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| Jun 10, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout | 3 | + |
Level 5: Vitaly Lunkin Eliminated in 7th Place ($44,362)Jun 10, '11 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 out of 1,440 Average Chip Count: 1,200,000 Eliminations: 7th. Vitaly Lunkin – $44,362
Andrew Badecker opened for a raise of 44,000, Vitaly Lunkin reraised to 106,000, Badecker four-bet to 230,000, Lunkin moved all in and Badecker called. Lunkin turned over A The board came 8 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Vitaly Lunkin, Andrew Badecker Level 4: Bonding Eliminated 10th, Final Table Now UnderwayJun 10, '11 NOTE: The shootout formula is different than most in that it plays more like a series of single-table sit-n-go’s than a conventional tournament. This event started with 1,440 players and ended last night (two days later) with just 16. To get there, the final 16 players each had to win two tables, one on each of the first two days of this event. NOTE: Play ended last night with 16 players and resumed today at 2:30pm. The day began with two eight-handed tables and combined at ten players to begin the unofficial final table. Each of the starting 16 players began with 450,000 in chips, creating a total of 7.2 million chips in play. With the elimination of Lars Bonding in 10th place ($20,586), the official nine-handed final table is now underway. Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 out of 1,440 Average Chip Count: 800,000 Chip Counts: 1. Andrew Badecker – 1,377,000 Payouts: 1st. $369,371 Eliminations: 10th. Lars Bonding – $20,586 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: David Pham, Erik Cajelais, Vitaly Lunkin, Daniel Makowsky, Daniel Kelly, Andrew Badecker, Robbie Verspui |
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| Jul 14, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 9 | + |
Level 19 Hour Two Update: Jamin Stokes and Hoyt Corkins EliminatedJul 14, '10 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Matt Affleck – 2,900,000 Jamin Stokes
We caught up with the action on a board reading Q Jamin Stokes Eliminated Jamin Stokes moved all in on the button for 44,000 with the A Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up a Player A player moved all in for 139,000 into Robert Mizrachi. Mizrachi called and exposed the A
Shawn Rice raised to 25,000 and Pkejmanpatric Eskander called from the small blind. The flop came K The turn was the J “You called me with ace-jack. You did the right thing.” said Rice sarcastically. “It was suited,” replied Eskander. Affleck Just Keeps Winning The board read K Franca had check-raised Affleck on the flop and Affleck made the call. Franca checked to Affleck on the turn and Affleck bet 100,000. Franca check-raised again, making it 260,000. Affleck made the call and they saw the J Franca tanked for a while before going all-in for 486,000. After several minutes, Affleck made the call. Franca mucked his hand immediately and Affleck showed A
Jonathan Tamayo made a deep run in last year’s main event, but won’t be making a repeat performance when he moved all-in from middle position for 110,000 and Paul Varano called from the big blind. Tamayo showed A Cowboy Rides Off into Sunset Hoyt Corkins moved all-in preflop with A The board ran out 10 One Less Russian in the Main Event Dragan Galic was all-in before the flop and was called by Vitaly Lunkin, who had him covered by just one yellow, 1,000 chip. Galic showed A Lunkin was all-in for just the ante on the very next hand and was eliminated.
