stekinguk Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 I don't know if anyone is interested in this but it's one of the big WPT tourneys, with possibly the biggest buy-in(not too sure). They split the field in two and this is the chip count after the first two days: PlacePoker PlayerChip CountScotty Nguyen$ 233,750 2Eric Weiner$ 231,450 3Steve Stolmann$ 200,625 45Robert Alexander6John Esposito$ 173,600 7Siagzar Payvar$ 157,050 8Sammy Farha$ 156,575 9Greg Raymer$ 153,625 10Joseph Cordi$ 153,450 11Erick 'E-dog' Lindgren$ 151,950 12Alan Goehring$ 151,800 13Blair Rodman$ 150,825 14James Bechtel$ 150,200 15Joseph Grech$ 149,575 16Josh Arieh$ 139,075 17Al Boston$ 138,925 18Anthony Hartmann$ 134,900 19James Frangoulidis$ 134,450 20George Miller$ 133,850 21Thomas Keller$ 132,325 22Ron Rose$ 131,325 23Dwayne Moyers$ 130,625 24James Van Alstyne$ 129,150 25Joe Beevers`$ 128,400 26Farzad Bonyadi$ 127,525 27Alan Schein$ 127,200 28Tam Nguyen$ 126,800 29Benjamin Johnson$ 125,500 30Dan Alspach$ 121,800 31Russell Rosenblum$ 121,150 32Andy Bloch$ 116,625 33Allen Kessler$ 113,875 34Barry Greenstein$ 113,725 35Nam Le$ 113,100 36Ted Lawson$ 112,650 37Javier Quinones$ 112,000 38Jeffrey Abramovitz$ 111,875 39David Sklansky$ 111,575 40Hasan Habib$ 111,125 41Prahlad Friedman$ 110,650 42Victor Ramdin$ 110,250 43Eric Kesselman$ 109,150 44Thor Hansen$ 106,625 45Jerry Young$ 106,125 46Andy Miller$ 105,575 47Bernie Collins$ 105,550 48'Captain' Tom Franklin$ 105,350 49Tom McCormick$ 103,025 50John Kabbaj$ 101,100 51James Hoeppner$ 100,850 52Lee Markholt$ 100,700 53Michael Mizrachi$ 99,650 54Stuart Paterson$ 98,725 55Van Nguyen$ 98,575 56Noel Furlong$ 98,500 57Leonardo Fernandez$ 98,275 58Alex Prendes$ 98,125 59Armando Balbi$ 96,275 60Daniel Larsson$ 95,475 61Juha Helppi$ 95,325 62Noah Boeken$ 93,375 63Chad Layne$ 93,100 64'Devilfish' Ulliot$ 92,800 65Isabelle Mercier$ 92,650 66Paul Nepa$ 91,625 67Senthil Kumar$ 90,400 68James Carroll$ 90,375 69Bob Hoff$ 87,525 70Steve Brecher$ 87,375 71Amnon Filippi$ 86,575 72Paul Kraus$ 86,525 73Refugio Quintero$ 86,250 74Jens Sjogren$ 86,225 75Ngoc 'Jimmy' Tran$ 85,750 76Paul Nguyen$ 85,350 77Gabriel Thaler$ 85,250 78Tom Pniak$ 84,650 79Erik Seidel$ 84,600 80Mojgan Stringhan$ 84,150 81Charles Hartman$ 83,900 82Eskimo Clark$ 83,325 83Davidson Matthew$ 82,750 84Alex Todd$ 82,575 85Bo Sehlstedt$ 81,975 86Hilbert Shirey$ 81,850 87Max Pescatori$ 81,200 88Paul Maxfield$ 81,000 89Jason Lester$ 80,525 90Scott Wilson$ 80,425 91Trinity Greer$ 80,225 92Galen Kester$ 80,000 93Antonio Esfardiani$ 79,075 94Nekpal Singh$ 78,875 95Nick Hanna$ 78,575 96Rob Hollink$ 78,150 97Maureen Feduniak$ 77,750 98Lamar Wilkinson$ 77,725 99Chris Ferguson$ 77,075 100Craig Hartman$ 76,900 101Donovan Sleeper$ 76,525 102Johan Storakers$ 76,075 103Mike Chiappetta$ 75,400 104David Sutcliffe$ 74,700 105Al Decario$ 74,675 106David Grey$ 74,050 107Garylin Kelly$ 74,050 108Sammy Arzoin$ 73,425 109Mike Hauptman$ 72,900 110John Stolzmann$ 72,825 111Danilo Sahione$ 72,625 112Efren Bonillas$ 72,475 113David Oppenheim$ 72,150 114Robert Mizrachi$ 71,925 115Eddy Kleid$ 71,700 116Daniel Negreanu$ 71,500 117Yunya Wang$ 71,050 118Paul Niemela$ 70,775 119Jeff Shulman$ 70,550 120Simon Trumper$ 69,900 121Jesse Jones$ 69,625 122Phil Gordon$ 69,350 123Danny Hall$ 69,300 124Clifford Pappas$ 69,075 125Joe Clapper$ 68,000 126Alex Brenes$ 67,925 127Ray Faltinsky$ 67,700 128Annie Duke$ 67,625 129Barney Boatman$ 67,450 130Michael Hayes$ 67,450 131Barry Lackington (Fullt Tilt Entry)$ 66,875 132Kassab Ama$ 66,575 133Thomas Fitzsimmons$ 66,400 134Tobias Person$ 66,100 135Huck Seed$ 65,875 136David Chiu$ 65,825 137TJ Cloutier$ 65,825 138Tuan Lee$ 65,775 139Scott Lundberg$ 65,625 140Tobey Maguire$ 65,425 141Don Barton$ 65,225 142Pat Nixon$ 65,200 143Bob Feduniak$ 65,025 144David WIlliams$ 64,825 145Bengt Sonnert$ 64,650 146Steve Zolotow$ 64,550 147John Smith$ 63,850 148Mark Cole$ 63,750 149Spencer Sun$ 63,200 150David Wells$ 63,100 151John Defrancis$ 62,850 152Tony Bloom$ 62,850 153Gregory Bianco$ 62,750 154Robert Tracey$ 62,150 155Bill Ferrand$ 61,150 156Andy Robbins$ 60,875 157Scott Mayfield$ 60,725 158Curt Kohlberg$ 60,675 159Mickey Appleman$ 60,575 160Tom McEvoy$ 60,200 161Jen Harman$ 60,075 162Todd Arnold$ 59,675 163Greg Debora$ 59,450 164David Powers$ 59,325 165David Lim$ 59,175 166Mark Ross$ 59,075 167Gilles Haddad$ 58,825 168Phil Hellmuth$ 58,650 169Andy Goetsch$ 58,275 170Mark Weitzman$ 58,225 171Allen Cunningham$ 58,050 172Cuong Huynh$ 57,925 173Chau Giang$ 57,200 174Patrick Mackle$ 57,125 175Daniel Shak$ 57,075 176Francios Safieddine$ 57,050 177Avery Cardoza$ 57,050 178Roy Thung$ 57,025 179Alexander Stevic$ 56,975 180Tommy Vu$ 56,775 181Michael Bach$ 56,675 182Mark Boudewijn$ 56,600 183Brian Haveson$ 56,550 184John Aglialoro$ 56,500 185Mark Rose$ 56,500 186Keith Carter$ 55,975 187Dave Colclough$ 55,875 188Phil Ivey$ 55,400 