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| Dec 17, '09 | 2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship | 4 | + |
Steven Landfish Eliminated in 21st Place ($28,569)Dec 17, '09
Player Tags: Steven Landfish, Eric Hershler Matt Stout Value Bets Worst HandDec 17, '09
The turn was the 5 Landfish then showed A Player Tags: Steven Landfish, Matt Stout Level 15 Update: Day 3 EndsDec 16, '09 NOTE: Day 3 has come to an end and the remaining field will return tomorrow at noon PST to play down to the final 10 players. The money bubble will burst when 27 players remain tomorrow. Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 36 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1.Daniel Alaei — 1,664,000 Average Chip Count: 548,333 Notable Eliminations: Soheil Shamseddin Big Hands:
Daniel Alaei (pictured right) raised to 20,000 from middle position and Yegor Tsurikov reraised to 60,000 from the button. Alaei made the call and the flop was dealt K Tsurikov moved all in for a little more than 400,000 and Alaei quickly called. Alaei flipped over 9 Soheil Shamseddin Eliminated Soheil Shamseddin moved all in for 102,000 under the gun preflop and Antonio Esfandiari made the call. Their cards: Shamseddin: A Board: K-K-2-A-5 Shamseddin was eliminated on the hand. He ends the year in fifth place in the Card Player POY standings with 4,283 points.
The cutoff raised to 24,000 preflop and Scotty Nguyen (pictured right) reraised to 50,000 from the button. The cutoff reraised to 150,000, Nguyen called, and the flop was dealt K Nguyen: 7 Turn and River: 5 Nguyen won the hand and he went into a rant of celebration that included some choice swear words. He was given a 10-minute penalty for the profanity and his chip stack grew to 1 million after the hand. Battle of the Big Stacks A board of 9 Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Steven Landfish, Antonio Esfandiari, Daniel Alaei, Soheil Shamseddin, Matthew Waxman Level 11 Update: A Flurry of Early EliminationsDec 16, '09 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 107 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Landfish — 610,000 Average Chip Count: 184,486 Notable Eliminations: Steve Zolotow Big Hands:
Steve Zolotow (pictured right) moved all in preflop with pocket fives and Bill Kontaratos had him covered with pocket kings. The board was dealt 9 Alex Keating Doubles Up Through Doyle Brunson with Quads Alex Keating raised from early position preflop and Doyle Brunson made the call from the small blind. The flop was dealt 8 Keating: 10 Turn and River: 10 Keating makes quad tens on the hand to double up to 188,000 and Brunson takes a hit and now holds 170,000.
Noah Boeken raised all in under the gun preflop for 8,500 and Vivek Rajkumar min-raised 14,600. Tim West reraised all in for 56,300 and Brent Hanks (pictured left) made the call. Rajkumar mucked A-J and the three remaining players flipped over their cards: Boeken: J Board: A Hanks hit a set on the river and he knocked out both West and Boeken in one full swoop. Hanks now holds 470,000 in chips. Steven Landfish Increases his Lead Steven Landfish showed down 6 POY Watch Three players from the POY top 10 still remain in the tournament. Cornel Cimpan can pass Eric Baldwin for the lead with a third-place finish or better. Yevgeniy Timoshenko can claim the top spot with a second-place finish or better. Soheil Shamseddin can’t catch Baldwin, even with a win but he can improve his final standing in the POY race with a cash here at Bellagio. Here is a look at their current chip counts: Soheil Shamseddin: 280,000 Player Tags: Steven Landfish, Steve Zolotow, Doyle Brunson, Noah Boeken, Dutch Boyd, Bill Kontaratos, Tim West, Brent Hanks, Alex Keating |
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| Dec 16, '09 | 2009 Five Diamond World Poker Classic | WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship | 3 | + |
Steven Landfish Eliminated in 21st Place ($28,569)Dec 17, '09
Player Tags: Steven Landfish, Eric Hershler Matt Stout Value Bets Worst HandDec 17, '09
The turn was the 5 Landfish then showed A Player Tags: Steven Landfish, Matt Stout Level 15 Update: Day 3 EndsDec 16, '09 NOTE: Day 3 has come to an end and the remaining field will return tomorrow at noon PST to play down to the final 10 players. The money bubble will burst when 27 players remain tomorrow. Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 36 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1.Daniel Alaei — 1,664,000 Average Chip Count: 548,333 Notable Eliminations: Soheil Shamseddin Big Hands:
Daniel Alaei (pictured right) raised to 20,000 from middle position and Yegor Tsurikov reraised to 60,000 from the button. Alaei made the call and the flop was dealt K Tsurikov moved all in for a little more than 400,000 and Alaei quickly called. Alaei flipped over 9 Soheil Shamseddin Eliminated Soheil Shamseddin moved all in for 102,000 under the gun preflop and Antonio Esfandiari made the call. Their cards: Shamseddin: A Board: K-K-2-A-5 Shamseddin was eliminated on the hand. He ends the year in fifth place in the Card Player POY standings with 4,283 points.
