William Durkee V Poker Tournament Updates

Limit Hold'em Shootout - Level 16 - Kenna James Gone

Jul 02, '08

Players are on a 20 minute break. Play resumes at 4:25 p.m.

Blinds: 1,000-2,000

Players Remaining: 29 of 823

Eliminations: Kenna James, Hoyt Corkins, David Bach

Hands: 

James Bucked

"Cowboy" Kenna James got all in against Matt Graham and showed A9. Graham held QQ. The flop brought James a nine, coming 954, but it then bricked with the 4 turn and 3 river and James was eliminated.

Chu Busts Martin and Durkee

Having both Jesse Martin and Will Durkee covered, Hansu Chu got both players all in preflop and showed a monstrous AA. Durkee had JJ and Martin held A2. The board can KQ85J to give Chu the ace-high flush and eliminate both of his opponents.


 

Player Tags: Kenna James,   Matt Graham,   Hansu Chu,   William Durkee V

Event No. 7 Begins at Noon

Jun 04, '08

The $2,000 no-limit hold'em tournament will begin today at noon. Day 1 will consist of 10, 60-minute levels, and there will be a 20-minute break after every two levels. Players will start with 4,000 in chips, and blinds kick off at 25-50. A dinner break will be taken after the sixth level of play. Day 2 resumes tomorrow at 2 p.m. The final table of nine players will take place on Friday, June 6, and also begins at 2 p.m.

In 2007 this event drew a field consisting of 1,531 players and was one of the largest events at the WSOP that year. William Durkee took down the first-place prize worth $566,916. Justin Bonomo finished fourth at last year's event, although it doesn't look like he will be able to attempt back-to-back final-table appearances in this event because he will playing at the star-studded final table in Event No. 4.

Player Tags: Justin Bonomo,   William Durkee V

The End - Hour Three at the Final Table

Jun 15, '07

Durkee Doubles through Clements

Williams Durkee was all in with A J 9 6 and Clements had him covered with Q 7 5 4. The board was dealt K 6 4 A 10 and Durkee doubled up through Clements. Clements was once sitting alone as king of the mountain, but this hand, as well as the rise of Dau Ly now threatens that throne.

The Return of the King

After some lucrative preflop action the board of 7 7 5 6 was checked down by Scott Clements and Eric Lynch. The river brought the Q and Clements fired out $100,000. Lych called and Clements turned over sixes full of sevens. Clements took down the rather large pot and now had above $1 million.

William Durkee Eliminated in 4th Place ($52,285)

William Durkee was all in and Scott Clements made the call. Clements flipped over A K J 9 and Durkee showed down K K 10 7. The board was dealt Q Q J A 2 and Durkee was eliminated in fourth place. He took home $52,285 in prize money.

Chip Counts:

Scott Clements: $1,500,000
Dau Ly: $225,000
Eric Lynch: $100,000

Dau Ly Eliminated in 3rd Place ($78,624)

Dau Ly moved all in after a series of pot-sized raises between himself and Scott Clements. A flop of Q 9 4 sat on the table at this point and Clements flipped over J 10 6 3. Ly showed down A Q Q 2 and he was in the lead. That was until the K was dealt on the turn to give Clements a straight. The inconsequential 6 fell on the river and Ly was eliminated in third place. He took home $78,624 in prize money. Clements now had a monolithic stack with over $1,700,000 and Eric Lynch, his heads-up opponent waiting in the wings, saw the writing on the wall. “This should be quick,” said Lynch.

Scratch Paper

The $194,206 in prize money was taken out of a cardboard box that had “Scratch Paper” written on the side.

Scott Clements Wins Event #23 ($194,206)

On the first hand of heads-up action Eric Lynch pushed all in and Clements immediately called. They turned up their cards and Lynch held Q 7 2 2 to Clements’ K 9 9 8. The board was dealt Q 4 2 8 9 and Clements won his second gold bracelet with three nines. He also took home the first-place prize of $194,206. Lynch was awarded $119,508 for his second-place efforts.

Player Tags: Scott Clements,   Eric Lynch,   William Durkee V,   Dau Ly

William Durkee Eliminated in 4th Place ($52,285)

Jun 15, '07

William Durkee was all in and Scott Clements made the call. Clements flipped over A K J 9 and Durkee showed down K K 10 7. The board was dealt Q Q J A 2 and Durkee was elminated in fourth place. He took home $52,285 in prize money.

