Monday, November 9, 2009
Streaky
Side note of mild interest: When researching Lee's cash record Stat Monkey discovered that Erik Seidel has cashed at least once in all eight seasons of the WPT. He is the only player out of the 3410 players who have made it to the cage over the last seven years to accomplish this feat. Apparently this Seidel character is also good at the poker.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Tommy Vedes Wins WPT Festa al Lago!
Lavallee moves all in for 2,775,000, and Vedes quickly calls with K
Q
. Lavallee shows 8
6
, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.
The flop comes A
9
5
, and Lavallee picks up a gutshot straight draw. The turn card is the Q
, and Vedes increases his lead with a pair of queens. Lavallee needs a seven on the river to stay alive.
The river card is the Q
, and Tommy Vedes wins the pot -- and the tournament -- with trip queens.
Jason Lavallee finishes in second place, earning $795,150.
Tommy Vedes wins the 2009 WPT Festa al Lago tournament at Bellagio, earning $1,218,225, a WPT bracelet, a Bellagio bracelet, and a Rolex watch.
Here are the payouts for all six final tablists:
- Tommy Vedes - $1,218,225
- Jason Lavallee - $795,150
- Craig Crivello - $477,090
- Freddy Deeb - $278,300
- Jason Burt - $208,725
- Shawn Cunix - $168,970
Monday, October 26, 2009
Toughest
Festa al Lago - October 2004
Erik Seidel
Carlos Mortensen
Kido Pham
David "The Dragon" Pham
John Juanda
Hung La
Bellagio Cup V - July 2009
Erik Seidel
Alex Gomes
Faraz Jaka
Justin Smith
Alec Torelli
Christoffer Sonensson
Going for Three
Maybe.
If Freddy Deeb wins today the parallels between his career wins and Hansen's will resemble those between Lincoln and Kennedy. Both will have won tournaments at Commerce (LAPC for Hansen, Invitational for Deeb, tournaments in the Caribbean (Freddy's first bracelet came in Aruba) and now Bellagio (Hansen won the first WPT event ever at that jewel of the strip). Deeb is semi-famous for shell shocked trashing talking of the Dane after his knockout at Hansen's hands at the inaugural Five Diamond seven years ago. "He plays so bad. I wish I could play him everyday if he plays like that." Now another possible link and if history is any guide they may sit atop this particular leader board together for years to come.
Maybe.
Freddy Deeb Goes For a Record-Tying Third WPT Title
By the end of the day, two-time WPT winner Freddy Deeb had moved into first place:
- Freddy Deeb - 3,840,000
- Shawn Cunix - 3,670,000
- Tommy Vedes - 2,990,000
- Craig Crivello - 2,570,000
- Jason Lavallee - 2,045,000
- Jason Burt - 1,375,000
The WPT Final Table begins today (Monday) at 4:00 pm PT, and chipleader Freddy Deeb is hoping to tie Gus Hansen as the only players with three WPT titles. (Deeb won WPT Aruba in 2005 and the WPT Celebrity Invitational earlier this year.)
Return to WorldPokerTour.com for complete live coverage of all the action, with hand-for-hand updates and constantly-updated chip counts after each hand.
Festa al Lago - Season 8 - Day 5
Blue Diamond Almonds' Bold Player of the Day
Shawn Cunix is Day 5 Blue Diamond Almonds' Bold Player of the Day where he wins a year supply of almonds.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Festa al Lago - Season 8 - Day 4
Blue Diamond Almonds' Bold Player of the Day
Freddy Deeb is Day 4 Blue Diamond Almonds' Bold Player of the Day where he wins a year supply of almonds.
2009 Festa al Lago - Day 4 Final Chipcount
Official Chip Counts: Jason Lavallee & Freddy Deeb Lead the Final 11
Level 20: 12,000-24,000, 3,000 ante
Here are the official chip counts from the end of Day 4:
- Jason Lavallee - 4,063,000
- Freddy Deeb - 2,319,000
- Shawn Cunix - 2,189,000
- Kido Pham - 1,500,000
- Tommy Vedes - 1,437,000
- Jason Burt - 1,194,000
- Larry Berg - 810,000
- Chris Bjorin - 810,000
- Richard Sciuto - 738,000
- Aaron Jones - 679,000
- Craig Crivello - 539,000
Play resumes tomorrow (Sunday) at 12:00 noon PT. Stay tuned for a recap of today's action, and return to WorldPokerTour.com for continuing live coverage as they play down to the final six for Monday's televised WPT Final Table.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Festa al Lago - Season 8 - Day 3
Blue Diamond Almonds' Bold Player of the Day
Corwin Cole is Day 3 Blue Diamond Almonds' Bold Player of the Day where he wins a year supply of almonds.
Festa al Lago - Season 8 - Day 2
Blue Diamond Almonds' Bold Player of the Day
Jason Somerville is Day 2 Blue Diamond Almonds' Bold Player of the Day where he wins a year supply of almonds.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Festa al Lago - Season 8 - Day 1
Blue Diamond Almonds' Bold Player of the Day
Jennifer Tilly is Day 1 Blue Diamond Almonds' Bold Player of the Day where she wins a year supply of almonds.
