Chad Batista - Live Updates

Chad Batista Eliminated by Jason Mercier

Oct 27, '09

Chad Batista is now longer at the table of death. In his place, however, is none other than OPOY-contender David Sands.

According to the table, Batista got it in with J10 on a jack-high flop against Jason Mercier’s pocket kings. Batista turned a flush draw, but Mercier’s hand held to give him a stack of over 40,000.

Player Tags: Chad Batista,   Jason Mercier

Level 18 Update: In The Money Eliminations

Oct 24, '09

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

Players Left: 18 of 275

Average Chip Count: 916,000

Chip Counts:

1. Jason Lavallee — 3,050,000
2. Matthew Glantz — 1,400,000
3. Tommy Vedes — 1,250,000
4. Kido Pham — 1,200,000
5. Jason Burt — 1,150,000
6. Shawn Cunix — 1,100,000
7. Freddy Deeb — 1,035,000
8. Terry Ryan — 760,000
9. Larry Berg — 635,000
10. Richard Sciuto — 583,000

Notable Eliminations:

27. Markus Gonsalves — $23,885
26. Prahlad Friedman — $23,885
25. Chris Ferguson — $23,885
24. Mark Seif — $23,885
23. Chad Batista — $23,885
22. Lee Markholt — $23,885
21. Corwin Cole — $23,885
20. Jonas Entin — $23,855
19. Terry Ryan — $23,855

Big Hands:

Markus Gonsalves Eliminated in 27th Place ($23,885)

Markus Gonsalves got the rest of his short stack all in for 167,000 and Mark Seif made the call. Larry Berg then moved all in for 147,000 and Seif called that as well.Berg showed pocket queens, Gonsalves showed pocket kings and Seif was behind with A9.

The board ran out 1032QA and Berg’s set of queens gave him the near triple up and send Gonsalves to the rail. Berg now has 635,000 and Seif takes a hit down to 660,000.

Prahlad Friedman Eliminated in 26th Place ($23,885)

Prahlad Friedman (pictured right) raised in middle position and Jason Lavallee called on the button. The flop came down 1077 and Lavallee bet 59,000.

Freidman moved all in for 340,000 and Lavallee called with pocket jacks. Friedman showed AK and needed help, but it didn’t come when the Q and 4 completed the board.

Friedman is now eliminated and Lavallee is over the 2 million mark.

Chris Ferguson Eliminated in 25th Place ($23,885)

Chris Ferguson raised to 40,000 and Jonas Entin reraised to 178,000 from the small blind. Ferguson moved all in for 300,000 and Etin called.

Ferguson showed AQ and was in major trouble to Entin’s AA. The board offered no miracles and Ferguson was eliminated, boosting Entin’s stack back to 1 million.

Mark Seif Eliminated in 24th Place ($23,885)

Mark Seif has been eliminated from the tournament by Larry Berg. Seif held top pair, but ran into the set of sixes from Berg, who chips up to 1.4 million.

Chad Batista Eliminated in 23rd Place ($23,885)

Chad Batista was all in with a superior A-K against Corwin Cole’s A-J. Batista looked fine until the board produced a jack and sent him to the rail.

Lee Markholt Eliminated in 22nd Place ($23,855)

The perpetually short stack Lee Markholt was eliminated during the chaos of the level and details are unknown.

Corwin Cole Eliminated in 21st Place ($23,855)

Freddy Deeb raised and Jason Lavallee called on the button. Corwin Cole then reraised to 188,000 from the small blind. Deeb folded and Lavallee moved all in.

Cole instantly called with pocket aces and is in great shape against Lavallee’s pocket jacks. Unfortunately, the flop brings a jack and Cole’s tournament comes to an end. Lavallee now has over 3 million, more than double his closest opponent.

Jonas Entin Eliminated in 20th Place ($23,885)

Jonas Entin raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Kido Pham made the call. The flop came down KQ7 and Entin bet 100,000.

Pham then moved all in and Entin called for his last 200,000. Pham showed pocket sevens for the set and Entin was in major trouble with AQ.

The turn and river came 43 and Entin was eliminated. Pham now has 1,500,000 in chips.

Terry Ryan Eliminated in 19th Place ($23,855)

Terry Ryan was just eliminated by Jason Lavallee when he moved all in on the river and was snap called by a spade flush.

