Tony Cousineau - Live Updates

Level 9 Update -- Gymnast Be Gone

Oct 02, '09

Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante

Players Remaining: 135 out of 305 (Unofficial)

Average Chip Count:

68,000

Notable Eliminations:

Yuri Chechi
Markus Gonsalves
Sebastian Ruthenberg
Sida Yuen
Marcel Luske
Johan Van Til
Carter Phillips

Hand of the Level:

Tony Cousineau gets Lucky

After getting sucked out on in a massive 90,000 pot, Tony Cousineau was down to his last 9,000 or so and made an all-in move with K9, only to run into EPT Champion Pieter de Korver’s AK.

Nonetheless, the board came K759Q, giving Cousineau two pair and a double up over 18,000 in chips. De Korver is still fine with 57,000 or so.

Left In The Deck

Uh… He Went Where?

After Cousineau’s double up, I inquired about an empty chair at the table who appeared to be blinding away his chips.

De Korver and Cousineau filled in the details saying that an Italian, or was it a Frenchman, was given a one round penalty for exposing his cards about an hour before. They’d assumed he didn’t understand enough english to know that he could come back and that he was disqualified.

After some amazing journalism (asking the dealer), I discovered that the no-show was none other than Italian Olympic gymnast Yuri Chechi. After speaking to the nearest Italian reporter, I learned the truth. Chechi, not wanting to stick around, simply decided that he was too tired and went to sleep, allowing his 7,000 stack to blind away.

Needless to say, he was done by the end of the night.

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Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   Pieter De Korver

Tournament Update -- Level 21

Sep 30, '09

Blinds: 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante

Players Remaining: 12 out of 334

Chip Counts:

Jason Mercier — 2,691,000
James Akenhead — 1,205,000
Barry Shulman — 1,148,000
Praz Bansi — 869,000
Antoine Saout — 726,000
Markus Ristola — 631,000
Daniel Negreanu — 606,000
Matt Hawrilenko — 584,000
Chris Bjorin — 572,000
Eric Liu — 407,000

Average Chip Count: 835,000

Notable Eliminations:

17: Doyle Brunson — £31,198
16: Saar Wilf — £31,198
15: Ram Vaswani — £40,481
14: Teddy Sheringham — £40,481
13: Tony Cousineau — £40,481

Big Hands:

Doyle Brunson Eliminated in 17th Place (£31,198)

Daniel Negreanu raised to open the action and Doyle Brunson moved all in from the button. James Akenhead reraised all in and Negreanu got out of the way. Akenhand and Brunon then flipped over their cards:

Brunson: Q9
Akenhead: AK

Board: Q54KJ

Brunson was eliminated in 17th place on the hand and Akenhead grew his stack to more than 1.2 million.

Ram Vaswani Eliminated in 15th Place (£40,481)

Vaswani moved all in preflop on a short stack and Barry Shulman made the call. Their cards:

Vaswani: 109
Shulman: 8-8

Board: A73J4

Shulman grew his stack to more than 1 million after the hand.

Tony Cousineau Eliminated in 13th Place (£40,481)

James Akenhead called a late-position raise from the button and Tony Cousineau moved all in from the small blind. Akenhead made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Akenhead: K9
Cousineau: AK

Board: 54263

James Akendhead grew his stack to more than 1.3 million after the hand and Cousineau was eliminated by the flush in 13th place.

