Paul Wasicka Poker Tournament Updates

Level 5 Update: Matt Matros Doing Well

Jul 10, '11

NOTE: Levels are two hours in length and players are starting with 30,000 in chips. Registration will remain open until the end of the second level.

Players on Day 1D: Approximately 2,800

Blinds: 200-400 with a 50 ante

The Chip Leaders:

1. Maynard Little — 171,200
2. Harambos Tsivicos — 145,000
3. Gavin Palmer — 145,000
4. Alexandros Karnaos — 144,000
5. Raj Vohra — 142,000
6. Joe Tehan — 140,000
7. Lance Steinberg — 133,000
8. Andrew Chen — 131,000
9. Amanda Musumeci — 130,000
10. Doug Lee — 129,500

Card Player Chip Counts:

Jeff Shulman — 7,850
Matt Matros — 70,000

Featured Poker Tweet — Jeff Shulman

Notables Eliminated This Level:

Kelly Kim
Steve Sung
Alex Bolotin

Hands:

Liv Boeree Short

Poker pro Liv Boeree held pocket nines and got all the money in against a short stack’s A-Q. The board brought the over and Boeree was down to jsut 6,000 after the hand.

Featured Poker Tweet — Lars Bonding

Randal Flowers Drops Some

Randal Flowers raised with the 10 7 and was called by an opponent. The flop came J-10-5, and action went check-check. The turn brought an off-suit seven and Flowers checked. His opponent bet, and Flowers check raised. His opponent shoved, and Flowers called with his two pair. His opponent tabled 9-8 for the straight. Flowers was down to 32,000 after the hand.

Paul Wasicka Doubles Up

On an ace-high board Wasicka got all his chips in with A-K and was called by the A-Q of his opponent. He doubled up to 36,000.

Matt Matros Eliminates a Player

Matt Matros had his A-K win a race against pocket fours, after all the money went in preflop. Matros was up to 70,000 after the hand.

Greg Mueller Doubles Up

Facing a 1,200-chip bet and two calls in front of him, Greg Mueller shoved for about 7,000 with pocket nines and was called by J-J. Fortunately for Mueller he rivered a straight and doubled to 17,000.

Player Tags: Greg Mueller,   Paul Wasicka,   Randal Flowers,   Liv Boeree,   Matt Matros

Hour 2 Update: Chau Giang and Dani Stern Eliminated

Jun 18, '10

Blinds: 400-800

Players Remaining: 243 out of 256

Starting Chip Stack: 30,000

Notable Eliminations:

David Baker
Scott Montgomery
Chau Giang
Johnny Chan
John Juanda
Dani Stern
Jordan Smith
Brandon Cantu
Brandon Adams

Notable Advancements to Round Two at 10 p.m. PST:

Phil Ivey
Antonio Esfandiari
Jason Somerville
Jordan Morgan
James Mackey
David Williams
Blair Hinkle
Jonathan Aguiar
Paul Wasicka
Daniel Negreanu
Jonathan Little
Justin Smith

Player Twitter Accounts:

Phil Ivey
Justin Smith
Paul Wasicka
Daniel Negreanu
Johnathan Little
Faraz Jaka
Amit Makhija
Barry Greenstein
Annette Obrestad
Kevin Saul
Mike Sowers
Steve Sung
David Williams

Big Hands:

Chau Giang Eliminated

Brendan Murphy bet on the button with the 97. Giang made the call and the flop came 1085. Action went check-check. The 6 fell on the turn and Giang bet 2,000. Murphy raised to 5,600. Giang moved all in for 20,000 total and Murphy called. Giang exposed the J10 but was drawing dead against the straight of Murphy.

Antoine Saout Doubles Up

Antoine Saout was all in preflop with pocket eights versus the pocket sixes of Scott Clements. The over pair held and Saout doubled to 16,400.

Dani Stern Eliminated

Dani Stern was all in preflop with the A4 for just 11,000. Darren Woods made the call with the 108. The board ran out 105229 and Stern was eliminated.