189Mike Gracz$ 55,200 190Marlon Santos$ 55,175 191Brad Wyatt$ 54,850 192Zachery Johnson$ 54,700 193Casey Kastle$ 54,650 194Mads Anderson$ 54,600 195Arnold Spee$ 54,500 196Lee Watkinson$ 54,425 197Daniel Cossette$ 53,900 198Chris Roberts$ 53,875 199Lyle Berman$ 53,675 200Sean Wagmeister$ 53,125 201Billy Baxter$ 52,950 202Chris Bigler$ 52,775 203Joe Pelton$ 52,500 204Wayne Boich$ 52,025 205Charlie Shoten$ 52,025 206Paul Fairchild$ 51,950 207Barry Shulman$ 51,850 208Bradley Berman$ 51,850 209Padraig Parkinson$ 51,500 210Reagan Silber$ 50,925 211Kathy Leibert$ 50,775 212Daniel Fawks$ 50,725 213Chris Ball$ 50,600 214James Giordano$ 50,525 215Doyle Brunson$ 50,425 216Nathaniel Fox$ 50,375 217John D'Agostino$ 50,000 218Joe Awada$ 49,725 219Ross Boatman$ 49,525 220James Keith$ 49,225 221Young Phan$ 49,050 222Gary Dolenga$ 48,875 223Steve Wolff$ 48,800 224Vincent Napolitano$ 48,540 225Jhawn Barrowdale$ 48,075 226Mel Judah$ 47,625 227Mike Manttan$ 47,475 228Mark Dumas$ 47,300 229Clifford O'Connor$ 46,800 230Paul Testud$ 46,700 231Danny Dang$ 46,675 232Fred Hwang$ 45,975 233Raja Kattamuri$ 45,725 234Rob Schweiger$ 45,525 235Davood Mehrman$ 45,375 236Alan Smurfit$ 45,050 237Sean Sheikhan$ 45,050 238Mike Alsaabi$ 44,925 239Adrian Hanauer$ 44,500 240Richard C. Roberts$ 44,025 241Logan Trindade$ 43,900 242Harley Hall$ 43,875 243Jan Boubli$ 43,475 244John Cook$ 43,350 245Raul Paez$ 43,275 246John Phan$ 43,250 247Osvaldo Morales$ 42,350 248Abraham Gray$ 42,250 249Kaelaine Minton$ 41,900 250Dan Heimiller$ 41,825 251Ronnie Gustafsson$ 41,075 252Haralabos Voulgaris$ 41,050 253Istvan Novak$ 40,950 254Eric Brenes$ 40,675 255Bob Stupak$ 40,675 256Eddie Stutts$ 40,500 257Julian Studley$ 40,475 258Markus Lehmann$ 40,425 259Eracles Panayiotou$ 40,350 260Joseph Brooks$ 40,100 261Robert Baird$ 40,025 262David Weisberger$ 39,625 263Joe Cassidy$ 39,400 264Eugene Katchalov$ 39,400 265Stephen Murphy$ 39,000 266Don O'Dea$ 38,775 267Tommy Grimes$ 38,450 268Harry Demetriou$ 37,875 269Matthew Keikoan$ 37,700 270Robin Keston$ 37,500 271Michael Comer$ 37,375 272Wil Wheaton$ 37,375 273Don Zewin$ 37,075 274Humberto Brenes$ 36,675 275Arthur Azen$ 36,650 276Douglas Kaye$ 36,425 277Ron Faltinsky$ 36,175 278Joseph Loftus$ 35,925 279Mike Epstein$ 35,875 280Trent Martin$ 35,575 281Jay Heimowitz$ 35,500 282Richard Butler$ 34,450 283Tony Cousineau$ 34,300 284Richard Tatalovich$ 33,900 285Jim O'Brien$ 33,875 286Ron Livingston$ 33,850 287Todd Brunson$ 33,800 288Paul Darpino$ 33,775 289Sam Murphy$ 33,700 290Surinder Sunar$ 33,675 291Jonathan Cohen$ 33,500 292Todd Taylor$ 33,400 293Tony Ma$ 33,375 294Johnny Chan$ 33,325 295Peter Tyrrell$ 33,275 296Fred Sigur$ 31,850 297Kurt Conrad$ 31,850 298Martin Wilson$ 30,950 299Gavin Smith$ 30,375 300Mimi Tran$ 30,350 301Chris Bell$ 30,225 302Ted Forrest$ 30,175 303Dmitry Savelyen$ 30,125 304Dewey Tomko$ 30,100 305Pat Hamner$ 29,125 306David Plastik$ 29,025 307Tim Phan$ 28,875 308Peter Costa$ 28,700 309Carl Frommer$ 27,500 310Gregg Turk$ 25,900 311Eric Ford$ 25,250 312Chris Wilmott$ 25,200 313Paul Wolfe$ 25,125 314Kenna James$ 24,925 315Vadim Trincher$ 23,575 316Robert Williamson III$ 23,325 317Howard Lederer$ 23,175 318Kevin Newman$ 22,550 319Peter Moore$ 22,050 320William Thorson$ 21,450 321David Levi$ 21,250 322Paul Darden$ 20,600 323Sherkhan Farnood$ 19,175 324Timothy McGulgan$ 18,925 325Tom Smolinski$ 18,825 326Jon Regashus$ 18,675 327John Gale$ 18,675 328Than Duc Nguyen$ 18,525 329Konstantinos Katikakis$ 17,400 330Phillipe Rouas$ 17,150 331Carlos Mortensen$ 17,075 332Tom Severs$ 17,025 333Mark Gregorich$ 16,950 334Tony O'Hagan$ 16,275 335Patrik Antonius$ 15,725 336Men 'The Master' Nguyen$ 15,725 337Eli Elezra$ 15,700 338Nicholas Alexander$ 15,150 339David Singer$ 14,675 340Ray Allen$ 13,650 341Mark Chapic$ 10,250 342Hassan Tahsildar$ 10,175 343Gus Hansen$ 10,125 344Seymour Guiberson$ 9,275 PlacePrize $1$2,856,1502$1,698,3903$896,3754$518,9205$377,4206$264,1957$188,7108$150,9709$132,09510$113,22511-15$94,35516-20$75,48521-30$56,61531-40$47,18041-50$37,74051-100$30,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markpl1 Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 1st & 2nd heats Saw on cardplayer that hellmuth turned up 4 hours late for this again! What does he expect to gain from this, he has being doing it as long as I can remember. Surely his opponents have given up feeling intimidated by this antic. Don't get me wrong I actual don't mind Phil i think he is quite entertaining. Quite funny to see the Bill Fillmaff thing reconstruction of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted April 20, 2005 Share Posted April 20, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 1st & 2nd heats Good stuff winty cheers for posting that. This would be an amazing tournament to enter, after the WSOP main event it has the most "kudos" in winning, guaranteed fame and fortune