End of Day 1: Michael Brummelhuis Secures Late-Night Chiplead
Jun 24, '09
Day 1 of Event no. 45 – $10,000 World Championship of Pot-Limit Hold’em is in the books and Michael Brummelhuis of the Netherlands leads the way with 330,200 in chips, followed not so closely by such notable players as Toto Leonidas, Luke Staudenmaier, David Pham, Eric Bladwin, Mike Kamran, Kirill Gerasimov, Chris Moore, Justin Young, Erik Seidel, Issac Haxton, Marco Johnson, Florian Langmaan and Burt Boutin, all of whom have more than 100,00 in chips the last time we checked. Defending Champion, Nenad Medic is still in the field as well, and with a healthy chip stack of just under 100,000.
Notable players that would not be so lucky to advance beyond Day 1 include Chris Ferguson, Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Chan, Barry Greenstein and Peter Eastgage, to name a few.
With 275 total entrants in this event, just 85 players made it through the night, and they will return to the Rio at 2:00pm PDT to begin Day 2, so be sure to check back with CardPlayer.com for all of the action from this marquee event.
Blinds: 1,000-2,000
Players Remaining: 85 out of 275
Chip Counts:
1. Michael Brummelhuis — 330,200
2. Toto Leonidas — 241,100
3. Kirill Gerasimov — 213,200
4. Darryll Fish — 209,100
5. Masaaki Kagawa — 194,900
6. David Pham — 187,500
7. Kwang Lee — 182,400
8. Michael Kamran — 180,000
9. Tim Kahlmeyer — 178,300
10. John Kabbaj — 176,800
Average Chip Count: 97,058
Notable Eliminations:
David Singer
Scott Seiver
Mike Sowers
Yevginiy Timoshenko
Adam Geyer
Barny Boatman
Pat Bueno
Ivan Demidov
Hoyt Corkins
Big Hands:
David Singer Eliminated by Mike Kamran
Singer started this hand with 79,000; Kamran with 81,000.
David Singer raises to 4,400 from middle position and Mike Kamran raises to 11,500 from the button. Singer reraises the size of the pot (41,300) and Kamran moves all in; he barley has Singer covered. Singer calls and both players turn over their cards.
Singer: A
K
Kamran: A
A
Board: Q
Q
3
9
7
Singer fails to improve as Kamran’s aces hold up. Mike Kamran eliminates David Singer from the tournament and brings his stack up to 160,000 this hand.
Vanessa Rousso Quadruples Up
Lee Markholt raises to 4,000 from the cutoff and gets three callers; Nam Le (button), Vanessa Rousso (small blind) and Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier (big blind).
The flop comes J
9
8
, and action folds around to Nam Le who bets 12,500. Rousso moves all in in for 16,500, Elky calls, Markholt folds and Nam Le calls.
Rousso: 10
8
Nam Le: 9
9
Elky: X – X
Rousso flops the nut straight while Nam Le flops middle set. The turn is the 7
and the river is the 4
as Vanessa Rousso all but quadruples up to 64,000 this hand.
Corkins Eliminated by Langmaan
With just about 30,000 already in the pot on a board of 10
9
2
3
, Hoyt Corkins moves all in for 30,000 on the turn.
Florian Langmaan tanks for several minutes before the clock is called. Langmaan ultimately makes the call with top pair (J
10
) as Corkins turns over pocket aces (A
A
).
The river is the 10
, giving Langmaan trips and the pot. Hoyt Corkins is eliminated from the tournament with just minutes to go before the end of the night.
Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Lee Markholt, Nam Le, David Singer, Vanessa Rousso, Bertrand Grospellier, Michael Kamran, Florian Langmann, Michiel Brummelhuis