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Cody V Timoshenko in the final first wins over $800k
T.I.D Jake !!
(also was it just me or did others notice Gus looked like he had been doing something he shouldn't before that S/F lots of jaw swinging and shakes lol)
With thanks to Barry Carter @ Poker News......
"2011 World Series of Poker
Event #2: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Jake Cody Wins
Well, this just in: Jake Cody is a sicko. Less than 15 months removed from his first major tournament victory, Jake Cody has completed his climb to the top of poker's highest mountain. At the tender age of 22, Cody has joined just two other men in achieving poker's Triple Crown. His EPT victory came in Deuville, France in January of last year, and he followed that up with another major title at WPT London just a few months later, Now today, in just his second WSOP event, he's added that elusive (or not so elusive, in Cody's case) bracelet to his trophy case. It's hard to overstate how impressive of an accomplishment it is.
Perhaps it's his soft-spoken tone or his haphazardly spiked hair. Something about Jake Cody indicates he's not much of a threat. But that's not exactly the case. Spurred on by an astoundingly loud cheering section of his countrymen, Cody blasted through his matches today. He used up only one of his three bullets to take all 4.8 million of Yevgeniy Timoshenko's chips, locking up the gold bracelet and sending his throng of supporters into a frenzy. It really was an impressive lesson in heads-up poker from a man who has a strange propensity for being underestimated.
Cody's path to this final was no cakewalk either. He knocked off Brandon Adams in the first round, then bested 2010 Player of the Year Frank Kassela to punch his ticket to to Day 2. Dani Stern was no match for him in their Round 3 contest, and Cody advanced through Jonathan Jaffe in the fourth round to move into the money. He had just one match to play on Day 3, but he admitted in his interviews that Anthony Guetti was his toughest challenge to that point. Cody was dangerously short-stacked for a good while during that match, but he stood his ground and battled back valiantly to take all the chips and earn his spot among today's final four.
Cody's semifinal match was one for the ages. If anyone has so thoroughly beaten Gus Hansen, we can't remember when it happened. Just like the final, Cody needed just one bullet to dispense with Hansen in a lopsided battle that went the opposite way many would have guessed. In the final, Yevgeniy Timoshenko put up a good battle, but Cody was just too much. In what had to be his toughest two tests, he didn't need any of his add-on buttons. Not even one.
So then, the second gold bracelet of the 2010 World Series of Poker goes to the young Brit, Jake Cody. With it comes the Triple Crown, and a good bit of exposure on national television, and more than $850,000 in U.S. dollars. Out of those, we're guessing the Triple Crown means most to the young Brit, and we at PokerNews send our congrats out to Cody and his countrymen for a truly impressive showing here this week!
Two events in, it's already shaping up to be the Year of the Brits in Las Vegas....."
Another Brit going well, this time as reported by WSOP themselves.....
Event 5 2011 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
13 left
1 122,909
2 75,911
3 48,961
4 35,476
5 26,083
6 19,456
7 14,723
8 11,301
9 8,800
10 8,800
11 6,949
12 6,949
13 5,561
Top Chip Counts
1 Alessio Isaia 175,000
2 Kai Landry 165,000
3 Eric Buchman 160,000
4 Dennis Parker 150,000
5 Jeremy Ausmus 133,000
6 Ylon Schwartz 130,000
7 Eugene Katchalov 116,000
8 Thomas Servais 112,000
9 Jonathan Spinks 100,000 (GB)
10 Arash Ghaneian 98,000
More from the WSOP.......
Day 1 completed
PLH Championship Day 1: 120 Players Hit the Rail; Levi Chip Leader with 137,000
The $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em Championship kicked off Day 1 with eight levels of action-packed play as 249 players entered for their shot at the first $10K championship of the year. While that number was down slightly from last year’s 268 entrants, the quality of the field was not diminished in the least. In fact, many of the event’s former champs were in attendance including Nenad Medic (2008- $794,112), Allen Cunningham (2007- $487,287), and last year’s winner, Hungarian Valdemar Kwaysser (2010- $617,214). When the sun set on Day 1 approximately 137 players remained.