Gavin Smith Doubles Up

Gavin Smith was all in after a flop of J87. Smith tabled the 87 for two pair and was ahead of the 1010 of his opponent. Check out Card Player’s odds calculator to see the exact percentages! The Q hit the turn and the K fell on the river. Smith doubled to about the starting stack of 30,000.

Player Tags: Gavin Smith,   Chau Giang,   Paul Wasicka,   Scott Clements,   Brendan Murphy,   Antoine Saout,   Dani Stern

Level 3 Update: Brian Lemke Takes the Lead

Apr 18, '10

Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante

Players Remaining: 150 out of 158

Chip Counts:

1. Brian Lemke — 320,000
2. Shawn Buchanan — 220,000 (pictured right)
3. Prahlad Friedman — 175,000
4. Christian Harder — 173,000
5. Eric Froehlich — 173,000
6. Kathy Liebert — 170,000
7. Soheil Shamseddin — 160,000
8. Daniel Negreanu — 155,000
9. Alex Kamberis — 152,000
10. David Benyamine — 145,000

Average Chip Count: 105,333

Notable Eliminations:

Vivek Rajkumar

Big Hands:

Brian Lemke Takes the Lead — Vivek Rajkumar Eliminated

Brian Lemke raised under the gun and Vivek Rajkumar made the call from middle position. Another player called from middle position and Beth Shak made the call from the small blind.

The flop was dealt QJ3 and Shak checked. Lemke bet 2,500 and Rajkumar raised to 7,500. Middle position reraised to 12,500 and Shak mucked. Lemke made the call and Rajkumar reraised to 27,500. Middle position and Lemke both made the call.

The turn brought the K and Lemke checked. Rajkumar moved all in and then middle position moved all in over the top of him. Lemke made the call, and he had both of his opponents covered. Their cards:

Lemke: KK
Rajkumar: QQ
Middle Position: QJ

River: 8

Lemke won the hand with a set of kings to grow his stack to a chip-leading 320,000 and he eliminated both of his opponents.

Paul Wasicka Doubles Up

On a flop of 955 Cody Slaubaugh bet 1,900 from middle position and Paul Wasicka made the call from the hi-jack. Josh Arieh mucked and the tun fell 10. Slaubaugh checked and Wasicka bet 2,100. Slaubaugh reraised to 15,000 and Wasicka tanked for a while before reraising all in for 19,675 total. Slaubaugh made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Slaubaugh: J9
Wasicka: Ak

River: 6

Wasicka doubled up on the hand to survive and he now holds 48,000. Slaubaugh was knocked down to 85,000 after the hand.

Eric Froehlich Takes One Out

A player moved all in for 38,000 from late position and Eric Froehlich made the call. Their cards:

Froehlich: J J
Opponent: K K

Board: Q J 4 5 4

Froehlich won the hand with a set and he grew his stack to 173,000.

Mortensen Takes a Hit

Carlos Mortensen raised to 7,800 preflop under the gun and both the button and Jim Bechtel (small blind) made the call. The flop was dealt J43 and Mortensen bet 10,000. The button made the call and Bechtel mucked. The turn and river were dealt 6 and 4 and both players checked each street. The button turned over J10 and Mortensen mucked. The Matador was down to 90,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen,   Paul Wasicka,   Eric Froehlich,   Cody Slaubaugh,   Jim Bechtel

Annie Duke Defeats Paul Wasicka ($25,000)

Mar 06, '10

In by far the most entertaining match of the tournament, Annie Duke and Paul Wasicka (pictured right) battled for over an hour and a half before a winner was determined.

Twice, Duke had Wasicka all in with the best hand, only to see him come from behind and stay alive. The second time, Wasicka was given the lead thanks to a river flush.

His good fortune is probably what had him apologizing almost immediately when Duke moved all in with A10 only for him to wake up with AA.

To top it off, the flop came AJ2 and had Duke drawing nearly dead. She picked up some life when the Q hit the turn, giving her four outs to the straight and the room went nuts when the K hit the river, giving her the winning straight and the chip lead.

