Hometown: Henderson
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Birthdate: Oct 08, 1962 (Age: 49)
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| Jul 09, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 WSOP Main Event | 3 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level One Update: Jason Young Eliminated Early and Duhamel Begins his Title DefenseJul 09, '11
Players on Day 1C: Approximately 978 Blinds: 50-100 Notables Remaining:
Notables Eliminated This Level: Jason Young Hands: Jason Young Eliminated Early by Sorel Mizzi Jason Young got all of his chips into the middle preflop against Sorel Mizzi. Their cards: Young: K Board: 5 Mizzi doubled up to 70,000 after the hand and he is among the early chip leaders. Young was eliminated on the hand. Scotty Nguyen Grabs Some Chips After the flop rolled off the deck Q The cutoff made the call and the river fell 4 Poker Tweets — Getting Aggressive against the Fish Many pros in the main event on Day 1C are playing much more aggressive than their less experienced opponents. Check out these play comments from the field during level 1:
CardPlayer TV Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Jason Young, Jon Turner, Brent Roberts, Sorel Mizzi |
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| Jun 29, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Low-8/OB | 3 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 25: Mizrachi Leads Final Three; Bohlman 4th, Nguyen 5thJun 30, '11 NOTE: Sixty minutes levels with games changing every eight hands. Limits: 25,000-50,000 Stud 8: Omaha 8: Players Remaining: 3 out of 450 Average Chip Count: 1,125,000 Chip Counts: 1. Michael Mizrachi – 2,000,000 Eliminations: 4th. Scott Bohlman – $72,491 Scotty Nguyen Eliminated in 5th Place ($53,091) Scotty Nguyen opened for a raise before the flop and Michael Mizrachi called from the big blind. The flop came K The turn was the A Mizrachi: A Both players flopped an ace but Mizrachi was ahead with top two pair. The river was the K Scott Bohlman Eliminated in 4th Place ($72,491) Scott Bohlman got it all in on a flop of A Bohlman: A Bohlman was head with top set on the flop, but the turn and river were the 4 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Michael Mizrachi, Scott Bohlman, Owais Ahmed Level 24: Mizrachi Leads Final FiveJun 29, '11 NOTE: Sixty minutes levels with games changing every eight hands. Limits: 20,000-40,000 Stud 8: Omaha 8: Players Remaining: 5 out of 450 Average Chip Count: 675,000 Chip Counts: 1. Michael Mizrachi – 1,238,000 Eliminations: 6th. Gerard Rechnitzer – $39,475 Thomas Whitehair Eliminated in 8th Place ($22,819) Thomas Whitehair began the official eight-handed final table as the short stack and was the first one eliminated shortly after play began. Whitehair was all in on sixth street against Abe Mosseri. Whitehair: Q Whitehair showed Q – 7 for two pair and Mosseri showed another 4 or a full house to win the pot. Thomas Whitehair was eliminated in 8th place ($22,819). Gregory Jamison Eliminated in 7th Place ($29,791) Gregory Jamison was all in before the flop with a pair of deuces against Abe Mosseri’s pair of kings. Jamison: 4 The board came A Gerard Rechnitzer Eliminated in 6th Place ($39,475) Gerard Rechnitzer had preciously been quartered by Abe Mosseri in a huge pot that left him on the short stack. Rechnitzer then got it all in pre-flop against both Abe Mosseri and Scotty Nguyen
The turn was the K The river was the 6 Nguyen: A Nguyen turned over pocket aces to scoop the pot. Gerard Rechnitzer was eliminated in 6th place ($39,475). Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Abe Mosseri, Gerard Rechnitzer, Gregory Jamison, Thomas Whitehair Level 23: Lellouche Eliminated 9th, Final Now Table UnderwayJun 29, '11 NOTE: Play ended last night with 21 players and resumed today at 3:00pm. With the elimination of Antony Lellouche in 9th place ($17,731), the official eight-handed final table is now underway. NOTE: Sixty minutes levels with games changing every eight hands. Limits: 15,000-30,000 Omaha 8: Stud 8: Players Remaining: 8 out of 450,000 Average Chip Count: 421,875 Chip Counts: 1. Michael Mizrachi – 1,418,000 Payouts: 1st. $255,959 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Michael Mizrachi, Abe Mosseri, Scott Bohlman, Gerard Rechnitzer, Owais Ahmed, Gregory Jamison, Thomas Whitehair |
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| Mar 04, '11 | 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship | 2011 NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship | 1 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barry Greenstein Defeats Scotty NguyenMar 04, '11
The turn was the 6 Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Barry Greenstein |
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| Jul 14, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 9 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 21 Hour One Update: Scotty Nguyen EliminatedJul 14, '10 Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Evan Lamprea — 3,900,000 Praz Bansi
Garrett Adelstein opend to 36,000 from the cutoff and Johnny Chan three-bet to 101,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Adelstein and he reraised all in for 970,000. Chan called with the K Serge Didisheim Eliminated Serge Didisheim moved all in for 195,000. Manuel Davidian called with the A Marceo Dabus Doubles Up Marceo Dabus was all in preflop for 395,000 with the A
Robert Mizrachi bet 42,000 from middle position and Matthew Reed three-bet to 115,000. Mizrachi made the call. The flop came J Peter Jetten Eliminates a Player Laurentius Sloot was all in for 124,000 with the A Scotty Nguyen Eliminated Scotty Nguyen was getting short when he moved all in preflop with A-J. Unfortunately for Nguyen, he ran into the pocket kings of his opponent. The board offered no help and he was gone.