Player Tags: Scott Clements,   William Durkee V

Final Table - Hour One

Jun 15, '07

Richard Olofsson Eliminated in 10th Place ($7,862)

Richard Olofsson was all in and Scott Clements had him covered. Clements flipped over 8 7 4 2 on a board of A 8 6 A 5. Olofsson was eliminated in 10th place and he took home $7,862 in prize money.

Double KO

Scott Clements had both K.U. Davis and Anthony MacCanello covered all in with A-K-J-9 in his hand on a flop of Q 10 8. MacCanello is all in for the largest amount of chips with A-A-K-4. Davis has the least amount of chips pushed all in with A-J-J-10. The turn and river brought 3 Q and Clements knocked out two of his opponents. Davis was eliminated in ninth place and took home $11,794, while MacCanello was eliminated in eighth place and walked away with $16,511.

Durkee Doubles through Clements

William Durkee moved all in and Clements once again held the tournament life of an opponent in his hand. He flipped over A K 9 4 and Durkee threw down J J 6 4. The cards hit the board J 9 2 2 8 and Durkee won the money already in the pot, as well as double the $80,000 he pushed all in.

Hitting the Wall

The next 20 minutes of play passed by with little action and even less excitement. Clements now held a dominant chip lead and most of the remaining players at the table were doing their best to avoid him.

Andy Black Eliminated in 7th Place ($22,408)

Andy Black was all in and William Durkee had him covered with A A A K. Black showed down the K K 6 4 and the board was dealt 10 10 9 2 Q. Black was eliminated in seventh place and he will take home $22,408 in prize money.

Chop! Chop!

Jason Newburger moved all in and Dau Ly made the call. Ly flipped up A A K K and Newburger showed down A A 7 4. The board was dealt J 6 6 9 9 and they chopped up the pot.

Dinner Bell

Action continued for 10 more minutes then the players went to dinner break until 8:30 p.m. Clements was still the runaway chip leader at this point with $845,000.

Player Tags: Scott Clements,   K.U. Davis,   Andy Black,   Jason Newburger,   William Durkee V,   Richard Olofsson,   Dau Ly,   Anthony MacCanello

Andy Black Eliminated in 7th Place ($22,408)

Jun 15, '07

Andy Black was all in and William Durkee had him covered with A A A K. Black showed down the K K 6 4 and the board was dealt 10 10 9 2 Q. Black was eliminated in seventh place and he will take home $22,408 in prize money.

Player Tags: Andy Black,   William Durkee V

William Durkee Wins Event #10 ($566,916)

Jun 08, '07

On a board of 1098Q Todd Terry moves all in and William Durkee makes the call. Terry flips over AQ for top pair, top kicker. That was the good news, the bad news was that Durkee turns over the J for a queen high straight. To add insult to injury, the Q was dealt on the river. Terry is eliminated in second place, and he will take home $353,875. That makes Durkee the champion of the $2,000 no-limit hold'em event. He takes home the gold bracelet and $566,916.

Player Tags: Todd Terry,   William Durkee V

Hour Three Log

Jun 08, '07

The Rookie

The heads-up match kicked off and an interesting bit of information was discovered. Todd Terry had made it not only to the final table, but to the final two players in just his first WSOP event. Both players were conservative in the early going of the match. This was peculiar on the part of William Durkee, who held such a commanding chip lead.

Alligator Blood

Check, check, check. After a dozen of hands, neither player had yet to establish himself as the captain of the heads-up match. Very passive poker is being played in this heads-up match.

Price of Poker Goes Up

The blind were then kicked up to $30,000-$60,000 with a $5,000 ante.

A Friendly Game

Action plodded by and then Durkee moved all in on a flop of Q83. Terry put his head in his hands and tanked. He eventually folded and Durkee flashed a queen towards Terry as he collected the pot. While the manners between these two competitors continued to be impeccable the gap in the chip counts continued to widen:

William Durkee: $5,000,000

Todd Terry: $1,000,000

A Breakdown in Security

Terry now had less than 20 big blinds. In an attempt to trap Durkee, Terry checked down a board of J65J8 with J2. He won the small pot when Durkee flipped over K2. Terry failed to protect his top pair on the flop and an opportunity passed him by.

The End is Near

Terry moved all in twice over the next handful of hands and Durkee folded each time.

