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#751 – 2009 WSOP #9 – Daily Tilt #4 – Monday, June 1, AM Edition
Sunday was a remarkable day at the Series, with twenty living former World Champions locking horns in the Champions Invitational, Vitaly Lunkin winning the history $40,000 NLHE, and Thang Luu successfully defending his $1,500 OEOB title. Oh, and there were another 3,000 players in 1-B of the economic stimulus event.
Monday will see the beginning of the Series’ “usual” June schedule: new events at noon and 5 PM, and ongoing events at 2 PM. (By this Wednesday, seven events will be running simultaneously.)
FULL TILT BRACELETS
Vitaly Lunkin (#2)
Event #4 – $40,000 NLHE
FULL TILT MONEY LIST
Name – Earnings – Cashes – Final Tables
Vitaly Lunkin – $1,891,018 – 1 – 1
Ted Forrest – $230,317 – 1 – 1
Brian Townsend – $128,665 – 1 – 0
Andy Black – $71,858 – 1 – 0
David Chiu – $71,858 – 1 – 0
David Pham – $71,858 – 1 – 0
Eli Elezra – $7,869 – 1 – 0
Erick Lindgren – $6,566 – 1 – 0
Chip Jett – $4,924 – 1 – 0
Toto Leonidas – $3,796 – 1 – 0
Fabrice Soulier – $3,796 – 1 – 0
COMPLETED EVENTS
Event #2 – $ 40,000 NLHE
Starters: 201
Prize Pool: $7,718,400
Places Paid: 27
Winner: Vitaly Lunkin $1,891,018
Congratulations to Full Tilt pro Vitaly Lunkin on his second gold bracelet!
Notes: Ted Forrest, wearing the Full Tilt colors, came in with the smallest stack and was eliminated in ninth place, winning $230,317. The other finishers were Isaac Haxton (2), Greg Raymer (3), Dani Stern (4), Justin Bonomo (5), Alec Torelli (6), Alexander Veldhuis (7), and Noah Schwartz (8).
Event #3 – $1,500 OEOB
Starters: 918
Prize Pool: $1,253,070
Places Paid: 90
Winner: Thang Luu $263,190
Notes: Luu’s triumph, like Lunkin’s, was of historic proportions. Thang was runner up in this event in 2007 and won it in 2008. He joins this very exclusive list of players to successfully defend a World Series title:
Johnny Moss — $10,000 World Championship (1970-1971)
Lakewood Louie — $5,000 Limit 5-Card Draw High (1978-1979)
Bones Berland — $500 7-Card Stud (1978-1979)
Doyle Brunson — $10,000 World Championship (1976-1977)
Stu Ungar — $10,000 World Championship (1980-1981)
Johnny Chan — $10,000 World Championship (1987-1988)
Susie Issacs — $1,000 Women’s Seven-Card Stud (1996-1997)
Nani Dollison — $1,000 Women’s Mixed Stud/Hold’em (2000-2001)
CHIP COUNTS
All counts are courtesy of the World Series of Poker. Transcription errors are mine and, though I’ll do my best to keep an updated list of who at the Series is affiliated with Full Tilt, apologies for misattribution. I will attempt immediately to correct any errors brought to my attention (mrchaotic@aol.com).
Event #4 – $1,000 NLHE “Economic Stimulus”
End of Day 1-B
Starters: 3,021 (totalling 6,012)
Prize Pool: $5,410,800
Places Paid: 621
Remaining: 385 (from 1-B, totalling 760)
Chip leader: Jeremiah DeGreef 132,200 (1-A), J.C. Tran 130,800 (1-B)
Lee Watkinson had a lot of chips at the end of 1-B. I will try to provide a fuller account of the performance of Full Tilt’s pros, as well as its online qualifiers for this event, in a later post. Apologies to those omitted.
Champions Invitational
End of Day 1
Starters: 20
Prize Pool: 1970 Corvette Stingray
Places Paid: 1
Remaining: 10
The final table begins at 3 PM today, with three Full Tilt pros at the final table – Carlos Mortenson, Huckleberry Seed, and Berry Johnston. The seats and chip counts are as follows:
1. Berry Johnson – 7,625
2. Carlos Mortenson – 42,375
3. Peter Eastgate – 18,425
4. Robert Varkonyi – 13,450
5. Tom McEvoy – 31,000
6. Huckleberry Seed – 15,400
7. Dan Harrington – 19,500
8. Phil Hellmuth – 1,125
9. Jim Bechtel – 30,475
10. Doyle Brunson – 20,250
Notes: Jamie Gold was the first player eliminated, Chris Moneymaker the second … Greg Raymer’s stack was anted off through the afternoon and evening as he battled for the bracelet in the $40,000 NLHE. After finishing third, he returned to his depleted stack and busted on his first hand … Tom McEvoy was unrecognizable to me and many others, now sporting a gray beard. But I mean that in a nice way. At first, I thought that was Crandell Addington sitting in his seat (twice a Main Event runner-up). Especially with the cowboy hat, it’s a nice, distinguished look … I told Jeffrey Pollack on Sunday that I was rooting for Jim Bechtel to win, as partial recompense for being the first player eliminated from the $40,000 NLHE. When he walked past me and Gary Wise from the Amazon Room just a half hour into the first level of that event, Gary whispered, “Is that Jim Bechtel? Did he bust already?” As Jim practically staggered out of view, I said, “I don’t know, but I bet you can’t ask him.” Wise – wisely – didn’t take me up on the wager.
TODAY’S EVENTS
Noon: Event #5 – $1,500 PLO
5 PM: Event #6 – $10,000 Seven Card Stud World Championship
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