The two got it in shortly after that and Duke managed to crack Wasicka’s pocket jacks with 8-5 suited. Wasicka was eliminated, picking up $25,000. Duke moves onto the Elite Eight to face Jerry Yang.

Player Tags: Annie Duke,   Paul Wasicka

Paul Wasicka Defeats Gus Hansen

Mar 06, '10

Gus Hansen (pictured right), was all in with K-7 against the A-9 of Paul Wasicka.

The board fell 9-8-5-10-7 and Hansen was eliminated. Wasicka will now take on Annie Duke in the next round.

Player Tags: Gus Hansen,   Paul Wasicka

Paul Wasicka Defeats Andrew Wilson

Mar 05, '10

Online qualifier Andrew Wilson was all in holding KJ against the A3 of Paul Wasicka.

The board fell 964910 and Wilson was eliminated. Wasicka, who won this event in 2007, will now face off against Gus Hansen in the round of 32.

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka

Diamonds Bracket Begins at 4:00 P.M. PST

Mar 05, '10

Be sure to check back in just under an hour when the Diamonds Bracket takes their seats for round 1 action.

Notables in that quarter of the bracket include Vanessa Rousso, Barry Greenstein, Antonio Esfandiari, Mike Matusow, Annie Duke, Greg Raymer and 2007 Champion Paul Wasicka.

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka

Annie Duke Defeats Paul Wasicka ($25,000)

Mar 06, '10

In by far the most entertaining match of the tournament, Annie Duke and Paul Wasicka (pictured right) battled for over an hour and a half before a winner was determined.

Twice, Duke had Wasicka all in with the best hand, only to see him come from behind and stay alive. The second time, Wasicka was given the lead thanks to a river flush.

His good fortune is probably what had him apologizing almost immediately when Duke moved all in with A10 only for him to wake up with AA.

To top it off, the flop came AJ2 and had Duke drawing nearly dead. She picked up some life when the Q hit the turn, giving her four outs to the straight and the room went nuts when the K hit the river, giving her the winning straight and the chip lead.

The two got it in shortly after that and Duke managed to crack Wasicka’s pocket jacks with 8-5 suited. Wasicka was eliminated, picking up $25,000. Duke moves onto the Elite Eight to face Jerry Yang.

Player Tags: Annie Duke,   Paul Wasicka

Paul Wasicka Defeats Gus Hansen

Mar 06, '10

Gus Hansen (pictured right), was all in with K-7 against the A-9 of Paul Wasicka.

The board fell 9-8-5-10-7 and Hansen was eliminated. Wasicka will now take on Annie Duke in the next round.

Player Tags: Gus Hansen,   Paul Wasicka

Paul Wasicka Defeats Andrew Wilson

Mar 05, '10

Online qualifier Andrew Wilson was all in holding KJ against the A3 of Paul Wasicka.

The board fell 964910 and Wilson was eliminated. Wasicka, who won this event in 2007, will now face off against Gus Hansen in the round of 32.

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka

Diamonds Bracket Begins at 4:00 P.M. PST

Mar 05, '10

Be sure to check back in just under an hour when the Diamonds Bracket takes their seats for round 1 action.

Notables in that quarter of the bracket include Vanessa Rousso, Barry Greenstein, Antonio Esfandiari, Mike Matusow, Annie Duke, Greg Raymer and 2007 Champion Paul Wasicka.

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka

Level 17 Update

Mar 19, '09

Big Hands:

Paul Wasicka Takes a Big Hit

Gary Tighe raised preflop and Paul Wasicka called from the big blind. The flop was dealt 1083 and Wasicka checked. Tighe bet 20,000 and Wasicka made the call. The turn fell Q, Wasicka checked, Tighe bet 100,000, and Wasicka moved all in. Tighe called and they flipped up their cards:

Wasicka: J8
Tighe: AA

River: Q

Wasicka was knocked down to 9,500 after the hand while Tighe soared to 550,000.

