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| Jul 17, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 WSOP Main Event | 10 | + |
Level 18 Update: Daniel Negreanu Up to 330KJul 15, '11 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: Approximately 399 out of 6,865 Chip Leaders: 1. Manoj Viswanathan — 2,175,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Daniel Negreanu — 330,000 Notables Eliminated: Blair Hinkle Hands:
A short-stacked player shoved and Blair Hinkle reshoved. A player in the big blind woke up with kings and had Hinkle’s 5-5 dominated. The board offered no help for Hinkle and he was gone. Bryan Pellegrino Going Up Holding pocket eights, Bryan Pellegrino was able to eliminate a player who held A-K. All of his opponent’s 260,000 went in preflop, and Pellegrino held 770,000 after the hand. Bryan Micon Eliminated Bryan Micon’s 9-9 was in bad shape against Sami Kelopuro’s Q-Q. The board offered no help for Micon and he was gone. Kelopuro was up to about 900,000 after the hand. Christian Harder Gets Some Chips Christian Harder is up to about 250,000 after his A-6 won against an opponent’s A-9, all in preflop. Daniel Negreanu Doubles Up Daniel Negreanu is up to 330,000 after his Q Freddy Deeb Doubles Up Freddy Deeb got all of his stack in the middle with A-K and was up against pocket tens. Deeb was looking for help until the river when he hit his hand and doubled to 200,000. Jean-Robert Bellande Backdoors Gin Jean-Robert turned 8-6 offsuit into runner-runner straight after a K-Q-4 flop. He barreled on the flop and after he turned an open-ended straight draw. When he got there on the end he fired 300,000 and his opponent called. Bellande was at 900,000 after the hand. Player Tags: David Bach, Bryan Micon, Blair Hinkle, Christian Harder, Sami Kelopuro, Bryan Pellegrino, Daniel Retallick Level 20 Update: Lars Bonding and Ben Lamb Above 2 MillionJul 16, '11
Players Remaining: 222 out of 6,865 Chip Leaders: Alex Moore: 3,500,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Daniel Negreanu — 213,000 Notables Eliminated: Peter Jetten Featured Poker Tweets Daniel Negreanu Hands: Ben Lamb Takes One Out Ismail Erkenov was all in for 111,000 preflop and Ben Lamb and Niall Charlton had made the call. The flop fell A The turn fell 5 Lamb: A River: 9 Lamb grew his stack to 2.3 million after the hand to join the chip leaders in the tournament and Erkenov was eliminated. Daniel Negreanu Falling Daniel Negreanu raised to 28,000 from the hi-jack preflop and Evan McNiff made the call. The flop fell 6 Negreanu made the call and the turn fell 10 Sami Kelopuro Takes One Out Andrew Pierce raised to 30,000 under the gun preflop and Sami Kelopuro made the call in the big blind. The flop fell J Kelopuro: 3 Turn and River: 5 Kelopuro grew his stack to 1.1 million and Pierce was eliminated from the tournament. CardPlayer TV — Day 4 Report Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu, Ben Lamb, Sami Kelopuro Level 24 Update: Collins Over 10 MillionJul 17, '11 Note: Players are currently on a two-hour dinner break and will resume action at about 6:30 p.m. local time. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 90 out of 6,865 Average Chip Count: 2.3 million Chip Counts: 1. Phil Collins — 10,064,000 Notables Eliminated: Joseph Cheong Featured Poker Tweets Allen Cunningham Hands:
Joseph Cheong got all his stack of 600,000 in preflop with A-Q suited but unfortunately ran into chip leader Phil Collins’ pocket aces. The aces held and Collins was at nearly 9 million after the hand. He won some pots after to climb to more than 10 million and is the massive chip leader. Erick Lindgren Doubles Up Erick Lindgren was all in with A-A against an opponent’s A-K. The aces held and Lindgren was at 1.4 million. Jens Kyllonen Eliminated All the money went in preflop with Jens Kyllonen holding 9-9 and Bryan Follain holding pocket aces. The board bricked for the nines and Kyllonen was gone. Follain was at about 5 million after the hand. Sami Kelopuro Eliminated Sami Kelopuro was down to under 10 big blinds and got his stack in preflop with K-5. He was called by A-7 and was live. However, the board ran out in his opponent’s favor and he was gone. Eli Elezra Eliminated Eli Elezra got his short stack in with pocket tens against Jared Vengrin’s K-K. The under pair failed to come from behind and Elezra was gone. Sorel Mizzi Suffers Brutal Beat, Hits Rail Sorel Mizzi was all in with 6-6 on a 9-9-6 board. His opponent held J-9 and the board brought running aces to give Mizzi’s opponent a better full house. Player Tags: Erick Lindgren, Eli Elezra, Sorel Mizzi, Sami Kelopuro, Jens Kyllonen, Joseph Cheong |
