Event 2, $1,500 No-limit Hold'em - Live Updates

This is the live report for the 2005 WSOP $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. PokerListings.com will follow this event from start to finish with continuous live updates. Last year's tournament had 831 entries and was championed by Scott Fischman. He earned $300,000 for his win. This year there are 2305 entrants!

Day 3 Live Updates

Allen Cunningham is the champion!

7 years ago

Chipcount going into the final hand
Fischman $1.260k
Cunningham $2.201k
Allen limped in on Scott Fischman's big blind, Scott checked. The flop came T♥ 6♣ 3♠. Scott bet and Allen raises to $80k. Scott called. The turn was the 4♦. Scott checked, Allen bet $250k, and Scott reraised all-in. Allen called. Scott held the 5♣ 4♥ and Allen held the 6♥ 3♥. The river brought the A♣. Cunningham wins $725,405 and gold bracelet. Fischman receives $352,125 for is efforts.

Blinds: 0/0

Heads-up!

7 years ago

Fischman $1.260k
Cunningham $2.201k

Blinds: 0/0

Devilfish is out!!

7 years ago

Allen holding the 8♦ 8♣ raised on the button and Devilfish called with the J♥ T♥. The flop came 6♥ 4♥ 3♦, Devilfish bet all-in and Allen called. The turn was the A♦ and the river a black Q. Devilfish was actually a small favorite with his 15 outs on the flop.

Blinds: 0/0

Big pot for Fischman

7 years ago

Allen limped on to Scott's big blind. both players checked. The flop came Q-Q-6c. Allen bet, Fischman raised and Allen called. The turn was the 5♣. Both player checked. The river was the T♣ and Allen checked. Fischman bet $300,000 on the river and Allen folded.

Blinds: 0/0

Allen has 2.4 million in chips

7 years ago

Play is very intense. Devilsfish looks like he is getting frustrated after having been pushed off a few hands.

Blinds: 0/0

Fischman wins a nice pot

7 years ago

Scott raised $75k on the button. Devilfish and Allen called from the small and big blind. The flop came As-J-9 and it was checked to Scott who bet $80,000. Both opponents folded. Devilfish says "it seems 7-5 is no good."

Blinds: 0/0

What a final 3!

7 years ago

Tournament started with 2305 players and 3 of the best players in the world are left to battle it out, one being the same guy who won it last year namely Scott Fischman.

Blinds: 0/0

Hua knocked out in 4th place

7 years ago

Hua raised pre-flop with a KJ and was called by Allen holding QT. The flop came QJ9, Allen checked, Hua moved all in and Allen called. The turn was the 2♦, the river was the 9♦.

Blinds: 0/0

Devilfish doubles up on Allen

7 years ago

Allen raised $75k and Devilfish moved all in. Allen instantly called with the 6♦ 6♠, Devilfish held the 8♣ 8♥. The flop came J♥-J-7, the turn 9♣, and the river the 2♣.

Blinds: 0/0

Liz is out in 5th place! The crowd is disappointed

7 years ago

Liz raised all-in with the 9♠ 6♣ and Fischman called with the K♠ 6♥ The flop came 5♣ 2♠ 2♥, turn Q♦, and the river the 7♥. She wins $168,590.

Blinds: 0/0

Hua doubles up on Liz

7 years ago

Liz made a raise and Hua moved all-in. Liz went into the tank but finally called, flipping over A♣ 9♣. Hua had the J♥ J♦. The flop came T♣ 5♠ 3♥, turn 6♥ and the river was the 4♦.

Blinds: 0/0

Chip count

7 years ago

Fischman $655k
Devilfish $465k
Cunningham $1.825k
Hua $260k
Liz $275k

Blinds: 0/0

Down to 5 players and we will soon resume play

7 years ago

Fischman, Devilfish, Cunningham, Hua, and Liz Liue are our final 5. Cunningham is the chip leader by far with about $1,500,000 in chips.

Blinds: 0/0

Dinner break

7 years ago

Play will resume in 1 hr, at about 9 pm (PST). See you soon.

Blinds: 0/0

Cunningham just bullied Liz out of half her stack

7 years ago

The action led to the turn were Cunningham bet and Liz raised the pot. Cunningham re-raised all in and pushed her of the hand.

Blinds: 0/0

Cunningham turns on the aggression

7 years ago

The chip leader has finally started to be more aggressive with plenty of pre-flop raises.

