Jonathan Tamayo Poker Tournament Updates

Level 27: Jonathan Tamayo Eliminated in 4th Place ($84,516)

Jun 12, '11

NOTE: Sixty minute levels with games changing every eight hands.

Limits: 40,000-80,000

Hold’em – Omaha 8:
Blinds: 20,000-40,000

Razz – Stud – Stud 8:
Ante: 10,000
Bring In: 10,000
Completion: 40,000

Players Remaining: 3 out of 963

Average Chip Count: 1,444,500

Chip Counts:

1. Aaron Steury – 1,900,000
2. Adam Friedman – 1,500,000
3. Michael Chow – 1,000,000

Eliminations:

4th. Jonathan Tamayo – $84,516

Jonathan Tamayo Eliminated in 4th Place ($84,516)
Omaha 8

Jonathan Tamayo started the level on the short stack with less than 10 BBs and about halfway through the round he made his last stand in a hand of Omaha 8.

Aaron Steury raised from the small blind and Jonathan Tamayo called from the big blind.

Tamayo got it all in on a flop of Q 5 3 with top pair against Steury’s top two pair. Tamayo would have no chance at splitting the pot without a qualifying low hand.

Tamayo: A Q 10 9
Steury: Q 6 5 4

The turn and river were the 6 and the J, no help for Jonathan Tamayo who was eliminated in 4th place ($84,516).

Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table.

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo,   Aaron Steury

Level 24: Ramdin Eliminated in 9th, Final Table Now Underway

Jun 12, '11

NOTE: Play ended last night with 17 players in accordance with the ten-level rule and resumed at 2:30pm. With the elimination of Victor Ramdin in 9th place ($18,577), the official eight-handed final table was set. The final eight players then took a one hour dinner break and returned at approximately 8:00pm to begin the final table. Play began with twenty-eight minutes remaining in Level 24.

NOTE: Sixty minute levels with games changing every eight hands.

Limits: 20,000-40,000

Hold’em – Omaha 8:
Blinds: 10,000-20,000

Razz – Stud – Stud 8:
Ante: 5,000
Bring In: 5,000
Completion: 20,000

Players Remaining: 8 out of 963

Average Chip Count: 541,688

Chip Counts:

1. Adam Friedman – 1,006,000
2. Michael Chow – 907,000
3. Aaron Steury – 757,000
4. Ron Ware – 507,000
5. David Baker – 455,000
6. Jonathan Tamayo – 450,000
7. Denis Ethier – 139,000
8. Paolo Compagno – 123,000

Payouts:

1st. $289,283
2nd. $178,691
3rd. $121,437
4th. $84,516
5th. $60,036
6th. $43,512
7th. $32,150
8th. $24,219

Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table.

Player Tags: David Baker,   Denis Ethier,   Victor Ramdin,   Ron Ware,   Adam Friedman,   Jonathan Tamayo,   Paolo Compagno,   Aaron Steury,   Michael Chow

Baker vs. Powell vs. Tamayo

Oct 26, '10

David “Bakes” Baker (big blind), Brian Powell (UTG), and Jonathan Tamayo (middle position) collectively contributed 21,000 into a pot preflop and then proceeded to check down an A 4 2 K 3 board. Baker then bet 15,000 and after some thought Powell made the call. Tamayo mucked and Powell flipped over A Q, which induced Baker to muck as well.

Player Tags: Brian Powell,   Jonathan Tamayo,   David Baker

Tamayo Busts Another One

Oct 26, '10

Jonathan Tamayo has been as busy as David Paredes has busting opponents in today’s event.

His most recent conquest involved an opponent who was all in for just 9,900 preflop. Tamayo raised to isolate and everyone got out of the way. Their cards:

Tamayo: 10 10
Opponent: K 5

Board: Q 7 6 A 2

Tamayo claimed another victim and he grew his stack to 260,000.

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo

Jonathan Tamayo Eliminates Another One

Oct 26, '10

The board read 10 8 5 K when the hijack decided to move all in. Jonathan Tamayo went into the tank for a few minutes and he eventually made the call. Their cards:

Tamayo: 8 8
Opponent: 5 5

River: 6

Tamayo won the hand, eliminating another opponent on the day, and he grew his chip stack to 272,000, top spot on the leader board.

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo

Jonathan Tamayo Busts One

Oct 26, '10

The hi-jack moved all in preflop and Jonathan Tamayo made the call on the big blind. Their cards:

Tamayo: A K
Opponent: 5 5

Board: A 3 2 Q 2

Tamayo won the hand and sent his opponent to the rail.

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo

Freeroll!

Oct 25, '10

Jonathan Tamayo found himself all in preflop for his last 94,300 holding AA against an opponent’s AA.

