| Sep 08, '09 |
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona - Season VI |
PokerStars EPT Barcelona Main Event |
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Cornel Andrew Cimpan Eliminated in 10th Place (€50,000)
Sep 08, '09
Cornel Andrew Cimpan moved all in preflop for 280,000 and Toni Ojala made the call. Their cards:
Cimpan: J J
Ojala: Q 9
Board: A Q 3 3 3
Cimpan was awarded €50,000 in prize money.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Toni Ojala
Doubles Alley
Sep 08, '09
Two different players have doubled up recently in hands that involved pocket jacks. Cornel Andrew Cimpan held two jacks against the K-8 of his opponent to survive, and then Mihai Manole defeated the pocket jacks of his opponent with A-K in the hole on an A-7-3-Q-8 board to keep his final-table hopes alive.
Update: Cimpan just doubled up again when his J-9 held up against the Q-6 of Michael Mcdonald on a 10-5-4-J-K board.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Michael McDonald, Mihai Manole
Cornel Cimpan Makes a Nice Move
Sep 07, '09
Cornel Andrew Cimpan raised 13,000 preflop from the hi-jack and seat 8 reraised to 28,000 from the button. Carter Phillips then went into the tank in the big blind, but decided to fold. Cimpan reraised all in for 360,000 and seat 8 then went into the tank with 112,000 left behind. He mucked and Cimpan took down the pot to grow his stack to more than 400,000.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan
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| Sep 07, '09 |
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona - Season VI |
PokerStars EPT Barcelona Main Event |
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Cornel Andrew Cimpan Eliminated in 10th Place (€50,000)
Sep 08, '09
Cornel Andrew Cimpan moved all in preflop for 280,000 and Toni Ojala made the call. Their cards:
Cimpan: J J
Ojala: Q 9
Board: A Q 3 3 3
Cimpan was awarded €50,000 in prize money.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Toni Ojala
Doubles Alley
Sep 08, '09
Two different players have doubled up recently in hands that involved pocket jacks. Cornel Andrew Cimpan held two jacks against the K-8 of his opponent to survive, and then Mihai Manole defeated the pocket jacks of his opponent with A-K in the hole on an A-7-3-Q-8 board to keep his final-table hopes alive.
Update: Cimpan just doubled up again when his J-9 held up against the Q-6 of Michael Mcdonald on a 10-5-4-J-K board.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Michael McDonald, Mihai Manole
Cornel Cimpan Makes a Nice Move
Sep 07, '09
Cornel Andrew Cimpan raised 13,000 preflop from the hi-jack and seat 8 reraised to 28,000 from the button. Carter Phillips then went into the tank in the big blind, but decided to fold. Cimpan reraised all in for 360,000 and seat 8 then went into the tank with 112,000 left behind. He mucked and Cimpan took down the pot to grow his stack to more than 400,000.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan
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| Jul 06, '09 |
2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker |
$10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event |
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Level 4 Hour 2 Update: Ivan Demidov, Paul Snead Eliminated
Jul 06, '09
Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante
Chip Counts:
1. Dutch Boyd – 133,000
2. Blair Hinkle – 120,800
3. Chad Brown – 105,000
4. Adam Schoenfeld – 103,200
5. Prahlad Friedman – 92,000
6. Josh Arieh – 82,500
7. Phil Ivey – 82,000
8. John Racener – 79,000
9. Matthew Hilger – 68,000
10. Jeff Shulman – 56,000
Card Player Chip Counts:
Matthew Hilger – 68,000
Notable Eliminations:
Ivan Demidov
Paul Snead
Grant Hinkle
Mimi Tran
Jared Hamby
Big Hands
Ivan Demidov Eliminated
The player on the button raises to 1,200, Ivan Demidov reraises to 5,450, Dwayne Stacey calls from the big blind and the player on the button folds his hand. The flop comes 10 6 5 , Demidov moves all in for 225 and Stacey calls.
Demidov: 7 6
Stacey: 6 6
The case six flops, giving Demidov middle pair and Stacey middle set. The turn and river are the 5 and the 5 , no help to last year’s runner-up who is now eliminated from the tournament.
