WSOP 2009 thread [Spoilers only in here please]

a-k-47

hope ivey wins this!

shano_88

Slash/ED wrote: »

Pretty sure I've never played a hand as bad as that AK hand, starting from the very first home game I played with friends when I didn't know the hand rankings...

he played the hand horribly. Pressure will make you do things like that. Hes obviously a descent player to go deep back to back.

Lurker1977

a-k-47 wrote: »

hope ivey wins this!

he deffo wont win, wont even outlast kenny tran imo

Slash/ED

shano_88 wrote: »

he played the hand horribly. Pressure will make you do things like that. Hes obviously a descent player to go deep back to back.

Tbh going back to back doesn't obviously say anything about his abilities. Good luck to him, he seems sound enough I guess.

Lurker1977

Joe Hachem and Degenyamine eliminated

a-k-47

Lurker1977 wrote: »

he deffo wont win, wont even outlast kenny tran imo

ridiculous statement to make.

RichieLawlor

Ivey up to almost 5 million according to his Twitter, imagine the hype if he makes the 9

eagle eye

Hangover is still there, hope he makes it.

eagle eye

A TV Hand
From the button Tom Schneider opened with a raise to 110,000. In the small blind, Dennis Phillips announced a re-raise, and he made it 310,000 to play. From the big blind, chip leader Darvin Moon four-bet it up to 675,000, drawing a quick fold from Schneider. Phillips wasn't so quick to act though, and he would think things over for several minutes. After cutting down and counting his own stack, he elected to make the call. Heads up then, the flop brought . Phillips slowly checked, and without missing a beat, Moon continued out with a bet of 750,000. Phillips would go for a long soak in the tank this time, clearly agonizing over a difficult decision. There were periods of complete stillness alternated with periods of chit-chat, though the conversation was too soft to hear from the table. Phillips finally asked if Moon would show, and the reply was affirmative. "Really, so you'll show if I fold?" Moon nodded again. Finally, and reluctantly, Phillips open-mucked . True to his word, Moon showed up , drawing a big slap on the felt from Phillips. The two men shook hands and exchanged further pleasantries as the dealer pulled in the cards and pushed the pot to Moon. It was a good flat-call preflop and a good laydown thereafter that will keep Phillips alive though he's been dropped down close to 1,000,000.

eagle eye

Wow the yanks are mental.

Ivey, Ivey, Ivey
Under the gun, Ryan Fair opened with a raise to 100,000. Three players (Phil Ivey, Blair Rodman, and Gabriel Vezina) came along with him to the flop. It showed up , and the action checked four ways. The turn card was the , and the first two players checked. Phil Ivey figured now was a good time for bet of 260,000, and it was good enough to win him the pot right there. From the rail: "Ivey, Ivey, Ivey" Across the rail: "Oy! Oy! Oy! Mr. Ivey is sitting on 6.2 million chips now, breathing down the neck of the chip leader.

5starpool

Anyone want to cut/paste the list of remaining players and counts please?

mewso

Top 10 per Cardplayer:-

1. Darvin Moon – 9,745,000
2. Billy Kopp – 8,245,000
3. Phil Ivey – 6,345,000
4. Steve Begleiter – 6,315,000
5. Ludovic Lacay – 5,965,000
6. Antonio Esfandiari – 5,610,000
7. Tommy Vedes – 5,430,000
8. Antoine Saout – 5,195,000
9. Ben Lamb – 4,975,000
10. Nick Maimone – 4,900,000

I don't see any official counts on Pokernews yet.

RichieLawlor

Esfandiari totally beneath the radar, covered up by the Ivey hype machine

5starpool

Someone like Ivey getting to the final table or better yet, winning it, would be great for poker I think. It would be akin to Tiger winning a major again. The interest would soar when possibly the biggest name is involved.

eagle eye

Yeah if he got to the final table it would be huge for poker, but as said earlier Denis Phillips would be the dream winner for poker. An amateur from last year getting back there again and pulling it off would get a lot of new faces into the game.

Hyzepher

What's the average going to be for the FT? 20m or something?

