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Dennis Phillips - Live Updates
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| Oct 02, '09 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT London - Season VI | EPT High-Roller Event - Event 1 | 3 | + |
Dennis Phillips Eliminated in Seventh Place ($95,981)Oct 02, '09
Phillips goes out of the High Roller event in seventh place for $95,981 as the players behind the TV table only begin their journey on day 1A of the main event. Player Tags: Dennis Phillips He's No Dennis The MenaceOct 01, '09
Phillips flipped over Q The board cards were tantalisingly shown one at a time: A He is now on 428,000. Player Tags: Dennis Phillips |
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| Oct 01, '09 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT London - Season VI | EPT High-Roller Event - Event 1 | 2 | + |
Dennis Phillips Eliminated in Seventh Place ($95,981)Oct 02, '09
Phillips goes out of the High Roller event in seventh place for $95,981 as the players behind the TV table only begin their journey on day 1A of the main event. Player Tags: Dennis Phillips He's No Dennis The MenaceOct 01, '09
Phillips flipped over Q The board cards were tantalisingly shown one at a time: A He is now on 428,000. Player Tags: Dennis Phillips |
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| Jul 14, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 7 | + |
Level 27 Update Hour 1: Phillips Doubles Up, Schneider BustsJul 14, '09 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 49 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 16,345,000 Average Chip Count: 3,975,518 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,675,000 Notable Eliminations: 52. Tom Schneider — $138,568 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands
After a flop of K The turn was the 7 Lapostolle Doubles Through Bilzerian Adam Bilzerian raised to 200,000 and Martin Lapostolle moved in for 970,000. Bilzerian made the call and tabled K The flop came down A
Phil Ivey raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and Ludovic Lacay made the call from the big blind. The flop came down A The river was the 5 Dennis Phillips Cracks Aces, Cripples Steve Sanders Dennis Phillips raised to 160,000 preflop and Steve Sanders repopped it to 325,000. Phillips made the call and the flop came down A Phillips showed Q
Tom Schneider moved all in for 1.2 million and Marc Etienne McLaughlin made the call from the small blind. Schneider turned over A The flop came down K McLoughlin Summons Doyle For a Double Up Marc McLoughlin shoved all in for his last 1,150,000 and was called by Hieu Luu. They hyper-aggressive Luu woke up with a real hand and showed A The flop put McLoughlin in the lead as it fell 2 Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Phil Ivey, James Akenhead, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 25 Hour 1 Update: Peter Eastgate EliminatedJul 13, '09 Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 71 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 9,100,000 Average Chip Count: 2,743,943 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,800,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 15th place. Notable Eliminations: 81. Matt Affleck – $68,979 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Nichoel Peppe was eliminated when her Jh4h ran right into the pocket aces of Adam York. Peppe was eliminated after the board ran out 7-7-2-6-4 with only one heart in the mix. Leo Margets is now the last woman standing. - Thai Tran doubled up to 2 million when his AcQc made a flush to top the A-K of Clayton Newman. Tran now holds 2 million. - Tom Schneider enlisted the help of pocket queens to grow his stack back to 2.6 million. - Hieu Luu doubled up to 4 million when his K-Q cracked the pocket aces of Fernando Gordo on a K-7-6-Q-3 board. - Eugene Katchalov climbed back above 4 million when he induced both Jamie Robbins to fold to his 725,000 bet on a 10-5-4 flop. Katchalov caught about 625,000 on the hand. - Darvin Moon further increased his chip lead when he eliminated Brean Catalano. Moon held pocket queens to beat Catalano’s A-J and grew his stack to more than 9 million after the knockout. Big Hands
The defending champion of the main event from last year has been knocked out. Billy Kopp raised to 105,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips made the call to his immediate left. Action was folded to Peter Eastgate in the small blind, who moved all in for 340,000 more. Action was back on Kopp who made the call and Dennis Phillips made the call. The board ran out A Tom Schneider Doubles Up Tom Schneider and Grayson Ramage got all the chips into the pot before the flop. Schneider exposed the A
Former Chip Leader Eliminated Action was folded to Matt Affleck on the button who moved all in for 880,000 with the A Phil Ivey Running Hot Phil Ivey bet 110,000 from the button and Kent Goulding reraised to 325,000 from the big blind. Ivey made the call and both players saw a flop of Q
Owen Crowe Eliminated in 79th Place ($68,979) Fernando Gordo and Owen Crowe got all the chips into the pot preflop. Gordo reraised all in for 1,800,000 with the A Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 24 Hour 2 Update: Kenny Tran EliminatedJul 13, '09 NOTE: There was a 20-minute break after this level and play will commence at 10:50 p.m. PDT. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 82 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 7,500,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,853 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,750,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 11th place. Notable Eliminations: 86. Kenny Tran – $57,991 Chip Movers and Shakers - Benjamin Jensen jumped his stack to 2.4 million in a hand where he made trip aces against Fabrice Soulier. Soulier was knocked down to 2.17 million. - Adam Bilzerian grew his stack to 2.66 million when he snapped up a pot that was over 800,000 against Tom Schneider. Bilzerian bet 550,000 on a Q-Q-5 flop and Schneider mucked. Schneider was down to 1.135 million after the hand. - Ludovic Lacay held strong near 5.2 million, thanks to his pocket tens making a straight on the river to match the Broadway straight of Craig Boyd (A-10) on a K-Q-J-2-A board. Boyd held 2.6 million after the hand. Big Hands
Blair Rodman Doubles Up Phil Ivey raised to 80,000 and Blair Rodman shoved all in for 362,000 total. Action was folded back around to Ivey who made the call. Ivey exposed the A Dennis Phillips Wins Million Chip Pot Thai Tran raised preflop to 70,000 and Dennis Phillips reraised to 180,000. Steve Sanders made the call and action was back to Tran. He didn’t just call, instead he put out a raise to 605,000. Action was back to Phillips, who went into the tank and eventually announced all in for 1,900,000 total. Sanders quickly folded and Tran went into the tank before mucking. Phillips collected the million chip pot without having to see a flop. Phillips is now at 3,000,000.
Kenny Tran Eliminated 86th Place ($57,991) With less than 500,000 Kenny Tran chose to move all in with the A Darvin Moon Wins Monster Pot Darvin Moon limped from early position and Chris Bach raised to 175,000. Jamie Brown reraised to 375,000 from the button. Moon limped in with a huge hand and made it 1,000,000 to go. Bach folded and Brown thought for awhile before going all in with his last 1,400,000. Moon snap called and exposed the A
Antonio Esfandiari Eliminates Opponent Antonio Esfandiari raised preflop and was repopped by Wesley Ismay. Esfandiari made the call and both players saw a flop of 7 Joe Sebok Doubles Up Again Billy Kopp raised 80,000 in middle position and Joe Sebok moved all in for 301,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Kopp who made the call. Kopp exposed the Q Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Blair Rodman, Antonio Esfandiari, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 21 Hour 2 Update: Hachem And Eastgate Get InvolvedJul 13, '09 Note: Players are now on a 20 minute break and play will commence at 2:20 PDT. Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 151 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,100,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,100,000 Average Chip Count: 1,290,198 Notable Eliminations: 162. Cole South — $36,626 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - Adam York doubled up to 840,000 through Nichoel Peppe. Peppe was knocked down to 920,000 after handing her chips over to York. - Vesa Leikos was eliminated by Joe Serock. Serock grew his stack to 1.7 million with the knockout. - Anh Van Nguyen cracked the aces of Steven Begleiter with a stright to move up to just under 2 million. Begleiter was left with 2.5 million after the hand. - Dennis Phillips check-called a bet of 160,000 from the cutoff. The river completed a possible flush and Phillips quickly checked. The cutoff went into the tank for minutes and finally checked. Philips exposed just a pair of eights to take the pot. He is at 1,210,000. Big Hands:
Fabrice Soulier raised from the cutoff to 47,000 and Seth Thomsen moved all in for 302,000. Soulier thought for a few moments before deciding to make the call. Thomsen turned over K The flop was gave Thomsen a few extra outs as it fell A Affleck Takes out Jensen Benjamin Jensen open shoved all in for his last 243,000 and was called by Matt Affleck. Jensen was in good shape when he turned up A The flop didn’t contain a jack as came 7 Prahlad Friedman Doubles Up Prahlad Friedman raised to 40,000 and Jesse Haabak put in another raise to 125,000. Friedman moved all in for his last 269,000 and was called by Haabak. Haabak made the call and showed A The board ran Q
Phil Iver and his opponent saw a flop of Q He took a stab at the pot with a bet of 50,000 and his opponent mucked. Ivey raked in the pot and has started the day with a positive note, improving his chip stack to 1.7 million. Adam Lattimer Knocked Out Billy Kopp raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Adam Lattimer made it 150,000 to go. Kopp then moved in for 366,000 and Lattimer called, putting himself all in. Kopp turned over A The board ran out A
Peter Eastgate raised to 44,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Joe Hachem in the big blind. He made the call and the flop came down 8 Hachem then tabled 5 Cole South Eliminated Cole South moved all in on the flop with ace-king but ran into his opponent’s pocket aces. The turn and the river never gave South any help and he was eliminated, taking home $36,626 for his efforts.
