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Nickname: Joanne "J.J." Liu
Hometown: Las Vegas
Country of Origin: United States 
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| Jul 06, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 1 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 5 Hour 2 Update: Lisandro Finishes StrongJul 06, '09 Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante Chip Counts: 1. Joe Cada — 187,000 Notable Eliminations: Frank Kassela Big Hands
On a flop of K Liu: K Both players flop top pair, Liu is in kicker trouble. The turn and river brick as Liu fails to improve and is subsequently eliminated from the vent. Gavin Griffin Doubles Up Gavin griffin gets it all in pre-flop for 12,700 and is called in one spot. Griffin: 10 Board: K Griffin gets it in behind, and his opponent flops top set to boot. The turn gives Griffin a guts-shot, and amazingly he gets there on the river. Gavin griffin doubels up to 25,000+ this hand.
The small blind comes in for a raise and Allen Bari calls from the big blind. The flop comes 9 Bari: 10 Both players flop an overpair, Bari is way behind. The turn and river are the 3 Kevin Saul Knocks One Out Kevin Saul raises to 1,000 from the button, the player in the small blind calls, the player in the big bind raises to 4,200, Saul calls and the small blind folds. The flop comes J Saul: Q Saul flops the nut straight while his opponent flops top pair with the ace. The turn and river are the 5 Jeff Lisandro Catches Bluff On a flop of 7 Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro, Gavin Griffin, Allen Bari, Joanne Liu, Kevin Saul |
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| Oct 26, '08 | 2008 Caesars Palace Classic | No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed Event 16 | 1 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
J.J. Liu Grabs a PotOct 26, '08 J.J. Liu bet 200 under the gun on a board of Q Player Tags: Joanne Liu |
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| Oct 24, '08 | 2008 Festa Al Lago Classic (WPT) | No-Limit Hold'em Championship (WPT) - Event 16 | 5 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
J.J Liu Eliminated in 34th Place ($26,645)Oct 24, '08
Player Tags: Joanne Liu |
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| Jun 28, '08 | 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 49 - No-Limit Hold'em | 1 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Level Five RecapJun 28, '08 Blinds/Antes: 100-200-25 Players Remaining: 840 of 2,718 Average Chip Stack: 9,160 Hands and Storylines:
With the board J-J-3-8-9 and roughly 8,000 chips already in the pot, Joe Awada moved all in for 6,525. J.J. Liu thought for a few minutes. She separated the chips from her stack and counted out how many chips she would have remaining if she lost multiple times. Finally, she made the call and Joe Awada flipped over J-9 for a full house. After the hand Awada has 21,000 chips, while Liu was down to 12,000 chips. Boeken doubles with flush When Noah Boeken reraised all in and was called, he was understandably worried. But then he saw that his K Rajkumar chips up Vivek Rajkumar raised to 800 from late position and was called by the big blind. After the flop came K-J-10, Rajkumar bet 1,200 after his opponent checked. He took down the pot with the bet and was up to 14,000 chips after the hand. Earlier in the level he was given a warning when a player was upset he pulled his cards up and allowed others to see them when a player moved all in and another player had yet to act. On that hand Rajkumar folded queens and a player with pocket jacks doubled up through A-K on an A-J-x flop. Player Tags: Joe Awada, Noah Boeken, Joanne Liu, Vivek Rajkumar |
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| Jun 27, '08 | 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 46 - No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed | 2 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event 46 - $5000 6-handed NLHE - Jacobs Chips UpJun 27, '08 Blinds: 5,000-10,000 Player Tags: Joanne Liu, Alex Jacob, Bertrand Grospellier Event 46 - $5000 6-handed NLHE - Justice for J.J.Jun 27, '08 Blinds: 2,000-4,000 Player Tags: Joanne Liu, Tony Hachem, Nikolay Evdakov $5,000 NL Hold'em Six-Handed - Level 11Jun 27, '08 Blinds: 800/1600 with 200 ante Player Tags: Joanne Liu, Ken Einiger, Bertrand Grospellier, Benjamin Hamnett, Nikolay Evdakov |
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| Jun 25, '08 | 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 44 - No-Limit Hold'em with Rebuys | 1 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$1,000 NL Hold'em w/Rebuys - Level 6Jun 25, '08 Players are now beginning their dinner break. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Kathy Liebert, Joanne Liu, Joe Tehan, Steve Dannenmann |
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| Mar 10, '08 | 2008 Bay 101 Shooting Star (WPT) | WPT Shooting Star Championship Event 2 | 1 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joanne "JJ" Liu Eliminated by Men "The Master" NguyenMar 10, '08 Shooting Star JJ Liu gets her last 8,000 in the pot before the flop with K Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Joanne Liu Shooting Star Elimination: J.J. LiuMar 10, '08
Player Tags: Joanne Liu Little vs. LiuMar 10, '08 J.J. Liu raises 125 and Jonathan Little makes the call. The big blind also calls and the flop rolls out A Player Tags: Joanne Liu, Jonathan Little |
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| Jul 11, '07 | 2007 Bellagio Cup III Tournament (WPT) | WPT No-Limit Hold'em Championship Event | 2 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
J.J. Liu Makes A Nice CallJul 11, '07 On a flop of 10 7 2 , J. J. Liu bets $400. John Magill, last year's main event 12th place finisher, makes the call. The turn is the 8 , and now Magill bets $1,500. Liu studies for awhile before making the call. The river is the 3 , and Magill now bets $3,000. Liu ponders the call, shuffles her chips around, and then finally throws them in the pot. Magill turns over A 9 for a busted straight draw, and Liu shows Q 7 for third pair and takes the pot.
