Michael Katz Poker Tournament Updates

Michael Katz Eliminated

Jun 30, '09

Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 5 out of 854

Chip Counts:

1. Jorg Peisert – 4,000,000
2. Michael Noda — 950,000
3. Jason DeWitt — 900,000
4. Benjamin Gilbert — 845,000
5. Jason Somerville — 815,000

Average Chip Count: 1,537,200

Notable Eliminations:

6. Michael Katz — $79,385

Elimination Hands:

Michael Katz Eliminated in Sixth Place ($79,385)

Jorg Peisert raised to 150,000 and Michael Katz moved all in for the fourth time in five hands.

Peisert called with pocket threes and Katz was well ahead with pocket fours. But the flop brought a trey, busting Katz from the tournament.

Player Tags: Michael Katz

Final Table Update: Karga Holt Eliminated In Seventh Place

Jun 30, '09

Blinds: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 6 out of 854

Chip Counts:

1. Jorg Peisert – 3,065,000
2. Jason DeWitt – 1,300,000
3. Michael Katz – 1,230,000
4. Benjamin Gilbert – 960,000
5. Michael Noda – 730,000
6. Jason Somerville – 400,000

Average Chip Count: 1,098,000

Notable Eliminations:

7. Karga Holt — $63,781

Elimination Hands:

Karga Holt Eliminated In Seventh Place($63,781)

Michael Katz raised to 76,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Karga Holt in the small blind. He moved all in for over 500,000 total and the big blind mucked. Katz made the call and tabled KQ while Holt was in dominating position with AK. Unfortunately for Holt, things can change pretty rapidly in this game, especially when the flop comes KKQ, as it did. Holt was stunned and needed an ace to survive. The turn was the J and the river was the 2, offering no help and Holt was eliminated.

Player Tags: Karga Holt,   Michael Katz

Michael Katz Eliminated in 10th Place ($35,746)

Oct 30, '08

After getting crippled the hand before, Michael Katz is all in for his last 245,000 from the cutoff. Michael Kamran calls from the big blind and shows A8. Katz shows 75 and will need some help to survive.

The board runs out QJ1092 and Kamran's straight sends Katz out in 10th place. He earns $35,746 for his final table finish.

Player Tags: Michael Katz,   Michael Kamran

Gary Friedlander Doubes Up Again

Oct 30, '08

Michae Katz raised to 285,000 and Gary Friedlander reraised to 650,000. Katz moved all in and Freidlander made the all-in call. Their cards:

Katz: JJ
Friedlander: AA

Board: Q86108

Friedlander doubled up on the hand to survive and Katz was crippled down to 255,000.








 

Player Tags: Gary Friedlander,   Michael Katz

Michael Katz Doubles Up

Oct 30, '08

Michael Katz moved all in preflop and Hevad Khan made the call. Their cards:

Khan: KK
Katz: JJ

Board: Q85J2

Katz doubled up to survive and play continues at 11 handed.








 

Player Tags: Michael Katz,   Hevad Khan

Jonathan Aguiar Doubles Through Michael Katz

Oct 30, '08

Jonathan Aguiar raises to 210,000 from the button and Mike Katz reraises to 565,000 from the small blind.

The dealer pulls in the 210,000 from both players and Aguiar moves all in for a total of 1.625 million on top of his original raise for a total of 1.835 million.

Katz tanks all the while believing the total amount to call is 1.625 million, not realizing that the dealer has failed to pull in his reraise amount as well. Aguiar, who also believes the amount to call is 1.625 million, calls the clock after a few more minutes go by.

The floor is called over and the clock is started. About 15 seconds go by before Katz and Aguiar realize the error and finally the dealer pulls in the bet. Katz explains that this changes everything and he needs more time to make his decision, seeing as he never knew the correct amount to call.

The floor announces that he has been given an extra ten seconds which is not enough for Katz, who doesn't have time to see how much he would be left with if he called and lost. The floor continues with their countdown and as the floor counted down from ten, Katz hastily made the call and revealed A9 only to see Aguiar show AK.

The board runs out JJ832 and Aguiar doubles up. Katz is left with about 1.2 million and more than a few choice words to say about the decision. For his part, Aguiar is happy to have doubled up, but clearly looks conflicted about how it all played out.

Player Tags: Jonathan Aguiar,   Michael Katz

Gary Friedlander Doubles Up

Oct 30, '08

Gary Friedlander is all in with AJ against Michael Katz and his pocket tens.

The board comes Q77A9 and Friedlander doubles up to just over 2.1 million.

Player Tags: Gary Friedlander,   Michael Katz

Van Nguyen Eliminated in 13th Place ($29,564)

Oct 30, '08

Michael Katz raises to 195,000 and Van Nguyen moves all in for 700,000. Katz makes the call with pocket queens and Nguyen needs help with pocket sixes.

The board comes A10934 and Nguyen is eliminated in 13th place, earning just under $30,000.

Player Tags: Van Nguyen,   Michael Katz

Michael Katz Doubles Through Jason Somerville

Oct 29, '08

Michael "bonzo9876" Katz is all in with AA against Jason "JCarver" Somerville's KK.

The board comes Q7379 and Katz doubles up to 590,000. Somerville is left with 230,000.

Player Tags: Jason Somerville,   Michael Katz

Michael Katz Eliminated in 10th Place ($35,746)

Oct 30, '08

After getting crippled the hand before, Michael Katz is all in for his last 245,000 from the cutoff. Michael Kamran calls from the big blind and shows A8. Katz shows 75 and will need some help to survive.

The board runs out QJ1092 and Kamran's straight sends Katz out in 10th place. He earns $35,746 for his final table finish.