The board came 96573 and Tamayo made the nut flush to double up. Coincidentally, Tamayo’s opponent also had 94,300 in front of him, ending his tournament run. Tamayo now has just over 190,000.

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo

Baker vs. Powell vs. Tamayo

Oct 26, '10

David “Bakes” Baker (big blind), Brian Powell (UTG), and Jonathan Tamayo (middle position) collectively contributed 21,000 into a pot preflop and then proceeded to check down an A 4 2 K 3 board. Baker then bet 15,000 and after some thought Powell made the call. Tamayo mucked and Powell flipped over A Q, which induced Baker to muck as well.

Player Tags: Brian Powell,   Jonathan Tamayo,   David Baker

Tamayo Busts Another One

Oct 26, '10

Jonathan Tamayo has been as busy as David Paredes has busting opponents in today’s event.

His most recent conquest involved an opponent who was all in for just 9,900 preflop. Tamayo raised to isolate and everyone got out of the way. Their cards:

Tamayo: 10 10
Opponent: K 5

Board: Q 7 6 A 2

Tamayo claimed another victim and he grew his stack to 260,000.

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo

Jonathan Tamayo Eliminates Another One

Oct 26, '10

The board read 10 8 5 K when the hijack decided to move all in. Jonathan Tamayo went into the tank for a few minutes and he eventually made the call. Their cards:

Tamayo: 8 8
Opponent: 5 5

River: 6

Tamayo won the hand, eliminating another opponent on the day, and he grew his chip stack to 272,000, top spot on the leader board.

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo

Jonathan Tamayo Busts One

Oct 26, '10

The hi-jack moved all in preflop and Jonathan Tamayo made the call on the big blind. Their cards:

Tamayo: A K
Opponent: 5 5

Board: A 3 2 Q 2

Tamayo won the hand and sent his opponent to the rail.

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo

Freeroll!

Oct 25, '10

Jonathan Tamayo found himself all in preflop for his last 94,300 holding AA against an opponent’s AA.

The board came 96573 and Tamayo made the nut flush to double up. Coincidentally, Tamayo’s opponent also had 94,300 in front of him, ending his tournament run. Tamayo now has just over 190,000.

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo

Level 19 Hour Two Update: Jamin Stokes and Hoyt Corkins Eliminated

Jul 14, '10

Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante

Players Remaining: 313 out of 7,319

Average Chip Count: 697,048

Card Player Chip Counts:

Andrew Brokos — 1,100,000
Josh Brikis — 900,000
Tony Dunst — 675,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Matt Affleck – 2,900,000
2. Sanghyon Cheong – 2,420,000
3. Duy Le – 2,400,000
4. Fokke Beukers – 2,400,000
5. Robert Pisano – 2,310,000
6. Richard Morgan – 2,180,000
7. Martijn Schirp – 2,150,000
8. Michael Skender – 2,000,000
9. Cuong Nguyen – 1,980,000
10. Alexander Kostritsyn – 1,820,000

Notable Eliminations:

Jamin Stokes
Hoyt Corkins
Jonathan Tamayo

Big Hands:

William Thorson Wins a Big One from Josh Brikis

We caught up with the action on a board reading Q546. William Thorson checked from one of the blinds. The next player to act checked as well. It was on Josh Brikis next and he bet 45,000. William Thorson check-raised to 125,000 and it was folded to Brikis. Brikis called and the A fell on the river. Thorson bet 300,000 and Brikis thought about it briefly before calling. Thorson exposed the A9 for the nuts and Brikis mucked. Thorson was at about 1,800,000 after the hand.

Jamin Stokes Eliminated

Jamin Stokes moved all in on the button for 44,000 with the A5 and was called by a player in the blind. His opponent tabled the QJ. The board ran out Q6422 and Stokes was gone.

Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up a Player

A player moved all in for 139,000 into Robert Mizrachi. Mizrachi called and exposed the AJ and was ahead of the K9 of his opponent. The board ran out K87Q8 and Mizrachi lost the pot. He was down to 875,000 after the hand.

Rice Isn’t Happy with Eskander

Shawn Rice raised to 25,000 and Pkejmanpatric Eskander called from the small blind. The flop came K85 and Eskander checked over to Rice, who bet 35,000. Eskander made the call and they go to the turn.

The turn was the J and both players checked. The river was the Q and both players checked again. Rice turned over 99 and Eskander rolled over the AJ, giving him a pair of jacks.

“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 K64Q and it was heads-up between Hugo Franca and Matt Affleck.

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 fall on the river.

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 AK, for top pair top kicker. Affleck is now over the 3 million chip mark.

Jonathan Tamayo Eliminated

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 A6 and Varano showed A10. The board ran out J9542 and Tamayo busted out while Varano moved up to 295,000.

