Ryan Daut Poker Tournament Updates

Level Seven Hour Two Update: Gabe Walls Chipleader

Jul 10, '10

Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante

Players Remaining: 2,097 out of 7,319

Chip Counts:

1. Gabriel Walls — 430,000
2. Max Casal — 262,000
3. Ricardo Fasanaro — 220,00
4. Dave Sands — 210,000
5. Khamsy Nuanmanee — 202,500
6. Steve Billirakis — 200,000
7. Jason DeWitt — 189,500
8. Matt Keikoan — 185,000
9. Sergey Rybachenko — 176,000
10. Robert Miller — 175,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Josh Brikis — 97,500
Mike Matusow — 12,700
Jon Friedberg – 28,000
Roy Winston — 20,000
Jennifer Harman — 39,025
Jeff Shulman – 27,775

Notable Eliminations:

Cyndy Violette
Trishelle Cannatella
Andy Bloch
Darvin Moon

Big Hands:

Darvin Moon Eliminated

Darvin Moon was on the button for a flop of 492. David Hannani bet 4,100 and Moon jammed all-in for 22,875. Hanani went into the tank for a few minutes before making the call with AA and was well ahead of Moon’s 910.

The turn was the K and the river was the 5, eliminating last year’s runner-up.

Friedberg Dodges Bullets

A player in the hijack raised to 2,000 and the player in the cutoff called. Jon Friedberg raised to 7,300 from the big blind. The original raiser immediately moved all-in and had Friedberg covered.

Friedberg went into the tank for a while before finally folding his hand.

“I had ’em,” his opponent said as he turned over two aces. Friedberg falls to 28,000 with the loss.

Slotboom Gets on the Good End of a Cold Deck

Rolf Slotboom raised to 1,350 on the button and both blinds called. On a flop of 594, the big blind bet out 3,000 and Slotboom raised to 8,000. The big blind moved all-in as soon as he could and and Slotboom made the call.

Slotboom made the call and showed 99 and was in great shape after seeing his opponent’s 55. Slotboom just needed to dodge the case five to seal the win.

Slotboom dodged a miracel and jumped up to 85,400.

Clements Gives Up On River

Scott Clements raised to 1,925 from the button and the player in the big blind called. The big blind checked a flop of AJA and Clements bet 1,800. The big blind made the call.

The 10 hit on the turn and both players checked. On the 7 river the big blind led for 1,500. Clements looked over the board and decided to fold. Even so, he had around 80,000 following the loss.

Trishelle Crippled, Out

Trishelle Cannatella called a short-stack’s all in on a flop of 58K. Their hands:

Cannatella: KJ
Opponent: 6[[:suit:heart]]7

Cannatella had top pair and her opponent held a straight draw. The turn was the 9, giving her opponent the straight and the Q river meant that Trishelle lost a large chunk of chips.

Soon after, she got her last 5,500 all in holding K6 and was called by her opponent’s AQ. The board ran out 65838 and her opponent’s took the pot and eliminated Cannatella.

Ryan Daut Slips Up

Ryan Daut bet 2,500 on a flop of 235 and got a call from one player. The turn was the 3 and both players opted to check.

The river was the J and Daut fired 5,200 and was called by his opponent. Daut mucked and his opponent showed 99. Daut fell to 49,000 with the misfire.

David Chiu Wins a Pot

David Chiu was in the big blind and called a preflop bet. Two other players called as well. The flop came J103 and it was check around. The 3 fell on the turn and and Chiu bet 3,500. One player called and the A fell on the river. Chiu checked and his opponent checked behind. Chiu tabled the 43 and his opponent flashed an ace. Chiu was at around 70,000 after the hand.

Gabe Walls Wins a Pot

Gabe Walls opened to 1,500 and a player moved all in for 22,900. Walls made the call with the A7 and was behind the pocket tens of his opponent. However, the board ran out 622AQ and gave Walls the pot. He was at 430,000 after the hand and the chip leader.

Player Tags: David Chiu,   Jon Friedberg,   Ryan Daut,   Darvin Moon

$10,000 Main Event - On the Bubble

Jul 10, '08

Note: The players are now playing hand-for-hand as we play down to the 666 players who will make the money.

Blinds/Antes: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante

Players Left: 674 of 6,844

Chip Leaders:

Jeremiah Smith: 1,000,000
Sigurd Eskeland: 950,000
Robert Georato: 760,000
Alberto Font: 700,000
Karle Wilson: 690,000
Jeff Kimber: 690,000
Sarkis Akopyan: 680,000
Owen Crowe: 645,000
Geert Jans: 625,000
Edward Roger: 590,000

CP Counts:

Mike Matusow: 465,000
Matt Matros: 448,000
Johnny Chan: 336,000
Phil Hellmuth: 310,000
Gus Hansen: 307,000
Thomas Keller: 205,000

Average Stack: 203,086

Eliminations: Ryan Daut, Minh Nguyen, Nenad Medic

Big Hands:

Ryan Daut Eliminated

Action folded around to the player on the button who raised to 7,500 before the fop. Ryan Daut reraised to 27,000 from the small blind and after a minute in the tank, the player on the button made the call. The flop came Q107, and Daut led out with a 50,000 bet. The button raised all in and Daut called. Daut was outchipped and facing elimination when he turned over AA for the overpair, his opponent showed 1010 for middle set. The turn was the K, giving Daut four more outs, but the the river was the K, putting an end to Ryan Daut's WSOP run, sending him home early with less than 50 or so players until the money.

Minh Nguyen Gone

Sarkis Akopyan raised to 35,000 from middle position before the flop and Minh Nguyen repopped for over 100,000. His opponent reraised all in and Nguyen called, being covered by Akopyan. Nguyen showed KK, but Akopyan against his opponent's AA. The flop came A96, giving Akopyan top set and leaving Nguyen drawing slim. The J came on the turn and Nguyen was drawing dead. The K came on the river, as if to laugh in Nguyen's face by giving him a losing set, and Nguyen made heartbreaking exit.

