Chris Reslock Poker Tournament Updates

Level 10 Update: Kessler Doubles (PLO), Reslock Triples Up (PLO); Both Bust Shortly After

Jun 05, '09

Level Structure:

2-7 triple draw, limit hold’em, and Omaha 8OB: 1,000-2,000 blinds and 2,000-4,000 limits

7-card stud, razz, and 7-card stud 8OB: 500 ante, 500 bring-in, with a 2,000 completion and 2,000-4,000 limits

no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha: 500-1,000 blinds with a 300 ante

NOTES: Games change every eight hands. Two players will be forced to sit out during 2-7 triple draw each hand.

Players Remaining: 96 out of 194

Chip Counts:

1. Soheil Shamseddin — 210,000
2. John Hanson — 172,000
3. Daniel Negreanu — 160,000
4. Patrick Bueno — 156,000
5. David Oppenheim — 133,000
6. Allie Prescott — 118,000
7. Eric Froehlich — 100,100
8. Doyle Brunson — 94,000
9. Hasan Habib — 92,900
10. Brandon Adams — 92,500

Average Chip Count: 60,625

Notable Eliminations:

Chau Giang
Justin Smith
Allen Cunninhgam
Eli Elezra
Allen Kessler
Chris Reslock

Big Hands:

PLO

Chainsaw Doubles Through Jonathan Tare

Jonathan Tare raises to 800 from middle position and Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler moves all in for 8,100. Tare calls and both players turn over their cards.

Kessler: KKJ9
Tare: 8764

Board: Q52A5

Kessler’s pair of kings hold up as he doubles up to just under 20,000. Tare is down to 60,000 after this hand.

Chris Reslock Triples Up

Marc Karam raises to 2,000 from middle position, Chris Reslock calls all in for 500 from the cutoff and Jeff Madsen calls the 2,000 raise from the small blind. The flop comes A10p7, Karam fires 3,000 at the side pot and Madsen folds. Karam rakes the side pot and both him and Reslock turn over their cards for the main pot.

Karam: 8644
Reslock: AJ108

Reslock leads with a pair of aces as the turn and river bring the K and the 5. Reslock triples up to 1,500 this hand.

2-7 TRIPLE DRAW

John Turner Gives Up Some Chips!

John Turner raises to 4,000 from the button and the player in seat 6 calls from the big blind.

First Draw: Seat 6 draws two cards while Turner draws only one.

Turner bets 2,000 and seat 6 calls.

Second Draw: Both players draw one card each.

Both players check.

Third Draw: Both players draw one card each.

This time seat 6 leads out for 4,000 and Turner calls. Seat 6 shows Q7632 for queen-high, Turner mucks a pair. “I made four pairs”, says Turner who is now down to 38,000 in chips.

HOLD’EM

Brett Richey Adds to His Stack

Brett Richey raises to 4,000 from middle position and Alexandre Gomes calls from the big blind. The flop comes 862, Rickey bets 2,000 and Gomes calls. The turn is the 6 and both players check. The river is the K, Richey bets 4,000 and Gomes calls. Richey turns over KJ for top pair and rakes the pot. Richey climbs up to 56,000 this hand while Gomes drops down to 54,000.

Left In The Deck:

The remaining players in the $10,000 Mixed Game Championship will take their first twenty-minute break of the day and will return at approximately 4:25 pm PDT to begin Level 11.

Player Tags: Allen Kessler,   John Turner,   Chris Reslock,   Jonathan Tare,   Brett Richey,   Marc Karam,   Alexandre Gomes

Huge Pot in Stud 8/ob

Feb 16, '09

Stud Eight or Better

A huge five-handed pot just went down involving Chris Reslock, Matt Graham, David Benyamine, Layne Flack and another player.

Despite leading the betting earlier in the hand, Reslock, showing a board of 3610Q, had to fold on seventh street after seemingly missing some kind of straight/ flush draw combination.

Benyamine showed down A4(7443)8 for trip fours with an 8-7 low. The hand normally has scooping potential but lost both halves of the pot when Flack showed KK(10K97)A for higher trips. Graham showed 43(J582)2 for an 8-5 low.

Player Tags: Layne Flack,   David Benyamine,   Chris Reslock,   Matt Graham

Reslock vs. Bonomo

Feb 17, '09

Limit Hold'em

On a flop of 882 Chris Reslock bet 800 from the small blind and Justin Bonomo made the call in the big blind. The 6 fell on the turn and Reslock bet 1,600. Bonomo raised to 3,200 and Reslock made the call. The river brought the 10 and Reslock checked. Bonomo bet 1,600 and Reslock called. Bonomo showed down 85 and Reslock mucked A-x.













 

Player Tags: Chris Reslock,   Justin Bonomo

Huge Pot in Stud 8/ob

Feb 16, '09

Stud Eight or Better

A huge five-handed pot just went down involving Chris Reslock, Matt Graham, David Benyamine, Layne Flack and another player.

Despite leading the betting earlier in the hand, Reslock, showing a board of 3610Q, had to fold on seventh street after seemingly missing some kind of straight/ flush draw combination.

Benyamine showed down A4(7443)8 for trip fours with an 8-7 low. The hand normally has scooping potential but lost both halves of the pot when Flack showed KK(10K97)A for higher trips. Graham showed 43(J582)2 for an 8-5 low.