Player Tags: Mark Seif,   Chris Ferguson,   Prahlad Friedman,   Freddy Deeb,   Chad Batista,   Jason Lavallee,   Markus Gonsalves,   Jonas Entin,   Corwin Cole

Level 16 Update: Dan Shak Takes Horrible Beat

Oct 24, '09

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

Players Left: 33 of 275

Average Chip Count: 500,000

Chip Counts:

1. Jonas Entin — 1,070,000
2. Jason Lavallee — 1,030,000
3. Tommy Vedes — 1,010,000
4. Dee Luong — 735,000
5. Mark Seif — 715,000
6. Kido Pham — 700,000
7. Chad Batista — 650,000
8. Jason Burt — 600,000
9. Jason Somerville — 590,000
10. Shawn Cunix — 575,000

Notable Eliminations:

Nestor Martinez
Dan Shak
Mike Chiappetta
Cliff Josephy

Big Hands:

Chad Batista Gets Lucky To Stay Alive

Chad “lilholdem954” Batista (pictured right) found himself all in for over 300,000 in chips holding pocket jacks and was in bad shape against chip leader Corwin Cole’s pocket queens.

No problem for the online pro, however, when the board came J972A, giving him the winning set.

He now has over 630,000 while Cole took a hit down to 685,000.

Dan Shak Takes Really Tough Beat

Dan Shak and Tommy Vedes got into a raising war preflop that saw Shak’s AK go up against Vedes and his AQ.

The flop came out KK10 giving Shak trips, but the turn was the J, giving Vedes the Broadway straight.

Shak needed help on the river, but it was the 9 that ended his tournament, giving Vedes a huge pot and a stack of over 1 million.

Freddy Deeb Slows Down Jason Lavallee

Jason Lavallee raised to 25,000 and Freddy Deeb called in the cutoff. The flop came A76 and both players checked.

The turn was the A and Lavallee bet 41,000. Deeb minraised to 82,000 and Lavallee just called.

Both players checked down the 5 on the river and Lavallee showed AQ to win the pot and cross the million dollar mark.

Cliff Josephy Eliminated by Kido Pham

Some more bad luck for Cliff Josephy when his pocket jacks were cracked by the AJ of Kido Pham.

The board was safe until an ace hit the turn, giving Pham the elimination credit and a new stack of 700,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Daniel Shak,   Kido Pham,   Cliff Josephy,   Tommy Vedes,   Freddy Deeb,   Chad Batista,   Jason Lavallee,   Corwin Cole

Level 4 Hour 2 Update: Chad Batista Eliminated

Jul 05, '09

Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante

Chip Counts:

1. Jeff Lisandro — 135,200
2. Andy Seth — 110,000
3. Tsai Chen — 95,700
4. Hevad Khan — 84,000
5. Joe Hachem — 82,000
6. Amnon Filippi — 80,000
7. Marc Naalden — 80,000
8. Yan Chen — 80,000
9. Lee Watkinson — 78,000
10. Igor Borukhov — 76,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Matt Matros — 26,000

Notable Eliminations:

Al Barbieri
Chad Batista
Antonio Tarver

Big Hands

Gabe Thaler Doubles Up

Jeff Tims raises to 800 before the flop, Gabe Thaler calls from early position as does the player in the big blind. The flop comes Q104, Tims best 1,850, Thaler raises to 5,000, the big blind folds, Tims moves all in and Thaler calls all in.

Thaler: QQ
Tims: KJ

Thaler gets it in good with top set, Tims has an open-ended straight draw. The turn is the 6 and the river is the 5, no help to Tims as Thaler doubles through him to over 50,000 this hand.

Kevin Saul Doubels Through David Singer

Kevin Saul raises to 800 from the cutoff and David Singer rearaises to 2,900 from the big blind. Saul four-bets to 7,800 and Singer moves all in. Saul calls all in for 30,000+ ; Singer has him covered.

Saul: QQ
Singer: A5

Board: J9366

Singer flops the nut flush draw but fails to improve as Kevin Saul doubles up to over 60,000 in chips this hand, leaving Singer with just 50,000.

Chad Batista Eliminated

Chad Batista gets it all in pre-flop from the short stack for about 10,000.

Batista: A2
Opponent: AK

Board: K855J

Batista gets it in behind, and when his opponent pairs kings on the flop Batista needs to go runner-runner here to stay alive. The board fails to improve his hand and he is eliminated from the tournament.

Tehan Flops a Set, Doubles Up

After a series of pre-flop raises and reraises, Joe Tehan gets the rest of his chips(19,750) in the middle and is called by a single opponent.

Tehan: AA
Opponent: AK

Tehan flops top set with the case ace as his opponent makes top pair. The turn and river fail to help either player as Tehan doubles up to over 70,000 in chips this hand.

Howard Lederer Doubles Up

Howard Lederer gets it all in pre-flop against the player on the button.

Lederer: JJ
Button: AK

Board: 105329

Lederer’s pocket jacks hold up as he doubles to nearly 40,000 this hand.

Left in the Deck

Players are on a twenty-minute break and should return at approximately 10:40 pm PDT to begin the 5th and final level of the day.