Blinds: 0/0

Chip count

7 years ago

Fischman $780
Devilfish $310
Cunningham $1.5
Hua $290
Liz $519

Blinds: 0/0

Charlie Huff is out

7 years ago

Huff raised the pot and Scott Fischman reraised all-in. Huff had the As-5♠ and Scott the A♦ K♣. The flop came Q♠ 7♣ 2♦, the turn 4♥, and river T♣.

Blinds: 0/0

Chip count

7 years ago

Fischman $600k
Devilfish $380k
Cunningham $1.5k
Huff $196k
Hua $320k
Liz $415k

Blinds: 0/0

Huff doubles up

7 years ago

Huff moved in with the A♥ J♥ and Liz called from the big blind with the J♠ 7♠. The flop came 4-5-6, turn 9♣, river Q.

Blinds: 0/0

Small pots here and there

7 years ago

Looks like Fischman has got the psychological advantage over Devilfish. The players are seated in this order from the dealer: Fischman, Devilfish, Cunningham, Huff, Hua, and Liz Lieu.

Blinds: 0/0

Scott Fischman won a nice pot vs Liz

7 years ago

Looks like Liz is being a little pushed around here. Seems like she lays down too many hands.

Blinds: 0/0

Cunningham is bullying with reraises

7 years ago

Chipleader Cunningham doesn't want to see too many flops and keeps moving in from the blinds when he suspects a steal.

Blinds: 0/0

Fischman re-bluffs Devilfish

7 years ago

Fishman limps in to Devilfish's big blind. Devilfish raises $60k more. Fishman reraises making it $200k in total. Devilfish mucks showin 9-5 and Fischman then shows his 9-5! Nice move by Scott Fischman.

Blinds: 0/0

Cunningham outplays Liz

7 years ago

Liz is having problems with chip leader Allen Cunningham. She has given up many pots against him and shows him a lot of respect.

Blinds: 0/0

Chip count

7 years ago

Fischman $545k
Devilfish $200k
Cunningham $1.4k
Huff $220k
Hua $110k
Liz $565k

Blinds: 0/0

An Tran out in 7th spot

7 years ago

Cunningham raised and An Tran raised all-in. Cunningham held the J♦ J♥ and Tran the 8♠ 8♣. The flop came A♦-K-2, the turn 2♥, the river 9♥.

Blinds: 0/0

Chip count

7 years ago

Fischman 591k
Devilfish 240k
Cunningham 1.1k
Hua $530k
Huff 530k
Liz 596k
An Tran 176k

Blinds: 0/0

Huff all-in vs An Tran

7 years ago

Huff with the K♠ J♣ and An Tran with the K♥ 9♥. Flop 7♥-8-J, Turn A♥, River 3♠.

Blinds: 0/0

We are back with new blinds and antes

7 years ago

Here we go.

Blinds: 0/0

15 min break

7 years ago

We will be back shortly.

Blinds: 0/0

Prize pool for last 7 spots

7 years ago

1. $725,405
2. $352,125
3. $232,205
4. $200,395
5. $168,590
6. $136,780
7. $104,970

Blinds: 0/0

Pocket aces

7 years ago

We have seen pocket aces 5 times at this final table. The odds for getting pocket aces dealt is 220:1, we have only played about 70 hands. Devilfish was the last player to show them.

Blinds: 0/0

Liz check-raises the Devilfish

7 years ago

Liz raised pre-flop and was called by both Fischman and Devilfish. The flop came Q♠ Q♥ 9♠. All players checked. The turn was the 4♣. Check, check, to Devilfish who bet $70k. Liz raised to $140k and both Fischman and Devilfish folded.

Blinds: 0/0

Chip count

7 years ago

Fischman $530k
Devilfish $340k
Cunningham $1,200k
Huff $162k
Hua $416k
Liz $420k
Tran $390k

Blinds: 0/0

Randy Edmonson is out in 8th place

7 years ago

Cunningham raised to $119k, Randy moved all-in, and was called. Cunningham had the A♦ T♠ vs Randy's 9♠ 9♦. The flop came, As-Q♣ J♠, the turn T♣, the river 2♥.