Dennis Phillips raised to 42,000 from under the gun and J.C. Tran made the call from the hijack. The two players saw a flop of J The river was the 7 Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Prahlad Friedman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 20 Hour 1 Update: Phillips Gets Doubled ThroughJul 12, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 210 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. James Akenhead – 2,890,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 822,025 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands:
Theo Tran raised to 35,000 and was called by seat 9. The flop came down 8 The rail then started to cheer as seat 9 took the pot. “Really?” Tran asked sarcastically with a grin on his face. “Really?” Tran was down to 865,000. Nasr Gets Caught Picking up the action on the turn, the board read K Nasr tabled J
Eugene Fouksman moved all in for 200,000 and Dennis Phillips decided to make the call. Fouksman tabled A The board ran out 8 Sebok Runs a Flush, Eliminates an Opponent On a flop of 10 Sebok asked how much his opponent had left and when he got the answer, he opted to call. The A Sebok turned over 7 Left In The Deck: Action has slowed down to a crawl during the first hour of level 20. The first two levels of the day saw an average of 50 eliminations for every hour. So far, only 21 players have been eliminated in the first hour. The tournament staff has stated their goal is to play down to 175 players or five levels. With the dinner break scheduled after this level, it will be interesting to see if the staff calls the action after this level, as they did on day 4, or if they will make the field return after the 90 minute break to play one last level. Player Tags: Theo Tran, Dennis Phillips, Nasr El Nasr Level 11 Hour 1 Update: Lisandro Is Player Of The YearJul 10, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,584 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Andrew Gaw – 580,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 130,700 Average Chip Count: 115,757 Notable Eliminations: Erik Seidel Big Hands: Khan Knocks Out Lynch Hevad Khan raised from early position and Eric Lynch decided it was time for him to move all in for his last 42,000. Khan made the call and saw that he was flipping. Khan tabled 5 The board ran out favorable for Lynch as it came 4 Elky Slips With Big Slick Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier called his opponent all in for about 60,000 preflop. Elky showed A The turn and river were unable to fill Elky’s full house with the 5
Phil Hellmuth called 1,600 under the gun and the action folded around to the big blind. He put in a raise and Hellmuth called. The flop was J “I flopped a flush draw, turned a 10 and still almost got away from it for nothing,” Hellmuth said. He was at 280,000. Junglen Loses Some Ground with Pocket Eights Adam Junglen raised to 6,000 preflop and was called by one player. The action get back to the big blind who three-bet to 36,000. Junglen asked how much the player had behind his raise and went into the tank. After finding out that he had another 45,000 behind, Junglen moved 101,000 into the middle. That got the other player out of the way, but not the big blind, who called off the rest of his stack. Junglen held the 8
Kristy Gazes got all of her chips into the middle preflop and was called by her opponent. Her opponent had Q The board ran out 8 Left In The Deck: Seeing Double At table #65, Dennis Phillips is sitting across from a man dressed in what can only be described as Dennis Phillips costume. The man is wearing a St. Louis Cardinals hat and the white trucker shirt that was worn by many at last year’s main event final table. Phillips claim that the man is just a fan that became a friend.
It was just announced that Jeff Lisandro is officially the 2009 WSOP player of the year. All Lisandro did this year was cash six times and win three bracelets. Congratulations to Lisandro, the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year. Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro, Eric Lynch, Bertrand Grospellier, Hevad Khan, Dennis Phillips Level 3 Hour 1 Update: Lederer Off To Rocky StartJul 05, '09 Blinds: 150-300 Chip Counts: 1. Tsai Chen – 93,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Matt Matros – 17,500 Notable Eliminations: Matt Graham Big Hands:
A player under-the-gun raised to 700 and got four callers, including Matt Hawrilenko from middle position. The flop was K The turn was the 10 Dennis Phillips Forces a Fold With about 17,000 in the pot already, Dennis Phillips was heads-up with his opponent with a board that read A Phillips bet 10,500 and his opponent thought for nearly five minutes before mucking A
After a flop of K Later, Lederer raised to 1,300 from the button and the small blind immediately reraised to 3,500. It was just in time for the ESPN cameras to arrive at Lederer’s table. After a few moments to think, Lederer mucked his hand and he was at 20,000 early in the level. Suharto’s Pair Good Enough Picking up the action on the river, the board showed J
John Cernuto and Tom McEvoy saw a flop of A Cernuto checked and McEvoy did the same behind him. McEvoy showed A Luske Check-Raises To Victory After a flop of K
Four players limped for 300 preflop and they all saw a flop of 9 The under the gun player checked and Wong bet again, this time 3,600. His opponent mucked and Wong took the pot after showing 9 Griffin Takes Another Pot Gavin Griffin raised to 800 from the hijack position and the small blind made the call. The player in seat 3, who had already limped, made the call as well. The flop then fell 10
Picking up the action after the river, the board read K “No!” Juanda exclaimed. “1,000,” he said as he took 2,500 away from his original bet. Seat 6 didn’t bite and his hand finally landed in the muck. Juanda scored the pot and was around 50,000. Player Tags: John Juanda, Howard Lederer, Gavin Griffin, Matt Hawrilenko, Danny Wong, Darus Suharto, Dennis Phillips |
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| Jul 13, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 6 | + |
Level 27 Update Hour 1: Phillips Doubles Up, Schneider BustsJul 14, '09 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 49 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 16,345,000 Average Chip Count: 3,975,518 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,675,000 Notable Eliminations: 52. Tom Schneider — $138,568 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands
After a flop of K The turn was the 7 Lapostolle Doubles Through Bilzerian Adam Bilzerian raised to 200,000 and Martin Lapostolle moved in for 970,000. Bilzerian made the call and tabled K The flop came down A
Phil Ivey raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and Ludovic Lacay made the call from the big blind. The flop came down A The river was the 5 Dennis Phillips Cracks Aces, Cripples Steve Sanders Dennis Phillips raised to 160,000 preflop and Steve Sanders repopped it to 325,000. Phillips made the call and the flop came down A Phillips showed Q
Tom Schneider moved all in for 1.2 million and Marc Etienne McLaughlin made the call from the small blind. Schneider turned over A The flop came down K McLoughlin Summons Doyle For a Double Up Marc McLoughlin shoved all in for his last 1,150,000 and was called by Hieu Luu. They hyper-aggressive Luu woke up with a real hand and showed A The flop put McLoughlin in the lead as it fell 2 Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Phil Ivey, James Akenhead, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 25 Hour 1 Update: Peter Eastgate EliminatedJul 13, '09 Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 71 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 9,100,000 Average Chip Count: 2,743,943 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,800,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 15th place. Notable Eliminations: 81. Matt Affleck – $68,979 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Nichoel Peppe was eliminated when her Jh4h ran right into the pocket aces of Adam York. Peppe was eliminated after the board ran out 7-7-2-6-4 with only one heart in the mix. Leo Margets is now the last woman standing. - Thai Tran doubled up to 2 million when his AcQc made a flush to top the A-K of Clayton Newman. Tran now holds 2 million. - Tom Schneider enlisted the help of pocket queens to grow his stack back to 2.6 million. - Hieu Luu doubled up to 4 million when his K-Q cracked the pocket aces of Fernando Gordo on a K-7-6-Q-3 board. - Eugene Katchalov climbed back above 4 million when he induced both Jamie Robbins to fold to his 725,000 bet on a 10-5-4 flop. Katchalov caught about 625,000 on the hand. - Darvin Moon further increased his chip lead when he eliminated Brean Catalano. Moon held pocket queens to beat Catalano’s A-J and grew his stack to more than 9 million after the knockout. Big Hands
The defending champion of the main event from last year has been knocked out. Billy Kopp raised to 105,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips made the call to his immediate left. Action was folded to Peter Eastgate in the small blind, who moved all in for 340,000 more. Action was back on Kopp who made the call and Dennis Phillips made the call. The board ran out A Tom Schneider Doubles Up Tom Schneider and Grayson Ramage got all the chips into the pot before the flop. Schneider exposed the A
Former Chip Leader Eliminated Action was folded to Matt Affleck on the button who moved all in for 880,000 with the A Phil Ivey Running Hot Phil Ivey bet 110,000 from the button and Kent Goulding reraised to 325,000 from the big blind. Ivey made the call and both players saw a flop of Q
Owen Crowe Eliminated in 79th Place ($68,979) Fernando Gordo and Owen Crowe got all the chips into the pot preflop. Gordo reraised all in for 1,800,000 with the A Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 24 Hour 2 Update: Kenny Tran EliminatedJul 13, '09 NOTE: There was a 20-minute break after this level and play will commence at 10:50 p.m. PDT. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 82 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 7,500,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,853 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,750,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 11th place. Notable Eliminations: 86. Kenny Tran – $57,991 Chip Movers and Shakers - Benjamin Jensen jumped his stack to 2.4 million in a hand where he made trip aces against Fabrice Soulier. Soulier was knocked down to 2.17 million. - Adam Bilzerian grew his stack to 2.66 million when he snapped up a pot that was over 800,000 against Tom Schneider. Bilzerian bet 550,000 on a Q-Q-5 flop and Schneider mucked. Schneider was down to 1.135 million after the hand. - Ludovic Lacay held strong near 5.2 million, thanks to his pocket tens making a straight on the river to match the Broadway straight of Craig Boyd (A-10) on a K-Q-J-2-A board. Boyd held 2.6 million after the hand. Big Hands
Blair Rodman Doubles Up Phil Ivey raised to 80,000 and Blair Rodman shoved all in for 362,000 total. Action was folded back around to Ivey who made the call. Ivey exposed the A Dennis Phillips Wins Million Chip Pot Thai Tran raised preflop to 70,000 and Dennis Phillips reraised to 180,000. Steve Sanders made the call and action was back to Tran. He didn’t just call, instead he put out a raise to 605,000. Action was back to Phillips, who went into the tank and eventually announced all in for 1,900,000 total. Sanders quickly folded and Tran went into the tank before mucking. Phillips collected the million chip pot without having to see a flop. Phillips is now at 3,000,000.