Crowds Form For Hellmuth's All In

RIght now if there are crowds swarmed around a table, it means one of two things. It's either Phil Hellmuth's table and he's up to his usual "Poker Brat" ways. Or it's the current chip leader, Jeremiah Smith, as he knocks out yet another opponent and approaches the one million mark in chips.

The most recent crowd formed for Hellmuth. He made it 9,000 to go from under the gun and a player in late position reraised to 24,000. Action folded to Hellmuth, who made it a whopping 84,000 to go. His opponent called and the the flop came Q52. Hellmuth checked and his opponent bet 60,000. Hellmuth check-raised all in and the camera crews and surrounding crowd thickened. Hellmuth began to tell Mike Matusow at a distant table about how he was all in and Matusow came over to try and see the action. After several minutes Hellmuth's opponent wiped his eyes, let out a sigh and mucked his cards. A smiling Hellmuth sat back down and collected the big pot, chipping up to 470,000.

Friedberg Gets Healthy Quick

Jon Friedberg got all in preflop with Christopher Olson and one other player. The third player showed JJ. Olson one-upped that player and showed QQ, but Friedberg led both of his opponents with KK. The board came A8774 and Friedberg took down a huge pot worth nearly 450,000.

Flopped Straight Doubles Meeker

Anthony Meeker raised to 8,500 preflop and the button re-raised 15,500 on top of that. Meeker called and the flop ran 654. Meeker led out with a bet of 17,000 and the button re-raised to 38,000. Meeker just called and then checked the 10 on the turn. The button bet enough to put Meeker all in and was insta-called. Meeker quickly turned over 78 for the flopped nut straight and the button held only KJ and was drawing dead. A meaningless 10 fell on the river and Meeker doubled up to around 330,000.

Player Pays a Toll For Riding The Orient Express

Johnny Chan check-called his opponent's bet of 10,500 with the board showing A72. The K showed up on the turn and Chan again check-called his opponent's bet of 23,000. The river brought the 5 and Chan checked one more time. His opponent fired 58,000 and Chan made the call, showing AQ for top pair. His opponent turned over 88 for the losing hand. Chan was at 336,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Minh Nguyen,   Phil Hellmuth,   Jon Friedberg,   Johnny Chan,   Ryan Daut,   Anthony Meeker

$10,000 Main Event - Day 3 - Level 13 (Hr. 2)

Jul 10, '08

Blinds/Antes: 1,200-2,400-300

Players Left: 747 of 6844

Chip Leaders:
Alberto Font - 745,000
Sigurd Eskeland - 700,000
Jeff Kimber - 670,000
Jeremiah Smith - 650,000
Vito Branciforte - 560,000
Mark Ketteringham - 560,000
Geert Jans - 550,000
Jeremy Joseph - 520,000
Alexander Kostritsyn - 520,000
Victor Ramdin - 510,000

Other Notables
Mark Vos – 360,000
Phil Hellmuth – 300,000
Owen Crowe – 280,000
Jon Turner – 275,000
Robert Mizrachi – 275,000
Shawn Sheikhan – 270,000
Jeff Madsen – 260,000
Bertrand Grospellier – 250,000
Ryan Daut – 205,000
Gus Hansen – 200,000
Brandon Adams – 190,000
Rolf Slotboom – 125,000
Craig Marquis – 110,000
Leo Wolpert – 100,000
Jason Gray – 88,000
Maya Antonius – 73,000
Ari Engel – 65,000
Bill Gazes – 65,000
Thor Hansen – 65,000
Alexander Kravchenko – 32,000

Big Hands/Storylines

Five-Alive for Hansen

Gus Hansen was getting short-stacked, but managed a significant breakthrough with about 40 minutes remaining before the dinner break. Hansen was on the button and called a preflop raise from a player one from the cut-off. The flop came 953, and the first player bet 15,000. Hansen then moved all-in for his remaining 61,500. The player called. Hansen showed 55 for the flopped set, while his opponent held K9. The A and 7 completed the board and Hansen doubled up.

Kido Pham’s Stack Dwindling

Action folded around to the button where Kido Pham raised to 9,000. The small blind called and they saw a flop. The was AK7 and the small blind checked to Pham. Pham bet 12,000 and was quickly called. The K on the turn slowed down the action and both players checked. The river was the 10 and again both players checked. The small blind showed his A8 for a pair of aces and that was good to take down the pot. This hand continues the decline of Kido Pham, who is now down to 85,000.

Smith's monster stack gets even bigger

Preflop, Ryan Daut raised to 6,300 from early position and was called by Jeremiah Smith and the big blind. The flop came J95 and when it checked around to Smith he bet 12,000. Daut called and the turn was the J. Daut checked and Smith quickly fired 20,000. Daut again called and then checked after the T came on the river. Smith again bet quickly, this time for 25,000. Daut folded and Smith took down the pot. After the hand Smith was over 700,000 chips. 

Bad Time to Push

Jamal Sawaqdeh was in the small blind and called a preflop raise from the player with the button. The flop came KJ10, and after Sawaqdeh checked, the button went all-in for 47,900. Sawaqdeh made the call and and showed QJ for middle pair, along with flush and straight draws. His opponent could only manage Q3 for the open-ender. The K on the turn didn't change anything, but the 9 on the river gave Sawaqdeh the straight flush to eliminate his opponent.

Hellmuth moves all in, gets fold, "so sick"

Phil Hellmuth was on the button and was in a pot against the big blind. The flop was AJ9 and Hellmuth bet 6,000 after his opponent checked. The blind called and then bet out 25,000 when the turn came J. Hellmuth thought for a minute and then moved all in. He had the blind, who said this situation was "so sick" a couple times, covered. Finally he flashed 87 and folded. Hellmuth jumped out of his chair and told him he was drawing dead and was mad at himself for raising. After the hadn he was up to about 260,000 chips.

