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Hometown: W. Hartford
Country of Origin: United States 
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| Oct 17, '10 | 2010 Festa Al Lago Classic | WPT Festa Al Lago Main Event | 3 | + |
Level 10 Update: End of Day 2Oct 16, '10 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 104 out of 335 (Unofficial) Chip Counts: Official chip counts will be posted when they are released by the casino. Average Chip Count: 128,846 Notable Eliminations: Hasan Habib Big Hands: Annette Obrestad Increases her Chip Lead Many are holding on to survive the day, but Annette Obrestad is only content with building her fortress of chips even higher. Early in the level, Obrestad three-bet a preflop raiser to 17,000 from the button and the small blind moved all in for 26,000. The original raiser folded and Obrestad was forced to call the all in with 7 Luke Vrabel Chops It Up With Brandon Steven Annette Obrestad raised to 3,500 and Brandon Steven made the call from the cutoff. Luke Vrabel then raised too 12,000 from the small blind and after a few minutes of thought, Obrestad made the call. Steven then immediately moved all in for about 60,000 and Vrabel moved all in behind him for over 100,000. Obrestad sheepishly flashed Q Both Steven and Vrabel showed pocket aces and the board ran out jack high. Obrestad then told her opponents, “I would have doubled you both up.” Vivek Rajkumar Doubles Up Vivek Rajkumar was all in holding pocket sevens against the A-Q of Vladimir Shchemelev. The board came jack high and Rajkumar doubled up to 82,000. Schchemelev is still stacked with 190,000. David Singer Doubles Up Through Scott Dorin On a flop of Q The turn and river fell K Poker Tweets
Player Tags: David Singer, Annette Obrestad, Vivek Rajkumar, Scott Dorin, Luke Vrabel, Brandon Steven Level 14 Update: Sitting On The Money BubbleOct 17, '10 Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 51 out of 335 Chip Counts: 1. Jeff Madsen — 720,000 Average Chip Count: 262,745 Notable Eliminations: David Singer Big Hands:
In a hand that went into the break, Card Player Player of the Year contender Tom Marchese moved all in on a board of 10 The river was the J Randal Flowers Takes Out Luke Vrabel Luke Vrabel was all in holding A The board bricked for Vrabel and he was eliminated.
Just in time for the approaching money bubble, short stacked Lauren Kling tripled up courtesy of Jared Jaffee and Matt Affleck. Jaffee raised from under the gun and Affleck called. Kling then moved all in from the small blind for 57,400. Jaffee called and Affleck moved all in as isolation. Jaffee folded and Affleck showed AdQc. Kling revealed a superior A Kling now has 170,000. Affleck is left with 260,000 and Jaffee is still tops at the table with 620,000. Jason Koon Doubles Up Through Michael Benvenuti Gavin Smith raised to 10,500 and Jason Koon reraised to 21,000. Michael Benvenuti then reraised to 56,000 on the button and Smith folded. Koon moved all in and Benvenuti made the call with A-K. Koon showed pocket kings and they held on a board of 6 Koon is now stacked with 540,000 and Benvenuti takes a hit down to 560,000. Player Tags: Randal Flowers, Luke Vrabel, Matt Affleck, Lauren Kling, Michael Benvenuti, Jared Jaffee, Thomas Marchese, Jason Koon Level 13 Update: Maria Ho Eliminated after a Strong FightOct 17, '10
Players Remaining: 61 out of 335 Chip Counts: 1. Jared Jaffee — 630,000 Average Chip Count: 81,212 Notable Eliminations: Matt Marafioti Big Hands:
Luke Vrabel got the last of his chips into the middle preflop against Erik Cajelais and they flipped over their cards: Vrabel: Q Board: Q Vrabel doubled up on the hand and he held 120,000. Cajelais was left with 60,000. Luke Vrabel Doubles Up Bobby Suer There was 10,000 in the pot and a flop that read Q Suer: Q Turn and River: 4 Vrabel was knocked down to 62,000 and Suer doubled up to 110,000. Mario Ho Takes a Fatal Hit A player in middle position raised to 8,000 preflop and Mario Ho reraised all in from the hi-jack. Gavin Smith then called all in for 35,600 from the button and everyone else got out of the way. Their cards: Ho: A Board: 9 Smith doubled up and Ho was left with just 8,000 after the hand. She busted a short time later after an admirable fight for survival in the today’s tournament field. Monnette vs. Makhija The board read 10 Monnette fired out 12,200 and Makhija went into the tank. He reraised for another 28,800 on top and Monnette went into the tank. He eventually mucked and Makhija won the hand to grow his stack to 270,000. Monnette fell to 370,000. Poker Tweets