Samoa Joe

Day 7 chipcounts according to pokernews.com

Darvin Moon 9745000
Billy Kopp 8245000
Phil Ivey 6345000
Steven Begleiter 6315000
Ludovic Lacay 5965000
Antonio Esfandiari 5610000
Tommy Vedes 5430000
Antoine Saout 5195000
Ben Lamb 4975000
Nick Maimone 4900000
Hieu Luu 4755000
Jeff Shulman 4745000
Charlie Elias 4190000
Jeff Duvall 3935000
Joseph Cada 3880000
Luis Nargentino 3825000
Kevin Schaffel 3685000
Leo Margets 3650000
Adam York 3515000
Marco Mattes 3470000
Steve Sanders 3360000
Jesse Haabak 3345000
Adam 'Nestegg' Bilzerian 3305000
Eugene Katchalov 3300000
Miika Puumalainen 3200000
Andrew Lichtenberger 3190000
Scott Cook 3095000
John Martin 3080000
Fabrice Soulier 3025000
George Saca 3020000
Ryan Fair 2940000
Jamie Robbins 2895000
Marc Etienne McLaughlin 2895000
Tom Schneider 2895000
Jason Brice 2825000
Christopher Bach 2765000
Jonathan Tamayo 2680000
George Caragiorgas 2670000
Joseph Ward 2575000
Eric Buchman 2495000
Thai Tran 2495000
Bradley Craig 2445000
Dennis Phillips 2305000
Blair Rodman 2130000
Francois Balmigere 2025000
Ian Tavelli 1985000
James Calderaro 1810000
James Akenhead 1655000
Mark Ader 610000
Benjamin Jensen 1553000
Warren Zackey 1415000
Scott Sitron 1330000
Gabriel Vezina 1250000
Grayson Ramage 1215000
Hung Pham 1006000
Joe Sebok 1000000
Martin Lapostolle 940000
Scott Bohlman 865000
Montagna Corrado 860000
Prahlad Friedman 840000
Jordan Smith 830000
Michael Jansen 820000
Manuel Labandeira 765000
Craig Boyd 650000

eagle eye

30,000*6494 = 194820000/9 = 21646666 so approx 22mill.

Lurker1977

Anybody have any idea how Clayton Newman busted?

Whyno

Ivey 1/4 in running to take this down..Any takers

How did Eastgate Fall.
The run to the final table is going to be great. Some great stories to be had with the differnet scenarios of final tablists.

White Knight

Ciaran_Corbett wrote: »

Ludovic Lacay 5965000

Tricky french guy who knocked me out of the GJP short handed deepstack tournament in Drogheda a few years ago. It was very hard to put this guy on a hand and from looking at the reports the players in vegas are not finding it easier. "Oh, he actually had a hand this time". One report said he was playing every hand for the last hour! Very good player post flop and would be no surprise to see him do very well

eagle eye

White Knight wrote: »

Tricky french guy who knocked me out of the GJP short handed deepstack tournament in Drogheda a few years ago. It was very hard to put this guy on a hand and from looking at the reports the players in vegas are not finding it easier. "Oh, he actually had a hand this time". One report said he was playing every hand for the last hour! Very good player post flop and would be no surprise to see him do very well

I just google the guy, I played with him as well. Very, very aggressive, constantly raising, lol. Very, very dangerous. I got the better of him though.

RichieLawlor

White Knight wrote: »

Tricky french guy who knocked me out of the GJP short handed deepstack tournament in Drogheda a few years ago. It was very hard to put this guy on a hand and from looking at the reports the players in vegas are not finding it easier. "Oh, he actually had a hand this time". One report said he was playing every hand for the last hour! Very good player post flop and would be no surprise to see him do very well

Hes got direct position on Ivey, lets see how that works out for him

Whyno

RichieLawlor wrote: »

Hes got direct position on Ivey, lets see how that works out for him

Immenent bustoville is where he`s heading if he messes with D MAN....

chips1234

Lurker1977 wrote: »

Anybody have any idea how Clayton Newman busted?

he busted kings v aces near the end of the day

bigslick

On a side note, does no one think that its crazy that if Ivey wins the ME he still wont become POY with 3 bracelets this series?

Hawk Eye

Leo Margets 3650000, this is the young spanish girl that got a a lot of attention in galway at the ipc. This is who we really want final tabling...

cuterob

bigslick wrote: »

On a side note, does no one think that its crazy that if Ivey wins the ME he still wont become POY with 3 bracelets this series?

why is that?

AKQJ10

White Knight wrote: »

Tricky french guy who knocked me out of the GJP short handed deepstack tournament in Drogheda a few years ago. It was very hard to put this guy on a hand and from looking at the reports the players in vegas are not finding it easier. "Oh, he actually had a hand this time". One report said he was playing every hand for the last hour! Very good player post flop and would be no surprise to see him do very well

The guy is sick good. Would love to watch his table with ivey today

a147pro

Unfortunate exit hand for Eastgate:

Billy Kopp came in with a raise to 105,000 from early position, and Dennis Phillips made the call in the next seat over. Action came around to Peter Eastgate in the small blind, and he moved all in for 445,000 total. Both Kopp and Phillips eventually called to put Eastgate at risk.

The board ran out {6-Diamonds} {A-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {3-Hearts} with the two live players check-checking it all the way down. Phillips missed everything, and Eastgate tabled {A-Diamonds} {J-Spades} for top two. It was no good though; Kopp showed up {8-Spades} {8-Hearts}, having rivered the winning four-flush.

That's the end of the road for defending champion Peter Eastgate. He put on a great show, and he seemed to have the support of the masses as he made his second consecutive deep run, but he just couldn't get anything going today. His quest for a legendary back-to-back championship will come up about 75 places short.



Very good show by him, Phillips and OCrowe to go very deep again. People say Eastgate isn't a good player, I think its a bit harsh. He's not dynamic or anything, or inclined to be making massive moves, but he clearly has a great temperment and discipline which I think must suit a tournament of the length of the ME, and is prob a better skill, provided you get some cards, than having balls and aggression in an event like this.