Player Tags: Gus Hansen,   Phil Hellmuth,   Kido Pham,   Jeremiah Smith,   Ryan Daut

$10,000 Main Event - Levy Triples

Jul 09, '08

Blinds/Antes: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante

Players Left: 936 of 2,378

Chip Leaders:

Raja Kattamuri: 410,000
Peter Biebel: 380,000
Alex Kostritsyn: 320,000
Alex Outhred: 320,000
Darryl Ronconi: 310,000
Victor Ramdin: 300,000
Steve Chung: 295,000
Paul Snead: 290,000
Steve Lade: 290,000
Rafael Caiaffe: 280,000

Spade Club:

David Kim: 110,000

Eliminations: Padraig Parkinson, David Sklansky, Rafe Furst, Anjela Brunson, Joe Hachem, Phil Laak, Dan Shak, Brad Booth

Big Hands:

Adam Levy Triples Up

The player in seat 5 limped in from under the gun and Adam Levy raised to 4,800 from the button. The player in the big blind raised all in, an the UTG player came over the top himslef, moving all in to isolate play. Levy callled all in and all three players turned over their cards.

Levy: KK
UTG: QQ
Big Blind: JJ

Board: K108A7

Levy got it all in with the best hand and flopped top set. The turn was a scare card for Levy, a queen or a jack on the river would give either of his opponents a straight, but Levy managed to dodge some paint as he tripled up that hand, eliminating one player and crippling the other as he brought his chip stack up to 185,000.

I Am Legend

Tommy "Legend" Le raised to 4,200 preflop from the button. Seat 5 called, as did seat 2 from the cutoff. The flop came A85 and action was checked to Le. He fired 6,000 into the pot and only the player in the cutoff made the call. The turn was the 6 and seat 2 checked to Le. The man known as "Legend" bet enough to put seat 2 all in. After much thought, seat 2 gave up his hand and Le showed A2 for top pair. He took the pot and was around 128,000.

Ramdin Takes a Pot

Victor Ramdin raised to 3,500 preflop from the cutoff and the player in seat 9 called from the big blind. The flop came 943 and seat 9 took a stab at the pot, firing 4,000. Ramdin would have none of that nonsense as he raised to 16,000. Seat 9 got the message and threw his hand in the muck. Ramdin took the pot and he was around 325,000

Grospellier Takes a Hit

Bertrand "ElKy" Grospellier bet enough to put "Hollywood" Dave Stann all in. Stann made the call and turned over AJ. Grospellier showed a dominated KJ and he needed help. The flop offered none as it came down Q43. The turn brough the 10, opening up straight possibilities for Grospellier, but he needed a non-diamond ace or nine to eliminate Stann. But the river brought the 2 and Grospellier took a hit, dropping his stack to 90,000.

Kim Taken For a Ride On Broadway

The player in seat 7 limped in from the button, David Kim completed the bet from the small blind and the player in seat 9 checked his option from the big blind. The flop came down AQJ and Kim fired 2,600. The big blind got out of the way but seat 7 hung around. The turn was the 3 and Kim checked. Seat 7 bet out 5,000 and Kim made the call. The river brought the 2 and Kim checked again. Seat 7 fired 10,000 and Kim made the call after a few moments of thought. Seat 7 turned over K10 for a flopped broadway straight. Kim showed down A2 for top pair and saw his stack go down to 110,000.

Daut Dodges A Big One

On a board of K6J, the player in seat 7 fired 3,500 and Ryan Daut raised to 9,500. Seat 7 made the call and the 6 came on the turn. Both players checked and the 7 fell on the river. Seat 7 fired 15,000 and Daut took a massive tank session. He took almost seven minutes before he finally mucked his hand. Seat 7 then showed JJ for a full house. Daut was down to 45,000 but things could have been much worse.

Player Tags: David Kim,   Victor Ramdin,   Tommy Le,   Ryan Daut,   Adam Levy,   European Report

$10,000 Main Event - On the Bubble

Jul 10, '08

Note: The players are now playing hand-for-hand as we play down to the 666 players who will make the money.

Blinds/Antes: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante

Players Left: 674 of 6,844

Chip Leaders:

Jeremiah Smith: 1,000,000
Sigurd Eskeland: 950,000
Robert Georato: 760,000
Alberto Font: 700,000
Karle Wilson: 690,000
Jeff Kimber: 690,000
Sarkis Akopyan: 680,000
Owen Crowe: 645,000
Geert Jans: 625,000
Edward Roger: 590,000

CP Counts:

Mike Matusow: 465,000
Matt Matros: 448,000
Johnny Chan: 336,000
Phil Hellmuth: 310,000
Gus Hansen: 307,000
Thomas Keller: 205,000

Average Stack: 203,086

Eliminations: Ryan Daut, Minh Nguyen, Nenad Medic

Big Hands:

Ryan Daut Eliminated

Action folded around to the player on the button who raised to 7,500 before the fop. Ryan Daut reraised to 27,000 from the small blind and after a minute in the tank, the player on the button made the call. The flop came Q107, and Daut led out with a 50,000 bet. The button raised all in and Daut called. Daut was outchipped and facing elimination when he turned over AA for the overpair, his opponent showed 1010 for middle set. The turn was the K, giving Daut four more outs, but the the river was the K, putting an end to Ryan Daut's WSOP run, sending him home early with less than 50 or so players until the money.

Minh Nguyen Gone

Sarkis Akopyan raised to 35,000 from middle position before the flop and Minh Nguyen repopped for over 100,000. His opponent reraised all in and Nguyen called, being covered by Akopyan. Nguyen showed KK, but Akopyan against his opponent's AA. The flop came A96, giving Akopyan top set and leaving Nguyen drawing slim. The J came on the turn and Nguyen was drawing dead. The K came on the river, as if to laugh in Nguyen's face by giving him a losing set, and Nguyen made heartbreaking exit.