On a previous hand Jason Dewitt had six-bet all in versus the player directly to his left. A couples hands later Dewitt four-bet shoved with pocket eights against the same player. This time he was called. Dewitt’s opponent exposed the A Josh Brikis Falling On a board of K Big Slick Gets Clements Some Chips Andre Coimbra moved all-in preflop and found some bad news when he was called by Scott Clements. Clements held A Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Robert Mizrachi, Shawn Rice, William Thorson, Jason Dewitt, Vitaly Lunkin, Jonathan Tamayo, Matt Affleck, Josh Brikis Level Six, Hour Two: Cole Loses Chip LeadJul 09, '10 Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 2,023 out of 2,412 Card Player Chip Counts Justin Marchand – 23,400 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Mathieu Sauriol – 217,000 Notable Eliminations: Terrance Chan Big Hands:
After a series of raises preflop, a player moved all in for 57,750 and Corwin Cole made the call. Cole: Q Cole was in trouble but he appeared to get lucky when the dealer laid out the flop and the Q The board finished off 10 Williams Runs Into Cowboys David Williams put in a raise to 1,200 preflop. The action went to Manny Minaya on the button and he made it 3,200 to go. Williams made the call and the two saw a flop of J Both players checked and the 4 Minaya made the call and Williams tabled 10
A player limped in and then another one raised to 2,000 preflop. Sam Farha made the call from the hijack and then the limper shoved for 8,000 more. Both opponents made the call and the flop came 8 Both players checked and the turn was the 10 The all-in player then tabled K Kaplan Sticks Around A player raised to 1,400 preflop and Gabe Kaplan made it 5,200 to go from the small blind. His opponent then shoved and Kaplan made the call. Kaplan tabled A The turn was the 9
A player raised to 1,300 preflop and Lauren Kling made the call from the cutoff. The player on the button also called, as did the big blind and the four players saw a flop of 10 Everyone checked and the turn was the A The river was the K Ted Forrest Doubles Up Ted Forrest moved all in for 8,250 and was called by his opponent. Forrest: K The board ran out Q
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read J The turn was the J Davis: Q Davis flopped the straight but Mizrachi turned a boat and the board finished off with the 5 Power Poker For Seidel Erik Seidel raised to 1,250 and seat 3 and seat 4 both made the call. When action reached seat 6 he raised to 3,700 and action folded around to Seidel. Erik reraised to 10,500 and seats 3 and 4 got out of the way. Seat 6 tanked for a few minutes before letting his hand go. Seidel took down the pot uncontested, chipping up to around 53,000 in chips. The Russian Scoops One Sitting in the big blind, Vitaly Lunkin called a raise from the button and they saw a flop. It came A The turn was the J
Seat 5 bet 1,500 on a flop of 4 The turn brought the 8 The river was the 7 Mueller lost around 12,000 on the hand and had around 39,000 after it. Matros Calls An All-In Bet, Chops Matt Matros called a short-stacked player’s all in bet for 7,325 preflop and they showed down. Their hands? The same: Matros: A It seemed like an obvious chop, but through the turn the board ran 5 Matros had around 120,000 after the hand.
Jason Somerville raised from the cutoff and the big blind moved all-in for 10,000. Somerville promptly called and tabled Q The board ran out J Michelle’s Bluff Gets Sniffed Out On the turn, the board read 5 After the dealer peeled off the 5 Michelle didn’t respond and eventually her opponent made the call. Michelle showed A
We caught up with the action on the river with the board reading J Leigh tabled A Left in the Deck: “Miami” John Cernuto is supposedly sitting at the featured table right in front of us, but he has yet to show up for the tournament today. He has been being blinded off for the last three hours and is down to 12,000 in chips. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Erik Seidel, Raymond Davis, Ted Forrest, Greg Mueller, Gabe Kaplan, David Williams, Sam Farha, Vitaly Lunkin, Corwin Cole, Lauren Kling |
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| Jul 09, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 5 | + |
Level 19 Hour Two Update: Jamin Stokes and Hoyt Corkins EliminatedJul 14, '10 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Matt Affleck – 2,900,000 Jamin Stokes
We caught up with the action on a board reading Q Jamin Stokes Eliminated Jamin Stokes moved all in on the button for 44,000 with the A Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up a Player A player moved all in for 139,000 into Robert Mizrachi. Mizrachi called and exposed the A
Shawn Rice raised to 25,000 and Pkejmanpatric Eskander called from the small blind. The flop came K The turn was the J “You called me with ace-jack. You did the right thing.” said Rice sarcastically. “It was suited,” replied Eskander. Affleck Just Keeps Winning The board read K Franca had check-raised Affleck on the flop and Affleck made the call. Franca checked to Affleck on the turn and Affleck bet 100,000. Franca check-raised again, making it 260,000. Affleck made the call and they saw the J Franca tanked for a while before going all-in for 486,000. After several minutes, Affleck made the call. Franca mucked his hand immediately and Affleck showed A
Jonathan Tamayo made a deep run in last year’s main event, but won’t be making a repeat performance when he moved all-in from middle position for 110,000 and Paul Varano called from the big blind. Tamayo showed A Cowboy Rides Off into Sunset Hoyt Corkins moved all-in preflop with A The board ran out 10 One Less Russian in the Main Event Dragan Galic was all-in before the flop and was called by Vitaly Lunkin, who had him covered by just one yellow, 1,000 chip. Galic showed A Lunkin was all-in for just the ante on the very next hand and was eliminated.
