Live Tournament Updates
Jose Canseco Eliminated by Haralobos Voulgaris
Level 13: 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
Jose Canseco has just been eliminated by one of the chipleaders, Haralobos Voulgaris.
03:14 PM, 03/01/09
Maria Ho Eliminated
Level 13: 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
Maria Ho is all in preflop with A-Q against another player's 8-8. The flop puts her in the lead with A-9-5, but the turn is a 6 to give her opponent a gutshot straight draw.
The river is a 7 -- he makes his straight, and Maria Ho is eliminated from the tournament.
03:12 PM, 03/01/09
Jose Canseco Doubles Through Mekhi Phifer
Level 13: 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
Jose Canseco moves all in for 12,500 from the cutoff and Mekhi Phifer calls from the big blind.
Canseco: A
9![]()
Phifer: Q
9![]()
Board: J
10
7
10
6![]()
Phifer flops an open-ended straight but fails to improve by the river. Canseco's ace-high holds up, doubling to 30,000 while Phifer falls to 52,000.
03:11 PM, 03/01/09
Mekhi Phifer vs. Peter Neff
Level 13: 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
Peter Neff min raises to 12,000 from the early position and Mekhi Phifer reraises to 25,000 from the small blind. Neff calls and they see a flop of 5
4
2
. Mekhi moves all in and Neff folds.
Mikhi Phifer is now at 90,000.
03:10 PM, 03/01/09
Jason Calacanis Eliminated by Mojgan Stringham
Level 13: 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
Internet Entrepreneur Jason Calacanis was just eliminated when he was all in with A-Q against Mojgan Stringham's 10-10. Her pocket tens held up, and Calacanis was eliminated from the tournament here on Day 2.
Mojgan Stringham - 230,000
Jason Calacanis - Out
03:07 PM, 03/01/09
Victoria Pratt Eliminated by William Hung
Level 13: 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
Actress Victoria Pratt was just eliminated by William Hung as his steamroll continues. Hung now has about 170,000.
Sorted In: William Hung, Victoria Pratt, Tournaments, Commerce Casino, Season VII, WPT Invitational03:04 PM, 03/01/09
Phil Laak Wins a Three-Way All In
Level 13: 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
After a Phil Laak raise, Beau Rivage Tournament Director Ken Lambert moves all in with a short stack, and David Mosikian is contemplating what to do with his big stack. Phil Laak is bouncing out of his seat, and he wants to show his cards to somebody, so he calls over the WPT camera and says, "I want the people at home to see my cards before you do." He shows the camera K
K
.
Mosikian finally moves all in for nearly 140,000, and Laak quickly calls all in for 116,000. Here are the hands in descending chip count order:
David Mosikian - A
J![]()
Phil Laak - K
K![]()
Ken Lambert - K
J![]()
The board comes Q
10
10
3
5
, and Laak wins the entire pot to eliminate Lambert and double through Mosikian.
Phil Laak - 250,000
David Mosikian - 21,000
03:00 PM, 03/01/09
Victoria Pratt Eliminated
Level 13: 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
Actress Victoria Pratt pushes all in for 32,000 before the flop and is called by William Hung. Pratt shows A-K and will be racing for her tournament life against Hung's 8
8
.
The board comes J
8
2
5
6
and Hung takes out Pratt with a set of eights. He is now up to 170,000.
02:54 PM, 03/01/09
Tehan Takes Out Two With Aces
Level 13: 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
Joe Tehan holds pocket aces in a three way all in pot. He is up against the K
10
of Alec Torelli and the Q-J of another opponent.
The board comes J
10
4
4
2
and Tehan eliminates both players. He is now up to 250,000.
02:47 PM, 03/01/09
Mimi Tran Eliminated by Tom Hall
Level 13: 1,500-3,000, 500 ante
Mimi Tran moves all in for 8,500 from under the gun and Tom Hall calls from the cutoff.
Tran: K
J![]()
Hall: 5
4![]()
Board: Q
7
6
9
9![]()
Hall makes a flush on the river to eliminate Tran. After the hand, Hall has just over 150,000 in chips.
Sorted In: Tournaments, Commerce Casino, Season VII, WPT Invitational02:44 PM, 03/01/09


