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| Earnings | $3,655,866 |
| Cashes | 11 |
| Final Tables | 2 |
| Titles | 1 |
| Tournaments Played | 55 |
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Chipcount History
Day 1
57,500
Day 2
185,300
Day 3
772,000
Day 6
38th
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Photo Recap: Day 4 of WPT World Championship
Level 21: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante
By BJ Nemeth
Day 4 of the WPT World Championship saw the field diminish from 52 players down to 15, bursting the money bubble (27 players) along the way. Here's a look back at what happened on Day 4:
Yevgeniy Timoshenko (not pictured, because his seat is the empty one) started the day with about 20 big blinds, but he was a no-show at the start of play. Timoshenko didn't arrive until an hour after play began, and he didn't stick around long -- he got it all in with 9
9
against Tony Gargano's JJ
, and even though Timoshenko flopped a set, Gargano turned a higher set to eliminate the former WPT World Champion from the tournament.
Andy Frankenberger gives his thoughts to the WPT cameras after his elimination in 46th place. Frankenberger still leads the WPT Player of the Year race, but there are still several players who can catch him if they go deep enough in this event.
After some preflop action, Alan Sternberg (left) moves all in against former WPT World Champion David Chiu (far right). Chiu would eventually fold, giving Sternberg a bit pot without even seeing a flop. Unfortunately, neither player would survive the day.
Doyle Brunson (top left) smiles after catching his flush on the river to cripple Ali Tekintamgac (right), who had flopped two pair. Tekintamgac was knocked down to a single small blind (5,000), and eliminated on the next hand in 37th place.
Recent WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown winner Taylor Von Kriegenbergh speaks to the WPT cameras after his elimination in 39th place. Von Kriegenbergh was one of the players in the WPT Player of the Year race, and his elimination gave POY points leader Andy Frankenberger a little more breathing room.
Shannon Shorr is one of three players still in the WPT World Championship who can win the WPT Player of the Year award. Shorr will tie Andy Frankenberger with a fifth-place finish, and win it outright with a fourth-or-better finish. Shorr finished the day fifth in chips with 1,786,000.
Steven Kelly can win the WPT Player of the Year award with a third place-or-better finish. Kelly finished the day sixth in chips with 1,674,000.
Sam El Sayed, who won the WPT Amneville event in France, can tie Andy Frankenberger for the WPT Player of the Year award with a fifth-place finish, and like Shannon Shorr, can win it outright with a fourth-or-better finish. El Sayed finished the day second in chips with 2,774,000.
Scott Seiver wins a huge pot against Sam El Sayed with 24 players left to shoot up the leaderboard into second place. There was nearly 1.5 million in the pot on the turn, and both players checked the river on a board of K4333
. Seiver showed KJ to win the pot with a full house (threes full of kings).
Roger Teska (center, right) studies Kwinsee Tran (foreground, right) after Tran raised him on the turn with the board showing J1066. Teska tanked for several minutes before folding. Tran would win this pot, but was eliminated in 20th place ($37,167) a little while later. Teska finished the day third in chips with 2,194,000.
Doyle Brunson (foreground, right) waves goodbye to the table after his elimination in 24th place ($37,167). After a flop of QJ5, Brunson check-raised all in with AJ (pair of jacks) but ran into the QJ (top two pair) of Galen Hall (center left).
Will Failla (standing, left) looks into the cameras to beg for a ten as he is all in against Justin Young (far right). It was a preflop race between Failla's 1010 and Young's AK. The board came J5563, and Failla doubled up. Curiously, Young told Failla at the beginning of the level that he had a feeling he would double him up before the end of the night.
Abe Mosseri gives a brief interview to the WPT cameras after his elimination in 19th place ($37,167).
The WPT TV cameras cover the action as Steven Kelly (right) moves all in against Sam El Sayed before the flop. El Sayed eventually folded, and Kelly took the pot.