Kenny Tran Eliminated 86th Place ($57,991) With less than 500,000 Kenny Tran chose to move all in with the A Darvin Moon Wins Monster Pot Darvin Moon limped from early position and Chris Bach raised to 175,000. Jamie Brown reraised to 375,000 from the button. Moon limped in with a huge hand and made it 1,000,000 to go. Bach folded and Brown thought for awhile before going all in with his last 1,400,000. Moon snap called and exposed the A
Antonio Esfandiari Eliminates Opponent Antonio Esfandiari raised preflop and was repopped by Wesley Ismay. Esfandiari made the call and both players saw a flop of 7 Joe Sebok Doubles Up Again Billy Kopp raised 80,000 in middle position and Joe Sebok moved all in for 301,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Kopp who made the call. Kopp exposed the Q Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Blair Rodman, Antonio Esfandiari, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 21 Hour 2 Update: Hachem And Eastgate Get InvolvedJul 13, '09 Note: Players are now on a 20 minute break and play will commence at 2:20 PDT. Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 151 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,100,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,100,000 Average Chip Count: 1,290,198 Notable Eliminations: 162. Cole South — $36,626 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - Adam York doubled up to 840,000 through Nichoel Peppe. Peppe was knocked down to 920,000 after handing her chips over to York. - Vesa Leikos was eliminated by Joe Serock. Serock grew his stack to 1.7 million with the knockout. - Anh Van Nguyen cracked the aces of Steven Begleiter with a stright to move up to just under 2 million. Begleiter was left with 2.5 million after the hand. - Dennis Phillips check-called a bet of 160,000 from the cutoff. The river completed a possible flush and Phillips quickly checked. The cutoff went into the tank for minutes and finally checked. Philips exposed just a pair of eights to take the pot. He is at 1,210,000. Big Hands:
Fabrice Soulier raised from the cutoff to 47,000 and Seth Thomsen moved all in for 302,000. Soulier thought for a few moments before deciding to make the call. Thomsen turned over K The flop was gave Thomsen a few extra outs as it fell A Affleck Takes out Jensen Benjamin Jensen open shoved all in for his last 243,000 and was called by Matt Affleck. Jensen was in good shape when he turned up A The flop didn’t contain a jack as came 7 Prahlad Friedman Doubles Up Prahlad Friedman raised to 40,000 and Jesse Haabak put in another raise to 125,000. Friedman moved all in for his last 269,000 and was called by Haabak. Haabak made the call and showed A The board ran Q
Phil Iver and his opponent saw a flop of Q He took a stab at the pot with a bet of 50,000 and his opponent mucked. Ivey raked in the pot and has started the day with a positive note, improving his chip stack to 1.7 million. Adam Lattimer Knocked Out Billy Kopp raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Adam Lattimer made it 150,000 to go. Kopp then moved in for 366,000 and Lattimer called, putting himself all in. Kopp turned over A The board ran out A
Peter Eastgate raised to 44,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Joe Hachem in the big blind. He made the call and the flop came down 8 Hachem then tabled 5 Cole South Eliminated Cole South moved all in on the flop with ace-king but ran into his opponent’s pocket aces. The turn and the river never gave South any help and he was eliminated, taking home $36,626 for his efforts.
Dennis Phillips raised to 42,000 from under the gun and J.C. Tran made the call from the hijack. The two players saw a flop of J The river was the 7 Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Prahlad Friedman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 20 Hour 1 Update: Phillips Gets Doubled ThroughJul 12, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 210 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. James Akenhead – 2,890,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 822,025 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands:
Theo Tran raised to 35,000 and was called by seat 9. The flop came down 8 The rail then started to cheer as seat 9 took the pot. “Really?” Tran asked sarcastically with a grin on his face. “Really?” Tran was down to 865,000. Nasr Gets Caught Picking up the action on the turn, the board read K Nasr tabled J
Eugene Fouksman moved all in for 200,000 and Dennis Phillips decided to make the call. Fouksman tabled A The board ran out 8 Sebok Runs a Flush, Eliminates an Opponent On a flop of 10 Sebok asked how much his opponent had left and when he got the answer, he opted to call. The A Sebok turned over 7 Left In The Deck: Action has slowed down to a crawl during the first hour of level 20. The first two levels of the day saw an average of 50 eliminations for every hour. So far, only 21 players have been eliminated in the first hour. The tournament staff has stated their goal is to play down to 175 players or five levels. With the dinner break scheduled after this level, it will be interesting to see if the staff calls the action after this level, as they did on day 4, or if they will make the field return after the 90 minute break to play one last level. Player Tags: Theo Tran, Dennis Phillips, Nasr El Nasr Level 11 Hour 1 Update: Lisandro Is Player Of The YearJul 10, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,584 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Andrew Gaw – 580,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 130,700 Average Chip Count: 115,757 Notable Eliminations: Erik Seidel Big Hands: Khan Knocks Out Lynch Hevad Khan raised from early position and Eric Lynch decided it was time for him to move all in for his last 42,000. Khan made the call and saw that he was flipping. Khan tabled 5 The board ran out favorable for Lynch as it came 4 Elky Slips With Big Slick Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier called his opponent all in for about 60,000 preflop. Elky showed A The turn and river were unable to fill Elky’s full house with the 5
Phil Hellmuth called 1,600 under the gun and the action folded around to the big blind. He put in a raise and Hellmuth called. The flop was J “I flopped a flush draw, turned a 10 and still almost got away from it for nothing,” Hellmuth said. He was at 280,000. Junglen Loses Some Ground with Pocket Eights Adam Junglen raised to 6,000 preflop and was called by one player. The action get back to the big blind who three-bet to 36,000. Junglen asked how much the player had behind his raise and went into the tank. After finding out that he had another 45,000 behind, Junglen moved 101,000 into the middle. That got the other player out of the way, but not the big blind, who called off the rest of his stack. Junglen held the 8
Kristy Gazes got all of her chips into the middle preflop and was called by her opponent. Her opponent had Q The board ran out 8 Left In The Deck: Seeing Double At table #65, Dennis Phillips is sitting across from a man dressed in what can only be described as Dennis Phillips costume. The man is wearing a St. Louis Cardinals hat and the white trucker shirt that was worn by many at last year’s main event final table. Phillips claim that the man is just a fan that became a friend.
