2009 WSOP Update from 4 to 2!!

Now we are down to the final 5 and the goal is to get HU by the end of the session which last I had read is about 5am at the Rio In Vegas which makes it about 9 am here on the east coast. I couldnt update because I was at work but I did read about it on Twitter. Next to go is….

Dang it! My other favorite Buchman is out!! Freakin Moon is cleaning house!! Heres how it went. Moon pushing around Buchman raises to 3 million from the button. Buchman moves ALL In!! Buchman A 5. Moon turns over K J. Flop is a blank with 2-9-Q. Then of course the turn drops a K giving Moon the best of it. The river is a 5 of hearts and Ive lost my other perspective winner. This is hand # 271.

Then as if we were on an egg timer it really gets wild. Hand #272. ( Its the hand right after #271) Cada in the SB raises to 2.55 million, The Saout pops it 7.3 million. Cada then fires back ALL IN!! Insta call by Saout who flips over QQ. Cada turns over the ducks (2 2) This actually pretty sick of Cada. The flop is 7-2-9 giving Cada a set of ducks (2 2 2) A 3 and 6 follow and Cada’s stack rockets to 78600000, which is alot of zeroes.

Heres how they finally got heads up. Actually only a few hands later #276. Cada opens to 2.5 million. Saout shoves ALL IN. Cada call immediately and they both turn over their hands. Cada AK and Saout 8 8 the most expensive of coin flips! The flop is a safe one for Saout 5-4-5. Then the dreaded turn is a K followed by a blank river to send Saout towards the door!

Heads up will be The youngest possible winner ever in Joe Cada ot the Logger from Western Maryland Darvin Moon. Here is the chip counts. I want to thank Pokerroad.com, WSOP.com and the tweets of Barry Greenstein for making this blog possible for someone not even close to Vegas.
Joseph Cada—135950000
Darvin Moon—58850000

Heads up starts 10pm Monday night Vegas time at the Penn and Teller Theatre .

WSOP November 9 update from 9 to 4!!

Okay now that I have the sleep and work part over with I can get caught up on the action. Since I live on the east coast Im kind of hit or miss beyond the Dinner Break but this mornings twitter was absolutely wild with action!!
At the dinner break James Akenhead and Kevin Schaffel were eliminated 9th and 8th respectively and in that order. By the way Barry Greenstein did an amazing job keeping the twitterverse up to date on all the action.
So here is the next big events that led us to be Heads up for the Greatest Title in Poker:
This is called hand #179
Phil Ivey shoves all in. Hand goes around to Darvin Moon who calls. Darvin flips over AQ off and Ivey turns over AK and this brings many cheers and Ivey Chants.Meanwhile is eating another apple this entire time ( I wonder if they are honey crisp?) the Flop brought Q-6-6 and the turn a 3 and the river unfortunately for the tons of Ivey supporters was a 5 making Moon the most hated man ( including Helmuth I guess) in Poker.

Then there were 6!
That is… until hand #187 That Bear Sterns Guy. Thats Right next out was Steve” Beggs” Beglighter. Beggs raises a pot to 1.6 million. Moon comes over the top all in. Beggs insta calls and flips over QQ , Moon again has AQ. Flop is good for Beglighter 7-4-8 . Turn is a blank and the Moon spikes a river A. Beglighter is floored and apparently so is everyone else. Its now getting empty at this table as we are down to 5 players.
A9 versus 77
Saout in the SB raises to 5.4 million. Shulman in the BB shoves in his last 200k. The flop comes 10-9-6 giving Saout the lead . The on the turn and river Shulman is unable to improve and is out in 5th place.

Another Darvin??????

Big Stacks Darvin Moon and Begleiter involved in a monster pot. Darvin Moon raises pre flop. Beglighter reraises. Moon calls and the flop is 2-3-4. Begliter bets 5 million.Then Moon reraises to 15million( Thats alot of millions!!)Begliter shoves all in for his last 6 million. Moon hits the tank. After a few moments of hell time Moon folds??? Moon Folds?? ummm only 6 million to call a pot of 45+million and Moon Folds??? WTF?? Im sure this hand will be on TV!! This moves Buchman into the chip lead!!! WOW and Oh Yeah SICK!!

WOWCH tough beat down to 7!!

Kevin Schaffel raises Beglighter calls again Buchman pops it 5 million. Schaffell shoves all in. Beggs folds call by Buchman. Again Schaffell flips over AA and Buchman flips over KK. ( whos stacking this deck??) flop is QJK. K OMG Buchman hits a set!! Then OMG another K on the flop for Quads shutting down Schaffell and taking us two a remaining 7 players. Buchman is now only 7 million behind still chip leader darvin Moon!!

Darvin Moon?????

Antoine Saout shoves all in with J2 after the flop of k-j-2 Moon Calls with A4. Darvin doesn’t Improve huge double up By Saout. Darvin loses about 10 million in that hand. Huge miss step for my fellow Marylander!!
Pokerdog283s comment “WOWCH”

Huge Hand Alert!!

Akenhead with around 1 million shoves all in. Called by Bigleighter. Then Buchman pops it to 12 million!!!! Begs folds. Buchman AK, Akenhead KQ. K onthe turn. The Akenhead spikes a river queen for the sickest of two pairs!!! Akenhead triples up. Begs apparently looks aggravated!! My pick moves to 4th!!

November 9 1st break update

This info is from all the Twitter Buzz.

Not much in the way of action some good raises and some folds. Some raises and some reraises. Phil has moved all in once again Cada. Cada folded. Big hand Buchman and Shulman. They checked it down and Buchman shows QQ. Schulman doesn’t show. Buchman up to 40k. Moon still super stacked. My pick Akenhead down to 3million!!

Here comes the Big Day!!!! November 9 is back!!

A quick update on the WSOP November9. Finally the Main Event will be completed. Here are some updates. The WSOP.com Poll shows Full Tilt Pro Phil Ivey chosen by the voters to win with a total of 78.05% of the votes. A strech if you ask me but hell Im looking for Akenhead to win and he’s even more of a long shot!!!
The final table will re start tomorrow November 7th and play down to the final 2. Then November 9th the final 2 will play heads up to determine the 2009 WSOP Main Event bracelet winner!!! The ESPN coverage airs November 10th. Then its goodbye to Norman Chad till next Year! so It will be a wild weekend. I will try to keep upto date with the updates. I will try to send some through my twitter so look for them in the twitter box on the right.!!!

FTOPS time again on Full Tilt!!!

Here is some great info on the FTOPS starting November 4th on Full Tilt. Also HERE is a link to WDIAV. Sign up for Full Tilt through them to start an account and request rakeback!! Rakeback is a program that pays you back a portion of the rake you pay when playing poker on Full Tilt.!!!

FTOPS XIV Series Details

The best online tournament series just keeps getting better.

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A poker prize that includes fame??

I stopped in my tracks when I read the prize for the Bodog championship includes a Magazine write up!! Read about it.

The Bodog Poker Open IV
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All Championship tournaments have money added to the prize pool, ranging from $2,500 to $25,000, depending on the event. As an added bonus the winner of each Championship series event will receive a seat to the main event (T$500).