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Event #22 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em and (PSO Invite)
Todays Event # 22 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em (PSO Invitational)
Play starts today at noon.
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Comparison to 2004 event
Scott Fischman
Event # 9
Entrants- 831
Prizepool- $1,146,780
Winner- Scott Fischman Las Vegas, NV.
$300,000
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Event #21 $2500 - Limit Omaha Hi/Lo - Another big field..but getting smaller..
1:45 Play resumes tomorrow at 3PM.
28 David Eltringham $3,305
29 Steven Ladowsky $3,305
1:30
We have 4 women left in the field and they are all doing quite well.
Kathy Kolberg
Sondra Taylor
Lisa Lee
Allyn Shulman
30 Ross Boatman $3,305
31 Michael Gambony $3,305
1:15
32 Chris Grigorian $3,305
Runner runner makes Chris lose.
33 Carlos Mortensen $3,305
As a last ditch effort, Carlos got all in and was pounded by a wheel against his pair.
1:10
34 Scotty Nguyen $3,305
35 William Chen $3,305
36 Hassan Kamoei $3,305
12:53
Mike Epstein has a boatload of chips and is looking very healthy.
12:51
With one bracelet under his belt already, Pat Poels fails to get to the money by being bubble boy tonight.
12:45
They will play hand for hand now until they hit paydirt.
Payout :
1. $255,945
2. 132,110
3. 66,055
4. 57,800
5. 49,540
6. 41,285
7. 33,030
8. 24,770
9. 16,515
10-13 9,910
14-16 8,255
17-19 6,605
20-27 4,955
28-36 3,305
The level has just increased to 11. The blinds are 1000/2000 with limits of 1500/3000. Watch this mass exodus!
12:41
Down to 39. Bonnie Rossi failed at this attempt, but that woman is one heck of a player. You WILL see her name again.
12;25
It seems that the Omaha tournament has a lot of professionals per capita. Although there are a lot of people still in that I dont know. We are very close to payout time. Huck Seed is out.
12:00
Down to 48 now. Sorry, Max Pescatori must have been gone, he is still in and has about 15K in chips.
11:30
Break. Time to chip up to the next flavor and play for a little higher limits. We'll move up to 500/1000 blinds and 1000/2000 limits.
11:20
Down to 6 tables, 54 players. Josh didnt seem to make it, so, no purse etc. for the dealer I reckon. These players are also missing in action:
Max Pescatori
Andy Kelsall
Kiril Gerasimov
11:00 Looks like about 65 left.
10:55
Josh Arieh was down to his final 500 and promised the dealer that IF he wins this tournament, he will give her $10,000. He is UTG and goes all in. He gets a caller and a raiser. There is a side pot to vie for now. The caller calls the raise and is also all in. The hands unfold like this:
Josh 8d 7c 9c 9s
Player B A 6 2 3
Player A A 4 9 7
The flop fills Josh's heart with delight as it comes 2s 9h Jd followed by a 2d and a 8s for a full house and he triples up. He asked the dealer if she had the $10 spent already and she said she was going to buy a purse. Josh screeched, A PURSE!!! well, if I win, Ill give you $10 AND a purse.
10:45
Sorry, I had a little technical difficulty, but, it is all groovy now. Looks like we have dropped Vince Burgio, Chris Tsiprailidis, Artie Cobb and Steve Zolotow.
10:15
Jean Robert Bellande didnt have much fire power left and is the latest casualty. The players on on break and we will go to the next level in 15 minutes. Level 9 will be 400/800 blinds with 800/1600 limits.
10PM
Chris is signing off now and going for dinner and a nice long nights sleep. So, Ill pick up where he left off. This is Sharla and I have some chip counts for you.
A J Kelsall 13K
Chris Tsiprailidis 1K
Steve Zolotow 600
James Van Alstyne 10K
Kathy Kolberg 13K
Allen Kessler 28K
Ross Boatman 5K
Josh Arieh 16K
Chris Bjorin 4K
Bonnie Rossi 19K
Sirous Baghchehsara 25K
Kiril Gerasimov 2K
Mike Epstein 20K
Artie Cobb 6K
Huck Seed 7K
Chris Grigorian 20K
Scotty Nguyen 3K
Carlos Mortensen 6K
Ted Forest 4K
Richard Askhby 22K
Can Kim Hua 8K
Meng La 16K
Max Pescatori 30K
Jean Robert Bellande 200
Vince Burgio 4K
Todd Brunson 10K
21:05 Now they are Falling
We drop rapidly to 12 tables and only 108 players left - 36 to be paid. It was announced that we will only play to the end of level 11 tonight , currently at the end of level 7.
The only well knowns to exit recently were:-
Berry Johnson
Barry Shulman
and John Juanda
Chip counts to follow.
18:45 Dinner
At the dinner break, down to 20 tables. This will be a long tournament.
Anyway several losses that you might know, during level 6
Phil Helmuth
Mel Judah
Ram Vaswani
Chris Ferguson
Mickey Appleman
Perry Friedman
Gavin Smith
Spring Cheong
The GRINDER
Daniel Negreanu
Bill Glazes
Barney Boatman
Simon Trumper
Dinner break one hour - some chip counts during next period.
16:20 Now we are off and Eliminating
At the second break, end of level 4, now. The following went missing during that level
JIm Meehan
Annie Duke
David Levi
Paul Philips
Mike Sexton
David Williams
Dan Heimiller
Vince Oliver
Raffe Furst
Kristy Gazes
and, not too officially, Barry Greenstein
Now I saw Josh Arieh 1 1/2 hours ago walking slowly away from the tournament area, all possesions in hand. OUT I said to myself from 15 meters ....sorry yards away. However there he was as large as life calling pre-flop in seat 6 on table 5 as I just passed it amoment ago. Back in then , I guess.
15:40:- VERY SLOW
The eliminations in this tournament are going very slowly. The original field of 359 were spread across 37 tables. Originally 10 handed the first outs were filled by a player from each of the ten handed tables. The first of the full tables have only just started to break. The one from each table makes it a bit difficult to track the survival of some players, so here is my definitely out list
Josh Arieh
Greg Raymer
Matt Savage ( he is playing the super satellite )
Maureen Feduniak
Steve Badger - just as i was coming to media room
I think Barry Greenstein - his chips might have been moved and as he now has gone to the PLHE final its a bit hard to tell - more later on that one
OK- The Sheet is out so as I said 359 players , 36 being paid
1. $255,945
2. 132,110
3. 66,055
4. 57,800
5. 49,540
6. 41,285
7. 33,030
8. 24,770
9. 16,515
10-13 9,910
14-16 8,255
17-19 6,605
20-27 4,955
28-36 3,305
14:20 Points Total
Here are the top points leaders as at the end of the 1,000 7 Card Stud H/L
285 Chris Ferguson
263 Cyndy Violette
252 EriK Seidel
248 Alan Cunningham
233 Scott Fischman
232 Jennifer Harman
225 Harry Demetriou
219 Tony Ma
218 J Steinhorn
200 Eric Froehlich
200 T Werthmann
13:55 Just to the break
The field has filled out a little more now
The following players are additions to the original ist
Sam Arzoin
Sirous Baghchehsara
Jean Robert Bellande
Vince Burgio
Brent Carter
Spring Cheong
Paul Darden
Asher Derei
John Esposito
Robert Feduniak
Chris Ferguson
Ted Forrest
Raffe Furst
Bill Gazes
Mark Gregorich
Chris Grigorian
Jay Heimowitz
Berry Johnston
John Juanda
Brett Jungblut
Allen Kessler
Meng La
Toto Leonidas
Erick Lindgren
Robert Mizrachi
Carlos Mortensen
Vince Oliver
Blair Rodman
Doug Saab
Mickey Seagle
Kevin Song
David Wattel
David Williams
We are just to the breakk at the end of the second level - I haven't noticed any departures yet but I'm sure this level will bring some.
12:20 Play Has Begun
On time ( not at 12:20 ) play commenced. There are 36 tables setup with most having seat 5 of 10 left empty. Right up front, this tournament does not have the depth of experience that yesterday's had but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't make the money just the same.
Those players I could recognise :-
Mickey Appleman
Richard Ashby
Steve Badger ( One of my favourite players)
Anders Berg
Chris Bjorin
Barny Boatman
Ross Boatman
John Cernuto
David Colclough
Peter Costa
John D'Agostino
Annie Duke
Maureen Feduniak
Scott Fischman
Tom Franklin
Perry Friedman
Kristy Gazes
Kirill Gerasimov
Barry Greenstein ( Yep in event 20 last 40 and starting here )
Chris Grigorian
Thor Hansen
Dan Heimiller
Mel Judah
Yevgeny Kafelekov
Kathy Kolberg
Mike Matusow
Daniel Negreanu
Men Nguyen
Pascal Perrault
Paul Philips
David Plastik
David Rabbi
Greg Raymer + Breakfast
Ram Vaswani
Matt Savage (one of my favourite Tournament Directors )
Huck Seed
Mike Sexton
Barry Shulman
Gavin Smith
Max Stern
Simon Trumper
Chris Tsiprailidis
Steve Zolotow
Shoes
11:40 - They Gather
A few final single table satellites are completing to add to what will be a record field. Good information tells me that 15 minutes ago over 225 people had entered. I'll go out and watch everyone taking their seats and tell you who is in shortly.
Play Starts 12:00pm
Lifetime Omaha Hi/Lo top 10 money winners:
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| 1 | Scotty Nguyen | $587,778 | (24) |
| 2 | Men "The Master" Nguyen | $416,136 | (15) |
| 3 | "Miami" John Cernuto | $407,711 | (25) |
| 4 | Chris "Jesus" Ferguson | $322,928 | (9) |
| 5 | Mike Matusow | $320,684 | (9) |
| 6 | Layne Flack | $305,298 | (8) |
| 7 | Pat Poels | $270,100 | (1) |
| 8 | Steve Badger | $255,307 | (18) |
| 9 | Dr Max Stern | $251,181 | (17) |
| 10 | Howard Lederer | $232,059 | (5) |
PokerPages Team report from WSOP 2005
Event # 20 - $5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em
12:55 am PDT Live Updates
12:55
10 minute to the end of the night. They will come back tomorrow and play down to the TV Final Table the next day.
Patrik Antonius 63k
Burt Boutin 14k
Jon Brody 13k
Terrance Chan 10k
Tony Cousineau 10k
Allen Cunningham 47k
Eli Elezra 30k
Eric Ford 8k
Clonie Gowen 8k
Barry Greenstein 23k
Gavin Griffin 24k
Hasan Habib 30k
Juha Helppi 16k
Al Krux 24k
Ted Lawson 24k
Matt Lefkowitz 14k
Tony Ma 15k
Nemad Medic 15k
Herb Montalbano 5k
John Phan 17k
Joseph Sebok 55k (Barry Greenstein's son, at the same table)
Erik Seidel 51k
Paul Testud 15k
Jimmy Tran 7k
David Ulliott 12k
Amir Vahedi 64k
Cyndy Violette 35k
James Worth 10k
12:05
53 left, 22k average.
Patrik Antonius 50k
Mickey Appleman 5k
Billy Baxter 15k
Burt Boutin 17k
Jon Brody 8k
Terrance Chan 27k
Tony Cousineau 10k
Allen Cunningham 47k
Eli Elezra 35k
Eric Ford 5k
Clonie Gowen 5k
Barry Greenstein 15k
Gavin Griffin 39k
Haban Habib 33k
Juha Helppi 11k
Al Krux 25k
Ted Lawson 30k
Matt Lefkowitz 15k
Kathy Liebert 7k
Tony Ma 11k
Nemad Medic 15k
Herb Montalbano 5k
John Phan 25k
Joseph Sebok 44k
Huck Seed 7k
Erik Seidel 48k
Paul Testud 15k
Jimmy Tran 5k
David Ulliott 35k
Amir Vahedi 35k
Cyndy Violette 35k
James Worth 12k
11:25
56 left of the 239 that started, paying 18.
Mickey Appleman 5k
Don Barton 5k
Billy Baxter 15k
Burt Boutin 14k
Jon Brody 13k
Terrance Chan 23k
Tony Cousineau 5k
Allen Cunningham 45k
Eli Elezra 35k
Eric Ford 5k
Clonie Gowen 5k
Barry Greenstein 5k
Gavin Griffin 28k
Haban Habib 24k
Juha Helppi 15k
Aaron Katz 8k
Al Krux 22k
Ted Lawson 20k
Matt Lefkowitz 15k
Kathy Liebert 5k
Tony Ma 8k
Nemad Medic 15k
Herb Montalbano 5k
Reza Payvar 5k
John Phan 22k
Joseph Sebok 48k
Huck Seed 13k
Erik Seidel 50k
Paul Testud 17k
Alex Todd 12k
Jimmy Tran 5k
David Ulliott 23k
Amir Vahedi 33k
Cyndy Violette 29k
James Worth 11k
11:15
Mike Paulle: These are the players I saw the last time through. Chip counts to follow.
Mickey Appleman
Don Barton
Billy Baxter
Chris Bell
Burt Boutin
Jon Brody
Terrance Chan
Tony Cousineau
Allen Cunningham
Eli Elezra
Eric Ford
Chau Giang
Clonie Gowen
Barry Greenstein
Gavin Griffin
Haban Habib
Juha Helppi
Aaron Katz
Al Krux
Ted Lawson
Matt Lefkowitz
Kathy Liebert
Minh Ly
Tony Ma
Nemad Medic
Mickey Mills
Herb Montalbano
Reza Payvar
John Phan
Allie Prescott
Ben Roberts
Joseph Sebok
Huck Seed
Erik Seidel
Jeff Shulman
Paul Testud
Gabe Thaler
Alex Todd
An Tran
Jimmy Tran
David Ulliott
Amir Vahedi
Cyndy Violette
Haralabos Voulgaris
James Worth
Steve Zolotow
22:00 Few more Gone
Another 3 names gone.
Scotty Nguyen
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi
Surindar Sunar
21:35 Chips Found and Away We Go
Just down to 9 tables now.
A few names made their departure there.
Daniel Negreanu had 10 9 with a board including 9 9 8 but John Phan slyly called Daniel's all-in to try to induce a third active player into continuing. No such luck and when John turned his cards over he had 9 8.
AJ Kelsall left from table 1
and Todd Brunson ( his stack restored ) lost them and more and left the arena.
Our absent player Barry Greenstein has joined us fresh from winning the bracelet in the Pot Limit Omaha tournament.
20:40 Chips Missing
Two minutes into the next level Todd Brunson returns to his table to find 4K in chips missing from his stack. The story goes that during the break a drink was spilled and the redistribution of the chips by the dealer was a little astray. We have to go to the video tape to get this one right as no-one can agree on who had what.
19:10 Dinner
Just when you say someone is doing OK he gets involved in a huge pot and Joe Beevers ships his chips to Hassan Habib and departs. Marco Traniello also leaves us before dinner. An 80 minute break begins as the tournament area empties.
This might be interesting , I'll follow Barry Greensteins chips during the evening. At the moment they sit next to the Devilfish and sum to about 16K. He is still sitting at the PLO final table.
18:45 VERY SLOW
Thought I should rush back with all the news. It's 20 minutes to the dinner break. No No, I'm only joking, seriously its 19 minutes.
Just about to go to 9 tables, 81 players.
Those not getting a return on their $5,000 outlay are
Paul Wolfe
Chris Tsiprailidis ( have to look that up every time)
Robert Williamson III
both the last two taken out by Daniel Negreanu
Jeff Lisandro
David Levi
Still a bit early for serious chip counts but Daniel, The Grinder, Devilfish, Cyndy, John Phan and Joe Beevers are well ahead of average.
17:30 The Best Remain
We continue the reallocation of chips and as such the numbers of remaining players decrease. With 10 minutes to go in Level 4 the 14th table was just breaking, leaving 117 combatants.
Only 18 to get money today - 239 starting.
Payouts :
1. $370,685
2. 204,440
3. 112,330
4. 89,865
5. 67,400
6. 56,165
7. 44,930
8. 33,700
9. 22,465
10-12 15,725
13-15 13,480
16-18 11,235
Those we lost during that stanza
Phil Helmuth
Chris Ferguson I think
Jeff Shulman
Perry Freidman
Hoyt Corkins
Dewey Tomko
David Chui
Antonio Esfandiari
Jason Lester
David Colclough
and Barry Greenstein is over playing the final table of the Pot Limit Omaha - see Mike's BLOG. His chips are somewhere in my tournament being blinded I guess.
16:17 Working through the short stacks
Mr M Paulle has provided me with amost comprehensive list of the players so I can more accurately note outs.
Those who left in that half hour were
TJ Cloutier
Julian Gardner
Meng La
Annie Duke
John Kabbaj
David Pham
Johan Storakers
and Surindar Sunar has appeared
15:50 Play seems to be Loosening
We drop to 19 tables as I left the tournament area - final official numbers and payouts soon.
Josh Arieh seems to missing as does Tom Franklin, Dan Heimiller and Humberto Brenes. Carlos Mortenson David Colclough and Barry Shulman could not be seen but their tables all had stacks but no player so I will update these later
15:15 - Slowly does It
Quick update
We lost Chris Biggler, Layne Flack, Peter Costa and Scott Fischman during that passage of play and time.
14:20 Only a few missing
With the levels so long not so much gambling is being done. The only people I can see who are missing are
Ram Vaswani
Ross Boatman
Barny Boatman
hmmm.... not so good today for the Hendon Boys, just Joe left
Chip Jett
A few more additions
Hasan Habib
David Levi who is sitting where Blair Rodman was so I guess he is out
Freddy Deeb although I saw him walkink in the corridor just after I checked the field but he may have been going to the toilet
Juha Helppi
An Tran
John Hennigan
13:25 A Few more obviously want to be part of a very hard to win poker tournament
Few more additions
Ted Forrest
Allen Cunningham
Chris Bigler
Cyndy Violette
Dewey Tomko
Minh Nguyen
Robert Williamson
Scott Fischman
Men Nguyen
Mike Sexton
Meng La
Todd Brunson
Layne Flack
And Barry Greenstein ( yep same one as on the final table of the Pot-Limit Omaha event later in the day )
12:50 - This is a GREAT Poker Field
The $5,000 Pot Limit Holdem event started pretty well on time. Periods have been extended to 75 minutes, up from the standard 60. I sat at the entrance to the area to get a list of "names". As the minutes go by so do the absolute cream of the worlds poker players. Only 23 tables are setup at the moment implying about 250 players maximum. It would be easier to tell you who isn't playing.
Here is an attempt to to tell you who is
Mickey Appleman
Josh Arieh
Joe Beevers
Barny Boatman
Ross Boatman
Humberto Brenes
John Cernuto
Neil Channing
David Chui
Carlo Citrone
TJ Cloutier
David Colclough
Peter Costa
Ivo Donev
Annie Duke
Antionio Esfandiari
Sammy Farha
Tom Franklin
Perry Friedman
Julian Gardner
Clonie Gowen
Dan Heimiller
Chip Jett
Jesse Jones
John Juanda
John Kabbaj
Ben Lee
Kathy Liebert
Jeff Lisandro
Michael Mizrachi
Carlos Mortensen
Daniel Negreanu
Scotty Nguyen
Pascal Perrault
Ralph Perry
Young Phan
David Plastik
Ben Roberts
Huck Seed
Erik Seidel
Jeff Shulman
Barry Shulman
Johan Storakers
Marco Traniello
Chris Tsiprailidis
David Ulliott
Ram Vaswani
Paul Wolfe
Steve Zolotow
There are some truly deadly tables I'll see if I can fill you in on some as we progress
Follow the blog today to see who shows up and stays in for the start of the $5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em.
Start time - noon
See who are the Worlds current top Pot Limit Holdem Players in table below. WSOP Pot Limit Holdem final tables -
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| 1 | Chris "Jesus" Ferguson | $300,770 | (5) |
| 2 | Phil Hellmuth "Jr" | $285,130 | (4) |
| 2 | Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott | $395,185 | (4) |
| 4 | Ian Dobson | $78,520 | (3) |
| 4 | Chris "Syracuse" Tsiprailidis | $60,845 | (3) |
| 4 | Dennis Waterman | $49,180 | (3) |
| 7 | Fred Berger | $207,140 | (2) |
| 7 | Michael Carson | $245,880 | (2) |
| 7 | Paul "Eskimo" Clark | $18,850 | (2) |
| 7 | T.J. Cloutier | $178,000 | (2) |
PokerPages Team report from WSOP 2005
Event # 19 - $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Final Table
Final Table in chip order
Barry Greenstein RPV, CA $92,000 SEAT 5:
Tim Martz Butte, MT $72,500 SEAT 6:
Paul Maxfield Stoke-on-Trent, England $67,000 SEAT 4:
Paul Vinci Shell Beach, CA $54,000 SEAT 3:
Toto Leonidas Los Angeles, CA $45,000 SEAT 7:
Sam Silverman Las Vegas, NV $39,500 SEAT 2:
Chris Lindenmayer Pickerington, OH $35,500 SEAT 9:
Chris Ferguson Pacific Palisades, CA $16,000 SEAT 1:
Eric “Blue” Bloore North Hollywood $16,000 SEAT 8:
Some info on the 3 chip leaders
Barry Greenstein Has had 49 money finishes, 29 of those have been final table apperances, and has an overal total prize money of $3,718,128. Often referred to as the "Robin Hood of Poker" Barry donates all of his winnings these days to charity. Already has 1 WSOP bracelet to his name (2004) .