Paul Wasicka Eliminated in 35th Place ($15,000)

Paul Wasicka moved all in from the cutoff for 7,000 and Michael Kamran raised from the small blind to 32,000. Gary Tighe called Kamran down from the big blind and both live players checked a board of 8322J. Kamran flipped up AQ and both opponents mucked. Kamran eliminated Wasicka and took home the $5,000 bounty. Kamran was up to 595,000 after the hand.

Joe Sebok Doubles Up

Joe Sebok moved all in preflop and Tyler Cornell called him down. Their cards:

Sebok: AQ
Cornell: A10

Board: 9883J

Sebok doubled up on the hand to survive and he now holds 205,000.

Vivek Rajkumar Doubles Up

Vivek Rajkumar moved all in preflop for 48,000 and Matt Lessinger called him down. Their cards:

Lessinger: A3
Rajkumar: 10-2

Board: J87J9

Rajkumar doubled up with a straight on the river and he now holds 100,000.

 

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka,   Gary Tighe,   Michael Kamran

Level 12 Update

Mar 18, '09

Big Hands:

T.J. Cloutier Eliminated

T.J. Cloutier moved alll in on a flop of J53 with KJ in the hole and Chris Moore called him down with AA. The turn and river fell 49 and Cloutier was knocked out of the event. Moore collected the $5,000 bounty.

Joe Sebok Doubles Up

Joe Sebok moved all in preflop with A-K and one opponent called him down with pocket queens. The board rattled off K-J-2-4-7 and Sebok doubled up to survive with 120,000.

Allen Cunningham Eliminated

Allen Cunningham moved all in on a board of A10769 and Kent Washington called him down. Their cards:

Washington: K2
Cunningham: muck

Cunningham left the tournament area and Washington collected the $5,000 bounty.

Jennifer Harman Eliminated by Paul Wasicka

Early position raised to 3,500 and Jennifer Harman moved all in from late position preflop. Paul Wasicka reraised all in over the top of Harman and early position folded. The final two players then flipped up their cards:

Harman: A6
Wasicka: AQ

Board: 107535

Harman was eliminated on the hand and Wasicka collected the $5,000 bounty.

Player Tags: T.J. Cloutier,   Allen Cunningham,   Jennifer Harman,   Paul Wasicka,   Joe Sebok

Level 17 Update

Mar 19, '09

Big Hands:

Paul Wasicka Takes a Big Hit

Gary Tighe raised preflop and Paul Wasicka called from the big blind. The flop was dealt 1083 and Wasicka checked. Tighe bet 20,000 and Wasicka made the call. The turn fell Q, Wasicka checked, Tighe bet 100,000, and Wasicka moved all in. Tighe called and they flipped up their cards:

Wasicka: J8
Tighe: AA

River: Q

Wasicka was knocked down to 9,500 after the hand while Tighe soared to 550,000.

Paul Wasicka Eliminated in 35th Place ($15,000)

Paul Wasicka moved all in from the cutoff for 7,000 and Michael Kamran raised from the small blind to 32,000. Gary Tighe called Kamran down from the big blind and both live players checked a board of 8322J. Kamran flipped up AQ and both opponents mucked. Kamran eliminated Wasicka and took home the $5,000 bounty. Kamran was up to 595,000 after the hand.

Joe Sebok Doubles Up

Joe Sebok moved all in preflop and Tyler Cornell called him down. Their cards:

Sebok: AQ
Cornell: A10

Board: 9883J

Sebok doubled up on the hand to survive and he now holds 205,000.

Vivek Rajkumar Doubles Up

Vivek Rajkumar moved all in preflop for 48,000 and Matt Lessinger called him down. Their cards:

Lessinger: A3
Rajkumar: 10-2

Board: J87J9

Rajkumar doubled up with a straight on the river and he now holds 100,000.