WPT Anchor Kimberly Lansing interviews chipleader Galen Hall, who finished Day 4 with 3,438,000. Hall was named the RISE Player of the Day.
1. Galen Hall - 3,438,000 (143 BBs)
2. Sam El Sayed - 2,774,000 (115 BBs)
3. Roger Teska - 2,194,000 (91 BBs)
4. Scott Seiver - 2,001,000 (83 BBs)
5. Shannon Shorr - 1,786,000 (74 BBs)
6. Steven Kelly - 1,674,000 (69 BBs)
7. Tony Gargano - 1,577,000 (65 BBs)
8. Ashton Griffin - 1,474,000 (61 BBs)
9. Nenad Medic - 1,282,000 (53 BBs)
10. Justin Young - 1,249,000 (52 BBs)
11. Freddy Bonyadi - 700,000 (29 BBs)
12. David Peters - 633,000 (26 BBs)
13. Daniel Alaei - 530,000 (22 BBs)
14. Will Failla - 393,000 (16 BBs)
15. David Williams - 318,000 (13 BBs)
Day 5 begins at 12:00 noon PT. Return to WorldPokerTour.com for continuing live coverage, including hand updates, frequent chip counts, video interviews with Kimberly Lansing, and another episode of the Jess & BJ Show.
10:17 AM, 05/18/11
Former WPT World Champ David Chiu Eliminated by Tony Gargano
Level 17: 5,000-10,000, 1,000 ante
With the board showing 9543 on the turn, David Chiu checks from the big blind, Tony Gargano bets 72,000, Chiu check-raises to an unknown amount, and Gargano moves all in.
Chiu quickly calls with A2 (five-high straight), but he's drawing dead to Gargano's 76 (seven-high straight). The meaningless river card is the J, and Gargano wins the pot to eliminate Chiu from the tournament.
Tony Gargano - 1,515,000 (151 BBs)
David Chiu - Eliminated
David Chiu won this event back in Season VI, and with his elimination, there is only one former WPT World Champion left in the field -- and it's the reigning champ, David Williams.
02:44 PM, 05/17/11
Alan Sternberg vs. David Chiu
Level 16: 4,000-8,000, 1,000 ante
Photo: Alan Sternberg (left) moves all in preflop against David Chiu (far right).
After some preflop action, Alan Sternberg raises an additional 51,000 from the button, and David Chiu reraises another 118,000 on top of that. Sternberg asks for an exact count of the raise before he moves all in.
Chiu thinks for more than a minute, flashes his cards to Mike Sexton (who is standing on the rail behind him, out of the tournament), and then folds. Alan Sternberg takes down the large preflop pot.
Alan Sternberg - 945,000 (118 BBs)
David Chiu - 365,000 (45 BBs)
01:41 PM, 05/17/11
A Couple of Big Pots on the River
Level 16: 4,000-8,000, 1,000 ante
Daniel Alaei just won a big pot against David Chiu on a board of J102410. Alaei won in a showdown with AJ (ace-high flush), and Chiu mucked.
Daniel Alaei - 485,000 (60 BBs)
David Chiu - 500,000 (62 BBs)
At the next table, Chipleader Sam El Sayed won a nice pot against Roberto Romanello on a board of 96364. El Sayed turned over 75 to win the pot with a seven-high straight, and Romanello mucked.
Sam El Sayed - 1,250,000 (156 BBs)
Roberto Romanello - 295,000 (36 BBs)
01:13 PM, 05/17/11
Season VI WPT World Champion David Chiu Busts Curt Kohlberg and Joe Elpayaa
Level 14: 2,500-5,000, 500 ante
Photo: Curt Kohlberg (left), David Chiu (center), and Joe Elpayaa (right) watch as the dealer puts out the river card.
Joe Elpayaa moves all in under the gun for 19,500, Ashton Griffin calls from late position, and Curt Kohlberg moves all in over the top from the small blind for 122,000.
