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Live: $25,000 WPT World Championship
Upcoming: $100,000 WPT Super High Roller
| Earnings | $2,544,832 |
| Cashes | 15 |
| Final Tables | 5 |
| Titles | 2 |
| Tournaments Played | 88 |
Ranking
4th
Payout
$278,300
Points
500
Day 2
144,800
Day 3
588,000
Day 4
2,319,000
Day 5
3,840,000
Day 6
4th
Level 25: 50,000-100,000, 10,000 ante
Freddy Deeb raises under the gun to 400,000, Jason Burt moves all in from the cutoff for 1,090,000, and Deeb calls with A
Q
. Burt shows A
J, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.
The flop comes KQ4, and Deeb pairs his queen while Burt flops a gutshot straight draw. The turn is the 9, and Burt needs a ten on the river to stay alive.
The river card is the 8, and Freddy Deeb wins the pot with a pair of queens. Jason Burt is eliminated in fifth place, earning $208,725.
Seat 1. Tommy Vedes - 2,910,000
Seat 2. Jason Lavallee - 5,695,000
Seat 3. Craig Crivello - 3,295,000
Seat 4. Freddy Deeb - 4,620,000
Seat 5. Jason Burt - Out in 5th Place ($208,725)
Level 24: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
Freddy Deeb raises from the cutoff to 325,000, and Tommy Vedes calls from the big blind. The flop comes 1095, Vedes checks, Deeb bets 400,000, and Vedes calls. The turn card is the Q, Vedes checks, Deeb bets 600,000, and Vedes thinks for more than a minute before he folds. Freddy Deeb takes the pot.
Seat 1. Tommy Vedes - 4,260,000
Seat 2. Jason Lavallee - 4,030,000
Seat 3. Craig Crivello - 1,960,000
Seat 4. Freddy Deeb - 4,150,000
Seat 5. Jason Burt - 1,295,000
Seat 6. Shawn Cunix - 765,000
Level 24: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
Freddy Deeb completes the small blind to 80,000, and Jason Burt checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes Q
105, Deeb bets 155,000, and Burt folds. Freddy Deeb takes the pot.
Seat 1. Tommy Vedes - 4,265,000
Seat 2. Jason Lavallee - 4,040,000
Seat 3. Craig Crivello - 1,970,000
Seat 4. Freddy Deeb - 4,155,000
Seat 5. Jason Burt - 1,375,000
Seat 6. Shawn Cunix - 745,000
Level 24: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
Craig Crivello raises under the gun to 240,000, Freddy Deeb calls from middle position, Shawn Cunix calls from the button, Tommy Vedes calls from the small blind, and Jason Lavallee calls from the big blind.
The flop comes KQ6, everyone checks to Cunix on the button, who bets 720,000, and Vedes moves all in for 1,325,000. Everyone folds to Cunix, who quickly calls with 66 for a set of sixes. Vedes shows KQ for two pair (kings and queens), and he'll need to catch another king or a queen to stay alive.
The turn card is -- the K!
Tommy Vedes turns a higher full house (kings full of queens) and his friends on the rail (including Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi and Glen Chorny) explode into cheers and high fives. But it's not over yet, because Cunix is drawing to a single out -- the case six -- to eliminate Vedes here.
The river card is the 5, and Tommy Vedes wins the pot to double up.
Seat 1. Tommy Vedes - 3,880,000
Seat 2. Jason Lavallee - 4,095,000
Seat 3. Craig Crivello - 2,310,000
Seat 4. Freddy Deeb - 4,065,000
Seat 5. Jason Burt - 1,530,000
Seat 6. Shawn Cunix - 610,000
Level 24: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
Jason Lavallee min-raises from the button to 160,000, and Freddy Deeb calls from the big blind, saying, "We're playing limit now?"
The flop comes KK3, Deeb checks, Lavallee bets 250,000, Deeb min-raises to 500,000, and Lavallee thinks for about 30 seconds before he calls. The turn card is the 6, Deeb checks, Lavallee bets 650,000, and Deeb thinks for more than 30 seconds before he folds. Jason Lavallee takes the pot.
