| Feb 27, '11 |
2011 L.A. Poker Classic |
WPT Main Event |
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Chris Grigorian Eliminated
Feb 27, '11
 Chris Grigorian was short stacked and made his last push with pocket nines, only to run into an opponent’s big slick.
The flop and river brought a king and Grigorian was eliminated from the tournament just shy of the money.
Player Tags: Chris Grigorian
Chris Grigorian Doubles Up
Feb 26, '11
 When we arrived at the table Chris Grigorian was all in for 7,600 on the cutoff with a A 3 2 flop sitting on the table. His opponent made the call on the hi-jack. Their cards:
Grigorian: A K
Opponent: A 10
Turn and River: K and 8
Grigorian doubled up on the hand and he grew his stack to 32,000.
Player Tags: Chris Grigorian
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| Feb 26, '11 |
2011 L.A. Poker Classic |
WPT Main Event |
2 |
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Chris Grigorian Eliminated
Feb 27, '11
Chris Grigorian was short stacked and made his last push with pocket nines, only to run into an opponent’s big slick.
The flop and river brought a king and Grigorian was eliminated from the tournament just shy of the money.
Player Tags: Chris Grigorian
Chris Grigorian Doubles Up
Feb 26, '11
When we arrived at the table Chris Grigorian was all in for 7,600 on the cutoff with a A 3 2 flop sitting on the table. His opponent made the call on the hi-jack. Their cards:
Grigorian: A K
Opponent: A 10
Turn and River: K and 8
Grigorian doubled up on the hand and he grew his stack to 32,000.
Player Tags: Chris Grigorian
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| Oct 26, '08 |
2008 Caesars Palace Classic |
No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed Event 16 |
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| Jul 09, '08 |
2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker |
Event 54 - World Championship No-Limit Hold'em |
6 |
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$10,000 Main Event - Day 2 Done
Jul 09, '08
Day 2 has come to an end. Almost 2,400 players played in Day 2B and only 855 made it to Day 3. There are no more flight days from here on in. The 1,324 players who survived Day 2 will gather in the Amazon Room Wednesday at noon and play another five levels. It may be a day that see's the field reach the 666 player mark, signaling the money bubble. Tune in to Card Player then for all of the live updates from Day 3 of the 2008 main event.
Blinds/Antes: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Left: 855 of 2,378
Chip Leaders:
Alex Outhred: 486,000
Peter Biebel: 380,000
Raja Kattamuri: 375,000
Steve Goosen: 358,000
Reagan Silber: 340,000
Darryl Ranconi: 315,000
Jason McClane: 312,000
Rafael Caiaffa: 310,000
Victor Ramdin: 307,000
Andrew Teng: 298,000
Spade Club:
David Kim: 112,000
Eliminations: David Singer, Bryan Micon, Tom Chambers, David Tran, Liz Lieu
 Big Hands:
"The Goofball Beat Me, Honey!"
Phil Hellmuth raised to 4,000 under the gun and the player in seat 5 made the call. The flop came Q 55 and Hellmuth checked, letting seat 5 bet 7,000. Hellmuth called and again checked when the 5 hit on the turn. Seat 5 bet 10,000 and Hellmuth removed his shades and studied the board and his opponent. After asking his opponent how much he had left, Hellmuth just called. The 10 fell on the river and seat 5 pushed all in for about 40,000. "Okay buddy, you win this one," Hellmuth said as he mucked his hand. "My turn next time, okay?"
But it wasn't okay with the layer in seat 5. Two hands later Hellmuth bet 7,500 on a flop of K 5 3 and only seat 5 made the call. The A hit on the turn and Hellmuth led out for 13,000. Seat 5 announced he was all in and Hellmuth was stunned. He mucked and jumped from his seat to talk to his wife.
"The goofball beat me, honey!" he said to her. "He might be the worst player here by far."
But Hellmuth's confidence was still not shaken as he said, "I want to tell you something. He's going to be drawing dead against me in the next 10 minutes."
Chan Doubles, Demands Micon Gets His Drink
Johnny Chan raised to 4,600 from late position and was called by the big blind. The flop was J82 and the big blind led out for 11,000. Chan reached to his stack and re-raised, making it 26,000 more to go. The big blind wasted little time pushing all in, having Chan covered by around 12,000. Chan made the call and was all in for his tournament life. The big blind flipped up JJ for top set and was in the lead. But Chan showed J9 and was far from drawing dead. The turn brought the 6 to complete Chan's flush and the A completed the board, making Chan's flush the best hand and giving him reason to pump his fist as he doubled up to 180,000.
The table is an interesting one - featuring Chan, Bryan Micon and Shawn Sheikhan. After doubling up and cripping his opponent, Chan yelled "Get this man a drink!" The playful demand was in reference to Micon, who has been nursing his short stack and calling for a cocktail waitress for a while.
