Andy Bloch Poker Tournament Updates

Jason Mercier Defeats Andy Bloch

Mar 05, '11

Jason Mercier built up a nice chip lead, grinding Andy Bloch down to his last 15,000. Bloch put it in with A3, but he was dominated by Mercier’s A6.

The board ran out K10653 and Andy Bloch was eliminated. Jason Mercier will now advance to play the winner beteween Liv Boeree and Olivier Busquet.

Player Tags: Andy Bloch,   Jason Mercier

Andy Bloch Defeats John Juanda

Mar 04, '11

John Juanda and Andy Bloch battled in a back and forth match that saw several lead changes. Ultimately, it was Andy Bloch who took it down.

Juanda was all in holding QJ and called by Bloch’s K2. The board rolled out K87Q8 and Juanda was eliminated.

Bloch will now face Jason Mercier in the round of 32.

Player Tags: John Juanda,   Andy Bloch

Jason Mercier Defeats Andy Bloch

Mar 05, '11

Jason Mercier built up a nice chip lead, grinding Andy Bloch down to his last 15,000. Bloch put it in with A3, but he was dominated by Mercier’s A6.

The board ran out K10653 and Andy Bloch was eliminated. Jason Mercier will now advance to play the winner beteween Liv Boeree and Olivier Busquet.

Player Tags: Andy Bloch,   Jason Mercier

Andy Bloch Defeats John Juanda

Mar 04, '11

John Juanda and Andy Bloch battled in a back and forth match that saw several lead changes. Ultimately, it was Andy Bloch who took it down.

Juanda was all in holding QJ and called by Bloch’s K2. The board rolled out K87Q8 and Juanda was eliminated.

Bloch will now face Jason Mercier in the round of 32.

Player Tags: John Juanda,   Andy Bloch

Pre-Dinner Busts

Jan 23, '11

A few other players who have hit the rail as the field plays down to the dinner break include Andy Bloch, Carlos Mortensen, and Richard Ashby.

Player Tags: Andy Bloch,   Carlos Mortensen

Late Arrival

Dec 19, '10

The latest player to register for today’s tournament is Andy Bloch, who just made his way to the table a few minutes ago. Bloch has a history of registering late for events, often waiting until day 2 for tournaments at the Bellagio.

There are now 126 entrants.

Player Tags: Andy Bloch

Poker Tweets -- Andy Bloch

Dec 04, '10

Check out this poker tweet from latecomer Andy Bloch.

Player Tags: Andy Bloch

Level Six Hour Two: Gavin Smith Eliminates a Player

Jul 10, '10

Blinds: 250-500 with a 50 ante

Players Remaining: 2,285 out of 7,319

Chip Counts:

1. Charles Alexandre Sylvestre — 260,000
2. Dave Sands — 233,000
3. Steve Billirakis — 233,000
4. Robert Miller — 212,500
5. Jason DeWitt — 191,300
6. Khamsy Nuanmanee — 182,000
7. Matt Keikoan — 175,000
8. Vanessa Rousso — 170,000
9. Filippo Candio — 167,000
10. Tristan Wade — 160,000

Card Player Chip Counts:

Josh Brikis — 97,500
Mike Matusow — 12,700
Roy Winston — 15,000
Jennifer Harman — 34,025
Jeff Shulman – 42,675

Notable Eliminations:

Gavin Smith
Todd Brunson
John Phan

Big Hands:

Richey Chips Up With Set

Brett Richey was heads up when his opponent bet 2,500 on a flop of 1034. Richey called and his opponent checked when the K hit on the turn.

Richey bet 6,000 and his opponent made the call. On the 5 river his opponent checked and Richey bet big — 17,500. His opponent called and Richey turned over 33 for a flopped set.

His opponent mucked and Richey’s stack soared to 140,000.

Swick Knocked Out

Mike Swick of the UFC was down to his last 11,000 or so when he got all in preflop again the player in seat 1. Their hands:

Swick: AQ
Opponent: AK

Swick was trailing and the board ran 69656. His opponent’s king played and Swick was eliminated early in day 2b.

Andy Bloch Eliminated

With the board reading 10269 on the turn, John Moore led out for 4,100 from early position and Andy Bloch raised to 11,600.

After asking how much Bloch had behind, Moore made the call. The river was the 3 and Moore just moved Bloch all in. Bloch made the call and showed 99, giving him a set, but Moore showed A8, giving him the nut flush.

Bloch’s Series comes to a close. He finishes with three cashes, totaling over $100,000 and a couple of near misses deep in some events.

Violette Uses Some Aggression to Earn Chips

Cyndy Violette called a raise from the big blind and saw a flop of 423. Violette led out for 3,000 and was called by the preflop raiser.

The turn was the 9 and Violette bet 6,000, which got a call. The river was the A and she bet 3,000. The bet on the river was enough to win her the pot as her opponent mucked her hand and she increased her stack to 85,000.