It was just announced that Jeff Lisandro is officially the 2009 WSOP player of the year. All Lisandro did this year was cash six times and win three bracelets. Congratulations to Lisandro, the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year. Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro, Eric Lynch, Bertrand Grospellier, Hevad Khan, Dennis Phillips Level 3 Hour 1 Update: Lederer Off To Rocky StartJul 05, '09 Blinds: 150-300 Chip Counts: 1. Tsai Chen – 93,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Matt Matros – 17,500 Notable Eliminations: Matt Graham Big Hands:
A player under-the-gun raised to 700 and got four callers, including Matt Hawrilenko from middle position. The flop was K The turn was the 10 Dennis Phillips Forces a Fold With about 17,000 in the pot already, Dennis Phillips was heads-up with his opponent with a board that read A Phillips bet 10,500 and his opponent thought for nearly five minutes before mucking A
After a flop of K Later, Lederer raised to 1,300 from the button and the small blind immediately reraised to 3,500. It was just in time for the ESPN cameras to arrive at Lederer’s table. After a few moments to think, Lederer mucked his hand and he was at 20,000 early in the level. Suharto’s Pair Good Enough Picking up the action on the river, the board showed J
John Cernuto and Tom McEvoy saw a flop of A Cernuto checked and McEvoy did the same behind him. McEvoy showed A Luske Check-Raises To Victory After a flop of K
Four players limped for 300 preflop and they all saw a flop of 9 The under the gun player checked and Wong bet again, this time 3,600. His opponent mucked and Wong took the pot after showing 9 Griffin Takes Another Pot Gavin Griffin raised to 800 from the hijack position and the small blind made the call. The player in seat 3, who had already limped, made the call as well. The flop then fell 10
Picking up the action after the river, the board read K “No!” Juanda exclaimed. “1,000,” he said as he took 2,500 away from his original bet. Seat 6 didn’t bite and his hand finally landed in the muck. Juanda scored the pot and was around 50,000. Player Tags: John Juanda, Howard Lederer, Gavin Griffin, Matt Hawrilenko, Danny Wong, Darus Suharto, Dennis Phillips |
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| Jul 12, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 5 | + |
Level 27 Update Hour 1: Phillips Doubles Up, Schneider BustsJul 14, '09 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 49 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 16,345,000 Average Chip Count: 3,975,518 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,675,000 Notable Eliminations: 52. Tom Schneider — $138,568 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands
After a flop of K The turn was the 7 Lapostolle Doubles Through Bilzerian Adam Bilzerian raised to 200,000 and Martin Lapostolle moved in for 970,000. Bilzerian made the call and tabled K The flop came down A
Phil Ivey raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and Ludovic Lacay made the call from the big blind. The flop came down A The river was the 5 Dennis Phillips Cracks Aces, Cripples Steve Sanders Dennis Phillips raised to 160,000 preflop and Steve Sanders repopped it to 325,000. Phillips made the call and the flop came down A Phillips showed Q
Tom Schneider moved all in for 1.2 million and Marc Etienne McLaughlin made the call from the small blind. Schneider turned over A The flop came down K McLoughlin Summons Doyle For a Double Up Marc McLoughlin shoved all in for his last 1,150,000 and was called by Hieu Luu. They hyper-aggressive Luu woke up with a real hand and showed A The flop put McLoughlin in the lead as it fell 2 Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Phil Ivey, James Akenhead, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 25 Hour 1 Update: Peter Eastgate EliminatedJul 13, '09 Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 71 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 9,100,000 Average Chip Count: 2,743,943 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,800,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 15th place. Notable Eliminations: 81. Matt Affleck – $68,979 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Nichoel Peppe was eliminated when her Jh4h ran right into the pocket aces of Adam York. Peppe was eliminated after the board ran out 7-7-2-6-4 with only one heart in the mix. Leo Margets is now the last woman standing. - Thai Tran doubled up to 2 million when his AcQc made a flush to top the A-K of Clayton Newman. Tran now holds 2 million. - Tom Schneider enlisted the help of pocket queens to grow his stack back to 2.6 million. - Hieu Luu doubled up to 4 million when his K-Q cracked the pocket aces of Fernando Gordo on a K-7-6-Q-3 board. - Eugene Katchalov climbed back above 4 million when he induced both Jamie Robbins to fold to his 725,000 bet on a 10-5-4 flop. Katchalov caught about 625,000 on the hand. - Darvin Moon further increased his chip lead when he eliminated Brean Catalano. Moon held pocket queens to beat Catalano’s A-J and grew his stack to more than 9 million after the knockout. Big Hands
The defending champion of the main event from last year has been knocked out. Billy Kopp raised to 105,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips made the call to his immediate left. Action was folded to Peter Eastgate in the small blind, who moved all in for 340,000 more. Action was back on Kopp who made the call and Dennis Phillips made the call. The board ran out A Tom Schneider Doubles Up Tom Schneider and Grayson Ramage got all the chips into the pot before the flop. Schneider exposed the A
Former Chip Leader Eliminated Action was folded to Matt Affleck on the button who moved all in for 880,000 with the A Phil Ivey Running Hot Phil Ivey bet 110,000 from the button and Kent Goulding reraised to 325,000 from the big blind. Ivey made the call and both players saw a flop of Q
Owen Crowe Eliminated in 79th Place ($68,979) Fernando Gordo and Owen Crowe got all the chips into the pot preflop. Gordo reraised all in for 1,800,000 with the A Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 24 Hour 2 Update: Kenny Tran EliminatedJul 13, '09 NOTE: There was a 20-minute break after this level and play will commence at 10:50 p.m. PDT. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 82 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 7,500,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,853 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,750,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 11th place. Notable Eliminations: 86. Kenny Tran – $57,991 Chip Movers and Shakers - Benjamin Jensen jumped his stack to 2.4 million in a hand where he made trip aces against Fabrice Soulier. Soulier was knocked down to 2.17 million. - Adam Bilzerian grew his stack to 2.66 million when he snapped up a pot that was over 800,000 against Tom Schneider. Bilzerian bet 550,000 on a Q-Q-5 flop and Schneider mucked. Schneider was down to 1.135 million after the hand. - Ludovic Lacay held strong near 5.2 million, thanks to his pocket tens making a straight on the river to match the Broadway straight of Craig Boyd (A-10) on a K-Q-J-2-A board. Boyd held 2.6 million after the hand. Big Hands
Blair Rodman Doubles Up Phil Ivey raised to 80,000 and Blair Rodman shoved all in for 362,000 total. Action was folded back around to Ivey who made the call. Ivey exposed the A Dennis Phillips Wins Million Chip Pot Thai Tran raised preflop to 70,000 and Dennis Phillips reraised to 180,000. Steve Sanders made the call and action was back to Tran. He didn’t just call, instead he put out a raise to 605,000. Action was back to Phillips, who went into the tank and eventually announced all in for 1,900,000 total. Sanders quickly folded and Tran went into the tank before mucking. Phillips collected the million chip pot without having to see a flop. Phillips is now at 3,000,000.
Kenny Tran Eliminated 86th Place ($57,991) With less than 500,000 Kenny Tran chose to move all in with the A Darvin Moon Wins Monster Pot Darvin Moon limped from early position and Chris Bach raised to 175,000. Jamie Brown reraised to 375,000 from the button. Moon limped in with a huge hand and made it 1,000,000 to go. Bach folded and Brown thought for awhile before going all in with his last 1,400,000. Moon snap called and exposed the A
Antonio Esfandiari Eliminates Opponent Antonio Esfandiari raised preflop and was repopped by Wesley Ismay. Esfandiari made the call and both players saw a flop of 7 Joe Sebok Doubles Up Again Billy Kopp raised 80,000 in middle position and Joe Sebok moved all in for 301,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Kopp who made the call. Kopp exposed the Q Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Blair Rodman, Antonio Esfandiari, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 21 Hour 2 Update: Hachem And Eastgate Get InvolvedJul 13, '09 Note: Players are now on a 20 minute break and play will commence at 2:20 PDT. Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 151 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,100,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,100,000 Average Chip Count: 1,290,198 Notable Eliminations: 162. Cole South — $36,626 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - Adam York doubled up to 840,000 through Nichoel Peppe. Peppe was knocked down to 920,000 after handing her chips over to York. - Vesa Leikos was eliminated by Joe Serock. Serock grew his stack to 1.7 million with the knockout. - Anh Van Nguyen cracked the aces of Steven Begleiter with a stright to move up to just under 2 million. Begleiter was left with 2.5 million after the hand. - Dennis Phillips check-called a bet of 160,000 from the cutoff. The river completed a possible flush and Phillips quickly checked. The cutoff went into the tank for minutes and finally checked. Philips exposed just a pair of eights to take the pot. He is at 1,210,000. Big Hands:
Fabrice Soulier raised from the cutoff to 47,000 and Seth Thomsen moved all in for 302,000. Soulier thought for a few moments before deciding to make the call. Thomsen turned over K The flop was gave Thomsen a few extra outs as it fell A Affleck Takes out Jensen Benjamin Jensen open shoved all in for his last 243,000 and was called by Matt Affleck. Jensen was in good shape when he turned up A The flop didn’t contain a jack as came 7 Prahlad Friedman Doubles Up Prahlad Friedman raised to 40,000 and Jesse Haabak put in another raise to 125,000. Friedman moved all in for his last 269,000 and was called by Haabak. Haabak made the call and showed A The board ran Q
Phil Iver and his opponent saw a flop of Q He took a stab at the pot with a bet of 50,000 and his opponent mucked. Ivey raked in the pot and has started the day with a positive note, improving his chip stack to 1.7 million. Adam Lattimer Knocked Out Billy Kopp raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Adam Lattimer made it 150,000 to go. Kopp then moved in for 366,000 and Lattimer called, putting himself all in. Kopp turned over A The board ran out A
Peter Eastgate raised to 44,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Joe Hachem in the big blind. He made the call and the flop came down 8 Hachem then tabled 5 Cole South Eliminated Cole South moved all in on the flop with ace-king but ran into his opponent’s pocket aces. The turn and the river never gave South any help and he was eliminated, taking home $36,626 for his efforts.
