Jordan Rich Poker Tournament Updates

Level 6: Jacqmin Leads Final Four; Rich 5th, Bass 6th

Jun 26, '11

Blinds: 15,000-30,000

Limits: 30,000-60,000

Players Remaining: 4 out of 538

Average Chip Count: 1,125,000

Chip Counts:

1. Mathieu Jacqmin – 2,500,000
2. Justin Pechie – 1,000,000
3. Eugene Katchalov – 625,000
4. Dale Eberle – 350,000

Eliminations:

5th. Jordan Rich – $38,268
6th. Stephen Bass – $29,001

Stephen Bass Eliminated in 6th Place ($29,001)

Stephen Bass started the level as one of the short stacks was eliminated in 6th place shortly after it began.

Mathieu Jacqmin raised before the flop, Stephen Bass three-bet from the small blind, Justin Pechie called from the big blind and Jacqmin called the raise.

The flop came A 8 7, Bass bet, Pechie called, Jacqmin raised, Bass called all in for 5,000 and Pechie folded.

Jacqmin lead with A J against Bass’ 3 3.

The turn and river were the Q and the 6, no help to Stephen Bass who was eliminated in 6th place ($29,001).

Jordan Rich Eliminated in 5th Place ($38,268)

Jordan Rich lost most of his chips to Mathieu Jacqmin after Jacqmin went runner-runner to make a full house, leaving Rich on the short stack. Rich got it all in before the flop on the very next hand with Q 8 and ran into Dale Eberle’s A A.

The board came 4 4 2 4 K, giving Eberle a full house on the turn. Jordan Rich was eliminated in 4th place ($38,268).

Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table.

Player Tags: Jordan Rich,   Justin Pechie,   Mathieu Jacqmin,   Dale Eberle,   Stephen Bass

Level 2: Eberle Leads, Denotaristefani on the Short Stack

Jun 26, '11

Blinds: 5,000-10,000

Limits: 10,000-20,000

Players Remaining: 10 out of 538

Average Chip Count: 450,000

Chip Counts:

1. Dale Eberle – 741,000
2. Mathieu Jacqmin – 735,000
3. Eugene Katchalov – 717,000
4. Jordan Rich – 480,000
5. Adam Tyburski – 440,000
6. Stephen Bass – 420,000
7. Christoph Kwon – 272,000
8. Ari Engel – 253,000
9. Justin Pechie – 215,000
10. Domenico Denotaristefani – 172,000

Eberle Leads, Denotaristefani on the Short Stack

Despite the slow nature of a limit tournament, there has been some strong chip movement this afternoon in the early stages of the blind structure. Although the final ten players each started with a fresh stack of 450,000 and over 50 BBs, there is a large variance in the chip counts after two levels with Dale Eberle leading with 741,000 on the high end and Domenico Denotaristefani trailing with just 172,000 at the break.

Jordan rich took an early lead in the first level after rivering a straight with A – J to crack a flopped set of sixes for Domenico Denotaristefani. That hand put Rich out front with almost 600,000, and began Denotaristefani’s downward spiral. Denotaristefani lost another big pot to Dale Eberle in the second level after Eberle won a showdown with pocket aces. That hand left Denotaristefani with just over 250,000, and started Eberle’s rapid ascent up the leaderboard.

Denotaristefani continued to lose chips as the second level closed out, down to under 100,000 before tripling up over 180,000 with a set of queens towards the end of the level. While Denotaristefani was busy trying to hold on to the remains of his dwindling stack, Dale Eberle was busy adding to his, ending the level on top with 741,000.

Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table.

Player Tags: Jordan Rich,   Dale Eberle,   Domenico Denotaristefani

$1,500 Limit Shootout Final Table Begins Now

Jun 26, '11

NOTE: The shootout formula is different than most in that it plays more like a series of single-table sit-n-go’s than a conventional tournament. Each of the remaining ten players had to win two tables to get here, one on each of the first two days of this event.