Kassela Flushes Opponent

Frank Kassela got his opponent all-in on a flop of Q82. He had his opponent covered and was holding K9. His opponent was drawing dead when he tabled K9.

The turn was the 8 and the river was the 5, which was dealt as a formality before pushing the pot to Kassela. Kassela is up to 135,000 in chips.

Griffin Takes a Hit

Gavin Griffin called a raise of 1,250 from a player in middle position and the player in the cutoff raised to 4,200. The original raiser folded but Griffin raised to around 20,000, enough to put the cutoff player all in. He called. Their hands:

Griffin: 1010
Opponent: KK

Griffin was well behind and found no help on a board that ran 5QJ94. Griffin lost the pot and dropped to around 48,000 in chips.

Pavilion Room Coverage

Gavin Smith Eliminates a Player

Gavin Smith raised to 1300 from middle position and a player on the button move all in for about 13,000 total. Action was folded back to Smith. He insta-called with the AK and was ahead of the AQ of his opponent. The board ran out 10107K4[[suit:diamond] and Smith recorded the knockout. He was at around 100,000 after the hand.

Chris Ferguson Makes the Wrong Call

On a board of A4310 a player in middle position bet 3,500 and Chris Ferguson called. The river brought the 5 and Ferguson’s opponent bet 7,000 this time. Ferguson tanked before finally making the call. His opponent tabled the QJ for a flush and Ferguson mucked. He was at about 40,000 after the hand.

Johnny Lodden Eliminates a Player

Johnny Lodden opened the pot from middle position and a player to his left moved all in for 5,600 total. Lodden tanked before making the call with the K10. He was ahead against the QJ of his opponent. The board ran out 998A2 and Lodden took the pot. He was at 110,000 after the hand.

Ryan D’Angelo Gets Little Respect

On a flop of 865 a player in the small blind bet and Ryan D’Angelo raised. His opponent quickly called. The turn brought the 3 and D’Angelos opponent checked. D’Angelo bet 9,000 and his opponent check-raised to 24,000. D’angelo insta-mucked and his opponent exposed the 1010. D’Angelo vented his frustration after the hand.

Player Tags: Andy Bloch,   Gavin Smith,   Cyndy Violette,   Gavin Griffin,   Brett Richey,   Ryan D'Angelo,   Johnny Lodden,   Mike Swick

Level Six: David Singer, Andy Bloch Out

Jun 24, '10

Flop Games: 400-800 blinds
Stud Games: 200 ante, 200 bring-in, 800-1,600 limits

Players Remaining: 224 out of 241

Average Chip Stack: 32,277

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Matt Glantz – 77,000
2. Marco Johnson – 70,000
3. Chris Ferguson – 64,000
4. Gary Benson – 64,000
5. Jason Lester – 63,000
6. Brandon Adams – 56,500
7. Chris Amaral – 55,000
8. Dario Alioto – 55,000
9. Erik Seidel – 54,000
10. Chad Brown – 51,000

Notable Eliminations:

Andy Bloch
David Singer

Big Hands:

Stud/8

David Singer Eliminated Baby

We caught up with this hand on sixth street. David Singer was all in and Scotty Nguyen was the man putting him at risk.

“I got two pair baby,” Nguyen announced.

He tabled 3322 to prove it and Singer was behind. Singer squeezed out a red six, which was no help and he made his way to the exit.

Hold’em

Andy Bloch Eliminated

Andy Bloch got his last 1,500 into the pot preflop and he was called by Matt Hawrilenko. Here were their cards:

Bloch: J8
Hawrilenko: K10

The board ran out Q65A9. Bloch could not beat Hawrilenko’s king-high and he was eliminated.

Lucky Sevens For Dwan

The player in seat 2 raised to 1,600 from the small blind and Tom Dwan made it three bets to 2,400. Seat 2 called and the flop came down A105.

Seat 2 checked to Dwan, who fired 800. Seat 2 made the call and the turn was the 10. The action was checked to Dwan again and he bet 1,600. Seat 2 called and the 3 came on the river.

Both players checked and seat 2 showed K-5. Dwan tabled 77 for the better two pair and he took the pot. He was at 43,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen,   Andy Bloch,   David Singer,   Tom Dwan

Level Five: Players Start To Fall

Jun 23, '10

Flop Games: 300-600 blinds
Stud Games: 100 ante, 200 bring-in, 600-1,200 limits

Players Remaining: 228 out of 241

Average Chip Stack: 31,711

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Brandon Adams – 70,000
2. Marco Johnson – 59,000
3. Dario Alioto – 52,000
4. John Racener – 52,000
5. Chad Brown – 50,000
6. Jason Lester – 49,000
7. Carlos Mortensen – 49,000
8. Todd Brunson – 48,500
9. David Baker – 45,000
10. Chris Amaral – 45,000

Notable Eliminations:

Lex Veldhuis
Howard Lederer
David Bach

Big Hands:

Stud

Bloch Gets Short

Picking up the action on sixth street, Mikael Thuritz bet 1,200 and Andy Bloch made the call. They were dealt seventh street and Thuritz bet another 1,200.

