Lee Childs - Live Updates

Level 14 Update: Dinner Break

Jul 01, '09

Blinds: 1,500-3,000 with a 400 ante

Players Remaining: 66 out of 928

Chip Counts:

1. Rui Cao — 715,000
2. Rory Matthews — 610,000
3. Matthew Waxman — 540,000
4. Shaun Deeb — 480,000
5. Robert Kay — 355,000
6. Sean Keeton — 355,000
7. Faraz Jaka — 325,000
8. Darrell Dicken — 310,000
9. Ilya Gorodetskiy — 300,000
10. Lard Bonding — 288,300

Average Chip Count: 210,909

Notable Eliminations:

89. Dean Nyberg — $9,1599,159
87. Jean Gaspard — $9,159
85. Sirous Jamshidi — $9,159
83. Alex Kravchenko — $9,159
82. Juha Helppi — $9,159
80. Jose Severino — $9,159
79. Kenny Shei — $9,159
78. Lex Veldhuis — $10,163
75. Jeff Coutroulis — $10,163
74. Daniel Schreiber — $10,163

Big Hands

Juha Helppi Eliminated in 82nd Place ($9,59)

Juha Helppi open-shoves for 35,500 from the button and the player in the big blind calls.

Helppi: J7
Big Blind: 55

Board: Q9689

Helppi caught a big turn card and picked up a bunch of outs, but failed to improve by the river. He is eliminated in 82nd Place ($9,159).

Lee Childs Eliminated

The player in the small blind makes a pre-flop raise and Lee Childs moves all in for 50,000 from the big blind.

Childs: KQ
Small Blind: 1010

Board: A6522

Childs fails to improve and is eliminated from the tournament.

Left in the Deck

Players went on a seventy-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 8:00 pm PDT to begin Level 16.

Player Tags: Juha Helppi,   Lee Childs

$10,000 Main Event - Day 2B - Level 7 (Hr. 2)

Jul 09, '08

Players are going on an extended 30-minute break as tournament officials now take all the 25 chips off the tables.

Blinds/Antes: 300-600-75

Day 2B Players Left: 1,701

Chip Leaders:
Terry Lade - 300,000
Henning Granstad - 280,000
Cliff Josephy - 250,000
Evan Woodington - 240,000
Alexander Kotritsyn – 210,000
Victor Ramdin – 203,000
Chad Layne - 200,000
Vlad Teposu - 195,000
Serj Markarian - 185,000
Howard Berchowitz - 184,000
Igor Ioffe - 175,000
Brandon Becker - 175,000

Other Notables:
Phil Hellmuth – 107,000
Nenad Medic – 105,000
Jennifer Harman – 101,000
Mike Wattel – 84,000
Nikolay Evdakov – 78,000
Jeff Madsen – 75,000
Thayer Rasmussen – 69,000
Mike Matusow – 60,000
Minh Nguyen – 58,000
Kyle Kloeckner – 48,000
Jean-Robert Bellande – 47,000
Ayaz Mahmood – 45,000
Joe Hachem – 43,000
Rolf Slotboom – 39,000
Matt Vengrin – 29,000
Allen Cunningham – 28,000
Ryan Daut – 23,000
Tony Dunst – 22,000
Cory Zeidman – 18,000
Ed Brogdon – 13,000

Big Hands and Storylines:

Don’t Mess with the Force

Play was folded around the table to the small blind, where Leif Force raised to 2300. The player in the big blind sensed a steal, so he reraised to 7000. Force then decided to prove he was serious, and made a second raise, this to 17,300. It was going to cost the big blind another 10,300 to call, with a stack of about 30,000. He elected to fold, but accidently flashed the 7 in the process. “I can beat that,” Force told him, mucking his hand.

Lee uses straight flush to increase stack

Late in the level Bernard Lee raised from under the gun with pocket tens and the big blind reraised all in for 20,000 more. Lee called and was up against A-K. The board came K-10-4-9-7 and Lee took the pot. Later he got involved in a pot with J7. The flop came 8-8-7 with the 8 and Lee called a 1,000 bet. He called another bet when the T came on the turn, and then the 9 came on the river, giving him a straight flush. Lee made a 2,100 bet and got a call and the pot. At the break Lee was up to 70,000 chips.

Ng Adds to Chip Count

Evelyn Ng was in the small blind and called a raise from a player in late position. The flop came 1055, and after Ng checked, she called a 5000 bet. Both players checked when the 2 fell on the river, then Ng led out for another 5000 when the 2 double-paired the board on the river. Her opponent called, but trailed with his 66, and Ng was holding 77.