Player Tags: Todd Terry,   William Durkee V

Hour Two Log

Jun 08, '07

Fast Times at Amazon High

Michael Banducci was the next to hit the rail in fifth place. He was taken out by William Durkee who vaulted into the chip lead after the hand with $2,600,000. This completed a swing for Durkee over Justin Bonomo, who now resided in second place with $1,600,000.

Terry Doubles through Bonomo

Todd Terry then moved all in preflop and Bonomo made the call. Terry flipped over AJ and Bonomo turned over AK. The board was dealt QQJ43 and Terry doubled up through Bonomo with the jack on the flop.

Bonomo then picked up multiple pots with constant aggression to regain the chip lead:

William Durkee: $2,000,000
Justin Bonomo: $1,500,000
Hunter Frey: $1,200,000
Todd Terry: $8155,000

The Harder they Fall

Next, the two big stacks at the table got mixed up in a large hand. Justin Bonomo shows pocket kings and Durkee is all in for his tournament life. He flips over pocket aces though. The board helps neither player and Bonomo gets one of his legs knocked out. He holds only $485,000 after the hand and Durkee had emerged as the dominant chip leader with $3850,000. Bonomo would make his exit on the very next hand and action was down to three handed, scroll down to catch the hand.

Hunter Frey would fall next in third place, he was sent to the rail by the pocket nines of Todd Terry, scroll down to catch the hand.

William Durkee had a three-to-one chip advantage heading it to the final match-up:

William Durkee: $4,500,000
Todd Terry: $1,500,000

Player Tags: Justin Bonomo,   Todd Terry,   William Durkee V,   Michael Banducci

Justin Bonomo Eliminated in 4th Place ($156,040)

Jun 08, '07

Justin Bonomo moves all in on the hand after he was crippled by William Durkee, for $475,000. Durkee calls him down and Bonomo flips over K10, Durkee turns over pocket sevens. The board is dealt QJ754 and Bonomo is eliminated in fourth place. He will take home $156,040 in prize money. Durkee now has an overwhelming chip lead heading into three way action.

Player Tags: Justin Bonomo,   William Durkee V

Michael Banducci Eliminated in 5th Place ($105,884)

Jun 08, '07

On a flop of 765 Michael Banducci calls the all in bet of William Durkee, which puts his tournament life on the line. Banducci flips over 65 for two pair, but it is not good enough to top the two pair of Durkee, who flips over 75. The turn and river cards are dealt 9K and Banducci is eliminated in fifth place. He will take home $105,884 in prize money.

Player Tags: William Durkee V,   Michael Banducci

Hour One Log

Jun 08, '07

During the first hour of play both Ronnie Hofman and Gil George made their exits in ninth and eighth place, respectively. Scroll down to check out their bust out hands. Hunter Frey and William Durkee then doubled up in succession. After this sequence the chip counts stood as follows:

Justin Bonomo: $1,300,000
Hunter Frey: $1,250,000
William Durkee: $950,000
Michael Banducci: $900,000
Todd Terry: $675,000
Stan Weiss: $600,000
Walter Browne: $300,000

Stan Weiss then snapped off a preflop raise with an all in reraise of his own. He had been quiet at the table up to this point and his move was given some respect. A hole cam would later reveal that he held only Q-9.

Walter Browne was the next to go home, and he was quickly followed by Weiss. Weiss was eliminated by Justin Bonomo. Scroll down to look at the bust out hands. The players then went on a fifteen minute break.

The approximate chip counts at that point were as follows:

Justin Bonomo: $2,000,000
William Durkee: $1,800,000
Michael Banducci: $1,000,000
Hunter Frey: $850,000
Todd Terry: $450,000

The players returned from break and the blinds were kicked up to $20,000-$40,000 with a $5,000 ante.

Player Tags: Justin Bonomo,   Stanley Weiss,   Todd Terry,   Walter Browne,   William Durkee V,   Michael Banducci,   Gil George,   Ronnie Hofman

Hunter Frey is the Man of the Hour

Jun 07, '07

Day two of this $2,000 No Limit Hold 'Em event is over. There are nine players returning tomorrow at 3 p.m. to battle for a place in history.

Hunter Frey has been the man of action this last hour and the size of his chip stack reflects that. He now has over $1,000,000 after eliminating Todd Sisley in 13th place and John Murphy in 12th place. Sisley was all in against Frey with pocket fives. Frey had pocket sevens and the board didn't help either player. Sisley is the 13th place finisher and he earned $22,431.

