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Aruba: Day Two
by 2005 World Poker Tour Coverage   
Thursday, 29 September 2005


Book it: Day Two

by Amy Calistri






Day Two Results:

PlayerCount
Frank Sinopoli739,000
Freddy Deeb655,000
Kathrine Jackson489,500
Stacy Matuson486,000
James Van Alstyne406,000
Richard Freire340,000
James English296,000
Matthew Bell279,500
Devin Porter254,500
Barry Greenstein248,000
Claudio Di Prinzio238,500
Josh Schlein236,000
Todd Keikoan201,500
Chris Bell197,500
Aron Chugani175,000
Alex Wendell171,000
Fabrice Soulier167,000
Nick Adanakis166,500
Johan Storakers150,500
Steve Hohn147,000
Andrew Wiggins90,500
Patrick Johson85,000
Steve Brandvold84,000
Scott Serafin68,000
Robert Border63,000
Steve Barclay43,000





I'll have the remaining players and chip counts shortly. There is a little mystery tonight. Apparently a player at another table busted out on the same hand as Karlo Lopez. So there are only 26 players remaining. But they never took a card or signed out. At this point, they are the mystery man.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 10:10 PM


Karlo Lopez went out 28th when his 88 ran into Barry Greenstein's TT. But Karlo's fatal blow was dealt by Freddy Deeb in an earlier hand.

Deeb bets 40K on the flop of Q J 7. Lopez calls. On the turn of Q , Deeb puts out 60K. On the river, Deeb throws out 165.5K. At this point Lopez believes that Deeb is betting on a missed flush draw. He calls. Deeb shows JJ for jacks full of queens.

Bill Seber finishes at 29th.

Lee Goldman finished in 30th

Marc Durand is out at 31st.

All the money was in on the flop. It was Durand's KJ vs Steve Hohn's AK. The board came 5449A, and Durand was done.

In another hand Stacy Matuson raised in late position and was called by the BB.

The flop came 4 T 5. Matuson went into the tank momentarily and bet out 40K. The BB reraised it to 80K. Matuson immediately called "all-in." It was the BB's turn in the tank. He folded showing AT for top pair, best kicker.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 09:33 PM

PlayerCount
Frank Sinopoli650,000
James English420,000
Kathy Jackson320,000
Karlo Lopez320,000
Freddy Deeb300,000
James Van Alstyne280,000
Josh Schlein277,000
Johan Storakers265,000
Richard Freire245,000
Devin Porter240,000
Stacy Matuson230,000
Barry Greenstein140,000
Andrew Wiggins97,000
Steve Black85,000
Steve Hohn75,000


Thursday, 29th of September 2005 09:13 PM

32Dave Klassen$8,000
33Russ Johnson$8,000
34Chad Hicks$8,000
35Matt Russell$8,000
36Larry Wright$8,000


Thursday, 29th of September 2005 09:04 PM




We are down to 34 players. The plan is to stop tonight when we reach 27 players. The players are on a 15 minuted break.

37Mike Thurman$8,000
38Erik Seidel$8,000
39Robert Muller$8,000
40Robert Figulski$8,000
41Mark Petrillo$6,000
42Steve Furman$6,000
43David "Devilfish" Ulliott$6,000
44Mark Cole$6,000
45Feite Lichtendahl $6,000
46Al Ardebili$6,000






Thursday, 29th of September 2005 08:33 PM


A few additional chip counts:
Devon Porter 240,000
Chris Bell 210,000

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 08:32 PM


Approximate chip counts:

PlayerCount
Frank Sinopoli520,000
Karlo Lopez475,000
Josh Schlein395,000
James English350,000
James Van Alstyne280,000
Johan Storakers205,000
Richard Freire201,000
Stacy Matuson163,000
Freddy Deeb160,000
Barry Greenstein137,000



Erik Seidel has been eliminated in 38th place.


