William Thorson - Live Updates

Will I Am

Oct 01, '09

Despite being annoyed by the fast moving structure, and voicing his opinion to the tournament director, William Thorson is his same friendly self to the other players at the table. While Adolfo Vaeza was involved in a hand with Andrew Feldman and Eugene Katchalov, the blonde-haired, red shorts-wearing Swede struck up a conversation with him.

“Where are you from Sir?” asked Thorson looking at Vaeza with an intense stare. “Argentina,” was the response. “You speak very good English,” said Thorson. Vaeza just laughed modestly moving his head in a “no” motion. Thorson broke into a big smile, “You speak better than Humberto!”

Speaking of Brenes, the fun-loving character was a recent casualty of the day.

The two then went on to discuss different parts of Sweden as Katchalov bet the flop, Vaeza passed, Feldman shoved, Katchalov folded, and Feldman quietly took one down.

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You're Just Now Noticing?

Oct 01, '09

The announcement of the current level’s blind structure has irritated Team PokerStars Pro William Thorson, who believes that the structure is moving too fast.

“Why does the structure have to be bad?” Thorson asked aloud to the tournament director three tables away. Thorson continued to voice his opinion, stating that he believed they were speeding up the tournament so that everyone could make the schedule PokerStars party later this evening.

The tournament director assured Thorson that the structure was in fact, not bad and reiterated that it has not changed and was available before he bought in.

The structure may be quite quick, but most everyone seemed to realize it coming in.

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Thorson Takes No Prisoners

Sep 05, '09

William Thorson in mid-late position raises to 700 and Luarence Houghton on the button makes it 2,200. Thorson considers it for a few moments while staring at his opponent, and then pushes all in. Houghton insta-folds and Thorson eyes Houghton as he collects his new chips. Thorson is sitting on 21,000 while Houghton has 47,000.

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Level 14 Update: Noah Schwartz On Top

Jun 21, '09

Blinds: 2,000-4,000

Players Remaining: 45 out of 295

Chip Counts:

1. Noah Schwartz — 710,000
2. Ferit Gabriellson — 690,000
3. David Williams — 470,000
4. Jonas Entin — 370,000
5. Vitaly Lunkin — 340,000
6. Matt Graham — 330,000
7. Howard Lederer — 285,000
8. Piergiorgio D’Ancona — 280,000
9. David Podgurski — 270,000
10. Erick Lindgren — 270,000

Average Chip Count: 196,000

Notable Eliminations:

William Thorson
Surinder Sunar

Big Hands

Nam Le Doubles Up

Nam Le gets it all in before the flop against Henri Kettunen; Kettunen had him covered.

Nam Le: K1087
Kettunen: AAJ10

Board: 955QQ

Le got in in behind Kettunen’s pair of aces, but he made a club flush on the river to double up to 70,000 this hand.

William Thorson Eliminated by David Williams

On a flop of 843, David Williams moves all in for 117,000 and Thorson calls all in; Williams has him covered.

Williams: AA87
Torson: 10875

Williams is ahead with a pair of aces, but all in for his tournament life, Thorson has plenty of outs. The turn is the Q and the river is the 9, no help for Thorson who is eliminated from the tournament. Williams climbs up the leaderboard this hand with just under 500,000 in chips.

Noah Schwartz Takes Chiplead

The player on the button raises to 14,000 and Noah Schwartz calls from the big blind.

The flop comes 643, and Schwartz checks to the big blind who bets 30,000. Schwartz check-raises his opponent all in.

Schwartz: 9854
Button: 9653

The turn and river are the J and the 7, giving Schwartz two running hearts to make a flush. Schwartz eliminates another player and takes the chiplead this hand with just over 700,000.

Left in the Deck

Players will take a twenty-minute break at the completion of Level 14 and return at approximately 10:50 pm PDT to begin Level 15.

Player Tags: Nam Le,   David Williams,   William Thorson,   Noah Schwartz

William Thorson Eliminated in Seventh Place (â?¬116,500)

Mar 14, '09

William Thorson has been moving all in and picking up the blinds. Eventually he got a caller in Johan Storakers.