Frey was responsible for eliminating John Murphy as well. Frey bet out and Murphy pushed all in. Frey made the call and showed Murphy A-A. Understandably upset, Murphy reluctantly turned over K-10. The board came A-J-J-4-9 giving Frey the full house he didn't need and ended Murphy's tournament. Murphy walked away in 12th place with $22,431.

Jeff Anderson was eliminated in 11th place and earned $25,217. Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo is the current chip leader with just under $2,000,000. The ten remaining players will continue for one more elimination and the formation of the final table.

Partho "SpiderMan" Data was eliminated in 10th place by Todd Terry. Data had A-2 and Terry's pocket dueces held up. Data  was the last elimination of the day and pocketed $25,217.

The following nine players in order of chip counts comprise the final table: Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo, Hunter Frey, Michael Banducci, Todd Terry, Stan Weiss, Will Durkee, Gil George, Ronnie Hofman and Walter Browne.  Come back to CardPlayer.com to keep up on what goes down at the final table.

Player Tags: John Murphy,   Justin Bonomo,   Stanley Weiss,   Todd Terry,   Walter Browne,   William Durkee V,   Michael Banducci,   Jeffrey Anderson,   Gil George,   Ronnie Hofman

William Durkee Wins Event #10 ($566,916)

Jun 08, '07

On a board of 1098Q Todd Terry moves all in and William Durkee makes the call. Terry flips over AQ for top pair, top kicker. That was the good news, the bad news was that Durkee turns over the J for a queen high straight. To add insult to injury, the Q was dealt on the river. Terry is eliminated in second place, and he will take home $353,875. That makes Durkee the champion of the $2,000 no-limit hold'em event. He takes home the gold bracelet and $566,916.

Player Tags: Todd Terry,   William Durkee V

Hour Three Log

Jun 08, '07

The Rookie

The heads-up match kicked off and an interesting bit of information was discovered. Todd Terry had made it not only to the final table, but to the final two players in just his first WSOP event. Both players were conservative in the early going of the match. This was peculiar on the part of William Durkee, who held such a commanding chip lead.

Alligator Blood

Check, check, check. After a dozen of hands, neither player had yet to establish himself as the captain of the heads-up match. Very passive poker is being played in this heads-up match.

Price of Poker Goes Up

The blind were then kicked up to $30,000-$60,000 with a $5,000 ante.

A Friendly Game

Action plodded by and then Durkee moved all in on a flop of Q83. Terry put his head in his hands and tanked. He eventually folded and Durkee flashed a queen towards Terry as he collected the pot. While the manners between these two competitors continued to be impeccable the gap in the chip counts continued to widen:

William Durkee: $5,000,000

Todd Terry: $1,000,000

A Breakdown in Security

Terry now had less than 20 big blinds. In an attempt to trap Durkee, Terry checked down a board of J65J8 with J2. He won the small pot when Durkee flipped over K2. Terry failed to protect his top pair on the flop and an opportunity passed him by.

The End is Near

Terry moved all in twice over the next handful of hands and Durkee folded each time.

Player Tags: Todd Terry,   William Durkee V

Hour Two Log

Jun 08, '07

Fast Times at Amazon High

Michael Banducci was the next to hit the rail in fifth place. He was taken out by William Durkee who vaulted into the chip lead after the hand with $2,600,000. This completed a swing for Durkee over Justin Bonomo, who now resided in second place with $1,600,000.

Terry Doubles through Bonomo

Todd Terry then moved all in preflop and Bonomo made the call. Terry flipped over AJ and Bonomo turned over AK. The board was dealt QQJ43 and Terry doubled up through Bonomo with the jack on the flop.

Bonomo then picked up multiple pots with constant aggression to regain the chip lead:

William Durkee: $2,000,000
Justin Bonomo: $1,500,000
Hunter Frey: $1,200,000
Todd Terry: $8155,000

The Harder they Fall

Next, the two big stacks at the table got mixed up in a large hand. Justin Bonomo shows pocket kings and Durkee is all in for his tournament life. He flips over pocket aces though. The board helps neither player and Bonomo gets one of his legs knocked out. He holds only $485,000 after the hand and Durkee had emerged as the dominant chip leader with $3850,000. Bonomo would make his exit on the very next hand and action was down to three handed, scroll down to catch the hand.

