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| Jul 09, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 WSOP Main Event | 3 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level Two Update: Brad Garret Hits Quads -- Billirakis BouncedJul 09, '11
Players on Day 1C: Approximately 978 Blinds: 100-200 Notables Remaining:
Notables Eliminated This Level: Steve Billirakis Hands: Shak vs. Billirakis Fate picked the wrong time to deal pocket queens to Steve Billirakis. That is because Dan Shak was dealt a set of eights on the same hand. Billirakis was all in by the end of the hand and he was eliminated in the aftermath that saw Shak grow his stack to 50,000. Duhamel Watch — Defending Champ Doubles Up The defending champion kept his head above water when he doubled up with a full house to survive. He held 48,000 after the hand. Everybody Loves Brad Garrett Everybody Loves Raymond co-stars Ray Romano and Brad Garrett are both playing in the main event on Day 1C. In a recent pot Garrett raised to 600 preflop and Max Cohn and the big blind made the call. The flop fell K The turn fell 6 Jonathan Jaffe Grows his Stack In a recent pot the flop fell 10-9-3 and Jonathan Jaffe held pocket jacks. His opponent checked and Jaffe bet 1,900. His opponent called the turn brought a 5. Jaffe bet again, this time for 2,900 after he opponent checked. The river then delivered a deuce and Jaffe bet 3,600 after yet another check from his opponent. Jaffe revealed his jacks and his opponent mucked. Jaffe won the pot and he is now up to 60,000. Brenes Ahead from Start to Finish Humberto Brenes raised to 1,100 preflop from middle position and UTG+1 made the call. The flop fell J Featured Poker Tweet — Donkey Watch from the Pros:
Chris Bell Picks the Right time to Make his Move The flop read 9 The big blind bet 2,000 again after Bell checked and he made the call once again. The river then delivered the 10 CardPlayer TV — Patrik Antonius on First-Day Main Event Flights Player Tags: Humberto Brenes, Daniel Shak, Chris Bell, Steve Billirakis, Jonathan Jaffe, Brad Garrett, Jonathan Duhamel, Darryll Fish, Ray Romano, Christian Harder |
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| Jun 08, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 Omaha Hi/Low Split Championship | 3 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 29: Zhukov Leads Lind Heads-Up, Billirakis 3rdJun 09, '11 Blinds: 60,000-120,000 Limits: 120,000-240,000 Players Remaining: 2 out of 202 Average Chip Count: 3,030,000 Chip Counts: 1. Vyacheslav Zhukov – 4,700,000 Eliminations: 3rd. Steve Billirakis – $214,697 Steve Billirakis Eliminated in 3rd Place ($214,697) Steve Billirakis came into the final day as the short stack with just over six big blinds and after getting scooped by Vyacheslav Zhukov in a previous pot, Billirakis was down to his last 75,000 when he was forced all in from the big blind. Vyacheslav Zhukov limped from the button and George Lind completed the small blind for the side pot. Both players checked the side pot to a showdown on a board of Q Billirakis turned over A NOTE: With the elimination of Steve Billirakis in 3rd place ($214,697), heads-up play began shortly thereafter. George Lind took the chip lead into the final match with just over 3.5 million to Vyacheslav Zhukov’s 2.5 million. Vyacheslav Zhukov Takes Chip Lead In a pot worth well over 1.5 million, Vyacheslav Zhukov scooped with quad sevens, taking the chip lead for the first time during heads-up play. This put him at about 3.3 million to Lind’s 2.7 million. Soon after gaining the chip lead, Vyacheslav Zhukov widened the gap after quartering Lind in a big pot. Lind was the aggressor the entire way with the made nut low on the turn, but got counterfeited on the river when a deuce hit and he was forced to split the low pot with Zhukov. Zhukov won the high half with two pair, and after being quartered in this pot, Lind is now facing a serious chip deficit of 1.2 million to Zhukov’s 4.8 million. Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Steve Billirakis, George Lind Level 29: Day 4 Begins; Lind Leads Final ThreeJun 09, '11 NOTE: Day 3 ended with three players still remaining as a result of the ten-level rule. Play resumed at approximately 3:15pm and will continue today until a winner is determined. Blinds: 60,000-120,000 Limits: 120,000-240,000 Players Remaining: 3 out of 202 Average Chip Count: 2,020,000 Chip Counts: 1. George Lind – 2,860,000 Payouts: 1st. $465,216 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Steve Billirakis, George Linder Level 28: End of Day 3; Lind Leads Final ThreeJun 09, '11 NOTE: Day 3 ended with three players still remaining as a result of the ten-level rule and play will resume at 3:00pm where the day will continue until a winner is determined. Blinds: 50,000-100,000 Limits: 100,000-200,000 Players Remaining: 3 out of 202 Average Chip Count: 3,030,000 Chip Counts: 1. George Lind – 2,860,000 Eliminations: 4th. Richard Ashby – $161,379 Mack Lee Eliminated in 5th Place ($122,054) Steve Billirakis raised from the button, Mack Lee called from the small blind and Richard Ashby called from the big blind. The flop came J The turn was the K Lee showed A The river was the Q
Steve Billirakis raised the button, Richard Ashby three-bet the big blind and Billirakis called. The flop came 8 The turn was the 4 Ashby showed A The river was the A Be sure to check back at 3:00pm for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Steve Billirakis, Mack Lee, Richard Ashby, George Lind Level 25: Six Remain; Steinberg 7th, Thuritz 8thJun 09, '11 Blinds: 25,000-50,000 Limits: 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 202 Average Chip Count: 1,010,000 Chip Counts: 1. Richard Ashby – 1,485,000 Eliminations: 7th. Jason Steinberg – $71,148
Steve Billirakis raised from early position, Mikael Thuritz called all in with the short stack from the small blind and Richard Ashby called fromn the big blind. The flop came K The turn was the 2 The river was the 3 Billirakis turned over A Jason Steinberg Eliminated in 7th Place ($71,148) Richard Ashby raised from the cutoff and Jason Steinberg called from the big blind. The flop came 10 The turn was the 3 Ashby turned over A The river was the 4 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Steve Billirakis, Jason Steinberg, Richard Ashby, Mikael Thuritz Level 24: Barlow Eliminated 10th, Final Table Now UnderwayJun 08, '11 NOTE: Play ended last night with 22 players and resumed today at 3:00pm. The final 10 players consolidated to one table, and with the elimination of Todd Barlow in 10th place ($33,172), the official nine-handed final table is now underway. Blinds: 20,000-40,000 Limits: 40,000-80,000 Players Remaining: 9 out of 202 Average Chip Count: 673,333 Chip Counts: 1. Vyacheslav Zhukov – 1,190,000 Payouts: 1st. $465,216 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Josh Arieh, Steve Billirakis, Mack Lee, Jason Steinberg, Richard Ashby, Mikael Thuritz, Guillaume Rivet, George Lind |
