WPT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

April 18-25 | Bellagio | Las Vegas, Nevada
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Yevgeniy Timoshenko Wins the 2009 WPT World Championship

12:42 AM, 04/26/09

Hand #144: Yevgeniy Timoshenko Wins the WPT World Championship ($2,149,960)

10:27 PM, 04/25/09

Hand #129: Ran Azor Doubles Through Yevgeniy Timoshenko

09:43 PM, 04/25/09

Hand #63: Harder Out in 4th Place; Grospellier Out in 3rd Place

06:59 PM, 04/25/09

Timoshenko Collects Half the Chips In Play

05:19 PM, 04/25/09

Hand #25: Yevgeniy Timoshenko Wins a Pot Worth 4 Million

05:17 PM, 04/25/09

Hand #21: Scotty Nguyen Eliminated in 6th Place ($285,985)

05:06 PM, 04/25/09

Hand #19: Shannon Shorr Doubles Through Scotty Nguyen

04:59 PM, 04/25/09

Seat 1: Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier

02:53 PM, 04/25/09

Seat 2: Scotty Nguyen

02:52 PM, 04/25/09

Seat 3: Shannon Shorr

02:50 PM, 04/25/09

Seat 4: Yevgeniy Timoshenko

02:48 PM, 04/25/09

Seat 5: Christian Harder

02:44 PM, 04/25/09

Seat 6: Ran Azor

02:42 PM, 04/25/09

History on the Line for Scotty Nguyen, Others, at the WPT World Championship

10:30 PM, 04/24/09

Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - Yevgeniy Timoshenko

09:44 PM, 04/24/09

Scotty Nguyen Count on it Baby

09:24 PM, 04/24/09

Elky Grospellier Season VII Player of the Year?

09:23 PM, 04/24/09

Shannon Shorr Slips into the Final Table

08:25 PM, 04/24/09

Christian Harder Looking to Actually Win a Hand at this Final Table

08:24 PM, 04/24/09

Ran Azor Talks About Laying Down Kings

08:23 PM, 04/24/09

Four Bellagio Millionaires Still Alive

01:42 PM, 04/24/09

Shuffle Up & Deal!

12:10 PM, 04/24/09

Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - Scotty Nguyen

06:13 PM, 04/23/09

Scotty Nguyen Doubles Into the Chip Lead Through Justin Young

05:03 PM, 04/23/09

What's on Freddy Deeb's iPod?

04:26 PM, 04/23/09

Shannon Shorr School vs. 2.1 Million

02:34 PM, 04/23/09

Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - Eugene Katchalov

09:36 PM, 04/22/09

Scotty Nguyen Million Dollar Baby

07:57 PM, 04/22/09

What's in Phil Ivey's Man Bag?

05:49 PM, 04/22/09

Two Unlikely Chopped Pots

04:47 PM, 04/22/09

Will the Thrill's Half-Inch Stack

04:28 PM, 04/22/09

WPT Player of the Year Race - Season VII

02:43 PM, 04/22/09

Chris Ferguson Loves Walking Under Ladders, Black Cats, and Interviews with Amanda

02:39 PM, 04/22/09

Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - Jeff Madsen

02:08 AM, 04/22/09

Day 3 Official Chipcounts & Day 4 Seating Assignments

10:51 PM, 04/21/09

Mike Matusow is Fired Up

08:10 PM, 04/21/09

Shaniac in Search of the Zone

06:17 PM, 04/21/09

Will Jeff Madsen Return For His Encore Performance?

04:20 PM, 04/21/09

Jimmy Fricke Movin' on Up

02:42 PM, 04/21/09

Amanda and Mike Sexton It's a Hick Thang

02:21 PM, 04/21/09

Brandon Cantu vs. Aces -- You'll Never Guess Which One Wins

12:25 PM, 04/21/09

Day 2 Official Chipcounts & Seat Assignments

11:24 PM, 04/20/09

Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - Justin Young

11:00 PM, 04/20/09

A Restless Roothlus

07:48 PM, 04/20/09

Beer Pong is in Erica Schoenberg's Blood

06:33 PM, 04/20/09

Amanda and Kristy Gazes Awkward!