Dennis Phillips raised to 42,000 from under the gun and J.C. Tran made the call from the hijack. The two players saw a flop of J The river was the 7 Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Prahlad Friedman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 20 Hour 1 Update: Phillips Gets Doubled ThroughJul 12, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 210 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. James Akenhead – 2,890,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 822,025 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands:
Theo Tran raised to 35,000 and was called by seat 9. The flop came down 8 The rail then started to cheer as seat 9 took the pot. “Really?” Tran asked sarcastically with a grin on his face. “Really?” Tran was down to 865,000. Nasr Gets Caught Picking up the action on the turn, the board read K Nasr tabled J
Eugene Fouksman moved all in for 200,000 and Dennis Phillips decided to make the call. Fouksman tabled A The board ran out 8 Sebok Runs a Flush, Eliminates an Opponent On a flop of 10 Sebok asked how much his opponent had left and when he got the answer, he opted to call. The A Sebok turned over 7 Left In The Deck: Action has slowed down to a crawl during the first hour of level 20. The first two levels of the day saw an average of 50 eliminations for every hour. So far, only 21 players have been eliminated in the first hour. The tournament staff has stated their goal is to play down to 175 players or five levels. With the dinner break scheduled after this level, it will be interesting to see if the staff calls the action after this level, as they did on day 4, or if they will make the field return after the 90 minute break to play one last level. Player Tags: Theo Tran, Dennis Phillips, Nasr El Nasr Level 11 Hour 1 Update: Lisandro Is Player Of The YearJul 10, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,584 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Andrew Gaw – 580,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 130,700 Average Chip Count: 115,757 Notable Eliminations: Erik Seidel Big Hands: Khan Knocks Out Lynch Hevad Khan raised from early position and Eric Lynch decided it was time for him to move all in for his last 42,000. Khan made the call and saw that he was flipping. Khan tabled 5 The board ran out favorable for Lynch as it came 4 Elky Slips With Big Slick Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier called his opponent all in for about 60,000 preflop. Elky showed A The turn and river were unable to fill Elky’s full house with the 5
Phil Hellmuth called 1,600 under the gun and the action folded around to the big blind. He put in a raise and Hellmuth called. The flop was J “I flopped a flush draw, turned a 10 and still almost got away from it for nothing,” Hellmuth said. He was at 280,000. Junglen Loses Some Ground with Pocket Eights Adam Junglen raised to 6,000 preflop and was called by one player. The action get back to the big blind who three-bet to 36,000. Junglen asked how much the player had behind his raise and went into the tank. After finding out that he had another 45,000 behind, Junglen moved 101,000 into the middle. That got the other player out of the way, but not the big blind, who called off the rest of his stack. Junglen held the 8
Kristy Gazes got all of her chips into the middle preflop and was called by her opponent. Her opponent had Q The board ran out 8 Left In The Deck: Seeing Double At table #65, Dennis Phillips is sitting across from a man dressed in what can only be described as Dennis Phillips costume. The man is wearing a St. Louis Cardinals hat and the white trucker shirt that was worn by many at last year’s main event final table. Phillips claim that the man is just a fan that became a friend.
It was just announced that Jeff Lisandro is officially the 2009 WSOP player of the year. All Lisandro did this year was cash six times and win three bracelets. Congratulations to Lisandro, the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year. Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro, Eric Lynch, Bertrand Grospellier, Hevad Khan, Dennis Phillips Level 3 Hour 1 Update: Lederer Off To Rocky StartJul 05, '09 Blinds: 150-300 Chip Counts: 1. Tsai Chen – 93,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Matt Matros – 17,500 Notable Eliminations: Matt Graham Big Hands:
A player under-the-gun raised to 700 and got four callers, including Matt Hawrilenko from middle position. The flop was K The turn was the 10 Dennis Phillips Forces a Fold With about 17,000 in the pot already, Dennis Phillips was heads-up with his opponent with a board that read A Phillips bet 10,500 and his opponent thought for nearly five minutes before mucking A
After a flop of K Later, Lederer raised to 1,300 from the button and the small blind immediately reraised to 3,500. It was just in time for the ESPN cameras to arrive at Lederer’s table. After a few moments to think, Lederer mucked his hand and he was at 20,000 early in the level. Suharto’s Pair Good Enough Picking up the action on the river, the board showed J
John Cernuto and Tom McEvoy saw a flop of A Cernuto checked and McEvoy did the same behind him. McEvoy showed A Luske Check-Raises To Victory After a flop of K
Four players limped for 300 preflop and they all saw a flop of 9 The under the gun player checked and Wong bet again, this time 3,600. His opponent mucked and Wong took the pot after showing 9 Griffin Takes Another Pot Gavin Griffin raised to 800 from the hijack position and the small blind made the call. The player in seat 3, who had already limped, made the call as well. The flop then fell 10
Picking up the action after the river, the board read K “No!” Juanda exclaimed. “1,000,” he said as he took 2,500 away from his original bet. Seat 6 didn’t bite and his hand finally landed in the muck. Juanda scored the pot and was around 50,000. Player Tags: John Juanda, Howard Lederer, Gavin Griffin, Matt Hawrilenko, Danny Wong, Darus Suharto, Dennis Phillips |
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| Jul 10, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 3 | + |
Level 27 Update Hour 1: Phillips Doubles Up, Schneider BustsJul 14, '09 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 49 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 16,345,000 Average Chip Count: 3,975,518 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,675,000 Notable Eliminations: 52. Tom Schneider — $138,568 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands
After a flop of K The turn was the 7 Lapostolle Doubles Through Bilzerian Adam Bilzerian raised to 200,000 and Martin Lapostolle moved in for 970,000. Bilzerian made the call and tabled K The flop came down A
Phil Ivey raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and Ludovic Lacay made the call from the big blind. The flop came down A The river was the 5 Dennis Phillips Cracks Aces, Cripples Steve Sanders Dennis Phillips raised to 160,000 preflop and Steve Sanders repopped it to 325,000. Phillips made the call and the flop came down A Phillips showed Q
Tom Schneider moved all in for 1.2 million and Marc Etienne McLaughlin made the call from the small blind. Schneider turned over A The flop came down K McLoughlin Summons Doyle For a Double Up Marc McLoughlin shoved all in for his last 1,150,000 and was called by Hieu Luu. They hyper-aggressive Luu woke up with a real hand and showed A The flop put McLoughlin in the lead as it fell 2 Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Phil Ivey, James Akenhead, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 25 Hour 1 Update: Peter Eastgate EliminatedJul 13, '09 Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 71 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 9,100,000 Average Chip Count: 2,743,943 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,800,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 15th place. Notable Eliminations: 81. Matt Affleck – $68,979 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Nichoel Peppe was eliminated when her Jh4h ran right into the pocket aces of Adam York. Peppe was eliminated after the board ran out 7-7-2-6-4 with only one heart in the mix. Leo Margets is now the last woman standing. - Thai Tran doubled up to 2 million when his AcQc made a flush to top the A-K of Clayton Newman. Tran now holds 2 million. - Tom Schneider enlisted the help of pocket queens to grow his stack back to 2.6 million. - Hieu Luu doubled up to 4 million when his K-Q cracked the pocket aces of Fernando Gordo on a K-7-6-Q-3 board. - Eugene Katchalov climbed back above 4 million when he induced both Jamie Robbins to fold to his 725,000 bet on a 10-5-4 flop. Katchalov caught about 625,000 on the hand. - Darvin Moon further increased his chip lead when he eliminated Brean Catalano. Moon held pocket queens to beat Catalano’s A-J and grew his stack to more than 9 million after the knockout. Big Hands
The defending champion of the main event from last year has been knocked out. Billy Kopp raised to 105,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips made the call to his immediate left. Action was folded to Peter Eastgate in the small blind, who moved all in for 340,000 more. Action was back on Kopp who made the call and Dennis Phillips made the call. The board ran out A Tom Schneider Doubles Up Tom Schneider and Grayson Ramage got all the chips into the pot before the flop. Schneider exposed the A
Former Chip Leader Eliminated Action was folded to Matt Affleck on the button who moved all in for 880,000 with the A Phil Ivey Running Hot Phil Ivey bet 110,000 from the button and Kent Goulding reraised to 325,000 from the big blind. Ivey made the call and both players saw a flop of Q
Owen Crowe Eliminated in 79th Place ($68,979) Fernando Gordo and Owen Crowe got all the chips into the pot preflop. Gordo reraised all in for 1,800,000 with the A Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 24 Hour 2 Update: Kenny Tran EliminatedJul 13, '09 NOTE: There was a 20-minute break after this level and play will commence at 10:50 p.m. PDT. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 82 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 7,500,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,853 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,750,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 11th place. Notable Eliminations: 86. Kenny Tran – $57,991 Chip Movers and Shakers - Benjamin Jensen jumped his stack to 2.4 million in a hand where he made trip aces against Fabrice Soulier. Soulier was knocked down to 2.17 million. - Adam Bilzerian grew his stack to 2.66 million when he snapped up a pot that was over 800,000 against Tom Schneider. Bilzerian bet 550,000 on a Q-Q-5 flop and Schneider mucked. Schneider was down to 1.135 million after the hand. - Ludovic Lacay held strong near 5.2 million, thanks to his pocket tens making a straight on the river to match the Broadway straight of Craig Boyd (A-10) on a K-Q-J-2-A board. Boyd held 2.6 million after the hand. Big Hands
Blair Rodman Doubles Up Phil Ivey raised to 80,000 and Blair Rodman shoved all in for 362,000 total. Action was folded back around to Ivey who made the call. Ivey exposed the A Dennis Phillips Wins Million Chip Pot Thai Tran raised preflop to 70,000 and Dennis Phillips reraised to 180,000. Steve Sanders made the call and action was back to Tran. He didn’t just call, instead he put out a raise to 605,000. Action was back to Phillips, who went into the tank and eventually announced all in for 1,900,000 total. Sanders quickly folded and Tran went into the tank before mucking. Phillips collected the million chip pot without having to see a flop. Phillips is now at 3,000,000.
