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Live: $25,000 WPT World Championship
Upcoming: $100,000 WPT Super High Roller
| Earnings | $283,400 |
| Cashes | 3 |
| Final Tables | 1 |
| Titles | 0 |
| Tournaments Played | 8 |
Est. Current Chipcount
Est. Average Chipcount
7,820,000
Current Chipleader
-
Day 1-B
109,400
Day 2
315,500
Day 3
189,500
Day 4
6th
Level 22: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante
Steve Brecher has the button in seat 3.
Chau Vu moves all in under the gun for 202,000, and Tony Behari calls from the small blind with 8
8
. Chau shows A
8
, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.
The flop comes KJ10, and Chau picks up a gutshot straight draw for additional outs. The turn card is the 9, and Chau needs an ace or a queen to stay alive.
The river card is the 3, and Tony Behari wins the pot with his pocket eights.
Chau Vu is eliminated in sixth place, earning $135,000.
Pot Size - 428,000
Chris Moore - 1,734,000
Thao Le - 884,000
Steve Brecher - 2,160,000
Tony Behari - 1,909,000
Kathy Liebert - 1,134,000
Chau Vu - Out in 6th ($135,000)
Level 22: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante
Chau Vu has the button in seat 6.
Steve Brecher raises under the gun to 36,000, Chau Vu thinks for more than a minute before he reraises from the button to 116,000, and Brecher quickly reraises enough to put Chau all in.
Chau Vu tanks for about two minutes before he folds. Steve Brecher takes the pot.
Chris Moore - 1,478,000
Thao Le - 866,000
Steve Brecher - 2,186,000
Tony Behari - 1,931,000
Kathy Liebert - 1,152,000
Chau Vu - 208,000
Level 22: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante
Seat 6
Chau Vu
352,000 (6th in chips; 29 big blinds)
Chau Vu is a 38-year-old prop player here at the Bay 101, a fact that is advertised to the other players by an ID badge that he had to wear during the tournament. But Vu is no stranger to this event, as he nearly reached the WPT Final Table here in 2005, finishing in eighth place for the biggest score of his career.
Vu was born and raised in Vietnam, and he is married with one child and living here in San Jose. He earned entry into this tournament through a $100+rebuys satellite, so he is looking forward to a huge profit here, already guaranteed a new career record.
Biggest Live Tournament Cash: $130,000 (8th, 2005 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star)
Career Earnings in Live Tournaments: $260,698
Level 20: 4,000-8,000, 1,000 ante
Kathy Liebert raises from the button to 30,000, and Chau Vu calls from the big blind. The flop comes Q96, Vu checks, Kathy bets 35,000, and Vu calls.
The turn card is the 7, Vu checks, Kathy bets 70,000, Vu moves all in, and Kathy calls all in for 204,000 with Q9 (two pair, queens and nines). Vu shows 87 (pair of sevens, gutshot straight draw), and he'll need a ten to bust Kathy and collect her bounty.
The river card is the J, and Kathy Liebert wins the pot with her two pair to double up.
Kathy Liebert - 538,000
Chau Vu - 460,000
Level 20: 4,000-8,000, 1,000 ante
Steve "Chainsaw" Dempsey is all in preflop for 125,000 with A8 against Chau Vu's Q-Q. The board comes J7338, and Chau Vu wins the pot with his pocket queens.
Steve "Chainsaw" Dempsey is eliminated from the tournament in 15th place, and fails in his quest for a WPT title to reclaim full rights of his nickname from Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler. (Dempsey now calls himself "The Real Chainsaw.")
Chau Vu - 435,000
Steve "Chainsaw" Dempsey - Out in 15th Place ($30,000)
Level 17: 2,000-4,000, 500 ante
Chris Moore raises from middle position to 11,000, Steve Brecher calls from the button, and Chau Vu calls from the big blind. The flop comes 963, Vu and Moore both check, Brecher bets 25,000, Vu calls, and Moore folds.
The turn card is the 3, Moore checks, Brecher moves all in for 110,000, and Vu calls with 75 (gutshot straight-flush draw). Brecher shows QQ, and he'll need it to hold to stay alive.
The river is the 6, and Steve Brecher wins with his pocket queens to double up.
Steve Brecher - 308,000
Chau Vu - 166,000
Level 16: 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
Chau Vu moves all in to a dry pot for 100,000, and Tony Bahari calls, hoping to bust the money bubble with AK. Vu shows JJ, and it's a race situation. The board comes 96652, and Chau Vu wins the pot with his pocket jacks.
Chau Vu - 215,000
Tony Bahari - 350,000
