Live Tournament Updates
Seif Uses Position to Take a Pot
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
After a flop of 9
7
5 two players check the action to Mark Seif on the button who bets 3,500. Both of his opponents call. The turn is the 9
. Again, action is checked to Seif. Seif makes a strong bet of 10,000 chips, leaving himself with only 7,500 behind. Both of the remaining players fold and Seif takes the pot.
Seif sufferend heartbreak last month when he made the final table of the Borgata Poker Open. In a integral pot, Seif had his pocket aces cracked at the final table by Vivek Rajkumar.
01:13 PM, 10/12/08
Chorny Chops with Kings
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
Glen Chorny raises to 600 and the player to his right re-raises to 1,200. Chau Giang calls from the small blind. Chorny then raises to 4,200. His opponent makes another raise to 11,700. Giang gets out of the way and Chorny moves all in for his remaining chips. His opponent calls.
Chorny shows KK and his opponent shows KK
.
The board fails to bring a four-flush for either hand and they chop the pot with kings.
01:03 PM, 10/12/08
Level 3 Begins
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
The players return from break to begin Level 3, with increased blinds of 100-200 and a 25 ante.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, Season VII, North American Poker Championship12:55 PM, 10/12/08
15-Minute Break
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
Level 2 comes to an end, and the players take a 15-minute break.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, Season VII, North American Poker Championship12:37 PM, 10/12/08
Sixty Second Spotlight: Glen Chorny
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
Glen Chorny may not be known to all poker fans, but this young player from Waterloo Canada is 5th on the list of all time money winners in Canada. His most notable score came in April of this year when he won the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo for over $3 million. Chorny plays a lot of Omaha online and even finds himself at a table with Chau Giang, a player that he has ran into in the online arena on more than one occasion. With both Giang and John Phan on his right, he finds himself with a difficult table draw today.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, Season VII, North American Poker Championship12:32 PM, 10/12/08
Chorny Forced to Fold; Phan Like His Table
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
Glen Chorny opens the pot for a 1,025 raise from early position. Action folds to the cut off who raises to 2,575. Chorny folds his cards. John "The Razor" Phan is seated at the same table and leans over to tell Chau Giang "I like this table. A lot of action."
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, Season VII, North American Poker Championship12:25 PM, 10/12/08
Sixty-Second Spotlight: Vivek Rajkumar
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
Vivek Rajkumar ran over the final table last month at the Borgata Poker Open to win his first WPT Championship and over $1,400,000. Steamrolling his way to victory, he eliminated seven out of his final nine opponents at the final table. Destiny seemed to be on the Duck’s side as he busted Mark Seif’s pocket aces by flopping a set of tens against the poker professional. Known as “Psyduck” online, this young online professional had a large rail sweating him both at the final table and on the internet forums. Vivek is a fearless player that made some incredible moves and calls over the course of the tournament. He proved his prowess in the last hand reported where he made a large call with an eight-high flush. As he raked in the pot, his opponent asks, “if I shove on the river, do you call?” Vivek said “No…my b@!#$ aren’t that big.” I caution his opponent to believe that.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Fallsview Casino Resort, Season VII, North American Poker Championship12:18 PM, 10/12/08
Vivek Rajkumar Takes a Nice Pot
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
Newly crowned WPT Champion, Vivek Rajkumar faces a 10,000 bet on a board of KJ59. He makes the call.
The board becomes paired when the 5 comes on the river. Both players check.
Vivek shows 87 for the flush and his opponent mucks. Vivek drags in the 34,000 pot and moves on to the next hand.
12:06 PM, 10/12/08
Henry Tran Eliminates Two Players
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
On a board of Q96510 a player moves all in and Henry Tran moves over the top for all of his chips. A player to his left agonizes over the decision before finally making the call. Tran proudly flips over 87 for the straight. One of the other players show pocket aces and the other simply mucks and walks away. Tran now has 49,000 chips.
Tran is from Canada and has over 1,000,000 in career poker tournament earnings. He won the first tournament he ever played at the 2005 WSOP Circuit event in Atlantic City for $780,000 at a final table that included Erick Lindren, Nick Frangos, Mimi Tran, Aaron Bartley, and Chad Brown.
11:58 AM, 10/12/08
Bill Edler Returns
Level 40: 2,000,000-4,000,000, 300,000 ante
On a board of J10987 heads-up action is checked to Bill Edler. Edler makes a pot-sized bet of 4,000 into the straight on board. His opponent thinks for a moment and makes the call. Edler says "I have the queen", showing queen-ten for the queen high straight. His opponent mucks and Edler takes the pot.
11:46 AM, 10/12/08