Kenny Tran Eliminated 86th Place ($57,991) With less than 500,000 Kenny Tran chose to move all in with the A Darvin Moon Wins Monster Pot Darvin Moon limped from early position and Chris Bach raised to 175,000. Jamie Brown reraised to 375,000 from the button. Moon limped in with a huge hand and made it 1,000,000 to go. Bach folded and Brown thought for awhile before going all in with his last 1,400,000. Moon snap called and exposed the A
Antonio Esfandiari Eliminates Opponent Antonio Esfandiari raised preflop and was repopped by Wesley Ismay. Esfandiari made the call and both players saw a flop of 7 Joe Sebok Doubles Up Again Billy Kopp raised 80,000 in middle position and Joe Sebok moved all in for 301,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Kopp who made the call. Kopp exposed the Q Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Blair Rodman, Antonio Esfandiari, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 21 Hour 2 Update: Hachem And Eastgate Get InvolvedJul 13, '09 Note: Players are now on a 20 minute break and play will commence at 2:20 PDT. Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 151 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,100,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,100,000 Average Chip Count: 1,290,198 Notable Eliminations: 162. Cole South — $36,626 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - Adam York doubled up to 840,000 through Nichoel Peppe. Peppe was knocked down to 920,000 after handing her chips over to York. - Vesa Leikos was eliminated by Joe Serock. Serock grew his stack to 1.7 million with the knockout. - Anh Van Nguyen cracked the aces of Steven Begleiter with a stright to move up to just under 2 million. Begleiter was left with 2.5 million after the hand. - Dennis Phillips check-called a bet of 160,000 from the cutoff. The river completed a possible flush and Phillips quickly checked. The cutoff went into the tank for minutes and finally checked. Philips exposed just a pair of eights to take the pot. He is at 1,210,000. Big Hands:
Fabrice Soulier raised from the cutoff to 47,000 and Seth Thomsen moved all in for 302,000. Soulier thought for a few moments before deciding to make the call. Thomsen turned over K The flop was gave Thomsen a few extra outs as it fell A Affleck Takes out Jensen Benjamin Jensen open shoved all in for his last 243,000 and was called by Matt Affleck. Jensen was in good shape when he turned up A The flop didn’t contain a jack as came 7 Prahlad Friedman Doubles Up Prahlad Friedman raised to 40,000 and Jesse Haabak put in another raise to 125,000. Friedman moved all in for his last 269,000 and was called by Haabak. Haabak made the call and showed A The board ran Q
Phil Iver and his opponent saw a flop of Q He took a stab at the pot with a bet of 50,000 and his opponent mucked. Ivey raked in the pot and has started the day with a positive note, improving his chip stack to 1.7 million. Adam Lattimer Knocked Out Billy Kopp raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Adam Lattimer made it 150,000 to go. Kopp then moved in for 366,000 and Lattimer called, putting himself all in. Kopp turned over A The board ran out A
Peter Eastgate raised to 44,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Joe Hachem in the big blind. He made the call and the flop came down 8 Hachem then tabled 5 Cole South Eliminated Cole South moved all in on the flop with ace-king but ran into his opponent’s pocket aces. The turn and the river never gave South any help and he was eliminated, taking home $36,626 for his efforts.
Dennis Phillips raised to 42,000 from under the gun and J.C. Tran made the call from the hijack. The two players saw a flop of J The river was the 7 Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Prahlad Friedman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 20 Hour 1 Update: Phillips Gets Doubled ThroughJul 12, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 210 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. James Akenhead – 2,890,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 822,025 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands:
Theo Tran raised to 35,000 and was called by seat 9. The flop came down 8 The rail then started to cheer as seat 9 took the pot. “Really?” Tran asked sarcastically with a grin on his face. “Really?” Tran was down to 865,000. Nasr Gets Caught Picking up the action on the turn, the board read K Nasr tabled J
Eugene Fouksman moved all in for 200,000 and Dennis Phillips decided to make the call. Fouksman tabled A The board ran out 8 Sebok Runs a Flush, Eliminates an Opponent On a flop of 10 Sebok asked how much his opponent had left and when he got the answer, he opted to call. The A Sebok turned over 7 Left In The Deck: Action has slowed down to a crawl during the first hour of level 20. The first two levels of the day saw an average of 50 eliminations for every hour. So far, only 21 players have been eliminated in the first hour. The tournament staff has stated their goal is to play down to 175 players or five levels. With the dinner break scheduled after this level, it will be interesting to see if the staff calls the action after this level, as they did on day 4, or if they will make the field return after the 90 minute break to play one last level. Player Tags: Theo Tran, Dennis Phillips, Nasr El Nasr Level 11 Hour 1 Update: Lisandro Is Player Of The YearJul 10, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,584 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Andrew Gaw – 580,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 130,700 Average Chip Count: 115,757 Notable Eliminations: Erik Seidel Big Hands: Khan Knocks Out Lynch Hevad Khan raised from early position and Eric Lynch decided it was time for him to move all in for his last 42,000. Khan made the call and saw that he was flipping. Khan tabled 5 The board ran out favorable for Lynch as it came 4 Elky Slips With Big Slick Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier called his opponent all in for about 60,000 preflop. Elky showed A The turn and river were unable to fill Elky’s full house with the 5
Phil Hellmuth called 1,600 under the gun and the action folded around to the big blind. He put in a raise and Hellmuth called. The flop was J “I flopped a flush draw, turned a 10 and still almost got away from it for nothing,” Hellmuth said. He was at 280,000. Junglen Loses Some Ground with Pocket Eights Adam Junglen raised to 6,000 preflop and was called by one player. The action get back to the big blind who three-bet to 36,000. Junglen asked how much the player had behind his raise and went into the tank. After finding out that he had another 45,000 behind, Junglen moved 101,000 into the middle. That got the other player out of the way, but not the big blind, who called off the rest of his stack. Junglen held the 8
Kristy Gazes got all of her chips into the middle preflop and was called by her opponent. Her opponent had Q The board ran out 8 Left In The Deck: Seeing Double At table #65, Dennis Phillips is sitting across from a man dressed in what can only be described as Dennis Phillips costume. The man is wearing a St. Louis Cardinals hat and the white trucker shirt that was worn by many at last year’s main event final table. Phillips claim that the man is just a fan that became a friend.
It was just announced that Jeff Lisandro is officially the 2009 WSOP player of the year. All Lisandro did this year was cash six times and win three bracelets. Congratulations to Lisandro, the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year. Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro, Eric Lynch, Bertrand Grospellier, Hevad Khan, Dennis Phillips Level 3 Hour 1 Update: Lederer Off To Rocky StartJul 05, '09 Blinds: 150-300 Chip Counts: 1. Tsai Chen – 93,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Matt Matros – 17,500 Notable Eliminations: Matt Graham Big Hands:
A player under-the-gun raised to 700 and got four callers, including Matt Hawrilenko from middle position. The flop was K The turn was the 10 Dennis Phillips Forces a Fold With about 17,000 in the pot already, Dennis Phillips was heads-up with his opponent with a board that read A Phillips bet 10,500 and his opponent thought for nearly five minutes before mucking A
After a flop of K Later, Lederer raised to 1,300 from the button and the small blind immediately reraised to 3,500. It was just in time for the ESPN cameras to arrive at Lederer’s table. After a few moments to think, Lederer mucked his hand and he was at 20,000 early in the level. Suharto’s Pair Good Enough Picking up the action on the river, the board showed J
John Cernuto and Tom McEvoy saw a flop of A Cernuto checked and McEvoy did the same behind him. McEvoy showed A Luske Check-Raises To Victory After a flop of K
Four players limped for 300 preflop and they all saw a flop of 9 The under the gun player checked and Wong bet again, this time 3,600. His opponent mucked and Wong took the pot after showing 9 Griffin Takes Another Pot Gavin Griffin raised to 800 from the hijack position and the small blind made the call. The player in seat 3, who had already limped, made the call as well. The flop then fell 10
Picking up the action after the river, the board read K “No!” Juanda exclaimed. “1,000,” he said as he took 2,500 away from his original bet. Seat 6 didn’t bite and his hand finally landed in the muck. Juanda scored the pot and was around 50,000. Player Tags: John Juanda, Howard Lederer, Gavin Griffin, Matt Hawrilenko, Danny Wong, Darus Suharto, Dennis Phillips |
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| Jul 05, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 1 | + |
Level 27 Update Hour 1: Phillips Doubles Up, Schneider BustsJul 14, '09 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 49 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 16,345,000 Average Chip Count: 3,975,518 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,675,000 Notable Eliminations: 52. Tom Schneider — $138,568 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands
After a flop of K The turn was the 7 Lapostolle Doubles Through Bilzerian Adam Bilzerian raised to 200,000 and Martin Lapostolle moved in for 970,000. Bilzerian made the call and tabled K The flop came down A
Phil Ivey raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and Ludovic Lacay made the call from the big blind. The flop came down A The river was the 5 Dennis Phillips Cracks Aces, Cripples Steve Sanders Dennis Phillips raised to 160,000 preflop and Steve Sanders repopped it to 325,000. Phillips made the call and the flop came down A Phillips showed Q