On an A Sam Haddad Eliminated Sam Haddad moved all in preflop for 167,000. Duy Le called. Haddad tabled the A Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player Jean Pasqualini shoved from the small blind for 165,000. Eric Baldwin called in the big blind. Baldwin tabled the K Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Scotty Nguyen, Johnny Chan, Serge Didisheim, Peter Jetten, Eric Baldwin, Praz Bansi Level 17, Hour One: Frank Kassela EliminatedJul 13, '10 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 576 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 381,198 Card Player Chip Counts Adam Schoenfeld — 270,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Tony Dunst – 1,546,000 Notable Eliminations: Court Harrington Big Hands:
Frank Kassela raised to 17,000 and the action folded around to the small blind. He moved all in and then the big blind came over the top of that for all his chips, having both opponents covered. Kassela made the call and tabled K The flop came down Q With his cash, Kassela locked up at least a share of the 2010 WSOP Player of the Year award. If Michael Mizrachi does not win the main event, Kassela will claim the award outright. South Gives Up The Double Picking up the action on the flop, the board read K Wade then shoved all in for 307,000 and South made the call. Wade: A South flopped two pair but had to fade Wade’s nut-flush draw. The turn gave Wade more outs as the A Wade was up to 652,000 after the double up while South was down to 186,000.
A player moved all in for 34,000 and the action folded around to Scotty Nguyen in the big blind. He made the call and turned over pocket aces, dominating his opponent’s A The board ran out J Chiu Eliminated David Chiu moved in for his last 16,000 and Theo Jorgensen made the call. Chiu: 8 Chiu was racing but he caught a flat tire when the flop fell J Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Frank Kassela, David Chiu, Theo Jorgensen, Cole South Level Six Hour One Update: Ted Lawson BustsJul 09, '10 NOTE: Here is the break down of the schedule for the rest of the day: Level 7 Day 2A will end around 11 p.m. Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 2,412 out of 2,412 Average Chip Count: Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 113,325 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Corwin Cole – 230,000 Notable Eliminations: James Akenhead Big Hands:
After the flop came down Q The bet was more than a third of his remaining stack and after much deliberation, he finally moved all in. His opponent snap-called and they showed their hands: Lawson: 9 Lawson was trailing and the board finished off J Seiver Takes One Scott Seiver raised to 1,100 preflop and the player in seat 8 made the call. The flop came down Q His opponent decided to let it go there before losing any more chips and Seiver took down the pot. He was at 54,000.
We got to the table after the board had run out A His opponent tanked long and the ESPN cameras caught all the action. Finally, seat 9 made the call and Mizrachi lightly tapped the table. “Ace-jack?” Mizrachi inquired. His opponent turned over A Alaei Doubles Daniel Alaei and his opponent got all of the money in the middle on a flop of J Daniel Alaei showed J
On a flop of 3 The ESPN crew was called over to film the all-in pot. The turn was the 2 After the hand, Duke joked with the rest of her table about how painful it can be to wait so long for each card to be dealt with the cameras filming. Sneaky Kaplan Gets Caught On a flop of J After some deliberation and asking the dealer what the bet was, Kaplan threw out 5,300. The floor was called over, eventually deciding that Kaplan’s bet was merely a call. Action continued as both players checked the 7 Kaplan had just 10,400 after the hand.
On a board of 10 Cole check-raised to 35,000, putting his opponent all in for essentially 16,000. His opponent called and they showed down: Cole: K Cole held two pair to his opponent’s one pair and straight draw. The 8 Mueller Takes One Down Greg Mueller check-raised his opponent from 1,600 to 4,400 on a flop of K Mueller checked and called when his opponent fired 6,000 into the pot on the turn. The 6 Mueller had 34,000 after the hand.
Scotty Nguyen and two other players saw a flop of A His opponent went into the tank for a solid five minutes before calling. Nguyen showed 5 The turn was the K Hasan Habib Gets a Knockout The player on the button raised to 1,200 and Hasan Habib made it 7,000 from the big blind. The button then moved all-in for his last 20,000 and Habib made the call. Habib showed A Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Annie Duke, Hasan Habib, Ted Lawson, Michael Mizrachi, Gabe Kaplan, Daniel Alaei, Scott Seiver, Corwin Cole Level Five Hour Two Update: Baron Climbing The RanksJul 09, '10 Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 2,412 out of 2,412 Average Chip Count: Card Player Chip Counts Justin Marchand – 23,400 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Corwin Cole – 228,200 Notable Eliminations: Mike Sexton Big Hands:
Dennis Phillips got his last 9,225 in the middle preflop with A The flop was K A few hands later, Phillips raised to 1,180 from the hijack and the player in the big blind made the call. The flop came down A Phillips bet 1,500 and the big blind check-raised to 3,300. Phillips thought for a bit and then repopped it to 7,500. The big blind thought for a few moments of his own and then released his hand, turning over the A Phillips took in the pot and he was at 24,000. Ho Can’t Call Picking up the action after the flop came down J The turn was the J
After the flop came down 5 Seat 5 led out for 3,000 and Baldwin made the call again. The river was the 7 Baldwin did the same and seat 5 tabled Q “The curse is finally over,” Baldwin said to the ESPN crew surrounding the table. “I finally won one with you guys here.” He was at 70,000 after the hand. Cada Gives One Up Reigning champion Joe Cada was in the small blind heads up with the big blind. On a flop of 2 Cada made the call and the 6 Sexton Getting Short, Then Busts Mike Sexton made it 1,200 to go from under the gun and action folded around to the big blind, who called. The flop came 2
Isaac Baron called a large preflop raise from the player in seat 4 and saw a flop of K On the K The 5 Baron had around 134,000 in chips after the hand. Chan Picking Up Where He Left Off Johnny Chan left his day 1 as one of the tournament’s chip leaders. He picked up where he left off early in day 2a. Chan limped in from the small blind and the big blind checked the action. The flop ran 6 It was a small win, but Chan now has around 164,000 in chips.
A player raised to 1,200 preflop and Scotty Nguyen made the call from the small blind. Darryll Fish also called from the big blind and the three players saw a flop of J All three players checked and the turn was the A His opponent mucked the A Somerville Surges All we were able to see was Jason Somerville showing down 3 Somerville is now up to 87,400 with his newly acquired chips. Tiffany Michelle Doubles There were four limpers in front of her and then Tiffany Michelle raised to 3,500 on the button. The player in the small blind made it 5,700 more to Michelle and she quickly called. Michelle said call and then realized that she had said call and lamented how she had intended to move in for her remaining 5,500. The flop was 4 Michelle tabled 7 Player Twitter Accounts: Barry Shulman Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Johnny Chan, Mike Sexton, Maria Ho, Jason Somerville, Isaac Baron, Eric Baldwin, Tiffany Michelle, Dennis Phillips, Joseph Cada |
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| Jul 13, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 8 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 21 Hour One Update: Scotty Nguyen EliminatedJul 14, '10 Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Evan Lamprea — 3,900,000 Praz Bansi
Garrett Adelstein opend to 36,000 from the cutoff and Johnny Chan three-bet to 101,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Adelstein and he reraised all in for 970,000. Chan called with the K Serge Didisheim Eliminated Serge Didisheim moved all in for 195,000. Manuel Davidian called with the A Marceo Dabus Doubles Up Marceo Dabus was all in preflop for 395,000 with the A
Robert Mizrachi bet 42,000 from middle position and Matthew Reed three-bet to 115,000. Mizrachi made the call. The flop came J Peter Jetten Eliminates a Player Laurentius Sloot was all in for 124,000 with the A Scotty Nguyen Eliminated Scotty Nguyen was getting short when he moved all in preflop with A-J. Unfortunately for Nguyen, he ran into the pocket kings of his opponent. The board offered no help and he was gone.
On an A Sam Haddad Eliminated Sam Haddad moved all in preflop for 167,000. Duy Le called. Haddad tabled the A Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player Jean Pasqualini shoved from the small blind for 165,000. Eric Baldwin called in the big blind. Baldwin tabled the K Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Scotty Nguyen, Johnny Chan, Serge Didisheim, Peter Jetten, Eric Baldwin, Praz Bansi Level 17, Hour One: Frank Kassela EliminatedJul 13, '10 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 576 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 381,198 Card Player Chip Counts Adam Schoenfeld — 270,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Tony Dunst – 1,546,000 Notable Eliminations: Court Harrington Big Hands:
Frank Kassela raised to 17,000 and the action folded around to the small blind. He moved all in and then the big blind came over the top of that for all his chips, having both opponents covered. Kassela made the call and tabled K The flop came down Q With his cash, Kassela locked up at least a share of the 2010 WSOP Player of the Year award. If Michael Mizrachi does not win the main event, Kassela will claim the award outright. South Gives Up The Double Picking up the action on the flop, the board read K Wade then shoved all in for 307,000 and South made the call. Wade: A South flopped two pair but had to fade Wade’s nut-flush draw. The turn gave Wade more outs as the A Wade was up to 652,000 after the double up while South was down to 186,000.
A player moved all in for 34,000 and the action folded around to Scotty Nguyen in the big blind. He made the call and turned over pocket aces, dominating his opponent’s A The board ran out J Chiu Eliminated David Chiu moved in for his last 16,000 and Theo Jorgensen made the call. Chiu: 8 Chiu was racing but he caught a flat tire when the flop fell J Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Frank Kassela, David Chiu, Theo Jorgensen, Cole South Level Six Hour One Update: Ted Lawson BustsJul 09, '10 NOTE: Here is the break down of the schedule for the rest of the day: Level 7 Day 2A will end around 11 p.m. Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 2,412 out of 2,412 Average Chip Count: Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 113,325 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Corwin Cole – 230,000 Notable Eliminations: James Akenhead Big Hands:
After the flop came down Q The bet was more than a third of his remaining stack and after much deliberation, he finally moved all in. His opponent snap-called and they showed their hands: Lawson: 9 Lawson was trailing and the board finished off J Seiver Takes One Scott Seiver raised to 1,100 preflop and the player in seat 8 made the call. The flop came down Q His opponent decided to let it go there before losing any more chips and Seiver took down the pot. He was at 54,000.
We got to the table after the board had run out A His opponent tanked long and the ESPN cameras caught all the action. Finally, seat 9 made the call and Mizrachi lightly tapped the table. “Ace-jack?” Mizrachi inquired. His opponent turned over A Alaei Doubles Daniel Alaei and his opponent got all of the money in the middle on a flop of J Daniel Alaei showed J
On a flop of 3 The ESPN crew was called over to film the all-in pot. The turn was the 2 After the hand, Duke joked with the rest of her table about how painful it can be to wait so long for each card to be dealt with the cameras filming. Sneaky Kaplan Gets Caught On a flop of J After some deliberation and asking the dealer what the bet was, Kaplan threw out 5,300. The floor was called over, eventually deciding that Kaplan’s bet was merely a call. Action continued as both players checked the 7 Kaplan had just 10,400 after the hand.
On a board of 10 Cole check-raised to 35,000, putting his opponent all in for essentially 16,000. His opponent called and they showed down: Cole: K Cole held two pair to his opponent’s one pair and straight draw. The 8 Mueller Takes One Down Greg Mueller check-raised his opponent from 1,600 to 4,400 on a flop of K Mueller checked and called when his opponent fired 6,000 into the pot on the turn. The 6 Mueller had 34,000 after the hand.
Scotty Nguyen and two other players saw a flop of A His opponent went into the tank for a solid five minutes before calling. Nguyen showed 5 The turn was the K Hasan Habib Gets a Knockout The player on the button raised to 1,200 and Hasan Habib made it 7,000 from the big blind. The button then moved all-in for his last 20,000 and Habib made the call. Habib showed A Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Annie Duke, Hasan Habib, Ted Lawson, Michael Mizrachi, Gabe Kaplan, Daniel Alaei, Scott Seiver, Corwin Cole Level Five Hour Two Update: Baron Climbing The RanksJul 09, '10 Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 2,412 out of 2,412 Average Chip Count: Card Player Chip Counts Justin Marchand – 23,400 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Corwin Cole – 228,200 Notable Eliminations: Mike Sexton Big Hands:
Dennis Phillips got his last 9,225 in the middle preflop with A The flop was K A few hands later, Phillips raised to 1,180 from the hijack and the player in the big blind made the call. The flop came down A Phillips bet 1,500 and the big blind check-raised to 3,300. Phillips thought for a bit and then repopped it to 7,500. The big blind thought for a few moments of his own and then released his hand, turning over the A Phillips took in the pot and he was at 24,000. Ho Can’t Call Picking up the action after the flop came down J The turn was the J
After the flop came down 5 Seat 5 led out for 3,000 and Baldwin made the call again. The river was the 7 Baldwin did the same and seat 5 tabled Q “The curse is finally over,” Baldwin said to the ESPN crew surrounding the table. “I finally won one with you guys here.” He was at 70,000 after the hand. Cada Gives One Up Reigning champion Joe Cada was in the small blind heads up with the big blind. On a flop of 2 Cada made the call and the 6 Sexton Getting Short, Then Busts Mike Sexton made it 1,200 to go from under the gun and action folded around to the big blind, who called. The flop came 2
Isaac Baron called a large preflop raise from the player in seat 4 and saw a flop of K On the K The 5 Baron had around 134,000 in chips after the hand. Chan Picking Up Where He Left Off Johnny Chan left his day 1 as one of the tournament’s chip leaders. He picked up where he left off early in day 2a. Chan limped in from the small blind and the big blind checked the action. The flop ran 6 It was a small win, but Chan now has around 164,000 in chips.
A player raised to 1,200 preflop and Scotty Nguyen made the call from the small blind. Darryll Fish also called from the big blind and the three players saw a flop of J All three players checked and the turn was the A His opponent mucked the A Somerville Surges All we were able to see was Jason Somerville showing down 3 Somerville is now up to 87,400 with his newly acquired chips. Tiffany Michelle Doubles There were four limpers in front of her and then Tiffany Michelle raised to 3,500 on the button. The player in the small blind made it 5,700 more to Michelle and she quickly called. Michelle said call and then realized that she had said call and lamented how she had intended to move in for her remaining 5,500. The flop was 4 Michelle tabled 7 Player Twitter Accounts: Barry Shulman Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Johnny Chan, Mike Sexton, Maria Ho, Jason Somerville, Isaac Baron, Eric Baldwin, Tiffany Michelle, Dennis Phillips, Joseph Cada |
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| Jul 09, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 5 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 21 Hour One Update: Scotty Nguyen EliminatedJul 14, '10 Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Evan Lamprea — 3,900,000 Praz Bansi
Garrett Adelstein opend to 36,000 from the cutoff and Johnny Chan three-bet to 101,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Adelstein and he reraised all in for 970,000. Chan called with the K Serge Didisheim Eliminated Serge Didisheim moved all in for 195,000. Manuel Davidian called with the A Marceo Dabus Doubles Up Marceo Dabus was all in preflop for 395,000 with the A
Robert Mizrachi bet 42,000 from middle position and Matthew Reed three-bet to 115,000. Mizrachi made the call. The flop came J Peter Jetten Eliminates a Player Laurentius Sloot was all in for 124,000 with the A Scotty Nguyen Eliminated Scotty Nguyen was getting short when he moved all in preflop with A-J. Unfortunately for Nguyen, he ran into the pocket kings of his opponent. The board offered no help and he was gone.
