Thayer Rasmussen Poker Tournament Updates

Level 6 Update -- Chris DeMaci Jumps to the Lead

Mar 05, '11

Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante

Players Remaining: 184 out of 263

Notable Chip Counts:

1. Chris DeMaci — 146,000
2. Alex Kamberis — 104,000
3. Ana Marquez — 85,000
4. David Paredes — 75,000
5. Vladimir Schmelev — 75,000
6. Joe Hachem — 70,000
7. Yevgeniy Timoshenko — 70,000
8. Scott Seiver — 65,000
9. George Lind — 60,000
10. James Mackey — 55,000

Notable Eliminations:

Phil Collins
Richard Toth
Thayer Rasmussen

Big Hands:

Brett Richey Busts One

Brett Richey checked a 9 6 2 and another player raised to 1,300. Richey check-raised to 2,600 and his opponent made the call.

The turn fell 3 and Richey checked again. The other player moved all in for 5,000 and Richey made the call. Their cards:

Richey: 9 6
Opponent: J 10

River: 10

Richey won the hand to grow his stack to 30,000.

Chris DeMaci Eliminates Thayer Rasmussen

After a series of bets and raises Thayer Rasmussen was all in preflop against Chris DeMaci. Their cards:

DeMaci: K K
Rasmussen: J J

Board: A 3 2 9 6

DeMaci won the hand to grow his stack to 146,000 and take the chip lead. Rasmussen was eliminated on the hand.

Poker Tweet — Phil Collins

Player Tags: Thayer Rasmussen,   Christopher DeMaci,   Phil Collins

Thayer Rasmussen Eliminated

Feb 27, '11

Thayer Rasmussen stopped by to tell us about his bustout hand.

A player raised on the button and Rasmussen moved in for his last 55,000 from the big blind. His opponent called with A-6 and Ramussen was drawing live with K-J. The flop gave him some additional outs to a straight, but the turn and river bricked, ending his tournament run.

Player Tags: Thayer Rasmussen

Thayer Rasmussen Busts, Nick Grippo Increases Chip Lead

Nov 14, '10

We didn’t catch the action, but we did see Thayer Rasmussen talking to David Baker on the rail.

Apparently, Nick Grippo got the rest of Rasmussen’s stack and now sits at over 400,000 in chips. We’re pretty confident that’s good enough for the chip lead at this point.

Player Tags: Thayer Rasmussen,   Nick Grippo

Level Seven, Hour Two: Veldhuis Uses Rags to Make Rich

Jul 09, '10

Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante

Players Remaining: 1,800 out of 2,412

Card Player Chip Counts

Barry Shulman – 124,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 28,000
Steven A. Murphy – 27,000
Adam Schoenfeld – 23,500
Shannon Shorr – 133,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Dragan Galic – 300,500
2. Robert Mizrachi – 254,000
3. Dwyen Ringbauer – 240,000
4. Guiliano Cipolla – 240,000
5. Cole South – 223,500
6. Yevgeiny Timoshenko – 220,000
7. Carter Phillips – 196,000
8. Jesper Hougaard – 192,000
9. Johnny Chan – 178,000
10. Corwin Cole – 176,0009

Notable Eliminations:

Tom McEvoy
David Pham
Amnon Filippi
Ted Forrest
Justin Marchand

Big Hands

Veldhuis Uses Rags to Make Rich

Facing a raise to 1,600, Lex Veldhuis reraised to 4,250 only to have the big blind move all in for 14,350. The original raiser got out of the way but Veldhuis called. Their hands:

Veldhuis: 98
Big Blind: AK

Veldhuis nailed the flop of 975 and the big blind found no help from the 7 turn and 2 river.

Veldhuis eliminated his opponent and chipped back up to 96,500.

South Soars With Set Over Set

With a flop of A95 on a pot worth 16,500 already, all three players checked around to see the 2 land on the turn.