Tim Martz from Butte, Montana, has had 1 money finish in event #4 No limit Hold em in the 33rd annual WSOP 2002 and has an overal prize money total of $8,440. Tim starts the final lying 2nd chip leader, and will be looking to go all the way in his first WSOP final, and win the coverted bracelet. Lets see if he can do it.
Paul Maxfield has had 24 money finishes, of which, 18 of those have been final table apperances, and has an overal prize money total of $2,026,891. Paul, a "Stokie" from Stoke on Trent, England, has enjoyed a very good year so far, with a few big wins and scalps under his belt. He will like his chances in the final, and will be looking to win his 1st WSOP bracelet.
Final 9 in Seat Order
SEAT 1: Chris Ferguson Pacific Palisades, CA $16,000
SEAT 2: Sam Silverman Las Vegas, NV $39,500
SEAT 3: Paul Vinci Shell Beach, CA $54,000
SEAT 4: Paul Maxfield Stoke-on-Trent, England $67,000
SEAT 5: Barry Greenstein RPV, CA $92,000
SEAT 6: Tim Martz Butte, MT $72,500
SEAT 7: Toto Leonidas Los Angeles, CA $45,000
SEAT 8: Eric “Blue” Bloore North Hollywood $16,000
SEAT 9: Chris Lindenmayer Pickerington, OH $35,500
2:05
As advertised Phil Hellmuth went ballistic when he flopped two pair and he lost in 10th to a straight on the turn. "Is it personal?" Phil asked the guy behind him when he was called instantly. Phil went all-in for his case 6,500 when he flopped 8's and 7's. The guy had K J J 9 and a 10 on the turn gave him the Jack high straight. Jay Heimowith was beaten all-in with less money to get 11th.
They are done for the night. Chip counts and seat assignments to follow.
"You can quote that, Mike," Phil told me. "Play perfectly all night and get beat in four hands by some donkey who can't spell the game." Okay, Phil I quoted you.
1:35
Still 14 with one hour and change left in the night.
Phil Hellmuth shook each player's hand in case he was knocked out. "Because if I am there will be a major meltdown." Might as well be nice while you can.
Paul Maxfield 40K
Toto Leonidas 33K
Barry Greenstein 50K
Jay Heimowitz 10K
Chris Ferguson 27K
Julian Gadiner 25K
Phil Hellmuth 16k
Paul Vinci 75k
1:05
Julian Gardner is out. 14 handed.
12:25
15 left.
Add Paul Vinci with 65k to the only below.
11:45
16 left.
Paul Maxfield 30K
Toto Leonidas 55K
Barry Greenstein 13K
Jay Heimowitz 15K
Chris Ferguson 25K
Julian Gadiner 25K
Phil Hellmuth 20K
11:05
19 left.
Paul Mansfield 40K
Toto Leonidas 27K
Barry Greenstein 40K
Jay Heimowitz 17K
Chris Ferguson 35K
Julian Gadiner 17K
Phil Hellmuth 15K
10:35
Chip Count
Paul Maxfield 40K
Toto Leonidas 26K
Barry Greenstein 32K
Jay Heimowitz 18K
Chris Ferguson 25K
Julian Gadiner 12K
Phil Hellmuth 20K
Frank Kasella 7k
Casey Kastle 5k
21:55 The Money
Down to 27. The people we lost unfortunately I did not know. So that means the people I do know are a little bit richer, atleast.
Chip Counts
Eric Bloore 38K
Paul Mansfield 32K
Toto Leonidas 30K
Barry Greenstein 26K
Chris Lindenmayer 24K
Jay Heimowitz 20K
Chris Ferguson 17K
Julian Gadiner 15K
Phil Helmuth 13K
Tony Cousineau 1K
20:35 Nearly There
Only Chris Bjorin and John Juanda were recognisable of the 10 people to be eliminated in the last half hour.
Chip stacks haven't changed much as the eliminated players were all low stacks. It is worth mentioning that Phil H is steadily increasing his count and seems to be getting more confident as he goes.
Toto still has the largest count and Barry Greenstein is increasing his worth as well.
DINNER yea!
David Colclough , Eric Froehlich and David Rabbi were the names to go this round.
Chip counts
Toto Leonidas - clear leader - 34K
Paul Maxfield 25K
Eric Bloore 25K
Chris Lindenmayer 25K
Tim Martz 18K
Chris Ferguson 15K
Stuart Fox 12K
Barry Greenstein 11K
Phil Helmuth 12K and looks focussed
Julian Gardiner 15K
John Juanda 7K
The large stacks reported are the chip leaders in the tournament too.
Correction Chris Bjorin should have been 3.5 K
Play resumes at 20:00 local time - cu then
BANG CRASH EXCITEMENT - nope
I guess television no-limit holdem has ruined us for the finer things in poker. PLO is always slow when people get significant chips - so slow it is.
Some counts while we wait for the money:-
Chris Bjorin 35K
John Juanda 22K
Paul Maxfield 22K
Toto Leonidas 15K
Chris Ferguson 15K
Barry Greenstein 12K
Stuart Fox 12K
Julian Gardiner 8K
Tony Cousineau 5K
David Colclough 2K
Eric Froehlich 1K
Alysia left us during this level thanks to Stuart Fox his two Kings and aboard including aKing and two 8s.
17:05 Slowly Now
Progress is slow now. Those to have lost the fight recently
David Williams
John Bonetti
and Joe Beavers
Phil Hellmuth claimed a victim with the lowest of straights and greatly improved his position.John Juanda is slowly building and Toto Leonidas maintains his chips on his table.
16:15 The stacks are getting bigger
At the second break ( those of you who know tournament poker will realise we are at the end of Level 4 not 5 as previously reported) only 8 tables remain ; 72 players 45 to the money.
Recent departures
Robert Williamson III
Annie Duke
An Tran
Eric Bloore is our chip leader with about 26K, the very last hand before the break he got raised out by two duelling pairs of Aces, holding KK88 double suited a King flops and one of his suit completes , the pot was huge, but was of course split between the two remaining players. John Juanda ( gee you hear that name alot) has near to 24K, Toto Leonidas has just on 24K and Julian Gardiner 12K, Phil Helmuth 9K AND Alysia about 3K.
15:45 Play continues
Progress is still fairly slow , we are down to 10 tables of 9.
Those missing during this the 5th level are
Simon Trumper
Padraig Parkinson
Erik Seidel
and David Ulliott
Neil Channing must be out because he was washing his hands next to me in the men's room.
Total starters number 291 today with 3 tables , 27 players getting the money
Place Payout
1. $135,500
2. 74,520
3. 38,105
4. 29,640
5. 25,405
6. 21,170
7. 16,935
8. 12,700
9. 8,470
10-12 5,080
13-15 4,235
16-18 3,385
19-27 2,540
AND a BIg hello to Alysia Chang's relatives from Alysia - she is still in (low in chips) BUT in.
14:42 Flowing along
Well into Level 3 now the tables have reduced to 17.
Too early for significant counts yet but the following people are out
Richard Ahsby
Kirill Gerasimov
Scotty Ngyuen
Huck Seed
Jeff Lisandro
Chris Ferguson
Shoes
Mike Manttan
Dan Heimiller
Josh Arieh
Allen Cunningham
It was easy to spot them because most had entered for the 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo tournament, which has now started in the upper part of the room. See Sharla's report on this site.
13:42 Slowing Down Now
Well as always happens in freezout PLO events "fireworks" then "gondola ride" , I guess its mathematics but I've never seen it explained.
Three out and one resurrection :
Outs:
Yvgeny Kafelnikov
Humberto Brenes
and Berry Johnston
Ins:
John Bonetti ( must have been hiding )
AND at 13:35 Phil Hellmuth makes his entrance
Just short of the first break; the 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo will kick off during the break and the remaining 20 for the $2,500 Limit Holdem are gathering
12:55 A Few More Come To Play
A few more have arrived and a few have left already
Arrivals :
Barry Greenstein
Robert Williamson III
Berry Johnston
Richard "Chuffty" Ashby
Scotty Ngyuen
Simon "Aces" Trumper
Josh Arieh
David Williams
Alan Cunningham
Departures:
Ralph Perry
Ross Boatman
Huck Seed
Peter Costa
Doug Lee
John Bonetti
12:25 Pot Limit Begins
It looks like 29 tables for the Pot Limit small buyin event - each table had the 5 set empty but many are filled now.
Those I could recognise :-
Toto Leonidas
Jeff Lisandro
Joe Beavers
Kirill Gerisimov
Erik Froelich
David Colclough
Huck Seed
Ralph Perry
Chris Tsiprali....
"Shoes"
Ross Boatman
Annie Duke
Erik Siedel
Devilfish
Tom McEvoy
Barney Boatman
Peter Costa
Anders Berg
David Rabbi
Humberto Brenes
John Juanda
Yvgeny Kafelnikov
Doug Lee
Julian Gardner
Mike Manttan
Dan Heimiller
Padraig Parkinson
An Tran
Neil Channing
John Bonetti
Chris Ferguson
And as I watched table 29 8 minutes in our first victim upped and left . Guess he can enter the 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo at 2:00 pm
10:55 Good Morning World
Good morning or whatever from The Barracuda.It's Father's Day in America; not so in Australia , we wait until September, but Happy Father's Day all round anyway.
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| 1 | Robert Williamson III | $679,005 | (17) |
| 2 | Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott | $586,366 | (30) |
| 3 | Ted Lawson | $500,000 | (1) |
| 4 | Erik Seidel | $494,658 | (13) |
| 5 | Chris Bjorin | $486,853 | (20) |
| 6 | Josh Arieh | $471,300 | (2) |
| 7 | Dave Colclough | $470,055 | (28) |
| 8 | Johnny Chan | $435,900 | (6) |
| 9 | Rob Hollink | $409,452 | (9) |
| 10 | Scotty Nguyen | $384,896 | (11) |
Stay tuned today and follow the PokerPages team as we blog our way through day 1 of this Pot Limit Omaha. PokerPages Team report from WSOP 2005
Event # 17 - $2,500 Limit Hold'em -Day 2
Top 20 Return
Players remaining going into day 2
Player Name Hometown Chip Count Table # Seat #
Chi Chang Los Angeles, CA $114,000 116 2
Greg Debora Toronto, Canada $96,000 127 9
Spencer Sun Novato, CA $95,000 128 6
S. Lewis Las Vegas, NV $75,000 116 5
Sammy Arzoin New York $69,000 116 9
Noah "Exclusive" Boeken Amsterdam $62,000 128 5
Tony "TNT" Nasr Pico Rivera $51,000 116 6
Rodeen Talebi Dallas, TX $50,000 127 1
Nat Koe Irvine, CA $44,000 127 4
Juan Carlos Mortensen Madrid, Spain $40,000 127 8
Captain Tom Franklin Gulfport $39,000 127 6
Mark Gregorich Las Vegas, NV $34,000 128 2
Quinn Do Seattle, WA $33,000 128 3
Keith Videtto San Ramon $30,000 128 7
Ashok Surapaneni Las Vegas, NV $30,000 128 8
Erik Gault Burke, VA $22,000 127 2
Mike Davis Spokane, WA $19,000 127 7
Derek Leforte Vancouver $18,000 128 9
Steven Shkolnik Los Angeles, CA $13,000 116 4
Brian Clark Roseville $13,000 116 1
Some info on the top 3 chip leaders
Chi Chang Our chip leader is a new face to the final stages so far in this years WSOP.
Chi comes from Los Angeles, California, and brings $114,000 in chips. He will be hoping to keep us his great form and win his first WSOP bracelet and $265,975 in prize money
Greg Debora has had 3 money finishes to date and has an overal prize money total of $41,755. Greg is from Toronto, Canada and with recent good performances in the Five Star Poker Classics at the Bellagio, Greg maybe peeking at the right time to take his first WSOP bracelet.Lets see if he can do it.
Spencer Sun Has has 13 money finishes and has has an overal total prize money of $280,924. From Novato, California, Spencer has the most experiance of the top three chip leaders. Still a way to go, But Spencer will have the title and a WSOP bracelet firmly in his sights.
Players in Table Order
Chi Chang Los Angeles, CA $114,000 116 2
S. Lewis Las Vegas, NV $75,000 116 5
Sammy Arzoin New York $69,000 116 9
Tony "TNT" Nasr Pico Rivera $51,000 116 6
Steven Shkolnik Los Angeles, CA $13,000 116 4
Brian Clark Roseville $13,000 116 1
Greg Debora Toronto, Canada $96,000 127 9
Rodeen Talebi Dallas, TX $50,000 127 1
Nat Koe Irvine, CA $44,000 127 4
Juan Carlos Mortensen Madrid, Spain $40,000 127 8
Captain Tom Franklin Gulfport $39,000 127 6
Erik Gault Burke, VA $22,000 127 2
Mike Davis Spokane, WA $19,000 127 7
Spencer Sun Novato, CA $95,000 128 6
Noah "Exclusive" Boeken Amsterdam $62,000 128 5
Mark Gregorich Las Vegas, NV $34,000 128 2
Quinn Do Seattle, WA $33,000 128 3
Keith Videtto San Ramon $30,000 128 7
Ashok Surapaneni Las Vegas, NV $30,000 128 8
Derek Leforte Vancouver $18,000 128 9
3:00
The twenty with chips come back tomorrow to play down to then play the Final Table.
2005 World Series of Poker
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End of Day One Report
Event # 17
Event: Limit Hold’em
Buy-in: $2500
Number of Entries: 373
Total Prize Money: $857,900
REMAINING PLAYERS:
Player Name Hometown Chip Count Table # Seat #
Chi Chang Los Angeles, CA $114,000 116 2
Greg Debora Toronto, Canada $96,000 127 9
Spencer Sun Novato, CA $95,000 128 6
S. Lewis Las Vegas, NV $75,000 116 5
Sammy Arzoin New York $69,000 116 9
Noah "Exclusive" Boeken Amsterdam $62,000 128 5
Tony "TNT" Nasr Pico Rivera $51,000 116 6
Rodeen Talebi Dallas, TX $50,000 127 1
Nat Koe Irvine, CA $44,000 127 4
Juan Carlos Mortensen Madrid, Spain $40,000 127 8
Captain Tom Franklin Gulfport $39,000 127 6
Mark Gregorich Las Vegas, NV $34,000 128 2
Quinn Do Seattle, WA $33,000 128 3
Keith Videtto San Ramon $30,000 128 7
Ashok Surapaneni Las Vegas, NV $30,000 128 8
Erik Gault Burke, VA $22,000 127 2
Mike Davis Spokane, WA $19,000 127 7
Derek Leforte Vancouver $18,000 128 9
Steven Shkolnik Los Angeles, CA $13,000 116 4
Brian Clark Roseville $13,000 116 1
IN THE MONEY FINISHERS:
1. $265,975
2. $137,265
3. $68,630
4. $60,055
5. $51,475
6. $42,895
7. $34,315
8. $25,735
9. $17,160
10. $10,295
11. $10,295
12. $10,295
13. $8,580
14. $8,580
15. $8,580
16. $6,865
17. $6,865
18. $6,865
19. $5,145
20. $5,145
21. Ivo Donev Austria $5,145
22. David Plastik Las Vegas, NV $5,145
23. Bill Edler Las Vegas, NV $5,145
24. Al Ardebili Jersey City, NJ $5,145
25. Ron Long Ft Wayne, IN $5,145
26. David 'Rabbi' Danheiser Las Vegas, NV $5,145
27. Kieu Duong Mayslanding, NJ $5,145
28. AJ Kelsall Lutz, FL $3,430
29. Chad Niebor Grand Rapids, MI $3,430
30. Greg Mueller Vancouver, Canada $3,430
31. Thomas Garza Reno, NV $3,430
32. Kelly Harmon Nampa, ID $3,430
33. Bruce Corman Knottingham, England $3,430
34. Hooman Nikzad Scottsdale, AZ $3,430
35. Steve Zolotow Las Vegas, NV $3,430
36. Steve Black St Catharines, ON, Canada $3,430
-end
1:45
Redrawing at three tables.
28- AJ Kelsall
29-Chad Neibor
30-Greg Mueller
31-Thomas Garza
32-Kelly Harmon
33-Bruce Corman
34-Hooman Nikzad
35-Steve Zolotow
36-Steve Black
These players are still in:
Noah Boeken 32k
David Plastik 7k
Rodeen Talebi 30k
Ivo Donev 20k
Steve Skolnick 15k
Mark Gregorich 60k
Sam Arzoin 65k
Tom Franklin 60k
David Rabbi 15k
Spencer Sun 90k
Greg Debora 25k
Carlos Mortensen 55k
Tony Nasr 40k
12:55
With 1,500 on the button, Kathleen Tran could have waited the next several hands to her next big blind in hopes someone would make a mistake. They were at 37 players left paying 36. She picked up Q J, however and went all-in with enough to call the 1,500 big blind. Carlos Mortensen was in the small blind and raised which raised the eyebrows of the big blind. He folded and Juan Carlos turned over two Queens of Spain. End of history.
These are the players and chip counts I know are in the money:
Noah Boeken 32k
Greg Mueller 14k
David Plastik 13k
Rodeen Talebi 25k
Ivo Donev 25k
Steve Skolnick 18k
Mark Gregorich 30k
Sam Arzoin 35k
Tom Franklin 55k
Steve Zolotow 12k
David Rabbi 10k
AJ Kelsall 5k
Spencer Sun 65k
Greg Debora 25k
Carlos Mortensen 45k
Steve Zolotow went out as I was typing my list.
23:10 46 Left
Five tables plus one player at the end of level 9, tables are 9 handed now.
Surrendering during that hour were -
David Colclough
Toto Leonidas
Ross Boatman
and finally John Juanda Ace 5 vs Carlos M's K 6 - the damage being done on the flop which included a 6
Tom Franklin continues to build a stack as does Spencer Sun and Noah Boeken.
Not too many short stacks so the spiral down to the money may still take some time - Please stay tuned
22:10 Chip Counts
Known player Chip Counts
Tom Franklin 35K
Spencer Sun 37K
Noah Boeken 35K
Greg Debora 24K
Greg Mueller 24K
Toto Leonidas 17K
Andrew Kelsall 17K
Steve Zolotow 14K
David Plastik 14K
Ross Boatman 6K
Tony Nasr 10K
Steve Kopp 15K
Carlos Mortenson 14K
John Juanda 11K
Blinds 400-800 Level 9
21:50 NOAH still
Down to 66, 31 to go to the money.
Those missing since we last met are -
Maciek Grasz
Barry Greenstein
Ram Vaswami
Howard Lederer
Garry Bush
Ming Nugyen
Michael Manttan
John Juanda also found a river Jack to help his pocket Jacks against Pocket Kings to survive an all-in.
Payouts
1. 265,975
2. 137,265
3. 68,630
4. 60,055
5. 51,475
6. 42,895
7. 34,315
8. 25,735
9. 17,160
10. 10,295
11. 10,295
12. 10,295
13 - 15 8,580
16 - 18 6,865
19 - 27 5,145
28 - 36 3,430
21:00 NOAH gets up at 43 to 1
With the clock just ticking over to the 8th level 300-600 blinds there are 80 players left.
Phil Helmuth was elimated during the last level as were Billy Weston and Cecilia Mortenson.
Noah Boeken eliminated a player ( sorry don't know his name ) Noah had JJ his opponent KK , flop has King and Jack - oh damn you have guessed the ending - yep Jack on the river. Noah would be chip leader at this stage.
20:30
Now we have got Rid of Peter
Quick update : down to 10 tables
Peter Costa has NOW gone being very short stacked before dinner and Daniel Negreanu departs showing Ace 5 with a 5 on the flop but he was already up against Aces and 4s. Yep thats right Joe Cassidy jags a 4 on the turn and two players depart.
18:10 COUNTS
15 tables now
Some counts at this time
Peter Costa 2K
John Juanda 11K
Chris Ferguson 2.5K
Scott Fischman 9K
John Hennigan 8K
Barry Greenstein 8K
Carlos Mortenson 15K
Huch Seed 2.3K
Phil Helmuth 8K
Ross Boatman 10k
Howard Lederer 8K
Daniel Negreanu 7K
Toto Leonidas 10K
Billy Weston 14K
Noah Boeken 8K
Ram Vaswami 7K
David Rabi 5K
Gavin Griffin 4K
Tony Nasr 8K
Tom Franklin 14K
Greg Debora 16K
David Colclough 6K
John Dagostino 4K
Those who went missing
Josh Arieh
Berry Johnson
Chris Tsiprailidis
Todd Brunson
17:40 Going Steadily
18 tables left as the pips go through for the start of the 6th level, 200-300 blinds.