On an A Sam Haddad Eliminated Sam Haddad moved all in preflop for 167,000. Duy Le called. Haddad tabled the A Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player Jean Pasqualini shoved from the small blind for 165,000. Eric Baldwin called in the big blind. Baldwin tabled the K Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Scotty Nguyen, Johnny Chan, Serge Didisheim, Peter Jetten, Eric Baldwin, Praz Bansi Level 17, Hour One: Frank Kassela EliminatedJul 13, '10 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 576 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 381,198 Card Player Chip Counts Adam Schoenfeld — 270,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Tony Dunst – 1,546,000 Notable Eliminations: Court Harrington Big Hands:
Frank Kassela raised to 17,000 and the action folded around to the small blind. He moved all in and then the big blind came over the top of that for all his chips, having both opponents covered. Kassela made the call and tabled K The flop came down Q With his cash, Kassela locked up at least a share of the 2010 WSOP Player of the Year award. If Michael Mizrachi does not win the main event, Kassela will claim the award outright. South Gives Up The Double Picking up the action on the flop, the board read K Wade then shoved all in for 307,000 and South made the call. Wade: A South flopped two pair but had to fade Wade’s nut-flush draw. The turn gave Wade more outs as the A Wade was up to 652,000 after the double up while South was down to 186,000.
A player moved all in for 34,000 and the action folded around to Scotty Nguyen in the big blind. He made the call and turned over pocket aces, dominating his opponent’s A The board ran out J Chiu Eliminated David Chiu moved in for his last 16,000 and Theo Jorgensen made the call. Chiu: 8 Chiu was racing but he caught a flat tire when the flop fell J Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Frank Kassela, David Chiu, Theo Jorgensen, Cole South Level Six Hour One Update: Ted Lawson BustsJul 09, '10 NOTE: Here is the break down of the schedule for the rest of the day: Level 7 Day 2A will end around 11 p.m. Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 2,412 out of 2,412 Average Chip Count: Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 113,325 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Corwin Cole – 230,000 Notable Eliminations: James Akenhead Big Hands:
After the flop came down Q The bet was more than a third of his remaining stack and after much deliberation, he finally moved all in. His opponent snap-called and they showed their hands: Lawson: 9 Lawson was trailing and the board finished off J Seiver Takes One Scott Seiver raised to 1,100 preflop and the player in seat 8 made the call. The flop came down Q His opponent decided to let it go there before losing any more chips and Seiver took down the pot. He was at 54,000.
We got to the table after the board had run out A His opponent tanked long and the ESPN cameras caught all the action. Finally, seat 9 made the call and Mizrachi lightly tapped the table. “Ace-jack?” Mizrachi inquired. His opponent turned over A Alaei Doubles Daniel Alaei and his opponent got all of the money in the middle on a flop of J Daniel Alaei showed J
On a flop of 3 The ESPN crew was called over to film the all-in pot. The turn was the 2 After the hand, Duke joked with the rest of her table about how painful it can be to wait so long for each card to be dealt with the cameras filming. Sneaky Kaplan Gets Caught On a flop of J After some deliberation and asking the dealer what the bet was, Kaplan threw out 5,300. The floor was called over, eventually deciding that Kaplan’s bet was merely a call. Action continued as both players checked the 7 Kaplan had just 10,400 after the hand.
On a board of 10 Cole check-raised to 35,000, putting his opponent all in for essentially 16,000. His opponent called and they showed down: Cole: K Cole held two pair to his opponent’s one pair and straight draw. The 8 Mueller Takes One Down Greg Mueller check-raised his opponent from 1,600 to 4,400 on a flop of K Mueller checked and called when his opponent fired 6,000 into the pot on the turn. The 6 Mueller had 34,000 after the hand.
