WPT Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic

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WPT Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic

18 - 24 aprilie
buy in: 25,500$
No limit freezeout

Anul trecut fondul de premii a fost de aproape 11mil$. Pe primul loc a iesit
Tuan Le, care a plecat cu 2,800,000$ devenind cel mai bine platit jucator la WPT, devansindu-l pe Daniel Negreanu.



Mi-as fi dorit enorm sa particip si eu la turneu... Am avut 2 sanse - si anume 2 turnee cu buy-in de 1650$ (la care am ajuns pornind de la sateliti de 6$) pe Canbet dar n-a fost sa fie...


Sa vedem cine il va cistiga.

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Cum stai cu viza de state...?daca imi permiti..este si asta o problema ...
Chiar ma gindeam ca nu e usor unui roman sa se califice online la un turneu de asemenea anvergura mai sunt si probleme birocratice...
Mult succes!~

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A inceput

S-a inceput cu 50,000 chips, 90 minute level si 50-100 blinduri. Din acest motiv n-a fost prea multa actiune: au fost eliminati doar 40 de jucatori din 300 citi au intrat la mese. Pentru prima oara Day 1 se joaca in 2 zile, Negreanu & co jucand diseara.


Mark Seif just eliminated his opponent and has doubled up to $100,000.

Phil Hellmuth Has Entered the Building
Log: After missing the first two levels of play, Phil Hellmuth has entered the building and taken his seat. He is seated in the one seat, Barry Shulman is in the two seat and Juha Helppi is in the three seat.

In addition, Gus Hansen is seated in the eight seat.

Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf has built his stack up to around $115,000.

Phil Hellmuth has just eliminated Gus Hansen. Hellmuth has built his stack up to near $70,000 despite only playing for the last 35 minutes

Gavin Smith Eliminated
Log: In a very odd hand, Gavin Smith raises to $1,600 preflop. His opponent throws in three $1,000 but then announces call. The dealer declares it a raises and Gavin Smith moves all in for $18,325. After a few moments, his opponent calls and shows 7s-7d. Smith has him crushed with Qh-Qs. However, the board comes 10c-7c-4d-2d-4c and Gavin Smith has been eliminated.

Dustin Woolf Loses a Monster Pot
Log: With a board of Ah-Ad-7c-9c, Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf's opponent bets $10,000. Woolf raises to $25,000 and his opponent calls. The river is the Qs and the other player checks. Woolf bets $30,000 and his opponent reluctantly makes the call and flips over Ac-8d. Woolf mucks his hand and loses a pot of over $120,000.

Joe Sebok Eliminated
Log: On a flop of Qc-5h-4s, Sebok and his opponent, both very shortstacked get all their chips in the middle. Sebok flipped over Qs-9s while his opponent shows Qh-Qd for a set. The turn was the 7h and the river the 7s. Joe Sebok had his opponent covered by $25 and was subsequently eliminated on the next hand by TJ Cloutier's pocket eights.

Phil Hellmuth Loses a Huge Pot
Log:

On a board of Jh-10s-3d, Phil Hellmuth bets $10,000 and his opponent raises to $25,000. Hellmuth moves all in and his opponent immediately calls. Hellmuth flips over Ah-As but his opponent shows 10h-10c for a set. The turn is the Ks and the river is the 9c. Hellmuth's opponent doubles up to over $90,000 and Hellmuth is left with around $25,000

Phil Hellmuth Doubles Up
Log: After a flop of 6-3-2, Phil Hellmuth and his opponent get all of their chips in the middle. Hellmuth holds pocket tens, but opponent has a set of dueces. However, Hellmuth catches his ten for a better set and doubles up to around $60,000.

Barry Greenstein Hits a Monster
Log: With a board of Ah-Ac-9h-Qs-Jd, Barry Greenstein checks and his opponent bets $6,000. Greenstein reraises to $26,000 and his opponent calls with pocket jacks for a boat. However, Greenstein turns over pocket aces for quads and rakes the pot.