As many know, Pot-Limit Hold’em is extremely popular with the European contingent of players. That fact was evidenced by the players who had traveled from around the world to enter the event. Among them were PokerStars Team Pro UK members JP Kelly, James Akenhead, and Liv Boeree; and European superstars Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Vladimir Schemelev, Maxim Lykov, and Praz Bansi. Although, about half of those players would be eliminated during the day.
Obviously Europeans weren’t the only players in action. Some big names who played and even survived the day include Erik Seidel, David “Bakes” Baker, Dwyte Pilgrim, Erick Lindgren, Jennifer Tilly, Phil Laak, Hoyt Corkins, and Pat Pezzin. Even more impressive, former champs Cunningham, Medic, and Kwaysser all survived to Day 2.
However, all of those players are trailing those at the top of the chip counts: Nicholas Levi (137,000), John Dwyer (130,000), McLean Karr (125,500), Darren Kramer (125,100), Martins Adeniya (124,800), Brandon Adams (114,000), Josh Arieh (113,000), Steve O'Dwyer (112,200) Sam Stein (111,000), Matt Marafioti (110,700), and Justin Bonomo (109,800).
Not all the big-name pros were as lucky as Levi. Huck Seed, David “Devilfish” Ulliott, Tom Marchese, Antonio Esfandiari, Daniel Alaei, Men “The Master” Nguyen, Frank Kassela, Scott Seiver, John Racener, and Michael Mizrachi were among those eliminated as the day wore on. In addition, PokerStars Team Pro members Vanessa Selbst, Alexandre Gomes, Jonathan Duhamel, Ville Wahlbeck, Vanessa Rousso, Lex Veldhuis, and Leo Fernandez all failed to make it through to Day 2.
Tomorrow, the remaining 137 players will return to compete for their share of a $2,340,600 prizepool, which will be distributed among the top 27 players with first place receiving $573,456. Here is a look at the payouts:
1st- $573,456
2nd- $354,460
3rd- $264,651
4th- $198,927
5th- $150,453
6th- $114,525
7th- $87,702
8th- $67,596
9th- $52,406
10th thru 12th- $40,890
13th thru 15th- $31,183
16th thru 18th- $25,348
19th thru 27th- $20,129
Top Chip Counts
1 Nicholas Levi 137,000
2 John Dwyer 130,000
3 McLean Karr 125,500
4 Darren Kramer 125,100
5 Martins Adeniya (GB) 124,800
6 Brandon Adams 114,000
7 Josh Arieh 113,000
8 Steve O'Dwyer 112,200
9 Sam Stein 111,000
10 Matt Marafioti 110,700......"
Note by me.....
Martin has a whole series of small cashes, including EPT's, GUKPT's, Aussie Millions, PCA, etc, his biggest cash to date being $55,000 at last year's WSOP, in the $25,000 (!) 6-max.
So, he needs 8th or better to improve upon that.
Saw this courtesy of Cardrunners, result of event 2 Binions Classic
2011 Binion's Poker Classic
Event 2 - No-Limit Hold'em
Day after that I final tabled the ARIA deepstack went out in 9th (7 paid) when my KK was beatin AIPF by A 10, Ace on the flop, taken out by a British WSOP player, its fair to say I learnt a lot from playing with this standard of player (I was quite surprised he called my 3 bet shove with A10 but hey ho!)
Was at Rio just before Jake Cody took it down, if I knew he was still in it I would have stayed and railed!
Nice one Jake!
With Cody's win, Trickett owning at the Aussie Millions, Elder taking down San Remo, and not forgetting a cheeky lil Welshman(Romanello) taking down WPT Bratislava. 2011 is looking good for the Brits already and we're only halfway through.
gl to Reds tomoz.
Chris Moorman looking good in 3rd, Toby lewis well above avg in 10th place. 31 runners left.
come on guys!!!
Go Stu Rutter! Stu agreed recently to come on our Show when he returns from Vegas - he might just be bringing home a bangle!
Event #9: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball
Day 1 completed
No Limit Deuce to Seven Day 1 Completed
After eight levels of No Limit Deuce to Seven Single Draw we've eliminated nearly 75% of the field. And what a star-studded field it was. We saw the likes of Barry Greenstein, Phill Hellmuth, David Williams, Greg Raymer, David Singer, Doyle Brunson, Erik Seidel, Michael Mizrachi and Jean-Robert Bellande among others, all find their place on the rail.
