WSOP Pool 2009

[larrymcg421]

At this point, digamma and cartman are officially eliminated. They have no winning scenarios.

[Radii]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

At this point, digamma and cartman are officially eliminated. They have no winning scenarios.

even though I have 3 left and doing well, it seems hard to imagine I could win, with the combination of bonomo/hellmuth/ivey that Quiksand, rockboy, and Comey have, Bonomo and Hellmuth each money men for others.

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by Radii

even though I have 3 left and doing well, it seems hard to imagine I could win, with the combination of bonomo/hellmuth/ivey that Quiksand, rockboy, and Comey have, Bonomo and Hellmuth each money men for others.

I think some odd combination could still get you there. It's very unlikely, but still mathematically possible.

[larrymcg421]

Actually, rethinking that, you're right. There's no way for you to pass both of them. Either way, you're facing a double score and your other guy will be below that double score.

[hoopsguy]

Interesting names (or at least ones that I immediately recognize) and stacks reported at current dinner break:
Elky - 510,000
Kostritsyn - 500,000
Mizzi - 445,000
Jordan Morgan - 425,000
Benyamine - 402,000
Theo Tran - 401,000
Kevin O'Donnell - 390,000
Hellmuth - 390,000
Ivey - 360,000
Bonomo - 345,000
Lou Diamond Phillips - 345,000
Andy Black - 340,000
Kara Scott - 335,000
Kenny Tran - 308,000
Jeff Schulman - 300,000
Mike Sexton - 297,000
Hevad Khan - 295,000
Blair Rodman - 290,000
Greg "FBT" Mueller - 282,000
Esfandiari - 265,000
Dennis Phillips - 245,000
Arieh - 245,000
Kevin Saul - 240,000
Thor Hansen - 240,000
Tom Schneider - 230,000
Harrington - 229,000
Wasicka - 220,000
Lisandro - 211,000
Noah Boeken - 209,000
Eastgate - 201,000
Burt Boutin - 196,000
Costanza - 190,000
colson - 185,000
Nick Binger -178,000
JC Alvarado - 170,000
westmenlo - 162,000
Blair Hinkle - 160,000
Nick Schulman - 155,000
Surindar Sunar - 145,000
David Levi - 140,000
Fabrice Soulier - 140,000
Devilfish - 138,000
Shawn Buchanan - 135,000
Nam Le - 130,000
Kristy Gazes - 120,000
Kirk Morrison -110,000
Pat Poels - 110,000
Amnon Filippi - 108,800
JC Tran - 108,000
Amit Makhija - 104,000
Chau Giang - 100,000
Lee Markholt - 100,000
Van Nguyen - 98,900
John Monette - 98,000
Chris Ferguson - 85,000
Joe Hachem - 82,500
Joe Beevers - 76,000
Toto Leonidas - 57,000
Jim Bechtel - 55,000
Joe Sebok - 52,000
Prahlad Friedman - 51,000
Robert Mizrachi - 51,000
Vitaly Lunkin - 49,000
Kido Pham - 47,000
Lee Watkinson - 47,000
John Juanda - 45,000
Jordan Farmar - 43,000
Dutch Boyd - 40,000
Shaniac - 34,200

[larrymcg421]

Set over set puts Hellmuth up to $595,000.

Juanda is out.

[larrymcg421]

First post updated with chip counts heading into day four.

[larrymcg421]

It's hand for hand now as there's only 1 more player until the money.

[Comey]

Amazing. Ferguson is out. I thought he was out before. But he cashed. He isn't listed among those in the first post (I thought he was out too), but a few of us had him on our teams.

[larrymcg421]

Yeah I must have missed him. I'll add him to the totals.

[larrymcg421]

Updated the scores. Only change in the standings was jbergey moving ahead of kccheif.

[Comey]

Very quiet WSOP for him...only one other cash (Event #34).

My four horses are still going strong! Go Elky and Bonomo!

[larrymcg421]

Ivey is up to 900,000

Hellmuth had a rough start but worked his way back to 288,000

[Comey]

Where are you getting your information, sir? I'm checking CP every so often but updates are infrequent.

[larrymcg421]

Straight from the WSOP site:

http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/to...1118&curpage=1

[Comey]

Excellent. Thank you.

[digamma]

pokernews.com is also doing live updating.

[larrymcg421]

Hellmuth is out.

[larrymcg421]

Apparently Bonomo is out too. I must have missed that update.

[Comey]

Yeah, happened not too long ago.

[larrymcg421]

Ivey down to 220,000.

[Comey]

Ivey and Elky both falling quite a bit.

There's a Joey Lawrence with a lot of chips. You don't think...

[larrymcg421]

Ivey worked his way back to 600k. There's 232 players left.

Joe Sebok made a good point on Twitter, talking about how people panic and play too aggressive because theyre paying attention to how they stand in relation to the average stack instead of how they stand in relation to the blinds.

[digamma]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

Ivey worked his way back to 600k. There's 232 players left.