Blinds: 4,000-8,000

Limits: 8,000-16,000

Players Remaining: 10 out of 538

Average Chip Count: 450,000

Chip Counts:

1. Adam Tyburski – 450,000
2. Domenico Denotaristefani – 450,000
3. Stephen Bass – 450,000
4. Justin Pechie – 450,000
5. Jordan Rich – 450,000
6. Mathieu Jacqmin – 450,000
7. Christoph Kwon – 450,000
8. Dale Eberle – 450,000
9. Eugene Katchalov – 450,000
10. Ari Engel – 450,000

Payouts:

1st. $167,060
2nd. $103,454
3rd. $68,715
4th. $50,933
5th. $38,368
6th. $29,001
7th. $22,173
8th. $17,089
9th. $13,269
10th. $10,378

Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table.

Player Tags: Jordan Rich,   Eugene Katchalov,   Justin Pechie,   Mathieu Jacqmin,   Dale Eberle,   Adam Tyburski,   Stephen Bass,   Christoph Kwon,   Domenico Denotaristefani

Jason Gray Doubles Through Jordan Rich

Oct 01, '08

Jordan Rich raised to 3,500 from the cutoff and Jason Gray reraised to 8,000 from the small blind. The action folded back around to Rich who reraised to 23,000. Gray moved all in for a total of 90,600 and Rich went into the tank.

After a few minutes of thought, Rich made the call with QQ and saw the bad news. Gray held AA and the board added insult to injury when it ran out AK86A, giving Gray quad aces and a stack of over 180,000. Rich was left crippled with just 7,800.

Player Tags: Jordan Rich,   Jason Gray

Event 33 - $5,000 World Championship Seven Stud Hi-Low 8OB - Start of Day 2

Jun 18, '08

Level 9
Ante: 200
Bring In: 200
Limits: 800-1,600

Level 10
Ante: 200
Bring In: 300
Levels: 500-1000

Players Remaining: 88

Eliminations: Dutch Boyd, Max Pescatori, Ralph Perry, Allen Kessler, David Singer, Andy Bloch

Chip Leaders:
Matt Grapenthien: 80,000
Robert Mizrachi: 71,000
Patrick Bueno: 70,000
Bob Lauria: 58,000
David Benyamine: 57,000
Marcel Luske: 56,000
Marco Traniello: 52,000
Vegard Nygaard: 46,100
Shawn Sheikhan: 46,000
Mike Matusow: 46,000


Notable Hands:

Lederer Ships It To Zaichenko

Going to seventh street, Lederer showed AJ92 to Andrey Zaichenko's 4256. After a bet and a call on seventh, Zaichenko exposed 723 for both a straight and a 6 low, beating Lederer's pair of jacks and scooping the pot.

Giang Scoops, Gets Rich

Chau Giang took the lead in a string of betting, which ended when Jordan Rich called Giang's final bet on 7th street. Giang flipped over A243253, showing the wheel and prompting an unhappy Rich to throw his cards in the muck.

Singer Survives...Sort Of

On fifth street, David Singer showed 689, making a bet and receiving a call from the player in seat 3, who showed AQ2. Sixth brought the 7 for Singer, who made the 1,600 bet. Seat 3 went into the tank, having caught the 5. Although he seemed reluctant to do so, he finally laid mucked his cards with a "Nice hand," to Singer. Singer raked in the pot, nursing his stack up to 6,500 in chips.

The pot was not enough, however, and Singer took his leave early in the next level.

Norman Chad Not Yet Gone

Norman Chad showed 746Q going to seventh, and called all-in after receiving his final card, tabling 858 for a 4-8 straight. The hand was enough to win him the low and keep him alive, but he was unable to best Davidson Matthew's broadway straight with JA105KJQ.


Bloch Busto

Although the finer details of the exchange were not witnessed, Andy Bloch was overheard after his elimination claiming that he had made trips on fourth street. Apparently the set was not good enough to take down the pot, since Bloch and his snakeskin cowboy hat have taken their leave from the Brasilia room.
Phil Ivey has also taken his leave, and is now free to concentrate on maintaining his chip lead in the pot-limit Omaha w/ rebuys tournament.