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| Jul 16, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 WSOP Main Event | 9 | + |
Level 18 Update: Daniel Negreanu Up to 330KJul 15, '11 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: Approximately 399 out of 6,865 Chip Leaders: 1. Manoj Viswanathan — 2,175,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Daniel Negreanu — 330,000 Notables Eliminated: Blair Hinkle Hands:
A short-stacked player shoved and Blair Hinkle reshoved. A player in the big blind woke up with kings and had Hinkle’s 5-5 dominated. The board offered no help for Hinkle and he was gone. Bryan Pellegrino Going Up Holding pocket eights, Bryan Pellegrino was able to eliminate a player who held A-K. All of his opponent’s 260,000 went in preflop, and Pellegrino held 770,000 after the hand. Bryan Micon Eliminated Bryan Micon’s 9-9 was in bad shape against Sami Kelopuro’s Q-Q. The board offered no help for Micon and he was gone. Kelopuro was up to about 900,000 after the hand. Christian Harder Gets Some Chips Christian Harder is up to about 250,000 after his A-6 won against an opponent’s A-9, all in preflop. Daniel Negreanu Doubles Up Daniel Negreanu is up to 330,000 after his Q Freddy Deeb Doubles Up Freddy Deeb got all of his stack in the middle with A-K and was up against pocket tens. Deeb was looking for help until the river when he hit his hand and doubled to 200,000. Jean-Robert Bellande Backdoors Gin Jean-Robert turned 8-6 offsuit into runner-runner straight after a K-Q-4 flop. He barreled on the flop and after he turned an open-ended straight draw. When he got there on the end he fired 300,000 and his opponent called. Bellande was at 900,000 after the hand. Player Tags: David Bach, Bryan Micon, Blair Hinkle, Christian Harder, Sami Kelopuro, Bryan Pellegrino, Daniel Retallick Level 20 Update: Lars Bonding and Ben Lamb Above 2 MillionJul 16, '11
Players Remaining: 222 out of 6,865 Chip Leaders: Alex Moore: 3,500,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Daniel Negreanu — 213,000 Notables Eliminated: Peter Jetten Featured Poker Tweets Daniel Negreanu Hands: Ben Lamb Takes One Out Ismail Erkenov was all in for 111,000 preflop and Ben Lamb and Niall Charlton had made the call. The flop fell A The turn fell 5 Lamb: A River: 9 Lamb grew his stack to 2.3 million after the hand to join the chip leaders in the tournament and Erkenov was eliminated. Daniel Negreanu Falling Daniel Negreanu raised to 28,000 from the hi-jack preflop and Evan McNiff made the call. The flop fell 6 Negreanu made the call and the turn fell 10 Sami Kelopuro Takes One Out Andrew Pierce raised to 30,000 under the gun preflop and Sami Kelopuro made the call in the big blind. The flop fell J Kelopuro: 3 Turn and River: 5 Kelopuro grew his stack to 1.1 million and Pierce was eliminated from the tournament. CardPlayer TV — Day 4 Report Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu, Ben Lamb, Sami Kelopuro Level 24 Update: Collins Over 10 MillionJul 17, '11 Note: Players are currently on a two-hour dinner break and will resume action at about 6:30 p.m. local time. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 90 out of 6,865 Average Chip Count: 2.3 million Chip Counts: 1. Phil Collins — 10,064,000 Notables Eliminated: Joseph Cheong Featured Poker Tweets Allen Cunningham Hands:
Joseph Cheong got all his stack of 600,000 in preflop with A-Q suited but unfortunately ran into chip leader Phil Collins’ pocket aces. The aces held and Collins was at nearly 9 million after the hand. He won some pots after to climb to more than 10 million and is the massive chip leader. Erick Lindgren Doubles Up Erick Lindgren was all in with A-A against an opponent’s A-K. The aces held and Lindgren was at 1.4 million. Jens Kyllonen Eliminated All the money went in preflop with Jens Kyllonen holding 9-9 and Bryan Follain holding pocket aces. The board bricked for the nines and Kyllonen was gone. Follain was at about 5 million after the hand. Sami Kelopuro Eliminated Sami Kelopuro was down to under 10 big blinds and got his stack in preflop with K-5. He was called by A-7 and was live. However, the board ran out in his opponent’s favor and he was gone. Eli Elezra Eliminated Eli Elezra got his short stack in with pocket tens against Jared Vengrin’s K-K. The under pair failed to come from behind and Elezra was gone. Sorel Mizzi Suffers Brutal Beat, Hits Rail Sorel Mizzi was all in with 6-6 on a 9-9-6 board. His opponent held J-9 and the board brought running aces to give Mizzi’s opponent a better full house. Player Tags: Erick Lindgren, Eli Elezra, Sorel Mizzi, Sami Kelopuro, Jens Kyllonen, Joseph Cheong |
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| Jul 15, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 WSOP Main Event | 8 | + |
Level 18 Update: Daniel Negreanu Up to 330KJul 15, '11 Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: Approximately 399 out of 6,865 Chip Leaders: 1. Manoj Viswanathan — 2,175,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Daniel Negreanu — 330,000 Notables Eliminated: Blair Hinkle Hands:
A short-stacked player shoved and Blair Hinkle reshoved. A player in the big blind woke up with kings and had Hinkle’s 5-5 dominated. The board offered no help for Hinkle and he was gone. Bryan Pellegrino Going Up Holding pocket eights, Bryan Pellegrino was able to eliminate a player who held A-K. All of his opponent’s 260,000 went in preflop, and Pellegrino held 770,000 after the hand. Bryan Micon Eliminated Bryan Micon’s 9-9 was in bad shape against Sami Kelopuro’s Q-Q. The board offered no help for Micon and he was gone. Kelopuro was up to about 900,000 after the hand. Christian Harder Gets Some Chips Christian Harder is up to about 250,000 after his A-6 won against an opponent’s A-9, all in preflop. Daniel Negreanu Doubles Up Daniel Negreanu is up to 330,000 after his Q Freddy Deeb Doubles Up Freddy Deeb got all of his stack in the middle with A-K and was up against pocket tens. Deeb was looking for help until the river when he hit his hand and doubled to 200,000. Jean-Robert Bellande Backdoors Gin Jean-Robert turned 8-6 offsuit into runner-runner straight after a K-Q-4 flop. He barreled on the flop and after he turned an open-ended straight draw. When he got there on the end he fired 300,000 and his opponent called. Bellande was at 900,000 after the hand. Player Tags: David Bach, Bryan Micon, Blair Hinkle, Christian Harder, Sami Kelopuro, Bryan Pellegrino, Daniel Retallick Level 20 Update: Lars Bonding and Ben Lamb Above 2 MillionJul 16, '11
Players Remaining: 222 out of 6,865 Chip Leaders: Alex Moore: 3,500,000 Card Player Chip Counts: Daniel Negreanu — 213,000 Notables Eliminated: Peter Jetten Featured Poker Tweets Daniel Negreanu Hands: Ben Lamb Takes One Out Ismail Erkenov was all in for 111,000 preflop and Ben Lamb and Niall Charlton had made the call. The flop fell A The turn fell 5 Lamb: A River: 9 Lamb grew his stack to 2.3 million after the hand to join the chip leaders in the tournament and Erkenov was eliminated. Daniel Negreanu Falling Daniel Negreanu raised to 28,000 from the hi-jack preflop and Evan McNiff made the call. The flop fell 6 Negreanu made the call and the turn fell 10 Sami Kelopuro Takes One Out Andrew Pierce raised to 30,000 under the gun preflop and Sami Kelopuro made the call in the big blind. The flop fell J Kelopuro: 3 Turn and River: 5 Kelopuro grew his stack to 1.1 million and Pierce was eliminated from the tournament. CardPlayer TV — Day 4 Report Player Tags: Daniel Negreanu, Ben Lamb, Sami Kelopuro Level 24 Update: Collins Over 10 MillionJul 17, '11 Note: Players are currently on a two-hour dinner break and will resume action at about 6:30 p.m. local time. Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 90 out of 6,865 Average Chip Count: 2.3 million Chip Counts: 1. Phil Collins — 10,064,000 Notables Eliminated: Joseph Cheong Featured Poker Tweets Allen Cunningham Hands:
Joseph Cheong got all his stack of 600,000 in preflop with A-Q suited but unfortunately ran into chip leader Phil Collins’ pocket aces. The aces held and Collins was at nearly 9 million after the hand. He won some pots after to climb to more than 10 million and is the massive chip leader. Erick Lindgren Doubles Up Erick Lindgren was all in with A-A against an opponent’s A-K. The aces held and Lindgren was at 1.4 million. Jens Kyllonen Eliminated All the money went in preflop with Jens Kyllonen holding 9-9 and Bryan Follain holding pocket aces. The board bricked for the nines and Kyllonen was gone. Follain was at about 5 million after the hand. Sami Kelopuro Eliminated Sami Kelopuro was down to under 10 big blinds and got his stack in preflop with K-5. He was called by A-7 and was live. However, the board ran out in his opponent’s favor and he was gone. Eli Elezra Eliminated Eli Elezra got his short stack in with pocket tens against Jared Vengrin’s K-K. The under pair failed to come from behind and Elezra was gone. Sorel Mizzi Suffers Brutal Beat, Hits Rail Sorel Mizzi was all in with 6-6 on a 9-9-6 board. His opponent held J-9 and the board brought running aces to give Mizzi’s opponent a better full house. Player Tags: Erick Lindgren, Eli Elezra, Sorel Mizzi, Sami Kelopuro, Jens Kyllonen, Joseph Cheong |
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| Jun 27, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship | 3 | + |
Ben Lamb Wins Event #42 ($814,436)Jun 27, '11 Sami Kelopuro Eliminated in 2nd Place ($503,173) Ben Lamb took the chip lead into heads-up play with 6,650,000 to Sami Kelopuro’s 4,180,000. Lamb struck first and widened his lead by about 2:1 before Kelopuro chipped up to a slight lead with about 5.6 million to 5.1 million. Kelopuro didn’t hold on to the lead very long as Lamb won a big pot with a pocket pair of kings, reclaiming a slight lead going into the final hand of the tournament. Kelopuro button-raised 240,000 and Lamb called from the big blind. The flop came A The turn was the Q Kelopuro: A Kelopuro lead the turn with top two pair while Lamb had a flush draw and a straight draw. The river was the 5 Player Tags: Ben Lamb, Sami Kelopuro Level 29: Lamb Leads Kelopuro Heads-Up; Shipley 3rd, King 4thJun 27, '11 Blinds: 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 2 out of 361 Average Chip Count: 5,415,000 Chip Counts: 1. Ben Lamb – 6,025,000 Eliminations: 3rd. John Shipley – $369,575 NOTE: With the elimination of John Shipley in 3rd place, Ben Lamb took the chip leads going into heads-up play with 6,650,000 to Sami Kelopuro’s 4,050,000. Christopher King Eliminated in 4th Place ($273,573) Christopher King came to the unscheduled fourth day of this final table as the short stack and was eliminated shortly after the day began. Sami Kelopuro button-raised before the flop, Ben Lamb three-bet the small blind, Chrstopher King moved all in from the big blind for about 1,100,000, Kelopuro folded and Lamb called. King: A King was ahead before the flop with a pair of aces against Lamb’s pair of kings. The board came John Shipley Eliminated in 3rd Place ($369,575) Shortly after Christopher King’s 4th place elimination, Sami Kelopuro doubled through John Shipley with kings against jacks, leaving him under one million in chips. A short while later, Shipley got the rest of his chips in before the flop against Sami Kelopuro. Shipley: A Shipley was ahead before the flop with a suited-ace against Kelopuro’s suited-king. The board came John Shipley was eliminated in 3rd place ($369,575). Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: John Shipley, Ben Lamb, Sami Kelopuro, Christopher King Level 29: Day 4 Begins; Lamb Leads Final FourJun 27, '11 NOTE: Play ended last night with 4 players and resumed today at 3:00pm. Play will continue today until a winner is determined. Blinds: 50,000-100,000 Players Remaining: 4 out of 361 Average Chip Count: 2,707,500 Chip Counts: 1. Ben Lamb – 4,335,000 Payouts: 1st. $814,436 Eliminations: 5th. Dario Alioto – $204,113 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: John Shipley, Ben Lamb, Sami Kelopuro, Christopher King Level 28: End of Day 3; Lamb Leads Final FourJun 27, '11 NOTE: Play ended for the night with the conclusion of Level 28. The remaining four players will return at 3:00pm to resume play and continue until a winner is determined. Blinds: 40,000-80,000 Players Remaining: 4 out of 361 Average Chip Count: 2,707,500 Chip Counts: 1. Ben Lamb – 4,335,000 Eliminations: 5th. Dario Alioto – $203,113 John Kabbaj Eliminated in 6th Place ($153,517) Ben Lamb raised to 185,000 before the flop, Johnn Kabbaj moved all in for 700,000 from the big blind and Lamb called. Lamb: A Lamb was ahead before the flop with a pair of aces. The board came 9
Sami Kelopuro raised to 200,000 from under the gun and Dario Alioto called from the big blind. The flop came K Kelopuro: A Kelopuro was ahead with a pair of aces, but Alioto flopped middle pair and an open-ended straight draw. The turn and river were the 2 Be sure to check back at 3:00pm for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: John Kabbaj, Ben Lamb, Dario Alioto, Sami Kelopuro Level 26: Glantz Eliminated 10th, Final Table Now UnderwayJun 27, '11 NOTE: Play ended last night with 38 players and resumed today at 3:00pm. The final ten players combined to one table and with the elimination of Matt Glantz in 10th place ($53,072), the official nine-handed final table is now underway. Blinds: 25,000-50,000 Players Remaining: 9 out of 361 Average Chip Count: 1,203,333 Chip Counts: 1. Ben Lamb – 2,010,000 Payouts: 1st. $814,436 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: John Shipley, Joshua Tieman, John Kabbaj, Ben Lamb, Dario Alioto, Hans Winzeler, Sami Kelopuro, Christopher King, Cory Wood |
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| Apr 29, '10 | 2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Season VI | EPT Grand Final Main Event | 5 | + |
Level 16 Update: PaydayApr 27, '10 Blinds: 2,500-5,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 119 out of 848 Average Chip Count: 213,781 Chip Counts: Official Counts Coming Soon… Notable Eliminations: John Tabatabai Big Hands:
Aaron Gustavson has been tangling with Melanie Weisner all day long and the two finally put an end to the battle when Gustavson shipped it from the small blind with 9 Weisner looked him up with A John Tabatabai Eliminated John Tabatabai raised to 55,000 on the button and Guerfi Mesbah moved all in over the top from the small blind. Tabatabai only had 15,000 behind, and he elected to put it in with K Mesbah showed AhJc and his hand won when the board fell 7
Gianni Giaroni was all in holding A Gomes took a major hit down to 150,000. Timoshenko Busted By Kelopuro Sami Kelopuro raised and Yevgeniy Timoshenko moved all in from the big blind. Kelopuro called and showed pocket aces, which were way ahead of Timoshenko’s pocket kings. The board fell A The Bubble Bursts! It only took two hands of hand-for-hand play to determine the bubble boy. Ake Olsson moved all in from the small blind for just 15,500. Gilles Haddad made the call with 10 The board fell 10 The decision was made to continue until the rest of the level had been played out. We’ll have those finishes on the chip counts tab as soon as they are released by the casino. Player Tags: Aaron Gustavson, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Sami Kelopuro Sami Stays CoolApr 28, '10
Player Tags: Sami Kelopuro Sami Kelopuro Eliminated in 12th PlaceApr 29, '10
McCorkell wasted no time calling and turned over A Player Tags: Sami Kelopuro, Craig McCorkell Nicolas Chouity Increases LeadApr 29, '10 Sami Kelopuro raised in the cutoff and Nicolas Chouity reraised. Kelopuro called and the two players saw a flop of 7 The turn was the 9 Chouity is now up to an impressive 5.9 million. Player Tags: Nicolas Chouity, Sami Kelopuro |