Player Tags: Layne Flack,   David Benyamine,   Chris Reslock,   Matt Graham

Reslock vs. Bonomo

Feb 17, '09

Limit Hold'em

On a flop of 882 Chris Reslock bet 800 from the small blind and Justin Bonomo made the call in the big blind. The 6 fell on the turn and Reslock bet 1,600. Bonomo raised to 3,200 and Reslock made the call. The river brought the 10 and Reslock checked. Bonomo bet 1,600 and Reslock called. Bonomo showed down 85 and Reslock mucked A-x.













 

Player Tags: Chris Reslock,   Justin Bonomo

$10,000 Main Event - Day 2a Concludes

Jul 08, '08

Day 2a has officially come to a close with 469 players advancing to play day 3 on Thursday. The survivors from days 1c and 1d will take their seats at noon today to play Day 2b.

Blinds/Antes: 600-1,200 with a 200 ante

Players Left: 469

Chip Leaders:
Brian Schaedlich: 760,000
Jeremiah Smith; 416,000
Hunter Frey: 400,000
Ron Adams: 365,000
Brandon Adams: 340,000
David Rheem: 340,000
Farhad Sinaei: 312,000
Patrick Fortin: 298,000
Kellen Hunter: 282,000
Markus Golser: 280,000

Eliminations: Haralabos Voulgaris, Julian Gardner, Jordan Morgan, Victoria Coren, Joe Beevers

Big Hands:

Big-Stacked Crain Takes Huge Hit

Eric Crain was sitting comfortably toward the top of the leaderboard with 350,000 in chips when a raise-fest led to him putting in more than 100,000 to call Eric Bremond's all in. Crain's AK was in bad shape against Bremond's AA. The flop left Crain dead to running cards - coming out JJ9. The 8 turn left Crain drawing dead and the J fell on the river to give Bremond a full house and the pot. After the double up, Bremond (220,000) was nearly even in chips with Crain (225,000).

Seidel Picks Up Jacks, Doubles

Erik Seidel moved all in before the flop and was called by his opponent in seat 6. Seidel turned over JJ while his opponent showed AJ. The board ran KK3K7, giving Seidel the pot to double up to around 80,000.

A Turn For The Worse

With the board showing J7A5, the player in seat 3 fired a medium sized bet into the pot. Brandon Adams came over the top for 30,000 total. Seat 3 announced he was all in and Adams instantly called. Seat 3 showed 55 for a set on the turn and thought he was ahead. It took him a while to see that Adams had flipped over 77 for a better set on the flop. The river was the 6 and seat 3 was eliminated. Adams collected the huge pot and saw his chip count soar to 340,000 - good enough to crack the top 10.

Rousso Loves Cowboys

The player in seat 3 raised 3,600 preflop from middle position. Action folded to Vanessa Rousso in the big blind, who made the call. The flop came KK4 and both players checked. The 8 came on the turn and both players checked again. The passive play ended on the river as the A fell and Rousso fired 5,000. Seat 3 reached for his orange 5,000 chip and announced A-J just as he threw the chip into the middle. Rousso turned over K6 for trip kings on the flop. She raked the pot and climbed to 73,000.

Steve Zolotow Doubles Again

The player in seat 6 raised preflop and Steve Zolotow moved all in for roughly 25,000 more. After a moment of thought, seat 6 made the call. Zolotow showed 1010 and seat 6 showed AQ. The board came KJ3K5 and Zolotow doubled to 50,000.
On the turn, Zolotow told the dealer, "Pleaes, no trips," as he snagged the "lucky iPod" from Erik Seidel. After the hand he returned to Seidel and said that he might invest in one of those iPods.

Reslock Doubles

On a flop of 1053 Chris Reslock got all in against one player. His opponent showed Q10 for top pair but Reslock had A10 for top pair with a better kicker. The turn and river were the 8 and the 3 adn Reslock doubled to over 50,000.

Leonidas Runs Into Big Slick

Toto Leonidas raised from the button to 4,200. The player in the big blind called and checked the flop of AJ2. Leonidas bet 5,000 and the big blind called. The 4 fell on the turn and the big blind led out with a bet of 10,000. Leonidas called and the river brought the 8. The big blind fired 10,000 again and Leonidas again called. Seat 9 showed AK and Leonidas mucked, dropping to 74,000 in chips.

This Is How Corkins Plays The Flush Draw

Hoyt Corkins limped under the gun and Mark Vos limped as well. The cutoff, the button and the blinds also jumped in. The flop came 1033. The small blind let out with a bet of 3,300 and only Corkins made the call. The turn was the 6 and the small blind bet out 4,500. Corkins again called and the river brought the 7. The small blind slowed down and checked. Corkins fired out 10,000 and the small blind made the call. Corkins showed 86 for the flush and the small blind mucked his hand. Corkins had 107,000 after the hand.

