Event 20, $5,000 Pot-limit Hold'em - Live Updates

 

Day 3 Live Updates

It's over; we have a winner!

7 years ago
Brian Wilson has emerged as the champion of the $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event. The money went in before the flop, Brian turned over A K and John Gale flipped K J. The board came 3 9 6 7 2. Brian Wilson wins $370,865 and a WSOP bracelet.

Brian Wilson doubles up two hands in a row

7 years ago
Brian Wilson is the new chip leader since he won two consecutive all-in hands. On the first hand he held 6 6 against John Gale's As-J. The board came 8 4 7 J 5 that gave a straight on the river for Brian Wilson. The second hand was an all-in situation pre-flop as well. John turned up 10 10 and Brian 4 4. The board came 4 8 J 8 K. The new chip count is:

Brian Wilson $728k
John Gale $472k

Chip count

7 years ago

Brian Wilson $300k
John Gale $900k

Heads-up match has begun

7 years ago

Brian Wilson $485k
John Gale $695k

Derek Leforte is out in third place

7 years ago
Derek went all in preflop with K 9, Brian Wilson calls with A 6. The flop comes 10 2 3. The turn card is 10 and the river is 7. Brian Wilson wins and Derek Leforte is out in third place.

Allen Cunningham is out

7 years ago
Allen Cunningham has been eliminated in fourth place. He bet all-in on the flop and Brian Wilson called. The flop had come 10 4 10, Allen turned over K 3 and Brian wilson turned over 4 5. The turn came 3 and the river was A.

Chip count

7 years ago

Brian Wilson $309k
Derek Leforte $157k
Allen Cunnigham $172k
John Gale $542k

John Gale wins a huge pot

7 years ago
John Gale has won a 200k+ pot from Brian Wilson. Brian bet 200k and John re-raised all-in to Brian who folded.

Tournament has resumed

7 years ago

Chip count

7 years ago

Brian Wilson $470k
Derek Leforte $155k
Allen Cunnigham $169k
John Gale $404k

Dinner break

7 years ago
The tournament will resume at 9:30 pm.

Anthony Cousineau out in fifth place

7 years ago
Anthony went all in with A 10 preflop, and got called by Allen Cunningam with K 10. The flop comes 8 A 4 and Anthony looks pretty comfortable with that. The turn is 4 and the river is 5. Anthony Cousineau got knocked out in fifth place by a runner-runner flush of hearts.

Chip count

7 years ago

Seat1. Brian Wilson 390k
Seat2. Derek Leforte 229k
Seat3. Allen Cunningham 110k
Seat4. John Gale 390k
Seat5. Anthony Cousineau 75k

Derek is on a comeback

7 years ago
Recently, Derek Leforte doubled up against Brian Wilson. The money went in on a flop of 8 2 6. Derek turned over 10 10 and Brian Wilson A 4. The turn came 7 and the river 3.

Derek Leforte doubles up

7 years ago
Derek Leforte went all-in against Brian Wilson. Derek held the A J and Brian held A 9. The board came 10 3 Q K 7.

Play has resumed, chip counts are:

7 years ago

Brian Wilson $512k
Derek Leforte $76k
Allen Cunnigham $236k
John Gale $268k
Anthony Cousineau $102k

15 minute break

7 years ago

Down to 5

7 years ago
Steven Liu has been knocked out by John Gale. The money went in on the flop: J K 10, Steven showed Q J and John As-6. The turn came 8 giving John Gale the nut flush and Steven no outs. Steven Liu wins $56,165 for his sixth place.

Cyndi Violette has been eliminated

7 years ago
Cyndi Violette went all-in on a flop of Q 6 4. Allen Cunningham and Tony Cousineau called. The turn was Q and Allen C bet 25k. Tony folded and Allen flipped over Q 8. Cyndi Violette flipped over A 3. The river was 10 and Cyndi Violette is out in seventh place.

Chip count

7 years ago

Cyndi Violette $63k
Steven Liu $139k
Brian Wilson $512k
Derek Leforte $86k
Allen Cunnigham $170k
John Gale $97k
Anthony Cousineau $133k

Down to 7 players

7 years ago
Brian Wilson has knocked out Joe Sebok. The money went in on the turn and the board was: 5 10 4-As. Joe Sebok flipped over A J and Brian Wilson A K. The river was K and Joe Sebok is out in eighth place. He wins $33,700.

Derek Leforte all-in

7 years ago
Derek Leforte was all-in on one of the first hands with 10 10 against pocket 6's and doubled up.

Break is over

7 years ago

Players on break

7 years ago
There is a 15 minute break

Chip count

7 years ago

Joe Sebok $131k
Cyndi Violette $145k
Steven Liu $207k
Brian Wilson $337k
Derek Leforte $32k
Allen Cunnigham $154k
John Gale $54,5k
Anthony Cousineau $104k

John Gale is all-in

7 years ago
John Gale was recently heads-up against Cyndi Violette. The board was 5 Q 7 and John Gale went all-in, Cyndi called. John Gale turned over A J and Cyndi Violette K Q. The turn was Q , which improved Cyndi's hand to a three of a kind. The river fell and it was the 10 giving John Gale a flush and a winning hand.

One player out

7 years ago
Burt Boutin has been eliminated by Brian Wilson. Burt called all-in and Brian turned over a straight 9 high.