Chip count:

Chip Jett $220,000
Mark Seif $195,000
Robert Mizrachi $130,000
Hoyt Corkins $125,000
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Erick Lindgren $115,000
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TJ Cloutier $110,000
John Gale $110,000
Barry Greenstein $100,000
Josh Arieh $90,000
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Dan Harrington $80,000
Mike Matusow $80,000
Todd Brunson $75,000
Chad Brown $70,000
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Alan Goehring $70,000

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Hoyt Corkins






Young Phan


Cecilia Nordenstam

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Title: Freddy Deeb Loses a Big Pot
Log: With a board of 8s-7h-3h-9d-8d and around $40,000 already in the pot, Freddy Deeb's opponent bets $15,000. Deeb makes the call but mucks his cards when his opponent flips over 8c-8h for quads.

Title: Phil Ivey Eliminated
Log:

Robert Yong bets $2,000 preflop and Phil Ivey raises to $9,000. Yong calls and the flop comes 4-3-2. Ivey bets $15,000 and Yong calls. The turn is a jack and Ivey moves all in for around $15,000. Yong calls and flips over pocket aces. Ivey turns over pocket nines and does not get any help on the river. Phil Ivey has been eliminated from the tournament.

Title: "The Mouth" At It Early
Log: The rumblings of Mike "The Mouth" Matusow can already be heard throughout the Fontana Lounge. Mike is seated at the same table with none other than Phil Hellmuth.

Let the fireworks begin...

Title: James Woods Doubles Up
Log: Actor James Woods has doubled up to around $150,000. Also, he stopped by the Card Player table to let us know that he bet a player off a pot with two black jacks on a king high board with three diamonds. Woods has been building chips all day and seems to be involved in a number of pots.

Date / Time: 2006-04-20 02:55PM
Title: Daniel Negreanu and Mike Simon Eliminated
Log: Daniel Negreanu and Mike Simon have been eliminated from the tournament.

Title: Allen Cunningham Doubles Up Through Tony G
Log:

Tony G and Allen Cunningham get all of their chips in the middle preflop. Cunningham shows Kc-Qc while Tony G flips over Jh-Jd. The board came Ad-Ks-7s-9h-7c giving Cunningham a pair of kings and the double up. He is now sitting with around $85,000

Title: Alex "Yahtzem" Jacob Eliminates David Sklansky
Log: Ben Roberts raises to $4,500 preflop and David Sklansky calls. Alex Jacob calls and the flop comes 10-4-2 with two clubs. Roberts bets $12,000 and Sklansky calls. Jacob raises to $55,000 and Roberts folds. Sklansky then moves all in and Jacob calls. Sklansky turns over pocket fours for a set and Jacob flips up Ac-10c for top pair and a flush draw. "Yahtzem" hits his club on the river to eliminate Sklansky.

Alex Jacob is now up to over $230,000 chips.

Title: Patrick Antonius Over $300,000
Log: Patrick Antonius just took a huge pot off of Mark Seif and has boosted his stack to over $300,000. Seif is left with just around $3,000 chips.

Title: Mark Seif Eliminated
Log: After being crippled by Patrik Antonius, Mark Seif has just been eliminated.

Title: Phil Hellmuth and "The Mouth" Clash
Log: Phil Hellmuth and Mike Matusow get all of their chips in the middle preflop. Matusow has pocket fives and Hellmuth flips over A-10. Hellmuth catches his ace on the flop and Matusow is unable to improve.

Mike "The Mouth" Matusow has been eliminated from the tournament.

Title: David Williams Eliminates Hoyt Corkins
Log: Hoyt Corkins has just been eliminated by David Williams.

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day 3:

Day 3 of the 2006 World Poker Tour Championship event begins at noon PST. 204 players are 11 rounds deep with 82 participants holding average stacks or more. The chip leaders; Patrik Antonius, Gregory Fondacaro, David Williams and Erick Lindgren are sitting comfortable with around 500,000, though Shawn Bucahanan, along with Brad Booth are not far behind. The average stack is around 148,300 and there are still a lot of big names in the competition.