basically...and look at that field! Possibly the toughest one I can remember seeing for 300 odd players. My mate was over this week at the bellagio, he won a super sat into the 5,000 NL hold em event. His starting table had paul philips and carlos mortenson at it :lol. By his own admission he got his ass completely kicked (busted on the first day) and he is a decent player, having made a 10,000 buy in pot limit omaha final table before. Its like playing on a different level - I will definately play sats for these events on the net a bit more often from now on, to play in one will be a fantastic experience + a shot at the big time. Looking down that list there I have to say I hope greg raymer does well. He came across as a genuine guy when he won the WSOP last year - I have no time for a lot of the arseholes you see in poker. He also has a good game, a mathematical player at heart he still has a lot of gamble and bluff in him when needed. Thomas keller sitting at around 20th is an exceptional player as well who shows amazing ability and would be good to see him in a WPT final. Just noticed Prahlad Friedman is at 41st...for those of you who dont know this guy has been probably the best internet cash game player of the last few years. He started out as being called "prefontaine" on stars but really made a name for himself on ultimate bet as "SpiritRock". His style is hyper aggressive, putting HUGE overbets in all the time. He can have the nuts, a drawing hand or indeed nothing at all when he does this but it puts the fear of god in his opponents - they have to call bets for tens of thousands of dollars with weak hands as they know he could well be bluffing but regularly find themselves paying off the nuts. Those with no bottle against him just find themselves being bled dry as he tests their strength to the max every hand. He plays on prima as "zweig" (rumour - but 95% sure this is true from watching him and his chat on there) and is now called mahatma on UB. I am guessing he is now trying to break into the big time live poker scene and it would be very interesting if he made a WPT final. Jez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stekinguk Posted April 21, 2005 Author Share Posted April 21, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 3rd Day UPDATE Well a lot can change in these tournaments overnight, as you can see from the new table. Fan favourite Daniel Negreanu was eliminated early in the day after missing his straight draw and many other pros were eliminated in an action packed day. It's good to see a strong showing from the European players, especially some of the English players. Top UK pro Dave 'el blondie' Colclough is in 2nd after finishing the first day with just his 50,000 starting chips while Surinder Sunar is just above average chips in 48th and Peter Costa not too far behind in 85th. Two of the Hendon mobsters are also left in although I am not expecting much from either of them as the best mobster by a long way Ram Vaswani was eliminated in day one. It looks like it is going to be a great tournament with many top pros and young talented players left in. I would love to see 'el blondie' take down such a big tournament but I fancy a good showing from Max 'the italian pirate' Pescatori, Barry Greenstein and Micahel 'The Grinder' Mizrachi in the later stages. PlacePoker PlayerChip Count1Al Boston$ 493,300 2Dave Colclough$ 381,100 3Paul Testud$ 369,400 4Juha Helppi$ 334,600 5Ron Faltinsky$ 334,200 6Spencer Sun$ 328,500 7Scott Wilson$ 319,600 8Tuan Le$ 315,700 9Scotty Nguyen$ 312,100 10Michael 'The Grinder' Mizrachi$ 307,800 11Johan Storakers$ 295,800 12David Chiu$ 284,300 13Mads Anderson$ 271,800 14Victor Ramdin$ 269,500 15Anthony Hartmann$ 255,200 16Jan Boubli$ 251,300 17Chad Layne$ 240,100 18Matthew Keikoan$ 239,700 19Dwayne Moyers$ 239,500 20Bradley Berman$ 238,800 21Kaelaine Minton$ 233,800 22Prahlad Friedman$ 233,400 23Tom Pniak$ 228,700 24Max Pescartori$ 223,400 25Alex Prendes$ 221,500 26David Williams$ 220,700 27George Miller$ 217,200 28Greg Raymer$ 216,600 29Danilo Sahione$ 212,400 30Jeff Shulman$ 211,500 31Alex Todd$ 208,200 32Hasan Habib$ 201,300 33Peter Moore$ 201,300 34Barry Greenstein$ 190,000 35James Carroll$ 189,400 36Rob Hollink$ 186,600 37John Smith$ 184,900 38Arnold Spee$ 181,600 39Osvaldo Morales$ 177,200 40James Bechtel$ 175,000 41Joe Clapper$ 172,500 42Arthur Azen$ 171,300 43Javier Quinones$ 171,000 44Steve Brecher$ 170,100 45John Phan$ 166,200 46Alan Goehring$ 165,800 47Alan Schein$ 164,500 48Surinder Sunar$ 163,800 49Annie Duke$ 157,900 50Barry Shulman$ 157,500 51Bo Sehlstedt$ 155,600 52Antonio Esfandiari$ 155,200 53Paul Nguyen$ 155,200 54James Giordano$ 152,800 55Jen Harman$ 152,100 56Allen Cunningham$ 151,900 57Jay Heimowitz$ 151,900 58Leonardo Fernandez$ 150,000 59Dewey Tomko$ 149,500 60Paul Kraus$ 148,700 61Andy Miller$ 146,400 