost all of his chips, you'll never remember it."

Baron smiled sheepishly and added, "He had a rough day. He's a good player."

Channing turned to the player to his right and said, "Everyone online is a good player."

Player Tags: Neil Channing,   Isaac Baron,   Shaun Deeb,   Richard Fohrenbach,   Josh Field

Chip Count Update

Apr 14, '08

Some updated chip counts include:

• Thomas Wahlroos 51,000
• Tomas Brolin 35,800
• Freddy Deeb 115,700
• James Byrne 18,600
• Paul Testud 25,400
• Neil Channing 35,800

 

Player Tags: Paul Testud,   Neil Channing,   Thomas Wahlroos,   Freddy Deeb,   Tomas Brolin,   James Byrne

Grind Britain

Apr 13, '08

Irish Open winner Neil Channing has fetched up at PokerStars.com EPT London winner Vicky Coren's table - the pair know each other well from their regular stomping ground the Victoria Casino in London.

At the next table ttwo other well-known Brits, Surinder Sunar and Mickey Wernick's found themselves at the same table - both have been playing in the biggest games across Europe and America since the early 1980s.

Channing gesticulates at the table and says, apropos of nothing, "Would you look at that - there's some experience at that table. What a pair of grinders," grinned Channing pointing at Wernick and Sunar who both raise a weary, late night smile.

When informed this might be himself and Coren in 30 years time Channing quips, "I hope that's not all we have to look forward to."

Wernick announces back to the Channing/Coren table that he's all-in. "What he got," asks Channing. "A-K vs K-Q suited," is the response. "Does Mickey have the A-K," enquires Vicky standing up to have a look. "Of course he has the A-K," said Channing, deadpan as usual, without having to look up.

Mickey duly wins the hand, doubles up, and despite being short-stacked announces proudly, "Back in the saddle."

Player Tags: Surinder Sunar,   Neil Channing,   Victoria Coren,   Michael Wernick

Neil Channing Doubles Up

Apr 13, '08

Irish Open champion Neil Channing flopped a set of fives againt an up and down straght draw and and the turn gave his opponent a flush draw also but Channing's hand was good and he scooped 15,000 chips and is now sitting on around 15,000.

"I think it was some young American guy who's like, too young to play in American but has done something on the internet," said Channing with a characteristic sardonic tone.

Some recent chip counts include:

• Jani Sointula 27,700
• Jon Friedberg 11,850
• Alex Kravchenko 8,150
• Juha Helppi 8,425
• Casey Castle 29,900
• Chad Brown 48,000
• Daniel Negreanu 19,800
• Marc Goodwin 11,875
• Dario Alioto 43,600
• Antonio Esfandiari 33,850
• Phillipe Rouas 30,000

 

Player Tags: Juha Helppi,   Daniel Negreanu,   Jon Friedberg,   Neil Channing,   Alexander Kravchenko,   Jani Sointula,   Marc Goodwin,   Dario Alioto,   Casey Castle

Tim Vance Doubles Up

Apr 13, '08

PokerStars.com EPT Copenhagen winner Tim Vance has doubled up with aces against jacks on a nine hig flop and is now sitting on 16,525 in chips. The American jumped from his seat and shouted 'yes' when an ace fell on the river.

Recent Irish Open winner Neil Channing is at his table and was bemoaning the fact he had been giving away so many of his trademake red shirts he had none left. Neil will be on the cover of the June issue of Card Player Poker + Sports which will hit the streets in mid-May. "I'd have worn a clean shirt if i'd have known," he joked.

Some chip counts of note from half the room not on dinner:

• Alex Kravchenko 7,650
• Victor Ramdin 6,300
• Arnaud Mattern 6,400
• Juha Helppi 10,625
• Surinder Sunar 16,950
• Neil Channing 16,825

Player Tags: Juha Helppi,   Surinder Sunar,   Neil Channing,   Alexander Kravchenko,   Tim Vance

Dario Minieri is Out

Apr 13, '08

Dario Minieri is out of the tournament with jacks agaist eights which hit a set .

Some recent chip counts include:

• Alex Kravchenko 9,200
• Ram Vaswani 10,100
• Neil Channing 18,600
• Yevgeniy Timoshenko 10,900
• Kevin O'Connell 6,975
• Vicky Coren 9,050
• Boris Becker 7,675
• Paul Leckey 8,875
• Paul Testud 20,900
• Chad Brown 9,300
• Daniel Negreanu 21,500
• Jon Friedberg 11.075
• Gavin Griffin 2,175

Player Tags: Ram Vaswani,   Neil Channing,   Markus Golser,   Dario Minieri,   Yevgeniy Timoshenko

Players on Break

Jul 13, '07

Tournament officials announced that the players would be going on their intended level break an hour early in order to organize the tables properly. The players will return in 20 minutes to finish the level and play half of one more level before leaving on a dinner break. Tournament director Jack Effel also cleared up any confusion about the schedule by confirming that play will last either four and a half levels today or until the field is down to 99 players.

Carlos Mortensen didn't take long to get all his chips in the middle early on in this level and ran head first into an overpair. Mortensen had pushed with pocket jacks only to find his opponent was holding pocket queens. Mortensen didn't improve and the 2001 Main Event champion was sent to the rail.

With the field condensing, many notable players are finding themselves sitting by or across from other notables they have played with many times before. Sharing the felt at table 59 was Gus Hansen, Daniel Alaei, Ayaz Mahmood and Scotty Nguyen. The four players only sat together for a few hands before ESPN scooped them up and sat them at the featured table.

Sorel Mizzi started level 17 with over $700,000 and looked comfortable to go deep in this year's Main Event. The poker gods had a different plan for Mizzi and cut his tournament shorter than many had anticipated. Two players at Mizzi's table, Ed Betlow and the player in seat eight limped into the pot for $10,000 each. Mizzi raised to $51,000 and both players called to see a flop. The flop came J 7 3 and Mizzi bet out $93,000. Betlow raised to $200,000 and the player in seat eight folded right away. Mizzi took a few moments to think and then declared that he was all in. Once the $200,000 bet was called, Mizzi had pushed for $419,000 more. Betlow asked MIzzi if he would show him his cards if he folded. Mizzi sat in his chair silent. "Ok then. It's a sick call but here we go" said Betlow as he pushed $419,000 into the middle. Mizzi turned over K J for top pair and Betlow showed A 7 for middle pair with top kicker. Everyone at the table was slightly surprised at Betlow's call. The turn brought the A and Mizzi stared hard with hatred at the card. The river was the 8 and Sorel Mizzi stood up from the table. "I would have folded if you would have shown me" Betlow said as Mizzi left the table. "You played well sir" said Mizzi as he walked away.

Jason Sell was also eliminated in the first half of level 17 after finding himself all in with A K. Steven Garfinkle called the all in bet with pocket queens. The flop came Q J 4 and took most of the mystery out of it. The turn was the 5 and the river brought the 2.

A big bet on the river helped Neil Channing take a large pot off of Kirk Morrison shortly before the two were moved to the on deck featured table. Morrison raised to $30,000 preflop and Channing popped him to $110,000 total. Morrison made the call and the flop came down K J J. Channing threw out $75,000 and Morrison didn't hesitate to make the call. The turn was the 8 and both players checked. The river brought the K and Channing fired out $160,000. Morrison took a slow sip of his beer and threw his cards in the muck. Channing took down the large pot without ever having to show his cards.

Player Tags: Ayaz Mahmood,   Scotty Nguyen,   Gus Hansen,   Daniel Alaei,   Neil Channing,   Edward Betlow,   Jason Sell,   Kirk Morrison,   Sorel Mizzi