The first player bet, the second called, and Cole South moved all in. Both players called and a massive pot was brewing. Their hands:

South: AA
Opponent: 99
Opponent: Mucked

South had flopped top set and his opponent had second set. The river bricked and South took down a massive pot to grow his stack to 223,500.

Rasmussen Chips Up, Knocks Out Player

Thayer Rasmussen got an opponent all in preflop and showed pocket jacks to his opponent’s pocket nines.

The board ran AK375 and Rasmussen’s jacks held to eliminate him opponent and chip up to 96,000.

Baron Gets It In Good, Gets Unlucky

Isaac Baron raised to 1,700 from middle position and was three-bet by a player in the blinds to 4,800. Baron asked how much he had left, and after getting an answer, he made the call.

The flop was 938 and the player in the blinds checked over to Baron. Baron bet 4,800 and was check-raised to 15,000. Baron bet enough to put the player all-in and he called, putting in his last 30,950 on the flop.

Baron showed 33, giving him a set and the all-in player held JJ.

The turn was the 10, but the river was the J, giving the player in the blinds a bigger set and taking the pot. Baron dropped to 35,000 after the hit.

Glantz Makes a Good Fold

Matt Glantz called a bet of 2,200 on the turn from his opponent with the board reading AJA5.

The river was the Q and the other player in the hand gently places an orange chip worth 5,000 onto the felt. Glantz quickly released his hand. It was a good decision since the player showed him one card – the A.

Glantz is still hovering right around his 30,000 original starting stack.

Mizrachi Grinding Back Up

On a three-way flop of Q45 the small blind bet 1,500 and Michael Mizrachi called from the big blind. The third player in the hand raised to 8,400 and the small blind folded but Mizrachi called.

On the 3 turn both players checked, but on the 3 river Mizrachi bet big — 20,000 to be exact. His opponent called and the Grinder showed 63 for a flopped straight draw that turned into trip threes on the river.

After a rough start to the day, Mizrachi took the pot and boosted his stack to 97,000.

Pham Busts With Aces

David Pham raised to 1,525 and another player reraised to 4,525. Pham quickly moved over the top all in for not much more. His opponent called. Their hands:

Pham: AA
Opponent: AQ

Pham had his opponent dominated, that is until the board ran out 10QKJ to give Pham’s opponent the straight, then the 7 river added an unnecessary flush, cracking Pham’s aces and sending him to the rail.

Pham ended the 2010 WSOP with just one cash. Check out his results here.

Ho Staying Alive, Doubles

Maria Ho got all in for 15,225 preflop against one opponent. Their hands:

Ho: AK
Opponent: KQ

Ho was a big favorite, and the low board kept it that way, running 68632. Ho’s hand took down the pot and she doubled to around 31,000.

Seiver Takes It

Picking up the action on the turn, the board read 93210. Scott Seiver checked and his opponent did the same.

The river was the J and both players checked again. Seiver tabled 98 for a pair of nines.

His opponent mucked and Seiver took down the pot. He was at 72,000 after the hand.

Naujoks Can’t Stand Check-Raise

After one player checked, Ralph Perry bet 5,000 on a flop of J62. Sandra Naujoks made the call in position and the other player folded.

The turn was the 3 and Perry checked. Naujoks fired 5,000 and Perry came back with a check-raise to 15,000. Naujoks went into the tank for a minute or so before releasing her hand. She slipped to 40,000 while Perry climbed to 140,000.

Ted Forrest Eliminated

Ted Forrest got all of his chips in preflop with 55 against his opponents AK.

After the ESPN cameras got there, the dealer put out a flop of Q102, giving his opponent a ton of outs to improve. The K on the turn gave his opponent the best hand and left Forrest with one out. The A on the river gave the pot to his opponent and Forrest was eliminated.

If you check out the Card Player poker odds calculator, you can see that even though the A-K didn’t pair up on the flop, it was still a statistical favorite to win the hand.

