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Chad Batista

Hometown: Coral Springs

Country of Origin: United States

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$2,504,200
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1066 (144 points)
44 (1748 points)

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Date	Series	Event	Day

Dec 18, '09	2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic	WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship	5	+
Chad Batista Eliminated in 10th Place ($57,137) Dec 18, '09 Chad Batista moved all in preflop for 405,000 from the button and Scotty Nguyen made the call after spending a moment in the tank. Their cards: Batista: 55 Nguyen: KJ Board: K86K3 Batista was eliminated on the hand and Nguyen grew his stack to 3.8 million. Three more eliminations to go until the end of play. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Chad Batista Scotty Nguyen Triples Up in a Controversial Hand -- Juanda Eliminated in 11th Place ($57,137) Dec 18, '09 John Juanda moved all in preflop from the button by announcing, “All in.” He did not move his chips forward though, and the dealer announced that Juanda was all in to the table. An unsuspecting Chad Batista (with his headphones on) decided to move all in from the small blind under the assumption that he was the first player to act. Scotty Nguyen realized Batista’s mistake and then started laughing in the big blind before asking if both players were all in. The dealer confirmed that they were and Nguyen continued to laugh. An argument erupted between Batista and Nguyen before the tournament staff was called over to settle the dispute. The floor ruled that both players were all in and then Nguyen shoved all in with pocket aces. He and Juanda were all in for their tournament lives and Batista had each of them covered. Their cards: Juanda: A6 Nguyen: AA Batista: 22 Board: K43105 Nguyen won the hand to triple up to 2.92 million and Juanda was eliminated in 11th place. Batista was crippled after the hand 405,000. A pause in the action was taken after the hand so the players could take new seats at the final table. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, John Juanda, Chad Batista Lee Salem Eliminated in 12th Place ($57,137) Dec 18, '09 Lee Salem moved all in on the short stack for his last 400,000 and Chad Batista made the call. Salem showed the best hand with A2 and Batista needed help with KQ. The board ran K945K and Batista’s trips sent Salem to the rail. Batista now has 950,000. Player Tags: Lee Salem, Chad Batista Brent Hanks Eliminated in 17th Place ($38,092) Dec 17, '09 Chad Batista raised to 65,000 and Brent Hanks moved all in for his last 400,000. Batista instantly called with pocket queens and Hanks revealed pocket deuces. The board helped neither player and Hanks was eliminated. Batista is now up to 1.3 million in chips. Player Tags: Chad Batista, Brent Hanks Level 12 Update: Chad Batista Wins Monster Pot Dec 16, '09 Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 88 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Chad Batista — 730,000 2. Steven Landfish — 660,000 3. Joseph Elpayaa — 640,000 4. Toto Leonidas — 510,000 5. Matt Stout — 485,000 6. Brent Hanks — 470,000 7. Sorel Mizzi — 470,000 8. Faraz Jaka — 410,000 9. Scotty Nguyen — 400,000 10. Soheil Shamseddin — 400,000 Average Chip Count: 225,000 Notable Eliminations: Dani Stern Chris Moore Mark Gregorich Keven Stammen Cornel Cimpan Matt Stout Howard Lederer Big Hands: *Chad Batista Gifted A Ton of Chips* A man known by the table as “the French guy” opened for a raise and Mark Gregorich reraised all in for his last 34,700. Chad Batista called behind him and Mr. French called as well. The flop came down J83 and Batista bet 30,000. Unknown guy then reraised a handful of big chips to about 150,000 and Batista snap shoved all in. The Frenchman insta-called for his last 120,000 or so, showing AK. Batista showed bottom set of threes and the table started grumbling about running spades. The turn was the 5 and Batista let out a groan while the rest of the table ducked for cover, anticipating a possible blow up. Instead, the river was the 7 and Batista safely avoided any bad beats. He left the room regain his composure while the dealer spent a few minutes