Scotty Nguyen and two other players saw a flop of A His opponent went into the tank for a solid five minutes before calling. Nguyen showed 5 The turn was the K Hasan Habib Gets a Knockout The player on the button raised to 1,200 and Hasan Habib made it 7,000 from the big blind. The button then moved all-in for his last 20,000 and Habib made the call. Habib showed A Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Annie Duke, Hasan Habib, Ted Lawson, Michael Mizrachi, Gabe Kaplan, Daniel Alaei, Scott Seiver, Corwin Cole Level Five Hour Two Update: Baron Climbing The RanksJul 09, '10 Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Players Remaining: 2,412 out of 2,412 Average Chip Count: Card Player Chip Counts Justin Marchand – 23,400 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Corwin Cole – 228,200 Notable Eliminations: Mike Sexton Big Hands:
Dennis Phillips got his last 9,225 in the middle preflop with A The flop was K A few hands later, Phillips raised to 1,180 from the hijack and the player in the big blind made the call. The flop came down A Phillips bet 1,500 and the big blind check-raised to 3,300. Phillips thought for a bit and then repopped it to 7,500. The big blind thought for a few moments of his own and then released his hand, turning over the A Phillips took in the pot and he was at 24,000. Ho Can’t Call Picking up the action after the flop came down J The turn was the J
After the flop came down 5 Seat 5 led out for 3,000 and Baldwin made the call again. The river was the 7 Baldwin did the same and seat 5 tabled Q “The curse is finally over,” Baldwin said to the ESPN crew surrounding the table. “I finally won one with you guys here.” He was at 70,000 after the hand. Cada Gives One Up Reigning champion Joe Cada was in the small blind heads up with the big blind. On a flop of 2 Cada made the call and the 6 Sexton Getting Short, Then Busts Mike Sexton made it 1,200 to go from under the gun and action folded around to the big blind, who called. The flop came 2
Isaac Baron called a large preflop raise from the player in seat 4 and saw a flop of K On the K The 5 Baron had around 134,000 in chips after the hand. Chan Picking Up Where He Left Off Johnny Chan left his day 1 as one of the tournament’s chip leaders. He picked up where he left off early in day 2a. Chan limped in from the small blind and the big blind checked the action. The flop ran 6 It was a small win, but Chan now has around 164,000 in chips.
A player raised to 1,200 preflop and Scotty Nguyen made the call from the small blind. Darryll Fish also called from the big blind and the three players saw a flop of J All three players checked and the turn was the A His opponent mucked the A Somerville Surges All we were able to see was Jason Somerville showing down 3 Somerville is now up to 87,400 with his newly acquired chips. Tiffany Michelle Doubles There were four limpers in front of her and then Tiffany Michelle raised to 3,500 on the button. The player in the small blind made it 5,700 more to Michelle and she quickly called. Michelle said call and then realized that she had said call and lamented how she had intended to move in for her remaining 5,500. The flop was 4 Michelle tabled 7 Player Twitter Accounts: Barry Shulman Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Johnny Chan, Mike Sexton, Maria Ho, Jason Somerville, Isaac Baron, Eric Baldwin, Tiffany Michelle, Dennis Phillips, Joseph Cada |
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| Jul 04, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Tournament of Champions | 3 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 10 Update: Players Dropping Like Flies, Down to 10Jul 04, '10 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 10 out of 27 Average Chip Count: 81,000 Tournament Leaderboard: Notable Eliminations: Mike Matusow Big Hands:
We picked up the action on the turn with the board reading K Negreanu showed K The 6 Jesus Can’t Find a Miracle T.J. Cloutier raised from the cutoff and Chris Ferguson moved all-in on the button. Cloutier called and saw the good shape he was in. Ferguson tabled 8h8d and Cloutier was way out in front with his 10 The board came A
The board read 10 Chan tabled 10 “I folded sevens, Johnny,” said Jennifer Harman as Esfandiari was parting way with the table. Scotty Nguyen Eliminated The action has really picked up in this level. We saw Scotty Nguyen getting all of his chips in on the river, but mucking to Joe Hachem when Hachem showed trip sixes.
Daniel Negreanu raised under-the-gun and Bertrand Grospellier movedl all-in. Negreanu made the call and tabled A The board ran out Q Hellmuth Can’t Hold On Any Longer Phil Hellmuth was down to just two big blinds when and was in the big blind. Action folded to Howard Lederer in the small blind. Lederer raised and Hellmuth called without looking. Lederer showed A Hellmuth was going to need help regardless of what his other card was and after the dealer put out the 4 The players are combining to one ten-handed table and will be on the money bubble after an extended break. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Chris Ferguson, Antonio Esfandiari, Howard Lederer, Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan, Bertrand Grospellier Level 6 Update: Mike Sexton GoneJun 28, '10 Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante Players Remaining: 18 out of 27 Average Chip Count: 45,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Huck Seed – 74,000 Notable Eliminations: Mike Sexton Big Hands:
Scotty Nguyen raised to 2,500 and Mike Matusow three-bet to 6,600 before Mike Sexton moved all-in for 12,300 in the big blind. Nguyen made it 25,500 and Matusow made the fold. Sexton showed A The board came 6 Seed Plays Back at Elky Huck Seed raised to 1,300 from the small blind and Bertrand Grospellier called from the big blind. The flop was A Seed made the call and they watched the 4 Grospellier called and the J No Action For Hellmuth Daniel Negreanu raised to 1,375 from the button and Phil Hellmuth called from the big blind. Hellmuth checked dark and the flop was 8 The turn was the 2 Hellmuth threw his hands in the air and said “Just a straight, man,” lamenting over his lack of action on a big hand. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Huck Seed, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Sexton |
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| Jun 29, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 50 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 1 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 8 Update: Day 1 CompleteJun 29, '10 Blinds: 300-600 Players Remaining: 207 out 460 Average Chip Count: 33,333 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Kevin Schaffel — 178,900 Notable Eliminations: Kevin Saul Big Hands:
Jason Mercier limped and Ted Lawson bet. Scotty Nguyen called along with two other players. Mercier shoved all in for his tournament life. Lawson moved all in over the top. Nguyen and everyone else mucked. Mercier tabled the A Mike Matusow Loses One Kevin Schaffel bet preflop and Mike Matusow raised to 4,100. Schaffel called. The flop came K Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Mike Matusow, Ted Lawson, Kevin Schaffel, Jason Mercier |
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| Jun 28, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Tournament of Champions | 2 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 10 Update: Players Dropping Like Flies, Down to 10Jul 04, '10 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 10 out of 27 Average Chip Count: 81,000 Tournament Leaderboard: Notable Eliminations: Mike Matusow Big Hands:
We picked up the action on the turn with the board reading K Negreanu showed K The 6 Jesus Can’t Find a Miracle T.J. Cloutier raised from the cutoff and Chris Ferguson moved all-in on the button. Cloutier called and saw the good shape he was in. Ferguson tabled 8h8d and Cloutier was way out in front with his 10 The board came A
The board read 10 Chan tabled 10 “I folded sevens, Johnny,” said Jennifer Harman as Esfandiari was parting way with the table. Scotty Nguyen Eliminated The action has really picked up in this level. We saw Scotty Nguyen getting all of his chips in on the river, but mucking to Joe Hachem when Hachem showed trip sixes.
Daniel Negreanu raised under-the-gun and Bertrand Grospellier movedl all-in. Negreanu made the call and tabled A The board ran out Q Hellmuth Can’t Hold On Any Longer Phil Hellmuth was down to just two big blinds when and was in the big blind. Action folded to Howard Lederer in the small blind. Lederer raised and Hellmuth called without looking. Lederer showed A Hellmuth was going to need help regardless of what his other card was and after the dealer put out the 4 The players are combining to one ten-handed table and will be on the money bubble after an extended break. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Chris Ferguson, Antonio Esfandiari, Howard Lederer, Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan, Bertrand Grospellier Level 6 Update: Mike Sexton GoneJun 28, '10 Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante Players Remaining: 18 out of 27 Average Chip Count: 45,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Huck Seed – 74,000 Notable Eliminations: Mike Sexton Big Hands:
Scotty Nguyen raised to 2,500 and Mike Matusow three-bet to 6,600 before Mike Sexton moved all-in for 12,300 in the big blind. Nguyen made it 25,500 and Matusow made the fold. Sexton showed A The board came 6 Seed Plays Back at Elky Huck Seed raised to 1,300 from the small blind and Bertrand Grospellier called from the big blind. The flop was A Seed made the call and they watched the 4 Grospellier called and the J No Action For Hellmuth Daniel Negreanu raised to 1,375 from the button and Phil Hellmuth called from the big blind. Hellmuth checked dark and the flop was 8 The turn was the 2 Hellmuth threw his hands in the air and said “Just a straight, man,” lamenting over his lack of action on a big hand. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Huck Seed, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Sexton |
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| Jun 25, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 43 - $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship | 3 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 19 Update: Scotty Nguyen and Todd Brunson BustJun 25, '10 Blinds: Flop Games: 15,000-30,000 limits Players Remaining: 16 out of 241 Average Chip Count: 451,875 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Eugene Katchalov – 830,000 Notable Eliminations: 19. Scotty Nguyen – $21,997 Big Hands:
Razz This hand took place at the very end of the last level. Scotty Nguyen got the last of his chips in on third street against Carlos Mortensen. Their boards ran out like this. Nguyen: (5-7)-4-K-8-8-(10) Nguyen bricked off after starting good on third and Mortensen ended up making a 7-6 low, which was plenty good enough for the pot. Todd Brunson Eliminated Stud We caught up with the action with Todd Brunson already with the last of his chips in the middle against Brandon Adams and the hole cards were already face up. Brunson: (K Adams paired up on the river to eliminated Brunson now his chip stack is up to 240,000.