Men the Master chops pocket kings

Preflop, Men Nguyen made a reraise of 12,000 and was called. Then on a J76 flop he check-raised all in for about 40,000. He called an his opponent flipped over two kings. "I'm freerolling. Give me two diamonds," Nguyen announced before flipping over a pair of kings with the K. But the turn was a heart, chopping the roughly 120,000-chip pot.

Childs Takes a Hit

Nenad Medic raised to 1800 from the cut-off and Lee Childs called from the big blind. The flop came Q97 and after Childs checked Medic checked behind him. The 5 came on the turn and Childs stabbed at the pot with a 2500 bet. Medic made the call. The 10 was the river card and Childs checked. Medic then moved out 5000, and Childs reluctantly made the call. Medic showed Q8 for top pair, and Childs mucked. He lost almost half his stack in the hand, now with 11,800 in front of him. Nedic has been joined at the table by fellow Canadian Isabelle Mercier.

Matusow Takes Small Pot

Mike Matusow was in the big blind, after checked after the player in the cut-off limped for 600. The flop came 742and both players checked. The 3 came on the turn and Matusow bet 1500, which drew a call. The 6 came on the river and Matusow bet 2400. His opponent folded and Matusow improved to about 55,000 in chips.
 

Player Tags: Evelyn Ng,   Mike Matusow,   Nenad Medic,   Bernard Lee,   Leif Force,   Lee Childs

$3000 NL Hold'em - Level 16

Jun 16, '08

Players are beginning a 20-minute break.

Blinds: 4000/8000 with 1000 ante

Players Left: 16 of 716

Chip Leaders:

Johnny Neckar - 880,000
Tony Dunst - 429,000
Alex Zaslavsky - 375,000
Matt Vengrin - 350,000
Stewart Newman - 270,000
Sebastian Segovia - 265,000
John Phan - 260,000
David Singer - 260,000
Dustin Pattinson - 200,000
Thuyen Doan - 182,000

Eliminations: McLean Karr, Leo Wolpert, Hjalti Jacobsen, Dan O'Brien, Douglas Miranda, Jon Traver, Zach King, Dale Pinchot, Richard Tatalovich, Ryan Young.

Storylines/Big Hands:

For the second time since the dinner break, players have drawn new seating assignments as the field has been narrowed down to 18 players. Play will continue until the final nine are determined for the final table Tuesday.

Pattison Makes Connectors Work

Dustin Pattinson was in the small blind and limped when Doug Miranda in the big blind raised all-in for 46,000. Pattinson called and showed 87. He was up against Miranda's QJ. The flop came A76 to hit Pattinson, and the 10 only added to his outs. The 8 on the river meant Miranda was finished in 22nd place.

Sevens Work for Segovia

Sebastian Segovia was in the big blind and had already seen Lee Childs raise to 20,000 and Vincent Peraino call from the cutoff. Segovia also elected to make the call and the flop came 533. Segovia took the initiative and bet 35,000 which was enough to take the pot down.

Peraino Calls and Folds Again

David SInger raised to 20,000 and Peraino called. The flop came Q63 and SInger led out for 43,000. Peraino mucked his hand.

Phan Offers Second Chance

John Phan was in the big blind and Alex Zaslavsky was under the gun when he raised to 20,000. Phan called and the flop came 1085. Phan then check-called a 34,000 bet from Zaslavsky, and when the 4 came on the turn both players checked. The river paired the board with the 10 and Phan bet 24,000. Zavlasky released his hand, but Phan quickly swept the cards back to his opponent. "I'll give you a second chance," he offered. The dealer took the stunned Zaslavsky off the hook by declaring the hand dead.

No Lucky Sevens for Pinchot

Dale Pinchot raised all-in from early position for 71,000, and Stewart Newman reraised all-in behind him to create a heads-up battle. Pinchot tabled 77 while Newman held AA. The board ran out QJ38K and Pinchot was done.
 

Player Tags: John Phan,   David Singer,   Dale Pinchot,   Lee Childs,   Stewart Newman,   Alex Zaslavsky,   Vincent Peraino,   Sebastian Segovia

Hour Two

Jul 17, '07

Alex Kravchenko Very Active
Alex Kravchenko has been very active with his shortstack.  He has opened every pot that has been folded to him.  Most of the raises have been all in, unfortunately for his the few that have not have been picked off by larger stacks.