On a previous hand Jason Dewitt had six-bet all in versus the player directly to his left. A couples hands later Dewitt four-bet shoved with pocket eights against the same player. This time he was called. Dewitt’s opponent exposed the A Josh Brikis Falling On a board of K Big Slick Gets Clements Some Chips Andre Coimbra moved all-in preflop and found some bad news when he was called by Scott Clements. Clements held A Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Robert Mizrachi, Shawn Rice, William Thorson, Jason Dewitt, Vitaly Lunkin, Jonathan Tamayo, Matt Affleck, Josh Brikis Level Six, Hour Two: Cole Loses Chip LeadJul 09, '10 Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 2,023 out of 2,412 Card Player Chip Counts Justin Marchand – 23,400 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Mathieu Sauriol – 217,000 Notable Eliminations: Terrance Chan Big Hands:
After a series of raises preflop, a player moved all in for 57,750 and Corwin Cole made the call. Cole: Q Cole was in trouble but he appeared to get lucky when the dealer laid out the flop and the Q The board finished off 10 Williams Runs Into Cowboys David Williams put in a raise to 1,200 preflop. The action went to Manny Minaya on the button and he made it 3,200 to go. Williams made the call and the two saw a flop of J Both players checked and the 4 Minaya made the call and Williams tabled 10
A player limped in and then another one raised to 2,000 preflop. Sam Farha made the call from the hijack and then the limper shoved for 8,000 more. Both opponents made the call and the flop came 8 Both players checked and the turn was the 10 The all-in player then tabled K Kaplan Sticks Around A player raised to 1,400 preflop and Gabe Kaplan made it 5,200 to go from the small blind. His opponent then shoved and Kaplan made the call. Kaplan tabled A The turn was the 9
A player raised to 1,300 preflop and Lauren Kling made the call from the cutoff. The player on the button also called, as did the big blind and the four players saw a flop of 10 Everyone checked and the turn was the A The river was the K Ted Forrest Doubles Up Ted Forrest moved all in for 8,250 and was called by his opponent. Forrest: K The board ran out Q
Picking up the action on the flop, the board read J The turn was the J Davis: Q Davis flopped the straight but Mizrachi turned a boat and the board finished off with the 5 Power Poker For Seidel Erik Seidel raised to 1,250 and seat 3 and seat 4 both made the call. When action reached seat 6 he raised to 3,700 and action folded around to Seidel. Erik reraised to 10,500 and seats 3 and 4 got out of the way. Seat 6 tanked for a few minutes before letting his hand go. Seidel took down the pot uncontested, chipping up to around 53,000 in chips. The Russian Scoops One Sitting in the big blind, Vitaly Lunkin called a raise from the button and they saw a flop. It came A The turn was the J
Seat 5 bet 1,500 on a flop of 4 The turn brought the 8 The river was the 7 Mueller lost around 12,000 on the hand and had around 39,000 after it. Matros Calls An All-In Bet, Chops Matt Matros called a short-stacked player’s all in bet for 7,325 preflop and they showed down. Their hands? The same: Matros: A It seemed like an obvious chop, but through the turn the board ran 5 Matros had around 120,000 after the hand.
