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Event # 15 - $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout - We have our 9 for tomorrow-3PM


11:59

We have our nine for tomorrow.

Kathy Liebert
Robert Mizrachi
Samrane Siharath
Aram Zerounian
William Shaw
Alex Borteh
M.J. Partin
Mark Seif
Quin Do



11:52
There are 9 tables left. One player from each table will come back and play the last table. Each table has about 3 players left on them now, with one or two having 4.


11:30

After a short break, the players will return with blinds of 500/1000 and limit of 1000/2000.

Current "bust out" order - if you want to call it that. As they lose, they get paid, and as they lose, depending on which number they were on their table makes a difference. Say you bust out 3rd at your table, you make more than if you had busted out 4th. See, simple. (can anyone see my hair turning grey with this tournament?) I think a double elimination softball tournament would have been easier.(by the way, this is Sharla, otherwise I guess my hair is already grey)


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11
12
13
14
15 Young Phan
16 Joseph Monro
17 Scott Manzi
18 Ralph Downy
19 Fred Roubi
20 Humberto Brenes
21 Mack Le
22 Hooman Nikzod
23 Chris Tsiprailipis
24 Ronald Heater
25 Brett Jungblut
26 James Davidson
27 Hoan Ly
28 David "Four Racks" Luttbeg
29 Scott Silverman
30 Patty Gallagher
31 Tom McEvoy
32 Erik Gault
33 Ralph Rudd
34 David Belfiore
35 David Michelson
36 Frank Kassela
37 Ali Lari
38 Daniel Alaei
39 Mario Esquerra
40 Evelyn Ng
41 Christoffer Stohle
42 Lonnie Heimowitz
43 Gregory Alston
44 Jeff Shulman
45 Steven Dunning

Jeff Shulman is the first name player out. He was at table 139. Each player in this second level started with 15k. The starting blinds were 100/200. Playing 400/800. Jeff was 5th at his table so he received $1,865. All the 5th place finishers at each table will receive that amount.

10-18 $6,830 for 2nd's
19-27 $4,035 for 3rd's
28-36 $2,795 for 4th's
37-45 $1,865 for 5th's

The Final Table payouts begin for the nine table winners tomorrow.

--9:35

The players I know. There are nine tables each five handed. The nine winners play tomorrow at the Final Table.

Table
115 2-Frank Kassela 3-Lonnie Heimowitz 4-Young Phan
116 1-Evelyn Ng 3-Alexandra Vuong 5-Mark Seif
117 1-Ralph Rudd 2-Jim Meehan 3-Brett Jungblut
126 3-Robert Mizrachi 4-David Luttbeg
127 1-Patty Gallagher 2-Humberto Brenes 4-Daniel Alaei
128 1-Mario Esquerra
137 1-Tom McEvoy 3-Chris Tsiprailidis 4-Fred Koubi
138 2-Kathy Liebert 4-Erik Gault
139 2-Jeff Shulman