Boeken Fills Up On River

The player on the button raised to 3,000 and Noah Boeken called from the small blind. The flop came 986 and both players checked. The turn was the 6 and again both players checked. The river was the 7 and both players checked again. Boeken showed 77 for a full house and raked the pot. He had 56,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Toto Leonidas,   Steve Zolotow,   Noah Boeken,   Chris Reslock,   Vanessa Rousso,   Eric Crain,   Brandon Adams,   European Report

$50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E - Day 2 - Level 6 Recap

Jun 26, '08

Stakes:
Hold’em/Omaha:  900-1,800 blinds
Stud/Razz/Stud8:  400 ante, 500 bring in, 1,800-3,600 stakes

Players Left: 136 of 148

Chip Leaders:
Ray Dehkharghani - 220,000
William Chen - 215,000
Steve Wolff - 204,000
Erick Lindgren - 202,000
Abraham "Abe" Mosseri - 196,000
Chris Reslock - 195,000
Steve Sung - 194,000
Patrik Antonius - 190,000
Doug Ganger - 190,000
Farzad "Fred" Bonyadi - 185,000

Average Stack: 108,825

Big Hands and Storylines:

Hold’em

Good Start For Forrest

Erick Lindgren raised from middle position and action folded around to Ted Forrest in the big blind who made the call. The flop was J1010 and Forrest check-called a bet from Lindgren. The turn was the 7. Again Forrest checked and Lindgren bet. Forrest then raised and Lindgren called. Forrest bet the 4 river and Lindgren made the call. Forrest showed down KJ and took down a nice sized pot. Forrest is now just below the starting stack of 100,000. Lindgren is among the chip leaders with 200,000.

Horse Does Start With An “H”

Having been questioned about the situation by a few players, Jack Effel brought up the issue of whether the first game of each day should be hold’em or, instead, a game chosen by random draw. Effel asked for a show of hands from those who were in favor of a random game to start off each day. His request was met by only a meager show of hands, indicative more perhaps of the players ambivalence toward the situation than any real opinion. With such a lackluster show of hands, it appears that hold’em will be the game to start each of the days of this tournament. Mickey Appleman said it best, “Why complicate things?”

Omaha/8b

Fitoussi Gets Cut Out

Hasan Habib limped from early position and was joined on the flop by David Singer, Patrick Bueno, Michael Binger, and Bruno Fitoussi. The flop came AK2. Fitoussi checked, Habib bet, Singer and Bueno folded, Binger raised, and Fitoussi and Habib called. On the J turn, Fitoussi checked, Habib bet, Binger raised again, and Fitoussi and Habib called. The river was the 6. Again Fitoussi checked, Habib bet, and Binger and Fitoussi called. Habib showed A422 for the nut flush while Binger tabled 10543 for the nut low. Fitoussi showed... nothing. He mucked his hand quietly and shuffled his remaining 40,000 in chips. Habib has a more stable 80,000, and Binger has an even better 115,000.

Stud

“I Can’t Believe I Laid It Down!”

With boards reading:

Eli Elezra: Q10K2
Annie Duke: 3896

Elezra after leading out on 5^th street, checked his hand on 6^th street. Duke bet and Elezra went into the tank. After about 90 seconds of thinking, he flipped his upcards over and the conceded the pot to Duke. Apparently Elezra wasn’t too crushed by the lost pot, as he joked, “I can’t believe I laid that down. Two fours!” Elezra has about 85,000. Even with that pot Duke finds herself with only 30,000 in chips.

Stud/8b

Kaplan and Corkins Split Galfond’s Chips

Corkins: 7452
Kaplan: JQ104
Galfond: AK68

Hoyt Corkins completed with the 7 up, Gabe Kaplan called with the J, Phil Galfond raised with an A, and the two others called. Galfond led into his two elder statesmen on 4^th street and was called by both. 5^th street and 6^th street shared the same action: Galfond checked, Corkins bet, and Kaplan and Galfond both called. Corkins bet 7^th street and was raised by Kaplan, this put Galfond in a difficult position and he was forced to lay down his hand. A bit overeager, Kaplan flipped over his hand before Corkins made his decision. Corkins saw his opponent’s JJT  for a full house and made the call, showing A43 for a wheel. Corkins took down half of the pot, but was unlucky not to scoop it. After the hand, Corkins had 45,000, Kaplan 85,000, and Galfond 95,000.

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Annie Duke,   Erick Lindgren,   Hasan Habib,   Ted Forrest,   Eli Elezra,   Gabe Kaplan,   Bruno Fitoussi,   Abe Mosseri,   Ray Dehkharghani,   Chris Reslock,   Steve Wolff,   Bill Chen,   Steve Sung,   Michael Binger,   Phil Galfond,   Doug Ganger

$50,000 World Champioship H.O.R.S.E. - Day 3 - Level 14 Recap

Jun 27, '08

Players Left: 41 of 148

Chip Leaders:

Barry Greenstein - 800,000
Huck Seed - 690,000
Michael DeMichele - 690,000
Patrick Bueno - 680,000
Joseph Michael  - 640,000
Edwin Ting - 640,000
Lyle Berman - 614,000
Farzad "Fred" Bonyadi - 520,000
Andy Bloch - 500,000
Mike Wattel - 450,000

Average Stack: 360,975

Eliminations:

Layne Flack
Kenny Tran
George Lind
Minh Ly
Raymon Dehkhargani

Big Hands and Storylines:

Razz

Looking Bleak for Doyle

With 855K exposed during razz Doyle Brunson bet 25,000 on seventh street against Bill Chen, who had 5K99 face up. Chen made the call and then turned over 764 in the hole. Brunson mucked his hand and conceded Chen the medium-size pot. "It's looking bleak," said Brunon after the hand to Abe Mosseri, who had come over to check on Doyle's stack. Doyle held under 300,000 after the hand.