Paul Snead Eliminated
On the flop of 10 9 7 Paul Snead was all in with an unknown player versus John Racener.
Their cards:
Racener: K 2
Snead: 10 6
Unknown: Q J
The 6 fell on the turn, giving Racener his king-high flush. Snead turned two pair and had four outs to make a full house while the unknown player was drawing dead. However, the 4 hit the river and Snead was eliminated. Racener is now at 79,000
Phil Ivey Eliminates an Opponent
Phil Ivey called the 8,825 chip all in of Ketul Nathwani. Ivey tabled the A Q while Ketul exposed the A J . The board ran out 8 6 3 K 9 , as Ivey took the pot and is up to 82,000.
Cornel Cimpan Folds to All In
On a board of 8 6 6 5 8 , Cornel Cimpan called a 3,500 bet from a player in middle position. The 10 fell on the river and the same player bet all in for 15,500. Cimpan went into the tank before finally mucking. The recent winner of the L.A. Poker Classic is at 60,000 in chips.
Shawn Cunix Can’t Lose
On a flop of 8 7 6 , the player in the small blind bets 1,500, the player in seat 3 calls and the dealer burns and turns the 6 . Shawn Cunix objects, calling for a floorperson as the turn card was dealt before he was able to act. The floorman comes over and makes the ruling. The turn card is pulled back, and Cunix raises all in for a total of 10,000 from the button. The small blind tanks for several minutes before releasing the hand. Seat 3 also folds as Cunix rakes the pot, revealing 9 6 for the open-ended straight flush draw.
Glen Chorny Wins Pot by Limping In
Glen Chorny was the beneficiary of perhaps the worst possible dealer miscue.
Chorny limped in for 300 and action was folded around to a player in the cutoff who raised the 800. Both blinds folded and the dealer took the cutoff’s hand and mixed the cards together, leaving Chorny with his hand. Clearly not realizing Chorny had limped in, the dealer started moving the pot over to the cutoff. When everyone realized what she was doing, she stopped and a floor person was called over. About five minutes later, after much debating and recounting of the mistake, the floor staff ruled that Chorny wins the pot since he was the only one left with a live hand after the dealer mixed the raiser’s hand in with the deck. Chorny offered to just take back his 300 and let the cutoff take his raise back and the rest of the pot, but Chorny was awarded the pot which included the 800 raise from the cutoff. The player who had 800 chips taken by the dealer looked visibly upset. The same type of ruling would happen regardless of the bet size.
Left in the Deck:
The players are currently on a 20 minute break.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Paul Snead, John Racener, Glen Chorny, Ivan Demidov, Dwayne Stacey
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| Jun 05, '09 |
2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker |
Event 10 - $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/ Pot-Limit Omaha |
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Final Table Update: Gary Do (10th), Sigi Stockinger (9th), and John Kabbaj (8th) Eliminated
Jun 05, '09
Blinds:
pot-limit Omaha: 6,000-12,000
pot-limit hold’em: 8,000-16,000
Players Remaining: 7 out of 453
NOTE: The final seven players went on a dinner break at the completion of level 22 and they will return at 7 p.m. PDT.
Chip Counts:
1. Cornel Cimpan — 700,000
2. Daniel Makowsky — 602,000
3. Rami Boukai — 520,000
4. Ben Grundy — 428,000
5. Najib Bennani — 408,000
6. Paul Parker — 270,000
7. Pawel Andrzejewski — 215,000
Average Chip Count: 485,357
Notable Eliminations:
10. Gary Do – $18,170
9. Sigi Stockinger – $25,151
8. John Kabbaj – $28,006
Elimination Hands:

Gary Do Eliminated in 10th Place ($18,170)
pot-limit Hold’em
Rami Boukai raised to 35,ooo from middle position and Cornel Cimpan reraised to 100,000 from the button. Gary Do reraised all in for 131,000 total. Boukai muckd, Cimpan called. Their cards:
Do: K K
Cimpan: A 7
Board: 10 8 5 A 3
Do was eliminated in 10th place and Cimpan grew his stack to 700,000.