Note: Players are now on a 20 minute break.

Player Tags: Andy Bloch,   Howard Lederer,   David Singer,   Chau Giang,   Jordan Rich,   Davidson Matthew

Limit Hold 'Em Level 6 recap

Jun 10, '08

Blinds: 150-300
Limits: 300-600

Players Remaining: 250-480

Chip Leaders:

Jason Maerang: 21,000
John Phan: 16,500
Stuart Patterson: 16,300
Nadim Shabou: 15,400
Justin Pechie: 14,800
Derek Lerner: 14,000
Daniel Negreanu: 13,300
Ayaz Mahmood: 11,900
Daniel Makowsky: 11,400
Brendan Taylor: 10,800

Big Hands:

Traniello's Trimmed Stack

Marco Traniello called a raise in position, called a flop of K87 and a turn of 6, and folded after the river brought the incongruous Q.
The next hand Traniello three bet an early position raiser and was called in two spots, by the big blind and the original raiser. The flop came down Q63 and all three players checked; the big blind led out when the 7 hit on the turn and both the raiser and Traniello folded. Traniello is now down to less than 2,000.

Jordan Richer

Jordan Rich led out on a flop of Q87, check-raised the 10 on the turn, and bet the J on the river. Rich held QQ, and, although a one card straight hit the board on the end, was still ahead of his opponent's JJ. Rich has about 9,000.

Froehlich Takes Another From McCormick

Eric Froehlich won another pot from Tom McCormick when his 85 on the big blind turned to trip fives on the flop, and quads on the turn.

Chen Makes Room for Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth was just moved tables and now sits directly to the left of Bill Chen.

Players are now on a twenty minute break.

Player Tags: Marco Traniello,   Jordan Rich,   Eric Froehlich

$10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship - Day 2 - Level 9 Recap

Jun 08, '08

Limit: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante, 300 bring in

Players Left:  71 of 158

Chip Leaders:
Alexander Kostritsyn - 121,100
Mike Fiorito - 101,900
Barry Mullinax - 92,000
Chad Brown - 89,100
Vasilis Lazarou - 81,000
Daniel Negreanu - 79,700
Ralph Perry - 79,000
Cyndy Violette - 70,300
David Benyamine - 67,000
Eric Brooks - 62,100

Average Stack: 44,507

Eliminations:
Becki Vincent
John Duthie
Jordan Rich

Big Hands and Storylines:

Annie Duke Adds to Her Stack

Showing a board of QQ76, an opponent made a bet after receiving his river card.  Annie Duke called almost instantly showing AT54and waited for her opponent to reveal his hand.  "You're looking at it," her opponent declared, referring to his pair of queens.  Duke flipped over (A)(A)(9) for three aces and dragged the pot.

Oppenheim Cripples Rich

Jordan Rich was eliminated shortly after a back-and-forth hand against David Oppenheim:

David Oppenheim: T2AQ
Jordan Rich: T5Q3

Oppenheim completed to 1,200 and Rich raised to 2,400; Oppenheim called. Rich lead out on 4^th street with his T5 showing and Oppenheim came along. Buying an ace on 5^th street, Oppenheim lead into Rich and Rich made the call. Action went check-check on 6^th, and on 7^th street Oppenheim again led into Rich. With only 6,500 left behind Rich thought long and hard, staring into the pot of nearly 15,000, before laying down his holding. This hand was the beginning of the end for Rich, who was eliminated only a few hands later. Oppenheim now has about 28,000 chips.

7^th Street Kind to Moskowitz

Greg Mascio: 2KJQ
David Moskowitz: J6J7

Mascio brought in with the deuce of spades and called a raised by Moskowitz, whose J was the highest upcard. 4^th street went check-check. After pairing his Jack, Moskowitz bet out and was called by Mascio. Slowing down on 6^th street, Moskowitz check-called a bet, but soon resumed his aggression by betting into Mascio on the river. Mascio made the call and Moskowitz flipped over (8)(5)(4) for the fortuitous straight made on the end. Moscowitz is now at about 53,000.