Bloch made the call showing 1072Q. Thuritz had 8654 and turned over (765) for the straight.

Bloch surrendered the pot and was down to his last 5,000.

Lederer Can’t Call

Picking up the action on fifth street, Howard Lederer led out with 1,200 and Brandon Adams jacked it up to 2,400. On sixth street, Adams did the betting with 1,200 and Lederer called.

On seventh street, Adams fired another bullet of 1,200 while showing 910A5.

Lederer took a session in the tank with 86Q4. He eventually released it into the muck and Adams took the pot. He was at almost 70,000 while Lederer was under 10,000. He would bust later in the level.

Dwan Jacks Up Dehkharghani

Picking up the action on sixth street, Ray Dehkharghani bet 1,200 and Tom Dwan made the call. On seventh street, Dehkharghani bet another 1,200 and Dwan threw in the call.

Dehkharghani tabled JJ from his hole cards and Dwan had that beat as he showed 5544.

Dwan took the pot and was around 34,000.

Razz

Lex Veldhuis Out

Lex Veldhuis led the betting on sixth and seventh street and the player in seat one made the call.

Veldhuis was all in with his bet on seventh and tabled 8-5-4-2-A. Seat 1 tabled his hand, which the dealer mixed up. Whatever it was, it was better than an 8-5 and Veldhuis was eliminated.

Player Tags: Andy Bloch,   Howard Lederer,   Ray Dehkharghani,   Brandon Adams,   Mikael Thuritz,   Tom Dwan,   Lex Veldhuis

Level Three: Final Entrants Listed At 241

Jun 23, '10

Flop Games: 200-400 blinds
Stud Games: 100 ante, 100 bring-in, 400-800 limits

Players Remaining: 241

Average Chip Stack: 30,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Ted Forrest – 45,000
2. Kirill Gerasimov – 40,000
3. Amnon Filippi – 40,000
4. Bruno Fitoussi – 40,000
5. Noah Boeken – 38,500
6. Jimmy Fricke – 38,000
7. Freddy Deeb – 38,000
8. Matt Savage – 37,000
9. John D’Agostino – 36,000
10. Matt Glantz – 36,000

Notable Eliminations:

None

Big Hands:

Stud

Mercier Takes It Down

Picking up the action on six street, the player in seat 3 bet 800 and Jason Mercier made the call. The river was dealt and both players checked.

The player in seat 3 simply tapped the table and mucked his hole cards.

“Do I have to show?” Mercier asked.

He eventually did show the victorious (J54)56QJ and took down the pot with his two pair.

Juanda Bests Filippi’s Aces

Picking up the action on sixth street, John Juanda bet 800 and Amnon Filippi made the call. After seventh street was dealt, both players checked and Filippi announced he only had a pair of aces in the hole.

Juanda turned over (K97) to go with his 6K610 and he took down the pot with his two pair.

Stud/8

Chen Takes A Pot

Picking up the action on fourth street, the player in seat 8 bet 400 and Bill Chen made the call, as did Brock Parker. Seat 8 led out for 800 on fifth street and both opponents called again.

All three players checked on sixth street and did the same on seventh street. The players then looked bewildered as no one seemed to have a hand they were proud to show.

Finally, Chen turned over (987)4539 and his pair of nines and 8-7 low were good enough to scoop the pot.

Hold’em

Ferguson Bets Out Lind

Action folded around to George Lind in the small blind and he raised to 800 preflop. Chris Ferguson was in the big blind and he reraised to 1,200. Lind made the call and both players saw the 1065 flop.

Lind checked and Ferguson continued with a bet of 400. Lind’s hand hit the muck at the same time as Ferguson’s chips fell in the pot. Ferguson took in a small pot and was off to a good start.

Omaha/8

Bloch Gets Quartered

Picking up the action after the turn, the board read K768. Andy Bloch bet 800 and George Lind raised to 1,600. Bloch made the call and the 10 fell on the river.

Lind bet 1,600 and Bloch made the call. Lind then turned over A2QQ for the nut-low and a pair of queens.

Bloch turned over A9QQ for the other two queens. Lind took the low half and they split the high half, much to the delight of Bloch.

“It was more than I thought I was getting there,” Bloch joked after the hand.