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| Apr 28, '10 | 2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Season VI | EPT Grand Final Main Event | 4 | + |
Level 16 Update: PaydayApr 27, '10 Blinds: 2,500-5,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 119 out of 848 Average Chip Count: 213,781 Chip Counts: Official Counts Coming Soon… Notable Eliminations: John Tabatabai Big Hands:
Aaron Gustavson has been tangling with Melanie Weisner all day long and the two finally put an end to the battle when Gustavson shipped it from the small blind with 9 Weisner looked him up with A John Tabatabai Eliminated John Tabatabai raised to 55,000 on the button and Guerfi Mesbah moved all in over the top from the small blind. Tabatabai only had 15,000 behind, and he elected to put it in with K Mesbah showed AhJc and his hand won when the board fell 7
Gianni Giaroni was all in holding A Gomes took a major hit down to 150,000. Timoshenko Busted By Kelopuro Sami Kelopuro raised and Yevgeniy Timoshenko moved all in from the big blind. Kelopuro called and showed pocket aces, which were way ahead of Timoshenko’s pocket kings. The board fell A The Bubble Bursts! It only took two hands of hand-for-hand play to determine the bubble boy. Ake Olsson moved all in from the small blind for just 15,500. Gilles Haddad made the call with 10 The board fell 10 The decision was made to continue until the rest of the level had been played out. We’ll have those finishes on the chip counts tab as soon as they are released by the casino. Player Tags: Aaron Gustavson, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Sami Kelopuro Sami Stays CoolApr 28, '10
Player Tags: Sami Kelopuro Sami Kelopuro Eliminated in 12th PlaceApr 29, '10
McCorkell wasted no time calling and turned over A Player Tags: Sami Kelopuro, Craig McCorkell Nicolas Chouity Increases LeadApr 29, '10 Sami Kelopuro raised in the cutoff and Nicolas Chouity reraised. Kelopuro called and the two players saw a flop of 7 The turn was the 9 Chouity is now up to an impressive 5.9 million. Player Tags: Nicolas Chouity, Sami Kelopuro |
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| Apr 27, '10 | 2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Season VI | EPT Grand Final Main Event | 3 | + |
Level 16 Update: PaydayApr 27, '10 Blinds: 2,500-5,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 119 out of 848 Average Chip Count: 213,781 Chip Counts: Official Counts Coming Soon… Notable Eliminations: John Tabatabai Big Hands:
Aaron Gustavson has been tangling with Melanie Weisner all day long and the two finally put an end to the battle when Gustavson shipped it from the small blind with 9 Weisner looked him up with A John Tabatabai Eliminated John Tabatabai raised to 55,000 on the button and Guerfi Mesbah moved all in over the top from the small blind. Tabatabai only had 15,000 behind, and he elected to put it in with K Mesbah showed AhJc and his hand won when the board fell 7
Gianni Giaroni was all in holding A Gomes took a major hit down to 150,000. Timoshenko Busted By Kelopuro Sami Kelopuro raised and Yevgeniy Timoshenko moved all in from the big blind. Kelopuro called and showed pocket aces, which were way ahead of Timoshenko’s pocket kings. The board fell A The Bubble Bursts! It only took two hands of hand-for-hand play to determine the bubble boy. Ake Olsson moved all in from the small blind for just 15,500. Gilles Haddad made the call with 10 The board fell 10 The decision was made to continue until the rest of the level had been played out. We’ll have those finishes on the chip counts tab as soon as they are released by the casino. Player Tags: Aaron Gustavson, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Sami Kelopuro Sami Stays CoolApr 28, '10
Player Tags: Sami Kelopuro Sami Kelopuro Eliminated in 12th PlaceApr 29, '10
McCorkell wasted no time calling and turned over A Player Tags: Sami Kelopuro, Craig McCorkell Nicolas Chouity Increases LeadApr 29, '10 Sami Kelopuro raised in the cutoff and Nicolas Chouity reraised. Kelopuro called and the two players saw a flop of 7 The turn was the 9 Chouity is now up to an impressive 5.9 million. Player Tags: Nicolas Chouity, Sami Kelopuro |