Tom Schneider moved all in for 1.2 million and Marc Etienne McLaughlin made the call from the small blind. Schneider turned over A The flop came down K McLoughlin Summons Doyle For a Double Up Marc McLoughlin shoved all in for his last 1,150,000 and was called by Hieu Luu. They hyper-aggressive Luu woke up with a real hand and showed A The flop put McLoughlin in the lead as it fell 2 Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Phil Ivey, James Akenhead, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 25 Hour 1 Update: Peter Eastgate EliminatedJul 13, '09 Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 71 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 9,100,000 Average Chip Count: 2,743,943 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,800,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 15th place. Notable Eliminations: 81. Matt Affleck – $68,979 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour: - Nichoel Peppe was eliminated when her Jh4h ran right into the pocket aces of Adam York. Peppe was eliminated after the board ran out 7-7-2-6-4 with only one heart in the mix. Leo Margets is now the last woman standing. - Thai Tran doubled up to 2 million when his AcQc made a flush to top the A-K of Clayton Newman. Tran now holds 2 million. - Tom Schneider enlisted the help of pocket queens to grow his stack back to 2.6 million. - Hieu Luu doubled up to 4 million when his K-Q cracked the pocket aces of Fernando Gordo on a K-7-6-Q-3 board. - Eugene Katchalov climbed back above 4 million when he induced both Jamie Robbins to fold to his 725,000 bet on a 10-5-4 flop. Katchalov caught about 625,000 on the hand. - Darvin Moon further increased his chip lead when he eliminated Brean Catalano. Moon held pocket queens to beat Catalano’s A-J and grew his stack to more than 9 million after the knockout. Big Hands
The defending champion of the main event from last year has been knocked out. Billy Kopp raised to 105,000 preflop and Dennis Phillips made the call to his immediate left. Action was folded to Peter Eastgate in the small blind, who moved all in for 340,000 more. Action was back on Kopp who made the call and Dennis Phillips made the call. The board ran out A Tom Schneider Doubles Up Tom Schneider and Grayson Ramage got all the chips into the pot before the flop. Schneider exposed the A
Former Chip Leader Eliminated Action was folded to Matt Affleck on the button who moved all in for 880,000 with the A Phil Ivey Running Hot Phil Ivey bet 110,000 from the button and Kent Goulding reraised to 325,000 from the big blind. Ivey made the call and both players saw a flop of Q
Owen Crowe Eliminated in 79th Place ($68,979) Fernando Gordo and Owen Crowe got all the chips into the pot preflop. Gordo reraised all in for 1,800,000 with the A Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Billy Kopp, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 24 Hour 2 Update: Kenny Tran EliminatedJul 13, '09 NOTE: There was a 20-minute break after this level and play will commence at 10:50 p.m. PDT. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 82 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Darvin Moon – 7,500,000 Average Chip Count: 2,375,853 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 3,750,000 - Shulman continues to hold steady above the 3.5 million mark. His stack is currently in 11th place. Notable Eliminations: 86. Kenny Tran – $57,991 Chip Movers and Shakers - Benjamin Jensen jumped his stack to 2.4 million in a hand where he made trip aces against Fabrice Soulier. Soulier was knocked down to 2.17 million. - Adam Bilzerian grew his stack to 2.66 million when he snapped up a pot that was over 800,000 against Tom Schneider. Bilzerian bet 550,000 on a Q-Q-5 flop and Schneider mucked. Schneider was down to 1.135 million after the hand. - Ludovic Lacay held strong near 5.2 million, thanks to his pocket tens making a straight on the river to match the Broadway straight of Craig Boyd (A-10) on a K-Q-J-2-A board. Boyd held 2.6 million after the hand. Big Hands
Blair Rodman Doubles Up Phil Ivey raised to 80,000 and Blair Rodman shoved all in for 362,000 total. Action was folded back around to Ivey who made the call. Ivey exposed the A Dennis Phillips Wins Million Chip Pot Thai Tran raised preflop to 70,000 and Dennis Phillips reraised to 180,000. Steve Sanders made the call and action was back to Tran. He didn’t just call, instead he put out a raise to 605,000. Action was back to Phillips, who went into the tank and eventually announced all in for 1,900,000 total. Sanders quickly folded and Tran went into the tank before mucking. Phillips collected the million chip pot without having to see a flop. Phillips is now at 3,000,000.
Kenny Tran Eliminated 86th Place ($57,991) With less than 500,000 Kenny Tran chose to move all in with the A Darvin Moon Wins Monster Pot Darvin Moon limped from early position and Chris Bach raised to 175,000. Jamie Brown reraised to 375,000 from the button. Moon limped in with a huge hand and made it 1,000,000 to go. Bach folded and Brown thought for awhile before going all in with his last 1,400,000. Moon snap called and exposed the A
Antonio Esfandiari Eliminates Opponent Antonio Esfandiari raised preflop and was repopped by Wesley Ismay. Esfandiari made the call and both players saw a flop of 7 Joe Sebok Doubles Up Again Billy Kopp raised 80,000 in middle position and Joe Sebok moved all in for 301,000 from the button. Action was folded back to Kopp who made the call. Kopp exposed the Q Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Blair Rodman, Antonio Esfandiari, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 21 Hour 2 Update: Hachem And Eastgate Get InvolvedJul 13, '09 Note: Players are now on a 20 minute break and play will commence at 2:20 PDT. Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 151 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,100,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,100,000 Average Chip Count: 1,290,198 Notable Eliminations: 162. Cole South — $36,626 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - Adam York doubled up to 840,000 through Nichoel Peppe. Peppe was knocked down to 920,000 after handing her chips over to York. - Vesa Leikos was eliminated by Joe Serock. Serock grew his stack to 1.7 million with the knockout. - Anh Van Nguyen cracked the aces of Steven Begleiter with a stright to move up to just under 2 million. Begleiter was left with 2.5 million after the hand. - Dennis Phillips check-called a bet of 160,000 from the cutoff. The river completed a possible flush and Phillips quickly checked. The cutoff went into the tank for minutes and finally checked. Philips exposed just a pair of eights to take the pot. He is at 1,210,000. Big Hands:
Fabrice Soulier raised from the cutoff to 47,000 and Seth Thomsen moved all in for 302,000. Soulier thought for a few moments before deciding to make the call. Thomsen turned over K The flop was gave Thomsen a few extra outs as it fell A Affleck Takes out Jensen Benjamin Jensen open shoved all in for his last 243,000 and was called by Matt Affleck. Jensen was in good shape when he turned up A The flop didn’t contain a jack as came 7 Prahlad Friedman Doubles Up Prahlad Friedman raised to 40,000 and Jesse Haabak put in another raise to 125,000. Friedman moved all in for his last 269,000 and was called by Haabak. Haabak made the call and showed A The board ran Q
Phil Iver and his opponent saw a flop of Q He took a stab at the pot with a bet of 50,000 and his opponent mucked. Ivey raked in the pot and has started the day with a positive note, improving his chip stack to 1.7 million. Adam Lattimer Knocked Out Billy Kopp raised to 42,000 from under the gun and Adam Lattimer made it 150,000 to go. Kopp then moved in for 366,000 and Lattimer called, putting himself all in. Kopp turned over A The board ran out A
Peter Eastgate raised to 44,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Joe Hachem in the big blind. He made the call and the flop came down 8 Hachem then tabled 5 Cole South Eliminated Cole South moved all in on the flop with ace-king but ran into his opponent’s pocket aces. The turn and the river never gave South any help and he was eliminated, taking home $36,626 for his efforts.
Dennis Phillips raised to 42,000 from under the gun and J.C. Tran made the call from the hijack. The two players saw a flop of J The river was the 7 Player Tags: J.C. Tran, Prahlad Friedman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Joe Hachem, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Matt Affleck Level 20 Hour 1 Update: Phillips Gets Doubled ThroughJul 12, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 210 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. James Akenhead – 2,890,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 822,025 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands:
Theo Tran raised to 35,000 and was called by seat 9. The flop came down 8 The rail then started to cheer as seat 9 took the pot. “Really?” Tran asked sarcastically with a grin on his face. “Really?” Tran was down to 865,000. Nasr Gets Caught Picking up the action on the turn, the board read K Nasr tabled J
Eugene Fouksman moved all in for 200,000 and Dennis Phillips decided to make the call. Fouksman tabled A The board ran out 8 Sebok Runs a Flush, Eliminates an Opponent On a flop of 10 Sebok asked how much his opponent had left and when he got the answer, he opted to call. The A Sebok turned over 7 Left In The Deck: Action has slowed down to a crawl during the first hour of level 20. The first two levels of the day saw an average of 50 eliminations for every hour. So far, only 21 players have been eliminated in the first hour. The tournament staff has stated their goal is to play down to 175 players or five levels. With the dinner break scheduled after this level, it will be interesting to see if the staff calls the action after this level, as they did on day 4, or if they will make the field return after the 90 minute break to play one last level. Player Tags: Theo Tran, Dennis Phillips, Nasr El Nasr Level 11 Hour 1 Update: Lisandro Is Player Of The YearJul 10, '09 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,584 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Andrew Gaw – 580,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 130,700 Average Chip Count: 115,757 Notable Eliminations: Erik Seidel Big Hands: Khan Knocks Out Lynch Hevad Khan raised from early position and Eric Lynch decided it was time for him to move all in for his last 42,000. Khan made the call and saw that he was flipping. Khan tabled 5 The board ran out favorable for Lynch as it came 4 Elky Slips With Big Slick Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier called his opponent all in for about 60,000 preflop. Elky showed A The turn and river were unable to fill Elky’s full house with the 5
Phil Hellmuth called 1,600 under the gun and the action folded around to the big blind. He put in a raise and Hellmuth called. The flop was J “I flopped a flush draw, turned a 10 and still almost got away from it for nothing,” Hellmuth said. He was at 280,000. Junglen Loses Some Ground with Pocket Eights Adam Junglen raised to 6,000 preflop and was called by one player. The action get back to the big blind who three-bet to 36,000. Junglen asked how much the player had behind his raise and went into the tank. After finding out that he had another 45,000 behind, Junglen moved 101,000 into the middle. That got the other player out of the way, but not the big blind, who called off the rest of his stack. Junglen held the 8
Kristy Gazes got all of her chips into the middle preflop and was called by her opponent. Her opponent had Q The board ran out 8 Left In The Deck: Seeing Double At table #65, Dennis Phillips is sitting across from a man dressed in what can only be described as Dennis Phillips costume. The man is wearing a St. Louis Cardinals hat and the white trucker shirt that was worn by many at last year’s main event final table. Phillips claim that the man is just a fan that became a friend.