Sigi Stockinger Eliminated in Ninth Place ($25,151)
pot-liimit Omaha
On a flop of A 7 5 Sigi Stockinger bet the pot (24,000). Daniel Makowsky made the call. The turn was dealt Q and Stockinger bet 80,000. Makowsky raised, forcing Stockinger to call all in. Thier cards:
Stockinger: A K K 8
Makowsky: A Q 10 4
River: 7
Stockinger was eliminated in ninth place and Makowsky grew his stack to 602,000.

John Kabbaj Eliminated in Eighth Place ($28,006)
pot-limit Omaha
John Kabbaj limped under the gun and Rami Boukai called. Cornel Cimpan raised to 66,000 from the button. Kabbaj called and Boukai mucked. The flop was dealt 8 5 3 and Kabbaj bet the pot. Cimpan raised and Kabbaj made the all-in call. Their cards:
Kabbaj: A J 7 4
Cimpan:A A K Q
Turn and River: 9 J
Cimpan won the hand to take the chip lead and Kabbaj was eliminated in eighth place.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Rami Boukai, Sigi Stockinger, John Kabbaj, Daniel Makowsky, Gary Do
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| Feb 26, '09 |
2009 L.A. Poker Classic |
No-Limit Hold'em Championship (WPT) - Event 35 |
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Cornel Cimpan Wins the 2009 L.A. Poker Classic ($1,686,760)
Feb 26, '09
With the way the cards ran all night, it seems like it was destiny for Cornel Cimpan to come in here and take this championship.
Cimpan defeated the likes of poker superstar Chris Ferguson, WPT champion Chris Karagulleyan, online superstar Mike Sowers and one of the most tenacious players we've ever seen in Binh Nguyen. Cimpan earns by far the biggest payday of his career with $1,686,760. He also takes home the Frederic Remington trophy, the WPT bracelet and the $25,000 seat into the WPT Championships at Bellagio.
Thank you for staying up to watch our coverage of the L.A. Poker Classic. Stay tuned for a recap of the final table.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan
Binh Nguyen Eliminated in 2nd Place ($935,424)
Feb 26, '09
Cornel Cimpan moved all in and Binh Nguyen made the call. Cimpan showed K 5 and Nguyen was ahead once again with A 9 .
Nguyen had the lead in the hand but he doesn't feel too confident. He had the best hand four times with a chance to win the tournament tonight and the L.A. Poker Classic title slipped out of his grasp each time thanks to the poker gods.
The board ran out 10 5 3 10 4 and Nguyen was eliminated in second place, earning $935,424. Cimpan won the 2009 LAPC and he will take home $1,686,760 in prize money.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Binh Nguyen
Cornel Cimpan Can't Lose!
Feb 26, '09
Cornel Cimpan and Binh Nguyen get it all in preflop. Cimpan shows A 4 and is in bad shape against Nguyen's 10 10 .
The flop came 8 6 4 and Cimpan picked up a pair of fours. The turn was the 8 giving Cimpan the nut flush draw and as if on cue, the river was the 5 giving him the winning flush and crippling Nguyen.
Cimpan now has 12.8 million to Nguyen's 1.1 million.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Binh Nguyen
Miracle River For Nguyen!
Feb 26, '09
Binh Nguyen moved all in for 3.975 million and Cornel Cimpan made the call. Nguyen showed K 5 and was dominated by Cimpan's K J .
The flop came down 9 9 8 , giving Nguyen outs to the chop. The turn was the 3 meaning Nguyen needed any trey or eight for a chop, or any five for the win.
The river was the... 5 ! and Nguyen doubled to take the chip lead with 7.95 million. Cimpan is the short stack once again with 5.95 million.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Binh Nguyen
Cornel Cimpan = Soul Crusher
Feb 26, '09
Both players get it all in preflop. Cornel Cimpan shows K Q and Binh Nguyen has him beat, at least temporarily, with A 9 .