Jason Somerville raised from the cutoff and the big blind moved all-in for 10,000. Somerville promptly called and tabled Q The board ran out J Michelle’s Bluff Gets Sniffed Out On the turn, the board read 5 After the dealer peeled off the 5 Michelle didn’t respond and eventually her opponent made the call. Michelle showed A
We caught up with the action on the river with the board reading J Leigh tabled A Left in the Deck: “Miami” John Cernuto is supposedly sitting at the featured table right in front of us, but he has yet to show up for the tournament today. He has been being blinded off for the last three hours and is down to 12,000 in chips. Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Erik Seidel, Raymond Davis, Ted Forrest, Greg Mueller, Gabe Kaplan, David Williams, Sam Farha, Vitaly Lunkin, Corwin Cole, Lauren Kling |
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| Jun 22, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 38 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship | 3 | + |
Level 19: Vitaly Lunkin EliminatedJun 22, '10 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 Players Remaining: 22 out of 268 Average Chip Count: 365,454 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Clement Thumy – 925,000 Notable Eliminations: John Dwyer Big Hands:
Dustin Woolf raised to 33,000 and Vitaly Lunkin made it 62,000 from the cutoff. Thomas Marchese then reraised to 180,000 from the big blind and Woolf got out of the way. Lunkin made the call with the rest of his chips and turned over K The board ran out Q A few hands later, Lunkin saw a flop of A Lunkin tabled K The turn was the 3 John Dwyer Eliminated John Dwyer was all in preflop with A Dwyer was in good position to double up, but the board ran out 9 Player Tags: Amnon Filippi, John Dwyer, Vitaly Lunkin, Clement Thumy Level 10: David Baker Doubles UpJun 21, '10 Blinds: 800-1,600 Players Remaining: 99 out of 268 Average Chip Count: 81,212 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Thomas Marchese – 330,000 Notable Eliminations: Shaun Deeb Big Hands:
David Baker moved all in preflop for 13,200. Shawn Keller made the call and turned over 2 The flop came down A He was up to 27,000. Nam Le Takes A Pot Nam Le raised to 4,500 from early position and action folded around to Mikael Thuritz in the big blind. After a few moments of thought, Thuritz made the call and the flop came down 9 Thuritz checked and Le counted out some chips. He then bet 7,000 and Thuritz quickly released his hand. Le took the pot and was at 20,000.
Picking up the action on the turn, Vitaly Lunkin was involved in a hand with Thomas Marchese. Lunkin checked to Marchese with the board showing Q Marchese looked disgusted and mucked his hand, surrendering the pot to Lunkin. Lunkin was at 61,000 while Marchese still held his chip lead at 330,000. Player Tags: Nam Le, Shawn Keller, Mikael Thuritz, Vitaly Lunkin, David Baker, Thomas Marchese |
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| Jun 21, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 38 - $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship | 2 | + |
Level 19: Vitaly Lunkin EliminatedJun 22, '10 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 Players Remaining: 22 out of 268 Average Chip Count: 365,454 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Clement Thumy – 925,000 Notable Eliminations: John Dwyer Big Hands:
Dustin Woolf raised to 33,000 and Vitaly Lunkin made it 62,000 from the cutoff. Thomas Marchese then reraised to 180,000 from the big blind and Woolf got out of the way. Lunkin made the call with the rest of his chips and turned over K The board ran out Q A few hands later, Lunkin saw a flop of A Lunkin tabled K The turn was the 3 John Dwyer Eliminated John Dwyer was all in preflop with A Dwyer was in good position to double up, but the board ran out 9 Player Tags: Amnon Filippi, John Dwyer, Vitaly Lunkin, Clement Thumy Level 10: David Baker Doubles UpJun 21, '10 Blinds: 800-1,600 Players Remaining: 99 out of 268 Average Chip Count: 81,212 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Thomas Marchese – 330,000 Notable Eliminations: Shaun Deeb Big Hands:
David Baker moved all in preflop for 13,200. Shawn Keller made the call and turned over 2 The flop came down A He was up to 27,000. Nam Le Takes A Pot Nam Le raised to 4,500 from early position and action folded around to Mikael Thuritz in the big blind. After a few moments of thought, Thuritz made the call and the flop came down 9 Thuritz checked and Le counted out some chips. He then bet 7,000 and Thuritz quickly released his hand. Le took the pot and was at 20,000.