Player Tags: Annie Duke,   Greg Mascio,   Daniel Negreanu,   David Oppenheim,   David Benyamine,   David Moskowitz,   Cyndy Violette,   John Duthie,   Eric Brooks,   Jordan Rich,   Mike Fiorito,   Becki Vincent,   Ralph Perry,   Barry Mullinax,   Vasili Lazarou,   Alexander Kostritsyn

$10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship - Day 1 - Level 6 Recap

Jun 07, '08

Limits: 600/1,200 - 100 ante, 200 bring in

Players Left:  115 of 158

Chip Leaders:
Men Nguyen - 54,500
David Benyamine - 51,200
Nick Schulman - 46,000
Shahram "Shawn" Sheikhan - 46,000
Chad Brown - 44,000
Carlos Mortensen - 44,000
Minh Ly - 43,000
Phil Ivey - 41,000
Allen Kessler – 41,000
Steve Zolotow - 40,000
Andrew Black - 39,000

Average Stack: 27,478

Eliminations:
David Grey
Justin Bonomo
Phil Hellmuth

Big Hands and Storylines:

Hellmuth Arrives Late, Departs Early

Phil Hellmuth gets the last of his chips in the pot with (2)(3)254Q against Minh Ly’s (7)(4)K7A6. Hellmuth is in bad shape, with Ly having both a better pair and draw. The final card – (6) – pairs Ly and leaves Hellmuth drawing slim. Hellmuth squeezes the card but tosses it face up into the much when he sees that it’s the (8). Ly eliminates Hellmuth and pads his stack which now stands at 43,000.

Lucky Sevens

Jordan Rich: JTK8
Archie Karas: 62J3
Unknown:5T5K

On 3^rd street, the unknown completed and Jordan Rich raised, Karas cold-called the bet and the opponent came along to see 4^th street. On both 4^th and 5^th streets Rich bet out and was called by his two adversaries. The final two rounds of betting delivered much less action, that is to say no action, and the three checked around on both occasions. Rich revealed (7)(7)(3) and both of his opponents shrugged and mucked, letting the youngster rake the pot with only a pair of 7s.

“Chainsaw” Takes a Hit

Allen Kessler: 74K2
Nick Schulman: A385
Unknown: AT63

On 4^th street the unknown player led out with a bet of 600 which was called by Schulman. Kessler then raised it up to 1,200 and was called by both players. The unknown again bet 5^th street when he was dealt his third exposed heart; Kessler and Schulman both called. On 6^th street things changed up: the unknown player checked, Schulman bet, and Kessler and the unknown both called. Then on the end the unknown checked, Schulman bet, Kessler called, and the unknown player folded. Schulman turned over (8)(8)(J) for a set of eights and Schulman took the pot.

Kessler would earn back some of those chips only a few hands later when he took a sizeable pot off of Schulman; Kessler’s rolled up aces making a set on 6^th street. Kessler and Schulman each have quite respectable stacks currently: Schulman with 46,000 and Kessler with 41,000.

Player Tags: Minh Ly,   Men Nguyen,   Carlos Mortensen,   Shawn Sheikhan,   Steve Zolotow,   David Benyamine,   Phil Hellmuth,   Allen Kessler,   David Grey,   Phil Ivey,   Archie Karas,   Jordan Rich,   Justin Bonomo,   Nick Schulman

$10K Stud World Championship - Hour Two

Jun 07, '08

Blinds/Antes: 50 ante, 75 bring-in, 250 completion
Stakes: 250-500

Players Left: 155 of 157

Chip Leaders:
Andy Bloch: 30,400
Mel Judah: 30,000
Men Nguyen: 29,700
Bill Chen: 27,600
David Benyamine: 27,200
Mark Seif: 26,600
Chris Reslock: 25,800
Katja Thater: 25,400
Shannon Elizabeth: 23,000

Big Hands:

Jordan Rich Wins a Big, Multi-Way Pot

David Grey joined Table 11 during the last level and found himself in a five-way pot. Someone completed first to 250 and five of the best poker players in the world all made the call. Ted Lawson made a pair of sixes on fourth street and bet the max (500) while David Grey and Daniel Negreanu folded. Lawson made a bet every round, and both Carlos Mortensen and Jordan Rich continued to call him down to the river.