Player Tags: Gavin Smith, John Monnette, Maria Ho, Erik Cajelais, Amit Makhija, Bobby Suer, Luke Vrabel |
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| Oct 16, '10 | 2010 Festa Al Lago Classic | WPT Festa Al Lago Main Event | 2 | + |
Level 10 Update: End of Day 2Oct 16, '10 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 104 out of 335 (Unofficial) Chip Counts: Official chip counts will be posted when they are released by the casino. Average Chip Count: 128,846 Notable Eliminations: Hasan Habib Big Hands: Annette Obrestad Increases her Chip Lead Many are holding on to survive the day, but Annette Obrestad is only content with building her fortress of chips even higher. Early in the level, Obrestad three-bet a preflop raiser to 17,000 from the button and the small blind moved all in for 26,000. The original raiser folded and Obrestad was forced to call the all in with 7 Luke Vrabel Chops It Up With Brandon Steven Annette Obrestad raised to 3,500 and Brandon Steven made the call from the cutoff. Luke Vrabel then raised too 12,000 from the small blind and after a few minutes of thought, Obrestad made the call. Steven then immediately moved all in for about 60,000 and Vrabel moved all in behind him for over 100,000. Obrestad sheepishly flashed Q Both Steven and Vrabel showed pocket aces and the board ran out jack high. Obrestad then told her opponents, “I would have doubled you both up.” Vivek Rajkumar Doubles Up Vivek Rajkumar was all in holding pocket sevens against the A-Q of Vladimir Shchemelev. The board came jack high and Rajkumar doubled up to 82,000. Schchemelev is still stacked with 190,000. David Singer Doubles Up Through Scott Dorin On a flop of Q The turn and river fell K Poker Tweets
Player Tags: David Singer, Annette Obrestad, Vivek Rajkumar, Scott Dorin, Luke Vrabel, Brandon Steven Level 14 Update: Sitting On The Money BubbleOct 17, '10 Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 51 out of 335 Chip Counts: 1. Jeff Madsen — 720,000 Average Chip Count: 262,745 Notable Eliminations: David Singer Big Hands:
In a hand that went into the break, Card Player Player of the Year contender Tom Marchese moved all in on a board of 10 The river was the J Randal Flowers Takes Out Luke Vrabel Luke Vrabel was all in holding A The board bricked for Vrabel and he was eliminated.
Just in time for the approaching money bubble, short stacked Lauren Kling tripled up courtesy of Jared Jaffee and Matt Affleck. Jaffee raised from under the gun and Affleck called. Kling then moved all in from the small blind for 57,400. Jaffee called and Affleck moved all in as isolation. Jaffee folded and Affleck showed AdQc. Kling revealed a superior A Kling now has 170,000. Affleck is left with 260,000 and Jaffee is still tops at the table with 620,000. Jason Koon Doubles Up Through Michael Benvenuti Gavin Smith raised to 10,500 and Jason Koon reraised to 21,000. Michael Benvenuti then reraised to 56,000 on the button and Smith folded. Koon moved all in and Benvenuti made the call with A-K. Koon showed pocket kings and they held on a board of 6 Koon is now stacked with 540,000 and Benvenuti takes a hit down to 560,000. Player Tags: Randal Flowers, Luke Vrabel, Matt Affleck, Lauren Kling, Michael Benvenuti, Jared Jaffee, Thomas Marchese, Jason Koon Level 13 Update: Maria Ho Eliminated after a Strong FightOct 17, '10
Players Remaining: 61 out of 335 Chip Counts: 1. Jared Jaffee — 630,000 Average Chip Count: 81,212 Notable Eliminations: Matt Marafioti Big Hands:
Luke Vrabel got the last of his chips into the middle preflop against Erik Cajelais and they flipped over their cards: Vrabel: Q Board: Q Vrabel doubled up on the hand and he held 120,000. Cajelais was left with 60,000. Luke Vrabel Doubles Up Bobby Suer There was 10,000 in the pot and a flop that read Q Suer: Q Turn and River: 4 Vrabel was knocked down to 62,000 and Suer doubled up to 110,000. Mario Ho Takes a Fatal Hit A player in middle position raised to 8,000 preflop and Mario Ho reraised all in from the hi-jack. Gavin Smith then called all in for 35,600 from the button and everyone else got out of the way. Their cards: Ho: A Board: 9 Smith doubled up and Ho was left with just 8,000 after the hand. She busted a short time later after an admirable fight for survival in the today’s tournament field. Monnette vs. Makhija The board read 10 Monnette fired out 12,200 and Makhija went into the tank. He reraised for another 28,800 on top and Monnette went into the tank. He eventually mucked and Makhija won the hand to grow his stack to 270,000. Monnette fell to 370,000. Poker Tweets
