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| Jul 08, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 2 | + |
Level 9 Hour 1 Update: Tom "Durrrr" Dwan, David Plastik EliminatedJul 08, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,661 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Troy Weber — 475,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 170,000 Notable Eliminations: Tim Vance Big Hands:
On a flop of 10 Kostritsyn: K Kostristsyn flops top pair while his opponent flops middle pair. The turn and river are the 7 Tom “Durrr” Dwan Eliminated On a flop of 5-4-2 with two spades, there is a bet and then a raise to 8,000 before Tom Dwan moves all in for 22,000. He is called in both spots. The turn and river were a 7 and a 10 as Dwan turns over pocket kings. His opponent shows a straight on the river and Tom Dwan is eliminated from the tournament.
On a board of 10 Phan: 5 Phan flops a an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw while his opponent flops top pair. Phan turns a pair for even more outs, and gets there with the A Jordan Morgan Eliminates Opponent Action folds around to the small blind who moves all in on the short stack. Jordan Morgan calls from the big blind and has him covered. Morgan: Q Board: 8 Morgan turns over top pair as he eliminates his opponent and brings his chip count up to 55,000 this hand.
One player at the table gets it all in pre-flop and is covered by Nick Binger. Binger: A Board: K Binger is out flopped when his opponent pairs his king. Binger is doubled through this hand but stills has 100,000 or so. Esfandiari Runs Over Table The player under the gun raises to 3,500 and Antonio Esfandiari calls from the small blind. The flop comes A David Plastik Eliminated David Plastik just flopped a queen-high flush and got it all in against pocket aces. The turn put four spades on the board, his opponent holding the ace of spades. David Plastik is eliminated from the tournament.
John Racener raises from under the gun, Kevin Saul reraises to 5,500, Racener three-bets to 13,500 and Saul calls. The flop comes A Player Tags: David Plastik, Antonio Esfandiari, Tim Phan, Kevin Saul, Jordan Morgan, Tom Dwan, Nick Binger, John Racener, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 4 Hour 2 Update: Ivan Demidov, Paul Snead EliminatedJul 06, '09 Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante Chip Counts: 1. Dutch Boyd – 133,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Matthew Hilger – 68,000 Notable Eliminations: Ivan Demidov Big Hands
The player on the button raises to 1,200, Ivan Demidov reraises to 5,450, Dwayne Stacey calls from the big blind and the player on the button folds his hand. The flop comes 10 Demidov: 7 The case six flops, giving Demidov middle pair and Stacey middle set. The turn and river are the 5 Paul Snead Eliminated On the flop of 10 Their cards: Racener: K The 6
Phil Ivey called the 8,825 chip all in of Ketul Nathwani. Ivey tabled the A Cornel Cimpan Folds to All In On a board of 8 Shawn Cunix Can’t Lose On a flop of 8 Glen Chorny Wins Pot by Limping In Glen Chorny was the beneficiary of perhaps the worst possible dealer miscue. Chorny limped in for 300 and action was folded around to a player in the cutoff who raised the 800. Both blinds folded and the dealer took the cutoff’s hand and mixed the cards together, leaving Chorny with his hand. Clearly not realizing Chorny had limped in, the dealer started moving the pot over to the cutoff. When everyone realized what she was doing, she stopped and a floor person was called over. About five minutes later, after much debating and recounting of the mistake, the floor staff ruled that Chorny wins the pot since he was the only one left with a live hand after the dealer mixed the raiser’s hand in with the deck. Chorny offered to just take back his 300 and let the cutoff take his raise back and the rest of the pot, but Chorny was awarded the pot which included the 800 raise from the cutoff. The player who had 800 chips taken by the dealer looked visibly upset. The same type of ruling would happen regardless of the bet size. Left in the Deck: The players are currently on a 20 minute break. Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Paul Snead, John Racener, Glen Chorny, Ivan Demidov, Dwayne Stacey |
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| Jul 06, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 1 | + |
Level 9 Hour 1 Update: Tom "Durrrr" Dwan, David Plastik EliminatedJul 08, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,661 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Troy Weber — 475,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 170,000 Notable Eliminations: Tim Vance Big Hands:
On a flop of 10 Kostritsyn: K Kostristsyn flops top pair while his opponent flops middle pair. The turn and river are the 7 Tom “Durrr” Dwan Eliminated On a flop of 5-4-2 with two spades, there is a bet and then a raise to 8,000 before Tom Dwan moves all in for 22,000. He is called in both spots. The turn and river were a 7 and a 10 as Dwan turns over pocket kings. His opponent shows a straight on the river and Tom Dwan is eliminated from the tournament.