The board comes K J 2 K 10 and Cimpan doubles up to 8.2 million. Nguyen is now the short stack with 5.7 million.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Binh Nguyen
Cornel Cimpan Crushes Everyone's Dreams
Feb 26, '09
Binh Nguyen raised to 375,000 and Cornel Cimpan moved all in. Nguyen instantly called and tabled A Q and was dominating Cimpan's Q 10 .
Of course, the board came Q 10 5 10 4 to give Cimpan a boat and double him up to 4.45 million. Nguyen now has 9.45 million.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Binh Nguyen
Binh Nguyen Slowplays Aces Preflop
Feb 26, '09
Cornel Cimpan completed from the button and Binh Nguyen checked his option. The flop came 8 6 4 and Nguyen bet 175,000.
Cimpan called and the turn was the 4 . Nguyen bet 350,000 and Cimpan called. The river was the 3 and Nguyen bet 600,000. Cimpan made the call and Nguyen revealed A A to win the pot.
Nguyen now has 8.33 million and Cimpan took a hit down to 5.57 million.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Binh Nguyen
Cornel Cimpan Doubles Through Mike Sowers
Feb 26, '09
Binh Nguyen raised to 300,000 and Cornel Cimpan moved all in from the small blind for 2.625 million. Mike Sowers then asked for a count and made the call from the big blind. Nguyen folded and Cimpan showed A Q .
Sowers showed 5 5 and the board came A 4 2 K 2 to give the double up to Cimpan. Cimpan now has 5.65 million and Sowers is the short stack with 2.785 million.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Mike Sowers
Chris Karagulleyan Eliminated in 4th Place ($430,963)
Feb 26, '09
Cornel Cimpan open shoved from the small blind for 1.25 million, which covered Chris Karagulleyan in the big blind. Karagulleyan called and turned over A 9 , which was ahead of Cimpan's Q 8 .
The flop came A Q 10 and both players paired up. The turn was the Q and Cimpan made trips. Karagulleyan needed one of the remaining two aces on the river to stay alive, but the river was the 7 eliminating him in fourth place.
Karagulleyan earned $430,963 for his finish. Cimpan is now up to 2.415 million.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Chris Karagulleyan
Pat Walsh Doubles Up
Feb 26, '09
Cornel Cimpan raised to 250,000 from the cutoff and Pat Walsh reraised to 750,000 from the button. Cimpan called and the flop was dealt K 3 2 . Cimpan moved all in and Walsh made the all-in call call for 820,000. Their cards:
Cimpan: A Q
Walsh: K 8
Turn and River: 2 9
Walsh doubled up to 3,340,000 after the hand and Cimpan was left with 1,435,000.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Pat Walsh
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| Feb 25, '09 |
2009 L.A. Poker Classic |
No-Limit Hold'em Championship (WPT) - Event 35 |
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Cornel Cimpan Wins the 2009 L.A. Poker Classic ($1,686,760)
Feb 26, '09
With the way the cards ran all night, it seems like it was destiny for Cornel Cimpan to come in here and take this championship.
Cimpan defeated the likes of poker superstar Chris Ferguson, WPT champion Chris Karagulleyan, online superstar Mike Sowers and one of the most tenacious players we've ever seen in Binh Nguyen. Cimpan earns by far the biggest payday of his career with $1,686,760. He also takes home the Frederic Remington trophy, the WPT bracelet and the $25,000 seat into the WPT Championships at Bellagio.
Thank you for staying up to watch our coverage of the L.A. Poker Classic. Stay tuned for a recap of the final table.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan
Binh Nguyen Eliminated in 2nd Place ($935,424)
Feb 26, '09
Cornel Cimpan moved all in and Binh Nguyen made the call. Cimpan showed K 5 and Nguyen was ahead once again with A 9 .
Nguyen had the lead in the hand but he doesn't feel too confident. He had the best hand four times with a chance to win the tournament tonight and the L.A. Poker Classic title slipped out of his grasp each time thanks to the poker gods.