Crowds Form For Hellmuth's All In

RIght now if there are crowds swarmed around a table, it means one of two things. It's either Phil Hellmuth's table and he's up to his usual "Poker Brat" ways. Or it's the current chip leader, Jeremiah Smith, as he knocks out yet another opponent and approaches the one million mark in chips.

The most recent crowd formed for Hellmuth. He made it 9,000 to go from under the gun and a player in late position reraised to 24,000. Action folded to Hellmuth, who made it a whopping 84,000 to go. His opponent called and the the flop came Q52. Hellmuth checked and his opponent bet 60,000. Hellmuth check-raised all in and the camera crews and surrounding crowd thickened. Hellmuth began to tell Mike Matusow at a distant table about how he was all in and Matusow came over to try and see the action. After several minutes Hellmuth's opponent wiped his eyes, let out a sigh and mucked his cards. A smiling Hellmuth sat back down and collected the big pot, chipping up to 470,000.

Friedberg Gets Healthy Quick

Jon Friedberg got all in preflop with Christopher Olson and one other player. The third player showed JJ. Olson one-upped that player and showed QQ, but Friedberg led both of his opponents with KK. The board came A8774 and Friedberg took down a huge pot worth nearly 450,000.

Flopped Straight Doubles Meeker

Anthony Meeker raised to 8,500 preflop and the button re-raised 15,500 on top of that. Meeker called and the flop ran 654. Meeker led out with a bet of 17,000 and the button re-raised to 38,000. Meeker just called and then checked the 10 on the turn. The button bet enough to put Meeker all in and was insta-called. Meeker quickly turned over 78 for the flopped nut straight and the button held only KJ and was drawing dead. A meaningless 10 fell on the river and Meeker doubled up to around 330,000.

Player Pays a Toll For Riding The Orient Express

Johnny Chan check-called his opponent's bet of 10,500 with the board showing A72. The K showed up on the turn and Chan again check-called his opponent's bet of 23,000. The river brought the 5 and Chan checked one more time. His opponent fired 58,000 and Chan made the call, showing AQ for top pair. His opponent turned over 88 for the losing hand. Chan was at 336,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Minh Nguyen,   Phil Hellmuth,   Jon Friedberg,   Johnny Chan,   Ryan Daut,   Anthony Meeker

$10,000 Main Event - Day 3 - Level 13 (Hr. 2)

Jul 10, '08

Blinds/Antes: 1,200-2,400-300

Players Left: 747 of 6844

Chip Leaders:
Alberto Font - 745,000
Sigurd Eskeland - 700,000
Jeff Kimber - 670,000
Jeremiah Smith - 650,000
Vito Branciforte - 560,000
Mark Ketteringham - 560,000
Geert Jans - 550,000
Jeremy Joseph - 520,000
Alexander Kostritsyn - 520,000
Victor Ramdin - 510,000

Other Notables
Mark Vos – 360,000
Phil Hellmuth – 300,000
Owen Crowe – 280,000
Jon Turner – 275,000
Robert Mizrachi – 275,000
Shawn Sheikhan – 270,000
Jeff Madsen – 260,000
Bertrand Grospellier – 250,000
Ryan Daut – 205,000
Gus Hansen – 200,000
Brandon Adams – 190,000
Rolf Slotboom – 125,000
Craig Marquis – 110,000
Leo Wolpert – 100,000
Jason Gray – 88,000
Maya Antonius – 73,000
Ari Engel – 65,000
Bill Gazes – 65,000
Thor Hansen – 65,000
Alexander Kravchenko – 32,000

Big Hands/Storylines

Five-Alive for Hansen

Gus Hansen was getting short-stacked, but managed a significant breakthrough with about 40 minutes remaining before the dinner break. Hansen was on the button and called a preflop raise from a player one from the cut-off. The flop came 953, and the first player bet 15,000. Hansen then moved all-in for his remaining 61,500. The player called. Hansen showed 55 for the flopped set, while his opponent held K9. The A and 7 completed the board and Hansen doubled up.

Kido Pham’s Stack Dwindling

Action folded around to the button where Kido Pham raised to 9,000. The small blind called and they saw a flop. The was AK7 and the small blind checked to Pham. Pham bet 12,000 and was quickly called. The K on the turn slowed down the action and both players checked. The river was the 10 and again both players checked. The small blind showed his A8 for a pair of aces and that was good to take down the pot. This hand continues the decline of Kido Pham, who is now down to 85,000.

Smith's monster stack gets even bigger

Preflop, Ryan Daut raised to 6,300 from early position and was called by Jeremiah Smith and the big blind. The flop came J95 and when it checked around to Smith he bet 12,000. Daut called and the turn was the J. Daut checked and Smith quickly fired 20,000. Daut again called and then checked after the T came on the river. Smith again bet quickly, this time for 25,000. Daut folded and Smith took down the pot. After the hand Smith was over 700,000 chips. 

Bad Time to Push

Jamal Sawaqdeh was in the small blind and called a preflop raise from the player with the button. The flop came KJ10, and after Sawaqdeh checked, the button went all-in for 47,900. Sawaqdeh made the call and and showed QJ for middle pair, along with flush and straight draws. His opponent could only manage Q3 for the open-ender. The K on the turn didn't change anything, but the 9 on the river gave Sawaqdeh the straight flush to eliminate his opponent.

Hellmuth moves all in, gets fold, "so sick"

Phil Hellmuth was on the button and was in a pot against the big blind. The flop was AJ9 and Hellmuth bet 6,000 after his opponent checked. The blind called and then bet out 25,000 when the turn came J. Hellmuth thought for a minute and then moved all in. He had the blind, who said this situation was "so sick" a couple times, covered. Finally he flashed 87 and folded. Hellmuth jumped out of his chair and told him he was drawing dead and was mad at himself for raising. After the hadn he was up to about 260,000 chips.