04:23 PM, 04/20/09

Liv Boeree's Lapdance

03:30 PM, 04/20/09

Which Table is Tougher?

03:07 PM, 04/20/09

But Could Hitler Cook, Raise Kids, and Give a Good...?

02:58 PM, 04/20/09

Season VII WPT Player of the Year Race: WIDE Open

02:27 PM, 04/20/09

A Moment of Silence at the Start of Day 2

12:22 PM, 04/20/09

Day 1 Chipcounts & Seating Assignments

03:18 AM, 04/20/09

Season VII Winners in Today's Field

06:18 PM, 04/19/09

Official Number: 337 Players

04:43 PM, 04/19/09

Dan Heimiller Cracks Aces to Double Through Scott Clements

04:36 PM, 04/19/09

Dan Update - Daniel and Barry Greenstein Twitter Bluffing Each Other

02:29 PM, 04/19/09

Vadim Trincher Goes For Back-to-Back Victories

02:47 AM, 04/19/09

Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - Rhynie Campbell

10:41 PM, 04/18/09

GoDaddyGirl Vanessa Rousso

08:07 PM, 04/18/09

Amanda Can Never Tell Lie... At Least to Layne Flack

06:02 PM, 04/18/09

Andy Bloch's Straight Flush

05:05 PM, 04/18/09

Joe Sebok on the First Break Obviously

03:13 PM, 04/18/09

More Details on Andy Bloch's Straight Flush

01:34 PM, 04/18/09

Season VII Winners in Today's Field

12:42 PM, 04/18/09

WPT World Championship Begins at 12:15 pm PT

12:08 PM, 04/18/09

Live Tournament Updates

Shuffle Up & Deal!

Level 6: 400-800, 100 ante

The players are seated and ready to go, and the opening blinds are 400-800 with a 100 ante. Shuffle up and deal! 

Sorted In: Tournaments, Bellagio, Season VII, WPT World Championship
12:22 PM, 04/20/09

A Moment of Silence at the Start of Day 2

Level 6: 400-800, 100 ante

Gavin Smith took the microphone on stage and made a very somber announcement. Justin Shronk, a friend to many in the poker world and a behind-the-scenes producer at PokerRoad.com, passed away a few days ago at the too-young age of 27. Gavin said some nice words, and asked everyone to observe a moment of silence, which they did. 

Rest in peace, Justin Shronk. 

Sorted In: Tournaments, Bellagio, Season VII, WPT World Championship, Featured Blog
12:22 PM, 04/20/09

Day 2 About to Begin

Level 6: 400-800, 100 ante

There are 301 players still alive (from a total of 337) here on Day 2 of the WPT World Championship. The field is split between the Fontana Lounge (25 tables, 225 players) and the poker room (everyone else). We'll do our best to provide as much coverage as we can from this deep, deep field with plenty of the best players in the world still alive and competing. 

The players are currently opening their bags and racing off the green (25) chips. Play should be starting in the next 10 minutes or so. 

Sorted In: Tournaments, Bellagio, Season VII, WPT World Championship
12:10 PM, 04/20/09

Day 1 Chipcounts & Seating Assignments

Level 5: 300-600, 75 ante

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First NameLast NameChip CountTableSeat

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1VadimTrincher309,725545

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2JohnnyChan291,675114

.

3BurtBoutin281,000566

.

4ShaunDeeb269,900635

.

5DannyFuhs254,20062

.

6BrianPowell254,075575

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7RyhnieCampbell239,600639

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8SteveBillirakis232,450537

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9JustinYoung231,425527

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10BrunoFitoussi230,65076

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11CorwinCole229,900621

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12RobertSuer226,000525

.

13MatthewGraham222,775633

.

14BlakeCahail221,675643

.

