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Ludovic Lacay

Country of Origin: France

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Date	Series	Event	Day

Jul 15, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	$10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event	8	+
Level 31 Hour 2 Update: Vedes 19th, Lichtenberger 18th, Tavelli 17th, Lacay 16th Jul 15, '09 Blinds: 80,000-160,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Begleiter – 27,890,000 2. Darvin Moon – 24,600,000 3. Billy Kopp – 17,200,000 4. Eric Buchman – 16,000,000 5. Jordan Smith – 15,800,000 6. Joseph Cada – 13,600,000 7. Kevin Schaffel – 13,600,000 8. Jeff Shluman – 12,800,000 9. James Akenhead – 10,100,000 10. Nick Maimone – 10,000,000 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 12,800,000 Average Chip Count: 12,988,000 Eliminations: 19. Tommy Vedes — $352,832 18. Andrew Lichtenberger — $500,557 17. Ian Tavelli — $500,557 16. Ludovic Lacay — $500,557 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 12,800,000 (twitter feed) Billy Kopp at 17,200,000 (twitter feed) Phil Ivey at 6,800,000 (twitter feed) Nick Maimone at 9,350,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands: Tommy Vedes Eliminated In 19th Place($352,832) Eric Buchman raised to 425,000 preflop and Tommy Vedes moved in for his last 1.9 million. Buchman made the call with 77, dominating Vedes’ 33. The flop brought something for everyone as it fell 1073, giving each player a set. The turn was the Q and Vedes needed the case three to stay alive. But the river was the 2 and Vedes was ousted in 19th place. Lamb’s Aces Taken Out To Slaughter Steven Begleiter raised to 425,000 preflop from the hijack and Benjamin Lamb repopped to 1.1 million from the cutoff. Begleiter made the call and the two players saw a flop of J95. Begleiter checked to Lamb who fired a bet into the pot. Begleiter then moved all in for over 7 million. Lamb made the call after some thought and tabled AA. The aces were officially cracked, however, as Begleiter tabled J9 for top two pair on the flop. The turn was the 3 and the river was the 8 and Begleiter doubled to over 16 million. Lamb was down to just over 4 million in chips. Not So Happy… Jeff Shulman raised to 420,000 preflop and Joe Cada repopped it to 1.2 million. Shulman made the call and the flop came down K25. Cada checked to Shulman who bet 1.4 million. Cada made the call and the turn was the 5. Both players checked and the river was the K. Cada then led out for 2 million and Shulman threw his hand in the muck. Cada raked in the pot and was over 9 million while Shulman dropped to 8 million. Jordan Smith Takes One On The Turn Billy Kopp raised to 375,000 and Ben Lamb made the call from the button. Jordan Smith also came along from the big blind and the flop came down 986. Everyone checked and the turn was the Q. Smith led out for 700,000 and his two opponents mucked. Smith raked in the pot and was over 7 million. Begleiter Takes One Off Maimone Steven Begleiter raised to 425,000 and Nick Maimone made the call from the big blind. The flop came down J72 and both players checked. The turn was the 7 and Maimone took a shot with 400,000. Begleiter made the call and the river was the 9. Maimone bet 800,000 and Begleiter made the call. Maimone tabled KJ for top pair, but Begleiter showed AJ for the same hand with a better kicker. Begleiter raked the pot and was at 18 million while Maimone was at 10 million. Andrew Lichtenberger Eliminated In 18th Place($500,557) Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 400,000 and Darvin Moon made the call. The flop came down 633 and Lichtenberger bet 680,000. Moon raised to 1.5 million and Lichtenberger moved all in, getting a quick call from Moon. Lichtenberger showed JJ, but Moon tabled KK. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 7 and Moon knocked out Lichtenberger, moving his stack to 25 million. Ivey Takes A Pot Phil Ivey raised to 420,000 and Steven Begleiter made the call. The flop came down 864 and Ivey led out with 600,000. Begleiter made the call and the 4 fell on the turn. Both players checked. They did the same when the K came on the river and Begleiter showed down 109 for a bunch of busted draws. Ivey showed 99 for the best hand and took the pot. He was at 6.8 million. …But Let’s Put A Smile On That Face Jeff Shulman raised to 450,000 preflop from the hijack and James Calderaro called from the button. The flop came down 1054 and Shulman bet 750,000 and Calderaro made the call. The turn was the K and Shulman kept the pressure on, betting 1.1 million. Calderaro decided to muck his hand and Shulman took it down, improving his stack to 9 million. Jordan Smith Doubles Through Billy Kopp Billy Kopp had been strolling through the day with a nice chip lead, but he just took his first big hit of the day courtesy of Jordan Smith. Smith raised to 420,000 under the gun and Kopp raised to 1.5 million from the cutoff. Action folded back around to Smith who shoved for 7.73 million. Kopp made the call and here were their hands. Kopp: AK Smith: QQ Board: JJ988 Smith’s pocket ladies held up and he doubled to 15.8 million while Kopp was knocked off the chip lead, his stack at 17.2 million. Ian Tavelli Eliminated In 17th Place($500,557) Steven Begleiter raised to 1.35 million after Ian Tavelli had opened for 450,000 from under the gun. Tavelli made the call and the flop came down 642 and Begleiter fired 3.5 million. Tavelli moved in for almost 8 million and Begleiter snapped him off, tabling KK. Tavelli showed down 99 and Tavelli was in trouble. The turn was the Q and the river was the 10 and Tavelli was out while Begleiter catapulted to the chip lead. Ludovic Lacay Eliminated In 16th Place($500,557) Jeff Shulman raised to 450,000 preflop and Ludovic Lacay came over the top for the rest of his stack of just over 3 million. Shulman made the call and here were there hands. Shulman: AK Lacay: 77 It was a classic race and the flop came K95, putting Shulman ahead. The turn was the 9 and the river was the 6 and Lacay was ousted from the main event. Shulman was up to 12.8 million after the hand. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Tommy Vedes, Jordan Smith, Ben Lamb, Billy Kopp, Ludovic Lacay, Andrew Lichtenberger, Nick Maimone Level 27 Hour 2 Update: Last of the November Nine Fall Jul 14, '09 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 43 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 15,500,000 2. Tommy Vedes – 9,900,000 3. Darvin Moon – 9,350,000 4. Phil Ivey – 8,600,000 5. Jonathan Tamayo – 8,200,000 6. Ludovic Lacay – 7,550,000 7. Antoine Saout – 7,500,000 8. Joseph Cada – 7,400,000 9. Luis Nargentino – 7,050,000 10. Steven Begleiter – 6,500,000 Average Chip Count: 4,427,727 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,800,000 Notable Eliminations: 49. Fabrice Soulier — $138,568 45. Dennis Phillips — $178,857 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed) Billy Kopp at 14,340,000 (twitter feed) Phil Ivey at 7,400,000 (twitter feed) Nick Maimone at 4,300,000 (twitter feed) Ludovic Lacay at 7,150,000 (twitter feed) Francois Balmigere at 3,900,000 (twitter feed) Jesse Haabak at 1,805,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands Fabrice Soulier Busted By Tommy Vedes Tommy Vedes raised to 185,000 from under the gun and Fabrice Soulier made it a cool million from middle position, putting himself all in. Action folded around to Vedes who made the call. Vedes tabled AK and Soulier showed down 1010 and the race was on. The flop came down J98, giving Vedes the nut flush draw. The turn was the 5 and Soulier was on the verge of doubling up. But the river was the 8, giving Vedes the flush and sending Soulier out the door. Vedes was amongst the chip leaders with 8.55 million after the hand. Andrew Lichtenberger Doubles Up Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 180,000 from the small blind and Eric Buchman repopped to 460,000. Lichtenberger moved all in and Buchman made the call. Buchman tabled 99 and Lichtenberger showed AQ. The flop came down 443 and things were not looking good. But the turn was the A and Lichtenberger was in the lead. The river was the 7 and Lichtenberger doubled up. Vedes Takes One Off Lacay Ludovic Lacay raised 150,000 and three players called. The flop then came down KK5. Action was checked to Lacay who fired 325,000. Christopher Bach and Tommy Vedes were the only callers and the turn was the 3. Everyone checked and they did the same after the 3 fell on the river. Vedes then tabled 55 for a flopped full house and took the pot. He was at 9.45 million. Hieu Luu Eliminated in 48th Place ($138,568) Hieu Luu was down his last 410,000 and was in the big blind when action folded around to Marc McLaughlin in the small blind. McLaughlin raised enough to put Luu all in and Luu made the call. “I don’t care,” said Luu as he put his chips in. He may not have cared, but he was ahead with his lowly 105 against McLaughlin’s 93, but the 926 flop did him in. Neither the turn or the river contained a 10 and Luu was sent home in 48th place. Three Outs Is More Than Enough for Labandeira Miguel Labandeira moved all in preflop for his last 815,000 and Steven Begleiter called from the big blind. The cards were turned up and Begleiter saw he had a big lead with his AQ against Labandeira’s A6. The flop kept Begleiter in the lead as it fell K108 and the turn was a 4, furthering Begleiter’s strangle hold on the hand. The river, however, changed things, as it came carrything the 6 on the river, giving the pot to Labandeira. Begleiter was so angry that he had to get up and walk around while he missed a few hands, but he still has over 5,000,000 in chips. The Chip Leaders Gets Caught In The Ivey Billy Kopp raised to 150,000 from the hijack position and Phil Ivey made the call from the cutoff. They both saw a flop of 772 and checked. The turn was the 4 and both players checked again. The river brought the A and Kopp took a shot with 225,000. Ivey raised it up to 700,000 and Kopp got out of the way. Ivey raked in the pot and was up to 8.6 million in chips. A few hands later, Ivey made a button raise to 150,000 and was three-bet by Luis Nargentino to 460,000. Ivey didn’t back down and made it 1,160,000, which Nargentino called. The flop was K104 and Ivey bet 1,200,000 after Nargentino checked. Nargentino folded and Ivey surpassed the 10,000,000 mark in chips. Vedes Freerolls On Haabak, But Chops Tommy Vedes raised to 165,000 from late position and Jesse Haabak moved all in for 1,386,000. Vedes made the call and they AQ and Haabak showed AQ and more than likely they were going to chop the pot. J108 and both players picked up backdoor flush draws. The 3 fell on the turn and now Haabak was unable to win the pot, he could only lose it. The 2 fell on the river, however, and they were abel to chop up the pot. Dennis Phillips’ Second Trip to the November Nine Stopped by Francoios Balmigere Antoine Saout raised to 165,000 and Francois Balmigere called. Dennis Phillips made it 450,000 and then Balmigere decided he would move all in after Saout got out of the way. Phillips called and his tournament life was at risk. Balmigere showed AK and Phillips had AK. Usually this ends up a split pot, but Dennis Phillips didn’t like it when the flop came K64. The turn was safe for Phillips when the 10 fell, but the river did him in, like so many others, as the 5 hit the river, ending Phillips’ main event run. Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Tommy Vedes, Billy Kopp, Ludovic Lacay, Andrew Lichtenberger Level 27 Update Hour 1: Phillips Doubles Up, Schneider Busts Jul 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 2. Darvin Moon – 9,700,000 3. Tommy Vedes – 8,550,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 8,460,000 5. Joseph Cada – 8,200,000 6. Jonathan Tamayo – 7,500,000 7. Antoine Saout – 7,200,000 8. Luis Nargentino – 7,020,000 9. Steven Begleiter – 6,700,000 10. Ben Lamb – 6,600,000 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) Fabrice Soulier at 1,350,000 (twitter feed) Dennis Phillips at 1,600,000 (twitter feed) Billy Kopp at 14,340,000 (twitter feed) Phil Ivey at 7,400,000 (twitter feed) Tom Schneider at 1,960,000 (twitter feed) Nick Maimone at 4,300,000 (twitter feed) Ludovic Lacay at 7,150,000 (twitter feed) Francois Balmigere at 3,900,000 (twitter feed) Jesse Haabak at 1,805,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands Akenhead Doubles Up After a flop of KJ4, James Akenhead bet 420,000. Adam York then moved all in, putting Akenhead all in. Akenhead made a quick call and tabled KK for top set. York showed AJ for middle pair and Akenhead was in prime position to double up. The turn was the 7 and York was drawing dead. The river was meaningless and Akenhead doubled up to 4,000,000. Lapostolle Doubles Through Bilzerian Adam Bilzerian raised to 200,000 and Martin Lapostolle moved in for 970,000. Bilzerian made the call and tabled KQ. Lapostolle turned over A4 and he was ahead in the hand. The flop came down A92 and Lapostolle’s lead in the hand widened. The turn was the 3 and Bilzerian was drawing dead. The river was the 10 and Lapostolle doubled to 2.1 million. Lacay Takes One Off Ivey Phil Ivey raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and Ludovic Lacay made the call from the big blind. The flop came down A5K and Lacay checked to Ivey. He bet 225,000 and Lacay made the call. The turn was the 3 and both players checked. The river was the 5 and Lacay led out with 350,000. Ivey mucked his hand and Lacay raked in the pot, his stack at 8.6 million. Ivey was doing just fine with 8.4 million. 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 A62. Sanders bet 300,000 and Phillips moved all in for 1.5 million. Sanders barely had Phillips covered and made the call. Phillips showed QQ but Sanders tabled AA for top set. Phillips was four-flushing heading to the turn, but the 4 came down and Phillips was down to his final card. The river then dropped the J, hitting Phillips’ flush and he doubled up to 3.9 million. Sanders was down to 300,000 and was eliminated a few hands later. Tom Schneider Eliminated In 52nd Place($138,568) Tom Schneider moved all in for 1.2 million and Marc Etienne McLaughlin made the call from the small blind. Schneider turned over A7 and was trailing McLaughlin’s 99. The flop came down K65 and Schneider had one foot out the door. The turn was the 7, giving Schneider some life, but the river was the K and Schneider’s run at the 2009 main event was over. 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 AK and was ahead of McLoughlin’s lowly 102. The flop put McLoughlin in the lead as it fell 24Q. The turn was the 8 and Luu failed to catch a pair on the river when he saw the dealer turned over the 7. McLoughlin doubles up and Luu falls to 1,150,000 in chips. Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Phil Ivey, James Akenhead, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 24 Hour 2 Update: Kenny Tran Eliminated Jul 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 2. Antonio Esfandiari – 5,600,000 3. Antoine Saout – 5,430,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 5,200,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,750,0005. 6. Tommy Vedes – 4,550,000 7. Billy Kopp – 4,500,000 8. Jeff Duvall – 4,410,000 9. Steve Begleiter – 4,400,000 10. Eugene Kathchalov – 4,200,000 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 A9 while Rodman exposed the 88. The board ran out K10462, as Rodman’s eights held up. Rodman is still short with 780,000. 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 A5 and was called by the 88 of Joseph Cada. The board offered no salvation as it ran out 43396. Cada is at 2,580,000. 