Chris McCormack Poker Tournament Updates

Chris McCormack Eliminated

Apr 28, '10

Matt Perrins raised to 41,000 from under the gun and Chris McCormack moved all in from the small blind for 182,000.

Perrins felt priced in and called with J10 and was drawing live against McCormack’s A7. The board fell AK32Q and Perrins made a straight to bust C-Mac. Only three more to go before play is suspended for the evening.

Player Tags: Chris McCormack,   Matt Perrins

Level 10 Update: Daniel Negreanu Cruising Atop Leaderboard

Feb 27, '10

Blinds: 500-1,000 with a 100 ante

Players Remaining: 195 out of 745

Chip Counts:

1. Daniel Negreanu — 319,000
2. Eugene Katchalov — 290,000
3. Vanessa Rousso — 205,000
4. Lisa Hamilton — 180,000
5. Masaaki Kagawa — 169,000
6. Shawn Buchanan — 165,000
7. Steve Sung — 150,000
8. Jon Luu — 141,000
9. Carlos Mortensen — 140,000
10. Mark Seif — 125,000

Average Chip Count: 76,410

Notable Eliminations:

Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Chris McCormack
Benjamin Zamani

Big Hands:

Amnon Filippi Doubles Through Hunter Frey

Amnon Filippi was all in against Hunter Frey on the river holding a set of jacks. Frey made the call, but mucked his hand, putting his stack at just 22,000. Filippi is now stacked with 48,000.

Negreanu Becomes First To Cross 300,000 Mark

On a board reading Q 10 8 A 8, Daniel Negreanu bet about 40,000 and Benjamin Zamani made the call.

Negreanu showed down pocket eights for quads and Zamani mucked his hand. Negreanu now has about 310,000 in chips and is the far and away chip leader.

Defending Champion Doubles Up

2007 LAPC Main Event Champion Eric Hershler has doubled up to over 100,000 with a set of threes.

Chris McCormack Eliminated

A player raised to 2,700 preflop and Chris McCormack reraised to 7,700. He was called and both players took a flop of Q J 10.

His opponent bet 5,000 and McCormack raised to 14,000. The unknown player moved all in and McCormack made the call.

McCormack showed pocket queens for top set, but his opponent showed A K for the straight. The turn and river came 5 3 and McCormack was eliminated.

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   Amnon Filippi,   Chris McCormack

Level 1 Update: David Tran, Chris McCormack Eliminated

May 31, '09

Blinds: 25-25

Players Remaining: 2,990 out of 3,021

Notable Eliminations:

David Tran
Chris McCormack

Big Hands:

David Tran Eliminated

Down to his last 50 in chips, David Tran checks his option from the big blind with 4 limpers in front of him. The flop comes 876, and Tran moves all in for his last 25. The player in seat 2 calls and they turn over their cards. Tran turns over 74 for middle pair with a gutshot straight draw, but seat 2 shows 109 for the made nut straight. Tran makes his straight on the turn when the 5 hits the board, but he is now drawing dead to the river. The river is the 9 and David Tran is eliminated from the event.

Chris McCormack Eliminated

Chris McCormack was eliminated early in Level 1 when he ran his five-high flush into a king-high flush with the ace on board. McCormack is just one of several pros to be busted from this tournament in the first few minutes.

Jimmy Tran, Back to Even

After collecting a few buy-ins and building up a decent stack, Jimmy Tran gets involved in this pot, with a flop of KQ7. Tran checks to the button who bets 300, Tran calls. The turn is the 10, and once again Tran checks to the button who this time bets 800, Tran calls. The river is the 3 and both players check. Tran shows QQ for a set of queens, but the player on the button turns over 54 for a small flush. The player on the button rakes the pot and Jimmy Tran smiles as he riffles through the rest of chips. “Back to even”, he laughs.

“The Dragon” Off to a Slow Start

The player in seat 1 raises to 125 from middle position and David Pham calls from the small blind. The flop comes 982, and Pham leads out for 175. Seat 10 raises to 400 and Pham calls. The turn is the Q, and this time Pham checks. Seat 10 bets 500 and Pham folds after a few minutes in the tank. After this hand Pham is down to 1,600 in chips.

