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Peter Eastgate

Hometown: Odense

Country of Origin: Denmark

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Date	Series	Event	Day

Oct 07, '09	2009 PokerStars.com EPT London - Season VI	PokerStars EPT London Main Event	6	+
Aaron Gustavson Wins 2009 EPT London Main Event (£850,000) Oct 07, '09 Peter Eastgate raised to 350,000 on the button and Aaron Gustavson reraised to 900,000. Eastgate responded by moving all in for his last 4.5 million and Gustavson instantly called him with AQ. Eastgate was dominated with A9 and failed to connect on a board reading 653KJ. Eastgate was eliminated in second place and earned £530,000, but the lion’s share went to Gustavson, who picked up £850,000 for the win. Player Tags: Aaron Gustavson, Peter Eastgate First Hand Fury Oct 07, '09 First hand of the heads up battle and a huge pot breaks out. With four million already in the pot on a board of Q 5 2 K 5, Peter Eastgate in the small blind bets 1,135,000 and Aaron Gustavson raises it to 3,300,000 from the big blind. Eastgate counts out the chips, looks at Gustavson, and tanks. The pot is now 7,325,000. After a few torturous moments, Eastgate lets it go and says, “Oh boy.” He exhales as Gustavson chips up to more than 16 million and Eastgate moves down to 5 million. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate Dominic Cullen Eliminated in Fifth Place (£173,000) Oct 07, '09 Aaron Gustavson bet 240,000 and Dominic Cullen moved all in for 1,420,000. Gustavson called and the two flipped their cards over. Gustavson had 8 8 and Cullen showed A 10. This time, the board fell 8 5 4 Q K the pocket eights made a set to send the last U.K. player to the rail in fifth place. (Eastgate, however, does live in London at the moment) Cullen earns a payday of £173,000. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate, Dominic Cullen Rui Milhomens Eliminated in Sixth Place (£124,000) Oct 07, '09 Rui Milhomens raised to 230,000 and Peter Eastgate put him all in. Milhomens tanked for a bit before making the call for his last 2,175,000 with pocket eights. Eastgate shrugged and turned over A10 for a race. The board ran out KQ6410 and Eastgate paired his ten on the river to send Milhomens to the rail. Eastgate chipped up to 7.46 million. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate, Rui Milhomens Battle of Wills Oct 07, '09 Peter Eastgate raises to 190,000 from early position and Aaron Gustavson in the big blind asks him how much he has. The answer is 3.7 million. Gustavson thinks for a moment and then calls. The flop is A 7 3. Both players check and the turn is the 6. Gustavson checks and Eastgate bets 200,000. Gustavson grabs a stack of orange chips and makes the call. The river is the 8. Gustavson checks, Eastgate thinks for a little bit, and then pushes 400,000 over the line. Gustavson takes out the amount and shuffles it for a moment. He then takes another stack out and raises to 1 million. After a minute Eastgate calls. “Have you an ace?” says Gustavson. “No,” said Eastgate as both players worryingly looked at each other. The world champion then shows pocket eights for the set on the river and Gustavson mucks. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate WSOP Champ Doubles Up Oct 06, '09 Peter Eastgate reraised Dominic Cullen all in and Cullen called. Eastgate: A J Cullen: A 10 The flop came a pretty uneventful 8 6 2 but the turn fell the 10 and all Eastgate could hit to survive was a jack. Floating in on the river was … the J and Eastgate doubles to 2,260,000. Cullen is down to less than 400,000 in chips. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate Annette Obrestad Eliminated in 17th Place (£17,000) Oct 06, '09 Dominic Cullen came in for a raise and Peter Eastgate moved all in. Behind him, Annette Obrestad isolated all in and Cullen folded. Eastgate had pocket jacks and they held against Obrestad’s A-10. Eastgate doubled to over 1 million and Obrestad was left crippled. She got the rest of her stack in a few hands later with K-Q, dominated by Ivo Donev’s A-K. The board bricked once again and Obrestad was eliminated in 17th place. All of the remaining players are guaranteed a pay jump as they consolidate to the final two tables. Player Tags: Ivo Donev, Annette Obrestad, Peter Eastgate Tamas Lendvai Eliminated Oct 05, '09 Tamas Lendvai moved all in from the cutoff for 245,000 and Peter Eastgate isolated all in from the small blind. Lendvai’s Q-J was dominated by Eastgate’s K-Q and it failed to connect, busting him in 25th place, with just 1:51 remaining on day. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate, Tamas Lendvai Peter Eastgate Doubles Up Oct 05, '09 Peter Eastgate has had a rough day and has fought hard to stay alive on the short stack. Now, he has much more breathing room thanks to an ill-time shove by his opponent. Eastgate raised to 55,000 and the big blind set him in for about 285,000 in chips. Eastgate made the call with A-K and that easily held against A-J to give him a stack of over 600,000 in chips. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate Level 3 Update -- Shaun Deeb Going Backwards Oct 02, '09 Blinds: 100-200 Players Remaining: 282 out of 305 (Unofficial) Average Chip Count: 32,000 Notable Eliminations: Asa Smith Hand of the Level: World Champion Moving On Up Thanks to a nice river value bet of 7,700 on a board reading QQ10J2, Peter Eastgate got a boost from his JJ, raking in a nice pot. The Team PokerStars Pro is now up to a very healthy 70,000 in chips. Left In The Deck: Sleeping On The Job The 8-Game tournament is getting closer and closer to the final table. Notables that remain include Huck Seed, David Williams, Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem. One person not in attendance and hasn’t been all day is Jean-Robert Bellande. According to his Twitter account, Bellande accidentally slept through his day 2 restart time and blinded out. “I just pulled a Vinny Vihn and slept through day 2 of my tourney. @dwpoker was calling my american tel to wake me. Using London tel :(” “I was short stacked w 4.5k so I just ran out of chips.Feel like I cheated Huck, Jeff L, and Chad Brown on our % swaps. So sorry guys. 0 chps” Things Are So Much Easier Online Shaun Deeb is not having a great start to this tournament. When he first arrived, Deeb had apparently misplaced his tournament receipt and was therefore unable to prove he was playing today. After that ordeal was sorted out, Deeb sat down at the table and immediately began to get pummeled. His stack has taken quite the beating and he is now down to his last 8,500 in chips. Luckily for Deeb, he has picked up the pace online in the past few days to vault himself up to the no. 2 position in Card Player’s Online Player of the Year race. Player Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande, Shaun Deeb, Peter Eastgate View All Live Updates From This Event
Oct 06, '09	2009 PokerStars.com EPT London - Season VI	PokerStars EPT London Main Event	5	+
Aaron Gustavson Wins 2009 EPT London Main Event (£850,000) Oct 07, '09 Peter Eastgate raised to 350,000 on the button and Aaron Gustavson reraised to 900,000. Eastgate responded by moving all in for his last 4.5 million and Gustavson instantly called him with AQ. Eastgate was dominated with A9 and failed to connect on a board reading 653KJ. Eastgate was eliminated in second place and earned £530,000, but the lion’s share went to Gustavson, who picked up £850,000 for the win. Player Tags: Aaron Gustavson, Peter Eastgate First Hand Fury Oct 07, '09 First hand of the heads up battle and a huge pot breaks out. With four million already in the pot on a board of Q 5 2 K 5, Peter Eastgate in the small blind bets 1,135,000 and Aaron Gustavson raises it to 3,300,000 from the big blind. Eastgate counts out the chips, looks at Gustavson, and tanks. The pot is now 7,325,000. After a few torturous moments, Eastgate lets it go and says, “Oh boy.” He exhales as Gustavson chips up to more than 16 million and Eastgate moves down to 5 million. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate Dominic Cullen Eliminated in Fifth Place (£173,000) Oct 07, '09 Aaron Gustavson bet 240,000 and Dominic Cullen moved all in for 1,420,000. Gustavson called and the two flipped their cards over. Gustavson had 8 8 and Cullen showed A 10. This time, the board fell 8 5 4 Q K the pocket eights made a set to send the last U.K. player to the rail in fifth place. (Eastgate, however, does live in London at the moment) Cullen earns a payday of £173,000. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate, Dominic Cullen Rui Milhomens Eliminated in Sixth Place (£124,000) Oct 07, '09 Rui Milhomens raised to 230,000 and Peter Eastgate put him all in. Milhomens tanked for a bit before making the call for his last 2,175,000 with pocket eights. Eastgate shrugged and turned over A10 for a race. The board ran out KQ6410 and Eastgate paired his ten on the river to send Milhomens to the rail. Eastgate chipped up to 7.46 million. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate, Rui Milhomens Battle of Wills Oct 07, '09 Peter Eastgate raises to 190,000 from early position and Aaron Gustavson in the big blind asks him how much he has. The answer is 3.7 million. Gustavson thinks for a moment and then calls. The flop is A 7 3. Both players check and the turn is the 6. Gustavson checks and Eastgate bets 200,000. Gustavson grabs a stack of orange chips and makes the call. The river is the 8. Gustavson checks, Eastgate thinks for a little bit, and then pushes 400,000 over the line. Gustavson takes out the amount and shuffles it for a moment. He then takes another stack out and raises to 1 million. After a minute Eastgate calls. “Have you an ace?” says Gustavson. “No,” said Eastgate as both players worryingly looked at each other. The world champion then shows pocket eights for the set on the river and Gustavson mucks. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate WSOP Champ Doubles Up Oct 06, '09 Peter Eastgate reraised Dominic Cullen all in and Cullen called. Eastgate: A J Cullen: A 10 The flop came a pretty uneventful 8 6 2 but the turn fell the 10 and all Eastgate could hit to survive was a jack. Floating in on the river was … the J and Eastgate doubles to 2,260,000. Cullen is down to less than 400,000 in chips. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate Annette Obrestad Eliminated in 17th Place (£17,000) Oct 06, '09 Dominic Cullen came in for a raise and Peter Eastgate moved all in. Behind him, Annette Obrestad isolated all in and Cullen folded. Eastgate had pocket jacks and they held against Obrestad’s A-10. Eastgate doubled to over 1 million and Obrestad was left crippled. She got the rest of her stack in a few hands later with K-Q, dominated by Ivo Donev’s A-K. The board bricked once again and Obrestad was eliminated in 17th place. All of the remaining players are guaranteed a pay jump as they consolidate to the final two tables. Player Tags: Ivo Donev, Annette Obrestad, Peter Eastgate Tamas Lendvai Eliminated Oct 05, '09 Tamas Lendvai moved all in from the cutoff for 245,000 and Peter Eastgate isolated all in from the small blind. Lendvai’s Q-J was dominated by Eastgate’s K-Q and it failed to connect, busting him in 25th place, with just 1:51 remaining on day. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate, Tamas Lendvai Peter Eastgate Doubles Up Oct 05, '09 Peter Eastgate has had a rough day and has fought hard to stay alive on the short stack. Now, he has much more breathing room thanks to an ill-time shove by his opponent. Eastgate raised to 55,000 and the big blind set him in for about 285,000 in chips. Eastgate made the call with A-K and that easily held against A-J to give him a stack of over 600,000 in chips. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate Level 3 Update -- Shaun Deeb Going Backwards Oct 02, '09 Blinds: 100-200 Players Remaining: 282 out of 305 (Unofficial) Average Chip Count: 32,000 Notable Eliminations: Asa Smith Hand of the Level: World Champion Moving On Up Thanks to a nice river value bet of 7,700 on a board reading QQ10J2, Peter Eastgate got a boost from his JJ, raking in a nice pot. The Team PokerStars Pro is now up to a very healthy 70,000 in chips. Left In The Deck: Sleeping On The Job The 8-Game tournament is getting closer and closer to the final table. Notables that remain include Huck Seed, David Williams, Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem. One person not in attendance and hasn’t been all day is Jean-Robert Bellande. According to his Twitter account, Bellande accidentally slept through his day 2 restart time and blinded out. “I just pulled a Vinny Vihn and slept through day 2 of my tourney. @dwpoker was calling my american tel to wake me. Using London tel :(” “I was short stacked w 4.5k so I just ran out of chips.Feel like I cheated Huck, Jeff L, and Chad Brown on our % swaps. So sorry guys. 0 chps” Things Are So Much Easier Online Shaun Deeb is not having a great start to this tournament. When he first arrived, Deeb had apparently misplaced his tournament receipt and was therefore unable to prove he was playing today. After that ordeal was sorted out, Deeb sat down at the table and immediately began to get pummeled. His stack has taken quite the beating and he is now down to his last 8,500 in chips. Luckily for Deeb, he has picked up the pace online in the past few days to vault himself up to the no. 2 position in Card Player’s Online Player of the Year race. Player Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande, Shaun Deeb, Peter Eastgate View All Live Updates From This Event
Oct 05, '09	2009 PokerStars.com EPT London - Season VI	PokerStars EPT London Main Event	4	+
Aaron Gustavson Wins 2009 EPT London Main Event (£850,000) Oct 07, '09 Peter Eastgate raised to 350,000 on the button and Aaron Gustavson reraised to 900,000. Eastgate responded by moving all in for his last 4.5 million and Gustavson instantly called him with AQ. Eastgate was dominated with A9 and failed to connect on a board reading 653KJ. Eastgate was eliminated in second place and earned £530,000, but the lion’s share went to Gustavson, who picked up £850,000 for the win. Player Tags: Aaron Gustavson, Peter Eastgate First Hand Fury Oct 07, '09 First hand of the heads up battle and a huge pot breaks out. With four million already in the pot on a board of Q 5 2 K 5, Peter Eastgate in the small blind bets 1,135,000 and Aaron Gustavson raises it to 3,300,000 from the big blind. Eastgate counts out the chips, looks at Gustavson, and tanks. The pot is now 7,325,000. After a few torturous moments, Eastgate lets it go and says, “Oh boy.” He exhales as Gustavson chips up to more than 16 million and Eastgate moves down to 5 million. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate Dominic Cullen Eliminated in Fifth Place (£173,000) Oct 07, '09 Aaron Gustavson bet 240,000 and Dominic Cullen moved all in for 1,420,000. Gustavson called and the two flipped their cards over. Gustavson had 8 8 and Cullen showed A 10. This time, the board fell 8 5 4 Q K the pocket eights made a set to send the last U.K. player to the rail in fifth place. (Eastgate, however, does live in London at the moment) Cullen earns a payday of £173,000. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate, Dominic Cullen Rui Milhomens Eliminated in Sixth Place (£124,000) Oct 07, '09 Rui Milhomens raised to 230,000 and Peter Eastgate put him all in. Milhomens tanked for a bit before making the call for his last 2,175,000 with pocket eights. Eastgate shrugged and turned over A10 for a race. The board ran out KQ6410 and Eastgate paired his ten on the river to send Milhomens to the rail. Eastgate chipped up to 7.46 million. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate, Rui Milhomens Battle of Wills Oct 07, '09 Peter Eastgate raises to 190,000 from early position and Aaron Gustavson in the big blind asks him how much he has. The answer is 3.7 million. Gustavson thinks for a moment and then calls. The flop is A 7 3. Both players check and the turn is the 6. Gustavson checks and Eastgate bets 200,000. Gustavson grabs a stack of orange chips and makes the call. The river is the 8. Gustavson checks, Eastgate thinks for a little bit, and then pushes 400,000 over the line. Gustavson takes out the amount and shuffles it for a moment. He then takes another stack out and raises to 1 million. After a minute Eastgate calls. “Have you an ace?” says Gustavson. “No,” said Eastgate as both players worryingly looked at each other. The world champion then shows pocket eights for the set on the river and Gustavson mucks. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate WSOP Champ Doubles Up Oct 06, '09 Peter Eastgate reraised Dominic Cullen all in and Cullen called. Eastgate: A J Cullen: A 10 The flop came a pretty uneventful 8 6 2 but the turn fell the 10 and all Eastgate could hit to survive was a jack. Floating in on the river was … the J and Eastgate doubles to 2,260,000. Cullen is down to less than 400,000 in chips. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate Annette Obrestad Eliminated in 17th Place (£17,000) Oct 06, '09 Dominic Cullen came in for a raise and Peter Eastgate moved all in. Behind him, Annette Obrestad isolated all in and Cullen folded. Eastgate had pocket jacks and they held against Obrestad’s A-10. Eastgate doubled to over 1 million and Obrestad was left crippled. She got the rest of her stack in a few hands later with K-Q, dominated by Ivo Donev’s A-K. The board bricked once again and Obrestad was eliminated in 17th place. All of the remaining players are guaranteed a pay jump as they consolidate to the final two tables. Player Tags: Ivo Donev, Annette Obrestad, Peter Eastgate Tamas Lendvai Eliminated Oct 05, '09 Tamas Lendvai moved all in from the cutoff for 245,000 and Peter Eastgate isolated all in from the small blind. Lendvai’s Q-J was dominated by Eastgate’s K-Q and it failed to connect, busting him in 25th place, with just 1:51 remaining on day. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate, Tamas Lendvai Peter Eastgate Doubles Up Oct 05, '09 Peter Eastgate has had a rough day and has fought hard to stay alive on the short stack. Now, he has much more breathing room thanks to an ill-time shove by his opponent. Eastgate raised to 55,000 and the big blind set him in for about 285,000 in chips. Eastgate made the call with A-K and that easily held against A-J to give him a stack of over 600,000 in chips. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate Level 3 Update -- Shaun Deeb Going Backwards Oct 02, '09 Blinds: 100-200 Players Remaining: 282 out of 305 (Unofficial) Average Chip Count: 32,000 Notable Eliminations: Asa Smith Hand of the Level: World Champion Moving On Up Thanks to a nice river value bet of 7,700 on a board reading QQ10J2, Peter Eastgate got a boost from his JJ, raking in a nice pot. The Team PokerStars Pro is now up to a very healthy 70,000 in chips. Left In The Deck: Sleeping On The Job The 8-Game tournament is getting closer and closer to the final table. Notables that remain include Huck Seed, David Williams, Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem. One person not in attendance and hasn’t been all day is Jean-Robert Bellande. According to his Twitter account, Bellande accidentally slept through his day 2 restart time and blinded out. “I just pulled a Vinny Vihn and slept through day 2 of my tourney. @dwpoker was calling my american tel to wake me. Using London tel :(” “I was short stacked w 4.5k so I just ran out of chips.Feel like I cheated Huck, Jeff L, and Chad Brown on our % swaps. So sorry guys. 0 chps” Things Are So Much Easier Online Shaun Deeb is not having a great start to this tournament. When he first arrived, Deeb had apparently misplaced his tournament receipt and was therefore unable to prove he was playing today. After that ordeal was sorted out, Deeb sat down at the table and immediately began to get pummeled. His stack has taken quite the beating and he is now down to his last 8,500 in chips. Luckily for Deeb, he has picked up the pace online in the past few days to vault himself up to the no. 2 position in Card Player’s Online Player of the Year race. Player Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande, Shaun Deeb, Peter Eastgate View All Live Updates From This Event
Oct 02, '09	2009 PokerStars.com EPT London - Season VI	PokerStars EPT London Main Event	1	+
Aaron Gustavson Wins 2009 EPT London Main Event (£850,000) Oct 07, '09 Peter Eastgate raised to 350,000 on the button and Aaron Gustavson reraised to 900,000. Eastgate responded by moving all in for his last 4.5 million and Gustavson instantly called him with AQ. Eastgate was dominated with A9 and failed to connect on a board reading 653KJ. Eastgate was eliminated in second place and earned £530,000, but the lion’s share went to Gustavson, who picked up £850,000 for the win. Player Tags: Aaron Gustavson, Peter Eastgate First Hand Fury Oct 07, '09 First hand of the heads up battle and a huge pot breaks out. With four million already in the pot on a board of Q 5 2 K 5, Peter Eastgate in the small blind bets 1,135,000 and Aaron Gustavson raises it to 3,300,000 from the big blind. Eastgate counts out the chips, looks at Gustavson, and tanks. The pot is now 7,325,000. After a few torturous moments, Eastgate lets it go and says, “Oh boy.” He exhales as Gustavson chips up to more than 16 million and Eastgate moves down to 5 million. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate Dominic Cullen Eliminated in Fifth Place (£173,000) Oct 07, '09 Aaron Gustavson bet 240,000 and Dominic Cullen moved all in for 1,420,000. Gustavson called and the two flipped their cards over. Gustavson had 8 8 and Cullen showed A 10. This time, the board fell 8 5 4 Q K the pocket eights made a set to send the last U.K. player to the rail in fifth place. (Eastgate, however, does live in London at the moment) Cullen earns a payday of £173,000. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate, Dominic Cullen Rui Milhomens Eliminated in Sixth Place (£124,000) Oct 07, '09 Rui Milhomens raised to 230,000 and Peter Eastgate put him all in. Milhomens tanked for a bit before making the call for his last 2,175,000 with pocket eights. Eastgate shrugged and turned over A10 for a race. The board ran out KQ6410 and Eastgate paired his ten on the river to send Milhomens to the rail. Eastgate chipped up to 7.46 million. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate, Rui Milhomens Battle of Wills Oct 07, '09 Peter Eastgate raises to 190,000 from early position and Aaron Gustavson in the big blind asks him how much he has. The answer is 3.7 million. Gustavson thinks for a moment and then calls. The flop is A 7 3. Both players check and the turn is the 6. Gustavson checks and Eastgate bets 200,000. Gustavson grabs a stack of orange chips and makes the call. The river is the 8. Gustavson checks, Eastgate thinks for a little bit, and then pushes 400,000 over the line. Gustavson takes out the amount and shuffles it for a moment. He then takes another stack out and raises to 1 million. After a minute Eastgate calls. “Have you an ace?” says Gustavson. “No,” said Eastgate as both players worryingly looked at each other. The world champion then shows pocket eights for the set on the river and Gustavson mucks. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate WSOP Champ Doubles Up Oct 06, '09 Peter Eastgate reraised Dominic Cullen all in and Cullen called. Eastgate: A J Cullen: A 10 The flop came a pretty uneventful 8 6 2 but the turn fell the 10 and all Eastgate could hit to survive was a jack. Floating in on the river was … the J and Eastgate doubles to 2,260,000. Cullen is down to less than 400,000 in chips. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate Annette Obrestad Eliminated in 17th Place (£17,000) Oct 06, '09 Dominic Cullen came in for a raise and Peter Eastgate moved all in. Behind him, Annette Obrestad isolated all in and Cullen folded. Eastgate had pocket jacks and they held against Obrestad’s A-10. Eastgate doubled to over 1 million and Obrestad was left crippled. She got the rest of her stack in a few hands later with K-Q, dominated by Ivo Donev’s A-K. The board bricked once again and Obrestad was eliminated in 17th place. All of the remaining players are guaranteed a pay jump as they consolidate to the final two tables. Player Tags: Ivo Donev, Annette Obrestad, Peter Eastgate Tamas Lendvai Eliminated Oct 05, '09 Tamas Lendvai moved all in from the cutoff for 245,000 and Peter Eastgate isolated all in from the small blind. Lendvai’s Q-J was dominated by Eastgate’s K-Q and it failed to connect, busting him in 25th place, with just 1:51 remaining on day. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate, Tamas Lendvai Peter Eastgate Doubles Up Oct 05, '09 Peter Eastgate has had a rough day and has fought hard to stay alive on the short stack. Now, he has much more breathing room thanks to an ill-time shove by his opponent. Eastgate raised to 55,000 and the big blind set him in for about 285,000 in chips. Eastgate made the call with A-K and that easily held against A-J to give him a stack of over 600,000 in chips. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate Level 3 Update -- Shaun Deeb Going Backwards Oct 02, '09 Blinds: 100-200 Players Remaining: 282 out of 305 (Unofficial) Average Chip Count: 32,000 Notable Eliminations: Asa Smith Hand of the Level: World Champion Moving On Up Thanks to a nice river value bet of 7,700 on a board reading QQ10J2, Peter Eastgate got a boost from his JJ, raking in a nice pot. The Team PokerStars Pro is now up to a very healthy 70,000 in chips. Left In The Deck: Sleeping On The Job The 8-Game tournament is getting closer and closer to the final table. Notables that remain include Huck Seed, David Williams, Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem. One person not in attendance and hasn’t been all day is Jean-Robert Bellande. According to his Twitter account, Bellande accidentally slept through his day 2 restart time and blinded out. “I just pulled a Vinny Vihn and slept through day 2 of my tourney. @dwpoker was calling my american tel to wake me. Using London tel :(” “I was short stacked w 4.5k so I just ran out of chips.Feel like I cheated Huck, Jeff L, and Chad Brown on our % swaps. So sorry guys. 0 chps” Things Are So Much Easier Online Shaun Deeb is not having a great start to this tournament. When he first arrived, Deeb had apparently misplaced his tournament receipt and was therefore unable to prove he was playing today. After that ordeal was sorted out, Deeb sat down at the table and immediately began to get pummeled. His stack has taken quite the beating and he is now down to his last 8,500 in chips. Luckily for Deeb, he has picked up the pace online in the past few days to vault himself up to the no. 2 position in Card Player’s Online Player of the Year race. Player Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande, Shaun Deeb, Peter Eastgate View All Live Updates From This Event
