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| Jun 04, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 10 - $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship | 2 | + |
Level Nine: Ulliott Cripples GerasimovJun 04, '10 Blinds: Bring-in 300, ante 500, Limits 1,500-3,000 Players Remaining: 85 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 52,941 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Michael Mizrachi – 191,900 Notable Eliminations: Nick Frangos Big Hands:
David Ulliott completed to 1,500 and Kirill Gerasimov raised to 3,000. Ulliott made the call and then he led out again with 1,500 on fourth street. Gerasimov raised to 3,000 again and Ulliott called. Gerasimov led out on fifth street with 3,000 and Ulliott raised to 6,000. Gerasimov made the call and called another bet of 3,000 on sixth street. Ulliott bet 3,000 on seventh street and Gerasimov made a reluctant call. Ulliott tabled (A Gerasimov was down to just 3,500 while Ulliott was up to 84,000. Schmelev Can’t Win Three-Way Pot, Chris Amaral Eliminated Chris Amaral was all in by fourth street, leaving Craig Neilan and Vladimir Schmelev to contest a side pot. Neilan eventually found himself all in on sixth street and showed (K “I’m drawing dead,” Amaral said as he showed rolled up sixes. Schmelev had rolled up nines and the river was not the case nine as he mucked his hand and Neilan nearly tripled up to 60,000. Schmelev was still relatively healthy after the pot at 147,000.
We caught up with this hand on seventh street. David Bach bet 3,000 and Men Nguyen made the call. Bach was showing A Bach was up to 53,000 while Nguyen was at 67,000. Kravchenko Doubles Up, Still Ailing We caught up with this hand on seventh street. Alexander Kravchenko was all in against Cory Zeidman. Kravchenko was dealt J Kravchenko doubled up but he was still very low on chips with just 7,000. Player Tags: Cory Zeidman, Kirill Gerasimov, Alexander Kravchenko, Vladimir Shchemelev, Chris Amaral Level 6 Update: Mizrachi Still WinningJun 03, '10 Blinds: Bring-in 200, ante 200, limits 800-1,600 Players Remaining: 132 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 34,091 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Michael Mizrachi — 92,000 Notable Eliminations: John Juanda Big Hands:
John Juanda got all in on third street but didn’t get the running cards he needed, and Chris Amaral’s rolled up aces were enough to give Juanda an early exit from the tournament, following his final table performance in event no. 2. Juanda: (A The hand moved Amaral back to his starting stack of 30,000. Mizrachi’s Kings Are King Fresh off his bracelet win in the Players Championship, Michael Mizrachi could be on his way to another one. Already among the chip leaders, Mizrachi was just involved in a hand that pushed him right around the 100,000 chip mark. Mizrachi called the player in seat 6’s bets on each street, then raised on 5th street. Seat 6 called and continued calling Mizrachi’s bets on every street until the last. After some consideration, seat 6 finally folded his hand to The Grinder, sending a huge pot Mizrachi’s way. Mizrachi showed his down cards to prove he wasn’t bluffing. Mizrachi: (K His rolled up Kings connecting for trips pushed the Players Champion into the chip lead. Minieri Runs Into a Flush, Eliminated We got to the action a little late to record everything, but we watched Dario Minieri bet sixth street and the river and was called very quickly by his opponent on both streets. After being called on the river, Minieri tapped the table as if to say “Good hand, I have nothing.” His opponent showed him a flush and left him with under 5,000. He was eliminated very shortly thereafter. Straigh Flush For Raymer Greg Raymer called a bet from his opponent on fourth and fifth street and on sixth street his borad looked like this. Raymer: (X-X)-6 Raymer fired a bet after his opponent checked on sixth street and fired again after a check on the river. His opponent folded, but Raymer showed the 4 Player Tags: John Juanda, Michael Mizrachi, Greg Raymer, Dario Minieri, Chris Amaral |
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| Jun 03, '10 | 2010 41st Annual World Series of Poker | Event 10 - $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship | 1 | + |
Level Nine: Ulliott Cripples GerasimovJun 04, '10 Blinds: Bring-in 300, ante 500, Limits 1,500-3,000 Players Remaining: 85 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 52,941 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Michael Mizrachi – 191,900 Notable Eliminations: Nick Frangos Big Hands:
David Ulliott completed to 1,500 and Kirill Gerasimov raised to 3,000. Ulliott made the call and then he led out again with 1,500 on fourth street. Gerasimov raised to 3,000 again and Ulliott called. Gerasimov led out on fifth street with 3,000 and Ulliott raised to 6,000. Gerasimov made the call and called another bet of 3,000 on sixth street. Ulliott bet 3,000 on seventh street and Gerasimov made a reluctant call. Ulliott tabled (A Gerasimov was down to just 3,500 while Ulliott was up to 84,000. Schmelev Can’t Win Three-Way Pot, Chris Amaral Eliminated Chris Amaral was all in by fourth street, leaving Craig Neilan and Vladimir Schmelev to contest a side pot. Neilan eventually found himself all in on sixth street and showed (K “I’m drawing dead,” Amaral said as he showed rolled up sixes. Schmelev had rolled up nines and the river was not the case nine as he mucked his hand and Neilan nearly tripled up to 60,000. Schmelev was still relatively healthy after the pot at 147,000.