15RanAzor218,875496

.

16JcTran218,300499

.

17ShaneSchlager215,150489

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18DavidBenyamine211,975615

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19KassemDeeb210,42577

.

20AndyBloch208,800112

.

21BryanRast207,500255

.

22ShawnCunix206,850442

.

23MarkSeif206,775597

.

24OwenCrowe206,550563

.

25BertrandGrospellier206,27579

.

26ShannonShorr205,800649

.

27MatthewVengrin201,95074

.

28MohamadKowssarie197,625613

.

29JeffMadsen196,900603

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30CodySlaubaugh191,600561

.

31DanHeimiller188,35021

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32RussellChabaud188,100539

.

33SinanYoyen183,225529

.

34MattGiannetti182,200443

.

35MichaelKamran176,20068

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36DavidSinger176,075646

.

37FrancoisSafiddine172,625601

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38EvanMcniff170,950556

.

39ScottMontgomery170,000478

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40EvgenySerebryakov169,350494

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41MatthewHyman166,22533

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42JoeBeevers165,350532

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43TimBullard163,550589

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44TomDobrilovic163,525474

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45SamFarha163,47571

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46RobertTepper160,600418

.

47TaiNguyen159,525524

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48Jean-NoelThorel158,00032

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49BrandonCantu157,600491

.

50MatthewBrady153,825481

.

51VivekRajkumar153,825413

.

52JeanGaspard153,325631

.

53AmnonFilippi152,000522

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54MarcoJohnson151,325572

.

55DanielShiff150,825118

.

56LisaParsons150,300175

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57JasonStrochak150,075587

.

58TuanLe150,00031

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59CliffJosephy149,625251

.

60CasperHansen146,375602

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61NickBinger145,975608

.

62KathyLiebert145,575433

.

63AlexKeating144,175559

.

64StephenO'Dwyer144,150619

.

65Danny Wong143,600119

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66MikeMatusow143,575604

.

67NarendraBanwari141,525124

.

68EricKesselman140,000127

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69DavidOppenheim139,00027

.

70MatthewGlantz138,50075

.

71LayneFlack138,000462

.

72JaredMahoney136,825244

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73MichaelDemichele136,525476

.

74RobertNehorayan135,900449

.

75ChrisMccormick135,000428

.

76NickSchulman135,000161

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77NaseemSalem134,750482

.

78RalphPerry132,875483

.

79SunnyChattha132,850446

.

80RobertMercer132,775454

.

81StevenWeinstein132,675484

.

82KeithLehr131,60072

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83ChrisMoore130,925162

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84JohnMartin129,900555

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85JaredHamby129,550647

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86JustinBonomo129,35025

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87JjLiu128,850471

.

88LeeMarkholt128,350577

.

89PeterFeldman128,250606

.

90JenniferHarman127,500573

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91DavidChiu127,325468

.

92TedForrest127,325439

.

93AdamMarkovits126,825125

.

94MichaelChiappetta126,325511

.

95PhilipTom126,30038

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96MartinDeknijff125,225535

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97HyonKim125,100641

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98BretRichiey124,90063

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99HafizKhan124,800452

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100PhilCollins124,150542

.

101DouglasJanney Jr124,025116

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102JeremiaCuartas122,925543

.

103MartinNielsen122,850243

.

104SteveSung122,72566

.

105AndyMiller122,650622

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106BarryGreenstein122,175609

.

107AlanSass122,025569

.

108DutchBoyd121,800252

.

109AllenKessler121,675423

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110MasaakiKagawa121,450173

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111MarkNewhouse121,425645

.

112ThithiTran121,375593

.

113AllenCarter121,00026

.

114JohnJuanda120,850493

.

115MikaelThuritz120,750486

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116ChrisFerguson120,725473

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117AaronBeen120,525456

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118RichardAnthony120,000165

.

119MarkusGonsalzes119,925416

.

120JimDouglas119,125425

.