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   Doyle Brunson,   Barry Shulman,   Ram Vaswani,   James Akenhead

Level 13 Update: Rheem Busts

Jun 24, '09

Blinds: 2,000-4,000

Players Remaining: 52 out of 275

Chip Counts:

1. Michiel Brummelhuis – 530,000
2. Darryll Fish – 390,000
3. Davidi Kitai – 330,000
4. Ken Lennaard – 330,000
5. Bryn Kenney – 270,000
6. Andrew Feldman – 269,000
7. Jordan Smith – 246,000
8. Thomas Pettersson – 230,000
9. J.C. Alvarado – 225,000
10. Toto Leonidas – 218,000

Average Chip Count: 152,775

Notable Eliminations:

Chino Rheem
Tony Cousineau

Big Hands:

Cowboys Best Bullets

Tony Cousineau raised the pot from the hijack and Davidi Kitai re-potted from the big blind. Cousineau then moved all in and Kitai made the call. Kitai showed pocket kings, KK but Cousineau showed AA. Cousineau was all set to double up but the flop had different ideas. It came down KJ4, giving Kitai the lead with a set. The board didn’t improve Cousineau and he was eliminated.

Alvarado Eliminates Rheem

Chino Rheem moved all in preflop and J.C. Alvarado made the call. Rheem showed JJ but Alvarado had AA. Rheem failed to crack Alvarado’s aces and he was eliminated.

Baldwin Survives All-In, Kahlmeyer Doesn’t

On a flop of Q38, Tim Kahlmeyer fired 12,000 into the pot and Eric Baldwin raised it to 29,000. Kahlmeyer then moved all in and Baldwin called. Baldwin turned over AA and Kahlmeyer showed 86 for a pair and a flush draw. The turn brought the 2 and the 7 fell on the river.

The dealer then counted each player’s chips and it turned out both players had 103,500 in front of them. Kahlmeyer was eliminated and Baldwin was at 207,000.

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   Davidi Kitai,   Eric Baldwin,   Tim Kahlmeyer

Level 4 Update: Shaun Deeb Eliminated, Filippi Takes Bad Beat

Jun 23, '09

Blinds: 250-500

Players Remaining: 243 out of 276

Notable Eliminations:

Shaun Deeb, Eric Froelich, Chau Giang

Big Hands:

Elky Takes a Chunk From Nam

On a board of 4926, Nam Le checked and called 3300 from Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier. The river was the 6 and Le checked again.

This time Grospellier fired 7700, which was about half of Le’s remaining stack. Le tanked for a long while before mucking his hand. Le is now left with 15,300.

Cousineau Shows Hand for Food Comp

On a board reading JJ2K Tony Cousineau bet 10,000 which was just a little less than what his opponent had left. His opponent tanked for about a minute before finally deciding he wasn’t going to risk his tournament life on this hand.

“Do you have a food comp?” said Cousineau after his opponent folded. “You get to see this hand if you give me a food comp.”

His opponent immediately went into his pocket and found one. Cousineau, a man of his word, showed the J8 and now gets a discounted dinner.

Filippi Can’t Dodge a Gutshot

After a flop of A106, Amnon Filippi checked and his opponent bet almost all of his remaining chips. Filippi check-raised him all in and his opponent, although visibly disgusted, tossed in his chips.

Filippi turned up the A7 and his opponent tabled the QJ, needing a K to fill a straight. Unfortunately for Filippi, the turn was the K, filling the straight and giving his opponent the pot.

Filippi is now left with 20,000.

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   Nam Le,   Amnon Filippi,   Bertrand Grospellier

Level 1 Update: Event Brings Stacked Field

Jun 23, '09

Blinds: 100-200

Players Remaining: 245 out of 245

Big Hands:

Batista Folds Top Pair Early On

Chad Batista raises to 850 from the button after an under the gun limper. The big blind called, the limper folded, and the flop was K35.

After the big blind checked, Batista bet 1000 and was met with a check-raise to 3250. Batista made the call and the 2 fell on the turn. The player in the big blind led out for 7700 and Batista folded pretty quickly flashing a K as he sent his cards into the muck.

Cousineau Flops the Nuts, Bets it Down

In a multi-way pot, Tony Cousineau bet 1050 on a flop of KJ10. He got one caller from the blind and everybody else got out of the way. The A was the turn card and Cousineau bets 2000 after his opponent checked.

The J fell on the river and Cousineau put out one last bet of 4000 after his opponent checked again. After his opponent folded, Cousineau showed the table AQ and commented about how the turn and river cards hurt his hand.