Only 18 tables remain now but still lots of poker to get to the money
Included in those to fall by the wayside during level 5 were :-
Ralph Perry
Humberto Brenes
Perry Friedman
Chip Jett
Jennifer Harman
An Tran
Kirill Gerisimov
Erik Seidel
Mickey Appleman
Some players with more than 12K in chips are
Ross Boatman
Spencer Sun
Billy Weston
Mike Paulle tells us the counts are still not significant - so a more accurate and comprehensive list will be forthcoming
16:30 BREAK and They let Peter Rebuy
Its the end of level 4 - the blinds now go to 100-200 and the green 25 chips are removed. The only player I noticed leaving was Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi his Kings being done in by Queens and a Queen on the flop.
Peter Costa must have been given a special dispensation to Rebuy because there he is on table 121 with medium chips - I swear he wasn't there last time i looked. Phil Helmuth has well above average chips as has Perry Friedman Scott Fischman and the aussie Mike Manttan. More acurate counts very soon.
15:45 ENTRANTS , EARLY OUTS and THE MONEY
Final entrants numbered 372 - 237 last year. 36 will be in the money later in the day. At 15:45 there were 30 tables of 10 left so a long way to go yet.
Names already missing include Dan Heimiller, Anders Berg,TJ Cloutier,Barney Boatman,John Cernutto,David Levi, Marcel Luske, David Chui, Gavin Smith, Peter Costa, David Williams and Annie Duke.
The winner will get just on $266,000 , second 137,000 and third 68,000.
15:10
A more complete list of names who started today. Significant chip counts to follow
Mickey Appleman
Josh Arieh
Anders Berg
Andy Bloch
Barney Boatman
Ross Boatman
Ross Boatman
John Bonetti
Humberto Brenes
Todd Brunson
Dr Mark Burtman
Garry Bush
John Cernutto
David Chui
TJ Cloutier
David Colclough
Diego Cordovez
Peter Costa
John Dagostini
Paul Darden
Gregg Debora
Quinn Do
Annie Duke
Jack Duncan
John Esposito
Chris Ferguson
Scott Fischman
Ted Forrest
Perry Friedman
Eric Froehlich - 1500 winner
Kirill Gerasimov
Barry Greenstein
Mark Gregorich
Thor Hansen
Jennifer Harman
Raoul Haroch
Dan Heimiller
Phil Helmuth
John Hennigan
Mathew Hilger
Chip Jett
Berry Johnson
Berry Johnstone
Jesse Jones
John Juanda
Frank Kasella
Aaron Katz
AJ Kelsall
Q Kupnow
Howard Lederer
David Levi
Jeff Lisandro
Marcel Luske
Toby Maguire
Mike Manttan
Jim Meehan
Robert Mizarchi
Michael Mizarchi
John Myung
Daniel Negreanu
Ming Nguyen
Rod Peate
Ralph Perry
John Phan
David Plastik
Huck Seed
Eric Seidel
Gavin Smith
Spencer Sun
Paul Testud
An Tran
Marco Traniello
Chris Tsiprailidis
James Van Alstein
Ram Vaswami
Robert Williamson III
David Williams
Don Zewin
Steve Zolotow
13:35 Well here is the team effort to name some well known entrants
Anders Berg
Andy Bloch
Annie Duke
Barney Boatman
Barry Greenstein
Chip Jett
Chris Ferguson
Chris Tsiprailidis
Dan Heimiller
Daniel Negreanu
David Levi
David Chui
David Plastik
Diego Cordovez
Dr Mark Burtman
Eric Froehlich - 1500 winner
Eris Seidel
Garry Bush
Gavin Smith
Howard Lederer
Huck Seed
Jeff Lisandro
Jennifer Harman
Jesse Jones
Jim Meehan
John Cernutto
John Hennigan
John Juanda
Josh Arieh
Kirill Gerasimov
Marcel Luske
Marco Traniello
Mickey Appleman
Mike Manttan
Ming Nguyen
Paul Darden
Perry Friedman
Peter Costa
Ralph Perry
Ram Vaswami
Ross Boatman
Scott Fischman
Steve Zolotow
Ted Forrest
Thor Hansen
TJ Cloutier
Todd Brunson
Humberto Brenes
12:20
Good Afternoon , Morning (if you in the Australian part of the globe )
Chris "The Barracuda" Newton bringing you the early updates for the remaining events.
Today's event sees us getting back to the relative calm of Limit Holdem - the buyin jumps to $2,500 but as before this does not seem to preturb too many players. Last year had 237 entrants and although not complete yet ,there were 37 tables of 9 seated a short time ago.
The room is extra busy though today because Harrahs have a freeroll weekend for their Rewards program players so the 220 table room is atleast 2/3rds used today.
I'm a little new at identifying the players - so please bear with me and i will have a list shortly.
As we bid farewell to Daniel Lazerek and thank him for a great job, we now pass the Day 1's over to a great team to cover and Mike Paulle is going to be covering final tables.
The PokerPages Team are :-
Sharla Lehrmann
Amy Calistri
Daryn Hemerson
Chris ' Barracuda' Newton
Oh Steve (Photographer) can you get a decent photo of The Mike Paulle of Australia Chris Newton for our home page - Thank you
There is no $2500 Limit Hold'em event in WSOP 2004 to make a comparision
See you at the tables at noon................... Event #14: $1,000 Stud Eight-or-Better
Steven Hohn wins!
Steve Hohn
Results
| 1st | Steve Hohn | $156,985 |
| 2nd | Mike Wattel | $88,800 |
| 3rd | Al Ruck | $51,440 |
| 4th | Jonathan Paul | $39,525 |
| 5th | Peter Phillips | $32,485 |
| 6th | Sheila Gralak | $25,450 |
| 7th | Men "The Master" Nguyen | $20,035 |
| 8th | Giacomo D'Agostino | $14,080 |
1:00 AM
After 4.5 grueling hours of heads-up play, Steve Hohn made an incredible comeback from a 9:1 chip deficit and captured the bracelet. On the final hand, Wattel raised all in on the turn with (7s 6d) 9d 10s 7h. Hohn called with (6s Jh) Js 5h 8c. On 6th street, Hohn drew the 7d, and Wattel got the Ah. 7th street was dealt face down. Hohn caught his card and instantly turned it over: an irrelevant 2s. Wattel needed a 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or A to win. He peeked at the card, and dejectedly flipped up the 4s. Hohn's jacks beat Wattel's sevens, and Wattel was eliminated in 2nd place, winning $88,800. Hohn won the bracelet and $156,985. It was a brutal battle between two determined players, both of whom played hard throughout and never gave up.
12:40 AM
Hohn just won another monstrous $250,000+ pot with a pair of aces.
Chip Count
Steve Hohn 455,000
Mike Wattel 150,000
12:30 AM
Hohn just won a monstrous $248,000 pot, and became the new chip leader. (There's only $604,000 in play!) Wattel was showing two queens and a nine. Hohn had two nines on board, and the case nine in the hole.
Chip Count
Steve Hohn 340,000
Mike Wattel 265,000
12:25 AM
Out of the last 20 hands played, only one has gone to 4th street.
That's all you need to know.
12:15 AM
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 395,000
Steve Hohn 210,000
The chip count is basically what is was when heads up play began, over three hours ago. Nobody is giving up. It is a grueling match.
11:35 PM
Wattel had Hohn on the ropes, but Hohn rallied by winning eight pots in a row.
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 423,000
Steve Hohn 181,000
Level ends. New level: $4,000 ante, $6,000 bring-in, $15,000-$30,000 limits
11:10 PM
The game seemed pretty much deadlocked until the following hand: Hohn bet the whole way down with J 4 5 10, and Wattel called with apparent reluctance, showing 9 J 8 3. Hohn bet 7th street and was raised. He called, and Wattel showed (7 9 10) in the hole. Wattel's straight won the enormous $248,000 pot.
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 525,000
Steve Hohn 80,000
10:45 PM
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 340,000
Steve Hohn 265,000
The 100th hand of heads-up play was just contested.
There have been 250 hand played at the final table.
10:30 PM
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 370,000
Steve Hohn 235,000
10:10 PM
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 345,000
Steve Hohn 260,000
9:50 PM
New level: $4,000 ante, $4,000 bring in, $10,000 completion, limits $10,000-$20,000
Wattel won two big pots in a row, and finally did some serious damage to Hohn.
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 477,000
Steve Hohn 127,000
9:30 PM
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 365,000
Steve Hohn 239,000
I thought that the game would go more quickly after the bathroom break, but it doesn't seem to be accelerating.
9:05 PM
Hohn makes up some ground and builds his stack to $270,000. Wattel has $325,000. Now that their stacks are so close, it's time for both players to take a bathroom break.
8:45 PM
Wattel and Hohn have traded blows, with no significant gain by either player. There was one interesting hand in which Wattel folded two open aces, when Hohn had 2 3 5 7 showing.
8:30 PM
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 404,000
Steve Hohn 200,000
8:25 PM
Ruck had a bad run and suddenly busted out. Ruck lost two huge hands to Mike Wattel: on the first, Wattel made aces full, and on the second, Wattel's 8844 beat Ruck's 7722. Down to about $20,000, Ruck got it in with (2h 2s) 8c 6d Qd against Steve Hohn's (8d 4d) 7d 7c 10s. Ruck failed to improve, and finished in third place, winning $51,440.
8:05 PM
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 225,000
Al Ruck 180,000
Steve Hohn 170,000
7:50 PM
Play resumes. New level: $3,000 ante, $3,000 bring in, $8,000 completion, limits $8,000-$16,000.
6:35 PM
Dinner break begins. Play should resume at around 7:45 PM - 8:00 PM.
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 225,000
Al Ruck 199,000
Steve Hohn 180,000
6:15 PM
Paul moves all in against Al Ruck with (Ad Kd) Qs 5c. Ruck has a non-threatening board of 10s 4h. But Ruck has a little surprise: two fours in the hole. Paul fails to improve, and Ruck wins the pot, eliminating Paul in 4th place. Paul wins $39,525 for his 4th place finish.
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 220,000
Al Ruck 190,000
Steve Hohn 145,000
5:40 PM
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 200,000
Steve Hohn 190,000
Al Ruck 170,000
Jonathan Paul 65,000
Short stack Peter Phillips struggled for a while on the brink of elimination. First, nearly all in, Phillips rallied and scooped a large pot from Al Ruck. Ruck was unable to beat Phillips' 876 low and queen high. Then, Phillips was all in with A2433 against Paul's trip nines, but Phillips caught a perfect 5c on the river, giving him a wheel, scooping against Paul's unimproved trips. On his final hand, Phillips was all in with (9 4) 4 7 6 vs. Paul's (3 5) A 5 2. Phillips caught two bricks, and busted out in 5th place, winning $32,485.
Al Ruck has persevered, but he seems to be the least aggressive player at the table. Paul seems frustrated and somewhat stubborn. Paul got scooped by Steve Hohn, when Paul called down Hohn, Hohn's board showing 3 4 2 4. Hohn scooped with (8 5 5) in the hole.
Meanwhile, Mike Wattel (who is a high-stakes player, and also Cyndy Violette's boyfriend), is playing selectively while sitting comfortably in the lead, with $200,000 in chips.
4:55 PM
End of level: $2,000 antes, $2,000 bring-in, $6,000 completion, $6,000-$12,000 limits.
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 236,000
Steve Hohn 136,000
Al Ruck 122,000
Jonathan Paul 61,000
Peter Phillips 44,000
4:30 PM
Sheila Gralak was elimianted in 6th, winning $25,450.
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 265,000
Al Ruck 120,000
Steve Hohn 110,000
Jonathan Paul 65,000
Peter Phillips 40,000
3:45 PM
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 159,500
Steve Hohn 156,500
Al Ruck 137,000
Peter Phillips 93,000
Jonathan Paul 42,500
Sheila Gralak 15,000
Paul continues to struggle. Meanwhile, Ruck has become a contender.
3:30 PM
Short stack Men Nguyen was finally eliminated in 7th. Nguyen could not gain any momentum today. He was all in with a 7-low draw and a pair of fours, against Hohn's queens and jacks. Nguyen milked the suspense by squeezing his last card very slowly, but he missed his draws and finished in 7th place, winning $20,035.
3:10 PM
Wattel has increased his chip lead to about $170,000. Hohn has also built his stack, from $53,500 to about $140,000. Early leader Paul has struggled so far. He took a big hit when Phillips scooped a large pot from him, and Paul is now down to $75,000.
D'Agostino survived several early all-ins, but was finally eliminated by Paul. D'Agostino moved in with kings showing and jacks in the hole. Paul had two fives showing, and a third one in the hole. D'Agostino finished 8th, winning $14,080.
Short stack Men Nguyen survived a scare from Ruck. Nguyen moved in on 3rd with (Q 4) 4, Ruck called with (A 7) 2. Nguyen was disgusted when Ruck paired his ace on 5th, but Nguyen made trip fours on 6th and survived. However, Nguyen is still struggling, with less than $20,000.
The limits have now increased:
$1,500 ante, $2,000 bring in, $5,000 completion, limits $5,000 - $10,000. At these stakes, nobody can afford to get scooped in a large pot.
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 170,000
Steve Hohn 140,000
Peter Phillips 130,000
Jonathan Paul 85,000
Sheila Gralak 35,000
Al Ruck 20,000
Men Nguyen 10,000
Friday, 2:20 PM
The final table has begun.
$1,000 Ante, $1,500 Bring In, Limits $4,000-$8,000
Chip Count
Mike Wattel 155,500
Jonathan Paul 151,000
Peter Phillips 74,000
Steve Hohn 53,500
Al Ruck 61,500
Men "The Master" Nguyen 43,500
Sheila Gralak 37,500
Giacomo D'Agostino 17,500
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Event # 14
Event: Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split
Buy-in: $1000
Number of Entries: 595
Total Prize Money: $541,450
Sheila Gralak | 
Mike Wattel | 
Jonathan Paul | 
Giacomo D'Agostino |
Steve Hohn | 
Men Nguyen | 
Peter Phillips | 
Al Ruck |
See full gallery of event # 14
The Final Table
SEAT 1: Sheila Gralak Las Vegas, FL $37,500
SEAT 2: Giacomo D'Agostino N. Providence, RI $17,500
SEAT 3: Men "the Master" Bell Gardens $43,500
SEAT 4: Steve Hohn Overland Park, KS $53,500
SEAT 5: Mike Wattel Phoenix, AZ $155,500
SEAT 6: Peter Phillips Atlantic City, NJ $74,000
SEAT 7: Jonathan Paul Easton $151,000
SEAT 8: Al Ruck Esch, Germany $61,500
Steve Hohn - 25 times in the money and over winnings of $315,561. He is no stranger to final tables as he has been at 14 out of the 25 money finishes. He has played in WSOP, WPT and WPO events but is yet to win a bracelet.
Mike Wattel - has 8 money finishes with overall prize winnings of $274,980. 1 WSOP bracelet won in 1999 for the Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event, and has played in WSOP events in 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2005.
Peter Phillips - 5 events monied in with overall winnings of $68,868. Had 1 x 1st place at the WPO Limit 7 - Card Stud in 2004
10:48
9 Russ Salzar
Peter Phillips ends up with two pair to take down Russ's split Aces. We are down to the final 8.
10:46
Men squeaks by.... He ends up all in on a huge draw. He shows 3c 2h 2s 4h 6h 9h and Steve Hohn has 8s Jh 8d 8c 9d 5c and Men catches a 7 for the low. It splits but, it was pretty close for Men.
10:45
Chip Count for tomorrows 3pm start.
#1 - Sheila Gralak - 37,500
#2 - Giacomo D'Agostino - 17,500
#3 - Men "The Master" Nguyen - 46,000
#4 - Steve Hohn - 53.500
#5 - Mike Wattel - 155,500
#6 - Peter Phillips - 74,000
#7 - Jonathan Paul - 151,000
#8 - Al Ruck - 61,5000
10:35
Sheila Gralak just scooped a huge pot off Giacomo D'Agostino. First scoop Ive seen.
The ante has increased to 1000 with a 1500 bring in and the levels are 4K/8K
10:12
The players take a 15 minute break. I will have to give Men credit for his play. He had a King showing and Giacomo had an Ace showing and raised. This is first street. Men turns his hole cards over and shows another king after laying it down, and sure enough, Giacomo showed his Ace in the hole. Most of us would be hard pressed to do that I think.
10:10
For the 3rd and I am sure not the final time, Mike Wattel hammers Men into submission and takes more chips away from him.
10:00
Men loses another big pot. He is NOT a happy camper at all.
9:57
10 Brad Daughtery
Brad never formed much of a hand when he started off with a pair of twos. His oppenent, Johnothan Paul started with two ladies and maintained the whole way through.
9:43
Mike Wattel just took 24K off Men Nguyen...and he was NOT happy about it. Can you say vocal???
9:23
11 Jim Hagen
He gets all in on a low draw and a flush draw and gets nothing.
9:11
Levels have increased to 1000 ante, 1000 low card bring in, 3,000 completion with 3K/6K
8:55
Payout:
1 $156,985
2 $88,800
3 $51,440
4 $39,525
5 $32,485
6 $25,450
7 $20,035
8 $14,080
9-10 $8,665
11-12 $6,495
13-14 $4,875
15-16 $3,790
17-24 $2,980
25-32 $2,165
33-40 $1,625
41-48 $1,355
12 Paul Darden
13 Huck Seed
14 John Mehaffey
--6:55
Dinner break. Men Nguyen retains the chip lead 15 handed.
--6:45
15- Rich Korbin
16- David Tahajian
17- Steve Flicker
--6:05
Nearing two tables, some of the name players hit the road.
19- Rafe Furst
20- Bo Toft
21- Howard Hu
22-Melissa Hayden
23- Bonnie Rossi
24- Michael Lemkin
Some chip counts:
Russ Salzer 51k
Men Nguyen 45k
Steve Hohn 40k
Sheila Gralak 39k
Gary Clark 37k
Al Ruck 40l
Mike Wattel 27k
Paul Darden 26k
--4:55
Redrawing for three tables.
25- Josh Kerrigan
26- Dan Price
27- Asle Gjesteland
--4:25
28-Vipul Kothari
29-Earl Odom
--4:05
30- Hoang Ta
31- Todd Bourgault
32- Pascal Perrrault
33- Daniel Espiritu
Event # 14
Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split
Buy-in: $1000
Number of Entries: 595
Total Prize Money: $541,450
Players still in by Chip Count
Steve Hohn Overland Park, KS $51,400 117 3
Jonathan Paul Easton, PA $37,200 139 8
Sheila Gralak Florida $35,600 139 1
Men "the Master" Bell Gardens $35,500 117 6
Paul Darden Hamden, CT $34,700 129 8
John Mehaffey Marietta, GA $33,900 140 2
Giacomo D'Agostino N Providence, RI $30,100 129 7
Russell Salzer Bronx, NY $25,900 129 4
Howard Hu Los Angeles, CA $24,700 128 8
Melissa Hayden Los Angeles, CA $21,800 117 1
Brad Daugherty Las Vegas, NV $21,300 140 3
Steve Flicker Las Vegas, NV $19,800 139 7
Peter Phillips Atlantic City, NJ $18,800 128 6
Rafe Furst Los Angeles, CA $17,500 139 3
Josh Kerrigan Oceanside, CA $16,900 140 6
Michael Lemkin Santa Monica, CA $15,900 128 2
Al Ruck Las Vegas, NV $15,700 140 8
Mike Wattel Phoenix, AZ $15,400 139 5
Bo Toft Yardley, PA $13,600 140 5
Huck Seed $13,500 117 2
Gary Clark Jr. Jackson $13,200 128 5
Vipul Kothari Edison, NJ $12,900 129 6
Jim Hagan Melbourne, FL $11,700 140 1
Bonnie Rossi Hemet, CA $11,300 117 5
David Tahajian Boston, MA $10,100 139 4
Earl Odom Pinole, CA $8,500 128 7
Hoang Ta Westminter $7,600 140 4
Daniel Espiritu Las Vegas, NV $7,300 129 2
Rich Korbin Boulder, CO $7,000 139 2
Asle Gjesteland Sandnes, Norway $5,300 117 8
Pascal Perrault $4,900 128 4
Dan Price Kansas City $4,600 117 4
Todd RT Bourgault Fairhaven, MA $3,000 129 3
Players still in by Table numbers
Steve Hohn Overland Park, KS $51,400 117 3
Men "the Master" Bell Gardens $35,500 117 6
Melissa Hayden Los Angeles, CA $21,800 117 1
Huck Seed $13,500 117 2
Bonnie Rossi Hemet, CA $11,300 117 5
Asle Gjesteland Sandnes, Norway $5,300 117 8
Dan Price Kansas City $4,600 117 4
Howard Hu Los Angeles, CA $24,700 128 8
Peter Phillips Atlantic City, NJ $18,800 128 6
Michael Lemkin Santa Monica, CA $15,900 128 2
Gary Clark Jr. Jackson $13,200 128 5
Earl Odom Pinole, CA $8,500 128 7
Pascal Perrault $4,900 128 4
Paul Darden Hamden, CT $34,700 129 8
Giacomo D'Agostino N Providence, RI $30,100 129 7
Russell Salzer Bronx, NY $25,900 129 4
Vipul Kothari Edison, NJ $12,900 129 6
Daniel Espiritu Las Vegas, NV $7,300 129 2
Todd RT Bourgault Fairhaven, MA $3,000 129 3
Jonathan Paul Easton, PA $37,200 139 8
Sheila Gralak Florida $35,600 139 1
Steve Flicker Las Vegas, NV $19,800 139 7
Rafe Furst Los Angeles, CA $17,500 139 3
Mike Wattel Phoenix, AZ $15,400 139 5
David Tahajian Boston, MA $10,100 139 4
Rich Korbin Boulder, CO $7,000 139 2
John Mehaffey Marietta, GA $33,900 140 2
Brad Daugherty Las Vegas, NV $21,300 140 3
Josh Kerrigan Oceanside, CA $16,900 140 6
Al Ruck Las Vegas, NV $15,700 140 8
Bo Toft Yardley, PA $13,600 140 5
Jim Hagan Melbourne, FL $11,700 140 1
Hoang Ta Westminter $7,600 140 4
Event #13: $5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em
T.J. Cloutier wins 6th bracelet!
