Country of Origin: South Africa 
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| Jul 07, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 WSOP Main Event | 1 | + | ||||||||||
Level One Update: Day 1A Kicks OffJul 07, '11 NOTE: Levels are two hours in length and players are starting with 30,000 in chips. Blinds: 50-100 Notables in Field: Brian Hastings Card Player Chip Counts: Barry Shulman — 30,000 Notable Eliminations: None Hands:
2007 main event final tablist Raymond Rahme was all in with A-Q on a A Evelyn Ng Loses Nearly Half Her Stack On a board of 9 Sebastian Ruthenberg Also Drops Down to Under 20K to a Flopped Set of Fives With a large pot of 15,000 for 50-100 blinds the board read Q Ari Engel Almost Felted Ari Engel was in a pot against two other players after a flop of K Player Tags: Evelyn Ng, Sebastian Ruthenberg, Raymond Rahme, Alan Engel |
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| Jan 21, '09 | 2009 Aussie Millions | Aussie Millions Main Event - Event 9 | 5 | + | ||||||||||
Raymond Rahme Eliminated in 36th Place ($30,000 AUD)Jan 21, '09
Player Tags: Raymond Rahme |
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| Apr 15, '08 | 2008 EPT Grand Final - Season IV | EPT Grand Final Main Event | 5 | + | ||||||||||
Raymond Rahme Eliminated in 27th Place ($66,564)Apr 15, '08
Player Tags: Raymond Rahme Raymond Rahme Doubles UpApr 14, '08
Player Tags: Cyril Bensoussan, Raymond Rahme |
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| Apr 14, '08 | 2008 EPT Grand Final - Season IV | EPT Grand Final Main Event | 3 | + | ||||||||||
Raymond Rahme Eliminated in 27th Place ($66,564)Apr 15, '08
Player Tags: Raymond Rahme Raymond Rahme Doubles UpApr 14, '08
Player Tags: Cyril Bensoussan, Raymond Rahme |
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| Jul 17, '07 | 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 55 - World Championship No-Limit Hold'em | 7 | + | ||||||||||
Raymond Rahme Eliminated 3rd ($3,048,025)Jul 17, '07 Play resumesPlay has restarted after a 20 minute break. Blinds will go up in one hour. Raymond Rahme Eliminated 3rd (3,048,025) Jerry Yang raises to $2,500,000 and is reraised by Pokerstars qualifier Raymond Rahme to $8,600,000. Yang makes the call, and the flop comes A  J 8. Rahme checks and Yang fires out a $10,000,000 bet. Rahme moves all in, and Yang is faced with his biggest decision of the tournament. Rahme looks calm as he pushes all of his chips into the middle, and Yang looks unsure of his decision. He goes into the tank for several minutes, and the ESPN arena is silent. Yang looks up then says, "I call." Rahme says, "nice call" and turns over K K . Yang does his patented double fist pump and rolls over A 5. The next two cards brick for Rahme when they come 3 2, and he is sent home with over three million dollars.Heads Up Chip Counts Here are the chip counts going into heads up play: Jerry Yang -- $104,450,000 Tuan Lam -- $23,025,000 Player Tags: Tuan Lam, Jerry Yang, Raymond Rahme Hour ElevenJul 17, '07 Tuan Lam Doubles UpJerry Yang raises to $2,500,000, and www.pokerstars.com online qualifier Tuan Lam moves all in. Raymond Rahme moves in over the top and Yang folds. Rahme tables Q Q, and Lam A5. The flop comes A1010, and again the Canadians burst into applause. But Lam still has to dodge two cards. The turn brings the 2, and Lam us just one card away from doubling up. The river is the A, Lam fills up and again is mobbed by his supporters. They break out into the national anthem, but it fades after a few lines. After the players are reseated Lam now has $26,000,000 and Rahme just $17,100,000.Updated Chip Counts Here are the latest chip counts Jerry Yang -- $51,225,000 Tuan Lam -- $32,050,000 Raymond Rahme -- $21,100,000 Alex Kravchenko -- $21,100,000 Blinds raised The blinds are now $300,000-$600,000 with a $75,000 ante. Player Tags: Alexander Kravchenko, Tuan Lam, Jerry Yang, Raymond Rahme Hour TwelveJul 17, '07 Raymond Rahme Doubles Up