David Chiu asks for an exact count from the big blind, and thinks for a bit before he moves all in over the top of Kohlberg. Griffin quickly folds 1010 face up.
Here are the cards in descending order of chip counts:
David Chiu: KK
Curt Kohlberg: QQ
Joe Elpayaa: 22
The board comes 1054A5, and the pocket kings hold up for David Chiu to win the entire pot and eliminate both Kohlberg and Elpayaa. Ashton Griffin does the math, and says he would've had more than a million in chips if he had made a bad call with his pocket tens.
David Chiu - 535,000
Curt Kohlberg - Eliminated
Joe Elpayaa - Eliminated
07:13 PM, 05/16/11
Photo Recap: Day 2 of WPT World Championship
Level 11: 1,200-2,400, 300 ante
By BJ Nemeth
Registration for the WPT World Championship finally closed on Sunday, and the total field size reached 220, improving on last year's number of 195. There were 32 players who joined the field on Day 2, including Freddy Deeb, Elky Grospellier, Tony G, Shaun Deeb, Phil Galfond, Allen Cunningham, Phil Hellmuth, and defending champion David Williams.
By the end of Day 2, there were 116 players remaining, with an average chip count of about 186,000. Here's a photographic look back at Day 2 of the WPT World Championship:
The balcony of the Fontana Lounge provides an excellent view of the famous Bellagio water fountains. This is the view that the players get during their breaks.
Daniel Negreanu stands on his chair to take an iPad photo of the players at his table before play begins on Day 2. Negreanu made it through the day to finish with a stack that is about half the average.
Table 49 may have been the most WPT titles we've ever seen at a single table. Six out of the nine players were former WPT winners, including one two-time winner.
Seat 1. Hoyt Corkins - WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals (Season II), WPT Southern Poker Championship (Season VIII)
Seat 2. Andy Frankenberger - WPT Legends of Poker (Season IX), current POY points leader
Seat 3. Doyle Brunson - WPT Legends of Poker (Season III)
Seat 4. Abe Mosseri - Chipleader
Seat 5. Dmitry Stelmak
Seat 6. David Chiu - WPT World Championship (Season VI)
Seat 7. Elky Grospellier - WPT Festa al Lago (Season VII)
Seat 8. Kyle Julius
Seat 9. Eugene Katchalov - WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic (Season VI)
Among this group, everyone survived to Day 3 except for Hoyt Corkins and Kyle Julius.
In typical Phil Hellmuth fashion, he arrived during the last level of registration and gives a few words to the WPT cameras before taking his seat. (As you can see by the clock behind him, Hellmuth arrived about halfway thru the 90-minute level.)
When Phil Hellmuth (right) took his seat, he found out he had position on both Kathy Liebert and Erick Lindgren. Among this group, late registration may have been the best strategy, as Hellmuth survived the day with 118,900, while Liebert and Lindgren were both eliminated.
With the board showing K85K on the turn, recent WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown champion Taylor Von Kriegenbergh (right) studies Josh Bergman after Bergman bet into him. Von Kriegenbergh would fold, and go on to finish the day with an average stack. Bergman carried the momentum from this hand to have a strong final level, nearly doubling his stack to finish sixth in chips with 415,600.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko (right) studies Jon Turner after Turner reraised all in preflop from the button. Timoshenko tanked long enough for someone to call the clock. Timoshenko let the countdown reach zero without acting, and his hand was declared dead. Turner won this pot, but finished the day with a below-average stack of 101,900. Meanwhile, Timoshenko finished the day 17th in chips with 315,800.
Abe Mosseri (right) took the chip lead during the first level of the day when he got his stack all in after the flop with top two pair against Kevin Saul's straight. Mosseri rivered a full house to double up, and he held the chip lead for most of the day. Mosseri finished with a tournament-leading 685,200. While Doyle Brunson (left) finished with "only" 244,000, that is still well above average with 116 players left.
