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)


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 Ah Qd.

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 Ac Kc in Woo's hands.

Looking for a lady to spike, he laughed at his positioning worsening on a 9s 4c 3c flop.

With only three outs to start, now reduced to two, he was in dire shape and the board ran out 4d and Jc 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 Qs Tc 6h. Curtis had spiked a ten and Wood needed a lot of help at this point.

The turn Kh 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 9c 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 Ac Qh, calling only for Beren to turn over one of four hands he feared, the dominating As Ks.

The flop fell 5h 3h 3c, a relatively good one for Glasser, opening up some split and backdoor draw outs, and the Ah on the turn opened up the distinct possibility of an outdraw.

Needing a heart to complete his flush, the river was red, but the 7d 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 Jh Th Ts, 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)


Did You See That River?!?

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: 9s 9d

Wood: As Qc

The players strapped themselves in and went to the races and a Js 7h 4d was great for Glasser. With only two more cards to fade Wood's overs, the Jd 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 Ad 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
    Matthew Showell
  • Martin Derbyshire
    Martin Derbyshire
  • Rod Stirzaker
    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

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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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