Picking up the action on the turn, Vitaly Lunkin was involved in a hand with Thomas Marchese. Lunkin checked to Marchese with the board showing Q Marchese looked disgusted and mucked his hand, surrendering the pot to Lunkin. Lunkin was at 61,000 while Marchese still held his chip lead at 330,000. Player Tags: Nam Le, Shawn Keller, Mikael Thuritz, Vitaly Lunkin, David Baker, Thomas Marchese |
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| May 30, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 3 - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 2 | + |
Level 5 Update: Baldwin Steadily Climbing the Chip CountsMay 30, '10 Blinds: 100-200 Players Remaining: 820 out of 4,345 Card Player Chip Counts: Stephen Murphy – 14,000 Notable Eliminations: Vitaly Lunkin Big Hands:
We missed all of the action but we saw Eric Baldwin stacking a bunch of chips and his opponent was getting up from his seat. Baldwin had pocket fives and there was a 5 on the flop and his opponent was showing unimproved pocket jacks. “He definitely wanted to raise before the flop,” said Baldwin to the table. “I don’t know if I get to the flop if he does.” Baldwin now has 12,000 in chips. Seif’s Slick Holds, Knocks out Opponent There was some heavy action preflop, where one player was all in and three people called, including Mark Seif. The flop was K The turn and river bricked off for Seif, as he improved his stack around 13,000. Mizzi Knocks Off an Opponent Sorel Mizzi raised to 450 from late position and the player on the button moved in for 1,200. Mizzi made the call and tabled K The board was ace-free and Mizzi improved his stack to 5,800.
Justin Marchand Eliminates Vitaly Lunkin Card Player’s own Justin Marchand raised Vitaly Lunkin’s big blind with pocket jacks. Lunkin then shoved in his remaining chips with J-10 and was instantly called by Marchand. A jack on the flop sealed the hand for Marchand, who is now up to 8,400 in cihps. Player Tags: Mark Seif, Justin Marchand, Eric Baldwin, Vitaly Lunkin, Sorel Mizzi |
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| May 28, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $50,000 Players Championship | 1 | + |
Level Three: Mizrachi Under 100kMay 28, '10 Blinds Flop Games: 600-1,200; 1,200-2,400 Stakes Players Remaining: 115 out of 116 Notable Chip Counts: Eliminations: None Note: The prize pool was announced as the official field has reached 116 players. There will be 16 places paid with 16th place receiving $98,331. The winner of the Players Championship will win the Chip Reese Trophy and $1,559,043 Big Hands: No Limit Hold’Em
On a board showing 8 Mizrachi made the call and the river brought the 10 Mizrachi checked to Hastings who fired 45,000. Mizrachi took a massive session in the tank before finally releasing his hand. Hastings took the pot and was around 200,000. Mizrachi was down to 85,000. Oppenheim’s reraises build, take big pot Seat one raised preflop to 1500 and David Oppenheim reraised to 4400. Seat one called and the flop came J Mizzi Sings The Blues, Sung Calls Bluff On a board showing K The river was the 4 “You got me,” he said to Sung. Sung showed A Hasan Habib trips up Chen On a board of K Limit HE
On a board showing 9 The J “You will get half,” Raymer said. He tabled A Kelly Straightens Out Super Dario Dan Kelly raised to 2,400 preflop from the button. Dario Minieri raised to 3,600 from the small blind and Kelly made the call. The flop came down J Minieri slowed down, checking to Kelly who bet 2,400. Minieri called and Kelly showed down A Williamson’s Queens Stay True In a limped pot Todd Brunson was heads up against Robert Williamson III heading into a flop of 9 Brunson checked and Williamson bet 1200. Brunson called and both players checked the A When the 9 Omaha 8OB