Player Tags: Howard Lederer,   Gabriel Thaler,   David Singer,   Joe Tehan,   Kevin Saul,   Chad Batista

Level 4 Update: Barry Greenstein Eliminated

Jun 30, '09

Blinds: 100-200 with a 25 ante

Players Remaining: XXX out of XXX

Chip Counts:

1. John Duthie – 50,000
2. Dennis Phillips – 46,000
3. Shaun Deeb – 30,000
4. Alexander Kostritsyn – 30,000
5. Chad Batista – 30,000
6. Daniel Alaei – 29,000
7. Ivan Demidov – 20,000
8. David Pham – 19,200
9. Scotty Nguyen – 18,500
10. Justin Bonomo – 18,000

Average Chip Count: 15,000

Notable Eliminations:

Barry Greenstein
Jeff Madsen
Adam Junglen
Brock Parker
Dutch Boyd
Jason Mercier
Matt Graham
Jamie Gold

Big Hands:

Barry Greenstein Eliminated

Barry Greenstein went all in for 10,375 preflop from the button against an opponent in the small blind. The player went into the tank before finally making the call. Greenstein tabled the 99 while his opponent exposed the 1010. The board offered no help to the three-time bracelet winner, as it came KJ5QJ.

Dario Minieri Busts a Player

On a board of Q106, bracelet winner Dario Minieri bet 1,000 and his opponent moved all in for about 5,500 more. Minieri thought about it for a split second before making the call. He tabled the AQ while his opponent exposed the KJ for an open ended straight draw and an over card. The 8 hit the turn and Minieri added a flush draw to boot. The 7 fell on the river and Minieri is up to around the starting amount.

Mimi Tran Doubles Up

Mimi Tran and Chad Batista got all the money in with Tran holding the 1010 and Batista tabling the AQ. The board ran out 822K8 and Tran doubled up. After the hand there was some verbal sparring between the two players. Tran is up to just under the starting amount with 14,000 while Batista is healthy with 30,000.

Left in the Deck:

The players are now on a 20 minute break.

Player Tags: Barry Greenstein,   Mimi Tran,   Dario Minieri,   Chad Batista

Level 1 Update: Event Brings Stacked Field

Jun 23, '09

Blinds: 100-200

Players Remaining: 245 out of 245

Big Hands:

Batista Folds Top Pair Early On

Chad Batista raises to 850 from the button after an under the gun limper. The big blind called, the limper folded, and the flop was K35.

After the big blind checked, Batista bet 1000 and was met with a check-raise to 3250. Batista made the call and the 2 fell on the turn. The player in the big blind led out for 7700 and Batista folded pretty quickly flashing a K as he sent his cards into the muck.

Cousineau Flops the Nuts, Bets it Down

In a multi-way pot, Tony Cousineau bet 1050 on a flop of KJ10. He got one caller from the blind and everybody else got out of the way. The A was the turn card and Cousineau bets 2000 after his opponent checked.

The J fell on the river and Cousineau put out one last bet of 4000 after his opponent checked again. After his opponent folded, Cousineau showed the table AQ and commented about how the turn and river cards hurt his hand.

Wahlbeck Takes a Big Hit Early

The final board read A27K6 and Ville Wahlbeck’s opponent made a river bet of 11,500. Wahlbeck went into the tank for a minute or so before making the call.

Wahlbeck’s opponent showed AK and Wahlbeck mucked, losing more than half of his original starting stack on the hand.

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   Ville Wahlbeck,   Chad Batista

Chad Batista Takes a Hit

Apr 28, '09

Seat 4 moves all in under the gun for 11,225 and Chad Batista reraises all in to isolate his opponent. Another player then goes into the tank for almost 10 minutes before he finally folds. The final two players then flip up their cards:

Batista: AQ
Opponent: KK

Board: J-3-2-6-4

Seat 4 doubles up on the hand and Batista takes a hit down to 18,000.






 

Player Tags: Chad Batista

Chad Batista Eliminated

Apr 22, '09

Nick Binger raised to 28,000 and Bruno Fitoussi made the call. Chad Batista moved all in from the button for 390,000 and Marco Johnson moved all in over the top of him from the small blind. Binger and Fitoussi mucked and the last two players flipped up their cards:

Batista: QQ
Johnson: AK

Board: KJ5102

Batista was eliminated from the tournament and Johnson jumped his stack up to 1 million.






 

Player Tags: Chad Batista,   Marco Johnson

Chad "lilholdem954" Batista Eliminated

Mar 16, '09

Chad Batista took a bad beat earlier in the day with pocket aces against his opponent's pocket sevens. A seven on the flop had Batista down to his last 7,500 and change.

