Dennis Phillips Poker Tournament Updates

Dennis Phillips Busts

Dec 10, '11

Dennis Phillips did not survive the day. He was crippled by a short stack who shoved with K-9 against Phillips’ A-10. He hit the rail after his K-Q lost to 9-9.

Phillips will be back on Sunday to do live commentary from the final table. Card Player is providing a live stream of the final table action.

Player Tags: Dennis Phillips

Level Five Update: Shannon Shorr Chipping Up

Jul 10, '11

Note: Day 1C has come to an end. Stay tuned for a complete recap and official chip counts of the surviving players.

Players On Day 1C: 1,160 of 2,181

Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante

Notables Eliminated:

Andy Seth, Robert Mizrachi, Karina Jett, Greg Brooks, Dan Smith, Ali Eslami, Hoyt Corkins, Brent Hanks

Hands:

Shannon Shorr Scores Big

On a board reading Q 7 2 8 5 with a pot of more than 50,000 in it, Shannon Shorr put his opponent all in for his last 23,000.

His opponent called, showing pocket kings, but Shorr’s 6 4 was good for a straight, giving him the knockout and a new stack of 122,000 in chips.

A Double For Dennis

Dennis Phillips had his stack dwindle down to about 25 blinds when he finally got his chance for a double. Phillips was able to get all in preflop with pocket tens against his opponents pocket threes.

The board rolled out J 4 2 K A and Phillips doubled up to just under 19,000 in chips.

Michael DeMichele Gets Doubled

On a flop of J 5 3, Michael DeMichele bet and his opponent raised to 7,500. DeMichele reraised to 11,750 and his opponent wasted no time before moving all in.

DeMichele didn’t like it, but he finally called off his chips and was relieved to see that this K K was ahead of Q J. The turn and river fell 8 5 and DeMichele doubled to about 35,000 in chips.

Defending Champions Stays In The Game

The World Series of Poker main event hasn’t been too kind to defending champion Jonathan Duhamel today, but he recently scored a double up to keep him in contention.

Duhamel was all in for his last 15,000 or so holding A-K and had his opponent’s A-Q dominated. The board fell clean for Duhamel and he doubled back to his starting stack.

Player Tags: Shannon Shorr,   Jonathan Duhamel,   Michael DeMichele,   Dennis Phillips

Doyle Brunson Defeats Dennis Phillips

Mar 05, '11

Doyle Brunson moved all in holding AQ against Dennis Phillips. Phillips made the call for his tournament life holding pocket sevens.

The board ran out KQ438 and Phillips was eliminated. Brunson is now in the money and will take on Chris Moneymaker in the Sweet 16.

Player Tags: Doyle Brunson,   Dennis Phillips

Dennis Phillips Defeats Erick Lindgren

Mar 04, '11

Erick Lindgren was short stacked and all in holding J2. Unfortunately for him, Dennis Phillips had him dominated with KJ.

Phillips had to sweat a diamond draw, but the river was safe, giving him a pass to the round of 32.

Player Tags: Erick Lindgren,   Dennis Phillips

Doyle Brunson Defeats Dennis Phillips

Mar 05, '11

Doyle Brunson moved all in holding AQ against Dennis Phillips. Phillips made the call for his tournament life holding pocket sevens.

The board ran out KQ438 and Phillips was eliminated. Brunson is now in the money and will take on Chris Moneymaker in the Sweet 16.

Player Tags: Doyle Brunson,   Dennis Phillips

Dennis Phillips Defeats Erick Lindgren

Mar 04, '11

Erick Lindgren was short stacked and all in holding J2. Unfortunately for him, Dennis Phillips had him dominated with KJ.

Phillips had to sweat a diamond draw, but the river was safe, giving him a pass to the round of 32.

Player Tags: Erick Lindgren,   Dennis Phillips

Dennis Phillips Eliminated

Sep 30, '10

Team PokerStars pro Dennis Phillips has busted out of the tournament.