Title: Todd Brunson and Fabrice Soulier Eliminated
Log:

Todd Brunson and Fabrice Soulier were just eliminated on the same hand when both players were all in preflop and Paul Krauss flopped a set of sevens knocking out both players.

Title: Barry Greenstein Eliminated
Log: Barry Greenstein has just been eliminated.
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Patrik Antonius


James Woods


David Williams si Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf

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Title: T.J. Cloutier Eliminated by David Williams
Log: T.J. Cloutier was just eliminated by David Williams, adding to his already impressive stack.

Williams has now passed the $700,000 chip mark.

Title: Phil Hellmuth Doubles Up
Log: After Phil Hellmuth raised preflop, his opponent reraises $20,000 more. Hellmuth makes the call and checks in the dark. The flop comes Qs-Qd-9h and his opponent bets $40,000. Hellmuth thinks for a few moments before moving all in for $27,000 more. His opponent calls and shows Ad-Jh. Hellmuth flips over 7c-7h and the turn and river come running fours.

Phil Hellmuth has doubled up to over $150,000.

Title: An Odd Hand
Log: James Woods raised a pot and an opponent reraised preflop. Before Woods could act, the dealer put out the flop. The floor was called over and it was determined that the flop would be reinserted into the deck and the remaining cards reshuffled. The flop was taken back and Woods made the call. The new flop came out and Woods checked. His opponent bet $45,000 and Woods folded.

Title: Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy Doubles Up
Log: Tony Bloom limps in and Cliff Josephy raises to $15,000 from the big blind. Bloom calls and the flop comes A-6-5 with two spades. Bloom checks and Josephy bets $20,000. Bloom raises all in for an additional $109,000. "JohnnyBax" makes the call and shows A-10. Bloom flips over Ks-Qs and the turn and river are both non-spade eights.

Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy now has $325,000 chips.

Title: Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf Doubles Up
Log: Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf has just doubled through David Williams when his 10-9 made a straight against Williams's set of sevens.

"Neverwin" now has just short of $200,000 chips.

Title: John Esposito Eliminated by Patrik Antonius
Log: After a flop of K-Q-J, Patrik Antonius and John Esposito get all of their chips in the middle. Antonius shows A-Q but Esposito flips over A-10 for the nut straight. The turn was another queen, giving Antonius some outs. Another king falls on the river and Antonius makes a full house to eliminate Esposito.

Patrik Antonius is now around $700,000.

Title: "JohnnyBax" Takes a Hit
Log: Cliff Josephy raised preflop and his opponent moved all in. After a few minutes, "JohnnyBax" made the call and flipped over A-J. His opponent showed pocket fives and Josephy failed to improve against the pair.

Cliff Josephy is left with around $90,000 chips

Title: James Woods Eliminated
Log: Actor James Woods was just eliminated from the tournament.

Title: Dan Harrington Eliminated by Patrik Antonius
Log: In a battle of the blinds, Patrik Antonius and Dan Harrington get all of their chips in the middle preflop. Harrington showed K-Q and Antonius flipped over A-9. Harrington failed to improve and has been eliminated from the tournament.

Title: Evelyn Ng Doubles Up
Log: Evelyn Ng has just doubled up when her pocket nines held up against her opponent's A-K.

Title: Chad Brown Doubles Through Doyle Brunson
Log: Chad Brown and Doyle Brunson get all of their chips in the middle after a flop of Js-5c-4c. Brunson shows Ah-Jd but Brown flips over Ac-Ad. The turn is the 7c and the river is the 2s. Chad Brown doubles to around $700,000. Doyle Brunson is left with less than $200,000.

Title: Erick Lindgren Eliminated 94th by David Williams
Log: On a flop of Kc-5c-3h, Erick Lindgren bets $55,000 and David Williams raises an unknown amount. Lindgren moves all in and Williams calls. Lindgren has Jc-Jd but Williams flips over Ks-9s. The turn is the 2s and the river is the Qd.