1. Abe Mosseri - 685,200 (285 BBs)
2. Alan Sternberg - 606,400 (252 BBs)
3. Steven Kelly - 566,500 (236 BBs)
4. Roger Teska - 534,900 (222 BBs)
5. Scott Seiver - 461,300 (192 BBs)
6. Josh Bergman - 415,600 (173 BBs)
7. Justin Young - 414,100 (172 BBs)
8. Robert Mercer - 408,600 (170 BBs)
9. David Peters - 401,400 (167 BBs)
10. Darren Elias - 342,900 (142 BBs)
1st: $1,618,344
2nd: $1,061,900
3rd: $589,355
4th: $361,665
5th: $278,749
6th: $225,654
7th: $172,559
8th: $119,464
9th: $84,952
10th-12th: $63,714
13th-15th: $53,095
16th-18th: $42,476
19th-27th: $37,167
Day 3 begins at 12:00 noon PT. Return to WorldPokerTour.com for continuing live coverage, including hand updates, frequent chip counts, video interviews with Kimberly Lansing, and another episode of the Jess & BJ Show.
09:07 AM, 05/16/11
For the WPT World Championship, a Table Stacked with WPT Champions
Level 8: 600-1,200, 200 ante
Two-thirds of the players at this table are former WPT winners (6 out of 9), including one two-time winner. Another example of what a tough field this tournament attracts.
Seat 1. Hoyt Corkins - WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals (Season II), WPT Southern Poker Championship (Season VIII)
Seat 2. Andy Frankenberger - WPT Legends of Poker (Season IX), current POY points leader
Seat 3. Doyle Brunson - WPT Legends of Poker (Season III)
Seat 4. Abe Mosseri - Current chipleader
Seat 5. Dmitry Stelmak
Seat 6. David Chiu - WPT World Championship (Season VI)
Seat 7. Elky Grospellier - WPT Festa al Lago (Season VII)
Seat 8. Kyle Julius
Seat 9. Eugene Katchalov - WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic (Season VI)
04:08 PM, 05/15/11
Photo Recap: Day 1 of WPT World Championship
Level 6: 400-800, 100 ante
By BJ Nemeth
The $25,000 WPT World Championship is one of the top-tier events of each year, featuring one of the toughest fields of the year as the best of the best battle for the title of WPT World Champion. Last year's event attracted 195 players, and Day 1 would finish with a field size of 188. However, with registration open until about 5:00 pm on Day 2, the field is expected to easily cross the 200 mark.
WPT Commentator Mike Sexton gives the traditional "Shuffle up and deal" announcement to begin play, flanked by his co-host Vince Van Patten, WPT Anchor Kimberly Lansing, and the Royal Flush Girls.
Curt Kohlberg, fresh off a runner-up finish at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown, was the early chipleader after doubling up to more than 200,000 in chips. Kohlberg gave some of those chips back before bouncing back to finish the day 10th in chips with 216,925.
The WPT World Championship has one of the toughest fields of the year, with top players in just about every seat. In this photo, two-time WPT winner Daniel Negreanu (center) watches as three-time WPT winner Carlos Mortensen (right) and Jason Somerville (left) play a hand during the first level. Mortensen would be eliminated a few hours later at the hands of Somerville, who himself busted out in one of the last hands of the day to Shannon Shorr. Negreanu would survive to Day 2 with a slightly-above-average stack.
ClubWPT.com qualifier David Brownworth could be one of the most accomplished players in ClubWPT history. In addition to winning his seat into this $25,000 buy-in event, Brownworth also won a televised ClubWPT event a few years ago. Brownworth survived the day with a roughly average stack.
Andy Frankenberger (right) is in the driver's seat when it comes to the WPT Player of the Year race, currently leading the points race -- as long as he is still in the tournament, he controls his own destiny. But right on his heels is Vivek Rajkumar (foreground, left), who is only 100 points behind -- which he could potentially earn with only a min-cash. Frankenberger will also have to fend off other contenders, as ten or so can catch him with a final table appearance, and a lot more could catch up to him with a victory in this season-ending WPT World Championship.