We caught up with this hand on seventh street. David Bach bet 3,000 and Men Nguyen made the call. Bach was showing A Bach was up to 53,000 while Nguyen was at 67,000. Kravchenko Doubles Up, Still Ailing We caught up with this hand on seventh street. Alexander Kravchenko was all in against Cory Zeidman. Kravchenko was dealt J Kravchenko doubled up but he was still very low on chips with just 7,000. Player Tags: Cory Zeidman, Kirill Gerasimov, Alexander Kravchenko, Vladimir Shchemelev, Chris Amaral Level 6 Update: Mizrachi Still WinningJun 03, '10 Blinds: Bring-in 200, ante 200, limits 800-1,600 Players Remaining: 132 out of 150 Average Chip Count: 34,091 Tournament Leaderboard: 1. Michael Mizrachi — 92,000 Notable Eliminations: John Juanda Big Hands:
John Juanda got all in on third street but didn’t get the running cards he needed, and Chris Amaral’s rolled up aces were enough to give Juanda an early exit from the tournament, following his final table performance in event no. 2. Juanda: (A The hand moved Amaral back to his starting stack of 30,000. Mizrachi’s Kings Are King Fresh off his bracelet win in the Players Championship, Michael Mizrachi could be on his way to another one. Already among the chip leaders, Mizrachi was just involved in a hand that pushed him right around the 100,000 chip mark. Mizrachi called the player in seat 6’s bets on each street, then raised on 5th street. Seat 6 called and continued calling Mizrachi’s bets on every street until the last. After some consideration, seat 6 finally folded his hand to The Grinder, sending a huge pot Mizrachi’s way. Mizrachi showed his down cards to prove he wasn’t bluffing. Mizrachi: (K His rolled up Kings connecting for trips pushed the Players Champion into the chip lead. Minieri Runs Into a Flush, Eliminated We got to the action a little late to record everything, but we watched Dario Minieri bet sixth street and the river and was called very quickly by his opponent on both streets. After being called on the river, Minieri tapped the table as if to say “Good hand, I have nothing.” His opponent showed him a flush and left him with under 5,000. He was eliminated very shortly thereafter. Straigh Flush For Raymer Greg Raymer called a bet from his opponent on fourth and fifth street and on sixth street his borad looked like this. Raymer: (X-X)-6 Raymer fired a bet after his opponent checked on sixth street and fired again after a check on the river. His opponent folded, but Raymer showed the 4 Player Tags: John Juanda, Michael Mizrachi, Greg Raymer, Dario Minieri, Chris Amaral |
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| Jun 11, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 21 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. | 3 | + |
Final Table Update: Chris Amaral (5th) and Michele Limongi (4th) EliminatedJun 12, '09 Flop Games: 25,000-50,000 Players Remaining: 3 out of 452 Chip Counts: 1. James Van Alstyne — 1,825,000 Average Chip Count: 1,356,000 5. Chris Amaral – $63,536 Elimination Hands
Chris Amaral Eliminated in Fifth Place ($63,536) Hold’em Chris Amaral moved all in preflop and Tim Finne made the call. Their cards: Amaral: K Board: A Amaral was eliminated by the queen on the river in fifth place. Michele Limongi Eliminated in Fourth Place ($87,264) Razz Michele Limongi got the last of his short stack into the middle during a razz hand and Zac Fellows made the call. Their cards: Fellows: (A Limongi was eliminated in fourth place by the 10-low of Fellows. Player Tags: Chris Amaral, Michele Limongi Final Table Update: Gabriel Nassif (7th) and Martin Eikeng (6th) EliminatedJun 11, '09 Flop Games: 20,000-40,000 Players Remaining: 5 out of 452 Chip Counts: 1. James Van Alstyne — 2,275,000 Average Chip Count: 813,600 7. Gabriel Nassif – $38,947 Elimination Hands