Lee Childs Eliminated 7th ($705,209)
It is folded to Childs in the small blind, and he raises to $480,000 more.  Jerry Yang waits for the count on Childs, then moves all in.  Childs stands up, back to the table as he contimplates his decision.  He returns to his chair, with his dwindling chip stack reflected in the ruby red glasses atop his black hat.  Yang is statueque as Childs thinks, hand covering his face.  A look of contentment spreds across Childs'  face as he seems to make his decision .  He announces  "I  call" and immeditily the crowd in on its feet.  Child's pumps both his fists and he realizes his KJ, has Yang's J8 dominated.  Things look better on the flop as it comes 644 and Childs is in prime position to double up.  Things take a drastic turn for him however, when the turn rolls off one of the sickest cards in the deck, the 8.  Now Yang takes the lead, but Childs still has a king or club to take the pot back.  His journey ends when the river brings the 9, and he is sent to the rail in 7th place for a $705,209 payday.  Yang now has almost half the chips in play.

Player Tags: Alexander Kravchenko,   Jerry Yang,   Lee Childs

Hour One

Jul 17, '07

Gooooooooaaalllllll!

The final table area has taken on the look of a word cup match. Fans are touting flags in support of their chosen players. Because of the international flavor of this year’s main event the flags of Canada, South Africa, Denmark and the good old U.S. of A are draped across the crowd. The energy is electric and in some cases the players and the fans are feeding off of each other in a frenzy of energy. This was no more evident than when www.pokerstars.com online qualifier, Hevad Khan , was announced and he rushed over to his group of friends. He blended with them as one for a brief moment, and looked as if he was cheering on a friend himself in the overflow of excitement.

Railbirds

During the early action of the afternoon former world champion Johnny Chan has stopped by to catch the action. So has Scandinavian legend, Thor Hansen, who had a very strong showing at the year’s World Series of Poker, including a brief appearance at the H.O.R.S.E. final table. Ted Lawson is along the rail in full support of his friend Lee Watkinson. Lars Bonding and Mads Anderson are a part of the Denmark contingent that is here to root on Philip Hilm. More professional players are sure to stream through the crowd all day long here at the final table.

Price of Admission: One Million Dollars

Not too many chips have changed hands at the final table as of yet, but one interesting trend has emerged. The standard raise amount has become $1 million. The price of poker is indeed high at this point in the game.

First Big Pot

With $6 million sitting in the pot after a battle of raises between Lee Childs and Jerry Yang, the flop was rolled out 7 4 2. Childs then fired out $3 million and Yang raised all in. Childs went into the tank and pondered the call that would also put himself all in. He eventually mucked two queens faceup and Yang took down the $11+ million pot.

Yang Wins another Huge Pot

Jerry Yang raised to $2.5 million and Phillip Hilm went into the tank. Hilm eventually made the call and the flop rolled out A 10 8. Hilm checked and Yang fired out $3 million. Hilm hastily called and the turn brought the 3. Hilm checked and Yang moved all in. Hilm folded his hand and Yang took down yet another large pot at the final table. Yang is now the chip leader with over $25 million.

Phillip Hilm Elminated in Ninth Place ($525, 934)

Hilm and Yang clashed again a few hands later, but this battle woud be their last. On a board of K J 5 2 Jerry Yang bet $4 million and Hilm moved all in. Yang made the call and flipped over A K. Hilm showed 8 5 and the crowd reacted with a mix of glee, dissappointment from the Denmark contingent, and excitment. The river brought the 6and Hilm was eliminated in ninth place. He played an aggressive game early, but Yang was just as aggressive, and the Scandanavian player went from the largest chip stack at the start of the day, to the first player to be eliminated. He will take home $525,934 in prize money as a consolation prize though. Yang is now the overwhelming chip leader and he has a third of the chips in play with over $44 million.

Player Tags: Lee Watkinson,   Philip Hilm,   Jerry Yang,   Hevad Khan,   Lee Childs

83 Players Remain

Jul 14, '07

There are 83 players remaining in the field and judging by the recent eliminations, no one is safe. The players are in level 21 now and the blinds are $12,000-$24,000 with a $3,000 ante.

Bird No Longer With Us
Bill Edler raised to $70,000 from early position and Lee Childs reraised to $205,000. John Bird came over the top all in for $505,000 and Edler threw his cards in the muck. Childs made the call and had Bird covered. Bird showed K K and Childs was holding A A. The board came 9 6 5 2 2 and Childs took down the massive pot and Bird was sent to the rail.