Omaha 8OB

Odd Man Out

On a flop of A107 Mike Wattel bet 10,000 and both Chris Reslock and Andy Bloch made the call. The turn was dealt A and Reslock bet 20,000. Both opponents made the call and the 6 fell on the river. Reslock led out for 20,000 once again and both Bloch and Wattel made the call. Their cards:

Wattel: JJ32
Reslock: A782
Bloch: muck

Reslock took the high and Wattel the low. Bloch was the odd man out.

Stud

Doyle vs. Ivey

Doyle Brunson had A4Q2 exposed against Phil Ivey's QJ87. Bets and raises on every single street had built a nice pot worth more than 150,000 on seventh street when Ivey bet and Doyle raised. Ivey thought for a moment and then mucked his hand. The pot put Brunson back above the 300,000 mark, whil Ivey is now down to about 100,000.

Player Tags: Andy Bloch,   Michael Wattel,   Doyle Brunson,   Phil Ivey,   Chris Reslock,   Bill Chen

$50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E - Day 3 - Level 12 Recap

Jun 27, '08

Stakes:
Hold’em/Omaha:  3,000-6,000 blinds
Stud/Razz/Stud8:  1,500 ante, 2,000 bring in, 6,000-12,000 stakes

Players Left: 59 of 148

Chip Leaders:
Lyle Berman - 603,000
Barry Greenstein - 505,000
Phil Ivey - 501,000
William Chen - 420,000
Huck Seed - 420,000
Joseph Michael - 410,000
Michael DeMichele - 390,000
Chris Reslock - 384,000
David Bach - 380,000
Gene Fisher - 375,000

Average Stack: 256,900

Eliminations:
Doug Ganger
Jeff Lisandro
Lee Markholt
Steve Sung

Big Hands and Storylines:

Hold’em

Ace-High No Good For Mackey

James “mig.com” Mackey, who has found quite a bit of success in mixed events this year, hit a bit of a road block in Alexander Kostritsyn in the last level. Kostritsyn raised to 12,000 on the button and Mackey upped it to 18,000 in the big blind. Kostritsyn called. On a flop of KJ6, Mackey bet and the young Russian called. Mackey bet and Kostritsyn called again on the 5 turn. Action halted on the river when both players checked the 6. Mackey showed A3 for ace-high and was beaten by Kostritsyn’s pair of jacks with J10. The hand boosted Kostritsyn to 180,000.

Omaha/8b

Big Stacks Tangle

The holders of two of the biggest stacks of the tournament, Phil Ivey and Bill Chen, played an Omaha eight-or-better pot in the last round that resulted in a scoop for one of the two. Ivey raised from early position and it folded around to Chen in the big blind. Chen made the call and the flop came off 865. Chen check-raised Ivey on the flop and Ivey made the call. Chen bet the 2 turn and Ivey made another call. Both players checked the 4 river and Chen showed QQ74 for a straight and a 7-low. Ivey rapped the table and Chen raked in a pot to move to 420,000 in chips. Ivey is not to be pitied though, as he ended the level with 500,000.

Razz

From Russia With Low

Ralph Perry: 2J3Q
Justin Bonomo: A28J

Michael Joseph completed with the 3 showing on third street, Perry raised, and Bonomo made it 18,000. Both Joseph and Perry called. On fourth street, Bonomo bet out with A2 showing, Michael, having drawn a Q, folded, and Perry called despite drawing a jack. On fifth and sixth streets, Bonomo bet and Perry called. Both players checked the river and Bonomo tabled (3)(2)(J). Perry surveyed Bonomo’s cards very closely, then scrutinized his own, before finally revealing (A)(5)(5) for a J-5 low, narrowly edging out Bonomo’s J-8 low.

The pot gave Perry a stack of 245,000. Bonomo is hovering near the 300,000 chip mark.

Stud

Marcel Luske Eliminates Steve Sung

Steve Sung, desperately short-stacked, got his chips all-in against Marcel Luske. The news was bad for Sung when Luske showed (A)(Q)10JK3 for the broadway straight. Sung had a flush draw though – (9)(5)KQ62. Sung looked at his final card and then stood up and quickly left the table. After winning the pot Luske was up to 290,000.

James Mackey Eliminates Doug Ganger

Doug Ganger: 2K75
James Mackey: A738
Mickey Appleman: K4108

With only a few thousand chips left, Ganger brought in with his deuce and found himself all-in on third street. Mackey bet every street on the hand and Appleman called him down all the way until seventh street where he folded. Mackey showed (A)(10)(9) and that was good enough to take down the pot and eliminate Ganger. After some early trouble in the level, Mackey has bounced back to 250,000.