TJ makes it bracelet # 6
Results
| 1st | T.J. Cloutier | $657,100 |
| 2nd | Steven Zoine | $352,620 |
| 3rd | John Bonetti | $175,215 |
| 4th | Neal Wang | $153,315 |
| 5th | Jason Berilgem | $131,410 |
| 6th | John Hennigan | $109,510 |
| 7th | Dustin Woolf | $87,610 |
| 8th | Todd Brunson | $65,705 |
| 9th | Hieu (Tony) Ma | $43,805 |
11:20 PM
Chip Count
T.J. Cloutier 1,361,000
Steven Zoine 968,000
Play resumes. Blinds increase to $8,000-$16,000, $2,000 ante.
Zoine opens for $50,000 on the button. Cloutier reraises to $300,000, and Zoine moves all in for $966,000. Cloutier calls. Zoine shows Ah Ks, Cloutier shows Ad 5h. The flop comes 9h 8s 6c. The turn is the Js. Zoine is poised to double to the lead, but the 7d spikes on the river, giving Cloutier a winning straight. Zoine is eliminated in 2nd, winning $352,620. Cloutier finishes 1st, winning his 6th bracelet and $657,100.
11:08 PM
Still more small pots.
Level ends. We're going on a ten minute break.
11:00 PM
More small pots. Then,
Zoine limps on the button, Cloutier checks. The flop comes 5s 4h 3d. Cloutier bets $20,000, Zoine raises to $70,000, and Cloutier calls. The turn is the 2c. Cloutier checks, and Zoine checks behind. The river is the 7h. Both players check again. Zoine shows pocket jacks, and wins the pot.
10:54 PM
Chip Count
T.J. Cloutier 1,497,000
Steven Zoine 832,000
To paraphrase someone: No-Limit Hold 'Em is hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. Such is the case with this heads-up match. These guys trade the same small blind back and forth twenty times in a row, and then playing a huge pot for all the chips.
10:51 PM
Zoine raises to $30,000 on the button. Cloutier reraises to $100,000, Zoine moves all in for $372,000, and Cloutier calls instantly. Zoine shows Ac Jd, Cloutier shows Kc Kh. The board comes Qc 3s 3d Ad 8h. Zoine catches an ace on the turn and doubles up.
10:48 PM
Cloutier opens for $31,000, and Zoine calls. The flop comes 9d 2d 2h. Zoine checks, Cloutier bets $50,000, and Zoine calls. The turn is the Qh. Both players check. The river is the Qc. Check check. Cloutier shows A-7, which is good to win the pot.
10:47 PM
More small pots. These guys keep folding in the small blind, and checking unraised pots all the way to the river.
10:40 PM
Zoine limps on the button, and Cloutier checks the big blind. The flop comes As 8d 3b. Cloutier checks, and Zoine checks behind. The turn is the 2s. Cloutier check again, as does Zoine. The river is the Jc. Both players check. Cloutier shows 10 high, which is good.
10:39 PM
Lots of small pots, trading the blinds back and forth.
10:29 PM
Cloutier raises to $50,000 on the button, and Zoine calls. The flop comes Ad 10s 5c. Both players check. The turn is the Ah. Check check. River is the 9s. Checked again. Zoine shows queen high, Cloutier shows king high and wins the pot.
10:26 PM
Cloutier walks.
10:25 PM
Zoine walks.
10:23 PM
Chip Count
T.J. Cloutier 1,828,000
Steven Zoine 499,000
10:22 PM
Zoine raises on the button, Cloutier calls. The flop comes 10 8 7. Cloutier checks, Zoine bets $40,000, Cloutier checkraises to $140,000, and Zoine calls. The turn is the 6d. Cloutier bets $200,000, Zoine moved all in, and Cloutier called all in for $725,000 total, and Zoine calls. Cloutier shows Js 9d. He flopped the nut straight. Zoine shows 6c 6h. He turned a set of sixes. Cloutier has the nuts, but Zoine has 10 outs to a full house. The river is the 5c, and Cloutier doubles up to an enormous advantage.
10:14 PM
Zoine limps on the button, Cloutier raises to $42,000, and Zoine calls. The flop comes 8d 7h 3s. Cloutier reaches for chips, but Zoine folds before he can bet.
10:12 PM
Zoine raises to $42,000 on the button. Cloutier calls. The flop comes Js 9s 5h. Cloutier checks, Zoine bets $30,000, and Cloutier folds.
10:11 PM
Zoine walks.
10:10 PM
Zoine limps, Cloutier checks. The flop comes 2d 3d 6c. Both players check. Turn is the 8s. Cloutier checks, Zoine bets $20,000, and Cloutier folds.
10:09 PM
Zoine walks.
10:08 PM
Zoine raises on the button, and Cloutier folds.
10:07 PM
Cloutier opens for $50,000 on the button, and wins the pot. He shows an ace.
10:06 PM
Cloutier walks.
10:05 PM
Zoine walks.
10:04 PM
Cloutier walks.
10:03 PM
Chip Count
Steven Zoine 1,361,000
T.J. Cloutier 968,000
9:52 PM
Cloutier opens for $30,000 on the button. Bonetti reraises to $76,000. Cloutier moves all in, and Bonetti calls. Cloutier shows Qc Qd, Bonetti shows Ac Kh. The flop comes 4s 2s 2c. The turn is the Jd. The river is the 10c. Cloutier's queens hold up, and Bonetti is eliminated in 3rd, winning $175,215.
9:46 PM
Zoine opens for $52,000 on the button. Bonetti calls from the big blind. The flop comes Ad 5d 5c. Zoine bets $40,000, Bonetti raises to $120,000, and Zoine calls. The turn is the Qs. Bonetti checks, Zoine checks behind. The river is the Qd. Bonetti bets $100,000, Zoine calls. Bonetti shows 6-6, Zoine shows A-6 and wins the pot.
9:44 PM
Several small pots.
9:43 PM
Cloutier opens for $40,000 in the small blind. Bonetti calls from the big blind. The flop comes 8c 7d Qh. Cloutier checks, Bonetti bets, Cloutier folds, shows Ac 3c.
9:41 PM
Bonetti opens on the button for $21,000. Zoine raises to $100,000. Bonetti folds, showing the As. Zoine shows pocket nines.
9:40 PM
Bonetti limps in the small blind, and Zoine checks the big blind. The flop comes 8s 6s 2s. Bonetti bets $30,000, and Zoine raises all in - a massive overbet. Bonetti thinks for several minutes, and folds.
Jon Eaton says, "What a weird hand."
9:38 PM
The players trade the blinds for several hands.
9:32 PM
Chip Count
Steven Zoine 1,032,000
John Bonetti 685,000
T.J. Cloutier 610,000
Bonetti raises on the button, and wins the pot.
9:25 PM
Zoine opens on the button for $40,000. Wang reraises all in from the small blind for $172,000. Zoine calls. Wang shows Kd 9d, Zoine shows Kh 5h (!?). The flop comes Ah 6h 4s, giving Zoine a flush draw. The turn is the 4c, the river is the 5d. Zoine pairs his five on the river, and Wang is eliminated in 4th, winning $153,315.
9:25 PM
Play resumes. Blinds increase to $6,000-$12,000, $2,000 ante.
9:20 PM
Play should begin soon.
8:00 PM
Chip Count
Steven Zoine 850,000
John Bonetti 691,000
T.J. Cloutier 626,000
Neal Wang 162,000
7:56 PM
Cloutier limps on the button and Zoine checks the big blind. The flop comes 3c 6h Qs. Both players check. The turn is the 7h. Both players check again. The river is the 3d. Both check. Cloutier shows jack high, Zoine shows king high and wins the pot.
Time for dinner break. Play will resume around 9:15 PM.
7:54 PM
Wang limps in the small blind, and Cloutier raises $20,000 more. Wang folds. Cloutier shows Ks Qs.
Cloutier is showing lots of hands.
7:52 PM
Bonetti raises on the button and wins the pot.
The tournament director makes a reference to golf, and Bonetti says he "doesn't play that sissy game".
7:50 PM
Bonetti limps from the small blind, Zoine checks. The flop comes Ks Qd 5d. Both players check. The turn is the 4d. Bonetti bets $25,000, Zoine folds 3-2 offsuit, and Bonetti wins the pot.
7:48 PM
Cloutier limps from the small blind, and Bonetti checks it through. The flop comes 10h 10s 7c. Cloutier checks, Bonetti checks behind. Turn is the 9c. Cloutier checks, Bonetti bets $25,000, Cloutier folds. Bonetti shows 6c 8c, Cloutier shows 5c 2c.
7:46 PM
Bonetti opens for $29,000 under the gun. Folded to Cloutier in the big blind, who folds 5-5 face up. Bonetti shows 3-2 suited.
7:44 PM
Bonetti opens for $20,000 on the button. Wang moves all in from the big blind. Bonetti folds.
7:43 PM
Cloutier opens for $25,000 on the button. Cloutier takes the pot, and shows Ad 3d.
7:43 PM
Wang raises on the button and wins the blinds.
7:42 PM
Bonetti opens for $25,000 on the button. Zoine reraises to $75,000 from the small blind. Bonetti folds A-J face up. Zoine shows A-K.
7:38 PM
Cloutier opens for $30,000 on the button and wins the pot.
7:37 PM
Bonetti walks in the big blind.
7:36 PM
Wang limps in the small blind, Cloutier checks. the flop comes 7s 6d 4h. Both players check the flop . The turn is the 6s. Both players check again. The river is the 8s. Wang bets $30,000 and wins the pot. Cloutier shows 3-2 offsuit.
7:33 PM
Bonetti opens for $25,000 on the button, and takes down the blinds.
7:32 PM
Zoine gets a walk in the big blind.
7:30 PM
Cloutier gets a walk in the big blind.
7:29 PM
Cloutier opens for $35,000 under the gun. Cloutier wins and shows pocket threes (again).
7:28 PM
Chip Count
Steven Zoine 839,000
John Bonetti 637,000
T.J. Cloutier 635,000
Neal Wang 214,000
Wang opens for $25,000 under the gun. Zoince calls from the big blind. The flop comes Kc 8s 5s. Zoine checks, Wang bets $30,000, Zoine checkraises Wang all in, and Wang folds.
7:22 PM
Berilgen opens for $25,000 in the cutoff. Bonetti raises to $50,000. Berilgen moves in for $203,000, and Bonetti calls. Berilgen shows 6s 6d, Bonetti shows Kc Kd. The board comes Ah 10s 9s 3s 5d. Bonetti wins the pot, and Berilgen is eliminated in 5th place, winning $131,410.
7:20 PM
Cloutier gets a walk in the big blind.
7:19 PM
Bonetti raises and wins the blinds and antes.
7:17 PM
Bonetti opens for $25,000 on the button. Zoine calls from the small blind. The flop comes 10s 4c 3d. Both players check. The turn is the 9d. Zoine bets $30,000, Bonetti raises to $60,000, and Zoine folds.
7:14 PM
Chip Count
Steven Zoine 923,000
T.J. Cloutier 635,000
John Bonetti 321,000
Neal Wang 231,000
Jason Berilgen 219,000
Bonetti raises to $24,000 in the small blind, Zoine calls from the big. The flop comes 10c 6h 4d. Bonetti bets and Zoine folds.
7:06 PM
Cloutier opens for $20,000 on the button. Hennigan moves all in from the small blind for $127,000, and Cloutier calls instantly. Hennigan shows As 10s, Cloutier shows Ac Ah. The board comes Jd 8h 2h 8s 5c. Cloutier's aces hold up, and Hennigan is eliminated in 6th place, winning $109,510.
7:05 PM
Bonetti raises under the gun and wins the pot.
7:04 PM
Zoine opens for $33,000, and Cloutier calls from the big blind. The flop comes Qd 9c 6c. Zoine bets $40,000, and Cloutier folds. Zoine shows the Qh.
7:03 PM
Bonetti opens for $20,000 in the cutoff, and wins the blinds and antes.
7:01 PM
Cloutier opens for $25,000, and Bonetti calls on the button. The flop comes Ac 10c 5c. Bonetti bets $20,000. Cloutier mucks. Bonetti shows the As.
6:59 PM
Bonetti raises from the small blind and wins the pot.
6:58 PM
Folded to Hennigan, who raises to $24,000 in the small blind. Hennigan raises to $24,000, Bonetti raises all in for $118,000, and Henngian calls. Hennigan shows 6c 6h, Bonetti shows 10c 6s. Bonetti is in bad shape, but the board comes 10s 9s 5h 5c 7h - Bonetti pairs his ten on the flop and doubles up.
6:54 PM
Zoine opens for $38,000. Berilgen calls from the cutoff. The flop comes 10c 6s 3c. Zoine bets $75,000, and Berilgen folds.
6:52 PM
Hennigan opens for $32,000 under the gun, and wins the blinds.
6:50 PM
Bonetti opens for $25,000 from the cutoff and takes the pot.
6:48 PM
Hennigan opens for $30,000 in the cutoff, and wins the blinds and antes.
6:46 PM
Wang opens for $25,000. Zoine calls the $25,000 from the big blind. The flop comes 10d 8c 7h. Zoine checks, and Wang checks behind. The turn is the 5c. Both check. The river is the 7d. Both check. Zoine shows K-Q, Wang shows 4-4 and takes the pot.
6:45 PM
Hennigan raises to $24,000 from the small blind. Bonetti folds.
6:43 PM
Cloutier gets a walk in the big blind.
6:40 PM
Zoine opens for $48,000 on the button and wins the pot.
6:37 PM
Hennigan opens for $24,000 in the cutoff. Zoine reraises to $74,000 from the small blind. Hennigan re-reraises to $199,000. Zoine moves all in, and Hennigan folds.
6:35 PM
Bonetti limps from the small blind, and Zoine checks the big. The flop comes 5h 3h 3d. Bonetti bets $25,000, and Zoine folds.
6:33 PM
Hennigan limps in the small blind, Bonetti moves all in from the big blind, and Hennigan folds.
6:31 PM
Folded to Cloutier, who raises to $24,000 from the small blind. Hennigan calls from the big blind. The flop comes Kh 6h Js. Both players check. The turn is the 9s. Both check again. The river is the 10c. Cloutier checks, Hennigan bets $15,000, and Cloutier calls. Hennigan shows Q-9, and wins with a straight. Cloutier says he had two pair.
6:29 PM
Hennigan raises under the gun and wins the blinds.
6:28 PM
Play resumes. Blinds increase to $4,000-$8,000, $1,000 ante.
Cloutier opens for $30,000 under the gun, Zoine calls on the button. The flop comes 10d 6h 2c. Cloutier checks, Zoine bets $30,000, and Cloutier folds Ac Qc.
6:14 PM
Chip Count
Steven Zoine 654,000
T.J. Cloutier 645,000
John Hennigan 405,000
Jason Berilgen 314,000
Neal Wang 211,000
John Bonetti 100,000
6:08 PM
Wang opens for $30,000 in the cutoff. Cloutier reraises to $95,000 on the button. Wang calls. The flop comes 5d 3d 2h. Wang checks, Cloutier moves all in for about $220,000. Wang thinks for a while and calls, flipping up 9d 9h. Cloutier can only show As Qc. Cloutier needs an ace, queen, or four to win. The turn is the 3c, and the Qd spikes on the river. Cloutier doubles up to over $600,000.
Level ends. Players take a 15 minute break.
6:04 PM
Cloutier opens for $30,000 in the cutoff. Other fold. Cloutier wins the pot and shows two red threes.
6:02 PM
Wang opens for $25,000 from the cutoff. Hennigan reraises to $80,000 from the small blind. Wang folds, and Hennigan wins the pot.
6:00 PM
Berilgen limps from the cutoff. Wang raises to $25,000 from the button, and wins the pot.
5:59 PM
Wang limps from the small blind, and Cloutier checks the big blind. The flop comes 9d 9h 9s. Wang checks, and Cloutier checks behind. The turn is the 6h. Wang checks, Cloutier bets $6,000, and Wang folds. Cloutier shows 6-4.
5:58 PM
Chip Count
Steven Zoine 669,000
Neal Wang 590,000
John Hennigan 380,000
T.J. Cloutier 297,000
Jason Berilgen 278,000
John Bonetti 115,000
Berilgen raises to $23,000 from the small blind, and Wang calls from the big blind. The flop comes Ah 6c 4d. Berilgen checks, Wang bets $25,000, and Berilgen calls. The turn is the 2h. Both check. The river is the Kc. Berilgen bets $50,000, and Wang folds.
5:52 PM
Hennigan opens for $21,000 in middle position. Zoine calls from the button, and Woolf calls from the small blind. The flop comes Ac 4c 5h. Check to Zoine, who bets $40,000. Woolf calls. Hennigan thinks for a while, and folds. The turn is the 4d. Woolf moves all in. Zoine calls and shows pocket fives. He flopped a set and turned a full house. Woolf shows Ad 7d. He needs an ace on the river, but does not get there. Zoine wins the pot with fives full, and Woolf is eliminated in 7th, winning $87,610.
5:45 PM
Wang opens for $25,000 in early postion. Cloutier calls from middle position. The flop comes Qd 2d 4s. Wang bets $35,000, and Cloutier raises all in. Wang folds. Cloutier shows Kc Qc.
5:42 PM
Woolf opens for $25,000 under the gun, and picks up the pot.
5:41 PM
Zoine opens for $26,000 under the gun. Everyone folds, and Zoine wins the pot.
5:39 PM
Bonetti limps under the gun. Zoine raises to $32,000. Woolf reraises to $80,000. The blinds fold, Bonetti folds, and Zoine calls. The flop comes J 9 8. Zoine moves all in, and Woolf folds.
5:35 PM
Woolf opens for $25,000 in the cutoff, and wins the pot.
5:33 PM
Cloutier opens for $20,000 under the gun. Berilgen reraises from the small blind, and Cloutier folds.
5:32 PM
Hennigan opens for $18,000 in middle position. Zoine reraises to $58,000 from the button, and wins the pot.
5:28 PM
Chip Count
Neal Wang 673,000
John "World" Hennigan 361,000
Steven Zoine 351,000
Jason Berilgen 266,000
T.J. Cloutier 254,000
Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf 225,000
John Bonetti 199,000
Hennigan opens for $20,000 in the cutoff. Bonetti calls from the button. The flop comes 10c 9d 6d. Hennigan checks, Bonetti bets $40,000, and Hennigan instantly checkraises all in for $360,000. Bonetti folds.
5:24 PM
Brunson moves all in for $21,000 in early position. Hennigan calls on the button. Zoine calls from the big blind. The flop comes J 4 2. Zoine bets $25,000 into the dry side pot. Hennigan folds. Brunson shows As 3h, Zoine shows Kd Jh. The turn is the 7h, the river is the 10d. Zoine wins the pot with jacks, and Brunson is eliminated in 8th, winning $65,705.
5:22 PM
Zoine raises, Cloutier reraises Zoine all in for $142,000, Zoine calls immediately. Cloutier shows 10d 10h, Zoine shows Ks Kh. The board comes Ad 9h 8c 5h Qd. Zoine's kings hold up, and he doubles up to nearly $300,000.