Alex Kravchenko Eliminated in Fourth Place ($1,852,721) A turning point hand at the final table just occurred. Jerry Yang moves all in preflop and Alex Kravchenko makes the call. Kravchenko flips over his initials, in the form of A K. Yang turns up pocket eights. The flop rolls out Q 9 8 and the crowd goes wild. Yang, Raymond Rahme, and Tuan Lam spring to their prospective corners to celebrate, because the likely elimination of Kravchenko would mean at least a $3,048,025 payday for all three. Things take a moment to calm down, and then the turn and river bring 4 3. Kravchenko is eliminated in fourth place, and he takes home $1,852,721 in prize money.Break Time
The players then went on another 20 minute break. Player Tags: Alexander Kravchenko, Tuan Lam, Jerry Yang, Raymond Rahme Hour TenJul 17, '07 Two Year Penalty
Seat No.1: PokerStars online qualifier, Raymond Rahme - $30,400,000 Player Tags: Mike Matusow, Alexander Kravchenko, Tuan Lam, Jerry Yang, Raymond Rahme Hour SixJul 17, '07 Kravchenko Doubled Up Again
Player Tags: Alexander Kravchenko, Jerry Yang, Raymond Rahme Jon Kalmar Eliminated 5th ($1,255,069)Jul 17, '07 Jon Kalmar Eliminated in 5th place ($1,255,069)Raymond Rahme, who qualified online at www.pokerstars.com raises to $2,500,000 and Jon Kalmar moves all in for $10,490,000 more. Rahme thinks briefly as his green clad spectators stand, ready to burst at any second. Rahme makes the call and shows down J J, and Kalmar tables AK. Both camps explode in support of their respective players, with calls for an ace or king tangling with yells for a third jack. Kalmar stands, wiping his hands on his black shirt, emblazoned with a picture of Family Guy character Stewie Griffin dressed as the lead character from Clockwork Orange. The flop comes 1096, and Rahme maintains the lead. Kalmer gets no help when the 3 comes on the turn and he is down to the last card. The river is the 3 and Kalmer is eliminated in fifth place. Rahme's supporters burst out in song, and the 62-year-old busts out a little dance to celebrate. He now has $29,890,000 in chips.Player Tags: Jon Kalmar, Raymond Rahme Night TrainJul 15, '07 Raymond Rahme Takes Huge PotIt is folded to Philip Hilm in the small blind, he calls and Raymond Rahme checks in the big blind. The flop comes 6 33, Hilm bets $120,000 and Rahme makes the call. The turn is the 2. Hilm checks and Rahme bets out $250,000. Hilm check-raises to $750,000 and Rahme goes into the tank. He finally makes the call, and the river brings the 4. Hilm bets $1,200,000 and Rahme calls almost instantly. Hilm tables K3 for trip threes, but Rahme roll over 65 for the straight. He rakes a massive pot, worth over $5,000,000.Tuan Lam Tuan Lam, who qualified for the main event online at www.pokerstars.com has some added help on his side, sweating him in the stands is fellow Canadian Anh Van Nguyen. Nguyen won a Bellagio preliminary event earlier in the year, and attributed some of his success to coaching from J.C. Tran. Whomever has helped Lam has clearly done an amazing job. David Tran Eliminated 14th ($429,114) Tuan Lam raises in early position and it is folded to David Tran. He looks down at his cards, them moves all in for $2,605,000. It is folded back to Lam and he goes into the tank. He thinks for several minutes, then simply says, "Call." He tables A K, and Tran shows 66. The flop comes K103, and Lam lets out a rare show of emotion. The next two cards come 42, and Tran is send from the main event in 14th place for a payday of $429,114. There are now just 13 players remaining.William Spadea Eliminated 13th ($429,114) William Spadea was all in with Big Slick, but he was covered by Jon Kalmer, who held pocket aces. The board rolled out A 8 8 2 5. Spadea was eliminated in 13th place and he took home $429,114 in prize money. Kalmer jumped into the chip lead after the hand.Make it Rain Hevad Kahn picked up a large pot off of Kalmer right before the break. He overbet the river, which induced Kalmer to call on a board of K 10 J 4 K. Kahn flipped over K 10 and went into his standard operating procedure victory celebration.Break Players are on a 20 minute break, there are 12 remaining. Notable Chip Counts