But even more important is the amount of notable pros that will be in action tomorrow. Among the 73 players left are Phil Laak, Jason Mercier, Shaun Deeb, Eli Elezra, Justin Bonomo, Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier, Galen Hall and five-time Deuce to Seven bracelet winner, Billy Baxter.
For most of the day Travis Pearson led our field, fresh off of his $1,500 Omaha 8 or Better final table. At one point he had almost 45,000 when nobody else had crossed the 30,000 chip mark. But some setbacks towards the end of the day left him bagging up just 33,600, still one of our top five stacks. Our current chip leader is George Lind III with an astounding 52,200. Lind III made his move in the very last level to put himself in excellent position heading into day 2.
You will definitely want to check back in tomorrow as this is sure to have a fantastic list of names that make the money and you never know what is going to happen in a no-limit game. The action has been fierce already but can only get hotter on moving day. We'll see you all back tomorrow at 3pm local time when action commences in the Amazon Room.
Top Chip Counts
1 George Lind III 52,200
2 Travis Pearson 33,600
3 Eli Elezra 24,000
4 Berry Johnston 22,000
5 Jason Mercier 21,250
6 Matt Affleck 21,000
7 Stuart Rutter 21,000
8 Greg Mueller 21,000
9 Jimmy Fricke 20,000
10 Bernard Lee 20,000
Great effort by Spinksy......
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
Champion Eugene Katchalov
Just five months after winning the $100,000 Super High Roller down at the PCA in the Bahamas, Eugene Katchalov has shipped his first World Series of Poker bracelet in Event #5: $1,500 Seven Card Stud.
Katchalov entered heads-up played against Alessio Isaia as a massive underdog, with just 250,000 chips to Isaia's 1.35 million. The native Ukrainian came roaring back however, snatching the chip lead in under an hour and never looked back from there. Katchalov's good fortune was highlighted perfectly during the final hand, where he caught consecutive cards on sixth and seventh street to make a better two-pair than Isaia. For his incredible comeback he takes home $122,909 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
Isaia's play cannot be overlooked for the past three days. He entered today as the chip leader, and was among the leaders until the final table was set. There he fell in the ranks, but quickly turned it around and regained the chip lead. Unfortunately he couldn't close the deal against Katchalov heads up, and will have to settle with $75,911 for second place.
Other players who deserve praise include Eric Buchman and Jonathan Spinks. Spinks was severely card-dead throughout the day, but grinded all the way to 4th place, earning $35,476. Buchman was in cruise control at the final table, accumulating chips left and right until he began to slip. He failed to execute a handful of bluffs, and was crippled when Isaia made a wheel on sixth against his trip-queens. Buchman unhappily exited in third place, receiving $48,961 for his play.
Three days ago, 357 players enter the Rio to compete for a WSOP gold bracelet. Some of poker's greats including Tom Dwan, Jason Mercier, David Bach, Daniel Negreanu, Sorel Mizzi, Shaun Deeb and Frank Kassela all came out to compete, but in the end only one player could be crowned champion. Congratulations to Eugene Katchalov for winning his first WSOP gold bracelet
Toby, you are a sicko! Chris Moorman, too, he was down to 2,000 at 200-400, what a comeback!
Event #7: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship
27 of 249 remain near the end
Top Chip Counts
1 Amir Lehavot 635,000
2 McLean Karr 600,000
3 Stephen Chidwick 510,000
4 Jonathan Jaffe 510,000
5 Chris Moorman 490,000
6 Jarred Solomon 400,000
7 Jason DeWitt 360,000
8 Tommy Vinas 360,000
9 Jason Somerville 355,000
10 Robert Mizrachi 310,000
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #7: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship
Here is a look at the table redraw:
Table 292
Seat Player
1 Mike “The Mouth” Matusow
2 Jason Somerville
3 Thorsten Schafer
4 Jennifer Tilly
5 Binh Nguyen
6 Nicolas Levi
7 Gary Rabin
8 Chris Moorman
9 Robert Mizrachi
Table 286
Seat Player
1 Jason DeWitt
2 Tommy Vinas
3 Noah Schwartz
4 Jonathan Jaffe
5 Marco Traniello
6 Stephen Chidwick
7 McLean Karr
8 Toby Lewis
9 Darren Kramer
Table 280
Seat Player
1 Nenad Medic
2 Takashi Ogura
3 Michael Benvenuti
4 Owen Crowe
5 Amir Lehavot
6 Sam Stein
7 Steve Gross
8 Jarred Solomon
9 Eric Cloutier
But little Danny's not laughing......