Player Tags: Gavin Smith, John Monnette, Maria Ho, Erik Cajelais, Amit Makhija, Bobby Suer, Luke Vrabel |
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| Oct 29, '09 | 2009 Caesars Palace Classic | Caesars Palace Classic -- Main Event Championship | 2 | + |
Luke Vrabel Eliminated in 11th Place ($12,194)Oct 29, '09
Vrabel: 8 Board: A Nomberg won the hand and Vrabel was eliminated in 11th place on the final-table bubble. Player Tags: Luke Vrabel, Erik Nomberg Guy Cicconi Eliminated in 14th Place ($10,670)Oct 29, '09
Cicconi: 10 Board: J Vrabel won the hand with queens and Cicconi was eliminated in 14th place. Three players to go until the final table. Player Tags: James Mordue, Guy Cicconi, Luke Vrabel |
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| Apr 05, '08 | 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic (WPT) | No-Limit Hold'em Championship Event 11 (WPT) | 2 | + |
Luke Vrabel EliminatedApr 05, '08
Player Tags: Luke Vrabel |
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| Jun 19, '07 | 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 28 - No-Limit Hold'em | 3 | + |
Ten Handed Final TableJun 18, '07 Play has ended for the evening and there are ten players remaining. This event has been chosen as a televised final table by ESPN and is going to be ten handed. The final table will resume play tomorrow at 3 p.m. with the following ten players in order of their chip counts: Dustin Holmes, Beth Shak, Brett Richey, Perry Friedman, Shankar Pillai, Luke Vrabel, Jason Song, Ben Fineman, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Corbin.The players returned from dinner and on the first two hands there were two eliminations. In the first hand back from dinner the action folded to Thomas Wahlroos who pushed all in from the button. Perry Friedman called from the big blind and had A-Q. Wahlroos was holding K-6 and never improved. Wahlroos earned $19,173 for his 14th place finish. Ed Moncada was the 13th place finisher, also earning $19,173. Moncada moved all in with A-Q and was called by Shankar Pillai with K-10. Moncada enjoyed the lead until a ten came on the turn and for emphasis a king came on the river. The level started off with Phil Hellmuth pumping up the agression and raising several times. Over at the other table, Brett Richey seemed to be doing the exact same thing. Richey made a series of $45,000 raises and collected the blinds and antes more than a few times. Beth Shak had a strong round following dinner and is now second in chips. One one hand she took down more than $200,000 without even seeing a flop. Shak raised from early position and Shankar Pillai reraised her $200,000. Shak didn't even flinch and pushed all in for $450,000. Pillai went deep into the tank with his tournament life in the balance. After several moments Pillai stood up, said "fold", and showed A-K. Shak thought he was calling and excitedly said, "Aces!" and showed A  A . The dealer assured Shak that Pillai indeed folded and she collected around $230,000.Kevin Hong was the 12th place finisher, earning $21,456. On what would be the final hand of the night, Noah Schwartz moved all in for $232,000. Still steaming from the previous hand in which Shak called the clock on him, Schwartz looked visibly agitated. Perry Friedman took no time at all in calling and flipped over Q  Q. Schwartz had 6 6. The board came A 10 3 7 4 and Schwartz was eliminated in 11th place, earning $21,456.The final table for this event will eventually be televised by ESPN after the conclusion of the World Series but to follow all the action and see who takes home the gold bracelet, check back tomorrow with CardPlayer.com Player Tags: Edward Moncada, Phil Hellmuth, Perry Friedman, Kevin Hong, Brett Richey, Dustin Holmes, Benjamin Fineman, Beth Shak, Jason Song, Thomas Wahlroos, Noah Schwartz, Luke Vrabel, Daniel Corbin, Shankar Pillai Vrabel Making FriendsJun 18, '07 Luke Vrabel isn’t making many friends with his play today. Vrabel elminated David Gross in 21st place when he called his all in with J-9 suited, and the two pair on the board trumped Gross’s pocket threes. Phil Hellmuth was visibly upset when he had to move to a different table; Hellmuth seems hell bent on personally busting Vrabel.