 

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka,   Gary Tighe,   Michael Kamran

Level 12 Update

Mar 18, '09

Big Hands:

T.J. Cloutier Eliminated

T.J. Cloutier moved alll in on a flop of J53 with KJ in the hole and Chris Moore called him down with AA. The turn and river fell 49 and Cloutier was knocked out of the event. Moore collected the $5,000 bounty.

Joe Sebok Doubles Up

Joe Sebok moved all in preflop with A-K and one opponent called him down with pocket queens. The board rattled off K-J-2-4-7 and Sebok doubled up to survive with 120,000.

Allen Cunningham Eliminated

Allen Cunningham moved all in on a board of A10769 and Kent Washington called him down. Their cards:

Washington: K2
Cunningham: muck

Cunningham left the tournament area and Washington collected the $5,000 bounty.

Jennifer Harman Eliminated by Paul Wasicka

Early position raised to 3,500 and Jennifer Harman moved all in from late position preflop. Paul Wasicka reraised all in over the top of Harman and early position folded. The final two players then flipped up their cards:

Harman: A6
Wasicka: AQ

Board: 107535

Harman was eliminated on the hand and Wasicka collected the $5,000 bounty.

Player Tags: T.J. Cloutier,   Allen Cunningham,   Jennifer Harman,   Paul Wasicka,   Joe Sebok

Vanessa Rousso Defeats Paul Wasicka

Mar 07, '09

Vanessa Rousso was short stacked in her match against Paul Wasicka, but her A-5 held against Wasicka's K-2 to double up and take the lead.

On the final hand, Wasicka flopped top pair of Kings with K-10, but Rousso had turned two pair, Kings and Sixes. The river was a Jack and the former Champion Wasicka was eliminated, earning $25,000.

Rousso will now play Daniel Negreanu in the Elite Eight.

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka,   Vanessa Rousso

Paul Wasicka Defeats Don Cheadle

Mar 07, '09

Paul Wasicka and Don Cheadle played a huge pot on a flop of J-10-2. Cheadle had the lead but was behind in the hand with J-9 against Wasicka's pocket queens.

The turn was a 7, giving Cheadle more outs to advance, but the river was a K, giving the double up to Wasicka.

Cheadle was left with 3,000 in chips and got them all in shortly afterwards with Q-J. Wasicka had pocket fours and they held when the board came A-10-7-9-5.

Wasicka will now play the winner between Phil Ivey and Vanessa Rousso.

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka,   Don Cheadle

Paul Wasicka Defeats Nicholas Joy

Mar 06, '09

Both Nicholas Joy and Paul Wasicka got it all in on a board reading Q-9-2. Wasicka showed Q-J but he was behind to Joy's Q-9 for two pair.

Joy was covered and looking to avoid a jack or a running high pair. The turn was a jack, however, and Wasicka took control of the hand. The river was a six and Wasicka advanced to play the winner of Don Cheadle and David Pham.

Joy, despite having the best hand with twice in the match, is eliminated from the tournament.


 

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka,   Nicholas Joy

Vanessa Rousso Defeats Paul Wasicka

Mar 07, '09

Vanessa Rousso was short stacked in her match against Paul Wasicka, but her A-5 held against Wasicka's K-2 to double up and take the lead.

On the final hand, Wasicka flopped top pair of Kings with K-10, but Rousso had turned two pair, Kings and Sixes. The river was a Jack and the former Champion Wasicka was eliminated, earning $25,000.

Rousso will now play Daniel Negreanu in the Elite Eight.

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka,   Vanessa Rousso

Paul Wasicka Defeats Don Cheadle

Mar 07, '09

Paul Wasicka and Don Cheadle played a huge pot on a flop of J-10-2. Cheadle had the lead but was behind in the hand with J-9 against Wasicka's pocket queens.

The turn was a 7, giving Cheadle more outs to advance, but the river was a K, giving the double up to Wasicka.

Cheadle was left with 3,000 in chips and got them all in shortly afterwards with Q-J. Wasicka had pocket fours and they held when the board came A-10-7-9-5.