Player Tags: Joanne Liu, John Magill |
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| Jul 07, '07 | 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 55 - World Championship No-Limit Hold'em | 1 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Night TrainJul 07, '07 Sam Simon Doubles Accomplished television writer, producer and developer Sam Simon got involved in a big pot with poker pro J.J. Liu. Simon was down to $12,000 and moved all of his chips in preflop. After a few moments deliberation Liu decided to call with A 10 . Simon's A K had Liu dominated preflop, and after the board came down 7 6 5 K 7 Simon doubled to around $25,000 while his friend Norm MacDonald looked cheered him on from the sidelines. The Schoenfeld Split Cardplayer and PokerStars's own Adam Schoenfeld called a raise to $2,000 from the big blind, and he and his opponent saw a flop of K Q 10 . His opponent bet $4,000 and Schoenfeld raised to $12,000. His opponent thought for a moment before throwing in six orange chips, a raise to $30,000. Schoenfeld stacked his schips into one tall tower and pushed it into the middle. His opponent called the all-in, which was only $1,500 more than his original bet. Schoenfeld revealed the Q 10 for bottom two, and his opponent looked surprised before revealing the Q 10 for the same two pair. Schoenfeld was on a freeroll for running spades, but when the K fell on the turn the pot was a guaranteed chop. Both players merely split the small blind and the chips of any limpers. Montel? A player in seat three limps, seat four raises to $2,000, Montel Williams and the three seat call. The flop comes 5 3 2 , Montel leads for $4,500, seat three folds and seat four moves all in for $23,200. Montel quickly calls and tables A 4 while his opponent shows down A K . The turn is the 2 , giving Montel a miracle straight. It doesn't hold however when the river brings the 10 .Break and Color Up Floor staff is currently coloring up the green $25 chips. When they are finished Players will be on a 20 minute break. Player Tags: Adam Schoenfeld, Joanne Liu, Montel Williams Hour Three RecapJul 07, '07 The remaining players fought through a crowd of spectators lined up to get into the Amazon room as they returned from their half hour break following the completion of level one. The blinds had increased to $100-$200 as the third hour of play got underway.New Chip Leader Joe Sebok has emerged as the chip leader in the last hour, having built his stack up to $56,000 as a result of his solid play. With four limpers into the pot, Sebok checked in the big blind. The flop came 10 9 6 and the player in the small blind checked. Sebok bet out $700 and the player in seat four raised to $1,500. The small blind instantly called and Sebok reraised to $5,500. Seat four folded and the small blind called. The turn was the 4 and both players checked. The river brought the A and the player in the small blind pushed all in for $11,000. Sebok thought for just a moment before making the call. The small blind showed A J for top pair with a busted flush draw. Sebok turned over 10 9 for two pair and took down the large pot.Rollin' On the River Doug Lee is across the Amazon room but with $50,000 in chips, is right on Sebok's tail. Lee chipped up in the last hour and did so with a little luck. The player second to act raised to $600 and action folded to the blinds. The player in the small blind called and Doug Lee called from the big blind. The flop came 8 5 3 and the small blind checked. Lee bet out $1,500 and the other player in the hand folded. The player in the small blind raised to $4,000 and Lee made the call. The turn was the 4 and the player in the small blind bet out $10,000. Lee waited for a moment before coming back over the top all in. The small blind called and showed 3 3 for bottom set. Lee turned over 8 5 for just top two. Sensing his tournament life was over, Lee looked defeated. The river brought the miracle 5 for Lee, filling his boat and giving him the huge pot. Lee's opponent was eliminated and Lee climbed the leaderboard.Mercier Builds Her Stack Isabelle Mercier, member of Team Pokerstars (www.pokerstars.com), has also enjoyed some good fortune in the early hours and now sits with a