62Greg Debora$ 145,500 63Scott Lundberg$ 145,000 64Barry Lackington$ 144,700 65Senthil Kumar$ 142,400 66Chris Ferguson$ 140,100 67Mike Hauptman$ 139,900 68Tam Nguyen$ 138,600 69Ted Lawson$ 136,800 70Paul Maxfield$ 133,300 71Steven Wolff$ 132,600 72John Esposito$ 130,000 73Adrian Hanauer$ 129,900 74Tony Ma$ 129,300 75Michael Comer$ 125,300 76Jesse Jones$ 125,200 77Nick Hanna$ 124,400 78Erick Lindgren$ 121,200 79David Wells$ 120,900 80Isabelle Mercier$ 120,300 81Jason Lester$ 119,900 82Joseph Brooks$ 119,500 83Kassab Ama$ 119,000 84Trinity Greer$ 118,800 85Peter Costa$ 117,300 86Russell Rosenblum$ 117,200 87Barny Boatman$ 116,900 88James Frangoulidis$ 115,700 89David Sklansky$ 113,500 90Tom McCormick$ 112,400 91Chris Roberts$ 111,000 92Efren Bonillas$ 109,700 93Gavin Smith$ 108,000 94Joseph Cordi$ 105,600 95David Lim$ 104,800 96David Grey$ 104,000 97Davidson Matthew$ 103,800 98Rob Schweiger$ 102,500 99Phil Ivey$ 101,700 100Maureen Feduniak$ 100,900 101Francois Safieddine$ 100,700 102Todd Arnold$ 100,600 103Michael Bach$ 100,600 104Tony Bloom$ 100,100 105Ray Faltinsky$ 99,800 106Robert Mizrachi$ 98,900 107Raul Paez$ 95,800 108Bernie Collins$ 95,200 109Roy Thung$ 92,800 110Keith Carter$ 92,600 111Tom McEvoy$ 91,300 112Tobias Persson$ 91,000 113Robert Tracey$ 88,900 114Allen Kessler$ 88,600 115Van Nguyen$ 88,000 116Jens Sjogren$ 88,000 117Joe Beevers$ 87,600 118Alan Smurfit$ 86,700 119Sammy Arzoin$ 86,200 120Avery Cardoza$ 85,300 121Phill Hellmuth$ 85,200 122Eric Weiner$ 85,000 123Andy Goetsch$ 84,500 124Lyle Berman$ 82,200 125Harley Hall$ 81,600 126Danny Dang$ 75,200 127Charlie Shoten$ 74,200 128Eddy Kleid$ 72,200 129Kathy Liebert$ 70,300 130James Keith$ 67,700 131Bob Stupak$ 66,700 132Mark Cole$ 64,900 133Gary Dolenga$ 64,900 134Ngoc 'Jimmy' Tran$ 63,900 135Nam Le$ 63,700 136Brad Wyatt$ 61,000 137Alex Brenes$ 60,400 138Mark Rose$ 59,900 139David Oppenheim$ 57,700 140Logan Trindade$ 57,400 141Galen Kester$ 56,800 142Robert Baird$ 56,700 143Stuart Paterson$ 56,400 144Wayne Boich$ 56,200 145Bengt Sonnert$ 55,300 146Thomas Fitzsimmons$ 54,800 147David Sutcliffe$ 54,300 148John Cook$ 53,700 149Farzad Bonyadi$ 49,600 150Siagzar Payvar$ 41,300 151Jonathan Cohen$ 39,600 152Paul Darpino$ 39,500 153Todd Brunson$ 39,300 154Mark Boudewijn$ 38,500 155Noah Boeken$ 36,300 156'Captain' Tom Franklin$ 35,400 157Eddie Stutts$ 35,200 158Thor Hansen$ 25,700 159Bob Feduniak$ 24,000 160Josh Arieh$ 22,000 161Mark Ross$ 21,300 162Gregg Turk$ 20,000 163Tony Cousineau$ 16,300 164John Defrancis$ 13,700 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 3rd Day UPDATE cheers for the update winty.... I see a couple of my tips (keller and raymer) have gone but friedman still doing well. As for hellmulth turning up late, he's just trying to get the camera on him I guess :zzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markpl1 Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 3rd Day UPDATE Raymers still going jezza. Along with David Williams who finished 2nd to him in the main event last year. According to updates there is some unknown called Phil Ivey;) with over a million in chips now, wonder if he is any good? Also up there is Michael Michzari(sp?) aka "The Grinder" who is having a hell of a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmuzeman Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 3rd Day UPDATE Sweet stuff, keep the updates coming! Gus Hansen busted out :( I dont thinkhe did any good on the world poker tour this year either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 3rd Day UPDATE ....45 players left to return for day 4, noon Las Vegas time (I forget whether that means 7pm or 8pm GMT). Use this for live tournament updates for this event over at Cardplayer: http://www.cardplayer.com/tournament-log/?event_id=837 That Michael Mizrachi's a fooking demon but how would he do in the WSOP? I might ring Stan James and just ask for a quote (he isn't quoted in their WSOP odds). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmuzeman Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 3rd Day UPDATE Date / Time:2005-04-21 14:39:00Title:Phill Hellmuth OutLog:Phil Hellmuth has been trying to play pots all day long in seat 4. The problem is Tuan Le has been raising almost every other hand in seat 3. Hellmuth finally had enough of Le's raises. Hellmuth exclaimed, "you're kidding me, what is going on here?" After again being frustrated by Le's raise, Hellmuth moved in his last $37,000. Le had raised to $22,000 before Hellmuth and was forced into calling the small re-raise. Le showed K-J with the Kd, and Hellmuth showed Ah-Kc. Hellmuth was in dominating position, until the flop came 10d-9d-2s. Le needed a Q, or a J to eliminate Hellmuth, and sure enough a Qd fell on the turn. Hellmuth then needed a J to make a higher straight than Le, but the 4d fell on the river and Le ended up