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| Jun 01, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Heads-Up Championship | 2 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Round Four: Final 8 RemainJun 01, '11 Round Three: Elite Eight Set Players Remaining: 8 out of 128 Starting Stacks for Round 4: 1.2 million broken up into three chances. Eliminations: Jonathan Jaffe Hands:
Although he was short on numerous occasions in the match, Gus Hansen came back to finish off Tom Dwan. The final hand saw Hansen raise to 220,000 from the button, and Dwan shoved. Hansen called with the K Kunimaro Kojo Eliminated Kunimaro Kojo and David Paredes saw a flop of K
Matt Marafioti raised to 48,000 on the button, and Billirakis moved all in. Marafioti called with the A Mikhail Smirnov Eliminated With just about 30,000 left Mikhail Smirnov got all in preflop against Nikolay Evdakov with the Q Jake Cody Moves On Jonathan Jaffe had all his money in the middle and turned over K Player Tags: Gus Hansen, John Duthie, Steve Billirakis, Eric Froehlich, Tom Dwan, Richard Lyndaker, Matthew Marafioti |
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| Jul 14, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event | 9 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 20 Hour Two Update: Richey Goes BustoJul 14, '10 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Theo Jorgensen – 3,200,000 Brett Richey
Dan Lu raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Brett Richey three-bet to 90,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Lu moved all-in and Richey made the call with his last 340,000 and showed 5 Richey was stood up to leave the table after the turn as the board ran out Q Jan Boye Doubles, But Still Short Jan Boye moved all-in for 59,000 from the hijack and Christopher Bolt made the call from the big blind. Boye showed A Jorgensen Takes Over Chip Lead Theo Jorgensen raised to 38,000 from the cutoff and Dorothy VonSachsen moved all-in for 75,000 from the button. Jorgensen made the call and the cards were turned on their backs. Jorgensen showed A
Four players saw a flop of Q The turn was the 5 It was an unfortunate turn card for Billirakis who turned two pair with his 5
On the river, John Racner fired out 365,000 into a pot that already had about 500,000 in the middle with the board reading J Jeff Banghart called the bet, but couldn’t rake the pot as Racener showed A Dudley’s Dreams Dashed Dash Dudley was all-in for K Dudley was in bad shape as the board came out 9 Siegel Gets the Best of Kostritsyn Jordan Siegel got his last 322,000 into the middle preflop and got a call from Alexander Kostritsyn. Kostritsyn held pocket tens, but was behind Siegel’s pocket aces. The flop came 7 Two players at the table claimed they had folded aces after the hands were turned up, so they are either playing with an illegal deck of cards, or the players’ memory are slipping a bit.
Steven Padres moved all-in preflop and was called by Jean-Robert Bellande. Bellande was in a commanding position with his K The board ran out A Mizrachi Doubles On a flop of 9 Mizrachi showed K Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Theo Jorgensen, Steve Billirakis, Brett Richey, Jean-Robert Bellande, John Racener, Dash Dudley, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 17 Hour Two Update: Lots of Eliminations EarlyJul 14, '10 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Tony Dunst – 1,470,000 Lauren Kling
Bernard Lee got his last 41,000 into the middle prefop against Dragan Galic. Galic tabled A Lee flopped a set and doubled up to 100,000 as the board ran out 8 Billirakis Scores an Early KO Jamie Robbins and Steve Billirakis got tangled up in a preflop raising war which led to Robbins committing the last of his chips in the middle and Billirakis making the call. Robbins tabled K-Q and Billirakis showed A Matros Crippled Compliments of a Cold Deck Matt Matros and Kevin Stani got all of Stani’s chips in the middle preflop. Matros showed K Matros was eliminated just an orbit later.
Andrew Jeter moved in his last 42,000 from the small blind after Johnny Chan had raised under-the-gun. Chan made the call and it was off to showdown. Jeter showed K Soulier Gone Fabrice Soulier moved all-in for his last 79,000 from the cutoff and David Emmons three-bet from the button to isolate and both blinds folded. Soulier was in trouble when Emmons showed A Buchman Eliminated as Rice Doubles Shawn Rice and Eric Buchman got into a prelflop battle with Rice and Buchman being on the button and in the big blind. They ended up getting all-in with very similar stack sizes. Buchman showed K The board ran out 5 Hougaard Slips Isaac Krantz moved all-in on a flop of J Hougaard showed pocket kings, but had to fade some cards when Krantz showed 5
Brian Rast raised from early position and Greg Schaefer three-bet from middle position. Rast made the call and the fop came Q The turn was the 10 David Peters Doubles Up David Peters got his stack of about 300,000 in preflop with the A Brett Richey Doubles Up A player in middle position bet 16,000 and Brett Richey moved all in for 209,000. His opponent went into the tank before eventually making the call. Richey exposed the A Shannon Shorr Eliminated On a board of K
Lauren Kling moved all in preflop for 52,000 with the A Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player A player in late position moved all in for 93,000 and it was folded to Eric Baldwin in the small blind. Baldwin tanked before finally moving all in over the top to force the big blind out. Baldwin’s opponent tabled the Q Twitter Accounts Bernard Lee Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Johnny Chan, Fabrice Soulier, Steve Billirakis, Bernard Lee, Brian Rast, Shannon Shorr, Eric Baldwin, Lauren Kling Level 11, Hour Two: Jared Hamby EliminatedJul 12, '10 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,737 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 126,408 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 240,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Kevin Gates – 530,000 Notable Eliminations: Sandra Naujoks Big Hands:
Picking up the action after the flop came down 9 Baron: 2 Baron flopped a set to crack the queens but the board finished off 10 A few hands later, Baron moved those 33,000 all in and was called by one player. Baron tabled 7 The board ran out 10 Negreanu Gets No Takers Daniel Negreanu raised to 4,600 preflop and he was called by a player in late position and then by one of the blinds. The flop came down Q
Robert Mizrachi raised to 4,400 from the cutoff and the player on the button made the call. The flop came down Q The button called and the turn was the 2 Mizrachi tabled 7 Rousso Doubles We didn’t catch all of the action but Vanessa Rousso moved all in for about 15,000 and was called by one player. Rousso tabled A-6 and her opponent had K-J. The board ran out seven-high and Rousso doubled up to 30,000. Allyn Jaffrey Shulman Eliminated Allyn Jaffrey Shulman was all-in with A Shulman was eliminated and ESPN filmed her husband, Barry, consoling her after her chips were pushed in the other direction.