Player Tags: Michael Katz,   Michael Kamran

Gary Friedlander Doubes Up Again

Oct 30, '08

Michae Katz raised to 285,000 and Gary Friedlander reraised to 650,000. Katz moved all in and Freidlander made the all-in call. Their cards:

Katz: JJ
Friedlander: AA

Board: Q86108

Friedlander doubled up on the hand to survive and Katz was crippled down to 255,000.








 

Player Tags: Gary Friedlander,   Michael Katz

Michael Katz Doubles Up

Oct 30, '08

Michael Katz moved all in preflop and Hevad Khan made the call. Their cards:

Khan: KK
Katz: JJ

Board: Q85J2

Katz doubled up to survive and play continues at 11 handed.








 

Player Tags: Michael Katz,   Hevad Khan

Jonathan Aguiar Doubles Through Michael Katz

Oct 30, '08

Jonathan Aguiar raises to 210,000 from the button and Mike Katz reraises to 565,000 from the small blind.

The dealer pulls in the 210,000 from both players and Aguiar moves all in for a total of 1.625 million on top of his original raise for a total of 1.835 million.

Katz tanks all the while believing the total amount to call is 1.625 million, not realizing that the dealer has failed to pull in his reraise amount as well. Aguiar, who also believes the amount to call is 1.625 million, calls the clock after a few more minutes go by.

The floor is called over and the clock is started. About 15 seconds go by before Katz and Aguiar realize the error and finally the dealer pulls in the bet. Katz explains that this changes everything and he needs more time to make his decision, seeing as he never knew the correct amount to call.

The floor announces that he has been given an extra ten seconds which is not enough for Katz, who doesn't have time to see how much he would be left with if he called and lost. The floor continues with their countdown and as the floor counted down from ten, Katz hastily made the call and revealed A9 only to see Aguiar show AK.

The board runs out JJ832 and Aguiar doubles up. Katz is left with about 1.2 million and more than a few choice words to say about the decision. For his part, Aguiar is happy to have doubled up, but clearly looks conflicted about how it all played out.

Player Tags: Jonathan Aguiar,   Michael Katz

Gary Friedlander Doubles Up

Oct 30, '08

Gary Friedlander is all in with AJ against Michael Katz and his pocket tens.

The board comes Q77A9 and Friedlander doubles up to just over 2.1 million.

Player Tags: Gary Friedlander,   Michael Katz

Van Nguyen Eliminated in 13th Place ($29,564)

Oct 30, '08

Michael Katz raises to 195,000 and Van Nguyen moves all in for 700,000. Katz makes the call with pocket queens and Nguyen needs help with pocket sixes.

The board comes A10934 and Nguyen is eliminated in 13th place, earning just under $30,000.

Player Tags: Van Nguyen,   Michael Katz

Michael Katz Doubles Through Jason Somerville

Oct 29, '08

Michael "bonzo9876" Katz is all in with AA against Jason "JCarver" Somerville's KK.

The board comes Q7379 and Katz doubles up to 590,000. Somerville is left with 230,000.

Player Tags: Jason Somerville,   Michael Katz

Michael Katz Eliminated

Oct 24, '08

On a very short stack, Michael Katz moved all in preflop and his opponent called him down. Their cards:

Katz: J3
Opponent: A10

Board: AQ344

Katz was eliminated on the hand.








 

Player Tags: Michael Katz

Michael Katz Eliminated

Sep 30, '08

Michael Katz battled with the short stack for the last few levels of the tournament but couldn't find a way to hold on any longer.

Player Tags: Michael Katz

Pot-Limit Hold'em - Level 10

Jun 02, '08

Blinds: 600/1200

Players Left: 72

Average Stack:  $29,301


Big Hands:

Katz Loves Canine (K-9)

Katz is a show-stopper on Broadway, and pretty popular in Las Vegas, after hand-for-hand play with 73 players remaining began with 24 minutes left on the clock. Mike Katz gave everybody -- except one -- the ninth-live they so desperately wanted. A short-stack moved all-in from middle position for 3,900, and play was folded to Katz on the button. "I decided to be a hero," said Katz, who held K-9. "I almosts played it blind."  The all-in player  showed the K5, and both players missed on the flop of Ace-6-3. After a King fell on the turn, the possibility of a chopped pot came to life,  but the river was a brick to end the drama.

Esposito shoots and scores

Lou Esposito picked a fine time to score some damage as play wound down in the final level of the day. With 9,600 in the pot, Esposito found himself up against Dennis Walmsley, one of the chip leaders much of the evening. After a flop of 932, Walmsley made a pot-sized bet. Esposito, in the small blind, check-raised for 11,900 more, which Walmsley called to create a pot of 53,600. Walmsley showed the QQ while Esposito revealed pocket 3s for a set to take his place among the leaders while crippling Walmsley.

Philip Yeh Adds to Lead

Yeh added to his chip lead late in the level, raising to 3,200 from the button and inducing a call from the small blind. The flop came down 765, and the small blind checked and called a 4,500 bet from Yeh. The turn brought the 2, and another check -all, this to the tune of 8,500. With the pot at 33,600, the 3 on the river brought another check from the small blind, which allowed Yeh to bet 15,000 and produce the fold that allowed him to scoop the pot.

Brian Miller Turns a Winner

Brian Miller continued to make his late charge with a monster victory of a 52,000 pot. There was 23,000 in the pot after the flop of  A63, and the 10 on the turn. After the river brought the 7, Miller made a 14,500 bet. His opponent obviously wasn't a believer, but a call would only leave him with 5,800 in chips. But the call came and Miller showed him the 1010 for a set spiked on the turn.

 

Player Tags: Lou Esposito,   Brian Miller,   Michael Katz