Erick Lindgren has been eliminanted from the tournament.

Title: "Neverwin" Doubles Up
Log: Dustin Woolf moves all in with Ah-8c and is called by the button with pocket kings. However, the board comes 9c-8s-6h-As-6c and Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf doubles up to around $200,000.

Title: Jennifer Harman Crippled
Log: After calling her opponent's all in, Jennifer Harman flips over pocket aces. Her opponent has J-9 but the board comes 9-7-5-2-J. Harman is left with less than $100,000.




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Jennifer Harman si Lilly Elviro


Vanessa Rousso


Surinder Sunar

CHIP COUNTS

David Williams $1,400,000 0 0
James Van Alstyne $1,100,000 0 0
Victor Ramdin $1,100,000 0 0
Vanessa Rousso $900,000 0 0
Patrik Antonius $900,000 0 0
Men Nguyen $875,000 0 0
Chad Brown $850,000 0 0
Evelyn Ng $850,000 0 0
Freddy Deeb $750,000 0 0
Phil Hellmuth $700,000 0 0
Johnny Chan $650,000 0 0
Brad Booth $525,000 0 0
Greg Fondacaro $475,000 0 0
Gabe Thaler $450,000 0 0
Shawn Buchanan $400,000 0 0
Vinny Vinh $355,000 0 0
Chip Jett $325,000 0 0
Kenny Tran $325,000 0 0
Michael McNeil $315,000 0 0
David Grey $300,000 0 0
Carl Olson $275,000 0 0
Bill Edler $255,000 0 0
Amir Vahedi $250,000 0 0
Bill Baxter $250,000 0 0
Johan Storakers $225,000 0 0
John D' Agostino $195,000 0 0
Dustin Neverwin Woolf $185,000 0 0
Cliff Josephy $150,000 0 0
Meng La $100,000 0 0
Mark Gregorich $90,000

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Title: Amir Vahedi Busted By "JohnnyBax"
Log: Amir Vahedi raised all in to $24,000 preflop. Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy reraised behind him to $75,000, and all other players folded. Vahedi turned over Ah-2h and Josephy showed 8h-8c. The board came 9h-8s-6c-9s-Js and sent Vahedi home.

Title: Dapo Fadeyi Eliminates David Williams
Log:

Fadeyi raised to $45,000 under the gun and David Williams reraised to $200,000. Fadeyi called and the flop came 7d-3s-3d and Fadeyi moved all in. Williams called with Ac-Kd while Dapo Fadeyi showed 5c-5d. The turn was the 4s and the river the 10h eliminating David Williams.

Dapo Fadeyi is now the chip leader with over $1,600,000

Eliminated: Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson

There are currently 43 players remaining.

Title: JohnnyBax Doubles Up
Log: Daniel Adelson raises to $70,000 from the button and Cliff Josephy pushes all in from the big blind for $366,000. Adelson calls and shows Kh-Qh. Josephy flips over 8c-5s and will need to improve. The board does just that for "JohnnyBax" as it comes Ad-7d-4c-8h-3d.

Cliff Josephy has doubled up to well over $700,000 chips

Title: Evelyn Ng Eliminated
Log: After a flop of A-4-3 with two diamonds, Evelyn Ng and her opponent get all of their chips in the middle. Ng has A-k and her opponent has 6d-5d. However, the turn is the Qd, sealing Ng's fate. She is eliminated from the tournament in 39th place.

Title: Patrik Antonius Eliminates Anthony Newman
Log:

Patrik Antonius raised to $70,000 from late position, Vanessa Rousso reraised to $150,000 and Anthony Newman moved all in for over $700,000. Antonius called and Rousso folded A-Q. Antonius flipped over Ah-Kd while Newman showed pocket tens. The board came Kc-9s-6c-Qh-8d giving Antonius a pair of kings. Anthony Newman is eliminated from the tournament in 35th place earning him $73,230.