Martin de Knijff won the WPT World Championship at the end of Season II, earning more than $2.7 million in the spring of 2004. At the time, it was the highest prize ever awarded in a poker tournament. (Also pictured, Jimmy Tran.)
After heavy preflop action from four different players, Daniel Alaei (far right) seven-bet all in, and Marco Johnson (far left) tanked for a long time before he forfeited the pot to Alaei. Tom Marchese (center, right) was also involved in the pot, but folded after several reraises. All three players survived to Day 2.
WPT President Adam Pliska is interviewed on the Fontana Lounge stage as the WPT World Championship is in action behind him.
Mike Matusow (standing, left) showed up in Bellagio's Fontana Lounge to check out the strength of the field, telling people, "I'm trying to talk myself into playing." Matusow said he wasn't sure whether or not he wanted to grind out a week-long tournament, but he apparently talked himself into it because he took a seat in the field a little while later. Matusow survived the day with a below-average stack. (Also pictured, Daniel Alaei (seated, left) and John Juanda (seated, right), both of whom reached Day 2.)
WPT Borgata Poker Open winner Dwyte Pilgrim gives an interview to WPT producer Mandy Glogow during one of the breaks. The players who won WPT titles during Season IX had already earned their entry into this season-ending WPT World Championship.
Kevin Saul catapulted to the top of the leaderboard during the last level when he doubled thru Justin Bonomo in an aces-vs.-kings cooler. Saul was all in preflop with the pocket kings, but caught a third king on the river to crack Bonomo's aces. Saul had 270,000 in chips at that point, and finished the day in 7th place with 229,975. Bonomo bounced back from this painful beat to finish the day with a slightly-below-average stack.
David Chiu (left) played a hand in the shadow of the WPT television cameras in a multi-way pot that included James Carroll (background, center) and Mike Matusow (foreground, right). Chiu won the WPT World Championship at the end of Season VI in dramatic fashion, overcoming Gus Hansen heads-up after being greatly outnumbered in chips.
Reigning WPT World Champion David Williams (standing, right) showed up late in the day to check out the field, but didn't register -- yet. When Williams won this event last year, he started the event on Day 2, and figured he would try the same strategy this year.
Ali Eslami, who final tabled the WPT Hollywood Poker in Indiana last month, finished the day second in chips with 249,475, and was named the RISE Player of the Day -- a title he also earned in Indiana.
The Day 1 chipleader is Christian Harder, who finished strong with 249,975. Harder will be the player to catch as the field returns for Day 2.
1. Christian Harder - 249,975
2. Ali Eslami - 240,475
3. Kyle Julius - 237,675
4. Justin Young - 234,575
5. Alan Sternberg - 233,675
6. Doyle Brunson - 230,000
7. Kevin Saul - 229,975
8. Masaaki Kagawa - 229,500
9. Robert Mercer - 222,850
10. Curt Kohlberg - 216,925
Day 2 begins at 12:00 noon PT. Return to WorldPokerTour.com for continuing live coverage, including hand updates, frequent chip counts, video interviews with WPT Anchor Kimberly Lansing, and another episode of the Jess & BJ Show.
09:03 AM, 05/15/11
Former WPT World Champions in the Field
Level 4: 200-400, 50 ante
Yevgeniy Timoshenko won the WPT World Championship at the end of Season VII.
David Chiu won the WPT World Championship at the end of Season VI.
Carlos Mortensen (right) won the WPT World Championship at the end of Season V. Unfortunately, Mortensen was eliminated a short while ago.
Joe Bartholdi won the WPT World Championship at the end of Season IV.
Martin de Knijff (right) won the WPT World Championship at the end of Season II.
06:29 PM, 05/14/11