moving chips across the table. Gregorich never showed his hand, but apparently held A-Q. Meanwhile, Batista is looking at a stack of about 750,000. We’re guessing, however, since he has yet to organize the pile in front of him. Mike Matusow Doubles Through Abe Mosseri Mike Matusow was all in holding AQ against the JJ of Abe Mosseri. The flop came queen high and Matusow doubled up to 105,000 in chips. Mosseri was left with 140,000, but got it all back shortly afterwards. Abe Mosseri Doubles Through Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein raised to 8,000 and Abe Mosseri called on the button. Greenstein continued with a bet of 11,000 on a flop of 964 and Mosseri raised to 30,000. Greenstein put him all in and Mosseri called with J10 for a flush draw. Greenstein could only show 87 for an open-ended straight draw and failed to hit when the turn and river came 6Q. Mosseri is now back up to 275,000, while Greenstein fights the short stack with 45,000. Cornel Cimpan Eliminated by Shawn Buchanan Cornel Cimpan found himself all in holding pocket queens against the pocket jacks of Shawn Buchanan. A jack on the board was unfortunate for Cimpan and he failed to catch up, busting from the tournament. This means only Yevgeniy Timoshenko can catch Eric Baldwin for Player of the Year honors. Howard Lederer Eliminated by Curt Kohlberg Howard Lederer was all in and in great shape holding A-K against Curt Kohlberg’s K-Q, but a queen in the door put him in danger of busting. The turn gave him more outs with a wheel draw, but Lederer failed to catch up and was eliminated from the tournament. Kohlberg is now a big stack with 440,000. Erik Seidel Watches Aces Go Down in Flames Erik Seidel was all in holding pocket aces against the pocket nines of Carter King. The board ran out four spades, however, and Seidel’s aces were flushed away. King now sits with 175,000 in chips. POY Watch Erik Baldwin busted yesterday to Tom Dwan, but he’s not one for leaving his Player of the Year status to fate. Instead, Baldwin did the math and realized that if he wins today’s $500 side event, he would forced both Timoshenko and Cimpan to finish one spot higher in this tournament. Now that Cimpan is gone, only Timoshenko can challenge him. Timoshenko would need to finish in the top two to pass him, but if Baldwin can somehow score another win, Timoshenko would need to win this tournament outright in order to claim the award. Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Erik Seidel, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Mark Gregorich, Abe Mosseri, Chad Batista, Carter King View All Live Updates From This Event
Dec 17, '09	2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic	WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship	4	+
Chad Batista Eliminated in 10th Place ($57,137) Dec 18, '09 Chad Batista moved all in preflop for 405,000 from the button and Scotty Nguyen made the call after spending a moment in the tank. Their cards: Batista: 55 Nguyen: KJ Board: K86K3 Batista was eliminated on the hand and Nguyen grew his stack to 3.8 million. Three more eliminations to go until the end of play. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Chad Batista Scotty Nguyen Triples Up in a Controversial Hand -- Juanda Eliminated in 11th Place ($57,137) Dec 18, '09 John Juanda moved all in preflop from the button by announcing, “All in.” He did not move his chips forward though, and the dealer announced that Juanda was all in to the table. An unsuspecting Chad Batista (with his headphones on) decided to move all in from the small blind under the assumption that he was the first player to act. Scotty Nguyen realized Batista’s mistake and then started laughing in the big blind before asking if both players were all in. The dealer confirmed that they were and Nguyen continued to laugh. An argument erupted between Batista and Nguyen before the tournament staff was called over to settle the dispute. The floor ruled that both players were all in and then Nguyen shoved all in with pocket aces. He and Juanda were all in for their tournament lives and Batista had each of them covered. Their cards: Juanda: A6 Nguyen: AA Batista: 22 Board: K43105 Nguyen won the hand to triple up to 2.92 million and Juanda was eliminated in 11th place. Batista was crippled after the hand 405,000. A pause in the action was taken after the hand so the players could take new seats at the final table. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, John Juanda, Chad Batista Lee Salem Eliminated in 12th Place ($57,137) Dec 18, '09 Lee Salem moved all in on the short stack for his last 400,000 and Chad Batista made the call. Salem showed the best hand with A2 and Batista needed help with KQ. The board ran K945K and Batista’s trips sent Salem to the rail. Batista now has 950,000. Player Tags: Lee Salem, Chad Batista Brent Hanks Eliminated in 17th Place ($38,092) Dec 17, '09 Chad Batista raised to 65,000 and Brent Hanks moved all in for his last 400,000. Batista instantly called with pocket queens and Hanks revealed pocket deuces. The board helped neither player and Hanks was eliminated. Batista is now up to 1.3 million in chips. Player Tags: Chad Batista, Brent Hanks Level 12 Update: Chad Batista Wins Monster Pot Dec 16, '09 Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 88 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Chad Batista — 730,000 2. Steven Landfish — 660,000 3. Joseph Elpayaa — 640,000 4. Toto Leonidas — 510,000 5. Matt Stout — 485,000 6. Brent Hanks — 470,000 7. Sorel Mizzi — 470,000 8. Faraz Jaka — 410,000 9. Scotty Nguyen — 400,000 10. Soheil Shamseddin — 400,000 Average Chip Count: 225,000 Notable Eliminations: Dani Stern Chris Moore Mark Gregorich Keven Stammen Cornel Cimpan Matt Stout Howard Lederer Big Hands: *Chad Batista Gifted A Ton of Chips* A man known by the table as “the French guy” opened for a raise and Mark Gregorich reraised all in for his last 34,700. Chad Batista called behind him and Mr. French called as well. The flop came down J83 and Batista bet 30,000. Unknown guy then reraised a handful of big chips to about 150,000 and Batista snap shoved all in. The Frenchman insta-called for his last 120,000 or so, showing AK. Batista showed bottom set of threes and the table started grumbling about running spades. The turn was the 5 and Batista let out a groan while the rest of the table ducked for cover, anticipating a possible blow up. Instead, the river was the 7 and Batista safely avoided any bad beats. He left the room regain his composure while the dealer spent a few minutes moving chips across the table. Gregorich never showed his hand, but apparently held A-Q. Meanwhile, Batista is looking at a stack of about 750,000. We’re guessing, however, since he has yet to organize the pile in front of him. Mike Matusow Doubles Through Abe Mosseri Mike Matusow was all in holding AQ against the JJ of Abe Mosseri. The flop came queen high and Matusow doubled up to 105,000 in chips. Mosseri was left with 140,000, but got it all back shortly afterwards. Abe Mosseri Doubles Through Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein raised to 8,000 and Abe Mosseri called on the button. Greenstein continued with a bet of 11,000 on a flop of 964 and Mosseri raised to 30,000. Greenstein put him all in and Mosseri called with J10 for a flush draw. Greenstein could only show 87 for an open-ended straight draw and failed to hit when the turn and river came 6Q. Mosseri is now back up to 275,000, while Greenstein fights the short stack with 45,000. Cornel Cimpan Eliminated by Shawn Buchanan Cornel Cimpan found himself all in holding pocket queens against the pocket jacks of Shawn Buchanan. A jack on the board was unfortunate for Cimpan and he failed to catch up, busting from the tournament. This means only Yevgeniy Timoshenko can catch Eric Baldwin for Player of the Year honors. Howard Lederer Eliminated by Curt Kohlberg Howard Lederer was all in and in great shape holding A-K against Curt Kohlberg’s K-Q, but a queen in the door put him in danger of busting. The turn gave him more outs with a wheel draw, but Lederer failed to catch up and was eliminated from the tournament. Kohlberg is now a big stack with 440,000. Erik Seidel Watches Aces Go Down in Flames Erik Seidel was all in holding pocket aces against the pocket nines of Carter King. The board ran out four spades, however, and Seidel’s aces were flushed away. King now sits with 175,000 in chips. POY Watch Erik Baldwin busted yesterday to Tom Dwan, but he’s not one for leaving his Player of the Year status to fate. Instead, Baldwin did the math and realized that if he wins today’s $500 side event, he would forced both Timoshenko and Cimpan to finish one spot higher in this tournament. Now that Cimpan is gone, only Timoshenko can challenge him. Timoshenko would need to finish in the top two to pass him, but if Baldwin can somehow score another win, Timoshenko would need to win this tournament outright in order to claim the award. Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Erik Seidel, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Mark Gregorich, Abe Mosseri, Chad Batista, Carter King View All Live Updates From This Event