Gabriel Nassif Eliminated in Seventh Place ($38,947) Omaha 8OB Chris Amaral raised from middle position and Gabriel Nassif called all in. Their cards: Amaral: A Board: 10 Nassif was eliminaed in seventh place after the hand and Amaral grew his stack back to a contender. Martin Eikeng Eliminated in Sixth Place ($48,590) Stud Martin Eikeng completed and Zac Fellows raised. Eikeng reraised and Fellows made it three bets to go. Eikeng got the last of his chips into the middle by fourth street. Their cards: Eikeng: (A Eikeng was eliminated in sixth place after the hand, his full house falling to the higher full house of Fellows on the river. Player Tags: Gabriel Nassif, Chris Amaral Final Table Update: Matt Hawrilenko Eliminated in Eighth PlaceJun 11, '09 Flop Games: 13,000-25,000 Players Remaining: 7 out of 452 Chip Counts: 1. James Van Alstyne — 1,059,000 Average Chip Count: 581,143 8. Matt Hawrilenko – $32,647 Elimination Hands
Matt Hawrilenko Eliminated in Eighth Place ($32,647) Razz Matt Hawrilenko completed with an 8 and Tim Finne raised with a 10. Chris Amaral reraised with a 3 exposed. Hawrilenko fired in a fourth raise to put all of his chips at risk and both Amaral and Finne made the call. Their cards: Hawrilenko: (6-3)8-7-2-5(9) Amaral won the hand with a 7-4 low to beat out Hawrilenko’s 7-6 low. Finne mucked his hand when he saw those of his opponents. Hawrilenko was eliminated in eighth place after the hand. Player Tags: Matt Hawrilenko, Chris Amaral |
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| Jun 02, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 6 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud | 2 | + |
Level 14 Update: Andy Bloch, Hoyt Corkins, Chris Amaral EliminatedJun 02, '09 Ante: 1,000 Players Remaining: 30 out of 142 Chip Counts: 1. Max Pescatori — 360,000 Average Chip Count: 125,294 Notable Eliminations: Andy Bloch Big Hands:
Chris Amaral opens the pot for 1,000 and Hoyt Corkins completes the bet to 4,000 with the 10 Pescatori: X-X-A Pescatori bets 4,000 and Corkins calls. Pescatori: X-X-A Pescatori bets 8,000 and Corkins calls. Pescatori: X-X-A Both players check around on sixth street and the river cards are dealt. Pescatori bets 8,000 on the river and Corkins calls. Pescatori turns over A Corkins Eliminated, Pescatori Takes Chip Lead The player in seat 1 opens the pot for 1,000 with the 3 Pescatori: X-X-A Pescatori bets 4,000, Corkins raises to 8,000 and Pescatori calls. Pescatori: X-X-A Pescatori bets 8,000 and Corkins raises all in for 12,500 total. Pescatori calls and the rest of the cards are dealt. Pescatori turns over K Chris Amaral Eliminated Chris Amaral is all in on third street with the 10 Left In The Deck: The players have gone on a 20 minute break as the floor colors up the gray “100” chips. Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Max Pescatori, Chris Amaral Level 12 Update: Mueller Leads Pack, Breaks 200KJun 02, '09 Ante: 500 Players Remaining: 53 out of 142 Chip Counts: 1. Greg Mueller — 215,000 Average Chip Count: 80,377 Big Hands:
Daniel Negreanu completes the bet to 2,500 with the Q Neagreanu: X-X-Q Negreanu bets 2,500 and seat 7 calls. Neagreanu: X-X-Q Both players check around. Neagreanu: X-X-Q Negreanu pairs his queen and bets 5,000, leaving himself with just 2,400 behind. Seat 7 thinks for a minute before folding and showing a pair of sevens. Negreanu rakes the pot and brings his stack back up to 40,000 after this hand. Chris Amaral on an Uptick Scott Fischman opens the pot for 700 with the 2 Seat 4: X-X-J Seat 4 bets 2,500 and Amaral calls. Seat 4: X-X-J Both players check around. Seat 4: X-X-J Amaral bets 5,000 on sixth street and seat 4 calls. Amaral dark-bets 5,000 on the river and once again, seat 4 calls. Amaral turns over A
Hasan Habib opens the pot for 700 with the 3 Habib: X-X-3 Mueller bets 2,500 and Habib calls. Habib: X-X-3 Mueller bets 5,000 and Habib folds. After this hand Mueller is up to 215,000 in chips. Left In The Deck: Player Tags: Hasan Habib, Daniel Negreanu, Greg Mueller, Chris Amaral Level 4 Update: Pescatori Not a BelieverJun 01, '09 Bring In – 200 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Glantz — 45,000 Average Chip Count: 30,000 Entrants: 142 Big Hands:
Picking up the action on 5th street, here are the cards: Max Pescatori: X-X-2 Amaral bet 500 and Pescatori made the call. Pescatori: X-X-2 Both players checked. The river was then dealt and Amaral fired 1,000. Pescatori then raised to 2,000 and Amaral three-bet to 3,000. Pescatori called and showed (2 Raymer Pushes Ivey Out Greg Raymer: X-X-6 After Raymer checked on 4th street, Ivey fired a bet and Raymer called. On the next street, Raymer led out with a bet and Ivey mucked. Ivey was around 30,600 while Raymer was at 20,750.
Matt Glantz: (10 Glantz and his opponent checked every street and Glantz was able to pick up a small pot with two pair, besting his opponent’s pair of Kings. After the hand, Glantz was around 47,000. Player Tags: Max Pescatori, Phil Ivey, Greg Raymer, Matthew Glantz, Chris Amaral |
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| Jun 01, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 6 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud | 1 | + |
Level 14 Update: Andy Bloch, Hoyt Corkins, Chris Amaral EliminatedJun 02, '09 Ante: 1,000 Players Remaining: 30 out of 142 Chip Counts: 1. Max Pescatori — 360,000 Average Chip Count: 125,294 Notable Eliminations: Andy Bloch Big Hands:
Chris Amaral opens the pot for 1,000 and Hoyt Corkins completes the bet to 4,000 with the 10 Pescatori: X-X-A Pescatori bets 4,000 and Corkins calls. Pescatori: X-X-A Pescatori bets 8,000 and Corkins calls. Pescatori: X-X-A Both players check around on sixth street and the river cards are dealt. Pescatori bets 8,000 on the river and Corkins calls. Pescatori turns over A Corkins Eliminated, Pescatori Takes Chip Lead The player in seat 1 opens the pot for 1,000 with the 3 Pescatori: X-X-A Pescatori bets 4,000, Corkins raises to 8,000 and Pescatori calls. Pescatori: X-X-A Pescatori bets 8,000 and Corkins raises all in for 12,500 total. Pescatori calls and the rest of the cards are dealt. Pescatori turns over K Chris Amaral Eliminated Chris Amaral is all in on third street with the 10 Left In The Deck: The players have gone on a 20 minute break as the floor colors up the gray “100” chips. Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins, Max Pescatori, Chris Amaral Level 12 Update: Mueller Leads Pack, Breaks 200KJun 02, '09 Ante: 500 Players Remaining: 53 out of 142 Chip Counts: 1. Greg Mueller — 215,000 Average Chip Count: 80,377 Big Hands:
Daniel Negreanu completes the bet to 2,500 with the Q Neagreanu: X-X-Q Negreanu bets 2,500 and seat 7 calls. Neagreanu: X-X-Q Both players check around. Neagreanu: X-X-Q Negreanu pairs his queen and bets 5,000, leaving himself with just 2,400 behind. Seat 7 thinks for a minute before folding and showing a pair of sevens. Negreanu rakes the pot and brings his stack back up to 40,000 after this hand. Chris Amaral on an Uptick Scott Fischman opens the pot for 700 with the 2 Seat 4: X-X-J Seat 4 bets 2,500 and Amaral calls. Seat 4: X-X-J Both players check around. Seat 4: X-X-J Amaral bets 5,000 on sixth street and seat 4 calls. Amaral dark-bets 5,000 on the river and once again, seat 4 calls. Amaral turns over A
Hasan Habib opens the pot for 700 with the 3 Habib: X-X-3 Mueller bets 2,500 and Habib calls. Habib: X-X-3 Mueller bets 5,000 and Habib folds. After this hand Mueller is up to 215,000 in chips. Left In The Deck: Player Tags: Hasan Habib, Daniel Negreanu, Greg Mueller, Chris Amaral Level 4 Update: Pescatori Not a BelieverJun 01, '09 Bring In – 200 Chip Counts: 1. Matt Glantz — 45,000 Average Chip Count: 30,000 Entrants: 142 Big Hands:
Picking up the action on 5th street, here are the cards: Max Pescatori: X-X-2 Amaral bet 500 and Pescatori made the call. Pescatori: X-X-2 Both players checked. The river was then dealt and Amaral fired 1,000. Pescatori then raised to 2,000 and Amaral three-bet to 3,000. Pescatori called and showed (2 Raymer Pushes Ivey Out Greg Raymer: X-X-6 After Raymer checked on 4th street, Ivey fired a bet and Raymer called. On the next street, Raymer led out with a bet and Ivey mucked. Ivey was around 30,600 while Raymer was at 20,750.