Batista didn't take the beat well and proceeded to open ship his entire stack for a few hands before his A-5 was finally called by an opponent's pocket kings. The ace never came and Batista was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Tags: Chad Batista

Thay3r Plays A Little Hold'em....954

Jul 12, '08

Sitting with a gutshot draw to the wheel along with a flush draw, Thayer Rasmussen called the all in of Chad Batista who held a set of deuces. The river gave Rasmussen his flush and a big stack of about 74,000 in chips.

Of course, Batista was quickly replaced by WSOP heads up finalist Alec "traheho" Torelli, keeping the toughest table in the room's reputation intact.

 

Click here to read Alec Torelli's blog for CardPlayer.com.

 

 

 

Player Tags: Thayer Rasmussen,   Chad Batista

$10,000 Main Event - Hour 2

Jul 05, '08

Note: Players are now on a 20 minute break and will return at roughly 2:35 pm to begin Level 2 with increased blinds of 100-200.

Blinds: 50-100

Chip Leaders:
Carl Henriksson: 63,000
Clonie Gowen: 60,250
Joe Hachem: 49,000
Ryan Hughes: 48,000
Sammy Farha: 40,200
Brian Townsend: 40,000
Jared Brintz: 40,000
David Pontier: 37,000
Dmitri Nobles: 37,000

CP Chip Counts:
Mark Gregorich: 24,000
Isaac Haxton: 21,200
Mike Matusow: 20,000
Michael Binger: 19,500
Gavin Griffin: 8,000

Steve Wong: 13,275
Gary Clark: 27,000
Henning Granstadt: 26,500
Martin Wendt: 9,900
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier: 12,350
Eoghan O’Dea: 19,000
Isabelle Mercier: 14,440
T.J. Cloutier: 11,475
Don Fagan: 26,000
Mel Judah: 21,500


Eliminations: Larry Flynt, Michael Gracz

Big Hands:

Nam Le Takes Pot, Chips Up Early

The player in seat 4 raised to 350 and both Nam Le and the player in the big blind made the call. When the flop came 976 Le checked, seat 4 bet 500 and Le check-raised to 1,500. The big blind folded and seat 4 called the raise. Le and seat 4 checked the 8 turn. The river was the 2 and Lee bet out 1,800. Seat 4 thought for a minute and mucked, giving Le the pot. He has chipped up to around 34,000 so far today. Le and John D'Agostino are seated at the same table.

Larry Flynt Eliminated

The player from under the gun raised to 200 and Larry Flynt called from middle position. They went heads up to a flop of Q109 and UTG bet 500 and Flynt called. The turn was the 5 and this time UTG checked to Flynt, who bet 1,000. UTG called and the K fell on the river. UTG bet 3,000 and Flynt raised to 8,000. UTG moved all in and Flynt made the call. Flynt showed QJ for the rivered king-high straight. UTG showed AJ for the rivered ace-high straight. UTG raked the pot and Flynt was left with only 2,000 in chips after the hand.

A few hands later Flynt limped into a pot from early position. The player in the cutoff raised to 600 and Flynt called. The flop came A32 and Flynt checked to the cutoff, who bet 500. Flynt called all in and both players turned over their cards. Flynt had 107 and the cutoff had JJ. The turn and river brought 35 and Flynt was eliminated.

Madsen Makes Losing Call

On a 3-way flop of K53, the big blind checked to the player in middle position who bet 475. Jeff Madsen raised to 1,200, pushing the big blind out of the pot. The middle position player called and checked the turn of 3. Madsen checked behind. The river brought the 9, the player in middle position bet out 1,600 and Madsen tanked before making the call. His opponent turned over A3 and Madsen mucked his hand, sitting with 24,000 after the hand.

Scary Turn Doesn't Phase "LilHoldem"

The player in seat 6 bet 600 on a flop of 965 and Chad "lilholdem954" Batista made the call. When the A fell on the turn seat 6 fired out 1,600. Batista called again and both players checked the 4 river. "You got it," seat 6 said and Batista turned over 98 to scoop the pot. After the hand he had around 25,000 in chips.

Griffin Dodges Spades

From the small blind, Gavin Griffin raised to 350. The big blind folded and one other player, who had limped under the gun, made the call. The flop ran out 1082, and Griffin made a continuation bet of 550. His opponent folded, and Griffin let out an audible sigh of relief, showing KK as he raked in the small pot. Griffin was down to around 13,000 after the hand.

ElkY In Action

Frenchman Bertrand  “ElkY” Grospellier has lost almost half his starting stack of 20,000 but sees relatively unfazed, picking up a pot on a board of Q105Q9 by betting out about three-quarters the pot.

Player Tags: Nam Le,   Gavin Griffin,   Larry Flynt,   Bertrand Grospellier,   Jeff Madsen,   Chad Batista