Thorson was on the button with about 11 big blinds left when he made the move, and Storakers beside him decided to call. Thorson showed 98 and Storakers had KJ. The flop looked good for Thorson, who clearly wants this title to add to his resumé - 10x97. The turn however brought the K and the river was no good for Thorson when it fell the 4.

Thorson leaves the tournament in seventh place for €116,500 and he is terribly disappointed. His family has flown over and he has played amazingly well. He tells presenter Kara Scott, "I'm really disappointed ... It feels bad to be on the bad side of the luck."

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Johan Storakers,   William Thorson

Going Wonky for Willy

Mar 14, '09

Holger Kanisch moves all in for the best part of 500,000 and William Thorson calls.

Kanisch shows Q8 which is dominated by Thorson's AKx.

The flop is a safe 1052 but the turn brings the 8 and the river doesn't help Thorson - 6.

Holger doubles up and Thorson is down to 387,000.

He is now making some all in motions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: William Thorson,   Holger Kanisch

Thorson Fills Up

Mar 13, '09

Only moments back from dinner, and WIlliam Thorson has just doubled up through the chip leader Cengizcan Ulusu.

Ulusu raised and Thorson pushed all in on a flop of Q85. Thorson has two pair and Ulusu has top pair top kicker.

The turn falls the 7 and the river brings a nice house for Thorson with the 8. He now sits around the million mark.

He has been having an amazing run of late and has a lot of support here at the EPT German Open.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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William Thorson Eliminated in Seventh Place (â?¬116,500)

Mar 14, '09

William Thorson has been moving all in and picking up the blinds. Eventually he got a caller in Johan Storakers.

Thorson was on the button with about 11 big blinds left when he made the move, and Storakers beside him decided to call. Thorson showed 98 and Storakers had KJ. The flop looked good for Thorson, who clearly wants this title to add to his resumé - 10x97. The turn however brought the K and the river was no good for Thorson when it fell the 4.

Thorson leaves the tournament in seventh place for €116,500 and he is terribly disappointed. His family has flown over and he has played amazingly well. He tells presenter Kara Scott, "I'm really disappointed ... It feels bad to be on the bad side of the luck."

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Johan Storakers,   William Thorson

Going Wonky for Willy

Mar 14, '09

Holger Kanisch moves all in for the best part of 500,000 and William Thorson calls.

Kanisch shows Q8 which is dominated by Thorson's AKx.

The flop is a safe 1052 but the turn brings the 8 and the river doesn't help Thorson - 6.

Holger doubles up and Thorson is down to 387,000.

He is now making some all in motions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: William Thorson,   Holger Kanisch

Thorson Fills Up

Mar 13, '09

Only moments back from dinner, and WIlliam Thorson has just doubled up through the chip leader Cengizcan Ulusu.

Ulusu raised and Thorson pushed all in on a flop of Q85. Thorson has two pair and Ulusu has top pair top kicker.

The turn falls the 7 and the river brings a nice house for Thorson with the 8. He now sits around the million mark.

He has been having an amazing run of late and has a lot of support here at the EPT German Open.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Team PokerStars Pro Player Profile

Oct 01, '08

William Thorsson
 
William Thorsson is a 24-year-old Swedish player with almost $1.5 million in lifetime earnings. He learned and played poker form an early age from his father Olof who went deep in the World Series of Poker main event in 2003, finishing 16th.

William has cashed in three European Poker Tour events; during Season 3 he finished 3rd in Dublin, during Season 4 he came in 9th in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and earlier this month he came in 6th in San Remo. His biggest cash was in 2006 when he made it to 13th place in the 8,773 player main event of the World Series of Poker and pocketed over $907,000.

He has also cashed in two World Poker Tour events and made the final table of the $5,000 world championship limit hold’em event at the WSOP.




 

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First Team PokerStars Pro Out

Oct 01, '08

William Thorsson has hit the rail before the second break here in London's West End. His 9-7 fell to an opponent's A-6 when they drew out on him late in the hand.