Player Tags: Dennis Phillips

Leve Seven Hour One Update: Shorr Wins a Big Pot

Jul 09, '10

Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante

Players Remaining: 1,800 out of 2,412

Card Player Chip Counts

Barry Shulman – 140,000
Shannon Shorr – 133,000
Matt Matros – 50,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 36,400
Steven A. Murphy – 23,500
Adam Schoenfeld – 28,500
Justin Marchand – 13,100

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Dragan Galic – 313,500
2. Robert Mizrachi – 243,000
3. Dwyen Ringbauer – 240,000
4. Cole South – 223,500
5. Jesper Hougaard – 201,000
6. Carter Phillips – 196,000
7. Corwin Cole – 176,000
8. Sam Farha – 176,000
9. Andrew Liporace – 172,000
10. Yevgeiny Timoshenko – 160,000

Notable Eliminations:

Tom McEvoy

Player Twitter Accounts:

Barry Shulman
Erik Seidel
Maria Ho
Chris Moorman
Mike Caro
Jamie Rosen
Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Antonio Esfandiari
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke

Big Hands:

Shorr Vaults Up the Chip Counts

We missed exactly how it happened, but we saw Shannon Shorr getting a whole bunch of chips in preflop against his opponent. His opponent was all-in and the cards were flipped up. Shorr tabled KK and was up against 88.

The board stayed clean for Shorr as it ran out 95A104 and Shorr is now up to 133,000 and eliminating an opponent.

Sediel Stacks A Player

Erik Seidel and another player at his table got into a preflop war which led to Seidel calling his all-in of 10,000 with AK. The other player tabled the K9 and Seidel saw the good news.

The board was good for Seidel as it came out 8764A. Seidel eliminated a player and increased his stack to 51,000 in the process.

Nordberg Takes Opponent to Value Town

Peter Feldman bet 4,000 on the turn after the action was checked to him with the board reading KQ2Q and was called by his opponent.

The river was the J and it was checked to Feldman again. He bet 10,000 this time and was called. Feldman showed Q10 and his opponent mucked. Feldman is up to 73,000 with the pot.

The Dragon Doubles Through Jett

Seat 1 raised to 1,500 and David “The Dragon” Pham moved all in for 8,700 total. Acting after Pham, Chip Jett called and seat 1 got out of the way. Their hands:

Pham: QQ
Jett: AK

The two pros were in a coin flip situation. The flop ran 9103, keep Phan in the lead. The board finished with the 7 and the J and Phan doubled up to around 21,000 in chips. Jett still had around 57,000 after the loss.

Chan Gets Value From The Nuts

On a board showing 10K89A Johnny Chan bet 7,000 into the pot, sending his opponent in seat 1 deep into the tank. After some time, the player called and Chan showed the nuts — QJ for the broadway straight.

His opponent mucked and Chan saw his stack grow to around 140,000.

Don’t Bully Your Seniors

Berry Johnston bet 2,500 on a flop of 2102, and seat 5 decided it was time to test the former main event winner by raising to 6,600. Johnston thought for a minute, then threw out five 5,000 chips. Seat 5 thought briefly and then mucked his hand.

Johnston had around 55,000 after the hand.

Junglen Drops One

Picking up the action after the turn, the board read K935. Adam Junglen fired 2,100 and the player in seat 4 made the call.

The river was the Q and both players checked. Seat 4 tabled AQ for a pair of queens on the river and Junglen mucked.

Junglen dropped the pot and was at 113,000.

Phillips Gets Pushed Out

Dennis Phillips raised to 3,500 from the button and the player in seat 2 raised to 10,000 from the small blind. Phillips tanked and then called so both players could see a flop of AQ9.

The small blind led out for 15,000 and Phillips released his hand rather quickly.

After the hand he was at 40,500.

Hawrilenko Takes It On The Turn

Matt Hawrilenko raised to 1,500 from the button and the player in the big blind made the call. The flop came down Q44 and both players checked.

The turn was the 8 and the big blind checked again. Hawrilenko took a stab with 2,200 and it was enough as the big blind mucked.