Grey: 53--Fold
Negreanu: J3--Fold
Lawson: 6647
Mortensen:J29Q
Rich: 9765

Lawson checked seventh street and Jordan Rich bet 500. Mortensen folded his hand and Lawson made the call. Rich turned over an eight for the straight to the nine and Lawson shook his head and threw his cards into the muck.

Men "The Master" Takes One Down on the River

Men "The Master" Ngueyn brought it in for 75 with the 3 and Frank Kassela completed the bet to 250 with the A. David Chui called the 250 completion cold with the 5. Men "The Master" also called the raise.

Nguyen: 31079--J73
Kassela: A376--A42
Chiu: 5J8A--Fold

Frank Kassela took the betting lead since he made an ace in the door, contining to bet all the way down to seventh street. Nguyen peeked at his river card and fired out 500 after Kassela checked dark. Kassela called and Nguyen showed 7-3 for two pair. Kassela could not improve his one pair of aces and Nguyen raked a big pot.

Player Tags: Frank Kassela,   Men Nguyen,   Ted Lawson,   David Chiu,   Jordan Rich

$10K Stud World Championship - Hour One

Jun 07, '08

Blinds/Antes: 50 ante, 50 bring-in, 200 completion
Stakes: 200-400

Players Left: 144 of 146

Average Stack: 20,278

Big Hands:

As expected, this event has drawn most if not all of the top pros, and with less than twenty tables going from the start, every single one is pretty much stacked. Table 11 is currently home to  Minh Ly, David Grey, Daniel Negreanu, Ted Lawson, Carlos Mortensen, and Jordan Rich.

Minh Ly Wins a Big Pot off of Jordan Rich and Carlos Mortensen

Carlos Mortensen led with a pair of fours on fourth street and bet the max (400), Jordan Rich and Minh Ly called. Mortensen continued to bet on every round except seventh street where Minh Ly bet out first with a pair of nines showing. Both Rich and Mortensen made the call.

Minh Ly: 9J79 - 9-X-X
Mortensen: 4435-4-X-X
Rich: A485-X-X-X

Minh Ly turned over another nine for trips on the river. Mortensen showed a third 4 before throwing his hand into the muck. Mortensen said to Ly, "You made it on the river." Ly replied, "You're right, I was going for the flush."

Chris Reslock Wins a Pot, Up Over 30,000 In Chips

Steve Billirakis brings it in for 50 with 2 and Amnon Filippi completed the bet to 200 with A. Shannon Elizabeth called the 200 completion with the 7 and defending champion Chris Reslock raised to 400 with the 6 . Seat 5 called the 400 raise cold with the 4 and Bilirakis folded. Four players made it past the door card.

Reslock: 6Q10K
Seat 5: 4Q32
Filippi: A105---Fold
Elizabeth: 79--Fold

Chris reslock continued to bet on every street and right down to the river. Elizabeth folded on fifth street while Filippi opted out on sixth street. Seat 5 folded to a 400 bet on the river by Reslock, and the defending champ raked a big pot. After the hand, Reslock moved up over 30,000 in chips.
 