Cowboy Rides Off into Sunset

Hoyt Corkins moved all-in preflop with AK and ran into the pocket aces of Pavel Milaov.

The board ran out 10J637 and Corkins’s Main Event is over.

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 AK and Lunkin showed 1010. The flop was A8J and Galic was out in the lead. The turn was the A and the river was the 2, giving Galic the winner to double up to 680,000.

Lunkin was all-in for just the ante on the very next hand and was eliminated.

Jason Dewitt Doubles Up a Player

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 AQ and the players were flipping. The flop and turn were safe but an ace on the river sent Dewitt down to 340,000.

Josh Brikis Falling

On a board of KJ846, Josh Brikis checked from under the gun. His opponent in late position bet 117,000 and Brikis went into the tank. He eventually called and his opponent tabled pocket queens with no club. Brikis mucked and was under a million after the hand.

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 AK and dominated Coimbra’s A10. The board came 49834 and Coimbra’s tournament came to an end, while Clements now has 1,200,000.

Player Twitter Accounts

Jean-Robert Bellande
Scotty Nguyen
Tristan Wade
Josh Brikis

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Robert Mizrachi,   Shawn Rice,   William Thorson,   Jason Dewitt,   Vitaly Lunkin,   Jonathan Tamayo,   Matt Affleck,   Josh Brikis

Level 21 Hour 1 Update: Jamin Stokes and Jordan Morgan Eliminated

Jul 13, '09

Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante

Players Remaining: 168 out of 6,494

Chip Counts:

1. Warren Zackey – 5,100,000
2. Kasper Cordes – 4,352,000
3. Eugene Katchalov – 3,800,000
4. Steven Begleiter – 3,800,000
5. Darvin Moon – 3,218,000
6. Tom Schneider – 3,168,000
7. Charlie Elias – 3,100,000
8. Bernhard Perner – 3,022,000
9. Miika Puumalainen – 2,894,000
10. Matt Affleck – 2,882,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Jeff Shulman – 1,950,000

Average Chip Count: 1,159,642

Notable Eliminations:

182. Jamin Stokes – $36,626
173. Jordan Morgan – $36,626

Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour

- Fabrice Soulier moved up to 1.9 million when he eliminated an all-in Seth Thomsen.

- Nichoel Peppe took more than 175,000 plus the blinds and antes off of Bernhard Perner. Perner was knocked down to 2.7 million while Peppe grew her stack to 1.8 million.

- Dennis Phillips grew his stack to more than 1 million after a small chip exchange between him and defending champion Peter Eastgate. Eastgate was down to just over 800,000 after the hand.

- Eugene Kathchalov scored a nice chunk of change off of Gabriel Vezina with an all-in reraise after Vezina committed 375,000. Kathchalov mived his stack up to 3.8 million with the pot.

Big Hands:

Nguyen’s Kings Hold Up to Eliminate Mike Minetti

After a series of raises preflop, Mike Minetti’s entire stack got into the middle preflop, which was called by Van Nguyen. Minetti showed AQ and needed some help when Nguyen turned over KK.

Minetti failed to catch an ace as the board ran out 533J6 and Minetti exited the tournament early in the day’s first level.

Stokes Falls Victim to Maimone

Nick Maimone raised to 40,000 and and Jamin Stokes raised all in for 260,000. Maimone made the call and Stokes saw he was in bad shape as Stokes turned over QJ and Maimone showed AJ.

The board ran out dry for Stokes as it fell 76496 and Stokes, who made a very deep run in the heads-up event, will fall short in the main event.

Bilzerian Drops Stack to Tamayo

Dan Bilzerian, one of the chip leaders in the early stages of the tournament, has officially left the building. Bilzerian moved all in and Jonathan Tamayo made the call. Bilzerian showed A6 and needed an ace against Tamayo’s pocket tens.

The board was a good one for Tamayo as it ran out 8K3JK and Bilzerian’s main event run is over.

Happy Picking Off Bluffs

The player in seat 3 raised to 42,000 preflop and Jonathan Tamayo made the call. Jeff Shulman also came in and they all saw a flop of 825 and seat 3 led out with 83,000. Tamayo mucked but Shulman made the call. The turn was the 3 and seat 3 kept the foot down on the gas pedal, firing 235,000. Shulman stuck around and the river was the 2.

Seat 3 fired a bet over 300,000 and Shulman snap called. Seat 3 tapped the table and showed 109 for a flush draw that never got there. Shulmnan tabled JJ and took the pot. He was at 1.95 million in chips.

Akenhead Loses Monster Pot

Action folded around to James Akenhead in the small blind, who raised preflop and Steve Begleiter called from the big blind. The flop was 98Q and Akenhead checked over to Begleiter, who bet 85,000. Akenhead then check-raised to 190,000 and Begleiter made the call.

