Day 3 of the World Poker Tour's World Championship
Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 11:01 PM
Check back tomorrow at noon PDT when we continue our drive to the final table!Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 10:58 PM
Here are the 54 remaining players, sorted by chip count:
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| Phil | Hellmuth | Palo Alto, CA | 1,827,000 | 58 | 9 | | Raymond | Davis | Commerce, CA | 1,704,000 | 63 | 8 | | Loi | Phan | San Marino, CA | 1,419,000 | 60 | 2 | | Kirk | Morrison | Topeka, KS | 1,327,000 | 59 | 2 | | Roland | Dewolfe | London, England | 1,287,000 | 60 | 3 | | Thomas | Wahlroos | Helsinki, Finland | 1,189,000 | 61 | 5 | | Can | Hua | Rosemead, CA | 1,041,000 | 59 | 9 | | Carlos | Mortensen | Las Vegas, NV | 939,000 | 63 | 1 | | Mike | Wattel | Phoenix, AZ | 935,000 | 63 | 5 | | Ian | Johns | Seattle, WA | 862,000 | 63 | 3 | | Robert | Wazelle | Las Vegas, NV | 815,000 | 62 | 9 | | Tom | Pniak | Las Vegas, NV | 778,000 | 60 | 7 | | Guy | Laliberte | Beverly Hills, CA | 729,000 | 63 | 4 | | Richard | Anthony | New York City, NY | 720,000 | 62 | 4 | | Sorel | Mizzi | Toronto, Canada | 703,000 | 59 | 7 | | Abraham | Mosseri | New York City, NY | 646,000 | 62 | 8 | | Thien | Phan | Westminster, CA | 646,000 | 62 | 5 | | Bill | Ferrand | Henderson, NV | 633,000 | 58 | 1 | | Benjamin | Johnson | Brooklyn, NY | 626,000 | 60 | 5 | | Justin | Bonomo | Los Angeles, CA | 625,000 | 61 | 4 | | Grant | Lang | Brookfield, CT | 623,000 | 59 | 8 | | Scott | Fischman | Las Vegas, NV | 617,000 | 60 | 4 | | Eric | Hershler | Los Angeles, CA | 613,000 | 61 | 9 | | Paul | Wasicka | Boulder, CO | 558,000 | 59 | 4 | | Jimmy Ngoc | Tran | Las Vegas, NV | 550,000 | 63 | 7 | | Paul | Lee | Los Angeles, CA | 540,000 | 58 | 7 | | Jake | Minter | Las Vegas, NV | 535,000 | 63 | 6 | | Bill | Gazes | Las Vegas, NV | 510,000 | 61 | 2 | | Lyle | Berman | Minneapolis, MN | 501,000 | 62 | 2 | | David | Baker | Katy, TX | 499,000 | 63 | 2 | | Jared | Hamby | Henderson, NV | 494,000 | 59 | 6 | | Thomas | Schreiber | Daielson, CT | 453,000 | 61 | 1 | | Marc | Goodwin | Birmingham, England | 427,000 | 62 | 3 | | Adeeb | Harb | Long Beach, CA | 424,000 | 60 | 9 | | David | Oppenheim | Los Angeles, CA | 424,000 | 58 | 8 | | Antonio | Salorio | Coral Springs, FL | 372,000 | 62 | 7 | | David | Levi | Las Vegas, NV | 360,000 | 58 | 2 | | Timothy | McCarthy | Munster, IN | 334,000 | 63 | 9 | | Henry Michael | Thuritz | Stockholm, Sweden | 333,000 | 59 | 5 | | Tommy | Vu | Miami, FL | 333,000 | 59 | 3 | | Ted | Kearly | Hancock, MI | 313,000 | 58 | 4 | | Doron | Malinasky | Hollywood, FL | 301,000 | 61 | 6 | | Daniel | Alaei | Las Vegas, NV | 278,000 | 58 | 5 | | Philip | Tom | Las Vegas, NV | 252,000 | 60 | 8 | | Tom | Lee | Denver, CO | 251,000 | 61 | 7 | | Fred | David | Las Vegas, NV | 243,000 | 58 | 3 | | James | Worth | Toronto, Canada | 230,000 | 62 | 1 | | Pramesh | Bansi | London, England | 219,000 | 59 | 1 | | Mark | Gregorich | Las Vegas, NV | 197,000 | 61 | 8 | | Justin | Young | Moorehead City, NC | 196,000 | 60 | 6 | | Elia | Ahmadian | Chantilly, VA | 195,000 | 60 | 1 | | Noah | Jefferson | Massillon, OH | 175,000 | 58 | 6 | | Joseph | Grebanier | Howard Beach, FL | 88,000 | 61 | 3 | | Patrik | Antonius | Las Vegas, NV | 38,000 | 62 | 6 |
Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 10:56 PM
Here are the 54 remaining players, sorted by their table and seat assigments for tomorrow:
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| Bill | Ferrand | Henderson, NV | 633,000 | 58 | 1 | | David | Levi | Las Vegas, NV | 360,000 | 58 | 2 | | Fred | David | Las Vegas, NV | 243,000 | 58 | 3 | | Ted | Kearly | Hancock, MI | 313,000 | 58 | 4 | | Daniel | Alaei | Las Vegas, NV | 278,000 | 58 | 5 | | Noah | Jefferson | Massillon, OH | 175,000 | 58 | 6 | | Paul | Lee | Los Angeles, CA | 540,000 | 58 | 7 | | David | Oppenheim | Los Angeles, CA | 424,000 | 58 | 8 | | Phil | Hellmuth | Palo Alto, CA | 1,827,000 | 58 | 9 | | Pramesh | Bansi | London, England | 219,000 | 59 | 1 | | Kirk | Morrison | Topeka, KS | 1,327,000 | 59 | 2 | | Tommy | Vu | Miami, FL | 333,000 | 59 | 3 | | Paul | Wasicka | Boulder, CO | 558,000 | 59 | 4 | | Henry Michael | Thuritz | Stockholm, Sweden | 333,000 | 59 | 5 | | Jared | Hamby | Henderson, NV | 494,000 | 59 | 6 | | Sorel | Mizzi | Toronto, Canada | 703,000 | 59 | 7 | | Grant | Lang | Brookfield, CT | 623,000 | 59 | 8 | | Can | Hua | Rosemead, CA | 1,041,000 | 59 | 9 | | Elia | Ahmadian | Chantilly, VA | 195,000 | 60 | 1 | | Loi | Phan | San Marino, CA | 1,419,000 | 60 | 2 | | Roland | Dewolfe | London, England | 1,287,000 | 60 | 3 | | Scott | Fischman | Las Vegas, NV | 617,000 | 60 | 4 | | Benjamin | Johnson | Brooklyn, NY | 626,000 | 60 | 5 | | Justin | Young | Moorehead City, NC | 196,000 | 60 | 6 | | Tom | Pniak | Las Vegas, NV | 778,000 | 60 | 7 | | Philip | Tom | Las Vegas, NV | 252,000 | 60 | 8 | | Adeeb | Harb | Long Beach, CA | 424,000 | 60 | 9 | | Thomas | Schreiber | Daielson, CT | 453,000 | 61 | 1 | | Bill | Gazes | Las Vegas, NV | 510,000 | 61 | 2 | | Joseph | Grebanier | Howard Beach, FL | 88,000 | 61 | 3 | | Justin | Bonomo | Los Angeles, CA | 625,000 | 61 | 4 | | Thomas | Wahlroos | Helsinki, Finland | 1,189,000 | 61 | 5 | | Doron | Malinasky | Hollywood, FL | 301,000 | 61 | 6 | | Tom | Lee | Denver, CO | 251,000 | 61 | 7 | | Mark | Gregorich | Las Vegas, NV | 197,000 | 61 | 8 | | Eric | Hershler | Los Angeles, CA | 613,000 | 61 | 9 | | James | Worth | Toronto, Canada | 230,000 | 62 | 1 | | Lyle | Berman | Minneapolis, MN | 501,000 | 62 | 2 | | Marc | Goodwin | Birmingham, England | 427,000 | 62 | 3 | | Richard | Anthony | New York City, NY | 720,000 | 62 | 4 | | Thien | Phan | Westminster, CA | 646,000 | 62 | 5 | | Patrik | Antonius | Las Vegas, NV | 38,000 | 62 | 6 | | Antonio | Salorio | Coral Springs, FL | 372,000 | 62 | 7 | | Abraham | Mosseri | New York City, NY | 646,000 | 62 | 8 | | Robert | Wazelle | Las Vegas, NV | 815,000 | 62 | 9 | | Carlos | Mortensen | Las Vegas, NV | 939,000 | 63 | 1 | | David | Baker | Katy, TX | 499,000 | 63 | 2 | | Ian | Johns | Seattle, WA | 862,000 | 63 | 3 | | Guy | Laliberte | Beverly Hills, CA | 729,000 | 63 | 4 | | Mike | Wattel | Phoenix, AZ | 935,000 | 63 | 5 | | Jake | Minter | Las Vegas, NV | 535,000 | 63 | 6 | | Jimmy Ngoc | Tran | Las Vegas, NV | 550,000 | 63 | 7 | | Raymond | Davis | Commerce, CA | 1,704,000 | 63 | 8 | | Timothy | McCarthy | Munster, IN | 334,000 | 63 | 9 |
Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 09:26 PM
That does it for day 3. I will post the chip counts and table assignments later this evening. Tune in tomorrow at noon PDT for the continuing action!Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 09:24 PM
Here are the final bustouts of the session:
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| 62 | Humberto Brenes | $ 46,410 | | 61 | Jeff Littlefield | $ 46,410 | | 60 | Edward Teems | $ 46,410 | | 59 | Joe Tehan | $ 46,410 | | 58 | Barny Boatman | $ 46,410 | | 57 | Shawn Buchanan | $ 46,410 | | 56 | Ross Boatman | $ 46,410 | | 55 | Danny Smith | $ 46,410 |
Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 09:18 PM
The tournament staff has decided to stop play for the evening with 54 players remaining. There will be another random redraw and we will reconvene tomorrow at noon with 6 nine-handed tables. Players are doing the bag-and-tag routine.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 09:16 PM
On a flop of 5 9 3 , Phil Hellmuth checked, Grant Lang bet 120K and Hellmuth made the call. The turn was the 2 . Phil led out with 90K and Lang made the call. The river was the T , Hellmuth checked immediately, and Lang bet 200K. Hellmuth thought about it for a minute or two and slid 200K into the middle. Grant Lang said, "Nice call." Hellmuth turned over 6 6 and they were good. Once Lang mucked his hand, Phil stood up and yelled, "You wanna play some poker, boys!!???"Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 09:01 PM
Due to the fact that there is just 25 minutes left in today's session and that we are edging closer to the next money bubble (57 players remain), play has tightened up again. There are a lot of preflop raises and preflop folds.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 08:45 PM
Further castoffs:
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| 72 | Jesse Martin | $ 46,410 | | 71 | Ram Vaswani | $ 46,410 | | 70 | Anna Wroblewski | $ 46,410 | | 69 | Bob Stupak | $ 46,410 | | 68 | Lee Markholt | $ 46,410 | | 67 | Steve Wong | $ 46,410 | | 66 | Franklin Caldwell | $ 46,410 | | 65 | Jorge Arias | $ 46,410 | | 64 | Jeppe Mikkelsen | $ 46,410 | | 63 | Eric Kesselman | $ 46,410 |
Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 08:39 PM
Down to 60 players now. Seeing as we have five levels tomorrow and five levels scheduled for Thursday, I'm not sure how the WPT is going to handle this. Either we will have shorter sessions tomorrow and Thursday, or maybe we'll just play down to six tomorrow and have Thursday off?Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 08:36 PM
Humberto got all-in preflop and his A Q was up against T T . The flop came K Q 6 and Humberto yells, "Queeeeeeeeeen!". The turn is the 8 and Humberto says, "Humbeeeeeerto!'. And then the T river and Humberto says, "is out!" and hands all his chips to his opponent. Then he takes that ten of clubs and pretends to eat it. A good time was had by all.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 08:24 PM
A few random chip updates: Jimmy Tran has 420K, Scott Fischman has 700K, Thomas Wahlroos is at about 1.1M, and Phil Hellmuth, despite losing 250K on one hand, is still over 1.0M.
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| Anna Wroblewski - eliminated | |
Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 08:16 PM
Anna Wroblewski just busted, so her Cinderella run is over.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 08:13 PM
More tales from bustout-land:
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| 85 | Johan Storakers | $ 46,410 | | 84 | Lamar Wilkinson | $ 46,410 | | 83 | Sammy Farha | $ 46,410 | | 82 | Marcello Del Grosso | $ 46,410 | | 81 | James Van Alstyne | $ 46,410 | | 80 | Melissa Hayden | $ 46,410 | | 79 | Nek-Pal Singh | $ 46,410 | | 78 | Sam Grizzle | $ 46,410 | | 77 | Jaime Ligator | $ 46,410 | | 76 | Jordan Siegal | $ 46,410 | | 75 | Gary Haubelt | $ 46,410 | | 74 | Bryan Devonshire | $ 46,410 | | 73 | Stan Fulton | $ 46,410 |
Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 08:07 PM
Bryan Devonshire, our PokerPages hero, has busted out in 74th place.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 08:03 PM
Phil Hellmuth has been ruthless with his monster stack. The last time I passed by, he reraised Justin Bonomo from the big blind and made Justin toss his cards away in disgust. The rich get richer.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 08:01 PM
Another sick hand: three-way all-in preflop. Ram Vaswani had 6-6 and both Mark Gregorich and Thomas Wahlroos had K-K. The board came T-6-2 with two diamonds and Ram looked to be in pretty good shape. But the J-A turn river were both of the diamond genus. Thomas Wahlroos held the K , so he won the monster pot and Ram Vaswani is out.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 07:54 PM
Here we go on level 15: 5K/10K blinds with a 1K ante.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 07:42 PM
Players are on break for 15 minutes. 72 remain.
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Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 07:39 PM
Melissa Hayden has been excused from the tournament.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 07:36 PM
I don't know how he did it, but Ted Kearly, who was in jeopardy of not making it through the money bubble, has vaulted up to 625K!Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 07:35 PM
And now Jared "TheWacoKidd" Hamby has doubled up by making quad deuces against top two pair. Are you kidding me?Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 07:27 PM
Warning: sick hand alert. May be dangerous to those with a heart condition or a strong sense of order and fairness in the universe. Jared Hamby pushed all-in for 90K, Tim Phan then pushed in for 157K, and a third player pushed all-in for 187K. They turned up their hands: Hamby had J-J, Phan 6-6, third player A-A. The flop came K-5-2. So far, so good. Turn was a six and Phan jumped up and began the early stages of celebration. Then the jack came on the river and the place deteriorated into pandemonium. The irony is that no one was eliminated. The tallest stack with the aces was left with 30K. Tim Phan won the side pot to survive. And the short stack tripled up!Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 07:18 PM
Now we are down to 78 players. I'll update the bustout board as soon as I get the names.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 07:16 PM
The bustout board:
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| 100 | Bradley Helm | $ 46,410 | | 99 | Steven Mandelbaum | $ 46,410 | | 98 | Todd Keikoan | $ 46,410 | | 97 | Mark Stubbs | $ 46,410 | | 96 | Kevin Keller | $ 46,410 | | 95 | Robert Nehorayan | $ 46,410 | | 94 | Tom Werthmann | $ 46,410 | | 93 | Alvin Zeidenfeld | $ 46,410 | | 92 | Robert Goldfarb | $ 46,410 | | 91 | John Nathan | $ 46,410 | | 90 | Jason Fretag | $ 46,410 | | 89 | Peter Rho | $ 46,410 | | 88 | John Harris | $ 46,410 | | 87 | Kevin O'Connell | $ 46,410 | | 86 | David Daneshgar | $ 46,410 |
Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 07:08 PM
The action out there is not for the faint of heart. Raises, reraises, and all-ins. Bill Gazes bet enough preflop to put David Levi all-in but David folded. Joe Tehan bet enough on the turn to put Sam Farha all in but Sammy folded.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 06:57 PM
With just 85 players now, the average stack is 376K.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 06:54 PM
Ted Kearly, our oldest remaining player, doubled up on the money bubble and is now sitting with about 200K.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 06:52 PM
All-in preflop, Thomas Wahlroos had A-K against Lyle Berman's A-T. But the board made a wheel straight so they chopped the pot.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 06:47 PM
Melissa Hayden survived her all-in and doubled up when her A-4 caught an ace and beat K-K. Lee Markholt survived and doubled up when his A-K bested A-Q.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 06:38 PM
Humberto Brenes, who was down to 29K, suckered Jimmy Tran and Scott Fischman into tripling him up when his pocket aces made trips on the flop. Then he won another big hand to double up again. Unbelievably, he now has nearly 200K.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 06:34 PM
Well, I was right about that last prediction. I just made a circuit of the remaining ten tables, and in the course of that stroll, I counted no fewer than six players with all their chips in the middle. Most survived. But we are down to 95 players. Due to the volume, I will post bustouts in batches, the first installment coming soon.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 06:25 PM
We are past the money bubble and now down to 99 left. As spots 51-100 pay exactly the same, expect a lot of players to open up their game and take their chance.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 06:22 PM
We just lost our two players on that last hand. On the one I watched, Loi Phan raised to 30K and Robert Mizrachi pushed in for 85K total. Phan made the call. Mizrachi showed 9 9 and Phan had 6 4 . Robert asked the crowd, "What am I gonna do, fold them and play for $46K?" Players from other tables surrounded the table and took turns laughing at Phan's 6-4. But who laughed last? The board came 8 7 K (oooooh ... gutshot). Turn was K (ahhhhh ... and a flush draw). River was the 2 , making the runner runner spade flush and ejecting Mizrachi from the tournament. The crowd watching just gasped.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 06:09 PM
Patrik Antonius is playing the bubble aggressively. He has raised every hand that I saw.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 06:08 PM
We are going now and lost two players quickly. After that, we went to hand-for-hand and we lost one during the very first hand. 102 remain.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 05:58 PM
We are having the world's least efficient color-up right now, so hang loose. You may want to go get a sandwich or something.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 05:42 PM
Players are on a 15-minute break. When they get back, level 14 awaits them: 4K/8K with a 1K ante. I guess that means we will have to endure the delay of the race-off for the orange 500 chips, too. On top of that, we are on the money bubble, with five more eliminations to go. So expect the action to grind down to a halt. Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 05:37 PM
Roland De Wolfe raised to 42K and Seat 9 reraised to 196K. Roland said, "You must really like your hand," and mucked. Seat 9 flipped over ... well, you already know what he had.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 05:26 PM
Play has resumed. 107 players left. The next seven players out will receive nada and everyone else will be assured of at least $46K.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 05:20 PM
I got a much better gander at Phil Hellmuth's chips during this hiatus and it looks to be about 1.25 million.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 05:15 PM
OK, we just had a bustout, so the current hands will be completed and then we will perform the musical chair procedure. Stand by.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 05:14 PM
We are at 109 players, so when one more busts, we will have our redraw.
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| Erica Schoenburg - busted | |
Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 05:11 PM
Erica Schoenburg, who had been nursing a shortstack the whole day, has finally busted out.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 05:08 PM
Gavin Griffin just went out in flames. The final board read K J Q 9 5 and Carlos Mortensen bet a whopping 200K, which would have put Gavin all in. Gavin didn't look happy, like he knew he was beat, but he called off the rest of his chips, maybe 100K. Carlos turned over J T . Gavin nodded, flashed K-Q and mucked. Gavin Griffin is gone.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 04:56 PM
Greg "FBT" Mueller won't be among the cash recipients for this event. He just busted when he got all-in preflop with K-K and was up against A-K. Two aces came on the board and when they counted down the chips, his opponent had him barely covered. Greg Mueller is out.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 04:45 PM
This one goes out to Tayli, who wants to know how her father, Jimmy Tran, is doing. Right now, he has about 185K, but he has his work cut out for him, as Anna Wroblewski is sitting to his immediate left.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 04:39 PM
According to the board, we have 115 players left. Remember, the announcer said that we will be doing a full random redraw when we get down to 108 players, i.e. twelve nine-handed tables.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 04:37 PM
At that same table is Phil Hellmuth, who has a massive chipstack. If we were a little closer to the ocean, that chip pyramid would likely affect the tides. I guesstimated it to be about 1.2M, which almost certainly is the biggest in the room.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 04:34 PM
It is important for aggressive players to remember that when they make big reraises, shortstacked players in the blinds may push in and then they will have to show their raising hand to the table. Case in point: Seat 3 raised to 20K and Gavin Griffin jacked it up to 43K. It folded around to the big blind, who pushed his 35K into the middle and turned over A Q . Gavin sheepishly turned over 8 3 and several players at the table nodded, as if to say, "I knew it!" Anyhoo ... the board came 2 A 9 4 6 and the big blind made the nut flush (not that he needed it) and nearly tripled up.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 04:23 PM
For all those Devo fans who keep badgering me - I mean, making information requests of me  - Bryan Devonshire is treading water right now with about 300K. But he is at the same table as Roland De Wolfe, who has more than 700K right now.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 04:20 PM
Humberto Brenes raised to 21K and Lyle Berman raised to 71K from the small blind, mysteriously leaving about 25K behind. Humberto went through all his Humberto theatrics and then folded.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 04:13 PM
Seriously, folks. When I play, I make quads every 1.3 million hands.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 04:11 PM
The flop came J J 9 . Justin Bonomo checked, Freddy Deeb fired 13K. Justin raised to 33K and Deeb called. The turn came J . Justin checked, Freddy moved all-in and Justin called immediately by pushing out a huge stack of blue 10K chips. Then he turned over J T for quad jacks. Freddy nodded, mucked, and left the room. Freddy Deeb is out.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 04:04 PM
Mark Gregorich just finished off Jennifer Harman.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 03:55 PM
Oh no! I just found out that Isabelle Mercier got knocked out. Bummer. Anna Wroblewski did the deed.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 03:52 PM
We are on break and will resume play shortly at level thirteen: 3K/6K with a 500 ante.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 03:50 PM
Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi has about 800K right now, good for the overall chip lead. He was over here at the media table and said that he won a satellite to get into this tournament. "If I had to pay $25,000 cash to enter, I would have thrown up."Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 03:48 PM
Greg "FBT" Mueller just took a big pot from Billy Baxter when he bet 33K on the river with a board of A 5 T 8 7 . Baxter mucked and Mueller scooped the 100K pot.
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Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 03:45 PM
Eric Kesselman raised preflop to 13K, Thomas Wahlroos reraised to 42K, and Kesselman, who had Wahlroos covered, pushed all-in. Wahlroos, with just 66K left behind, said, "OK, this is my chance," and made the call. Kesselman had T T and Wahlroos had A Q . The flop of 4 9 2 kept the tens ahead, but the Q on the turn changed things. The 5 river meant that Wahlroos had doubled up and Kesselman took a mighty hit.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 03:34 PM
Erica Schoenburg is at about 65K in chips, a little above the danger zone. Jennifer Harman, however, has fallen through the danger zone into the desperation zone. She had 28K and just folded her 4K big blind to a raise.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 03:26 PM
Loi Phan just busticated Isaac Haxton when they got all-in preflop and Phan's A-K beat Haxton's A-J.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 03:25 PM
Roland De Wolfe just expunged another player when his pocket kings held up against ace-king unsuited.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 03:23 PM
Scott Fischman, who took some hits late in yesterday's session, is cruising now, with about 340K.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 03:15 PM
Another giant has fallen. Chip Reese moved all-in for his last 63K under the gun with A J and got called by Raymond Davis with 8 8 . The board came K 5 5 K 6 . Chip Reese is out of the tournament.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 03:07 PM
Overheard from Sam Farha at his table: "OK, I'm getting pretty bored. I'm going to move all-in soon." The rest of the table gave out a nervous chuckle.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 03:06 PM
James Van Alstyne just doubled up when his pocket tens held up against ace-king.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 03:05 PM
Lyle Berman and Freddy Deeb got into a raising war preflop, culminating in Berman pushing all-in for his final 82K on top of the 70K pot. Deeb thought about it and folded A K faceup. Berman showed his pocket kings. "I never fold ace-king suited," Freddy said, "but right now, I don't feel very lucky."Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 02:58 PM
We have resumed play. Interestingly, no explanation was offered by the announcer to the players.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 02:56 PM
More info: it seems that one player who doubled up an all-in player felt that the dealer neglected to reduce the all-in stack by the amount of his original bet. In other words, the losing player had to pay more than the amount of the all-in stack, due to the dealer error. They are in fact checking the tape.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 02:51 PM
I went snooping around (all for you folks, naturally) and I think I have a clue as to what is going on. Apparently, something happened at table 60. Several players think that the dealer mishandled a hand, and the chips among the players are not right. So I am speculating that they are going back to the overhead tape recording and checking to see what happened. I'll let you know as soon as I know more.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 02:47 PM
For the record, there are 138 player remaining, and the clock is frozen at 47:09 remaining in level 12.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 02:44 PM
Now this is strange. We are on an unscheduled 15-minute break, having nothing to do with the lights issue from before. All the announcer said was that it was due to a "discrepancy", which could mean a lot of different things. Stay tuned to find out what the mystery is all about ...Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 02:40 PM
I put "feature table" in quotes because it is on a separate level, several steps up, and away from the remaining tables. But there are no cameras or any special attention given it. If anything, it has been underserved by the media due to its location.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 02:38 PM
We had to pause the action because the overhead light at the "feature table" went out. The staff is considering racking up those players (which include Patrik Antonius, Kirk Morrison, and David Levi) and moving them to one of the empty tables on the main floor.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 02:27 PM
Bryan Devonshire took out Allen Kessler to rebuild his stack back to 318K.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 02:25 PM
Phil Ivey pushed all-in with his last 38K from the cutoff and got called by the big blind. Ivey could only manage the A 9 but he had overcards to his opponent's 6 6 . Unfortunately for Phil, he caught no part of the board, which came 8 Q 2 T 4 . Phil Ivey is out.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 02:18 PM
Jennifer Harman pushed all-in from the cutoff with her 85K but got no customers.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 02:17 PM
Justin Bonomo just doubled through Freddy Deeb when his Q-J fit nicely into a A-K-6-K-T board. Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 02:10 PM
Joe Tehan took a nice 130K pot from Daniel Alaei with his set of deuces.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 02:09 PM
Carlos Mortensen just knocked out a player when his A-Q outran K-K.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 01:59 PM
We are now under way in level twelve: 2K/4K blinds with a 500 ante.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 01:55 PM
We are still waiting for all the tables to complete the chip race-off. In the meantime, let me remind you what we are doing this for:|
| 1 | $3,970,415 | | 2 | $2,011,135 | | 3 | $1,082,920 | | 4 | $696,220 | | 5 | $464,110 | | 6 | $309,405 | | 7 | $278,465 | | 8 | $247,525 | | 9 | $216,585 | | 10 | $185,645 | | 11-15 | $154,705 | | 16-20 | $123,760 | | 21-30 | $92,820 | | 31-40 | $77,350 | | 41-50 | $61,880 | | 51-100 | $46,410 |
Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 01:39 PM
It looks like the chip stacks of Kirk Morrison, Anna Wroblewski, and Sorel Mizzi all grew substantially during that first level.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 01:36 PM
We are on break, so everyone can catch their breath for a few minutes. As soon as they get back, we will be coloring up and getting rid of the black 100 chips.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 01:34 PM
This just in: Shannon Shorr has busted. Oh, also Vinny Vinh.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 01:31 PM
Among the carnage of this first level today were Hoyt Corkins, Mickey Appelman, Dan Shak, and Bob Feduniak.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 01:26 PM
With ten minutes to go in this level, things seem to have calmed somewhat. We are down to 165 players already, but the bustout rate has slowed dramatically.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 01:15 PM
David Baker lost more than half his chips when his pocket tens lost a race with A-K. The king came on the river, of course.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 01:13 PM
Andrew Black just busted when his A J lost to J T . All the chips were in preflop, but his opponent spiked his straight card on the river.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 01:04 PM
On the power of his K K , Bryan Devonshire (aka PokerPages Hero) just eliminated Martin De Knijff and rocketed up to 310K. Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 01:01 PM
Jamie Gold finally bluffed his way out of this tournament. When an early position player raised to 11K and got two callers, Gold pushed all-in for 75K from the blind. Jamie stood up and said, "I might be going home." Only the initial raiser made the call. Gold turned over 6 4 and was ecstatic when he saw that his opponent didn't have a pair, just A K . But Gold didn't get the cards he needed when the board rolled out T 9 5 2 K .Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 12:57 PM
Paul Snead just doubled through Carlos Mortensen. Preflop, Snead raised to 11K and Carlos called. The flop came 4 2 Q . Snead bet 12K and Mortensen called. The turn came 2 . Snead checked, Carlos bet 20 and Snead called. The river came 6 and Snead moved all-in for his remaining 42K. Carlos made the call and then found himself staring at Snead's pocket deuces, i.e. quads. Carlos mucked.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 12:47 PM
Down to 187 players, meaning that we have shed 27 players already and we are not even to the half-way point of the day's first level!Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 12:45 PM
Freddie Deeb just got lucky to eliminate Sean McCabe. Sean pushed all-in preflop for 25K with Q Q and got called by Freddie Deeb with J J . The flop was safe for Sean as it came 4 9 2 , but that J on the turn was a knife in his back. No miracle river with the K . McCabe took it like a man and walked away quietly.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 12:41 PM
Adeeb Harb pushed all-in on aQ 6 9 flop and got Ben Sabrin to fold. Harb scooped a very nice pot.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 12:32 PM
Joe Sebok went busto.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 12:31 PM
Carlos Mortensen just busted James Patton when they got all-in preflop and Carlos' K K held up over Patton's A T when the board rained bricks: 4 5 2 Q 6 .Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 12:24 PM
Loi Phan took a big pot from David Baker.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 12:23 PM
The bustouts are coming quickly now. They just broke the first table, 18 minutes into the session!Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 12:22 PM
Carlos Zambrano just busted J.C. Tran.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 12:17 PM
Gregg Merkow doubled through Kyle Carlston when his J J held up against A Q . Merkow is up to 260k and Carlston is crippled down to 14K.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 12:15 PM
Steve Simmons, also on the short stack, just busted.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 12:14 PM
Peter Feldman became the day's first casualty. He and his shortstack are out of here.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 12:10 PM
Kevin Saul just doubled up with his pocket sixes.
Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 12:09 PM
The announcer just stated that we have a random redraw when we get down to 108 players, i.e. right before the money bubble.
Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 12:08 PM
And here we go! No players have busted out in the first two minutes (wink).Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 12:01 PM
We are set to start in just a few minutes. Players are slicing open their chip bags.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 11:41 AM
Yesterday, we finished the session with 22 active tables. Today we will have all 24 tables active in the Fontana Room. The reason is that, beginning today, we will be playing nine-handed instead of ten-handed.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 11:22 AM
The average chip count is 149K. Roland De Wolfe is the overall chip leader with 535K, followed closely by Phil Hellmuth, with 528.1K.Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 11:18 AM
Well, here I am in the Fontana Room, set up and ready to rumble. We'll get started in about 45 minutes. If you remember from the payout schedule, the final 100 players will be in the money. As we have 214 starting today's session, we will likely be very close to reaching the bubble late today. The Bellagio staff informs us that we will be playing five levels again today (or "down to six players, whichever comes first" - HA HA), so we should be wrapping up about the same 8:30pm-9:00pm range. Here are the blinds and antes for levels 11-15 that we will grapple with today:Level 11 : 1500/3000/400
Level 12 : 2000/4000/500
Level 13 : 3000/6000/500
Level 14 : 4000/8000/1000
Level 15 : 5000/10000/1000 Tuesday, 24th of April 2007 09:25 AM
Play begins at noon PDT today. Following is a list of player names and chip counts, sorted by today's table and seat assignments. If you would like to see the same info sorted by overall chip count, click here for the end of yesterday's report.
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| Tom | Koral | 93,800 | 41 | 1 | | Paul | Lee | 382,700 | 41 | 2 | | Todd | Keikoan | 143,200 | 41 | 3 | | Mike | Wattel | 313,100 | 41 | 4 | | John | Spadavecchia | 167,700 | 41 | 5 | | Antonio | Salorio | 178,500 | 41 | 6 | | Doron | Malinasky | 304,400 | 41 | 7 | | Tom | Pniak | 150,000 | 41 | 8 | | Henry Michael | Thuritz | 223,700 | 42 | 1 | | Gary | Haubelt | 77,600 | 42 | 2 | | Gregg | Merkow | 128,100 | 42 | 3 | | Rob | Hollink | 128,000 | 42 | 4 | | Sam | Grizzle | 112,000 | 42 | 5 | | Kyle | Carlston | 142,800 | 42 | 6 | | Amir | Vahedi | 218,500 | 42 | 7 | | Richard | Harroch | 103,700 | 42 | 8 | | Matt | Brady | 230,100 | 43 | 1 | | Kevin | Saul | 23,900 | 43 | 2 | | Thomas | Schneider | 116,500 | 43 | 3 | | Danny | Alaei | 237,300 | 43 | 4 | | Peter | Rho | 280,800 | 43 | 5 | | Chip | Reese | 171,100 | 43 | 6 | | Ian | Johns | 82,600 | 43 | 7 | | John | Myung | 83,100 | 43 | 8 | | Kevin | Keller | 95,500 | 43 | 9 | | Ted | Kearly | 118,800 | 44 | 1 | | Guy | Laliberte | 98,400 | 44 | 2 | | Tom | Werthmann | 113,900 | 44 | 3 | | Ross | Boatman | 81,100 | 44 | 4 | | Sean | McCabe | 52,200 | 44 | 5 | | Jamie | Gold | 91,000 | 44 | 6 | | Freddie | Deeb | 235,600 | 44 | 7 | | Steve | Simmons | 41,900 | 44 | 8 | | Grant | Lang | 237,000 | 44 | 9 | | Andrew | Black | 48,800 | 45 | 1 | | Marcello | Del Grosso | 319,500 | 45 | 2 | | Paul | Testud | 111,700 | 45 | 3 | | Scott | Clements | 171,400 | 45 | 4 | | Ronald | Haeri | 160,000 | 45 | 5 | | Franklin | Caldwell | 91,200 | 45 | 6 | | Richard | Anthony | 230,800 | 45 | 7 | | Bill | Gazes | 117,600 | 45 | 8 | | Johan | Storakers | 109,300 | 45 | 9 | | Jordan | Siegal | 129,500 | 46 | 1 | | John | Nathan | 157,600 | 46 | 2 | | Peter | Haslam | 60,800 | 46 | 3 | | Jaime | Ligator | 81,600 | 46 | 4 | | Benjamin | Johnson | 326,000 | 46 | 5 | | James | Lee | 71,600 | 46 | 6 | | Shannon | Shorr | 51,500 | 46 | 7 | | Cliff | Josephy | 70,200 | 46 | 8 | | Phil | Hellmuth | 528,100 | 46 | 9 | | Alan | Fixel | 52,300 | 47 | 1 | | John | Pires | 147,100 | 47 | 2 | | Pramesh | Bansi | 250,600 | 47 | 3 | | Sam | Farha | 253,300 | 47 | 4 | | Rick | Barstow | 66,700 | 47 | 5 | | Dustin | Woolf | 140,700 | 47 | 6 | | Thomas | Wahlroos | 64,100 | 47 | 7 | | Isabelle | Mercier | 79,600 | 47 | 8 | | Abraham | Mosseri | 147,900 | 47 | 9 | | Eric | Deregt | 154,800 | 48 | 1 | | James | Patton | 83,200 | 48 | 2 | | Bryan | Devonshire | 217,800 | 48 | 3 | | Martin | Deknijff | 160,500 | 48 | 4 | | Melissa | Hayden | 66,400 | 48 | 5 | | Paul | Snead | 40,000 | 48 | 6 | | Carlos | Mortensen | 220,900 | 48 | 7 | | Allen | Kessler | 52,400 | 48 | 8 | | Jani | Sointula | 91,500 | 48 | 9 | | David | Oppenheim | 253,000 | 49 | 1 | | Gavin | Griffin | 291,400 | 49 | 2 | | Tommy | Vu | 125,800 | 49 | 3 | | Derek | Harrington | 112,300 | 49 | 4 | | Mark | Stubbs | 112,300 | 49 | 5 | | Thien | Phan | 106,700 | 49 | 6 | | Marc | Goodwin | 287,800 | 49 | 7 | | Joe | Sebok | 73,900 | 49 | 8 | | Eric | Kesselman | 204,500 | 49 | 9 | | Fred | David | 98,500 | 50 | 1 | | Loi | Phan | 320,200 | 50 | 2 | | Abel | Meijberg | 60,200 | 50 | 3 | | David | Baker | 288,300 | 50 | 4 | | Isaac | Haxton | 318,700 | 50 | 5 | | Elia | Ahmadian | 240,000 | 50 | 6 | | Patrick | Poels | 25,400 | 50 | 7 | | Jimmy Ngoc | Tran | 80,200 | 50 | 8 | | Jonathan | Little | 121,300 | 50 | 9 | | Carlos | Zambrano | 221,000 | 51 | 1 | | Peter | Feldman | 26,400 | 51 | 2 | | James | Dawick | 15,400 | 51 | 3 | | Shawn | Chaconas | 137,800 | 51 | 4 | | J C | Tran | 33,700 | 51 | 5 | | Tom | Dobrilovic | 306,800 | 51 | 6 | | Neil | Chriss | 79,000 | 51 | 7 | | Robert | Mizrachi | 163,300 | 51 | 8 | | Steve | Mandelbaum | 312,300 | 51 | 9 | | Todd | Rebello | 206,000 | 52 | 1 | | Daniel | Smith | 77,700 | 52 | 2 | | Michael | Xu | 168,200 | 52 | 3 | | James | Van Alstyne | 77,300 | 52 | 4 | | John | Harris | 123,500 | 52 | 5 | | Bruce | Corman | 51,700 | 52 | 6 | | Flaminio | Malaguti | 120,000 | 52 | 7 | | Joseph | Grebanier | 138,600 | 52 | 8 | | Paul | Wasicka | 430,200 | 52 | 9 | | Chris | McCormack | 30,000 | 53 | 1 | | Atsushi | Osawa | 84,200 | 53 | 2 | | Can | Hua | 384,800 | 53 | 3 | | Jared | Hamby | 76,800 | 53 | 4 | | Tony | Cousineau | 47,700 | 53 | 5 | | Alan | Sass | 60,400 | 53 | 6 | | Anna | Wroblewski | 346,600 | 53 | 7 | | David | Solomon | 88,000 | 53 | 8 | | Barney | Boatman | 223,500 | 53 | 9 | | Tim | Hazlitt | 39,700 | 54 | 1 | | Berry | Johnston | 58,400 | 54 | 2 | | David | Stroj | 111,000 | 54 | 3 | | David | Singer | 73,200 | 54 | 4 | | Philip | Matthews | 50,100 | 54 | 5 | | Raymond | Davis | 278,600 | 54 | 6 | | Stephen | Hooper | 69,000 | 54 | 7 | | Gevork | Kasabyan | 100,800 | 54 | 8 | | Don | Webb | 42,100 | 54 | 9 | | Lenny | Martin | 22,100 | 55 | 1 | | Bob | Stupak | 61,200 | 55 | 2 | | Phil | Ivey | 143,400 | 55 | 3 | | Daniel | Elizondo | 102,300 | 55 | 4 | | Justin | Young | 269,300 | 55 | 5 | | Chris | Martin | 45,600 | 55 | 6 | | David | Daneshgar | 194,500 | 55 | 7 | | James | Worth | 228,200 | 55 | 8 | | Ram | Vaswani | 234,900 | 55 | 9 | | Ed | Teems | 79,900 | 56 | 1 | | Lee | Markholt | 349,700 | 56 | 2 | | Lamar | Wilkinson | 103,900 | 56 | 3 | | Bill | Ferrand | 148,100 | 56 | 4 | | David | Dicken | 83,000 | 56 | 5 | | Erica | Schoenburg | 107,200 | 56 | 6 | | Tom | Lee | 150,800 | 56 | 7 | | Timothy | McCarthy | 130,100 | 56 | 8 | | Jason | Fretag | 185,800 | 56 | 9 | | Jeff | Littlefield | 74,600 | 57 | 1 | | Hertzel | Zalewski | 40,100 | 57 | 2 | | Robert | Nehrayan | 199,600 | 57 | 3 | | Lonnie | Heimowitz | 147,600 | 57 | 4 | | Ben | Roberts | 70,500 | 57 | 5 | | Jack | Karban | 126,200 | 57 | 6 | | Hollis | Stabler | 79,600 | 57 | 7 | | Christian | Kruel | 154,300 | 57 | 8 | | Shawn | Buchann | 236,400 | 57 | 9 | | Thomas | Schreiber | 226,900 | 58 | 1 | | Bob | Feduniak | 55,100 | 58 | 2 | | Amnon | Filippi | 122,200 | 58 | 3 | | Robert | Goldfarb | 95,500 | 58 | 4 | | Jorge | Arias | 49,500 | 58 | 5 | | Kevin | O'Connell | 308,000 | 58 | 6 | | Liz | Lieu | 76,500 | 58 | 7 | | Joe | Tehan | 153,400 | 58 | 8 | | Rocco | Bucci | 101,700 | 58 | 9 | | Bradley | Helm | 70,500 | 59 | 1 | | Eric | Hershler | 236,500 | 59 | 2 | | Jeppe | Mikkelsen | 267,000 | 59 | 3 | | Wayne | Boich | 93,700 | 59 | 4 | | Nek-Pal | Singh | 160,200 | 59 | 5 | | Andrew | Micali | 51,900 | 59 | 6 | | Wei Kai | Chang | 57,500 | 59 | 7 | | Jake | Minter | 396,500 | 59 | 8 | | Stan | Fulton | 397,100 | 59 | 9 | | Adeeb | Harb | 174,900 | 60 | 1 | | Mickey | Appleman | 35,200 | 60 | 2 | | Rehne | Pedersen | 111,100 | 60 | 3 | | Steve | Wong | 476,300 | 60 | 4 | | Franco | Brunetti | 319,400 | 60 | 5 | | Emeline | Boich | 23,300 | 60 | 6 | | Daniel | Shak | 178,000 | 60 | 7 | | Quinn | Do | 145,000 | 60 | 8 | | Ben | Sabrin | 120,600 | 60 | 9 | | Erik | Friberg | 101,400 | 61 | 1 | | Jennifer | Harman | 110,600 | 61 | 2 | | Deepak | Bhatti | 27,400 | 61 | 3 | | Mark | Gregorich | 84,100 | 61 | 4 | | Jesse | Martin | 186,800 | 61 | 5 | | Robeert | Wazelle | 89,400 | 61 | 6 | | Sorel | Mizzi | 499,300 | 61 | 7 | | Jim | Mc Crink | 115,500 | 61 | 8 | | Mike | Landers | 48,800 | 61 | 9 | | Matt | Keikoan | 41,300 | 62 | 1 | | Justin | Bonomo | 193,300 | 62 | 2 | | Matt | Leftowitz | 41,600 | 62 | 3 | | Scott | Mayfield | 65,000 | 62 | 4 | | Humberto | Brenes | 44,300 | 62 | 5 | | Roland | De Wolfe | 535,000 | 62 | 6 | | Louis | Werman | 57,400 | 62 | 7 | | Lyle | Berman | 80,500 | 62 | 8 | | Begir | Salihu | 74,100 | 62 | 9 | | Scott | Fischman | 101,500 | 63 | 1 | | Billy | Baxter | 109,500 | 63 | 2 | | Bruce | Yamron | 116,600 | 63 | 3 | | Hoyt | Corkins | 148,600 | 63 | 4 | | Ronnie | Hofman | 31,600 | 63 | 5 | | Greg | Mueller | 62,200 | 63 | 6 | | Noah | Jefferson | 106,800 | 63 | 7 | | Dan | Lowe | 327,500 | 63 | 8 | | Philip | Tom | 248,300 | 63 | 9 | | Jan | Sjavik | 23,800 | 64 | 1 | | Patrik | Antonius | 408,300 | 64 | 2 | | Alvin | Zeidenfeld | 264,700 | 64 | 3 | | Jason | Eakes | 122,700 | 64 | 4 | | Vinny | Vinh | 129,300 | 64 | 5 | | Kirk | Morrison | 271,800 | 64 | 6 | | David | Levi | 233,700 | 64 | 7 | | George | Marlow | 190,900 | 64 | 8 | | Simon | Moussa | 175,000 | 64 | 9 |
After successful careers in the financial and high-tech industries, Michael Cheser became fascinated with poker in early 2006. Defying all probabilities, he managed to cash in the 2006 WSOP Main Event. When not tournament reporting for PokerPages, he can be seen at no-limit tables in Las Vegas, cheerfully calling large river bets with second-best hands. Contact Michael. |