Feel the Rush
Lee Watkinson has been on an absolute tear in the last hour, chipping up to $4,600,000 and claiming the number two spot on the leaderboard. Watkinson's quiet and humble demeanor often keeps him out of the spotlight but the players at his table almost always find out the hard way how dangerous he can really be. Jared Hamby raised to $75,000 from late position and was reraised by Lee Watkinson to $200,000 from the small blind. Hamby reraised all in and Watkinson took no time in making the call. Hamby had pushed for a little more than $500,000 and showed the table K Q. Watkinson had called with A Q. The flop came 8 7 3 and Hamby started getting his chips in order to hand them over to Watkinson. The turn was the 6 and needing only a king to stay alive, Hamby had all but admitted defeat. The J hit on the river and Watkinson won the hand with ace high. The very next hand as Watkinson was stacking his chips in racks to be colored up, Jeff Weiss limped into the pot for $24,000. The other eight players at the table expressed their surprise at his bet, bewildered by the concept. One player said aloud, "It's about time someone limped. That's the first bet that wasn't a raise in an hour." Watkinson called the limp from the button and the player in the small blind folded. "You have no idea how bad those cards were to fold there," said the player in seat eight. The player in seat nine checked his option and three players saw a flop of K 6 5. Weiss bet out $90,000 and Watkinson raised him to $300,000. The player in seat nine folded and Weiss made the call. The turn was the 5 and Weiss checked. Watkinson bet out $425,000 and Weiss again made the call. The river was the 7 and Weiss led out with a bet of $350,000. Watkinson thought for only a moment before looking at the dealer and declaring that he was all in. Weiss went deep into the tank, trying to figure out what Watkinson was doing. Weiss eventually looked at Watkinson and said, "I call." Watkinson flipped over 6 6 for the flopped set and Weiss mucked his hand high enough to only show the bottom card, the A. Weiss was eliminated and Watkinson had a whole new pile of chips to rack up.

Player Tags: Lee Watkinson,   Jared Hamby,   Jeff Weiss,   John Bird,   Lee Childs

Hour Two

Jul 17, '07

Alex Kravchenko Very Active
Alex Kravchenko has been very active with his shortstack.  He has opened every pot that has been folded to him.  Most of the raises have been all in, unfortunately for his the few that have not have been picked off by larger stacks.

Lee Childs Eliminated 7th ($705,209)
It is folded to Childs in the small blind, and he raises to $480,000 more.  Jerry Yang waits for the count on Childs, then moves all in.  Childs stands up, back to the table as he contimplates his decision.  He returns to his chair, with his dwindling chip stack reflected in the ruby red glasses atop his black hat.  Yang is statueque as Childs thinks, hand covering his face.  A look of contentment spreds across Childs'  face as he seems to make his decision .  He announces  "I  call" and immeditily the crowd in on its feet.  Child's pumps both his fists and he realizes his KJ, has Yang's J8 dominated.  Things look better on the flop as it comes 644 and Childs is in prime position to double up.  Things take a drastic turn for him however, when the turn rolls off one of the sickest cards in the deck, the 8.  Now Yang takes the lead, but Childs still has a king or club to take the pot back.  His journey ends when the river brings the 9, and he is sent to the rail in 7th place for a $705,209 payday.  Yang now has almost half the chips in play.

Player Tags: Alexander Kravchenko,   Jerry Yang,   Lee Childs

Hour One

Jul 17, '07

Gooooooooaaalllllll!

The final table area has taken on the look of a word cup match. Fans are touting flags in support of their chosen players. Because of the international flavor of this year’s main event the flags of Canada, South Africa, Denmark and the good old U.S. of A are draped across the crowd. The energy is electric and in some cases the players and the fans are feeding off of each other in a frenzy of energy. This was no more evident than when www.pokerstars.com online qualifier, Hevad Khan , was announced and he rushed over to his group of friends. He blended with them as one for a brief moment, and looked as if he was cheering on a friend himself in the overflow of excitement.

Railbirds

During the early action of the afternoon former world champion Johnny Chan has stopped by to catch the action. So has Scandinavian legend, Thor Hansen, who had a very strong showing at the year’s World Series of Poker, including a brief appearance at the H.O.R.S.E. final table. Ted Lawson is along the rail in full support of his friend Lee Watkinson. Lars Bonding and Mads Anderson are a part of the Denmark contingent that is here to root on Philip Hilm. More professional players are sure to stream through the crowd all day long here at the final table.