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Musical Chairs for Thorsson

Sep 30, '08

William Thorsson is having a fun first level here in London. There was a bit of confusion on where he was to sit when things began, and he had to move a few hands into play. He has finally been able to set up shop now in his correct seat. There are still a ton of alternates waiting in the wings thus far. Card Player POY leader John Phan is one of them.






 

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Recent Eliminations

Sep 11, '08

Team PokerStars Pros Luca Pagano and William Thorsson have both busted out of the tournament during the last hour.

Player Tags: Luca Pagano,   William Thorson

European Player Bio: William Thorsson

Sep 11, '08

William Thorsson
 
William Thorsson is a 24-year-old Swedish player with almost $1.5 million in lifetime earnings. He learned and played poker form an early age from his father Olof who went deep in the World Series of Poker main event in 2003, finishing 16th.

William has cashed in three European Poker Tour events; during Season 3 he finished 3rd in Dublin, during Season 4 he came in 9th in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and earlier this month he came in 6th in San Remo. His biggest cash was in 2006 when he made it to 13th place in the 8,773 player main event of the World Series of Poker and pocketed over $907,000.

He has also cashed in two World Poker Tour events and made the final table of the $5,000 world championship limit hold’em event at the WSOP.





 

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$10,000 Main Event - Day 1b - Hour Two

Jul 04, '08

Note: Players are on their first twenty-minute break of the day and will return at approx. 2:30 pm to begin Level 2 with increased blinds of 100-200.

Blinds: 50-100

Chip Counts:
John Robbins: 48,000
Stephen Ladowsky: 4,000
Giles Smadia: 47,000
Dustin Sitar: 39,900
Dustin Dorrance-Bowman: 39,000
Kristy Gazes: 39,000
Michael Pedley: 39,000
Michael Guzzardi: 37,000
Michael Watson: 37,000
Mike Stovall: 36,000

CP Chip Counts:

Steve Zolotow: 14,700
Lee Watkinson: 7,900

 

Eliminations: Ted Forrest, Andy Black, Daniel Negreanu

Big Hands:

Set Over set, Negreanu Leaves Early

Daniel Negreanu drew a seat at the ESPN secondary feature table today, but his stay would not even last one round after Negreanu made an early exit when his set of sixes walked into a better set of nines. There was a lot of dissapointment on the rail as many spectators had lined up to watch Negreanu play...there is always next year.

Mrs. Varkonyi Catches a Bluff

Olaf Thorson raised to 250 before the flop and next to act, Olga Varkonyi reraised to 750. Thorson made the call and said, "I don't know why you have to be so aggressive," giving the whole table a good laugh. The flop came 1097, and Varkonyi bet 1,500 after it was checked to her. Thorson made the call both players checked the turn (10). The river was the 9 and Thorson took a stab at the pot, firing 1,800 into the middle. Varkonyi called and Thorson said, "I play the board," showing 76. Varkonyi turned over AA and raked the pot. She started the hand with 21,000, chipping up to 28,000 by the end of the hand.

Kravchenko Chipping Up

On a flop of AA10, the player in seat 7 bet 300 and Alex Kravchenko made the call, as did seat 1. The turn was the 6, and both seats 1 and 7 checked to Kravchenko who bet 775. Seat 1 called and seat 7 folded. The river was the 9 and Kravchenko bet 1,100. Seat 1 tanked for a moment before mucking his cards. Kravcheno raked the pot, bringing his chip count 34,000 after the hand.

Don't Mess With A Mizrachi

The player on the button raised to 300 before the flop, and was called by both the blinds, including Robert Mizrachi in the big blind. Mizrachi led out on the flop of J74, betting 850 after the small blind checked. The button raised for an additional 1,500. Mizrachi thought only briefly before making the wager a total of 4,200. The button squirmed uncomfortably in his seat, rechecking his cards for some time before folding reluctantly. After the hand, Mizrachi is back up to 19,000 in chips.