Tuan Lam 20300000 Hevad Khan 12740000 www.pokerstars.com Player Tags: David Tran, Tuan Lam, Philip Hilm, Raymond Rahme Players On BreakJul 15, '07 There are currently 22 players left following the completion of the 26th level.Roy Winston Eliminated in 26th Place In a previous hand Bill Edler raised to $240,000, John Armbrust called from the cutoff, Roy Winston reraised to $750,000, Edler folded, and after several minutes Armbrust moved all in over the top. Winston then tanked for quite a while. The player in seat No. 9 called the clock on Winston, and he ended up not making a decision, and his hand was declared dead. Winston's business partner Mark, who was faithfully sweating his friend, became very agitated, reminding the player in seat No. 9, that these aren't big decision's, "You're only playing for $8.2 million." Winston raised from middle position a few hands later, and Jerry Yang asked for a count on Winston's chips. Yang then proceeded to move all in, and Winston shrugged his shoulders and called. Yang showed A K and Winston held a slight lead with Q Q. That all changed as the board ran out A 10 2 8 6, and Winston was eliminated in 26th place.Alaei Can't Find His Kicker This Time Daniel Alaei had faced elimination twice previously late in the tournament holding an Ace and an inferior kicker to his caller. Both times he paired his other card on the river to stay alive. Finally these situations caught up with him as he moved in preflop with A K, and was called by Jon Kalmer holding A Q. The board ran out 7 5 4 5 9, and Alaei was elminated in 25th place.Edler Elminated Before Break On a downward slope for most of this level, Bill Edler managed to double up short-stack Alex Kravchenko, just before committing all of his chips in tough spot. After Raymond Rahme raised preflop, Edler reraised to $1.5 million, Rahme folded, but Kravchenko called for his last $695,000. Edler said, "Happy Birthday" as he tabled 4 4. Kravchenko showed 10 10, and when the board ran out K Q 7 10 A, Edler shipped a decent amount of chips to Kravchenko.A few hands later, Edler pushed all in for his last $1.95 million from early position. Action folded around to Jerry Yang in the big blind, who eventually made the call. Edler commended him for the call and showed 10 9, which proved to be live cards to Yang's A K. The flop closed some doors as it fell Q 4 2. The turn was the A, leaving the meaningless 7 to fall on the river. Edler was given a hearty round of applause for his 23rd place finish.Recent Eliminations Each of these players earned $333,490 27. Jeff Bryan 26. Roy Winston 25. Daniel Alaei 24. Ryan Elston 23. Bill Edler Notables
Pokerstars Online Qualifier Hevad Kahn 5300000 pokerstars.com Player Tags: Daniel Alaei, Bill Edler, Jerry Yang, Roy Winston, Raymond Rahme Final Three TablesJul 15, '07 With the elimination of Paulo Loureiro in 28th place, the remaining 27 players were shuffled to all new seats in a redraw. The final three tables have been established and following a short break cards were back in the air.A new chip leader has emerged in the early hours of day six. Lee Childs has been able to build his stack up to $11,300,000. Billy Spadea is in a close second with $10,400,000 in chips. All In, All the Time Ryan Elson had gotten into the habit of making several large preflop raises in the last few hours and usually it would provoke the desired outcome from his opponents, a fold. Elson raised to $375,000 from the button before the flop and Scotty Nguyen, seated directly to his left, reraised all in for $1,525,000. Elson went into the tank and Nguyen stood up from the table smiling. Nguyen looked over his shoulder at Johnny Chan on the rail and said, "This All-In drink made me do it baby!", referring to the energy drink that Johnny Chan is the spokesman for. Nguyen sipped on his energy drink and finally Elson asked Nguyen, "You wanna party? I call!" Nguyen turned over A Q and Elson was ahead with 10 10. The dealer laid out A J 8 on the flop and Nguyen jumped into the driver's seat. The turn was the 5 and Nguyen needed to only dodge one of two tens left in the deck. The river brought the 6 and Nguyen doubled up to more than $4,000,000 in chips. After the hand, the always happy Elson and Nguyen got into a conversation that attracted attention and laughter