Wasicka will now play the winner between Phil Ivey and Vanessa Rousso.

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka,   Don Cheadle

Paul Wasicka Defeats Nicholas Joy

Mar 06, '09

Both Nicholas Joy and Paul Wasicka got it all in on a board reading Q-9-2. Wasicka showed Q-J but he was behind to Joy's Q-9 for two pair.

Joy was covered and looking to avoid a jack or a running high pair. The turn was a jack, however, and Wasicka took control of the hand. The river was a six and Wasicka advanced to play the winner of Don Cheadle and David Pham.

Joy, despite having the best hand with twice in the match, is eliminated from the tournament.


 

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka,   Nicholas Joy

Paul Wasicka Eliminated in 28th ($38,035)

Feb 24, '09

Payman Arjang raised to 24,000 and Paul Wasicka moved all in behind him for 235,000. Donal D'Auria tanked for several minutes in the big blind before folding what he later claimed was pocket nines.

Arjang snap called with KK and Wasicka showed down A10. The board came out nine high and Wasicka was eliminated in 28th place, earning $38,035.

The remaining 27 players are now redrawing for the final three tables.

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka,   Payman Arjang,   Donald D'Auria

Paul Wasicka Doubles Up

Feb 24, '09

Paul Wasicka moved all in preflop from the big blind and Nancy Todd Tyner called him down from the small blind. Their cards:

Wasicka: AJ
Tyner: 1010

Board: A6394

Wasicka doubled up on the hand to 390,000 and Tyner was knocked down to 220,000.








 

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka,   Nancy Todd Tyner

Paul Wasicka Wins Huge Pot

Feb 24, '09

Paul Wasicka raised preflop and was called by Kofi Farkye on the button and Payman Arjang in the big blind.

The flop came 743 and Arjang bet 20,000. Wasicka called and so did Farkye.

The turn was the 8 and Arjang checked. Wasicka also checked and then Farkye bet 45,000. Arjang called and Wasicka called.

The river was the 3 and Arjang check once again. This time, Wasicka bet 100,000. Farkye went into the tank for about 3 minutes before folding and Arjang made the call.

Wasicka showed AA and Arjang mucked his hand. Wasicka now has 510,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka,   Payman Arjang,   Kofi Farkye

Erica Schoenberg Doubles Up

Feb 24, '09

Paul Wasicka raised to 15,000 and Erica Schoenberg reraised all in for 22,000 more on the button. Wasicka made the call and showed pocket sixes. Schoenberg was way ahead with pocket jacks.

The board came Q1042A and Schoenberg doubled up to 90,000.

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka,   Erica Schoenberg

Level 16 Update

Feb 23, '09

Level: 16

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

Players Left: 64 out of 696

Score Board

Notable Chip Counts:

Kofi Farkye - 730,000
Dan O'Brien - 537,000
Mike Sowers - 532,000
Chris Karagulleyan - 497,000
Jason Dewitt - 475,000
Anthony Venturnini - 450,000
Don D'Auria - 427,000
Matt Woodward - 400,000
Blake Cahail - 320,000
Chris Ferguson - 312,000

Average:167,711

Notable Eliminations:

Adam Geyer
Ryan Young
Rodeen Talebi
Toto Leonidas
Jonathan Plens
Young Phan
Ross Boatman
Tom Dobrilovic
Mark Zajdner
David Chiu
Shannon Shorr
Paul Darden
Jimmy Fricke
Antonio Esfandiari

Featured Table

It took some time today, but a featured table has finally stood out above the rest.