It was just announced that Jeff Lisandro is officially the 2009 WSOP player of the year. All Lisandro did this year was cash six times and win three bracelets. Congratulations to Lisandro, the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year. Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro, Eric Lynch, Bertrand Grospellier, Hevad Khan, Dennis Phillips Level 3 Hour 1 Update: Lederer Off To Rocky StartJul 05, '09 Blinds: 150-300 Chip Counts: 1. Tsai Chen – 93,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Matt Matros – 17,500 Notable Eliminations: Matt Graham Big Hands:
A player under-the-gun raised to 700 and got four callers, including Matt Hawrilenko from middle position. The flop was K The turn was the 10 Dennis Phillips Forces a Fold With about 17,000 in the pot already, Dennis Phillips was heads-up with his opponent with a board that read A Phillips bet 10,500 and his opponent thought for nearly five minutes before mucking A
After a flop of K Later, Lederer raised to 1,300 from the button and the small blind immediately reraised to 3,500. It was just in time for the ESPN cameras to arrive at Lederer’s table. After a few moments to think, Lederer mucked his hand and he was at 20,000 early in the level. Suharto’s Pair Good Enough Picking up the action on the river, the board showed J
John Cernuto and Tom McEvoy saw a flop of A Cernuto checked and McEvoy did the same behind him. McEvoy showed A Luske Check-Raises To Victory After a flop of K
Four players limped for 300 preflop and they all saw a flop of 9 The under the gun player checked and Wong bet again, this time 3,600. His opponent mucked and Wong took the pot after showing 9 Griffin Takes Another Pot Gavin Griffin raised to 800 from the hijack position and the small blind made the call. The player in seat 3, who had already limped, made the call as well. The flop then fell 10
Picking up the action after the river, the board read K “No!” Juanda exclaimed. “1,000,” he said as he took 2,500 away from his original bet. Seat 6 didn’t bite and his hand finally landed in the muck. Juanda scored the pot and was around 50,000. Player Tags: John Juanda, Howard Lederer, Gavin Griffin, Matt Hawrilenko, Danny Wong, Darus Suharto, Dennis Phillips |
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| May 28, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $40,000 40th Annual No-Limit Hold'em | 1 | + |
Level 6 Update: Jesus is EliminatedMay 28, '09 Blinds: 800-1600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 150 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Antonio Esfandiari — 470,000 Average Chip Count: 160,800 Notable Eliminations: Annie Duke Big Hands:
Ivan Demidov Rivers a Flush After a bet of 17,100 on the flop of 3 Dennis Philips Doubles Through Doug Lee A short-stacked Dennis Phillips gets it all in with A
Annie Duke is Eliminated On a flop of 10 Dragon Eliminates Corwin Cole David “The Dragon” Pham raises to 4,500 from early position, Corwin Cole reraises to 12,500 from middle position and Pham calls. The flop comes Q
Chris Ferguson is Eliminated On a flop of J Dinner Break The remaining 165 players are now on a dinner break. Join us at 8:30 PST when play resumes. Player Tags: Humberto Brenes, David Pham, Chris Ferguson, Antonio Esfandiari, Chris Moneymaker, Vanessa Rousso, Dennis Phillips, Corwin Cole, Ivan Demidov |
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| Apr 27, '09 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Season V | EPT Grand Final Championship - Event 1 | 1 | + |
Dennis Phillips Takes an Early LeadApr 27, '09
Player Tags: Dennis Phillips |
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| Nov 09, '08 | 2008 39th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 54 - World Championship No-Limit Hold'em | 12 | + |
Part I Ends - Dennis Phillips Eliminated in Third Place ($4,517,773)Nov 09, '08
Player Tags: Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Ivan Demidov Final Table -- Hour Eleven -- Ylon Schwartz Eliminated in Fourth Place ($3,794,974)Nov 09, '08 Blinds/Antes: 300,000-600,000 with a 75,000 ante Player Tags: Ylon Schwartz, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Ivan Demidov Final Table -- Hour 10Nov 09, '08 Blinds/Antes: 300,000-600,000 with a 75,000 ante Player Tags: Ylon Schwartz, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Ivan Demidov Hour Nine -- Scott Montgomery Eliminated in Fifth Place ($3,096,678)Nov 09, '08 Blinds/Antes: 250,000-500,000 with a 50,000 ante Player Tags: Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Scott Montgomery, Ivan Demidov Final Table -- Hour Eight -- Darus Suharto Eliminated in Sixth Place ($2,418,562)Nov 09, '08 Blinds/Antes: 250,000-500,000 with a 50,000 ante Player Tags: Darus Suharto, Peter Eastgate, Dennis Phillips, Scott Montgomery Final Table -- Hour SixNov 09, '08 Blinds/Antes: 200,000-400,000 with a 50,000 ante Player Tags: Ylon Schwartz, Chino Rheem, Dennis Phillips Final Table -- Hour ThreeNov 09, '08 Blinds/Antes: 150,000-300,000 with a 40,000 ante Player Tags: Kelly Kim, Ylon Schwartz, Chino Rheem, Dennis Phillips, Ivan Demidov Final Table -- Hour TwoNov 09, '08 Blinds/Antes: 150,000-300,000 with a 40,000 ante Player Tags: Ylon Schwartz, Dennis Phillips, Scott Montgomery, Ivan Demidov $10,000 Main Event - The Final March To November BeginsJul 14, '08 Note: Players are now on a 20 minute break Player Tags: Ylon Schwartz, Peter Eastgate, Craig Marquis, Dennis Phillips $10,000 Main Event - Rheem Takes a Hit, Bishop OutJul 14, '08 Note: Play had paused after the elimination of Joe Bishop to allow for a redraw for the final table of 10 players. We are one elimination away from the television final table that will take place in November. Player Tags: Dean Hamrick, Chino Rheem, Darus Suharto, Dennis Phillips, Scott Montgomery, Joe Bishop |
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Dennis Phillips is all in for around 240,000 and Leo Fernandez thinks about it for a few minutes. He usually takes his time when making these decisions, and you can almost see him weighing up his options and calculating his next move in his head. He decides to make the call and flips over J
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. Phillips shows A
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Matthew Glantz bets 22,000 from the button and just as Dennis Phillips puts out a raise of around 44,000 on top (there was almost no time to count), as Glantz shoved and Phillips called.
Akenhead Doubles Up
Lacay Takes One Off Ivey
Tom Schneider Eliminated In 52nd Place($138,568)
Peter Eastgate Eliminated in 78th Place ($68,979)
Soulier Notches Knockout
Phil Ivey Grabs A Pot
Hachem And Eastgate Tangle
Phillips Gets The Best Of Tran
Theo Tran Gets Bet Out Of Pot
The Man Can Dodge Bullets Baby
Cowboys Work For Gazes
Lisandro Wins Player Of The Year
Hawrilenko Takes Another Hit to His Stack
Lederer Off To A Rocky Start In Level 3
McEvoy Gets Best Of Miami John
Danny Wong Flops Two Pair, Gets Little Action
Juanda Tries To Give Opponent Discount
Dennis Phillips bets from the cutoff on a board of J
Peter Eastgate opened the action for 1.5 million from the small blind after Ivan Demidov mucked on the button and Dennis Phillips made the call. The flop was dealt J
Ylon Schwartz Eliminated in Fourth Place ($3,794,974)
Phillips Evens Up With Schwartz
Scott Montgomery vs. Ivan Demidov
After moving all in once and receiving no calls, Montogmery pushed all of his chips into the middle again and received a call from Peter Eastgate. Their cards:
Darus Suharto Eliminated in Sixth Place ($2,418,562)
Dennis Phillips Doubles Up
Kim Tempts Fate Again
Ivan Demidov Takes a Huge Lead
Schwartz Picks Up Rockets On First Hand Back...
Phillips and Eastgate in a Dance
Set No Good, Rheem Takes a Hit
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