Dec 16, '09	2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic	WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship	3	+
Chad Batista Eliminated in 10th Place ($57,137) Dec 18, '09 Chad Batista moved all in preflop for 405,000 from the button and Scotty Nguyen made the call after spending a moment in the tank. Their cards: Batista: 55 Nguyen: KJ Board: K86K3 Batista was eliminated on the hand and Nguyen grew his stack to 3.8 million. Three more eliminations to go until the end of play. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Chad Batista Scotty Nguyen Triples Up in a Controversial Hand -- Juanda Eliminated in 11th Place ($57,137) Dec 18, '09 John Juanda moved all in preflop from the button by announcing, “All in.” He did not move his chips forward though, and the dealer announced that Juanda was all in to the table. An unsuspecting Chad Batista (with his headphones on) decided to move all in from the small blind under the assumption that he was the first player to act. Scotty Nguyen realized Batista’s mistake and then started laughing in the big blind before asking if both players were all in. The dealer confirmed that they were and Nguyen continued to laugh. An argument erupted between Batista and Nguyen before the tournament staff was called over to settle the dispute. The floor ruled that both players were all in and then Nguyen shoved all in with pocket aces. He and Juanda were all in for their tournament lives and Batista had each of them covered. Their cards: Juanda: A6 Nguyen: AA Batista: 22 Board: K43105 Nguyen won the hand to triple up to 2.92 million and Juanda was eliminated in 11th place. Batista was crippled after the hand 405,000. A pause in the action was taken after the hand so the players could take new seats at the final table. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, John Juanda, Chad Batista Lee Salem Eliminated in 12th Place ($57,137) Dec 18, '09 Lee Salem moved all in on the short stack for his last 400,000 and Chad Batista made the call. Salem showed the best hand with A2 and Batista needed help with KQ. The board ran K945K and Batista’s trips sent Salem to the rail. Batista now has 950,000. Player Tags: Lee Salem, Chad Batista Brent Hanks Eliminated in 17th Place ($38,092) Dec 17, '09 Chad Batista raised to 65,000 and Brent Hanks moved all in for his last 400,000. Batista instantly called with pocket queens and Hanks revealed pocket deuces. The board helped neither player and Hanks was eliminated. Batista is now up to 1.3 million in chips. Player Tags: Chad Batista, Brent Hanks Level 12 Update: Chad Batista Wins Monster Pot Dec 16, '09 Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 88 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Chad Batista — 730,000 2. Steven Landfish — 660,000 3. Joseph Elpayaa — 640,000 4. Toto Leonidas — 510,000 5. Matt Stout — 485,000 6. Brent Hanks — 470,000 7. Sorel Mizzi — 470,000 8. Faraz Jaka — 410,000 9. Scotty Nguyen — 400,000 10. Soheil Shamseddin — 400,000 Average Chip Count: 225,000 Notable Eliminations: Dani Stern Chris Moore Mark Gregorich Keven Stammen Cornel Cimpan Matt Stout Howard Lederer Big Hands: *Chad Batista Gifted A Ton of Chips* A man known by the table as “the French guy” opened for a raise and Mark Gregorich reraised all in for his last 34,700. Chad Batista called behind him and Mr. French called as well. The flop came down J83 and Batista bet 30,000. Unknown guy then reraised a handful of big chips to about 150,000 and Batista snap shoved all in. The Frenchman insta-called for his last 120,000 or so, showing AK. Batista showed bottom set of threes and the table started grumbling about running spades. The