Fischman Folds To Check Raise

Scott Fischman popped it up 300 before the flop from middle position, and was called only by the big blind, and they went heads up to the flop, which came out 742. The player in the blind checked over to Fischman, who made a continuation bet of 525, only to have his opponent raise to a total of 1,300. Fischman considered the situation only briefly before getting away from his hand, standing from the table to leave for the break a few minutes early.

European Action

On a board of K654 Swede William Thorsson called a bet of 1,200. The turn fell the 5 and Thorsson slowly shook his head as his opponent bet 2,000. “Aces” he said to his opponent – less a question and more a statement of fact.

“How did you know?,” was the reply. Thorsson counted his chips out twice and finally made the call but as he threw his chips in the middle he held his cards over the muck with his other hand. His opponent flashed the aces. “How did you know,” he asked again while raking in the chips.

Elsewhere Englishman Mickey Wernick snatched a nice pot from Greg Raymer and has around 25,000 in chips.

Hendon Mobster Ram Vaswani is the button to recent Irish Open winner Neil Channing’s big blind and both have just over their starting stacks.

EPT boss John Duthie has 22,900 in chips and relaxing with a massage, Barny Boatman was pushed off two pots in a row just before the end of level one but still has around his starting stack while former Swedish international soccer star Tomas Brolin is on a comfortable 37,000.

Patrik Antonius limped into the pot from under the gun. One player in middle position, the button, and both blinds also went to the flop. On the flop of J98, the blinds checked to Antonius, who fired a bet of 375. The middle position player folded action to the button, who then raised to a total of 1,000, pushing out the blinds. Antonius made the call, and fired out for another 1,600 on the turn, which brought the 10. The button called, and then called his bet of 3,200 on the river after the dealer put down the 3. Antonius showed down QQ for a turned straight, but had to chop the pot with his opponent, who held QJ. After the hand, Antonius had only a whisker more than his starting stack, sitting behind around 20,500.

Player Tags: Donnacha O'Dea,   Robert Mizrachi,   Chris Bjorin,   Scott Fischman,   Daniel Negreanu,   Ram Vaswani,   Barny Boatman,   John Duthie,   Greg Raymer,   Kevin O'Connell,   Neil Channing,   Olaf Thorson,   Markus Golser,   Alexander Kravchenko,   Thomas Fougeron,   William Thorson,   Patrik Antonius,   Conor Tate,   Sverre Sundbo,   Vicky Coren,   Michael Wernick,   Tomas Brolin,   Des Wilson

Player Bio: William Thorsson

Apr 13, '08

William Thorsson

William Thorsson is a 24-year-old Swedish player with almost $1.5 million in lifetime earnings. He learned and played poker form an early age from his father Olof who went deep in the World Series of Poker main event in 2003, finishing 16th.

William has cashed in three European Poker Tour events; during Season 3 he finished 3rd in Dublin, during Season 4 he came in 9th in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and earlier this month he came in 6th in San Remo. His biggest cash was in 2006 when he made it to 13th place in the 8,773 player main event of the World Series of Poker and pocketed over $907,000.

He has also cashed in two World Poker Tour events and made the final table of the $5,000 world championship limit hold’em event at the WSOP.

 

 

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Slow Hour Two

Jun 29, '07

Despite the size of the field, the pace in the early levels of todays event is not quite as fast as would be expected.   Perhaps the extra thousand chips that players get in comparison to a $1,500 event do make a real difference. 
Table 75 broke early in the second level to make room for the restart of the $5,000 short-handed event, scattering Amnon Filippi, Andrew Black and Johnny Chan throughout the field.  Filippi placed fourth last night in the H.O.R.S.E. event and is already back in  the game.  He joined tournament veteran T.J. Cloutier and internet-turned-live pro Eric Lynch, creating another tough table.  William Thorsson joined Amir Vahedi and Dave Stann at another stacked table.

Make sure to check back for hourly updates here at Cardplayer.com as the day goes on and the pace picks up.

Player Tags: T.J. Cloutier,   Amnon Filippi,   William Thorson,   Eric Lynch