Suck & Re-Suck: Chris Grigorian Doubles Through David Singer
On a flop of A75, David Singer bet 6,000 and Chris Grgorian made the call. The turn was the A, and this time Singer led out with 15,000. Grigorian made the call and the river was the Q. Singer bet 30,000 and Grigorian quickly moved all in. Singer called just as quick and turned over A7 for a full house (aces full of sevens). Singer flopped top two pair and turned the full house. Grigorian showed AQ for a better full house (aces full of queens) on the river. Singer fell down to 42,000 in chips while "The Armenian Express" brought himself up over 100,000 this hand. Singer would bust later in the level.
 Clements Tries to Defend, But Can't Connect
The player in seat 7 raised to 4,600 from the button and Scott Clements repopped to 10,200 from the small blind. Seat 7 made the call and the flop came down KJ6 and Clements blasted 20,000 into the pot. Seat 7 went nowhere, however, making the call. Both players checked the 2 on the turn and the river brought the 3. Both players checked again and Clements announced, "Ace high." Seat 7 turned over QJ for second pair and took a good sized pot. Clements was down to about 72,000.
THAY3R Gets Love From The Ladies
Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen called a short stack's all in bet and flipped over QQ. The all in player showed AJ and had one over-card. The board ran 98248 and Rasmussen knocked out another player while increasing his stack to around 110,000.
 Don't Mess With Evelyn's Big Blind
The player in seat 8 raised to 3,300 from the button and Evelyn Ng repopped to 9,300 from the big blind. The button made the call and the flop came down K26 and Ng fired 14,000. Seat 8 nodded his head, signaling it was too much to call and folded his hand. Ng took the pot and increased her stack to a very healthy 176,000.
Micon Pushes Back, Then Gets Pushed Out
Shawn Sheikhan raised to 4,500 and Johnny Chan folded his hand from the small blind. Micon was next to act in the big blind and, after pump faking a fold, decided to push all in for 17,400 more. Sheikhan decided to muck his hand and Micon added some chips to his short stack. He was at 23,100 while Sheikhan was at 131,500. Micon would not last, however, as he would go bust later in the level.
Matusow Takes a Pot
Mike Matusow raised to 3,800 from under the gun. The player in seat 2 called from the button and the two players were heads up going to the flop. "It's just me and the other human card rack," Matusow said before the flop of J93 hit the felt. Matusow then led out with 6,400 and seat 2 quickly mucked. Matusow then showed his QQ and raked in the pot. He was around 70,000.
Player Tags: Chris Grigorian, Evelyn Ng, Shawn Sheikhan, Mike Matusow, David Singer, Johnny Chan, Scott Clements, Bryan Micon, Thayer Rasmussen
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| Jun 05, '08 |
2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker |
Event 10 - Omaha / Seven Card Stud High-Low |
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Omaha 8 / Stud 8 Level 5
Jun 05, '08
Stud 8: 75 ante, 100 bring in, 300-600 limits
Omaha 8: 75-150 blinds, 300-600 limits
Players left: 264 of 388
Average chip stack: $7,348
Chip counts:
Barry Greenstein - 17.500
Hasan Habib - 17,400
Hoyt Corkins - 16,800
Allen Kessler - 13,600
Max Pescatori - 13,000
Roland de Wolfe - 13,000
Robert Williamson III - 12,800
Michael Mizrachi - 12,000
Players eliminated:
Chris Ferguson
Josh Arieh
Alexander Kravchenko
Hands:
 Grigorian survives back-to-back all ins
Chris Grigorian has been all in on two consecutive hands and survived. The first time he was all in preflop, and with the board 57855, Grigorian managed to win the high pot against two others with the rather meager holding AK73. The second time he got his last 425 chips in on the turn and chopped a pot with A-J on a T5Q4K board. His opponent in that hand also had A-J. After the hand Grigorian still had only 2,000 and is in danger any time he is in a pot.
Lederer vs Lisandro ends in draw
After both players checked on the turn, Howard Lederer bet out on the river and Jeffrey Lisandro quickly called. With the board showing 38JT6, Lederer showed Q-9 for a straight, while Lisandro held A-5 for the winning low hand. After the hand Lederer was at 9,000 chips, while Lisandro was closer to 8,000 chips.
 Matusow surviving but still in trouble
On fifth street in stud 8, Mike Matusow caught the A to go with A6 already showing and bet out. Mike Wattel and Paul Darden quickly folded wit 733 and 3K8 showing, respectively. After the hand Matusow had just over 3,000 chips.
Player Tags: Chris Grigorian, Howard Lederer, Mike Matusow, Jeffrey Lisandro
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| Jul 11, '07 |
2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker |
Event 55 - World Championship No-Limit Hold'em |
2 |
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Into the Break
Jul 11, '07
The Grind Continues
A number of familiar faces were still in action as the afternoon ticked off the clock. Team PokerStars member Daniel Negreanu was seated at the featured table, while Darrell Dicken was seated at the on-deck circle. Also in the field were Humberto Brenes, J.C. Tran, Ciaran O’Leary, Eric Hershler, Chad Brown, Bill Gazes, Amnon Filippi, Chuck Kelley, Bill Edler, Isaac Haxton, Gavin Smith, Prahlad Friedman, Ralph Perry, Ted Forrest, Gus Hansen, Mimi Tran, Leif Force, and Peter Jetten. Lost over the past hour were Theo Tran and Allen Cunningham. A few of the professionals have been seated together at the tougher tables. Rene Angelil and Lee Watkinson were seated together, as were Todd Brunson and Padraig Parkinson.