On a board of 10 Phan: 5 Phan flops a an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw while his opponent flops top pair. Phan turns a pair for even more outs, and gets there with the A Jordan Morgan Eliminates Opponent Action folds around to the small blind who moves all in on the short stack. Jordan Morgan calls from the big blind and has him covered. Morgan: Q Board: 8 Morgan turns over top pair as he eliminates his opponent and brings his chip count up to 55,000 this hand.
One player at the table gets it all in pre-flop and is covered by Nick Binger. Binger: A Board: K Binger is out flopped when his opponent pairs his king. Binger is doubled through this hand but stills has 100,000 or so. Esfandiari Runs Over Table The player under the gun raises to 3,500 and Antonio Esfandiari calls from the small blind. The flop comes A David Plastik Eliminated David Plastik just flopped a queen-high flush and got it all in against pocket aces. The turn put four spades on the board, his opponent holding the ace of spades. David Plastik is eliminated from the tournament.
John Racener raises from under the gun, Kevin Saul reraises to 5,500, Racener three-bets to 13,500 and Saul calls. The flop comes A Player Tags: David Plastik, Antonio Esfandiari, Tim Phan, Kevin Saul, Jordan Morgan, Tom Dwan, Nick Binger, John Racener, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 4 Hour 2 Update: Ivan Demidov, Paul Snead EliminatedJul 06, '09 Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante Chip Counts: 1. Dutch Boyd – 133,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Matthew Hilger – 68,000 Notable Eliminations: Ivan Demidov Big Hands
The player on the button raises to 1,200, Ivan Demidov reraises to 5,450, Dwayne Stacey calls from the big blind and the player on the button folds his hand. The flop comes 10 Demidov: 7 The case six flops, giving Demidov middle pair and Stacey middle set. The turn and river are the 5 Paul Snead Eliminated On the flop of 10 Their cards: Racener: K The 6
Phil Ivey called the 8,825 chip all in of Ketul Nathwani. Ivey tabled the A Cornel Cimpan Folds to All In On a board of 8 Shawn Cunix Can’t Lose On a flop of 8 Glen Chorny Wins Pot by Limping In Glen Chorny was the beneficiary of perhaps the worst possible dealer miscue. Chorny limped in for 300 and action was folded around to a player in the cutoff who raised the 800. Both blinds folded and the dealer took the cutoff’s hand and mixed the cards together, leaving Chorny with his hand. Clearly not realizing Chorny had limped in, the dealer started moving the pot over to the cutoff. When everyone realized what she was doing, she stopped and a floor person was called over. About five minutes later, after much debating and recounting of the mistake, the floor staff ruled that Chorny wins the pot since he was the only one left with a live hand after the dealer mixed the raiser’s hand in with the deck. Chorny offered to just take back his 300 and let the cutoff take his raise back and the rest of the pot, but Chorny was awarded the pot which included the 800 raise from the cutoff. The player who had 800 chips taken by the dealer looked visibly upset. The same type of ruling would happen regardless of the bet size. Left in the Deck: The players are currently on a 20 minute break. Player Tags: Cornel Andrew Cimpan, Paul Snead, John Racener, Glen Chorny, Ivan Demidov, Dwayne Stacey |
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| Jun 14, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 27 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better | 3 | + |
Final Table Update: Ruiz 8th Place, Racener 7th, Black 6thJun 14, '09 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 Players Remaining: 5 out of 198 Chip Counts: 1. Scott Clements — 1,443,000 Average Chip Count: 594,000 Notable Eliminations: 8. Armando Ruiz III — $32,105 Big Hands
Armando Ruiz III raises to 56,000 before the flop and Brett Richey reraises enough to put Ruiz all in. Ruiz calls all in and both players turn over their cards. Ruiz: A Board: K Richey scoops the pot with aces up, there is no qualifying low hand. Armando Ruiz III is eliminated in 8th place ($32,105). John Racener Eliminated in 7th place ($36,200) On a flop of 10 Racener: A Both players had a pair on board and a nut-flush draw. Campbell spiked the 3
Andy Black raises the pot before the flop and Robert Campbell re-pots behind him, enough to put Black all in. Black calls all in and both players turn over their cards. Black: A Board: Q Both players get it all in with suited aces and Campbell makes a flush on the river, scooping the pot as there is no qualifying low hand. Andy Black is eliminated in 6th place ($42,993). Player Tags: Brett Richey, Scott Clements, Andy Black, John Racener |
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| Feb 20, '09 | 2009 L.A. Poker Classic | Heads Up Championship - Event 32 | 3 | + |
John Racener Eliminated in Ninth Place ($25,150)Feb 20, '09
Sung hit his flush and Racener is eliminated in a tie for ninth, earning $25,150. Sung moves on and will now face Steve Billirakis.
Player Tags: Steve Sung, John Racener Amit Makhija Eliminated in 7th Place ($35,000)Feb 20, '09
Rajkumar built an early lead and slowly grinded Makhija until the final hand came down. Makhija bet a pair of eights on the river and Rajkumar put him all in. After Makhija had gone through all his options, he decided to call all in and saw the bad news as Rakumar turned up the nut flush. Makhija is eliminated in a tie for 7th place for $35,000. Rajkumar advances to the final six.
Player Tags: Steve Sung, John Racener |
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| Sep 15, '08 | 2008 Borgata Poker Open (WPT) | No-Limit Hold'em Championship (WPT) - Event 15 | 2 | + |
John Racener EliminatedSep 15, '08
As it turns out, Sebok's A-3 was dominated by Racener's A-Q. The board came out safely until the river when a trey spiked to send Racener packing. Sebok is now sitting with over 150,000.
Player Tags: Joe Sebok, John Racener |
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| Jun 07, '08 | 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 10 - Omaha / Seven Card Stud High-Low | 3 | + |
$2,500 E.O. - John Racener OutJun 07, '08 Players Left: 5 Chip Counts: Farzad Rouhani – 910,000
John Cernuto – 265,000
Tom Chambers – 360,000
Greg Pappas – 125,000
Yueqi Zhu – 70,000
Eliminations: None
John Racener bets until he is all in against Farzad Rouhani. Racener draws to 9
Farzad Rouhani is continuing to play aggressively, and it has worked out as he increases his chip lead over the rest of the table. Meanwhile, Yueqi Zhu has taken a few hits along the way and is neare the felt.
Player Tags: Farzad Rouhani, Yueqi Zhu, John Racener $2,500 E.O. - Mizrachi and Mowczan Hit the RailJun 07, '08 Players Left: 6
Chip Counts: Farzad Rouhani – 650,000
John Cernuto – 175,000
Tom Chambers – 345,000
Greg Pappas – 250,000
John Racener – 170,000
Yueqi Zhu – 395,000
Eliminations: Michael Mizrachi (8th Place), Daniel Mowczan (7th Place),
Michael Mizrachi was all in holding 7
John Racener, Daniel Mowczan and Tom Chambers saw a flop of Q NOTE: The players then went on a 20-minute break before returning to increased blinds. Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi, Daniel Mowczan, Yueqi Zhu, Tom Chambers, John Racener $2,500 E.O. - Doubling UpJun 07, '08 Players Left: 8 Chip Counts: Farzad Rouhani – 735,000
Michael Mizrachi – 190,000
John Cernuto – 260,000
Tom Chambers – 205,000
Greg Pappas – 80,000
John Racener – 65,000
Yueqi Zhu – 175,000
Daniel Mowczan – 95,000
Eliminations: None
Big Hands and Storylines: Yueqi Zhu Doubles Up - Stud 8/b Yuequi Zhu gets all of his chips in the middle holding 2
John Racener raised preflop and Miami John Cernuto made the call. The flop came Q
Daniel Mowczan is all in against Greg Pappas. Mowczan shows A Player Tags: John Cernuto, Yueqi Zhu, John Racener Omaha 8 / Stud 8 Level 18Jun 06, '08 Stud 8: 1,500 ante, 2,000 bring in, 6,000-12,000 limits Players Remaining: 11 of 388 Average Chip Stack: 176,000 Chip Counts: Farzad Rouhani - 305,000 Eliminations: Matthew Graham Big Hands:
James Van Alstyne, on the button, raised preflop and bet on the flop, turn and river. With the board 9 Cantu scoops pot, cripples Zhu With the board showing K Mattew Graham out in 12th Matthew Graham, who already had a short stack, back-to-back hands did him in. First, against Yueqi Zhu, who had even fewer chips and was all in, he lost in Omaha 8 with A Player Tags: Matt Graham, Brandon Cantu, Yueqi Zhu, John Racener |
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| Jun 06, '08 | 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 10 - Omaha / Seven Card Stud High-Low | 2 | + |
$2,500 E.O. - John Racener OutJun 07, '08 Players Left: 5 Chip Counts: Farzad Rouhani – 910,000
John Cernuto – 265,000
Tom Chambers – 360,000
Greg Pappas – 125,000
Yueqi Zhu – 70,000
Eliminations: None
John Racener bets until he is all in against Farzad Rouhani. Racener draws to 9
Farzad Rouhani is continuing to play aggressively, and it has worked out as he increases his chip lead over the rest of the table. Meanwhile, Yueqi Zhu has taken a few hits along the way and is neare the felt.
Player Tags: Farzad Rouhani, Yueqi Zhu, John Racener $2,500 E.O. - Mizrachi and Mowczan Hit the RailJun 07, '08 Players Left: 6
Chip Counts: Farzad Rouhani – 650,000
John Cernuto – 175,000
Tom Chambers – 345,000
Greg Pappas – 250,000
John Racener – 170,000
Yueqi Zhu – 395,000
Eliminations: Michael Mizrachi (8th Place), Daniel Mowczan (7th Place),
Michael Mizrachi was all in holding 7
John Racener, Daniel Mowczan and Tom Chambers saw a flop of Q NOTE: The players then went on a 20-minute break before returning to increased blinds. Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi, Daniel Mowczan, Yueqi Zhu, Tom Chambers, John Racener $2,500 E.O. - Doubling UpJun 07, '08 Players Left: 8 Chip Counts: Farzad Rouhani – 735,000
Michael Mizrachi – 190,000
John Cernuto – 260,000
Tom Chambers – 205,000
Greg Pappas – 80,000
John Racener – 65,000
Yueqi Zhu – 175,000
Daniel Mowczan – 95,000
Eliminations: None
Big Hands and Storylines: Yueqi Zhu Doubles Up - Stud 8/b Yuequi Zhu gets all of his chips in the middle holding 2
John Racener raised preflop and Miami John Cernuto made the call. The flop came Q
Daniel Mowczan is all in against Greg Pappas. Mowczan shows A Player Tags: John Cernuto, Yueqi Zhu, John Racener Omaha 8 / Stud 8 Level 18Jun 06, '08 Stud 8: 1,500 ante, 2,000 bring in, 6,000-12,000 limits Players Remaining: 11 of 388 Average Chip Stack: 176,000 Chip Counts: Farzad Rouhani - 305,000 Eliminations: Matthew Graham Big Hands:
James Van Alstyne, on the button, raised preflop and bet on the flop, turn and river. With the board 9 Cantu scoops pot, cripples Zhu With the board showing K Mattew Graham out in 12th Matthew Graham, who already had a short stack, back-to-back hands did him in. First, against Yueqi Zhu, who had even fewer chips and was all in, he lost in Omaha 8 with A Player Tags: Matt Graham, Brandon Cantu, Yueqi Zhu, John Racener |
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| Mar 17, '08 | 2008 Wynn Classic | No-Limit Hold'em Championship Event | 2 | + |
John Racener EliminatedMar 17, '08
Player Tags: John Racener |
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| Jun 13, '07 | 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 22 - No-Limit Hold'em | 1 | + |
Clonie Bested By The DevilJun 13, '07 Early on in level 9 Clonie Gowen found herself crippled by a cooler. In a three-way pot Gowen called in early position raise from the button with 4 Meanwhile John Racener, Dustin “Neverwin” Woolf, and Jan Sorenson have been very active trading chips at their table. On a board of A Meanwhile in a three-way pot, with a flop of K
Player Tags: Minh Ly, Antonio Esfandiari, Howard Lederer, Clonie Gowen, Jan Sorensen, Dustin Woolf, John Racener |
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| Jun 09, '07 | 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 15 - No-Limit Hold'em | 1 | + |
Chip Up, Or Chip OutJun 09, '07 It seems several pros have adopted a very wishy-washy attitude regarding any one player's chances against such a large field. Several pros have been stating that they are simply trying to reach a certain number of chips or go broke by the 5pm HORSE event. J.C. Tran is among those, finding himself all in with the worst of it three times in the last level. First Tran found himself all in with Q-J suited against A-J, finding an 8 on the river to complete his nut straight. Next he was up against John Racener on a flop of 9 8 2 , Tran had 8 7 to Racener's A A . The turn 8 bailed Tran out, and Racener missed his two-out redraw with the 10 on the river. Finally Tran's luck ran out as he pushed on a flop of J 6 3 with A 5 getting a call from his opponent with 4 4 . The 4 cut Tran's outs to two, and the J on the river ended Tran's