with a flush to end Hellmuth's run. SO FUNNY! HAHA! :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 3rd Day UPDATE I've said it before - I don't know why everyone has a problem with Hellmuth. His arrogance is the most entertaining thing in poker. If only he could play as well as me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 3rd Day UPDATE Oh, Pinnacle have odds up for the remaining 45 players: Who will win more money? (I'm guessing accumulated and all three combined) Maximum bet of $500 in these match-ups: * (-110) M. Mizrachi, C. Ferguson, A. Goehring * (+100) P. Ivey, D. Tomko, A. Boston * (-101) J. Helppi, J. Beevers, P. Costa * (-109) H. Habib, G. Raymer, D. Williams * (-115) I. Mercier, D. Sklansky, D. Wells * (+105) T. Ma, J. Shulman, D. Colclough * (-102) J. Smith, T. Le, A. Goehring * (-108) P. Ivey, M. Mizrachi, D. Williams Players concerned? 1. Reza Payvar - $1,638,000 2. John Smith - $1,611,000 3. Tuan Le - $1,480,000 4. Michael Mizrachi - $1,102,000 5. Phil Ivey - $1,088,000 6. David Williams - $838,000 7. Arnold Spee - $754,000 8. Matt Keikoan - $693,000 9. Keith Carter - $631,000 10. Juha Helppi - $630,000 11. George Miller - $627,000 12. Rob Hollink - $571,000 13. Joe Beevers - $565,000 14. Chris Ferguson - $492,000 15. Tony Ma - $438,000 16. Paul Maxfield - $430,000 17. Mark Rose - $378,000 18. Dewey Tomko - $371,000 19. David Wells - $366,000 20. Peter Costa - $366,000 21. David Sklansky - $360,000 22. Alan Boston - $358,000 23. Alan Goehring - $335,000 24. Greg Raymer - $334,000 25. Isabelle Mercier - $334,000 26. Jeff Shulman - $236,000 27. Dave Colclough - $231,000 28. Nick Hanna - $285,000 29. Hasan Habib - $299,000 30. Alex Prendes - $237,000 31. Gavin Smith - $205,000 32. Joseph Cordi - $203,000 33. Paul Kraus - $189,000 34. Alex Todd - $174,000 35. Stuart Patterson - $107,000 ....surprisingly difficult to assess but remember you have to factor in the prize money won for each placing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 3rd Day UPDATE I am glad raymers still in, they must have missed him out the otehr day by mistake. My pick now would have to be Ivey tho, no question. This guy is a level above anyone else playing in that tourney. Jez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliensyndm Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 3rd Day UPDATE I'll go for joe beevers meself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted April 22, 2005 Share Posted April 22, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 3rd Day UPDATE Oh here's a goodie for updates and it's essentially a tournament blog from John Vorhaus (I'm in the middle of reading 'Killer Poker' at the moment as well). http://5starpoker.blogspot.com/ ....we're down to 27 btw and they're be playing until they get down to 18. Should have pointed out in the Pinnacle props that it's four match-ups of 'three on three' (I tried separating them out as best as I could). Joe Beevers is the sole survving Brit? "COME ON JOE!!" :clap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 Ha-ha! Surviving players in bold type of the seventeen players left in Pinnacle's match-ups: * (-110) M. Mizrachi, C. Ferguson, A. Goehring * (+100) P. Ivey, D. Tomko, A. Boston * (-101) J. Helppi, J. Beevers, P. Costa * (-109) H. Habib, G. Raymer, D. Williams * (-115) I. Mercier, D. Sklansky, D. Wells * (+105) T. Ma, J. Shulman, D. Colclough * (-102) J. Smith, T. Le, A. Goehring * (-108) P. Ivey, M. Mizrachi, D. Williams If Phil Ivey gets to the final 6, I guess he could even be an odds-on favourite with Pinnacle (this is just an appetiser for the WSOP as I guess some bookies are willing to try and cash in by putting all sorts of props 'in-running' during the tournament). Have been reading the updates on Cardplayer throughout the night and wow, Tuan Le is a lucky bugger. Raising some of the time, facing all-ins from Phil Ivey and Chris Ferguson after the flops as he puts in huge bets and wisely stepping down as though they've called his bluff. ....he knocks out the final two players of the day with a pair of 9s with both of 'em going all-in and he flops a full house! 