Sep 05, '09	2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona - Season VI	PokerStars EPT Barcelona Main Event	2	+
Search and Destory Part II Sep 05, '09 Team PokerStars Pro Peter Eastgate recently hit the rail when his Q-J ran into pocket tens and he failed to improve on the board. Other Team PokerStars Pros that have recently busted out include, Dutch representatives Marcel Luske and Pieter de Korver, as well as Russian pro Alexander Kravchenko. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate View All Live Updates From This Event
Jul 13, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	$10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event	6	+
Level 25 Hour 1 Update: Peter Eastgate Eliminated Jul 13, '09 Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 71 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 9,100,000 2. Billy Kopp – 7,100,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 6,620,000 4. Phil Ivey – 5,650,000 5. Antonio Esfandiari – 5,600,000 6. Antoine Saout – 4,700,000 7. Nick Maimone – 4,700,000 8. Charlie Elias – 4,700,000 9. Tommy Vedes – 4,550,000 10.Jeff Duvall – 4,500,000 Average Chip Count: 2,743,943 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,800,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 15th place. Notable Eliminations: 81. Matt Affleck – $68,979 79. Owen Crowe – $68,979 78. Peter Eastgate – $68,979 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Nichoel Peppe was eliminated when her Jh4h ran right into the pocket aces of Adam York. Peppe was eliminated after the board ran out 7-7-2-6-4 with only one heart in the mix. Leo Margets is now the last woman standing. - Thai Tran doubled up to 2 million when his AcQc made a flush to top the A-K of Clayton Newman. Tran now holds 2 million. - Tom Schneider enlisted the help of pocket queens to grow his stack back to 2.6 million. - Hieu Luu doubled up to 4 million when his K-Q cracked the pocket aces of Fernando Gordo on a K-7-6-Q-3 board. - Eugene Katchalov climbed back above 4 million when he induced both Jamie Robbins to fold to his 725,000 bet on a 10-5-4 flop. Katchalov caught about 625,000 on the hand. - Darvin Moon further increased his chip lead when he eliminated Brean Catalano. Moon held pocket queens to beat Catalano’s A-J and grew his stack to more than 9 million after the knockout. Big Hands Peter Eastgate Eliminated in 78th Place ($68,979) The defending champion of the main event from last year has been knocked out. Billy Kopp raised to 105,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips made the call to his immediate left. Action was folded to Peter Eastgate in the small blind, who moved all in for 340,000 more. Action was back on Kopp who made the call and Dennis Phillips made the call. The board ran out A64J3, as Kopp and Phillips checked it down. Kopp exposed the 88 for an eight high flush and Phillips mucked. Eastgate tabled the AJ for top two pair. Kopp eliminated Eastgate from the tournament. Tom Schneider Doubles Up Tom Schneider and Grayson Ramage got all the chips into the pot before the flop. Schneider exposed the AK while Ramage tabled the AQ. Schneider’s A-K held up and he doubled to 2,160,000. Former Chip Leader Eliminated Action was folded to Matt Affleck on the button who moved all in for 880,000 with the A7. Nick Maimone called from the small blind and exposed the AQ. The board ran out A109J3, and the chip leader going into day five has been eliminated. Maimone is now at 4,100,000 chips. Phil Ivey Running Hot Phil Ivey bet 110,000 from the button and Kent Goulding reraised to 325,000 from the big blind. Ivey made the call and both players saw a flop of Q42. Goulding checked and Ivey enough to put his opponent all in for 910,000. Goulding made the call and exposed the Q7 while Ivey tabled the J5 for a flush draw. The turn bricked for Ivey but the K on the river eliminated Goulding and handed Ivey the pot. Ivey is over 5,000,000 now. Owen Crowe Eliminated in 79th Place ($68,979) Fernando Gordo and Owen Crowe got all the chips into the pot preflop. Gordo reraised all in for 1,800,000 with the AK, enough to cover Crowe with the QQ. Crowe made the call and the board ran out K954A to eliminate Crowe. Gordo is over 4,000,000. Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 22 Hour 2 Update: Shulman Rolling, ElkY Busts Jul 13, '09 Note: Players are currently on a 20 minute break and will return at 4:50 PDT. Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 120 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 2. Billy Kopp – 4,660,000 3. Tom Schneider – 4,150,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 4,060,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,000,000 6. Darvin Moon – 3,450,000 7. Antoine Saout – 3,300,000 8. Bernhard Perner – 3,200,000 9. Jamie Brown – 3,120,000 10. Kasper Cordes – 3,060,000 Average Chip Count: 1,623,500 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 3,302,000 Notable Eliminations: 125. Theo Tran — $40,288 124. Eric Cloutier — $40,288 122. Bertrand Grospellier – $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Craig Boyd moved up to 3 million in chips when snapped off a bluff from Hieu Luu to double up. - Blair Hinkle was eliminated from the tournamrnt shortly after his stack was crippled down to 33,000. - Ahn Van Nguyen was knocked down to 1,225,000 after tangling in a hand with Steve Begleiter, who held trip deueces and is now close to 3 million. Big Hands: *Peter Eastgate Eliminates Edward Teems* Edward Teems moved all in preflop under the gun and action was folded around to Peter Eastgate in the big blind. He made the call and the two players then flipped up their cards as the featured table crowd perked up in their seats. Eastgate: AQ Teems: JJ Board: A10586 Eastgate eliminated Teems and the crowd gave a round of applause. Eastgate now holds just over 700,000. Billy Kopp Soars to Top of Chip Counts, Eliminates El Nasr Billy Kopp raised to 52,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips called. Action folded around to Nasr El Nasr put in another bet, as he made it 173,000. Billy Kopp opted to make it 506,000 and Dennis Phillips got out of the way before El Nasr moved all in for 1,325,000, which was snap called by Kopp. Kopp turned over AA and El Nasr showed QQ. The board ran out safe for Kopp as it came 2410103 and El Nasr is eliminated and Billy Kopp now has 4,660,000 in chips. Shulman Flirts With 3 Million The player in seat 5 raised to 55,000 and Jeff Shulman repopped it to 200,000 from the small blind. Seat 5 called and the flop was A59. Shulman led out with 250,000 and seat 5 made the call. The turn was the 4 and both players checked. The river was the 10 and both players checked again. Shulman then turned over a monster, 62, for a flush. Seat 5 didn’t have a diamond in his hand as he mucked and Shulman took the pot, his stack around 2.85 million. Nichoel Peppe Muscles Out Her Opposition Tommy Vedes raised to 58,000 from the cutoff and Berhard Parner called from the button. Nichoel Peppe did the same from the small blind and the flop was 1076 and Vedes fired 230,000. Parner folded but Peppe would not hear of such a thing, instead pushing all in for almost 760,000 total. Vedes took a session in the tank and eventually folded his hand. Peppe took the pot and she was at 1.2 million. Soulier Scores Another Knockout Don Tran moved all in preflop and Fabrice Soulier made the call. Tran tabled AJ while Soulier showed down the ladies, QQ. The flop came down 978 and Tran flopped a gutshot straight draw. The turn was the 9 and the river was the 7, missing Tran completely and he was eliminated. Soulier was over 3 million in chips. Affleck’s Bluff Gets Picked Off, Stack Tumbles On a flop of 994, Mark Ader led out for 220,000 and was met with a raise from Matt Affleck who moved all in and had Ader well covered. Ader tanked about calling off his last 720,000 and eventually made the call. Affleck’s head sank as he turned over 710, for a complete bluff and Ader turned over pocket queens. The turn and river didn’t bring running tens or sevens and Afflecks stack dropped to 890,000, while Mark Ader increased his stack to 2,350,000 in chips. Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated in 122nd Place ($40,288) Bertrand Grospellier bet 47,000 from middle position and an opponent reraised to 150,000. ElkY moved all in for about 375,000 total, slightly less than what his opponent had in his stack. Grospellier’s all in was snap called and he turned over the AK. His opponent tabled the KK. The board ran out 3226J and ElkY was eliminated in heartbreaking fashion. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Nicholle Peppe, Bertrand Grospellier, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Matt Affleck, Nasr El Nasr Level 21 Hour 2 Update: Hachem And Eastgate Get Involved Jul 13, '09 Note: Players are now on a 20 minute break and play will commence at 2:20 PDT. Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 151 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,100,000 2. Kasper Cordes – 4,352,000 3. Darvin Moon – 4,100,000 4. Billy Kopp – 3,350,000 5. Tom Schneider – 3,168,000 6. Charlie Elias – 3,100,000 7. Tim Kahlmeyer – 3,100,000 8. Miika Puumalainen – 2,894,000 9. Bernhard Perner – 2,680,000 10. Steven Begleiter – 2,500,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,100,000 Average Chip Count: 1,290,198 Notable Eliminations: 162. Cole South — $36,626 156. John Monnette — $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - Adam York doubled up to 840,000 through Nichoel Peppe. Peppe was knocked down to 920,000 after handing her chips over to York. - Vesa Leikos was eliminated by Joe Serock. Serock grew his stack to 1.7 million with the knockout. - Anh Van Nguyen cracked the aces of Steven Begleiter with a stright to move up to just under 2 million. Begleiter was left with 2.5 million after the hand. - Dennis Phillips check-called a bet of 160,000 from the cutoff. The river completed a possible flush and Phillips quickly checked. The cutoff went into the tank for minutes and finally checked. Philips exposed just a pair of eights to take the pot. He is at 1,210,000. Big Hands: Soulier Notches Knockout Fabrice Soulier raised from the cutoff to 47,000 and Seth Thomsen moved all in for 302,000. Soulier thought for a few moments before deciding to make the call. Thomsen turned over KQ and was off to the races against Souliers 77. The flop was gave Thomsen a few extra outs as it fell AJ6, giving Thomsen a straight draw as well. The turn and river were no help as it came 2 and 7, giving Soulier a set of sevens and the pot. Soulier is now up to 1,900,000 in chips. Affleck Takes out Jensen Benjamin Jensen open shoved all in for his last 243,000 and was called by Matt Affleck. Jensen was in good shape when he turned up AQ and Affleck showed AJ. The flop didn’t contain a jack as came 746 and the Q on the turn sealed the hand for Jensen. Prahlad Friedman Doubles Up Prahlad Friedman raised to 40,000 and Jesse Haabak put in another raise to 125,000. Friedman moved all in for his last 269,000 and was called by Haabak. Haabak made the call and showed A6 and needed help against Friedman’s pocket eights. The board ran QQ5410 and Friedman doubled up to 580,000. Phil Ivey Grabs A Pot Phil Iver and his opponent saw a flop of Q1010. Both players checked and they did the same on the turn that brought the A. The river was the 8 and the action was checked to Ivey. He took a stab at the pot with a bet of 50,000 and his opponent mucked. Ivey raked in the pot and has started the day with a positive note, improving his chip stack to 1.7 million. Adam Lattimer Knocked Out Billy Kopp raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Adam Lattimer made it 150,000 to go. Kopp then moved in for 366,000 and Lattimer called, putting himself all in. Kopp turned over AA while Lattimer tabled QQ. The board ran out AJ85J and Lattimer was eliminated. Hachem And Eastgate Tangle Peter Eastgate raised to 44,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Joe Hachem in the big blind. He made the call and the flop came down 825. Both players checked and the turn was the 2. Hachem led out for 40,000 and Eastgate made the call. The river was the K and Hachem bet 120,000. Eastgate made the call. Hachem then tabled 55 for a full house and Eastgate mucked. Hachem took the pot and was at 800,000 while Eastgate was at 550,000. Cole South Eliminated Cole South moved all in on the flop with ace-king but ran into his opponent’s pocket aces. The turn and the river never gave South any help and he was eliminated, taking home $36,626 for his efforts. Phillips Gets The Best Of Tran Dennis Phillips raised to 42,000 from under the gun and J.C. Tran made the call from the hijack. The two players saw a flop of J105 and Phillips led out with 60,000. Tran made the call and both players checked the 5 on the turn. The river was the 7 and Phillips bet 80,000. Tran made the call and Phillips tabled KJ for two pair. Tran mucked and was down to 440,000. Phillips raked in the pot and was at 1.2 million. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Prahlad Friedman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 19 Hour 1 Update: Eastgate Doubles Up Jul 12, '09 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 274 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 2. Ben Lamb – 2,000,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 1,850,000 4. Kevin Schaffel – 1,760,000 5. Bernhard Perner – 1,675,000 6. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 7. James Akenhead – 1,572,000 8. Charlie Elias – 1,540,000 9. Miika Puumalainen – 1,492,000 10. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 624,423 Notable Eliminations: Kevin Saul Big Hands: Peter Eastgate Doubles Up On a flop of 723, Peter Eastgate and Gabe Walls got all of their chips into the middle and put the defending main event champion at risk of elimination. Eastgate showed KK and Walls needed an A or a diamond when he showed A4. The turn was the 9 and the river was the 6, keeping Eastgate in the event and doubling him up to 770,000. Morgan Calls It On The River After the board had run out KQ577, Jordan Morgan checked it over to his opponent in seat 7. He bet out around 90,000 and Morgan made the quick call. “I’ve got a five,” seat 7 said. Morgan responded by flipping over QJ for two pair. He raked in the pot and was at 1.5 million. Dan Harrington In Action Dan Harrington raised to 26,000 from middle position and the button made the call. The small blind also came along and the flop came down K107. Harrington led out for 30,000 and the button raised to 98,000. The big blind mucked and Harrington called. The turn was the A and Harrington fired 250,000. The button mucked and Harrington took the pot. Hinkle Loses Some Chips to O’Malley On a flop of K88, Blair Hinkle checked and called 37,000 from from Pat O’Malley. The turn was the 9 and both players checked. The river was the J and Hinkle bet 65,000 and was called by O’Malley. Hinkle turned over KQ and O’Malley turned over 710, making a runner-runner straight. “Slowroll,” said Hinkle as O’Malley raked the pot. Tran Flops a Set, Wins the Minimum J.C. Tran called a preflop raise and so did the player on the button. They saw the flop three-ways and it fell 839 and after the preflop raiser checked, Tran bet 45,000. Both players quickly folded. Tran was about to muck his cards when he decided to give the table a free look and show the 99, exposing that he flopped top set. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Jordan Morgan, Peter Eastgate, Blair Hinkle Level 17 Hour 2 Update: Ivey Over A Million Jul 11, '09 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 407 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Ludovic Lacay – 1,700,000 2. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 3. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 4. Matt Affleck – 1,450,000 5. Miika Puumalainen – 1,440,000 6. Benjamin Jensen – 1,400,000 7. Harry Kazazian – 1,400,000 8. Billy Kopp – 1,385,000 9. Blair Hinkle – 1,300,000 10. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,250,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 178,000 Average Chip Count: 478,673 Notable Eliminations: Matt Brady Phil Hellmuth Justin Bonomo Alexander Kostritsyn Van Nguyen Carter King Big Hands: Burt Boutin Busts Jason Adler Burt Boutin called the all in bet of Jason Adler preflop and the players turned up their hands. Adler: 55 Boutin: AQ The race was on and the flop came Q106, vaulting Boutin to the lead. The turn was the 4 and the river was the 8, giving Boutin the added bonus of knocking out Adler with a flush instead of just top pair. Kelly Kim With The Cease Fire With the pot around 125,000, the board had run out J53KJ. Kelly Kim was facing a 78,000 bet from his opponent and took a session in the tank. After much thought, Kim folded AA in disgust. He was down to just a little over 100,000. Nick Schulman Drops Some Chips Nick Schulman called Lance Gettler’s all-in bet preflop. Schulman was holding 55 while Gettler had AJ. The race was on and the flop came down AJ8, giving Gettler two pair. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 10 and Schulman was down to 480,000. Paul Wasicka Goes Bust Paul Wasicka’s stack dropped below 100,000 during this level and he decided to move all in preflop holding AJ. He was then called by an opponent holding AK. The flop came down A49, giving Wasicka little help. The turn was the K, leaving Wasicka drawing dead as he had no black cards in his hand to make a flush. That was unfortunate as the 5 completed the board and Wasicka was gone. I’m Phil Ivey And You’re Not Picking up the action after the turn, the board read AJ78 and Phil Ivey fired 70,000 into the pot. David Wickham decided to stand on the tracks while the train was coming through, making the call. The river was the 3 and Ivey blasted another slug into the pot, betting 120,000. Wickham finally had a light bulb go off in his head as he laid his hand down. Ivey took the pot and was closing in on 1 million in chips. Later, Ivey and Michael Graydon were tangling in a hand and the board read Q597. Graydon checked to Ivey who moved all in, having Graydon well covered. Graydon decided to call and turned over A9 for second pair. Ivey then turned over the best hand, KK. The 7 completed the board and Ivey scored another knockout. His stack was at 1.1 million. Moments later, Ivey raised to 16,000 preflop and David Watkinson made the call from the big blind. The flop came down 963 and Watkinson checked. Ivey bet 22,000 and Watkinson called. The turn was the 8 and Ivey fired another 55,000 into the pot. Watkinson came along for some more punishment and got it when the K fell on the river. Ivey blasted 120,000 and Watkinson waved the white flag, mucking his hand and sending the pot Ivey’s way. He was at 1.2 million. Shulman Avoids Going Down With The Ship A player raised to 18,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call from the big blind. The flop came down QQ10. Shulman checked and his opponent bet 20,000. Shulman called and the turn was the 3. Shulman check-called a bet of 40,000 and the river was the 10. Both players checked and Shulman showed 33 for a full boat on the turn, but his opponent showed A10 for a better one and Shulman dropped to 320,000. Eastgate Takes Control Of The Hand, Wins A Pot Patrick Hanoteau raised to 18,000 from the hijack position and Peter Eastgate made the call from the cutoff. Both blinds also called and the flop came down 1084 and the action was checked to Eastgate. He bet 33,000 and everyone else in the hand mucked. Eastgate took in a nice pot and was at 360,000. Nick Binger The New Ladies’ Man, Quadruples Up After three players had limped for 6,000, Nick Binger moved all in for his last 58,000 in chips. Every limper decided to call and Binger was not too pleased. The flop came QQ2 and everyone checked. It was the same story on the J turn and 9 river. Binger then showed off his ladies, turning over QQ for quads on the flop. Everyone else mucked and Binger quadrupled up to around 235,000. Elky Drops Some Chips Picking up the action on the turn, the board read A2610. Bertrand Grospellier fired a bet and then one player shoved all in. Grospellier made the call with 1010 for a turned set but the all-in player showed down Q9 for a flush. The river gave no help to Grospellier and his stack dropped to 1.35 million. Hellmuth Gets Jacked Up, Eruption Follows, Then Busts With Aces Abraham Mourshaki raised to 20,000 and the action folded to Phil Hellmuth who raised to 36,000. Mourshaki called and the flop came down JJ3. Hellmuth bet 40,000 after Mourshaki checked and the bet was called. The turn was the 7 and both players checked. The river was the 5 and Mourshaki bet 120,000. Hellmuth called and was showed AJ for trips. Hellmuth mucked and the tirade began. “I’m gonna vomit on the floor,” he said. “You had to find jack-jack for him. You couldn’t find just one jack so he could sail off?” Hellmuth then walked away from the table as he was down to 100,000. Just a few hands later, Mourshaki raised to 22,000 preflop and Hellmuth called. Three other players jumped in the pool as well and the flop came down J510. Kevin Jenkins moved all in for 83,000 and Hellmuth repopped with his last 110,000. Kenny Hsuing made the call and the three players tabled their hands. Hellmuth: AA Hsuing: J10 Jenkins: 98 Hellmuth started with the best hand but got outflopped badly. He needed some help but the 7 on the turn gave Jenkins the straight and left Hellmuth drawing dead against Jenkins. He did have a shot at a side pot but the river was the 3 and Hellmuth was gone from the main event in 436th place. Player Tags: Jason Adler, Jeff Shulman, Kelly Kim, Phil Hellmuth, Burt Boutin, Phil Ivey, Nick Schulman, Nick Binger, Peter Eastgate, Lance Gettler Level 16 Hour 2 Update: Money Bubble Bursts Jul 11, '09 Blinds: 2,500-5,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 571 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,700,000 2. Benjamin Jensen – 1,400,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 1,400,000 4. James Akenhead – 1,140,000 5. Theo Tran – 1,050,000 6. Billy Kopp – 1,040,000 7. Blair Hinkle – 1,030,000 8. Miika Puumalainen – 1,000,000 9. Matt Affleck – 960,000 10. Eli Adler – 895,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 270,000 Phil Hellmuth – 200,000 Average Chip Count: 335,318 Notable Eliminations: Kristy Gazes Big Hands: Eastgate Takes One Off Hachem Joe Hachem raised to 15,000 preflop and Peter Eastgate made the call from the big blind. The flop then fell A58 and both players checked. The turn was the 3 and Hachem bet 18,000 after Eastgate checked. The call was made and the river was the 9. Both players checked one last time and Hachem tabled K8 for middle pair on the flop. Eastgate then tabled QQ for the best hand and took the pot. Bobby Baldwin Still Alive With a flop showing K76, Bobby Baldwin moved all in with A9 and was called by Elias Eldon who was holding QQ. The turn was the 5 and the bubble was so close to bursting. But the river was the 3 and Baldwin doubled up, much to the chagrin of everyone else in the Amazon Room hoping to cash. Lou Diamond Phillips Takes One Off Tran J.C. Tran raised to 13,000 and Lou Diamond Phillips made the call from the big blind. The flop came 876 and Phillips led out for 20,000. Tran made the call and the turn was the 4. Phillips led out one more time, this time for 30,000. Tran then popped it to 80,000 and Phillips made the call. The river was the Q and Phillips kept the foot to the gas pedal, firing 130,000. Tran mucked and Phillips tabled 55 for the straight and he was at 565,000. Tran was down to 150,000. *Kia Hamadani Is The Bubble Boy* Kia Hamadani was all in for his last 500 on the ante. Reed Hensel raised to 17,000 from the hijack and the blinds called. The flop came down Q6Q and Hensel bet 20,000. The blinds mucked and Hensel tabled 92. It was clearly a move to take the much bigger side pot, but he was also ahead of Hamadani who held 43. The turn was the 9, leaving Hamadani drawing dead. For good measure, the 9 came on the river and the field was officially in the money. Kenny Tran Picks Off a Short Stack Max Greenwood moved all in preflop for his last 86,500 chips and was called by Prahlad Friedman on the button. Action was to Kenny Tran in the big blind and Tran decided to move all in himself. Friedman decided to get out of the way and let Tran take on Greenwood himself. Tran showed KK and Greenwood showed QJ. The board ran out A65K9 and eliminated Greenwood from the tournament, while Kenny Tran increased his stack to 800,000. Kristy Gazes Eliminated Kristy Gazes had been nursing a below average stack for a while and she finally moved it in preflop. Dag Palovic made the call and here were their cards. Gazes: A2 Palovic: 1010 Gazes had only one overcard to Palovic’s pocket pair. The flop then came AJ10, giving Gazes top pair but making Palovic a set. Gazes took a few steps away from the table, anticipating her elimination. But the Q came on the turn and she still had outs. “One time dealer!” Gazes said asking for a king. But the river was the 3 and Gazes joined the flock of players busting out after the bursting of the bubble. Left In The Deck: The money bubble has officially burst with the elimination of Kia Hamadani. Everyone in the field is now guaranteed at least $21,365. Hamadani does get the nice consolation prize of being bought in to the 2010 main event and, of course, the fame of being the 2009 bubble boy. Since 13 hands were played during that entire level, the tournament staff has decided to add three minutes per hands played to the clock. That means the players will have 39 minutes of added play before dinner arrives. Let the all in madness begin. Dinner Pushed Back The players have gone on a 20-minute break to color up the blue “500” chips. Most of the field thought their dinner break would be after level 16, but the tournament staff has verified that the field will play one more 120 minute level before they players take their 90 minute dinner break. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Bobby Baldwin, Kristy Gazes, Lou Diamond Phillips, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate Level 13 Hour 2 Update: Elky Over a Million! Jul 10, '09 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 930 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,200,000 2. Owen Crowe – 1,030,000 3. Gabe Walls – 873,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 870,000 5. Brennan Hanson – 670,000 6. James Akenhead – 660,000 7. Alexander Kostritsyn – 620,000 8. Brian Powel – 620,000 9. Tony Cavezza – 620,000 10. Kenny Tran – 590,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Phil Hellmuth – 500,000 Jeff Shulman – 175,000 Thomas Keller – out Average Chip Count: 195,015 Notable Eliminations: Robert Mizarachi Amit Makhija Alexia Portal Nam Le Dutch Boyd Big Hands: *Betrand Grospellier Wins the Largest Hand of the Tournament so Far* A board of 972KA and 40,000 sat on the table when Jerry Wong bet 33,000. Bertrand Grospellier raised to 133,000 and then Wong moved all in for 250,000 more. Grospellier made the call and then flipped over 99. Wong showed down KQ and he was eliminated from the tournament. Grospellier won the huge pot and he now holds 1.1 million as the chip leader. *Jason Alexander Grabs Some Chips* Jason Alexander raised to 7,500 preflop from the hi-jack Christian Heich raised to 22,000. The flop came 862 flop and Alexander bet 20,000. Heich raised to 56,000 and Alexander tanked for a minute before he reraised all in for 131,600 more. Heich tanked and then mucked. Alexander grew his stack to 300,000. Vitaly Lunkin Doubles Up Vitaly Lunkin was faced with a preflop raised from the cutoff and decided to reraise to 18,000. The cutoff quickly announced he was all in for 81,150 total and Lunkin quickly called. The cutoff announced he was sick of being reraised by Lunkin and tabled the 75. Lunkin exposed the AQ and was ahead. The flop came 1098, and Lunkin was still in front with ace-high but his opponent had a massive drawing hand with a flush draw and straight draw. The 6 hit the turn and gave the cutoff a straight. The 6 fell on the river and Lunkin lost the 85,000 chip pot. Lunkin is down to 85,000. Betrand Grospellier Dominating Elky has been dominating his table since his massive surge to the chip lead. Grospellier raised preflop and was called by an opponent in the big blind. The flop came 833 and the big blind checked to Elky who elected to check behind. The 2 hit the turn and the big blind checked. Elky bet 6,500 and his opponent made the call. The 4 fell on the river and the big blind checked. Elky checked behind and the big blind exposed the A-10 but was no good against the A-J of Elky. Elky has been raising almost every hand and is running through his table. Elky is at 1,200,000. Alex Kostritsyn Takes One Down On a flop of K53, Phill Hellmuth bet 16,000 from middle position and Alex Kostritsyn called from the button. Josh Arieh elected to call from the small blind. The turn brought the 8 and action was checked around. The river brought the 4 and action was once again checked around. Arieh exposed the 64 for a busted straight draw but a rivered pair of fours. Hellmuth didn’t show and said he just had a five. Kostritsyn exposed the 77 to take down the pot. Kostritsyn is at 620,000. Peter Eastgate Eliminates Opponent The defending main event champion got all the chips into the middle with the AK and was up against the 88. The board ran out AQ10J9 as Eastgate eliminated his opponent and is at 375,000 in chips. Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Phil Hellmuth, Jason Alexander, Bertrand Grospellier, Peter Eastgate, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 9 Hour 2 Update: Wayans, Violette, Medic, Rajkumar Eliminated Jul 08, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,486 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Amir Lehavot — 610,000 2. Troy Weber — 453,200 3. Dan Bilzerian — 439,500 4. Gabe Walls — 417,900 5. Franklin Grigsby — 369,000 6. John Hammer — 363,000 7. Phil Ivey — 325,000 8. Adam Latimer — 322,000 9. Andreas Altmeyer — 318,000 10. Mike Lesle — 305,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 220,000 Phil Hellmuth – 135,000 Lee Watkinson – 55,000 Adam Schoenfeld – 125,000 Matthew Hilger – did not report Steve Zolotow – 28,000 Thomas Keller – 120,000 Max Pescatori – 47,300 Justin Rollo – did not report Notable Eliminations: Marlon Wayans Alex Kamberis Nenad Medic Cyndy Violette Vivek Rajkumar Big Hands: *Marlon Wayans Eliminated; Gets One-Outed* Marlon Wayans gets it all in before the flop and is called in one spot. Wayans has pocket kings, his opponent has pocket queens. The flop comes rags with two hearts. The turn is the A, and because Wayans holds the K, he only has one card to fade to double up and stay alive. The river is the Q, and unbelievably, his opponent gets there. Marlon Wayans is eliminated from the main event. *Alex Kamberis Eliminated* Alex Kamberis gets it all in before the flop and gets called by Leo Kam. Kamberis: K10 Kam: KK Board: Q107A5 Kamberis was dominated before the flop but managed to pair up his live card. The turn and river failed to help, and Alex Kamberis is eliminated from the tournament. *Cyndy Violette Eliminated* Cyndy Violette got all of her money in on the flop with two pair (queens and nines) against her opponent’s pocket kings. Her opponent spiked a third king on the turn, sending Violette home early in the last level of the night. *Kevin Saul Flops a Monster, Almost Doubles Up* A player at the table comes in for a raise and gets two callers Kevin Saul (button) and the big blind. The flop comes A75, and the original raiser shoves for 116,700. Saul has him covered by 8,000, and tanks for several minutes before making the call. Saul shows J3 for the made flush while his opponent turns over QQ for a pair, no draw. The turn and river are the 6 and the 2, no help for pocket queens as Saul nearly doubles up to just under 250,000 in chips. *Nenad Medic Eliminated* Nenad Medic got it all in for 7,000 on a flop of J84, and got called in two spots. The turn was the 10, the big blind moves all in for the side pot and is called by the third opponent. Medic: 92 Big Blind: 104 Opponent: QQ Medic turns an open-ended straight draw (minus two outs) and is up against two pair, a better flush draw and the nut gutshot. The river is the K and Nenad Medic hits the rail. *Noah Boeken Gets Doubled Through* The UTG player open-shoves with the short stack and Noah Boeken looks him up. Boeken: A10 UTG: J9 Board: Q6697 Boeken gets a good flop, but his opponent pairs on the turn, and doubles through Boeken at the end of the night. Boeken is left with just over 150,000 after this hand. *Eastgate Makes A Strong Late-Night Run* Peter Eastgate was down to just 8 big blinds at one point this level, and now sits in six-figure territory thanks to a late-night fun for the defending champion. Peter Eastgate gets it all in with 65 on a board of 10526 and is called by J10. The 6 hits the river and Eastgate doubles up here with a full house. A few hands later and Eastgate covers an all in player with AK against his opponent’s KQ. The board comes A5368, giving Eastgate top pair on the flop and a flush on the turn. Eastgate is up now to 100,000 in chips after this late-night run. *Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated; Aces Cracked* On a flop of J82, Vivek Rajkumar moves all in and gets one caller. Rajkumar: AA Opponent: J2 Rajkumar is out-flopped and will need some help to stay alive. The turn (7) and river (Q) offer no help to Rajkumar who is eliminated in the final minutes of the night. Player Tags: Cyndy Violette, Nenad Medic, Kevin Saul, Vivek Rajkumar, Peter Eastgate, Alexander Kamberis Main Event Begins at Noon on Friday Jul 02, '09 The largest event of the poker year is upon us! Event No. 57 ($10,000 no-limit hold’em main event) will begin at noon PDT on Friday, July 3. Players will begin with 30,000 in tournament chips. Blinds will start at 50-100. Levels will be 120-minutes long and there will be a 20-minute break after every level. There will be a 90-minute dinner break each day after the third level of play. Here is a look at the schedule for the event: NOTE: Days 1-6 are all scheduled for five levels of play. All tournament days begin at noon PDT. Friday, July 3: Day 1A Saturday, July 4: Day 1B Sunday, July 5: Day 1C Monday, July 6: Day 1D Tuesday, July 7: Day 2A Wednesday, July 8: Day 2B Thursday, July 9: Off Day Friday, July 10: Day 3 Saturday, July 11: Day 4 Sunday, July 12: Day 5 Monday, July 13: Day 6 Tuesday, July 14: Day 7 (Play down to 27 players) Wednesday, July 15: Day 8 (Play down to the final table) The summer schedule for the 40th annual WSOP will conclude when the final table of nine is set. Those nine players will return in November to play at the final table. The final table is scheduled for play from November 7-10 at the Rio in Las Vegas. In 2008, this event attracted 6,844 players and the champion was Peter Eastgate, who took home $9,152,416 in prize money. CardPlayer.com will bring you full live updates, top-ten chip counts, and results each day from this marquee event. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate View All Live Updates From This Event
Jul 12, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	$10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event	5	+
Level 25 Hour 1 Update: Peter Eastgate Eliminated Jul 13, '09 Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 71 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 9,100,000 2. Billy Kopp – 7,100,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 6,620,000 4. Phil Ivey – 5,650,000 5. Antonio Esfandiari – 5,600,000 6. Antoine Saout – 4,700,000 7. Nick Maimone – 4,700,000 8. Charlie Elias – 4,700,000 9. Tommy Vedes – 4,550,000 10.Jeff Duvall – 4,500,000 Average Chip Count: 2,743,943 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,800,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 15th place. Notable Eliminations: 81. Matt Affleck – $68,979 79. Owen Crowe – $68,979 78. Peter Eastgate – $68,979 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Nichoel Peppe was eliminated when her Jh4h ran right into the pocket aces of Adam York. Peppe was eliminated after the board ran out 7-7-2-6-4 with only one heart in the mix. Leo Margets is now the last woman standing. - Thai Tran doubled up to 2 million when his AcQc made a flush to top the A-K of Clayton Newman. Tran now holds 2 million. - Tom Schneider enlisted the help of pocket queens to grow his stack back to 2.6 million. - Hieu Luu doubled up to 4 million when his K-Q cracked the pocket aces of Fernando Gordo on a K-7-6-Q-3 board. - Eugene Katchalov climbed back above 4 million when he induced both Jamie Robbins to fold to his 725,000 bet on a 10-5-4 flop. Katchalov caught about 625,000 on the hand. - Darvin Moon further increased his chip lead when he eliminated Brean Catalano. Moon held pocket queens to beat Catalano’s A-J and grew his stack to more than 9 million after the knockout. Big Hands Peter Eastgate Eliminated in 78th Place ($68,979) The defending champion of the main event from last year has been knocked out. Billy Kopp raised to 105,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips made the call to his immediate left. Action was folded to Peter Eastgate in the small blind, who moved all in for 340,000 more. Action was back on Kopp who made the call and Dennis Phillips made the call. The board ran out A64J3, as Kopp and Phillips checked it down. Kopp exposed the 88 for an eight high flush and Phillips mucked. Eastgate tabled the AJ for top two pair. Kopp eliminated Eastgate from the tournament. Tom Schneider Doubles Up Tom Schneider and Grayson Ramage got all the chips into the pot before the flop. Schneider exposed the AK while Ramage tabled the AQ. Schneider’s A-K held up and he doubled to 2,160,000. Former Chip Leader Eliminated Action was folded to Matt Affleck on the button who moved all in for 880,000 with the A7. Nick Maimone called from the small blind and exposed the AQ. The board ran out A109J3, and the chip leader going into day five has been eliminated. Maimone is now at 4,100,000 chips. Phil Ivey Running Hot Phil Ivey bet 110,000 from the button and Kent Goulding reraised to 325,000 from the big blind. Ivey made the call and both players saw a flop of Q42. Goulding checked and Ivey enough to put his opponent all in for 910,000. Goulding made the call and exposed the Q7 while Ivey tabled the J5 for a flush draw. The turn bricked for Ivey but the K on the river eliminated Goulding and handed Ivey the pot. Ivey is over 5,000,000 now. Owen Crowe Eliminated in 79th Place ($68,979) Fernando Gordo and Owen Crowe got all the chips into the pot preflop. Gordo reraised all in for 1,800,000 with the AK, enough to cover Crowe with the QQ. Crowe made the call and the board ran out K954A to eliminate Crowe. Gordo is over 4,000,000. Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 22 Hour 2 Update: Shulman Rolling, ElkY Busts Jul 13, '09 Note: Players are currently on a 20 minute break and will return at 4:50 PDT. Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 120 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 2. Billy Kopp – 4,660,000 3. Tom Schneider – 4,150,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 4,060,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,000,000 6. Darvin Moon – 3,450,000 7. Antoine Saout – 3,300,000 8. Bernhard Perner – 3,200,000 9. Jamie Brown – 3,120,000 10. Kasper Cordes – 3,060,000 Average Chip Count: 1,623,500 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 3,302,000 Notable Eliminations: 125. Theo Tran — $40,288 124. Eric Cloutier — $40,288 122. Bertrand Grospellier – $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Craig Boyd moved up to 3 million in chips when snapped off a bluff from Hieu Luu to double up. - Blair Hinkle was eliminated from the tournamrnt shortly after his stack was crippled down to 33,000. - Ahn Van Nguyen was knocked down to 1,225,000 after tangling in a hand with Steve Begleiter, who held trip deueces and is now close to 3 million. Big Hands: *Peter Eastgate Eliminates Edward Teems* Edward Teems moved all in preflop under the gun and action was folded around to Peter Eastgate in the big blind. He made the call and the two players then flipped up their cards as the featured table crowd perked up in their seats. Eastgate: AQ Teems: JJ Board: A10586 Eastgate eliminated Teems and the crowd gave a round of applause. Eastgate now holds just over 700,000. Billy Kopp Soars to Top of Chip Counts, Eliminates El Nasr Billy Kopp raised to 52,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips called. Action folded around to Nasr El Nasr put in another bet, as he made it 173,000. Billy Kopp opted to make it 506,000 and Dennis Phillips got out of the way before El Nasr moved all in for 1,325,000, which was snap called by Kopp. Kopp turned over AA and El Nasr showed QQ. The board ran out safe for Kopp as it came 2410103 and El Nasr is eliminated and Billy Kopp now has 4,660,000 in chips. Shulman Flirts With 3 Million The player in seat 5 raised to 55,000 and Jeff Shulman repopped it to 200,000 from the small blind. Seat 5 called and the flop was A59. Shulman led out with 250,000 and seat 5 made the call. The turn was the 4 and both players checked. The river was the 10 and both players checked again. Shulman then turned over a monster, 62, for a flush. Seat 5 didn’t have a diamond in his hand as he mucked and Shulman took the pot, his stack around 2.85 million. Nichoel Peppe Muscles Out Her Opposition Tommy Vedes raised to 58,000 from the cutoff and Berhard Parner called from the button. Nichoel Peppe did the same from the small blind and the flop was 1076 and Vedes fired 230,000. Parner folded but Peppe would not hear of such a thing, instead pushing all in for almost 760,000 total. Vedes took a session in the tank and eventually folded his hand. Peppe took the pot and she was at 1.2 million. Soulier Scores Another Knockout Don Tran moved all in preflop and Fabrice Soulier made the call. Tran tabled AJ while Soulier showed down the ladies, QQ. The flop came down 978 and Tran flopped a gutshot straight draw. The turn was the 9 and the river was the 7, missing Tran completely and he was eliminated. Soulier was over 3 million in chips. Affleck’s Bluff Gets Picked Off, Stack Tumbles On a flop of 994, Mark Ader led out for 220,000 and was met with a raise from Matt Affleck who moved all in and had Ader well covered. Ader tanked about calling off his last 720,000 and eventually made the call. Affleck’s head sank as he turned over 710, for a complete bluff and Ader turned over pocket queens. The turn and river didn’t bring running tens or sevens and Afflecks stack dropped to 890,000, while Mark Ader increased his stack to 2,350,000 in chips. Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated in 122nd Place ($40,288) Bertrand Grospellier bet 47,000 from middle position and an opponent reraised to 150,000. ElkY moved all in for about 375,000 total, slightly less than what his opponent had in his stack. Grospellier’s all in was snap called and he turned over the AK. His opponent tabled the KK. The board ran out 3226J and ElkY was eliminated in heartbreaking fashion. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Nicholle Peppe, Bertrand Grospellier, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Matt Affleck, Nasr El Nasr Level 21 Hour 2 Update: Hachem And Eastgate Get Involved Jul 13, '09 Note: Players are now on a 20 minute break and play will commence at 2:20 PDT. Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 151 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,100,000 2. Kasper Cordes – 4,352,000 3. Darvin Moon – 4,100,000 4. Billy Kopp – 3,350,000 5. Tom Schneider – 3,168,000 6. Charlie Elias – 3,100,000 7. Tim Kahlmeyer – 3,100,000 8. Miika Puumalainen – 2,894,000 9. Bernhard Perner – 2,680,000 10. Steven Begleiter – 2,500,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,100,000 Average Chip Count: 1,290,198 Notable Eliminations: 162. Cole South — $36,626 156. John Monnette — $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - Adam York doubled up to 840,000 through Nichoel Peppe. Peppe was knocked down to 920,000 after handing her chips over to York. - Vesa Leikos was eliminated by Joe Serock. Serock grew his stack to 1.7 million with the knockout. - Anh Van Nguyen cracked the aces of Steven Begleiter with a stright to move up to just under 2 million. Begleiter was left with 2.5 million after the hand. - Dennis Phillips check-called a bet of 160,000 from the cutoff. The river completed a possible flush and Phillips quickly checked. The cutoff went into the tank for minutes and finally checked. Philips exposed just a pair of eights to take the pot. He is at 1,210,000. Big Hands: Soulier Notches Knockout Fabrice Soulier raised from the cutoff to 47,000 and Seth Thomsen moved all in for 302,000. Soulier thought for a few moments before deciding to make the call. Thomsen turned over KQ and was off to the races against Souliers 77. The flop was gave Thomsen a few extra outs as it fell AJ6, giving Thomsen a straight draw as well. The turn and river were no help as it came 2 and 7, giving Soulier a set of sevens and the pot. Soulier is now up to 1,900,000 in chips. Affleck Takes out Jensen Benjamin Jensen open shoved all in for his last 243,000 and was called by Matt Affleck. Jensen was in good shape when he turned up AQ and Affleck showed AJ. The flop didn’t contain a jack as came 746 and the Q on the turn sealed the hand for Jensen. Prahlad Friedman Doubles Up Prahlad Friedman raised to 40,000 and Jesse Haabak put in another raise to 125,000. Friedman moved all in for his last 269,000 and was called by Haabak. Haabak made the call and showed A6 and needed help against Friedman’s pocket eights. The board ran QQ5410 and Friedman doubled up to 580,000. Phil Ivey Grabs A Pot Phil Iver and his opponent saw a flop of Q1010. Both players checked and they did the same on the turn that brought the A. The river was the 8 and the action was checked to Ivey. He took a stab at the pot with a bet of 50,000 and his opponent mucked. Ivey raked in the pot and has started the day with a positive note, improving his chip stack to 1.7 million. Adam Lattimer Knocked Out Billy Kopp raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Adam Lattimer made it 150,000 to go. Kopp then moved in for 366,000 and Lattimer called, putting himself all in. Kopp turned over AA while Lattimer tabled QQ. The board ran out AJ85J and Lattimer was eliminated. Hachem And Eastgate Tangle Peter Eastgate raised to 44,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Joe Hachem in the big blind. He made the call and the flop came down 825. Both players checked and the turn was the 2. Hachem led out for 40,000 and Eastgate made the call. The river was the K and Hachem bet 120,000. Eastgate made the call. Hachem then tabled 55 for a full house and Eastgate mucked. Hachem took the pot and was at 800,000 while Eastgate was at 550,000. Cole South Eliminated Cole South moved all in on the flop with ace-king but ran into his opponent’s pocket aces. The turn and the river never gave South any help and he was eliminated, taking home $36,626 for his efforts. Phillips Gets The Best Of Tran Dennis Phillips raised to 42,000 from under the gun and J.C. Tran made the call from the hijack. The two players saw a flop of J105 and Phillips led out with 60,000. Tran made the call and both players checked the 5 on the turn. The river was the 7 and Phillips bet 80,000. Tran made the call and Phillips tabled KJ for two pair. Tran mucked and was down to 440,000. Phillips raked in the pot and was at 1.2 million. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Prahlad Friedman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 19 Hour 1 Update: Eastgate Doubles Up Jul 12, '09 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 274 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 2. Ben Lamb – 2,000,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 1,850,000 4. Kevin Schaffel – 1,760,000 5. Bernhard Perner – 1,675,000 6. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 7. James Akenhead – 1,572,000 8. Charlie Elias – 1,540,000 9. Miika Puumalainen – 1,492,000 10. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 624,423 Notable Eliminations: Kevin Saul Big Hands: Peter Eastgate Doubles Up On a flop of 723, Peter Eastgate and Gabe Walls got all of their chips into the middle and put the defending main event champion at risk of elimination. Eastgate showed KK and Walls needed an A or a diamond when he showed A4. The turn was the 9 and the river was the 6, keeping Eastgate in the event and doubling him up to 770,000. Morgan Calls It On The River After the board had run out KQ577, Jordan Morgan checked it over to his opponent in seat 7. He bet out around 90,000 and Morgan made the quick call. “I’ve got a five,” seat 7 said. Morgan responded by flipping over QJ for two pair. He raked in the pot and was at 1.5 million. Dan Harrington In Action Dan Harrington raised to 26,000 from middle position and the button made the call. The small blind also came along and the flop came down K107. Harrington led out for 30,000 and the button raised to 98,000. The big blind mucked and Harrington called. The turn was the A and Harrington fired 250,000. The button mucked and Harrington took the pot. Hinkle Loses Some Chips to O’Malley On a flop of K88, Blair Hinkle checked and called 37,000 from from Pat O’Malley. The turn was the 9 and both players checked. The river was the J and Hinkle bet 65,000 and was called by O’Malley. Hinkle turned over KQ and O’Malley turned over 710, making a runner-runner straight. “Slowroll,” said Hinkle as O’Malley raked the pot. Tran Flops a Set, Wins the Minimum J.C. Tran called a preflop raise and so did the player on the button. They saw the flop three-ways and it fell 839 and after the preflop raiser checked, Tran bet 45,000. Both players quickly folded. Tran was about to muck his cards when he decided to give the table a free look and show the 99, exposing that he flopped top set. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Jordan Morgan, Peter Eastgate, Blair Hinkle Level 17 Hour 2 Update: Ivey Over A Million Jul 11, '09 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 407 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Ludovic Lacay – 1,700,000 2. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 3. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 4. Matt Affleck – 1,450,000 5. Miika Puumalainen – 1,440,000 6. Benjamin Jensen – 1,400,000 7. Harry Kazazian – 1,400,000 8. Billy Kopp – 1,385,000 9. Blair Hinkle – 1,300,000 10. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,250,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 178,000 Average Chip Count: 478,673 Notable Eliminations: Matt Brady Phil Hellmuth Justin Bonomo Alexander Kostritsyn Van Nguyen Carter King Big Hands: Burt Boutin Busts Jason Adler Burt Boutin called the all in bet of Jason Adler preflop and the players turned up their hands. Adler: 55 Boutin: AQ The race was on and the flop came Q106, vaulting Boutin to the lead. The turn was the 4 and the river was the 8, giving Boutin the added bonus of knocking out Adler with a flush instead of just top pair. Kelly Kim With The Cease Fire With the pot around 125,000, the board had run out J53KJ. Kelly Kim was facing a 78,000 bet from his opponent and took a session in the tank. After much thought, Kim folded AA in disgust. He was down to just a little over 100,000. Nick Schulman Drops Some Chips Nick Schulman called Lance Gettler’s all-in bet preflop. Schulman was holding 55 while Gettler had AJ. The race was on and the flop came down AJ8, giving Gettler two pair. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 10 and Schulman was down to 480,000. Paul Wasicka Goes Bust Paul Wasicka’s stack dropped below 100,000 during this level and he decided to move all in preflop holding AJ. He was then called by an opponent holding AK. The flop came down A49, giving Wasicka little help. The turn was the K, leaving Wasicka drawing dead as he had no black cards in his hand to make a flush. That was unfortunate as the 5 completed the board and Wasicka was gone. I’m Phil Ivey And You’re Not Picking up the action after the turn, the board read AJ78 and Phil Ivey fired 70,000 into the pot. David Wickham decided to stand on the tracks while the train was coming through, making the call. The river was the 3 and Ivey blasted another slug into the pot, betting 120,000. Wickham finally had a light bulb go off in his head as he laid his hand down. Ivey took the pot and was closing in on 1 million in chips. Later, Ivey and Michael Graydon were tangling in a hand and the board read Q597. Graydon checked to Ivey who moved all in, having Graydon well covered. Graydon decided to call and turned over A9 for second pair. Ivey then turned over the best hand, KK. The 7 completed the board and Ivey scored another knockout. His stack was at 1.1 million. Moments later, Ivey raised to 16,000 preflop and David Watkinson made the call from the big blind. The flop came down 963 and Watkinson checked. Ivey bet 22,000 and Watkinson called. The turn was the 8 and Ivey fired another 55,000 into the pot. Watkinson came along for some more punishment and got it when the K fell on the river. Ivey blasted 120,000 and Watkinson waved the white flag, mucking his hand and sending the pot Ivey’s way. He was at 1.2 million. Shulman Avoids Going Down With The Ship A player raised to 18,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call from the big blind. The flop came down QQ10. Shulman checked and his opponent bet 20,000. Shulman called and the turn was the 3. Shulman check-called a bet of 40,000 and the river was the 10. Both players checked and Shulman showed 33 for a full boat on the turn, but his opponent showed A10 for a better one and Shulman dropped to 320,000. Eastgate Takes Control Of The Hand, Wins A Pot Patrick Hanoteau raised to 18,000 from the hijack position and Peter Eastgate made the call from the cutoff. Both blinds also called and the flop came down 1084 and the action was checked to Eastgate. He bet 33,000 and everyone else in the hand mucked. Eastgate took in a nice pot and was at 360,000. Nick Binger The New Ladies’ Man, Quadruples Up After three players had limped for 6,000, Nick Binger moved all in for his last 58,000 in chips. Every limper decided to call and Binger was not too pleased. The flop came QQ2 and everyone checked. It was the same story on the J turn and 9 river. Binger then showed off his ladies, turning over QQ for quads on the flop. Everyone else mucked and Binger quadrupled up to around 235,000. Elky Drops Some Chips Picking up the action on the turn, the board read A2610. Bertrand Grospellier fired a bet and then one player shoved all in. Grospellier made the call with 1010 for a turned set but the all-in player showed down Q9 for a flush. The river gave no help to Grospellier and his stack dropped to 1.35 million. Hellmuth Gets Jacked Up, Eruption Follows, Then Busts With Aces Abraham Mourshaki raised to 20,000 and the action folded to Phil Hellmuth who raised to 36,000. Mourshaki called and the flop came down JJ3. Hellmuth bet 40,000 after Mourshaki checked and the bet was called. The turn was the 7 and both players checked. The river was the 5 and Mourshaki bet 120,000. Hellmuth called and was showed AJ for trips. Hellmuth mucked and the tirade began. “I’m gonna vomit on the floor,” he said. “You had to find jack-jack for him. You couldn’t find just one jack so he could sail off?” Hellmuth then walked away from the table as he was down to 100,000. Just a few hands later, Mourshaki raised to 22,000 preflop and Hellmuth called. Three other players jumped in the pool as well and the flop came down J510. Kevin Jenkins moved all in for 83,000 and Hellmuth repopped with his last 110,000. Kenny Hsuing made the call and the three players tabled their hands. Hellmuth: AA Hsuing: J10 Jenkins: 98 Hellmuth started with the best hand but got outflopped badly. He needed some help but the 7 on the turn gave Jenkins the straight and left Hellmuth drawing dead against Jenkins. He did have a shot at a side pot but the river was the 3 and Hellmuth was gone from the main event in 436th place. Player Tags: Jason Adler, Jeff Shulman, Kelly Kim, Phil Hellmuth, Burt Boutin, Phil Ivey, Nick Schulman, Nick Binger, Peter Eastgate, Lance Gettler Level 16 Hour 2 Update: Money Bubble Bursts Jul 11, '09 Blinds: 2,500-5,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 571 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,700,000 2. Benjamin Jensen – 1,400,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 1,400,000 4. James Akenhead – 1,140,000 5. Theo Tran – 1,050,000 6. Billy Kopp – 1,040,000 7. Blair Hinkle – 1,030,000 8. Miika Puumalainen – 1,000,000 9. Matt Affleck – 960,000 10. Eli Adler – 895,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 270,000 Phil Hellmuth – 200,000 Average Chip Count: 335,318 Notable Eliminations: Kristy Gazes Big Hands: Eastgate Takes One Off Hachem Joe Hachem raised to 15,000 preflop and Peter Eastgate made the call from the big blind. The flop then fell A58 and both players checked. The turn was the 3 and Hachem bet 18,000 after Eastgate checked. The call was made and the river was the 9. Both players checked one last time and Hachem tabled K8 for middle pair on the flop. Eastgate then tabled QQ for the best hand and took the pot. Bobby Baldwin Still Alive With a flop showing K76, Bobby Baldwin moved all in with A9 and was called by Elias Eldon who was holding QQ. The turn was the 5 and the bubble was so close to bursting. But the river was the 3 and Baldwin doubled up, much to the chagrin of everyone else in the Amazon Room hoping to cash. Lou Diamond Phillips Takes One Off Tran J.C. Tran raised to 13,000 and Lou Diamond Phillips made the call from the big blind. The flop came 876 and Phillips led out for 20,000. Tran made the call and the turn was the 4. Phillips led out one more time, this time for 30,000. Tran then popped it to 80,000 and Phillips made the call. The river was the Q and Phillips kept the foot to the gas pedal, firing 130,000. Tran mucked and Phillips tabled 55 for the straight and he was at 565,000. Tran was down to 150,000. *Kia Hamadani Is The Bubble Boy* Kia Hamadani was all in for his last 500 on the ante. Reed Hensel raised to 17,000 from the hijack and the blinds called. The flop came down Q6Q and Hensel bet 20,000. The blinds mucked and Hensel tabled 92. It was clearly a move to take the much bigger side pot, but he was also ahead of Hamadani who held 43. The turn was the 9, leaving Hamadani drawing dead. For good measure, the 9 came on the river and the field was officially in the money. Kenny Tran Picks Off a Short Stack Max Greenwood moved all in preflop for his last 86,500 chips and was called by Prahlad Friedman on the button. Action was to Kenny Tran in the big blind and Tran decided to move all in himself. Friedman decided to get out of the way and let Tran take on Greenwood himself. Tran showed KK and Greenwood showed QJ. The board ran out A65K9 and eliminated Greenwood from the tournament, while Kenny Tran increased his stack to 800,000. Kristy Gazes Eliminated Kristy Gazes had been nursing a below average stack for a while and she finally moved it in preflop. Dag Palovic made the call and here were their cards. Gazes: A2 Palovic: 1010 Gazes had only one overcard to Palovic’s pocket pair. The flop then came AJ10, giving Gazes top pair but making Palovic a set. Gazes took a few steps away from the table, anticipating her elimination. But the Q came on the turn and she still had outs. “One time dealer!” Gazes said asking for a king. But the river was the 3 and Gazes joined the flock of players busting out after the bursting of the bubble. Left In The Deck: The money bubble has officially burst with the elimination of Kia Hamadani. Everyone in the field is now guaranteed at least $21,365. Hamadani does get the nice consolation prize of being bought in to the 2010 main event and, of course, the fame of being the 2009 bubble boy. Since 13 hands were played during that entire level, the tournament staff has decided to add three minutes per hands played to the clock. That means the players will have 39 minutes of added play before dinner arrives. Let the all in madness begin. Dinner Pushed Back The players have gone on a 20-minute break to color up the blue “500” chips. Most of the field thought their dinner break would be after level 16, but the tournament staff has verified that the field will play one more 120 minute level before they players take their 90 minute dinner break. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Bobby Baldwin, Kristy Gazes, Lou Diamond Phillips, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate Level 13 Hour 2 Update: Elky Over a Million! Jul 10, '09 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 930 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,200,000 2. Owen Crowe – 1,030,000 3. Gabe Walls – 873,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 870,000 5. Brennan Hanson – 670,000 6. James Akenhead – 660,000 7. Alexander Kostritsyn – 620,000 8. Brian Powel – 620,000 9. Tony Cavezza – 620,000 10. Kenny Tran – 590,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Phil Hellmuth – 500,000 Jeff Shulman – 175,000 Thomas Keller – out Average Chip Count: 195,015 Notable Eliminations: Robert Mizarachi Amit Makhija Alexia Portal Nam Le Dutch Boyd Big Hands: *Betrand Grospellier Wins the Largest Hand of the Tournament so Far* A board of 972KA and 40,000 sat on the table when Jerry Wong bet 33,000. Bertrand Grospellier raised to 133,000 and then Wong moved all in for 250,000 more. Grospellier made the call and then flipped over 99. Wong showed down KQ and he was eliminated from the tournament. Grospellier won the huge pot and he now holds 1.1 million as the chip leader. *Jason Alexander Grabs Some Chips* Jason Alexander raised to 7,500 preflop from the hi-jack Christian Heich raised to 22,000. The flop came 862 flop and Alexander bet 20,000. Heich raised to 56,000 and Alexander tanked for a minute before he reraised all in for 131,600 more. Heich tanked and then mucked. Alexander grew his stack to 300,000. Vitaly Lunkin Doubles Up Vitaly Lunkin was faced with a preflop raised from the cutoff and decided to reraise to 18,000. The cutoff quickly announced he was all in for 81,150 total and Lunkin quickly called. The cutoff announced he was sick of being reraised by Lunkin and tabled the 75. Lunkin exposed the AQ and was ahead. The flop came 1098, and Lunkin was still in front with ace-high but his opponent had a massive drawing hand with a flush draw and straight draw. The 6 hit the turn and gave the cutoff a straight. The 6 fell on the river and Lunkin lost the 85,000 chip pot. Lunkin is down to 85,000. Betrand Grospellier Dominating Elky has been dominating his table since his massive surge to the chip lead. Grospellier raised preflop and was called by an opponent in the big blind. The flop came 833 and the big blind checked to Elky who elected to check behind. The 2 hit the turn and the big blind checked. Elky bet 6,500 and his opponent made the call. The 4 fell on the river and the big blind checked. Elky checked behind and the big blind exposed the A-10 but was no good against the A-J of Elky. Elky has been raising almost every hand and is running through his table. Elky is at 1,200,000. Alex Kostritsyn Takes One Down On a flop of K53, Phill Hellmuth bet 16,000 from middle position and Alex Kostritsyn called from the button. Josh Arieh elected to call from the small blind. The turn brought the 8 and action was checked around. The river brought the 4 and action was once again checked around. Arieh exposed the 64 for a busted straight draw but a rivered pair of fours. Hellmuth didn’t show and said he just had a five. Kostritsyn exposed the 77 to take down the pot. Kostritsyn is at 620,000. Peter Eastgate Eliminates Opponent The defending main event champion got all the chips into the middle with the AK and was up against the 88. The board ran out AQ10J9 as Eastgate eliminated his opponent and is at 375,000 in chips. Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Phil Hellmuth, Jason Alexander, Bertrand Grospellier, Peter Eastgate, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 9 Hour 2 Update: Wayans, Violette, Medic, Rajkumar Eliminated Jul 08, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,486 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Amir Lehavot — 610,000 2. Troy Weber — 453,200 3. Dan Bilzerian — 439,500 4. Gabe Walls — 417,900 5. Franklin Grigsby — 369,000 6. John Hammer — 363,000 7. Phil Ivey — 325,000 8. Adam Latimer — 322,000 9. Andreas Altmeyer — 318,000 10. Mike Lesle — 305,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 220,000 Phil Hellmuth – 135,000 Lee Watkinson – 55,000 Adam Schoenfeld – 125,000 Matthew Hilger – did not report Steve Zolotow – 28,000 Thomas Keller – 120,000 Max Pescatori – 47,300 Justin Rollo – did not report Notable Eliminations: Marlon Wayans Alex Kamberis Nenad Medic Cyndy Violette Vivek Rajkumar Big Hands: *Marlon Wayans Eliminated; Gets One-Outed* Marlon Wayans gets it all in before the flop and is called in one spot. Wayans has pocket kings, his opponent has pocket queens. The flop comes rags with two hearts. The turn is the A, and because Wayans holds the K, he only has one card to fade to double up and stay alive. The river is the Q, and unbelievably, his opponent gets there. Marlon Wayans is eliminated from the main event. *Alex Kamberis Eliminated* Alex Kamberis gets it all in before the flop and gets called by Leo Kam. Kamberis: K10 Kam: KK Board: Q107A5 Kamberis was dominated before the flop but managed to pair up his live card. The turn and river failed to help, and Alex Kamberis is eliminated from the tournament. *Cyndy Violette Eliminated* Cyndy Violette got all of her money in on the flop with two pair (queens and nines) against her opponent’s pocket kings. Her opponent spiked a third king on the turn, sending Violette home early in the last level of the night. *Kevin Saul Flops a Monster, Almost Doubles Up* A player at the table comes in for a raise and gets two callers Kevin Saul (button) and the big blind. The flop comes A75, and the original raiser shoves for 116,700. Saul has him covered by 8,000, and tanks for several minutes before making the call. Saul shows J3 for the made flush while his opponent turns over QQ for a pair, no draw. The turn and river are the 6 and the 2, no help for pocket queens as Saul nearly doubles up to just under 250,000 in chips. *Nenad Medic Eliminated* Nenad Medic got it all in for 7,000 on a flop of J84, and got called in two spots. The turn was the 10, the big blind moves all in for the side pot and is called by the third opponent. Medic: 92 Big Blind: 104 Opponent: QQ Medic turns an open-ended straight draw (minus two outs) and is up against two pair, a better flush draw and the nut gutshot. The river is the K and Nenad Medic hits the rail. *Noah Boeken Gets Doubled Through* The UTG player open-shoves with the short stack and Noah Boeken looks him up. Boeken: A10 UTG: J9 Board: Q6697 Boeken gets a good flop, but his opponent pairs on the turn, and doubles through Boeken at the end of the night. Boeken is left with just over 150,000 after this hand. *Eastgate Makes A Strong Late-Night Run* Peter Eastgate was down to just 8 big blinds at one point this level, and now sits in six-figure territory thanks to a late-night fun for the defending champion. Peter Eastgate gets it all in with 65 on a board of 10526 and is called by J10. The 6 hits the river and Eastgate doubles up here with a full house. A few hands later and Eastgate covers an all in player with AK against his opponent’s KQ. The board comes A5368, giving Eastgate top pair on the flop and a flush on the turn. Eastgate is up now to 100,000 in chips after this late-night run. *Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated; Aces Cracked* On a flop of J82, Vivek Rajkumar moves all in and gets one caller. Rajkumar: AA Opponent: J2 Rajkumar is out-flopped and will need some help to stay alive. The turn (7) and river (Q) offer no help to Rajkumar who is eliminated in the final minutes of the night. Player Tags: Cyndy Violette, Nenad Medic, Kevin Saul, Vivek Rajkumar, Peter Eastgate, Alexander Kamberis Main Event Begins at Noon on Friday Jul 02, '09 The largest event of the poker year is upon us! Event No. 57 ($10,000 no-limit hold’em main event) will begin at noon PDT on Friday, July 3. Players will begin with 30,000 in tournament chips. Blinds will start at 50-100. Levels will be 120-minutes long and there will be a 20-minute break after every level. There will be a 90-minute dinner break each day after the third level of play. Here is a look at the schedule for the event: NOTE: Days 1-6 are all scheduled for five levels of play. All tournament days begin at noon PDT. Friday, July 3: Day 1A Saturday, July 4: Day 1B Sunday, July 5: Day 1C Monday, July 6: Day 1D Tuesday, July 7: Day 2A Wednesday, July 8: Day 2B Thursday, July 9: Off Day Friday, July 10: Day 3 Saturday, July 11: Day 4 Sunday, July 12: Day 5 Monday, July 13: Day 6 Tuesday, July 14: Day 7 (Play down to 27 players) Wednesday, July 15: Day 8 (Play down to the final table) The summer schedule for the 40th annual WSOP will conclude when the final table of nine is set. Those nine players will return in November to play at the final table. The final table is scheduled for play from November 7-10 at the Rio in Las Vegas. In 2008, this event attracted 6,844 players and the champion was Peter Eastgate, who took home $9,152,416 in prize money. CardPlayer.com will bring you full live updates, top-ten chip counts, and results each day from this marquee event. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate View All Live Updates From This Event
Jul 11, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	$10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event	4	+
Level 25 Hour 1 Update: Peter Eastgate Eliminated Jul 13, '09 Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 71 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 9,100,000 2. Billy Kopp – 7,100,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 6,620,000 4. Phil Ivey – 5,650,000 5. Antonio Esfandiari – 5,600,000 6. Antoine Saout – 4,700,000 7. Nick Maimone – 4,700,000 8. Charlie Elias – 4,700,000 9. Tommy Vedes – 4,550,000 10.Jeff Duvall – 4,500,000 Average Chip Count: 2,743,943 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,800,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 15th place. Notable Eliminations: 81. Matt Affleck – $68,979 79. Owen Crowe – $68,979 78. Peter Eastgate – $68,979 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Nichoel Peppe was eliminated when her Jh4h ran right into the pocket aces of Adam York. Peppe was eliminated after the board ran out 7-7-2-6-4 with only one heart in the mix. Leo Margets is now the last woman standing. - Thai Tran doubled up to 2 million when his AcQc made a flush to top the A-K of Clayton Newman. Tran now holds 2 million. - Tom Schneider enlisted the help of pocket queens to grow his stack back to 2.6 million. - Hieu Luu doubled up to 4 million when his K-Q cracked the pocket aces of Fernando Gordo on a K-7-6-Q-3 board. - Eugene Katchalov climbed back above 4 million when he induced both Jamie Robbins to fold to his 725,000 bet on a 10-5-4 flop. Katchalov caught about 625,000 on the hand. - Darvin Moon further increased his chip lead when he eliminated Brean Catalano. Moon held pocket queens to beat Catalano’s A-J and grew his stack to more than 9 million after the knockout. Big Hands Peter Eastgate Eliminated in 78th Place ($68,979) The defending champion of the main event from last year has been knocked out. Billy Kopp raised to 105,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips made the call to his immediate left. Action was folded to Peter Eastgate in the small blind, who moved all in for 340,000 more. Action was back on Kopp who made the call and Dennis Phillips made the call. The board ran out A64J3, as Kopp and Phillips checked it down. Kopp exposed the 88 for an eight high flush and Phillips mucked. Eastgate tabled the AJ for top two pair. Kopp eliminated Eastgate from the tournament. Tom Schneider Doubles Up Tom Schneider and Grayson Ramage got all the chips into the pot before the flop. Schneider exposed the AK while Ramage tabled the AQ. Schneider’s A-K held up and he doubled to 2,160,000. Former Chip Leader Eliminated Action was folded to Matt Affleck on the button who moved all in for 880,000 with the A7. Nick Maimone called from the small blind and exposed the AQ. The board ran out A109J3, and the chip leader going into day five has been eliminated. Maimone is now at 4,100,000 chips. Phil Ivey Running Hot Phil Ivey bet 110,000 from the button and Kent Goulding reraised to 325,000 from the big blind. Ivey made the call and both players saw a flop of Q42. Goulding checked and Ivey enough to put his opponent all in for 910,000. Goulding made the call and exposed the Q7 while Ivey tabled the J5 for a flush draw. The turn bricked for Ivey but the K on the river eliminated Goulding and handed Ivey the pot. Ivey is over 5,000,000 now. Owen Crowe Eliminated in 79th Place ($68,979) Fernando Gordo and Owen Crowe got all the chips into the pot preflop. Gordo reraised all in for 1,800,000 with the AK, enough to cover Crowe with the QQ. Crowe made the call and the board ran out K954A to eliminate Crowe. Gordo is over 4,000,000. Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 22 Hour 2 Update: Shulman Rolling, ElkY Busts Jul 13, '09 Note: Players are currently on a 20 minute break and will return at 4:50 PDT. Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 120 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 2. Billy Kopp – 4,660,000 3. Tom Schneider – 4,150,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 4,060,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,000,000 6. Darvin Moon – 3,450,000 7. Antoine Saout – 3,300,000 8. Bernhard Perner – 3,200,000 9. Jamie Brown – 3,120,000 10. Kasper Cordes – 3,060,000 Average Chip Count: 1,623,500 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 3,302,000 Notable Eliminations: 125. Theo Tran — $40,288 124. Eric Cloutier — $40,288 122. Bertrand Grospellier – $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Craig Boyd moved up to 3 million in chips when snapped off a bluff from Hieu Luu to double up. - Blair Hinkle was eliminated from the tournamrnt shortly after his stack was crippled down to 33,000. - Ahn Van Nguyen was knocked down to 1,225,000 after tangling in a hand with Steve Begleiter, who held trip deueces and is now close to 3 million. Big Hands: *Peter Eastgate Eliminates Edward Teems* Edward Teems moved all in preflop under the gun and action was folded around to Peter Eastgate in the big blind. He made the call and the two players then flipped up their cards as the featured table crowd perked up in their seats. Eastgate: AQ Teems: JJ Board: A10586 Eastgate eliminated Teems and the crowd gave a round of applause. Eastgate now holds just over 700,000. Billy Kopp Soars to Top of Chip Counts, Eliminates El Nasr Billy Kopp raised to 52,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips called. Action folded around to Nasr El Nasr put in another bet, as he made it 173,000. Billy Kopp opted to make it 506,000 and Dennis Phillips got out of the way before El Nasr moved all in for 1,325,000, which was snap called by Kopp. Kopp turned over AA and El Nasr showed QQ. The board ran out safe for Kopp as it came 2410103 and El Nasr is eliminated and Billy Kopp now has 4,660,000 in chips. Shulman Flirts With 3 Million The player in seat 5 raised to 55,000 and Jeff Shulman repopped it to 200,000 from the small blind. Seat 5 called and the flop was A59. Shulman led out with 250,000 and seat 5 made the call. The turn was the 4 and both players checked. The river was the 10 and both players checked again. Shulman then turned over a monster, 62, for a flush. Seat 5 didn’t have a diamond in his hand as he mucked and Shulman took the pot, his stack around 2.85 million. Nichoel Peppe Muscles Out Her Opposition Tommy Vedes raised to 58,000 from the cutoff and Berhard Parner called from the button. Nichoel Peppe did the same from the small blind and the flop was 1076 and Vedes fired 230,000. Parner folded but Peppe would not hear of such a thing, instead pushing all in for almost 760,000 total. Vedes took a session in the tank and eventually folded his hand. Peppe took the pot and she was at 1.2 million. Soulier Scores Another Knockout Don Tran moved all in preflop and Fabrice Soulier made the call. Tran tabled AJ while Soulier showed down the ladies, QQ. The flop came down 978 and Tran flopped a gutshot straight draw. The turn was the 9 and the river was the 7, missing Tran completely and he was eliminated. Soulier was over 3 million in chips. Affleck’s Bluff Gets Picked Off, Stack Tumbles On a flop of 994, Mark Ader led out for 220,000 and was met with a raise from Matt Affleck who moved all in and had Ader well covered. Ader tanked about calling off his last 720,000 and eventually made the call. Affleck’s head sank as he turned over 710, for a complete bluff and Ader turned over pocket queens. The turn and river didn’t bring running tens or sevens and Afflecks stack dropped to 890,000, while Mark Ader increased his stack to 2,350,000 in chips. Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated in 122nd Place ($40,288) Bertrand Grospellier bet 47,000 from middle position and an opponent reraised to 150,000. ElkY moved all in for about 375,000 total, slightly less than what his opponent had in his stack. Grospellier’s all in was snap called and he turned over the AK. His opponent tabled the KK. The board ran out 3226J and ElkY was eliminated in heartbreaking fashion. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Nicholle Peppe, Bertrand Grospellier, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Matt Affleck, Nasr El Nasr Level 21 Hour 2 Update: Hachem And Eastgate Get Involved Jul 13, '09 Note: Players are now on a 20 minute break and play will commence at 2:20 PDT. Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 151 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,100,000 2. Kasper Cordes – 4,352,000 3. Darvin Moon – 4,100,000 4. Billy Kopp – 3,350,000 5. Tom Schneider – 3,168,000 6. Charlie Elias – 3,100,000 7. Tim Kahlmeyer – 3,100,000 8. Miika Puumalainen – 2,894,000 9. Bernhard Perner – 2,680,000 10. Steven Begleiter – 2,500,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,100,000 Average Chip Count: 1,290,198 Notable Eliminations: 162. Cole South — $36,626 156. John Monnette — $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - Adam York doubled up to 840,000 through Nichoel Peppe. Peppe was knocked down to 920,000 after handing her chips over to York. - Vesa Leikos was eliminated by Joe Serock. Serock grew his stack to 1.7 million with the knockout. - Anh Van Nguyen cracked the aces of Steven Begleiter with a stright to move up to just under 2 million. Begleiter was left with 2.5 million after the hand. - Dennis Phillips check-called a bet of 160,000 from the cutoff. The river completed a possible flush and Phillips quickly checked. The cutoff went into the tank for minutes and finally checked. Philips exposed just a pair of eights to take the pot. He is at 1,210,000. Big Hands: Soulier Notches Knockout Fabrice Soulier raised from the cutoff to 47,000 and Seth Thomsen moved all in for 302,000. Soulier thought for a few moments before deciding to make the call. Thomsen turned over KQ and was off to the races against Souliers 77. The flop was gave Thomsen a few extra outs as it fell AJ6, giving Thomsen a straight draw as well. The turn and river were no help as it came 2 and 7, giving Soulier a set of sevens and the pot. Soulier is now up to 1,900,000 in chips. Affleck Takes out Jensen Benjamin Jensen open shoved all in for his last 243,000 and was called by Matt Affleck. Jensen was in good shape when he turned up AQ and Affleck showed AJ. The flop didn’t contain a jack as came 746 and the Q on the turn sealed the hand for Jensen. Prahlad Friedman Doubles Up Prahlad Friedman raised to 40,000 and Jesse Haabak put in another raise to 125,000. Friedman moved all in for his last 269,000 and was called by Haabak. Haabak made the call and showed A6 and needed help against Friedman’s pocket eights. The board ran QQ5410 and Friedman doubled up to 580,000. Phil Ivey Grabs A Pot Phil Iver and his opponent saw a flop of Q1010. Both players checked and they did the same on the turn that brought the A. The river was the 8 and the action was checked to Ivey. He took a stab at the pot with a bet of 50,000 and his opponent mucked. Ivey raked in the pot and has started the day with a positive note, improving his chip stack to 1.7 million. Adam Lattimer Knocked Out Billy Kopp raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Adam Lattimer made it 150,000 to go. Kopp then moved in for 366,000 and Lattimer called, putting himself all in. Kopp turned over AA while Lattimer tabled QQ. The board ran out AJ85J and Lattimer was eliminated. Hachem And Eastgate Tangle Peter Eastgate raised to 44,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Joe Hachem in the big blind. He made the call and the flop came down 825. Both players checked and the turn was the 2. Hachem led out for 40,000 and Eastgate made the call. The river was the K and Hachem bet 120,000. Eastgate made the call. Hachem then tabled 55 for a full house and Eastgate mucked. Hachem took the pot and was at 800,000 while Eastgate was at 550,000. Cole South Eliminated Cole South moved all in on the flop with ace-king but ran into his opponent’s pocket aces. The turn and the river never gave South any help and he was eliminated, taking home $36,626 for his efforts. Phillips Gets The Best Of Tran Dennis Phillips raised to 42,000 from under the gun and J.C. Tran made the call from the hijack. The two players saw a flop of J105 and Phillips led out with 60,000. Tran made the call and both players checked the 5 on the turn. The river was the 7 and Phillips bet 80,000. Tran made the call and Phillips tabled KJ for two pair. Tran mucked and was down to 440,000. Phillips raked in the pot and was at 1.2 million. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Prahlad Friedman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 19 Hour 1 Update: Eastgate Doubles Up Jul 12, '09 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 274 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 2. Ben Lamb – 2,000,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 1,850,000 4. Kevin Schaffel – 1,760,000 5. Bernhard Perner – 1,675,000 6. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 7. James Akenhead – 1,572,000 8. Charlie Elias – 1,540,000 9. Miika Puumalainen – 1,492,000 10. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 624,423 Notable Eliminations: Kevin Saul Big Hands: Peter Eastgate Doubles Up On a flop of 723, Peter Eastgate and Gabe Walls got all of their chips into the middle and put the defending main event champion at risk of elimination. Eastgate showed KK and Walls needed an A or a diamond when he showed A4. The turn was the 9 and the river was the 6, keeping Eastgate in the event and doubling him up to 770,000. Morgan Calls It On The River After the board had run out KQ577, Jordan Morgan checked it over to his opponent in seat 7. He bet out around 90,000 and Morgan made the quick call. “I’ve got a five,” seat 7 said. Morgan responded by flipping over QJ for two pair. He raked in the pot and was at 1.5 million. Dan Harrington In Action Dan Harrington raised to 26,000 from middle position and the button made the call. The small blind also came along and the flop came down K107. Harrington led out for 30,000 and the button raised to 98,000. The big blind mucked and Harrington called. The turn was the A and Harrington fired 250,000. The button mucked and Harrington took the pot. Hinkle Loses Some Chips to O’Malley On a flop of K88, Blair Hinkle checked and called 37,000 from from Pat O’Malley. The turn was the 9 and both players checked. The river was the J and Hinkle bet 65,000 and was called by O’Malley. Hinkle turned over KQ and O’Malley turned over 710, making a runner-runner straight. “Slowroll,” said Hinkle as O’Malley raked the pot. Tran Flops a Set, Wins the Minimum J.C. Tran called a preflop raise and so did the player on the button. They saw the flop three-ways and it fell 839 and after the preflop raiser checked, Tran bet 45,000. Both players quickly folded. Tran was about to muck his cards when he decided to give the table a free look and show the 99, exposing that he flopped top set. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Jordan Morgan, Peter Eastgate, Blair Hinkle Level 17 Hour 2 Update: Ivey Over A Million Jul 11, '09 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 407 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Ludovic Lacay – 1,700,000 2. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 3. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 4. Matt Affleck – 1,450,000 5. Miika Puumalainen – 1,440,000 6. Benjamin Jensen – 1,400,000 7. Harry Kazazian – 1,400,000 8. Billy Kopp – 1,385,000 9. Blair Hinkle – 1,300,000 10. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,250,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 178,000 Average Chip Count: 478,673 Notable Eliminations: Matt Brady Phil Hellmuth Justin Bonomo Alexander Kostritsyn Van Nguyen Carter King Big Hands: Burt Boutin Busts Jason Adler Burt Boutin called the all in bet of Jason Adler preflop and the players turned up their hands. Adler: 55 Boutin: AQ The race was on and the flop came Q106, vaulting Boutin to the lead. The turn was the 4 and the river was the 8, giving Boutin the added bonus of knocking out Adler with a flush instead of just top pair. Kelly Kim With The Cease Fire With the pot around 125,000, the board had run out J53KJ. Kelly Kim was facing a 78,000 bet from his opponent and took a session in the tank. After much thought, Kim folded AA in disgust. He was down to just a little over 100,000. Nick Schulman Drops Some Chips Nick Schulman called Lance Gettler’s all-in bet preflop. Schulman was holding 55 while Gettler had AJ. The race was on and the flop came down AJ8, giving Gettler two pair. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 10 and Schulman was down to 480,000. Paul Wasicka Goes Bust Paul Wasicka’s stack dropped below 100,000 during this level and he decided to move all in preflop holding AJ. He was then called by an opponent holding AK. The flop came down A49, giving Wasicka little help. The turn was the K, leaving Wasicka drawing dead as he had no black cards in his hand to make a flush. That was unfortunate as the 5 completed the board and Wasicka was gone. I’m Phil Ivey And You’re Not Picking up the action after the turn, the board read AJ78 and Phil Ivey fired 70,000 into the pot. David Wickham decided to stand on the tracks while the train was coming through, making the call. The river was the 3 and Ivey blasted another slug into the pot, betting 120,000. Wickham finally had a light bulb go off in his head as he laid his hand down. Ivey took the pot and was closing in on 1 million in chips. Later, Ivey and Michael Graydon were tangling in a hand and the board read Q597. Graydon checked to Ivey who moved all in, having Graydon well covered. Graydon decided to call and turned over A9 for second pair. Ivey then turned over the best hand, KK. The 7 completed the board and Ivey scored another knockout. His stack was at 1.1 million. Moments later, Ivey raised to 16,000 preflop and David Watkinson made the call from the big blind. The flop came down 963 and Watkinson checked. Ivey bet 22,000 and Watkinson called. The turn was the 8 and Ivey fired another 55,000 into the pot. Watkinson came along for some more punishment and got it when the K fell on the river. Ivey blasted 120,000 and Watkinson waved the white flag, mucking his hand and sending the pot Ivey’s way. He was at 1.2 million. Shulman Avoids Going Down With The Ship A player raised to 18,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call from the big blind. The flop came down QQ10. Shulman checked and his opponent bet 20,000. Shulman called and the turn was the 3. Shulman check-called a bet of 40,000 and the river was the 10. Both players checked and Shulman showed 33 for a full boat on the turn, but his opponent showed A10 for a better one and Shulman dropped to 320,000. Eastgate Takes Control Of The Hand, Wins A Pot Patrick Hanoteau raised to 18,000 from the hijack position and Peter Eastgate made the call from the cutoff. Both blinds also called and the flop came down 1084 and the action was checked to Eastgate. He bet 33,000 and everyone else in the hand mucked. Eastgate took in a nice pot and was at 360,000. Nick Binger The New Ladies’ Man, Quadruples Up After three players had limped for 6,000, Nick Binger moved all in for his last 58,000 in chips. Every limper decided to call and Binger was not too pleased. The flop came QQ2 and everyone checked. It was the same story on the J turn and 9 river. Binger then showed off his ladies, turning over QQ for quads on the flop. Everyone else mucked and Binger quadrupled up to around 235,000. Elky Drops Some Chips Picking up the action on the turn, the board read A2610. Bertrand Grospellier fired a bet and then one player shoved all in. Grospellier made the call with 1010 for a turned set but the all-in player showed down Q9 for a flush. The river gave no help to Grospellier and his stack dropped to 1.35 million. Hellmuth Gets Jacked Up, Eruption Follows, Then Busts With Aces Abraham Mourshaki raised to 20,000 and the action folded to Phil Hellmuth who raised to 36,000. Mourshaki called and the flop came down JJ3. Hellmuth bet 40,000 after Mourshaki checked and the bet was called. The turn was the 7 and both players checked. The river was the 5 and Mourshaki bet 120,000. Hellmuth called and was showed AJ for trips. Hellmuth mucked and the tirade began. “I’m gonna vomit on the floor,” he said. “You had to find jack-jack for him. You couldn’t find just one jack so he could sail off?” Hellmuth then walked away from the table as he was down to 100,000. Just a few hands later, Mourshaki raised to 22,000 preflop and Hellmuth called. Three other players jumped in the pool as well and the flop came down J510. Kevin Jenkins moved all in for 83,000 and Hellmuth repopped with his last 110,000. Kenny Hsuing made the call and the three players tabled their hands. Hellmuth: AA Hsuing: J10 Jenkins: 98 Hellmuth started with the best hand but got outflopped badly. He needed some help but the 7 on the turn gave Jenkins the straight and left Hellmuth drawing dead against Jenkins. He did have a shot at a side pot but the river was the 3 and Hellmuth was gone from the main event in 436th place. Player Tags: Jason Adler, Jeff Shulman, Kelly Kim, Phil Hellmuth, Burt Boutin, Phil Ivey, Nick Schulman, Nick Binger, Peter Eastgate, Lance Gettler Level 16 Hour 2 Update: Money Bubble Bursts Jul 11, '09 Blinds: 2,500-5,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 571 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,700,000 2. Benjamin Jensen – 1,400,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 1,400,000 4. James Akenhead – 1,140,000 5. Theo Tran – 1,050,000 6. Billy Kopp – 1,040,000 7. Blair Hinkle – 1,030,000 8. Miika Puumalainen – 1,000,000 9. Matt Affleck – 960,000 10. Eli Adler – 895,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 270,000 Phil Hellmuth – 200,000 Average Chip Count: 335,318 Notable Eliminations: Kristy Gazes Big Hands: Eastgate Takes One Off Hachem Joe Hachem raised to 15,000 preflop and Peter Eastgate made the call from the big blind. The flop then fell A58 and both players checked. The turn was the 3 and Hachem bet 18,000 after Eastgate checked. The call was made and the river was the 9. Both players checked one last time and Hachem tabled K8 for middle pair on the flop. Eastgate then tabled QQ for the best hand and took the pot. Bobby Baldwin Still Alive With a flop showing K76, Bobby Baldwin moved all in with A9 and was called by Elias Eldon who was holding QQ. The turn was the 5 and the bubble was so close to bursting. But the river was the 3 and Baldwin doubled up, much to the chagrin of everyone else in the Amazon Room hoping to cash. Lou Diamond Phillips Takes One Off Tran J.C. Tran raised to 13,000 and Lou Diamond Phillips made the call from the big blind. The flop came 876 and Phillips led out for 20,000. Tran made the call and the turn was the 4. Phillips led out one more time, this time for 30,000. Tran then popped it to 80,000 and Phillips made the call. The river was the Q and Phillips kept the foot to the gas pedal, firing 130,000. Tran mucked and Phillips tabled 55 for the straight and he was at 565,000. Tran was down to 150,000. *Kia Hamadani Is The Bubble Boy* Kia Hamadani was all in for his last 500 on the ante. Reed Hensel raised to 17,000 from the hijack and the blinds called. The flop came down Q6Q and Hensel bet 20,000. The blinds mucked and Hensel tabled 92. It was clearly a move to take the much bigger side pot, but he was also ahead of Hamadani who held 43. The turn was the 9, leaving Hamadani drawing dead. For good measure, the 9 came on the river and the field was officially in the money. Kenny Tran Picks Off a Short Stack Max Greenwood moved all in preflop for his last 86,500 chips and was called by Prahlad Friedman on the button. Action was to Kenny Tran in the big blind and Tran decided to move all in himself. Friedman decided to get out of the way and let Tran take on Greenwood himself. Tran showed KK and Greenwood showed QJ. The board ran out A65K9 and eliminated Greenwood from the tournament, while Kenny Tran increased his stack to 800,000. Kristy Gazes Eliminated Kristy Gazes had been nursing a below average stack for a while and she finally moved it in preflop. Dag Palovic made the call and here were their cards. Gazes: A2 Palovic: 1010 Gazes had only one overcard to Palovic’s pocket pair. The flop then came AJ10, giving Gazes top pair but making Palovic a set. Gazes took a few steps away from the table, anticipating her elimination. But the Q came on the turn and she still had outs. “One time dealer!” Gazes said asking for a king. But the river was the 3 and Gazes joined the flock of players busting out after the bursting of the bubble. Left In The Deck: The money bubble has officially burst with the elimination of Kia Hamadani. Everyone in the field is now guaranteed at least $21,365. Hamadani does get the nice consolation prize of being bought in to the 2010 main event and, of course, the fame of being the 2009 bubble boy. Since 13 hands were played during that entire level, the tournament staff has decided to add three minutes per hands played to the clock. That means the players will have 39 minutes of added play before dinner arrives. Let the all in madness begin. Dinner Pushed Back The players have gone on a 20-minute break to color up the blue “500” chips. Most of the field thought their dinner break would be after level 16, but the tournament staff has verified that the field will play one more 120 minute level before they players take their 90 minute dinner break. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Bobby Baldwin, Kristy Gazes, Lou Diamond Phillips, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate Level 13 Hour 2 Update: Elky Over a Million! Jul 10, '09 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 930 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,200,000 2. Owen Crowe – 1,030,000 3. Gabe Walls – 873,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 870,000 5. Brennan Hanson – 670,000 6. James Akenhead – 660,000 7. Alexander Kostritsyn – 620,000 8. Brian Powel – 620,000 9. Tony Cavezza – 620,000 10. Kenny Tran – 590,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Phil Hellmuth – 500,000 Jeff Shulman – 175,000 Thomas Keller – out Average Chip Count: 195,015 Notable Eliminations: Robert Mizarachi Amit Makhija Alexia Portal Nam Le Dutch Boyd Big Hands: *Betrand Grospellier Wins the Largest Hand of the Tournament so Far* A board of 972KA and 40,000 sat on the table when Jerry Wong bet 33,000. Bertrand Grospellier raised to 133,000 and then Wong moved all in for 250,000 more. Grospellier made the call and then flipped over 99. Wong showed down KQ and he was eliminated from the tournament. Grospellier won the huge pot and he now holds 1.1 million as the chip leader. *Jason Alexander Grabs Some Chips* Jason Alexander raised to 7,500 preflop from the hi-jack Christian Heich raised to 22,000. The flop came 862 flop and Alexander bet 20,000. Heich raised to 56,000 and Alexander tanked for a minute before he reraised all in for 131,600 more. Heich tanked and then mucked. Alexander grew his stack to 300,000. Vitaly Lunkin Doubles Up Vitaly Lunkin was faced with a preflop raised from the cutoff and decided to reraise to 18,000. The cutoff quickly announced he was all in for 81,150 total and Lunkin quickly called. The cutoff announced he was sick of being reraised by Lunkin and tabled the 75. Lunkin exposed the AQ and was ahead. The flop came 1098, and Lunkin was still in front with ace-high but his opponent had a massive drawing hand with a flush draw and straight draw. The 6 hit the turn and gave the cutoff a straight. The 6 fell on the river and Lunkin lost the 85,000 chip pot. Lunkin is down to 85,000. Betrand Grospellier Dominating Elky has been dominating his table since his massive surge to the chip lead. Grospellier raised preflop and was called by an opponent in the big blind. The flop came 833 and the big blind checked to Elky who elected to check behind. The 2 hit the turn and the big blind checked. Elky bet 6,500 and his opponent made the call. The 4 fell on the river and the big blind checked. Elky checked behind and the big blind exposed the A-10 but was no good against the A-J of Elky. Elky has been raising almost every hand and is running through his table. Elky is at 1,200,000. Alex Kostritsyn Takes One Down On a flop of K53, Phill Hellmuth bet 16,000 from middle position and Alex Kostritsyn called from the button. Josh Arieh elected to call from the small blind. The turn brought the 8 and action was checked around. The river brought the 4 and action was once again checked around. Arieh exposed the 64 for a busted straight draw but a rivered pair of fours. Hellmuth didn’t show and said he just had a five. Kostritsyn exposed the 77 to take down the pot. Kostritsyn is at 620,000. Peter Eastgate Eliminates Opponent The defending main event champion got all the chips into the middle with the AK and was up against the 88. The board ran out AQ10J9 as Eastgate eliminated his opponent and is at 375,000 in chips. Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Phil Hellmuth, Jason Alexander, Bertrand Grospellier, Peter Eastgate, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 9 Hour 2 Update: Wayans, Violette, Medic, Rajkumar Eliminated Jul 08, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,486 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Amir Lehavot — 610,000 2. Troy Weber — 453,200 3. Dan Bilzerian — 439,500 4. Gabe Walls — 417,900 5. Franklin Grigsby — 369,000 6. John Hammer — 363,000 7. Phil Ivey — 325,000 8. Adam Latimer — 322,000 9. Andreas Altmeyer — 318,000 10. Mike Lesle — 305,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 220,000 Phil Hellmuth – 135,000 Lee Watkinson – 55,000 Adam Schoenfeld – 125,000 Matthew Hilger – did not report Steve Zolotow – 28,000 Thomas Keller – 120,000 Max Pescatori – 47,300 Justin Rollo – did not report Notable Eliminations: Marlon Wayans Alex Kamberis Nenad Medic Cyndy Violette Vivek Rajkumar Big Hands: *Marlon Wayans Eliminated; Gets One-Outed* Marlon Wayans gets it all in before the flop and is called in one spot. Wayans has pocket kings, his opponent has pocket queens. The flop comes rags with two hearts. The turn is the A, and because Wayans holds the K, he only has one card to fade to double up and stay alive. The river is the Q, and unbelievably, his opponent gets there. Marlon Wayans is eliminated from the main event. *Alex Kamberis Eliminated* Alex Kamberis gets it all in before the flop and gets called by Leo Kam. Kamberis: K10 Kam: KK Board: Q107A5 Kamberis was dominated before the flop but managed to pair up his live card. The turn and river failed to help, and Alex Kamberis is eliminated from the tournament. *Cyndy Violette Eliminated* Cyndy Violette got all of her money in on the flop with two pair (queens and nines) against her opponent’s pocket kings. Her opponent spiked a third king on the turn, sending Violette home early in the last level of the night. *Kevin Saul Flops a Monster, Almost Doubles Up* A player at the table comes in for a raise and gets two callers Kevin Saul (button) and the big blind. The flop comes A75, and the original raiser shoves for 116,700. Saul has him covered by 8,000, and tanks for several minutes before making the call. Saul shows J3 for the made flush while his opponent turns over QQ for a pair, no draw. The turn and river are the 6 and the 2, no help for pocket queens as Saul nearly doubles up to just under 250,000 in chips. *Nenad Medic Eliminated* Nenad Medic got it all in for 7,000 on a flop of J84, and got called in two spots. The turn was the 10, the big blind moves all in for the side pot and is called by the third opponent. Medic: 92 Big Blind: 104 Opponent: QQ Medic turns an open-ended straight draw (minus two outs) and is up against two pair, a better flush draw and the nut gutshot. The river is the K and Nenad Medic hits the rail. *Noah Boeken Gets Doubled Through* The UTG player open-shoves with the short stack and Noah Boeken looks him up. Boeken: A10 UTG: J9 Board: Q6697 Boeken gets a good flop, but his opponent pairs on the turn, and doubles through Boeken at the end of the night. Boeken is left with just over 150,000 after this hand. *Eastgate Makes A Strong Late-Night Run* Peter Eastgate was down to just 8 big blinds at one point this level, and now sits in six-figure territory thanks to a late-night fun for the defending champion. Peter Eastgate gets it all in with 65 on a board of 10526 and is called by J10. The 6 hits the river and Eastgate doubles up here with a full house. A few hands later and Eastgate covers an all in player with AK against his opponent’s KQ. The board comes A5368, giving Eastgate top pair on the flop and a flush on the turn. Eastgate is up now to 100,000 in chips after this late-night run. *Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated; Aces Cracked* On a flop of J82, Vivek Rajkumar moves all in and gets one caller. Rajkumar: AA Opponent: J2 Rajkumar is out-flopped and will need some help to stay alive. The turn (7) and river (Q) offer no help to Rajkumar who is eliminated in the final minutes of the night. Player Tags: Cyndy Violette, Nenad Medic, Kevin Saul, Vivek Rajkumar, Peter Eastgate, Alexander Kamberis Main Event Begins at Noon on Friday Jul 02, '09 The largest event of the poker year is upon us! Event No. 57 ($10,000 no-limit hold’em main event) will begin at noon PDT on Friday, July 3. Players will begin with 30,000 in tournament chips. Blinds will start at 50-100. Levels will be 120-minutes long and there will be a 20-minute break after every level. There will be a 90-minute dinner break each day after the third level of play. Here is a look at the schedule for the event: NOTE: Days 1-6 are all scheduled for five levels of play. All tournament days begin at noon PDT. Friday, July 3: Day 1A Saturday, July 4: Day 1B Sunday, July 5: Day 1C Monday, July 6: Day 1D Tuesday, July 7: Day 2A Wednesday, July 8: Day 2B Thursday, July 9: Off Day Friday, July 10: Day 3 Saturday, July 11: Day 4 Sunday, July 12: Day 5 Monday, July 13: Day 6 Tuesday, July 14: Day 7 (Play down to 27 players) Wednesday, July 15: Day 8 (Play down to the final table) The summer schedule for the 40th annual WSOP will conclude when the final table of nine is set. Those nine players will return in November to play at the final table. The final table is scheduled for play from November 7-10 at the Rio in Las Vegas. In 2008, this event attracted 6,844 players and the champion was Peter Eastgate, who took home $9,152,416 in prize money. CardPlayer.com will bring you full live updates, top-ten chip counts, and results each day from this marquee event. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate View All Live Updates From This Event
Jul 10, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	$10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event	3	+
Level 25 Hour 1 Update: Peter Eastgate Eliminated Jul 13, '09 Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 71 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 9,100,000 2. Billy Kopp – 7,100,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 6,620,000 4. Phil Ivey – 5,650,000 5. Antonio Esfandiari – 5,600,000 6. Antoine Saout – 4,700,000 7. Nick Maimone – 4,700,000 8. Charlie Elias – 4,700,000 9. Tommy Vedes – 4,550,000 10.Jeff Duvall – 4,500,000 Average Chip Count: 2,743,943 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,800,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 15th place. Notable Eliminations: 81. Matt Affleck – $68,979 79. Owen Crowe – $68,979 78. Peter Eastgate – $68,979 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Nichoel Peppe was eliminated when her Jh4h ran right into the pocket aces of Adam York. Peppe was eliminated after the board ran out 7-7-2-6-4 with only one heart in the mix. Leo Margets is now the last woman standing. - Thai Tran doubled up to 2 million when his AcQc made a flush to top the A-K of Clayton Newman. Tran now holds 2 million. - Tom Schneider enlisted the help of pocket queens to grow his stack back to 2.6 million. - Hieu Luu doubled up to 4 million when his K-Q cracked the pocket aces of Fernando Gordo on a K-7-6-Q-3 board. - Eugene Katchalov climbed back above 4 million when he induced both Jamie Robbins to fold to his 725,000 bet on a 10-5-4 flop. Katchalov caught about 625,000 on the hand. - Darvin Moon further increased his chip lead when he eliminated Brean Catalano. Moon held pocket queens to beat Catalano’s A-J and grew his stack to more than 9 million after the knockout. Big Hands Peter Eastgate Eliminated in 78th Place ($68,979) The defending champion of the main event from last year has been knocked out. Billy Kopp raised to 105,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips made the call to his immediate left. Action was folded to Peter Eastgate in the small blind, who moved all in for 340,000 more. Action was back on Kopp who made the call and Dennis Phillips made the call. The board ran out A64J3, as Kopp and Phillips checked it down. Kopp exposed the 88 for an eight high flush and Phillips mucked. Eastgate tabled the AJ for top two pair. Kopp eliminated Eastgate from the tournament. Tom Schneider Doubles Up Tom Schneider and Grayson Ramage got all the chips into the pot before the flop. Schneider exposed the AK while Ramage tabled the AQ. Schneider’s A-K held up and he doubled to 2,160,000. Former Chip Leader Eliminated Action was folded to Matt Affleck on the button who moved all in for 880,000 with the A7. Nick Maimone called from the small blind and exposed the AQ. The board ran out A109J3, and the chip leader going into day five has been eliminated. Maimone is now at 4,100,000 chips. Phil Ivey Running Hot Phil Ivey bet 110,000 from the button and Kent Goulding reraised to 325,000 from the big blind. Ivey made the call and both players saw a flop of Q42. Goulding checked and Ivey enough to put his opponent all in for 910,000. Goulding made the call and exposed the Q7 while Ivey tabled the J5 for a flush draw. The turn bricked for Ivey but the K on the river eliminated Goulding and handed Ivey the pot. Ivey is over 5,000,000 now. Owen Crowe Eliminated in 79th Place ($68,979) Fernando Gordo and Owen Crowe got all the chips into the pot preflop. Gordo reraised all in for 1,800,000 with the AK, enough to cover Crowe with the QQ. Crowe made the call and the board ran out K954A to eliminate Crowe. Gordo is over 4,000,000. Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 22 Hour 2 Update: Shulman Rolling, ElkY Busts Jul 13, '09 Note: Players are currently on a 20 minute break and will return at 4:50 PDT. Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 120 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 2. Billy Kopp – 4,660,000 3. Tom Schneider – 4,150,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 4,060,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,000,000 6. Darvin Moon – 3,450,000 7. Antoine Saout – 3,300,000 8. Bernhard Perner – 3,200,000 9. Jamie Brown – 3,120,000 10. Kasper Cordes – 3,060,000 Average Chip Count: 1,623,500 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 3,302,000 Notable Eliminations: 125. Theo Tran — $40,288 124. Eric Cloutier — $40,288 122. Bertrand Grospellier – $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Craig Boyd moved up to 3 million in chips when snapped off a bluff from Hieu Luu to double up. - Blair Hinkle was eliminated from the tournamrnt shortly after his stack was crippled down to 33,000. - Ahn Van Nguyen was knocked down to 1,225,000 after tangling in a hand with Steve Begleiter, who held trip deueces and is now close to 3 million. Big Hands: *Peter Eastgate Eliminates Edward Teems* Edward Teems moved all in preflop under the gun and action was folded around to Peter Eastgate in the big blind. He made the call and the two players then flipped up their cards as the featured table crowd perked up in their seats. Eastgate: AQ Teems: JJ Board: A10586 Eastgate eliminated Teems and the crowd gave a round of applause. Eastgate now holds just over 700,000. Billy Kopp Soars to Top of Chip Counts, Eliminates El Nasr Billy Kopp raised to 52,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips called. Action folded around to Nasr El Nasr put in another bet, as he made it 173,000. Billy Kopp opted to make it 506,000 and Dennis Phillips got out of the way before El Nasr moved all in for 1,325,000, which was snap called by Kopp. Kopp turned over AA and El Nasr showed QQ. The board ran out safe for Kopp as it came 2410103 and El Nasr is eliminated and Billy Kopp now has 4,660,000 in chips. Shulman Flirts With 3 Million The player in seat 5 raised to 55,000 and Jeff Shulman repopped it to 200,000 from the small blind. Seat 5 called and the flop was A59. Shulman led out with 250,000 and seat 5 made the call. The turn was the 4 and both players checked. The river was the 10 and both players checked again. Shulman then turned over a monster, 62, for a flush. Seat 5 didn’t have a diamond in his hand as he mucked and Shulman took the pot, his stack around 2.85 million. Nichoel Peppe Muscles Out Her Opposition Tommy Vedes raised to 58,000 from the cutoff and Berhard Parner called from the button. Nichoel Peppe did the same from the small blind and the flop was 1076 and Vedes fired 230,000. Parner folded but Peppe would not hear of such a thing, instead pushing all in for almost 760,000 total. Vedes took a session in the tank and eventually folded his hand. Peppe took the pot and she was at 1.2 million. Soulier Scores Another Knockout Don Tran moved all in preflop and Fabrice Soulier made the call. Tran tabled AJ while Soulier showed down the ladies, QQ. The flop came down 978 and Tran flopped a gutshot straight draw. The turn was the 9 and the river was the 7, missing Tran completely and he was eliminated. Soulier was over 3 million in chips. Affleck’s Bluff Gets Picked Off, Stack Tumbles On a flop of 994, Mark Ader led out for 220,000 and was met with a raise from Matt Affleck who moved all in and had Ader well covered. Ader tanked about calling off his last 720,000 and eventually made the call. Affleck’s head sank as he turned over 710, for a complete bluff and Ader turned over pocket queens. The turn and river didn’t bring running tens or sevens and Afflecks stack dropped to 890,000, while Mark Ader increased his stack to 2,350,000 in chips. Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated in 122nd Place ($40,288) Bertrand Grospellier bet 47,000 from middle position and an opponent reraised to 150,000. ElkY moved all in for about 375,000 total, slightly less than what his opponent had in his stack. Grospellier’s all in was snap called and he turned over the AK. His opponent tabled the KK. The board ran out 3226J and ElkY was eliminated in heartbreaking fashion. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Nicholle Peppe, Bertrand Grospellier, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Matt Affleck, Nasr El Nasr Level 21 Hour 2 Update: Hachem And Eastgate Get Involved Jul 13, '09 Note: Players are now on a 20 minute break and play will commence at 2:20 PDT. Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 151 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,100,000 2. Kasper Cordes – 4,352,000 3. Darvin Moon – 4,100,000 4. Billy Kopp – 3,350,000 5. Tom Schneider – 3,168,000 6. Charlie Elias – 3,100,000 7. Tim Kahlmeyer – 3,100,000 8. Miika Puumalainen – 2,894,000 9. Bernhard Perner – 2,680,000 10. Steven Begleiter – 2,500,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,100,000 Average Chip Count: 1,290,198 Notable Eliminations: 162. Cole South — $36,626 156. John Monnette — $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - Adam York doubled up to 840,000 through Nichoel Peppe. Peppe was knocked down to 920,000 after handing her chips over to York. - Vesa Leikos was eliminated by Joe Serock. Serock grew his stack to 1.7 million with the knockout. - Anh Van Nguyen cracked the aces of Steven Begleiter with a stright to move up to just under 2 million. Begleiter was left with 2.5 million after the hand. - Dennis Phillips check-called a bet of 160,000 from the cutoff. The river completed a possible flush and Phillips quickly checked. The cutoff went into the tank for minutes and finally checked. Philips exposed just a pair of eights to take the pot. He is at 1,210,000. Big Hands: Soulier Notches Knockout Fabrice Soulier raised from the cutoff to 47,000 and Seth Thomsen moved all in for 302,000. Soulier thought for a few moments before deciding to make the call. Thomsen turned over KQ and was off to the races against Souliers 77. The flop was gave Thomsen a few extra outs as it fell AJ6, giving Thomsen a straight draw as well. The turn and river were no help as it came 2 and 7, giving Soulier a set of sevens and the pot. Soulier is now up to 1,900,000 in chips. Affleck Takes out Jensen Benjamin Jensen open shoved all in for his last 243,000 and was called by Matt Affleck. Jensen was in good shape when he turned up AQ and Affleck showed AJ. The flop didn’t contain a jack as came 746 and the Q on the turn sealed the hand for Jensen. Prahlad Friedman Doubles Up Prahlad Friedman raised to 40,000 and Jesse Haabak put in another raise to 125,000. Friedman moved all in for his last 269,000 and was called by Haabak. Haabak made the call and showed A6 and needed help against Friedman’s pocket eights. The board ran QQ5410 and Friedman doubled up to 580,000. Phil Ivey Grabs A Pot Phil Iver and his opponent saw a flop of Q1010. Both players checked and they did the same on the turn that brought the A. The river was the 8 and the action was checked to Ivey. He took a stab at the pot with a bet of 50,000 and his opponent mucked. Ivey raked in the pot and has started the day with a positive note, improving his chip stack to 1.7 million. Adam Lattimer Knocked Out Billy Kopp raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Adam Lattimer made it 150,000 to go. Kopp then moved in for 366,000 and Lattimer called, putting himself all in. Kopp turned over AA while Lattimer tabled QQ. The board ran out AJ85J and Lattimer was eliminated. Hachem And Eastgate Tangle Peter Eastgate raised to 44,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Joe Hachem in the big blind. He made the call and the flop came down 825. Both players checked and the turn was the 2. Hachem led out for 40,000 and Eastgate made the call. The river was the K and Hachem bet 120,000. Eastgate made the call. Hachem then tabled 55 for a full house and Eastgate mucked. Hachem took the pot and was at 800,000 while Eastgate was at 550,000. Cole South Eliminated Cole South moved all in on the flop with ace-king but ran into his opponent’s pocket aces. The turn and the river never gave South any help and he was eliminated, taking home $36,626 for his efforts. Phillips Gets The Best Of Tran Dennis Phillips raised to 42,000 from under the gun and J.C. Tran made the call from the hijack. The two players saw a flop of J105 and Phillips led out with 60,000. Tran made the call and both players checked the 5 on the turn. The river was the 7 and Phillips bet 80,000. Tran made the call and Phillips tabled KJ for two pair. Tran mucked and was down to 440,000. Phillips raked in the pot and was at 1.2 million. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Prahlad Friedman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 19 Hour 1 Update: Eastgate Doubles Up Jul 12, '09 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 274 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 2. Ben Lamb – 2,000,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 1,850,000 4. Kevin Schaffel – 1,760,000 5. Bernhard Perner – 1,675,000 6. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 7. James Akenhead – 1,572,000 8. Charlie Elias – 1,540,000 9. Miika Puumalainen – 1,492,000 10. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 624,423 Notable Eliminations: Kevin Saul Big Hands: Peter Eastgate Doubles Up On a flop of 723, Peter Eastgate and Gabe Walls got all of their chips into the middle and put the defending main event champion at risk of elimination. Eastgate showed KK and Walls needed an A or a diamond when he showed A4. The turn was the 9 and the river was the 6, keeping Eastgate in the event and doubling him up to 770,000. Morgan Calls It On The River After the board had run out KQ577, Jordan Morgan checked it over to his opponent in seat 7. He bet out around 90,000 and Morgan made the quick call. “I’ve got a five,” seat 7 said. Morgan responded by flipping over QJ for two pair. He raked in the pot and was at 1.5 million. Dan Harrington In Action Dan Harrington raised to 26,000 from middle position and the button made the call. The small blind also came along and the flop came down K107. Harrington led out for 30,000 and the button raised to 98,000. The big blind mucked and Harrington called. The turn was the A and Harrington fired 250,000. The button mucked and Harrington took the pot. Hinkle Loses Some Chips to O’Malley On a flop of K88, Blair Hinkle checked and called 37,000 from from Pat O’Malley. The turn was the 9 and both players checked. The river was the J and Hinkle bet 65,000 and was called by O’Malley. Hinkle turned over KQ and O’Malley turned over 710, making a runner-runner straight. “Slowroll,” said Hinkle as O’Malley raked the pot. Tran Flops a Set, Wins the Minimum J.C. Tran called a preflop raise and so did the player on the button. They saw the flop three-ways and it fell 839 and after the preflop raiser checked, Tran bet 45,000. Both players quickly folded. Tran was about to muck his cards when he decided to give the table a free look and show the 99, exposing that he flopped top set. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Jordan Morgan, Peter Eastgate, Blair Hinkle Level 17 Hour 2 Update: Ivey Over A Million Jul 11, '09 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 407 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Ludovic Lacay – 1,700,000 2. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 3. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 4. Matt Affleck – 1,450,000 5. Miika Puumalainen – 1,440,000 6. Benjamin Jensen – 1,400,000 7. Harry Kazazian – 1,400,000 8. Billy Kopp – 1,385,000 9. Blair Hinkle – 1,300,000 10. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,250,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 178,000 Average Chip Count: 478,673 Notable Eliminations: Matt Brady Phil Hellmuth Justin Bonomo Alexander Kostritsyn Van Nguyen Carter King Big Hands: Burt Boutin Busts Jason Adler Burt Boutin called the all in bet of Jason Adler preflop and the players turned up their hands. Adler: 55 Boutin: AQ The race was on and the flop came Q106, vaulting Boutin to the lead. The turn was the 4 and the river was the 8, giving Boutin the added bonus of knocking out Adler with a flush instead of just top pair. Kelly Kim With The Cease Fire With the pot around 125,000, the board had run out J53KJ. Kelly Kim was facing a 78,000 bet from his opponent and took a session in the tank. After much thought, Kim folded AA in disgust. He was down to just a little over 100,000. Nick Schulman Drops Some Chips Nick Schulman called Lance Gettler’s all-in bet preflop. Schulman was holding 55 while Gettler had AJ. The race was on and the flop came down AJ8, giving Gettler two pair. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 10 and Schulman was down to 480,000. Paul Wasicka Goes Bust Paul Wasicka’s stack dropped below 100,000 during this level and he decided to move all in preflop holding AJ. He was then called by an opponent holding AK. The flop came down A49, giving Wasicka little help. The turn was the K, leaving Wasicka drawing dead as he had no black cards in his hand to make a flush. That was unfortunate as the 5 completed the board and Wasicka was gone. I’m Phil Ivey And You’re Not Picking up the action after the turn, the board read AJ78 and Phil Ivey fired 70,000 into the pot. David Wickham decided to stand on the tracks while the train was coming through, making the call. The river was the 3 and Ivey blasted another slug into the pot, betting 120,000. Wickham finally had a light bulb go off in his head as he laid his hand down. Ivey took the pot and was closing in on 1 million in chips. Later, Ivey and Michael Graydon were tangling in a hand and the board read Q597. Graydon checked to Ivey who moved all in, having Graydon well covered. Graydon decided to call and turned over A9 for second pair. Ivey then turned over the best hand, KK. The 7 completed the board and Ivey scored another knockout. His stack was at 1.1 million. Moments later, Ivey raised to 16,000 preflop and David Watkinson made the call from the big blind. The flop came down 963 and Watkinson checked. Ivey bet 22,000 and Watkinson called. The turn was the 8 and Ivey fired another 55,000 into the pot. Watkinson came along for some more punishment and got it when the K fell on the river. Ivey blasted 120,000 and Watkinson waved the white flag, mucking his hand and sending the pot Ivey’s way. He was at 1.2 million. Shulman Avoids Going Down With The Ship A player raised to 18,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call from the big blind. The flop came down QQ10. Shulman checked and his opponent bet 20,000. Shulman called and the turn was the 3. Shulman check-called a bet of 40,000 and the river was the 10. Both players checked and Shulman showed 33 for a full boat on the turn, but his opponent showed A10 for a better one and Shulman dropped to 320,000. Eastgate Takes Control Of The Hand, Wins A Pot Patrick Hanoteau raised to 18,000 from the hijack position and Peter Eastgate made the call from the cutoff. Both blinds also called and the flop came down 1084 and the action was checked to Eastgate. He bet 33,000 and everyone else in the hand mucked. Eastgate took in a nice pot and was at 360,000. Nick Binger The New Ladies’ Man, Quadruples Up After three players had limped for 6,000, Nick Binger moved all in for his last 58,000 in chips. Every limper decided to call and Binger was not too pleased. The flop came QQ2 and everyone checked. It was the same story on the J turn and 9 river. Binger then showed off his ladies, turning over QQ for quads on the flop. Everyone else mucked and Binger quadrupled up to around 235,000. Elky Drops Some Chips Picking up the action on the turn, the board read A2610. Bertrand Grospellier fired a bet and then one player shoved all in. Grospellier made the call with 1010 for a turned set but the all-in player showed down Q9 for a flush. The river gave no help to Grospellier and his stack dropped to 1.35 million. Hellmuth Gets Jacked Up, Eruption Follows, Then Busts With Aces Abraham Mourshaki raised to 20,000 and the action folded to Phil Hellmuth who raised to 36,000. Mourshaki called and the flop came down JJ3. Hellmuth bet 40,000 after Mourshaki checked and the bet was called. The turn was the 7 and both players checked. The river was the 5 and Mourshaki bet 120,000. Hellmuth called and was showed AJ for trips. Hellmuth mucked and the tirade began. “I’m gonna vomit on the floor,” he said. “You had to find jack-jack for him. You couldn’t find just one jack so he could sail off?” Hellmuth then walked away from the table as he was down to 100,000. Just a few hands later, Mourshaki raised to 22,000 preflop and Hellmuth called. Three other players jumped in the pool as well and the flop came down J510. Kevin Jenkins moved all in for 83,000 and Hellmuth repopped with his last 110,000. Kenny Hsuing made the call and the three players tabled their hands. Hellmuth: AA Hsuing: J10 Jenkins: 98 Hellmuth started with the best hand but got outflopped badly. He needed some help but the 7 on the turn gave Jenkins the straight and left Hellmuth drawing dead against Jenkins. He did have a shot at a side pot but the river was the 3 and Hellmuth was gone from the main event in 436th place. Player Tags: Jason Adler, Jeff Shulman, Kelly Kim, Phil Hellmuth, Burt Boutin, Phil Ivey, Nick Schulman, Nick Binger, Peter Eastgate, Lance Gettler Level 16 Hour 2 Update: Money Bubble Bursts Jul 11, '09 Blinds: 2,500-5,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 571 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,700,000 2. Benjamin Jensen – 1,400,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 1,400,000 4. James Akenhead – 1,140,000 5. Theo Tran – 1,050,000 6. Billy Kopp – 1,040,000 7. Blair Hinkle – 1,030,000 8. Miika Puumalainen – 1,000,000 9. Matt Affleck – 960,000 10. Eli Adler – 895,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 270,000 Phil Hellmuth – 200,000 Average Chip Count: 335,318 Notable Eliminations: Kristy Gazes Big Hands: Eastgate Takes One Off Hachem Joe Hachem raised to 15,000 preflop and Peter Eastgate made the call from the big blind. The flop then fell A58 and both players checked. The turn was the 3 and Hachem bet 18,000 after Eastgate checked. The call was made and the river was the 9. Both players checked one last time and Hachem tabled K8 for middle pair on the flop. Eastgate then tabled QQ for the best hand and took the pot. Bobby Baldwin Still Alive With a flop showing K76, Bobby Baldwin moved all in with A9 and was called by Elias Eldon who was holding QQ. The turn was the 5 and the bubble was so close to bursting. But the river was the 3 and Baldwin doubled up, much to the chagrin of everyone else in the Amazon Room hoping to cash. Lou Diamond Phillips Takes One Off Tran J.C. Tran raised to 13,000 and Lou Diamond Phillips made the call from the big blind. The flop came 876 and Phillips led out for 20,000. Tran made the call and the turn was the 4. Phillips led out one more time, this time for 30,000. Tran then popped it to 80,000 and Phillips made the call. The river was the Q and Phillips kept the foot to the gas pedal, firing 130,000. Tran mucked and Phillips tabled 55 for the straight and he was at 565,000. Tran was down to 150,000. *Kia Hamadani Is The Bubble Boy* Kia Hamadani was all in for his last 500 on the ante. Reed Hensel raised to 17,000 from the hijack and the blinds called. The flop came down Q6Q and Hensel bet 20,000. The blinds mucked and Hensel tabled 92. It was clearly a move to take the much bigger side pot, but he was also ahead of Hamadani who held 43. The turn was the 9, leaving Hamadani drawing dead. For good measure, the 9 came on the river and the field was officially in the money. Kenny Tran Picks Off a Short Stack Max Greenwood moved all in preflop for his last 86,500 chips and was called by Prahlad Friedman on the button. Action was to Kenny Tran in the big blind and Tran decided to move all in himself. Friedman decided to get out of the way and let Tran take on Greenwood himself. Tran showed KK and Greenwood showed QJ. The board ran out A65K9 and eliminated Greenwood from the tournament, while Kenny Tran increased his stack to 800,000. Kristy Gazes Eliminated Kristy Gazes had been nursing a below average stack for a while and she finally moved it in preflop. Dag Palovic made the call and here were their cards. Gazes: A2 Palovic: 1010 Gazes had only one overcard to Palovic’s pocket pair. The flop then came AJ10, giving Gazes top pair but making Palovic a set. Gazes took a few steps away from the table, anticipating her elimination. But the Q came on the turn and she still had outs. “One time dealer!” Gazes said asking for a king. But the river was the 3 and Gazes joined the flock of players busting out after the bursting of the bubble. Left In The Deck: The money bubble has officially burst with the elimination of Kia Hamadani. Everyone in the field is now guaranteed at least $21,365. Hamadani does get the nice consolation prize of being bought in to the 2010 main event and, of course, the fame of being the 2009 bubble boy. Since 13 hands were played during that entire level, the tournament staff has decided to add three minutes per hands played to the clock. That means the players will have 39 minutes of added play before dinner arrives. Let the all in madness begin. Dinner Pushed Back The players have gone on a 20-minute break to color up the blue “500” chips. Most of the field thought their dinner break would be after level 16, but the tournament staff has verified that the field will play one more 120 minute level before they players take their 90 minute dinner break. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Bobby Baldwin, Kristy Gazes, Lou Diamond Phillips, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate Level 13 Hour 2 Update: Elky Over a Million! Jul 10, '09 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 930 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,200,000 2. Owen Crowe – 1,030,000 3. Gabe Walls – 873,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 870,000 5. Brennan Hanson – 670,000 6. James Akenhead – 660,000 7. Alexander Kostritsyn – 620,000 8. Brian Powel – 620,000 9. Tony Cavezza – 620,000 10. Kenny Tran – 590,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Phil Hellmuth – 500,000 Jeff Shulman – 175,000 Thomas Keller – out Average Chip Count: 195,015 Notable Eliminations: Robert Mizarachi Amit Makhija Alexia Portal Nam Le Dutch Boyd Big Hands: *Betrand Grospellier Wins the Largest Hand of the Tournament so Far* A board of 972KA and 40,000 sat on the table when Jerry Wong bet 33,000. Bertrand Grospellier raised to 133,000 and then Wong moved all in for 250,000 more. Grospellier made the call and then flipped over 99. Wong showed down KQ and he was eliminated from the tournament. Grospellier won the huge pot and he now holds 1.1 million as the chip leader. *Jason Alexander Grabs Some Chips* Jason Alexander raised to 7,500 preflop from the hi-jack Christian Heich raised to 22,000. The flop came 862 flop and Alexander bet 20,000. Heich raised to 56,000 and Alexander tanked for a minute before he reraised all in for 131,600 more. Heich tanked and then mucked. Alexander grew his stack to 300,000. Vitaly Lunkin Doubles Up Vitaly Lunkin was faced with a preflop raised from the cutoff and decided to reraise to 18,000. The cutoff quickly announced he was all in for 81,150 total and Lunkin quickly called. The cutoff announced he was sick of being reraised by Lunkin and tabled the 75. Lunkin exposed the AQ and was ahead. The flop came 1098, and Lunkin was still in front with ace-high but his opponent had a massive drawing hand with a flush draw and straight draw. The 6 hit the turn and gave the cutoff a straight. The 6 fell on the river and Lunkin lost the 85,000 chip pot. Lunkin is down to 85,000. Betrand Grospellier Dominating Elky has been dominating his table since his massive surge to the chip lead. Grospellier raised preflop and was called by an opponent in the big blind. The flop came 833 and the big blind checked to Elky who elected to check behind. The 2 hit the turn and the big blind checked. Elky bet 6,500 and his opponent made the call. The 4 fell on the river and the big blind checked. Elky checked behind and the big blind exposed the A-10 but was no good against the A-J of Elky. Elky has been raising almost every hand and is running through his table. Elky is at 1,200,000. Alex Kostritsyn Takes One Down On a flop of K53, Phill Hellmuth bet 16,000 from middle position and Alex Kostritsyn called from the button. Josh Arieh elected to call from the small blind. The turn brought the 8 and action was checked around. The river brought the 4 and action was once again checked around. Arieh exposed the 64 for a busted straight draw but a rivered pair of fours. Hellmuth didn’t show and said he just had a five. Kostritsyn exposed the 77 to take down the pot. Kostritsyn is at 620,000. Peter Eastgate Eliminates Opponent The defending main event champion got all the chips into the middle with the AK and was up against the 88. The board ran out AQ10J9 as Eastgate eliminated his opponent and is at 375,000 in chips. Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Phil Hellmuth, Jason Alexander, Bertrand Grospellier, Peter Eastgate, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 9 Hour 2 Update: Wayans, Violette, Medic, Rajkumar Eliminated Jul 08, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,486 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Amir Lehavot — 610,000 2. Troy Weber — 453,200 3. Dan Bilzerian — 439,500 4. Gabe Walls — 417,900 5. Franklin Grigsby — 369,000 6. John Hammer — 363,000 7. Phil Ivey — 325,000 8. Adam Latimer — 322,000 9. Andreas Altmeyer — 318,000 10. Mike Lesle — 305,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 220,000 Phil Hellmuth – 135,000 Lee Watkinson – 55,000 Adam Schoenfeld – 125,000 Matthew Hilger – did not report Steve Zolotow – 28,000 Thomas Keller – 120,000 Max Pescatori – 47,300 Justin Rollo – did not report Notable Eliminations: Marlon Wayans Alex Kamberis Nenad Medic Cyndy Violette Vivek Rajkumar Big Hands: *Marlon Wayans Eliminated; Gets One-Outed* Marlon Wayans gets it all in before the flop and is called in one spot. Wayans has pocket kings, his opponent has pocket queens. The flop comes rags with two hearts. The turn is the A, and because Wayans holds the K, he only has one card to fade to double up and stay alive. The river is the Q, and unbelievably, his opponent gets there. Marlon Wayans is eliminated from the main event. *Alex Kamberis Eliminated* Alex Kamberis gets it all in before the flop and gets called by Leo Kam. Kamberis: K10 Kam: KK Board: Q107A5 Kamberis was dominated before the flop but managed to pair up his live card. The turn and river failed to help, and Alex Kamberis is eliminated from the tournament. *Cyndy Violette Eliminated* Cyndy Violette got all of her money in on the flop with two pair (queens and nines) against her opponent’s pocket kings. Her opponent spiked a third king on the turn, sending Violette home early in the last level of the night. *Kevin Saul Flops a Monster, Almost Doubles Up* A player at the table comes in for a raise and gets two callers Kevin Saul (button) and the big blind. The flop comes A75, and the original raiser shoves for 116,700. Saul has him covered by 8,000, and tanks for several minutes before making the call. Saul shows J3 for the made flush while his opponent turns over QQ for a pair, no draw. The turn and river are the 6 and the 2, no help for pocket queens as Saul nearly doubles up to just under 250,000 in chips. *Nenad Medic Eliminated* Nenad Medic got it all in for 7,000 on a flop of J84, and got called in two spots. The turn was the 10, the big blind moves all in for the side pot and is called by the third opponent. Medic: 92 Big Blind: 104 Opponent: QQ Medic turns an open-ended straight draw (minus two outs) and is up against two pair, a better flush draw and the nut gutshot. The river is the K and Nenad Medic hits the rail. *Noah Boeken Gets Doubled Through* The UTG player open-shoves with the short stack and Noah Boeken looks him up. Boeken: A10 UTG: J9 Board: Q6697 Boeken gets a good flop, but his opponent pairs on the turn, and doubles through Boeken at the end of the night. Boeken is left with just over 150,000 after this hand. *Eastgate Makes A Strong Late-Night Run* Peter Eastgate was down to just 8 big blinds at one point this level, and now sits in six-figure territory thanks to a late-night fun for the defending champion. Peter Eastgate gets it all in with 65 on a board of 10526 and is called by J10. The 6 hits the river and Eastgate doubles up here with a full house. A few hands later and Eastgate covers an all in player with AK against his opponent’s KQ. The board comes A5368, giving Eastgate top pair on the flop and a flush on the turn. Eastgate is up now to 100,000 in chips after this late-night run. *Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated; Aces Cracked* On a flop of J82, Vivek Rajkumar moves all in and gets one caller. Rajkumar: AA Opponent: J2 Rajkumar is out-flopped and will need some help to stay alive. The turn (7) and river (Q) offer no help to Rajkumar who is eliminated in the final minutes of the night. Player Tags: Cyndy Violette, Nenad Medic, Kevin Saul, Vivek Rajkumar, Peter Eastgate, Alexander Kamberis Main Event Begins at Noon on Friday Jul 02, '09 The largest event of the poker year is upon us! Event No. 57 ($10,000 no-limit hold’em main event) will begin at noon PDT on Friday, July 3. Players will begin with 30,000 in tournament chips. Blinds will start at 50-100. Levels will be 120-minutes long and there will be a 20-minute break after every level. There will be a 90-minute dinner break each day after the third level of play. Here is a look at the schedule for the event: NOTE: Days 1-6 are all scheduled for five levels of play. All tournament days begin at noon PDT. Friday, July 3: Day 1A Saturday, July 4: Day 1B Sunday, July 5: Day 1C Monday, July 6: Day 1D Tuesday, July 7: Day 2A Wednesday, July 8: Day 2B Thursday, July 9: Off Day Friday, July 10: Day 3 Saturday, July 11: Day 4 Sunday, July 12: Day 5 Monday, July 13: Day 6 Tuesday, July 14: Day 7 (Play down to 27 players) Wednesday, July 15: Day 8 (Play down to the final table) The summer schedule for the 40th annual WSOP will conclude when the final table of nine is set. Those nine players will return in November to play at the final table. The final table is scheduled for play from November 7-10 at the Rio in Las Vegas. In 2008, this event attracted 6,844 players and the champion was Peter Eastgate, who took home $9,152,416 in prize money. CardPlayer.com will bring you full live updates, top-ten chip counts, and results each day from this marquee event. Player Tags: Peter Eastgate View All Live Updates From This Event
Jul 08, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	$10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event	2	+
Level 25 Hour 1 Update: Peter Eastgate Eliminated Jul 13, '09 Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 71 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 9,100,000 2. Billy Kopp – 7,100,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 6,620,000 4. Phil Ivey – 5,650,000 5. Antonio Esfandiari – 5,600,000 6. Antoine Saout – 4,700,000 7. Nick Maimone – 4,700,000 8. Charlie Elias – 4,700,000 9. Tommy Vedes – 4,550,000 10.Jeff Duvall – 4,500,000 Average Chip Count: 2,743,943 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,800,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 15th place. Notable Eliminations: 81. Matt Affleck – $68,979 79. Owen Crowe – $68,979 78. Peter Eastgate – $68,979 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Nichoel Peppe was eliminated when her Jh4h ran right into the pocket aces of Adam York. Peppe was eliminated after the board ran out 7-7-2-6-4 with only one heart in the mix. Leo Margets is now the last woman standing. - Thai Tran doubled up to 2 million when his AcQc made a flush to top the A-K of Clayton Newman. Tran now holds 2 million. - Tom Schneider enlisted the help of pocket queens to grow his stack back to 2.6 million. - Hieu Luu doubled up to 4 million when his K-Q cracked the pocket aces of Fernando Gordo on a K-7-6-Q-3 board. - Eugene Katchalov climbed back above 4 million when he induced both Jamie Robbins to fold to his 725,000 bet on a 10-5-4 flop. Katchalov caught about 625,000 on the hand. - Darvin Moon further increased his chip lead when he eliminated Brean Catalano. Moon held pocket queens to beat Catalano’s A-J and grew his stack to more than 9 million after the knockout. Big Hands Peter Eastgate Eliminated in 78th Place ($68,979) The defending champion of the main event from last year has been knocked out. Billy Kopp raised to 105,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips made the call to his immediate left. Action was folded to Peter Eastgate in the small blind, who moved all in for 340,000 more. Action was back on Kopp who made the call and Dennis Phillips made the call. The board ran out A64J3, as Kopp and Phillips checked it down. Kopp exposed the 88 for an eight high flush and Phillips mucked. Eastgate tabled the AJ for top two pair. Kopp eliminated Eastgate from the tournament. Tom Schneider Doubles Up Tom Schneider and Grayson Ramage got all the chips into the pot before the flop. Schneider exposed the AK while Ramage tabled the AQ. Schneider’s A-K held up and he doubled to 2,160,000. Former Chip Leader Eliminated Action was folded to Matt Affleck on the button who moved all in for 880,000 with the A7. Nick Maimone called from the small blind and exposed the AQ. The board ran out A109J3, and the chip leader going into day five has been eliminated. Maimone is now at 4,100,000 chips. Phil Ivey Running Hot Phil Ivey bet 110,000 from the button and Kent Goulding reraised to 325,000 from the big blind. Ivey made the call and both players saw a flop of Q42. Goulding checked and Ivey enough to put his opponent all in for 910,000. Goulding made the call and exposed the Q7 while Ivey tabled the J5 for a flush draw. The turn bricked for Ivey but the K on the river eliminated Goulding and handed Ivey the pot. Ivey is over 5,000,000 now. Owen Crowe Eliminated in 79th Place ($68,979) Fernando Gordo and Owen Crowe got all the chips into the pot preflop. Gordo reraised all in for 1,800,000 with the AK, enough to cover Crowe with the QQ. Crowe made the call and the board ran out K954A to eliminate Crowe. Gordo is over 4,000,000. Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 22 Hour 2 Update: Shulman Rolling, ElkY Busts Jul 13, '09 Note: Players are currently on a 20 minute break and will return at 4:50 PDT. Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 120 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 2. Billy Kopp – 4,660,000 3. Tom Schneider – 4,150,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 4,060,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,000,000 6. Darvin Moon – 3,450,000 7. Antoine Saout – 3,300,000 8. Bernhard Perner – 3,200,000 9. Jamie Brown – 3,120,000 10. Kasper Cordes – 3,060,000 Average Chip Count: 1,623,500 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 3,302,000 Notable Eliminations: 125. Theo Tran — $40,288 124. Eric Cloutier — $40,288 122. Bertrand Grospellier – $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Craig Boyd moved up to 3 million in chips when snapped off a bluff from Hieu Luu to double up. - Blair Hinkle was eliminated from the tournamrnt shortly after his stack was crippled down to 33,000. - Ahn Van Nguyen was knocked down to 1,225,000 after tangling in a hand with Steve Begleiter, who held trip deueces and is now close to 3 million. Big Hands: *Peter Eastgate Eliminates Edward Teems* Edward Teems moved all in preflop under the gun and action was folded around to Peter Eastgate in the big blind. He made the call and the two players then flipped up their cards as the featured table crowd perked up in their seats. Eastgate: AQ Teems: JJ Board: A10586 Eastgate eliminated Teems and the crowd gave a round of applause. Eastgate now holds just over 700,000. Billy Kopp Soars to Top of Chip Counts, Eliminates El Nasr Billy Kopp raised to 52,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips called. Action folded around to Nasr El Nasr put in another bet, as he made it 173,000. Billy Kopp opted to make it 506,000 and Dennis Phillips got out of the way before El Nasr moved all in for 1,325,000, which was snap called by Kopp. Kopp turned over AA and El Nasr showed QQ. The board ran out safe for Kopp as it came 2410103 and El Nasr is eliminated and Billy Kopp now has 4,660,000 in chips. Shulman Flirts With 3 Million The player in seat 5 raised to 55,000 and Jeff Shulman repopped it to 200,000 from the small blind. Seat 5 called and the flop was A59. Shulman led out with 250,000 and seat 5 made the call. The turn was the 4 and both players checked. The river was the 10 and both players checked again. Shulman then turned over a monster, 62, for a flush. Seat 5 didn’t have a diamond in his hand as he mucked and Shulman took the pot, his stack around 2.85 million. Nichoel Peppe Muscles Out Her Opposition Tommy Vedes raised to 58,000 from the cutoff and Berhard Parner called from the button. Nichoel Peppe did the same from the small blind and the flop was 1076 and Vedes fired 230,000. Parner folded but Peppe would not hear of such a thing, instead pushing all in for almost 760,000 total. Vedes took a session in the tank and eventually folded his hand. Peppe took the pot and she was at 1.2 million. Soulier Scores Another Knockout Don Tran moved all in preflop and Fabrice Soulier made the call. Tran tabled AJ while Soulier showed down the ladies, QQ. The flop came down 978 and Tran flopped a gutshot straight draw. The turn was the 9 and the river was the 7, missing Tran completely and he was eliminated. Soulier was over 3 million in chips. Affleck’s Bluff Gets Picked Off, Stack Tumbles On a flop of 994, Mark Ader led out for 220,000 and was met with a raise from Matt Affleck who moved all in and had Ader well covered. Ader tanked about calling off his last 720,000 and eventually made the call. Affleck’s head sank as he turned over 710, for a complete bluff and Ader turned over pocket queens. The turn and river didn’t bring running tens or sevens and Afflecks stack dropped to 890,000, while Mark Ader increased his stack to 2,350,000 in chips. Bertrand Grospellier Eliminated in 122nd Place ($40,288) Bertrand Grospellier bet 47,000 from middle position and an opponent reraised to 150,000. ElkY moved all in for about 375,000 total, slightly less than what his opponent had in his stack. Grospellier’s all in was snap called and he turned over the AK. His opponent tabled the KK. The board ran out 3226J and ElkY was eliminated in heartbreaking fashion. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Nicholle Peppe, Bertrand Grospellier, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Matt Affleck, Nasr El Nasr Level 21 Hour 2 Update: Hachem And Eastgate Get Involved Jul 13, '09 Note: Players are now on a 20 minute break and play will commence at 2:20 PDT. Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 151 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,100,000 2. Kasper Cordes – 4,352,000 3. Darvin Moon – 4,100,000 4. Billy Kopp – 3,350,000 5. Tom Schneider – 3,168,000 6. Charlie Elias – 3,100,000 7. Tim Kahlmeyer – 3,100,000 8. Miika Puumalainen – 2,894,000 9. Bernhard Perner – 2,680,000 10. Steven Begleiter – 2,500,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,100,000 Average Chip Count: 1,290,198 Notable Eliminations: 162. Cole South — $36,626 156. John Monnette — $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - Adam York doubled up to 840,000 through Nichoel Peppe. Peppe was knocked down to 920,000 after handing her chips over to York. - Vesa Leikos was eliminated by Joe Serock. Serock grew his stack to 1.7 million with the knockout. - Anh Van Nguyen cracked the aces of Steven Begleiter with a stright to move up to just under 2 million. Begleiter was left with 2.5 million after the hand. - Dennis Phillips check-called a bet of 160,000 from the cutoff. The river completed a possible flush and Phillips quickly checked. The cutoff went into the tank for minutes and finally checked. Philips exposed just a pair of eights to take the pot. He is at 1,210,000. Big Hands: Soulier Notches Knockout Fabrice Soulier raised from the cutoff to 47,000 and Seth Thomsen moved all in for 302,000. Soulier thought for a few moments before deciding to make the call. Thomsen turned over KQ and was off to the races against Souliers 77. The flop was gave Thomsen a few extra outs as it fell AJ6, giving Thomsen a straight draw as well. The turn and river were no help as it came 2 and 7, giving Soulier a set of sevens and the pot. Soulier is now up to 1,900,000 in chips. Affleck Takes out Jensen Benjamin Jensen open shoved all in for his last 243,000 and was called by Matt Affleck. Jensen was in good shape when he turned up AQ and Affleck showed AJ. The flop didn’t contain a jack as came 746 and the Q on the turn sealed the hand for Jensen. Prahlad Friedman Doubles Up Prahlad Friedman raised to 40,000 and Jesse Haabak put in another raise to 125,000. Friedman moved all in for his last 269,000 and was called by Haabak. Haabak made the call and showed A6 and needed help against Friedman’s pocket eights. The board ran QQ5410 and Friedman doubled up to 580,000. Phil Ivey Grabs A Pot Phil Iver and his opponent saw a flop of Q1010. Both players checked and they did the same on the turn that brought the A. The river was the 8 and the action was checked to Ivey. He took a stab at the pot with a bet of 50,000 and his opponent mucked. Ivey raked in the pot and has started the day with a positive note, improving his chip stack to 1.7 million. Adam Lattimer Knocked Out Billy Kopp raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Adam Lattimer made it 150,000 to go. Kopp then moved in for 366,000 and Lattimer called, putting himself all in. Kopp turned over AA while Lattimer tabled QQ. The board ran out AJ85J and Lattimer was eliminated. Hachem And Eastgate Tangle Peter Eastgate raised to 44,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Joe Hachem in the big blind. He made the call and the flop came down 825. Both players checked and the turn was the 2. Hachem led out for 40,000 and Eastgate made the call. The river was the K and Hachem bet 120,000. Eastgate made the call. Hachem then tabled 55 for a full house and Eastgate mucked. Hachem took the pot and was at 800,000 while Eastgate was at 550,000. Cole South Eliminated Cole South moved all in on the flop with ace-king but ran into his opponent’s pocket aces. The turn and the river never gave South any help and he was eliminated, taking home $36,626 for his efforts. Phillips Gets The Best Of Tran Dennis Phillips raised to 42,000 from under the gun and J.C. Tran made the call from the hijack. The two players saw a flop of J105 and Phillips led out with 60,000. Tran made the call and both players checked the 5 on the turn. The river was the 7 and Phillips bet 80,000. Tran made the call and Phillips tabled KJ for two pair. Tran mucked and was down to 440,000. Phillips raked in the pot and was at 1.2 million. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Prahlad Friedman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 19 Hour 1 Update: Eastgate Doubles Up Jul 12, '09 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 274 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 2. Ben Lamb – 2,000,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 1,850,000 4. Kevin Schaffel – 1,760,000 5. Bernhard Perner – 1,675,000 6. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 7. James Akenhead – 1,572,000 8. Charlie Elias – 1,540,000 9. Miika Puumalainen – 1,492,000 10. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 624,423 Notable Eliminations: Kevin Saul Big Hands: Peter Eastgate Doubles Up On a flop of 723, Peter Eastgate and Gabe Walls got all of their chips into the middle and put the defending main event champion at risk of elimination. Eastgate showed KK and Walls needed an A or a diamond when he showed A4. The turn was the 9 and the river was the 6, keeping Eastgate in the event and doubling him up to 770,000. Morgan Calls It On The River After the board had run out KQ577, Jordan Morgan checked it over to his opponent in seat 7. He bet out around 90,000 and Morgan made the quick call. “I’ve got a five,” seat 7 said. Morgan responded by flipping over QJ for two pair. He raked in the pot and was at 1.5 million. Dan Harrington In Action Dan Harrington raised to 26,000 from middle position and the button made the call. The small blind also came along and the flop came down K107. Harrington led out for 30,000 and the button raised to 98,000. The big blind mucked and Harrington called. The turn was the A and Harrington fired 250,000. The button mucked and Harrington took the pot. Hinkle Loses Some Chips to O’Malley On a flop of K88, Blair Hinkle checked and called 37,000 from from Pat O’Malley. The turn was the 9 and both players checked. The river was the J and Hinkle bet 65,000 and was called by O’Malley. Hinkle turned over KQ and O’Malley turned over 710, making a runner-runner straight. “Slowroll,” said Hinkle as O’Malley raked the pot. Tran Flops a Set, Wins the Minimum J.C. Tran called a preflop raise and so did the player on the button. They saw the flop three-ways and it fell 839 and after the preflop raiser checked, Tran bet 45,000. Both players quickly folded. Tran was about to muck his cards when he decided to give the table a free look and show the 99, exposing that he flopped top set. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Jordan Morgan, Peter Eastgate, Blair Hinkle Level 17 Hour 2 Update: Ivey Over A Million Jul 11, '09 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 407 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Ludovic Lacay – 1,700,000 2. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 3. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 4. Matt Affleck – 1,450,000 5. Miika Puumalainen – 1,440,000 6. Benjamin Jensen – 1,400,000 7. Harry Kazazian – 1,400,000 8. Billy Kopp – 1,385,000 9. Blair Hinkle – 1,300,000 10. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,250,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 178,000 Average Chip Count: 478,673 Notable Eliminations: Matt Brady Phil Hellmuth Justin Bonomo Alexander Kostritsyn Van Nguyen Carter King Big Hands: Burt Boutin Busts Jason Adler Burt Boutin called the all in bet of Jason Adler preflop and the players turned up their hands. Adler: 55 Boutin: AQ The race was on and the flop came Q106, vaulting Boutin to the lead. The turn was the 4 and the river was the 8, giving Boutin the added bonus of knocking out Adler with a flush instead of just top pair. Kelly Kim With The Cease Fire With the pot around 125,000, the board had run out J53KJ. Kelly Kim was facing a 78,000 bet from his opponent and took a session in the tank. After much thought, Kim folded AA in disgust. He was down to just a little over 100,000. Nick Schulman Drops Some Chips Nick Schulman called Lance Gettler’s all-in bet preflop. Schulman was holding 55 while Gettler had AJ. The race was on and the flop came down AJ8, giving Gettler two pair. The turn was the 7 and the river was the 10 and Schulman was down to 480,000. Paul Wasicka Goes Bust Paul Wasicka’s stack dropped below 100,000 during this level and he decided to move all in preflop holding AJ. He was then called by an opponent holding AK. The flop came down A49, giving Wasicka little help. The turn was the K, leaving Wasicka drawing dead as he had no black cards in his hand to make a flush. That was unfortunate as the 5 completed the board and Wasicka was gone. I’m Phil Ivey And You’re Not Picking up the action after the turn, the board read AJ78 and Phil Ivey fired 70,000 into the pot. David Wickham decided to stand on the tracks while the train was coming through, making the call. The river was the 3 and Ivey blasted another slug into the pot, betting 120,000. Wickham finally had a light bulb go off in his head as he laid his hand down. Ivey took the pot and was closing in on 1 million in chips. Later, Ivey and Michael Graydon were tangling in a hand and the board read Q597. Graydon checked to Ivey who moved all in, having Graydon well covered. Graydon decided to call and turned over A9 for second pair. Ivey then turned over the best hand, KK. The 7 completed the board and Ivey scored another knockout. His stack was at 1.1 million. Moments later, Ivey raised to 16,000 preflop and David Watkinson made the call from the big blind. The flop came down 963 and Watkinson checked. Ivey bet 22,000 and Watkinson called. The turn was the 8 and Ivey fired another 55,000 into the pot. Watkinson came along for some more punishment and got it when the K fell on the river. Ivey blasted 120,000 and Watkinson waved the white flag, mucking his hand and sending the pot Ivey’s way. He was at 1.2 million. Shulman Avoids Going Down With The Ship A player raised to 18,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call from the big blind. The flop came down QQ10. Shulman checked and his opponent bet 20,000. Shulman called and the turn was the 3. Shulman check-called a bet of 40,000 and the river was the 10. Both players checked and Shulman showed 33 for a full boat on the turn, but his opponent showed A10 for a better one and Shulman dropped to 320,000. Eastgate Takes Control Of The Hand, Wins A Pot Patrick Hanoteau raised to 18,000 from the hijack position and Peter Eastgate made the call from the cutoff. Both blinds also called and the flop came down 1084 and the action was checked to Eastgate. He bet 33,000 and everyone else in the hand mucked. Eastgate took in a nice pot and was at 360,000. Nick Binger The New Ladies’ Man, Quadruples Up After three players had limped for 6,000, Nick Binger moved all in for his last 58,000 in chips. Every limper decided to call and Binger was not too pleased. The flop came QQ2 and everyone checked. It was the same story on the J turn and 9 river. Binger then showed off his ladies, turning over QQ for quads on the flop. Everyone else mucked and Binger quadrupled up to around 235,000. Elky Drops Some Chips Picking up the action on the turn, the board read A2610. Bertrand Grospellier fired a bet and then one player shoved all in. Grospellier made the call with 1010 for a turned set but the all-in player showed down Q9 for a flush. The river gave no help to Grospellier and his stack dropped to 1.35 million. Hellmuth Gets Jacked Up, Eruption Follows, Then Busts With Aces Abraham Mourshaki raised to 20,000 and the action folded to Phil Hellmuth who raised to 36,000. Mourshaki called and the flop came down JJ3. Hellmuth bet 40,000 after Mourshaki checked and the bet was called. The turn was the 7 and both players checked. The river was the 5 and Mourshaki bet 120,000. Hellmuth called and was showed AJ for trips. Hellmuth mucked and the tirade began. “I’m gonna vomit on the floor,” he said. “You had to find jack-jack for him. You couldn’t find just one jack so he could sail off?” Hellmuth then walked away from the table as he was down to 100,000. Just a few hands later, Mourshaki raised to 22,000 preflop and Hellmuth called. Three other players jumped in the pool as well and the flop came down J510. Kevin Jenkins moved all in for 83,000 and Hellmuth repopped with his last 110,000. Kenny Hsuing made the call and the three players tabled their hands. Hellmuth: AA Hsuing: J10 Jenkins: 98 Hellmuth started with the best hand but got outflopped badly. He needed some help but the 7 on the turn gave Jenkins the straight and left Hellmuth drawing dead against Jenkins. He did have a shot at a side pot but the river was the 3 and Hellmuth was gone from the main event in 436th place. Player Tags: Jason Adler, Jeff Shulman, Kelly Kim, Phil Hellmuth, Burt Boutin, Phil Ivey, Nick Schulman, Nick Binger, Peter Eastgate, Lance Gettler Level 16 Hour 2 Update: Money Bubble Bursts Jul 11, '09 Blinds: 2,500-5,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 571 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,700,000 2. Benjamin Jensen – 1,400,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 1,400,000 4. James Akenhead – 1,140,000 5. Theo Tran – 1,050,000 6. Billy Kopp – 1,040,000 7. Blair Hinkle – 1,030,000 8. Miika Puumalainen – 1,000,000 9. Matt Affleck – 960,000 10. Eli Adler – 895,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 270,000 Phil Hellmuth – 200,000 Average Chip Count: 335,318 Notable Eliminations: Kristy Gazes Big Hands: Eastgate Takes One Off Hachem Joe Hachem raised to 15,000 preflop and Peter Eastgate made the call from the big blind. The flop then fell A58 and both players checked. The turn was the 3 and Hachem bet 18,000 after Eastgate checked. The call was made and the river was the 9. Both players checked one last time and Hachem tabled K8 for middle pair on the flop. Eastgate then tabled QQ for the best hand and took the pot. Bobby Baldwin Still Alive With a flop showing K76, Bobby Baldwin moved all in with A9 and was called by Elias Eldon who was holding QQ. The turn was the 5 and the bubble was so close to bursting. But the river was the 3 and Baldwin doubled up, much to the chagrin of everyone else in the Amazon Room hoping to cash. Lou Diamond Phillips Takes One Off Tran J.C. Tran raised to 13,000 and Lou Diamond Phillips made the call from the big blind. The flop came 876 and Phillips led out for 20,000. Tran made the call and the turn was the 4. Phillips led out one more time, this time for 30,000. Tran then popped it to 80,000 and Phillips made the call. The river was the Q and Phillips kept the foot to the gas pedal, firing 130,000. Tran mucked and Phillips tabled 55 for the straight and he was at 565,000. Tran was down to 150,000. *Kia Hamadani Is The Bubble Boy* Kia Hamadani was all in for his last 500 on the ante. Reed Hensel raised to 17,000 from the hijack and the blinds called. The flop came down Q6Q and Hensel bet 20,000. The blinds mucked and Hensel tabled 92. It was clearly a move to take the much bigger side pot, but he was also ahead of Hamadani who held 43. The turn was the 9, leaving Hamadani drawing dead. For good measure, the 9 came on the river and the field was officially in the money. Kenny Tran Picks Off a Short Stack Max Greenwood moved all in preflop for his last 86,500 chips and was called by Prahlad Friedman on the button. Action was to Kenny Tran in the big blind and Tran decided to move all in himself. Friedman decided to get out of the way and let Tran take on Greenwood himself. Tran showed KK and Greenwood showed QJ. The board ran out A65K9 and eliminated Greenwood from the tournament, while Kenny Tran increased his stack to 800,000. Kristy Gazes Eliminated Kristy Gazes had been nursing a below average stack for a while and she finally moved it in preflop. Dag Palovic made the call and here were their cards. Gazes: A2 Palovic: 1010 Gazes had only one overcard to Palovic’s pocket pair. The flop then came AJ10, giving Gazes top pair but making Palovic a set. Gazes took a few steps away from the table, anticipating her elimination. But the Q came on the turn and she still had outs. “One time dealer!” Gazes said asking for a king. But the river was the 3 and Gazes joined the flock of players busting out after the bursting of the bubble. Left In The Deck: The money bubble has officially burst with the elimination of Kia Hamadani. Everyone in the field is now guaranteed at least $21,365. Hamadani does get the nice consolation prize of being bought in to the 2010 main event and, of course, the fame of being the 2009 bubble boy. Since 13 hands were played during that entire level, the tournament staff has decided to add three minutes per hands played to the clock. That means the players will have 39 minutes of added play before dinner arrives. Let the all in madness begin. Dinner Pushed Back The players have gone on a 20-minute break to color up the blue “500” chips. Most of the field thought their dinner break would be after level 16, but the tournament staff has verified that the field will play one more 120 minute level before they players take their 90 minute dinner break. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Bobby Baldwin, Kristy Gazes, Lou Diamond Phillips, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate Level 13 Hour 2 Update: Elky Over a Million! Jul 10, '09 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 930 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Bertrand Grospellier – 1,200,000 2. Owen Crowe – 1,030,000 3. Gabe Walls – 873,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 870,000 5. Brennan Hanson – 670,000 6. James Akenhead – 660,000 7. Alexander Kostritsyn – 620,000 8. Brian Powel – 620,000 9. Tony Cavezza – 620,000 10. Kenny Tran – 590,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Phil Hellmuth – 500,000 Jeff Shulman – 175,000 Thomas Keller – out Average Chip Count: 195,015 Notable Eliminations: Robert Mizarachi Amit Makhija Alexia Portal Nam Le Dutch Boyd Big Hands: *Betrand Grospellier Wins the Largest Hand of the Tournament so Far* A board of 972KA and 40,000 sat on the table when Jerry Wong bet 33,000. Bertrand Grospellier raised to 133,000 and then Wong moved all in for 250,000 more. Grospellier made the call and then flipped over 99. Wong showed down KQ and he was eliminated from the tournament. Grospellier won the huge pot and he now holds 1.1 million as the chip leader. *Jason Alexander Grabs Some Chips* Jason Alexander raised to 7,500 preflop from the hi-jack Christian Heich raised to 22,000. The flop came 862 flop and Alexander bet 20,000. Heich raised to 56,000 and Alexander tanked for a minute before he reraised all in for 131,600 more. Heich tanked and then mucked. Alexander grew his stack to 300,000. Vitaly Lunkin Doubles Up Vitaly Lunkin was faced with a preflop raised from the cutoff and decided to reraise to 18,000. The cutoff quickly announced he was all in for 81,150 total and Lunkin quickly called. The cutoff announced he was sick of being reraised by Lunkin and tabled the 75. Lunkin exposed the AQ and was ahead. The flop came 1098, and Lunkin was still in front with ace-high but his opponent had a massive drawing hand with a flush draw and straight draw. The 6 hit the turn and gave the cutoff a straight. The 6 fell on the river and Lunkin lost the 85,000 chip pot. Lunkin is down to 85,000. Betrand Grospellier Dominating Elky has been dominating his table since his massive surge to the chip lead. Grospellier raised preflop and was called by an opponent in the big blind. The flop came 833 and the big blind checked to Elky who elected to check behind. The 2 hit the turn and the big blind checked. Elky bet 6,500 and his opponent made the call. The 4 fell on the river and the big blind checked. Elky checked behind and the big blind exposed the A-10 but was no good against the A-J of Elky. Elky has been raising almost every hand and is running through his table. Elky is at 1,200,000. Alex Kostritsyn Takes One Down On a flop of K53, Phill Hellmuth bet 16,000 from middle position and Alex Kostritsyn called from the button. Josh Arieh elected to call from the small blind. The turn brought the 8 and action was checked around. The river brought the 4 and action was once again checked around. Arieh exposed the 64 for a busted straight draw but a rivered pair of fours. Hellmuth didn’t show and said he just had a five. Kostritsyn exposed the 77 to take down the pot. Kostritsyn is at 620,000. Peter Eastgate Eliminates Opponent The defending main event champion got all the chips into the middle with the AK and was up against the 88. The board ran out AQ10J9 as Eastgate eliminated his opponent and is at 375,000 in chips. Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Phil Hellmuth, Jason Alexander, Bertrand Grospellier, Peter Eastgate, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 9 Hour 2 Update: Wayans, Violette, Medic, Rajkumar Eliminated Jul 08, '09 Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante Players Remaining: 1,486 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Amir Lehavot — 610,000 2. Troy Weber — 453,200 3. Dan Bilzerian — 439,500 4. Gabe Walls — 417,900 5. Franklin Grigsby — 369,000 6. John Hammer — 363,000 7. Phil Ivey — 325,000 8. Adam Latimer — 322,000 9. Andreas Altmeyer — 318,000 10. Mike Lesle — 305,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 220,000 Phil Hellmuth – 135,000 Lee Watkinson – 55,000 Adam Schoenfeld – 125,000 Matthew Hilger – did not report Steve Zolotow – 28,000 Thomas Keller – 120,000 Max Pescatori – 47,300 Justin Rollo – did not report Notable Eliminations: Marlon Wayans Alex Kamberis Nenad Medic Cyndy Violette Vivek Rajkumar Big Hands: *Marlon Wayans Eliminated; Gets One-Outed* Marlon Wayans gets it all in before the flop and is called in one spot. Wayans has pocket kings, his opponent has pocket queens. The flop comes rags with two hearts. The turn is the A, and because Wayans holds the K, he only has one card to fade to double up and stay alive. The river is the Q, and unbelievably, his opponent gets there. Marlon Wayans is eliminated from the main event. *Alex Kamberis Eliminated* Alex Kamberis gets it all in before the flop and gets called by Leo Kam. Kamberis: K10 Kam: KK Board: Q107A5 Kamberis was dominated before the flop but managed to pair up his live card. The turn and river failed to help, and Alex Kamberis is eliminated from the tournament. *Cyndy Violette Eliminated* Cyndy Violette got all of her money in on the flop with two pair (queens and nines) against her opponent’s pocket kings. Her opponent spiked a third king on the turn, sending Violette home early in the last level of the night. *Kevin Saul Flops a Monster, Almost Doubles Up* A player at the table comes in for a raise and gets two callers Kevin Saul (button) and the big blind. The flop comes A75, and the original raiser shoves for 116,700. Saul has him covered by 8,000, and tanks for several minutes before making the call. Saul shows J3 for the made flush while his opponent turns over QQ for a pair, no draw. Th