--8:35

1-Negreanu, Hilger, Seidel - M J Partin winner
2-Rodman, Karagulleyan, Bloch, DerekTomko --Unknown winner
3-Benyamine, Spee, Frank Kassela, Q --Kassela winner
4-S Kaufman, Fischman, Mercier, Arieh --Mercier heads up and losing (she lost) -Diane Levin
5-Debora, Sunar, Seif, P Friedman, T Peck, LoCastro --Debora and Seif heads up with Seif ahead -Debora won
6-Baudoin, J Shulman, Talebi --Jeff Shulman winner
7-Timberlake, Bartholdi, Hua, Enright, Sitar --Gene Timberlake winning his heads up -Gene lost to Michael Fioitu
8-Mueller, Gallagher, Dollison, Vaswani, Harman, Donev --Patty Gallagher winner
9-J Heimowitz, D Pham, Mills - Quinn Do
10-Lindgren --James Davidson winner
11-Sjavik, Beevers, Van Alstyne, Sample, Mimi Tran -Samrane Siharath winner
12-Chen, Matros, Appleman, Esquerra --Esquerra winner
13-R Mizrachi, Arzoin, Heimiller --Robert Mizrachi heads up and he won
14-Derei, Zolotow, Judah --David Luttberg winner
15-Pat Edson (CanHam on PSO), Demetriou, Liebert --Kathy Liebert heads up and won
16-Layne, Holland, Kroh, Vuong -Alexandra Vuong winner
17-Kohlberg, Brody, Grigorich -Greg Alston winner
18-Bellande, Cernuto, Boeken -Scott Manzi winner
19-Mahmood, D'Agostino, Colcough -Gerald Levin winner
116-Griffin, Perry --Gavin Griffin heads up and winning. Gavin lost to Alex Borteh
117-Juanda, Saab, B Johnston
118-Cousineau, Tsiprailidis --Chris Tsiprailidis heads up and losing. -Chris won
119-Paez -Ronald Heater won
120-B Feduniak --David Belfiore winner
121-Payvar, Karp -Aram Zerounian
122-Freed, Flack, Duke, Myung --Mack Lee winner
123-Balas, Laing, Mortensen, Ferguson, Koubi --Fred Koubi is leading three handed and Fred won
127-Levi, Santoni, Wolfe, Traniello --Hoan Ly winner
128-Franklin -Erik Gault won
129-B Boatman, McEvoy --Tom McEvoy winner
130- Steve Dunning winner
131-M Feduniak, P Lawton -Chad Meboer won
132-Gerasimov, Schoenfeld -Ralph Rudd
133-K James, Medic, F O'Dell -Hooman Nikzad
134-Luske, Shoten, J Phan, Reyes --Reyes heads up and losing. Josef Monro won
136-Alaei, Costa, Compton --Daniel Alaei winner
137-Brahmi, Ng --Evelyn Ng heads up and losing (Ng won)
138-Greenstein, Bush, Ji Tran, JC Tran --JC Tran heads up and losing. Scott Silverman won
139-R Boatman, Plastik, Meehan, Geohring, Rabbi --Jim Meehan winner
140-Bigler, Vahedi, H Brenes, B Shulman -Huberto Brenes won
141-Dicken, Cordovez, D Williams -David Michelson
142-Tatalovich, Pescatori, Kastle, Lisandro -Lonnie Heimowitz
144-J Jones, Y Phan, Froehlich, Giang --Young Phan is losing his heads up. Young Phan finally beat a woman dealer from Tunica, Jessica Smith
145-T Hansen, Forrest, D Brunson, Matusow, Jungblut --Brett Jungblut winner
146-Nam Le, M Mizrachi, Cassidy, Katz, Ji Lester, An Tran --Aaron Katz is winning in a three handed game. Katz won

--8:05

Shootout Pay
1 $181,330
2 $93,770
3 $46,885
4 $40,675
5 $34,465
6 $28,255
7 $24,840
8 $18,630
9 $12,420
10-18 $6,830
19-27 $4,035
28-36 $2,795
37-45 $1,865

Mark Seif and Greg Debora have both been all-in and neither can beat the other.

Young Phan can't take out a lovely woman even with nearly all the chips.

There will be nine tables of five handed which will start an hour after the last first round table is done.

--6:25

Win your table and you are in the money. Sweet. Most of the remaining tables are heads up.