The turn was the 3 and Akenhead checked again. Begleiter now made a huge bet of 850,000. Akenhead tanked while sipping his coffee and television cameras crowded the table. Akenhead eventually made the call and the 7 fell on the river.

Both players checked and Begleiter announced “two pair” as he turned over the 97. Akenhead just tilted his head back and stared at the ceiling before mucking his hand.

Esfandiari Doubles Up Rosenkrantz

Jose Rosenkrantz raised to 50,000 and action was folded around to Antonio Esfandiari who raised enough to put Rosenkrantz all in. Rosenkrantz made the call and saw that his AK was in great shape against Esfandiari’s AQ.

The board ran out 104262, which was as dry as it came for Esfandiari, as he drops to 720,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Jeff Shulman,   Jonathan Tamayo

Frank Gary Wins Event No. 42 - $1,500 Mixed Hold'em

Jun 24, '08

 

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo,   Frank Gary

$1,500 Mixed Hold'em - Binger Out in Third Place - Tamayo and Gary Heads Up

Jun 24, '08

Blinds:
Limit: 20,000-40,000
No-Limit: 10,000-20,000

Chip Counts:
Jonathan Tamayo: 1,103,000
Frank Gary: 1,090,000

Eliminations:
3rd Place - Nick Binger ($69,348)

Big Hands

No Limit Hold'em:

Gary Doubles To Even Things Up

Gary raised to 112,000 and Tamayo moved all in over the top. Gary thought for a while and made the call. He showed A8 and Tamayo tabled J10. The flop ran A87 to give Gary top two pair. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 7 and Gary doubled up to 1,090,000. On the following hand Gary took over the chip lead.

Limit Hold'em:

The Fall of Binger, Eliminated in Third Place ($69,348)

Binger raised to 80,000 and Gary called. Binger bet 40,000 on the flop of Q96 and Gary raised to 80,000. Binger mucked and lost the pot containing 300,000.
The next hand Tamayo raised to 80,000 and Binger made the call. The flop came 862, Tamayo bet 40,000 and Binger mucked again - very short on chips.
The very next hand Binger raised to 80,000 and was re-raised by Tamayo to 120,000. Binger re-raised to 160,000 and Tamayo raised again, to 200,000. Binger made the call. The pot had 400,000 in it preflop. Binger got his remaining chips in the pot after the flop came 1072. Tamayo called and showed QQ. Binger tabled 33. The turn and river came 10J and Binger was out in third place.
Tomayo had 1,525,000 after the hand to Gary's 794,000.

Tamayo Starts The Round With a Large Pots

Tamayo raised to 80,000 and Binger made the call. The flop was 532 and Binger led out for 40,000. Tamayor instantly raised to 80,000 and Binger mucked.

Tamayo raised to 80,000 and Gary reraised to 120,000. Tamayo quickly called, creating a 240,000 pot. The flop brought AQ5 and Gary wasted little time betting 40,000. Tamayo called and the J came on the turn. Gary slowed down and checked, letting Tamayo bet 80,000. Gary thought for a moment and mucked his hand. After losing the pot Gary dropped to just 492,000 in chips.

Gary Not Going Out Without a Fight

874, Tamayo bet 40,000 and Gary called. The turn was the 6, Tamayo checked and Gary bet out 80,000. Tamayo made the call again and the river was the Q. Both players checked and Gary showed K-8 to take the pot.

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo,   Nick Binger,   Frank Gary

$1,500 Mixed Hold'em - The Pace Slows

Jun 24, '08

Blinds:
Limit: 15,000-30,000
No-Limit: 10,000-20,000

Chip Counts:
Frank Gary: 888,000
Jonathan Tamayo: 726,000
Nick Binger: 579,000

Big Hands and Storylines

Play was slow through the last level, as the final three players were picking their spots to raise and take blinds.

No Limit Hold'em:

No-Limit Level Good For Tamayo

While the no-limit portion of play has largely been blind-stealing after raises in position, Jonathan Tamayo has been the most active taking down several pots uncontested, chipping up to

Limit Hold'em:

Binger Fights Back

Nick Binger bet and was called by Jonathan Tamayo on every street of a K935A board. Binger showed K-3 for two pair and Tamayo mucked.
Shortly after Binger again bet on every street and was called down by Tamayo with the board coming J8235. Binger showed QJ and Tamayo mucked. All three players were pretty much even after the pot, with around 700,000 each.
 

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo,   Nick Binger,   Frank Gary

$1,500 Mixed Hold'em - Binger Falling

Jun 24, '08

Players are now on a 45 minute break.