Player Tags: Gus Hansen,   Phil Hellmuth,   Kido Pham,   Jeremiah Smith,   Ryan Daut

$10,000 Main Event - Levy Triples

Jul 09, '08

Blinds/Antes: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante

Players Left: 936 of 2,378

Chip Leaders:

Raja Kattamuri: 410,000
Peter Biebel: 380,000
Alex Kostritsyn: 320,000
Alex Outhred: 320,000
Darryl Ronconi: 310,000
Victor Ramdin: 300,000
Steve Chung: 295,000
Paul Snead: 290,000
Steve Lade: 290,000
Rafael Caiaffe: 280,000

Spade Club:

David Kim: 110,000

Eliminations: Padraig Parkinson, David Sklansky, Rafe Furst, Anjela Brunson, Joe Hachem, Phil Laak, Dan Shak, Brad Booth

Big Hands:

Adam Levy Triples Up

The player in seat 5 limped in from under the gun and Adam Levy raised to 4,800 from the button. The player in the big blind raised all in, an the UTG player came over the top himslef, moving all in to isolate play. Levy callled all in and all three players turned over their cards.

Levy: KK
UTG: QQ
Big Blind: JJ

Board: K108A7

Levy got it all in with the best hand and flopped top set. The turn was a scare card for Levy, a queen or a jack on the river would give either of his opponents a straight, but Levy managed to dodge some paint as he tripled up that hand, eliminating one player and crippling the other as he brought his chip stack up to 185,000.

I Am Legend

Tommy "Legend" Le raised to 4,200 preflop from the button. Seat 5 called, as did seat 2 from the cutoff. The flop came A85 and action was checked to Le. He fired 6,000 into the pot and only the player in the cutoff made the call. The turn was the 6 and seat 2 checked to Le. The man known as "Legend" bet enough to put seat 2 all in. After much thought, seat 2 gave up his hand and Le showed A2 for top pair. He took the pot and was around 128,000.

Ramdin Takes a Pot

Victor Ramdin raised to 3,500 preflop from the cutoff and the player in seat 9 called from the big blind. The flop came 943 and seat 9 took a stab at the pot, firing 4,000. Ramdin would have none of that nonsense as he raised to 16,000. Seat 9 got the message and threw his hand in the muck. Ramdin took the pot and he was around 325,000

Grospellier Takes a Hit

Bertrand "ElKy" Grospellier bet enough to put "Hollywood" Dave Stann all in. Stann made the call and turned over AJ. Grospellier showed a dominated KJ and he needed help. The flop offered none as it came down Q43. The turn brough the 10, opening up straight possibilities for Grospellier, but he needed a non-diamond ace or nine to eliminate Stann. But the river brought the 2 and Grospellier took a hit, dropping his stack to 90,000.

Kim Taken For a Ride On Broadway

The player in seat 7 limped in from the button, David Kim completed the bet from the small blind and the player in seat 9 checked his option from the big blind. The flop came down AQJ and Kim fired 2,600. The big blind got out of the way but seat 7 hung around. The turn was the 3 and Kim checked. Seat 7 bet out 5,000 and Kim made the call. The river brought the 2 and Kim checked again. Seat 7 fired 10,000 and Kim made the call after a few moments of thought. Seat 7 turned over K10 for a flopped broadway straight. Kim showed down A2 for top pair and saw his stack go down to 110,000.

Daut Dodges A Big One

On a board of K6J, the player in seat 7 fired 3,500 and Ryan Daut raised to 9,500. Seat 7 made the call and the 6 came on the turn. Both players checked and the 7 fell on the river. Seat 7 fired 15,000 and Daut took a massive tank session. He took almost seven minutes before he finally mucked his hand. Seat 7 then showed JJ for a full house. Daut was down to 45,000 but things could have been much worse.

Player Tags: David Kim,   Victor Ramdin,   Tommy Le,   Ryan Daut,   Adam Levy,   European Report

$10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha - Level Six - Dinner Time

Jun 29, '08

Players are now on a 90 minute dinner break.

Blinds: 300-600

Entrants: 181 of 381

Average Stack: 42,099

Chip Counts:
Leif Force: 145,000
Gullaume Patry: 134,000
Josh Arieh: 119,000
Clonie Gowen: 100,000
Mikael Hogbom: 96,000
Jannick Wrang: 81,000
David Williams: 80,000
Dario Alioto: 76,000
Jesper Hougaard: 69,000

Eliminations: Steve Billirakis, Phil Hellmuth

Big Hands and Storylines:

Three Monsters, One Winner, Billirakis Gone

On a flop of J105, seat 6 bet 12,000, seat 1 raised the pot, Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis moved all in, and so did seat 6. Seat 1 made the call, having both Billirakis and seat 6 covered. Billirakis showed 1010 for a flopped set of tens. Seat 1 showed JJ for a flopped set of jacks. But seat 6 showed A4 for the flopped nut flush. The turn and river didn't change things and Billirakis was eliminated, seat 1 was crippled and seat 6 nearly trippled up.

Amit Busts Hellmuth

With Phil Hellmuth already all in, Rafi Amit bet out on a K55 flop and the third player in the hand let his hand go. Hellmuth showed J1097 and was in bad shape against Amit's KJ109. The turn 3 and river 10 didn't improve Hellmuth and he headed to the rail.

Big Stack Collision

On a board of AQ310 a large-stacked Ryan Daut bet 5,200 only to have another large stack in David Williams make it 21,600. Daut mucked his hand and Williams took a large pot. Talk about a tough table- it contains David Williams, Ryan Daut, Dario Minieri, Bill Gazes, David Chiu and Nenad Medic.