Hawrilenko took the pot and he was at 38,000.

Mizrachi’s Ladies Hang On

Picking up the action after the flop had come down Q98, the action was checked to Michael Mizrachi.

He bet 4,000 and the player in seat 4 called. Seat 7 mucked and the remaining two players saw the 10 fall on the turn.

Both players checked and the river was the 2. Mizrachi led out with 9,150 and seat 4 mucked his hand as the ESPN cameras swarmed the table.

Mizrachi then gave them something to look at as he flashed QQ for top set. He took the pot and was up to 55,000.

Player Tags: David Pham,   Erik Seidel,   Chip Jett,   Michael Mizrachi,   Johnny Chan,   Berry Johnston,   Matt Hawrilenko,   Peter Feldman,   Shannon Shorr,   Adam Junglen,   Dennis Phillips

Level Five Hour Two Update: Baron Climbing The Ranks

Jul 09, '10

Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante

Players Remaining: 2,412 out of 2,412

Average Chip Count:

Card Player Chip Counts

Justin Marchand – 23,400
Barry Shulman – 113,325
Bryan Devonshire – 13,800
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 36,400
Steven A. Murphy – 23,500

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Corwin Cole – 228,200
2. Dwyen Ringbauer – 195,000
3. Mathieu Sauriol – 169,900
4. Johnny Chan – 163,700
5. Andrew Liporace – 160,000
6. Josef Monro – 153,350
7. Lauren Kling – 149,650
8. Barny Boatman – 144,050
9. Steven Goosen – 142,925
10. Michael Mizrachi – 142,650

Notable Eliminations:

Mike Sexton

Big Hands:

Phillips Scores an Early Double And Keeps Going

Dennis Phillips got his last 9,225 in the middle preflop with AK and was up against the JJ of his opponent.

The flop was K32, giving Phillips the lead. The turn was the 10 and the river was the 6 to double up Phillips to 19,000. Action has been fast and furious in just the first few minutes of this level. Expect to see tons of bustouts and double ups.

A few hands later, Phillips raised to 1,180 from the hijack and the player in the big blind made the call. The flop came down AJ2 and the big blind checked.

Phillips bet 1,500 and the big blind check-raised to 3,300. Phillips thought for a bit and then repopped it to 7,500. The big blind thought for a few moments of his own and then released his hand, turning over the A as he did so.

Phillips took in the pot and he was at 24,000.

Ho Can’t Call

Picking up the action after the flop came down J93, the player in seat 7 led out for 2,200. Maria Ho was on the button and she made the call while the player in seat 5 mucked.

The turn was the J and seat 7 led for 3,300. Ho took some time to think but eventually released her hand. She dropped the pot and was at 93,000.

Baldwin Finally Gives The Cameras Something Positive

After the flop came down 543, the player in seat 5 bet 1,300. Eric Baldwin made the call and both players saw the A on the turn.

Seat 5 led out for 3,000 and Baldwin made the call again. The river was the 7 and seat 5 checked.

Baldwin did the same and seat 5 tabled Q7 for a rivered pair of sevens. It was no good, however, as Baldwin turned A7 for a rivered two pair and he took the pot.

“The curse is finally over,” Baldwin said to the ESPN crew surrounding the table. “I finally won one with you guys here.”

He was at 70,000 after the hand.

Cada Gives One Up

Reigning champion Joe Cada was in the small blind heads up with the big blind. On a flop of 27K Cada checked and the big blind bet 1,550.

Cada made the call and the 6 hit on the turn. Cada again checked and his opponent fired 3,100 this time. With the ESPN cameras all over him, Cada folded. Despite the loss, he sat with a healthy 72,000 in chips.

Sexton Getting Short, Then Busts

Mike Sexton made it 1,200 to go from under the gun and action folded around to the big blind, who called. The flop came 28Q and both players checked. On the 10 turn the big blind bet 1,000 and Sexton quickly folded. The hand dropped Sexton to just 13,000 in chips. He would bust a few hands later when his pocket kings were cracked by his opponent’s pocket nines.