Kelly Kim raised to 3,800 and was met with a three-bet to 10,700 by Phil Galfond. Kim moved all-in for around 35,000 and was snap-called by Galfond. Galfond showed A The turn was the 5 Naujoks’ Bluff Gone Wrong Sandra Naujoks fired 15,000 on the turn with the board reading 2 Naujoks tabled A Pavilion Room Coverage Gabe Walls Playing Aggressive Gabe Walls bet from late position and a player on the button three-bet him to 8,200. The action was back to Walls and he four-bet to 22,000. His opponent tanked before finally folding. Walls flashed a 2
Kevin Bates made it 3,000 from under the gun and two players called. Action was on Jared Hamby on the button. He elected to shove for 36,200 total. Everyone folded and Hamby took the pot to increase his stack to about 46,000. A couple hands later, Steve Billirakis bet and was three-bet by a player directly to his left. Hamby moved all in on the button and it was folded to Billirakis. Billirakis announced all in and the three-bettor folded. Hamby exposed the A Hamby had three cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker. His best score was an eighth place finish in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em event for $46,077. Vanessa Selbst Takes a Pot On a board of Q Twitter Accounts Barry Shulman Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Steve Billirakis, Vanessa Rousso, Isaac Baron, Phil Galfond, Vanessa Selbst, Jared Hamby, Sandra Naujoks Level One, Hour Two Update: David Benyamine Starts WellJul 08, '10 Blinds: 50-100 Average Chip Count: 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Kara Scott – 71,000 Card Player Family Chip Counts Jeff Shulman — 30,000 Notable Eliminations: None Player Twitter Accounts Phil Ivey Big Hands:
A player in the cutoff bet 250 and Phil Ivey raised to 800 total. The player in the small blind four-bet to 1,350 and it was folded to the cutoff. She folded and Ivey quickly called. The flop came 9 Steve Billirakis Starting off Strong On a board of 10
David Benyamine raised to 300 preflop and the small blind made the call. The flop came down A The turn was the 6 The small blind led out with 500 again and Benyamine decided to look him up. The small blind showed A Cindy Violette Takes One Down Cyndy Violette raised to 300 and was called by two players. The flop came 9dKh5c and Violette bet 1,000 to force out her opponents. She had around 31,500 after the hand. “This is Our Maaain Event Of The Evening” Bruce Buffer raised to 350 from middle position and was called by JJ Lui on the button. The flop ran 7
On a 3-way flop of A The 7 Serock was at around 39,000 after the hand, while Elizabeth dropped to around 23,000. Hevad Khan Loses a Big One Hevad Khan called a bet of 2,250 from seat 7 on a board of 5 He had 26,000 after the hand.
Steve Dannenmann bet 250 on a board of 3 The K Kenny Tran Wins a Pot Kenny Tran had the button and was tangled up in a pot versus a player in the cutoff. On a board of A Mizzi Drops One With 650 in the pot, the board read 10 The river was the 3 Ferguson Can’t Call Chris Ferguson raised to 600 on the button and the player in seat 5 made the call from middle position. The flop came down 6 Ferguson fired 1,000 and seat 5 quickly check-raised to 2,000. Ferguson thought for a bit and made the call. The turn was the 4 Ferguson thought for a little while longer and bet 3,000. Seat 5 called again and the river was the 10 Seat 5 took the lead this time, firing 2,500 and Ferguson released his hand. Ferguson was down to 26,000 after dropping that pot.
Picking up the action after the flop came down Q The turn was the J Seat 7 eventually called and the river was the 9 Rousso dropped a big pot before the break and she was down to 26,000 after starting the hand with close to 49,000. Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, David Benyamine, Cyndy Violette, Phil Ivey, Kenny Tran, Joanne Liu, Steve Billirakis, Bruce Buffer, Vanessa Rousso, Steve Dannenmann, Shannon Elizabeth, Sorel Mizzi, Hevad Khan, Joseph Serock |
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Level 20 Hour Two Update: Richey Goes BustoJul 14, '10 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Theo Jorgensen – 3,200,000 Brett Richey
Dan Lu raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Brett Richey three-bet to 90,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Lu moved all-in and Richey made the call with his last 340,000 and showed 5 Richey was stood up to leave the table after the turn as the board ran out Q Jan Boye Doubles, But Still Short Jan Boye moved all-in for 59,000 from the hijack and Christopher Bolt made the call from the big blind. Boye showed A Jorgensen Takes Over Chip Lead Theo Jorgensen raised to 38,000 from the cutoff and Dorothy VonSachsen moved all-in for 75,000 from the button. Jorgensen made the call and the cards were turned on their backs. Jorgensen showed A
Four players saw a flop of Q The turn was the 5 It was an unfortunate turn card for Billirakis who turned two pair with his 5
On the river, John Racner fired out 365,000 into a pot that already had about 500,000 in the middle with the board reading J Jeff Banghart called the bet, but couldn’t rake the pot as Racener showed A Dudley’s Dreams Dashed Dash Dudley was all-in for K Dudley was in bad shape as the board came out 9 Siegel Gets the Best of Kostritsyn Jordan Siegel got his last 322,000 into the middle preflop and got a call from Alexander Kostritsyn. Kostritsyn held pocket tens, but was behind Siegel’s pocket aces. The flop came 7 Two players at the table claimed they had folded aces after the hands were turned up, so they are either playing with an illegal deck of cards, or the players’ memory are slipping a bit.
