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Vitaly Lunkin
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Vitaly Lunkin - Live Updates
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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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| Jun 30, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E | 5 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final Table Update: Vitaly Lunkin Eliminated In 4th PlaceJul 01, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 50,000-100,000 Limits — 100,000-200,000 Players Remaining: 3 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. John Hanson – 6,430,000 Average Chip Count: 4,956,666 Notable Eliminations: 4. Vitaly Lunkin — $368,813 Big Hands Stud/8
Vitaly Lunkin brought in 30,000 and Erik Sagstrom completed to 100,000. Lunkin called and here were their boards heading into fourth street. Lunkin: X-X-2 Sagstrom bet 100,000 and Lunkin made the call. Lunkin: X-X-2 Sagstrom bet 200,000 and Lunkin called. Lunkin: X-X-2 Lunkin paired and led out with 200,000. Sagstrom raised to 400,000 and Lunkin came right back over the top for the rest of his chips. Sagstrom made the call and showed (A Player Tags: Erik Sagstrom, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Huck Seed Eliminated In 5th PlaceJul 01, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 50,000-100,000 Limits — 100,000-200,000 Players Remaining: 4 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. John Hanson – 7,740,000 Average Chip Count: 3,695,000 Notable Eliminations: 5. Huck Seed — $276,610 Big Hands Hold’em
Vitaly Lunkin limped in from early position and Erik Sagstrom raised to 200,000 from the button. John Hanson called from the small blind and Huck Seed called all in from the big blind. The players saw a flop of A Everyone checked and Hanson showed A Player Tags: Huck Seed, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Lunkin Maintains Commanding ChipleadJun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 30,000-60,000 Limits — 60,000-120,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin — 4,715,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,000 Big Hands STUD/8 Sagstrom Scoops Wahlbeck Huck Seed brings it in with the 3 Sagstrom: X-X-A Sagstrom bet on fourth street and Wahlbeck called. Wahlbeck paired his king on fifth street, checking to Sagstrom. Sagstrom bets and Wahlbeck calls. Both players check on sixth street and Sagstrom bets the rivers, Wahlbeck calls. Sagstrom turns over A HOLD’EM
Ville Wahlbeck raises before the flop, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson and Vitaly Lunkin all call. The flop comes Q The turn is the 9 The river is the 3 OMAHA/8 Lunkin Continues to Pad His Lead Action folds around to the button and Vitaly Lunkin raises, Ville Wahlbeck calls. The flop comes 7 The turn is the 6 The river is the J Player Tags: Huck Seed, Ville Wahlbeck, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Lunkin Takes ChipleadJun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 25,000-50,000 Limits — 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin — 3,795,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,000 Big Hands STUD
David Bach brings it in with the 4 Sagstrom: X-X-10 Lunkin bets out on fourth, fifth and sixth streets and both opponents continue to call. Lunkin checks the river and Seed bets. Sagstrom folds, Lunkin raises, Seed folds and Lunkin rakes the pot. Lunkin takes the chip lead this hand. STUD/8 Sagstrom Gets Scooped, Looses Chiplead David Bach brings it in with the 2 Sagstrom: X-X-A Sagstrom bets out on fourth street and Hanson calls. Hanson takes the lead on fifth street, continuing to bet through the river as Sagstrom calls him down the whole way. Hanson turns over 5 Player Tags: Huck Seed, David Bach, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Seidel 8th ($162,382), Giang 7th ($184,087)Jun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 25,000-50,000 Limits — 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Erik Sagstrom — 3,850,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,000 Notable Eliminations: 8. Erik Seidel — $162,382 Big Hands: STUD/8
Vitaly Lunkin brings it in with the 3 Lunkin: X-X-3 Lunin bets out on fourth street and both opponents call. Bach bets out on both fifth and sixth streets and gets two callers. Bach bets out again on seventh street, Seidel calls, Lunkin raises, Bach calls the raise and Seidel calls all in. Lunkin turns over 4 HOLD’EM Chau Giang Eliminated in 7th Place ($184,087) Chau Giang raises before the flop, Erik Sagstrom three-bets and Giang calls. The flop comes A Giang: Q Giang flops middle pair while Sagstrom flops top two pair. The turn and river are the 10 Player Tags: Erik Seidel, David Bach, Chau Giang, Erik Sagstrom, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Sagstrom Still LeadsJun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 20,000-40,000 Limits — 40,000-80,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Erik Sagstrom — 3,685,000 Average Chip Count: 1,781,250 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: RAZZ
Chau Giang opened with a K, John Hanson completed the bet with a 5, Huck Seed calls with an 8, Vitaly Lunkin raises with a 6, Hanson three-bets, Giang folds and both Seed and Lunkin call. Giang: X-X-K Lunkin bets out on fourth street and both opponents call. Hanson leads out on fifth street and both opponents call. Hanson bets out again on sixth street and this time both opponents fold. Hanson rakes the pot. STUD Seidel Wins Big Stud Hand Huck Seed brings it in with the 3 Seed: X-X-3 Seidel leads out on fourth street and Seed raises. Bach folds and Seidel calls. Seidel leads out again on both fifth and sixth streets, Seed calls each time. Both players check the river and Seidel turns over the K Left in the Deck Players took an unscheduled ten-minute break at 3:40pm PDT. Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, David Bach, Chau Giang, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Level 18 Update: John Kabbaj, Steve Billirakis EliminatedJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 13,000-25,000, Limits – 25,000-50,000 Players Remaining: 14 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 2,050,000 Average Chip Count: 950,000 Eliminations: 16. John Kabbaj – $72,914 Big Hands: HOLD’EM
Gus Hansen Builds Chip Stack Ville Wahlbeck raised and Gus Hansen reraised from the cutoff. Wahlbeck made the call. The flop came 10
A few hands later, Gus Hansen and Tony Guoga were tangled up in a hand. Tony G raised in late position and Hansen defended from the big blind. The flop came Q Steve Billirakis Eliminated in 15th Place ($72,914) On a board of A RAZZ
John Kabbaj Eliminated in 16th Place ($72,914) Erik Seidel bet on the end and John Kabbaj raised all in. Seidel thought about it briefly before making the call. Their cards: Seidel: 4X-3X-7X-9X-(AX-2X-4X) When Seidel called and exposed his hand for a 7-4 low. Kabbaj looked at his cards for a few moments before mucking. Seidel is up to 830,000. Left in the Deck: The remaining players are on a 20 minute dinner break. Player Tags: Antanas Guoga, Erik Seidel, Gus Hansen, Ville Wahlbeck, Steve Billirakis, John Kabbaj, Vitaly Lunkin Level 17 Update: Players Are In The MoneyJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 10,000-20,000, Limits – 20,000-40,000 Players Remaining: 16 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 1,510,000 Average Chip Count: 890,625 Eliminations: Todd Brunson Big Hands: STUD/8
Todd Brunson Eliminated Todd Brunson was all in at the end of the hand against Vitaly Lunkin. Their cards: Brunson: (6 Brunson exposed just a pair of sevens, as his low draw and straight draw both missed. Lunkin tabled a pair of eights, which was good enough to send Brunson home early on day four. Lunkin is at 1,510,000. Brett Richey Eliminated Brett Richey was short when he got the last of his chips into the middle against bracelet winner Ville Wahlbeck. Their cards: Richey: (10 Wahlbeck’s queens and nines were good enough to eliminate Richey who didn’t improve on the end. Wahlbeck is now at 1,100,000.
John Kabbaj Stays Alive In Hand For Hand The short stack of John Kabbaj was all in on fifth street against Freddy Deeb. Their cards: Kabbaj: (A Kabbaj needed help against Deeb’s jacks. It came when the 9 OMAHA/8
Gus Hansen Scoops Pot On a board of Q HOLD’EM Freddy Deeb Losing Chips David Bach raised preflop from the cutoff and Freddy Deeb called from the big blind. The flop came A Left in the Deck: The remaining 16 players have reached the money. Player Tags: Gus Hansen, Todd Brunson, David Bach, Ville Wahlbeck, Brett Richey, John Kabbaj, Freddy Deeb, Vitaly Lunkin Day 4 Begins At 2 p.m. Lunkin Leading The WayJun 29, '09
Play will start with the field just three spots shy of the money. It should be interesting to see if the short stacks of David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani and Todd Brunson try and grind out a money finish or if they go for broke right off the bat in day 4. Here is a complete list of the chip counts of everyone heading into day 4.
Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com at 2 p.m. as we bring you all the action with our live updates from day 4 of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E as they play down to a final table of eight players. Player Tags: Vitaly Lunkin Level 16 Update: Defending Champ Nguyen EliminatedJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 9,000-18,000, Limits – 18,000-36,000 Players Remaining: 20 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 1,527,000 Average Chip Count: 750,000 Notable Eliminations: John Hennigan Big Hands: Hold’em
David Bach raised to 36,000 preflop and Freddy Deeb made the call. The flop came down J Deeb showed down K Omaha/8
David Bach raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and the action was on John Hennigan in the small blind. He three-bet to 54,000 and action was back on Bach after the big blind folded. Bach added another bet to 72,000 and Hennigan called. The flop then came down J Bach made the call and Hennigan tabled A
Scotty Nguyen made his last stand just before day 3 came to an end. He was all in for his last 28,000 preflop against Frank Kassela. Here is how their boards looked. Nguyen: A Board: 5 The flop gave Nguyen four cards to a low but the following two streets did refused to help the defending champion and he was eliminated. Razz
Bill Chen was short on chips and found himself at risk on third street against Ray Dehkharghani. Here is how their boards ran out. Chen: (A-8)9-10-K-5(8) Chen was only able to make a king-low and Dehkharghani made a 10-low to knock Chen out just a few spots shy of the money. Dehkharghani took the pot and was at 400,000 after the knockout. Stud High
Steve Billirakis completed to 18,000 and Thor Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call and here is how their boards looked heading into fourth street. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis led out with 18,000 and Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis bet 36,000 and Hansen raised all in. Billirakis made the call and turned over (10 Stud/8
Huck Seed, Vitaly Lunkin and Frank Kassela were each involved in a hand. Kassela brought in for 5,000 and Seed completed to 18,000. Kassela and Lunkin both called. Here is how their boards looked entering fourth street. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed who fired 18,000. Both opponents called. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed again and he fired 36,000. Lunkin made the call but Kassela had enough and mucked. Seed: X-X-8 Lunkin made two pair on sixth street and led out with 36,000. Seed made the call. The river was dealt and both players checked. Lunkin then tabled (8
Picking up the action on fourth street, Steve Billirakis, David Chiu and Matt Glantz were involved in a hand. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 18,000 and both opponents called. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. Glantz called the remainder of his stack and he was all in. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. The river was dealt and Billirakis checked. Chiu fired 36,000 and Billirakis let his hand go. Chiu then tabled (A
Mikhail Tulchinskiy found himself all in against Erik Seidel. Here is how their boards ran out. Tulchinskiy: (3 Seidel was rolled up with three eights but Tulchinskiy got something to fight back with when he received a third three on fourth street. They drew blanks until the river where Tulchinskiy scored a full boat. Unfortunately, Seidel also hit a boat and his was bigger. Tulchinskiy got up and made his exit from the tournament. Player Tags: Thor Hansen, Frank Kassela, Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, David Bach, John Hennigan, David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani, Steve Billirakis, Freddy Deeb, Vitaly Lunkin |
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Final Table Update: Vitaly Lunkin Eliminated In 4th PlaceJul 01, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 50,000-100,000 Limits — 100,000-200,000 Players Remaining: 3 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. John Hanson – 6,430,000 Average Chip Count: 4,956,666 Notable Eliminations: 4. Vitaly Lunkin — $368,813 Big Hands Stud/8
Vitaly Lunkin brought in 30,000 and Erik Sagstrom completed to 100,000. Lunkin called and here were their boards heading into fourth street. Lunkin: X-X-2 Sagstrom bet 100,000 and Lunkin made the call. Lunkin: X-X-2 Sagstrom bet 200,000 and Lunkin called. Lunkin: X-X-2 Lunkin paired and led out with 200,000. Sagstrom raised to 400,000 and Lunkin came right back over the top for the rest of his chips. Sagstrom made the call and showed (A Player Tags: Erik Sagstrom, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Huck Seed Eliminated In 5th PlaceJul 01, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 50,000-100,000 Limits — 100,000-200,000 Players Remaining: 4 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. John Hanson – 7,740,000 Average Chip Count: 3,695,000 Notable Eliminations: 5. Huck Seed — $276,610 Big Hands Hold’em
Vitaly Lunkin limped in from early position and Erik Sagstrom raised to 200,000 from the button. John Hanson called from the small blind and Huck Seed called all in from the big blind. The players saw a flop of A Everyone checked and Hanson showed A Player Tags: Huck Seed, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Lunkin Maintains Commanding ChipleadJun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 30,000-60,000 Limits — 60,000-120,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin — 4,715,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,000 Big Hands STUD/8 Sagstrom Scoops Wahlbeck Huck Seed brings it in with the 3 Sagstrom: X-X-A Sagstrom bet on fourth street and Wahlbeck called. Wahlbeck paired his king on fifth street, checking to Sagstrom. Sagstrom bets and Wahlbeck calls. Both players check on sixth street and Sagstrom bets the rivers, Wahlbeck calls. Sagstrom turns over A HOLD’EM
Ville Wahlbeck raises before the flop, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson and Vitaly Lunkin all call. The flop comes Q The turn is the 9 The river is the 3 OMAHA/8 Lunkin Continues to Pad His Lead Action folds around to the button and Vitaly Lunkin raises, Ville Wahlbeck calls. The flop comes 7 The turn is the 6 The river is the J Player Tags: Huck Seed, Ville Wahlbeck, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Lunkin Takes ChipleadJun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 25,000-50,000 Limits — 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin — 3,795,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,000 Big Hands STUD
David Bach brings it in with the 4 Sagstrom: X-X-10 Lunkin bets out on fourth, fifth and sixth streets and both opponents continue to call. Lunkin checks the river and Seed bets. Sagstrom folds, Lunkin raises, Seed folds and Lunkin rakes the pot. Lunkin takes the chip lead this hand. STUD/8 Sagstrom Gets Scooped, Looses Chiplead David Bach brings it in with the 2 Sagstrom: X-X-A Sagstrom bets out on fourth street and Hanson calls. Hanson takes the lead on fifth street, continuing to bet through the river as Sagstrom calls him down the whole way. Hanson turns over 5 Player Tags: Huck Seed, David Bach, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Seidel 8th ($162,382), Giang 7th ($184,087)Jun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 25,000-50,000 Limits — 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Erik Sagstrom — 3,850,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,000 Notable Eliminations: 8. Erik Seidel — $162,382 Big Hands: STUD/8
Vitaly Lunkin brings it in with the 3 Lunkin: X-X-3 Lunin bets out on fourth street and both opponents call. Bach bets out on both fifth and sixth streets and gets two callers. Bach bets out again on seventh street, Seidel calls, Lunkin raises, Bach calls the raise and Seidel calls all in. Lunkin turns over 4 HOLD’EM Chau Giang Eliminated in 7th Place ($184,087) Chau Giang raises before the flop, Erik Sagstrom three-bets and Giang calls. The flop comes A Giang: Q Giang flops middle pair while Sagstrom flops top two pair. The turn and river are the 10 Player Tags: Erik Seidel, David Bach, Chau Giang, Erik Sagstrom, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Sagstrom Still LeadsJun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 20,000-40,000 Limits — 40,000-80,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Erik Sagstrom — 3,685,000 Average Chip Count: 1,781,250 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: RAZZ
Chau Giang opened with a K, John Hanson completed the bet with a 5, Huck Seed calls with an 8, Vitaly Lunkin raises with a 6, Hanson three-bets, Giang folds and both Seed and Lunkin call. Giang: X-X-K Lunkin bets out on fourth street and both opponents call. Hanson leads out on fifth street and both opponents call. Hanson bets out again on sixth street and this time both opponents fold. Hanson rakes the pot. STUD Seidel Wins Big Stud Hand Huck Seed brings it in with the 3 Seed: X-X-3 Seidel leads out on fourth street and Seed raises. Bach folds and Seidel calls. Seidel leads out again on both fifth and sixth streets, Seed calls each time. Both players check the river and Seidel turns over the K Left in the Deck Players took an unscheduled ten-minute break at 3:40pm PDT. Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, David Bach, Chau Giang, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Level 18 Update: John Kabbaj, Steve Billirakis EliminatedJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 13,000-25,000, Limits – 25,000-50,000 Players Remaining: 14 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 2,050,000 Average Chip Count: 950,000 Eliminations: 16. John Kabbaj – $72,914 Big Hands: HOLD’EM
Gus Hansen Builds Chip Stack Ville Wahlbeck raised and Gus Hansen reraised from the cutoff. Wahlbeck made the call. The flop came 10
A few hands later, Gus Hansen and Tony Guoga were tangled up in a hand. Tony G raised in late position and Hansen defended from the big blind. The flop came Q Steve Billirakis Eliminated in 15th Place ($72,914) On a board of A RAZZ
John Kabbaj Eliminated in 16th Place ($72,914) Erik Seidel bet on the end and John Kabbaj raised all in. Seidel thought about it briefly before making the call. Their cards: Seidel: 4X-3X-7X-9X-(AX-2X-4X) When Seidel called and exposed his hand for a 7-4 low. Kabbaj looked at his cards for a few moments before mucking. Seidel is up to 830,000. Left in the Deck: The remaining players are on a 20 minute dinner break. Player Tags: Antanas Guoga, Erik Seidel, Gus Hansen, Ville Wahlbeck, Steve Billirakis, John Kabbaj, Vitaly Lunkin Level 17 Update: Players Are In The MoneyJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 10,000-20,000, Limits – 20,000-40,000 Players Remaining: 16 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 1,510,000 Average Chip Count: 890,625 Eliminations: Todd Brunson Big Hands: STUD/8
Todd Brunson Eliminated Todd Brunson was all in at the end of the hand against Vitaly Lunkin. Their cards: Brunson: (6 Brunson exposed just a pair of sevens, as his low draw and straight draw both missed. Lunkin tabled a pair of eights, which was good enough to send Brunson home early on day four. Lunkin is at 1,510,000. Brett Richey Eliminated Brett Richey was short when he got the last of his chips into the middle against bracelet winner Ville Wahlbeck. Their cards: Richey: (10 Wahlbeck’s queens and nines were good enough to eliminate Richey who didn’t improve on the end. Wahlbeck is now at 1,100,000.