Stud 8 On sixth street all the boards looked like this. Michael Chow: (X-X)-6 There was already 200,000 in the middle when Carlos Mortensen bet out and was raised by Brandon Adams. After tanking for a little bit, Michael Chow put in a third raise. Both his opponents, although visibly shocked, called to see the river. Everybody checked around on seventh street and Chow turned over A Mortensen and Adams both mucked and Chow scooped the pot, moving him up to 530,000. Adams fell to 200,000 and Mortensen fell to 270,000. Robert Mizrachi Eliminated Omaha 8 Robert Mizrachi and Nick Schulman saw a flop of 10 Mizrachi showed the A Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Carlos Mortensen, Todd Brunson, Brandon Adams, Michael Chow Level 13: Lindgren, Binger, Ferguson OutJun 24, '10 Flop Games: 2,000-4,000 blinds Players Remaining: 58 out of 241 Average Chip Stack: 124,655 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Steve Billirakis – 340,000 Notable Eliminations: Erick Lindgren Big Hands: Stud
Picking up the action on fifth street, Brian Townsend bet 8,000 and Erick Lindgren made the call. It was the same story on sixth and seventh street and here were their boards: Townsend: (8 Townsend’s trip-eights caused Lindgren to muck his hand and Townsend took the pot. He was at 300,000 while Lindgren was down to just 22,500. Hold’em Barbieri Flushes Smith Justin Smith raised to 8,000 from under the gun and Daniel Alaei made the call from the cutoff. Al Barbieri was in the big blind and threw in the extra 4,000 to see a flop. It came down 7 Barbieri bet 4,000 and Smith raised to 8,000. Alaei got out of the way and Smith made the call. The turn was the Q Barbieri bet another 8,000 and Smith called. Barbieri turned over 9 Lindgren Busts A few hands after losing to Brian Townsend, Erick Lindgren was all in holding Q The flop came down K Omaha/8
Steve Billirakis raised to 8,000 from the cutoff and Scotty Nguyen called from the button. Phil Galfond tagged along from the big blind and the flop came down K The turn was the 4 Billirakis turned over A Jesus Walks Scotty Nguyen raised to 8,000 and Chris Ferguson made the call from the big blind. The flop came down K Ferguson’s chips eventually all got into the middle and he turned over K Razz Michael Binger Eliminated Michael Binger found himself all in against James Mackey. Binger was drawing to a 9-7 low but paired jacks and had to settle for a jack-low. The 9-7 would not have made a difference, however, as Mackey made a 9-4 low and Binger made his exit from the tournament. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Chris Ferguson, Erick Lindgren, James Mackey, Steve Billirakis, Michael Binger, Phil Galfond, Brian Townsend Level 10: Men Nguyen OutJun 24, '10 Flop Games: 1,000-2,000 blinds Players Remaining: 125 out of 241 Average Chip Stack: 57,810 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Carlos Mortensen – 170,000 Notable Eliminations: Men Nguyen Big Hands: Stud
Picking up the action on sixth street, Men Nguyen led out with 4,000 and Brett Richey made the call. On seventh, Nguyen moved all in and Richey called. Here were their boards: Nguyen: 9 Nguyen had rolled up nines but Richey made tens full and Nguyen was eliminated in heartbreaking fashion. Stud/8
Picking up the action on fifth street, Daniel Negreanu bet 4,000 and the player in seat 1 called. Scotty Nguyen then check-raised to 8,000 and both opponents called. All players checked on sixth street and Nguyen bet 4,000 on seventh street. “Let me tell you something,” Nguyen started. “Trips are no good baby.” Both opponents mucked and Nguyen showed his hand, (8 Binger Takes A Chunk Out Of Negreanu Michael Binger and Daniel Negreanu each put in three bets on fifth street. Binger had a pair of sevens showing while Negreanu had some connecting cards. On sixth, Binger caught a third seven and led out with 4,000. Negreanu paired tens but he mucked his hand. Negreanu was under 15,000 after the hand while Binger was at 70,000. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Men Nguyen, Daniel Negreanu, Brett Richey, Michael Binger Level Six: David Singer, Andy Bloch OutJun 24, '10 Flop Games: 400-800 blinds Players Remaining: 224 out of 241 Average Chip Stack: 32,277 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Matt Glantz – 77,000 Notable Eliminations: Andy Bloch Big Hands: Stud/8
We caught up with this hand on sixth street. David Singer was all in and Scotty Nguyen was the man putting him at risk. “I got two pair baby,” Nguyen announced. He tabled 3 Hold’em Andy Bloch Eliminated Andy Bloch got his last 1,500 into the pot preflop and he was called by Matt Hawrilenko. Here were their cards: Bloch: J The board ran out Q
The player in seat 2 raised to 1,600 from the small blind and Tom Dwan made it three bets to 2,400. Seat 2 called and the flop came down A Seat 2 checked to Dwan, who fired 800. Seat 2 made the call and the turn was the 10 Both players checked and seat 2 showed K-5 Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Andy Bloch, David Singer, Tom Dwan |
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Omaha 8
The flop came Q
Scotty Nguyen was several minutes late to the stage, holding up play. That won’t happen again now that he’s out.
Nguyen called all in on a flop of 10
Johnny Chan Eliminates a Player
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. Adelstein tabled the Q
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Robert Mizrachi Loses a Pot
Johnny Lodden Doubles Up
Frank Kassela Eliminated
Scotty Chipping Up
Ted Lawson Eliminated
Mizrachi Bluff Fails
Duke Scores a Double
Cole Going Strong
Scotty Gets Action
Phillips Scores an Early Double And Keeps Going
Baldwin Finally Gives The Cameras Something Positive
Baron Makes Big Call, Wins Massive Pot
The Mouth Is Out
Esfandiari Gone
Elky Eliminated
Mike Sexton Eliminated
Jason Mercier Doubles Up
Chow Scoops
Townsend More Studly Than Lindgren
Billirakis Fills Up
Master Of Nothing
Nguyen With The Straight
David Singer Eliminated Baby
Lucky Sevens For Dwan