Player Tags: Chris Ferguson,   John Juanda,   Andy Bloch,   Brock Parker,   Amnon Filippi,   Bill Chen,   Jason Mercier,   George Lind

Level 20 Update: Andy Bloch Eliminated

Jun 11, '10

Blinds: 5,000-10,000 with a 3,000 ante

Players Remaining: 8 out of 101

Average Chip Count: 336,666

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. David Baker — 696,000
2. Eric Kesselman — 665,000
3. Eric Cloutier — 425,000
4. Doug Booth — 350,000
5. John Juanda — 263,000
6. Daniel Negreanu — 261,000
7. George Danzer — 230,000
8. Erik Seidel — 122,000

Eliminations:

9. Andy Bloch — $22,387

Big Hands:

Andy Bloch Eliminated in 9th Place ($22,387)

Eric Kesselman bet 25,000 from the small blind and Andy Bloch moved all in from the big blind. Kesselman insta-called, exposing the nuts of 7-5-4-3-2. Bloch wasn’t drawing dead as he discarded a queen with his 5-4-3-2, hoping for the chop. However, a useless six sent him to the rail. Kesselman was at 665,000 after the hand.

David Baker Doubles Up

George Danzer bet 27,000 and David Baker called from the small blind. Both Baker and Danzer drew one card. Baker bet 51,000 and Danzer raised to 200,000. Baker moved all in for 106,000 more. Danzer called and tabled the 7-6-5-4-2 but was no good against the 7-6-4-3-2 of Baker. Baker doubled up to 696,000 and Danzer was down to 230,000.

Left in the Deck:

The final 8 players have combined to form the final table.

Players are now on a 20-minute break.

Player Tags: Andy Bloch,   Eric Kesselman,   George Danzer,   David Baker

Level 19 Update: John Monnette Eliminated

Jun 11, '10

Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 2,000 ante

Players Remaining: 9 out of 101

Average Chip Count: 336,666

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Eric Kesselman — 465,000
2. George Danzer — 460,000
3. Eric Cloutier — 430,000
4. David Baker — 410,000
5. Doug Booth — 365,000
6. John Juanda — 245,000
7. Daniel Negreanu — 210,000
8. Erik Seidel — 200,000
9. Andy Bloch — 175,000

Eliminations:

10. John Monnette — $22,387

Big Hands:

Andy Bloch Doubles Up

John Monnette raised to 27,000 and Andy Bloch moved all in for 75,000. Action was folded to Monnette, who made the call. Monnette stood pat and Bloch decided to as well. Bloch exposed 10-8-5-4-2 while Monnette mucked a Q-J low. Bloch doubled to 170,000 while Monnette was down to just 90,000 after the hand.

John Monnette Doubles Up

Eric Kesselman moved all in from the small blind and John Monnette made the call for his tournament life from the big blind. Kesselman drew one card while Monnette stood pat. Monnette tabled the Q-J-9-8-2 and was good against the 10-7-4-4-3 of Kesselman.

John Monnette Eliminated in 10th Place ($22,387)

David Baker opened for 25,000 and John Monnette moved all in for 105,000 total from the big blind. Baker called a drew one card. Monnette stood pat. Baker exposed the 8-6-5-4-3 and was good against the 10-9-8-5-4 of Monnette. Baker was at 410,000 after the hand.

Left in the Deck:

Yesterday Card Player TV caught up with David Baker, who still is in contention in the event.

Player Tags: Andy Bloch,   John Monnette

Level 4 Update: Schulman atop Chip Counts

Jun 06, '10

Limits: Bring-in 200, Ante 100, Limits 500-1,000

Players Remaining: 167 out of 170

Average Chip Count: 30,538

Card Player Chip Counts:

Barry Shulman – 46,000
Phil Hellmuth – 32,000
Steve Zolotow – 19,000
Mark Gregorich – 42,000

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. Nick Schulman – 58,000
2. Eli Elezra – 55,000
3. Ozzy Sheikh – 50,000
4. Barry Shulman – 46,000
5. Chad Brown – 44,000
6. Daniel Negreanu – 43,500
7. Sirous Jamshidi – 43,000
8. Justin Smith – 42,500
9. Mark Gregorich – 42,000
10. Hasan Habib – 41,000

Notable Eliminations:

Tom Chambers

Big Hands:

Benyamine Scoops Bloch

David Benyamine checked and called a bet from Andy Bloch on fourth street. Benyamine bet first on fifth and sixth and was called by Bloch.

Bloch: (X-X)-4-10-5-2
Benyamine: (X-X)-3-Q-3-K

Both players checked the river and bloch turned over J-5-6, giving him a pair of fives, which were no good against Benyamine’s A-3-2, giving him trip threes and the pot. Benyamine is up to 27,000 and Bloch dropped to 19,000.

Schulman and Bronshtein Chop Chambers

Yuval Bronshtein: (X-X)-4-8-K-6
Tom Chambers: (X-X)-A-K-4-J
Nick Schulman: (X-X)-8-Q-J-Q

We found this hand taking place with the rivers being dealt face down. Bronshtein fired and was called by both Chambers and Schulman.

Bronshtein showed 6-5-3, which gave him just a qualifying low. Schulman turned up 8-7-6, giving him queens-up and Chambers mucked his hand while muttering under his breath. Chambers was left with around 10,000 and was eliminated later in the level.