Blinds: 0/0

Cunningham takes a pot from Liz

7 years ago

Liz raised $70k under the gun and was called by Cunningham. The flop came 5♥ 3♣ T♠. Liz checked and Allen bet $105k. Liz called. The turn was the 8♣. Both players checked. The river was the K♥. Both players checked again. Liz showed pocket sixes and Allen showed the A♥ K♥.

Blinds: 0/0

Devilfish gunning for Liz

7 years ago

Devilfish seems to like calling raises from Liz . He just called a raise from the big blind but folded for a bet in the turn after it was checked around on the flop. The flop A-9-2 and the turn 9.

Blinds: 0/0

Huff goes all-in

7 years ago

Huff, the shortest stack, picks up the much needed blinds and antes.

Blinds: 0/0

Chip count

7 years ago

Fischman $535k
Devilfish $540k
Cunningham $690k
Huff $140k
Randy $298k
Hua $344k
Liz $540k
Tran $390k

Blinds: 0/0

Liz wins a small but needed pot

7 years ago

Liz raised and was called by Randy who had position. The flop came T♠-6-4. Both players checked. The turn was the 4♠. Liz now bet $50,000 and Randy folded.

Blinds: 0/0

Three players all-in with AK!!

7 years ago

Three people all-in with AK. Huff, Cunningham, and Tran.
AhKd
AsKh
AcKs
The board comes rainbow and they spit the pot three way.

Blinds: 0/0

Liz doubles up

7 years ago

Liz raised, Tran called, and Huff moved all-in. Liz called all-in and Tran folded. Liz held J♣ J♠ and Huff had the 4♣ 4♥. The board came, A♣ K♥ 7♦ 7♣ 5♦. Liz had 8 outs against her jack s on the turn as any A or K would be a split pot and any 4 would cost her the pot.

Blinds: 0/0

Devilfish tries to trap

7 years ago

Liz makes it $60k to go and Devilfish calls from the big blind. Flop is 5-5-2 with 2 spades. Both players check. The turn is the 9♦. Both players check. The river is the A♥. Both players check and Devilfish shows the 5♦ 4♦. Trying to trap Liz there who didn't fall for it.

Blinds: 0/0

Play resumes with raised blinds

7 years ago

Fischman $587,000
Devilfish $417,000
Cunningham $680,000
Huff $383,000
Randy $$343,000
Can Hua $375,000
Liz Lieu $200,000
An Tran $439,000

Blinds: 0/0

15 min break

7 years ago

Players are on break.

Blinds: 0/0

Liz makes a move

7 years ago

Hua raises and Liz moves all-in. She has to make a move soon and this seemed like a good time. Hua is contemplating a call, taking is time. Hua Folds.

Blinds: 0/0

Chip count

7 years ago

Fischman $600,000
Devilfish $460,000
Cunningham $682,000
Huff $417,000
Randy $250,000
Hua $390,000
Liz $147,000
Tran $460,000

Blinds: 0/0

Cunningham is playing a really tight game

7 years ago

Looks like Allens strategy is to sit back and let the other players knock each other out. He'll probably become more and more aggressive as the blinds go up.

Blinds: 0/0

Devilfish is trying to bully the table

7 years ago

Devilfish raises first in from late position and Charlie Huff moves all-in. Devilfish folds.

Blinds: 0/0

An Tran shows pocket aces

7 years ago

Heads up with Tran and Fischman. Tran in late position. Flop is 5-6-7. Check from Fischman and bet of $60,000 from An Tran that wins the pot. He shows pocket aces.

Blinds: 0/0

Great set of characters at this table

7 years ago

Bad boy Devilfish vs low key Cunningham and the young gun Fischman. A couple of other solid pros and a few less known players one being a woman.

Blinds: 0/0

Hua takes a 4-way pot

7 years ago

Four way flop with Liz in the BB. The flop comes 8-4-2 with two spades all players check. The turn is the 3. Hua bets $40,000 and everyone folds.

Blinds: 0/0

Fischman stays aggressive

7 years ago

Scott is raising a lot of pots and have also taken a flop or two after an opponent have raised.

Blinds: 0/0

Chip count

7 years ago

Fischman $700,000
Devilfish $750,000
Cunningham $720,000
Huff $425,000
Randy $306,000
Hua $300,000
Lieu $162,000
Tran $470,000

Blinds: 0/0

Fischman and Devilfish are butting heads

7 years ago

Devilfish has the advantage right now as he just made Fischman lay down a hand.

