Christoph Niesert Poker Tournament Updates

Limit HE - Final Table - Christoph Niesert Eliminated in 8th Place

Jun 08, '08

Blinds/Limits: 8,000-15,000 with 15,000-30,000 limits

Players Left: 7

Chip Counts:

8th Place: Christoph Niesert ($32,432)

Big Hands and Storylines:

Christoph Niesert Eliminated in 8th Place ($32,432)

Christoph Niesert was all in preflop and both Zach Fellows and Jimmy Shultz had him covered. The two players checked down a board of J95KQ before Fellows flipped up K8. Shultz mucked and then Niesert mucked as well as he exited the tournament area. He took home $32,432 in prize money.

Mark Golser Crippled

Mark Golser and Vinny VInh got involved in a hand where they each put in 120,000 on a board of K966Q. On the end Vinh flipped up 96 for two pair, and he took down the pot. This left Golser decimated with only 20,000 left in front of him to work with.

Golser Triples Up

With his chip stack on life support, Golser raised all in for 27,000 preflop and he was called down by both Ali Eslami and Brendan Taylor. The flop fell J55 and Taylor bet. Eslami mucked and then the final two players turned up their hands. Golser held J9 and Taylor turned up K10. The turn and river failed to help Taylor and Golser survived to triple up.

Player Tags: Markus Golser,   Christoph Niesert,   European Report

Limit HE - Final Day - Stubborn Hour

Jun 08, '08

Blinds/Limits: 4,000-8,000 with 8,000-16,000 limits

Players Left: 13

Chip Counts:

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Big Hands and Storylines:

Vinny Vinh Takes a Hit

Jimmy Shultz raised preflop and Vinny Vinh made the call. The flop hit the table 865 and the two players four-bet the action. The turn fell A and Vinh check-raised Shultz's 16,000 action to 32,000. The river fell A and Vinh bet out. Shultz made the call and they turned up their hands. Vinh held 85 and Shultz turned up pocket tens. Shultz took down the pot, which grew his stack to over 300,000, and gained the chip lead. Vinh was dwon to 150,000 after the hand.

Steve Shkolnik Triples Up

Steve Shkolnik moved all in prelop and both Chritsop Niesert and Zach Fellows made the call before the Q33 hit the table. Fellows bet out after the flop and Niesert mucked. Fellows then showed pocket fives and Shkolnik turned up pocket eights to triple up after the turn and river fell 6Q.

Break Time

The players went on a 20-minute break at the end of the level.

Player Tags: Steven Shkolnik,   Christoph Niesert,   Zachary Fellows,   James Shultz

Hour Two Update

Jun 26, '07

Player Tags: Joe Brandenburg,   Michael Craig,   Fred Goldberg,   Christoph Niesert