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 AA. Brown tabled the dominated KK. The board ran out 653J8 as Brown received no help and was eliminated from the main event. Moon is at 7,500,000 and the chip leader. *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 755. Esfandiari bet 400,000 and Ismay called. The K hit the turn and Esfandiari once again bet out, this time for 700,000. Ismay reraised all in for 2,000,000 total. Esfandiari made the call and exposed the AK and had his opponent’s Q-9 drawing dead. The meaningless 6 fell on the river and Esfandiari is now at 5,600,000. 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 Q7 while Sebok tabled the 99. The board ran out 107435 and Sebok survived the double up. He is at 680,000 while Kopp is down to 4,100,000. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Blair Rodman, Antonio Esfandiari, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 24 Hour 1 Update: Phil Ivey Surging Jul 13, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 91 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Ludovic Lacay – 5,650,000 2. Darvin Moon – 5,550,000 3. Antoine Saout – 5,281,000 4. Eugene Kathchalov – 5,200,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,750,000 6. Steve Begleiter – 4,720,000 7. Billy Kopp – 4,500,000 8. Tommy Vedes – 4,400,000 9. Wesley Ismay – 4,000,000 10. Jeff Shulman – 3,700,000 Average Chip Count: 1,928,911 Card Player Chip Movement: Jeff Shulman has been moved to a new table with Tom Schneider and Ludovic Lacay both on his left. He has held steady during the last hour. Notable Eliminations: 98. Hac Dang – $47,003 96. Noah Boeken – 47,003 Chip Movers and Shakers - Kasper Cordes was eliminated when his A-K ran into the pocket eights of Scott Cook, which had made top set when Cordes moved the last of his chips into the middle. - Jonathan Tamayo used pocket aces to grow his stack to more than 3 million. - Dennis Phillips picked up more than 300,000 to grow his stack to just over 2 million. Big Hands Kenny Tran Doubles Up The short stack of Kenny Tran moved all in preflop with the 66 and was called by the A9 of Grayson Ramage. The flop came A64, giving Tran a set and putting him way out in front. The J hit the turn and the 7 fell on the river, doubling him up to just 500,000. Phil Ivey Eliminates Hac Dang Hac Dang raised to 80,000 preflop and action was folded around to Phil Ivey who reraised to 260,000. Dang decided to move all in for 620,000 total and Ivey made the quick call. Dang exposed the QQ and was dominating the JJ of Ivey. The flop seemed like destiny for Ivey as it came J94, putting him way out in front with his top set. The 5 on the turn put Dang in danger of being eliminated by perhaps the best player left in the tournament. The 7 fell on the river and Ivey knocked out Dang, bringing his stack up to 3,260,000. Ludovic Lacay Hits Miracle, Wins Huge Double Up Hamid Nourafchan raised 100,000 preflop from middle position. Action was folded to Ludovic Lacay in the big blind. He made it 350,000 total and Nourafchan quickly moved all in. Lacay made the call for the rest of his 2,800,000 chip stack. Lacay tabled the KK, but Nourafchan exposed the AA. Lacay needed to get lucky but had to listen to the fact that someone else at the table folded a king. The flop came JJ5, and Lacay needed massive help. The 4 hit the turn and Lacay was down to the case king in the deck. The miracle hit as the K fell, doubling him up to a massive 5,650,000. Nourafchan would have had a massive chip lead but is now down to 2,400,000. Eugene Katchalov Eliminates Opponent Bernhard Perner went all in for 295,000 under the gun and Eugene Katchalov went into the tank from early position. He eventually made the call and tabled the AJ and was behind against the AK of Perner. The flop came A99, offering some split possibilities for Katchalov. The 5 hit the turn and Perner needed to dodge just one more card to double up. However, the J on the river sent him to the rail and saw Katchalov’s stack soar to 5.2 million. Joe Sebock Doubles Up Joe Sebock moved all in preflop for 154,000 and was called by Frank Rusnak on the button. Sebock exposed the 55 and was up against the AQ of his opponent. The board ran out 88739 and Sebock is up to 393,000. Noah Boeken Eliminated After a flop of 1052, Noah Boeken checked and Kevin Schaffel checked. Hung Pham was next to act and he threw out a bet of 190,000 Boeken thought about it for awhile and then moved all in to put his tournament at risk. Action was back on Schaffel who made the fold. Pham made the quick call. Pham exposed the 1010, as Boeken saw his opponent had a set against his 56. Needing a heart to stay alive or runner-runner quads, Boeken was dismayed when the 8 hit the turn. The Q on the river ended his hopes and he was sent to the rail. Pham is now at 3,250,000. CardPlayer TV: Eugene Katchalov Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Kenny Tran, Eugene Katchalov, Joe Sebok, Ludovic Lacay Level 22 Hour 1 Update: Joe Serock Eliminated Jul 13, '09 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 Players Remaining: 126 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 2. Billy Kopp – 4,660,000 3. Tom Schneider – 4,150,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 4,060,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,000,000 6. Darvin Moon – 3,450,000 7. Antoine Saout – 3,300,000 8. Bernhard Perner – 3,200,000 9. Jamie Brown – 3,120,000 10. Kasper Cordes – 3,060,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,900,000 Average Chip Count: 1,498,615 Notable Eliminations: 145. Joseph Serock – $40,288 142. Jose Rosenkrantz – $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - John Martin took down a pot on the flop against Adam Bilzerian and Antoine Saout. He is up to 2,400,000. - ElkY lost some chips when he flopped top pair with A-J against the trip sevens of Alex Gurevich. ElkY lost another pot after and is short with 350,000. - With pocket aces, Billy Kopp eliminated Nasr El Nasr who held pocket queens. Kopp is at 4,660,000. - James Akenhead won a nice pot with pocket kings against the ace-king of Herbie Gelman. Akenhead is at 1,660,000 Big Hands: Joseph Serock Eliminated Right before the break, Joseph Serock went into the tank preflop with the KK versus the all-in bet of Antoine Saout. The two players put in a series of raises, and Serock eventually called the bet for the majority of his stack. Unfortunately, Saout tabled the AA, having the only hand that Serock didn’t want to see. The pot stood at 3,260,000 as the board ran out 75386. Serock was crippled to just 180,000 and had to go on a 20 minute break. Shortly after returning to the floor, Serock was eliminated from the main event. He decided to open-shove from the cutoff and Jake Abdalla went all in over the top. Both blinds quickly folded and Serock exposed the Q5 and was behind against the 99 of Abdalla. The board offered no help as it ran out AA57K and his main event was over. Fabrice Soulier on a Rush Fabrice Soulier raised to 49,000 preflop and Steven Levy came over the top, going all in for 601,000. Soulier made the call and tabled AK while Levy showed down 1010. The flop came down K76, with the king in the window. Soulier jumped out in front and the turn was the J. The river was the Q and Levy was eliminated. Ludovic Lacay Eliminates Ian Woodley John Martin decided to limp in late position and then Ian Woodley raised to 85,000. Ludovic Lacay reraised to 225,000 in the cutoff and action was to Alex Prendes in the small blind. He moved all in for 1,900,000 and Martin folded. Woodley went into the tank and eventually folded. Lacay snap called and exposed the AA. Prendes tabled the dominated KK. The board ran out Q5288. Another huge pot in the tournament of aces versus kings resulted in a large chip swing. Lacay is at 4,120,000 after the hand. Jeff Shulman Cracks The Ladies Darvin Moon raised to 85,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call. The flop came down AJ3 and Moon bet 100,000. Shulman made the call and the turn was the 9. Both players checked and the river 6 and Moon led out again with 200,000. Shulman made the call and Moon tabled QQ. Shulman showed down AK and took down the pot, elevating his stack to 2.75 million. Elky Short Fernando Gordo raised to 56,000 preflop. Bertrand Grospellier, Scott Cook and Don Tran all called and saw a flop of K53. Gordo was first to act and bet 155,000. Grospellier and Cook both called. The turn was the 3 and Gordo bet 250,000 this time. The action was the same again as Grospellier and Cook both called. The river was the 8 and Gordo checked. ElkY checked as well, leaving himself with about 350,000 behind. Cook checked as well. Grospellier exposed the AK and Gordo exposed the AK. However, Cook exposed the 55 for fives full. Cook took down the huge pot and is at 3,100,000. Jose Rosenkrantz Eliminated Jamie Robbins and Jose Rosenkrantz got all in on the flop of Q 42. Robbins exposed the KQ as Rosenkrantz flipped over the AQ. The K on the turn was a disaster for Rosenkrantz, giving Robbins two pair. The 5 fell on the river and he was eliminated. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Ian Woodley, Bertrand Grospellier, Joseph Serock, Ludovic Lacay Level 18 Hour 2 Update: J.C. Tran Doubles Up Jul 12, '09 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 305 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 2. Ben Lamb – 2,000,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 1,850,000 4. Kevin Schaffel – 1,760,000 5. Bernhard Perner – 1,675,000 6. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 7. James Akenhead – 1,572,000 8. Charlie Elias – 1,540,000 9. Miika Puumalainen – 1,492,000 10. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 624,423 Notable Eliminations: David Levi Andrew Black Sorel Mizzi Big Hands: J.C Tran Doubles After Nasr El Nasr raised to 20,000 preflop, J.C. Tran raised all in for his last 109,000. Steven Doebler was next to act and repopped to 200,000 total. Nasr folded and the cards were turned up. Doebler tabled AQ and was disgusted when Tran showed AK. The flop came down 544. “I’ll take another pair,” Doebler said. The turn was the 3 and there were straight possibilities. But the river was the 6 and Tran doubled up to almost 230,000. “One more time,” Tran said as he raked in the chips. David Levi Busts David Levi moved all in for his last 30,000 preflop with 70,000 already in the pot. He was called by the Clayton Newman. Levi turned over AQ while Newman tabled 1010. The flop came down K104, giving Newman a set but Levi a broadway draw. The turn was the J and Levi hit his straight, but the K on the river filled up Newman and Levi was gone. Benyamine Straight To A Million After David Benyamine and David McLarthy both put 17,000 into the pot preflop, the flop dropped 623. Benyamine led out with 28,000 and McLarthy made the call. The turn was the 4 and both players checked. The river was the 5, putting a straight on the board. Benyamine led out again with 125,000 and McLarthy just smiled. He threw in the call and Benyamine turned over 87 for the absolute nuts. McLarthy mucked and Benyamine took in the pot, vaulting himself over 1 million. Shulman Busts Andy Black We weren’t able to get close enough to the action since Jeff Shulman is at the feature table, but somehow he had eliminated Andy Black from the tournament and doubled up to 640,000 in chips. Ludovic Lacay Busts Another Ludovic Lacay called the all in of Shawn Pilot and showed 88 and was off to the races against Pilot’s AK. The board ran out 4J497, keeping Lacay’s pair in the lead and eliminating Pilot from the tournament. Sorel Mizzi Eliminated Sorel Mizzi got all of his chips in the middle with AJ and was called by Scott Cook who had 99. The flop was good for Cook as it came 963, but the K on the turn gave Mizzi some hope. The 10 on the river left Mizzi one card short of his flush and sent him home early on day 5. Stokes Doubles Through Kara Scott There was a raise to 20,000 and Jamin Stokes opted to flat-call. The action got to Kara Scott and she decided to make it 100,000 total. The original raiser got out of the way and action was back to Stokes, who thought for 30 seconds before moving all in. Scott made the call and showed AK and was behind Stokes KK. The board ran out 388JQ and Stokes doubled up. Crowe’s Kings Trump Taylor’s Jacks We were unable to catch when all the money went in, but Owen Crowe doubled through Brian Taylor with pocket kings against pocket jacks on a board that read 79632. “I didn’t want to play a big pot yet,” said Crowe. “But then I figured I had two kings, so I would.” Noah Boeken Scores A Knockout, Over A Million After a flop of 1084, Joseph Michael was all in and Noah Boeken made the call. Michael showed down QQ for an overpair but Boeken tabled 88 for a flopped set. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 7 and Michael was eliminated. Boeken raked in the pot and was at 1.3 million. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, David Levi, Jeff Shulman, David Benyamine, Noah Boeken, Owen Crowe, Sorel Mizzi, Ludovic Lacay, Kara Scott, Nasr El Nasr View All Live Updates From This Event
Jul 14, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	$10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event	7	+
Level 31 Hour 2 Update: Vedes 19th, Lichtenberger 18th, Tavelli 17th, Lacay 16th Jul 15, '09 Blinds: 80,000-160,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Begleiter – 27,890,000 2. Darvin Moon – 24,600,000 3. Billy Kopp – 17,200,000 4. Eric Buchman – 16,000,000 5. Jordan Smith – 15,800,000 6. Joseph Cada – 13,600,000 7. Kevin Schaffel – 13,600,000 8. Jeff Shluman – 12,800,000 9. James Akenhead – 10,100,000 10. Nick Maimone – 10,000,000 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 12,800,000 Average Chip Count: 12,988,000 Eliminations: 19. Tommy Vedes — $352,832 18. Andrew Lichtenberger — $500,557 17. Ian Tavelli — $500,557 16. Ludovic Lacay — $500,557 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 12,800,000 (twitter feed) Billy Kopp at 17,200,000 (twitter feed) Phil Ivey at 6,800,000 (twitter feed) Nick Maimone at 9,350,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands: Tommy Vedes Eliminated In 19th Place($352,832) Eric Buchman raised to 425,000 preflop and Tommy Vedes moved in for his last 1.9 million. Buchman made the call with 77, dominating Vedes’ 33. The flop brought something for everyone as it fell 1073, giving each player a set. The turn was the Q and Vedes needed the case three to stay alive. But the river was the 2 and Vedes was ousted in 19th place. Lamb’s Aces Taken Out To Slaughter Steven Begleiter raised to 425,000 preflop from the hijack and Benjamin Lamb repopped to 1.1 million from the cutoff. Begleiter made the call and the two players saw a flop of J95. Begleiter checked to Lamb who fired a bet into the pot. Begleiter then moved all in for over 7 million. Lamb made the call after some thought and tabled AA. The aces were officially cracked, however, as Begleiter tabled J9 for top two pair on the flop. The turn was the 3 and the river was the 8 and Begleiter doubled to over 16 million. Lamb was down to just over 4 million in chips. Not So Happy… Jeff Shulman raised to 420,000 preflop and Joe Cada repopped it to 1.2 million. Shulman made the call and the flop came down K25. Cada checked to Shulman who bet 1.4 million. Cada made the call and the turn was the 5. Both players checked and the river was the K. Cada then led out for 2 million and Shulman threw his hand in the muck. Cada raked in the pot and was over 9 million while Shulman dropped to 8 million. Jordan Smith Takes One On The Turn Billy Kopp raised to 375,000 and Ben Lamb made the call from the button. Jordan Smith also came along from the big blind and the flop came down 986. Everyone checked and the turn was the Q. Smith led out for 700,000 and his two opponents mucked. Smith raked in the pot and was over 7 million. Begleiter Takes One Off Maimone Steven Begleiter raised to 425,000 and Nick Maimone made the call from the big blind. The flop came down J72 and both players checked. The turn was the 7 and Maimone took a shot with 400,000. Begleiter made the call and the river was the 9. Maimone bet 800,000 and Begleiter made the call. Maimone tabled KJ for top pair, but Begleiter showed AJ for the same hand with a better kicker. Begleiter raked the pot and was at 18 million while Maimone was at 10 million. Andrew Lichtenberger Eliminated In 18th Place($500,557) Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 400,000 and Darvin Moon made the call. The flop came down 633 and Lichtenberger bet 680,000. Moon raised to 1.5 million and Lichtenberger moved all in, getting a quick call from Moon. Lichtenberger showed JJ, but Moon tabled KK. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 7 and Moon knocked out Lichtenberger, moving his stack to 25 million. Ivey Takes A Pot Phil Ivey raised to 420,000 and Steven Begleiter made the call. The flop came down 864 and Ivey led out with 600,000. Begleiter made the call and the 4 fell on the turn. Both players checked. They did the same when the K came on the river and Begleiter showed down 109 for a bunch of busted draws. Ivey showed 99 for the best hand and took the pot. He was at 6.8 million. …But Let’s Put A Smile On That Face Jeff Shulman raised to 450,000 preflop from the hijack and James Calderaro called from the button. The flop came down 1054 and Shulman bet 750,000 and Calderaro made the call. The turn was the K and Shulman kept the pressure on, betting 1.1 million. Calderaro decided to muck his hand and Shulman took it down, improving his stack to 9 million. Jordan Smith Doubles Through Billy Kopp Billy Kopp had been strolling through the day with a nice chip lead, but he just took his first big hit of the day courtesy of Jordan Smith. Smith raised to 420,000 under the gun and Kopp raised to 1.5 million from the cutoff. Action folded back around to Smith who shoved for 7.73 million. Kopp made the call and here were their hands. Kopp: AK Smith: QQ Board: JJ988 Smith’s pocket ladies held up and he doubled to 15.8 million while Kopp was knocked off the chip lead, his stack at 17.2 million. Ian Tavelli Eliminated In 17th Place($500,557) Steven Begleiter raised to 1.35 million after Ian Tavelli had opened for 450,000 from under the gun. Tavelli made the call and the flop came down 642 and Begleiter fired 3.5 million. Tavelli moved in for almost 8 million and Begleiter snapped him off, tabling KK. Tavelli showed down 99 and Tavelli was in trouble. The turn was the Q and the river was the 10 and Tavelli was out while Begleiter catapulted to the chip lead. Ludovic Lacay Eliminated In 16th Place($500,557) Jeff Shulman raised to 450,000 preflop and Ludovic Lacay came over the top for the rest of his stack of just over 3 million. Shulman made the call and here were there hands. Shulman: AK Lacay: 77 It was a classic race and the flop came K95, putting Shulman ahead. The turn was the 9 and the river was the 6 and Lacay was ousted from the main event. Shulman was up to 12.8 million after the hand. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Tommy Vedes, Jordan Smith, Ben Lamb, Billy Kopp, Ludovic Lacay, Andrew Lichtenberger, Nick Maimone Level 27 Hour 2 Update: Last of the November Nine Fall Jul 14, '09 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 43 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 15,500,000 2. Tommy Vedes – 9,900,000 3. Darvin Moon – 9,350,000 4. Phil Ivey – 8,600,000 5. Jonathan Tamayo – 8,200,000 6. Ludovic Lacay – 7,550,000 7. Antoine Saout – 7,500,000 8. Joseph Cada – 7,400,000 9. Luis Nargentino – 7,050,000 10. Steven Begleiter – 6,500,000 Average Chip Count: 4,427,727 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,800,000 Notable Eliminations: 49. Fabrice Soulier — $138,568 45. Dennis Phillips — $178,857 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed) Billy Kopp at 14,340,000 (twitter feed) Phil Ivey at 7,400,000 (twitter feed) Nick Maimone at 4,300,000 (twitter feed) Ludovic Lacay at 7,150,000 (twitter feed) Francois Balmigere at 3,900,000 (twitter feed) Jesse Haabak at 1,805,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands Fabrice Soulier Busted By Tommy Vedes Tommy Vedes raised to 185,000 from under the gun and Fabrice Soulier made it a cool million from middle position, putting himself all in. Action folded around to Vedes who made the call. Vedes tabled AK and Soulier showed down 1010 and the race was on. The flop came down J98, giving Vedes the nut flush draw. The turn was the 5 and Soulier was on the verge of doubling up. But the river was the 8, giving Vedes the flush and sending Soulier out the door. Vedes was amongst the chip leaders with 8.55 million after the hand. Andrew Lichtenberger Doubles Up Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 180,000 from the small blind and Eric Buchman repopped to 460,000. Lichtenberger moved all in and Buchman made the call. Buchman tabled 99 and Lichtenberger showed AQ. The flop came down 443 and things were not looking good. But the turn was the A and Lichtenberger was in the lead. The river was the 7 and Lichtenberger doubled up. Vedes Takes One Off Lacay Ludovic Lacay raised 150,000 and three players called. The flop then came down KK5. Action was checked to Lacay who fired 325,000. Christopher Bach and Tommy Vedes were the only callers and the turn was the 3. Everyone checked and they did the same after the 3 fell on the river. Vedes then tabled 55 for a flopped full house and took the pot. He was at 9.45 million. Hieu Luu Eliminated in 48th Place ($138,568) Hieu Luu was down his last 410,000 and was in the big blind when action folded around to Marc McLaughlin in the small blind. McLaughlin raised enough to put Luu all in and Luu made the call. “I don’t care,” said Luu as he put his chips in. He may not have cared, but he was ahead with his lowly 105 against McLaughlin’s 93, but the 926 flop did him in. Neither the turn or the river contained a 10 and Luu was sent home in 48th place. Three Outs Is More Than Enough for Labandeira Miguel Labandeira moved all in preflop for his last 815,000 and Steven Begleiter called from the big blind. The cards were turned up and Begleiter saw he had a big lead with his AQ against Labandeira’s A6. The flop kept Begleiter in the lead as it fell K108 and the turn was a 4, furthering Begleiter’s strangle hold on the hand. The river, however, changed things, as it came carrything the 6 on the river, giving the pot to Labandeira. Begleiter was so angry that he had to get up and walk around while he missed a few hands, but he still has over 5,000,000 in chips. The Chip Leaders Gets Caught In The Ivey Billy Kopp raised to 150,000 from the hijack position and Phil Ivey made the call from the cutoff. They both saw a flop of 772 and checked. The turn was the 4 and both players checked again. The river brought the A and Kopp took a shot with 225,000. Ivey raised it up to 700,000 and Kopp got out of the way. Ivey raked in the pot and was up to 8.6 million in chips. A few hands later, Ivey made a button raise to 150,000 and was three-bet by Luis Nargentino to 460,000. Ivey didn’t back down and made it 1,160,000, which Nargentino called. The flop was K104 and Ivey bet 1,200,000 after Nargentino checked. Nargentino folded and Ivey surpassed the 10,000,000 mark in chips. Vedes Freerolls On Haabak, But Chops Tommy Vedes raised to 165,000 from late position and Jesse Haabak moved all in for 1,386,000. Vedes made the call and they AQ and Haabak showed AQ and more than likely they were going to chop the pot. J108 and both players picked up backdoor flush draws. The 3 fell on the turn and now Haabak was unable to win the pot, he could only lose it. The 2 fell on the river, however, and they were abel to chop up the pot. Dennis Phillips’ Second Trip to the November Nine Stopped by Francoios Balmigere Antoine Saout raised to 165,000 and Francois Balmigere called. Dennis Phillips made it 450,000 and then Balmigere decided he would move all in after Saout got out of the way. Phillips called and his tournament life was at risk. Balmigere showed AK and Phillips had AK. Usually this ends up a split pot, but Dennis Phillips didn’t like it when the flop came K64. The turn was safe for Phillips when the 10 fell, but the river did him in, like so many others, as the 5 hit the river, ending Phillips’ main event run. Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Tommy Vedes, Billy Kopp, Ludovic Lacay, Andrew Lichtenberger Level 27 Update Hour 1: Phillips Doubles Up, Schneider Busts Jul 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 2. Darvin Moon – 9,700,000 3. Tommy Vedes – 8,550,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 8,460,000 5. Joseph Cada – 8,200,000 6. Jonathan Tamayo – 7,500,000 7. Antoine Saout – 7,200,000 8. Luis Nargentino – 7,020,000 9. Steven Begleiter – 6,700,000 10. Ben Lamb – 6,600,000 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) Fabrice Soulier at 1,350,000 (twitter feed) Dennis Phillips at 1,600,000 (twitter feed) Billy Kopp at 14,340,000 (twitter feed) Phil Ivey at 7,400,000 (twitter feed) Tom Schneider at 1,960,000 (twitter feed) Nick Maimone at 4,300,000 (twitter feed) Ludovic Lacay at 7,150,000 (twitter feed) Francois Balmigere at 3,900,000 (twitter feed) Jesse Haabak at 1,805,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands Akenhead Doubles Up After a flop of KJ4, James Akenhead bet 420,000. Adam York then moved all in, putting Akenhead all in. Akenhead made a quick call and tabled KK for top set. York showed AJ for middle pair and Akenhead was in prime position to double up. The turn was the 7 and York was drawing dead. The river was meaningless and Akenhead doubled up to 4,000,000. Lapostolle Doubles Through Bilzerian Adam Bilzerian raised to 200,000 and Martin Lapostolle moved in for 970,000. Bilzerian made the call and tabled KQ. Lapostolle turned over A4 and he was ahead in the hand. The flop came down A92 and Lapostolle’s lead in the hand widened. The turn was the 3 and Bilzerian was drawing dead. The river was the 10 and Lapostolle doubled to 2.1 million. Lacay Takes One Off Ivey Phil Ivey raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and Ludovic Lacay made the call from the big blind. The flop came down A5K and Lacay checked to Ivey. He bet 225,000 and Lacay made the call. The turn was the 3 and both players checked. The river was the 5 and Lacay led out with 350,000. Ivey mucked his hand and Lacay raked in the pot, his stack at 8.6 million. Ivey was doing just fine with 8.4 million. 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 A62. Sanders bet 300,000 and Phillips moved all in for 1.5 million. Sanders barely had Phillips covered and made the call. Phillips showed QQ but Sanders tabled AA for top set. Phillips was four-flushing heading to the turn, but the 4 came down and Phillips was down to his final card. The river then dropped the J, hitting Phillips’ flush and he doubled up to 3.9 million. Sanders was down to 300,000 and was eliminated a few hands later. Tom Schneider Eliminated In 52nd Place($138,568) Tom Schneider moved all in for 1.2 million and Marc Etienne McLaughlin made the call from the small blind. Schneider turned over A7 and was trailing McLaughlin’s 99. The flop came down K65 and Schneider had one foot out the door. The turn was the 7, giving Schneider some life, but the river was the K and Schneider’s run at the 2009 main event was over. 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 AK and was ahead of McLoughlin’s lowly 102. The flop put McLoughlin in the lead as it fell 24Q. The turn was the 8 and Luu failed to catch a pair on the river when he saw the dealer turned over the 7. McLoughlin doubles up and Luu falls to 1,150,000 in chips. Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Phil Ivey, James Akenhead, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 24 Hour 2 Update: Kenny Tran Eliminated Jul 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 2. Antonio Esfandiari – 5,600,000 3. Antoine Saout – 5,430,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 5,200,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,750,0005. 6. Tommy Vedes – 4,550,000 7. Billy Kopp – 4,500,000 8. Jeff Duvall – 4,410,000 9. Steve Begleiter – 4,400,000 10. Eugene Kathchalov – 4,200,000 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 A9 while Rodman exposed the 88. The board ran out K10462, as Rodman’s eights held up. Rodman is still short with 780,000. 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 A5 and was called by the 88 of Joseph Cada. The board offered no salvation as it ran out 43396. Cada is at 2,580,000. 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 AA. Brown tabled the dominated KK. The board ran out 653J8 as Brown received no help and was eliminated from the main event. Moon is at 7,500,000 and the chip leader. *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 755. Esfandiari bet 400,000 and Ismay called. The K hit the turn and Esfandiari once again bet out, this time for 700,000. Ismay reraised all in for 2,000,000 total. Esfandiari made the call and exposed the AK and had his opponent’s Q-9 drawing dead. The meaningless 6 fell on the river and Esfandiari is now at 5,600,000. 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 Q7 while Sebok tabled the 99. The board ran out 107435 and Sebok survived the double up. He is at 680,000 while Kopp is down to 4,100,000. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Blair Rodman, Antonio Esfandiari, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 24 Hour 1 Update: Phil Ivey Surging Jul 13, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 91 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Ludovic Lacay – 5,650,000 2. Darvin Moon – 5,550,000 3. Antoine Saout – 5,281,000 4. Eugene Kathchalov – 5,200,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,750,000 6. Steve Begleiter – 4,720,000 7. Billy Kopp – 4,500,000 8. Tommy Vedes – 4,400,000 9. Wesley Ismay – 4,000,000 10. Jeff Shulman – 3,700,000 Average Chip Count: 1,928,911 Card Player Chip Movement: Jeff Shulman has been moved to a new table with Tom Schneider and Ludovic Lacay both on his left. He has held steady during the last hour. Notable Eliminations: 98. Hac Dang – $47,003 96. Noah Boeken – 47,003 Chip Movers and Shakers - Kasper Cordes was eliminated when his A-K ran into the pocket eights of Scott Cook, which had made top set when Cordes moved the last of his chips into the middle. - Jonathan Tamayo used pocket aces to grow his stack to more than 3 million. - Dennis Phillips picked up more than 300,000 to grow his stack to just over 2 million. Big Hands Kenny Tran Doubles Up The short stack of Kenny Tran moved all in preflop with the 66 and was called by the A9 of Grayson Ramage. The flop came A64, giving Tran a set and putting him way out in front. The J hit the turn and the 7 fell on the river, doubling him up to just 500,000. Phil Ivey Eliminates Hac Dang Hac Dang raised to 80,000 preflop and action was folded around to Phil Ivey who reraised to 260,000. Dang decided to move all in for 620,000 total and Ivey made the quick call. Dang exposed the QQ and was dominating the JJ of Ivey. The flop seemed like destiny for Ivey as it came J94, putting him way out in front with his top set. The 5 on the turn put Dang in danger of being eliminated by perhaps the best player left in the tournament. The 7 fell on the river and Ivey knocked out Dang, bringing his stack up to 3,260,000. Ludovic Lacay Hits Miracle, Wins Huge Double Up Hamid Nourafchan raised 100,000 preflop from middle position. Action was folded to Ludovic Lacay in the big blind. He made it 350,000 total and Nourafchan quickly moved all in. Lacay made the call for the rest of his 2,800,000 chip stack. Lacay tabled the KK, but Nourafchan exposed the AA. Lacay needed to get lucky but had to listen to the fact that someone else at the table folded a king. The flop came JJ5, and Lacay needed massive help. The 4 hit the turn and Lacay was down to the case king in the deck. The miracle hit as the K fell, doubling him up to a massive 5,650,000. Nourafchan would have had a