John Kabbaj Stays Alive In Hand For Hand The short stack of John Kabbaj was all in on fifth street against Freddy Deeb. Their cards: Kabbaj: (A Kabbaj needed help against Deeb’s jacks. It came when the 9 OMAHA/8
Gus Hansen Scoops Pot On a board of Q HOLD’EM Freddy Deeb Losing Chips David Bach raised preflop from the cutoff and Freddy Deeb called from the big blind. The flop came A Left in the Deck: The remaining 16 players have reached the money. Player Tags: Gus Hansen, Todd Brunson, David Bach, Ville Wahlbeck, Brett Richey, John Kabbaj, Freddy Deeb, Vitaly Lunkin Day 4 Begins At 2 p.m. Lunkin Leading The WayJun 29, '09
Play will start with the field just three spots shy of the money. It should be interesting to see if the short stacks of David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani and Todd Brunson try and grind out a money finish or if they go for broke right off the bat in day 4. Here is a complete list of the chip counts of everyone heading into day 4.
Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com at 2 p.m. as we bring you all the action with our live updates from day 4 of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E as they play down to a final table of eight players. Player Tags: Vitaly Lunkin Level 16 Update: Defending Champ Nguyen EliminatedJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 9,000-18,000, Limits – 18,000-36,000 Players Remaining: 20 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 1,527,000 Average Chip Count: 750,000 Notable Eliminations: John Hennigan Big Hands: Hold’em
David Bach raised to 36,000 preflop and Freddy Deeb made the call. The flop came down J Deeb showed down K Omaha/8
David Bach raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and the action was on John Hennigan in the small blind. He three-bet to 54,000 and action was back on Bach after the big blind folded. Bach added another bet to 72,000 and Hennigan called. The flop then came down J Bach made the call and Hennigan tabled A
Scotty Nguyen made his last stand just before day 3 came to an end. He was all in for his last 28,000 preflop against Frank Kassela. Here is how their boards looked. Nguyen: A Board: 5 The flop gave Nguyen four cards to a low but the following two streets did refused to help the defending champion and he was eliminated. Razz
Bill Chen was short on chips and found himself at risk on third street against Ray Dehkharghani. Here is how their boards ran out. Chen: (A-8)9-10-K-5(8) Chen was only able to make a king-low and Dehkharghani made a 10-low to knock Chen out just a few spots shy of the money. Dehkharghani took the pot and was at 400,000 after the knockout. Stud High
Steve Billirakis completed to 18,000 and Thor Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call and here is how their boards looked heading into fourth street. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis led out with 18,000 and Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis bet 36,000 and Hansen raised all in. Billirakis made the call and turned over (10 Stud/8
Huck Seed, Vitaly Lunkin and Frank Kassela were each involved in a hand. Kassela brought in for 5,000 and Seed completed to 18,000. Kassela and Lunkin both called. Here is how their boards looked entering fourth street. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed who fired 18,000. Both opponents called. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed again and he fired 36,000. Lunkin made the call but Kassela had enough and mucked. Seed: X-X-8 Lunkin made two pair on sixth street and led out with 36,000. Seed made the call. The river was dealt and both players checked. Lunkin then tabled (8
Picking up the action on fourth street, Steve Billirakis, David Chiu and Matt Glantz were involved in a hand. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 18,000 and both opponents called. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. Glantz called the remainder of his stack and he was all in. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. The river was dealt and Billirakis checked. Chiu fired 36,000 and Billirakis let his hand go. Chiu then tabled (A
Mikhail Tulchinskiy found himself all in against Erik Seidel. Here is how their boards ran out. Tulchinskiy: (3 Seidel was rolled up with three eights but Tulchinskiy got something to fight back with when he received a third three on fourth street. They drew blanks until the river where Tulchinskiy scored a full boat. Unfortunately, Seidel also hit a boat and his was bigger. Tulchinskiy got up and made his exit from the tournament. Player Tags: Thor Hansen, Frank Kassela, Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, David Bach, John Hennigan, David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani, Steve Billirakis, Freddy Deeb, Vitaly Lunkin |
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Final Table Update: Vitaly Lunkin Eliminated In 4th PlaceJul 01, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 50,000-100,000 Limits — 100,000-200,000 Players Remaining: 3 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. John Hanson – 6,430,000 Average Chip Count: 4,956,666 Notable Eliminations: 4. Vitaly Lunkin — $368,813 Big Hands Stud/8
Vitaly Lunkin brought in 30,000 and Erik Sagstrom completed to 100,000. Lunkin called and here were their boards heading into fourth street. Lunkin: X-X-2 Sagstrom bet 100,000 and Lunkin made the call. Lunkin: X-X-2 Sagstrom bet 200,000 and Lunkin called. Lunkin: X-X-2 Lunkin paired and led out with 200,000. Sagstrom raised to 400,000 and Lunkin came right back over the top for the rest of his chips. Sagstrom made the call and showed (A Player Tags: Erik Sagstrom, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Huck Seed Eliminated In 5th PlaceJul 01, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 50,000-100,000 Limits — 100,000-200,000 Players Remaining: 4 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. John Hanson – 7,740,000 Average Chip Count: 3,695,000 Notable Eliminations: 5. Huck Seed — $276,610 Big Hands Hold’em
Vitaly Lunkin limped in from early position and Erik Sagstrom raised to 200,000 from the button. John Hanson called from the small blind and Huck Seed called all in from the big blind. The players saw a flop of A Everyone checked and Hanson showed A Player Tags: Huck Seed, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Lunkin Maintains Commanding ChipleadJun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 30,000-60,000 Limits — 60,000-120,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin — 4,715,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,000 Big Hands STUD/8 Sagstrom Scoops Wahlbeck Huck Seed brings it in with the 3 Sagstrom: X-X-A Sagstrom bet on fourth street and Wahlbeck called. Wahlbeck paired his king on fifth street, checking to Sagstrom. Sagstrom bets and Wahlbeck calls. Both players check on sixth street and Sagstrom bets the rivers, Wahlbeck calls. Sagstrom turns over A HOLD’EM
Ville Wahlbeck raises before the flop, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson and Vitaly Lunkin all call. The flop comes Q The turn is the 9 The river is the 3 OMAHA/8 Lunkin Continues to Pad His Lead Action folds around to the button and Vitaly Lunkin raises, Ville Wahlbeck calls. The flop comes 7 The turn is the 6 The river is the J Player Tags: Huck Seed, Ville Wahlbeck, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Lunkin Takes ChipleadJun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 25,000-50,000 Limits — 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin — 3,795,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,000 Big Hands STUD
David Bach brings it in with the 4 Sagstrom: X-X-10 Lunkin bets out on fourth, fifth and sixth streets and both opponents continue to call. Lunkin checks the river and Seed bets. Sagstrom folds, Lunkin raises, Seed folds and Lunkin rakes the pot. Lunkin takes the chip lead this hand. STUD/8 Sagstrom Gets Scooped, Looses Chiplead David Bach brings it in with the 2 Sagstrom: X-X-A Sagstrom bets out on fourth street and Hanson calls. Hanson takes the lead on fifth street, continuing to bet through the river as Sagstrom calls him down the whole way. Hanson turns over 5 Player Tags: Huck Seed, David Bach, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Seidel 8th ($162,382), Giang 7th ($184,087)Jun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 25,000-50,000 Limits — 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Erik Sagstrom — 3,850,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,000 Notable Eliminations: 8. Erik Seidel — $162,382 Big Hands: STUD/8