 
 
As I was just lining up for a photo of Erik Seidel when Kristy Gazes and Karina Jett cat call him from the rail until he giggles. He looks down at his hand, in late position and pushes all-in. He is called by Kathy Jackson. He shows the A 8 and she shows K K . The flop is 2Q2 and Erik is drawing thing. The K on the turn has him drawing dead.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 08:02 PM


The Devilfish is done.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 07:39 PM


Al Ardebili is elimated. Pushing all-in in a late position move, Al is called by both blinds, Chad Hicks and Claudio De Prinzio. On a 7-high rag flop, De Prinzio moves all-in and Hick folds. De Prinzio shows QQ and Ardebili shows J 8. The turn and river bring no help to Ardebili.


47Pat Walsh$6,000
48Bruce Walter$6,000
49Simon Bismark$6,000
50William Saul$6,000
51Martin Wendell$6,000
52Anthony Dellaventura$6,000
53Men Nguyen$6,000


Thursday, 29th of September 2005 07:31 PM


We are back from the dinner break and there are 48 players left.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 06:59 PM


The players are going on dinner break.

54Stuart Fox$6,000
55Paul Magriel$6,000
56Alex Vuong$6,000
57James Hipwell$6,000
58Mario Donoso$6,000
59Mike Beasley$6,000
60Jay Lewman$6,000
61Eric Mandap$6,000
62Blake Buffington$6,000
63Chris Methugh$6,000
64Mac Mccoord $6,000
65Cliff Josephy $6,000
66Pete Hassett $6,000
67Mike Ross $6,000
68Earl Socha $6,000
69Michael Mizrachi$6,000
70Dewey Tomko$6,000
71Brent Sheirbon$6,000
72Dennis Seagle$6,000
73Richard Hall$6,000
74Paul Tanaka $6,000
75Jeff Shulman$6,000




 
 
Just before the break, Karlo Lopez took the chip lead after winning a three-way pot. He's is sitting with a little over 600K.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 05:33 PM


Men "The Master" Nguyen has been eliminated. Paul Magriel is also out.


 
 

 
 
Alex Vuong went all-in, followed by Al Aldebili, in position, who also went all-in. The cutoff looks at his hand and calls. Alex turns over J J . Al shows A K . And the cutoff, Chad Hicks, has K K .

The flop is 6 4 7

At this point Alex needs a jack and Al needs a diamond or an A.

The turn and river are 2 6 and Alex Vuong is eliminated.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 05:23 PM


There are 65 players left. We've taken a short break to color up and the players will be heading out for a dinner break in a little over a half an hour.

PlayerCount
Frank Sinopoli$305,000
Josh Schlien$290,000
Richard Knucklehead Freire$275,000
James English$270,000
Karlo Lopez$230,000
Barry Greenstein$175,000
Johan Storakers$145,000
Men The Master Nguyen$140,000
Stacy Matuson$122,000
Erik Seidel$84,500
Steve Hohn$79,000
Alexandra Vuong$61,000
Al Ardebili$60,300
Freddy Deeb$59,000
Cliff Johnny Bax Josephy$54,000
Mark Petrillo$39,000
David Devil Fish Ulliott$17,000


Thursday, 29th of September 2005 04:54 PM


Mike Mizrachi is eliminated. Mike Mizrachi started Day 2 as the chip leader. But today was not to yield the same result. Today's death blow came when his AQ ran into JJ.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 04:31 PM


Frank Sinopoli won a couple of nice back-to-back hands. One 100,000 pot was secured when his KK went up against AQ. The flop came Axx. The K turn brought Sinopoli a set. And the river was a Q. At approx. 300K, Sinopoli is out chip leader.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 04:30 PM


Stacy Matuson finally gets a pot of her own. Paul Magriel makes it 20K. Matuson re-raises all-in. Magriel's AK vs. her 99. The coin flip goes to Stacy when the nines hold up.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 04:18 PM


More money finishes:

76Robert Marino $6,000
77Dustin Mantha$6,000
78Paul Esfandiary$6,000
79Kristy Gazes$6,000
80Carl Olson$6,000
81Guy Rodriguez$6,000
82Adam Christilow$6,000
83Daniel Hart$6,000
84Laura Fink$6,000
85Eoghan O'Dea$6,000
86Dan Alexander$6,000
87Abraham Gray$6,000
88Hernandez Nelson$6,000
89Barry Stadler$6,000
90Tracy Scala$6,000
91Michael Ustino$6,000
92Paul Matties$6,000
93Mandy Calara$6,000
94Jan Sorensen$6,000
95Mark Osler$6,000



Some catch-up stories:

My favorite occured at Stacy Matuson's table. One player goes all-in. Another player goes all-in. Stacy looks down at her hand, and she goes all-in. It's A J and A K for the other players and A A for Stacy.

The flop comes 2 5 K
The turn is a 4

The AJ now has a flush draw. AK can catch another K for the set.

Matuson yells, "Make it low and black." But sometimes you have to be careful what you wish for.

The river was a 3 .......giving them all the wheel.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 04:10 PM


Sorry y'all. No internet for a little over an hour.

We're down to 72 players and we're at level 13 where the ante is 400 and the blinds are 1500/3000.

Kristy Gazes, Jan Sorensen, Paul Esfandiary, and Jeff Shulman have all been eliminated.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 04:04 PM


We're down to 90 players - so much for my theory that things would slow down. xxPiratexx finished 97th. Marsha waggoner has also been eliminated.


96Andrew Sayegh$6,000
97Jerry Garver$6,000
98Chris Bigler$6,000
99Benjamin Robinson$6,000
100Robert Katska$6,000



101Scotty Nguyen$5,500
102Joshua Sowder$5,500
103Danny Smith$5,500
104Mike Adamo$5,500
105Mark Osler$5,500
106Sam Murphy$5,500
107 $5,500
108Gary Bean$5,500
109Timo Ojala$5,500
110Jonathan Tackett$5,500
111Peter Winkler$5,500
112John McCann $5,500
113Dan Cormier$5,500
114Monica Reeves$5,500
115Adam Gomes$5,500
116David Rogowski$5,500
117Paul Wolfe$5,500
118Nord Foster$5,500
119Michael Shaw$5,500
120Tam Hang$5,500
121Bob Hume$5,500
122Alan Young$5,500
123Steve Solotow$5,500
124Jan Suchanek$5,500
125Troy Davis$5,500



Chris Bigler is out. And Scotty Nguyen has been eliminated

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 02:24 PM



 
 
Stacy Matuson has been pretty patient today. But she just got into an all-in situation with Freddy Deeb. The final result: her higher flush against Deeb's lower flush. She's up to over a little over 97K.

And Paul Wolfe is out - his pocket 5's losing to a K-high straight. And Bob Hume is out. And I suspect we're already down to under 110 players. We'll be posting a money finish list shortly.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 01:55 PM


We've made the money. We're at 125 players.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 01:42 PM


Chip counts at the break:

PlayerCount
James Van Alstyne$180,000
James English$149,000
Freddy Deeb$110,000
Johan Storakers$109,000
Cliff Josephy$84,000
Erik Seidel$80,000
Paul Magriel$79,000
Barry Greenstein$64,000
Frank Sinopoli$78,000
Paul Esfandiary$70,000
Mike Mizrachi$69,000
Steve Hohn$58,000
Stacy Matuson$56,000
Bob Hume$55,000
Chris Bigler$51,000
Roland De Wolfe$49,000
Alexandra Vuong$45,000
Paul Wolfe$45,000
Dewey Tomko$43,000
David Devil Fish Ulliott$35,000
Mark Petrillo$29,000
Jeff Shulman$25,000
Al Ardebili$24,000
Mark Cole$23,000
Scotty Nguyen$20,000
Abraham Gray$18,000
Marsha Waggoner$17,000
Steve Zolotow$16,000
Men The Master Nguyen$9,000


PSOer mwig did indeed go out. He was at about 9K in chips when faced with a 3.5K raise by Erik Seidel. Seidel had been very aggressive at the table and had to show down some marginal hands. Mwig re-raised all-in with AQ. He was relieved when Seidel showed AJ...that is until Seidel flopped a flush.

xxPiratexx is sitting with 28.7K. This close to the money his plan is to "not do anything stupid."