day. Other players to hit the rail included "Minneapolis Jim" Meehan, David Williams, Ed Moncada, and Gavin Smith.Anthony Reategui was on the bad end of large pot at his mine-filled table. In a five-way raised pot with a flop of 10 7 5 , Reategui led out with a pot-sized bet of $2,200, only to have two players move in behind it. Reategui called quickly stating he had the right kind of hand for this pot. Reategui showed A 9 , while the other two tabled 5 5 and 8 9 . The flop and turn came 7 and 9 , filling up Reategui's opponent. Phil Hellmuth also managed to create sufficient drama for his legion of railbrids, despite the event being in its early stages. After Hellmuth raised preflop, two players moved all in over the top of his raise. Hellmuth pondered the call. He would be all-in himself, but he was getting 6 to 1 on his money. Finally he folded his A-Q offsuit face-up. His opponents showed pocket nines and pocket sevens, showing Hellmuth was getting the right price to call. Both players ended up with sets by the river and Hellmuth patted himself on the back.The official numbers have been released. A total of 2,628 players entered today, generating a prize pool of $3,587,220 dollars. The top 270 players will finish in the money, with 270th place receiving $3,049, and 1st place bagging $637,254. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Edward Moncada, Phil Hellmuth, Gavin Smith, Jim Meehan, David Williams, John Racener Play Moving FastJun 09, '07 Play has been moving considerably fast despite the overwhelming amount of entrants in today’s event. Tables have been breaking at an alarming rate, and all alternates have now been seated. With such a large field today, it is unusual to see many stacked tables, but as time has taught us, being an alternate is the easiest way to get stuck at a tough table. Alternate Table 44 is now host to Huck Seed, Erick Lindgren, Anthony Reategui, and Chris Bell.
Player Tags: J.C. Tran, David Plastik, Erick Lindgren, Huck Seed, Chris Bell, John Gale, Anthony Reategui, John Racener Full HouseJun 09, '07 The Amazon is at max capacity with all 258 tournament tables being used for this event. Only one hour into the event twelve alternate tables have been seated, amounting to 120 alternates in the first hour. So far the field looks thin in terms of professional players. Many of them may be taking a break to take a shot at this afternoon's HORSE event. But with many alternates yet to be seated who knows. The entrants to this event have already reached 2,700. We will have to see if that number will reach 3,000 before registration closes.Despite the lighter field there are a few tables containing more than one familiar face. Table 204 houses Player of the Year frontrunner J.C. Tran, John Racener, and David Plastik. Racener received a double up courtesy of Tran early in action today. In a three-way pot with a flop of A Q 8 , Racener pushed all-in after Tran called the seat 9's raise of 625. Tran and made the call and Racener had him crushed with 8 8 to Tran's A K . Tran picked up some outs with the K on the turn, but the 5 hit on the river to send the pot to Racener. Also seen in the poker room are writer/director Kevin Smith, David Williams (two tables down from his mom Shirley), Jared Hamby, and recent bracelet winner Burt Boutin. Keep your browser with Card Player today as we follow the progress of Freddy Deeb, Erica Schoenberg, and Chris Bell in our Pro Blogs. Official numbers will be posted as soon as they are announced Player Tags: J.C. Tran, David Plastik, Burt Boutin, David Williams, Chris Bell, Shirley Williams, Erica Schoenberg, Jared Hamby, Freddy Deeb, John Racener |
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