Seat 1. Tommy Vedes - 2,290,000
Seat 2. Jason Lavallee - 3,280,000
Seat 3. Craig Crivello - 2,570,000
Seat 4. Freddy Deeb - 4,365,000
Seat 5. Jason Burt - 1,670,000
Seat 6. Shawn Cunix - 2,315,000
Level 24: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
Freddy Deeb raises under the gun to 230,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Seat 1. Tommy Vedes - 2,295,000
Seat 2. Jason Lavallee - 2,555,000
Seat 3. Craig Crivello - 2,615,000
Seat 4. Freddy Deeb - 5,030,000
Seat 5. Jason Burt - 1,675,000
Seat 6. Shawn Cunix - 2,320,000
Level 24: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
Freddy Deeb raises from the small blind to 250,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Seat 1. Tommy Vedes - 2,985,000
Seat 2. Jason Lavallee - 1,845,000
Seat 3. Craig Crivello - 2,715,000
Seat 4. Freddy Deeb - 4,900,000
Seat 5. Jason Burt - 1,735,000
Seat 6. Shawn Cunix - 2,310,000
Level 24: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
Freddy Deeb raises from middle position to 255,000, and Shawn Cunix calls from the button. The flop comes K104, Deeb checks, Cunix bets 350,000, and Deeb calls. The turn card is the 6, Deeb checks, Cunix bets 600,000, and Deeb calls. There is already 2.44 million in the pot.
The river card is the A, and both players check. Deeb says, "Two queens," and Cunix says, "That's good." Freddy Deeb shows QQ to win the pot.
Seat 1. Tommy Vedes - 2,850,000
Seat 2. Jason Lavallee - 1,900,000
Seat 3. Craig Crivello - 2,700,000
Seat 4. Freddy Deeb - 4,885,000
Seat 5. Jason Burt - 1,830,000
Seat 6. Shawn Cunix - 2,325,000
Level 24: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
WPT Festa al Lago, Day 5 Recap
By BJ Nemeth
Freddy Deeb will be going for history on Monday as he plays for his third title on the World Poker Tour, which would tie Gus Hansen for the record.
Sunday's action can be summed up as six hours to eliminate five players. Play started with 11 players, so there were two short-handed tables. Even with only five or six players per table, the action was relatively tight, and it took an hour for the first elimination of the day.
The first elimination may have been the most painful. Bellagio dealer Larry Berg won a satellite for his entry, and was making the most of it on the verge of the final table. Berg started the day with 810,000, but didn't put a single chip into play other than his blinds and antes. When he finally took a stand from the button with Q-J (with 10 big blinds in his stack), Tommy Vedes called with Q-J suited. In an almost certain chop situation, Vedes made a flush to win the pot outright and eliminate Berg in 11th place.
The final 10 players took their seats shortly after 1:30 pm, and it took 42 hands and more than two-and-a-half hours to lose Chris Bjorin in 10th place. Richard Sciuto followed him out the door a few minutes later in 9th place, and Kido Pham busted less than an hour later in 8th place.
Around 6:00 pm, Aaron Jones moved all in with K-8, but ran into Craig Crivello's pocket jacks. The jacks held up, and Jones was out in 7th place, earning the unfortunate title of "Bubble Boy."
By the end of the day, two-time WPT winner Freddy Deeb had moved into first place on the chip counts:
1. Freddy Deeb - 3,840,000
2. Shawn Cunix - 3,670,000
3. Tommy Vedes - 2,990,000
4. Craig Crivello - 2,570,000
5. Jason Lavallee - 2,045,000
6. Jason Burt - 1,375,000
The WPT Final Table begins tomorrow (Monday) at 4:00 pm PT, and chipleader Freddy Deeb is hoping to tie Gus Hansen as the only players with three WPT titles. (Deeb won WPT Aruba in 2005 and the WPT Celebrity Invitational earlier this year.)
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Level 24: 40,000-80,000, 5,000 ante