I haven't seen TheBrain, and I coming to the conclusion he may have been lost in the early debacle.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 01:20 PM


Morgan Machina pushed all-in with A T . His opponent called with A K . Morgan can only win with a runner runner straight flush when his opponent hits the A-high flush on a board of 9 8 3 . No miracles occur and Machina is gone.

And for Chris Bell fans - and I know you're out there - he's having a rather nice day, building his stack up to about 48K. I will work on more chip counts going into the break.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 12:55 PM


Clonie Gowen is out! Gowen pushed all-in with A8 and got called by Katherine Jackson's KK. Clonie caught and 8 on the flop, but that is where her luck ended, just shy of the money.

We're down to under 150 players. In other words, we lost over 90 players in 95 minutes. And we are surprisingly close to the money. Payouts start at 125. I will repost the payouts during the upcoming break.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 12:42 PM

Erick Lindgren is out, one of the earlier casualties of the first hour's debacle. Short stacks moved early and the action was brisk. We started with 27, nine-handed, tables and we're down to 19 tables now. The first hout of rocking and rolling seems to be settling down some. And I suspect the attrition rate will slow down.


 
 
Clonie Gowen doubled up again, this time when her 9To found love on a board of 9 5 J 9 8. She told her table, "I told you I was crazy."

On the PSO front, xxPiratexx is still hanging on with a short stack. And I'm afraid the mwig's table broke, and I can't find him in the field just yet. I'm trying not to panic.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 12:24 PM


Kristy Gazes tripled up when she pushed all-in with 99, called by A K and J 9 . The flop had some danger as it contained two diamonds, but no flush materialized and the 9's held up. Kristy is looking at slightly better than 50K.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 11:59 AM


Barry Greenstein took a nice pot off Mizrachi. Mizrachi raised pre-flop and was called by Greenstein. They both checked a rag flop. Barry bet out 12K on the 7 turn. They both check down the river. Greenstein shows A7 for a pair of 7's. Mizrachi mucks.

And one the exciting (although not stack shattering) hands this morning was a flopped royal by Men the Master.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 11:55 AM


There's a lot of action already.

Clonie Gowen doubled up when her all-in pre-flop with 44 was called by a 72o (no kidding).

Scott Swedlund was all-in with AK, against Men The Master's AK. No drama enfolded with the board and it was a chopped pot. Scott wasn't as lucky when his QQ ran into Freddy Deeb's AA. Scott Swedlund has been eliminated.

One of our chip leaders, Cliff Josephy, took one on the chin when his A Q ran into Robert Figulski's AK. The money went in on a flop of A K 4. The turn and river had no diamonds or running Qs (6 Q ) and Josephy is down to about 45K. Figulski is now over 120K.

Thursday, 29th of September 2005 11:32 AM


Although the starting field for the Aruba Classic had professional players in the minority, many of poker’s well-known names emerged to start Day Two in relatively strong chip positions.

Mike “The Grinder” Mizrachi is our chip leader going into Day Two. Mizrachi has had a stellar year so far, cashing in seven WSOP events and making two final tables at WPT events, including his 1st place finish at the L.A. Poker Classic.

Cliff Josephy enters the field today second in chips. Josephy won his first WSOP bracelet this year in the $1500 Stud event. Cliff also has a cash finish in this year’s WPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.