Baron Makes Big Call, Wins Massive Pot

Isaac Baron called a large preflop raise from the player in seat 4 and saw a flop of K98. Baron checked to seat four, who bet 8,250. Baron thought for a moment before making the call.

On the K turn Isaac again checked and seat four checked behind him this time.

The 5 fell on the river and Baron checked to seat 4, who took his time and bet 11,350. After he tanked for a minute or so, Baron finally called and showed 92 for two pair. Seat 4 mucked and Baron raked in a massive pot, taking most of his opponent’s chips.

Baron had around 134,000 in chips after the hand.

Chan Picking Up Where He Left Off

Johnny Chan left his day 1 as one of the tournament’s chip leaders. He picked up where he left off early in day 2a.

Chan limped in from the small blind and the big blind checked the action. The flop ran 65A and both players checked. On the 2 turn Chan fired out 1,000 and his opponent folded.

It was a small win, but Chan now has around 164,000 in chips.

Scotty Takes One Down

A player raised to 1,200 preflop and Scotty Nguyen made the call from the small blind. Darryll Fish also called from the big blind and the three players saw a flop of J73.

All three players checked and the turn was the A. Action was checked to the raiser who fired 1,650. Nguyen made the call and Fish mucked. The river was the J and Nguyen led out with 6,200.

His opponent mucked the A and Nguyen showed some common courtesy by showing his J. Nguyen took the pot and was at 25,200.

Somerville Surges

All we were able to see was Jason Somerville showing down 35 on a board of 3-3-4-5-6. His opponent mucked and Somerville raked in a big pot.

Somerville is now up to 87,400 with his newly acquired chips.

Tiffany Michelle Doubles

There were four limpers in front of her and then Tiffany Michelle raised to 3,500 on the button. The player in the small blind made it 5,700 more to Michelle and she quickly called.

Michelle said call and then realized that she had said call and lamented how she had intended to move in for her remaining 5,500. The flop was 476 and the small blind moved all-in and Michelle called instantly.

Michelle tabled 77 and the player in the small blind showed AA, putting Michelle squarely in the lead. The turn was the 4 and the river was the J to double up Michelle to 30,000.

Player Twitter Accounts:

Barry Shulman
Erik Seidel
Maria Ho
Chris Moorman
Mike Caro
Jamie Rosen
Daniel Negreanu
Eric Froehlich
Scotty Nguyen
Jennifer Leigh
Antonio Esfandiari
Nick Maimone
Dennis Phillips
Bryan Devonshire
Annie Duke

Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen,   Johnny Chan,   Mike Sexton,   Maria Ho,   Jason Somerville,   Isaac Baron,   Eric Baldwin,   Tiffany Michelle,   Dennis Phillips,   Joseph Cada

Annie Duke Defeats Dennis Phillips ($125,000)

Mar 07, '10

After the blinds had reached the point where both players had just over 10 big blinds, Dennis Phillips (pictured left) made his final push with A8 and Annie Duke made the call with pocket sevens.

The board fell 93264 and Phillips was eliminated. Duke advances to the final match to face the winner between Erik Seidel and Scotty Nguyen.

Player Tags: Annie Duke,   Dennis Phillips

Dennis Phillips Defeats Doyle Brunson ($75,000)

Mar 07, '10

Doyle Brunson (pictured right) was all in on a flop of KQ9 holding 97 for a pair and flush draw.

Dennis Phillips quickly called, holding AK for top pair, top kicker. The turn and river came JQ and Brunson was eliminated.

Phillips advances to the Final Four to face off against the winner between Annie Duke and Jerry Yang.

Player Tags: Doyle Brunson,   Dennis Phillips

Dennis Phillips Defeats Eli Elezra ($25,000)

Mar 06, '10

Eli Elezra (pictured left) was all in for his last 25,000 with KQ and Dennis Phillips called with A9.