Ted Forrest entered a pot along with Mike Matusow, Alexander Kostritsyn and Eli Elezra. On a flop of 10 Lunkin’s stack takes a hit Robert Mizrachi raised to 2,400 preflop and Vitaly Lunkin made the call. The flop fell J Lunkin tanked for a few moments and then let his hand slide into the muck. Mizrachi took down the pot and was hovering around 100,000. Lunkin fell to 153,000. Harman Blows Past Boeken On a board of J Seven Card Stud See Chen Win Negreanu’s two pair takes it John Monnette bet every street heads up against Daniel Negreanu. The cards fell as follows:
Matusow Falling Mike Matusow and fellow Full Tilt pro Erick Lindgren were paired up in a large pot. Lindgren fired away on each street, finally forcing Matusow to fold the (X-X)(X)K Pot-limit Omaha Zolotow Wins On a board of J Player Tags: Hasan Habib, Daniel Negreanu, Ted Forrest, Todd Brunson, David Oppenheim, Steve Zolotow, Mike Matusow, Michael Mizrachi, Jennifer Harman, Greg Raymer, John Monnette, Noah Boeken, Bill Chen, Steve Sung, Michael Binger, Robert Williamson III, Dario Minieri, Vitaly Lunkin, Ralph Perry, Sorel Mizzi, Alexander Kostritsyn, Brian Hastings The WSOP is Upon Us!May 28, '10
Last year’s Players Championship was taken down by Vitaly Lunkin in what would be the start of an incredible 2009 WSOP run for the Russian player. This five-day event will be covered live here on CardPlayer.com. Player Tags: Vitaly Lunkin |
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| Jan 06, '10 | 2010 PokerStars.com EPT Caribbean Adventure - Season VI | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event | 2 | + |
Level 7 Update: Here Comes Phil IveyJan 06, '10 Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante Players Remaining: 665 out of 846 Notable Chip Counts: Vanessa Rousso — 145,000 Average Chip Count: 38,165 Notable Eliminations: Jayde Nicole Left In the Deck Official Numbers The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure has officially surpassed last year’s mark of 1,347. A total of 846 players bought in for day 1B and with day 1A’s 669, have formed a field of 1,515. Prize pool and payout information has yet to be passed along, but last year’s tournament awarded a cool $3 million for first. We’re expecting around $3.5 million this time around. Big Hands: That’s Game For Boris Becker Boris Becker came over the top of a player’s opening raise for his last 11,000 in chips with A Becker couldn’t overcome the domination as the board ran out J Jayde Nicole Exits, Room Suffers Playboy Playmate Jayde Nicole raised to 1,300 from middle position and Andrew McNamee raised all in from the big blind. Nicole called all in for her last 12,000 or so and the cards went on their backs. Nicole showed two red jacks and McNamee was racing with A After the hand, McNamee said, “I almost didn’t like that ace.” Neither did we, Andrew. Phil Ivey Makes Kings Work Phil Ivey raised to 1,600, Chris “SloppyKlod” Klodnicki raised to 4,500 and then Dominic Nitsche moved all in for 27,000. Ivey called and Klodnicki folded. Nitsche showed pocket queens, but Ivey’s pocket kings were best, holding on a board reading 7 Alexandre Gomes Runs Into Kings Team PokerStars Pro Alexandre Gomes has fallen short of his triple crown, at least for the time being, when his big slick ran into an opponent’s pocket kings. Suck, Resuck, For Vitaly Lunkin WSOP superstar Vitaly Lunkin just went through a wide range of emotions in a very short span. Lunkin showed pocket eights on a flop of 10 Lunkin had four outs to survive and one hit when the 10 Player Tags: Phil Ivey, Vitaly Lunkin, Boris Becker, Alexandre Gomes |