Katchalov’s Trips Good for the Whole Pot

Eugene Katchalov bet fifth street and was called by Tom Schneider. Kathalov bet sixth and seventh street and was called by Schneider. Their boards looked like this.

Katchalov: (X-X)-5-2-5-7
Schneider: (X-X)-10-J-3-J

Katchalov showed the 5-9-3, giving trip fives and his stack grew to 39,000, while Schneider is down to 31,800.

Player Tags: Andy Bloch,   David Benyamine,   Tom Schneider,   Eugene Katchalov,   Nick Schulman,   Tom Chambers

Level 19: Seidel, Singer, Van Alstyne, Morrison Out; Bloch First To Cash

May 31, '10

Blinds:

Flop/Limit Games: 10,000-30,000 blinds; 30,000-60,000 stakes
Stud Games: 7,000 ante; 10,000 bring in; 30,000-60,000 limits
No limit Hold’em: 6,000-12,000 blinds with a 3,000 ante

Players Remaining: 14 out of 116

Average Chip Count: 1,242,857

Tournament Leaderboard:

1. John Juanda – 2,250,000
2. Vladimir Schmelev – 1,700,000
3. Mikael Thuritz – 1,620,000
4. Robert Mizrachi – 1,330,000
5. Michael Mizrachi – 1,260,000
6. Abe Mosseri – 1,240,000
7. Nick Schulman – 1,220,000
8. Daniel Alaei – 1,200,000
9. David Oppenheim – 1,120,000
10. Alexander Kostritsyn – 785,000

Notable Eliminations:

James Van Alstyne
Erik Seidel
David Singer
16. Andy Bloch – $98,331
15. Ilya Bulychev – $98,331

Big Hands:

Seven Card Stud

Erik Seidel Eliminated

Vladimir Schmelev completed to 30,000 and Erik Seidel raised to 60,000. Schmelev made the call and then led out again with 30,000.

Seidel raised all in and Schmelev made the call. Here were there boards and how they ran out.

Seidel: 5752(AA8)
Schmelev: Q1086(1010K)

Seidel committed his chips with pocket aces but Schmelev hit a set of tens on fourth street. Seidel improved to two pair but it was not enough as he was eliminated just a few spots shy of the money.

James Van Alstyne Out

We caught this hand as Alexander Kostritsyn was counting up his chips after scooping a pot between him, Allen Bari and James Van Alstyne.

Van Alstyne had the rest of his chips committed and was eliminated.

David Singer Eliminated

We picked up the action on fourth street. Mikael Thuritz bet 30,000 and David Singer made the call.

Thuritz fired 60,000 on fifth street and Singer raised to 120,000, leaving only 30,000 behind. Thuritz put in enough to put Singer all in and Singer made the easy call.

Singer: 76410(K210)
Thuritz: Q3A7(Q86)

Singer made a king-high flush on fifth street but Thuritz caught his diamond on seventh street for an ace-high flush and Singer was out in heartbreaking fashion.

Stud/8

Kirk Morrison Bursts Bubble, Out In 17th

We did not catch the action but Daniel Alaei eliminated Kirk Morrison to burst the money bubble just two hands into hand-for-hand play.

With Morrison’s elimination, the money bubble has burst and the next person eliminated will earn $98,331.

Andy Bloch Eliminated In 16th Place ($98,331)

We caught this hand after seventh street. Vladimir Schmelev bet enough to put Andy Bloch all in and Bloch made the call. Here were their hands:

Bloch: 9AJ7(5J7)
Schmelev: 5610J(333)

Bloch made two pair for the high but it was no match for Schmelev’s set of three’s. Bloch could not qualify for a low hand and he was the first one to cash out in the Players Championship.

No Limit Hold’em

Brett Richey Doubles Up

Brett Richey put his last 100,000 into the middle against Allen Bari preflop. Bari turned over A4 while Richey showed K6.

The flop was harmless as it came down 10103, Bari still leading the hand. The turn was the K giving Richey top pair and the lead.

No player had a club in their hand so Bari needed an ace to knock Richey out but the J cemented the double up for Richey, giving him 215,000 chips to play with.

Pot Limit Omaha

Ilya Bulychev Doubles Through Vladimir Schmelev, Then Eliminated In 15th Place ($98,331)

John Juanda and Vladimir Schmelev had each put 43,000 into the pot preflop. Ilya Bulychev then bet the pot, putting himself all in for his last 132,000.

Juanda thought for a long time before finally deciding to muck his hand. Schmelev quickly called and showed JJ24. He was trailing Bulychev’s KK5A.

The board rand out 77A29 and Bulychev doubled to over 300,000.

However, Schmelev would get payback just a couple of hands later as he got all his chips back, as well as Bulychev’s remainder, eliminating Bulychev in 15th place.