Player Tags: Minh Ly,   Carlos Mortensen,   Chris Reslock,   Steve Billirakis,   Jordan Rich,   Shannon Elizabeth

$10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship - Day 2 - Level 9 Recap

Jun 08, '08

Limit: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante, 300 bring in

Players Left:  71 of 158

Chip Leaders:
Alexander Kostritsyn - 121,100
Mike Fiorito - 101,900
Barry Mullinax - 92,000
Chad Brown - 89,100
Vasilis Lazarou - 81,000
Daniel Negreanu - 79,700
Ralph Perry - 79,000
Cyndy Violette - 70,300
David Benyamine - 67,000
Eric Brooks - 62,100

Average Stack: 44,507

Eliminations:
Becki Vincent
John Duthie
Jordan Rich

Big Hands and Storylines:

Annie Duke Adds to Her Stack

Showing a board of QQ76, an opponent made a bet after receiving his river card.  Annie Duke called almost instantly showing AT54and waited for her opponent to reveal his hand.  "You're looking at it," her opponent declared, referring to his pair of queens.  Duke flipped over (A)(A)(9) for three aces and dragged the pot.

Oppenheim Cripples Rich

Jordan Rich was eliminated shortly after a back-and-forth hand against David Oppenheim:

David Oppenheim: T2AQ
Jordan Rich: T5Q3

Oppenheim completed to 1,200 and Rich raised to 2,400; Oppenheim called. Rich lead out on 4^th street with his T5 showing and Oppenheim came along. Buying an ace on 5^th street, Oppenheim lead into Rich and Rich made the call. Action went check-check on 6^th, and on 7^th street Oppenheim again led into Rich. With only 6,500 left behind Rich thought long and hard, staring into the pot of nearly 15,000, before laying down his holding. This hand was the beginning of the end for Rich, who was eliminated only a few hands later. Oppenheim now has about 28,000 chips.

7^th Street Kind to Moskowitz

Greg Mascio: 2KJQ
David Moskowitz: J6J7

Mascio brought in with the deuce of spades and called a raised by Moskowitz, whose J was the highest upcard. 4^th street went check-check. After pairing his Jack, Moskowitz bet out and was called by Mascio. Slowing down on 6^th street, Moskowitz check-called a bet, but soon resumed his aggression by betting into Mascio on the river. Mascio made the call and Moskowitz flipped over (8)(5)(4) for the fortuitous straight made on the end. Moscowitz is now at about 53,000.

Player Tags: Annie Duke,   Greg Mascio,   Daniel Negreanu,   David Oppenheim,   David Benyamine,   David Moskowitz,   Cyndy Violette,   John Duthie,   Eric Brooks,   Jordan Rich,   Mike Fiorito,   Becki Vincent,   Ralph Perry,   Barry Mullinax,   Vasili Lazarou,   Alexander Kostritsyn

$10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship - Day 1 - Level 6 Recap

Jun 07, '08

Limits: 600/1,200 - 100 ante, 200 bring in

Players Left:  115 of 158

Chip Leaders:
Men Nguyen - 54,500
David Benyamine - 51,200
Nick Schulman - 46,000
Shahram "Shawn" Sheikhan - 46,000
Chad Brown - 44,000
Carlos Mortensen - 44,000
Minh Ly - 43,000
Phil Ivey - 41,000
Allen Kessler – 41,000
Steve Zolotow - 40,000
Andrew Black - 39,000

Average Stack: 27,478

Eliminations:
David Grey
Justin Bonomo
Phil Hellmuth

Big Hands and Storylines:

Hellmuth Arrives Late, Departs Early

Phil Hellmuth gets the last of his chips in the pot with (2)(3)254Q against Minh Ly’s (7)(4)K7A6. Hellmuth is in bad shape, with Ly having both a better pair and draw. The final card – (6) – pairs Ly and leaves Hellmuth drawing slim. Hellmuth squeezes the card but tosses it face up into the much when he sees that it’s the (8). Ly eliminates Hellmuth and pads his stack which now stands at 43,000.

Lucky Sevens

Jordan Rich: JTK8
Archie Karas: 62J3
Unknown:5T5K

On 3^rd street, the unknown completed and Jordan Rich raised, Karas cold-called the bet and the opponent came along to see 4^th street. On both 4^th and 5^th streets Rich bet out and was called by his two adversaries. The final two rounds of betting delivered much less action, that is to say no action, and the three checked around on both occasions. Rich revealed (7)(7)(3) and both of his opponents shrugged and mucked, letting the youngster rake the pot with only a pair of 7s.