Pescatori Eliminated

Max Pescatori was essentially all in on a flop of 1096. He showed AA83 and was against Michael Leibogren's KKJ10,

Singer Doubles Short Stack

On a flop of K54 a shortstack opponent got all in and David Singer got the right price to make the call. He also had a lot of outs. He held 3328 for straigh and flush draws. His opponent held AA82 for an overpair. The turn was the K and Singer was still drawing. The J on the river missed both of his draws and he doubled his opponent up to nearly 20,000.

Player Tags: Max Pescatori,   Phil Hellmuth,   David Singer,   David Williams,   Steve Billirakis,   Rafi Amit,   Ryan Daut,   European Report

$5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed - Level Six Recap

Jun 26, '08

Note: Players are now on a 90-minute dinner break. Play will resume just before 8:20 p.m.

Blinds-Antes: 200-400-50

Players Remaining: 287 of 805

Average Chip Stack: 28,000

Chip Counts:

Robert Eckstat - 72,000
Alex Jacob - 64,000
Don Mullis - 61,000
Shannon Shorr - 53,000
Chad Batista - 52,000
Mark Vos - 48,000
Stephen Pearce - 48,000
Gavin Griffin - 45,000
Blair Hinkle - 44,000
Hevad Khan - 43,000

Eliminations:

Sorel Mizzi
Amit Makhija
Ted Lawson

Hands and Storylines:

Daut's top pair gives him cushion

In a hand against two other players, Ryan Daut check-called a bet of 2,500 after a flop of J-5-2. The third player in the hand folded, and Daut and his opponent checked after the turn and river, which were a king and a six. Daut flipped over Q-J and his opponent flashed pocket sevens. Daut took down the pot and has 11,000 chips heading into break.

Nam's middle kicker good enough

Nam Le bet 1,250 after a flop of A98 and his oppoenent asked him if he had a strong kicker. Nam Le didn't answer at first but when he asked again Le told him it's "in the middle." His opponent then quickly called and the river was the K. After his opponent checked, Le bet 2,225. His opponent folded and Le flipped over the A. His opponent told him that he wanted to see the other card and Le told him it was the 10. At the end of the level he had about 16,000 chips.

Hartman doubles up

Craig Hartman had 9,000 with 10 minutes left before the break and was in danger. Though what happened isn't known, the end result is clear. He doubled up to 18,000 in those last few minutes and has some breating room when play resumes.

Player Tags: Nam Le,   Craig Hartman,   Ryan Daut

Event 2 - $1,500 NLH - Day 2 - Hour 1

Jun 02, '08

Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante (Moving to 600-1,200 with a 100 ante)

Players Left: 414 of 3,929

Chip Counts:

David Bach: 120,000
Allan Puzontyan: 111,400
Ryan D'Angelo: 105,800
Frank Sinopoli: 103,900
Pat White: 92,300
Shane Schleger: 89,000
Henry Tran: 80,300
John Carlson: 80,200
Grant Hinkle: 77,800

Average Chip Stack: 28,300

Big Hands:

Gaspard Takes Out Another One

Jean Gaspard raised to 4,000 and Ylon Schwartz called all in. Schwartz showed AJ, Gaspard turned over AK. The board ran 8321010 and Schwartz was eliminated.

Quad Fours Beats Two Queens

Charles Ambrogi hit quad 4s on the flop against Parimal Parmar's Q-Q. Ambrogi doubled up to over 28,000 while Parmar still had well over 40,000.

Nguyen Takes a Pot

Minh Nguyen won an early three-way pot when the board showed Q63J and he bet 2,000 into the pot and he got no callers.

Erica Schoenberg and Ryan Daut Tangle

Schoenberg called Daut's preflop raise and the flop came AQ3. Schoenberg led out with 4,000 and Daut thought for a moment then folded. 

Player Tags: Minh Nguyen,   Ylon Schwartz,   Parimal Parmar,   Erica Schoenberg,   Charles Ambrogi,   Ryan Daut,   Jean Gaspard,   European Report

No Limit Hold 'Em Level 7

Jun 01, '08

Blinds: 300-600-75

Day 1B Players Remaining: 330

Day 1B Average Chip Stack: 14,500

Chip Counts:

Chris Savage - 70,500
John Phan - 65,000
Pat White - 56,000
James Alchazo - 47,800
Antuan Bunkley - 46,000
Gabe Costner - 46,000
David Bach - 43,000
Scott Tian - 40,000
Kim Williams - 40,000
Chris Ferguson - 40,000
Mark Vos - 38,000
Ryan Daut - 37,000

Eliminations:

Paul Wolfe

Big Hands:

Mark Vos races to pot

After a player in early position raised, a short stack of about 10,000 moved all in. Mark Vos, the next player to act, made the call, and the original raiser folded. Vos flipped over pocket tens while his opponent held AJ. The flop and turn were all low cards and a ten on the river gave Vos a full house. The pot gave Vox roughly 35,000 chips.

Daut Playing Well...

After Ryan Daut raised to 1,700 from the cutoff position, the button reraised and essentially committed himself to the pot. Daut thought it over carefully for a couple minutes before moving all-in with pocket sevens. His opponent flipped over A9 and got no help from the board and was eliminated. 

Daut Running Well...

A short time later, Daut raised in late position to 1,700 and was met by an opponent's all-in. His opponent barely having 5,500 in chips, Daut made a crying call and saw his KT up against his opponent's QQ.  The flop of AA4 was inconsequential, as was the turn 7, but the river K stole Daut the pot and brought his stack up to 47,000.
 