Player Tags: Gene Fisher,   Lee Markholt,   Barry Greenstein,   Huck Seed,   David Bach,   Lyle Berman,   Jeffrey Lisandro,   Phil Ivey,   Marcel Luske,   James Mackey,   Chris Reslock,   Justin Bonomo,   Bill Chen,   Steve Sung,   Ralph Perry,   Michael DeMichele,   Joseph Michael,   Doug Ganger,   Alexander Kostritsyn

$50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E - Day 2 - Level 6 Recap

Jun 26, '08

Stakes:
Hold’em/Omaha:  900-1,800 blinds
Stud/Razz/Stud8:  400 ante, 500 bring in, 1,800-3,600 stakes

Players Left: 136 of 148

Chip Leaders:
Ray Dehkharghani - 220,000
William Chen - 215,000
Steve Wolff - 204,000
Erick Lindgren - 202,000
Abraham "Abe" Mosseri - 196,000
Chris Reslock - 195,000
Steve Sung - 194,000
Patrik Antonius - 190,000
Doug Ganger - 190,000
Farzad "Fred" Bonyadi - 185,000

Average Stack: 108,825

Big Hands and Storylines:

Hold’em

Good Start For Forrest

Erick Lindgren raised from middle position and action folded around to Ted Forrest in the big blind who made the call. The flop was J1010 and Forrest check-called a bet from Lindgren. The turn was the 7. Again Forrest checked and Lindgren bet. Forrest then raised and Lindgren called. Forrest bet the 4 river and Lindgren made the call. Forrest showed down KJ and took down a nice sized pot. Forrest is now just below the starting stack of 100,000. Lindgren is among the chip leaders with 200,000.

Horse Does Start With An “H”

Having been questioned about the situation by a few players, Jack Effel brought up the issue of whether the first game of each day should be hold’em or, instead, a game chosen by random draw. Effel asked for a show of hands from those who were in favor of a random game to start off each day. His request was met by only a meager show of hands, indicative more perhaps of the players ambivalence toward the situation than any real opinion. With such a lackluster show of hands, it appears that hold’em will be the game to start each of the days of this tournament. Mickey Appleman said it best, “Why complicate things?”

Omaha/8b

Fitoussi Gets Cut Out

Hasan Habib limped from early position and was joined on the flop by David Singer, Patrick Bueno, Michael Binger, and Bruno Fitoussi. The flop came AK2. Fitoussi checked, Habib bet, Singer and Bueno folded, Binger raised, and Fitoussi and Habib called. On the J turn, Fitoussi checked, Habib bet, Binger raised again, and Fitoussi and Habib called. The river was the 6. Again Fitoussi checked, Habib bet, and Binger and Fitoussi called. Habib showed A422 for the nut flush while Binger tabled 10543 for the nut low. Fitoussi showed... nothing. He mucked his hand quietly and shuffled his remaining 40,000 in chips. Habib has a more stable 80,000, and Binger has an even better 115,000.

Stud

“I Can’t Believe I Laid It Down!”

With boards reading:

Eli Elezra: Q10K2
Annie Duke: 3896

Elezra after leading out on 5^th street, checked his hand on 6^th street. Duke bet and Elezra went into the tank. After about 90 seconds of thinking, he flipped his upcards over and the conceded the pot to Duke. Apparently Elezra wasn’t too crushed by the lost pot, as he joked, “I can’t believe I laid that down. Two fours!” Elezra has about 85,000. Even with that pot Duke finds herself with only 30,000 in chips.

Stud/8b

Kaplan and Corkins Split Galfond’s Chips

Corkins: 7452
Kaplan: JQ104
Galfond: AK68

Hoyt Corkins completed with the 7 up, Gabe Kaplan called with the J, Phil Galfond raised with an A, and the two others called. Galfond led into his two elder statesmen on 4^th street and was called by both. 5^th street and 6^th street shared the same action: Galfond checked, Corkins bet, and Kaplan and Galfond both called. Corkins bet 7^th street and was raised by Kaplan, this put Galfond in a difficult position and he was forced to lay down his hand. A bit overeager, Kaplan flipped over his hand before Corkins made his decision. Corkins saw his opponent’s JJT  for a full house and made the call, showing A43 for a wheel. Corkins took down half of the pot, but was unlucky not to scoop it. After the hand, Corkins had 45,000, Kaplan 85,000, and Galfond 95,000.

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Annie Duke,   Erick Lindgren,   Hasan Habib,   Ted Forrest,   Eli Elezra,   Gabe Kaplan,   Bruno Fitoussi,   Abe Mosseri,   Ray Dehkharghani,   Chris Reslock,   Steve Wolff,   Bill Chen,   Steve Sung,   Michael Binger,   Phil Galfond,   Doug Ganger

$50,000 World Champioship H.O.R.S.E. - Day 3 - Level 14 Recap

Jun 27, '08

Players Left: 41 of 148

Chip Leaders:

Barry Greenstein - 800,000
Huck Seed - 690,000
Michael DeMichele - 690,000
Patrick Bueno - 680,000
Joseph Michael  - 640,000
Edwin Ting - 640,000
Lyle Berman - 614,000
Farzad "Fred" Bonyadi - 520,000
Andy Bloch - 500,000
Mike Wattel - 450,000

Average Stack: 360,975

Eliminations:

Layne Flack
Kenny Tran
George Lind
Minh Ly
Raymon Dehkhargani

Big Hands and Storylines:

Razz

Looking Bleak for Doyle

With 855K exposed during razz Doyle Brunson bet 25,000 on seventh street against Bill Chen, who had 5K99 face up. Chen made the call and then turned over 764 in the hole. Brunson mucked his hand and conceded Chen the medium-size pot. "It's looking bleak," said Brunon after the hand to Abe Mosseri, who had come over to check on Doyle's stack. Doyle held under 300,000 after the hand.