Price of Admission: One Million Dollars

Not too many chips have changed hands at the final table as of yet, but one interesting trend has emerged. The standard raise amount has become $1 million. The price of poker is indeed high at this point in the game.

First Big Pot

With $6 million sitting in the pot after a battle of raises between Lee Childs and Jerry Yang, the flop was rolled out 7 4 2. Childs then fired out $3 million and Yang raised all in. Childs went into the tank and pondered the call that would also put himself all in. He eventually mucked two queens faceup and Yang took down the $11+ million pot.

Yang Wins another Huge Pot

Jerry Yang raised to $2.5 million and Phillip Hilm went into the tank. Hilm eventually made the call and the flop rolled out A 10 8. Hilm checked and Yang fired out $3 million. Hilm hastily called and the turn brought the 3. Hilm checked and Yang moved all in. Hilm folded his hand and Yang took down yet another large pot at the final table. Yang is now the chip leader with over $25 million.

Phillip Hilm Elminated in Ninth Place ($525, 934)

Hilm and Yang clashed again a few hands later, but this battle woud be their last. On a board of K J 5 2 Jerry Yang bet $4 million and Hilm moved all in. Yang made the call and flipped over A K. Hilm showed 8 5 and the crowd reacted with a mix of glee, dissappointment from the Denmark contingent, and excitment. The river brought the 6and Hilm was eliminated in ninth place. He played an aggressive game early, but Yang was just as aggressive, and the Scandanavian player went from the largest chip stack at the start of the day, to the first player to be eliminated. He will take home $525,934 in prize money as a consolation prize though. Yang is now the overwhelming chip leader and he has a third of the chips in play with over $44 million.

Player Tags: Lee Watkinson,   Philip Hilm,   Jerry Yang,   Hevad Khan,   Lee Childs

83 Players Remain

Jul 14, '07

There are 83 players remaining in the field and judging by the recent eliminations, no one is safe. The players are in level 21 now and the blinds are $12,000-$24,000 with a $3,000 ante.

Bird No Longer With Us
Bill Edler raised to $70,000 from early position and Lee Childs reraised to $205,000. John Bird came over the top all in for $505,000 and Edler threw his cards in the muck. Childs made the call and had Bird covered. Bird showed K K and Childs was holding A A. The board came 9 6 5 2 2 and Childs took down the massive pot and Bird was sent to the rail.

Feel the Rush
Lee Watkinson has been on an absolute tear in the last hour, chipping up to $4,600,000 and claiming the number two spot on the leaderboard. Watkinson's quiet and humble demeanor often keeps him out of the spotlight but the players at his table almost always find out the hard way how dangerous he can really be. Jared Hamby raised to $75,000 from late position and was reraised by Lee Watkinson to $200,000 from the small blind. Hamby reraised all in and Watkinson took no time in making the call. Hamby had pushed for a little more than $500,000 and showed the table K Q. Watkinson had called with A Q. The flop came 8 7 3 and Hamby started getting his chips in order to hand them over to Watkinson. The turn was the 6 and needing only a king to stay alive, Hamby had all but admitted defeat. The J hit on the river and Watkinson won the hand with ace high. The very next hand as Watkinson was stacking his chips in racks to be colored up, Jeff Weiss limped into the pot for $24,000. The other eight players at the table expressed their surprise at his bet, bewildered by the concept. One player said aloud, "It's about time someone limped. That's the first bet that wasn't a raise in an hour." Watkinson called the limp from the button and the player in the small blind folded. "You have no idea how bad those cards were to fold there," said the player in seat eight. The player in seat nine checked his option and three players saw a flop of K 6 5. Weiss bet out $90,000 and Watkinson raised him to $300,000. The player in seat nine folded and Weiss made the call. The turn was the 5 and Weiss checked. Watkinson bet out $425,000 and Weiss again made the call. The river was the 7 and Weiss led out with a bet of $350,000. Watkinson thought for only a moment before looking at the dealer and declaring that he was all in. Weiss went deep into the tank, trying to figure out what Watkinson was doing. Weiss eventually looked at Watkinson and said, "I call." Watkinson flipped over 6 6 for the flopped set and Weiss mucked his hand high enough to only show the bottom card, the A. Weiss was eliminated and Watkinson had a whole new pile of chips to rack up.

Player Tags: Lee Watkinson,   Jared Hamby,   Jeff Weiss,   John Bird,   Lee Childs