1. Phil Ivey - $3,880,000 2. Tuan Le - $3,730,000 3. Hasan Habib - $3,255,000 4. Rob Hollink - $1,600,000 5. Chris Ferguson - $1,411,000 6. Michael Mizrachi - $1,334,000 7. Joe Beevers - $1,160,000 8. Sammy Arzoin - $1,128,000 9. Joseph Cordi - $1,069,000 10. John Phan - $1,050,000 11. Jeff Shulman - $759,000 12. Paul Maxfield - $685,000 13. George Miller - $502,000 14. Juha Helppi - $493,000 15. Tony Ma - $287,000 16. David Sklansky - $205,000 17. Paul Testud - $80,000 You gotta say if Hasin Habib makes the final table, it's quite a feat and he'll have done so two years consecutively. "COME ON JOE, YOU'RE ALMOST THERE!" :clap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stekinguk Posted April 23, 2005 Author Share Posted April 23, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 4th Day UPDATE It is a great field of players still left in and I still think anybody could win it. Ivey has got to be a big favourite with his chip stack but some of these guys left in are tournament specialists and I still fancy 'The Grinder' and John Phan who has some nice results to give a good showing. I have never really thought much of Joe Beevers and his results are poor considering the amount of tournaments he enters (all sponsored). I think he will come up short against some of the far superior players that are left. Sounds like Hasan Habib could have had about $7 million if a few coinflips would have went his way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 4th Day UPDATE It's close at the top there but Ivey has to be the favourite still. Thats a good last 18, of course it would be great to see joe beevers make the final TV 6 flying the flag for the brits but looking at that lot he is going to have to pull something special out of the hat to make it! ....he knocks out the final two players of the day with a pair of 9s with both of 'em going all-in and he flops a full house! Yeah...from what I read one of the others had KK and he had 99? The flop came 9JJ - talk about a time to get jammy :dude Sounds like Hasan Habib could have had about $7 million if a few coinflips would have went his way! Yeah this is always the way in NL hold em tournaments when the blinds get large, whoever wins the coinflips gets all the chips - and if you dont win them you aint gonna win the tourney. Although from what I have read it seems with an average stack of 1.5mil the big blind was only 24k. This is an exceptionally smooth structure and there is absolutely no need to commit chips to a coinflip, it seems they are rewarding good play over luck in this tournament (although for a 25,000 buy in you would expect it I suppose!!) Will be following this with interest tonight, I cannot see past Ivey still. Jez P.S. As for the way helmuth went out - LOL I cannot wait to see the TV replay of that one during the summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 Going all-in with a pair of 6s? You crazy fool! Oh that is insane! Mizrachi was chip leader but he lost to Hasan Habib who was holding pocket queens and then Michael gets subsequently knocked out when his AJ loses to Rob Hollink's AQ. ....Michael Mizrachi finishes 11th. Still a phenomenal year so far for him. 4 more to go and tomorrow's the final table of six. :tongue2 1. Hasan Habib - $6,475,000 (seat 4) 2. Phil Ivey - $3,795,000 (seat 6) 3. Rob Hollink - $3,080,000 (seat 10) 4. John Phan - $2,245,000 (seat 9) 5. Tuan Le - $2,090,000 (seat 8) 6. Joe Beevers - $1,625,000 (seat 2) 7. Paul Maxfield - $1,270,000 (seat 3) 8. Chris Ferguson - $1,115,000 (seat 7) 9. Joseph Cordi - $975,000 (Seat 1) 10. Juha Helppi - $390,000 (seat 5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 4th Day UPDATE D'oh! Joe finishes seventh and out finishing on the TV bubble. Damn good try though. :clap 1. Hasan Habib - $7,795,000 (seat 2) 2. Rob Hollink - $4,430,000 (seat 6) 3. Phil Ivey - $3,365,000 (seat 3) 4. Paul Maxfield - $2,885,000 (seat 1) 5. Tuan Le - $2,680,000 (seat 4) 6. John Phan - $1,405,000 (seat 5) EDIT: Blue Square have outright odds up: * Hasan Habib 3/1 * Rob Hollink 7/2 * Phil Ivey 7/2 * Tuan Le 9/2 * Paul Maxfield 5/1 * John Phan 6/1 Pinnacle have odds for props for the final day and just for reference purposes I'm putting them on here. * Will Hasan Habib win the WPT Tournament? YES (+180) NO (-200) * Will Rob Hollink win the WPT Tournament? YES (+430) NO (-470) * Will Phil Ivey win the WPT Tournament? YES (+366) NO (-406) * Will Paul Maxfield win the WPT Tournament? YES (+820) NO (-1020) * Will Tuan Le win the WPT Tournament? YES (+800) NO (-1000) * Will John Phan win the WPT Tournament? YES (+1350) NO (-1650) Who will place higher? * H. Habib vs R. Hollink ~ HASAN HABIB (-239) ROB HOLLINK (+219) * H. Habib vs P. Ivey ~ HASAN HABIB (-168) PHIL IVEY (+153) * H. Habib vs P. Maxfield ~ HASAN HABIB (-418) PAUL MAXFIELD (+378) * H. Habib vs T. Le ~ HASAN HABIB (-410) TUAN LE (+370) * H. Habib vs J. Phan ~ HASAN HABIB (-620) JOHN PHAN (+560) * R. Hollink vs P. Ivey ~ ROB HOLLINK (+110) PHIL IVEY (-120) * R. Hollink vs P. Maxfield ~ ROB HOLLINK (-240) PAUL MAXFIELD (+220) * R. Hollink vs T. Le ~ ROB HOLLINK (-220) TUAN LE (+200) * R. Hollink vs J. Phan ~ ROB HOLLINK (-400) JOHN PHAN (+380) * P. Ivey vs P. Maxfield ~ PHIL IVEY (-230) PAUL MAXFIELD (+200) * P. Ivey vs T. Le ~ PHIL IVEY (-203) TUAN LE (+183) * P. Ivey vs J. Phan ~ PHIL IVEY (-360) JOHN PHAN (+330) * P. Maxfield vs T. Le ~ PAUL MAXFIELD (+105) TUAN LE (-115) * P. Maxfield vs J. Phan ~ PAUL MAXFIELD (-250) JOHN PHAN (+230) * T. Le vs J. Phan ~ TUAN LE (-169) JOHN PHAN (+154) Phil Ivey's finishing