5:16 PM
Ma moves in for $25,000 under the gun. Cloutier calls from the small blind. Hennigan calls from the big blind. The flop comes 10d 7c 3s. Cloutier bets $30,000 into the dry side pot. Hennigan folds, and Cloutier shows 3c 3h. Ma shows Ad Kd. The turn is the 6d, giving Ma a flush draw. The river is the 2c. Cloutier wins the pot, and Ma is eliminated in 9th place, winning $43,805.
5:15 PM
Bonetti raises to $25,000 in middle position, Brunson calls all in for $4,000. Bonetti shows 4s 4d, Brunson shows 9s 9c. The board comes Js 6h 2d Qh 9h. Brunson recovers to $24,000.
5:10 PM
Chip Count
Neal Wang 687,000
John "World" Hennigan 415,000
T.J. Cloutier 346,000
Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf 230,000
John Bonetti 214,000
Steven Zoine 165,000
Todd Brunson 123,000
Jason Berilgen 117,000
Hieu (Tony) Ma 27,000
Zoine opens for $21,000 in middle position. Brunson raises all in for $122,000. Berilgen calls all in. Zoine folds. Brunson shows Ah Kc, Berilgen shows Kc Kd. The board comes 9d 9h 7h 7c Qs. Berilgen doubles up, Brunson is probably dead with $5,000 left.
5:04 PM
Cloutier opens for $20,000 in early position. Smith calls all in from the big blind. Cloutier reluctantly shows 10c 8c, Smith shows 10s 7h. The board comes Ad Ks 8d Js 3d. Cloutier pairs his eight, and Smith is eliminated in 10th place, winning $24,090.
5:02 PM
Hennigan opens for $18,000 in middle position. Berilgen calls from the big blind. The flop comes Ks 6s 9d. Berilgen checks, Hennigan bets $12,000, and Berilgen folds.
4:59 PM
Berilgen limps under the gun, Woolf completes the small blind, and Brunson checks the big blind. The flop comes Ad As 4c. Check to Berilgen, who bets $6,000. Woolf folds, Brunson calls. The turn is the 7d. Brunson checks, and Berilgen checks behind. River is the 10s. Brunson bets $22,000 and Berilgen folds.
4:57 PM
Hennigan opens for $18,000 in middle position, and wins the pot.
4:56 PM
Brunson opens for $21,000 from early position. Wang makes it $66,000 to go. Brunson folds pocket sixes face up.
4:54 PM
Wang opens for $25,000 in middle position, and wins the pot.
4:52 PM
Bonetti opens for $25,000 under the gun, and wins the blinds and antes.
4:49 PM
Smith opens for $18,000 in the cutoff. Hennigan reraises to $68,000 from the big blind. Smith moves all in for $163,000, and Hennigan calls. Smith shows Ah Qc, Hennigan shows Ad Kc. The board comes 8s 6h 4s Kd Qd. Hennigan doubles up.
4:44 PM
Bonetti opens for $20,000 in middle position, and wins the pot.
4:42 PM
Smith limps in the small blind, Wang checks the big blind. The flop comes As 3h 2h. Smith checks, Wang checks behind. The turn is the 8d. Smith bets $12,000 and wins the pot.
4:39 PM
Play resumes. Blinds increase to $3,000-$6,000, with a $1,000 ante.
Chip Count
Neal Wang 648,000
T.J. Cloutier 302,000
Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf 253,000
Gavin Smith 215,000
John Bonetti 192,000
Steven Zoine 186,000
John "World" Hennigan 185,000
Jason Berilgen 145,000
Todd Brunson 130,000
Hieu (Tony) Ma 48,000
Cloutier opens for $21,000 from early position. Smith calls from the big blind. The flop comes 6d 5d 4s. Smith checks, and Cloutier checks behind. The turn is the Ks. Smith checks, Cloutier bets $50,000, and Smith folds.
4:24 PM
Ma moves all in from middle position, and picks up the blinds and antes.
Level ends. There will be a ten minute break.
4:22 PM
Bonetti raises in the cutoff, and Brunson calls from the big blind. The flop comes 10h 9h 9d. Brunson checks, Bonetti bets $25,000. Brunson checkraises and wins the pot.
4:19 PM
Wang opens for $20,000 in middle position, and wins the pot.
4:18 PM
Berilgen opens for $15,000 in early position, and wins the pot.
4:16 PM
Hennigan limps on the button, and Bonetti checks the big blind. The flop comes As 5s Kh. Bonetti checks, and Hennigan quickly checks behind. The turn is the 8c. Both check again. The river is the 7d. Both check. Bonetti shows J-5, which is good enough to win the pot.
4:14 PM
Smith opens for $24,000 in middle position. Cloutier reraises on the button. Gavin mucks, showing his A-J.
4:12 PM
Berilgen opens for $20,000 in middle position, and wins the blinds and antes.
4:10 PM
Smith opens for $19,000 on the button. Wang reraises to $49,000 from the small blind. Smith folds, and Wang wins the pot.
4:08 PM
Cloutier opens for $15,000 under the gun. Woolf calls in middle position. The flop comes 9h 9c 7c. Cloutier checks, Woolf bets $30,000, and Cloutier folds.
4:05 PM
Bonetti opens for $25,000 in middle position. Zoine reraises to $65,000. Bonetti folds, and Zoine wins the pot.
4:02 PM
Hennigan opens for $15,000 in middle position, and Brunson reraises all in from the small blind, $59,000 total. Hennigan folds.
4:00 PM
Cloutier opens for $17,000 in middle position, and takes the blinds.
3:59 PM
Bonetti opens for $30,000 on the button, and takes the blinds.
3:57 PM
Smith opens for $19,000 in middle position. Hennigan reraises to $60,000 from the cutoff. Smith moves all in for about $130,000 total, Hennigan calls. Smith shows Qs Qd, Hennigan shows Jd Jc. The board comes 9d 8d 3s Qc 5h, and Smith doubles up.
3:53 PM
Brunson moves all in again, from middle position. No one calls, and Brunson picks up the blinds and antes.
3:51 PM
Folded around to Hennigan in the small blind. Hennigan raises to $17,500, and Ma folds the big blind.
3:49 PM
Woolf opens for $17,000 from middle position. Brunson reraises all in for $43,500. Woolf calls. Brunson shows Ah Ac, Woolf shows Ad Qs. The board comes 10h 3s 2s 5c 4c. Woolf is saved when the 4c spikes on the river, chopping the pot.
3:45 PM
Brunson raises all in for $31,500 from middle position, and wins the pot.
3:44 PM
Cloutier raises under the gun, and wins the pot.
3:42 PM
Hennigan opens for $15,000 in middle position, and Woolf calls from the cutoff. (Bonetti mucks, accidentally exposing 5d 5h). The flop comes K 9 2. Hennigan checks, Woolf bets, Hennigan folds.
3:40 PM
Berilgen walks in the big blind.
3:39 PM
Play begins. Blinds are $2,500-$5,000, $500 ante.
Folded to Woolf, who moves all in from the small blind. Brunson calls all in for $15,500. Woolf shows 7d 7s, Brunson shows Ac 10s. The board comes 10d 5d 4d 3h 8c. Brunson doubles up on the first hand.
3:15 PM
Play should start around 3:30 PM.
Because of the late finish, we're starting 10-handed today. Table is obviously stacked.
Thursday, 2:30 PM
This event went very late last night - it finished around 3:45 AM - so the start of the final table has been delayed. It will probably start around 3:15 PM.
Event # 13
Event: No-Limit Hold’em
Buy-in: $5000
Number of Entries: 466
Total Prize Money: $2,190,200
FINAL TABLE
SEAT 1: Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf Los Angeles, CA $233,000
SEAT 2: Todd Brunson Las Vegas, NV $16,000
SEAT 3: Jason Berilgen Houston, TX $159,000
SEAT 4: Gavin Smith Las Vegas, NV $142,000
SEAT 5: Neal Wang Los Angeles, CA $630,500
SEAT 6: T.J. Cloutier Richardson, TX $281,500
SEAT 7: John Hennigan Philadelphia, PA $363,500
SEAT 8: Hieu "Tony" Ma South El Monte $61,000
SEAT 9: John Bonetti Houston, TX $248,000
SEAT 10: Steven Zoine Merrick, NY $194,500
Stats on some of the players -
Dustin Woolf - Has played in event # 7 of this WSOP the No Limit Hold'em and finished 59th and took home $4,405, and previously he finished 60th in the Ultimate Poker Challenge in 2004. So today might be the day to rethink his nickname as it might be his day to win.
Todd Brunson - The son of one of the best poker players of our time Doyle Brunson.
He has had 20 money finishes and an overall prize total of $572,670. Todd is yet to win his first WSOP bracelet but i am sure that will happen sooner rather than later.
Jason Berilgen has played in 2 previous events. In 2004 the WPT event at Bellagio where he finished 13th for $5,289 and then in 2005 at Shooting Star where he also finished 13th for $40,000.
Gavin Smith has monied in 28 events with winnings of $1,596,980. Started playing in 2000, he has prooved beyond doubt that he is a very skillful poker player. He won the WPT Main event at The Mirage in May of this year,with a prize win of $1, 128,278, he is not only a very nice guy, but he is definately on a role.
TJ Cloutier - One of the most famous names in Poker. His total winnings are $4,732,343 and show a very impressive 115 times in money. He has finished 1st, 13 times and also has an amazing 15 2nd place finishes. His most famous when he came 2nd to Chris Ferguson in the 2000 Championship event. He has 5 WSOP bracelets to his name, lets hope he can make it # 6 today, in this grueling 3 day event. He is ranked 5th in the World for earnings on the PokerPages statistics board.
John Hennigan 10 money finishes and overall winnings of $896,103. With 3 1st place finishes, 2 bracelets, 1 in 2002 for Limit 7 Card Stud, and 1 in 2004 for Limit Hold'em. He also won the United States Poker Championship in 2002. Some record!!!!
Hieu Tony Ma Has finished in the money 116 times with 10 1st place finishes. He has overall winnings of $2,461,881 making him 33rd in the World for poker earnings. He has 2 WSOP bracelets, but also has a WPO bracelet and 2 WPT 1st places under his belt.
John Bonetti has a total of 62 money finishes and over winnings of $1,569,687. He has 6 1st place finishes, winning 3 WSOP bracelets in total. He has also won a WPT event too. One of the most colorful characters in poker, i am sure he can make it bracelet # 3 today. Good Luck John.
Event #12: $2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha with Rebuys
Josh Arieh wins!
Results
| 1st | Josh Arieh | $381,600 |
| 2nd | Chris Ferguson | $210,460 |
| 3rd | Ron Graham | $115,640 |
| 4th | -Tony Svensson | $92,510 |
| 5th | Max Pescatori | $69,385 |
| 6th | Arturo Diaz | $57,820 |
| 7th | Dave Colclough | $46,225 |
| 8th | Doug Lee | $34,690 |
| 9th | Erik Seidel | $23,130 |
8:01 PM
Ferguson raises from the button, and Arieh calls. The flop comes 7h 5h 2c. Arieh bets $50,000, Ferguson raises to $200,000, Arieh puts Ferguson all in, and Ferguson calls with his last $144,000. Arieh shows Kh 3h 2d 9d, Ferguson shows 9h 10h 3d Kd. Arieh's hand dominates Ferguson's in almost every way. Ferguson is essentially dead to a 10. The turn is the Ac, the river is the Js. Arieh wins his second bracelet, winning $381,600. Ferguson finishes 2nd, winning $210,460.
This was a very exciting table to watch. Until it got down to heads up, Arieh had utter control of the table. It was amazing to watch him control the table so thoroughly, particularly three handed, when he exploited short stack Ron Graham in order to bully Ferguson. And once it was heads up, it was thrilling to see such a closely matched back-and-forth battle between two excellent players.
7:59 PM
Arieh raises and wins the blinds.
7:57 PM
Ferguson opens for $36,000, Arieh calls. The flop comes Qd 8h 3d. Arieh bets $72,000, Ferguson raises all in, and Arieh calls reluctantly. Ferguson shows Qc Jd 6d 5d, Arieh shows Qs Kc 6h 4s. The turn is the 10d, and Ferguson makes his flush and doubles up.
7:54 PM
Arieh opens for $30,000 on the button. Ferguson calls. The flop comes Kc 2c 2h. Arieh bets, Ferguson folds.
7:53 PM
Arieh gets a walk in the big blind.
7:52 PM
Arieh raises on the button, Ferguson reraises to $90,000, and Arieh calls. The flop comes Qc Js 4c. Ferguson bets $150,000, and Arieh reraises the pot. Ferguson folds. Arieh shows A-K-10.
7:50 PM
Chip Count
Josh Arieh 744,000
Chris Ferguson 472,000
7:47 PM
Ferguson opens for $36,000, Arieh calls. The flop comes 9s 3d 2s. The turn is the 2c. Arieh bets $80,000 and Ferguson folds.
7:44 PM
Arieh opens for $30,000, Ferguson calls. The flop comes Ks 4c 4h. Both players check. The turn is the 3h. Ferguson checks, Arieh checks behind. The river is the 7h. Checked down, Arieh shows A-K and wins the pot.
7:38 PM
Ferguson opens for $36,000, and Arieh calls. The flop comes 5h 5d 4d. Arieh checks, Ferguson bets $60,000, Arieh checkraises to $190,000. Ferguson folds, and Arieh wins the pot.
7:34 PM
Chip Count
Chris Ferguson 700,000
Josh Arieh 514,000
7:32 PM
Ferguson opens for $36,000, Arieh calls. The flop comes As 7d 5h. Both check. Turn is the 5d. Arieh checks, Ferguson bets $50,000, and Arieh calls. The river is the Kh. Arieh checks, Ferguson checks. Ferguson shows A-Q and wins the pot.
7:30 PM
Arieh opens for $25,000, Ferguson reraises to $75,000, Arieh calls. Big pot. The flop comes 10h 5c 2d. Ferguson bets $100,000, Arieh raises all in for $353,000, and Ferguson folds. Back to even.
7:26 PM
Arieh gets a walk in the big blind.
7:25 PM
Arieh raises on the button and wins the blinds.
7:24 PM
Arieh returns.
Ferguson raises on the button and wins the pot.
7:20 PM
Arieh opens for $24,000 on the button. Ferguson calls. The flop comes Qs 10c 3s. Ferguson checks, Arieh bets $48,000, Ferguson folds. We take a short break, as Arieh heads to the hallway… bathroom, most likely.
Chip Count
Chris Ferguson 790,000
Josh Arieh 420,000
7:18 PM
Ferguson opens for $36,000 on the button, and Arieh calls. The flop comes Kd 8s 5c. Arieh checks, Ferguson bets around $60,000, and Arieh folds.
7:15 PM
Arieh opens for $26,000 on the button. Ferguson calls. The flop comes Ad Kc 2c. Ferguson checks, Arieh bets $45,000. Ferguson folds, and Arieh wins the pot.
7:13 PM
Ferguson opens for $36,000 on the button. Arieh reraises to $108,000. Ferguson folds.
7:12 PM
Arieh opens for $31,000 on the button, and Ferguson folds.
7:11 PM
Ferguson raises on the button and takes the blinds.
7:10 PM
Arieh limps on the button, and Ferguson checks. The flop is Ah 5h Qc. Ferguson checks, Arieh bets $15,000, and Ferguson calls. The turn is the 7c. Ferguson checks, Arieh checks behind. The river is the Jh. Ferguson bets $50,000, and Arieh folds.
7:07 PM
Ferguson opens for $36,000 on the button, and Arieh calls. The flop comes 8d 6d 4h. Arieh bets $45,000. Ferguson raises to $200,000. Arieh folds.
7:05 PM
Arieh opens for $30,000 on the button, and Ferguson folds.
7:02 PM
Chip Count
Chris Ferguson 785,000
Josh Arieh 420,000
Ferguson opens for $36,000 on the button, and Arieh calls. Arieh bets $45,000 on the flop, and wins the pot. Ferguson has taken the lead, and Arieh is visibly frustrated.
6:58 PM
Arieh opens for $24,000 on the button, and Ferguson calls. The flop comes Ac 5c 8s. Ferguson checks, Arieh bets $35,000, and Ferguson checkraises to $145,000. Arieh reraises all in, and Ferguson calls. Arieh shows 3d 4s 6c 9s (straight draw), Ferguson shows 8h 8d 7s 2h (set of eights). The turn is the Qh, the river is the 9d. Ferguson doubles up. The chips are now virtually even.
6:53 PM
Ferguson opens for $36,000, and Arieh folds.
6:52 PM
Arieh opens for $30,000 on the button, and Ferguson calls. The flop comes Qs Jc 3s. Both players check. The turn is the 9d. Check check. Jack on the river, both check again. Arieh shows a queen and wins the pot.
6:50 PM
Ferguson opens for $36,000 on the button, and Arieh calls. The flop comes Kh Kc 10c. Arieh checks, Ferguson bets $60,000, and Arieh folds.
6:48 PM
Arieh opens for $30,000 on the button. Ferguson calls. The flop comes Qs 10h 4d. Ferguson checks, Arieh checks nonchalantly. The turn is the Kd. Ferguson checks, Arieh bets $40,000. Ferguson checkraises to $140,000. Arieh folds.
6:45 PM
Ferguson opens for $36,000 on the button, and Arieh folds.
6:45 PM
Arieh opens for $30,000 on the button, and Ferguson folds.
6:44 PM
Ferguson opens for $36,000 on the button. Arieh calls. The flop comes Kh 10h 4h. Ferguson checks, Arieh checks. The turn is the 6s. Arieh bets $25,000, and Ferguson folds.
6:42 PM
Arieh opens for $25,000 on the button. Ferguson calls. The flop comes 8c 6s 4s. Ferguson checks, Arieh checks behind. Turn is the 2c. Ferguson checks, Arieh checks again. The river is the Jh. Both check again. Ferguson shows K-J and takes the pot.
6:40 PM
Blinds increase to $6,000-$12,000.
Ferguson raises on the button and takes the pot.
6:39 PM
Arieh opens for $22,000 on the button. Ferguson calls. The flop comes Ad 3c 5h. Ferguson knuckles, and Arieh quickly checks behind. The turn is the 2d. Ferguson checks, Arieh bets $40,000, and Ferguson folds.
6:37 PM
Ferguson opens for $24,000 on the button. Arieh calls lackadaisically. The flop comes 10h 8d 6d. Arieh bets $45,000, and Ferguson folds.
6:36 PM
Arieh opens for $22,000 on the button. Ferguson folds.
6:35 PM
Ferguson opens for $24,000 on the button, and Arieh folds.
6:33 PM
Arieh opens for $20,000 on the button. Ferguson calls. The flop comes Kd 8d 6c. Ferguson checks, Arieh bets $30,000, and Ferguson folds.
6:25 PM
Despit Arieh's complete domination of this final table, Ferguson, with 339,000 in chips, is, of course, still a legit threat to win.
6:20 PM
Chip Count
Josh Arieh 878,000
Chris Ferguson 339,000
6:15 PM
Graham goes all in on the button for $25,000. Ferguson calls from the small blind, and Arieh raises to $100,000. Ferguson calls. The flop comes 7c 7d 3s. Ferguson checks, Arieh bets, Ferguson calls all in. Arieh shows Ah 10c Jd 3h (pair of threes), Ferguson shows 8c 7s 6s 5h (trip sevens and gutshot draw), Graham shows 10h 10d 8h 4d (pair of tens). The turn is the 8d, the river is the As. Ferguson wins the pot with sevens full, and Ron Graham is eliminated in 3rd place, winning $115,640.
6:08 PM
Arieh raises in the dark to $25,000 on the button. Graham and Ferguson fold to Arieh's blind bet.
6:07 PM
Ferguson limps on the button, Arieh completes, and Graham checks. The flop comes Js 6c 5s. Arieh bets $24,000. Graham folds (leaving himself $29,000). Ferguson folds, and Arieh wins the pot.
6:06 PM
Arieh walks in the big blind. He shows two red aces.
6:05 PM
Arieh opens for $25,000 on the button, and wins the blinds.
6:03 PM
Ferguson opens for $24,000 on the button. Arieh calls instantly from the small blind. The flop comes Qd Jd 4s. Arieh bets $56,000, and Ferguson folds.
6:02 PM
Arieh gets a walk in the big blind.
5:53 PM
Ferguson raises to $24,000 from the small blind, and Arieh calls from the big blind. The flop comes Qs 9c 7c. Ferguson bets $40,000, and Arieh raises to $168,000. Ferguson folds, and Arieh wins the pot. Arieh is in charge.
5:49 PM
Arieh opens for $20,000 on the button. Graham folds, Ferguson calls from the big blind. The flop comes Ad Kc 7d. Ferguson checks, and Arieh bets $25,000. Ferguson folds.
5:48 PM
Ferguson opens for $24,000 on the button, and picks up the blinds.
5:47 PM
Arieh gets a walk in the big blind.
5:46 PM
Arieh opens for $25,000 on the button. Ferguson calls from the big blind. The flop comes Ad 8c 4s. Ferguson checks, Arieh bets and takes the pot.