Hunter Frey would fall next in third place, he was sent to the rail by the pocket nines of Todd Terry, scroll down to catch the hand.

William Durkee had a three-to-one chip advantage heading it to the final match-up:

William Durkee: $4,500,000
Todd Terry: $1,500,000

Player Tags: Justin Bonomo,   Todd Terry,   William Durkee V,   Michael Banducci

Justin Bonomo Eliminated in 4th Place ($156,040)

Jun 08, '07

Justin Bonomo moves all in on the hand after he was crippled by William Durkee, for $475,000. Durkee calls him down and Bonomo flips over K10, Durkee turns over pocket sevens. The board is dealt QJ754 and Bonomo is eliminated in fourth place. He will take home $156,040 in prize money. Durkee now has an overwhelming chip lead heading into three way action.

Player Tags: Justin Bonomo,   William Durkee V

Michael Banducci Eliminated in 5th Place ($105,884)

Jun 08, '07

On a flop of 765 Michael Banducci calls the all in bet of William Durkee, which puts his tournament life on the line. Banducci flips over 65 for two pair, but it is not good enough to top the two pair of Durkee, who flips over 75. The turn and river cards are dealt 9K and Banducci is eliminated in fifth place. He will take home $105,884 in prize money.

Player Tags: William Durkee V,   Michael Banducci

Hour One Log

Jun 08, '07

During the first hour of play both Ronnie Hofman and Gil George made their exits in ninth and eighth place, respectively. Scroll down to check out their bust out hands. Hunter Frey and William Durkee then doubled up in succession. After this sequence the chip counts stood as follows:

Justin Bonomo: $1,300,000
Hunter Frey: $1,250,000
William Durkee: $950,000
Michael Banducci: $900,000
Todd Terry: $675,000
Stan Weiss: $600,000
Walter Browne: $300,000

Stan Weiss then snapped off a preflop raise with an all in reraise of his own. He had been quiet at the table up to this point and his move was given some respect. A hole cam would later reveal that he held only Q-9.

Walter Browne was the next to go home, and he was quickly followed by Weiss. Weiss was eliminated by Justin Bonomo. Scroll down to look at the bust out hands. The players then went on a fifteen minute break.

The approximate chip counts at that point were as follows:

Justin Bonomo: $2,000,000
William Durkee: $1,800,000
Michael Banducci: $1,000,000
Hunter Frey: $850,000
Todd Terry: $450,000

The players returned from break and the blinds were kicked up to $20,000-$40,000 with a $5,000 ante.

Player Tags: Justin Bonomo,   Stanley Weiss,   Todd Terry,   Walter Browne,   William Durkee V,   Michael Banducci,   Gil George,   Ronnie Hofman

Hunter Frey is the Man of the Hour

Jun 07, '07

Day two of this $2,000 No Limit Hold 'Em event is over. There are nine players returning tomorrow at 3 p.m. to battle for a place in history.

Hunter Frey has been the man of action this last hour and the size of his chip stack reflects that. He now has over $1,000,000 after eliminating Todd Sisley in 13th place and John Murphy in 12th place. Sisley was all in against Frey with pocket fives. Frey had pocket sevens and the board didn't help either player. Sisley is the 13th place finisher and he earned $22,431.

Frey was responsible for eliminating John Murphy as well. Frey bet out and Murphy pushed all in. Frey made the call and showed Murphy A-A. Understandably upset, Murphy reluctantly turned over K-10. The board came A-J-J-4-9 giving Frey the full house he didn't need and ended Murphy's tournament. Murphy walked away in 12th place with $22,431.

Jeff Anderson was eliminated in 11th place and earned $25,217. Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo is the current chip leader with just under $2,000,000. The ten remaining players will continue for one more elimination and the formation of the final table.

Partho "SpiderMan" Data was eliminated in 10th place by Todd Terry. Data had A-2 and Terry's pocket dueces held up. Data  was the last elimination of the day and pocketed $25,217.

The following nine players in order of chip counts comprise the final table: Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo, Hunter Frey, Michael Banducci, Todd Terry, Stan Weiss, Will Durkee, Gil George, Ronnie Hofman and Walter Browne.  Come back to CardPlayer.com to keep up on what goes down at the final table.

Player Tags: John Murphy,   Justin Bonomo,   Stanley Weiss,   Todd Terry,   Walter Browne,   William Durkee V,   Michael Banducci,   Jeffrey Anderson,   Gil George,   Ronnie Hofman