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| Jul 10, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 3 | + |
Level 14 Hour 1 Update: Vitaly Lunkin Triples UpJul 10, '09 Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 864 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,250,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Phil Hellmuth – 500,000 Average Chip Count: 220,884 Notable Eliminations: Lee Markholt Big Hands: Steven Van Zadelhoff Doubles Up Sorel Mizzi reraised all in preflop for 209,000 and Steven Van Zadelhoff made the call. Mizzi flipped over K-6 and Van Zadelhoff showed down A-K. The board came all blanks and Van Zadelhoff grew his stack to 440,000. Kostritsyn vs. Arieh Kostritsyn raised preflop and four players made the call. The flop was dealt 5 Vitaly Lunkin Wins Triple Up Miracle A player in middle position raised to 8,000 and Vitaly Lunkin went all in for 38,900 on his immediate left. A player in late position contemplated briefly before making the call. Action was back to the initial raiser who quickly moved all in for about 100,000 more. The player in late position who smooth called Lunkin’s all-in instantly called and tabled the A
Bertrand Grospellier Continues to Roll On a board of A Jeff Shulman Wins a Pot Jeff Shulman bet 8,000 on the button and a player in the small blind made it 23,500. Shulman made the call and the flop came 7 Peter Eatgate Takes a Hit Peter Eastgate raised to 7,500 preflop and the small blind reraised to 24,400. The flop was dealt K Jason Alexander Eliminated Christian Heich raised to 8,000 from early position and one player called before Carter King raised to 30,400 from late position. Jason Alexander made the call from the small blind and Heich called as well. The original caller mucked and the flop was dealt 6 Alexander: J Turn and River: 9 Heich made trips on the river to win the pot and grow his stack to 870,000. Alexander was eliminated on the hand. Jeffrey Lisandro Eliminated With 100,000 in the pot on the turn with a board of 9 Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Jeff Shulman, Vitaly Lunkin, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 3 Hour One Update: A Lesson For The MasterJul 03, '09 Blinds: 150-300 Chip Counts: 1. Bryan Colin – 75,000 Notable Eliminations: Nick Frangos Big Hands:
On a board showing J “You checked the river with two pair?” a player who was observing the hand quipped. “He’s a changed man,” John Duthie joked. Nguyen then chimed in with; “Three more Corona’s and then maybe.” He then added, “You wanna teach the Master how to play?” The other player quickly replied, “I’m trying to learn from you.” Everyone laughed and Nguyen was at 31,000. Lunkin Muscled Out Vitaly Lunkin raised to 800 preflop and action folded around to seat 4. He made it 2,500 to go and Lunkin was next to act. He spent a few moments in the tank, then released his hand into the muck. He was at 45,000 after the hand.
After a flop of 8 Chan could not beat it and mucked his hand. He was down to just 8,200 after losing that pot. It Was That Damn Sasquatch Adrian Gavile and John Kranyak were involved in a hand that resulted in Gavile making quad jacks against Kranyak’s ace-king. As a result, Gavile won the $100 prize package offered by the official sponsor of the 2009 WSOP, Jack Link’s Beef Jerky. The prize package essentially consists of $100 worth of beef jerky. Play was halted for almost five minutes as the floor awaited on the Jack Link’s Sasquatch to arrive and give Gavile his prize. However, the Sasquatch was nowhere to be found and the floor ruled for play to continue. Gavile would just have to wait for the Sasquatch to make his presence known in order to receive his prize.