Steven Padres moved all-in preflop and was called by Jean-Robert Bellande. Bellande was in a commanding position with his K The board ran out A Mizrachi Doubles On a flop of 9 Mizrachi showed K Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Theo Jorgensen, Steve Billirakis, Brett Richey, Jean-Robert Bellande, John Racener, Dash Dudley, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 17 Hour Two Update: Lots of Eliminations EarlyJul 14, '10 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Tony Dunst – 1,470,000 Lauren Kling
Bernard Lee got his last 41,000 into the middle prefop against Dragan Galic. Galic tabled A Lee flopped a set and doubled up to 100,000 as the board ran out 8 Billirakis Scores an Early KO Jamie Robbins and Steve Billirakis got tangled up in a preflop raising war which led to Robbins committing the last of his chips in the middle and Billirakis making the call. Robbins tabled K-Q and Billirakis showed A Matros Crippled Compliments of a Cold Deck Matt Matros and Kevin Stani got all of Stani’s chips in the middle preflop. Matros showed K Matros was eliminated just an orbit later.
Andrew Jeter moved in his last 42,000 from the small blind after Johnny Chan had raised under-the-gun. Chan made the call and it was off to showdown. Jeter showed K Soulier Gone Fabrice Soulier moved all-in for his last 79,000 from the cutoff and David Emmons three-bet from the button to isolate and both blinds folded. Soulier was in trouble when Emmons showed A Buchman Eliminated as Rice Doubles Shawn Rice and Eric Buchman got into a prelflop battle with Rice and Buchman being on the button and in the big blind. They ended up getting all-in with very similar stack sizes. Buchman showed K The board ran out 5 Hougaard Slips Isaac Krantz moved all-in on a flop of J Hougaard showed pocket kings, but had to fade some cards when Krantz showed 5
Brian Rast raised from early position and Greg Schaefer three-bet from middle position. Rast made the call and the fop came Q The turn was the 10 David Peters Doubles Up David Peters got his stack of about 300,000 in preflop with the A Brett Richey Doubles Up A player in middle position bet 16,000 and Brett Richey moved all in for 209,000. His opponent went into the tank before eventually making the call. Richey exposed the A Shannon Shorr Eliminated On a board of K
Lauren Kling moved all in preflop for 52,000 with the A Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player A player in late position moved all in for 93,000 and it was folded to Eric Baldwin in the small blind. Baldwin tanked before finally moving all in over the top to force the big blind out. Baldwin’s opponent tabled the Q Twitter Accounts Bernard Lee Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Johnny Chan, Fabrice Soulier, Steve Billirakis, Bernard Lee, Brian Rast, Shannon Shorr, Eric Baldwin, Lauren Kling Level 11, Hour Two: Jared Hamby EliminatedJul 12, '10 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,737 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 126,408 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 240,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Kevin Gates – 530,000 Notable Eliminations: Sandra Naujoks Big Hands:
Picking up the action after the flop came down 9 Baron: 2 Baron flopped a set to crack the queens but the board finished off 10 A few hands later, Baron moved those 33,000 all in and was called by one player. Baron tabled 7 The board ran out 10 Negreanu Gets No Takers Daniel Negreanu raised to 4,600 preflop and he was called by a player in late position and then by one of the blinds. The flop came down Q
Robert Mizrachi raised to 4,400 from the cutoff and the player on the button made the call. The flop came down Q The button called and the turn was the 2 Mizrachi tabled 7 Rousso Doubles We didn’t catch all of the action but Vanessa Rousso moved all in for about 15,000 and was called by one player. Rousso tabled A-6 and her opponent had K-J. The board ran out seven-high and Rousso doubled up to 30,000. Allyn Jaffrey Shulman Eliminated Allyn Jaffrey Shulman was all-in with A Shulman was eliminated and ESPN filmed her husband, Barry, consoling her after her chips were pushed in the other direction.
Kelly Kim raised to 3,800 and was met with a three-bet to 10,700 by Phil Galfond. Kim moved all-in for around 35,000 and was snap-called by Galfond. Galfond showed A The turn was the 5 Naujoks’ Bluff Gone Wrong Sandra Naujoks fired 15,000 on the turn with the board reading 2 Naujoks tabled A Pavilion Room Coverage Gabe Walls Playing Aggressive Gabe Walls bet from late position and a player on the button three-bet him to 8,200. The action was back to Walls and he four-bet to 22,000. His opponent tanked before finally folding. Walls flashed a 2
Kevin Bates made it 3,000 from under the gun and two players called. Action was on Jared Hamby on the button. He elected to shove for 36,200 total. Everyone folded and Hamby took the pot to increase his stack to about 46,000. A couple hands later, Steve Billirakis bet and was three-bet by a player directly to his left. Hamby moved all in on the button and it was folded to Billirakis. Billirakis announced all in and the three-bettor folded. Hamby exposed the A Hamby had three cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker. His best score was an eighth place finish in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em event for $46,077. Vanessa Selbst Takes a Pot On a board of Q Twitter Accounts Barry Shulman Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Steve Billirakis, Vanessa Rousso, Isaac Baron, Phil Galfond, Vanessa Selbst, Jared Hamby, Sandra Naujoks Level One, Hour Two Update: David Benyamine Starts WellJul 08, '10 Blinds: 50-100 Average Chip Count: 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Kara Scott – 71,000 Card Player Family Chip Counts Jeff Shulman — 30,000 Notable Eliminations: None Player Twitter Accounts Phil Ivey Big Hands:
A player in the cutoff bet 250 and Phil Ivey raised to 800 total. The player in the small blind four-bet to 1,350 and it was folded to the cutoff. She folded and Ivey quickly called. The flop came 9 Steve Billirakis Starting off Strong On a board of 10
David Benyamine raised to 300 preflop and the small blind made the call. The flop came down A The turn was the 6 The small blind led out with 500 again and Benyamine decided to look him up. The small blind showed A Cindy Violette Takes One Down Cyndy Violette raised to 300 and was called by two players. The flop came 9dKh5c and Violette bet 1,000 to force out her opponents. She had around 31,500 after the hand. “This is Our Maaain Event Of The Evening” Bruce Buffer raised to 350 from middle position and was called by JJ Lui on the button. The flop ran 7
On a 3-way flop of A The 7 Serock was at around 39,000 after the hand, while Elizabeth dropped to around 23,000. Hevad Khan Loses a Big One Hevad Khan called a bet of 2,250 from seat 7 on a board of 5 He had 26,000 after the hand.