Vitaly Lunkin brings it in with the 3 Lunkin: X-X-3 Lunin bets out on fourth street and both opponents call. Bach bets out on both fifth and sixth streets and gets two callers. Bach bets out again on seventh street, Seidel calls, Lunkin raises, Bach calls the raise and Seidel calls all in. Lunkin turns over 4 HOLD’EM Chau Giang Eliminated in 7th Place ($184,087) Chau Giang raises before the flop, Erik Sagstrom three-bets and Giang calls. The flop comes A Giang: Q Giang flops middle pair while Sagstrom flops top two pair. The turn and river are the 10 Player Tags: Erik Seidel, David Bach, Chau Giang, Erik Sagstrom, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Sagstrom Still LeadsJun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 20,000-40,000 Limits — 40,000-80,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Erik Sagstrom — 3,685,000 Average Chip Count: 1,781,250 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: RAZZ
Chau Giang opened with a K, John Hanson completed the bet with a 5, Huck Seed calls with an 8, Vitaly Lunkin raises with a 6, Hanson three-bets, Giang folds and both Seed and Lunkin call. Giang: X-X-K Lunkin bets out on fourth street and both opponents call. Hanson leads out on fifth street and both opponents call. Hanson bets out again on sixth street and this time both opponents fold. Hanson rakes the pot. STUD Seidel Wins Big Stud Hand Huck Seed brings it in with the 3 Seed: X-X-3 Seidel leads out on fourth street and Seed raises. Bach folds and Seidel calls. Seidel leads out again on both fifth and sixth streets, Seed calls each time. Both players check the river and Seidel turns over the K Left in the Deck Players took an unscheduled ten-minute break at 3:40pm PDT. Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, David Bach, Chau Giang, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Level 18 Update: John Kabbaj, Steve Billirakis EliminatedJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 13,000-25,000, Limits – 25,000-50,000 Players Remaining: 14 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 2,050,000 Average Chip Count: 950,000 Eliminations: 16. John Kabbaj – $72,914 Big Hands: HOLD’EM
Gus Hansen Builds Chip Stack Ville Wahlbeck raised and Gus Hansen reraised from the cutoff. Wahlbeck made the call. The flop came 10
A few hands later, Gus Hansen and Tony Guoga were tangled up in a hand. Tony G raised in late position and Hansen defended from the big blind. The flop came Q Steve Billirakis Eliminated in 15th Place ($72,914) On a board of A RAZZ
John Kabbaj Eliminated in 16th Place ($72,914) Erik Seidel bet on the end and John Kabbaj raised all in. Seidel thought about it briefly before making the call. Their cards: Seidel: 4X-3X-7X-9X-(AX-2X-4X) When Seidel called and exposed his hand for a 7-4 low. Kabbaj looked at his cards for a few moments before mucking. Seidel is up to 830,000. Left in the Deck: The remaining players are on a 20 minute dinner break. Player Tags: Antanas Guoga, Erik Seidel, Gus Hansen, Ville Wahlbeck, Steve Billirakis, John Kabbaj, Vitaly Lunkin Level 17 Update: Players Are In The MoneyJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 10,000-20,000, Limits – 20,000-40,000 Players Remaining: 16 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 1,510,000 Average Chip Count: 890,625 Eliminations: Todd Brunson Big Hands: STUD/8
Todd Brunson Eliminated Todd Brunson was all in at the end of the hand against Vitaly Lunkin. Their cards: Brunson: (6 Brunson exposed just a pair of sevens, as his low draw and straight draw both missed. Lunkin tabled a pair of eights, which was good enough to send Brunson home early on day four. Lunkin is at 1,510,000. Brett Richey Eliminated Brett Richey was short when he got the last of his chips into the middle against bracelet winner Ville Wahlbeck. Their cards: Richey: (10 Wahlbeck’s queens and nines were good enough to eliminate Richey who didn’t improve on the end. Wahlbeck is now at 1,100,000.
John Kabbaj Stays Alive In Hand For Hand The short stack of John Kabbaj was all in on fifth street against Freddy Deeb. Their cards: Kabbaj: (A Kabbaj needed help against Deeb’s jacks. It came when the 9 OMAHA/8
Gus Hansen Scoops Pot On a board of Q HOLD’EM Freddy Deeb Losing Chips David Bach raised preflop from the cutoff and Freddy Deeb called from the big blind. The flop came A Left in the Deck: The remaining 16 players have reached the money. Player Tags: Gus Hansen, Todd Brunson, David Bach, Ville Wahlbeck, Brett Richey, John Kabbaj, Freddy Deeb, Vitaly Lunkin Day 4 Begins At 2 p.m. Lunkin Leading The WayJun 29, '09
Play will start with the field just three spots shy of the money. It should be interesting to see if the short stacks of David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani and Todd Brunson try and grind out a money finish or if they go for broke right off the bat in day 4. Here is a complete list of the chip counts of everyone heading into day 4.
Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com at 2 p.m. as we bring you all the action with our live updates from day 4 of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E as they play down to a final table of eight players. Player Tags: Vitaly Lunkin Level 16 Update: Defending Champ Nguyen EliminatedJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 9,000-18,000, Limits – 18,000-36,000 Players Remaining: 20 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 1,527,000 Average Chip Count: 750,000 Notable Eliminations: John Hennigan Big Hands: Hold’em
David Bach raised to 36,000 preflop and Freddy Deeb made the call. The flop came down J Deeb showed down K Omaha/8
David Bach raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and the action was on John Hennigan in the small blind. He three-bet to 54,000 and action was back on Bach after the big blind folded. Bach added another bet to 72,000 and Hennigan called. The flop then came down J Bach made the call and Hennigan tabled A
Scotty Nguyen made his last stand just before day 3 came to an end. He was all in for his last 28,000 preflop against Frank Kassela. Here is how their boards looked. Nguyen: A Board: 5 The flop gave Nguyen four cards to a low but the following two streets did refused to help the defending champion and he was eliminated. Razz
Bill Chen was short on chips and found himself at risk on third street against Ray Dehkharghani. Here is how their boards ran out. Chen: (A-8)9-10-K-5(8) Chen was only able to make a king-low and Dehkharghani made a 10-low to knock Chen out just a few spots shy of the money. Dehkharghani took the pot and was at 400,000 after the knockout. Stud High
Steve Billirakis completed to 18,000 and Thor Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call and here is how their boards looked heading into fourth street. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis led out with 18,000 and Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis bet 36,000 and Hansen raised all in. Billirakis made the call and turned over (10 Stud/8
Huck Seed, Vitaly Lunkin and Frank Kassela were each involved in a hand. Kassela brought in for 5,000 and Seed completed to 18,000. Kassela and Lunkin both called. Here is how their boards looked entering fourth street. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed who fired 18,000. Both opponents called. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed again and he fired 36,000. Lunkin made the call but Kassela had enough and mucked. Seed: X-X-8 Lunkin made two pair on sixth street and led out with 36,000. Seed made the call. The river was dealt and both players checked. Lunkin then tabled (8
Picking up the action on fourth street, Steve Billirakis, David Chiu and Matt Glantz were involved in a hand. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 18,000 and both opponents called. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. Glantz called the remainder of his stack and he was all in. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. The river was dealt and Billirakis checked. Chiu fired 36,000 and Billirakis let his hand go. Chiu then tabled (A
Mikhail Tulchinskiy found himself all in against Erik Seidel. Here is how their boards ran out. Tulchinskiy: (3 Seidel was rolled up with three eights but Tulchinskiy got something to fight back with when he received a third three on fourth street. They drew blanks until the river where Tulchinskiy scored a full boat. Unfortunately, Seidel also hit a boat and his was bigger. Tulchinskiy got up and made his exit from the tournament. Player Tags: Thor Hansen, Frank Kassela, Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, David Bach, John Hennigan, David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani, Steve Billirakis, Freddy Deeb, Vitaly Lunkin |