from both the rail and ESPN camera crews.Elson: I've gotta call my wife now and tell her that Scotty took all my chips! Nguyen: Call your wife baby, she come out here I buy her dinner. Elson: She's eight months pregnant Scotty! Nguyen: Ok, then you, your wife and the newborn come out here I buy you all dinner. Elson: It better be at a nice restaurant, I only eat nice food. Nguyen: Don't worry baby. I fly you to Paris for dinner and fly you right back. Elson: I'm gonna hold you to that, It's on camera now. Nguyen: If I win this whole thing, you come back and I promise I fly you all to Paris for dinner baby. Nguyen continued to ham it up for the ESPN cameras for the better part of the last hour and tried to get almost everyone at his table involved in some way. "What about you! (seat nine) You from Manchester right?" asked Nguyen. "Uh, I'm from New York Scotty." answered Kevin Farry. "Oh, I got you confused with someone else. All white people look alike" joked Nguyen with a huge smile on his face. This brought laughter from everyone within earshot and Nguyen cleared things up by saying, "You guys know I'm kidding. I love white people!" Just a few hands later Nguyen added to his chip stack again, this time at the expense of Tuan Lam. Nguyen raised to $280,000 before the flop and Lam was the only caller from the button. The flop came K 4 2 and Nguyen checked. Lam bet out $350,000 and Nguyen smooth called. The turn was the 10 and Nguyen fired out a bet of $470,000. "If you call this you don't like money man" said Nguyen. Lam apparently does like money and folded his hand.Paulo Loureiro Eliminated in 28th Place ($285,678) Loureiro limped into the pot from late position and was called by Raymond Rahme in the small blind. Billy Spadea raised to $150,000 from the big blind and Loureiro came back over the top all in. Rahme got out of the way and Spadea called. Loureiro showed K K and Spadea woke up in the big blind with A A. The board came 10 10 2 5 3 and Loureiro was eliminated in 28th place, causing the table redraw.Edler Got Caught Edler raises to $220,000 preflop and was called by Raymond Rahme. The flop came K 5 3 and both players checked. The turn was the 3 and again both players checked. The river brought the 6 and Rahme bet out $200,000. Edler raised to $650,000 and Rahme didn't hesitate to call. Rahme showed A 6 and Edler mucked his hand saying only "ace high."
Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Bill Edler, Paulo Loureiro, Raymond Rahme, William Spadea Hour Two RecapJul 15, '07 Edler Spikes RiverPeter Darvil raised to $180,000 from the button, Bill Edler reraised to $380,000 from the small blind, and Darvil called. The flop was 5 3 2, and Edler moved all in. Darvil stood up immediately and began to pace. Darvil confirmed that he and Edler were about even in chips, with Edler having slightly more. Darvil then asked his friends on the rail to get him his bobblehead. They then produced a brand-new Phil Hellmuth bobblehead doll, that Darvil promptly placed on the felt to help him with his decision. Darvil made the call for his last $1.7 million, and was immediately commended by Edler for making a great call. Darvil showed 7 7, and Edler flipped up J 9. The turn was the Ad, maintaining Darvil's lead, but the river was the 9, and Darvil headed to the rail in stunned silence. He finished in 31st place. Edler further padded his stack past the $5 million mark, limping with an A 5 on the next hand, flopping an Ace, and getting paid off to the tune of $300,000Either Way I Win Baby Scotty Nguyen has been enjoying chatting with his tablemates. At one point he started a dialogue with a mother who is cheering her son from the rail. Nguyen is convinced that if her son wins the tournament that she will adopt him. Also if Raymond Rhame, seated two players over from him in the No. 9 seat wins, he will adopt Nguyen also. Nguyen also received a quick visit from two-time main event champion Johnny Chan, who came by to offer words of encouragement, and an endorsement logo. No word yet on whether or not Chan is mentoring anyone currently in the field. Chip Confusion Much has been made of the three current chip denominations currently on all four tables. Two shades of orange and pink don't make for easily definable differences, and most players, cameramen, dealers, and reporters have issue with the similarity of each of the chips. Hypotheses on which shade of orange the $100,000 chips will be when they are introduced is a hot topic of discussion. Recent Eliminatiions Each of these players will receive $285,678 31. Pete Darvil 30. Jason Koshi 29. Ron Kluber Players are on break for twenty minutes. There are currently 28 players left, when one more is eliminated they will redraw for the final three tables. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Bill Edler, Raymond Rahme, Peter Darvill |
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| Jul 15, '07 | 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 55 - World Championship No-Limit Hold'em | 6 | + | ||||||||||
Raymond Rahme Eliminated 3rd ($3,048,025)Jul 17, '07 Play resumesPlay has restarted after a 20 minute break. Blinds will go up in one hour. Raymond Rahme Eliminated 3rd (3,048,025) Jerry Yang raises to $2,500,000 and is reraised by Pokerstars qualifier Raymond Rahme to $8,600,000. Yang makes the call, and the flop comes A J 8. Rahme checks and Yang fires out a $10,000,000 bet. Rahme moves all in, and Yang is faced with his biggest decision of the tournament. Rahme looks calm as he pushes all of his chips into the middle, and Yang looks unsure of his decision. He goes into the tank for several minutes, and the ESPN arena is silent. Yang looks up then says, "I call." Rahme says, "nice call" and turns over K K. Yang does his patented double fist pump and rolls over A 5. The next two cards brick for Rahme when they come 3 2, and he is sent home with over three million dollars.Heads Up Chip Counts Here are the chip counts going into heads up play: Jerry Yang -- $104,450,000 Tuan Lam -- $23,025,000 Player Tags: Tuan Lam, Jerry Yang, Raymond Rahme Hour ElevenJul 17, '07 Tuan Lam Doubles UpJerry Yang raises to $2,500,000, and www.pokerstars.com online qualifier Tuan Lam moves all in. Raymond Rahme moves in over the top and Yang folds. Rahme tables Q Q, and Lam A5. The flop comes A1010, and again the Canadians burst into applause. But Lam still has to dodge two cards. The turn brings the 2, and Lam us just one card away from doubling up. The river is the A, Lam fills up and again is mobbed by his supporters. They break out into the national anthem, but it fades after a few lines. After the players are reseated Lam now has $26,000,000 and Rahme just $17,100,000.Updated Chip Counts Here are the latest chip counts Jerry Yang -- $51,225,000 Tuan Lam -- $32,050,000 Raymond Rahme -- $21,100,000 Alex Kravchenko -- $21,100,000 Blinds raised The blinds are now $300,000-$600,000 with a $75,000 ante. Player Tags: Alexander Kravchenko, Tuan Lam, Jerry Yang, Raymond Rahme Hour TwelveJul 17, '07 Raymond Rahme Doubles Up
Alex Kravchenko Eliminated in Fourth Place ($1,852,721) A turning point hand at the final table just occurred. Jerry Yang moves all in preflop and Alex Kravchenko makes the call. Kravchenko flips over his initials, in the form of A K. Yang turns up pocket eights. The flop rolls out Q 9 8 and the crowd goes wild. Yang, Raymond Rahme, and Tuan Lam spring to their prospective corners to celebrate, because the likely elimination of Kravchenko would mean at least a $3,048,025 payday for all three. Things take a moment to calm down, and then the turn and river bring 4 3. Kravchenko is eliminated in fourth place, and he takes home $1,852,721 in prize money.Break Time
The players then went on another 20 minute break. Player Tags: Alexander Kravchenko, Tuan Lam, Jerry Yang, Raymond Rahme Hour TenJul 17, '07 Two Year Penalty
Seat No.1: PokerStars online qualifier, Raymond Rahme - $30,400,000 Player Tags: Mike Matusow, Alexander Kravchenko, Tuan Lam, Jerry Yang, Raymond Rahme Hour SixJul 17, '07 Kravchenko Doubled Up Again