Blinds:
Limit: 13,000-25,000
No-Limit: 8,000-16,000

Chip Counts:
Jonathan Tamayo: 931,000
Frank Gary: 717,000
Nick Binger: 545,000

Big Hands

No Limit Hold'em:

Tamayo Takes Nice Pot From Binger With Nut Flush

On a board of A64J10 Jonathan Tamayo bet 85,000 and Binger made the call. Tamayo flipped over the K8 for the nut flush and took a big chunk from Binger.

Gary Doubles Through Binger, Binger Last in Chips

A few hands later Binger decided to re-raise Frank Gary after Gary made it 45,000 to go from the button. Binger made it 135,000 to go and had to have hated to see Gary move all in over the top. Binger made the call and flipped over 92. Gary showed a powerful K-K. The board ran 8533K and Gary doubled up, while Binger dropped to THIRD in chips after being such a large chipleader earlier. Gary had 610,000 after the hand and Binger had 532,000. Tamayo crossed the million mark.

Limit Hold'em:

Binger Out-kicks Tamayo

Nick Binger called Jonathan Tamayo's bets on every street on a board of 973910 and showed 10-8. The 8-kicker played as Tomayo showed 10-6 and lost the pot to Binger. 

In a later hand, Binger bet every street on a QJ687 board. Tamayo came along all the way until the river then mucked his hand after Binger's final bet, and Binger regained the chip lead.
 

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo,   Nick Binger,   Frank Gary

$1,500 Mixed Hold'em Final Table - Tamayo Chipping Away at Binger

Jun 24, '08

Blinds:
Limit: 10,000-20,000
No-Limit: 6,000-12,000

Chip Counts:
Nick Binger: 978,000
Frank Gary: 961,000
Jonathan Tamayo: 254,000

Big Hands

Limit Hold'em:

Tamayo Chips Away at Binger

On a flop of J104 Nick Binger bet out only to have Jonathan Tamayo raise. Binger made the call and the J fell on the turn. Binger checked, Tamayo bet and Binger called. The river was the 3 and Binger check-called again. Tamayo showed Q-J and a visibly frustrated Binger mucked his hand.
A few hands later Tamayo bet then called Binger's raise on a flop of A109. Tamayo called Binger's bet on the 2 turn and both players checked the 2 river. Tamayo showed 107 and Binger mucked. 

Tamayo and Binger have collided often Tamayo has been able to battle into contention. He has brought Binger back under 1,000,000 and currently sits close to Binger on the leaderboard.





 

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo,   Nick Binger

$1,500 Mixed Hold'em Final Table -

Jun 24, '08

Players are now on a 20 minute break.

Blinds:
Limit: 8,000-15,000
No-Limit: 5,000-10,000

Chip Counts:
Nick Binger: 1,397,000
Frank Gary: 289,000
Jonathan Tamayo: 207,000

Eliminations:
4th - Chris Rentes ($69,348)

Big Hands

No Limit Hold'em:

Binger's 7-2 Eliminates Chris Rentes in Fourth Place (69,348)

Chris Rentes had doubled a few minute prior to this hand, but a second double up was not meant to be. Who stopped it from happening? Yep - Nick Binger. Binger called a short-stacked Rentes' all in bet of 50,000 and flipped over 72. Rentes showed 65. The board ran KJ410Q and the 7 in Binger's hand played, eliminating Rentes in fourth place.

Limit Hold'em:

Tamayo is Ready to Gamble

After checking the flop of J76, Jonathan Tamayo bet on the 10 turn only to be checkraised by Chris Rentes. Tamayo made the call and the river brought the 7. Rentes bet and Tamayo made the call. Rentes showed 54 for a busted draw and no pair, but the more noticable thing about the hand was that Tamayo had called the check-raise on the turn and the bet on the river with just king-high, which turned out to be the best hand. Tamayo took the pot and some of the wind out of Rentes' sails.

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo,   Nick Binger,   Chris Rentes

$1,500 Mixed Hold'em Final Table - Nick Binger KOs Fifth Final Table Opponent

Jun 24, '08

After the first hour of play, the players took a 20 minute break before starting this round.

Blinds:
Limit: 6,000-12,000
No-Limit: 4,000-8,000

Chip Counts:
Nick Binger: 1,131,000
Frank Gary: 399,000
Chris Rentes: 320,000
Jonathan Tamayo: 125,999

Eliminations:
5th - Alex Jalali ($56,875)

Big Hands

No Limit Hold'em:

Binger Busts Jalali in Fifth Place ($56,875)

Nick Binger has now eliminated the first five players from the final table. Down to his last 104,000 in chips, Jalali moved all in and was called by Binger. Jalali showed AQ and was very much alive against Binger's JJ. But the board ran 776K2, missing Jalali and sending him to the rail.