On a flop of K Fricke Value Bets and Wins a Small Pot With the board reading A Fricke quickly turned over the Q Hennigan Mucks to the Nut Flush After a raise and a call preflop, John Hennigan defended his big blind. The flop was 6 The river was the 6 The cutoff showed the A Player Tags: Men Nguyen, John Hennigan, Johnny Chan, Jerry Yang, Jimmy Fricke, Adrian Gavile, Vitaly Lunkin, John Kranyak |
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| Jul 03, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 1 | + |
Level 14 Hour 1 Update: Vitaly Lunkin Triples UpJul 10, '09 Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 864 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,250,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Phil Hellmuth – 500,000 Average Chip Count: 220,884 Notable Eliminations: Lee Markholt Big Hands: Steven Van Zadelhoff Doubles Up Sorel Mizzi reraised all in preflop for 209,000 and Steven Van Zadelhoff made the call. Mizzi flipped over K-6 and Van Zadelhoff showed down A-K. The board came all blanks and Van Zadelhoff grew his stack to 440,000. Kostritsyn vs. Arieh Kostritsyn raised preflop and four players made the call. The flop was dealt 5 Vitaly Lunkin Wins Triple Up Miracle A player in middle position raised to 8,000 and Vitaly Lunkin went all in for 38,900 on his immediate left. A player in late position contemplated briefly before making the call. Action was back to the initial raiser who quickly moved all in for about 100,000 more. The player in late position who smooth called Lunkin’s all-in instantly called and tabled the A
Bertrand Grospellier Continues to Roll On a board of A Jeff Shulman Wins a Pot Jeff Shulman bet 8,000 on the button and a player in the small blind made it 23,500. Shulman made the call and the flop came 7 Peter Eatgate Takes a Hit Peter Eastgate raised to 7,500 preflop and the small blind reraised to 24,400. The flop was dealt K Jason Alexander Eliminated Christian Heich raised to 8,000 from early position and one player called before Carter King raised to 30,400 from late position. Jason Alexander made the call from the small blind and Heich called as well. The original caller mucked and the flop was dealt 6 Alexander: J Turn and River: 9 Heich made trips on the river to win the pot and grow his stack to 870,000. Alexander was eliminated on the hand. Jeffrey Lisandro Eliminated With 100,000 in the pot on the turn with a board of 9 Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Jeff Shulman, Vitaly Lunkin, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 3 Hour One Update: A Lesson For The MasterJul 03, '09 Blinds: 150-300 Chip Counts: 1. Bryan Colin – 75,000 Notable Eliminations: Nick Frangos Big Hands:
On a board showing J “You checked the river with two pair?” a player who was observing the hand quipped. “He’s a changed man,” John Duthie joked. Nguyen then chimed in with; “Three more Corona’s and then maybe.” He then added, “You wanna teach the Master how to play?” The other player quickly replied, “I’m trying to learn from you.” Everyone laughed and Nguyen was at 31,000. Lunkin Muscled Out Vitaly Lunkin raised to 800 preflop and action folded around to seat 4. He made it 2,500 to go and Lunkin was next to act. He spent a few moments in the tank, then released his hand into the muck. He was at 45,000 after the hand.
After a flop of 8 Chan could not beat it and mucked his hand. He was down to just 8,200 after losing that pot. It Was That Damn Sasquatch Adrian Gavile and John Kranyak were involved in a hand that resulted in Gavile making quad jacks against Kranyak’s ace-king. As a result, Gavile won the $100 prize package offered by the official sponsor of the 2009 WSOP, Jack Link’s Beef Jerky. The prize package essentially consists of $100 worth of beef jerky. Play was halted for almost five minutes as the floor awaited on the Jack Link’s Sasquatch to arrive and give Gavile his prize. However, the Sasquatch was nowhere to be found and the floor ruled for play to continue. Gavile would just have to wait for the Sasquatch to make his presence known in order to receive his prize.
On a flop of K Fricke Value Bets and Wins a Small Pot With the board reading A Fricke quickly turned over the Q Hennigan Mucks to the Nut Flush After a raise and a call preflop, John Hennigan defended his big blind. The flop was 6 The river was the 6 The cutoff showed the A Player Tags: Men Nguyen, John Hennigan, Johnny Chan, Jerry Yang, Jimmy Fricke, Adrian Gavile, Vitaly Lunkin, John Kranyak |
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