121GlenWhitmer118,300176

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122KevinO'Leary117,975485

.

123WaylonFrey117,875447

.

124GavinSmith117,750521

.

125AnnieDuke117,300257

.

126JosephParker116,875582

.

127KennethTran116,075464

.

128ParvizRazavian115,025554

.

129StevenFung115,000598

.

130DennyRobinson114,975592

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131JeffKing114,575504

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132DavidBaker114,350562

.

133JoeCommisso113,975126

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134JohnMagill113,000502

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135FredBonyadi112,825624

.

136NamLe112,625565

.

137KennyTran112,050503

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138TotoLeonidas111,300614

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139EliElezra111,075612

.

140ChadBatista111,000567

.

141JustinSmith110,550553

.

142AnthonyNewman110,400526

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143GreggMerkow110,375164

.

144RussellRosenblum110,050168

.

145HenryIvany109,850434

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146PhilipGurian108,725544

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147JustinFiltz108,200463

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148MikeSexton108,000557

.

149AlliePrescott107,65022

.

150RyanFair107,175591

.

151Anh VanNguyen106,875245

.

152EricLindgren106,800174

.

153CoryZeidman106,475488

.

154ScottyNguyen106,400584

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155SteveWong105,675422

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156EricaSchoenberg105,600117

.

157MikeWatson105,200171

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158StevenBrecher104,625247

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159BerryJohnston104,425514

.

160EnriqueLeigue104,175166

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161AntonioSolario103,950536

.

162AndrewLichtenberger103,050508

.

163JimmyNgoc Tran102,800487

.

164NenadMedic102,500618

.

165ZacharyHyman102,500242

.

166RomanUlises102,275541

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167VanessaRousso102,275115

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168SvenStiel101,425122

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169SorelMizzi101,075167

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170RoyWinston101,000531

.

171JessieMartin100,12536

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172GabrielThaler99,92537

.

173ToddBrunson99,900415

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174JonathanFriedberg98,925638

.

175TommyLe98,000451

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176ChrisBush98,000432

.

177JonathanLittle97,600558

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178DavidGrey97,400528

.

179JerryYang96,750445

.

180StanJablonski95,175253

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181KennyLevy95,15024

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182JonathanAguiar95,025256

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183AnnadRamdin94,900568

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184BarnyBoatman94,775123

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185DavidWilliams94,25078

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186RonLevi93,200629

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187AdamLevy93,075588

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188LukeStaudenmaier93,000113

.

189HoytCorkins92,450571

.

190DennisTuttle92,300505

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191EmelineBoich92,150461

.

192SteveRosen91,350583

.

193ZacharyClark89,825429

.

194BenPalmer89,500648

.

195DanielNegreanu89,325518

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196WayneBoich88,200417

.

197ErikSeidel88,000574

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198MichaelPickett87,600178

.

199ChauGiang87,475551

.

200MichaelGraffeo87,450111

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201RaymondHenson87,175617

.

202GaryLindell86,675453

.

203AmitMakhija86,175533

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204QuinnDo86,000459

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205BinhNguyen84,650596

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206BrentHanks84,000548

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207EricLiu84,000515

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208CarlosMortensen83,900549

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209ShawnBuchanan83,525547

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210NikolayEvdakov83,050466

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211JasonLester83,025552

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212BethShak82,87534

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213BorisBecker80,650516

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214Heather SueMercer80,450538

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215DavidPeat80,000625

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216MichaelGrishman79,875519

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217Will"The Thrill"Failla79,850498

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218LivBoeree79,600586

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219JonTurner79,550523

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220JoeCassidy79,475595

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221IssacBaron79,275594

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222DavidsonMatthew79,000585

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223ErikCajelais78,875435

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224JoeTehan78,625626

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225SamStein78,50065

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226PhilLaak77,475172

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227Cornel AndrewCimpan77,050506

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228JamesMackey76,525479

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229HowardLederer75,950605

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230TonyGrappo75,725564

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231NorbertBernier74,675495

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232StewartScott74,650411

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233YevgeniyTimoshenko74,475644

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234LeeWatkinson72,975467

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235PerUmmer72,775472

.