The board fell 822710 and ace high was enough to eliminate Elezra. Phillips advances to take on Doyle Brunson in the Elite Eight.

Player Tags: Eli Elezra,   Dennis Phillips

Dennis Phillips Defeats Chris Ferguson

Mar 06, '10

On a board reading A95J, Chris Ferguson (pictured right) moved all in holding 108.

Dennis Phillips made the call with two black kings and it held when the river was the 9. Phillips will advance to the Sweet Sixteen and take on the winner between Eli Elezra and Allen Cunningham.

Player Tags: Chris Ferguson,   Dennis Phillips

Dennis Phillips Defeats Kara Scott

Mar 05, '10

Kara Scott (pictured right) was all in for her tournament life holding KQ against the pocket eights of Dennis Phillips.

The board ran out 10-9-3-3-6 and Scott was eliminated. Phillips advances to play Chris Ferguson in the next round.

Player Tags: Dennis Phillips,   Kara Scott

Annie Duke Defeats Dennis Phillips ($125,000)

Mar 07, '10

After the blinds had reached the point where both players had just over 10 big blinds, Dennis Phillips (pictured left) made his final push with A8 and Annie Duke made the call with pocket sevens.

The board fell 93264 and Phillips was eliminated. Duke advances to the final match to face the winner between Erik Seidel and Scotty Nguyen.

Player Tags: Annie Duke,   Dennis Phillips

Dennis Phillips Defeats Doyle Brunson ($75,000)

Mar 07, '10

Doyle Brunson (pictured right) was all in on a flop of KQ9 holding 97 for a pair and flush draw.

Dennis Phillips quickly called, holding AK for top pair, top kicker. The turn and river came JQ and Brunson was eliminated.

Phillips advances to the Final Four to face off against the winner between Annie Duke and Jerry Yang.

Player Tags: Doyle Brunson,   Dennis Phillips

Dennis Phillips Defeats Eli Elezra ($25,000)

Mar 06, '10

Eli Elezra (pictured left) was all in for his last 25,000 with KQ and Dennis Phillips called with A9.

The board fell 822710 and ace high was enough to eliminate Elezra. Phillips advances to take on Doyle Brunson in the Elite Eight.

Player Tags: Eli Elezra,   Dennis Phillips

Dennis Phillips Defeats Chris Ferguson

Mar 06, '10

On a board reading A95J, Chris Ferguson (pictured right) moved all in holding 108.

Dennis Phillips made the call with two black kings and it held when the river was the 9. Phillips will advance to the Sweet Sixteen and take on the winner between Eli Elezra and Allen Cunningham.

Player Tags: Chris Ferguson,   Dennis Phillips

Dennis Phillips Defeats Kara Scott

Mar 05, '10

Kara Scott (pictured right) was all in for her tournament life holding KQ against the pocket eights of Dennis Phillips.

The board ran out 10-9-3-3-6 and Scott was eliminated. Phillips advances to play Chris Ferguson in the next round.

Player Tags: Dennis Phillips,   Kara Scott

Annie Duke Defeats Dennis Phillips ($125,000)

Mar 07, '10

After the blinds had reached the point where both players had just over 10 big blinds, Dennis Phillips (pictured left) made his final push with A8 and Annie Duke made the call with pocket sevens.

The board fell 93264 and Phillips was eliminated. Duke advances to the final match to face the winner between Erik Seidel and Scotty Nguyen.

Player Tags: Annie Duke,   Dennis Phillips

Dennis Phillips Defeats Doyle Brunson ($75,000)

Mar 07, '10

Doyle Brunson (pictured right) was all in on a flop of KQ9 holding 97 for a pair and flush draw.

Dennis Phillips quickly called, holding AK for top pair, top kicker. The turn and river came JQ and Brunson was eliminated.

Phillips advances to the Final Four to face off against the winner between Annie Duke and Jerry Yang.