Tamayo Doubles Through Jalali

On a flop of QJ3, Alex Jalali bet 28,000 and had Jonathan Tamayo move all in for 109,000 total. Jalali called and showed Q-4 for top pair. But Tamayo held an overpair, pocket aces. The turn was the 2 and the river was the 7, and Tamayo doubled up to 273,000.

Limit Hold'em:

Binger Loses to Jacks, Twice

Frank Gary and Chris Rentes each took separate pots from Nick Binger when their pocket jacks held against Bingers' A-K in each hand.

Gary Climbs

On a flop of 865 Nick Binger bet and was called Frank Gary. The A turn was checked by both players and Binger bet out on the A river. Gary called and showed 7-7. Binger showed K-6 and couldn't beat the pair of sevens. Gary has over 400,000 now and Binger fell to under 1,000,000.

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo,   Nick Binger,   Frank Gary,   Chris Rentes,   Alex Jalali

$1,500 Mixed Hold'em - Level Nine Recap

Jun 23, '08

Blinds/Antes:
Limit: 600-1,200
No-Limit: 300-600-75

Players Remaining: 78 of 731

Average Chip Stack: 28,100

Eliminations:

Nick Goodall
Steve Fiorentini
Tino Lechich

Hands and Storylines:

Nam Le doubles

Nam Le began the day with under 8,000 chips and would have to pick a spot to get his chips into the pot. He decided to go with A-J, and fortunately caught a jack on the flop against A-Q. He doubled up and currently has about 16,000 chips.

Tamayo puts Levi to the test

David Levi called a preflop from the chipleader Jonathan Tamayo and then called a 2,500 bet on a 6-5-4 flop. When a deuce came on the turn Levi bet out 4,000 and Tamayo raised to 20,000. Levi thought for a couple minutes, got up from his seat, separated 16,000 chips from his stack, and then ultimately folded.

Player Tags: David Levi,   Nam Le,   Jonathan Tamayo

Frank Gary Wins Event No. 42 - $1,500 Mixed Hold'em

Jun 24, '08

 

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo,   Frank Gary

$1,500 Mixed Hold'em - Binger Out in Third Place - Tamayo and Gary Heads Up

Jun 24, '08

Blinds:
Limit: 20,000-40,000
No-Limit: 10,000-20,000

Chip Counts:
Jonathan Tamayo: 1,103,000
Frank Gary: 1,090,000

Eliminations:
3rd Place - Nick Binger ($69,348)

Big Hands

No Limit Hold'em:

Gary Doubles To Even Things Up

Gary raised to 112,000 and Tamayo moved all in over the top. Gary thought for a while and made the call. He showed A8 and Tamayo tabled J10. The flop ran A87 to give Gary top two pair. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 7 and Gary doubled up to 1,090,000. On the following hand Gary took over the chip lead.

Limit Hold'em:

The Fall of Binger, Eliminated in Third Place ($69,348)

Binger raised to 80,000 and Gary called. Binger bet 40,000 on the flop of Q96 and Gary raised to 80,000. Binger mucked and lost the pot containing 300,000.
The next hand Tamayo raised to 80,000 and Binger made the call. The flop came 862, Tamayo bet 40,000 and Binger mucked again - very short on chips.
The very next hand Binger raised to 80,000 and was re-raised by Tamayo to 120,000. Binger re-raised to 160,000 and Tamayo raised again, to 200,000. Binger made the call. The pot had 400,000 in it preflop. Binger got his remaining chips in the pot after the flop came 1072. Tamayo called and showed QQ. Binger tabled 33. The turn and river came 10J and Binger was out in third place.
Tomayo had 1,525,000 after the hand to Gary's 794,000.

Tamayo Starts The Round With a Large Pots

Tamayo raised to 80,000 and Binger made the call. The flop was 532 and Binger led out for 40,000. Tamayor instantly raised to 80,000 and Binger mucked.

Tamayo raised to 80,000 and Gary reraised to 120,000. Tamayo quickly called, creating a 240,000 pot. The flop brought AQ5 and Gary wasted little time betting 40,000. Tamayo called and the J came on the turn. Gary slowed down and checked, letting Tamayo bet 80,000. Gary thought for a moment and mucked his hand. After losing the pot Gary dropped to just 492,000 in chips.

Gary Not Going Out Without a Fight

874, Tamayo bet 40,000 and Gary called. The turn was the 6, Tamayo checked and Gary bet out 80,000. Tamayo made the call again and the river was the Q. Both players checked and Gary showed K-8 to take the pot.

