Event #49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em

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Event #49 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em

A $1,500 No-Limit Saturday...

... is again on tap at the World Series of Poker. The last Saturday prior to the Main Event itself promises to have the Rio Convention Center bulging at its seams. Space considerations will keep the total number of entrants lower than last year's 3,151, which ultimately resulted in Chandrasekhar Billavara taking home a $722,914 first-place prize. It's also the next-to-last $1,500 no-limit event on the '08 WSOP schedule.

The frenzy begins at noon, in the Amazon, Tropical and Brasilia Rooms, adjacent to Buzio's Restaurant, and even in the Rio's own poker room. It'll be a busy day at the WSOP.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:42 pm Post subject:

Phil Hellmuth Eliminated

Shortly after being dropped down to just 225 in chips, Phil Hellmuth managed to double up and double up again. In fact, he was up to 1,400 just four hands after being short-stacked.

However, Phil has had a hard time winning races today. He claims to have dodged the pocket aces earlier, then got shorted against pocket queens. His elimination came after going all in against a player while holding A-K. His opponent held pocket eights, which held up, and Phil was eliminated.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:42 pm Post subject:

Day 1 Chip Counts

Overnight, WSOP officials have released the complete list of chip counts for the 215 players who survived Day 1 action in Event 49, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. The group is led by Micah Raskin at 175,200 in chips, and all 215 players are already assured of a payday, the money bubble having been reached late in Day 1 play.

Here's the overnight top ten:

Micah Raskin 175,200
Young Phan 140,000
Greg Alexander 134,700
Greg Mueller 131,700
Manelic Minaya 127,300
Matt Matros 113,600
Rasmus Nielsen 110,600
Gregg Merkow 109,900
Alexander Case 97,300
JC Tran 92,600
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:51 pm Post subject:

Gazes Gone

Christoph Köhnen raised to 25,000 from middle position, and Paul Kim called from the cutoff. Kristy Gazes then raised all in for 37,500 from the button. Both Köhnen and Kim called.

The flop came

, and Köhnen bet 30,000. \"Really? Really?\" asked Kim, indicating his incredulity at Köhnen having bet into the dry side pot. Kim folded.

Köhnen showed

for top pair. Gazes had

for two pair.

The turn was the

and Gazes was still in front. But the turn was the

, giving Köhnen Broadway and sending Gazes to the rail.

Köhnen is up to 225,000.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:52 pm Post subject:

Men 'the Master' Nguyen Eliminated

After getting his stack built back up, Men 'the Master' shoved all in preflop from the small blind after JC Tran raised from early position. Tran insta-called and showed pocket rockets and Men was in trouble holding 6-3. Men was in need of help, but wasn't able to improve to stay alive.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:53 pm Post subject:

Black Out

Rasmus Nielsen raised to 30,000 from the button, Andy Black reraised to 100,000 from the small blind, and David Pham -- down to just 12,000 -- folded in the big blind. Nielsen responded by pushing all in, and Black called.

Black

Nielsen

The board ran out

, and Black was eliminated. Nielsen is now up to 1.3 million.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:54 pm Post subject:

Anderson Silva Eliminated in 10th Place ($36,729)

On the previous hand, Anderson Silva had limped from early position, then folded to a J.C. Tran raise behind. Silva then limped in again, and John Conroy, who hadn\'t been playing many pots, raised to 75,000.

It folded around to Rasmus Nielsen who looked back and forth between Conroy and Silva, then asked how much each had behind. Silva had about 520,000, and Conroy about 600,000. Nielsen -- having both covered three times over -- then announced he was all in.

Silva called, and Conroy folded, showing pocket tens as he did.

Silva

Nielsen

Aces versus kings. Usually a pretty reliable formula for bursting a final table bubble.

The flop came

, and Nielsen\'s lead became even more commanding. The

came on the turn. And the

on the river sealed it. Silva is out in 10th place. Nielsen enters tomorrow\'s final table the commanding chip leader with approximately 2.6 million.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:55 pm Post subject:

That's a Wrap!

And play has come to a conclusion here in the Brasilia room! After a startling and exciting final hand, we have reached our final nine players. Play will continue tomorrow afternoon at 3pm PDT, so make sure to tune in then for the conclusion to this $1,500 NL Hold'em event.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:55 pm Post subject:

End of Day 2 -- Official Chip Counts

With the final nine players off for a few hours of rest, the WSOP has released the updated overnight chip counts for Event 49, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. The final hands of the night brought an increase in chips for leader Rasmus Nielsen, who will come into the final with more than twice the chips of his closest challenger, J.C. Tran. The finalists, in chip-count order:

Rasmus Nielsen 2,998,000
J.C. Tran 1,438,000
Joe Pelton 1,093,000
Peter Nguyen 870,000
John Conroy 501,000
Robert Kalb 456,000
Jesper Hoog 320,000
Christoph Kohnen 293,000
Chad Siu 185,000
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:56 pm Post subject:

Final-table Seat Assignments

Here are the seat assignments for today's finale in Event 49, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em:

Seat 1: Christoph Kohnen (Moers, Germany) -- 293,000
Seat 2: Joe Pelton (Irvine, California) -- 1,093,000
Seat 3: Jesper Hoog (Stockholm, Sweden) -- 320,000
Seat 4: John Conroy (Dublin, Ireland) -- 501,000
Seat 5: Robert Kalb (Offenbach, Germany) -- 456,000
Seat 6: JC Tran (Sacramento, California) -- 1,438,000
Seat 7: Chad Siu (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) -- 185,000
Seat 8: Peter Nguyen (Tustin, California) -- 870,000
Seat 9: Rasmus Nielsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) -- 2,998,000
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:57 pm Post subject:

Interesting Facts

We managed to go nine hands without seeing a flop, and on the tenth hand, John Conroy led out for 155,000 and JC Tran called. After seeing the flop, Conroy checked and Tran led out for 140,000 and John folded.

Joe Pelton has been all in three times over the last fifteen hands and has yet to be called. Peter Nguyen has been all in three times and also has yet to be called.

We lost four players within the first hour and a half of play, but since we've been at five players remaining, we've yet to lose another. We have had several all-ins with no calls.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:58 pm Post subject:

Hand #116: John Conroy Eliminated in 3rd Place ($278,255)

John Conroy raised to 175,000 from the button, and after J.C. Tran folded, Rasmus Nielsen asked how much Conroy had behind. When told he had about 800,000, Nielsen announced he was reraising all in. Conroy called.

Nielsen

Conroy

The flop came

, putting Nielsen ahead. The turn was the

and the river the

, and John Conroy finished in third place.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:59 pm Post subject:

Hand #190: J.C. Tran Wins Event No. 49; Rasmus Nielsen Finishes 2nd ($389,557)

J.C. Tran raised to 215,000, and Rasmus Nielsen called.

The flop came

. Nielsen checked, Tran bet 275,000, and Nielsen called.

The turn was the

. Nielsen checked again, and this time Tran bet 900,000. Nielsen moved all in right away, and Tran called.

Tran

Nielsen

Tran did have Nielsen covered, so Nielsen needed a jack or his day was done.

The river came the

! Rasmus Nielsen takes 2nd for $389,557, and J.C. Tran has won his first WSOP bracelet!
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:00 pm Post subject:

1 $ 631,170 JC Tran
2 $ 389,557 Rasmus Nielsen
3 $ 278,255 John Conroy
4 $ 233,734 Peter Nguyen
5 $ 191,068 Joe Pelton
6 $ 150,257 Chad Siu
7 $ 113,157 Jesper Hoog
8 $ 85,331 Robert Kalb
9 $ 58,248 Christoph Kohnen
10 $ 36,729 Anderson Silva
11 $ 36,729 Kevin Nathan
12 $ 36,729 Jason Moungey
13 $ 29,309 Brett Switzer
14 $ 29,309 Parviz Razavian
15 $ 29,309 Steve Pierce
16 $ 29,309 Paul Kim
17 $ 21,889 Karen Manfrede
18 $ 21,889 Dominik Degott
19 $ 17,437 Tuan "Tommy" Vu
20 $ 17,437 Kirby Brewer
21 $ 17,437 David Tran
22 $ 17,437 Niel Deutsch
23 $ 17,437 Augusto Cavazzini
24 $ 17,437 Kevin Brown
25 $ 17,437 Men Nguyen
26 $ 17,437 David Pham
27 $ 17,437 Andy Black
28 $ 13,727 Jon Friedberg
29 $ 13,727 Michael Lam
30 $ 13,727 Matt Matros
31 $ 13,727 Hevad Khan
32 $ 13,727 Young Phan
33 $ 13,727 Gregory Alexander
34 $ 13,727 Kristy Gazes
35 $ 13,727 Vivek Rajkumar
36 $ 13,727 Jun Yan
37 $ 10,759 Christopher Drake
38 $ 10,759 Shane Pacheco
39 $ 10,759 Cameron Wiley
40 $ 10,759 Jianhuan Chen
41 $ 10,759 Manelic Minaya
42 $ 10,759 Micah Raskin
43 $ 10,759 Neil Channing
44 $ 10,759 Kieth Johnson
45 $ 10,759 Gerry Kane
46 $ 9,646 Frank Nichols
47 $ 9,646 Alarie Gabriel
48 $ 9,646 Joshua Pollock
49 $ 9,646 Paul Nobles
50 $ 9,646 Christopher Viox
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:00 pm Post subject:

Congratulations to J.C. Tran - Champion of Event #49 ($631,170)

Things have come to a close here at the ESPN Final table. Rasmus Nielsen, who at one point had a 6:1 chip lead over the remaining players has taken second place and took home $389,557 for his three days of work.

J.C. Tran continues to have an amazing run here at the World Series of Poker. Tran came in to the final table with second in chips and the two of these players duked it out for the majority of the day. Once the heads up battle began, Tran slowly started to inch his way out into the lead. After more than seventy hands heads up, Tran took first place, netting $631,170 for his work as well his first WSOP gold bracelet.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:20 pm Post subject:

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