Player Tags: Evelyn Ng, Phil Hellmuth, Taylor Caby, David Gross, Luke Vrabel The Hellmuth ShowJun 18, '07 Like any other day, Phil Hellmuth demands attention with his table theatrics and with his constant criticism of other players. Hellmuth is also now paired at his table with Thomas Wahlroos. These two butted heads often during the 5 Diamond WPT Championship earlier this year. At that table Hellmuth's Jacks received a cooler compliments of Wahlroos's pocket Aces. If you want to relive the moments they shared earlier this year follow this link...http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/live_updates/7083/11071 However, Wahlroos is quieter this time around; most likely due to his short chip stack. Hellmuth has continued to verbally spar today with one player in particular, Luke Vrabel. The two of them have kept the atmosphere very lively Greg Mueller and Steve Dannenman have recently been eliminated as we are now down to the final 30 players. Player Tags: Greg Mueller, Phil Hellmuth, Steve Dannenmann, Thomas Wahlroos, Luke Vrabel Hour One UpdateJun 19, '07 Uhh..Phil?Apparently Hellmuth is very relaxed. In between hands he is making trips to the rail to converse with some of the pros there. The tournament director has had to wait for Hellmuth a couple of times before the cards were dealt . Blinds raised The blinds are now $10,000-$20,000 with a $3,000 ante. Tight Play The play so far has been surprisingly tight. As we have seen at most of the no limit final tables, it usually becomes an all in fest. As of now we are playing poker, lets hope it continues. Hellmuth Doubles Up Hellmuth raises to $40,000 and Brett Richey puts him all in. Hellmuth instantly calls...by shoving his whole stack in the middle of the table. He then turns over A A while Richey tables 74. Hellmuth runs over to his wife, and as he is talking to her Phil Ivey yells, "Hey Phil you want insurance?" Hellmuth bounds back across the area and quickly discusses things with Ivey. He then makes the announcement, "It's ok honey, if we lose this hand Phil Ivey will pay us $90,000." The board comes KJ8KK, and Hellmuth doubles up. Luke Vrable Eliminated 10th ($21,456) Vrable moves all in for his last $218,000 and Ben Fineman moves all in over the top. No one else calls and Vrable is behind when he shows 9 9 against Fineman's QQ. The board comes AK857, Vrable doesn't improve and is sent home in 10th place.Hellmuth Ties Cloutier With the elimination Phil Hellmuth has now tied T.J. Coutier with the most final tables in WSOP history. Congratulations Phil! Player Tags: T.J. Cloutier, Phil Hellmuth, Brett Richey, Luke Vrabel |
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| Jun 18, '07 | 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 28 - No-Limit Hold'em | 2 | + |
Ten Handed Final TableJun 18, '07 Play has ended for the evening and there are ten players remaining. This event has been chosen as a televised final table by ESPN and is going to be ten handed. The final table will resume play tomorrow at 3 p.m. with the following ten players in order of their chip counts: Dustin Holmes, Beth Shak, Brett Richey, Perry Friedman, Shankar Pillai, Luke Vrabel, Jason Song, Ben Fineman, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Corbin.The players returned from dinner and on the first two hands there were two eliminations. In the first hand back from dinner the action folded to Thomas Wahlroos who pushed all in from the button. Perry Friedman called from the big blind and had A-Q. Wahlroos was holding K-6 and never improved. Wahlroos earned $19,173 for his 14th place finish. Ed Moncada was the 13th place finisher, also earning $19,173. Moncada moved all in with A-Q and was called by Shankar Pillai with K-10. Moncada enjoyed the lead until a ten came on the turn and for emphasis a king came on the river. The level started off with Phil Hellmuth pumping up the agression and raising several times. Over at the other table, Brett Richey seemed to be doing the exact same thing. Richey made a series of $45,000 raises and collected the blinds and antes more than a few times. Beth Shak had a strong round following dinner and is now second in chips. One one hand she took down more than $200,000 without even seeing a flop. Shak raised from early position and Shankar Pillai reraised her $200,000. Shak didn't even flinch and pushed all in for $450,000. Pillai went deep into the tank with his tournament life in the balance. After several moments Pillai stood up, said "fold", and showed A-K. Shak thought he was calling and excitedly said, "Aces!" and showed A A. The dealer assured Shak that Pillai indeed folded and she collected around $230,000.Kevin Hong was the 12th place finisher, earning $21,456. On what would be the final hand of the night, Noah Schwartz moved all in for $232,000. Still steaming from the previous hand in which Shak called the clock on him, Schwartz looked visibly agitated. Perry Friedman took no time at all in calling and flipped over Q Q. Schwartz had 6 6. The board came A 10 3 7 4 and Schwartz was eliminated in 11th place, earning $21,456.The final table for this event will eventually be televised by ESPN after the conclusion of the World Series but to follow all the action and see who takes home the gold bracelet, check back tomorrow with CardPlayer.com Player Tags: Edward Moncada, Phil Hellmuth, Perry Friedman, Kevin Hong, Brett Richey, Dustin Holmes, Benjamin Fineman, Beth Shak, Jason Song, Thomas Wahlroos, Noah Schwartz, Luke Vrabel, Daniel Corbin, Shankar Pillai Vrabel Making FriendsJun 18, '07 Luke Vrabel isn’t making many friends with his play today. Vrabel elminated David Gross in 21st place when he called his all in with J-9 suited, and the two pair on the board trumped Gross’s pocket threes. Phil Hellmuth was visibly upset when he had to move to a different table; Hellmuth seems hell bent on personally busting Vrabel.