Player Tags: Erik Seidel,   Andy Bloch,   David Singer,   James Van Alstyne,   Brett Richey,   Mikael Thuritz,   Kirk Morrison,   Ilya Bulychev

Level 15: Seiver Bumped By Aces, Scotty Nguyen by Straight Flush

May 30, '10

Blinds:

Flop/Limit Games: 8,000-15,000 blinds; 15,000-30,000 stakes
Stud Games: 3,000 ante, 5,000 bring-in, 15,000-30,000 limits
No Limit Hold’em/PLO: 2,000 ante, 4,000-8,000 blinds

Players Remaining: 31 out of 116

Tournament Leaderboard

1. Alexander Kostritsyn – 1,400,000
2. Robert Mizrachi – 845,000
3. Vladimir Schmeiev – 820,000
4. Nick Schulman – 810,000
5. Lyle Berman – 800,000
6. Mikael Thuritz – 790,000
7. Erik Sagstrom – 715,000
8. James Van Alstyne – 700,000
9. Michael Mizrachi – 680,000
10. Andy Bloch – 650,000

Average Chip Count: 561,290

Notable Eliminations:
Scott Seiver
Scotty Nguyen

Big Hands:

Limit Hold’em

Seiver Sees Jesus, Then Falls to Aces

Not long ago Scott Seiver was one of the event’s chip leaders. But his stack gradually started dwindling away. In consecutive hands he lost to Chris Ferguson and then he ran into Cole South’s AA on his final hand.

First, on a board of QJ7K5 Ferguson and Seiver had built a sizeable pot before both checked the end. Ferguson showed 1010 and Seiver mucked. Ferguson had around 230,000 after the hand.

But Seiver was about to run into an even larger pair on the next hand.

Seiver raised to 30,000 and South reraised. Seiver called and the flop came KQ9. South bet 30,000 and Seiver called. The same happened on the 7 turn and after the 10 river Seiver called, putting himself all in.

South turned over AA and Seiver responded with, “Really?” He mucked his hand and wished the players luck as he left the table.

South had around 650,000 after the hand.

7-Stud

Nguyen Runs Out of Magic And Into Mosseri’s Straight Flush

Scotty Nguyen couldn’t double, or triple, up another time, instead running into Abe Mosseri’s straight flush. The hands were:
Nguyen – X-X-AK103-X
Doyle Brunson – X-X-2QJ10-X
Mosseri: X-X-7Q95-X He flilpped over J108 for a straight flush to scoop the hand.

Razz

Still going strong in the event, Andy Bloch raised with his 4 to get the action started. Doyle Burnson joined the fun with the 7 showing. When Bloch was dealt the 2 and Brunson the 9, Bloch bet and Brunson let his hand go.

Bloch had around 640,000 after the hand.

Card Player TV: See what Bloch had to say about the $50k event.

Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen,   Chris Ferguson,   Andy Bloch,   Doyle Brunson,   Abe Mosseri,   Scott Seiver,   Cole South

Level 14: Scotty Hanging Tough

May 30, '10

Blinds:

Flop/Limit Games: 6,000-12,000 blinds; 12,000-24,000 stakes
Stud Games: 3,000 ante, 3,000 bring-in, 12,000-24,000 limits
No Limit Hold’em/PLO: 1,500 ante, 3,000-6,000 blinds

Players Remaining: 35 out of 116

Tournament Leaderboard
1. Alexander Kostritsyn – 1,050,000
2. Vladimir Schmelec – 830,000
3. Robert Mizrachi – 810,000
4. Mikael Thuritz – 760,000
5. Erik Seidel – 735,000
6. James Van Alstyne – 710,000
7. Nick Schulman – 700,000
8. David Singer – 675,000
9. Nikolay Evdakov – 665,000
10. Erik Sagstrom – 650,000

Average Chip Count: 497,143

Notable Eliminations:
Scott Clements
Matt Glantz

Big Hands:

7-Stud

Doyle Bests Bloch

Andy Bloch enters the pot and is joined by Doyle Brunson. Bloch bet every street until 5th, when Brunson started leading the betting. Following 6th street they were showing:
Bloch – X-X-37Q2
Brunson – X-X-2K4A
After Brunson bet, he took the pot down and saw his stack grow to around 450,000. Bloch was still healthy around 755,000.

No Limit Hold’em

The Prince is Getting Low

Scotty Nguyen pushes all in for his last 34,000 from late position but gets no action. The Prince of Poker is getting low.

Bari Doubles Up

All in preflop against Joe Serock, Allen Bari was in good shape with his AK against Joe Serock’s KQ. The board ran A626A to get Bari a full house and double him to around 140,000, while Serock dropped to 325,000.

Pot Limit Omaha

Glantz Falls to Seidel

Matt Glantz had gotten the worst of a few hands against Erik Seidel and that didn’t change in his last one.

After reraising Seidel to 58,000 preflop, the two saw a flop of 1075. Glantz pushed his remaining 110,000 in and Seidel made the call.