Mortensen Active Early, Catches a Break

On one of the first hands of the new level, early chip-leader Carlos Mortensen took a significant hit to his chip stack. Mortensen raised 1,800 to 2,300 only to be reraised to 3,600 by the big blind. Mortensen called, and the big blind then pushed his remaining 2,875 in chips into the center of the table before the flop of J24 was presented. Mortensen then called again, revealing J6, while the big blind flipped over pocket aces.
After that hit to his stack, Mortensen pushed all-in on the next hand, after the under-the-gun player had made an initial raise to 1,800. Mortensen had 1500 in chips, and the big blind also called. After a flop of 1032, the big blind came out betting and the initial bettor folded. The big blind showed just 57, and after a 10 and A filled the board, Mortensen stayed alive by winning the side pot with just king high.
Mortensen twice added to his comeback by stealing blinds and antes, thanks partly to the absence of John Pham, an early chipleader who was late to return to the table after the dinner break.

Zolotow Can't Hit Twice

Steve Zolotow found himself all-in from the small blind after pairing the flop  with his jack-six offsuit. A second jack on the turn gave Zolotow trips and the 3,375 pot.
Zolotow then went all-in from the button on the next hand, only to be called by Howard Boyd in the small blind. "I don't have jack-six again," shrugged Zolotow, who revealed 109.  Boyd showed his dominating hand, A9. Both hit the flop of 954, but the turn of K and river of 7 didn't improve Zolotow. Boyd moved among the leaders with 33,000 in chips.

Ferguson For The Win

Chris Ferguson is now up to 30,000 in chips after his AK held up against his short-stacked opponent's KT.

Wolfe Done

With only 8,700 chips left, Paul Wolfe, first to act, threw his chips into the pot. A player in middle position flat-called the bet and the rest of the table folded. The two revealed:

Wolfe: 66
Opponent: JJ

The board displayed KQ4KA and Paul Wolfe was eliminated.

Sebok crippled

In late position, Joe Sebok raised and was called the player in the big blind. Te two saw a A-8-6 flop. The blind checked and Sebok quickly fired a bet. The big blind showed no hesitation before moving all in and Sebok called. Sebok held A-5 while his opponent had a jack to go with his ace. The turn and river were blanks and after te and Sebok was left wit ust 650 chips.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   Joe Sebok,   Mark Vos,   Ryan Daut

Event 2 - $1,500 NLH - Day 2 - Hour 1

Jun 02, '08

Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante (Moving to 600-1,200 with a 100 ante)

Players Left: 414 of 3,929

Chip Counts:

David Bach: 120,000
Allan Puzontyan: 111,400
Ryan D'Angelo: 105,800
Frank Sinopoli: 103,900
Pat White: 92,300
Shane Schleger: 89,000
Henry Tran: 80,300
John Carlson: 80,200
Grant Hinkle: 77,800

Average Chip Stack: 28,300

Big Hands:

Gaspard Takes Out Another One

Jean Gaspard raised to 4,000 and Ylon Schwartz called all in. Schwartz showed AJ, Gaspard turned over AK. The board ran 8321010 and Schwartz was eliminated.

Quad Fours Beats Two Queens

Charles Ambrogi hit quad 4s on the flop against Parimal Parmar's Q-Q. Ambrogi doubled up to over 28,000 while Parmar still had well over 40,000.

Nguyen Takes a Pot

Minh Nguyen won an early three-way pot when the board showed Q63J and he bet 2,000 into the pot and he got no callers.

Erica Schoenberg and Ryan Daut Tangle

Schoenberg called Daut's preflop raise and the flop came AQ3. Schoenberg led out with 4,000 and Daut thought for a moment then folded. 

Player Tags: Minh Nguyen,   Ylon Schwartz,   Parimal Parmar,   Erica Schoenberg,   Charles Ambrogi,   Ryan Daut,   Jean Gaspard,   European Report

No Limit Hold 'Em Level 7

Jun 01, '08

Blinds: 300-600-75

Day 1B Players Remaining: 330

Day 1B Average Chip Stack: 14,500

Chip Counts:

Chris Savage - 70,500
John Phan - 65,000
Pat White - 56,000
James Alchazo - 47,800
Antuan Bunkley - 46,000
Gabe Costner - 46,000
David Bach - 43,000
Scott Tian - 40,000
Kim Williams - 40,000
Chris Ferguson - 40,000
Mark Vos - 38,000
Ryan Daut - 37,000

Eliminations:

Paul Wolfe

Big Hands:

Mark Vos races to pot

After a player in early position raised, a short stack of about 10,000 moved all in. Mark Vos, the next player to act, made the call, and the original raiser folded. Vos flipped over pocket tens while his opponent held AJ. The flop and turn were all low cards and a ten on the river gave Vos a full house. The pot gave Vox roughly 35,000 chips.

Daut Playing Well...

After Ryan Daut raised to 1,700 from the cutoff position, the button reraised and essentially committed himself to the pot. Daut thought it over carefully for a couple minutes before moving all-in with pocket sevens. His opponent flipped over A9 and got no help from the board and was eliminated. 

Daut Running Well...

A short time later, Daut raised in late position to 1,700 and was met by an opponent's all-in. His opponent barely having 5,500 in chips, Daut made a crying call and saw his KT up against his opponent's QQ.  The flop of AA4 was inconsequential, as was the turn 7, but the river K stole Daut the pot and brought his stack up to 47,000.
 

Mortensen Active Early, Catches a Break

On one of the first hands of the new level, early chip-leader Carlos Mortensen took a significant hit to his chip stack. Mortensen raised 1,800 to 2,300 only to be reraised to 3,600 by the big blind. Mortensen called, and the big blind then pushed his remaining 2,875 in chips into the center of the table before the flop of J24 was presented. Mortensen then called again, revealing J6, while the big blind flipped over pocket aces.
After that hit to his stack, Mortensen pushed all-in on the next hand, after the under-the-gun player had made an initial raise to 1,800. Mortensen had 1500 in chips, and the big blind also called. After a flop of 1032, the big blind came out betting and the initial bettor folded. The big blind showed just 57, and after a 10 and A filled the board, Mortensen stayed alive by winning the side pot with just king high.
Mortensen twice added to his comeback by stealing blinds and antes, thanks partly to the absence of John Pham, an early chipleader who was late to return to the table after the dinner break.