Player Tags: Evelyn Ng, Phil Hellmuth, Taylor Caby, David Gross, Luke Vrabel The Hellmuth ShowJun 18, '07 Like any other day, Phil Hellmuth demands attention with his table theatrics and with his constant criticism of other players. Hellmuth is also now paired at his table with Thomas Wahlroos. These two butted heads often during the 5 Diamond WPT Championship earlier this year. At that table Hellmuth's Jacks received a cooler compliments of Wahlroos's pocket Aces. If you want to relive the moments they shared earlier this year follow this link...http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/live_updates/7083/11071 However, Wahlroos is quieter this time around; most likely due to his short chip stack. Hellmuth has continued to verbally spar today with one player in particular, Luke Vrabel. The two of them have kept the atmosphere very lively Greg Mueller and Steve Dannenman have recently been eliminated as we are now down to the final 30 players. Player Tags: Greg Mueller, Phil Hellmuth, Steve Dannenmann, Thomas Wahlroos, Luke Vrabel Hour One UpdateJun 19, '07 Uhh..Phil?Apparently Hellmuth is very relaxed. In between hands he is making trips to the rail to converse with some of the pros there. The tournament director has had to wait for Hellmuth a couple of times before the cards were dealt . Blinds raised The blinds are now $10,000-$20,000 with a $3,000 ante. Tight Play The play so far has been surprisingly tight. As we have seen at most of the no limit final tables, it usually becomes an all in fest. As of now we are playing poker, lets hope it continues. Hellmuth Doubles Up Hellmuth raises to $40,000 and Brett Richey puts him all in. Hellmuth instantly calls...by shoving his whole stack in the middle of the table. He then turns over A A while Richey tables 74. Hellmuth runs over to his wife, and as he is talking to her Phil Ivey yells, "Hey Phil you want insurance?" Hellmuth bounds back across the area and quickly discusses things with Ivey. He then makes the announcement, "It's ok honey, if we lose this hand Phil Ivey will pay us $90,000." The board comes KJ8KK, and Hellmuth doubles up. Luke Vrable Eliminated 10th ($21,456) Vrable moves all in for his last $218,000 and Ben Fineman moves all in over the top. No one else calls and Vrable is behind when he shows 9 9 against Fineman's QQ. The board comes AK857, Vrable doesn't improve and is sent home in 10th place.Hellmuth Ties Cloutier With the elimination Phil Hellmuth has now tied T.J. Coutier with the most final tables in WSOP history. Congratulations Phil! Player Tags: T.J. Cloutier, Phil Hellmuth, Brett Richey, Luke Vrabel |
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, but Obrestad made a straight to send him to the rail. She finished the hand with 585,000.
Tom Marchese Doubles Through David Singer
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Lauren Kling Triples Up
Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante
Luke Vrabel Doubles Up
Guy Cicconi moved all in under the gun preflop for 25,000 and James Mordue made the call from the cutoff. Luke Vrabel then reraised all in from the big blind and Mordue got out of the way. The two live players then turned over their cards:
Luke "BdBeatSlayer" Vrabel has been eliminated from the tournament. Hand will follow shortly.