5:44 PM
Arieh raises from the small blind, and Graham mucks the big blind. Arieh shows 10-9-3-3.
5:43 PM
All three remaining players are former bracelet winners. Ferguson has numerous bracelets, Arieh has a bracelet in Limit Hold 'Em, and Graham has a bracelet in Lowball.
Chip Count
Josh Arieh 830,000
Chris Ferguson 281,000
Ron Graham 106,000
5:41 PM
Arieh completes the SB, Svensson checks the BB. The flop comes 8h 5d 2c. Arieh bets $15,000, Svensson raises to $61,000. Arieh
immediately puts Svensson all in, and Svensson calls. Arieh shows 9c 8d 5h 4c (top two pair), Svensson shows 10s 7d 6d 5c (multiple straight draws). The turn is the Qc, giving Arieh a flush draw, killing some of Svensson's outs. The river is the 3s. Svensson fails to improve, and finishes 4th, winning $92,510.
5:36 PM
Chip Count
Josh Arieh 720,000
Chris Ferguson 293,000
Ron Graham 110,000
Tony Svensson 94,000
Arieh wins the blinds again.
5:34 PM
Arieh opens for $25,000 on the button, and Graham calls from the big blind. The flop comes 7h 7s 4s. Graham checks, Arieh bets $54,000. Graham folds.
5:31 PM
Arieh completes SB, Svensson checks BB. Flop is K 4 3. Arieh leads $15,000, and takes the pot.
5:29 PM
Svensson opens for $28,000 under the gun. Arieh calls from the big blind. The flop comes Qh 5d 3c. Both players check. The turn is the 6h. Arieh bets $55,000, and Svensson folds.
5:27 PM
Arieh opens for $25,000 under the gun, and picks up the blinds.
5:25 PM
Ferguson opens under the gun for $24,000. Arieh calls on the button. The flop comes Ah 8s 2c. Ferguson checks, and Arieh quickly checks behind. The turn is the Kc. Ferguson checks again, and Arieh checks behind. The river is the 5s. Check check. Ferguson shows two queens and wins the pot.
5:23 PM
Josh completes, Svensson checks. The flop comes As 4s 6c. Arieh bets $15,000 and Svensson folds.
5:22 PM
Ferguson walks in the big blind.
5:20 PM
Svensson opens for $28,000 on the button, and wins the blinds.
5:19 PM
Ferguson opens for $24,000 under the gun. (Arieh folds and sprints to the bathroom.) Svensson calls from the small blind. The flop comes Ac 10s 4s. Svensson checks, and Ferguson checks behind. The turn is the 2h. Svensson bets $50,000. (Arieh returns. A good effort from Josh, since the bathroom is far away from the tournament area.) Ferguson reraises all in for $175,000. Svensson folds, and Ferguson wins the pot.
5:15 PM
Arieh completes the small blind, and Svensson checks. The flop comes Kh 10h 5c. Arieh checks, and Svensson checks behind. The turn is the 3d. Arieh quickly bets $10,000 and wins the pot.
5:13 PM
Arieh gets a walk in the big blind.
5:12 PM
Arieh opens for $25,000 under the gun and wins the blinds.
5:11 PM
Arieh opens for $26,000 on the button. Both blinds fold, and Arieh wins the pot.
5:10 PM
Svensson gets a walk in the big blind.
5:09 PM
Svensson opens for $28,000 under the gun, and wins the blinds.
5:07 PM
Svensson opens for $28,000 on the button, and wins the blinds.
5:05 PM
Chip Count
Josh Arieh 655,000
Chris Ferguson 247,000
Tony Svensson 192,000
Ron Graham 123,000
Ferguson opens for $24,000 under the gun. Arieh calls on the button. Graham raises to $100,000 from the big blind, and wins the pot.
4:56 PM
Pescatori opens for $28,000 from the cutoff. Ferguson folds, and Arieh calls from the big blind. The flop comes 9d 5h 2h. Arieh leads out with a $60,000 bet. Pescatori calls all in for $34,000. Arieh shows Ad 3s 4s 6d (wrap straight draw). Pescatori shows Qc Qs 9s 7d (pair of queens). The turn is the 6c, making Arieh's straight. Pescatori is eliminated in 5th place, winning $69,385.
4:54 PM
Arieh opens for $25,000 in middle position. Ferguson calls from the big blind. The flop comes Ah 7c 3s. Ferguson checks, Arieh quickly bets $50,000, and Ferguson folds.
4:52 PM
Arieh opens for $24,000 from the cutoff, and wins the blinds.
4:51 PM
Ferguson opens for $24,000 from the cutoff, and takes the blinds.
4:50 PM
Dead button in Diaz's seat. Ferguson opens for $24,000 on the button, and picks up the blinds.
4:48 PM
Play resumes. Blinds increase to $4,000-$8,000.
Arieh wins a small pot from Pescatori.
4:46 PM
Chip Count
Josh Arieh 524,000
Chris Ferguson 252,000
Tony Svensson 204,000
Ron Graham 135,000
Max Pescatori 82,000
4:28 PM
Pescatori limps in middle position, Ferguson completes the small blind, Diaz checks the big. The flop comes 10h 6c 4d. Ferguson bets out $15,000. Diaz calls. Pescatori folds. The turn is the As. Ferguson bets $24,000, and Diaz calls all in. Ferguson shows 6s 6h 7c 3h (set of sixes and a gutshot draw), Diaz shows Kh 10d 7s 5h (open ended straight draw). The river is the 2h. Diaz fails to improve, and he is eliminated in 6th place, winning $57,820.
Level ends. Play will resume in 15 minutes.
4:22 PM
Svensson limps on the button, and Ferguson checks the big blind. The flop comes 10h 4s 2c. Ferguson checks, Svensson bets $15,000 and wins the pot.
4:20 PM
Svensson completes the small blind, Graham checks the big blind. The flop comes 9h 5c 4s. Svensson bets $12,000 and Graham folds.
4:19 PM
Diaz limps in the cutoff, Arieh limps on the button, Pescatori completes, and Svensson checks the big blind. The flop comes Ah 9h 4s. Check to Arieh, who bets $24,000 and wins the pot.
4:17 PM
Diaz limps on the button, Arieh completes, and Pescatori checks the big blind. The flop comes Ac 8d 7c. Arieh leads out for $18,000. Pescatori folds, Diaz calls. The turn is the 5s. Arieh bets $54,000, enough to put Diaz all in. Diaz folds, and Arieh wins the pot.
4:14 PM
Ferguson opens for $21,000 on the button. Arieh calls from the big blind. The flop comes As Jc 4s. Arieh checks, and Ferguson checks behind. The turn is the Jd. Both check again. The river is the 2h. Arieh checks sadly, Ferguson checks. Ferguson shows A-9 and wins the pot.
4:11 PM
Pescatori limps in the cutoff, Ferguson completes the small blind, and Diaz checks the big. The flop comes 5s 3h 3d. Checked around. The turn is the 8h. Check to Pescatori, who bets $15,000 and wins up the pot.
4:09 PM
Arieh opens for $20,000 from middle position, and picks up the blinds.
4:07 PM
Graham survives an all in and doubles through Diaz.
4:03 PM
Arieh opens for $12,000 on the button. Pescatori calls from the small blind. The flop comes 4h 2h 2d. Both check. Turn is the 6s. Both check again. River is the 2c. Pescatori bets $12,000. Arieh calls and shows two tens, winning the pot with deuces full of tens.
4:01 PM
Arieh completes the small blind, and Pescatori checks the big. The flop comes 9c 7s 7d. Both players check. Turn is the 10h. Both players check again. River is the Ac. Check check. They split the pot with tens and sevens with a jack kicker.
3:59 PM
Four way unraised pot between Arieh, Svensson, Graham and Diaz. The flop comes Kc Qc 2s. Checked around. Turn is the 6h. Checked around, again. The river is the 3d. Arieh bets $15,000.
Diaz calls and wins the pot with two pair, kings and threes. Josh shows a pair of threes.
3:56 PM
Ferguson completes the small blind, and Diaz checks the big blind. The flop comes 7s 5c 2d. Ferguson bets $12,000 and wins the pot.
3:54 PM
Diaz limps under the gun. Graham completes the small blind, and Ferguson checks. The flop comes 9d 7c 5s. Graham leads out with an $18,000 bet, and wins the pot.
3:52 PM
Arieh opens for $16,000 in the cutoff, and picks up the blinds, again.
3:51 PM
Chip Count
Josh Arieh 473,000
Tony Svensson 219,000
Chris Ferguson 195,000
Arturo Diaz 135,000
Max Pescatori 123,000
Ron Graham 72,000
Arieh opens for $16,000 on the button, and picks up the blinds.
3:48 PM
Colclough limps on the button, Arieh raises to $22,000 from the small blind. Pescatori folds the big blind, and Colclough calls the raise. The flop is Jc Js 8s. Arieh bets $14,000, and Colclough calls all in. Arieh shows As 10s 9s Qh (nut flush draw and multiple straight draws), Colclough shows Qd Jh 9c 5h (trip jacks). The turn is the 4s, giving Arieh a flush. The river is the 10d, missing Colclough. Arieh wins the pot with a flush, and Colclough is eliminated in 7th, winning $46,225.
3:42 PM
Colclough limps from the small blind, and Arieh raises to $18,000 from the big blind. Colclough folds, and Arieh shows AAQT double suited.
3:40 PM
Chip Count
Josh Arieh 416,000
Tony Svensson 219,000
Chris Ferguson 195,000
Arturo Diaz 138,000
Max Pescatori 129,000
Ron Graham 72,000
David Colclough 48,000
Arieh opens for $21,000 under the gun, and picks up the blinds.
3:38 PM
Ferguson opens for $18,000 on the button. Lee calls from the small blind, Diaz calls from the big blind. The flop comes Ad 4d 4c. All check. The turn is the 9d. Lee and Diaz check to Ferguson, who bets $36,000. Lee calls all in for $21,000. Ferguson shows 9c 9h 6h As (nines full of fours). Lee shows Ah 4h 10h 9s (fours full of aces). Lee needs the case four, or an ace for a chop. The river is the 2s. Ferguson wins the pot, and Lee is eliminated in 8th, winning $34,690.
3:32 PM
Arieh limps in middle position. Lee checks the big blind. The flop comes Qd 6s 3d. Lee checks, Arieh bets and picks up the pot.
3:29 PM
Lee limps under the gun. Colclough limps, Pescatori limps, and Ferguson checks the big blind. The flop comes Ah 7h 4h. Ferguson checks, and Lee moves all in. Others fold, and Lee wins the pot.
3:26 PM
Colclough limps in middle position, Arieh raises to $31,000 from the cutoff. Colclough calls. The flop comes As 7s 6c. Colclough checks, Arieh quickly bets $60,000. Colclough folds, and Arieh wins the pot.
3:24 PM
Diaz opens in middle position. Svensson raises $39,000 more from the big blind. Diaz calls. The flop comes Jh 6s 2c. Svensson moves all in for $117,000. Diaz folds, and Svensson wins the pot. He shows two aces.
3:21 PM
Ferguson opens for $21,000 in middle position. Arieh calls from the small blind. The flop comes Qd 3h 3c. Arieh checks, Ferguson bets $21,000, and Arieh folds.
3:19 PM
Diaz's button. Colclough completes the small blind, Arieh checks the big blind. The flop comes Ad As 2s. Both check. Turn is the 3d. Both check again. River is the 8s. Colclough checks, Arieh bets $12,000, and Colclough calls. Arieh shows eights full of aces, and wins the pot.
3:16 PM
Lee opens on the button for $13,000. Diaz calls from the small blind, and Colclough calls from the big blind. The flop comes 5s 2h 2c. All three players check. The turn is the 9d. Lee checks, and Colclough moves all in for $29,000. Lee folds, Diaz calls. Colclough shows 8d 10s Kh 2s (trip deuces), Diaz shows As 4s 4c Kd. Diaz needs a 3 or a 4. The river is the 5h, and Colclough doubles up with three deuces.
3:11 PM
Ferguson's button. Arieh limps in early position, Colcough limps, Lee limps, and Diaz checks. The flop comes Kd Qd 3s. All check to Arieh, who bets $25,000 and wins the pot.
3:08 PM
Chip Count
Josh Arieh 358,000
Arturo Diaz 279,000
Tony Svensson 168,000
Max Pescatori 144,000
Chris Ferguson 95,000
Ron Graham 84,000
Doug Lee 50,000
David Colclough 48,000
Diaz limps under the gun for $6,000. Ferguson completes the small blind, Lee checks the big blind. The flop comes Jh 8d 8s. Ferguson checks, Lee checks, Diaz bets $12,000. Ferguson calls, Lee folds. The turn is the Qd. Ferguson checks, and Diaz checks behind. The river is the 2c. Ferguson bets $36,000, and Diaz folds. Ferguson wins the pot.
3:02 PM
Blinds increaes to $3,000-$6,000.
Svensson's button. Ferguson, Lee, Seidel and Arieh to the flop. The flop comes Ks Jd 3c. Ferguson checks, Lee checks, Seidel moves all in for $56,000. Arieh calls. Ferguson folds, and Lee folds, accidentally exposing the Ad. Seidel shows Qs 9s Th 7h (multiple straight draws). Arieh shows Kd Qc Tc 4d (pair of kings with an open end straight draw). The turn is the 6c, river is the 7d. Arieh wins the pot, and Seidel is eliminated in 9th, winning $23,130.
2:54 PM
Lee opens for $14,000 from middle position. Arieh calls from the small blind, and Pescatori reraises to $56,000 from the big blind. Lee calls the raise, Arieh folds. The flop comes Qc 9c 4c. Pescatori moves all in for $6,000. Lee calls. Max shows Kc Ks Tc 4h (king high flush). Lee shows Kh Jd Ad 3d. Lee is drawing dead, and Pescatori doubles up.
2:49 PM
Colclough's button. Lee opens for $14,000 from middle position. Arieh calls from the big blind. The flop comes 8c 5d 2d. Arieh leads out with a $20,000 bet. Lee calls. The turn is the 6h. Arieh checks, and Lee checks behind. River is the Kd. Arieh quickly checks, and Lee checks again. Arieh shows 10-8-6-6 (set of sixes) and wins the pot.
2:45 PM
Play begins. Blinds start at $2,000-$4,000.
Arieh opens under the gun for $13,000. Others fold, and Arieh picks up the blinds.
Wednesday, 2:16 PM
Final table is about to begin.
Chip Count
Arturo Diaz San Diego, CA $279,000
Josh Arieh Atlanta, GA $229,000
Tony Svensson Houston, TX $171,000
Doug Lee Calgary, Canada $160,000
Chris Ferguson Pacific Palisades, CA $109,000
Ron Graham Tacoma, WA $90,000
Erik Seidel Las Vegas, NV $67,000
Max Pescatori Milan, Italy $62,000
Dave Colclough Birmingham,UK $50,000
Seat 1. Erik Seidel 67,000
Seat 2. Josh Arieh 229,000
Seat 3. Max Pescatori 62,000
Seat 4. Tony Svensson 171,000
Seat 6. Ron Graham 90,000
Seat 7. Chris Ferguson 109,000
Seat 8. Doug Lee 160,000
Seat 9. Arturo Diaz 279,000
Seat 10. David Colclough 50,000
Chip Leader
Arturo Diaz
Some info about top 3 chip leaders
Arturo Diaz has had 13 money finishes and has a overall total prize money of $138,741. Still a way to go, but Arturo will be looking for his 1st WSOP bracelet.
Josh Arieh has had 26 money place finishes and had a overal prize money total of $3,316,828. Josh was 3rd in last years WSOP main event, and already has won a bracelet in the Limit Hold em back in '99.
Tony Svenssonhas had 1 money place finish in the Harrahs New Orleans Bayou poker challenge recently, where he finished 8th for $15,770.This is Tonys 1st WSOP final...Can he go all the way?
6:40 PM
Bechtel got all in post flop after a raise from Arturo. Everyone else hightailed it out. The flop came 7d 8c Tc. Jim moved in at this point for 34K. Arturo called. Arturo shows a straight with Jd 9c 6c Qd and Jim shows a great draw with Ac Jh Qc Js. The turn brings an Ah giving Jim more hope and the river lets him down completely when it comes 8s. The straight holds up leaving Jim in 10th and the game is over for the day.
10th Jim Bechtel $16,190
6:30 PM
Big things happening this hand. Chris is small blind. David calls the 4K as does Josh. Chris limps for the 2K and Doug checks the big blind. The board is 5d 2h 9s. All check. Turn is 4s. Chris bets 16K and Doug calls. The others leave. River comes 4h. Chris bets 30K leaving him 1K. Doug calls. Nuttin' much for Chris...just quad fours. His stack is reaaaaaaaaaally healthy again.
6:28 PM
Just as soon as that hand finished, Max got his chips all in against Josh Arieh. Josh shows 3d Jd 4h 9h and Max the Ah Kh As 5d. The board gave new life and chips to Max as it came 7h 3s Qh 8c 6c. Max is back in the game.
6:25 PM
Max kissed a bunch of his chips goodbye as he got tangled up with Doug Lee. Doug raised to 14K and Max, in big blind called. The flop came Ad 7d 7h. Max checked, Doug bet 10K and Max called. The turn, 8d. Both check River 2h. Both check. Doug shows a diamond flush and takes Max's A Q J T to the cleaners. Max is down to 24K.
6:18 PM
The button sits in front of David. Arturo in late position limps in. David raises to 18K. Arturo calls. The flop comes Ks 8h Tc. David is sitting with only 8K left so Arturo puts him all in. David obliges. Arturo shows 5 3 A 8 and David A K Q T. The turn and river bring two baby cards and David doubles up plus.
6:13 PM
Preflop, Max raises to 14K and Tony comes over the top taking it up 32K more. Max folds and Tony shows, yes you guessed it, AA44. The deck is now hitting Tony right between the eyes.
6:10 PM
Tony has regrouped after catching AA several times and keeping them good. Doug Lee passed 36K to him in the last hand.
6:00 PM
Chris recoups a few chips when as small blind he raises Doug Lee and Doug calls. The flop comes Kh 8h 2s and Chris commits 24K which takes him pretty close to the felt. Doug folds and Chris lives to fight another fight,.
5:55 PM
Button was on Josh. Tony was big blind. Chris bets 12K, folded to Tony who reraises to 26K. Chris calls. The flop come Kh 6c Jh. Tony bets 21K and is all in after the turn of 9d. Chris calls. Chris shows a wrap possibility with 6 5 8 7. Tony has A A 4 9 with hearts. The river comes a J and Tony takes it down with two pair.
5:45 PM
Erik and Josh just tangled up a bit. The button folded to the blinds, Erik small and Josh big. Eric limps in and Josh checks. The flop come Ad Ac 4h. Erik bets 6K, Josh calls. 2d on turn. Erik bets 20K and Josh calls. The river comes Qd. Both check. Josh shows A 9 9 8 and Erik folds.
5:30 PM
After limping in from the big blind, David has damaged his small stack. He now has only 30K.
5:25 PM
Blinds are 2K/4K. Button starts in seat 8 and the rounds will now be 90 minutes.
5:15 PM
Chip count:
Seat and name
9 Arturo Diaz 220,000
8 Doug Lee 132,000
6 Ron Graham 139,000
1 Erik Seidel 99,000
5 Jim Bechtel 47,000
2 Josh Arieh 276,000
10 David Colclough 54,000
7 Chris Ferguson 100,000
4 Tony Sevnsom 65,000
3 Max Pescatori 85,000
4:55 PM
The players are taking a break and will be back in a few minutes to redraw for one table.
11th Ari Abramowitz $16,190
4:45 PM
With Daniel Alaei, there were 3 players. Doug and Tony joined in the play. Doug and Tony made the best straight with the board showing 4 2 3 9 2. They both held a 5 6 and Daniel held A K 5 4 for a wheel, but not quite enough to keep driving.
4:35 PM
12 Tony Cousineau $16,190
13 Daniel Alaei $13,878
14 Lukasz Dumanski $13,875
The payout schedule looks like this:
1 $381,600
2 $210,460
3 $115,640
4 $92,510
5 $69,385
6 $57,820
7 $46,255
8 $34,690
9$23,130
10-12 $16,190
13-15 $13,875
16-18 $11,565
4:20 PM
Michael picks up his toys and scoots over to play in the $5000 event now. OH to be young and rich! I have no idea how these guys do this day in and day out.
15th Michael Mizrachi $13,878
16th Joe Beevers $11,565
17th John Juanda $11,565
18th Casey Kasttle $11,565
The Pot-Limit Omaha $2000 Buyin continues today 14th June with 18 players at the final two tables .
The blinds are 1000 and 2000 at the level being played so pots can be huge once raising begins.