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo,   Nick Binger,   Frank Gary

$1,500 Mixed Hold'em - The Pace Slows

Jun 24, '08

Blinds:
Limit: 15,000-30,000
No-Limit: 10,000-20,000

Chip Counts:
Frank Gary: 888,000
Jonathan Tamayo: 726,000
Nick Binger: 579,000

Big Hands and Storylines

Play was slow through the last level, as the final three players were picking their spots to raise and take blinds.

No Limit Hold'em:

No-Limit Level Good For Tamayo

While the no-limit portion of play has largely been blind-stealing after raises in position, Jonathan Tamayo has been the most active taking down several pots uncontested, chipping up to

Limit Hold'em:

Binger Fights Back

Nick Binger bet and was called by Jonathan Tamayo on every street of a K935A board. Binger showed K-3 for two pair and Tamayo mucked.
Shortly after Binger again bet on every street and was called down by Tamayo with the board coming J8235. Binger showed QJ and Tamayo mucked. All three players were pretty much even after the pot, with around 700,000 each.
 

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo,   Nick Binger,   Frank Gary

$1,500 Mixed Hold'em - Binger Falling

Jun 24, '08

Players are now on a 45 minute break.

Blinds:
Limit: 13,000-25,000
No-Limit: 8,000-16,000

Chip Counts:
Jonathan Tamayo: 931,000
Frank Gary: 717,000
Nick Binger: 545,000

Big Hands

No Limit Hold'em:

Tamayo Takes Nice Pot From Binger With Nut Flush

On a board of A64J10 Jonathan Tamayo bet 85,000 and Binger made the call. Tamayo flipped over the K8 for the nut flush and took a big chunk from Binger.

Gary Doubles Through Binger, Binger Last in Chips

A few hands later Binger decided to re-raise Frank Gary after Gary made it 45,000 to go from the button. Binger made it 135,000 to go and had to have hated to see Gary move all in over the top. Binger made the call and flipped over 92. Gary showed a powerful K-K. The board ran 8533K and Gary doubled up, while Binger dropped to THIRD in chips after being such a large chipleader earlier. Gary had 610,000 after the hand and Binger had 532,000. Tamayo crossed the million mark.

Limit Hold'em:

Binger Out-kicks Tamayo

Nick Binger called Jonathan Tamayo's bets on every street on a board of 973910 and showed 10-8. The 8-kicker played as Tomayo showed 10-6 and lost the pot to Binger. 

In a later hand, Binger bet every street on a QJ687 board. Tamayo came along all the way until the river then mucked his hand after Binger's final bet, and Binger regained the chip lead.
 

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo,   Nick Binger,   Frank Gary

$1,500 Mixed Hold'em Final Table - Tamayo Chipping Away at Binger

Jun 24, '08

Blinds:
Limit: 10,000-20,000
No-Limit: 6,000-12,000

Chip Counts:
Nick Binger: 978,000
Frank Gary: 961,000
Jonathan Tamayo: 254,000

Big Hands

Limit Hold'em:

Tamayo Chips Away at Binger

On a flop of J104 Nick Binger bet out only to have Jonathan Tamayo raise. Binger made the call and the J fell on the turn. Binger checked, Tamayo bet and Binger called. The river was the 3 and Binger check-called again. Tamayo showed Q-J and a visibly frustrated Binger mucked his hand.
A few hands later Tamayo bet then called Binger's raise on a flop of A109. Tamayo called Binger's bet on the 2 turn and both players checked the 2 river. Tamayo showed 107 and Binger mucked. 

Tamayo and Binger have collided often Tamayo has been able to battle into contention. He has brought Binger back under 1,000,000 and currently sits close to Binger on the leaderboard.





 

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo,   Nick Binger

$1,500 Mixed Hold'em Final Table -

Jun 24, '08

Players are now on a 20 minute break.

Blinds:
Limit: 8,000-15,000
No-Limit: 5,000-10,000

Chip Counts:
Nick Binger: 1,397,000
Frank Gary: 289,000
Jonathan Tamayo: 207,000

Eliminations:
4th - Chris Rentes ($69,348)

Big Hands

No Limit Hold'em:

Binger's 7-2 Eliminates Chris Rentes in Fourth Place (69,348)

Chris Rentes had doubled a few minute prior to this hand, but a second double up was not meant to be. Who stopped it from happening? Yep - Nick Binger. Binger called a short-stacked Rentes' all in bet of 50,000 and flipped over 72. Rentes showed 65. The board ran KJ410Q and the 7 in Binger's hand played, eliminating Rentes in fourth place.

Limit Hold'em:

Tamayo is Ready to Gamble

After checking the flop of J76, Jonathan Tamayo bet on the 10 turn only to be checkraised by Chris Rentes. Tamayo made the call and the river brought the 7. Rentes bet and Tamayo made the call. Rentes showed 54 for a busted draw and no pair, but the more noticable thing about the hand was that Tamayo had called the check-raise on the turn and the bet on the river with just king-high, which turned out to be the best hand. Tamayo took the pot and some of the wind out of Rentes' sails.