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Final Table Update: Vitaly Lunkin Eliminated In 4th PlaceJul 01, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 50,000-100,000 Limits — 100,000-200,000 Players Remaining: 3 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. John Hanson – 6,430,000 Average Chip Count: 4,956,666 Notable Eliminations: 4. Vitaly Lunkin — $368,813 Big Hands Stud/8
Vitaly Lunkin brought in 30,000 and Erik Sagstrom completed to 100,000. Lunkin called and here were their boards heading into fourth street. Lunkin: X-X-2 Sagstrom bet 100,000 and Lunkin made the call. Lunkin: X-X-2 Sagstrom bet 200,000 and Lunkin called. Lunkin: X-X-2 Lunkin paired and led out with 200,000. Sagstrom raised to 400,000 and Lunkin came right back over the top for the rest of his chips. Sagstrom made the call and showed (A Player Tags: Erik Sagstrom, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Huck Seed Eliminated In 5th PlaceJul 01, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 50,000-100,000 Limits — 100,000-200,000 Players Remaining: 4 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. John Hanson – 7,740,000 Average Chip Count: 3,695,000 Notable Eliminations: 5. Huck Seed — $276,610 Big Hands Hold’em
Vitaly Lunkin limped in from early position and Erik Sagstrom raised to 200,000 from the button. John Hanson called from the small blind and Huck Seed called all in from the big blind. The players saw a flop of A Everyone checked and Hanson showed A Player Tags: Huck Seed, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Lunkin Maintains Commanding ChipleadJun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 30,000-60,000 Limits — 60,000-120,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin — 4,715,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,000 Big Hands STUD/8 Sagstrom Scoops Wahlbeck Huck Seed brings it in with the 3 Sagstrom: X-X-A Sagstrom bet on fourth street and Wahlbeck called. Wahlbeck paired his king on fifth street, checking to Sagstrom. Sagstrom bets and Wahlbeck calls. Both players check on sixth street and Sagstrom bets the rivers, Wahlbeck calls. Sagstrom turns over A HOLD’EM
Ville Wahlbeck raises before the flop, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson and Vitaly Lunkin all call. The flop comes Q The turn is the 9 The river is the 3 OMAHA/8 Lunkin Continues to Pad His Lead Action folds around to the button and Vitaly Lunkin raises, Ville Wahlbeck calls. The flop comes 7 The turn is the 6 The river is the J Player Tags: Huck Seed, Ville Wahlbeck, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Lunkin Takes ChipleadJun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 25,000-50,000 Limits — 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin — 3,795,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,000 Big Hands STUD
David Bach brings it in with the 4 Sagstrom: X-X-10 Lunkin bets out on fourth, fifth and sixth streets and both opponents continue to call. Lunkin checks the river and Seed bets. Sagstrom folds, Lunkin raises, Seed folds and Lunkin rakes the pot. Lunkin takes the chip lead this hand. STUD/8 Sagstrom Gets Scooped, Looses Chiplead David Bach brings it in with the 2 Sagstrom: X-X-A Sagstrom bets out on fourth street and Hanson calls. Hanson takes the lead on fifth street, continuing to bet through the river as Sagstrom calls him down the whole way. Hanson turns over 5 Player Tags: Huck Seed, David Bach, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Seidel 8th ($162,382), Giang 7th ($184,087)Jun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 25,000-50,000 Limits — 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Erik Sagstrom — 3,850,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,000 Notable Eliminations: 8. Erik Seidel — $162,382 Big Hands: STUD/8
Vitaly Lunkin brings it in with the 3 Lunkin: X-X-3 Lunin bets out on fourth street and both opponents call. Bach bets out on both fifth and sixth streets and gets two callers. Bach bets out again on seventh street, Seidel calls, Lunkin raises, Bach calls the raise and Seidel calls all in. Lunkin turns over 4 HOLD’EM Chau Giang Eliminated in 7th Place ($184,087) Chau Giang raises before the flop, Erik Sagstrom three-bets and Giang calls. The flop comes A Giang: Q Giang flops middle pair while Sagstrom flops top two pair. The turn and river are the 10 Player Tags: Erik Seidel, David Bach, Chau Giang, Erik Sagstrom, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Sagstrom Still LeadsJun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 20,000-40,000 Limits — 40,000-80,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Erik Sagstrom — 3,685,000 Average Chip Count: 1,781,250 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: RAZZ
Chau Giang opened with a K, John Hanson completed the bet with a 5, Huck Seed calls with an 8, Vitaly Lunkin raises with a 6, Hanson three-bets, Giang folds and both Seed and Lunkin call. Giang: X-X-K Lunkin bets out on fourth street and both opponents call. Hanson leads out on fifth street and both opponents call. Hanson bets out again on sixth street and this time both opponents fold. Hanson rakes the pot. STUD Seidel Wins Big Stud Hand Huck Seed brings it in with the 3 Seed: X-X-3 Seidel leads out on fourth street and Seed raises. Bach folds and Seidel calls. Seidel leads out again on both fifth and sixth streets, Seed calls each time. Both players check the river and Seidel turns over the K Left in the Deck Players took an unscheduled ten-minute break at 3:40pm PDT. Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, David Bach, Chau Giang, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Level 18 Update: John Kabbaj, Steve Billirakis EliminatedJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 13,000-25,000, Limits – 25,000-50,000 Players Remaining: 14 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 2,050,000 Average Chip Count: 950,000 Eliminations: 16. John Kabbaj – $72,914 Big Hands: HOLD’EM
Gus Hansen Builds Chip Stack Ville Wahlbeck raised and Gus Hansen reraised from the cutoff. Wahlbeck made the call. The flop came 10
A few hands later, Gus Hansen and Tony Guoga were tangled up in a hand. Tony G raised in late position and Hansen defended from the big blind. The flop came Q Steve Billirakis Eliminated in 15th Place ($72,914) On a board of A RAZZ
John Kabbaj Eliminated in 16th Place ($72,914) Erik Seidel bet on the end and John Kabbaj raised all in. Seidel thought about it briefly before making the call. Their cards: Seidel: 4X-3X-7X-9X-(AX-2X-4X) When Seidel called and exposed his hand for a 7-4 low. Kabbaj looked at his cards for a few moments before mucking. Seidel is up to 830,000. Left in the Deck: The remaining players are on a 20 minute dinner break. Player Tags: Antanas Guoga, Erik Seidel, Gus Hansen, Ville Wahlbeck, Steve Billirakis, John Kabbaj, Vitaly Lunkin Level 17 Update: Players Are In The MoneyJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 10,000-20,000, Limits – 20,000-40,000 Players Remaining: 16 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 1,510,000 Average Chip Count: 890,625 Eliminations: Todd Brunson Big Hands: STUD/8
Todd Brunson Eliminated Todd Brunson was all in at the end of the hand against Vitaly Lunkin. Their cards: Brunson: (6 Brunson exposed just a pair of sevens, as his low draw and straight draw both missed. Lunkin tabled a pair of eights, which was good enough to send Brunson home early on day four. Lunkin is at 1,510,000. Brett Richey Eliminated Brett Richey was short when he got the last of his chips into the middle against bracelet winner Ville Wahlbeck. Their cards: Richey: (10 Wahlbeck’s queens and nines were good enough to eliminate Richey who didn’t improve on the end. Wahlbeck is now at 1,100,000.
John Kabbaj Stays Alive In Hand For Hand The short stack of John Kabbaj was all in on fifth street against Freddy Deeb. Their cards: Kabbaj: (A Kabbaj needed help against Deeb’s jacks. It came when the 9 OMAHA/8
Gus Hansen Scoops Pot On a board of Q HOLD’EM Freddy Deeb Losing Chips David Bach raised preflop from the cutoff and Freddy Deeb called from the big blind. The flop came A Left in the Deck: The remaining 16 players have reached the money. Player Tags: Gus Hansen, Todd Brunson, David Bach, Ville Wahlbeck, Brett Richey, John Kabbaj, Freddy Deeb, Vitaly Lunkin Day 4 Begins At 2 p.m. Lunkin Leading The WayJun 29, '09
Play will start with the field just three spots shy of the money. It should be interesting to see if the short stacks of David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani and Todd Brunson try and grind out a money finish or if they go for broke right off the bat in day 4. Here is a complete list of the chip counts of everyone heading into day 4.
Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com at 2 p.m. as we bring you all the action with our live updates from day 4 of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E as they play down to a final table of eight players. Player Tags: Vitaly Lunkin Level 16 Update: Defending Champ Nguyen EliminatedJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 9,000-18,000, Limits – 18,000-36,000 Players Remaining: 20 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 1,527,000 Average Chip Count: 750,000 Notable Eliminations: John Hennigan Big Hands: Hold’em
David Bach raised to 36,000 preflop and Freddy Deeb made the call. The flop came down J Deeb showed down K Omaha/8
David Bach raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and the action was on John Hennigan in the small blind. He three-bet to 54,000 and action was back on Bach after the big blind folded. Bach added another bet to 72,000 and Hennigan called. The flop then came down J Bach made the call and Hennigan tabled A
Scotty Nguyen made his last stand just before day 3 came to an end. He was all in for his last 28,000 preflop against Frank Kassela. Here is how their boards looked. Nguyen: A Board: 5 The flop gave Nguyen four cards to a low but the following two streets did refused to help the defending champion and he was eliminated. Razz
Bill Chen was short on chips and found himself at risk on third street against Ray Dehkharghani. Here is how their boards ran out. Chen: (A-8)9-10-K-5(8) Chen was only able to make a king-low and Dehkharghani made a 10-low to knock Chen out just a few spots shy of the money. Dehkharghani took the pot and was at 400,000 after the knockout. Stud High
Steve Billirakis completed to 18,000 and Thor Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call and here is how their boards looked heading into fourth street. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis led out with 18,000 and Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis bet 36,000 and Hansen raised all in. Billirakis made the call and turned over (10 Stud/8
Huck Seed, Vitaly Lunkin and Frank Kassela were each involved in a hand. Kassela brought in for 5,000 and Seed completed to 18,000. Kassela and Lunkin both called. Here is how their boards looked entering fourth street. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed who fired 18,000. Both opponents called. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed again and he fired 36,000. Lunkin made the call but Kassela had enough and mucked. Seed: X-X-8 Lunkin made two pair on sixth street and led out with 36,000. Seed made the call. The river was dealt and both players checked. Lunkin then tabled (8
Picking up the action on fourth street, Steve Billirakis, David Chiu and Matt Glantz were involved in a hand. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 18,000 and both opponents called. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. Glantz called the remainder of his stack and he was all in. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. The river was dealt and Billirakis checked. Chiu fired 36,000 and Billirakis let his hand go. Chiu then tabled (A
Mikhail Tulchinskiy found himself all in against Erik Seidel. Here is how their boards ran out. Tulchinskiy: (3 Seidel was rolled up with three eights but Tulchinskiy got something to fight back with when he received a third three on fourth street. They drew blanks until the river where Tulchinskiy scored a full boat. Unfortunately, Seidel also hit a boat and his was bigger. Tulchinskiy got up and made his exit from the tournament. Player Tags: Thor Hansen, Frank Kassela, Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, David Bach, John Hennigan, David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani, Steve Billirakis, Freddy Deeb, Vitaly Lunkin |
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| Jun 26, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E | 1 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final Table Update: Vitaly Lunkin Eliminated In 4th PlaceJul 01, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 50,000-100,000 Limits — 100,000-200,000 Players Remaining: 3 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. John Hanson – 6,430,000 Average Chip Count: 4,956,666 Notable Eliminations: 4. Vitaly Lunkin — $368,813 Big Hands Stud/8
Vitaly Lunkin brought in 30,000 and Erik Sagstrom completed to 100,000. Lunkin called and here were their boards heading into fourth street. Lunkin: X-X-2 Sagstrom bet 100,000 and Lunkin made the call. Lunkin: X-X-2 Sagstrom bet 200,000 and Lunkin called. Lunkin: X-X-2 Lunkin paired and led out with 200,000. Sagstrom raised to 400,000 and Lunkin came right back over the top for the rest of his chips. Sagstrom made the call and showed (A Player Tags: Erik Sagstrom, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Huck Seed Eliminated In 5th PlaceJul 01, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 50,000-100,000 Limits — 100,000-200,000 Players Remaining: 4 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. John Hanson – 7,740,000 Average Chip Count: 3,695,000 Notable Eliminations: 5. Huck Seed — $276,610 Big Hands Hold’em
Vitaly Lunkin limped in from early position and Erik Sagstrom raised to 200,000 from the button. John Hanson called from the small blind and Huck Seed called all in from the big blind. The players saw a flop of A Everyone checked and Hanson showed A Player Tags: Huck Seed, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Lunkin Maintains Commanding ChipleadJun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 30,000-60,000 Limits — 60,000-120,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin — 4,715,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,000 Big Hands STUD/8 Sagstrom Scoops Wahlbeck Huck Seed brings it in with the 3 Sagstrom: X-X-A Sagstrom bet on fourth street and Wahlbeck called. Wahlbeck paired his king on fifth street, checking to Sagstrom. Sagstrom bets and Wahlbeck calls. Both players check on sixth street and Sagstrom bets the rivers, Wahlbeck calls. Sagstrom turns over A HOLD’EM
Ville Wahlbeck raises before the flop, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson and Vitaly Lunkin all call. The flop comes Q The turn is the 9 The river is the 3 OMAHA/8 Lunkin Continues to Pad His Lead Action folds around to the button and Vitaly Lunkin raises, Ville Wahlbeck calls. The flop comes 7 The turn is the 6 The river is the J Player Tags: Huck Seed, Ville Wahlbeck, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Lunkin Takes ChipleadJun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 25,000-50,000 Limits — 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin — 3,795,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,000 Big Hands STUD
David Bach brings it in with the 4 Sagstrom: X-X-10 Lunkin bets out on fourth, fifth and sixth streets and both opponents continue to call. Lunkin checks the river and Seed bets. Sagstrom folds, Lunkin raises, Seed folds and Lunkin rakes the pot. Lunkin takes the chip lead this hand. STUD/8 Sagstrom Gets Scooped, Looses Chiplead David Bach brings it in with the 2 Sagstrom: X-X-A Sagstrom bets out on fourth street and Hanson calls. Hanson takes the lead on fifth street, continuing to bet through the river as Sagstrom calls him down the whole way. Hanson turns over 5 Player Tags: Huck Seed, David Bach, Erik Sagstrom, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Seidel 8th ($162,382), Giang 7th ($184,087)Jun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 25,000-50,000 Limits — 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Erik Sagstrom — 3,850,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,000 Notable Eliminations: 8. Erik Seidel — $162,382 Big Hands: STUD/8
Vitaly Lunkin brings it in with the 3 Lunkin: X-X-3 Lunin bets out on fourth street and both opponents call. Bach bets out on both fifth and sixth streets and gets two callers. Bach bets out again on seventh street, Seidel calls, Lunkin raises, Bach calls the raise and Seidel calls all in. Lunkin turns over 4 HOLD’EM Chau Giang Eliminated in 7th Place ($184,087) Chau Giang raises before the flop, Erik Sagstrom three-bets and Giang calls. The flop comes A Giang: Q Giang flops middle pair while Sagstrom flops top two pair. The turn and river are the 10 Player Tags: Erik Seidel, David Bach, Chau Giang, Erik Sagstrom, Vitaly Lunkin Final Table Update: Sagstrom Still LeadsJun 30, '09 Flop Games: Blinds — 20,000-40,000 Limits — 40,000-80,000 Players Remaining: 8 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Erik Sagstrom — 3,685,000 Average Chip Count: 1,781,250 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands: RAZZ
Chau Giang opened with a K, John Hanson completed the bet with a 5, Huck Seed calls with an 8, Vitaly Lunkin raises with a 6, Hanson three-bets, Giang folds and both Seed and Lunkin call. Giang: X-X-K Lunkin bets out on fourth street and both opponents call. Hanson leads out on fifth street and both opponents call. Hanson bets out again on sixth street and this time both opponents fold. Hanson rakes the pot. STUD Seidel Wins Big Stud Hand Huck Seed brings it in with the 3 Seed: X-X-3 Seidel leads out on fourth street and Seed raises. Bach folds and Seidel calls. Seidel leads out again on both fifth and sixth streets, Seed calls each time. Both players check the river and Seidel turns over the K Left in the Deck Players took an unscheduled ten-minute break at 3:40pm PDT. Player Tags: Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, David Bach, Chau Giang, John Hanson, Vitaly Lunkin Level 18 Update: John Kabbaj, Steve Billirakis EliminatedJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 13,000-25,000, Limits – 25,000-50,000 Players Remaining: 14 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 2,050,000 Average Chip Count: 950,000 Eliminations: 16. John Kabbaj – $72,914 Big Hands: HOLD’EM
Gus Hansen Builds Chip Stack Ville Wahlbeck raised and Gus Hansen reraised from the cutoff. Wahlbeck made the call. The flop came 10
A few hands later, Gus Hansen and Tony Guoga were tangled up in a hand. Tony G raised in late position and Hansen defended from the big blind. The flop came Q Steve Billirakis Eliminated in 15th Place ($72,914) On a board of A RAZZ
John Kabbaj Eliminated in 16th Place ($72,914) Erik Seidel bet on the end and John Kabbaj raised all in. Seidel thought about it briefly before making the call. Their cards: Seidel: 4X-3X-7X-9X-(AX-2X-4X) When Seidel called and exposed his hand for a 7-4 low. Kabbaj looked at his cards for a few moments before mucking. Seidel is up to 830,000. Left in the Deck: The remaining players are on a 20 minute dinner break. Player Tags: Antanas Guoga, Erik Seidel, Gus Hansen, Ville Wahlbeck, Steve Billirakis, John Kabbaj, Vitaly Lunkin Level 17 Update: Players Are In The MoneyJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 10,000-20,000, Limits – 20,000-40,000 Players Remaining: 16 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 1,510,000 Average Chip Count: 890,625 Eliminations: Todd Brunson Big Hands: STUD/8
Todd Brunson Eliminated Todd Brunson was all in at the end of the hand against Vitaly Lunkin. Their cards: Brunson: (6 Brunson exposed just a pair of sevens, as his low draw and straight draw both missed. Lunkin tabled a pair of eights, which was good enough to send Brunson home early on day four. Lunkin is at 1,510,000. Brett Richey Eliminated Brett Richey was short when he got the last of his chips into the middle against bracelet winner Ville Wahlbeck. Their cards: Richey: (10 Wahlbeck’s queens and nines were good enough to eliminate Richey who didn’t improve on the end. Wahlbeck is now at 1,100,000.