236JimmyFricke72,400637

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237RobertCooper72,350438

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238StevenLevy71,975636

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239EdwardLawson71,500465

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240RodeenTalebi71,000513

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241GaryGibbs70,850512

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242MohsinCharania70,625634

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243AdamJunglen69,400599

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244ChrisBell69,200431

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245TheoJorgensen68,67523

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246KristyGazes68,600458

.

247SeanPicquelle68,40073

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248PeterNeff68,225507

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249LouisWerman68,175616

.

250JavedAbrahams67,750607

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251SteveZolotow67,42535

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252MichaelMizrachi67,050611

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253DaniloSahione66,675509

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254BlairHinkle66,60067

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255PaulWasicka66,32564

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256RossBoatman64,650437

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257JoeSebok63,050455

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258JasonSomerville63,025419

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259JasonYoung62,800248

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260ChristianHarder61,850427

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261MichaelMcclain60,400642

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262EugeneKatchalov60,100412

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263ChinoRheem59,425426

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264MarkTeltscher58,700546

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265KevinSchafeel58,275444

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266MichaelMichnik58,17539

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267AnthonyCousineau57,525627

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268FredBerger56,900441

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269AlecTorelli56,65069

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270ThomasMccormick56,500448

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271MichaelBinger56,300477

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272AbrahamMosseri54,950628

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273XiangLiang54,250241

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274WaltWilliams53,425177

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275ErikSagstrom53,05028

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276CaryKatz51,60061

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277PhilIvey50,800579

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278ScottDorin49,000497

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279DavidUlliott43,000254

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280GregThorson42,525121

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281AntonioEsfandiari42,350475

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282CharlesKelley41,575469

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283DucTran38,100424

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284DavidKim37,650632

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285JohnHennigan37,400457

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286JeffreyLittlefield36,850258

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287BradBerman33,575414

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288IsaacHaxton31,750163

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289GiseleHeredia31,575578

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290JohnPhan31,050501

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291GeorgeDunst28,350576

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292DavidPham26,825517

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293HaralabosVoulgaris25,025128

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294AlexanderOuthred24,050421

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295AlanGoehring24,000534

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296ChristopherRoat23,775246

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297TomHall23,525623

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298MinhLuu23,500581

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299MikeVela23,175492

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300DavidDaneshgar15,675436

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301RobertMizrachi14,57529

Sorted In: Tournaments, Bellagio, Season VII, WPT World Championship, Featured Blog
03:18 AM, 04/20/09

Four More Hands on Day 1b

Level 5: 300-600, 75 ante

With 20 minutes left in the last level of the day, a card is drawn to determine how many more hands will be played -- it's a 4. 

Each table will play four more hands (negating any advantage to stalling), and then they will bag and tag their chips for Day 2. 

We'll scan the field for official counts from the chipleaders, and post the full list of official counts later this evening when the Bellagio staff compiles and releases them. 

Sorted In: Tournaments, Bellagio, Season VII, WPT World Championship
08:33 PM, 04/19/09

Happy Birthday, Gobboboy!

Level 5: 300-600, 75 ante

Players got to choose their starting days, whether they wanted to play on Saturday or Sunday. And Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke chose to play today. 

Nothing unusual there, because more players chose to play today than yesterday. Except today is Jimmy Fricke's 22nd birthday. 

Happy Birthday, Jimmy!

Sorted In: Jimmy Fricke, Tournaments, Bellagio, Season VII, WPT World Championship
08:30 PM, 04/19/09

Doug Lee Eliminated

Level 5: 300-600, 75 ante

It seems that 23,000 wasn't enough chips for Doug Lee after his triple up, and he was just eliminated from the tournament. His premature celebration takes on new meaning now. 