position: * 2nd? YES (+300) NO (-330) * 3rd? YES (+340) NO (-370) * 4th? YES (+500) NO (-550) * 5th? YES (+640) NO (-710) * 6th? YES (+1000) NO (- 1110) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 4th Day UPDATE That is one hell of a horrible place to finish for him...Just on the bubble before worldwide fame and exposure. I cant imagine prima poker (his sponsers) would have been too happy either :o. I hear there is still a brit left in that final 6 which is good. Cant see past Ivey winning it tho without someone dealing him a bad beat (always possible to be fair). WPT will love the fact they have him in the TV final...a good loose aggressive player like him always makes good TV. From what I hear the grinder self exploded 3/4 of his chips in a battle of the blinds? He was the small blind and raised big with 66. The big blind then reraised all in. Grinder called (I dont like that call - he had enough chips and has enough playing skill not to commit to a situation where he was either a big dog or a coinflip - but to be fair he must have had his reasons as he is an excellent player) and the BB showed QQ. He went from 4m to 1m in that hand and was gone a few later. Jez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 You're right Bloody hell! What the hell do I know?! Paul Maxfield is a STOKIE! "COME ON PAUL!!" :welcome EDIT: I've put a speculative £50 on Hasan Habib to win it at 3/1 with Blue Square. If he's learned anything from last year's duel with Martin de Knijff is to try and not to bluff at the wrong time. I've rewatched the episode but Martin just seemed to coast on a huge chip stack because he was catching good enough cards to scare out the rest of the table. ....for me, Hasan hopefully will be that lucky. Everyone on the US poker forums seem to be rooting for Phil Ivey. "COME ON HASAN!" :hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Going all in with a QTd? Now, I'm nowhere near what you call a quality cardplayer to be able to judge (no ****ing way am I) but Rob Hollink just did that with QTd. Tuan Le happens to be holding AcKd.... KABOOM!! Board comes 7h-3s-2s-Ah-3d. BLAMMO!! Rob's crippled to 330k and looks likely to be the first casualty soon. ....gonna be a long ol' night still, Phil's been quiet and Hasan's stack is up to 10 million and upwards (good). EDIT: Wow, Phil Ivey eliminated in SIXTH place! :eek Here's the hand that did it from Cardplayer: Hand 55: John Phan has the button in seat 5, and Hasan Habib raises it to $400,000 in early position, and Phil Ivey pushes all in for $535,000 more. Habib calls, showing the ubiquitous pocket queens, and Phil Ivey is again the underdog with Ac-Js. Deja vu. The flop is 6s-4s-3d, and Phil Ivey still needs help. The turn card is the 7d, and Phil Ivey needs to catch an ace to win or a five to chop the pot. The river card is the Kd, and Phil Ivey is eliminated in sixth place, earning $264,195. EDIT2: Rob Hollink eliminated in FIFTH place after the next hand! Hand 56: Rob Hollink has the button in seat 6, John Phan raises to $400,000, and Rob Hollink pushes all in for $1,635,000. Phan calls with pocket jacks, and Hollink is dominated with K-J offsuit. The flop comes Qh-9h-5d, and Hollink needs to catch a king (for a higher pair) or a ten (for a straight). The turn card is the 3c, offering no help. The river card is the ace of hearts, and Rob Hollink is eliminated in fifth place, earning $377,420. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 4th Day UPDATE Gl with the bet stereoman...looks like a great one now :hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliensyndm Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 4th Day UPDATE Man that is scary.....I go out on the bubble in casino tournaments, and the guy I pick (joe beevers) manages to go out on the bubble too. I think dave ulliot is in action tomorrow on channel 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 4th Day UPDATE John Phan eliminated in FOURTH place.....by Paul Maxfield! Hand 75: Tuan Le has the button in seat 4, and John Phan moves all in from the small blind. Paul Maxfield calls with A-5 offsuit, and Phan is caught bluffing with 8-3 offsuit. The flop comes A-Q-5, and Phan needs runner-runner to win the hand and eliminate Maxfield. The turn card is a 6, and Phan is drawing dead. (The meaningless river card is a jack.) Paul Maxfield doubles up in chips. John Phan is eliminated in fourth place, earning $518,920. ========== Oh, darn it....this is gonna be close. Hasan Habib - $11.0 million (seat 2) Tuan Le - $7.0 million (seat 4) Paul Maxfield - $4.5 million (seat 1) ....it's that Tuan Le I'm worrying about though. I expect Paul Maxfield to be on Midlands Today/Central News tomorrow though whatever happens! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 4th Day UPDATE Hand 108: Hasan Habib has the button in seat 2,and he calls the $300,000, Tuan Le limps, and Maxfield checks his option. The three players see a flop of 10c-9d-8h, and they all check. The turn card is the Qd, Tuan Le checks, Maxfield bets $300,000, and Habib raises it to $900,000. Tuan Le folds, and Maxfield calls. The river card is an interesting one -- the ace of diamonds, putting three diamonds on the board. Maxfield checks, and Habib bets $2 million. Maxfield thinks a while, says, "That's a big bet," and takes a drink from his bottle of water. Habib continues to cool off with his hand-held electric fan, looking like he doesn't have a care in the world. (He's looked that way all night.) Maxfield calls, showing a jack for the straight, and Habib mucks his cards. Paul Maxfield just took over as the chip leader. Oh crap. :wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 4th Day UPDATE Hasan Habib must be on tilt. Hand 141: Hasan Habib has the button in seat 2, he raises it to $1 million, and Tuan Le pushes all in for $4.88 million. Habib calls with pocket sevens (7h-7s), and Tuan Le shows A-8 of spades. It's a race situation, and the flop comes Ks-10s-3d, and Tuan Le will double up with an ace, and eight, or any spade. The turn card is the 8s, and Tuan Le lets out a loud cheer as the crowd applauds. Habib is drawing dead, and the last card is the 8d. Tuan Le doubles up at the expense of Hasan Habib, and he becomes our new chip leader. BLUERGH!! :cry :puke EDIT: Hasin Habib KNOCKED OUT in THIRD place! Hand 143: Paul Maxfield has the button in seat 1, and Habib limps from the small blind, and Tuan Le raises it $500,000 more. Habib says, "All in," and Tuan Le calls with K-J offsuit. Habib has Q-8 of clubs, and he needs some help. The flop comes 9-7-2 with one club, and Hasan still needs help. The turn card is another 2, and Habib needs a queen or an eight to stay alive. The river card is the 3d, and Hasan Habib is eliminated in third place, earning $896,375. Oh at least I didn't go silly and make it £100 or more at 3/1....had fun while it lasted. :puke :puke :puke :spank "COME ON PAUL!! BEAT TUAN LE!! GRRR!!" :unsure :wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Jesus Christ! Hand 168: Maxfield pushes all in, and Tuan Le calls with A-4 suited. Maxfield shows K-8. The flop comes 10-9-5 rainbow, and Tuan stays in the lead with his ace-high. Maxfield needs a king, an eight, or a runner-runner straight to stay alive. The turn card is a 7, and now Maxfield has an open-ended straight draw. He needs to catch a 6, 8, jack, or a king. The river card is -- a king! Paul Maxfield has just doubled up through Tuan Le. The battle goes on ... "COME ON PAUL!" :clap EDIT: D'oh! Tuan Le wins :eyes Two vital hands: Hand 187: Tuan Le raises it to $2 million, and Maxfield calls. The flop comes 6-5-3 with two hearts. Maxfield checks, Tuan Le pushes all in, and Maxfield calls. Maxfield shows 6-5 suited for two pair, and Tuan Le has 9-8 for a gut-shot straight draw. Tuan Le needs a seven, but he sees a 2 fall on the turn. He now needs a 7 or a 4 to stay alive, and the river card is a ... 7. Unbelievably, the tournament continues with another come-from-behind river card. Tuan Le was a huge underdog in this hand, but manages to double up and get right back into the game. ....and the last hand: Hand 190: Paul Maxfield pushes all in, and Tuan Le quickly calls, showing K-J suited. Maxfield turns over K-5 offsuit, and he's dominated. Unless Maxfield catches some help, Tuan Le will win this tournament. The flop comes J-10-3, and Tuan Le takes a commanding lead. Maxfield needs to catch something runner-runner (like 5-5) to stay alive. The turn card is a queen, and that means Maxfield is hoping for a chopped pot with a nine or an ace. Anything else will eliminate him from the tournament. The river card is a 7, and Paul Maxfield is eliminated in second place, earning $1,698,390. Well done Tuan but good Gawd, what my head wanted (Hasan to win) and what my heart wanted (local boy to do good) didn't happen. :o A bad way to start the week if you're me. :sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyHills Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 4th Day UPDATE Superb stuff Stereoman, when do you sleep! Thanks for the updates and pity about your bet mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoman Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Re: Bellagio $25,000 Championship Official chip count - 4th Day UPDATE LOL! Nah, I just copy-and-pasted from Cardplayer (I won't take credit for their work). Sleep? Jesus,....you should see the state of me now (if Hasan Habib was on mega-tilt then I am in a similarly foul and grumpy mood although for far much lesser stakes). I'm gonna get some sleep now before I go further doolally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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