John Kabbaj Stays Alive In Hand For Hand The short stack of John Kabbaj was all in on fifth street against Freddy Deeb. Their cards: Kabbaj: (A Kabbaj needed help against Deeb’s jacks. It came when the 9 OMAHA/8
Gus Hansen Scoops Pot On a board of Q HOLD’EM Freddy Deeb Losing Chips David Bach raised preflop from the cutoff and Freddy Deeb called from the big blind. The flop came A Left in the Deck: The remaining 16 players have reached the money. Player Tags: Gus Hansen, Todd Brunson, David Bach, Ville Wahlbeck, Brett Richey, John Kabbaj, Freddy Deeb, Vitaly Lunkin Day 4 Begins At 2 p.m. Lunkin Leading The WayJun 29, '09
Play will start with the field just three spots shy of the money. It should be interesting to see if the short stacks of David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani and Todd Brunson try and grind out a money finish or if they go for broke right off the bat in day 4. Here is a complete list of the chip counts of everyone heading into day 4.
Stay tuned to CardPlayer.com at 2 p.m. as we bring you all the action with our live updates from day 4 of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E as they play down to a final table of eight players. Player Tags: Vitaly Lunkin Level 16 Update: Defending Champ Nguyen EliminatedJun 29, '09 Flop Games: Blinds – 9,000-18,000, Limits – 18,000-36,000 Players Remaining: 20 out of 95 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 1,527,000 Average Chip Count: 750,000 Notable Eliminations: John Hennigan Big Hands: Hold’em
David Bach raised to 36,000 preflop and Freddy Deeb made the call. The flop came down J Deeb showed down K Omaha/8
David Bach raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and the action was on John Hennigan in the small blind. He three-bet to 54,000 and action was back on Bach after the big blind folded. Bach added another bet to 72,000 and Hennigan called. The flop then came down J Bach made the call and Hennigan tabled A
Scotty Nguyen made his last stand just before day 3 came to an end. He was all in for his last 28,000 preflop against Frank Kassela. Here is how their boards looked. Nguyen: A Board: 5 The flop gave Nguyen four cards to a low but the following two streets did refused to help the defending champion and he was eliminated. Razz
Bill Chen was short on chips and found himself at risk on third street against Ray Dehkharghani. Here is how their boards ran out. Chen: (A-8)9-10-K-5(8) Chen was only able to make a king-low and Dehkharghani made a 10-low to knock Chen out just a few spots shy of the money. Dehkharghani took the pot and was at 400,000 after the knockout. Stud High
Steve Billirakis completed to 18,000 and Thor Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call and here is how their boards looked heading into fourth street. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis led out with 18,000 and Hansen raised to 36,000. Billirakis made the call. Billirakis: X-X-Q Billirakis bet 36,000 and Hansen raised all in. Billirakis made the call and turned over (10 Stud/8
Huck Seed, Vitaly Lunkin and Frank Kassela were each involved in a hand. Kassela brought in for 5,000 and Seed completed to 18,000. Kassela and Lunkin both called. Here is how their boards looked entering fourth street. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed who fired 18,000. Both opponents called. Seed: X-X-8 Action was checked to Seed again and he fired 36,000. Lunkin made the call but Kassela had enough and mucked. Seed: X-X-8 Lunkin made two pair on sixth street and led out with 36,000. Seed made the call. The river was dealt and both players checked. Lunkin then tabled (8
Picking up the action on fourth street, Steve Billirakis, David Chiu and Matt Glantz were involved in a hand. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 18,000 and both opponents called. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. Glantz called the remainder of his stack and he was all in. Billirakis: X-X-A Billirakis bet 36,000 and Chiu called. The river was dealt and Billirakis checked. Chiu fired 36,000 and Billirakis let his hand go. Chiu then tabled (A
Mikhail Tulchinskiy found himself all in against Erik Seidel. Here is how their boards ran out. Tulchinskiy: (3 Seidel was rolled up with three eights but Tulchinskiy got something to fight back with when he received a third three on fourth street. They drew blanks until the river where Tulchinskiy scored a full boat. Unfortunately, Seidel also hit a boat and his was bigger. Tulchinskiy got up and made his exit from the tournament. Player Tags: Thor Hansen, Frank Kassela, Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, David Bach, John Hennigan, David Chiu, Ray Dehkharghani, Steve Billirakis, Freddy Deeb, Vitaly Lunkin |
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| Jun 22, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 40 - $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha | 3 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 29 Update: Matt Graham Wins Event No. 40Jun 23, '09 Blinds: 60,000-120,000 Players Remaining: 1 out of 295 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Graham – 8,850,000 Eliminations: 2. Vitaly Lunkin – $419,832
Vitaly Lunkin Takes Huge Chip Lead Vitaly Lunkin made it 300,000 preflop and Matt Graham reraised pot. Lunkin moved all-in and Graham quickly called. Lunkin tabled the A Matt Graham Doubles Up Again All the money of Graham’s short stack went in with him holding the A Matt Graham Regains Chip Advantage Vitaly Lunkin raised preflop and after a reraise from Graham, all the chips went into the middle. Lunkin exposed A Matt Graham Wins Event No. 40 ($679,379), Vitaly Lunkin Eliminated In 2nd Place ($419,832) It was a limped pot when the flop came 10 Player Tags: Matt Graham, Vitaly Lunkin Level 28 Update: Back and Forth BattleJun 23, '09 Blinds: 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 2 out of 295 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Graham – 5,000,000 Big Hands: Vitaly Lunkin Takes Early Lead Both players limped and saw a flop of Q
Matt Graham’s Straight Wins Big Pot Matt Graham raised to 250,000 from the button and Vitaly Lunkin called. The flop came J Vitaly Lunkin Doubles Up Vitaly Lunkin limped in and Matt Graham checked. Both players saw a flop of A Matt Graham Regains Chip Lead After a run of pots in the favor of Graham, Vitaly Lunkin lost the chip lead. Lunkin raised to 250,000 preflop and Graham reraised to 750,000. Lunkin made the call and the flop came 5 Player Tags: Matt Graham, Vitaly Lunkin Level 27 Update: Stefan Mattsson, Ferit Gabriellson, Robin Keston, Van Marcus EliminatedJun 23, '09 Blinds: 40,000-80,000 Players Remaining: 2 out of 295 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Graham – 4,500,000 Eliminations: 6. Stefan Mattsson – $118,463 Big Hands:
Stefan Mattsson Eliminated In 6th ($118,463) Vitaly Lunkin raised to 210,000 preflop and Stefan Mattsson reraised pot. Lunkin moved all-in and Mattsson made the call. Lunkin tabled the A
Ferit Gabriellson raised to 280,000 on the button and Matt Graham called in the small blind. Graham led out for 250,000 on a flop of A
Robin Keston Is Eliminated In 4th Place ($196,994) Matt Graham bet 210,000 from the cutoff and was moved in on by Robin Keston for 785,000 total. Graham made the call and exposed the A Van Marcus Eliminated In 3rd Place ($278,409) Matt Graham raised to 200,000 and Van Marcus reraised pot. Graham instantly went all-in and Marcus called. Graham turned over the A Player Tags: Robin Keston, Ferit Gabriellson, Matt Graham, Vitaly Lunkin, Stefan Mattsson Level 26 Update: Vitaly Lunkin Looking StrongJun 23, '09 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 295 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin – 2,760,000 Eliminations: None Big Hands:
Vitaly Lunkin Adds To Chip Lead Stefan Mattsson raised to 155,000 and Vitaly Lunkin made the call from the big blind. Action was checked down to the river on a board of J Ferit Gabriellson Doubles Up Twice Vitaly Lunkin raised to 150,000 preflop and Ferit Gabriellson moved all-in for 340,000 total. Lunkin thought about it for awhile before finally making the call. Lunkin exposed the K A few hands later, Gabriellson was all-in once more, this time against Stefan Mattsson. Mattsson tabled the K Left In The Deck: Action has slowed down considerably after the string of knockouts earlier. Player Tags: Ferit Gabriellson, Vitaly Lunkin, Stefan Mattsson Level 25 Update: Van Marcus Doubles UpJun 22, '09 Blinds: 25,000-50,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 295 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin — 2,400,000 Eliminations: None Big Hands:
Van Marcus Doubles Up Matt Graham raised to 130,000 preflop and Van Marcus reraised another 335,000. Graham went into the tank before finally making the call. The flop came 5 Vitaly Lunkin Takes Hit Vitaly Lunkin raised preflop to 150,000 and Ferit Gabriellson made the call. The flop came Q Left In The Deck: Players are now on a 20 minute break. Player Tags: Ferit Gabriellson, Matt Graham, Van Marcus, Vitaly Lunkin Level 24 Update: Barry Greenstein, Richard Austin, Josh Arieh EliminatedJun 22, '09 Blinds: 20,000-40,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 295 Chip Counts: 1. Vitaly Lunkin — 2,660,000 Eliminations: 9. Barry Greenstein – $82,746 Big Hands:
Barry Greenstein Eliminated in 9th Place ($82,746) Vitaly Lunkin raised to 120,000 with Barry Greenstein and Josh Arieh calling from the blinds. The flop came 9
Richard Austin Eliminated In 8th Place ($88,681) Vitaly Lunkin raised in early position to 120,000 and Richard Austin made the call from the big blind. The flop came A
Josh Arieh Eliminated In 7th Place ($99,856) Josh Arieh got the rest of his shorter stack in the middle with the A Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Barry Greenstein, Ferit Gabriellson, Richard Austin, Vitaly Lunkin Level 23 Update: Vitaly Lunkin Builds StackJun 22, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 Players Remaining: 9 out of 295 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Graham — 1,450,000 Big Hands:
Vitaly Lunkin Builds Stack With already more money won at this year’s World Series of Poker than anyone else, Russian Vitaly Lunkin is rising up the chip counts. Lunkin raised preflop to 90,000 and Richard Austin made the call. The flop came J A few hands later Josh Arieh and Richard Austin limped in. Lunkin checked from the big blind and all three players saw a flop of A
Josh Arieh Leaking Chips Ferit Gabriellson raised to 80,000 and Josh Arieh called from the small blind. The flop came A Left In The Deck: The players are now on a 20 minute break. Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Richard Austin, Vitaly Lunkin |
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| Jun 16, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 33 - $10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em | 1 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 8 Update: Negreanu, Oppenheim, Froehlich Bust Before Night Is DoneJun 16, '09 Blinds: 600-1,200 Players Remaining: 121 out of 185 Chip Counts 1. Josh Arieh – 108,000 Average Stack: 43,023 Notable Eliminations: Eric Froehlich Big Hands:
On a flop of 10 Froehlich: A Lunkin had Froehlich dominated and the Q Adams Drops A Pot Brandon Adams raised to 2,400 and the player in seat 4 made the call. The flop came K
On a flop of 9 Later, Negreanu raised to 2,400 from middle position and was called by the player on the button. The flop came down A Negreanu: 5 Negreanu got outflopped and the 9 Boeken Gets Some Off Elezra Eli Elezra raised to 2,400 preflop and Noah Boeken made it 3,600 to go. Elezra made the call and the flop came down 10
With the board reading J Oppenheim showed the table Q Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu, Todd Brunson, David Oppenheim, Eli Elezra, Noah Boeken, Eric Froehlich, Brandon Adams, Vitaly Lunkin |
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| Jun 05, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 12 - $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event | 2 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 17 Update: Sung Ousted, We're In The MoneyJun 06, '09 Level Structure: 2-7 triple draw, limit hold’em, and Omaha 8OB: 5,000-10,000 blinds and 10,000-20,000 limits 7-card stud, razz, and 7-card stud 8OB: 2,000 ante, 3,000 bring-in, with a 10,000 completion and 10,000-20,000 limits no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha: 2,500-5,000 blinds with a 1,500 ante NOTES: Games change every eight hands. Two players will be forced to sit out during 2-7 triple draw each hand. Players Remaining: 24 out of 194 Chip Counts: 1. Adam Friedman – 526,000 Average Chip Count: 166,256 Notable Eliminations: Steve Sung Big Hands: Limit HE
Before the flop, the player under the gun, the small blind and Steve Sung had all their money in the pot. After everything was sorted out, the players showed down their hands: Sung: 7 Sung had the worst of it as he had no over cards to his opponent’s pair of nines. The flop came Q Tehan Likes Them Cowboys Joe Tehan raised to 20,000 from the cutoff Stud
Vitaly Lunkin: X-X-3 Lunkin brought in for 3,000 and Wahlbeck completed to 10,000. Matt Hawrilenko called as did Lunkin. Vitaly Lunkin: X-X-3 Wahlbeck applied more pressure, betting 10,000. Lunkin mucked his hand but Hawrilenko stuck around. Matt Hawrilenko: X-X-A Hawrilenko took the initiative on fifth street as he led out with 20,000. Wahlbeck lost his nerve and mucked his hand. He was down to 235,000 while Hawrilenko was at 255,000. Wahlbeck Gets Some Back Against Lunkin Lunkin: X-X-6 Wahlbeck bet to 10,000 and Lunkin made the call. Lunkin: X-X-6 Wahlbeck checked and Lunkin bet 20,000. Wahlbeck made the call. Lunkin: X-X-6 Both players checked and saw the river. On the river, Lunkin checked and Wahlbeck fired 20,000. Lunkin made the call and Wahlbeck turned over K NLHE
Preflop, Eric Froehlich moved in for 70,000 and Serock made the call. Both players tabled their hands. Froehlich: A Froehlich had Serock dominated and the flop came 7 Perfect Timing Peter Gelenceser moved all in and was called by Joe Serock. Both men tabled their hands. Serock: Q The board offered no help to Gelenceser and he was the bubble boy, busting in 25th place just as the clock hit zero for level 17. Player Tags: Ville Wahlbeck, Joe Tehan, Eric Froehlich, Matt Hawrilenko, Steve Sung, Vitaly Lunkin Level 16 Update: Mizrachi Rakes In A PotJun 05, '09 Level Structure: 2-7 triple draw, limit hold’em, and Omaha 8OB: 4,000-8,000 blinds and 8,000-16,000 limits 7-card stud, razz, and 7-card stud 8OB: 2,000 ante, 2,000 bring-in, with a 8,000 completion and 8,000-16,000 limits no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha: 2,000-4,000 blinds with a 1,000 ante NOTES: Games change every eight hands. Two players will be forced to sit out during 2-7 triple draw each hand. Players Remaining: 33 out of 194 Chip Counts: 1. Soheil Shamseddin – 338,000 Average Chip Count: 166,256 Notable Eliminations: Erick Lindgren Big Hands: PLO
Robert Mizrachi bet the pot preflop and Brandon Adams made the call. The flop came down J NLHE Sung Wounded By Bullets Preflop, the player in seat 1 raised to 11,500 and the action was on Steve Sung. He made the call and everyone else got out of the way. The flop came Q 2-7 Triple Draw
The player in seat 5 raised to 12,000 before the first draw. The player in seat 7 called from the small blind and Erick Lindgren followed suit in the big blind. First Draw: Seat 7 draws 2 cards, Lindgren draws 2 cards, seat 5 draws 1 card. Seat 5 fired another 6,000 into the pot and seat 7 called, as did Lindgren. Second Draw: Seat 7 draws 2 cards, Lindgren draws 2 cards, seat 5 stands pat. Seat 5 fired 12,000 into the pot and seat 7 folded. Lindgren followed suit and his stack was down to 30,400. He was eliminated by David Chiu moments later. Lunkin Doubles His Opponent’s Stack Prior to the first draw, the player in seat 8 moved all in for his last 24,000. Vitaly Lunkin made the call and Michael Binger took a long tank session before he mucked his hand. Mark Gregorich followed suit and the first draw was on. First Draw: Lunkin draws 1 card, seat 8 draws 1 card Second Draw: Lunkin draws 1 card, seat 8 draws 1 card Third Draw: Lunkin stands pat, seat 8 draws 1 card After seat 8 requested his card, Lunkin showed down 10 Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Erick Lindgren, Steve Sung, Brandon Adams, Vitaly Lunkin |
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and Kostritsyn bet 15,000. Josh Arieh made the call and the two other players mucked. The turn fell 8
while Lunkin exposed the dominated K
The Master Is The Student?
Chan Ailing
Yang Thrown Off The Boat
Vitaly Lunkin Eliminated In Fourth Place($368,813)
Huck Seed Eliminated In Fifth Place($276,610)
Lunkin vs. Hanson
Erik Seidel Eliminated in 8th Place ($162,382)
John Hanson Takes Down Big, Multi-Way Pot
The fourth day of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E is just hours away with Russian Vitaly Lunkin holding the chip lead. He sits with over 1.5 million in chips heading into day 4.
The World Needs A Hero
The End Of The World As We Know It
And The New $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Champion Is…
Bill Chen Fades Away
The Fall Of Thor
Matt Glantz Busts
Seidel’s Yacht Sinks Tulchinskiy In His Rowboat
Ferit Gabriellson Eliminated in 5th ($148,439)
Eric Froehlich Busted By Vitaly Lunkin
Negreanu Gets Short, Then Busts
Oppenheim Makes A Grand Exit
Sung Knocked Out
Hawrilenko Fights Back, Takes Pot Off Wahlbeck
Froehlich Avoids Being Bubble Boy, Doubles Through Joe Serock
Mizrachi Gets The Best Of Adams
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