Blinds: 0/0

Richard Boutwell is eliminiated

7 years ago

AQ vs JJ. Randy has JJ and Richard has AQ. Flop comes K-3-7. T♥ turn is the 3♦. The river is the 9♥. No help for Richard who is eliminiated in 9th place.

Blinds: 0/0

Liz wins a pot and the crowd start cheering

7 years ago

Liz Liue is obviously the most popular player in here.

Blinds: 0/0

Tran wins the pot

7 years ago

Raise on the button, $35,000, from Can. Liz folds and Tran calls. The flop comes T♥ 8♦ 3♥. check from Hua, bet $50,000 from Tran. Hua calls. The turn is the 5♠. Both players checks. The river is the 8♣. Again both players check. Hua shows JT in his hand and wins the pot.

Blinds: 0/0

Allen wins pot

7 years ago

Cunningham wins his first pot with a pre-flop raise. Picks up the blinds and antes.

Blinds: 0/0

Fischman and Devilfish the most active players right now

7 years ago

The chipleader Cunningham has not yet been invoolved in a pot. Devilfish and Fischman has been the most active players.

Blinds: 0/0

Randy doubles up

7 years ago

Fischman raised and Randy moved all-in. Fischman calls. Scott has J♦ 7♦ vs A♥ A♣ the flop is 2-5-3 and one diamond, turn is Q♥, river As. Randy just doubled up through Fischman.

Blinds: 0/0

Devilfish takes a pot on the flop

7 years ago

Devilfish takes down a pot after he raised $40,000 on the flop and was called by Huff. Flop came 2-4-2, Devilfish bet and won the pot.

Blinds: 0/0

Fischman moves all-in

7 years ago

Fischman calls a $50,000 raise from the Boutwell while he was on the button. The flop comes Q-5-4. Boutwell bets and Fischman moves all-in.

Blinds: 0/0

Deveilfish wins one

7 years ago

Three way pot with Fischman, Huff and Devilfish. The flop came with and ace and it was checked around on the flop. The turn brought another ace. Devilfish bet and won the pot.

Blinds: 0/0

Can wins the blinds and antes

7 years ago

Raise and everyone folded. Can showed AK.

Blinds: 0/0

An Tran takes second pot

7 years ago

Folded around to Tran in the SB who raised the BB and won the pot.

Blinds: 0/0

An Tran takes the first pot

7 years ago

Everyone folded around and he was in the BB.

Blinds: 0/0

The game begins! The first ESPN final table of the 2005 WSOP

7 years ago

The presentation of the players is over and the game is on!

Blinds: 0/0

Devilfish filling out his bio sheet

7 years ago

Dave Devilfish is filling out his ESPN player bio sheet right next to me as we speak. The other players have taken their seats. It's great that a woman have made it to the final table given the fact that there are so few female poker players.

Blinds: 0/0

Here are the final 9, they will start the battle shortly

7 years ago

The excitement is immense here at the Rio this afternoon. A huge crowd has gathered around the ESPN final table and there are 2 other WSOP tournaments played in the same room! That has to be a record.

SEAT 1: Richard Boutwell, Duluth, GA, $204,000 in chips
SEAT 2: Scott Fischman, Las Vegas, NV $707,000 in chips
SEAT 3: Dave Ulliott, Hull, England $270,000 in chips
SEAT 4: Allen Cunningham, $728,000 in chips
SEAT 5: Charlie Huff, $500,000 in chips
SEAT 6: Rondy Edmonson Columbus, MS, $89,000 in chips
SEAT 7: Can Hua, Rosemead, CA, $440,000 in chips
SEAT 8: Liz Lieu, Los Angeles, CA, $177,000 in chips
SEAT 9: An Tran, Las Vegas, NV $337,000 in chips

Blinds: 0/0

Just a few minutes left

7 years ago

I am now seated next to the final table. Action will follow shortly.

Blinds: 0/0

The final 9 will begin play at 2 pm (PST)

7 years ago

The final tabled starts at 2 pm (5 pm EST) and PokerListings.com will be right there at the final table. We will give you hand by hand action and everything you need. There will be 3 tournaments going on simultaneously here at the Rio today. At 12 noon, Event 4 the $1,500 Limit Hold'emstarts. At 2 pm Day 2 of the $1,500 Pot-Limit Event will begin as well as the final table and Day 3 of the $1,500 No-Limit Holdem event. For obvious reasons will foucs our coverage on this tournament until we have a winner.