Title: Johnny Chan Eliminated
Log: After Chad Brown had raised $60,000 preflop, Paul Wasicka called and Johnny Chan raised $300,000 more. Chan only had $15,000 left after making the raise. Both Brown and Wasicka call. The flop comes 10s-2s-2d and all players check. The turn is the 3s and Brown bet $20,000. Wasicka called and Chan called all in for his last $15,000. The river was the 3d and Brown bet $200,000. Wasicka folded and Brown flips over two red tens. Chan mucks his cards and is eliminated from the tournament.

Title: Rehne Pedersen Eliminated 27th ($87,875)
Log: Rehne Pedersen moves all in preflop for around $330,000 and Patrik Antonius pushes all in on top from the button. Everyone folds and Pedersen shows pocket tens. However, Antonius flips over pocket jacks and the board comes 9-8-2-3-5.

Rehne Pedersen has been eliminated 27th.

Title: Chop Chop
Log: Men Nguyen raises to $100,000 preflop and Freddy Deeb calls all in for his last $86,000. However, both players have A-Q suited and the board does not bring either player a flush. They chop the pot.

Title: Freddy Deeb Eliminated 23rd (87,875)
Log: Freddy Deeb moves all in preflop for his last $83,000 and Erica Schoenberg calls from the big blind with Kc-8c. Deeb turns over 9h-4h and the board comes Jd-7h-6c-3h-10c. Freddy Deeb has been eliminated from the tournament.

Title: Vanessa Rousso Doubles Through Patrik Antonius
Log: Vanessa Rousso moves all in preflop and Patrik Antonius reraises all in. Everyone folds and Rousso shows pocket tens. Antonius flips over A-K and will need to improve. The board comes 9c-8h-3s-7c-6s and Rousso doubles up to over $1,700,000.

Patrik Antonius is left with just over $200,000.






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Title: Surinder Sunar Doubles Up
Log: Surinder Sunar has doubled up early on in today's action. He moved all in with pocket jacks and Roland De Wolfe calls with pocket nines. Sunar catches a third jack on the turn and has doubled up

Title: Surinder Sunar Eliminated 19th ($117,165)
Log: Chad Brown raised to $260,000 from the small blind and Surinder Sunar called. The flop came Kc-Jd-6s and Brown checked. Sunar moved all in for $35,000 and Brown called with 10d-6d. Sunar flipped over As-9c and must improve to stay alive. The turn was the 2h and the river the Kd eliminating Surinder Sunar in 19th place.

Title: Men "The Master" Nguyen Doubles Up
Log: Men Nguyen and Simon Moussa are all in preflop. Nguyen flips over Ah-Kd while Moussa shows 9h-9s. The board came Ks-8h-5h-Qd-8c and Nguyen doubles up to just over $750,000.

Title: Simon Moussa Eliminated 18th (117,165)
Log: Joe Bartholdi raises under the gun on the next hand after doubling up. It is folded to Simon Moussa who moves all in for his last remaining chips. Bartholdi calls and shows pocket aces again. Moussa has A-K and the board comes Q-10-10-2-8.

Simon Moussa has been eliminated from the tournament.

Title: Patrik Antonius Doubles Through Men Nguyen
Log:

David Matthew limps in and Patrik Antonius moves all in for $395,000. Men Nguyen then moves all in behind him. Matthew folds and Antonius shows Ad-5c. Nguyen flips over Js-10s and will need to improve. However, the board comes 8c-4c-2c-Kc-Qc and Antonius doubles up.

Men "The Master" is left with just over $200,000 chips.

Title: Men Nguyen Doubles Up
Log: Men Nguyen moves all in for his last $240,000 and Vanessa Rousso raises to $500,000. Everyone folds and Nguyen shows Ac-9s. Rousso flips over 8c-8h and is in the lead. However, the board comes Ad-As-6c-10h-2s and Men "The Master" has doubled up.