Sorted In: Tournaments, Bellagio, Season VII, WPT World Championship
08:18 PM, 04/19/09

Recent Eliminations

Level 5: 300-600, 75 ante

Recent eliminations include Allen Cunningham, Clonie Gowen and Lyle Berman.

Sorted In: Tournaments, Bellagio, Season VII, WPT World Championship
08:01 PM, 04/19/09

Doug Lee Triples Up ... With a Warning

Level 5: 300-600, 75 ante

Doug Lee is all in against Zach Hyman and Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke, with about 23,000 already in the pot (no side pot) and the board showing 9spade7spade4heart10diamond on the turn. (Not sure when all the money went in the pot.) 

The river card is the Qspade, and Doug Lee claps his hands and celebrates the third spade on the river. A few players complain and ask for a floorperson, who gives Doug Lee a warning for revealing information about his hand with action pending between two other players. If he does it again, he'll receive a penalty. 

Hyman and Fricke both quickly check with a lack of enthusiasm, and Fricke sternly says, "I have a ten" and shows the 10club for a pair of tens. Doug Lee excitedly flips over Aspade4spade for the nuts -- the ace-high spade flush. Fricke sarcastically says, "Really?"

As Doug Lee is stacking up his chips, Hyman jokingly says, "I had a feeling you had it."

Sorted In: Doug Lee, Zach Hyman, Jimmy Fricke, Tournaments, Bellagio, Season VII, WPT World Championship
07:59 PM, 04/19/09

Cunix Takes a 130,000 Chip Pot From Jimmy Fricke

Level 5: 300-600, 75 ante

Jimmy Fricke opens the pot for a 2,000 raise and is called in a few spots.  The flop comes Aspade8diamond4heart.  Fricke bets 9,500 and Shawn Cunix is the lone caller.  The turn is the 9club.  Fricke leads out again, this time for 18,000.  Cunix calls.

The river pairs the board with the 9spade.  Fricke fires a third bullet for 35,000.  Cunix calls him down and shows AclubQclub.  Fricke, apparently surprised/annoyed at the call says "really?" and mucks his cards.

Shawn Cunix takes down the 130,000 pot and chips up to over 200,000.

Shawn Cunix - 210,000
Jimmy Fricke - 43,000

Sorted In: Shawn Cunix, Jimmy Fricke, Tournaments, Bellagio, Season VII, WPT World Championship
07:49 PM, 04/19/09

 

RANKING

1
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
$2,149,960
2
Ran Azor
$1,446,265
3
Elky Grospellier
$776,245
4
Christian Harder
$571,965
5
Shannon Shorr
$408,550
6
Scotty Nguyen
$285,985

View Full Listing »

Payout Structure

Place Prize
1 $2,149,960
2 $1,446,265
3 $776,245
4 $571,965
5 $408,550
6 $285,985
7 $204,275
8 $163,420
9 $130,735
10 $98,050
11 - 15 $81,710
16 - 20 $65,370
21 - 30 $49,025
31 - 40 $40,855
41 - 50 $32,685

Blind Structure

Level Blinds Ante
1 50-100 0
2 100-200 0
3 100-200 25
4 200-400 50
5 300-600 75
6 400-800 100
7 500-1,000 100
8 600-1,200 200
9 800-1,600 200
10 1,000-2,000 300
11 1,200-2,400 300
12 1,500-3,000 400
13 2,000-4,000 500
14 3,000-6,000 500
15 4,000-8,000 1,000
16 5,000-10,000 1,000
17 6,000-12,000 2,000
18 8,000-16,000 2,000
19 10,000-20,000 3,000
20 12,000-24,000 3,000
21 15,000-30,000 4,000
22 20,000-40,000 5,000
23 30,000-60,000 5,000
24 40,000-80,000 10,000
25 50,000-100,000 10,000
26 60,000-120,000 15,000
27 80,000-160,000 15,000
28 100,000-200,000 20,000
29 120,000-240,000 20,000
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