Wahlbeck Takes a Big Hit Early

The final board read A27K6 and Ville Wahlbeck’s opponent made a river bet of 11,500. Wahlbeck went into the tank for a minute or so before making the call.

Wahlbeck’s opponent showed AK and Wahlbeck mucked, losing more than half of his original starting stack on the hand.

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   Ville Wahlbeck,   Chad Batista

Level 13 Update: Rheem Busts

Jun 24, '09

Blinds: 2,000-4,000

Players Remaining: 52 out of 275

Chip Counts:

1. Michiel Brummelhuis – 530,000
2. Darryll Fish – 390,000
3. Davidi Kitai – 330,000
4. Ken Lennaard – 330,000
5. Bryn Kenney – 270,000
6. Andrew Feldman – 269,000
7. Jordan Smith – 246,000
8. Thomas Pettersson – 230,000
9. J.C. Alvarado – 225,000
10. Toto Leonidas – 218,000

Average Chip Count: 152,775

Notable Eliminations:

Chino Rheem
Tony Cousineau

Big Hands:

Cowboys Best Bullets

Tony Cousineau raised the pot from the hijack and Davidi Kitai re-potted from the big blind. Cousineau then moved all in and Kitai made the call. Kitai showed pocket kings, KK but Cousineau showed AA. Cousineau was all set to double up but the flop had different ideas. It came down KJ4, giving Kitai the lead with a set. The board didn’t improve Cousineau and he was eliminated.

Alvarado Eliminates Rheem

Chino Rheem moved all in preflop and J.C. Alvarado made the call. Rheem showed JJ but Alvarado had AA. Rheem failed to crack Alvarado’s aces and he was eliminated.

Baldwin Survives All-In, Kahlmeyer Doesn’t

On a flop of Q38, Tim Kahlmeyer fired 12,000 into the pot and Eric Baldwin raised it to 29,000. Kahlmeyer then moved all in and Baldwin called. Baldwin turned over AA and Kahlmeyer showed 86 for a pair and a flush draw. The turn brought the 2 and the 7 fell on the river.

The dealer then counted each player’s chips and it turned out both players had 103,500 in front of them. Kahlmeyer was eliminated and Baldwin was at 207,000.

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   Davidi Kitai,   Eric Baldwin,   Tim Kahlmeyer

Level 4 Update: Shaun Deeb Eliminated, Filippi Takes Bad Beat

Jun 23, '09

Blinds: 250-500

Players Remaining: 243 out of 276

Notable Eliminations:

Shaun Deeb, Eric Froelich, Chau Giang

Big Hands:

Elky Takes a Chunk From Nam

On a board of 4926, Nam Le checked and called 3300 from Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier. The river was the 6 and Le checked again.

This time Grospellier fired 7700, which was about half of Le’s remaining stack. Le tanked for a long while before mucking his hand. Le is now left with 15,300.

Cousineau Shows Hand for Food Comp

On a board reading JJ2K Tony Cousineau bet 10,000 which was just a little less than what his opponent had left. His opponent tanked for about a minute before finally deciding he wasn’t going to risk his tournament life on this hand.

“Do you have a food comp?” said Cousineau after his opponent folded. “You get to see this hand if you give me a food comp.”

His opponent immediately went into his pocket and found one. Cousineau, a man of his word, showed the J8 and now gets a discounted dinner.

Filippi Can’t Dodge a Gutshot

After a flop of A106, Amnon Filippi checked and his opponent bet almost all of his remaining chips. Filippi check-raised him all in and his opponent, although visibly disgusted, tossed in his chips.

Filippi turned up the A7 and his opponent tabled the QJ, needing a K to fill a straight. Unfortunately for Filippi, the turn was the K, filling the straight and giving his opponent the pot.

Filippi is now left with 20,000.