Table 33

Seat 1: Paul Wasicka
Seat 2: Nick Schulman
Seat 3: Dan O'Brien
Seat 4: Antonio Esfandiari - David Pham moved in
Seat 6: Mike Sowers
Seat 8: Hoyt Corkins
Seat 9: Erica Schoenberg

Esfandiari Takes a Large Preflop Hit

Paul Wasicka bet 8,000 and Dan O'Brien raised to 23,000. Esfandiari reraised to 71,000 total, and Wasicka mucked. O'Brien then shoved all in and put Esfandiari on a decision for his tournament life. He eventually mucked and O'Brien took down the huge hand preflop. "Was that the right play, you're the expert," asked Esfandiari of Hoyt Corkins after the hand. This was the latest hand in a series of pots that have played out aggressively between O'Brien and Esfandiari. O'Brien has the upper hand so far, after leading for much of the day Esfadiari has been knocked down to 175,000. 

Esfandiari Eliminated

Antonio Esfandiari moved all in preflop and Mike Sowers called him down. Esfandiari held A-K and Sowers A-Q. The board was dealt A-J-J-Q-3. Esfandiari was eliminated just short of the money after holding the chip lead for most of the tournament. This is a similar fate that he suffered at WPT Festa al Lago in late 2008.

Big Hands:

David Chiu Eliminated by Greg Mueller

On a flop of Q-J-8 David Chiu moved all in and Greg Mueller called him down. Chiu held A-10 and Mueller held Q-9. The turn and river bricked out and Chiu was knocked out of the tournament to start the last level of the night.

The Dragon Shows his Bluff

David Pham raised to 30,000 preflop after a series of players limped and then called a small raise to join a pot preflop. Three players mucked their hands and then Pham flipped up J4 as he collected the pot.

Maria Ho Eliminates One

Maria Ho just knocked out a player with two kings in the hole. Her opponent held A-K but Ho's hand held to win the pot. Ho held 90,000 after the hand.

Dan Shak Eliminates One

Dan Shak moved all in preflop for 65,000 and seat 2 called all in against him. Shak had pocket jacks and seat 2 held pocket queens. A jack hit on the flop, and then a fourth came on the river to make quads for Shak and eliminate his opponent.

Slaubaugh vs. Grospellier

On a flop of Q96 Cody Slaubaugh bet 15,500 from middle position and Bertrand Grospellier made the call from late position. The K fell on the turn and Slaubaugh bet 16,500. Grospellier made the call again and the 9 was dealt on the river. Both players checked and Slaubaugh turned up a bluff (42). Grospellier showed down AJ and won the hand to increase his stack.

Money Bubble

As time expired during day 3 the tournament was stuck on the money bubble. Play went to hand-for-hand with 64 players remaining and it actually continued past the end of level 16. Day 3 will end when one more player busts out.
 

Player Tags: David Pham,   Antonio Esfandiari,   Greg Mueller,   David Chiu,   Daniel Shak,   Paul Wasicka,   Bertrand Grospellier,   Cody Slaubaugh,   Mike Sowers

Level 4 Update

Feb 21, '09

Level: 4

Blinds: 100-200
 

Score Board

Players Left: 540 of 696

Notable Chip Counts

Bertrand Grospellier - 75,000
Daniel Negreanu - 63,000
Jeff Madsen - 54,000
Kofi Farkye - 54,000
Arthur Azen - 50,000
Amir Vahedi - 50,000

Average: 25,000
 

The Suckout, Resuckout, Resuckout

Arthur Azen was all in holding top set of jacks against his opponent who held pocket kings. The turn brings a king which leaves Azen only one out in the deck and he gets it on the river, giving him quads and a stack of over 50,000 in chips.

Paul Wasicka Picks Up Chips

One-time LAPC Main Event final tablist Paul Wasicka is already off to a good start with a stack of over 45,000 in chips. Wasicka took most of his chips from Ralph Perry who held top pair, top kicker on a jack-high board. Wasicka held a set of sevens and they were good enough to take a very large pot and put him near the top of the leaderboard.

ElKy Coming On Strong

Though he was absent for most of the series, Bertrand "ElKy" Grospellier is off to a fine start here in the main event with a stack of 75,000. We haven't scanned the entire room, but that's good for the overall chip lead, at least among the notables.

Player Tags: Paul Wasicka,   Arthur Azen,   Bertrand Grospellier