Player Tags: Alexander Kravchenko, Jerry Yang, Raymond Rahme Jon Kalmar Eliminated 5th ($1,255,069)Jul 17, '07 Jon Kalmar Eliminated in 5th place ($1,255,069)Raymond Rahme, who qualified online at www.pokerstars.com raises to $2,500,000 and Jon Kalmar moves all in for $10,490,000 more. Rahme thinks briefly as his green clad spectators stand, ready to burst at any second. Rahme makes the call and shows down J J, and Kalmar tables AK. Both camps explode in support of their respective players, with calls for an ace or king tangling with yells for a third jack. Kalmar stands, wiping his hands on his black shirt, emblazoned with a picture of Family Guy character Stewie Griffin dressed as the lead character from Clockwork Orange. The flop comes 1096, and Rahme maintains the lead. Kalmer gets no help when the 3 comes on the turn and he is down to the last card. The river is the 3 and Kalmer is eliminated in fifth place. Rahme's supporters burst out in song, and the 62-year-old busts out a little dance to celebrate. He now has $29,890,000 in chips.Player Tags: Jon Kalmar, Raymond Rahme Night TrainJul 15, '07 Raymond Rahme Takes Huge PotIt is folded to Philip Hilm in the small blind, he calls and Raymond Rahme checks in the big blind. The flop comes 6 33, Hilm bets $120,000 and Rahme makes the call. The turn is the 2. Hilm checks and Rahme bets out $250,000. Hilm check-raises to $750,000 and Rahme goes into the tank. He finally makes the call, and the river brings the 4. Hilm bets $1,200,000 and Rahme calls almost instantly. Hilm tables K3 for trip threes, but Rahme roll over 65 for the straight. He rakes a massive pot, worth over $5,000,000.Tuan Lam Tuan Lam, who qualified for the main event online at www.pokerstars.com has some added help on his side, sweating him in the stands is fellow Canadian Anh Van Nguyen. Nguyen won a Bellagio preliminary event earlier in the year, and attributed some of his success to coaching from J.C. Tran. Whomever has helped Lam has clearly done an amazing job. David Tran Eliminated 14th ($429,114) Tuan Lam raises in early position and it is folded to David Tran. He looks down at his cards, them moves all in for $2,605,000. It is folded back to Lam and he goes into the tank. He thinks for several minutes, then simply says, "Call." He tables A K, and Tran shows 66. The flop comes K103, and Lam lets out a rare show of emotion. The next two cards come 42, and Tran is send from the main event in 14th place for a payday of $429,114. There are now just 13 players remaining.William Spadea Eliminated 13th ($429,114) William Spadea was all in with Big Slick, but he was covered by Jon Kalmer, who held pocket aces. The board rolled out A 8 8 2 5. Spadea was eliminated in 13th place and he took home $429,114 in prize money. Kalmer jumped into the chip lead after the hand.Make it Rain Hevad Kahn picked up a large pot off of Kalmer right before the break. He overbet the river, which induced Kalmer to call on a board of K 10 J 4 K. Kahn flipped over K 10 and went into his standard operating procedure victory celebration.Break Players are on a 20 minute break, there are 12 remaining. Notable Chip Counts
Tuan Lam 20300000 Hevad Khan 12740000 www.pokerstars.com Player Tags: David Tran, Tuan Lam, Philip Hilm, Raymond Rahme Players On BreakJul 15, '07 There are currently 22 players left following the completion of the 26th level.Roy Winston Eliminated in 26th Place In a previous hand Bill Edler raised to $240,000, John Armbrust called from the cutoff, Roy Winston reraised to $750,000, Edler folded, and after several minutes Armbrust moved all in over the top. Winston then tanked for quite a while. The player in seat No. 9 called the clock on Winston, and he ended up not making a decision, and his hand was declared dead. Winston's business partner Mark, who was faithfully sweating his friend, became very agitated, reminding the player in seat No. 9, that these aren't big decision's, "You're only playing for $8.2 million." Winston raised from middle position a few hands later, and Jerry Yang asked for a count on Winston's chips. Yang then proceeded to move all in, and Winston shrugged his shoulders and called. Yang showed A K and Winston held a slight lead with Q Q. That all changed as the board ran out A 10 2 8 6, and Winston was eliminated in 26th place.Alaei Can't Find His Kicker This