healthy chip stack herself. Mercier raised to $600 second to act and was called by both the blinds. The flop was 10 7 2 and all three players checked. The turn was the 10 and the player in the small blind bet out $10,000. The big blind folded and Mercier made the call. The river was the K and the small blind led out with $2,000. Mercier called again and her opponent said, "ace high." Mercier flipped over K 5 for top two pair and raked in her chips.Gone Fischin' In a heads up pot with an unknown player, Scott Fischman made a $12,000 bet on the river with the board showing K 10 3 10 9 . Fischman's opponent called, putting him all in, and was holding A K . Fischman showed Q 10 and sent his opponent to the rail while building his stack to $35,000.No Easy Task A player by the name of Jason Halbrook is playing in today's event and he's sitting at table 229 with David Oppenheim and J.J. Liu. Sitting at the table with two great poker players is the least of Halbrook's worries today as he has another hurdle to overcome. Halbrook is seated with an aide that views his cards and relays the information to him because Halbrook is blind. With a difficult task ahead of him, we would like to wish Jason the best of luck. Shallow In Deep Englishman Dave 'Dubai' Shallow, seated at a table with former World Champion Tom McEvoy and recent bracelet winner Alexander Kravchenko put his tournament life on the line when he got his remaining $3,700 chips in the middle when the flop came 5 6 2 . He got two callers who checked down the 9 turn and 3 river. Shallow flipped over 2-2 and scooped the pot to bring him back to $15,500 in chips. 'Aces' Gets Cracked Simon 'Aces' Trumper is somewhat fortunate to be alive in this game. His top full house was bested by quad Jacks. This left him with just one-tenth of his starting stack. He is fighting back though and looks very focused. He has $3,800 Some Euro Chip Counts Marc Goodwin is in ebullient form and has $45,000, Donnacha O'Dea looks relaxed with $30,200, and the ever-smiling Praz Banzi has $14,050. Isabel Mercier has been moved to Eoghan O'Dea's table. Eoghan has $19,800 while Ben Grundy has $35,000. Notable Chip Counts
Player Tags: Scott Fischman, David Oppenheim, Doug Lee, Isabelle Mercier, Joanne Liu, Joe Sebok |
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| Jun 21, '07 | 2007 38th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 34 - Limit Hold'em | 2 | + | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Final Table Bubble About To BurstJun 21, '07 With the elimination of Greg Mueller in 20th place ($7,761) and Dean Tran in 19th ($7,761), the final two tables of The $3,000 limit hold'em event were set. Table 66 would play host to JJ Liu and Chad Brown, while Table 72 housed David "The Dragon" Pham and Max Pescatori. JJ Liu would only outlast three more players before busting in 15th place. Max Pescatori was later all-in on a board of 6 5 5 J with A 8 against his opponents 10 10 . Pescatori wanted a heart, but made sure to clarify that he didn't want the ten of hearts. A second later, the 10 hit the board, and Max was eliminated by his opponent's full house. Two other short stacked players followed quickly on Pescatori's heels, leaving only the eleven deeper stacks at the end of level 15. Play will continue until two more players hit the rail and the final table is set, so make sure to check back for more updates here at Cardplayer.com.
Player Tags: David Pham, Max Pescatori, Greg Mueller, Joanne Liu Down to 50Jun 21, '07 Six tables are left in the limit event today.Thor Hansen was the most recent pro to succumb to a short stack, falling in 51st place. J.J. Liu took a pot off of Bryan Devonshire. With a board 10 6 4 K Q , Devonshire called Lieu down and folded when she showed him A 10 .Mueller also lost a decent-sized pot to Ted Forrest. The betting was capped pre-flop. Mueller check called Forrest all the way to the river with the board showing 10 8 4 Q 8 . Forrest revealed his K K and Mueller mucked his hand.Phil Hellmuth is still alive and well, much to the delight of the railbirds, and Harrahs.
Player Tags: Ted Forrest, Greg Mueller, Phil Hellmuth, Joanne Liu, Bryan Devonshire |
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