Forrest is eliminated from the main event and this caps off a very disappointing series for Forrest, who only made one cash in 2010, in the $2,500 2-7 triple draw lowball event for $9,972.

Left in the Deck:

Seiver Has a Future In Curling

After passing by Scott Seiver’s table, we overheard him talking with David Bach about making a run at the U.S. Olympic Curling team.

“I have alot of bowling experience,” said Bach. “That should give me an edge.”

“It probably does, we would just have to figure out who is going to sweep,” replied Seiver.

There was a joking tone, but it wouldn’t surprise us to see those two on the ice in four years.

Player Twitter Accounts:

Barry Shulman
Erik Seidel
Maria Ho
Chris Moorman
Mike Caro
Jamie Rosen
Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Antonio Esfandiari
Dennis Phillips
Annie Duke

Player Tags: David Pham,   Michael Mizrachi,   Matthew Glantz,   Maria Ho,   Isaac Baron,   Thayer Rasmussen,   Scott Seiver,   Lex Veldhuis,   Cole South

Thayer Rasmussen Heads Home

Oct 04, '09

Online professional Thayer “THAY3R” Rasmussen fought hard for three levels today, despite never really having a stack to work with.

On his final hand, Rasmussen was all in holding AK against the pocket fours of his opponent. The jack high board failed to connect and Rasmussen was sent off into the London afternoon. (Or more likely his hotel room)

Player Tags: Thayer Rasmussen

Thayer Rasmussen Takes a Small Hit - Still Strong

Sep 05, '09

Thayer Rasmussen bet 1,500 from late position on a flop of K62. Seat 8 made the call from the big blind and the turn was dealt 5. Both players checked and the 5 fell on the river. Seat 8 checked and Rasmussen bet 3,500. Seat 8 then check-raised to 9,500 and Rasmussen mucked the K face up on the table. Seat took down the pot, but Rasmussen is still the chip leader at his table with 100,000.

Player Tags: Thayer Rasmussen

Level Two Update

Dec 13, '08

Level: 2

Blinds/Antes: 100-200

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Scoreboard

Players Left (Unofficial): 185 of 203
Average: 46,000

Notable Chip Counts

Ryan Young - 150,000
Matt Gianetti - 97,000
Devin Porter - 95,000
Paul Wasicka - 62,500
Isaac Haxton - 58,500

Notable Eliminations

Mike Sowers

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Big Hands:

Thayer Rasmussen Gets Paid With Trips

Thayer Rasmussen raised preflop with A-3 and flopped trips when the flop came 4-3-3. His opponent in the five seat called the flop bet and then raised when a queen hit the turn. Rasmussen called and the river doubled paired the board with another queen. Rasmussen checked called another bet and took down the pot when his opponent mucked. He now has just over 60,000 in chips

Adam Katz Makes A-10 Work

Twice during the level Adam "akat11" Katz was able to make A-10 pay off in a big way. On the first hand Katz made top two pair and was paid off. He stacked even more chips when his A-10 suited made the nut flush in another hand soon after. He now has 77,000 in chips.

Barry Greenstein Busts Mike Sowers

We asked Barry Greenstein where he got all of his chips and were informed that he took them off of young online pro Mike Sowers. Sowers had raised Greenstein a few times before and on the hand in question Greenstein picked up aces and raised on the button. Sowers played back at him with pocket kings from the small blind and was unable to catch up. Greenstein now has 86,000 in chips.

Raise and Take it in the Poker Room

Action in the poker room has been dictated by the first player to act in almost every single pot as of late. One showdown occured during our time on the floor and a player with pocket nines took down a pot that was checked around for the most part. Other than that, to the raiser go the spoils, most notably Paul Wasicka and Jason Mercier, who have been very active at their table.