First to come under pressure was Casey Kastle one of the low stacks. He had paired Aces and one of them suited , finding Michael ?The Grinder? willing to play with J T 9 7 , the flop fairly well sealed Casey?s fate with a 9 7 5 appearing. Michael bet enough to put Casey all-in and with a Ten and 2 completing the board Casey collects $11,565 for 18th place.
Josh Arieh had a significant effect on John Juanda today. In a head to head struggle Josh called a 15K bet on the turn with only Ace Queen high. After much posturing on the river but no betting, John shows A 9 ? no pair , Josh?s A Q wining a 35K pot. Three hands later it was Josh again who took on John , the board did not help either player but Josh?s Kings eliminated John Queens from this event in 17th place , John also collecting $11,565.
As the players take a 15 minute break Josh Arieh has about 190,000 in chips, Arturo Diaz ( at the same table ) has 180,000 and Doug Lee has 145,000.
Blinds now going to 1500 / 3000.
?Barracuda?
See Day 1 report http://www.pokerpages.com/blog/index.php?itemid=507&catid=3
Day 2
Remaining 18 players in chip count order
Player Name Hometown Chip Count
Arturo Diaz San Diego $201,500
Doug Lee Calgary $118,000
Ron Graham Tacoma, WA $116,500
Erik Seidel Las Vegas, NV $87,500
John Juanda Marina Del Rey, CA $77,000
Jim Bechtel Gilbert, AZ $73,000
Josh Arieh Atlanta, GA $71,500
Ari Abramowitz Montclair $70,500
D. Colclough Birmingham,UK $59,500
Chris Ferguson Pacific Palisades, CA $58,500
Lukasz Dumanski Toronto, Canada $56,000
Daniel Alaei Santa Fe Springs $55,800
Tony Sevnsom Houston, TX $49,500
Max Pescatori Milan, Italy $35,500
Michael " The Grinder" Mizrachi Hollywood, FL $31,500
Joe Beevers Hendon,UK $23,500
Casey Kastle Chicago, IL $18,000
Tony Cousineau Daytona Beach, FL $14,500
Some Info on the top 3 chip leaders
Arturo Diaz has had 13 money finishes and has a overall total prize money of $138,741. Still a way to go, but Arturo will be looking for his 1st WSOP bracelet.
Doug Lee has had 3 money finshes,and has an overall total in prize money of $705,352. The most notible just recently at the Rio Las Vegas WSOP Circuit event,where Doug won that event and picked up $695,970 for 1st place. He would love to repeat that and take his 1st Bracelet
Ron Graham Has had 16 money finishes and has a overall total prize money of $541,023.
Ron already holds a WSOP bracelet, It was 19 years ago when Ron acheived that, and he will be looking to add another WSOP title.
Remaining players in Table Order
Player Name Hometown Chip Count Table # Seat #
Doug Lee Calgary $118,000 116 3
Chris Ferguson Pacific Palisades, CA $58,500 116 4
Daniel Alaei Santa Fe Springs $55,800 116 9
Tony Sevnsom Houston, TX $49,500 116 5
Michael " The Grinder" Mizrachi Hollywood, FL $31,500 116 7
Joe Beevers Hendon,UK $23,500 116 8
Casey Kastle Chicago, IL $18,000 116 1
Tony Cousineau Daytona Beach, FL $14,500 116 6
Arturo Diaz San Diego $201,500 127 2
Erik Seidel Las Vegas, NV $87,500 127 4
John Juanda Marina Del Rey, CA $77,000 127 3
Jim Bechtel Gilbert, AZ $73,000 127 8
Josh Arieh Atlanta, GA $71,500 127 7
Ari Abramowitz Montclair $70,500 127 9
D. Colclough Birmingham,UK $59,500 127 5
Lukasz Dumanski Toronto, Canada $56,000 127 6
Max Pescatori Milan, Italy $35,500 127 1
Ron Graham Tacoma, WA $116,500
Prize Money breakdown
1. $389,435
2. $214,775
3. $118,010
4. $94,405
5. $70,805
6. $59,005
7. $47,205
8. $35,400
9. $23,600
10. $16,520
11. $16,520
12. $16,520
13. $14,160
14. $14,160
15. $14,160
16. $11,800
17. $11,800
18. $11,800 PokerPages at the 2005 W.S.O.P
Event # 13 $5,000 No Limit Hold 'em
60 Players Remaining Players Going into Day 2
Player Name Hometown Chip Count Table # Seat #
Chris Bigler Las Vegas, NV $113,700 128 9
John Bonetti Houston, TX $112,100 118 6
Patrik Antonius Helsinki $109,000 129 9
T.J. Cloutier Richardson, TX $96,700 128 2
Liz Lieu Los Angeles, CA $92,000 129 7
Reza Payvar Los Angeles, CA $81,000 119 10
Morgan Machina Mission Viejo, CA $71,600 130 1
Bill Blanda Houston, TX $70,600 129 4
Hoyt Corkins Glenwood $63,800 128 8
Vinny Napolitano Williston Park, NY $62,000 128 5
Meng La Torrance, CA $60,100 118 7
Sean McCabe Sunny Isles Bch, FL $57,100 129 6
Senthil Kumar $55,500 129 1
Robbie Frank Evansville, IN $55,100 117 5
Neal Wang $54,000
Steven Zoine Merrick, NY $50,200 117 8
Gregg Turk Sterling, VA $50,100 119 6
Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf Los Angeles, CA $48,600 117 6
Hieu "Tony" Ma $48,200 119 9
Jennifer Harman Las Vegas, NV $47,900 117 3
Marc Aubin Montreal, Canada $45,400 117 4
Jon Brody Davie, FL $44,900 130 5
Jeses Moquendo $44,600 129 5
Kevin Song Rowland Hts, CA $41,100 118 4
Louis J. Asmo Dublin, OH $40,800 129 8
Julian Gardner Manchester, UK $36,400 128 1
Joseph N Bartholdi Riverside, CA $36,000 129 3
Antonio Esfandiari San Francisco $35,900 130 4
Gavin Griffin Darien, IL $30,200 119 5
A.J. Kelsall Lutz, FL $30,100 118 9
H. Voulgaris Winnineg, MB $29,500 118 1
Shane Schleger New York City $29,500 118 10
Todd Brunson Bagdad $28,900 130 2
John Hennigan Philadelphia, PA $28,900 128 6
Don Mullis Mooresville, NC $28,700 130 3
Paul Magriec Las Vegas, NV $28,400 130 7
Isabelle Mercier Montreal, Canada $25,400 130 9
Billy Ouarte Berthoud, CO $25,000 117 2
Chad Layne Las Vegas, NV $24,500 128 7
Steven Jacobs Philadelphia, PA $24,500 119 8
Matthew Glantz Lafayette Hill, PA $24,500 118 2
Gavin Smith Las Vegas, NV $24,100 118 3
Mike Manttan Sydney $21,900 118 5
Steven Metzger New York City $20,100 117 1
Kevin Saul Chicago, IL $17,300 117 7
Johan Storakers Stockholm $17,300 117 9
Shae Drobushevich Moline, IL $17,100 118 8
Jason Berilgen Houston, TX $17,100 117 10
Paul Sexton San Diego, CA $15,600 119 1
Erin Ness $12,900 119 3
Benjamin Roberts London, UK $12,600 128 3
Steve Edelson Atlanta, GA $12,400 130 8
Mickey Appleman Fontleg, NJ $10,800 119 2
Chris Tsiprailidis Syracuse $10,700 130 6
Ben Johnsan $10,500 119 4
Ivo Donev Bregenz $10,000 130 10
Dani Awad Las Vegas, NV $9,000 129 2
Eric Ford Tigaro, OR $8,100 128 4
Prize Money Breakdown
1 $657,100
2 $352,620
3 $175,215
4 $153,315
5 $131,410
6 $109,510
7 $87,610
8 $65,705
9 $43,805
10 $24,090
11 $24,090
12 $24,090
13 $19,710
14 $19,710
15 $19,710
16 $15,330
17 $15,330
18 $15,330
19 $10,950
20 $10,950
21 $10,950
22 $10,950
23 $10,950
24 $10,950
25 $10,950
26 $10,950
27 $10,950
28 $8,760
29 $8,760
30 $8,760
31 $8,760
32 $8,760
33 $8,760
34 $8,760
35 $8,760
36 $8,760
37 $6,570
38 $6,570
39 $6,570
40 $6,570
41 $6,570
42 $6,570
43 $6,570
44 $6,570
45 $6,570
Event #11: $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em
Edward Moncada wins!
Steven Hudak 2nd
Final 9 money placings
1 Edward Moncada (Oakland, CA, USA)$298,070
2 Steven Hudak (Las Vegas, NV, USA)$159,970
3 David Cossio (El Paso, TX, USA)$79,490
4 Shah Ajay (Antwerp, Belgium)$69,550
5 Freddie Deeb (Las Vegas, NV, USA)$59,615
6 Shar Koumi (Birmingham, United Kingdom)$49,680
7 Marco Traniello (Las Vegas, NV, USA)$39,745
8 Elia Ahmadian (Chantilly, VA, USA)$29,810
9 Yoshitaka Oku (Tokyo, Japan)$19,870
10:27 PM
Hudak raises to $48,000 on the button. Moncada reraises to $144,000. Hudak moves all in for $231,000, and Moncada calls. Hudak shows Ac 8s, Moncada shows 8d 8h. The board comes 9c 4d 2d Qd Qh. Hudak is eliminated in 2nd, winning $159,970. Moncada wins the bracelet and $298,070.
10:21 PM
Moncada limps on the button, and Hudak checks. The flop comes Kd 10d 3h. Hudak checks, and Moncada checks behind. Turn is the Qd. Both check. River is the 2s. Moncada bets $20,000 and takes the pot. Moncada shows 3-2.
10:20 PM
Hudak limps on the button, and Moncada checks. The flop comes 4h 9d 3h. Moncada checks, Hudak bets $32,000, and Moncada folds.
10:18 PM
Moncada limps on the button, and Hudak raises to $48,000. Moncada calls. The flop comes Kc 8d 4s. Hudak bets $50,000, and Moncada folds.
10:16 PM
Hudak limps on the button, and Moncada checks. The flop comes 8c 6s 4c. Moncada checks, Hudak bets $25,000, and Moncada calls. The turn is the Jc. Moncada now leads out for $82,000. Hudak folds, and Moncada wins the pot.
10:14 PM
Moncada opens on the button for $40,000. Hudak reraises to $120,000. Moncada puts Hudak all in for $136,000, Hudak calls. Moncada shows Jh 7h, Hudak shows Ks 10c. The board comes 10h 3h 2d 3c 8c. Hudak wins with a pair of tens, and doubles up to $272,000.
10:10 PM
Chip Count
Hudak 136,000
Moncada 934,000
10:05 PM
Hudak raises to $48,000 on the button. Moncada calls. The flop comes Jd 8d 5h. Moncada leads out with a $50,000 bet. Hudak raises to $246,000. Moncada moves all in for $424,000. Hudak thinks for a while, and calls the extra $178,000. Moncada shows Jc 5c, Hudak shows 9d 9c. The turn is the Qd, the river is the 4h. Moncada doubles up.
10:01 PM
Moncada limps on the button, and Hudak checks. The flop comes Kh 9d 5d. Hudak checks, Moncada bets $16,000 and wins the pot.
10:00 PM
Play resumes. Blinds are still $8,000-$16,000.
Hudak raises to $48,000 on the button and takes the pot.
9:55 PM
Play still hasn't resumed. Hudak and Moncada appear to be discussing something.
9:45 PM
Time out. Money is coming to the table.
Chip Count
Steven Hudak 608,000
Edward Moncada 472,000
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9:35 PM
Hudak limps on the button, Moncada raises to $51,000 from the small blind, Cossio folds, Hudak folds. Moncada wins the pot.
9:33 PM
Hudak wins a small pot from Moncada, and takes over the chip lead.
9:28 PM
Ajay opens for $56,000 on the button. Hudak reraises to $176,000 from the large blind, and Ajay moves all in. Ajay shows Ah Qh, Hudak shows Jh Js. The board comes 8h 6s 2c 8s 4s. Hudak's jacks hold up, and Ajay is eliminated in 4th place, winning $69,550.
Chip Count
Edward Moncada 476,000
Steven Hudak 448,000
David Cossio 156,000
9:23 PM
Ajay limps in the small blind, and Cossio raises to $48,000. Ajay mucks.
9:20 PM
Hudak opens for $54,000 on the button. Ajay reraises to $170,000 from the big blind, enough to put Hudak all in. Hudak studies and calls all in, for $154,000 total. Hudak has Ac 8h, Ajay has Kh 5h. The board comes 9c 8s 4c 8c 4x, and Hudak doubles up to $316,000 with trip eights.
9:15 PM
Moncada walks again.
9:14 PM
Moncada opens for $50,000 under the gun, and wins the blinds.
9:13 PM
Hudak opens for $56,000 under the gun, and wins the blinds.
9:11 PM
Moncada limps in the small blind, and Ajay checks the big blind. The flop comes As Qs 9c. Moncada checks, and Ajay checks behind. The turn is the Ah. Moncada bets $21,000, and Ajay folds.
9:09 PM
Moncada gets a walk in the big blind.
9:08 PM
Moncada opens for $50,000 under the gun. Cossio calls from the small blind. The flop comes Ad Qh 3c. Cossio checks, and Moncada checks behind. The turn is the 3s. Both players check again. The river is the 8d. Cossio checks, Moncada checks. Moncada shows 7-7 and takes the pot.
9:06 PM
Late as usual. Play resumes. Blinds increase to $8,000-$16,000.
Moncada opens for $50,000 on the button, and picks up the blinds.
7:40 PM
Chip Count
Edward Moncada 338,000
Shah Ajay 325,000
David Cossio 238,000
Steven Hudak 179,000
7:37 PM
Ajay limps in the small blind, Cossio raises to $36,000, and Ajay calls. The flop comes 8s 7d 5c. Both players check. Turn is the 4s. Ajay bets $25,000, Cossio raises to $75,000. Ajay thinks for a while with a pained expression, and finally reraises all in for $178,000. Cossio mucks.
Dinner break. Play is scheduled to resume at 8:45 PM.
7:32 PM
Moncada limps in the small blind, and Ajay raises to $36,000 from the big blind. Moncada calls. The flop comes Kh Kd 2c. Moncada checks, Ajay bets $50,000, and Moncada checkraises to $100,000. Moncada removes his sunglasses and makes a fatigued expression. Ajay folds, and Moncada wins the pot.
7:29 PM
Cossio opens for $42,000 on the button, and wins the blinds.
7:28 PM
Cossio limps in the small blind, and Hudak checks the big blind. The flop comes Kc Qc 6c. Cossio checks, Hudak bets $15,000, Cossio calls. Turn is the 7c. Cossio checks, Hudak checks behind. River is the 10s. Cossio bets $40,000, and Hudak folds. Cossio shows 6h 5h.
7:25 PM
Ajay opens for $32,000 and wins the blinds.
7:24 PM
Moncada opens for $36,000 and wins the blinds.
7:23 PM
Ajay opens for $42,000 in the cutoff, and Cossio calls on the button. The flop comes Kh 6h 6c. Ajay checks, and Cossio bets $80,000. Ajay mucks, and Cossio retakes the chip lead.
7:21 PM
Cossio raises on the button and picks up the blinds.
Chip Count
Shah Ajay 320,000
David Cossio 265,000
Edward Moncada 260,000
Steven Hudak 210,000
7:19 PM
Moncada opens for $36,000 on the button, and picks up the blinds.
7:18 PM
Cossio opens for $42,000 and picks up the blinds.
7:17 PM
Hudak limps in the small blind, Moncada makes a small raise to $32,000 from the big blind. Hudak calls. The flop comes Ks Jh 9s. Both check. Turn is the Kh. Hudak bets $40,000, and Moncada calls immediately. River is the 6s. Both check. Hudak shows 9-7 and wins the pot.
7:15 PM
Ajay and Moncada pick up the blinds.
7:12 PM
Cossio opens for $42,000 in the cutoff. Hudak moves all in from the button, for $76,000. Cossio calls. Hudak shows 7c 7d, Cossio shows Ah Qh. The board comes 10h 9s 8d 4d 2s. Hudak doubles up to $170,000.
Chip Count
Steven Hudak 170,000
Edward Moncada 306,000
Shah Ajay 348,000
David Cossio 256,000
7:09 PM
Cossio opens for $24,000 on the button. Moncada calls from the big blind. The flop comes 9d 6s 2c. Moncada checks, and Cossio checks behind. The turn is the Qh. Both players check again. River is the 8c. Moncada bets $12,000, and Cossio calls. Moncada shows 10-9 and takes the pot.
7:07 PM
Ajay opens for $37,000 on the button, and wins the blinds.
7:06 PM
Moncada opens for $36,000 from the cutoff, and picks up the blinds.
7:05 PM
Moncada opens for $36,000 on the button. Ajay reraises to $108,000 from the big blind. Moncada folds, and Ajay wins the pot.
7:02 PM
Chip Count
David Cossio 386,000
Shah Ajay 312,000
Edward Moncada 288,000
Steven Hudak 94,000
7:00 PM
Cossio opens for $42,000 in the cutoff. Deeb calls from the big blind. The flop comes Qd 6h 5s. Deeb moves all in, and Cossio calls instantly. Deeb shows Kd Qs, Cossio shows 6s 6c. Cossio flopped a set, and Deeb is drawing slim. The turn is the 3h, and Deeb is drawing dead. He finished in 5th place, winning $59,615.
6:56 PM
Deeb opens for $42,000 under the gun, and wins the pot.
6:55 PM
Deeb opens for $40,000 in the cutoff. Cossio from the small blind, making it $132,000 to go. Deeb folds.
6:53 PM
Hudak opens for $42,000 under the gun, and picks up the blinds.
6:51 PM
Deeb limps in the small blind. Ajay checks. The flop comes 8h 4h 2c. Both check. Turn is the Qd. Both check. River is the Jc. Both check. Deeb wins the pot with Ks 3d (king high).
6:49 PM
Ajay opens for $42,000 under the gun, and picks up the blinds.
6:48 PM
Deeb opens for $42,000 under the gun, and Moncada calls from the big blind. The flop comes Kd 10s 9h. Both check. The turn is the 4s. Moncada bets $40,000, and Deeb folds.
6:45 PM
Moncada opens for $36,000 under the gun. Cossio reraises to $84,000 from the small blind. Moncada folds.
6:44 PM
Cossio walks in the big blind.
6:42 PM
Hudak opens for $36,000 in the cutoff. Moncada reraises on the button, making it $101,000 to go. Hudak folds.
6:41 PM
Moncada raises to $36,000 from the small blind, and Deeb folds the big blind.
6:40 PM
Deeb opens for $35,000 under the gun, and picks up the blinds.
6:38 PM
Ajay opens for $42,000 on the button, and wins the blinds.
6:36 PM
Deeb opens for $40,000 on the button, and picks up the blinds. Deeb shows an ace.
Chip Count
Shah Ajay 318,000
Edward Moncada 246,000
Freddy Deeb 176,000
David Cossio 174,000
Steven Hudak 166,000
6:33 PM
Hudak opens for $42,000 on the button. Moncada reraises all in from the small blind for $117,000. Hudak calls. Moncada shows Ah 9d, Hudak shows Qs Js. The board comes 9h 6c 3s 5d 8c. Moncada doubles up to $246,000.
6:28 PM
Cossio opens for $37,000 on the button, and wins the blinds.
6:26 PM
Hudak gets a walk in the big blind.
6:25 PM
Moncada opens for $40,000 in the cutoff, and wins the blinds.
6:24 PM
Cossio limps under the gun. Hudak raises to $52,000. Everyone folds, and Hudak wins the pot.
6:22 PM
Moncada raises to $36,000 from the small blind. Deeb calls from the big blind. The flop comes Kc 7s 4c. Moncada quickly moves all in, and Deeb folds.
6:20 PM
Cossio opens for $42,000 on the button, and picks up the blinds.
6:19 PM
Moncada opens for $42,000 under the gun, and wins the blinds.
6:17 PM
Ajay raises to $36,000 in the small blind. Cossio folds the big blind.
6:16 PM
Moncada opens for $42,000 on the button. Deeb reraises from the small blind, making it $102,000 to go. Moncada folds, and Deeb takes the pot.
6:13 PM
Play resumes. Blinds increase to $6,000-$12,000.
Ajay opens for $42,000 under the gun. Deeb calls from the big blind. The flop comes Ac Qc 2d. Deeb checks, Ajay bets $90,000. Deeb folds.
6:08 PM
Chip Count
Shah Ajay 300,000
Steven Hudak 271,000
Freddy Deeb 224,000
David Cossio 168,000
Edward Moncada 117,000
5:53 PM
Ajay opens for $24,000 in the cutoff. Cossio reraises to $79,000 on the button. Ajay folds, and cossio wins another pot.
Level ends. Play will resume in 15 minutes.