Player Tags: Doyle Brunson,   Dennis Phillips

Dennis Phillips Defeats Eli Elezra ($25,000)

Mar 06, '10

Eli Elezra (pictured left) was all in for his last 25,000 with KQ and Dennis Phillips called with A9.

The board fell 822710 and ace high was enough to eliminate Elezra. Phillips advances to take on Doyle Brunson in the Elite Eight.

Player Tags: Eli Elezra,   Dennis Phillips

Dennis Phillips Defeats Chris Ferguson

Mar 06, '10

On a board reading A95J, Chris Ferguson (pictured right) moved all in holding 108.

Dennis Phillips made the call with two black kings and it held when the river was the 9. Phillips will advance to the Sweet Sixteen and take on the winner between Eli Elezra and Allen Cunningham.

Player Tags: Chris Ferguson,   Dennis Phillips

Dennis Phillips Defeats Kara Scott

Mar 05, '10

Kara Scott (pictured right) was all in for her tournament life holding KQ against the pocket eights of Dennis Phillips.

The board ran out 10-9-3-3-6 and Scott was eliminated. Phillips advances to play Chris Ferguson in the next round.

Player Tags: Dennis Phillips,   Kara Scott

Level 7 Update: Wayne Bentley Takes Big Chip Lead

Jan 05, '10

Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante

Players Remaining: 470 out of 668

Average Chip Count: 43,000

Notable Chip Counts:

Wayne Bentley — 260,000
Ben Lamb — 120,000
Amnon Filippi — 105,000
Barry Greenstein — 102,000
Jan Collado y Fernandez — 100,000
Craig Marquis — 95,000
Daniel Negreanu — 90,000
Dennis Phillips — 90,000
Kevin Saul — 88,000
Poorya Nazari — 78,000

Card Player Family Chip Counts:

Barry Shulman — 60,000
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman — 52,000

Notable Eliminations:

Antony Lellouche
Daniel Alaei
Joep Van Den Bijgaart
Vinny Pahuja
Greg Raymer

Big Hands:

Dennis Phillips Benefits From Cooler

Dennis Phillips is now pushing 90,000 in chips thanks to a massive cooler. He and his opponent got it all in on a flop of K-K-3 and Phillips was shown the under full with pocket threes.

No problem for the main event final tablist, as he revealed pocket kings for quads.

Barry Shulman Takes a Hit, Still Above Average

The small blind raised and Barry Shulman called in the big blind. The flop came down Jh6d3s and he contiinued with a bet of 2,050. Shulman called and the turn was the 5.

The small blind checked and Shulman bet 5,000. The small blind called and the river was the 8. Both players checked and the small blind showed J10 for top pair, good enough for Shulman to muck. Despite the setback, Shulman is still sitting with nearly 60,000 in chips.

Amnon Filippi Joins The Chip Leader Ranks

We didn’t get the action, but it appeared that Amnon Filippi put Jason Koon all in for his last 16,000 or so on a board reading AK838.

With a huge pot in front of him, Koon decided to muck, painfully showing 76 for a rivered flush to Filippi before the dealer sweeped them up. Filippi took in the pot and increased his stack to 105,000.

After the hand, Koon asked Filippi if he had A-8 for a full house and Filippi said, “I’ll tell you when we’re done.”

Wayne Bentley Chips Up Huge

The far and away chip leader at the moment is Wayne Bentley, who had done most of his damage here in level 7. First, Bentley’s pocket queens held against an opponent’s big slick to take him to 220,000.

Just a few hands later, Bentley won a monster pot from Ben Lamb with a turned heart flush to take his stack to 260,000. Lamb isn’t doing too bad himself, however, with 120,000.

Greg Raymer Eliminated

Greg Raymer was down to his last 6,000 when he pushed with pocket nines. Unfortunately for the Team PokerStars Pro, the next man to act had pocket aces, sending him to the rail.

Left In The Deck:

Color Up Time

The remaining players are now coloring up the green 25 denomination chips.

Player Tags: Barry Shulman,   Greg Raymer,   Amnon Filippi,   Dennis Phillips