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Featured Table Breakdown:

Table 58 in the Fontana Bar

1. Unknown
2. David Williams
3. Shane "Anbessa" Pacheco
4. Theo Tran
5. John Roveto
6. Jeff Madsen
7. Ryan Young
8. Luke "IWEARGOGGLES" Staudenmaier
9. Yosh Nakano

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Left In The Deck:

Table 54 has been filled with some early afternoon drama as it appears that seat 6 has developed a case of the stalls. After facing a modest bet from Gabe Kaplan, Abe Mosseri calls the clock on the young kid across the table, who has already shown off his habit of deep contemplation each and every hand.

Jonathan Aguiar spoke up as well, saying, "I got here 20 minutes late and I only missed 3 hands."

 

 

Player Tags: Barry Greenstein,   Thayer Rasmussen,   Adam Katz,   Mike Sowers

Eliminations

Nov 05, '08

Kathy Liebert and Thayer Rasmussen have both been eliminated from the tournament.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Kathy Liebert,   Thayer Rasmussen

Thayer Rasmussen Eliminated in 12th Place ($65,000)

Sep 17, '08

Action is folded around to Thayer Rasmussen who moves all in from the small blind. Vivek Rajkumar makes the call from the big blind and the two internet phenoms turn over their cards.

Rasmussen shows K-5 and Rajkumar has A-4.

The board comes 9-8-2-3-2 and Rasmussen is eliminated in 12th place. He earns $65,000 for his finish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Thayer Rasmussen,   Vivek Rajkumar

Thayer Rasmussen Doubles Up

Sep 17, '08

After getting dangerously short, Thayer Rasmussen moves all in for just over 300,000 in the cutoff. Mark Seif calls from the big blind showing A3. Rasmussen shows Q8 and will need a lot of help to survive.

He gets it when the flop comes K95 giving him a flush. The turn and river come AA and Rasmussen doubles up to about 720,000.

Player Tags: Mark Seif,   Thayer Rasmussen

Thayer Rasmussen Takes a Monster Hit

Sep 17, '08

Thayer Rasmussen raises in the cutoff and Dan Heimiller reraises to 220,000 from the small blind. Rasmussen thinks it over before reraising to 500,000. After a long time of though, Heimiller calls and both players see a flop of AK2.

Heimiller checks and Rasmussen checks behind. On the 8 turn, Heimiller bets a smallish 375,000. Rasmussen calls and the river is the 5. Both players check and Heimiller announces that he has an ace, turning over A3. Rasmussen says that it is good and mucks his hand.

After the hand, Rasmussen has 880,000 and Heimiller is up to 3,550,000.

Player Tags: Thayer Rasmussen

Ted Forrest Eliminated in 27th Place ($26,000)

Sep 17, '08

Well, that was quick.

On one of the first hands of play, Ted Forrest got his 600,000 chip stack in with pocket aces against Thayer Rasmussen's pocket eights. Rasmussen continued to run well as an eight hit the flop and sent Forrest home prematurely. Rasmussen is now in second chip position with over 2,000,000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Ted Forrest,   Thayer Rasmussen

Vinny Pahuja Eliminated in 28th Place ($21,000)

Sep 16, '08

Vinny Pahuja is all in with Q-10 against Thayer Rasmussen's A-K. The board offers no help to either player and Ace high is good enough to take the pot and eliminate Pahuja in 28th place.

Pahuja currently sits in eighth place in Card Player's Player of the Year Race. He will earn no points here but continues to have a strong year adding $21,000 to his career earning of $500,000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Thayer Rasmussen,   Vinny Pahuja

Thayer vs. Young

Sep 16, '08

On a flop of AQQ Ryan Young raised 100,000 and Thayer Rasmussen made the call. Both players then checked down the 6 on the turn, and the 3 on the river. Rasmussen flipped over pocket kings and he took down the pot when Young mucked. Rasmussen now holds 1.3 million.














 

Player Tags: Ryan Young,   Thayer Rasmussen

Thayer Rasmussen Takes a Bad Beat

Sep 15, '08

The button raises and Thayer Rasmussen reraises from the big blind. The button then shoves all in for 172,800. Rasmussen instantly calls showing A-K and he's happy to see his opponent is dominated with K6.