Matt Glantz: (10 Glantz and his opponent checked every street and Glantz was able to pick up a small pot with two pair, besting his opponent’s pair of Kings. After the hand, Glantz was around 47,000. Player Tags: Max Pescatori, Phil Ivey, Greg Raymer, Matthew Glantz, Chris Amaral |
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| Mar 17, '09 | 2009 Wynn Classic | No-Limit Hold'em Championship Event - Event 17 | 2 | + |
Chris Amaral Eliminated in Huge PotMar 17, '09
Player Tags: Chris Amaral, Evan McNiff Burt Boutin EliminatedMar 17, '09
Player Tags: Burt Boutin, Chris Amaral Jon "PearlJammer" Turner Makes Sick Read, Busts AnywayMar 17, '09
Player Tags: Stan Wasserkrug, Jon Turner, Jimmy Fricke, Chris Amaral |
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| Feb 18, '09 | 2009 L.A. Poker Classic | H.O.R.S.E Championship - Event 29 | 3 | + |
Chris Amaral EliminatedFeb 18, '09
The hold'em rounds were not kind to Chris Amaral, who was crippled against Kenny Tran in the hand before the break. Amaral raised with A-Q and flopped top pair on a flop with two hearts. Kenny Tran called a bet on the flop with pocket sevens, holding the 7 After returning from the break, Amaral got it all in against Chris Tsipriladis on a board of A
Player Tags: Kenny Tran, Chris Amaral David Oppenheim EliminatedFeb 17, '09
Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Chris Amaral Marco Traniello Eliminated by Chris AmaralFeb 17, '09
Player Tags: Marco Traniello, Chris Amaral |
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| Feb 17, '09 | 2009 L.A. Poker Classic | H.O.R.S.E Championship - Event 29 | 2 | + |
Chris Amaral EliminatedFeb 18, '09
The hold'em rounds were not kind to Chris Amaral, who was crippled against Kenny Tran in the hand before the break. Amaral raised with A-Q and flopped top pair on a flop with two hearts. Kenny Tran called a bet on the flop with pocket sevens, holding the 7 After returning from the break, Amaral got it all in against Chris Tsipriladis on a board of A
Player Tags: Kenny Tran, Chris Amaral David Oppenheim EliminatedFeb 17, '09
Player Tags: David Oppenheim, Chris Amaral Marco Traniello Eliminated by Chris AmaralFeb 17, '09
Player Tags: Marco Traniello, Chris Amaral |
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Bach Masters Nguyen
Juanda Busts Against Aces
Max Pescatori vs. Hoyt Corkins
Daniel Negreanu Making a Comeback
Greg Mueller Wins a Pot, Breaks 200K
Pescatori Smells A Bluff
Glantz Adds to His Stack
Evan McNiff raised to 3,100 in the cutoff and was called by Chris Amaral on the button, Jimmy Fricke in the small blind and Sam Stein in the big blind.
In a three-way limped pot between Chris Amaral, Jimmy Fricke and Burt Boutin, everyone saw a flop of 10-8-3 with two diamonds. 
Stanley Wasserkug, Chris Amaral, Jimmy Fricke and Jon Turner see a flop of 10
Limit Hold'em
David Oppenheim busted out of the tournament during Stud eight-or-better when his pair of queens fell to Chris Amaral, who held a pair of kings.
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