Tables
1-Negreanu, Hilger, Seidel
2-Rodman, Karagulleyan, Bloch, DerekTomko
3-Benyamine, Spee, Frank Kassela, Q --Kassela winner
4-S Kaufman, Fischman, Mercier, Arieh --Mercier heads up and losing (she lost)
5-Debora, Sunar, Seif, P Friedman, T Peck, LoCastro --Debora and Seif heads up with Seif ahead
6-Baudoin, J Shulman, Talebi --Jeff Shulman winner
7-Timberlake, Bartholdi, Hua, Enright, Sitar --Gene Timberlake winning his heads up
8-Mueller, Gallagher, Dollison, Vaswani, Harman, Donev --Patty Gallagher winner
9-J Heimowitz, D Pham, Mills
10-Lindgren --James Davidson winner
11-Sjavik, Beevers, Van Alstyne, Sample, Mimi Tran Samrane Siharath winner
12-Chen, Matros, Appleman, Esquerra --Esquerra winner
13-R Mizrachi, Arzoin, Heimiller --Robert Mizrachi heads up and winning
14-Derei, Zolotow, Judah --David Luttberg winner
15-Pat Edson (CanHam on PSO), Demetriou, Liebert --Kathy Liebert heads up and winning
16-Layne, Holland, Kroh, Vuong --Alexandra Vuong winner
17-Kohlberg, Brody, Grigorich --William Shaw winner
18-Bellande, Cernuto, Boeken
19-Mahmood, D'Agostino, Colcough
116-Griffin, Perry --Gavin Griffin heads up and winning
117-Juanda, Saab, B Johnston
118-Cousineau, Tsiprailidis --Chris Tsiprailidis heads up and losing
119-Paez
120-B Feduniak --David Belfiore winner
121-Payvar, Karp
122-Freed, Flack, Duke, Myung --Mack Lee winner
123-Balas, Laing, Mortensen, Ferguson, Kouby --Fred Kouby is leading three handed
127-Levi, Santoni, Wolfe, Traniello --Hoan Ly winner
128-Franklin
129-B Boatman, McEvoy --Tom McEvoy winner
130- Steve Dunning winner
131-M Feduniak, P Lawton
132-Gerasimov, Schoenfeld
133-K James, Medic, F O'Dell
134-Luske, Shoten, J Phan, Reyes --Reyes heads up and losing
136-Alaei, Costa, Compton --Alaei winner
137-Brahmi, Ng --Evelyn Ng heads up and losing (Ng won)
138-Greenstein, Bush, Ji Tran, JC Tran --JC Tran heads up and losing
139-R Boatman, Plastik, Meehan, Geohring, Rabbi --Jim Meehan winner
140-Bigler, Vahedi, H Brenes, B Shulman
141-Dicken, Cordovez, D Williams
142-Tatalovich, Pescatori, Kastle, Lisandro
144-J Jones, Y Phan, Froehlich, Giang --Young Phan is losing his heads up
145-T Hansen, Forrest, D Brunson, Matusow, Jungblut --Brett Jungblut winner
146-Nam Le, M Mizrachi, Cassidy, Katz, Ji Lester, An Tran --Aaron Katz is winning in a three handed game


--4:55

Several tables are now heads up, but none have given up a winner yet. I'll list them when they do.

--4:15

1st place will pay $181,330

New outs:

Chris Karagulleyan
Robert Benyamine (losing his last longer bet to Kathy Liebert)
Josh Arieh
Rodeen Talebi
Can Hua
Barbara Enright
David Pham
Erick Lindgren
James Van Alstyne
Matt Matros
Steve Zolotow
Mel Judah
Pat Edson
Chad Layne
Kathy Kolberg
John Cernuto
Ayaz Mahmood
David Colcough
Doug Saab
Bob Feduniak
Reza Payvar
David Levi
Paul Wolfe
Marco Traniello
Barny Boatman
Peter Lawson
Kirill Gerasimov
Nemad Medic
Frankie O'Dell
Marcel Luske
Jimmy Tran
Gary Bush
Ross Boatman
Alan Goehring
Chris Bigler
David Williams
Diego Cordovez
Max Pescatori
Jeffrey Lisandro
Michael Mizrachi
Joe Cassidy
Jim Lester

--3:15

I love this format, they can't run, they can't hide.