Former World Champions
Chris Ferguson, Robert Varkonyi, Carlos Mortensen, and Chris Moneymaker were all still in the hunt for their second world champion bracelets.
Band of Brothers
Michael Binger and his brother Nicholas are both in the tournament field today. Michael is seated with Mortensen. While Nicholas is seated with Chris Grigorian, Nicholas just took a large pot off the “Armenian Express” when he induced him to fold with a substantial raise on a flop of K Q Q.
Charisma
Daniel Negreanu is the featured player at the featured table and both the bleachers surrounding the stage and the ‘No Limit Lounge’ are full as a result. The charisma that Kid Poker brings to the felt is contagious among the crowd and they cheer each and every pot that he takes down. That applause can be heard from any point in the Amazon room, at some times turning heads of the other players in response to an especially loud outburst. That is until Negreanu losses a pot; when that happens the crowd goes dead silent, and if there were crickets present in the room you could have heard them.
Professional Pots
Chad Brown took down a $90,000 pot when he flopped the nut straight on flop of K-J-9 with Q-10 in the hole. The turn and river cards bricked, but there was now three hearts on the board. On the river his opponent raised $30,000 and Brown went into the tank. The actor, with a flair for the dramatic said, “The only thing I can beat is aces,” due to the flush possibilities on board. He eventually called and his opponent flipped over pocket aces. Brown took down the pot and now had a healthy amount of chips.
Costanza
On a of 9 6 5 6 seat two moved all in and Jason Alexander went into the tank. He then turned to his opponent and said, “I have to ask you one serious question. What do you have?” This elicited an outpour of laughs from his table and he mucked his hand.
Notable Chip Counts
| Bill Edler |
240,000 |
| Chip Jett |
215,000 |
| J.C. Tran |
203,000 |
| Chad Brown |
197,000 |
| Carlos Mortensen |
195,000 |
| Sorel Mizzi |
176,000 |
| Chris Ferguson |
176,000 |
| Ted Forrest |
174,000 |
| Gus Hansen |
165,000 |
| Daniel Negreanu |
145,000 |
| Daniel Alaei |
131,000 |
| Darrell Dicken |
123,000 |
| Warren Karp |
120,000 |
| Chris Moneymaker |
120,000 |
| Thor Hansen |
118,000 |
| Maria Ho |
114,200 |
| Andreas Krause |
103,000 |
| Chris Grigorian |
94,700 |
| Jason Alexander |
90,800 |
| Hasan Habib |
89,500 |
| Paul Magriel |
88,200 |
| Jon "Pearljammer" Turner |
80,000 |
| Mimi Tran |
75,000 |
| Michael Binger |
67,000 |
| Prahlad Friedman |
66,000 |
| Issac Haxton |
60,000 |
| Humberto Brenes |
60,000 |
| Leif Force |
55,000 |
| Ralph Perry |
54,000 |
| Amnon Filippi |
54,000 |
| Todd Brunson |
51,600 |
| Dario Minieri |
36,100 |
| Gavin Smith |
31,000 |
| Tony Hachem |
29,100 |
| Melissa Hayden |
23,000 |
| John Phan |
17,100 |
| Ciaran O'Leary |
13,800 |
Player Tags: Chris Grigorian, Daniel Negreanu, Michael Binger
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| Jun 10, '07 |
2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker |
Event 16 - H.O.R.S.E |
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A Horse Is A Horse, Of Course, Of Course
Jun 10, '07
Things started off much faster than yesterday in the $2,500 H.O.R.S.E. event. Perhaps it was the new environment. Yesterday the players started off the tournament in the pavilion outside the Amazon room. Today they were able to break the Ladies event tables fast enough to have them ready for the 3 p.m. restart.
They started the day off playing Omaha hi/lo and as predicted, many, many big pots ended up being chopped on the river. But at least the big pots are there, and that shows promise for the upcoming levels.
John Phan spotted a marked card during the level and pulled it from the muck. Chris "The Armenian Express" Grigorian noticed it as well and Phan crumbled it up. As the floor came over to replace it, Phan warned the table to stop marking cards.
Mike Matusow continued ranting today, this time about how well the tournaments were being run. He asked Perry Friedman how many events were being run simultaneously today. When told it was four, soon to be five, Matusow replied, "They can't even run one!"
Across the quadrant, David Wiliams quickly asserted himself as table captain, telling all-in players to turn up their hole cards and yelling for the tournament directors to come pick up open seat cards.
After the conclusion of the Omaha level, the $25 chips were being raced off, but the process took so long that they decided to have a 15 minute break in the middle of the first hour. Players returned and began a level of Razz.
Player Tags: John Phan, Chris Grigorian, Mike Matusow, Perry Friedman, David Williams
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Chris "Armenian Express" Grigorian has been knocked out of the tournament during level 7. 
Seat 3 raised to 1,200 preflop on the button and Chris Grigorian reraised all in for 7,500 total. Seat 3 made the call and they turned up their hands: