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Event 39, No-Limit Hold'em Live Updates November 23, 2009
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Event 39 - Woo Tang Bang
1 year ago
The relatively high blinds the players have faced today, mean often a three bet preflop will involve an all-in. This has made the final play out fast and furiously, with David Woo the recipient of many of the chips.
Here's the latest Woo Coup.
Tran Off The Tracks (OUT - 7th)
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Kenny: Still The Only Tran With A Bracelet In 2008
When David Woo limped in from early position, Tran was in the mood to punish any limpage, raising it up to $310,000 with A
Q
.
However, he faced an unexpected all-in from Woo for the remainder of his $480k stack. He didn't look happy as he guessed Woo had limped a monster, but getting some attractive pot odds and with the blinds likely to swallow him up should he fold, he made the call.
He was probably praying to see pocket Tens or Jacks, but instead he was shown the dominating A
K
in Woo's hands.
Looking for a lady to spike, he laughed at his positioning worsening on a 9
4
3
flop.
With only three outs to start, now reduced to two, he was in dire shape and the board ran out 4
and J
to give Woo an unnecessary but very pretty nut flush.
Thanh Dat Tran's tournament is brought to an end, eliminated in 7th spot, winning $113,240 for his performance.
The First Curt-Is The Deepest
Curtis Early and Wood tangled preflop, Early making a call of Matt Wood's shove after his initial raise.
He showed down a strong pair of Tens, but was a rizla paper's width behind Wood, who tabled pocket Jacks for a dominant position.
That all changed on the flop however, as the dealer slid out Q
T
6
. Curtis had spiked a ten and Wood needed a lot of help at this point.
The turn K
was very useful, giving him 10 outs instead of two with his open ended straight draw.
The re-suck beckoned and the re-suck arrived, Wood looking massively relieved as a 9
arrived on the river to give him his backdoor straight and keep him in the competition, doubling him through and leave Early in a spot of bother!
Here are the chip counts, illustrating Woo's current dominance, courtesy of worldseriesofpoker.com
| David Woo | $3,370,000 |
| Matthew Wood | $1,510,000 |
| Thom Werthmann | $1,205,000 |
| Eric Beren | $900,000 |
| Curtis Early | $890,000 |
| Habib Khanis | $530,000 |
- Level: 25
- Blinds: 30,000/60,000
- Ante: 5,000
Event 39 - More Mayhem - 7 remain...
1 year ago
After a sluggish start, momentum is starting to gather as the players fall into their stride.
Many of the key hands in the previous level have revolved around Mike Glasser.
Here's his tale.
Glasser Hunts A Heart
Raising to $150,000 from middle position, Mike Glasser found Eric Beren moving in from the big blind for $530,000.
He squirmed in his seat fearing the worst, but ultimately felt he was getting a good price with his A
Q
, calling only for Beren to turn over one of four hands he feared, the dominating A
K
.
The flop fell 5
3
3
, a relatively good one for Glasser, opening up some split and backdoor draw outs, and the A
on the turn opened up the distinct possibility of an outdraw.
Needing a heart to complete his flush, the river was red, but the 7
was not what he needed, leaving Beren to scoop up the $1,000,000 plus pot and crippling Glasser in the process, down to a mere $70,000 in chips.
Top Of The Glass!
Needing to move fast, Mike Glasser did so, shipping it in from early position and picking up two callers, Curtis Early and his previous nemesis Eric Beren.
Seeing a flop of J
T
T
, Early bet out $300,000 into the dry pot, clearing Beren out and taking the pot heads up with Glasser.
He showed 9-9, only for Glasser to show the nut full house with J-J!
Drawing dead to running nines, Curtis missed, leaving Glasser to rake in a very handy triple up.
Glass Dismissed! (OUT - 8th)
Mike Glasser's rampaging recovery was brought crashing to a halt by Matt Wood.
Pushing his $300,000 stack into the middle from the button, Matt called from the big blind and the cards were on their backs...
Glasser: 9
9
Wood: A
Q
The players strapped themselves in and went to the races and a J
7
4
was great for Glasser. With only two more cards to fade Wood's overs, the J
turn was safe and he looked like he might be on the verge of a quickfire recovery.
Wood's supporters burst into cheers however as the killer A
arrived to secure his victory on the river and Mike Glasser is eliminated in eight place, winning $85,394.
Here's how that has affected the current chip standings, courtesy of worldseriesofpoker.com
| David Woo | $2,100,000 |
| Curtis Early | $1,200,000 |
| Thom Werthmann | $1,800,000 |
| Eric Beren | $890,000 |
| Matthew Wood | $885,000 |
| Thandat Tran | $845,000 |
| Habib Khanis | $430,000 |
- Level: 23
- Blinds: 20,000/40,000
- Ante: 5,000
Event 39, No-Limit Hold'em - Day 3, Reports by:

Matthew Showell
Martin Derbyshire
Rod Stirzaker
Event 39, No-Limit Hold'em
- Buy-In: $1,500
- Entrants: 2,720
- Total Prize Money: $3,712,800
- Date: Jun 21, 2008
- Final Day Jun 23, 2008
Event Chip Leaders1 year ago
Event 39, No-Limit Hold'em
| Player | Chip Stack |
|---|---|
| Michael Polcari | $130,000 |
| Jason Yates | $115,200 |
| Christian Holt | $113,300 |
| Eric Beren | $110,900 |
| Michael Zulker | $107,000 |
Blind Structure1 year ago
Event 39, No-Limit Hold'em
| Level | Ante | Blinds |
|---|
| Level 1 | 25/50 | ||
| Level 2 | 50/100 | ||
| Level 3 | 100/200 | ||
| Level 4 | 25 | 100/200 | |
| Level 5 | 25 | 150/300 | |
| Level 6 | 50 | 200/400 | |
| Level 7 | 75 | 300/600 | |
| Level 8 | 100 | 400/800 | |
| Level 9 | 100 | 500/1,000 | |
| Level 10 | 100 | 600/1,200 | |
| Level 11 | 200 | 800/1,600 | |
| Level 12 | 300 | 1,000/2,000 | |
| Level 13 | 400 | 1,500/3,000 | |
| Level 14 | 500 | 2,000/4,000 | |
| Level 15 | 500 | 3,000/6,000 | |
| Level 16 | 1,000 | 4,000/8,000 | |
| Level 17 | 1,000 | 5,000/10,000 | |
| Level 18 | 1,000 | 6,000/12,000 | |
| Level 19 | 2,000 | 8,000/16,000 | |
| Level 20 | 3,000 | 10,000/20,000 | |
| Level 21 | 3,000 | 12,000/24,000 | |
| Level 22 | 4,000 | 15,000/30,000 | |
| Level 23 | 5,000 | 20,000/40,000 | |
| Level 24 | 5,000 | 25,000/50,000 | |
| Level 25 | 5,000 | 30,000/60,000 | |
| Level 26 | 10,000 | 40,000/80,000 | |
| Level 27 | 10,000 | 50,000/100,000 | |
| Level 28 | 15,000 | 60,000/120,000 |
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