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   Nam Le,   Amnon Filippi,   Bertrand Grospellier

Level 1 Update: Event Brings Stacked Field

Jun 23, '09

Blinds: 100-200

Players Remaining: 245 out of 245

Big Hands:

Batista Folds Top Pair Early On

Chad Batista raises to 850 from the button after an under the gun limper. The big blind called, the limper folded, and the flop was K35.

After the big blind checked, Batista bet 1000 and was met with a check-raise to 3250. Batista made the call and the 2 fell on the turn. The player in the big blind led out for 7700 and Batista folded pretty quickly flashing a K as he sent his cards into the muck.

Cousineau Flops the Nuts, Bets it Down

In a multi-way pot, Tony Cousineau bet 1050 on a flop of KJ10. He got one caller from the blind and everybody else got out of the way. The A was the turn card and Cousineau bets 2000 after his opponent checked.

The J fell on the river and Cousineau put out one last bet of 4000 after his opponent checked again. After his opponent folded, Cousineau showed the table AQ and commented about how the turn and river cards hurt his hand.

Wahlbeck Takes a Big Hit Early

The final board read A27K6 and Ville Wahlbeck’s opponent made a river bet of 11,500. Wahlbeck went into the tank for a minute or so before making the call.

Wahlbeck’s opponent showed AK and Wahlbeck mucked, losing more than half of his original starting stack on the hand.

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   Ville Wahlbeck,   Chad Batista

Level 5 Update -- Doug Lee Gets Warning, Busts Anyway

Apr 19, '09

Level: 5
Blinds: 300-600 with a 75 ante

Notable Chip Counts:

Mark Seif -- 220,000
Shawn Cunix -- 211,000
Shannon Shorr -- 210,000
Matt Vengrin -- 205,000
Francois Safieddine -- 200,000

Notable Eliminations:

Lyle Berman
Allen Cunningham
Clonie Gowen
Doug Lee
 

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Key Hands:

Tony Cousineau Bluffs!

The board read Q 7 5 6 and Mizrachi bet 4,000. Tony Cousineau raised to 15,000 and Mizrachi called. The river was the 3 and Mizrachi checked. Cousineau moved all in for about 32,000 and Mizrachi went into the tank.

Mizrachi was so confused that he flipped a coin to make his decision. Despite the fact that the flip told him to call, he eventually folded and Cousineau revealed A-J high for a busted flush draw. He now has about 75,000 in chips.


Shawn Cunix Cashes In Against Jimmy Fricke

Jimmy Fricked raised to 2,000 and was called by a couple players. The flop came A 8 4 and Fricke continued with a bet of 9,500. Cunix made the call and the turn was the 9. Fricke bet 18,000 and Cunix called. The river was the 9 and Fricke bet 35,000.

Cunix made the call and showed A Q for top pair and Fricke mucked his hand, putting him at just 40,000 in chips. Cunix now has 210,000.


Doug Lee Celebrates Too Soon

Doug Lee was all in against Zach Hyman and Jimmy Fricke before the river. When the river put a spade flush out there, Doug Lee celebrated by clapping his hands together, obviously informing the two others players he made his hand, killing their side action. Fricke and Hyman check it down and Lee shows the nut flush.

Despite tripling up on the hand, Lee was eliminated just a few hands later.

 

 

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   Michael Mizrachi,   Doug Lee,   Jimmy Fricke,   Shawn Cunix,   Zachary Hyman

Level 9 Update

Mar 17, '09

Big Hands:

J.C. Tran Eliminated by Dan Heimiller

J.C. Tran and Dan Heimiller got all of their chips into the middle against Tony Cousineau and the three players turned up their hands:

Tran: 1010
Heimiller: KK
Cousineau: 66

Board: Q10357

Heimiller won the hand to triple up and Tran was knocked out of the tournament. Heimiller took home the $5,000 bounty as well.

Chau Giang Eliminated

Chau Giang moved all in preflop and J.P. Byrne called him down. Their cards:

Giang: Q9
Byrne: KK

Board: AJ393

Byrne won the hand to bounce Giang out of the tournament and collect the $5,000 bounty.