Glantz showed AAQ9 and seidel showed Q865. The 4 fell on the turn to give Seidel a straight, and the A gave him a flush to eliminate Glantz. Seidel sat with 730,000 following the hand.

2-7 Lowball

The Prince Not Going Quietly

Scotty Nguyen has managed to boost his stack fro 30,000 to over 130,000 after two all-in hands, both against Nick Schulman.

The first time he put his last 30,000 in and drew one, then staid pat for the second two draws. Schulman drew two every time and couldn’t come up with a hand to beat Scotty’s 8-6-5-4-3.

Not long after Scotty got all in and drew 1 on both the first and second draws. Schulman did the same, but when he drew on the last draw Scotty staid pat, showing 8-7-6-3-2. The hand put Scotty back up to 130,000 and Schulman is still strong around 700,000.

Anytime Scotty wins a pot it becomes evident that he has the loudest fans on the rail.

Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen,   Erik Seidel,   Andy Bloch,   Doyle Brunson,   Matthew Glantz,   Nick Schulman

Level 11: Huck Seed is Gone, So Is Williamson and Hellmuth

May 30, '10

Blinds:

Flop/Limit Games: 3,000-6,000 blinds; 6,000-12,000 stakes
Stud Games: 1,500 ante, 2,000 bring-in, 6,000-12,000 limits
No Limit Hold’em/PLO: 700 ante, 1,500-3,000 blinds

Players Remaining: 54 out of 116

Tournament Leaderboard

1. Kirk Morrison – 740,000
2. Mikael Thuritz – 650,000
3. Erik Sagstrom – 635,000
4. Andy Bloch – 560,000
5. Alexander Kostritsyn – 510,000
6. Steve Zolotow – 495,000
7. Robert Mizrachi – 480,000
8. Brett Richey – 425,000
9. Noah Boeken – 390,000
10. John Cernuto – 379,000

Average Chip Count: 322,222

Notable Eliminations:

Huck Seed
Robert Williamson III
Hoyt Corkins
Michael Binger
Isaac Haxton
Phil Hellmuth
Amnon Filippi

Big Hands:

Pot Limit Omaha

Seed Planted Out of Tournament

Huck Seed took a stand with his short stack when he raised to 9,600 preflop only to have Hasan Habib reraise to 27,000. Seed called and the flop came 764. Huck bet 7,500, leaving only 35,000 behind. Habib raised enough to put Seed all in and he called.

Seed showed 9652 for two pair and a straight draw, but was against Habib’s AKK7. The Q and J fell on the turn and the river and Seed was eliminated.

Habib’s stack increased to around 158,000.

Andy Bloch Cripples Williamson III In Massive Pot

We caught up with this hand on the river after Robert Williamson III shouted, “Aces against aces. You’ve got to be kidding me.”

Andy Bloch was all in for his last 231,000 with AAJ8. Williamson III called him with AAK10.

The board had run out KQ2Q5, giving Bloch a flush and hammering Williamson’s stack down to just 1,500. He would be eliminated on the next hand while Bloch was well over 600,000 in chips after the hand.

Razz

Clements Takes One Off Haxton

Picking up the action on seventh street, Scott Clements bet 12,000 and Isaac Haxton contemplated about what to do.

After some thought he decided to muck his 10-9-8-7 up cards.

“Show the bluff,” Haxton pleaded.

Clements obliged showing his hole cards, (9-7-3) to go with his K-Q-7-4 that was showing for a Queen-low. Clements was around 150,000 after the hand.

Stud/8

Nguyen Scoops Lisandro

We caught this hand on seventh street. Scotty Nguyen fired 12,000 into the pot and Jeffrey Lisandro made the call.

“Straight,” Nguyen announced. He tabled A376547.

Lisandro mucked his AQ106 and Nguyen took the pot. He was at 195,000.

No Limit Hold’em

Jesus Gets Called Down

Allen Bari raised to 7,000 preflop and Chris Ferguson made the call from the big blind. The flop came down Q94 and both players checked.

The turn was the J and Ferguson led out with 11,000. Bari made the call and the two players saw the 3 fall on the river.

Ferguson tried one more time, firing 28,000 into the pot. Bari thought for a bit and decided to look Ferguson up. Sure enough, Ferguson tapped the table and showed A5 for a whole lot of nothing.

Bari tabled 1010 and took down the pot. He was up to 180,000 after starting the hand with 140,000. Ferguson dropped form 350,000 to 300,000.

2-7 Triple Draw

Sagstrom Takes Massive Pot

Eli Elezra, Erik Sagstrom, Nikolay Evdakov and Phil Ivey all had five bets in the pot prior to the first draw.

Elezra and Ivey drew two cards while Sagstrom and Evdakov drew one apiece. Sagstrom then bet and received three calls.

Eveyone took one card on the next draw and the action checked around.