Time Daniel Alaei had faced elimination twice previously late in the tournament holding an Ace and an inferior kicker to his caller. Both times he paired his other card on the river to stay alive. Finally these situations caught up with him as he moved in preflop with A K, and was called by Jon Kalmer holding A Q. The board ran out 7 5 4 5 9, and Alaei was elminated in 25th place.Edler Elminated Before Break On a downward slope for most of this level, Bill Edler managed to double up short-stack Alex Kravchenko, just before committing all of his chips in tough spot. After Raymond Rahme raised preflop, Edler reraised to $1.5 million, Rahme folded, but Kravchenko called for his last $695,000. Edler said, "Happy Birthday" as he tabled 4 4. Kravchenko showed 10 10, and when the board ran out K Q 7 10 A, Edler shipped a decent amount of chips to Kravchenko.A few hands later, Edler pushed all in for his last $1.95 million from early position. Action folded around to Jerry Yang in the big blind, who eventually made the call. Edler commended him for the call and showed 10 9, which proved to be live cards to Yang's A K. The flop closed some doors as it fell Q 4 2. The turn was the A, leaving the meaningless 7 to fall on the river. Edler was given a hearty round of applause for his 23rd place finish.Recent Eliminations Each of these players earned $333,490 27. Jeff Bryan 26. Roy Winston 25. Daniel Alaei 24. Ryan Elston 23. Bill Edler Notables
Pokerstars Online Qualifier Hevad Kahn 5300000 pokerstars.com Player Tags: Daniel Alaei, Bill Edler, Jerry Yang, Roy Winston, Raymond Rahme Final Three TablesJul 15, '07 With the elimination of Paulo Loureiro in 28th place, the remaining 27 players were shuffled to all new seats in a redraw. The final three tables have been established and following a short break cards were back in the air.A new chip leader has emerged in the early hours of day six. Lee Childs has been able to build his stack up to $11,300,000. Billy Spadea is in a close second with $10,400,000 in chips. All In, All the Time Ryan Elson had gotten into the habit of making several large preflop raises in the last few hours and usually it would provoke the desired outcome from his opponents, a fold. Elson raised to $375,000 from the button before the flop and Scotty Nguyen, seated directly to his left, reraised all in for $1,525,000. Elson went into the tank and Nguyen stood up from the table smiling. Nguyen looked over his shoulder at Johnny Chan on the rail and said, "This All-In drink made me do it baby!", referring to the energy drink that Johnny Chan is the spokesman for. Nguyen sipped on his energy drink and finally Elson asked Nguyen, "You wanna party? I call!" Nguyen turned over A Q and Elson was ahead with 10 10. The dealer laid out A J 8 on the flop and Nguyen jumped into the driver's seat. The turn was the 5 and Nguyen needed to only dodge one of two tens left in the deck. The river brought the 6 and Nguyen doubled up to more than $4,000,000 in chips. After the hand, the always happy Elson and Nguyen got into a conversation that attracted attention and laughter from both the rail and ESPN camera crews.Elson: I've gotta call my wife now and tell her that Scotty took all my chips! Nguyen: Call your wife baby, she come out here I buy her dinner. Elson: She's eight months pregnant Scotty! Nguyen: Ok, then you, your wife and the newborn come out here I buy you all dinner. Elson: It better be at a nice restaurant, I only eat nice food. Nguyen: Don't worry baby. I fly you to Paris for dinner and fly you right back. Elson: I'm gonna hold you to that, It's on camera now. Nguyen: If I win this whole thing, you come back and I promise I fly you all to Paris for dinner baby. Nguyen continued to ham it up for the ESPN cameras for the better part of the last hour and tried to get almost everyone at his table involved in some way. "What about you! (seat nine) You from Manchester right?" asked Nguyen. "Uh, I'm from New York Scotty." answered Kevin Farry. "Oh, I got you confused with someone else. All white people look alike" joked Nguyen with a huge smile on his face. This brought laughter from everyone