Jeff Madsen Doubles Up

Jeff Madsen moved all in preflop and Justin Scott called him down. Their cards:

Madsen: K-K
Scott: A4

Board: K10483

Madsen won the pot to double up but he still only holds 10,000.

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   J.C. Tran,   Daniel Heimiller,   Chau Giang,   Jeff Madsen

$10,000 PLO - Day 2 - Hour One

Jun 30, '08

Blinds: 1,000-2,000

Players Left: 72

Chip leaders:
Josh Arieh: 480,000
Eddy Scharf: 287,000
Peter Jetten: 260,000
Shawn Buchanan: 241,000
Guillaume Patry: 226,000
Bill Argyros: 218,000
Brant Hale: 185,000
Karl Marenholz: 175,000
Robin Larsson: 171,000
Marty Smyth: 168,000

Eliminations: Leif Force, Robert Williamson III, Tony Cousineau, Humberto Brenes

Big Hands:
Leif Force Eliminated by Chau Giang

Leif Force came into Day 2 with just 4,000 in chips and managed to get it all in against Chau Giang on the very first hand of the day.

Force: AQ66
Giang: JJ33
Board: Q9724

With pocket threes against pocket jacks, neither player received any help from the board. Giang's jacks held up and Leif Force hit the rail soon there after.

Humberto Brenes Eliminated

Humberto Brenes raised to 7,000 and Marty Smyth called the raise. The flop came 963,and Smyth made a pot-sized bet (enough to put Brenes all in), Brenes called all in. Smyth turned over 10877, for an open-ended straight draw with the nut straight re-draw. The turn was the Q and the river was the 10, giving Smyth his straight to the ten, eliminating Humberto Brenes from the tournament.

Tony Cousineau Eliminated by David Williams

Tony Cousineau raised to 7,000 before the flop and David Williams made the call. The flop came QQ2, and Cousineau moved all in. Williams called and they turned over their cards.

Cousineau: KK52
Williams: QJ109

Cousineau held an overpair (kings) while Williams had flopped trip queens. Both players had a heart fluh draw, Williams of course having the better end of it. The turn was the 10, giving Williams a full house and reducing Cousineau to only two outs in the deck to stay alive. The river was the 6 and Tony Cousineau was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   Humberto Brenes,   Chau Giang,   David Williams,   Leif Force

$3K H.O.R.S.E. - Hour Five

Jun 11, '08

Blinds/Antes:
Hold'em-Omaha 8: 150-300
Razz-Stud-Stud8: 75 ante, 100 bring-in, 200 completion

Players Left: 282 of 414

Chip Leaders:
Markus Golser: 21,000
Chris Amaral: 20,500
David Levi: 17,000
Kenna James: 16,500
Marco Traniello: 16,000
Marcel Luske: 15,000
Mel Judah: 13,000
Shannon Elizabeth: 12,000
Hoyt Corkins: 11,500
Ted Forrest: 11,000

Eliminations: David Sklansky, John Juanda, Robert Williamson III, Chad Brown, Andy Black, Toto Leonidas

Big Hands:

Hold'em 

Vanessa Rousso Takes One Down

Marcel Luske limped in the pot and Vanessa Rousso raised to 600. The big blind called the raise as did Luske. The flop came 643, and Rousso bet 300. The big blind and Luske both called. The turn was the J, and Rousso bet 600. Luske folded and the big blind called. The river was the 8 and this time the big blind bet out 600. Rousso made a quick call and the  big blind announced, "ace high". Rousso turned over 99 and raked the pot.

Tony Cousineau Eliminates Opponent

The player in seat 6 got it all in before the flop and Tony Cousineau had him covered.

Seat 6: A4
Cousineau: KQ
Board: Q109JA

Seat 6 led the hand going to the flop, but Cousineau flopped top pair and rivered the ace high straight. Cousineau adds some more chips to his stack while his opponent makes an early exit.