Negraneau bubbled the $10k
When it comes to Daniel Negreanu, there is no doubt the man plays for first. This was just evidenced on the money bubble of the $10K PLH Championship as Negreanu was eliminated as the bubble boy.
It happened in a blind versus blind confrontation with Jason DeWitt. Negreanu was in the big blind and called DeWitt's raise to 20,000 to see the flop come down {3-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{4-Spades}. DeWitt continuation bet 20,000, Negreanu raised to 60,000, and DeWitt made the call. When the {9-Hearts} hit the turn, DeWitt led out with a big bet and Negreanu called off for 74,000.
Negreanu: {K-Spades}{3-Spades}
DeWitt: {A-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Negreanu had flopped big with bottom pair and a flush draw, but he was still behind DeWitt's pair of fours. Unfortunately for Negreanu fans, the {9-Diamonds} river blanked and he was eliminated in 28th place. The good news, at least for the remaining players, is that they're now in the money.
These Updates are courtsey of WSOP.
The report below is Day 1a of the Event that Redmond Lee, aka Lolofold, will be playing TODAY, in Day 1b.
Event 8 $1,000 NLHE
Day 1a has officially come to an end. This is the first event this year with multiple starting days, and registration numbers are likely beat the total of players who entered this event last year (4,345).
Play was suspended with 312 players remaining. A total number of 2,116 players took to the felt today and as of this post over 1,200 have already pre-registered for day 1b tomorrow bringing the total number of players registered to more than 3,300.
Albert Kim appears to be our current chipleader with 74,675. Kim is no stranger to the WSOP as he finished in 19th place in the Main Event in 2008.
Other notable big stacks include last year's Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel with 45,525, Ana Marquez with around 60,000, Shane Schleger with 41,000, Dan Shak with 39,125, and David "The Maven" Chicotsky with 38,725..
Still hanging on are some other well known players including Eric Mizrachi (21,550), Chad Brown (14,275), and Vitali Lunkin (13,125).
Tomorrow Day 1b will commence at noon and the remaining players from days 1a and 1b will converge at 2:30pm on Monday for day two.
Top Chip Counts
1 Albert Kim 74,675
2 Ana Marquez 60,000
3 Kenny Nguyen 50,000
4 Jonathan Duhamel 45,525
5 Shane Schleger 41,300
6 Dan Shak 39,125
7 David Chicotsky 38,725
8 Bryn Kenney 35,000
9 Christopher Perez 34,000
10 Steven van Zadelhoff 33,000
312 of 2116 remain
Reds has sent me a Blog to Upload, & I'm just trying to get that set up now, hopefully it will be up later today. I've sent it to Suit-Ville, asking them to set up a "Red's blog", but I may temporarily park it on my Blog until his Blog gets properly set up.
chip counts 11 left. 1 brit
1.Jason Mercier 255k
2.Chris Bjorn 200k
3.Thomas Fueller 160k
4.Matt Perrins(GB) 126.500
5.Bernard Lee 100k
6.Josh Brikis 100k
7.Aaron Schaff 85k
8.Robin Rightmire 65k
9.Travis Pearson 50k
anyone know how reds did yesterday?
EDIT: at least i fink eames is in this event, he put it on his twitter, but his not on official chipcounts(don't know if everyone is on there)
In Response to Re: WSOP Update Thread - early success for Brits?:
1 Matt Perrins 293,0002 Bernard Lee 265,000
3 Chris Bjorin 197,500
4 Thomas Fuller 168,000
5 Josh Brikis 119,000
6 Robin Rightmire 107,000
7 Jason Mercier 89,000