massive chip lead but is now down to 2,400,000. Eugene Katchalov Eliminates Opponent Bernhard Perner went all in for 295,000 under the gun and Eugene Katchalov went into the tank from early position. He eventually made the call and tabled the AJ and was behind against the AK of Perner. The flop came A99, offering some split possibilities for Katchalov. The 5 hit the turn and Perner needed to dodge just one more card to double up. However, the J on the river sent him to the rail and saw Katchalov’s stack soar to 5.2 million. Joe Sebock Doubles Up Joe Sebock moved all in preflop for 154,000 and was called by Frank Rusnak on the button. Sebock exposed the 55 and was up against the AQ of his opponent. The board ran out 88739 and Sebock is up to 393,000. Noah Boeken Eliminated After a flop of 1052, Noah Boeken checked and Kevin Schaffel checked. Hung Pham was next to act and he threw out a bet of 190,000 Boeken thought about it for awhile and then moved all in to put his tournament at risk. Action was back on Schaffel who made the fold. Pham made the quick call. Pham exposed the 1010, as Boeken saw his opponent had a set against his 56. Needing a heart to stay alive or runner-runner quads, Boeken was dismayed when the 8 hit the turn. The Q on the river ended his hopes and he was sent to the rail. Pham is now at 3,250,000. CardPlayer TV: Eugene Katchalov Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Kenny Tran, Eugene Katchalov, Joe Sebok, Ludovic Lacay Level 22 Hour 1 Update: Joe Serock Eliminated Jul 13, '09 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 Players Remaining: 126 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 2. Billy Kopp – 4,660,000 3. Tom Schneider – 4,150,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 4,060,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,000,000 6. Darvin Moon – 3,450,000 7. Antoine Saout – 3,300,000 8. Bernhard Perner – 3,200,000 9. Jamie Brown – 3,120,000 10. Kasper Cordes – 3,060,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,900,000 Average Chip Count: 1,498,615 Notable Eliminations: 145. Joseph Serock – $40,288 142. Jose Rosenkrantz – $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - John Martin took down a pot on the flop against Adam Bilzerian and Antoine Saout. He is up to 2,400,000. - ElkY lost some chips when he flopped top pair with A-J against the trip sevens of Alex Gurevich. ElkY lost another pot after and is short with 350,000. - With pocket aces, Billy Kopp eliminated Nasr El Nasr who held pocket queens. Kopp is at 4,660,000. - James Akenhead won a nice pot with pocket kings against the ace-king of Herbie Gelman. Akenhead is at 1,660,000 Big Hands: Joseph Serock Eliminated Right before the break, Joseph Serock went into the tank preflop with the KK versus the all-in bet of Antoine Saout. The two players put in a series of raises, and Serock eventually called the bet for the majority of his stack. Unfortunately, Saout tabled the AA, having the only hand that Serock didn’t want to see. The pot stood at 3,260,000 as the board ran out 75386. Serock was crippled to just 180,000 and had to go on a 20 minute break. Shortly after returning to the floor, Serock was eliminated from the main event. He decided to open-shove from the cutoff and Jake Abdalla went all in over the top. Both blinds quickly folded and Serock exposed the Q5 and was behind against the 99 of Abdalla. The board offered no help as it ran out AA57K and his main event was over. Fabrice Soulier on a Rush Fabrice Soulier raised to 49,000 preflop and Steven Levy came over the top, going all in for 601,000. Soulier made the call and tabled AK while Levy showed down 1010. The flop came down K76, with the king in the window. Soulier jumped out in front and the turn was the J. The river was the Q and Levy was eliminated. Ludovic Lacay Eliminates Ian Woodley John Martin decided to limp in late position and then Ian Woodley raised to 85,000. Ludovic Lacay reraised to 225,000 in the cutoff and action was to Alex Prendes in the small blind. He moved all in for 1,900,000 and Martin folded. Woodley went into the tank and eventually folded. Lacay snap called and exposed the AA. Prendes tabled the dominated KK. The board ran out Q5288. Another huge pot in the tournament of aces versus kings resulted in a large chip swing. Lacay is at 4,120,000 after the hand. Jeff Shulman Cracks The Ladies Darvin Moon raised to 85,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call. The flop came down AJ3 and Moon bet 100,000. Shulman made the call and the turn was the 9. Both players checked and the river 6 and Moon led out again with 200,000. Shulman made the call and Moon tabled QQ. Shulman showed down AK and took down the pot, elevating his stack to 2.75 million. Elky Short Fernando Gordo raised to 56,000 preflop. Bertrand Grospellier, Scott Cook and Don Tran all called and saw a flop of K53. Gordo was first to act and bet 155,000. Grospellier and Cook both called. The turn was the 3 and Gordo bet 250,000 this time. The action was the same again as Grospellier and Cook both called. The river was the 8 and Gordo checked. ElkY checked as well, leaving himself with about 350,000 behind. Cook checked as well. Grospellier exposed the AK and Gordo exposed the AK. However, Cook exposed the 55 for fives full. Cook took down the huge pot and is at 3,100,000. Jose Rosenkrantz Eliminated Jamie Robbins and Jose Rosenkrantz got all in on the flop of Q 42. Robbins exposed the KQ as Rosenkrantz flipped over the AQ. The K on the turn was a disaster for Rosenkrantz, giving Robbins two pair. The 5 fell on the river and he was eliminated. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Ian Woodley, Bertrand Grospellier, Joseph Serock, Ludovic Lacay Level 18 Hour 2 Update: J.C. Tran Doubles Up Jul 12, '09 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 305 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 2. Ben Lamb – 2,000,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 1,850,000 4. Kevin Schaffel – 1,760,000 5. Bernhard Perner – 1,675,000 6. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 7. James Akenhead – 1,572,000 8. Charlie Elias – 1,540,000 9. Miika Puumalainen – 1,492,000 10. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 624,423 Notable Eliminations: David Levi Andrew Black Sorel Mizzi Big Hands: J.C Tran Doubles After Nasr El Nasr raised to 20,000 preflop, J.C. Tran raised all in for his last 109,000. Steven Doebler was next to act and repopped to 200,000 total. Nasr folded and the cards were turned up. Doebler tabled AQ and was disgusted when Tran showed AK. The flop came down 544. “I’ll take another pair,” Doebler said. The turn was the 3 and there were straight possibilities. But the river was the 6 and Tran doubled up to almost 230,000. “One more time,” Tran said as he raked in the chips. David Levi Busts David Levi moved all in for his last 30,000 preflop with 70,000 already in the pot. He was called by the Clayton Newman. Levi turned over AQ while Newman tabled 1010. The flop came down K104, giving Newman a set but Levi a broadway draw. The turn was the J and Levi hit his straight, but the K on the river filled up Newman and Levi was gone. Benyamine Straight To A Million After David Benyamine and David McLarthy both put 17,000 into the pot preflop, the flop dropped 623. Benyamine led out with 28,000 and McLarthy made the call. The turn was the 4 and both players checked. The river was the 5, putting a straight on the board. Benyamine led out again with 125,000 and McLarthy just smiled. He threw in the call and Benyamine turned over 87 for the absolute nuts. McLarthy mucked and Benyamine took in the pot, vaulting himself over 1 million. Shulman Busts Andy Black We weren’t able to get close enough to the action since Jeff Shulman is at the feature table, but somehow he had eliminated Andy Black from the tournament and doubled up to 640,000 in chips. Ludovic Lacay Busts Another Ludovic Lacay called the all in of Shawn Pilot and showed 88 and was off to the races against Pilot’s AK. The board ran out 4J497, keeping Lacay’s pair in the lead and eliminating Pilot from the tournament. Sorel Mizzi Eliminated Sorel Mizzi got all of his chips in the middle with AJ and was called by Scott Cook who had 99. The flop was good for Cook as it came 963, but the K on the turn gave Mizzi some hope. The 10 on the river left Mizzi one card short of his flush and sent him home early on day 5. Stokes Doubles Through Kara Scott There was a raise to 20,000 and Jamin Stokes opted to flat-call. The action got to Kara Scott and she decided to make it 100,000 total. The original raiser got out of the way and action was back to Stokes, who thought for 30 seconds before moving all in. Scott made the call and showed AK and was behind Stokes KK. The board ran out 388JQ and Stokes doubled up. Crowe’s Kings Trump Taylor’s Jacks We were unable to catch when all the money went in, but Owen Crowe doubled through Brian Taylor with pocket kings against pocket jacks on a board that read 79632. “I didn’t want to play a big pot yet,” said Crowe. “But then I figured I had two kings, so I would.” Noah Boeken Scores A Knockout, Over A Million After a flop of 1084, Joseph Michael was all in and Noah Boeken made the call. Michael showed down QQ for an overpair but Boeken tabled 88 for a flopped set. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 7 and Michael was eliminated. Boeken raked in the pot and was at 1.3 million. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, David Levi, Jeff Shulman, David Benyamine, Noah Boeken, Owen Crowe, Sorel Mizzi, Ludovic Lacay, Kara Scott, Nasr El Nasr View All Live Updates From This Event
Jul 13, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	$10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event	6	+
Level 31 Hour 2 Update: Vedes 19th, Lichtenberger 18th, Tavelli 17th, Lacay 16th Jul 15, '09 Blinds: 80,000-160,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Begleiter – 27,890,000 2. Darvin Moon – 24,600,000 3. Billy Kopp – 17,200,000 4. Eric Buchman – 16,000,000 5. Jordan Smith – 15,800,000 6. Joseph Cada – 13,600,000 7. Kevin Schaffel – 13,600,000 8. Jeff Shluman – 12,800,000 9. James Akenhead – 10,100,000 10. Nick Maimone – 10,000,000 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 12,800,000 Average Chip Count: 12,988,000 Eliminations: 19. Tommy Vedes — $352,832 18. Andrew Lichtenberger — $500,557 17. Ian Tavelli — $500,557 16. Ludovic Lacay — $500,557 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 12,800,000 (twitter feed) Billy Kopp at 17,200,000 (twitter feed) Phil Ivey at 6,800,000 (twitter feed) Nick Maimone at 9,350,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands: Tommy Vedes Eliminated In 19th Place($352,832) Eric Buchman raised to 425,000 preflop and Tommy Vedes moved in for his last 1.9 million. Buchman made the call with 77, dominating Vedes’ 33. The flop brought something for everyone as it fell 1073, giving each player a set. The turn was the Q and Vedes needed the case three to stay alive. But the river was the 2 and Vedes was ousted in 19th place. Lamb’s Aces Taken Out To Slaughter Steven Begleiter raised to 425,000 preflop from the hijack and Benjamin Lamb repopped to 1.1 million from the cutoff. Begleiter made the call and the two players saw a flop of J95. Begleiter checked to Lamb who fired a bet into the pot. Begleiter then moved all in for over 7 million. Lamb made the call after some thought and tabled AA. The aces were officially cracked, however, as Begleiter tabled J9 for top two pair on the flop. The turn was the 3 and the river was the 8 and Begleiter doubled to over 16 million. Lamb was down to just over 4 million in chips. Not So Happy… Jeff Shulman raised to 420,000 preflop and Joe Cada repopped it to 1.2 million. Shulman made the call and the flop came down K25. Cada checked to Shulman who bet 1.4 million. Cada made the call and the turn was the 5. Both players checked and the river was the K. Cada then led out for 2 million and Shulman threw his hand in the muck. Cada raked in the pot and was over 9 million while Shulman dropped to 8 million. Jordan Smith Takes One On The Turn Billy Kopp raised to 375,000 and Ben Lamb made the call from the button. Jordan Smith also came along from the big blind and the flop came down 986. Everyone checked and the turn was the Q. Smith led out for 700,000 and his two opponents mucked. Smith raked in the pot and was over 7 million. Begleiter Takes One Off Maimone Steven Begleiter raised to 425,000 and Nick Maimone made the call from the big blind. The flop came down J72 and both players checked. The turn was the 7 and Maimone took a shot with 400,000. Begleiter made the call and the river was the 9. Maimone bet 800,000 and Begleiter made the call. Maimone tabled KJ for top pair, but Begleiter showed AJ for the same hand with a better kicker. Begleiter raked the pot and was at 18 million while Maimone was at 10 million. Andrew Lichtenberger Eliminated In 18th Place($500,557) Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 400,000 and Darvin Moon made the call. The flop came down 633 and Lichtenberger bet 680,000. Moon raised to 1.5 million and Lichtenberger moved all in, getting a quick call from Moon. Lichtenberger showed JJ, but Moon tabled KK. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 7 and Moon knocked out Lichtenberger, moving his stack to 25 million. Ivey Takes A Pot Phil Ivey raised to 420,000 and Steven Begleiter made the call. The flop came down 864 and Ivey led out with 600,000. Begleiter made the call and the 4 fell on the turn. Both players checked. They did the same when the K came on the river and Begleiter showed down 109 for a bunch of busted draws. Ivey showed 99 for the best hand and took the pot. He was at 6.8 million. …But Let’s Put A Smile On That Face Jeff Shulman raised to 450,000 preflop from the hijack and James Calderaro called from the button. The flop came down 1054 and Shulman bet 750,000 and Calderaro made the call. The turn was the K and Shulman kept the pressure on, betting 1.1 million. Calderaro decided to muck his hand and Shulman took it down, improving his stack to 9 million. Jordan Smith Doubles Through Billy Kopp Billy Kopp had been strolling through the day with a nice chip lead, but he just took his first big hit of the day courtesy of Jordan Smith. Smith raised to 420,000 under the gun and Kopp raised to 1.5 million from the cutoff. Action folded back around to Smith who shoved for 7.73 million. Kopp made the call and here were their hands. Kopp: AK Smith: QQ Board: JJ988 Smith’s pocket ladies held up and he doubled to 15.8 million while Kopp was knocked off the chip lead, his stack at 17.2 million. Ian Tavelli Eliminated In 17th Place($500,557) Steven Begleiter raised to 1.35 million after Ian Tavelli had opened for 450,000 from under the gun. Tavelli made the call and the flop came down 642 and Begleiter fired 3.5 million. Tavelli moved in for almost 8 million and Begleiter snapped him off, tabling KK. Tavelli showed down 99 and Tavelli was in trouble. The turn was the Q and the river was the 10 and Tavelli was out while Begleiter catapulted to the chip lead. Ludovic Lacay Eliminated In 16th Place($500,557) Jeff Shulman raised to 450,000 preflop and Ludovic Lacay came over the top for the rest of his stack of just over 3 million. Shulman made the call and here were there hands. Shulman: AK Lacay: 77 It was a classic race and the flop came K95, putting Shulman ahead. The turn was the 9 and the river was the 6 and Lacay was ousted from the main event. Shulman was up to 12.8 million after the hand. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Tommy Vedes, Jordan Smith, Ben Lamb, Billy Kopp, Ludovic Lacay, Andrew Lichtenberger, Nick Maimone Level 27 Hour 2 Update: Last of the November Nine Fall Jul 14, '09 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 43 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 15,500,000 2. Tommy Vedes – 9,900,000 3. Darvin Moon – 9,350,000 4. Phil Ivey – 8,600,000 5. Jonathan Tamayo – 8,200,000 6. Ludovic Lacay – 7,550,000 7. Antoine Saout – 7,500,000 8. Joseph Cada – 7,400,000 9. Luis Nargentino – 7,050,000 10. Steven Begleiter – 6,500,000 Average Chip Count: 4,427,727 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,800,000 Notable Eliminations: 49. Fabrice Soulier — $138,568 45. Dennis Phillips — $178,857 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed) Billy Kopp at 14,340,000 (twitter feed) Phil Ivey at 7,400,000 (twitter feed) Nick Maimone at 4,300,000 (twitter feed) Ludovic Lacay at 7,150,000 (twitter feed) Francois Balmigere at 3,900,000 (twitter feed) Jesse Haabak at 1,805,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands Fabrice Soulier Busted By Tommy Vedes Tommy Vedes raised to 185,000 from under the gun and Fabrice Soulier made it a cool million from middle position, putting himself all in. Action folded around to Vedes who made the call. Vedes tabled AK and Soulier showed down 1010 and the race was on. The flop came down J98, giving Vedes the nut flush draw. The turn was the 5 and Soulier was on the verge of doubling up. But the river was the 8, giving Vedes the flush and sending Soulier out the door. Vedes was amongst the chip leaders with 8.55 million after the hand. Andrew Lichtenberger Doubles Up Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 180,000 from the small blind and Eric Buchman repopped to 460,000. Lichtenberger moved all in and Buchman made the call. Buchman tabled 99 and Lichtenberger showed AQ. The flop came down 443 and things were not looking good. But the turn was the A and Lichtenberger was in the lead. The river was the 7 and Lichtenberger doubled up. Vedes Takes One Off Lacay Ludovic Lacay raised 150,000 and three players called. The flop then came down KK5. Action was checked to Lacay who fired 325,000. Christopher Bach and Tommy Vedes were the only callers and the turn was the 3. Everyone checked and they did the same after the 3 fell on the river. Vedes then tabled 55 for a flopped full house and took the pot. He was at 9.45 million. Hieu Luu Eliminated in 48th Place ($138,568) Hieu Luu was down his last 410,000 and was in the big blind when action folded around to Marc McLaughlin in the small blind. McLaughlin raised enough to put Luu all in and Luu made the call. “I don’t care,” said Luu as he put his chips in. He may not have cared, but he was ahead with his lowly 105 against McLaughlin’s 93, but the 926 flop did him in. Neither the turn or the river contained a 10 and Luu was sent home in 48th place. Three Outs Is More Than Enough for Labandeira Miguel Labandeira moved all in preflop for his last 815,000 and Steven Begleiter called from the big blind. The cards were turned up and Begleiter saw he had a big lead with his AQ against Labandeira’s A6. The flop kept Begleiter in the lead as it fell K108 and the turn was a 4, furthering Begleiter’s strangle hold on the hand. The river, however, changed things, as it came carrything the 6 on the river, giving the pot to Labandeira. Begleiter was so angry that he had to get up and walk around while he missed a few hands, but he still has over 5,000,000 in chips. The Chip Leaders Gets Caught In The Ivey Billy Kopp raised to 150,000 from the hijack position and Phil Ivey made the call from the cutoff. They both saw a flop of 772 and checked. The turn was the 4 and both players checked again. The river brought the A and Kopp took a shot with 225,000. Ivey raised it up to 700,000 and Kopp got out of the way. Ivey raked in the pot and was up to 8.6 million in chips. A few hands later, Ivey made a button raise to 150,000 and was three-bet by Luis Nargentino to 460,000. Ivey didn’t back down and made it 1,160,000, which Nargentino called. The flop was K104 and Ivey bet 1,200,000 after Nargentino checked. Nargentino folded and Ivey surpassed the 10,000,000 mark in chips. Vedes Freerolls On Haabak, But Chops Tommy Vedes raised to 165,000 from late position and Jesse Haabak moved all in for 1,386,000. Vedes made the call and they AQ and Haabak showed AQ and more than likely they were going to chop the pot. J108 and both players picked up backdoor flush draws. The 3 fell on the turn and now Haabak was unable to win the pot, he could only lose it. The 2 fell on the river, however, and they were abel to chop up the pot. Dennis Phillips’ Second Trip to the November Nine Stopped by Francoios Balmigere Antoine Saout raised to 165,000 and Francois Balmigere called. Dennis Phillips made it 450,000 and then Balmigere decided he would move all in after Saout got out of the way. Phillips called and his tournament life was at risk. Balmigere showed AK and Phillips had AK. Usually this ends up a split pot, but Dennis Phillips didn’t like it when the flop came K64. The turn was safe for Phillips when the 10 fell, but the river did him in, like so many others, as the 5 hit the river, ending Phillips’ main event run. Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Tommy Vedes, Billy Kopp, Ludovic Lacay, Andrew Lichtenberger Level 27 Update Hour 1: Phillips Doubles Up, Schneider Busts Jul 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 2. Darvin Moon – 9,700,000 3. Tommy Vedes – 8,550,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 8,460,000 5. Joseph Cada – 8,200,000 6. Jonathan Tamayo – 7,500,000 7. Antoine Saout – 7,200,000 8. Luis Nargentino – 7,020,000 9. Steven Begleiter – 6,700,000 10. Ben Lamb – 6,600,000 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) Fabrice Soulier at 1,350,000 (twitter feed) Dennis Phillips at 1,600,000 (twitter feed) Billy Kopp at 14,340,000 (twitter feed) Phil Ivey at 7,400,000 (twitter feed) Tom Schneider at 1,960,000 (twitter feed) Nick Maimone at 4,300,000 (twitter feed) Ludovic Lacay at 7,150,000 (twitter feed) Francois Balmigere at 3,900,000 (twitter feed) Jesse Haabak at 1,805,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands Akenhead Doubles Up After a flop of KJ4, James Akenhead bet 420,000. Adam York then moved all in, putting Akenhead all in. Akenhead made a quick call and tabled KK for top set. York showed AJ for middle pair and Akenhead was in prime position to double up. The turn was the 7 and York was drawing dead. The river was meaningless and Akenhead doubled up to 4,000,000. Lapostolle Doubles Through Bilzerian Adam Bilzerian raised to 200,000 and Martin Lapostolle moved in for 970,000. Bilzerian made the call and tabled KQ. Lapostolle turned over A4 and he was ahead in the hand. The flop came down A92 and Lapostolle’s lead in the hand widened. The turn was the 3 and Bilzerian was drawing dead. The river was the 10 and Lapostolle doubled to 2.1 million. Lacay Takes One Off Ivey Phil Ivey raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and Ludovic Lacay made the call from the big blind. The flop came down A5K and Lacay checked to Ivey. He bet 225,000 and Lacay made the call. The turn was the 3 and both players checked. The river was the 5 and Lacay led out with 350,000. Ivey mucked his hand and Lacay raked in the pot, his stack at 8.6 million. Ivey was doing just fine with 8.4 million. 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 A62. Sanders bet 300,000 and Phillips moved all in for 1.5 million. Sanders barely had Phillips covered and made the call. Phillips showed QQ but Sanders tabled AA for top set. Phillips was four-flushing heading to the turn, but the 4 came down and Phillips was down to his final card. The river then dropped the J, hitting Phillips’ flush and he doubled up to 3.9 million. Sanders was down to 300,000 and was eliminated a few hands later. Tom Schneider Eliminated In 52nd Place($138,568) Tom Schneider moved all in for 1.2 million and Marc Etienne McLaughlin made the call from the small blind. Schneider turned over A7 and was trailing McLaughlin’s 99. The flop came down K65 and Schneider had one foot out the door. The turn was the 7, giving Schneider some life, but the river was the K and Schneider’s run at the 2009 main event was over. 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 AK and was ahead of McLoughlin’s lowly 102. The flop put McLoughlin in the lead as it fell 24Q. The turn was the 8 and Luu failed to catch a pair on the river when he saw the dealer turned over the 7. McLoughlin doubles up and Luu falls to 1,150,000 in chips. Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Phil Ivey, James Akenhead, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 24 Hour 2 Update: Kenny Tran Eliminated Jul 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 2. Antonio Esfandiari – 5,600,000 3. Antoine Saout – 5,430,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 5,200,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,750,0005. 6. Tommy Vedes – 4,550,000 7. Billy Kopp – 4,500,000 8. Jeff Duvall – 4,410,000 9. Steve Begleiter – 4,400,000 10. Eugene Kathchalov – 4,200,000 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 A9 while Rodman exposed the 88. The board ran out K10462, as Rodman’s eights held up. Rodman is still short with 780,000. 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 A5 and was called by the 88 of Joseph Cada. The board offered no salvation as it ran out 43396. Cada is at 2,580,000. 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 AA. Brown tabled the dominated KK. The board ran out 653J8 as Brown received no help and was eliminated from the main event. Moon is at 7,500,000 and the chip leader. *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 755. Esfandiari bet 400,000 and Ismay called. The K hit the turn and Esfandiari once again bet out, this time for 700,000. Ismay reraised all in for 2,000,000 total. Esfandiari made the call and exposed the AK and had his opponent’s Q-9 drawing dead. The meaningless 6 fell on the river and Esfandiari is now at 5,600,000. 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 Q7 while Sebok tabled the 99. The board ran out 107435 and Sebok survived the double up. He is at 680,000 while Kopp is down to 4,100,000. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Blair Rodman, Antonio Esfandiari, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 24 Hour 1 Update: Phil Ivey Surging Jul 13, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 91 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Ludovic Lacay – 5,650,000 2. Darvin Moon – 5,550,000 3. Antoine Saout – 5,281,000 4. Eugene Kathchalov – 5,200,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,750,000 6. Steve Begleiter – 4,720,000 7. Billy Kopp – 4,500,000 8. Tommy Vedes – 4,400,000 9. Wesley Ismay – 4,000,000 10. Jeff Shulman – 3,700,000 Average Chip Count: 1,928,911 Card Player Chip Movement: Jeff Shulman has been moved to a new table with Tom Schneider and Ludovic Lacay both on his left. He has held steady during the last hour. Notable Eliminations: 98. Hac Dang – $47,003 96. Noah Boeken – 47,003 Chip Movers and Shakers - Kasper Cordes was eliminated when his A-K ran into the pocket eights of Scott Cook, which had made top set when Cordes moved the last of his chips into the middle. - Jonathan Tamayo used pocket aces to grow his stack to more than 3 million. - Dennis Phillips picked up more than 300,000 to grow his stack to just over 2 million. Big Hands Kenny Tran Doubles Up The short stack of Kenny Tran moved all in preflop with the 66 and was called by the A9 of Grayson Ramage. The flop came A64, giving Tran a set and putting him way out in front. The J hit the turn and the 7 fell on the river, doubling him up to just 500,000. Phil Ivey Eliminates Hac Dang Hac Dang raised to 80,000 preflop and action was folded around to Phil Ivey who reraised to 260,000. Dang decided to move all in for 620,000 total and Ivey made the quick call. Dang exposed the QQ and was dominating the JJ of Ivey. The flop seemed like destiny for Ivey as it came J94, putting him way out in front with his top set. The 5 on the turn put Dang in danger of being eliminated by perhaps the best player left in the tournament. The 7 fell on the river and Ivey knocked out Dang, bringing his stack up to 3,260,000. Ludovic Lacay Hits Miracle, Wins Huge Double Up Hamid Nourafchan raised 100,000 preflop from middle position. Action was folded to Ludovic Lacay in the big blind. He made it 350,000 total and Nourafchan quickly moved all in. Lacay made the call for the rest of his 2,800,000 chip stack. Lacay tabled the KK, but Nourafchan exposed the AA. Lacay needed to get lucky but had to listen to the fact that someone else at the table folded a king. The flop came JJ5, and Lacay needed massive help. The 4 hit the turn and Lacay was down to the case king in the deck. The miracle hit as the K fell, doubling him up to a massive 5,650,000. Nourafchan would have had a massive chip lead but is now down to 2,400,000. Eugene Katchalov Eliminates Opponent Bernhard Perner went all in for 295,000 under the gun and Eugene Katchalov went into the tank from early position. He eventually made the call and tabled the AJ and was behind against the AK of Perner. The flop came A99, offering some split possibilities for Katchalov. The 5 hit the turn and Perner needed to dodge just one more card to double up. However, the J on the river sent him to the rail and saw Katchalov’s stack soar to 5.2 million. Joe Sebock Doubles Up Joe Sebock moved all in preflop for 154,000 and was called by Frank Rusnak on the button. Sebock exposed the 55 and was up against the AQ of his opponent. The board ran out 88739 and Sebock is up to 393,000. Noah Boeken Eliminated After a flop of 1052, Noah Boeken checked and Kevin Schaffel checked. Hung Pham was next to act and he threw out a bet of 190,000 Boeken thought about it for awhile and then moved all in to put his tournament at risk. Action was back on Schaffel who made the fold. Pham made the quick call. Pham exposed the 1010, as Boeken saw his opponent had a set against his 56. Needing a heart to stay alive or runner-runner quads, Boeken was dismayed when the 8 hit the turn. The Q on the river ended his hopes and he was sent to the rail. Pham is now at 3,250,000. CardPlayer TV: Eugene Katchalov Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Kenny Tran, Eugene Katchalov, Joe Sebok, Ludovic Lacay Level 22 Hour 1 Update: Joe Serock Eliminated Jul 13, '09 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 Players Remaining: 126 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 2. Billy Kopp – 4,660,000 3. Tom Schneider – 4,150,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 4,060,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,000,000 6. Darvin Moon – 3,450,000 7. Antoine Saout – 3,300,000 8. Bernhard Perner – 3,200,000 9. Jamie Brown – 3,120,000 10. Kasper Cordes – 3,060,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,900,000 Average Chip Count: 1,498,615 Notable Eliminations: 145. Joseph Serock – $40,288 142. Jose Rosenkrantz – $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - John Martin took down a pot on the flop against Adam Bilzerian and Antoine Saout. He is up to 2,400,000. - ElkY lost some chips when he flopped top pair with A-J against the trip sevens of Alex Gurevich. ElkY lost another pot after and is short with 350,000. - With pocket aces, Billy Kopp eliminated Nasr El Nasr who held pocket queens. Kopp is at 4,660,000. - James Akenhead won a nice pot with pocket kings against the ace-king of Herbie Gelman. Akenhead is at 1,660,000 Big Hands: Joseph Serock Eliminated Right before the break, Joseph Serock went into the tank preflop with the KK versus the all-in bet of Antoine Saout. The two players put in a series of raises, and Serock eventually called the bet for the majority of his stack. Unfortunately, Saout tabled the AA, having the only hand that Serock didn’t want to see. The pot stood at 3,260,000 as the board ran out 75386. Serock was crippled to just 180,000 and had to go on a 20 minute break. Shortly after returning to the floor, Serock was eliminated from the main event. He decided to open-shove from the cutoff and Jake Abdalla went all in over the top. Both blinds quickly folded and Serock exposed the Q5 and was behind against the 99 of Abdalla. The board offered no help as it ran out AA57K and his main event was over. Fabrice Soulier on a Rush Fabrice Soulier raised to 49,000 preflop and Steven Levy came over the top, going all in for 601,000. Soulier made the call and tabled AK while Levy showed down 1010. The flop came down K76, with the king in the window. Soulier jumped out in front and the turn was the J. The river was the Q and Levy was eliminated. Ludovic Lacay Eliminates Ian Woodley John Martin decided to limp in late position and then Ian Woodley raised to 85,000. Ludovic Lacay reraised to 225,000 in the cutoff and action was to Alex Prendes in the small blind. He moved all in for 1,900,000 and Martin folded. Woodley went into the tank and eventually folded. Lacay snap called and exposed the AA. Prendes tabled the dominated KK. The board ran out Q5288. Another huge pot in the tournament of aces versus kings resulted in a large chip swing. Lacay is at 4,120,000 after the hand. Jeff Shulman Cracks The Ladies Darvin Moon raised to 85,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call. The flop came down AJ3 and Moon bet 100,000. Shulman made the call and the turn was the 9. Both players checked and the river 6 and Moon led out again with 200,000. Shulman made the call and Moon tabled QQ. Shulman showed down AK and took down the pot, elevating his stack to 2.75 million. Elky Short Fernando Gordo raised to 56,000 preflop. Bertrand Grospellier, Scott Cook and Don Tran all called and saw a flop of K53. Gordo was first to act and bet 155,000. Grospellier and Cook both called. The turn was the 3 and Gordo bet 250,000 this time. The action was the same again as Grospellier and Cook both called. The river was the 8 and Gordo checked. ElkY checked as well, leaving himself with about 350,000 behind. Cook checked as well. Grospellier exposed the AK and Gordo exposed the AK. However, Cook exposed the 55 for fives full. Cook took down the huge pot and is at 3,100,000. Jose Rosenkrantz Eliminated Jamie Robbins and Jose Rosenkrantz got all in on the flop of Q 42. Robbins exposed the KQ as Rosenkrantz flipped over the AQ. The K on the turn was a disaster for Rosenkrantz, giving Robbins two pair. The 5 fell on the river and he was eliminated. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Ian Woodley, Bertrand Grospellier, Joseph Serock, Ludovic Lacay Level 18 Hour 2 Update: J.C. Tran Doubles Up Jul 12, '09 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 305 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 2. Ben Lamb – 2,000,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 1,850,000 4. Kevin Schaffel – 1,760,000 5. Bernhard Perner – 1,675,000 6. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 7. James Akenhead – 1,572,000 8. Charlie Elias – 1,540,000 9. Miika Puumalainen – 1,492,000 10. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 624,423 Notable Eliminations: David Levi Andrew Black Sorel Mizzi Big Hands: J.C Tran Doubles After Nasr El Nasr raised to 20,000 preflop, J.C. Tran raised all in for his last 109,000. Steven Doebler was next to act and repopped to 200,000 total. Nasr folded and the cards were turned up. Doebler tabled AQ and was disgusted when Tran showed AK. The flop came down 544. “I’ll take another pair,” Doebler said. The turn was the 3 and there were straight possibilities. But the river was the 6 and Tran doubled up to almost 230,000. “One more time,” Tran said as he raked in the chips. David Levi Busts David Levi moved all in for his last 30,000 preflop with 70,000 already in the pot. He was called by the Clayton Newman. Levi turned over AQ while Newman tabled 1010. The flop came down K104, giving Newman a set but Levi a broadway draw. The turn was the J and Levi hit his straight, but the K on the river filled up Newman and Levi was gone. Benyamine Straight To A Million After David Benyamine and David McLarthy both put 17,000 into the pot preflop, the flop dropped 623. Benyamine led out with 28,000 and McLarthy made the call. The turn was the 4 and both players checked. The river was the 5, putting a straight on the board. Benyamine led out again with 125,000 and McLarthy just smiled. He threw in the call and Benyamine turned over 87 for the absolute nuts. McLarthy mucked and Benyamine took in the pot, vaulting himself over 1 million. Shulman Busts Andy Black We weren’t able to get close enough to the action since Jeff Shulman is at the feature table, but somehow he had eliminated Andy Black from the tournament and doubled up to 640,000 in chips. Ludovic Lacay Busts Another Ludovic Lacay called the all in of Shawn Pilot and showed 88 and was off to the races against Pilot’s AK. The board ran out 4J497, keeping Lacay’s pair in the lead and eliminating Pilot from the tournament. Sorel Mizzi Eliminated Sorel Mizzi got all of his chips in the middle with AJ and was called by Scott Cook who had 99. The flop was good for Cook as it came 963, but the K on the turn gave Mizzi some hope. The 10 on the river left Mizzi one card short of his flush and sent him home early on day 5. Stokes Doubles Through Kara Scott There was a raise to 20,000 and Jamin Stokes opted to flat-call. The action got to Kara Scott and she decided to make it 100,000 total. The original raiser got out of the way and action was back to Stokes, who thought for 30 seconds before moving all in. Scott made the call and showed AK and was behind Stokes KK. The board ran out 388JQ and Stokes doubled up. Crowe’s Kings Trump Taylor’s Jacks We were unable to catch when all the money went in, but Owen Crowe doubled through Brian Taylor with pocket kings against pocket jacks on a board that read 79632. “I didn’t want to play a big pot yet,” said Crowe. “But then I figured I had two kings, so I would.” Noah Boeken Scores A Knockout, Over A Million After a flop of 1084, Joseph Michael was all in and Noah Boeken made the call. Michael showed down QQ for an overpair but Boeken tabled 88 for a flopped set. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 7 and Michael was eliminated. Boeken raked in the pot and was at 1.3 million. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, David Levi, Jeff Shulman, David Benyamine, Noah Boeken, Owen Crowe, Sorel Mizzi, Ludovic Lacay, Kara Scott, Nasr El Nasr View All Live Updates From This Event
Jul 12, '09	2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker	$10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event	5	+
Level 31 Hour 2 Update: Vedes 19th, Lichtenberger 18th, Tavelli 17th, Lacay 16th Jul 15, '09 Blinds: 80,000-160,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 15 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Begleiter – 27,890,000 2. Darvin Moon – 24,600,000 3. Billy Kopp – 17,200,000 4. Eric Buchman – 16,000,000 5. Jordan Smith – 15,800,000 6. Joseph Cada – 13,600,000 7. Kevin Schaffel – 13,600,000 8. Jeff Shluman – 12,800,000 9. James Akenhead – 10,100,000 10. Nick Maimone – 10,000,000 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 12,800,000 Average Chip Count: 12,988,000 Eliminations: 19. Tommy Vedes — $352,832 18. Andrew Lichtenberger — $500,557 17. Ian Tavelli — $500,557 16. Ludovic Lacay — $500,557 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 12,800,000 (twitter feed) Billy Kopp at 17,200,000 (twitter feed) Phil Ivey at 6,800,000 (twitter feed) Nick Maimone at 9,350,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands: Tommy Vedes Eliminated In 19th Place($352,832) Eric Buchman raised to 425,000 preflop and Tommy Vedes moved in for his last 1.9 million. Buchman made the call with 77, dominating Vedes’ 33. The flop brought something for everyone as it fell 1073, giving each player a set. The turn was the Q and Vedes needed the case three to stay alive. But the river was the 2 and Vedes was ousted in 19th place. Lamb’s Aces Taken Out To Slaughter Steven Begleiter raised to 425,000 preflop from the hijack and Benjamin Lamb repopped to 1.1 million from the cutoff. Begleiter made the call and the two players saw a flop of J95. Begleiter checked to Lamb who fired a bet into the pot. Begleiter then moved all in for over 7 million. Lamb made the call after some thought and tabled AA. The aces were officially cracked, however, as Begleiter tabled J9 for top two pair on the flop. The turn was the 3 and the river was the 8 and Begleiter doubled to over 16 million. Lamb was down to just over 4 million in chips. Not So Happy… Jeff Shulman raised to 420,000 preflop and Joe Cada repopped it to 1.2 million. Shulman made the call and the flop came down K25. Cada checked to Shulman who bet 1.4 million. Cada made the call and the turn was the 5. Both players checked and the river was the K. Cada then led out for 2 million and Shulman threw his hand in the muck. Cada raked in the pot and was over 9 million while Shulman dropped to 8 million. Jordan Smith Takes One On The Turn Billy Kopp raised to 375,000 and Ben Lamb made the call from the button. Jordan Smith also came along from the big blind and the flop came down 986. Everyone checked and the turn was the Q. Smith led out for 700,000 and his two opponents mucked. Smith raked in the pot and was over 7 million. Begleiter Takes One Off Maimone Steven Begleiter raised to 425,000 and Nick Maimone made the call from the big blind. The flop came down J72 and both players checked. The turn was the 7 and Maimone took a shot with 400,000. Begleiter made the call and the river was the 9. Maimone bet 800,000 and Begleiter made the call. Maimone tabled KJ for top pair, but Begleiter showed AJ for the same hand with a better kicker. Begleiter raked the pot and was at 18 million while Maimone was at 10 million. Andrew Lichtenberger Eliminated In 18th Place($500,557) Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 400,000 and Darvin Moon made the call. The flop came down 633 and Lichtenberger bet 680,000. Moon raised to 1.5 million and Lichtenberger moved all in, getting a quick call from Moon. Lichtenberger showed JJ, but Moon tabled KK. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 7 and Moon knocked out Lichtenberger, moving his stack to 25 million. Ivey Takes A Pot Phil Ivey raised to 420,000 and Steven Begleiter made the call. The flop came down 864 and Ivey led out with 600,000. Begleiter made the call and the 4 fell on the turn. Both players checked. They did the same when the K came on the river and Begleiter showed down 109 for a bunch of busted draws. Ivey showed 99 for the best hand and took the pot. He was at 6.8 million. …But Let’s Put A Smile On That Face Jeff Shulman raised to 450,000 preflop from the hijack and James Calderaro called from the button. The flop came down 1054 and Shulman bet 750,000 and Calderaro made the call. The turn was the K and Shulman kept the pressure on, betting 1.1 million. Calderaro decided to muck his hand and Shulman took it down, improving his stack to 9 million. Jordan Smith Doubles Through Billy Kopp Billy Kopp had been strolling through the day with a nice chip lead, but he just took his first big hit of the day courtesy of Jordan Smith. Smith raised to 420,000 under the gun and Kopp raised to 1.5 million from the cutoff. Action folded back around to Smith who shoved for 7.73 million. Kopp made the call and here were their hands. Kopp: AK Smith: QQ Board: JJ988 Smith’s pocket ladies held up and he doubled to 15.8 million while Kopp was knocked off the chip lead, his stack at 17.2 million. Ian Tavelli Eliminated In 17th Place($500,557) Steven Begleiter raised to 1.35 million after Ian Tavelli had opened for 450,000 from under the gun. Tavelli made the call and the flop came down 642 and Begleiter fired 3.5 million. Tavelli moved in for almost 8 million and Begleiter snapped him off, tabling KK. Tavelli showed down 99 and Tavelli was in trouble. The turn was the Q and the river was the 10 and Tavelli was out while Begleiter catapulted to the chip lead. Ludovic Lacay Eliminated In 16th Place($500,557) Jeff Shulman raised to 450,000 preflop and Ludovic Lacay came over the top for the rest of his stack of just over 3 million. Shulman made the call and here were there hands. Shulman: AK Lacay: 77 It was a classic race and the flop came K95, putting Shulman ahead. The turn was the 9 and the river was the 6 and Lacay was ousted from the main event. Shulman was up to 12.8 million after the hand. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Tommy Vedes, Jordan Smith, Ben Lamb, Billy Kopp, Ludovic Lacay, Andrew Lichtenberger, Nick Maimone Level 27 Hour 2 Update: Last of the November Nine Fall Jul 14, '09 Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 43 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Billy Kopp – 15,500,000 2. Tommy Vedes – 9,900,000 3. Darvin Moon – 9,350,000 4. Phil Ivey – 8,600,000 5. Jonathan Tamayo – 8,200,000 6. Ludovic Lacay – 7,550,000 7. Antoine Saout – 7,500,000 8. Joseph Cada – 7,400,000 9. Luis Nargentino – 7,050,000 10. Steven Begleiter – 6,500,000 Average Chip Count: 4,427,727 Card Player Chip Count: Jeff Shulman – 4,800,000 Notable Eliminations: 49. Fabrice Soulier — $138,568 45. Dennis Phillips — $178,857 Twitter Updates: Jeff Shulman at 4,600,000 (twitter feed) Billy Kopp at 14,340,000 (twitter feed) Phil Ivey at 7,400,000 (twitter feed) Nick Maimone at 4,300,000 (twitter feed) Ludovic Lacay at 7,150,000 (twitter feed) Francois Balmigere at 3,900,000 (twitter feed) Jesse Haabak at 1,805,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands Fabrice Soulier Busted By Tommy Vedes Tommy Vedes raised to 185,000 from under the gun and Fabrice Soulier made it a cool million from middle position, putting himself all in. Action folded around to Vedes who made the call. Vedes tabled AK and Soulier showed down 1010 and the race was on. The flop came down J98, giving Vedes the nut flush draw. The turn was the 5 and Soulier was on the verge of doubling up. But the river was the 8, giving Vedes the flush and sending Soulier out the door. Vedes was amongst the chip leaders with 8.55 million after the hand. Andrew Lichtenberger Doubles Up Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 180,000 from the small blind and Eric Buchman repopped to 460,000. Lichtenberger moved all in and Buchman made the call. Buchman tabled 99 and Lichtenberger showed AQ. The flop came down 443 and things were not looking good. But the turn was the A and Lichtenberger was in the lead. The river was the 7 and Lichtenberger doubled up. Vedes Takes One Off Lacay Ludovic Lacay raised 150,000 and three players called. The flop then came down KK5. Action was checked to Lacay who fired 325,000. Christopher Bach and Tommy Vedes were the only callers and the turn was the 3. Everyone checked and they did the same after the 3 fell on the river. Vedes then tabled 55 for a flopped full house and took the pot. He was at 9.45 million. Hieu Luu Eliminated in 48th Place ($138,568) Hieu Luu was down his last 410,000 and was in the big blind when action folded around to Marc McLaughlin in the small blind. McLaughlin raised enough to put Luu all in and Luu made the call. “I don’t care,” said Luu as he put his chips in. He may not have cared, but he was ahead with his lowly 105 against McLaughlin’s 93, but the 926 flop did him in. Neither the turn or the river contained a 10 and Luu was sent home in 48th place. Three Outs Is More Than Enough for Labandeira Miguel Labandeira moved all in preflop for his last 815,000 and Steven Begleiter called from the big blind. The cards were turned up and Begleiter saw he had a big lead with his AQ against Labandeira’s A6. The flop kept Begleiter in the lead as it fell K108 and the turn was a 4, furthering Begleiter’s strangle hold on the hand. The river, however, changed things, as it came carrything the 6 on the river, giving the pot to Labandeira. Begleiter was so angry that he had to get up and walk around while he missed a few hands, but he still has over 5,000,000 in chips. The Chip Leaders Gets Caught In The Ivey Billy Kopp raised to 150,000 from the hijack position and Phil Ivey made the call from the cutoff. They both saw a flop of 772 and checked. The turn was the 4 and both players checked again. The river brought the A and Kopp took a shot with 225,000. Ivey raised it up to 700,000 and Kopp got out of the way. Ivey raked in the pot and was up to 8.6 million in chips. A few hands later, Ivey made a button raise to 150,000 and was three-bet by Luis Nargentino to 460,000. Ivey didn’t back down and made it 1,160,000, which Nargentino called. The flop was K104 and Ivey bet 1,200,000 after Nargentino checked. Nargentino folded and Ivey surpassed the 10,000,000 mark in chips. Vedes Freerolls On Haabak, But Chops Tommy Vedes raised to 165,000 from late position and Jesse Haabak moved all in for 1,386,000. Vedes made the call and they AQ and Haabak showed AQ and more than likely they were going to chop the pot. J108 and both players picked up backdoor flush draws. The 3 fell on the turn and now Haabak was unable to win the pot, he could only lose it. The 2 fell on the river, however, and they were abel to chop up the pot. Dennis Phillips’ Second Trip to the November Nine Stopped by Francoios Balmigere Antoine Saout raised to 165,000 and Francois Balmigere called. Dennis Phillips made it 450,000 and then Balmigere decided he would move all in after Saout got out of the way. Phillips called and his tournament life was at risk. Balmigere showed AK and Phillips had AK. Usually this ends up a split pot, but Dennis Phillips didn’t like it when the flop came K64. The turn was safe for Phillips when the 10 fell, but the river did him in, like so many others, as the 5 hit the river, ending Phillips’ main event run. Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Fabrice Soulier, Phil Ivey, Tommy Vedes, Billy Kopp, Ludovic Lacay, Andrew Lichtenberger Level 27 Update Hour 1: Phillips Doubles Up, Schneider Busts Jul 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 2. Darvin Moon – 9,700,000 3. Tommy Vedes – 8,550,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 8,460,000 5. Joseph Cada – 8,200,000 6. Jonathan Tamayo – 7,500,000 7. Antoine Saout – 7,200,000 8. Luis Nargentino – 7,020,000 9. Steven Begleiter – 6,700,000 10. Ben Lamb – 6,600,000 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) Fabrice Soulier at 1,350,000 (twitter feed) Dennis Phillips at 1,600,000 (twitter feed) Billy Kopp at 14,340,000 (twitter feed) Phil Ivey at 7,400,000 (twitter feed) Tom Schneider at 1,960,000 (twitter feed) Nick Maimone at 4,300,000 (twitter feed) Ludovic Lacay at 7,150,000 (twitter feed) Francois Balmigere at 3,900,000 (twitter feed) Jesse Haabak at 1,805,000 (twitter feed) Big Hands Akenhead Doubles Up After a flop of KJ4, James Akenhead bet 420,000. Adam York then moved all in, putting Akenhead all in. Akenhead made a quick call and tabled KK for top set. York showed AJ for middle pair and Akenhead was in prime position to double up. The turn was the 7 and York was drawing dead. The river was meaningless and Akenhead doubled up to 4,000,000. Lapostolle Doubles Through Bilzerian Adam Bilzerian raised to 200,000 and Martin Lapostolle moved in for 970,000. Bilzerian made the call and tabled KQ. Lapostolle turned over A4 and he was ahead in the hand. The flop came down A92 and Lapostolle’s lead in the hand widened. The turn was the 3 and Bilzerian was drawing dead. The river was the 10 and Lapostolle doubled to 2.1 million. Lacay Takes One Off Ivey Phil Ivey raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and Ludovic Lacay made the call from the big blind. The flop came down A5K and Lacay checked to Ivey. He bet 225,000 and Lacay made the call. The turn was the 3 and both players checked. The river was the 5 and Lacay led out with 350,000. Ivey mucked his hand and Lacay raked in the pot, his stack at 8.6 million. Ivey was doing just fine with 8.4 million. 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 A62. Sanders bet 300,000 and Phillips moved all in for 1.5 million. Sanders barely had Phillips covered and made the call. Phillips showed QQ but Sanders tabled AA for top set. Phillips was four-flushing heading to the turn, but the 4 came down and Phillips was down to his final card. The river then dropped the J, hitting Phillips’ flush and he doubled up to 3.9 million. Sanders was down to 300,000 and was eliminated a few hands later. Tom Schneider Eliminated In 52nd Place($138,568) Tom Schneider moved all in for 1.2 million and Marc Etienne McLaughlin made the call from the small blind. Schneider turned over A7 and was trailing McLaughlin’s 99. The flop came down K65 and Schneider had one foot out the door. The turn was the 7, giving Schneider some life, but the river was the K and Schneider’s run at the 2009 main event was over. 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 AK and was ahead of McLoughlin’s lowly 102. The flop put McLoughlin in the lead as it fell 24Q. The turn was the 8 and Luu failed to catch a pair on the river when he saw the dealer turned over the 7. McLoughlin doubles up and Luu falls to 1,150,000 in chips. Player Tags: Tom Schneider, Phil Ivey, James Akenhead, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 24 Hour 2 Update: Kenny Tran Eliminated Jul 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 2. Antonio Esfandiari – 5,600,000 3. Antoine Saout – 5,430,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 5,200,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,750,0005. 6. Tommy Vedes – 4,550,000 7. Billy Kopp – 4,500,000 8. Jeff Duvall – 4,410,000 9. Steve Begleiter – 4,400,000 10. Eugene Kathchalov – 4,200,000 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 A9 while Rodman exposed the 88. The board ran out K10462, as Rodman’s eights held up. Rodman is still short with 780,000. 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 A5 and was called by the 88 of Joseph Cada. The board offered no salvation as it ran out 43396. Cada is at 2,580,000. 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 AA. Brown tabled the dominated KK. The board ran out 653J8 as Brown received no help and was eliminated from the main event. Moon is at 7,500,000 and the chip leader. *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 755. Esfandiari bet 400,000 and Ismay called. The K hit the turn and Esfandiari once again bet out, this time for 700,000. Ismay reraised all in for 2,000,000 total. Esfandiari made the call and exposed the AK and had his opponent’s Q-9 drawing dead. The meaningless 6 fell on the river and Esfandiari is now at 5,600,000. 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 Q7 while Sebok tabled the 99. The board ran out 107435 and Sebok survived the double up. He is at 680,000 while Kopp is down to 4,100,000. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Blair Rodman, Antonio Esfandiari, Kenny Tran, Joe Sebok, Dennis Phillips, Ludovic Lacay Level 24 Hour 1 Update: Phil Ivey Surging Jul 13, '09 Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 91 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Ludovic Lacay – 5,650,000 2. Darvin Moon – 5,550,000 3. Antoine Saout – 5,281,000 4. Eugene Kathchalov – 5,200,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,750,000 6. Steve Begleiter – 4,720,000 7. Billy Kopp – 4,500,000 8. Tommy Vedes – 4,400,000 9. Wesley Ismay – 4,000,000 10. Jeff Shulman – 3,700,000 Average Chip Count: 1,928,911 Card Player Chip Movement: Jeff Shulman has been moved to a new table with Tom Schneider and Ludovic Lacay both on his left. He has held steady during the last hour. Notable Eliminations: 98. Hac Dang – $47,003 96. Noah Boeken – 47,003 Chip Movers and Shakers - Kasper Cordes was eliminated when his A-K ran into the pocket eights of Scott Cook, which had made top set when Cordes moved the last of his chips into the middle. - Jonathan Tamayo used pocket aces to grow his stack to more than 3 million. - Dennis Phillips picked up more than 300,000 to grow his stack to just over 2 million. Big Hands Kenny Tran Doubles Up The short stack of Kenny Tran moved all in preflop with the 66 and was called by the A9 of Grayson Ramage. The flop came A64, giving Tran a set and putting him way out in front. The J hit the turn and the 7 fell on the river, doubling him up to just 500,000. Phil Ivey Eliminates Hac Dang Hac Dang raised to 80,000 preflop and action was folded around to Phil Ivey who reraised to 260,000. Dang decided to move all in for 620,000 total and Ivey made the quick call. Dang exposed the QQ and was dominating the JJ of Ivey. The flop seemed like destiny for Ivey as it came J94, putting him way out in front with his top set. The 5 on the turn put Dang in danger of being eliminated by perhaps the best player left in the tournament. The 7 fell on the river and Ivey knocked out Dang, bringing his stack up to 3,260,000. Ludovic Lacay Hits Miracle, Wins Huge Double Up Hamid Nourafchan raised 100,000 preflop from middle position. Action was folded to Ludovic Lacay in the big blind. He made it 350,000 total and Nourafchan quickly moved all in. Lacay made the call for the rest of his 2,800,000 chip stack. Lacay tabled the KK, but Nourafchan exposed the AA. Lacay needed to get lucky but had to listen to the fact that someone else at the table folded a king. The flop came JJ5, and Lacay needed massive help. The 4 hit the turn and Lacay was down to the case king in the deck. The miracle hit as the K fell, doubling him up to a massive 5,650,000. Nourafchan would have had a massive chip lead but is now down to 2,400,000. Eugene Katchalov Eliminates Opponent Bernhard Perner went all in for 295,000 under the gun and Eugene Katchalov went into the tank from early position. He eventually made the call and tabled the AJ and was behind against the AK of Perner. The flop came A99, offering some split possibilities for Katchalov. The 5 hit the turn and Perner needed to dodge just one more card to double up. However, the J on the river sent him to the rail and saw Katchalov’s stack soar to 5.2 million. Joe Sebock Doubles Up Joe Sebock moved all in preflop for 154,000 and was called by Frank Rusnak on the button. Sebock exposed the 55 and was up against the AQ of his opponent. The board ran out 88739 and Sebock is up to 393,000. Noah Boeken Eliminated After a flop of 1052, Noah Boeken checked and Kevin Schaffel checked. Hung Pham was next to act and he threw out a bet of 190,000 Boeken thought about it for awhile and then moved all in to put his tournament at risk. Action was back on Schaffel who made the fold. Pham made the quick call. Pham exposed the 1010, as Boeken saw his opponent had a set against his 56. Needing a heart to stay alive or runner-runner quads, Boeken was dismayed when the 8 hit the turn. The Q on the river ended his hopes and he was sent to the rail. Pham is now at 3,250,000. CardPlayer TV: Eugene Katchalov Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Kenny Tran, Eugene Katchalov, Joe Sebok, Ludovic Lacay Level 22 Hour 1 Update: Joe Serock Eliminated Jul 13, '09 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 Players Remaining: 126 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Warren Zackey – 5,120,000 2. Billy Kopp – 4,660,000 3. Tom Schneider – 4,150,000 4. Ludovic Lacay – 4,060,000 5. Charlie Elias – 4,000,000 6. Darvin Moon – 3,450,000 7. Antoine Saout – 3,300,000 8. Bernhard Perner – 3,200,000 9. Jamie Brown – 3,120,000 10. Kasper Cordes – 3,060,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 2,900,000 Average Chip Count: 1,498,615 Notable Eliminations: 145. Joseph Serock – $40,288 142. Jose Rosenkrantz – $40,288 Chip Movers and Shakers During the Last Hour - John Martin took down a pot on the flop against Adam Bilzerian and Antoine Saout. He is up to 2,400,000. - ElkY lost some chips when he flopped top pair with A-J against the trip sevens of Alex Gurevich. ElkY lost another pot after and is short with 350,000. - With pocket aces, Billy Kopp eliminated Nasr El Nasr who held pocket queens. Kopp is at 4,660,000. - James Akenhead won a nice pot with pocket kings against the ace-king of Herbie Gelman. Akenhead is at 1,660,000 Big Hands: Joseph Serock Eliminated Right before the break, Joseph Serock went into the tank preflop with the KK versus the all-in bet of Antoine Saout. The two players put in a series of raises, and Serock eventually called the bet for the majority of his stack. Unfortunately, Saout tabled the AA, having the only hand that Serock didn’t want to see. The pot stood at 3,260,000 as the board ran out 75386. Serock was crippled to just 180,000 and had to go on a 20 minute break. Shortly after returning to the floor, Serock was eliminated from the main event. He decided to open-shove from the cutoff and Jake Abdalla went all in over the top. Both blinds quickly folded and Serock exposed the Q5 and was behind against the 99 of Abdalla. The board offered no help as it ran out AA57K and his main event was over. Fabrice Soulier on a Rush Fabrice Soulier raised to 49,000 preflop and Steven Levy came over the top, going all in for 601,000. Soulier made the call and tabled AK while Levy showed down 1010. The flop came down K76, with the king in the window. Soulier jumped out in front and the turn was the J. The river was the Q and Levy was eliminated. Ludovic Lacay Eliminates Ian Woodley John Martin decided to limp in late position and then Ian Woodley raised to 85,000. Ludovic Lacay reraised to 225,000 in the cutoff and action was to Alex Prendes in the small blind. He moved all in for 1,900,000 and Martin folded. Woodley went into the tank and eventually folded. Lacay snap called and exposed the AA. Prendes tabled the dominated KK. The board ran out Q5288. Another huge pot in the tournament of aces versus kings resulted in a large chip swing. Lacay is at 4,120,000 after the hand. Jeff Shulman Cracks The Ladies Darvin Moon raised to 85,000 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call. The flop came down AJ3 and Moon bet 100,000. Shulman made the call and the turn was the 9. Both players checked and the river 6 and Moon led out again with 200,000. Shulman made the call and Moon tabled QQ. Shulman showed down AK and took down the pot, elevating his stack to 2.75 million. Elky Short Fernando Gordo raised to 56,000 preflop. Bertrand Grospellier, Scott Cook and Don Tran all called and saw a flop of K53. Gordo was first to act and bet 155,000. Grospellier and Cook both called. The turn was the 3 and Gordo bet 250,000 this time. The action was the same again as Grospellier and Cook both called. The river was the 8 and Gordo checked. ElkY checked as well, leaving himself with about 350,000 behind. Cook checked as well. Grospellier exposed the AK and Gordo exposed the AK. However, Cook exposed the 55 for fives full. Cook took down the huge pot and is at 3,100,000. Jose Rosenkrantz Eliminated Jamie Robbins and Jose Rosenkrantz got all in on the flop of Q 42. Robbins exposed the KQ as Rosenkrantz flipped over the AQ. The K on the turn was a disaster for Rosenkrantz, giving Robbins two pair. The 5 fell on the river and he was eliminated. Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Fabrice Soulier, Ian Woodley, Bertrand Grospellier, Joseph Serock, Ludovic Lacay Level 18 Hour 2 Update: J.C. Tran Doubles Up Jul 12, '09 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 305 out of 6,494 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Affleck – 2,100,000 2. Ben Lamb – 2,000,000 3. Ludovic Lacay – 1,850,000 4. Kevin Schaffel – 1,760,000 5. Bernhard Perner – 1,675,000 6. Tom Lutz – 1,600,000 7. James Akenhead – 1,572,000 8. Charlie Elias – 1,540,000 9. Miika Puumalainen – 1,492,000 10. Jordan Morgan – 1,489,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Jeff Shulman – 575,000 Average Chip Count: 624,423 Notable Eliminations: David Levi Andrew Black Sorel Mizzi Big Hands: J.C Tran Doubles After Nasr El Nasr raised to 20,000 preflop, J.C. Tran raised all in for his last 109,000. Steven Doebler was next to act and repopped to 200,000 total. Nasr folded and the cards were turned up. Doebler tabled AQ and was disgusted when Tran showed AK. The flop came down 544. “I’ll take another pair,” Doebler said. The turn was the 3 and there were straight possibilities. But the river was the 6 and Tran doubled up to almost 230,000. “One more time,” Tran said as he raked in the chips. David Levi Busts David Levi moved all in for his last 30,000 preflop with 70,000 already in the pot. He was called by the Clayton Newman. Levi turned over AQ while Newman tabled 1010. The flop came down K104, giving Newman a set but Levi a broadway draw. The turn was the J and Levi hit his straight, but the K on the river filled up Newman and Levi was gone. Benyamine Straight To A Million After David Benyamine and David McLarthy both put 17,000 into the pot preflop, the flop dropped 623. Benyamine led out with 28,000 and McLarthy made the call. The turn was the 4 and both players checked. The river was the 5, putting a straight on the board. Benyamine led out again with 125,000 and McLarthy just smiled. He threw in the call and Benyamine turned over 87 for the absolute nuts. McLarthy mucked and Benyamine took in the pot, vaulting himself over 1 million. Shulman Busts Andy Black We weren’t able to get close enough to the action since Jeff Shulman is at the feature table, but somehow he had eliminated Andy Black from the tournament and doubled up to 640,000 in chips. Ludovic Lacay Busts Another Ludovic Lacay called the all in of Shawn Pilot and showed 88 and was off to the races against Pilot’s AK. The board ran out 4J497, keeping Lacay’s pair in the lead and eliminating Pilot from the tournament. Sorel Mizzi Eliminated Sorel Mizzi got all of his chips in the middle with AJ and was called by Scott Cook who had 99. The flop was good for Cook as it came 963, but the K on the turn gave Mizzi some hope. The 10 on the river left Mizzi one card short of his flush and sent him home early on day 5. Stokes Doubles Through Kara Scott There was a raise to 20,000 and Jamin Stokes opted to flat-call. The action got to Kara Scott and she decided to make it 100,000 total. The original raiser got out of the way and action was back to Stokes, who thought for 30 seconds before moving all in. Scott made the call and showed AK and was behind Stokes KK. The board ran out 388JQ and Stokes doubled up. Crowe’s Kings Trump Taylor’s Jacks We were unable to catch when all the money went in, but Owen Crowe doubled through Brian Taylor with pocket kings against pocket jacks on a board that read 79632. “I didn’t want to play a big pot yet,” said Crowe. “But then I figured I had two kings, so I would.” Noah Boeken Scores A Knockout, Over A Million After a flop of 1084, Joseph Michael was all in and Noah Boeken made the call. Michael showed down QQ for an overpair but Boeken tabled 88 for a flopped set. The turn was the 6 and the river was the 7 and Michael was eliminated. Boeken raked in the pot and was at 1.3 million. Player Tags: J.C. Tran, David Levi, Jeff Shulman, David Benyamine, Noah Boeken, Owen Crowe, Sorel Mizzi, Ludovic Lacay, Kara Scott, Nasr El Nasr View All Live Updates From This Event
May 01, '09	2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Season V	EPT Grand Final Championship - Event 1	5	+
Ludovic Lacay Eliminated in 21st Place (�?�52,000) May 01, '09 Ludovic Lacay is eliminated in 21st place for €52,000 and the event loses another Frenchman. Player Tags: Ludovic Lacay Amicha Barer Eliminated in 25th Place (�?�45,000) May 01, '09 Amicha Barer is all-in for 394,000 with J 9 and Ludovic Lacay calls with A K. The board falls down Q 7 5 4 6 and ace high wins. Lacay takes Barer's 854,000 chips and Barer goes out in 25th place for €45,000. Player Tags: Ludovic Lacay, Amicha Barer Obrestad Stays Alive May 01, '09 Annette Obrestad moves all-in with A 8 and Ludovic calls with 9 9. The 10 7 5 comes on the flop and Obrestad is in dire need of an ace. That is exactly what she got on the turn - A and then the Q falls on the river. She moves up to 799,000. Player Tags: Annette Obrestad, Ludovic Lacay Lacay Keeps Going May 01, '09 Ludovic Lacay is in late position and bets 38,000. Amicha Barer is on the big blind, and calls. The flop falls 7 5 2 and both players check. The turn is the 3 and Barer bets 46,000. Lacay calmly calls and the river is the 3. Barer bets 81,000 and Lacay, sitting with leather jacket and dark shades on, thinks for a moment, and then calls. He flips over K Q for king-high. Annette Obrestad asks Barer, "J-10 no good?" Her prediction is correct as Barer shows J 10 for jack-high. Ludovic Lacay is around the 2 million mark and absolutely dominating his table. Player Tags: Ludovic Lacay, Amicha Barer Ludovic Lacay Takes the Lead May 01, '09 Ludovic Lacay and Andreas Hoivold got all of their chips into the middle of the preflop and then turnd up their cards. Lacay had Hoivold covererd and the pot was massive. Hoivold: 88 Lacay: AA Board: K532Q Lacay won the hand to grow his stack to 1.2 million and Hoivold was eliminated from the tournament. Player Tags: Andreas Hoivold, Ludovic Lacay Ludovic Loses Some Apr 30, '09 With around 18,000 in the pot and three players on a flop of A 6 4, Ludovic Lacay is in the small blind and he checks. The player in late position, and the button check also. The turn is the 4 Lacay bets 12,000 and gets two callers. The river is the A, Lacay bets 35,000 and the player in late position folds. The button tanks for a few minutes and then calls. He flips over A K for a house, fours full of aces. Lacay shows a K, but another player flips over the other card, not realising he shouldn't, and it is an 8. Lacay is not very happy but still has a lot of chips. Player Tags: Ludovic Lacay View All Live Updates From This Event
May 01, '09	2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Season V	EPT Grand Final Championship - Event 1	4	+
Ludovic Lacay Eliminated in 21st Place (�?�52,000) May 01, '09 Ludovic Lacay is eliminated in 21st place for €52,000 and the event loses another Frenchman. Player Tags: Ludovic Lacay Amicha Barer Eliminated in 25th Place (�?�45,000) May 01, '09 Amicha Barer is all-in for 394,000 with J 9 and Ludovic Lacay calls with A K. The board falls down Q 7 5 4 6 and ace high wins. Lacay takes Barer's 854,000 chips and Barer goes out in 25th place for €45,000. Player Tags: Ludovic Lacay, Amicha Barer Obrestad Stays Alive May 01, '09 Annette Obrestad moves all-in with A 8 and Ludovic calls with 9 9. The 10 7 5 comes on the flop and Obrestad is in dire need of an ace. That is exactly what she got on the turn - A and then the Q falls on the river. She moves up to 799,000. Player Tags: Annette Obrestad, Ludovic Lacay Lacay Keeps Going May 01, '09 Ludovic Lacay is in late position and bets 38,000. Amicha Barer is on the big blind, and calls. The flop falls 7 5 2 and both players check. The turn is the 3 and Barer bets 46,000. Lacay calmly calls and the river is the 3. Barer bets 81,000 and Lacay, sitting with leather jacket and dark shades on, thinks for a moment, and then calls. He flips over K Q for king-high. Annette Obrestad asks Barer, "J-10 no good?" Her prediction is correct as Barer shows J 10 for jack-high. Ludovic Lacay is around the 2 million mark and absolutely dominating his table. Player Tags: Ludovic Lacay, Amicha Barer Ludovic Lacay Takes the Lead May 01, '09 Ludovic Lacay and Andreas Hoivold got all of their chips into the middle of the preflop and then turnd up their cards. Lacay had Hoivold covererd and the pot was massive. Hoivold: 88 Lacay: AA Board: K532Q Lacay won the hand to grow his stack to 1.2 million and Hoivold was eliminated from the tournament. Player Tags: Andreas Hoivold, Ludovic Lacay Ludovic Loses Some Apr 30, '09 With around 18,000 in the pot and three players on a flop of A 6 4, Ludovic Lacay is in the small blind and he checks. The player in late position, and the button check also. The turn is the 4 Lacay bets 12,000 and gets two callers. The river is the A, Lacay bets 35,000 and the player in late position folds. The button tanks for a few minutes and then calls. He flips over A K for a house, fours full of aces. Lacay shows a K, but another player flips over the other card, not realising he shouldn't, and it is an 8. Lacay is not very happy but still has a lot of chips. Player Tags: Ludovic Lacay View All Live Updates From This Event
Apr 30, '09	2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Season V	EPT Grand Final Championship - Event 1	3	+
Ludovic Lacay Eliminated in 21st Place (�?�52,000) May 01, '09 Ludovic Lacay is eliminated in 21st place for €52,000 and the event loses another Frenchman. Player Tags: Ludovic Lacay Amicha Barer Eliminated in 25th Place (�?�45,000) May 01, '09 Amicha Barer is all-in for 394,000 with J 9 and Ludovic Lacay calls with A K. The board falls down Q 7 5 4 6 and ace high wins. Lacay takes Barer's 854,000 chips and Barer goes out in 25th place for €45,000. Player Tags: Ludovic Lacay, Amicha Barer Obrestad Stays Alive May 01, '09 Annette Obrestad moves all-in with A 8 and Ludovic calls with 9 9. The 10 7 5 comes on the flop and Obrestad is in dire need of an ace. That is exactly what she got on the turn - A and then the Q falls on the river. She moves up to 799,000. Player Tags: Annette Obrestad, Ludovic Lacay Lacay Keeps Going May 01, '09 Ludovic Lacay is in late position and bets 38,000. Amicha Barer is on the big blind, and calls. The flop falls 7 5 2 and both players check. The turn is the 3 and Barer bets 46,000. Lacay calmly calls and the river is the 3. Barer bets 81,000 and Lacay, sitting with leather jacket and dark shades on, thinks for a moment, and then calls. He flips over K Q for king-high. Annette Obrestad asks Barer, "J-10 no good?" Her prediction is correct as Barer shows J 10 for jack-high. Ludovic Lacay is around the 2 million mark and absolutely dominating his table. Player Tags: Ludovic Lacay, Amicha Barer Ludovic Lacay Takes the Lead May 01, '09 Ludovic Lacay and Andreas Hoivold got all of their chips into the middle of the preflop and then turnd up their cards. Lacay had Hoivold covererd and the pot was massive. Hoivold: 88 Lacay: AA Board: K532Q Lacay won the hand to grow his stack to 1.2 million and Hoivold was eliminated from the tournament. Player Tags: Andreas Hoivold, Ludovic Lacay Ludovic Loses Some Apr 30, '09 With around 18,000 in the pot and three players on a flop of A 6 4, Ludovic Lacay is in the small blind and he checks. The player in late position, and the button check also. The turn is the 4 Lacay bets 12,000 and gets two callers. The river is the A, Lacay bets 35,000 and the player in late position folds. The button tanks for a few minutes and then calls. He flips over A K for a house, fours full of aces. Lacay shows a K, but another player flips over the other card, not realising he shouldn't, and it is an 8. Lacay is not very happy but still has a lot of chips. Player Tags: Ludovic Lacay View All Live Updates From This Event
Jan 21, '09	2009 PokerStars.com EPT Deauville - Season V	EPT Main Event - Event 1	3	+
Ludovic Left in the Cold Jan 22, '09 Frenchman Ludovic Lacay had managed to make somewhat of a comeback since his kings were beaten by aces earlier today. However, he just got all his chips in with A-K versus A-K versus A-2 Both his opponents hit a flush but he was left with nothing. Player Tags: Ludovic Lacay Ludo Loses Out Jan 21, '09 Ludovic Lacay called an opponent's all-in with pocket kings, only to be confronted by a pocket pair of aces. The board was no use: 995Q3 He has very few chips behind as he counts up 57,000 to give to his opponent. He now has around 16,000 left. Player Tags: Ludovic Lacay View All Live Updates From This Event
Dec 11, '08	2008 PokerStars.com EPT Prague - Season V	EPT No-Limit Hold'em Main Event 1	3	+
Johnny Lodden Eliminated in 43rd Place (�?�8,300) Dec 11, '08 Ludovic Lacay knocked Johnny Lodden out with pocket nines versus Lodden's A-K. The board was of no use to Lodden and the nines held up. Lodden had made a slight comeback, doubling up late, but Lacay wouldn't let it happen again if he had anything to do with it. Player Tags: Johnny Lodden, Ludovic Lacay New Chip Leader: Ludovic Lacay Dec 09, '08 The judges are out but it appears we have a new chip leader. Two Frenchmen who have been battling it out all day are Ludovic Lacay and Otto Richard. However, their ultimate battle just occurred: With blinds at 300/600, an ante of 75, and 96 players remaining, Lacay bet around 1,700 preflop. Richard raised it up to 5,500. Then Lacay reraised it to 20,000. Richard thought and then quietly said, "All-in." Lacay snap-called and flipped over pocket aces much to Richard's dismay - he held pocket kings. The board fell Q99JQ and Otto hit the rail. Sitting on around 34,500 before the hand, it is quite safe to say Lacay is now in his seventies - chipwise. Player Tags: Otto Richard, Ludovic Lacay Aces Aces Everywhere Dec 08, '08 Johannes Strassmann was just involved in a pot worth the best part of 5,000 in chips. The board was A8635 and he happily turned over two rosey red aces to beat his opponent's 98. Moving across the room, the pocket rockets seem to come with us. With 2,200 in the pot the board was 753J4 and it looked like Ludovic Lacay was chipping down. He had about 3,800 left and bet 600 on the river. Otto Richard called him down and Lacay flipped over aces and smiled as he chipped up to over 7,000. Two seconds later, Alain Roy and his opponent were in a raising war. Roy finally called his opponent' s all-in on a board showing 10-5-6-Q-5 but Roy's pocket kings were not enough to withstand his opponent's pocket aces. Despite losing more than 5,500, Roy still has quite a nice stack in front of him. Player Tags: Johannes Strassmann, Otto Richard, Ludovic Lacay, Alain Roy View All Live Updates From This Event
Dec 08, '08	2008 PokerStars.com EPT Prague - Season V	EPT No-Limit Hold'em Main Event 1	1	+
Johnny Lodden Eliminated in 43rd Place (�?�8,300) Dec 11, '08 Ludovic Lacay knocked Johnny Lodden out with pocket nines versus Lodden's A-K. The board was of no use to Lodden and the nines held up. Lodden had made a slight comeback, doubling up late, but Lacay wouldn't let it happen again if he had anything to do with it. Player Tags: Johnny Lodden, Ludovic Lacay New Chip Leader: Ludovic Lacay Dec 09, '08 The judges are out but it appears we have a new chip leader. Two Frenchmen who have been battling it out all day are Ludovic Lacay and Otto Richard. However, their ultimate battle just occurred: With blinds at 300/600, an ante of 75, and 96 players remaining, Lacay bet around 1,700 preflop. Richard raised it up to 5,500. Then Lacay reraised it to 20,000. Richard thought and then quietly said, "All-in." Lacay snap-called and flipped over pocket aces much to Richard's dismay - he held pocket kings. The board fell Q99JQ and Otto hit the rail. Sitting on around 34,500 before the hand, it is quite safe to say Lacay is now in his seventies - chipwise. Player Tags: Otto Richard, Ludovic Lacay Aces Aces Everywhere Dec 08, '08 Johannes Strassmann was just involved in a pot worth the best part of 5,000 in chips. The board was A8635 and he happily turned over two rosey red aces to beat his opponent's 98. Moving across the room, the pocket rockets seem to come with us. With 2,200 in the pot the board was 753J4 and it looked like Ludovic Lacay was chipping down. He had about 3,800 left and bet 600 on the river. Otto Richard called him down and Lacay flipped over aces and smiled as he chipped up to over 7,000. Two seconds later, Alain Roy and his opponent were in a raising war. Roy finally called his opponent' s all-in on a board showing 10-5-6-Q-5 but Roy's pocket kings were not enough to withstand his opponent's pocket aces. Despite losing more than 5,500, Roy still has quite a nice stack in front of him. Player Tags: Johannes Strassmann, Otto Richard, Ludovic Lacay, Alain Roy View All Live Updates From This Event