turn was the 5 and Batista let out a groan while the rest of the table ducked for cover, anticipating a possible blow up. Instead, the river was the 7 and Batista safely avoided any bad beats. He left the room regain his composure while the dealer spent a few minutes moving chips across the table. Gregorich never showed his hand, but apparently held A-Q. Meanwhile, Batista is looking at a stack of about 750,000. We’re guessing, however, since he has yet to organize the pile in front of him. Mike Matusow Doubles Through Abe Mosseri Mike Matusow was all in holding AQ against the JJ of Abe Mosseri. The flop came queen high and Matusow doubled up to 105,000 in chips. Mosseri was left with 140,000, but got it all back shortly afterwards. Abe Mosseri Doubles Through Barry Greenstein Barry Greenstein raised to 8,000 and Abe Mosseri called on the button. Greenstein continued with a bet of 11,000 on a flop of 964 and Mosseri raised to 30,000. Greenstein put him all in and Mosseri called with J10 for a flush draw. Greenstein could only show 87 for an open-ended straight draw and failed to hit when the turn and river came 6Q. Mosseri is now back up to 275,000, while Greenstein fights the short stack with 45,000. Cornel Cimpan Eliminated by Shawn Buchanan Cornel Cimpan found himself all in holding pocket queens against the pocket jacks of Shawn Buchanan. A jack on the board was unfortunate for Cimpan and he failed to catch up, busting from the tournament. This means only Yevgeniy Timoshenko can catch Eric Baldwin for Player of the Year honors. Howard Lederer Eliminated by Curt Kohlberg Howard Lederer was all in and in great shape holding A-K against Curt Kohlberg’s K-Q, but a queen in the door put him in danger of busting. The turn gave him more outs with a wheel draw, but Lederer failed to catch up and was eliminated from the tournament. Kohlberg is now a big stack with 440,000. Erik Seidel Watches Aces Go Down in Flames Erik Seidel was all in holding pocket aces against the pocket nines of Carter King. The board ran out four spades, however, and Seidel’s aces were flushed away. King now sits with 175,000 in chips. POY Watch Erik Baldwin busted yesterday to Tom Dwan, but he’s not one for leaving his Player of the Year status to fate. Instead, Baldwin did the math and realized that if he wins today’s $500 side event, he would forced both Timoshenko and Cimpan to finish one spot higher in this tournament. Now that Cimpan is gone, only Timoshenko can challenge him. Timoshenko would need to finish in the top two to pass him, but if Baldwin can somehow score another win, Timoshenko would need to win this tournament outright in order to claim the award. Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Erik Seidel, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Mark Gregorich, Abe Mosseri, Chad Batista, Carter King View All Live Updates From This Event
Oct 27, '09	2009 Caesars Palace Classic	Caesars Palace Classic -- Main Event Championship	1	+
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 View All Live Updates From This Event
Oct 24, '09	2009 Festa al Lago Classic	WPT Festa Al Lago Championship -- No-Limit Hold'em	4	+
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 View All Live Updates From This Event
Jul 05, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	$10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event	1	+
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 View All Live Updates From This Event
Jun 30, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	Event 56 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed	1	+
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 View All Live Updates From This Event
Jun 23, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	Event 45 - $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em	1	+
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 View All Live Updates From This Event
Apr 28, '09	2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Season V	EPT Grand Final Championship - Event 1	1	+
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 View All Live Updates From This Event
Apr 22, '09	2009 Five-Star World Poker Classic	WPT Championship - Event 16	5	+
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 View All Live Updates From This Event