Elezra, Sagstrom and Ivey each took one card on the last draw while Evdakov stood pat. Sagstrom then bet and received a call from Evdakov. Ivey folded but Elezra raised to 24,000. Sagstrom made it three bets to 36,000 inducing a fold from Evdakov. Elezra called and Sagstrom turned over the nuts, 7-5-4-3-2 to take down the massive pot and grow his stack to around 640,000.

Limit Hold’em

Alaei Busts Another Opponent

Daniel Alaei raised to 12,000 preflop and the short-stacked seat 7 raised to 18,000. Alaei called and the seat 7 put his remaining chips in blind before the flop. The flop came 887, and Alaei called and showed 98 for trips. Seat 7 showed K9, and following a turn of 3 and a river of A, he was eliminated.

Alaei boosted his stack to around 400,000.

Hellmuth Busted

After a flop of K63, Phil Hellmuth and Chris Ferguson each put 18,000 into the middle.

The turn was the 4 and Hellmuth checked and Ferguson bet 12,000. Hellmuth called for the remainder of his stack and turned over A6 for second pair. It was not enough, however, as Ferguson showed KQ for top pair.

The river was the 7, giving Hellmuth no help and he was eliminated just before the conclusion of Day 2. Ferguson’s stack was up to 470,000.

Card Player TV: See what Alaei had to say about the tournament.

Player Tags: Scotty Nguyen,   Chris Ferguson,   Andy Bloch,   Hasan Habib,   Huck Seed,   Phil Hellmuth,   Jeffrey Lisandro,   Daniel Alaei,   Allen Bari,   Erik Sagstrom,   Scott Clements,   Robert Williamson III,   Isaac Haxton,   Nikolay Evdakov

Level One -- Greg Mueller Starts off Strong

May 28, '10

Blinds:

Limit Games: 400-800; 800-1,600 Stakes
Stud Games: 200 ante; 200 bring-in; 800-1,600 limits
No Limit Games: 200-400

Entrants: 101

Starting Stack: 150,000

Big Hands:

Triple Draw

Haxton Gets an Early Pot

Isaac Haxton raised to 1,600 before the first draw and the player in seat 2 raised to 2,400. Haxton made the call and Haxton drew two cards on the first draw. His opponent drew one and Haxton checked.

Seat 2 bet 800 and Haxton called. Haxton drew two more cards and seat 2 drew one. Haxton checked again and seat 2 fired 1,600.

Haxton raised to 3,200 and seat 2 reraised to 4,800. Haxton was not done as he upped the action to 6,400. Seat 2 made the call and both players stood pat on the last draw.

Haxton showed down a 7-6-4-3-2 low and his opponent mucked. Haxton took the pot and improved his stack to about 178,000.

Harman Takes One From Minieri

After the cards are dealt, Dario Minieri raised to 1400 and was called by Daniel Stern and Jennifer Harman.

Minieri drew one, and both Stern and Harman took 2. Minieri bet 800 and was called by both opponents. Minieri drew one, Harman took none, and Stern took one.

Minieri bet 1500 and was called by Harman, while Stern folded.

Both players checked on the end and Harman showed an 8-low — 87532, and Minieri mucked. Harman took down the pot of around 12,000.

Limit Hold’em

Chau Giang Takes a Pot

On a board of 97287, Chau Giang bet 1,600 and Ted Lawson debated the call. The bet was eventually called and Giang exposed the J9 for trip sevens. Lawson mucked and Giang is now up to 155,000.

Greg Mueller Starts Off Strong

Greg Mueller and Andy Bloch tangled and saw a flop of A64. Mueller checked and Bloch bet 800. Mueller called and the 9 fell on the turn. Action went check-check and the 7 hit the felt. Mueller bet 1,600 and Bloch quickly called. Mueller exposed the A8, prompting a muck from Bloch. Mueller is up to 154,000.

Left in the Deck:

Event 2 Features Some Stacked Tables

The 2007 and 2008 winners of this event, Freddy Deeb and Scotty Nguyen are seated next to each other at a table also featuring Phil Ivey, Ted Lawson, David Benyamine and Chau Giang.

Table 309 features Dario Minieri,Daniel Stern Jennifer Harman, Greg Raymer, Scott Seiver, and Noah Boaken.

Brian Townsend, Daniel Alaei, Ted Forest, Erick Lindgren, Mike Matusow are also seated together.

Overheard On The Felt

2004 WSOP Main Event Champion Greg Raymer expressed his surprise toward the field of 77 entrants. (Though the number has been steadily rising and was at 109 at the time of this post.)

“I would’ve thought having no limit hold’em and PLO would’ve brought more people in,” he said.

Daniel Negreanu revealed that he has now been doing workout phenomenon P90X for 3 days. He said he thinks it’ll get easier with time, but Negreanu’s Twitter posts reveal that painful aftermath of the workout.

Player Tags: Andy Bloch,   Daniel Negreanu,   Greg Mueller,   Jennifer Harman,   Chau Giang,   Greg Raymer,   Dario Minieri,   Isaac Haxton