Steve Dannenmann bet 250 on a board of 3 The K Kenny Tran Wins a Pot Kenny Tran had the button and was tangled up in a pot versus a player in the cutoff. On a board of A Mizzi Drops One With 650 in the pot, the board read 10 The river was the 3 Ferguson Can’t Call Chris Ferguson raised to 600 on the button and the player in seat 5 made the call from middle position. The flop came down 6 Ferguson fired 1,000 and seat 5 quickly check-raised to 2,000. Ferguson thought for a bit and made the call. The turn was the 4 Ferguson thought for a little while longer and bet 3,000. Seat 5 called again and the river was the 10 Seat 5 took the lead this time, firing 2,500 and Ferguson released his hand. Ferguson was down to 26,000 after dropping that pot.
Picking up the action after the flop came down Q The turn was the J Seat 7 eventually called and the river was the 9 Rousso dropped a big pot before the break and she was down to 26,000 after starting the hand with close to 49,000. Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, David Benyamine, Cyndy Violette, Phil Ivey, Kenny Tran, Joanne Liu, Steve Billirakis, Bruce Buffer, Vanessa Rousso, Steve Dannenmann, Shannon Elizabeth, Sorel Mizzi, Hevad Khan, Joseph Serock |
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Level 20 Hour Two Update: Richey Goes BustoJul 14, '10 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante 1. Theo Jorgensen – 3,200,000 Brett Richey
Dan Lu raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Brett Richey three-bet to 90,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Lu moved all-in and Richey made the call with his last 340,000 and showed 5 Richey was stood up to leave the table after the turn as the board ran out Q Jan Boye Doubles, But Still Short Jan Boye moved all-in for 59,000 from the hijack and Christopher Bolt made the call from the big blind. Boye showed A Jorgensen Takes Over Chip Lead Theo Jorgensen raised to 38,000 from the cutoff and Dorothy VonSachsen moved all-in for 75,000 from the button. Jorgensen made the call and the cards were turned on their backs. Jorgensen showed A
Four players saw a flop of Q The turn was the 5 It was an unfortunate turn card for Billirakis who turned two pair with his 5
On the river, John Racner fired out 365,000 into a pot that already had about 500,000 in the middle with the board reading J Jeff Banghart called the bet, but couldn’t rake the pot as Racener showed A Dudley’s Dreams Dashed Dash Dudley was all-in for K Dudley was in bad shape as the board came out 9 Siegel Gets the Best of Kostritsyn Jordan Siegel got his last 322,000 into the middle preflop and got a call from Alexander Kostritsyn. Kostritsyn held pocket tens, but was behind Siegel’s pocket aces. The flop came 7 Two players at the table claimed they had folded aces after the hands were turned up, so they are either playing with an illegal deck of cards, or the players’ memory are slipping a bit.
Steven Padres moved all-in preflop and was called by Jean-Robert Bellande. Bellande was in a commanding position with his K The board ran out A Mizrachi Doubles On a flop of 9 Mizrachi showed K Player Twitter Accounts Jean-Robert Bellande Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Theo Jorgensen, Steve Billirakis, Brett Richey, Jean-Robert Bellande, John Racener, Dash Dudley, Alexander Kostritsyn Level 17 Hour Two Update: Lots of Eliminations EarlyJul 14, '10 Blinds: 3,000-6,000 with a 1,000 ante 1. Tony Dunst – 1,470,000 Lauren Kling
Bernard Lee got his last 41,000 into the middle prefop against Dragan Galic. Galic tabled A Lee flopped a set and doubled up to 100,000 as the board ran out 8 Billirakis Scores an Early KO Jamie Robbins and Steve Billirakis got tangled up in a preflop raising war which led to Robbins committing the last of his chips in the middle and Billirakis making the call. Robbins tabled K-Q and Billirakis showed A Matros Crippled Compliments of a Cold Deck Matt Matros and Kevin Stani got all of Stani’s chips in the middle preflop. Matros showed K Matros was eliminated just an orbit later.
Andrew Jeter moved in his last 42,000 from the small blind after Johnny Chan had raised under-the-gun. Chan made the call and it was off to showdown. Jeter showed K Soulier Gone Fabrice Soulier moved all-in for his last 79,000 from the cutoff and David Emmons three-bet from the button to isolate and both blinds folded. Soulier was in trouble when Emmons showed A Buchman Eliminated as Rice Doubles Shawn Rice and Eric Buchman got into a prelflop battle with Rice and Buchman being on the button and in the big blind. They ended up getting all-in with very similar stack sizes. Buchman showed K The board ran out 5 Hougaard Slips Isaac Krantz moved all-in on a flop of J Hougaard showed pocket kings, but had to fade some cards when Krantz showed 5
Brian Rast raised from early position and Greg Schaefer three-bet from middle position. Rast made the call and the fop came Q The turn was the 10 David Peters Doubles Up David Peters got his stack of about 300,000 in preflop with the A Brett Richey Doubles Up A player in middle position bet 16,000 and Brett Richey moved all in for 209,000. His opponent went into the tank before eventually making the call. Richey exposed the A Shannon Shorr Eliminated On a board of K
Lauren Kling moved all in preflop for 52,000 with the A Eric Baldwin Doubles Up a Player A player in late position moved all in for 93,000 and it was folded to Eric Baldwin in the small blind. Baldwin tanked before finally moving all in over the top to force the big blind out. Baldwin’s opponent tabled the Q Twitter Accounts Bernard Lee Player Tags: Eric Buchman, Johnny Chan, Fabrice Soulier, Steve Billirakis, Bernard Lee, Brian Rast, Shannon Shorr, Eric Baldwin, Lauren Kling Level 11, Hour Two: Jared Hamby EliminatedJul 12, '10 Blinds: 800-1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 1,737 out of 7,319 Average Chip Count: 126,408 Card Player Chip Counts Barry Shulman – 240,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Kevin Gates – 530,000 Notable Eliminations: Sandra Naujoks Big Hands:
Picking up the action after the flop came down 9 Baron: 2 Baron flopped a set to crack the queens but the board finished off 10 A few hands later, Baron moved those 33,000 all in and was called by one player. Baron tabled 7 The board ran out 10 Negreanu Gets No Takers Daniel Negreanu raised to 4,600 preflop and he was called by a player in late position and then by one of the blinds. The flop came down Q
Robert Mizrachi raised to 4,400 from the cutoff and the player on the button made the call. The flop came down Q The button called and the turn was the 2 Mizrachi tabled 7 Rousso Doubles We didn’t catch all of the action but Vanessa Rousso moved all in for about 15,000 and was called by one player. Rousso tabled A-6 and her opponent had K-J. The board ran out seven-high and Rousso doubled up to 30,000. Allyn Jaffrey Shulman Eliminated Allyn Jaffrey Shulman was all-in with A Shulman was eliminated and ESPN filmed her husband, Barry, consoling her after her chips were pushed in the other direction.