Tables (out)
1-Hilger, Seidel (Negreanu first of the names out)
2-Rodman, Karagulleyan, Bloch, Derek Tomko
3-Benyamine, Spee, Kassela (Q out)
4-S Kaufman, Mercier, Arieh (Fischman out)
5-Debora, Sunar, Seif, P Friedman, LoCastro
6-Baudoin, J Shulman, Talebi
7-Timberlake, Bartholdi, Hua, Enright, Sitar
8-Gallagher, Dollison, Vaswani, Donev (Harman)
9-J Heimowitz, Mills (D Pham)
10-Lindgren
11-Sjavik, Beevers, Van Alstyne, Sample, Mimi Tran
12-Chen, Matros, Appleman, Esquerra
13-R Mizrachi, Arzoin (Heimiller)
14-Derei, Zolotow, Judah
15-Pat Edson (CanHam on PSO), (Demetriou) Liebert
16-(Layne) Holland, Kroh, Vuong
17-Kohlberg, Brody, Grigorich
18-(Bellande), Cernuto, Boeken
19-Mahmood, (D'Agostino), Colcough
116-Griffin, (Perry)
117-Juanda, (Saab), B Johnston
118-Cousineau, Tsiprailidis
119-Paez
120-B Feduniak
121-(Payvar), Karp
122-(Freed), (Flack), (Duke), Myung
123-Balas, Laing, (Mortensen), (Ferguson), Kouby
127-(Levi, Santoni, Wolfe, Traniello) All the names are out
128-Franklin
129-(B Boatman), McEvoy
130-
131-M Feduniak, (P Lawton)
132-(Gerasimov), Schoenfeld
133-K James, Medic, (F O'Dell)
134-Luske, Shoten, (J Phan), Reyes
136-Alaei, Costa, Compton
137-Brahmi, Ng
138-Greenstein, Bush, (Ji Tran), JC Tran
139-R Boatman, Plastik, Meehan, Goehring, Rabbi
140-Bigler, Vahedi, H Brenes, (B Shulman)
141-Dicken, Cordovez, D Williams
142-Tatalovich, Pescatori, Kastle, Lisandro
144-J Jones, Y Phan, (Froehlich), (Giang)
145-T Hansen, Forrest, (D Brunson), (Matusow), Jungblut
146-Nam Le, M Mizrachi, Cassidy, Katz, Ji Lester, (An Tran) (Table of Death 1 still almost intact)

--2:25

Early outs:

Doyle Brunson and Mike Matusow next to each other at the 'Table of Death 2' #145. Ted Forrest has a lot of chips.

On table 122, Layne Flack and Annie Duke sat next to each other in front of John Myung. They are both out and John is still there. Dave Freed also exited from that table.

Tom Franklin is the only player I know at #128. He said the 8 seat had the stone cold nuts and didn't raise him all-in when Tom had 200 left. He now has 1,000.

--1:45

Some additions and corrections. Luis Santoni is the only name I see out.

--1:05

450 players got it. 45 will get to the next level.

These players have some name competition at their starting table in seat (but not necessarily in consecutive) order.

Tables
1-Negreanu, Hilger, Seidel
2-Rodman, Karagulleyan, Bloch, DerekTomko
3-Benyamine, Spee, Q
4-S Kaufman, Fischman, Mercier, Arieh
5-Debora, Sunar, Seif, P Friedman, T Peck, LoCastro
6-Baudoin, J Shulman, Talebi
7-Timberlake, Bartholdi, Hua, Enright, Sitar
8-Mueller, Gallagher, Dollison, Vaswani, Harman, Donev
9-J Heimowitz, D Pham, Mills
10-Lindgren
11-Sjavik, Beevers, Van Alstyne, Sample, Mimi Tran
12-Chen, Matros, Appleman, Esquerra
13-R Mizrachi, Arzoin, Heimiller
14-Derei, Zolotow, Judah
15-Pat Edson (CanHam on PSO), Demetriou, Liebert
16-Layne, Holland, Kroh, Vuong
17-Kohlberg, Brody, Grigorich
18-Bellande, Cernuto, Boeken
19-Mahmood, D'Agostino, Colcough
116-Griffin, Perry
117-Juanda, Saab, B Johnston
118-Cousineau, Tsiprailidis
119-Paez
120-B Feduniak
121-Payvar, Karp
122-Freed, Flack, Duke, Myung
123-Balas, Laing, Mortensen, Ferguson, Kouby
127-Levi, Santoni, Wolfe, Traniello
128-Franklin
129-B Boatman, McEvoy
130-
131-M Feduniak, P Lawton
132-Gerasimov, Schoenfeld
133-K James, Medic, F O'Dell
134-Luske, Shoten, J Phan, Reyes
136-Alaei, Costa, Compton
137-Brahmi, Ng
138-Greenstein, Bush, Ji Tran, JC Tran
139-R Boatman, Plastik, Meehan, Geohring, Rabbi
140-Bigler, Vahedi, H Brenes, B Shulman
141-Dicken, Cordovez, D Williams
142-Tatalovich, Pescatori, Kastle, Lisandro
144-J Jones, Y Phan, Froehlich, Giang
145-T Hansen, Forrest, D Brunson, Matusow, Jungblut
146-Nam Le, M Mizrachi, Cassidy, Katz, Ji Lester, An Tran