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo,   Nick Binger,   Chris Rentes

$1,500 Mixed Hold'em Final Table - Nick Binger KOs Fifth Final Table Opponent

Jun 24, '08

After the first hour of play, the players took a 20 minute break before starting this round.

Blinds:
Limit: 6,000-12,000
No-Limit: 4,000-8,000

Chip Counts:
Nick Binger: 1,131,000
Frank Gary: 399,000
Chris Rentes: 320,000
Jonathan Tamayo: 125,999

Eliminations:
5th - Alex Jalali ($56,875)

Big Hands

No Limit Hold'em:

Binger Busts Jalali in Fifth Place ($56,875)

Nick Binger has now eliminated the first five players from the final table. Down to his last 104,000 in chips, Jalali moved all in and was called by Binger. Jalali showed AQ and was very much alive against Binger's JJ. But the board ran 776K2, missing Jalali and sending him to the rail.

Tamayo Doubles Through Jalali

On a flop of QJ3, Alex Jalali bet 28,000 and had Jonathan Tamayo move all in for 109,000 total. Jalali called and showed Q-4 for top pair. But Tamayo held an overpair, pocket aces. The turn was the 2 and the river was the 7, and Tamayo doubled up to 273,000.

Limit Hold'em:

Binger Loses to Jacks, Twice

Frank Gary and Chris Rentes each took separate pots from Nick Binger when their pocket jacks held against Bingers' A-K in each hand.

Gary Climbs

On a flop of 865 Nick Binger bet and was called Frank Gary. The A turn was checked by both players and Binger bet out on the A river. Gary called and showed 7-7. Binger showed K-6 and couldn't beat the pair of sevens. Gary has over 400,000 now and Binger fell to under 1,000,000.

Player Tags: Jonathan Tamayo,   Nick Binger,   Frank Gary,   Chris Rentes,   Alex Jalali

$1,500 Mixed Hold'em - Level Nine Recap

Jun 23, '08

Blinds/Antes:
Limit: 600-1,200
No-Limit: 300-600-75

Players Remaining: 78 of 731

Average Chip Stack: 28,100

Eliminations:

Nick Goodall
Steve Fiorentini
Tino Lechich

Hands and Storylines:

Nam Le doubles

Nam Le began the day with under 8,000 chips and would have to pick a spot to get his chips into the pot. He decided to go with A-J, and fortunately caught a jack on the flop against A-Q. He doubled up and currently has about 16,000 chips.

Tamayo puts Levi to the test

David Levi called a preflop from the chipleader Jonathan Tamayo and then called a 2,500 bet on a 6-5-4 flop. When a deuce came on the turn Levi bet out 4,000 and Tamayo raised to 20,000. Levi thought for a couple minutes, got up from his seat, separated 16,000 chips from his stack, and then ultimately folded.

Player Tags: David Levi,   Nam Le,   Jonathan Tamayo

Final Table Set

Jun 21, '07

With the elimination of Chad Brown in 11th place ($10,212), the remaining ten players converged on one table to play down to the final table.  It nearly two hours to lose the next play, with mostly small to medium size pots taking place between comfortably large stacks.  Vivek Rajkumar had a vociferous rail who would drunkenly yell "ship it" whenever he took down a hand.  Rajkumar took down a pot that had three players put in four bets, but David Pham capped the betting and only Rajkumar called.  The flop brought the A 9 6, Pham led out, and Rajkumar raised to $20,000.  Pham went into the tank for three minutes and eventually folded.  Rajkumar's rail took to calling him "the dragon-slayer," despite the fact that Pham still has a very solid stack and very likely the most experience at a final table of this caliber.  The final elimination of the night came down when Jonathan Tamayo got all-in preflop against Pham with 10 10 against Pham's K K.  The board came down Q 9 3 7 J and the final table was decided.  Tamayo took home $10,212 for his tenth place finish.  The chip leader at the end of the day was Alex Borteh, with $389,000 in chips.

The final table seating assignments are as follows:
1.Vivek Rajkumar
2.Petri Pollenan
3.David Pham
4.Marco Johnson
5.Matthew Kelly
6.Shawn Keller
7.Brandon Wong
8.Alex Borteh
9.Michael Byrne

With $225,483 and a gold bracelet on the line, the final table is sure to be exciting.  Make sure to check back for more updates at Cardplayer.com as play resumes tomorrow at 3 p.m.

Player Tags: David Pham,   Alex Borteh,   Jonathan Tamayo,   Vivek Rajkumar,   Marco Johnson