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| Jan 12, '10 | 2010 PokerStars.com EPT Caribbean Adventure - Season VI | PokerStars Caribbean Adventure High Roller Championship | 2 | + |
Vivek Keeps WinningJan 12, '10
Player Tags: V R, Sami Kelopuro The Short Stack Busts -- The Champ Is GoneJan 12, '10
Player Tags: Bertrand Grospellier, Sami Kelopuro |
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| May 29, '09 | 2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker | Event 2 - $40,000 40th Annual No-Limit Hold'em | 2 | + |
Level 15 Update: Greg Raymer Gets StrongerMay 29, '09 Blinds: 6,000-12,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 40 out of 201 Chip Counts: 1. Greg Raymer — 2,660,000 Average Chip Count: 603,000 Notable Eliminations: James Mackey Big Hands:
Shortly into the level, James Mackey found himself all in holding K-Q. Unfortunately, Greg Raymer woke up with A-K. The board brought a king, but Raymer’s kicker was enough to send Mackey home out of the money. After the hand, Raymer stacked ballooned to 1.67 million. Alec Torelli Picks Up a Big Pot With an All-In Move Greg Raymer opened from early position to 30,000 and Vanessa Rousso made the call. Brian Rast then raised to 105,000 in the hijack and the action moved over to Alec Torelli. After a few minutes in thought, Torelli moved all in for 810,000. Raymer quickly folded, as did Rousso. Rast asked for a count, saw that his 650,000 was well covered and the folded. Torelli moved up to approximately 960,000.
Phil Galfond found himself all in holding a dominating A-K against Justin Bonomo and his A-J. A king hit the flop and Bonomo failed to catch up, doubling Galfond to 488,000 in chips. Bonomo is still healthy with about 1.1 million. Sami Kelopuro Doubles Up Courtesy of Alan Sass After an all-in and call, Sami Kelopuro revealed his pocket queens and was way ahead of Alan Sass and his pocket eights. The board ran out Q Chris Moneymaker Gives Up Some Chips to Noah Schwartz Noah Schwartz was all in on the short stack holding pocket kings against the pocket sevens of Chris Moneymaker. The board failed to help the 2003 champion and Schwartz doubled up to 320,000. Moneymaker dropped below the million mark with 910,000. Sorel Mizzi Doubles Through Frank Kassela On a flop of J Player Tags: Frank Kassela, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, James Mackey, Justin Bonomo, Vanessa Rousso, Brian Rast, Phil Galfond, Alan Sass, Noah Schwartz, Alec Torelli, Sorel Mizzi, Sami Kelopuro |
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| Apr 22, '09 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo - Season V | EPT Main Event - Event 1 | 5 | + |
Sami Kelopuro Eliminated in 12th Place (â¬45,700)Apr 22, '09
Player Tags: Sami Kelopuro |
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Blair Hinkle Busts
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Joseph Cheong Eliminated, Phil Collins Over 10 Million
Dario Alioto Eliminated in 5th Place ($203,113)
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A Tough Blow For Alexandre Gomes
Nicolas Chouity raises to 65,000 from the big blind and only the small blind Sami Kelopuro calmly comes along for the ride. The board falls 9
Craig McCorkell opened on the button and Sami Kelopuro moved all in for just under 1 million from the small blind.
Vivek Rajkumar can’t be stopped. He is now up to 350,000 after his pocket eights connected on the river to crack Sami Kelopuro’s pocket queens.
Team PokerStars Pro and last year’s winner in this event, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier has been eliminated after moving in on the short stack with J-5 only to run into Sami Kelopuro’s pocket kings.
Greg Raymer Takes Out James Mackey
Phil Galfond Doubles Through Justin Bonomo
A player famed for his top class online cash game play, Sami Kelopuro (pictured left) has just busted out. He would have made it an interesting final table but he leaves now instead with €45,700 for 12th place. Dragan Galic was the player responsible for his downfall.