Blinds: 0/0

The last 9 players with chip counts

7 years ago

Blinds: 0/0

The final 9 and the tournament will continue tomorrow, June 5

7 years ago

Player Can Kam Hua knocked out the 10th player Jeremy Flynn. Hua raised from late position first in and Flynn moved all in from the small blind. Hua had the Q♠ Q♣ and Flynn held A♥ J♥, the board fell As-Q♥ 5♦ 5♣ T♠. Play will resume tomorrow, it is not yet clear what time and we are still waiting for a chip count. Allen Cunningham, Dave Ulliot, and Scott Fischman will all be there.

Blinds: 0/0

New word is out! Final table will be played tomorrow

7 years ago

After they are down to 9 players, which is when one more player is out, then the final table will be played tomorrow meaning this will be a three day event. This will happen any time there are more than 1500 players in the tournament.

Blinds: 0/0

Only two tables left....

7 years ago

See you at the final table.

Blinds: 0/0

Reporting continues from the final table

7 years ago

We are going to take a break and get back to you when we are down to the final table. See you there.

Blinds: 0/0

Fischman knocks one out

7 years ago

Scott Fischman rasied from the button and the big blind moved all-in. After about 30 sec of thinking Fischman called. The big blind had As-K♠ and small blind had A♦ J♥. The flop came with an ace and a jack, giving Fischman top two pair.

Blinds: 0/0

Liz Lui knocks out another player, we are down to 20 players

7 years ago

Liz Lui went all in from the small blind with the A♥ Q♣ vs the big blind who called with the K♦ 6♣, the board came 4♦ 2♠ 8♣ 9♣ 5♥.

Blinds: 0/0

Phil Hellmuth is out

7 years ago

Phil went all-in with his short stack first in from late position and was called by the big blind. The big blind had KQ and Phil had 66. The big blind (Liz Lui) is the only woman left in the tournament.

Blinds: 0/0

25 player left

7 years ago

Phil Hellmuth $30,000
Devilfish $200,000
Fischman $260,000
A player was just alliminated holding AA vs 99, all in pre-flop.

Blinds: 0/0

4 tables left and the players are on break

7 years ago

We will continue shortly.

Blinds: 0/0

Only 4 tables left

7 years ago

There are only four tables left. We will increase our coverage shortly as we get closer to the final table. Scott Fischman and Phil Hellmuth are still in it.

Blinds: 0/0

Allen Cunningham and Hellmuth are sitting at the same table

7 years ago

Other big names left are Mike Matusow, Scott Fischman, and the Devilfish.

Blinds: 0/0

Hellmuth looks very confident

7 years ago

Hellmuth appears very confident and in a splendid mood. I saw him raise $10,000 in early position, everyone folded down to the bigblind who showed an ace. Hellmuth happily showed him the K♠ K♣.

Blinds: 0/0

Mark Seif is out and we are down to 6 tables and 53 players

7 years ago

An early player raised to $11,000 and Mark Seif moved in for $25,000 more. The raiser called and flipped over the J♥ J♣, Seif had the Q♠ Q♣. The flop came K♠ T♥ J♠, the turn and river was the 9♦ and the 3♠.

Blinds: 0/0

Hellmuth with position on the "Devilfish"

7 years ago

We are down to 8 tables and Hellmuth is seated to Dave "Devilfish"'s left. Scott Fischman looks like he is the chip leader.

Blinds: 0/0

Down to 9 tables and 90 players

7 years ago

The following big names are still left in the tournament.

Mike Matusow $150,000

Scott Fischman $95,000

Greg Raymer $33,000

David Levi

Phil Hellmuth

Dave "Devilfish" Ulliot

Allen Cunningham

Blinds: 0/0

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Event Information

Event Name: Event 2, $1,500 No-limit Hold'em
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Date: 2005-06-03
Final Day: 2005-06-05
Buy In: $1,500
Entrants: 2305
Prize Pool: $3,180,900
First Prize: TBA

Event Winner

Player		Prize Money
1	Allen Cunningham	$725,405
2	Scott Fischman	$352,125
3	David Ulliott	$232,205
4	Can Kim Hua	$200,395
5	Liz Lieu	$177,000

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