--1:05

450 players got it. 45 will get to the next level.

These players have some name competition at their starting table in seat (but not necessarily in consecutive) order.

Tables
1-Negreanu, Hilger, Seidel
2-Rodman, Karagulleyan, Dewey Tomko
3-Benyamine, Spee, Q
4-S Kaufman, Fischman, Mercier, Arieh
5-Debora, Sunar, Seif, P Friedman, T Peck, LoCastro
6-J Shulman, Talebi
7-Timberlake, Bartholdi, Hua, Enright, Sitar
8-Mueller, Gallagher, Harman, Donev
9-J Heimowitz, D Pham, Mills
10-Lindgren
11-Sjavik, Beevers, Van Alstyne, Sample, Mimi Tran
12-Chen, Matros, Appleman
13-R Mizrachi, Arzoin, Heimiller
14-Derei, Zolotow, Judah
15-Pat Edson (CanHam on PSO), Demetriou, Liebert
16-Layne, Holland, Kroh, Vuong
17-Kohlberg, Grigorich
18-Bellande, Cernuto, Boeken
19-Mahmood, D'Agostino, Colcough
116-Griffin, Paez
117-Juanda, Saab, B Johnston
118-Cousineau, Tsiprailidis
119-Paez
120-B Feduniak
121-Payvar, Karp
122-Freed, Flack, Duke, Myung
123-Balas, Mortensen, Ferguson, Kouby
127-Levi, Santoni, Wolfe, Traniello
128-Franklin
129-B Boatman, McEvoy
130-
131-M Feduniak, P Lawton
132-Gerasimov, Schoenfeld
133-K James, Medic, F O'Dell
134-Luske, Shoten, J Phan, Reyes
136-Alaei, Costa, Compton
137-Brahmi, Ng
138-Greenstein, Bush, Ji Tran, JC Tran
139-R Boatman, Plastik, Meehan, Geohring, Rabbi
140-Bigler, Vahedi, H Brenes, B Shulman
141-Dicken, D Williams
142-Tatalovich, Pescatori, Kastle, Lisandro
144-J Jones, Y Phan, Froehlich, Giang
145-T Hansen, Forrest, D Brunson, Matusow, Jungblut
146-Nam Le, M Mizrachi, Cassidy, Katz, Ji Lester, An Tran

--Win every chip at three straight freeze out tables and you are the champion. I'll tell you the famous players at each first table by 1 pm.

Join me as they start Day 1 of the WSOP Limit Hold'em Shootout.

Comparison to 2004 event
Event # 17
Entrants - 240
Buy in $1,500
PrizePool $331,200
Winner - Kathy Liebert (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $ 110,180


I have $500 to give to the winner of a contest to pick the WSOP 2005 World Champion.

Here are the rules. Everyone who enters gets one pick a day, starting today. If there are mulitiple winners, they split the $500 equally. If there are no winners, who ever has the name that lasts longest wins. As with the Champion, mulitple winners of the last longer split the prize equally. All entries have to allow me to use their full name in the blog. Entries will be accepted up until midnight PDT July 6, 2005.
Email MikePaulle@PokerPages.com

Shootout - Basically each table is treated like a single table satellite and the winning player with all chips moves forward to play winners from other tables.

12.00pm start ...........