Title: Patrik Antonius Eliminated 17th ($117,165)
Log: Patrik Antonius raised to $170,000 preflop and Vanessa Rousso called. The flop came 10s-8s-5d and Antonius bet $310,000. Rousso put him all in and Antonius immediately called, showing two red aces. Rousso flipped over 10h-9h and needed to improve. She catches a miracle 10c on the turn and took a huge lead in the hand. The river was the 7h. Patrik Antonius has been eliminated from the tournament.

Title: Erica Schoenberg Eliminated 16th ($117,165)
Log: Erica Schoenberg moved all in under the gun for $395,000 and is called by Victor Ramdin with Kc-Kd. Schoenberg flipped over Ac-Qc, the board came 9h-8d-3s-6h-4s and Erica Schoenberg is eliminated from the tournament in 16th place.

Title: Men "The Master" Nguyen Doubles Up
Log: Victor Ramdin raises to $200,000 preflop and both Men Nguyen and Vanessa Rousso call. The flop comes Qd-10d-4s and Nguyen moves all in for $295,000. Rousso then moves all in behind him. Ramdin thinks for a few minutes before folding A-Q. Nguyen flips over 10c-9c and Rousso shows 10s-6s. The turn is the Qh and the river is the 6c. Men Nguyen has doubled up to well over $1,200,000.

Title: Men Nguyen Doubles Up
Log:

Men Nguyen raises to $300,000 preflop and Carlos Zambrano moves all in. Nguyen calls and shows Ac-Qc. Zambrano flips over Ks-Qh and will need to improve. However, the board comes 9d-7d-5h-5d-Ah and Men Nguyen has doubled up to around $2,000,000 chips.

Title: Cliff Josephy Eliminated 12th ($146,460)
Log: Josephy moved all in from the cutoff for $375,000 with Kh-Qc and was called by Espen Saltnes in the big blind with Ac-10d. The board came Qh-9c-6s-Js-Ad eliminating Cliff Josephy in 12th place

Title: Chad Brown Eliminated 9th ($205,040)
Log: Joe Bartholdi limps in and Chad Brown moves all in from the cutoff for just over $500,000. David Matthew calls and Bartholdi folds. Brown flips over Js-5s and Matthew has 2c-2s. The board comes 10c-10s-2d-Jd-7s and Chad Brown has been eliminated in 9th place.

Title: Espen Saltnes Eliminated 8th ($234,330)
Log: Espen Saltnes moves all in and David Matthew calls. Saltnes shows A-J but Matthew flips over A-K. The board comes K-7-5-10-9 and David Matthew has eliminated Espen Saltnes in 8th place.

Title: Vanessa Rousso Eliminated 7th ($263,625)
Log: James Van Alstyne raises to $485,000 and Vanessa Rousso moves all in preflop for 1,475,000. James Van Alstyne calls and shows Ad-Jd. Rousso flips over As-Ks and is ahead. However, the board comes Qc-6c-3d-Js-7d and Rousso has been eliminated on the television table bubble.

James Van Alstyne $8,070,000 1 5
Joe Bartholdi $7,135,000 1 1
Claus Nielsen $5,875,000 1 4
David Matthew $5,765,000 1 6
Roland De Wolfe $1,860,000 1 2
Men The Master Nguyen $1,490,000 1 3


Erica Schoenberg


Men Nguyen

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1 Joe Bartholdi (San Diego, CA, USA) $3,760,165 and Includes $25,500 seat in WPT Championship Event
2 Matt Davidson (Toronto, ON, Canada) $1,903,950
3 Roland de Wolfe (London, United Kingdom) $1,025,205
4 Claus Nielsen (Las Vegas, NV) $659,120
5 James Van Alstyne (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $439,375
6 Men "The Master" Nguyen (Bell Gardens, CA, USA) $292,91

Congratulations are in order to Davidson Matthew who parlayed a $25 satellite into 2nd place and $1,903,950!