Zolotow Can't Hit Twice

Steve Zolotow found himself all-in from the small blind after pairing the flop  with his jack-six offsuit. A second jack on the turn gave Zolotow trips and the 3,375 pot.
Zolotow then went all-in from the button on the next hand, only to be called by Howard Boyd in the small blind. "I don't have jack-six again," shrugged Zolotow, who revealed 109.  Boyd showed his dominating hand, A9. Both hit the flop of 954, but the turn of K and river of 7 didn't improve Zolotow. Boyd moved among the leaders with 33,000 in chips.

Ferguson For The Win

Chris Ferguson is now up to 30,000 in chips after his AK held up against his short-stacked opponent's KT.

Wolfe Done

With only 8,700 chips left, Paul Wolfe, first to act, threw his chips into the pot. A player in middle position flat-called the bet and the rest of the table folded. The two revealed:

Wolfe: 66
Opponent: JJ

The board displayed KQ4KA and Paul Wolfe was eliminated.

Sebok crippled

In late position, Joe Sebok raised and was called the player in the big blind. Te two saw a A-8-6 flop. The blind checked and Sebok quickly fired a bet. The big blind showed no hesitation before moving all in and Sebok called. Sebok held A-5 while his opponent had a jack to go with his ace. The turn and river were blanks and after te and Sebok was left wit ust 650 chips.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   Joe Sebok,   Mark Vos,   Ryan Daut

Daut Out

Apr 14, '08

Ryan Daut has busted out of the tournament on day 2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Ryan Daut

Final Post

Jul 07, '07

No Daut
Ryan Daut's day ended in as ugly a fashion as possible.  He got all his money in with 8-8 on a board of 87-8.  His opponent made the call with 109 and spiked the J on the turn, completing the straight flush and eliminating Daut.  Poker is a very sick game.

Dan Harrington Chips Up Late
Dan Harrington spent most of the day battling for his stack but he was able to make a few moves towards the end of the day to finish with a respectable stack.  On one hand the seat 6 player raised to $2,600 and Harrington made the call from the big blind.  The flop came down J 9 2 and Harrington checked.  Seat 6 bet out $3,100 and Harrington called once again.  The turn was the harmless 3 and Harrington decided to bet out $5,000.  Knowing Harrington's tight image, seat 6 decided to fold and allow Harrington to chip up to about $36,000.

Paul Wasicka Gets No Respect
During the last fifteen minutes of the day Paul Wasicka attempted to make some moves but was repeatedly denied.  During one stretch of six hands, Wasicka raised four times including once under the gun and each time he was reraised, forcing him to fold. 

Recurring Theme
It appears as though some players have trouble reading the board.  Three times in the last level during all-in situations the board produced a chop, keeping the short stacks alive.  Yet on all three occasions, the short stack did not realize he had chopped the pot.  To make matters worse, twice the dealers did not see the chop as well.

End of Day 1b
Day 1b has come to an end.  The board reads 610 players remaining, but that number will surly be revised as the official chip counts come in.  Some notable players to survive are: David Levi, Dan Harrington, Paul Wasicka, David Pham, Jared Hamby Rob Mizrachi and several others.  Day 1c will kick off tomorrow at noon local time.  Stay tuned to Cardplayer.com for live coverage throughout the event.

Player Tags: Dan Harrington,   Paul Wasicka,   Ryan Daut

Hardcore Action

Jun 08, '07

Roughly 380 players entered Event 13, and a large majority of them were pros.

There was some serious action going on in the Amazon room during Level 1 and it looks like there’s no end in site. A good amount of tables were stacked with pros, some of them eight deep. Table 60 played host to Johnny Bax, Eric Lynch, Gavin Smith, Amnon Filippi, Blair Rodman, and J.J. Liu, before her early elimination. A few rows down sits Table 36, perhaps one of the toughest tables in the entire room, and there was only one person that I didn’t recognize. It sucks to be that guy sitting at the same table with Isaac Haxton, Nam Le, Vanessa Rousso, Scott Fischman, Kirill Gerasimov, Ryan Daut, Antonio Esfandiari, and Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier (PokerStars’ first Supernova).

Mark Seif however, has found himself at a quiet table without too many familiar faces and has begun to take an aggressive approach early in the tournament. Within in a half hour, Seif had already gone all-in three times. A few walks and some big steals, and Seif now sits with close to $15,000 in chips.

David “Devil Fish” Ulliott was not off to a good start after getting involved in a big pot with Shane Schleger. On a flop of A88, Schleger bets $500 and Ulliott raises $2,500. Schleger re-raises and moves all-in (has Ulliott covered), and Ulliott is forced to make the lay down, leaving him with only a few thousand chips at best.

The best pot of Level 1 involved three players all-in on the turn and Jamie Gold hitting the rail early. On a board of A938, Seat-10 makes it $600 to go and Jamie Gold raises to $2,600. Nick Binger re-raises all-in for $9,400 and Seat-10 calls all-in along with Jamie Gold. Binger turn over A-8 for top two pair while Gold shows pocket threes for bottom set. The player in Seat-10 turns over pocket nines for middle set. Seat-10 rakes a monster pot, tripling up early in the tournament and eliminating last year’s Main Event winner, Jamie Gold.

Stay tuned to Cardplayer.com for more live updates and Pro Blogs featuring Phil Laak, Cyndy Violette, John D’Agostino, and Jason Strasser.

Player Tags: Mark Seif,   Nam Le,   Scott Fischman,   Blair Rodman,   Antonio Esfandiari,   Gavin Smith,   Kirill Gerasimov,   Amnon Filippi,   Joanne Liu,   Shane Schleger,   Vanessa Rousso,   Eric Lynch,   Bertrand Grospellier,   Nick Binger,   Isaac Haxton,   Ryan Daut