Joe Sebok made a good point on Twitter, talking about how people panic and play too aggressive because theyre paying attention to how they stand in relation to the average stack instead of how they stand in relation to the blinds.

We just passed the same advice on to our friend who finds himself somewhat shortstacked for the first time in the tournament. He still has an M of over 10, but is well below average.

[larrymcg421]

Two November Niners are still left: Dennis Phillips and defending champ Peter Eastgate.

[hoopsguy]

Ivey double-up to 850K with KK vs 99, money in pre-flop, and he holds up.

Dennis Phillips just doubled a guy up, drops to 550K.

[larrymcg421]

Ivey picked up Kings and doubled up to 850,000.

[larrymcg421]

Actually, looks like it wasn't a double up because he busted the other guy.

[hoopsguy]

Yep, tweet said double-up but pokernews update showed him busting the guy. Fire Ivey's tweeting team!

[larrymcg421]

Maybe the chip counts were close, so they thought it was double up. If so, I question the guy's decision to move in preflop with 9's and an M of over 20.

[larrymcg421]

Big hand for Sebok:

Sebok Hits Flush on River; Eliminates Pat O'Malley

On a board Joe Sebok moved all in and Pat O'Malley called for his tournament life.

O'Malley:
Sebok:

Sebok eliminates O'Malley with a flush and moves to over a million for the first time.

Now we don't have any pre-river betting info, but it sounds like O'Malley played this very poorly.

[hoopsguy]

Under 200 left now, payouts are around 36K apiece. So already a nice score for your friend, Digamma.

[larrymcg421]

Lots of big names still left, including two former ME winners. Hopefully we'll get some notables at the FT this year.

[Radii]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

Lots of big names still left, including two former ME winners. Hopefully we'll get some notables at the FT this year.

eastgate and ?

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by Radii

eastgate and ?

Hachem.

[Radii]

ahh thanks. I have mostly been following through this thread heh

[larrymcg421]

Didn't even notice that Esfandiari was still in, but he's up to $1.2 million now.

[larrymcg421]

Big names I still see:

Elky Grosspellier
Noah Boeken
Blair Hinkle
Joe Sebok
Phil Ivey
Joe Hachem
Blair Rodman
Peter Eastgate
Dennis Phillips
David Benyamine
Antonio Esfandiari
Lou Diamond Phillips
JC Tran
Theo Tran

[Comey]

I'm thrilled all three of mine are still around. Looked like Ivey and Elky would be gone early on.

[hoopsguy]

A couple of others I see:
- 2007 WSOP player of the year Tom Schneider (3rd in chips)
- Jordan Morgan (runner-up US Poker Championship from a couple of years ago that plays on ESPN pretty regularly)
- Prahlad "Spirit Rock" Friedman
- "Sick Call" Kenny Tran
- Jeff Shulman

[Comey]

Friedman's still in? Good Lord.

[Comey]

Joey Lawrence is still in. Still no confirmation if it's THE Joey Lawrence. It'd almost have to be. Unless you're Joey Lawrence, why would you want to be called that?

[larrymcg421]

On Pokernews, someone said it's an Australian guy and not the actor. I thinkt he actor goes by Joseph now, anyways.

[digamma]

Am I wrong in thinking THE Joey Lawrence made a push to be called Joseph Lawrence professionally a few years ago?

Our friend is still alive, though a little short...about $400k.

[digamma]

Larry beat me to it.

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by digamma

Am I wrong in thinking THE Joey Lawrence made a push to be called Joseph Lawrence professionally a few years ago?

Our friend is still alive, though a little short...about $400k.

Still not that bad. His M will be 25 starting the next level.

[digamma]

Originally Posted by larrymcg421

Still not that bad. His M will be 25 starting the next level.

Unless I'm misreading the starting level for tomorrow, I think he's closer to around an M just under 10.

[Barkeep49]

I have to admit to being surprised to see Phillips still in. He seems like a really terrific guy so I'm quite happy for him. Even happier for Joe Sebok, whose various radio shows I've listened to for years.

[Comey]

Sebok is excellent. I <3 The Circuit and went back to PokerRoad for the first time in a long time today. He's come so close in the past and just couldn't break through...I think the TV time he'll get with this will finally push PokerRoad out there (that and Ivey, who does a video podcast and is wearing PokerRoad gear at this event).

[kcchief19]

I'm guessing this is the ESPN featured table starting today's round. Lot of chips at the table, three popular or well known names:
(Blue 38)
Thai Tran - 1,707,000
Billy Kopp - 2,100,000
Dennis Phillips - 1,009,000
Nasr El Nasr - 1,329,000
J.C. Tran - 720,000
Joe Hachem - 540,000
Leonard Greer - 397,000
Marty Zabib - 799,000
Adam Latimer - 1,052,000

Nice to see Phillips making another deep run. Doing it back-to-back is impressive. Didn't realize Esfandari was still in. Ivey is at the same table with Benyamine. Grosspellier and Sebok are paired too.

Interesting fact: This is just the second time Peter Eastgate has cashed in the WSOP.