Live Tournament Updates
Chip Count Update
Level 2: 100-200, ante
All of the chip counts have just been updated in the Chip Count Tab.
Here is a look at the top five...
Dwyte Pilgrim - 80,000
Dan O'Brien - 72,000
Gavin Smith - 72,000
Tommy Vedes - 71,000
James Mackey - 68,000
Recent Eliminations:
Jason Mercier
Thayer Rasmussen
05:38 PM, 01/24/10
Jimmy Tran Correctly Lays Down Top Two
Level 2: 100-200, ante
On a board of A-K-10-9 after being re-raised all in, Jimmy Tran flips over his cards and tosses his A-K into the muck. His opponent shows Tran his read was dead on when he tables pocket aces.
Jimmy Tran - 7,500
05:14 PM, 01/24/10
Chad Brown & Kathy Liebert Join the Field
Level 2: 100-200, ante
Chad Brown and Kathy Liebert were among the late arrivals today, and the field size has increased to 207 players.
Chad Brown earned his entry into this event by winning the Gulf Coast Poker Championship main event here at the Beau Rivage last September. While a victory in this event would mark Brown's first WPT title, it would represent back-to-back main event wins here at the Beau Rivage.
05:14 PM, 01/24/10
Former WPT Champions in the Field
Level 2: 100-200, ante
With a little more than 200 players in the field (206 and counting), we've counted 12 former WPT title-winners in the field. Here are the players looking to join the elite club of multiple title winners. (Or the extremely elite club of triple WPT title winners.)
Hoyt Corkins - WPT Foxwoods (Nov 2003)
Surinder Sunar - WPT Paris (July 2004)
Daniel Negreanu - WPT Borgata Poker Open (Sep 2004), WPT Bellagio (Dec 2004)
Carlos Mortensen - WPT Bellagio (Oct 2004), WPT World Championship (May 2007)
Gavin Smith - WPT Mirage Poker Showdown (May 2005)
Nick Schulman - WPT Foxwoods (Nov 2005)
Joe Tehan - WPT Mandalay Bay (June 2006)
Jonathan Little - WPT Mirage Poker Showdown (May 2007), WPT Foxwoods (Nov 2008)
Bill Edler - WPT Beau Rivage (Sep 2007)
Lee Markholt - WPT Reno (March 2008)
Allen Carter - WPT Beau Rivage (Jan 2009)
Tommy Vedes - WPT Bellagio (Oct 2009)
05:04 PM, 01/24/10
Hoyt Corkins Doubles Up
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Hoyt Corkins doubles up to 68,000 after his set of queens defeats his opponent's set of fours.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Beau Rivage, Southern Poker Championship, Season 8 on FSN, Season VIII04:56 PM, 01/24/10
Jason Mercier Eliminated
Level 2: 100-200, ante
As soon as we posted about Jason Mercier's victory in the Beau Rivage prelims, he busted out of this tournament.
Jason Mercier - Eliminated
04:42 PM, 01/24/10
Other Big Prelim Performances: Nick & Michael Binger, Jason Mercier, Chris Bell
Level 2: 100-200, ante
Earlier, we mentioned that Dwyte Pilgrim had an incredible run here at the Beau Rivage Southern Poker Championship, with two victories and a second-place finish. But there were a few other top pros who made strong showings in the preliminary events.
Last night, Chris Bell won a $3,000 no-limit hold'em event, and last week, Jason Mercier won a $1,000 no-limit hold'em event. Mercier just claimed the Bluff Magazine 2009 Player of the Year award, and continues his too-long-to-merely-call-it-a-hot-streak hot streak.
A week ago, Nick Binger won a $1,000 no-limit hold'em event, and two days later, his brother Michael Binger won a $500 pot-limit Omaha event. The brothers pointed out that they have reached the final two tables together about half a dozen times, but they've never reached the same final table. That streak continued here at the Beau Rivage, but at least they each picked up a victory.
04:40 PM, 01/24/10
Mohsin Charania Plays A-Q with Confidence
Level 2: 100-200, ante
Mohsin "ChicagoCards1" Charania raises from under the gun to 500 and a player in middle position calls. The small blind raises to 2,000 and both Mohsin and the other player call.
The flop comes A
K
8
and the small blind and Mohsin check. The player in middle position makes a pot sized bet of 6,000. The small blind gets out of the way and Mohsin quickly calls.
The turn brings the 2
and after a check from Mohsin, his opponent bets 17,000. Mohsin moves all in and his opponent calls all in for his last few thousand chips.
Mohsin: AQ
Opponet: AJ
The river pairs the board with the K and Mohsin eliminates his opponent with aces and kings, queen kicker.
04:33 PM, 01/24/10
Eric Baldwin Doubles Through Darryll Fish
Level 2: 100-200, ante
On a board of A94106 Eric Baldwin bets 6,625 into a 10,000 pot and Darryll Fish moves all in.
Baldwin questions "What the hell could you be raising me with here?" Fish has him covered by about 6,000 chips and Baldwin goes into the tank for several moments before making the call.
Baldwin: A4
Fish: AK
Baldwin takes down the pot with two pair, aces and fours to double up.
Eric Baldwin - 50,000
Darryll Fish - 6,000
04:27 PM, 01/24/10
Curt Kohlberg Eliminated by Gavin Smith, Stalked by Matt Stout
Level 2: 100-200, ante
Curt Kohlberg was just eliminated when Gavin Smith made a flush against Kohlberg's pocket queens. Kohlberg goes home, and Gavin moves up the leaderboard with 43,000 in chips.
Gavin Smith - 43,000
Curt Kohlberg - Eliminated
Curt Kohlberg was here less than a level, but he still found himself seated at the same table as Matt "Allinat420" Stout -- for the third straight WPT tournament.
At WPT Foxwoods in November, Kohlberg and Stout started the tournament at the same table, and made it all the way to the final table together.
The next month, at WPT Bellagio, they shared another table, and they both went pretty deep. (Stout finished 20th, and Kohlberg finished 9th.)
On the way to Biloxi, they found themselves on the same plane, and sure enough, they started this tournament at the same table as well. Unfortunately for Kohlberg, this time it didn't bring much luck.
04:20 PM, 01/24/10
