WPT CELEBRITY INVITATIONAL

February 28-March 02 | Commerce Casino | Commerce, California
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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.

Sorted In: Tournaments, Commerce Casino, Season VII, WPT Invitational
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. 

Sorted In: Maria Ho, Tournaments, Commerce Casino, Season VII, WPT Invitational
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: Aspade9heart
Phifer: Qclub9club
Board: Jspade10spade7diamond10club6club

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.

Sorted In: Tournaments, Commerce Casino, Season VII, WPT Invitational
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 5spade4diamond2heart.  Mekhi moves all in and Neff folds.

Mikhi Phifer is now at 90,000.

Sorted In: Mekhi Phifer, Peter Neff, Tournaments, Commerce Casino, Season VII, WPT Invitational
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

Sorted In: Jason Calacanis, Mojgan Stringham, Tournaments, Commerce Casino, Season VII, WPT Invitational
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 Invitational
03:04 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 KclubKdiamond

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  -  AspadeJspade
Phil Laak  -  KclubKdiamond
Ken Lambert  -  KspadeJclub

The board comes Qspade10club10diamond3spade5club, and Laak wins the entire pot to eliminate Lambert and double through Mosikian. 

Phil Laak  -  250,000
David Mosikian  -  21,000

Sorted In: Phil Laak, Ken Lambert, Tournaments, Commerce Casino, Season VII, WPT Invitational
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 8club8heart.

The board comes Jclub8diamond2diamond5spade6spade and Hung takes out Pratt with a set of eights.  He is now up to 170,000.

Sorted In: William Hung, Tournaments, Commerce Casino, Season VII, WPT Invitational
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 Kspade10spade of Alec Torelli and the Q-J of another opponent.

The board comes Jclub10heart4heart4spade2spade and Tehan eliminates both players.  He is now up to 250,000.

Sorted In: Joe Tehan, Alec Torelli, Tournaments, Commerce Casino, Season VII, WPT Invitational
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: KdiamondJdiamond
Hall: 5spade4spade
Board: Qspade7spade6diamond9heart9spade

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 Invitational
02:44 PM, 03/01/09

 

RANKING

1
Freddy Deeb
$100,000
2
Nick Gonzalez
$50,000
3
Tom Hall
$20,000
4
Scott Clements
$15,000
5
Ottavio Tassone
$10,000
6
Jose Tavares
$5,000

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Payout Structure

Place Prize
1 $100,000
2 $50,000
3 $20,000
4 $15,000
5 $10,000
6 $5,000

Blind Structure

Level Blinds Ante
1 25-50 0
2 50-100 0
3 75-150 0
4 100-200 25
7 400-800 100
8 500-1,000 100
9 600-1,200 200
10 800-1,600 200
11 1,000-2,000 300
12 1,200-2,400 400
13 1,500-3,000 500
14 2,000-4,000 500
15 3,000-6,000 1,000
16 4,000-8,000 1,000
17 5,000-10,000 1,000
18 6,000-12,000 2,000
19 8,000-16,000 2,000
20 10,000-20,000 3,000
21 12,000-24,000 4,000
22 15,000-30,000 5,000
23 20,000-40,000 5,000
24 25,000-50,000 5,000
25 30,000-60,000 10,000
26 40,000-80,000 10,000
27 50,000-100,000 10,000
28 75,000-150,000 0
29 100,000-200,000 0
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