5:50 PM
Deeb opens for $21,000 in the cutoff. Cossio reraises to $71,000 from the small blind. Deeb folds and Cossio wins the pot.
5:48 PM
Moncada opens for $24,000 in the cutoff, and wins the blinds again.
5:47 PM
Moncada opens for $24,000 on the button, and wins the blinds.
5:46 PM
Moncada raises to $24,000 out of the small blind, and Deeb folds.
5:45 PM
Hudak raises out of the small blind, and Moncada folds the big blind. Hudak shows Ad 9c.
5:43 PM
Deeb opens for $24,000 in the cutoff, and wins the blinds.
5:42 PM
Deeb opens for $23,000 on the button. Cossio reraises from the big blind, making it $73,000 to go. Deeb folds.
5:41 PM
Deeb limps in the small blind, and Ajay checks. The flop comes Jd 10d 5h. Deeb checks, and Ajay checks behind. Turn is the Jh. Both players check. River is the 9c. Both check again. Ajay shows 5d 3d and takes the pot.
5:39 PM
Deeb gets a walk in the big blind.
5:38 PM
Hudak raises out of the small blind, and takes the pot.
5:37 PM
Chip Count
Shah Ajay 332,000
Steven Hudak 328,000
Freddy Deeb 215,000
Edward Moncada 113,000
David Cossio 92,000
Deeb opens in the cutoff, Hudak calls from the big blind. The flop comes Kd 8d 7c. Both check. Turn is the 6h. Hudak bets $30,000, and Deeb calls. River is the Ah. Both check. Hudak shows 5-5. Deeb shows J-7 and wins the pot with a pair of sevens.
5:30 PM
Ajay opens for $24,000 on the button. Koumi calls from the small blind. The flop comes Ks 3s 3h. Koumi checks, Ajay bets $48,000, and Koumi checkraises all in for $63,000. Ajay calls the $13,000. Koumi shows Kc 10c, Ajay shows Ah 9s. The turn is the 7s, giving Ajay a flush draw. Koumi sticks his tongue out in distress. The river is the 6s, giving Ajay the flush. Koumi is eliminated in 6th, winning $49,680.
5:28 PM
Moncada opens for $24,000 in the cutoff, and wins the blinds.
5:27 PM
Koumi opens for $23,000 under the gun. Ajay reraises from the big blind, making it $73,000 to go. Koumi folds.
5:25 PM
Deeb gets a walk in the big blind.
5:23 PM
Hudak raises to $24,000 in the small blind, and Mocada calls from the big blind. The flop comes Ah 9s 6s. Hudak bets $25,000, and Moncada calls. The turn is the 9c. Hudak checks, Moncada bets $25,000. Hudak calls. The river is the Qd. Hudak checks, Moncada checks. Hudak shows As 5s and wins the pot, putting him over $300,000.
5:20 PM
Chip Count
Steven Hudak 250,000
Freddy Deeb 215,000
Shah Ajay 206,000
Edward Moncada 179,000
Sharbel Koumi 118,000
David Cossio 112,000
Ajay raises on the button and wins the blinds.
5:18 PM
Hudak opens for $25,000 in middle position and wins the pot.
5:17 PM
Deeb raises from the small blind, and takes the pot.
5:16 PM
Folded around to Moncada in the small blind. Moncada limps, Deeb checks the big blind. The flop cometh Jc 5d 2s. Moncada checks, and Deeb checks behind. Turn is the 7s. Moncada bets $8,000, and Deeb calls. The river is the 9d. Moncada bets $12,000, and Deeb raises to $68,000, enough to put Moncada all in. Moncada thinks for several minutes, and calls. He shows 8-7, for a pair of sevens. Deeb mucks. Nice call by Moncada, who doubles up.
5:11 PM
Koumi opens for $22,000 in the cutoff and wins the blinds.
5:10 PM
Deeb opens for $22,000 in middle position. Hudak reraises from the big blind, making it $70,000 to go. Deeb folds, and Hudak wins the pot.
5:06 PM
Ajay opens for $24,000 on the button, and Cossio calls from the big blind. The flop comes Kd 3h 2h. Cossio checks, Ajay bets $24,000, and Cossio folds.
5:04 PM
Chip Count
Freddy Deeb 340,000
Steven Hudak 216,000
Shah Ajay 194,000
David Cossio 140,000
Sharbel Koumi 126,000
Edward Moncada 63,000
Moncada opens for $28,000 in the cutoff. Deeb calls on the button. The flop comes Ad Qs 2c. Moncada checks, Deeb checks behind. Turn is the 5c. Moncada moves all in for $35,000, and wins the pot.
4:59 PM
Traniello opens for $28,000 on the button. Deeb reraises to $78,000, and Traniello calls all in. Deeb shows 5c 5d, Traniello shows Ah 10d. The flop comes Ac Kd 2h. Turn is the 9h, river is the 5h. Traniello pairs his ace on the flop, but Deeb makes a set on the river, busting Traniello in 7th place. Traniello wins $39,745 for his efforts.
4:54 PM
Deeb walks in the big blind.
4:53 PM
Deeb opens for $18,000 under the gun. Koumi reraises all in for $57,000 total. Deeb calls. Koumi shows 8h 8d, Deeb shows Kh Qc. The board comes 10d 5d 2d 9h Ad. Koumi makes a flush and doubles up to $126,000.
4:48 PM
Hudak raises to $24,000 in the small blind, and Moncada folds the big blind.
4:45 PM
Cossio limps in the small blind, and Hudak checks the big blnd. The flop comes Ah Kc 3s. Cossio bets $8,000, and Hudak calls. The turn is the 4c. Cossio checks, Hudak bets $25,000 and wins the pot.
4:43 PM
Traniello opens for $27,000 and wins the blinds.
Chip Count
Freddy Deeb 300,000
Shah Ajay 202,000
Steven Hudak 190,000
David Cossio 155,000
Marco Traniello 90,000
Edward Moncada 73,000
Sharbel Koumi 58,000
4:42 PM
Deeb opens for $19,000 on the button and picks up the blinds.
4:41 PM
Cossio opens for $20,000 in middle position, and wins the blinds.
4:39 PM
Moncada opens for $28,000 on the button, and picks up the blinds.
4:37 PM
Deeb opens in middle position for $21,000, and Cossio calls from the cutoff. The flop comes Jc 7h 7d. Deeb leads out for $24,000, and Cossio calls. The turn is the 10d. Deeb checks, and Cossio checks behind. The river is the Qd. Both check. Deeb shows K-10 and wins the pot.
4:33 PM
Ajay opens for $20,000 in middle position, and picks up the blind.
4:31 PM
Chip Count
Freddy Deeb 239,000
Steven Hudak 204,000
Shah Ajay 202,000
David Cossio 201,000
Marco Traniello 90,000
Edward Moncada 75,000
Sharbel Koumi 69,000
Deeb raises from middle position and wins the blinds.
4:28 PM
Ahmadian opens for $21,000 in middle position. Cossio asks for a count. Cossio reraises from the big blind, putting Ahmadian all in. Ahmadian thinks for a while and calls with his last $27,000. Cossio shows Ks Kh. Ahmadian shows 7h 7d. The board comes 10d 8c 5s Qs Ac. Cossio wins the hand with a pair of kings, and Ahmadian is eliminated in 8th place, winning $29,810.
4:20 PM
Play resumes. Blinds increase to $4,000-$8,000.
Deeb opens for $20,000 on the button and wins the blinds.
Chip Count
Freddy Deeb 227,000
Shah Ajay 206,000
Steven Hudak 204,000
David Cossio 149,000
Marco Traniello 90,000
Sharbel Koumi 81,000
Edward Moncada 75,000
Elia Ahmadian 48,000
4:05 PM
End of level. Players take a 15 minute break.
4:03 PM
Folded around to Deeb in the small blind. Deeb raises to $18,000, and Ajay reraises from the big blind, making it $54,000 to go. Deeb folds, and Ajay wins the pot.
4:01 PM
Hudak opens for $16,000, and Moncada calls from the cutoff. Traniello calls from the small blind, and Deeb calls from the big blind. The flop comes Ad Ks 10h. Check to Hudak, who bets $50,000. Others fold and Hudak wins the pot.
3:56 PM
Ajay opens for in middle position $16,000, Ahmadian calls from the big blind. Flop comes As Js 4c. Ahmadian checks, Shah checks behind. Turn is the 2h. Both players check. River is the 5s. Both check. Both players show K-Q, and split the pot.
3:54 PM
Deeb opens for $18,000 in middle position, and wins the blinds.
3:52 PM
Deeb opens for $16,000 in middle position, and picks up the blinds.
3:50 PM
Moncada opens for $18,000, Ahmadian moves all, and Moncada calls. Ahmadian shows Ac Qd, Moncada shows Kd 10d. The board comes 8h 7d 4h 7s. Ahmadian doubles up again.
3:46 PM
Traniello opens for $18,000 on the button. Deeb reraises to $48,000 from the small blind.
3:44 PM
Ajay opens under the gun for $16,000, Traniello calls from the small blind. The flop comes Qs 7c 6s. Traniello checks, Ajay bets $38,000, and Traniello folds.
3:42 PM
Hudak raises to $16,000 in the cutoff, and Moncada reraises to $57,000 on the button. Hudak folds.
3:40 PM
Deeb opens for $18,000 in middle position. Ahmadian calls all in from the big blind with his last $10,000. Deeb shows Ah Qc, Ahmadian shows Kh 6h. The board comes Kd Jc 4h Jh 3d. Ahmadian doubles up.
3:38 PM
Hudak completes the small blind, and Moncada checks. The flop comes Jc 6s 2c. Hudak bets $10,000, Moncada raises to $25,000, and Hudak folds.
3:35 PM
Moncada opens for $18,000 under the gun, and Hudak calls from the big blind. The flop comes Ks 7c 3s. Hudak checks, Moncada checks behind. Turn is the 6c. Hudak leads out for $30,000, and Moncada calls. River is the 8c. Hudak bets $60,000, and Moncada folds.
3:33 PM
Moncada limps in early position. Traniello calls, Ajay calls on the button, Koumi calls, and Cossio checks. The floip comes Qh 8c 2s. Check to Traniello, who bets $30,000. All others fold, and Traniello wins the pot.
3:30 PM
Hudak opens for $16,000 in early position and wins the blinds.
3:29 PM
Traniello opens for $18,000 on the button. Ajay calls from the big blind. The flop comes Qc 6c 7d. Ajay checks, Traniello bets $39,000, and Ajay folds.
3:27 PM
Ahmadian opens for $21,000 on the button. Deeb asks for a count, and calls from the big blind. The flop comes As Jd 9h. Deeb quickly bets $10,000, enough to put Ahmadian all in. Ahmadian thinks, and folds, leaving himself $10,000.
3:22 PM
Deeb opens for $16,000 under the gun. Cossio calls from middle position. The flop comes 9d 8h 3c. Deeb checks, Cossio bets $20,000 and Deeb folds.
3:19 PM
Deeb opens for $16,000 in middle position. Moncada reraises to $54,000 from the small blind. Deeb folds, showing the Ac. Moncada shows 4-2 offsuit.
3:16 PM
Ajay opens in middle position for $18,000 and wins the blinds.
3:14 PM
Deeb opens for $16,000 in middle position and wins the blinds.
3:13 PM
Moncada opens for $18,000 from early position and wins the blinds.
3:11 PM
Ahmadian opens for $16,000 in middle position. Ajay calls from the small blind. The flop comes Jc 3c 3s. Ajay leads out with a pot-sized bet and Ahmadian folds.
3:07 PM
Koumi opens under the gun, and Traniello calls on the button. The flop comes Jh 10c 9s. Koumi checks, Traniello checks behind. Turn is the 4d. Both players check again. River is the Kc. Koumi bets $35,000 and wins the pot.
3:02 PM
Moncada opens for $18,000 in the cutoff. Deeb calls from the big blind. The flop comes 9c 8d 5d. Deeb leads out with a $39,000 bet. Moncada folds.
3:00 PM
Moncada opens for $18,000 on the button. Traniello reraises to $57,000 from the big blind. Moncada puts Traniello all in, and Traniello calls. Moncada shows As 10s, Traniello shows 7s 7d. The flop comes Qh 7h 3h. Turn is the Js, river is the Ac. Traniello doubles up.
2:55 PM
Cossio opens for $16,000 in the cutoff, and wins the blinds.
2:54 PM
Ajay opens for $18,000 from middle position, and wins the blinds.
2:52 PM
Deeb raises to $13,000 in the cutoff, and wins the pot.
2:50 PM
Traniello opens for $18,000 in the cutoff. Ajay reraises to $60,000 from the small blind. Traniello folds.
2:48 PM
Hudak opens for $16,000, Deeb calls from the small blind. Ajay reraises $48,000 from the big blind. Hudak folds, Deeb calls. The flop comes 10h 8d 4h. Deeb moves all in for about $66,000. Ajay folds, showing A-K.
2:42 PM
Deeb walks in the big blind.
2:40 PM
Hudak opens for $16,000 in the cutoff, Traniello calls from the big blind. The flop comes 5h 4c 3c. Traniello checks, Hudak bets $25,000, Traniello mucks.
2:34 PM
Moncada opens for $18,000 on the button. Oku reraises all in from the small blind, and Moncada calls. Oku shows Kd Kc, Moncada shows As 8c. The board comes 8s 8h 3h 6s 7h. Moncada wins with trip eights, and Oku is eliminated in 9th place, earning $19,870.
2:31 PM
Play begins. Blinds are $3,000-$6,000. Hudak has the button. Cossio opens for $15,000 in the cutoff. Moncado reraises from the small blind, and Cossio mucks.
Tuesday, 2:10 PM
Play should begin soon. ESPN is taping this event.
4:50 PM
Play has ended for the day. Mike Sexton busted out in 10th place, and we are down to nine players. The final table will begin tomorrow at 2 PM.
Chip Count
Shah Ajay 207,000
David Cossio 166,000
Freddy Deeb 127,000
Steven Hudak 125,000
Edward Moncada 125,000
---Average 120,000---
Marco Traniello 104,000
Elia Ahmadian 74,000
Sharbel Koumi 102,000
Yoshitaka Oku 50,000
| Seat 1. | Steven Hudak | Owings Mills, MD | 125,000 |
| Seat 2. | Edward Moncada | Tulsa, OK | 125,000 |
| Seat 3. | Yoshitaka Oku | Tokyo, Japan | 50,000 |
| Seat 4. | Elia Ahmadian | Washington, DC | 74,000 |
| Seat 5. | Marco Traniello | Las Vegas, NV | 104,000 |
| Seat 6. | Freddy Deeb | Las Vegas, NV | 127,000 |
| Seat 7. | Shah Ajay | Belgium | 207,000 |
| Seat 8. | Sharbel Koumi | Birmingham, England | 102,000 |
| Seat 9. | David Cossio | El Paso, TX | 166,000 |
Results
10th Mike Sexton $10,930
CHIP LEADER
Shay Ajay
Some Info on the top 3 chip leaders
Shay Ajay has had 1 money finish and has a overal total of $20,730. From Belguim, this is Shays first WSOP final. Lets see if he can make it bracelet #1
David Cossio has had 5 money finshes and has a total overal earnings of $17,065.
David has been placed in the money a couple of times already in 2005 WSOP,and will be looking for that good form to continue.
Freddy Deeb Has had 27 money finishes and has earnt an overal total of $1,443,368. Freddy is one of the top tournament players in the world today, and will be doing all he can to secure his first WSOP title and bracelet
4:40 PM
Chip Count
Shah Ajay 150,000
David Cossio 150,000
Steven Hudak 130,000
Edward Moncada 120,000
Freddy Deeb 110,000
Sharbel Koumi 110,000
---Average 108,000---
Marco Traniello 100,000
Elia Ahmadian 70,000
Yoshitaka Oku 55,000
Mike Sexton 50,000
Results
11th Steve Zolotow $10,930
12th Matthew Hilger $10,930
13th Gary Bush $8,940
4:10 PM
Chip Count
David Cossio 140,000
Edward Moncada 140,000
Steven Hudak 130,000
Shah Ajay 110,000
Marco Traniello 110,000
Freddy Deeb 90,000
Elia Ahmadian 90,000
---Average 83,077---
Yoshitaka Oku 60,000
Mike Sexton 50,000
Matthew Hilger 50,000
Sharbel Koumi 50,000
Steve Zolotow 20,000
Gary Bush 1,000
Results
14th Pete Lawson $8,940
3:45 PM
Results
15th Berry Johnston $8,940
16th Tony Le $6,955
3:35 PM
Play resumes. Blinds increase to $2,000-$4,000.
3:25 PM
Level ends. Play will resume in 10 minutes.
Chip Count
David Cossio 130,000
Steven Hudak 125,000
Marco Traniello 110,000
Edward Moncada 110,000
Freddy Deeb 90,000
Shah Ajay 70,000
---Average 67,500---
Garry Bush 65,000
Matthew Hilger 65,000
Mike Sexton 55,000
Pete Lawson 50,000
Steve Zolotow 45,000
Elia Ahmadian 45,000
Yoshitaka Oku 40,000
Sharbel Koumi 30,000
Berry Johnston 20,000
Tony Le 6,000
3:00 PM
Chip Count
Steven Hudak 135,000
David Cossio 110,000
Marco Traniello 105,000
Edward Moncada 95,000
Matthew Hilger 80,000
Shah Ajay 75,000
---Average 67,500---
Garry Bush 60,000
Freddy Deeb 50,000
Mike Sexton 50,000
Yoshitaka Oku 50,000
Steve Zolotow 50,000
Elia Ahmadian 50,000
Pete Lawson 45,000
Sharbel Koumi 30,000
Tony Le 28,000
Berry Johnston 15,000
Results
17th Stephen Leubson $6,955
18th Ivo Donev $6,955
19th Bobby Firestone $4,970
20th Jared Davis $4,970
Monday, 2:20 PM
Play resumes. Blinds are $1,500-$3,000.
Players by Chip Count
Player Name Hometown Chip Count
Marco Traniello Las Vegas, NV $124,000.00
Steven Hudak Baltimore, MD $114,000.00
David Cossio El Paso, TX $113,000.00
Edward Moncada Tulsa, OK $77,500.00
Stephen "Leu" Leubson Skillman, NJ $74,000.00
Garry Bush London, England $63,000.00
Elia Ahmadian Washington DC $62,500.00
Pete Lawson Sandy, UT $55,500.00
Yoshitaka Oku Japan, Tokyo $52,500.00
Mike Sexton Las Vegas, NV $52,000.00
Steve Zolotow Las Vegas, NV $46,000.00
Sharbel Koumi England $40,000.00
Freddy Deeb Las Vegas, NV $34,000.00
Bobby Firestone Santa Barbara, CA $33,000.00
Tony Le Reno, NV $31,000.00
Shah Ajay Antwerp $29,000.00
Ivo Donev Bregenz, Austria $25,000.00
Berry Johnston Bethany, OK $23,500.00
Matthew Hilger Atlanta, GA $22,500.00
Jared Davis Philadelphia, PA $7,000.00
Some Info about top 3 chip leaders
Marco Traniello Has had 3 money finishes, all in this years WSOP and has totalled in prize money $20,593. The husband to Jennifer Harman, Marco will be hoping he can take home his first WSOP bracelet and a nice $298,070.
Steven Hudak Has had one money place finish and his 28th place in event #10 Limit Hold Em this year, earnt him $3665.Into day 2, lets see if he can go all the way.
David Cossio has had 5 money finshes and has a total overal earnings of $17,065.
David has been placed in the money a couple of times already in 2005 WSOP,and will be looking for that good form to continue.
Remaining Players in Table Order
Marco Traniello Las Vegas, NV $124,000.00 116 9
Steven Hudak Baltimore, MD $114,000.00 116 5
David Cossio El Paso, TX $113,000.00 116 6
Tony Le Reno, NV $31,000.00 116 4
Shah Ajay Antwerp $29,000.00 116 3
Ivo Donev Bregenz, Austria $25,000.00 116 7
Jared Davis Philadelphia, PA $7,000.00 116 8
Edward Moncada Tulsa, OK $77,500.00 117 1
Elia Ahmadian Washington DC $62,500.00 117 6
Pete Lawson Sandy, UT $55,500.00 117 9
Mike Sexton Las Vegas, NV $52,000.00 117 3
Freddy Deeb Las Vegas, NV $34,000.00 117 2
Bobby Firestone Santa Barbara, CA $33,000.00 117 4
Berry Johnston Bethany, OK $23,500.00 117 5
Stephen "Leu" Leubson Skillman, NJ $74,000.00 127 1
Garry Bush London, England $63,000.00 127 3
Yoshitaka Oku Japan, Tokyo $52,500.00 127 6
Steve Zolotow Las Vegas, NV $46,000.00 127 9
Sharbel Koumi England $40,000.00 127 7
Matthew Hilger Atlanta, GA $22,500.00 127 5
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