Omaha 8OB

Odd Man Out

On a flop of A107 Mike Wattel bet 10,000 and both Chris Reslock and Andy Bloch made the call. The turn was dealt A and Reslock bet 20,000. Both opponents made the call and the 6 fell on the river. Reslock led out for 20,000 once again and both Bloch and Wattel made the call. Their cards:

Wattel: JJ32
Reslock: A782
Bloch: muck

Reslock took the high and Wattel the low. Bloch was the odd man out.

Stud

Doyle vs. Ivey

Doyle Brunson had A4Q2 exposed against Phil Ivey's QJ87. Bets and raises on every single street had built a nice pot worth more than 150,000 on seventh street when Ivey bet and Doyle raised. Ivey thought for a moment and then mucked his hand. The pot put Brunson back above the 300,000 mark, whil Ivey is now down to about 100,000.

Player Tags: Andy Bloch,   Michael Wattel,   Doyle Brunson,   Phil Ivey,   Chris Reslock,   Bill Chen

$50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E - Day 3 - Level 12 Recap

Jun 27, '08

Stakes:
Hold’em/Omaha:  3,000-6,000 blinds
Stud/Razz/Stud8:  1,500 ante, 2,000 bring in, 6,000-12,000 stakes

Players Left: 59 of 148

Chip Leaders:
Lyle Berman - 603,000
Barry Greenstein - 505,000
Phil Ivey - 501,000
William Chen - 420,000
Huck Seed - 420,000
Joseph Michael - 410,000
Michael DeMichele - 390,000
Chris Reslock - 384,000
David Bach - 380,000
Gene Fisher - 375,000

Average Stack: 256,900

Eliminations:
Doug Ganger
Jeff Lisandro
Lee Markholt
Steve Sung

Big Hands and Storylines:

Hold’em

Ace-High No Good For Mackey

James “mig.com” Mackey, who has found quite a bit of success in mixed events this year, hit a bit of a road block in Alexander Kostritsyn in the last level. Kostritsyn raised to 12,000 on the button and Mackey upped it to 18,000 in the big blind. Kostritsyn called. On a flop of KJ6, Mackey bet and the young Russian called. Mackey bet and Kostritsyn called again on the 5 turn. Action halted on the river when both players checked the 6. Mackey showed A3 for ace-high and was beaten by Kostritsyn’s pair of jacks with J10. The hand boosted Kostritsyn to 180,000.

Omaha/8b

Big Stacks Tangle

The holders of two of the biggest stacks of the tournament, Phil Ivey and Bill Chen, played an Omaha eight-or-better pot in the last round that resulted in a scoop for one of the two. Ivey raised from early position and it folded around to Chen in the big blind. Chen made the call and the flop came off 865. Chen check-raised Ivey on the flop and Ivey made the call. Chen bet the 2 turn and Ivey made another call. Both players checked the 4 river and Chen showed QQ74 for a straight and a 7-low. Ivey rapped the table and Chen raked in a pot to move to 420,000 in chips. Ivey is not to be pitied though, as he ended the level with 500,000.

Razz

From Russia With Low

Ralph Perry: 2J3Q
Justin Bonomo: A28J

Michael Joseph completed with the 3 showing on third street, Perry raised, and Bonomo made it 18,000. Both Joseph and Perry called. On fourth street, Bonomo bet out with A2 showing, Michael, having drawn a Q, folded, and Perry called despite drawing a jack. On fifth and sixth streets, Bonomo bet and Perry called. Both players checked the river and Bonomo tabled (3)(2)(J). Perry surveyed Bonomo’s cards very closely, then scrutinized his own, before finally revealing (A)(5)(5) for a J-5 low, narrowly edging out Bonomo’s J-8 low.

The pot gave Perry a stack of 245,000. Bonomo is hovering near the 300,000 chip mark.

Stud

Marcel Luske Eliminates Steve Sung

Steve Sung, desperately short-stacked, got his chips all-in against Marcel Luske. The news was bad for Sung when Luske showed (A)(Q)10JK3 for the broadway straight. Sung had a flush draw though – (9)(5)KQ62. Sung looked at his final card and then stood up and quickly left the table. After winning the pot Luske was up to 290,000.

James Mackey Eliminates Doug Ganger

Doug Ganger: 2K75
James Mackey: A738
Mickey Appleman: K4108

With only a few thousand chips left, Ganger brought in with his deuce and found himself all-in on third street. Mackey bet every street on the hand and Appleman called him down all the way until seventh street where he folded. Mackey showed (A)(10)(9) and that was good enough to take down the pot and eliminate Ganger. After some early trouble in the level, Mackey has bounced back to 250,000.

Player Tags: Gene Fisher,   Lee Markholt,   Barry Greenstein,   Huck Seed,   David Bach,   Lyle Berman,   Jeffrey Lisandro,   Phil Ivey,   Marcel Luske,   James Mackey,   Chris Reslock,   Justin Bonomo,   Bill Chen,   Steve Sung,   Ralph Perry,   Michael DeMichele,   Joseph Michael,   Doug Ganger,   Alexander Kostritsyn

World Championship Omaha High-Low Split 8 or Better - Level 12

Jun 20, '08

Note: Players are now on an hour break. Play will resume around 8:20.