Kelly Kim raised to 3,800 and was met with a three-bet to 10,700 by Phil Galfond. Kim moved all-in for around 35,000 and was snap-called by Galfond. Galfond showed A The turn was the 5 Naujoks’ Bluff Gone Wrong Sandra Naujoks fired 15,000 on the turn with the board reading 2 Naujoks tabled A Pavilion Room Coverage Gabe Walls Playing Aggressive Gabe Walls bet from late position and a player on the button three-bet him to 8,200. The action was back to Walls and he four-bet to 22,000. His opponent tanked before finally folding. Walls flashed a 2
Kevin Bates made it 3,000 from under the gun and two players called. Action was on Jared Hamby on the button. He elected to shove for 36,200 total. Everyone folded and Hamby took the pot to increase his stack to about 46,000. A couple hands later, Steve Billirakis bet and was three-bet by a player directly to his left. Hamby moved all in on the button and it was folded to Billirakis. Billirakis announced all in and the three-bettor folded. Hamby exposed the A Hamby had three cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker. His best score was an eighth place finish in a $1,000 no-limit hold’em event for $46,077. Vanessa Selbst Takes a Pot On a board of Q Twitter Accounts Barry Shulman Player Tags: Robert Mizrachi, Steve Billirakis, Vanessa Rousso, Isaac Baron, Phil Galfond, Vanessa Selbst, Jared Hamby, Sandra Naujoks Level One, Hour Two Update: David Benyamine Starts WellJul 08, '10 Blinds: 50-100 Average Chip Count: 30,000 Notable Chip Counts: 1. Kara Scott – 71,000 Card Player Family Chip Counts Jeff Shulman — 30,000 Notable Eliminations: None Player Twitter Accounts Phil Ivey Big Hands:
A player in the cutoff bet 250 and Phil Ivey raised to 800 total. The player in the small blind four-bet to 1,350 and it was folded to the cutoff. She folded and Ivey quickly called. The flop came 9 Steve Billirakis Starting off Strong On a board of 10
David Benyamine raised to 300 preflop and the small blind made the call. The flop came down A The turn was the 6 The small blind led out with 500 again and Benyamine decided to look him up. The small blind showed A Cindy Violette Takes One Down Cyndy Violette raised to 300 and was called by two players. The flop came 9dKh5c and Violette bet 1,000 to force out her opponents. She had around 31,500 after the hand. “This is Our Maaain Event Of The Evening” Bruce Buffer raised to 350 from middle position and was called by JJ Lui on the button. The flop ran 7
On a 3-way flop of A The 7 Serock was at around 39,000 after the hand, while Elizabeth dropped to around 23,000. Hevad Khan Loses a Big One Hevad Khan called a bet of 2,250 from seat 7 on a board of 5 He had 26,000 after the hand.
Steve Dannenmann bet 250 on a board of 3 The K Kenny Tran Wins a Pot Kenny Tran had the button and was tangled up in a pot versus a player in the cutoff. On a board of A Mizzi Drops One With 650 in the pot, the board read 10 The river was the 3 Ferguson Can’t Call Chris Ferguson raised to 600 on the button and the player in seat 5 made the call from middle position. The flop came down 6 Ferguson fired 1,000 and seat 5 quickly check-raised to 2,000. Ferguson thought for a bit and made the call. The turn was the 4 Ferguson thought for a little while longer and bet 3,000. Seat 5 called again and the river was the 10 Seat 5 took the lead this time, firing 2,500 and Ferguson released his hand. Ferguson was down to 26,000 after dropping that pot.
Picking up the action after the flop came down Q The turn was the J Seat 7 eventually called and the river was the 9 Rousso dropped a big pot before the break and she was down to 26,000 after starting the hand with close to 49,000. Player Tags: Chris Ferguson, David Benyamine, Cyndy Violette, Phil Ivey, Kenny Tran, Joanne Liu, Steve Billirakis, Bruce Buffer, Vanessa Rousso, Steve Dannenmann, Shannon Elizabeth, Sorel Mizzi, Hevad Khan, Joseph Serock |
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| Jun 30, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 52 - $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six Handed | 1 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 4 Update: Steve Billirakis EliminatedJun 30, '10 Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante Players Remaining: 184 out of 191 Average Chip Count: 77,432 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Alex Roumeliotis — 195,000 Notable Eliminations: Steve Billirakis Player Twitter Accounts: Beth Shak Big Hands:
The board read A Shaun Deeb Wins One On a flop of K Antonio Esfandiari Loses One Antonio Esfandiari and David Williams saw a K Left in the Deck: The players are currently on a 20-minute break. Player Tags: Antonio Esfandiari, Steve Billirakis, Shaun Deeb |
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| Jun 25, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 43 - $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship | 3 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 20 Update: Mortensen Confused, Townsend CrippledJun 25, '10 Blinds: Flop Games: 18,000-36,000 limits Players Remaining: 16 out of 241 Average Chip Count: 451,875 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Eugene Katchalov – 975,000 Notable Eliminations: none Big Hands:
Stud Matt Glantz: (X-X)-5 Mortensen completed on third and was called by Glantz. Mortensen bet fourth and fifth and was called both times. Mortensen then checked and called a bet from Glanz on sixth street and both players checked on the river. Mortensen tabled the 8 Mortensen dropped to 400,000 with that mistake and Glantz chipped up to 700,000. Billirakis Doubles Through Adams Stud Steve Billirakis got all-in on third street against Brandon Adams with just 35,000 left in front of him. The boards ran out like this. Billirakis: (8 Billirakis was ahead the whole way and then when Adams improved to a pair of aces, Billirakis improved to a straight to double up to 85,000 and is still painfully short, while Adams is also very short with 95,000. Adams Doubles Through Ashby Stud Brandon Adams got his last chips in on third street with a series of raises between him and Richard Ashby. Adams: (A Adams’ split aces stayed in the lead the whole way to double up to 210,000 while Ashby fell to 470,000.