“Chainsaw” Takes a Hit

Allen Kessler: 74K2
Nick Schulman: A385
Unknown: AT63

On 4^th street the unknown player led out with a bet of 600 which was called by Schulman. Kessler then raised it up to 1,200 and was called by both players. The unknown again bet 5^th street when he was dealt his third exposed heart; Kessler and Schulman both called. On 6^th street things changed up: the unknown player checked, Schulman bet, and Kessler and the unknown both called. Then on the end the unknown checked, Schulman bet, Kessler called, and the unknown player folded. Schulman turned over (8)(8)(J) for a set of eights and Schulman took the pot.

Kessler would earn back some of those chips only a few hands later when he took a sizeable pot off of Schulman; Kessler’s rolled up aces making a set on 6^th street. Kessler and Schulman each have quite respectable stacks currently: Schulman with 46,000 and Kessler with 41,000.

Player Tags: Minh Ly,   Men Nguyen,   Carlos Mortensen,   Shawn Sheikhan,   Steve Zolotow,   David Benyamine,   Phil Hellmuth,   Allen Kessler,   David Grey,   Phil Ivey,   Archie Karas,   Jordan Rich,   Justin Bonomo,   Nick Schulman

$10K Stud World Championship - Hour Two

Jun 07, '08

Blinds/Antes: 50 ante, 75 bring-in, 250 completion
Stakes: 250-500

Players Left: 155 of 157

Chip Leaders:
Andy Bloch: 30,400
Mel Judah: 30,000
Men Nguyen: 29,700
Bill Chen: 27,600
David Benyamine: 27,200
Mark Seif: 26,600
Chris Reslock: 25,800
Katja Thater: 25,400
Shannon Elizabeth: 23,000

Big Hands:

Jordan Rich Wins a Big, Multi-Way Pot

David Grey joined Table 11 during the last level and found himself in a five-way pot. Someone completed first to 250 and five of the best poker players in the world all made the call. Ted Lawson made a pair of sixes on fourth street and bet the max (500) while David Grey and Daniel Negreanu folded. Lawson made a bet every round, and both Carlos Mortensen and Jordan Rich continued to call him down to the river.

Grey: 53--Fold
Negreanu: J3--Fold
Lawson: 6647
Mortensen:J29Q
Rich: 9765

Lawson checked seventh street and Jordan Rich bet 500. Mortensen folded his hand and Lawson made the call. Rich turned over an eight for the straight to the nine and Lawson shook his head and threw his cards into the muck.

Men "The Master" Takes One Down on the River

Men "The Master" Ngueyn brought it in for 75 with the 3 and Frank Kassela completed the bet to 250 with the A. David Chui called the 250 completion cold with the 5. Men "The Master" also called the raise.

Nguyen: 31079--J73
Kassela: A376--A42
Chiu: 5J8A--Fold

Frank Kassela took the betting lead since he made an ace in the door, contining to bet all the way down to seventh street. Nguyen peeked at his river card and fired out 500 after Kassela checked dark. Kassela called and Nguyen showed 7-3 for two pair. Kassela could not improve his one pair of aces and Nguyen raked a big pot.

Player Tags: Frank Kassela,   Men Nguyen,   Ted Lawson,   David Chiu,   Jordan Rich

$10K Stud World Championship - Hour One

Jun 07, '08

Blinds/Antes: 50 ante, 50 bring-in, 200 completion
Stakes: 200-400

Players Left: 144 of 146

Average Stack: 20,278

Big Hands:

As expected, this event has drawn most if not all of the top pros, and with less than twenty tables going from the start, every single one is pretty much stacked. Table 11 is currently home to  Minh Ly, David Grey, Daniel Negreanu, Ted Lawson, Carlos Mortensen, and Jordan Rich.