Blinds: 1,500-3,000

Players Left: 77 of 235

Chip Counts:
Bob Slezak: 162,000
Brad Booth 136,000
Soheil Shamseddin: 127,000
David Benyamine: 126,000
William McMahon: 123,000
Ram Vaswani: 120,000
Shunjiro Uchida: 116,000
Ray Dehkharghani: 109,000
Roland de Wolfe: 104,000

Eliminations: Steven Ware, Dutch Boyd

Big Hands:

Seed and Reslock Tangle

Huck Seed bet 3,000 on a Q107 board and was called by Chris Reslock. The turn brought the 6 and both players checked, bringing the 8 on the river. Seed bet 6,000 and Reslock made the call. Seed showed KJ97 for a rivered straight, but Reslock showed A5K9 for the 8-low and half of the pot.
"I guess I should've bet on the turn," Seed said after the hand.

Harman Takes a Big Pot

Jennifer Harman bet 3,000 and was called by 3 players on a flop of J74. She bet out 6,000 out the 10 turn and was called by the player in seat 6 only. The Q fell on the river and seat 6 bet out 6,000, only to be raised to 12,000 by Harman. He called and saw the bad news. Harman showed A-K-10-10 for the broadway straight and her opponent mucked.
Harman has climbed to around 80,000 in chips.

Boyd Gets Rivered, Eliminated Later in Level

Dutch Boyd bet 6,000 on a board of 9547 and the player in seat 3 raised to 12,000. Not intimidated, Boyd reraised to 18,000 and seat 3 called. The river was the K and Boyd called his opponent's bet and they showed down. Boyd showed AA22, but saw that he had been rivered by seat 3's A2Q9. Seat 3 took the high and Boyd got just half of the low. He was eliminated later in the level.

Brunson Misses

Doyle Brunson check-called his opponent every step of the way on a AK7910 board. When his opponent bet on the river Brunson mucked, having apparently missed his draw. Brunson still had around 96,000 in chips.

Chiu Flushes Down the Competition

On a board of 1094A10, David Chiu bet 6,000 and got one caller. "Flush," Chiu said and his opponent quickly mucked. The win put Chiu's stack around 70,000.

The Mouth?

Yes, he's still in the tournament. He has just been speaking more quietly. He's short with around 20,000 in chips

Player Tags: Huck Seed,   Mike Matusow,   Doyle Brunson,   David Chiu,   Jennifer Harman,   Chris Reslock,   Dutch Boyd

$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

Omaha 8 / Stud 8 Level 4

Jun 05, '08

Players are currently on a 30-minute break and play will resume at 10 p.m.

Stud 8: 50 ante, 50 bring in, 200 completion, 200-400 limits
Omaha 8: 100-200 blinds, 200-400 limits

Players left: 312 of 388

Chip counts:

Hasan Habib - 15,000
Hoyt Corkins - 14,000
Allen Kessler - 13,000
Gavin Griffin - 12,000
Joe Cassidy - 12,000
Chip Jett - 11,000

Players eliminated:

Cyndy Violette
Phil Ivey

Hands: 

Grinder over 10k after scoop

Playing Omaha 8, after calling on the flop and turn, Michael Mizrachi bet on the river with the board showing AJ597. Two players folded and the fourth player in the hand hesitated before making the call. Mizrachi flipped over 8643 for the nine-high straight and 7-5-4-3-A low and took down the pot. After the hand Mizrachi had close to 11,000 chips.

Roland steals big pot on river

With the board showing 3K8KJ, Roland de Wolfe raises his opponents bet after calling on the flop and turn. His opponent knows he is beat but eventually makes the call. De Wolfe flips over JJA4 for a full house on the river and after the hand has roughly 8,000 chips. As he flipped over his cards two players at the table burst into laughter.

Raymer folds on 5th street

After calling his opponent on 3rd street and 4th street, Raymer folds to a bet while showing AK5. His opponent at the time had 345. After the hand Raymer is down to 3,000 chips.

Negreanu folds on 7th street

After check-calling all the way, Negreanu folds while showing 4J2K. Chris Reslock, who had 683T showing, bet on fifth, sixth and seventh street and when called by a third player showed a pair of tens and and eight low. His opponent showed two aces to takehalf the pot with the better high hand. After the hand, Reslock had 7,000 chips, while Negreanu was down to 4,000 chips.

Bart Hanson succeeds in tournaments too

Bart Hanson, who hosts a cash game radio podcast, had success in last year's World Series and is doing well in this event. He aggressively bet every street with JAK. His opponent, showing 48Q, folded on fifth street. After the hand Hanson has close to 6,000 chips.

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   Michael Mizrachi,   Greg Raymer,   Chris Reslock,   Roland de Wolfe

Day 2 - $2,500 Omaha/Stud High-Low - Level 9

Jun 06, '08

Stud 8: 200 ante, 200 bring in, 800-1,600 limits
Omaha 8: 400-800 blinds, 800-1,600 limits

Players Remaining: 98 of 388

Average Chip Stack: 19,796

Chip Counts:

Jordan Rich: 45,800
Daniel Mowczan: 45,200
Farzad Rouhani: 44,500
Robert Sherer: 41,800
Ming Reslock: 40,400
Gary Benson: 39,900
Gregory Pappas: 36,400
Michael Mizrachi: 35,600
James Van Alstyne: 35,100
Marco Johnson: 33,500

Big Hands:

Stud 8

Reslock Doubles With a Flush

Chris Reslock pushed his final 200 in chips in blind after receiving his last card. His visible cards were A884. His opponent called with 73J10. Reslock revealed KK5 for the flush and his opponent mucked. Reslock doubled to 12,000.