The tournament has resumed at 2:55

7 years ago

Final table chip count

7 years ago

Joe Sebok $159k
Cyndi Violette $206k
Steven Liu $193,5k
Brian Wilson $193k
Derek Leforte $36,5k
Allen Cunnigham $131,5k
John Gale $64,5k
Anthony Cousineau $99,5k
Burt Boutin $116k

Final table tomorrow at 2 pm

7 years ago
ESPN will shoot this event. See you there!

Matt Lefkawitz has been eliminated

7 years ago
Burt Boutin has knocked out Matt Lefkawitz. Matt Lefkawitz raised all-in pre-flop and Burt Boutin called from the button.

Down to 10 players

7 years ago
Players have drawn their seats and will play until one more is eliminated. The final table will be played tomorrow and filmed by ESPN.

Table
Seat 1 Joe Sebok
Seat 2 Cyndi Violette
Seat 3 Steven Liu
Seat 4 Brian Wilson
Seat 5 Derek Leforte
Seat 6 Allen Cunningham
Seat 7 John Gale
Seat 8 Tony Cousineau
Seat 9 Matt Lefkawitz
Seat 10 Burt Boutin

Down to 13 players

7 years ago
Eli Elezra has been eliminated in 14th place.

Devilfish is out in 15th place

7 years ago

Erik Seidel is out in 16th place

7 years ago

Down to 16

7 years ago
Tom Lee has been eliminated in 17th place.

Ted Lawson is out in 18th place

7 years ago

Seating and chip count

7 years ago

Table 1
Seat 1 Bill Edler $60k
Seat 2 Allen Cunningham $90k
Seat 3 Dave Ulliott $35k
Seat 4 Bert Boutin $90k
Seat 5 Derek Leforte $50k
Seat 6 Alex Balandino $80k
Seat 7 Brian Wilson $67k
Seat 8 Tom Lee $55k
Seat 9 Matt Lefkawitz $14k

Table 2
Seat 1 Steven Liu $170k
Seat 2 Joe Sebok $110k
Seat 3 Eli Elezra $20k
Seat 4 John Gale $50k
Seat 5 Erik Seidel $40k
Seat 6 Tony Cousineau $80
Seat 7 Ted Lawson $20k
Seat 8 Cyndi Violette $70k
Seat 9 Doug Booth 20k

We are down to 2 tables

7 years ago
Al Adler was eliminated in 20th place and Herbie Montalbano got knocked out on the bubble.

The players are on dinner break

7 years ago
Play will resume at 7:45 pm.

Down to 20

7 years ago
Bruce Carman and Jason Tate has been eliminated.

Seating

7 years ago

Table 1
Seat 1 Al Adler
Seat 2 Joe Sebok
Seat 3 Allen Cunningham
Seat 4 David Ulliot
Seat 5 Bruce Carman
Seat 6 Ted Lawson
Seat 7 Erik Seidel

Table 2
Seat 1 Burt Boutin
Seat 2 Bill Edler
Seat 3 Cyndi Violette
Seat 4 Alex Balandin
Seat 5 Derek Lafute
Seat 6 Eli Elezra
Seat 7 Tony Cousineau
Seat 8 Jason Tate

Table 3
Seat 1 Steven Liu
Seat 2 Brian Wilson
Seat 3 Matt Lefkawile
Seat 4 John Gale
Seat 5 Doug Booth
Seat 6 Tom Lee
Seat 7 Herbie Montalbano

Amir Vahedi is out

7 years ago
Stephen Liu just busted out Amir Vahedi The money went pre-flop and Amir turned over Q 10 and Stephen Liu turned over A 5. The board came 6 3 7 J K.

Tony Ma is knocked out

7 years ago
23 players remain

Game is defensive this close to the money

7 years ago
Recently one of the chip leader's took home an easy pot. There where three players involved who all check down to the river, chip leader Lucky Liu bet out $6k on a board of J 3 7 7 2 and the other players folded. Lucky Liu flipped over pocket fives to show a weak hand.

Play will continue until 9 players remain

7 years ago
Then they will stop for today and continue tomorrow where ESPN will film the final table.

24 players remaining

7 years ago
8 more players need to get eliminated before prize spots.

Break

7 years ago
Players are taking a break, there are still 27 players remaining.

Pay-out shedule

7 years ago

1st 370,685
2nd 204,440
3rd 112,330
4th 89,865
5th 67,400
6th 56,165
7th 44,930
8th 33,700
9th $22,465
10th $15,725
11th $$15,725
12th $15,725
13th $13,480
14th $13,480
15th $13,480
16th $11,235
17th $11,235
18th $11,235

Down to 3 tables and 27 players

7 years ago
They just broke up the fourth table and the players from that table drew their seats to fill the empty seats on the other three remaining tables.

Play has resumed

7 years ago

The players are on their first break

7 years ago
There is a 15 minute break and 5 tables and 35 players remain. Some players remaining are Clonie Gowen, Cyndi Violette, Amir Vahedi and Erik Seidel.

Event Information

Event Name
Event 20, $5,000 Pot-limit Hold'em
Venue
Date
2005-06-20
Final Day
2005-06-22
Buy In
$5,000
Entrants
239
Prize Pool
$1,123,300
First Prize
TBA

Event Winner

Player Prize Money
1 Brian Wilson $370,685
2 John Gale $204,440
3 Derek Leforte $112,330
4 Allen Cunningham $89,865
5 Tony Cousineau $67,400

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