Roman Yitzhaki was all-in on fourth street and there was further betting between Brian Townswend and Carlos Mortensen which resulted in Townsend getting all his chips in on seventh street. Roman Yitzhaki: (Q Yitzhaki made jacks and tens for half of the main pot, Townsend made just a pair of aces after drawing to a good low and got half of the side pot, and Mortensen had a pair of aces with a worse kicker than Townsend, but made a 6-4 low to take half of both pots. This left Townsend with just 100,000, Yitzhaki climbed to 140,000, and Mortensen to 520,000. Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, Matthew Glantz, Steve Billirakis Level 13: Lindgren, Binger, Ferguson OutJun 24, '10 Flop Games: 2,000-4,000 blinds Players Remaining: 58 out of 241 Average Chip Stack: 124,655 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Steve Billirakis – 340,000 Notable Eliminations: Erick Lindgren Big Hands: Stud
Picking up the action on fifth street, Brian Townsend bet 8,000 and Erick Lindgren made the call. It was the same story on sixth and seventh street and here were their boards: Townsend: (8 Townsend’s trip-eights caused Lindgren to muck his hand and Townsend took the pot. He was at 300,000 while Lindgren was down to just 22,500. Hold’em Barbieri Flushes Smith Justin Smith raised to 8,000 from under the gun and Daniel Alaei made the call from the cutoff. Al Barbieri was in the big blind and threw in the extra 4,000 to see a flop. It came down 7 Barbieri bet 4,000 and Smith raised to 8,000. Alaei got out of the way and Smith made the call. The turn was the Q Barbieri bet another 8,000 and Smith called. Barbieri turned over 9 Lindgren Busts A few hands after losing to Brian Townsend, Erick Lindgren was all in holding Q The flop came down K Omaha/8
Steve Billirakis raised to 8,000 from the cutoff and Scotty Nguyen called from the button. Phil Galfond tagged along from the big blind and the flop came down K The turn was the 4 Billirakis turned over A Jesus Walks Scotty Nguyen raised to 8,000 and Chris Ferguson made the call from the big blind. The flop came down K Ferguson’s chips eventually all got into the middle and he turned over K Razz Michael Binger Eliminated Michael Binger found himself all in against James Mackey. Binger was drawing to a 9-7 low but paired jacks and had to settle for a jack-low. The 9-7 would not have made a difference, however, as Mackey made a 9-4 low and Binger made his exit from the tournament. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Chris Ferguson, Erick Lindgren, James Mackey, Steve Billirakis, Michael Binger, Phil Galfond, Brian Townsend |
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| Jun 24, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 43 - $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship | 2 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 20 Update: Mortensen Confused, Townsend CrippledJun 25, '10 Blinds: Flop Games: 18,000-36,000 limits Players Remaining: 16 out of 241 Average Chip Count: 451,875 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Eugene Katchalov – 975,000 Notable Eliminations: none Big Hands:
Stud Matt Glantz: (X-X)-5 Mortensen completed on third and was called by Glantz. Mortensen bet fourth and fifth and was called both times. Mortensen then checked and called a bet from Glanz on sixth street and both players checked on the river. Mortensen tabled the 8 Mortensen dropped to 400,000 with that mistake and Glantz chipped up to 700,000. Billirakis Doubles Through Adams Stud Steve Billirakis got all-in on third street against Brandon Adams with just 35,000 left in front of him. The boards ran out like this. Billirakis: (8 Billirakis was ahead the whole way and then when Adams improved to a pair of aces, Billirakis improved to a straight to double up to 85,000 and is still painfully short, while Adams is also very short with 95,000. Adams Doubles Through Ashby Stud Brandon Adams got his last chips in on third street with a series of raises between him and Richard Ashby. Adams: (A Adams’ split aces stayed in the lead the whole way to double up to 210,000 while Ashby fell to 470,000.