Left In The Deck:

Even in the massive, sold-out field for the event, professional players Jonathan Little and Matthew Glantz have found themselves at the same table among an ocean of amateurs.

Player Tags: David Tran,   David Pham,   Jimmy Tran,   Matthew Glantz,   Chris McCormack,   Jonathan Little

Level 5 Update

Mar 17, '09

Big Hands:

John Phan Eliminated

John Phan moved all in preflop for 3,075, Chris McCormack reraised all in, and Gary Tighe called both players down. Their cards:

Phan: AJ
McCormack: KK
Tighe: A2

Board: 543QJ

Tighe made a wheel and he busted both Phan and McCormack. Tighe was also awarded the $5,000 bounty for bouncing Phan.

Official Prize Pool

1: $1,025,500
2: $550,000
3: $291,500
4: $230,000
5: $180,000
6: $135,000
7-8: $90,000
9-10: $60,000
11-12: $40,000
13-18: $30,000
19-24: $25,000
25-30: $20,000
31-36: $15,000
37-45: $12,500

Phil Laak Eliminated

Phil Laak moved all in with K-Q on a king-high flop against Frank Khadivi, who held A-K. Laak was busted out of the tournament when the turn and river bricked and Khadivi collected the $5,000 bounty.

Player Tags: John Phan,   Phil Laak,   Chris McCormack

Level 6 Update

Feb 21, '09

Level: 6

Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante
 

Score Board

Players Left: 412 of 696

Notable Chip Counts

Kasey Nam - 141,000
Daniel Negreanu - 129,000
Jeff Madsen - 113,000
Bertrand Grospellier 86,000
Danny Wong - 80,000

Average: 33,786

Eliminations: Kathy Liebert
 

 Big Hands:

Jeff Madsen Crosses the 90,000 Mark

A player raised in middle position to 625 and the cutoff called. The small blind then moved all in for 6,000 and Jeff Madsen isolated to 15,000 behind him in the big blind. The original raiser tanked before folding and the cutoff folded instantly.

The short stacked small blind showed KQ and Madsen had him dominated with AK. The flop brought an ace, eliminating the small blind from the tournament and increasing Madsen's stack to 92,000 in chips.

Mark Seif Rivers to Stay Alive

Mark Seif was all in on the short stack with J-10 against the K-Q of Chris McCormack. The flop and turn were blanks, but the 10 on the river was enough to keep Seif alive and in the tournament.

 

Player Tags: Mark Seif,   Chris McCormack,   Jeff Madsen

Chris McCormack Eliminated

Jul 16, '08

Chris McCormack was all in with AK against Gabriel Thaler's 44. The flop came 532 giving McCormack less outs to work with, and the turn and river came 9J to give Thaler the pot and send McCormack home in 12th place.

Player Tags: Gabriel Thaler,   Chris McCormack

Tom McCormick Doubles Up

Jul 15, '08

Phillipe Rouas raises to 25,000 and Tom McCormick reraises to 60,000. Rouas calls and checks a flop of AJ2. McCormick bets 100,000, about half of his remaining stack and Rouas check raises all in. McCormick calls and reveals AK and it is well ahead of Rouas and his A10. The turn and river came KK and McCormick doubled up to 510,000.

A short while later, Rouas doubled up to 200,000 when his pocket aces held against Chris McCormack's pocket queens.

Player Tags: Tom McCormick,   Chris McCormack,   Philippe Rouas

Chris McCormack Eliminated

Jul 16, '08

Chris McCormack was all in with AK against Gabriel Thaler's 44. The flop came 532 giving McCormack less outs to work with, and the turn and river came 9J to give Thaler the pot and send McCormack home in 12th place.

Player Tags: Gabriel Thaler,   Chris McCormack

Tom McCormick Doubles Up

Jul 15, '08

Phillipe Rouas raises to 25,000 and Tom McCormick reraises to 60,000. Rouas calls and checks a flop of AJ2. McCormick bets 100,000, about half of his remaining stack and Rouas check raises all in. McCormick calls and reveals AK and it is well ahead of Rouas and his A10. The turn and river came KK and McCormick doubled up to 510,000.

A short while later, Rouas doubled up to 200,000 when his pocket aces held against Chris McCormack's pocket queens.

Player Tags: Tom McCormick,   Chris McCormack,   Philippe Rouas