Omaha 8

Full Boat Sinks Traniello's Stack

Calling bets on every street of a J101045 board, Marco Traniello tossed his cards into the muck when he opponent showed A1043 for a full house. The loss knocked Traniello down to around 10,000 in chips.

Stud 8

Corkins Takes a Hit

Hoyt Corkins played aggressively, betting every street even when his opponent in seat 3 showed a pair of aces. Seat 3 showed a pair of aces with a 7 low and Corkins mucked his hand. Their cards were:
Corkins: 104QJ (X X X)
Seat 3: AAQ7 (6x 4x 2x)
The loss put Corkins down to 14,000 in chips.

Chiu Bets Out Froehlich

David Chiu raised to 300 and was called by Eric Froehlich. After calling all of Chiu's early bets, Froehlich folded when Chiu bet out 600 on 5th street. This visible cards were:
Chiu: (X X) Q55
Froehlich: (X X) A K J 3
Chiu had 7,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Tony Cousineau,   Marco Traniello,   David Chiu,   Marcel Luske,   Eric Froehlich

Play Ends Early

Jul 03, '07

Due to the the slow nature of the shootout event tournament staff decided to end the night at 2 a.m. instead of playing down to a final table as originally intended. The players seemed happy about this and there were plenty left as only a 13 players had been eliminated so far.

Tony Cousineau seems to be playing excellent poker and is in the $50,000 chip range. Victor Ramdin is another pro that is making a nice run in the second round. Matt Matros was one of the 13 eliminated players  after his K-Q failed to improve against his opponent's A-8. Other than that the pros seem to be performing well in round two.

Depending on the progress made tomorrow, they might not play down to a winner tomorrow due to tonight's early ending.

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau

Round 2 Begins

Jul 03, '07

The second round of the $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em Shootout has begun. We have eight tables and 72 players still competing for the bracelet. Some notable faces still left in the field include: Michael Mizrachi, Noah Boeken, Isabelle Mercier, Victor Ramdin, Bill Chen, Joe Tehan, and Tony Cousineau.

As one would expect in a limit shootout structure, the action early in this round have been failry slow and uneventful.

Stay tuned for more live updates throughout this round.

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   Michael Mizrachi,   Noah Boeken,   Isabelle Mercier,   Joe Tehan

Dirty River

Jul 02, '07

Jamie Gold padded his stack after laying a bad beat on John Murphy.  Four players saw a 9 7 5 flop after an early position raise to $1,000. Murphy bet $3,000 and only Gold called.  Murphy got his last $13,000 in after the 2 on the turn and Gold called.  Murphy held 10 10, and Gold trailed with A 9.  The river was the cruel 9, that snatched the pot from Murphy and sent him packing.  Gold is now the tournament leader with over $80,000.

Earlier in the level, David Williams managed a double knockout with the worst of it.  The player in Seat 1 raised under the gun to $2,200, the player on the button pushed all in with Q Q, and Williams pushed all in over the top to isolate with A K; however Seat 1 called with K K.  Williams simply rubbed his hands together saying, "I like this, Ace me dealer"  Williams had to wait until the river but the board ran out 8 8 2 5 A, and Williams eliminated both players.

Tony Cousineanu and Steve "MrSmokey1" Billirakis have managed to double up their short stacks in the last level.  Billirakis pushed his last $7,900 in with A J and was called by K Q.  The flop was lights out for Billirakis as it came 6 5 2.  The turn and river were the Q and the J, and Billirakis doubled.  Cousineanu pushed his last $3,000 in the pot with K Q and was called by Bill Chen with J J.  Cousineau took the lead with the Q Q 2 flop, the turn and river bricked out and Cousineau doubled up.

Andrew Black, Anna Wroblewski, and David "Devilfish" Ulliott have all been eliminated in the last hour

The official numbers for this event will be announced shortly

Player Tags: Tony Cousineau,   John Murphy,   David Williams,   Jamie Gold,   William Chen