Unfortunately, the board comes 10634K and Rasmussen takes a huge hit to his stack. Instead of nearly 600,000, he now sits with 266,000.

 

 

 

Player Tags: Thayer Rasmussen

New Chipleader

Sep 14, '08

Looking around the room once again it looks like the new chipleader is Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen with just over 130,000 in chips.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Thayer Rasmussen

Thayer Rasmussen Eliminated in 12th Place ($65,000)

Sep 17, '08

Action is folded around to Thayer Rasmussen who moves all in from the small blind. Vivek Rajkumar makes the call from the big blind and the two internet phenoms turn over their cards.

Rasmussen shows K-5 and Rajkumar has A-4.

The board comes 9-8-2-3-2 and Rasmussen is eliminated in 12th place. He earns $65,000 for his finish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Thayer Rasmussen,   Vivek Rajkumar

Thayer Rasmussen Doubles Up

Sep 17, '08

After getting dangerously short, Thayer Rasmussen moves all in for just over 300,000 in the cutoff. Mark Seif calls from the big blind showing A3. Rasmussen shows Q8 and will need a lot of help to survive.

He gets it when the flop comes K95 giving him a flush. The turn and river come AA and Rasmussen doubles up to about 720,000.

Player Tags: Mark Seif,   Thayer Rasmussen

Thayer Rasmussen Takes a Monster Hit

Sep 17, '08

Thayer Rasmussen raises in the cutoff and Dan Heimiller reraises to 220,000 from the small blind. Rasmussen thinks it over before reraising to 500,000. After a long time of though, Heimiller calls and both players see a flop of AK2.

Heimiller checks and Rasmussen checks behind. On the 8 turn, Heimiller bets a smallish 375,000. Rasmussen calls and the river is the 5. Both players check and Heimiller announces that he has an ace, turning over A3. Rasmussen says that it is good and mucks his hand.

After the hand, Rasmussen has 880,000 and Heimiller is up to 3,550,000.

Player Tags: Thayer Rasmussen

Ted Forrest Eliminated in 27th Place ($26,000)

Sep 17, '08

Well, that was quick.

On one of the first hands of play, Ted Forrest got his 600,000 chip stack in with pocket aces against Thayer Rasmussen's pocket eights. Rasmussen continued to run well as an eight hit the flop and sent Forrest home prematurely. Rasmussen is now in second chip position with over 2,000,000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Ted Forrest,   Thayer Rasmussen

Vinny Pahuja Eliminated in 28th Place ($21,000)

Sep 16, '08

Vinny Pahuja is all in with Q-10 against Thayer Rasmussen's A-K. The board offers no help to either player and Ace high is good enough to take the pot and eliminate Pahuja in 28th place.

Pahuja currently sits in eighth place in Card Player's Player of the Year Race. He will earn no points here but continues to have a strong year adding $21,000 to his career earning of $500,000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Thayer Rasmussen,   Vinny Pahuja

Thayer vs. Young

Sep 16, '08

On a flop of AQQ Ryan Young raised 100,000 and Thayer Rasmussen made the call. Both players then checked down the 6 on the turn, and the 3 on the river. Rasmussen flipped over pocket kings and he took down the pot when Young mucked. Rasmussen now holds 1.3 million.














 

Player Tags: Ryan Young,   Thayer Rasmussen

Thayer Rasmussen Takes a Bad Beat

Sep 15, '08

The button raises and Thayer Rasmussen reraises from the big blind. The button then shoves all in for 172,800. Rasmussen instantly calls showing A-K and he's happy to see his opponent is dominated with K6.

Unfortunately, the board comes 10634K and Rasmussen takes a huge hit to his stack. Instead of nearly 600,000, he now sits with 266,000.

 

 

 

Player Tags: Thayer Rasmussen

New Chipleader

Sep 14, '08

Looking around the room once again it looks like the new chipleader is Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen with just over 130,000 in chips.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Thayer Rasmussen