Frank Sinopoli starts today 4th in chip count. Sinopoli cashed in two WSOP events this year and five WSOP events in 2004. He won the $1000 NLHE event at the L.A. Poker Classic earlier this year.

James Van Alstyne has cashed in five WSOP events, including three final table appearances. He also has two WPT money finishes under his belt and placed 3rd in this year’s WSOP Circuit Event in Lake Tahoe. Van Alstyne starts today 5th in chip count.

Stuart Fox starts 6th in chip count today. Fox cashed in three WSOP events this year and has a number of money finishes in UK tournaments.

Paul Esfandiary, currently 7th in chip count, has yet to build up a track record. But being the brother of Antonio Esfandiari one has to assume he is no stranger to the game.

Roland de Wolfe starts at 8th place in chips today. Roland already has a 1st place finish in a WPT event this year, scoring at the Rendezvous in Paris. He also had a money finish in this year’s WSOP.

Stacy Matuson is starting today 11th in chip position. Matuson seems to like Aruba as she had back-to-back final table appearances in the $500 NLHE events here last year. And while she currently has no majors under her belt, Matuson, close friends with Mike Mizrachi and Frank Sinopoli, obviously knows the terrain.

Other notables starting towards the top of the field today include Chad Brown (14th), Dewey Tomko (15th), Paul Magriel (19th), Jeff Shulman (20th), Bob Hume (23rd), Freddy Deeb (24th), and Erik Seidel (26th). And there are many many more within striking distance. Below is a complete list of today’s starters.

The players and their starting chip counts for Day Two:

PlayerCount
Michael Mizrachi124600
Cliff Josephy104100
Andrew Wiggins91900
Frank Sinopoli83800
James Van Alstyne82600
Stuart Fox82000
Paul Esfandiary80900
Roland de Wolfe79000
Casey Castle77700
Bret Mingo73900
Stacy Matuson71700
Mickey Seagle70400
Richard Freire63500
Chad Brown62900
Dewey Tomko62500
Russell Johnson61900
Robert Figulski61900
Mike Ross61400
Paul Magriel58500
Jeff Shulman58500
Devin Porter57800
James English57100
Bob Hume57000
Freddy Deeb52900
Jani Karke52700
Erik Siedel52100
Tracy Scala52100
Johan Storakers51400
Surinder Sunar51300
Barry Stedlar51200
Dan Hart51100
Ivan Freitez51100
Adam Gomes48900
Jan Suchanek48500
Mike Adamo48200
Chris Bigler46100
Stephen Barclay45600
Guy Rodriguez44800
Steve Billirakis44200
Wade Collier44200
Steve Black44100
Darrin Roth43800
Martin Wemdt43500
Laura Fink43500
Jesse Martin43200
Mario Donoso42300
Bill Seber42300
Nord Foster42200
Fabrice Soulier39500
James Hipwell39000
Benjamin Robinson39000
Mark Petrillo38900
Mac McCord38500
Tim Otala37800
John McCann37600
Alexandra Vuong37500
Robert Mullen37100
Peter Hassett37100
Tommy Hang36800
Nathan Arcereaux36000
Barry Greenstein35700
Paul Wolfe35400
Scott Serafin34500
Mike Gracz34500
Serge St. Pierre34200
Kenny Robbins34000
Steve Hohn33500
Greg Pierson33100
Peter Muller32800
Nelson Hernandez32500
Dee Archer32400
Adam Christilaw31800
Todd Keikoan31700
Carl Olson31600
Karlo Lopez31500
Donald Fagan31300
Steven Fuhrman30900
Brent Sheirbon30700
Mike Weyer30500
Paoletti Juergen29900
Lou Paulozza29500
Eoghan O'Dea29400
Marc Durand29200
Josh Schlien29000
Mike Thurman28700
Josh Sowder28200
Robert Marino28200
Mehdi Vatan28100
Pete Winkler27800
Alex Brenes27500
Marc Cole27400
Abraham Gray27000
Al Ardebili26400
Patrick Jackson25900
Josh Dunn25800
Mark Osler25700
Matthew Piggott25500
Jeff Pursell25400
Katherine Jackson25400
Blake Buffington25200
Scott Swedlund25100
Mirco Plebani24900
Elliot Crawford24900
Mikhail Ustinov24600
Darshan Shah24500
Steve Zolotow24500
Jonathan Jackett24400
Lee Goldman24100
Matt Russell23800
Jaime Montero23700
Feite Lichtendahl23600
Andrew Sayegh22800
Alexander Wendell22400
Arun Chugani22300
Anthony Fagan22000
William Beasley21800
Men Nguyen21800
Kristy Gazes21800
Alan Young21700
Tony Dellaventura21700
Todd Krauss21200
Scotty Nguyen21200
Mike Nejad21000
Dave Rogowski21000
Simon Bismark21000
Paul Matties20800
Thomas Woolen20600
Larry Wright20500
Robert Border20000
Brandon Sampson19900
Steve Brandvold19700
David Klassen19500
Earl Socha19400
Shane Schleger18600
Bryan Bevis18100
Alan Smurfit18000
Pat Walsh17900
Viatcheslav Mikhailiouk17300
Chris McHugh17300
Bruce Walters17100
Mike Wiggins16900
Han Dang16800
Erik Lindgren16800
Jan Sorensen16600
Steve Phipps16600
Mandy Calar16500
Richard Hall16500
Doug Booth16200
Robyn Hood15900
David Ulliott15700
Michael Shaw15600
Patrick Garrett15400
Emanuel Soztiozo15300
Matthew Bell15200
Clonie Gowen14900
Joshua Day14500
Sam Murphy14400
Brian Wideman14300
Marsha Waggoner14200
Kevin Roser14100
Gary Bean14100
Nick Adamakis13700
Henrac Strath13600
Michel Riou13400
Brian Lupo13300
Matt Szymaszek13200
Todd Jordan13100
Matt Smith13100
Don Bennett13100
Chad Hicks13100
Yousef Massoudnia13100
Allyn Shulman13000
Chris Bell12900
Brendan Taylor12900
Bill Cole12600
Josh Supsak12400
John Phan12300
Roger Deans12300
Van Nguyen12200
Paul Tanaka12100
Mark Parkinson12100
Matt Benjamin12000
Dan Alexander12000
Curt Kohlberg12000
Lasse Ubostad11900
Eric Mandap11900
Scott Wyler11700
Danny Smith11700
Mark Hanna11600
Jason Rosenthal11500
Morgan Machina11400
Patrick Gilmore11200
Sunny Chu11100
Brett Weum11100
Jesus Quevedo10900
Paul Greer10800
Brian Van Loo10800
William Saul10800
Alan Kroon10600
Troy Davis10500
Jose Baeza10500
Monica Reeves10100
Ryan Stuart10000
Dennis Park10000
Edward Katzka9900
Peter Athanasoulis9700
John Pazur9600
Tim Anders9500
Robert Isakson9300
Jerry Garver9100
Dan Cormier8900
Scott Brayer8900
Stephen Docter8800
Kenna James8700
Brian Dodsworth8700
Kevin Kaikko8500
Gregory Faust8400
Dan Assor8400
Alex Ferrari8200
Pasquale Vetrano8100
Rick Lisser8100
Jay Lewman8000
Claudio Diprinzio7700
Ron Runkel7400
Keith Morris7300
Pete Colla7200
Kevin Riehn7000
Mark Gower6800
Ron Dove6400
Annand Ramdin6300
Richard Passalacqua6000
Van Honhieu5700
David Williams5700
Frank Soaza5100
Anthony Cousineau4800
Brian Mozzoni4700
Mack Ham3800
Dustin Mantha2500
Gary Baber2100
Linda Rosina2000



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