Roman Yitzhaki was all-in on fourth street and there was further betting between Brian Townswend and Carlos Mortensen which resulted in Townsend getting all his chips in on seventh street. Roman Yitzhaki: (Q Yitzhaki made jacks and tens for half of the main pot, Townsend made just a pair of aces after drawing to a good low and got half of the side pot, and Mortensen had a pair of aces with a worse kicker than Townsend, but made a 6-4 low to take half of both pots. This left Townsend with just 100,000, Yitzhaki climbed to 140,000, and Mortensen to 520,000. Player Tags: Carlos Mortensen, Matthew Glantz, Steve Billirakis Level 13: Lindgren, Binger, Ferguson OutJun 24, '10 Flop Games: 2,000-4,000 blinds Players Remaining: 58 out of 241 Average Chip Stack: 124,655 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Steve Billirakis – 340,000 Notable Eliminations: Erick Lindgren Big Hands: Stud
Picking up the action on fifth street, Brian Townsend bet 8,000 and Erick Lindgren made the call. It was the same story on sixth and seventh street and here were their boards: Townsend: (8 Townsend’s trip-eights caused Lindgren to muck his hand and Townsend took the pot. He was at 300,000 while Lindgren was down to just 22,500. Hold’em Barbieri Flushes Smith Justin Smith raised to 8,000 from under the gun and Daniel Alaei made the call from the cutoff. Al Barbieri was in the big blind and threw in the extra 4,000 to see a flop. It came down 7 Barbieri bet 4,000 and Smith raised to 8,000. Alaei got out of the way and Smith made the call. The turn was the Q Barbieri bet another 8,000 and Smith called. Barbieri turned over 9 Lindgren Busts A few hands after losing to Brian Townsend, Erick Lindgren was all in holding Q The flop came down K Omaha/8
Steve Billirakis raised to 8,000 from the cutoff and Scotty Nguyen called from the button. Phil Galfond tagged along from the big blind and the flop came down K The turn was the 4 Billirakis turned over A Jesus Walks Scotty Nguyen raised to 8,000 and Chris Ferguson made the call from the big blind. The flop came down K Ferguson’s chips eventually all got into the middle and he turned over K Razz Michael Binger Eliminated Michael Binger found himself all in against James Mackey. Binger was drawing to a 9-7 low but paired jacks and had to settle for a jack-low. The 9-7 would not have made a difference, however, as Mackey made a 9-4 low and Binger made his exit from the tournament. Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen, Chris Ferguson, Erick Lindgren, James Mackey, Steve Billirakis, Michael Binger, Phil Galfond, Brian Townsend |
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| Jun 05, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 10 - $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship | 3 | + | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 25: Down To TwoJun 06, '10 Blinds: Ante 10,000, Bring-in 20,000, Limits 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 2 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 2,250,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Men Nguyen — 3,150,000 Notable Eliminations: Big Hands
Men Nguyen, Brandon Adams, and Nikolay Evdakov were three-way going to fourth street. Evdakov bet and both Adams and Nguyen called. Nguyen bet on 5th street and Evdakov raised, making Adams get out of the way. Nguyen re-raised and put Evdakov all in, who called. The hands were: Evdakov: (A The pot to Nguyen to 2.5 million chipos, while Evdakov exited in 4th place. Billirakis KOed in 3rd Place ($152,788) Steve Billirakis got the remainder of his short stack in on 3rd street against Men Nguyen. Their hands were: Billirakis: (10 Nguyen hit three 7’s, besting the two pair held by Billirakis, sending him to the rail in 3rd place. Left heads up were Brandon Adams and Men Nguyen. Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Steve Billirakis, Brandon Adams, Nikolay Evdakov Level 22: And There Were Six...Jun 05, '10 Blinds: Ante 5000, Bring-in 7000, Limits 25,000-50,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 750,000 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Men Nguyen — 1,250,000 Notable Eliminations: Vladimir Schmelev – 7th Place – $55,991 Big Hands
In a three-way pot against Michael Mizrachi and Nikolay Evdakov, Vladimir Schmelev was all in on 5th street, and his opponenets checked down the rest of the action. They showed: Schmelev: (A Schmelev is hanging tough at this final table, following a 2nd place finish in the $50,000 Players Championship. Mizrachi Takes Some From Evdakov After leading out on 4th street, Michael Mizrachi was raised by Nikolay Evdakov and made the call, putting himself all in as the lurking Men Nguyen folded. Their hands were: Mizrachi: (A The Grinder’s two pair took the pot and he took a sizable pot to increase his stack to around 600,000. The Master Goes Straight To The Top Men Nguyen raised and Vladimir Schmelev re-raised and the two were heads up. Schmelev bet on 4th street and Nguyen called. On 5th street Schmelev check-raised the Master and Nguyen called. Schmelev bet the last two streets and Nguyen raised on the end. Schmelev called and they showed down. Nguyen: (Q Nguyen took the pot and jumped to 1,150,000 in chips. Schmelev dropped to 115,000 and eliminated soon after. Schmelev Out in 7th Place ($55,991) In a 5-way pot, Men Nguyen led out on 4th street, Steve Billirakis folded and Vladimir Schmelev re=raised. Nikolay Evdakov and Brandon Adams folded and Nguyen re-raised Schmelev all in. Nguyen: (8 Nguyen’s two pair took the pot and sent Schmelev to the rail in 7th place. Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Michael Mizrachi, Joe Cassidy, Steve Billirakis, Brandon Adams, Nikolay Evdakov, Vladimir Shchemelev Level 21: Billirakis Climbs The LadderJun 05, '10 Blinds: Ante 5000, Bring-in 5000, Limits 20,000-40,000 Players Remaining: 7 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 643,857 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Brandon Adams — 1,050,000 Notable Eliminations:
Steve Billirakis bet on every street and was called by Michael Mizrachi all the way until 6th street. Seeing that Billirakis paired his ace, Mizrachi let his hand go, showing his pair of queens as he did. Their cards: Mizrachi: (A The pot took Billirakis to 550,000. Mizrachi dropped to 400,000. Cassidy Doubles Through The Master Joe Cassidy got the last of his chips in on 5th street against Men Nguyen. Nguyen was behind and didn’t improve, giving Cassidy a double up to 300,000. Their cards: Nguyen: (9
After Brandon Adams completed, Men Nguyen raised, Vladimir Schmelev re-raised and Joe Cassidy raised yet again. Everyone got out of the way except Schmelev. Cassidy continued the aggression, betting every street and getting called by Schmelev until the very end, when he looked at his last card and finally mucked. Their cards: Schmelev: (X-X)-7 After losing the pot without showing down, Schmelev was on life support with 90,000 in chips. Cassidy boosted to 480,000. Player Tags: Men Nguyen, Michael Mizrachi, Joe Cassidy, Steve Billirakis, Brandon Adams |
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Richard Ashby Eliminated in 4th Place ($161,379)
Mikael Thuritz Eliminated in 8th Place ($54,837)
Gus Hansen Eliminates Tom Dwan, Play Ends for the Evening
Steve Billirakis Eliminated
Bretty Richey Busto
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Fennell Busts Billirakis
Racener in Cruise Control
Bellande Busts One
Lee Finds a Double
The Johnny Chan Show Continues on Day Five
Rast Sent Packing
Lauren Kling Eliminated
Isaac Baron Gets Flushed, Then Doubles Up
Robert Hits The Slot Machine On The River
Jared Hamby Moves All In Twice, Eliminated on Second
Phil Ivey Faces a Minimum Four-Bet
David Benyamine Drops A Pot
Joe Serock Takes One From Elizabeth
Steve Dannenmann Run Over By Jacks
Rousso Bluffs Off Half Her Stack
All Stud Games Look the Same
Townsend Crippled
Townsend More Studly Than Lindgren
Billirakis Fills Up
Evdakov Out in 4th Place ($110,629)
Schmelev Hanging On
Schmelev Loses Monster Pot