The board ran out 10 5 3 10 4 and Nguyen was eliminated in second place, earning $935,424. Cimpan won the 2009 LAPC and he will take home $1,686,760 in prize money.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Binh Nguyen
Cornel Cimpan Can't Lose!
Feb 26, '09
Cornel Cimpan and Binh Nguyen get it all in preflop. Cimpan shows A 4 and is in bad shape against Nguyen's 10 10 .
The flop came 8 6 4 and Cimpan picked up a pair of fours. The turn was the 8 giving Cimpan the nut flush draw and as if on cue, the river was the 5 giving him the winning flush and crippling Nguyen.
Cimpan now has 12.8 million to Nguyen's 1.1 million.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Binh Nguyen
Miracle River For Nguyen!
Feb 26, '09
Binh Nguyen moved all in for 3.975 million and Cornel Cimpan made the call. Nguyen showed K 5 and was dominated by Cimpan's K J .
The flop came down 9 9 8 , giving Nguyen outs to the chop. The turn was the 3 meaning Nguyen needed any trey or eight for a chop, or any five for the win.
The river was the... 5 ! and Nguyen doubled to take the chip lead with 7.95 million. Cimpan is the short stack once again with 5.95 million.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Binh Nguyen
Cornel Cimpan = Soul Crusher
Feb 26, '09
Both players get it all in preflop. Cornel Cimpan shows K Q and Binh Nguyen has him beat, at least temporarily, with A 9 .
The board comes K J 2 K 10 and Cimpan doubles up to 8.2 million. Nguyen is now the short stack with 5.7 million.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Binh Nguyen
Cornel Cimpan Crushes Everyone's Dreams
Feb 26, '09
Binh Nguyen raised to 375,000 and Cornel Cimpan moved all in. Nguyen instantly called and tabled A Q and was dominating Cimpan's Q 10 .
Of course, the board came Q 10 5 10 4 to give Cimpan a boat and double him up to 4.45 million. Nguyen now has 9.45 million.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Binh Nguyen
Binh Nguyen Slowplays Aces Preflop
Feb 26, '09
Cornel Cimpan completed from the button and Binh Nguyen checked his option. The flop came 8 6 4 and Nguyen bet 175,000.
Cimpan called and the turn was the 4 . Nguyen bet 350,000 and Cimpan called. The river was the 3 and Nguyen bet 600,000. Cimpan made the call and Nguyen revealed A A to win the pot.
Nguyen now has 8.33 million and Cimpan took a hit down to 5.57 million.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Binh Nguyen
Cornel Cimpan Doubles Through Mike Sowers
Feb 26, '09
Binh Nguyen raised to 300,000 and Cornel Cimpan moved all in from the small blind for 2.625 million. Mike Sowers then asked for a count and made the call from the big blind. Nguyen folded and Cimpan showed A Q .
Sowers showed 5 5 and the board came A 4 2 K 2 to give the double up to Cimpan. Cimpan now has 5.65 million and Sowers is the short stack with 2.785 million.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Mike Sowers
Chris Karagulleyan Eliminated in 4th Place ($430,963)
Feb 26, '09
Cornel Cimpan open shoved from the small blind for 1.25 million, which covered Chris Karagulleyan in the big blind. Karagulleyan called and turned over A 9 , which was ahead of Cimpan's Q 8 .
The flop came A Q 10 and both players paired up. The turn was the Q and Cimpan made trips. Karagulleyan needed one of the remaining two aces on the river to stay alive, but the river was the 7 eliminating him in fourth place.
Karagulleyan earned $430,963 for his finish. Cimpan is now up to 2.415 million.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Chris Karagulleyan
Pat Walsh Doubles Up
Feb 26, '09
Cornel Cimpan raised to 250,000 from the cutoff and Pat Walsh reraised to 750,000 from the button. Cimpan called and the flop was dealt K 3 2 . Cimpan moved all in and Walsh made the all-in call call for 820,000. Their cards:
Cimpan: A Q
Walsh: K 8
Turn and River: 2 9
Walsh doubled up to 3,340,000 after the hand and Cimpan was left with 1,435,000.
Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Pat Walsh
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