The cutoff raised to 24,000 preflop and Scotty Nguyen (pictured right) reraised to 50,000 from the button. The cutoff reraised to 150,000, Nguyen called, and the flop was dealt K Nguyen: 7 Turn and River: 5 Nguyen won the hand and he went into a rant of celebration that included some choice swear words. He was given a 10-minute penalty for the profanity and his chip stack grew to 1 million after the hand. Battle of the Big Stacks A board of 9 Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Steven Landfish, Antonio Esfandiari, Daniel Alaei, Soheil Shamseddin, Matthew Waxman Level 11 Update: A Flurry of Early EliminationsDec 16, '09 Blinds: 1,200-2,400 with a 300 ante Players Remaining: 107 out of 329 Chip Counts: 1. Steven Landfish — 610,000 Average Chip Count: 184,486 Notable Eliminations: Steve Zolotow Big Hands:
Steve Zolotow (pictured right) moved all in preflop with pocket fives and Bill Kontaratos had him covered with pocket kings. The board was dealt 9 Alex Keating Doubles Up Through Doyle Brunson with Quads Alex Keating raised from early position preflop and Doyle Brunson made the call from the small blind. The flop was dealt 8 Keating: 10 Turn and River: 10 Keating makes quad tens on the hand to double up to 188,000 and Brunson takes a hit and now holds 170,000.
Noah Boeken raised all in under the gun preflop for 8,500 and Vivek Rajkumar min-raised 14,600. Tim West reraised all in for 56,300 and Brent Hanks (pictured left) made the call. Rajkumar mucked A-J and the three remaining players flipped over their cards: Boeken: J Board: A Hanks hit a set on the river and he knocked out both West and Boeken in one full swoop. Hanks now holds 470,000 in chips. Steven Landfish Increases his Lead Steven Landfish showed down 6 POY Watch Three players from the POY top 10 still remain in the tournament. Cornel Cimpan can pass Eric Baldwin for the lead with a third-place finish or better. Yevgeniy Timoshenko can claim the top spot with a second-place finish or better. Soheil Shamseddin can’t catch Baldwin, even with a win but he can improve his final standing in the POY race with a cash here at Bellagio. Here is a look at their current chip counts: Soheil Shamseddin: 280,000 Player Tags: Steven Landfish, Steve Zolotow, Doyle Brunson, Noah Boeken, Dutch Boyd, Bill Kontaratos, Tim West, Brent Hanks, Alex Keating |
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| Dec 17, '08 | 2008 Five Diamond World Poker Classic (WPT) | WPT Doyle Brunson Classic Championship - Event 13 | 5 | + |
Level 18 UpdateDec 17, '08 Scoreboard Big Hands:
Player Tags: Tom Pniak, Steven Landfish, David Oppenheim, David Benyamine, Mike Matusow, Steve Sung, Mark Teltscher, Luke Staudenmaier |
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Steven Landfish was all in for his tournament life with pocket eights against the pocket kings of Eric Hershler. The board affected nothing and Landfish was eliminated from the tournament. Hershler held 565,000 after the hand.
Matt Stout raised to 27,000 and was called by Steven Landfish in the big blind. The flop came down A
K
and both players checked.
and Stout decided on a bet of 68,000. Landfish called and Stout revealed A
9
Daniel Alaei is Crushing
Scotty Nguyen Doubles Up and then Receives a Penalty
Steve Zolotow Eliminated
Brent Hanks Knocks Out Tim West and Noah Boeken
Mark Teltscher Runs Into Aces
Dan O'Brien Eliminated