Raymer Splits A Big One

Greg Raymer called a final bet and showed A-Q-Q-3-5-3-9 for the two pair high hand and his opponent showed 8-7-2-2-7-4-5 for the low hand, and the players split the pot. Raymer has around 20,000 in chips.

Lisandro Not Happy

Jeffrey Lisandro got one caller and showed 6-6-5-5-7-3-2, which wasn't good enough for the high hand but won the low. His opponent edged him out for the high with 7-7-4-4-A-J-10. Lisandro was not happy when the dealer started to push the entire pot over to his opponent, saying, "He doesn't get all of it." They split the pot and Lissandro saw his stack grow to around 20,000.

Consistent Aggression

Scott Clements has been doing well in Omaha-related events this year and is aggressively building a stack in this event. He bet the final card and his opponent called. Clements showed 467JKK5 for the flush and his opponent showed he narrowly made his low hand. Clements sat with around 20,000 after the hand.


 

Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro,   Greg Raymer,   Chris Reslock,   Scott Clements

Omaha 8 / Stud 8 Level 4

Jun 05, '08

Players are currently on a 30-minute break and play will resume at 10 p.m.

Stud 8: 50 ante, 50 bring in, 200 completion, 200-400 limits
Omaha 8: 100-200 blinds, 200-400 limits

Players left: 312 of 388

Chip counts:

Hasan Habib - 15,000
Hoyt Corkins - 14,000
Allen Kessler - 13,000
Gavin Griffin - 12,000
Joe Cassidy - 12,000
Chip Jett - 11,000

Players eliminated:

Cyndy Violette
Phil Ivey

Hands: 

Grinder over 10k after scoop

Playing Omaha 8, after calling on the flop and turn, Michael Mizrachi bet on the river with the board showing AJ597. Two players folded and the fourth player in the hand hesitated before making the call. Mizrachi flipped over 8643 for the nine-high straight and 7-5-4-3-A low and took down the pot. After the hand Mizrachi had close to 11,000 chips.

Roland steals big pot on river

With the board showing 3K8KJ, Roland de Wolfe raises his opponents bet after calling on the flop and turn. His opponent knows he is beat but eventually makes the call. De Wolfe flips over JJA4 for a full house on the river and after the hand has roughly 8,000 chips. As he flipped over his cards two players at the table burst into laughter.

Raymer folds on 5th street

After calling his opponent on 3rd street and 4th street, Raymer folds to a bet while showing AK5. His opponent at the time had 345. After the hand Raymer is down to 3,000 chips.

Negreanu folds on 7th street

After check-calling all the way, Negreanu folds while showing 4J2K. Chris Reslock, who had 683T showing, bet on fifth, sixth and seventh street and when called by a third player showed a pair of tens and and eight low. His opponent showed two aces to takehalf the pot with the better high hand. After the hand, Reslock had 7,000 chips, while Negreanu was down to 4,000 chips.

Bart Hanson succeeds in tournaments too

Bart Hanson, who hosts a cash game radio podcast, had success in last year's World Series and is doing well in this event. He aggressively bet every street with JAK. His opponent, showing 48Q, folded on fifth street. After the hand Hanson has close to 6,000 chips.

Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu,   Michael Mizrachi,   Greg Raymer,   Chris Reslock,   Roland de Wolfe

Day 2 - $2,500 Omaha/Stud High-Low - Level 9

Jun 06, '08

Stud 8: 200 ante, 200 bring in, 800-1,600 limits
Omaha 8: 400-800 blinds, 800-1,600 limits

Players Remaining: 98 of 388

Average Chip Stack: 19,796

Chip Counts:

Jordan Rich: 45,800
Daniel Mowczan: 45,200
Farzad Rouhani: 44,500
Robert Sherer: 41,800
Ming Reslock: 40,400
Gary Benson: 39,900
Gregory Pappas: 36,400
Michael Mizrachi: 35,600
James Van Alstyne: 35,100
Marco Johnson: 33,500

Big Hands:

Stud 8

Reslock Doubles With a Flush

Chris Reslock pushed his final 200 in chips in blind after receiving his last card. His visible cards were A884. His opponent called with 73J10. Reslock revealed KK5 for the flush and his opponent mucked. Reslock doubled to 12,000.

Raymer Splits A Big One

Greg Raymer called a final bet and showed A-Q-Q-3-5-3-9 for the two pair high hand and his opponent showed 8-7-2-2-7-4-5 for the low hand, and the players split the pot. Raymer has around 20,000 in chips.

Lisandro Not Happy

Jeffrey Lisandro got one caller and showed 6-6-5-5-7-3-2, which wasn't good enough for the high hand but won the low. His opponent edged him out for the high with 7-7-4-4-A-J-10. Lisandro was not happy when the dealer started to push the entire pot over to his opponent, saying, "He doesn't get all of it." They split the pot and Lissandro saw his stack grow to around 20,000.

Consistent Aggression

Scott Clements has been doing well in Omaha-related events this year and is aggressively building a stack in this event. He bet the final card and his opponent called. Clements showed 467JKK5 for the flush and his opponent showed he narrowly made his low hand. Clements sat with around 20,000 after the hand.


 

Player Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro,   Greg Raymer,   Chris Reslock,   Scott Clements