Minh Ly Wins a Big Pot off of Jordan Rich and Carlos Mortensen

Carlos Mortensen led with a pair of fours on fourth street and bet the max (400), Jordan Rich and Minh Ly called. Mortensen continued to bet on every round except seventh street where Minh Ly bet out first with a pair of nines showing. Both Rich and Mortensen made the call.

Minh Ly: 9J79 - 9-X-X
Mortensen: 4435-4-X-X
Rich: A485-X-X-X

Minh Ly turned over another nine for trips on the river. Mortensen showed a third 4 before throwing his hand into the muck. Mortensen said to Ly, "You made it on the river." Ly replied, "You're right, I was going for the flush."

Chris Reslock Wins a Pot, Up Over 30,000 In Chips

Steve Billirakis brings it in for 50 with 2 and Amnon Filippi completed the bet to 200 with A. Shannon Elizabeth called the 200 completion with the 7 and defending champion Chris Reslock raised to 400 with the 6 . Seat 5 called the 400 raise cold with the 4 and Bilirakis folded. Four players made it past the door card.

Reslock: 6Q10K
Seat 5: 4Q32
Filippi: A105---Fold
Elizabeth: 79--Fold

Chris reslock continued to bet on every street and right down to the river. Elizabeth folded on fifth street while Filippi opted out on sixth street. Seat 5 folded to a 400 bet on the river by Reslock, and the defending champ raked a big pot. After the hand, Reslock moved up over 30,000 in chips.
 

Player Tags: Minh Ly,   Carlos Mortensen,   Chris Reslock,   Steve Billirakis,   Jordan Rich,   Shannon Elizabeth

Jordan Rich Eliminated on the Bubble

Apr 22, '08

Jordan Rich was just eliminated on the bubble in 101st place when he got all of his money in before the flop with pocket aces against Amir Vahedi's pocket eights. Vahedi flopped a set of eights and it's good night for Jordan Rich. The remaining 100 players are now all guaranteed to cash for at least $39,570.

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Jordan Rich Out of the Tournament in Final Moments

Apr 13, '08

When Card Player strolled by Jordan Rich's table to get a chip update, Rich only looked at us with a few green chips in his hand, all that was left of his stack, and dejectedly said, "Three outer." Rich threw his chip in in the next hand and got three callers, all of whom made it to the river. A pair of jacks was all it took to send Rich, an early chip leader in the tournament, to the rail in the closing moments of day 1B of the PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final.



 

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Jordan Rich Takes a Hit

Apr 13, '08

Jordan Rich pulled Card Player aside to relate how he lost a chunk of his stack. A player limped in early position and another player, who he says has been opening a lot, raised to 1,500. Rich looked down at jacks and reraised to 6,000. The early-position limper shoved all in for about 11,500, folding the original raiser. Rich called, and his opponent tabled pocket queens. Rich failed to catch up, and he ended the hand with about 45,000.







 

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Weak Aces Hold Twice for Jordan Rich

Apr 12, '08

Jordan Rich won two big pots recently holding weak aces.

In the first, he raised preflop in early position to 150 and got two callers. The flop came Q 10 2, and all three players checked. The turn was the 7, and the player in the big blind checked. Rich bet 450 and the late-position player called. The big blind folded, and the turn was the 5. Both Rich and his opponent checked, and Rich turned over A 5 for a rivered pair. His opponent turned over K-J for a flopped open-ended straight draw and mucked.

In the second, bigger hand, Rich was holding A 3 and got involved in a big pot versus Card Player Pro trainer Dani "Ansky" Stern. The flop brought three hearts, and Rich bet aggressively throughout, getting called down by Stern. Rich showed down his nut flush at the end, and Stern folded. Rich won 8,000 in the pot to make an early jump to about 26,000.

Player Tags: Jordan Rich,   Daniel Stern

Chip Leader

Mar 25, '08

Jordan Rich has sprinted out of the gates strong and now has the chip lead with 37,000.

Miami John Cernuto appears to be in second place with just over 24,000.

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