within earshot and Nguyen cleared things up by saying, "You guys know I'm kidding. I love white people!" Just a few hands later Nguyen added to his chip stack again, this time at the expense of Tuan Lam. Nguyen raised to $280,000 before the flop and Lam was the only caller from the button. The flop came K 4 2 and Nguyen checked. Lam bet out $350,000 and Nguyen smooth called. The turn was the 10 and Nguyen fired out a bet of $470,000. "If you call this you don't like money man" said Nguyen. Lam apparently does like money and folded his hand.Paulo Loureiro Eliminated in 28th Place ($285,678) Loureiro limped into the pot from late position and was called by Raymond Rahme in the small blind. Billy Spadea raised to $150,000 from the big blind and Loureiro came back over the top all in. Rahme got out of the way and Spadea called. Loureiro showed K K and Spadea woke up in the big blind with A A. The board came 10 10 2 5 3 and Loureiro was eliminated in 28th place, causing the table redraw.Edler Got Caught Edler raises to $220,000 preflop and was called by Raymond Rahme. The flop came K 5 3 and both players checked. The turn was the 3 and again both players checked. The river brought the 6 and Rahme bet out $200,000. Edler raised to $650,000 and Rahme didn't hesitate to call. Rahme showed A 6 and Edler mucked his hand saying only "ace high."
Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Bill Edler, Paulo Loureiro, Raymond Rahme, William Spadea Hour Two RecapJul 15, '07 Edler Spikes RiverPeter Darvil raised to $180,000 from the button, Bill Edler reraised to $380,000 from the small blind, and Darvil called. The flop was 5 3 2, and Edler moved all in. Darvil stood up immediately and began to pace. Darvil confirmed that he and Edler were about even in chips, with Edler having slightly more. Darvil then asked his friends on the rail to get him his bobblehead. They then produced a brand-new Phil Hellmuth bobblehead doll, that Darvil promptly placed on the felt to help him with his decision. Darvil made the call for his last $1.7 million, and was immediately commended by Edler for making a great call. Darvil showed 7 7, and Edler flipped up J 9. The turn was the Ad, maintaining Darvil's lead, but the river was the 9, and Darvil headed to the rail in stunned silence. He finished in 31st place. Edler further padded his stack past the $5 million mark, limping with an A 5 on the next hand, flopping an Ace, and getting paid off to the tune of $300,000Either Way I Win Baby Scotty Nguyen has been enjoying chatting with his tablemates. At one point he started a dialogue with a mother who is cheering her son from the rail. Nguyen is convinced that if her son wins the tournament that she will adopt him. Also if Raymond Rhame, seated two players over from him in the No. 9 seat wins, he will adopt Nguyen also. Nguyen also received a quick visit from two-time main event champion Johnny Chan, who came by to offer words of encouragement, and an endorsement logo. No word yet on whether or not Chan is mentoring anyone currently in the field. Chip Confusion Much has been made of the three current chip denominations currently on all four tables. Two shades of orange and pink don't make for easily definable differences, and most players, cameramen, dealers, and reporters have issue with the similarity of each of the chips. Hypotheses on which shade of orange the $100,000 chips will be when they are introduced is a hot topic of discussion. Recent Eliminatiions Each of these players will receive $285,678 31. Pete Darvil 30. Jason Koshi 29. Ron Kluber Players are on break for twenty minutes. There are currently 28 players left, when one more is eliminated they will redraw for the final three tables. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Bill Edler, Raymond Rahme, Peter Darvill |
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Raymond Rahme Doubles
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Team PokerStars Por Raymond Rahme has busted out of the tournament in 27th place, and he will take home $66,564 in prize money.
Raymond Rahme made a set of threes against Cyril Bensoussan on a flop of Q