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Chip Count - 2006 WPT Five Diamond Championship
Place Name Chip Count
1 Haralabos Voulgaris 750,000
2 Joe Hachem 700,000
3 Steve Sung 690,000
4 Rolgues Rodriguez 600,000
4 Daniel Negreanu 600,000
6 Ed Jordan 560,000
7 Mike Matusow 540,000
8 Ian Johns 520,000
9 David Redlin 500,000
10 Keith Lehr 495,000
11 Kevin Hong 455,000
12 Cyndy Violette 450,000
13 Peter Rho 443,000
14 Scott Fischman 400,000
14 Eugene Ji 400,000
16 John Hoang 370,000
16 Clonie Gowen 370,000
<font color="red">18 Zee Justin Bonomo 360,000</font>
18 Chris Kimmel 360,000
20 Jim Routos 340,000
21 Michael The Grinder Mizrachi 320,000
21 Grant Lang 320,000
23 Lee Markholt 285,000
24 Chris McCormack 275,000
25 Steven Liu 270,000
26 Laura Fink 260,000
26 Ray Faltinsky 260,000
28 Scott Linden 255,000
29 Mads Anderson 250,000
30 Wayne Lewis 240,000
31 Marco Johnson 230,000
32 Michael Binger 225,000
32 Kristy Gazes 225,000
34 Cliff Josephy 220,000
35 Jim Hanna 215,000
36 Brent Sheirbon 210,000
36 Richard Harroch 210,000
38 Gary Kainer 200,000
39 Ali Nourbehesht 190,000
40 Jesse Jones 185,000
41 Frank Hernandez 180,000
42 Mats Rahmn 175,000
43 Scott Lundgerg 170,000
44 Jeffery Siler 160,000
45 Marco Palacios 150,000
45 Chau Giang 150,000
47 Fred Goldberg 145,000
48 Eric Deregt 140,000
49 David Levi 130,000
<font color="red"> 49 David Sklansky 130,000</font>
51 Evelyn Ng 125,000
51 Richard Wyrick 125,000
51 Tony Ma 125,000
54 Mohamad Kowssarie 115,000
55 Erik Cajelais 110,000
55 Chip Reese 110,000
57 Mack Lee 100,000
58 Allen Kessler 95,000
59 David Oppenheim 90,000
60 Nenad Medic 85,000
61 Jeff Shulman 82,000
62 Elia Ahmadian 80,000
63 Rhynie Campbell 70,000

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Chip Count - 2006 WPT Five Diamond Championship
Place Name Chip Count
1 Haralabos Voulgaris 750,000
2 Joe Hachem 700,000
3 Steve Sung 690,000
4 Rolgues Rodriguez 600,000
4 Daniel Negreanu 600,000
6 Ed Jordan 560,000
7 Mike Matusow 540,000
8 Ian Johns 520,000
9 David Redlin 500,000
10 Keith Lehr 495,000
11 Kevin Hong 455,000
12 Cyndy Violette 450,000
13 Peter Rho 443,000
14 Scott Fischman 400,000
14 Eugene Ji 400,000
16 John Hoang 370,000
16 Clonie Gowen 370,000
<font color="red">18 Zee Justin Bonomo 360,000</font>
<font color="red">18 Zee Justin Bonomo 360,000[/b]</font>
<font color="red">18 Zee Justin Bonomo 360,000[/b]</font>
<font color="red">18 Zee Justin Bonomo 360,000[/b]</font>
<font color="red">18 Zee Justin Bonomo 360,000[/b]</font>
<font color="red">18 Zee Justin Bonomo 360,000[/b]</font>
18 Chris Kimmel 360,000
20 Jim Routos 340,000
21 Michael The Grinder Mizrachi 320,000
21 Grant Lang 320,000
23 Lee Markholt 285,000
24 Chris McCormack 275,000
25 Steven Liu 270,000
26 Laura Fink 260,000
26 Ray Faltinsky 260,000
28 Scott Linden 255,000
29 Mads Anderson 250,000
30 Wayne Lewis 240,000
31 Marco Johnson 230,000
32 Michael Binger 225,000
32 Kristy Gazes 225,000
34 Cliff Josephy 220,000
35 Jim Hanna 215,000
36 Brent Sheirbon 210,000
36 Richard Harroch 210,000
38 Gary Kainer 200,000
39 Ali Nourbehesht 190,000
40 Jesse Jones 185,000
41 Frank Hernandez 180,000
42 Mats Rahmn 175,000
43 Scott Lundgerg 170,000
44 Jeffery Siler 160,000
45 Marco Palacios 150,000
45 Chau Giang 150,000
47 Fred Goldberg 145,000
48 Eric Deregt 140,000
49 David Levi 130,000
<font color="red"> 49 David Sklansky 130,000</font>
51 Evelyn Ng 125,000
51 Richard Wyrick 125,000
51 Tony Ma 125,000
54 Mohamad Kowssarie 115,000
55 Erik Cajelais 110,000
55 Chip Reese 110,000
57 Mack Lee 100,000
58 Allen Kessler 95,000
59 David Oppenheim 90,000
60 Nenad Medic 85,000
61 Jeff Shulman 82,000
62 Elia Ahmadian 80,000
63 Rhynie Campbell 70,000

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FYP

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Timex,
I can't believe that after 100,000 jokes on the subject I still got a chuckle out of your post. NH.
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I wonder what the details of this hand were... I assume Sung raised and David pushed or vice versa but the 2p2 godfather has been eliminated

David Sklansky moved all in for less than 100k and Steve Sung called. The players showed:

Steve Sung 8c8h
David Sklansky AsKc

The board came 9c7c3d5h9d and there was no help for Sklanksy who was eliminated in 56th place with $25,370.

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This hand is pretty sparse with details, but it looks pretty bad:

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Mack Lee takes out Mike Matusow
No Limit Hold 'em Main Event
Dec 17, 2006 / 22:14:53 EDT
Mike Matusow raised preflop with two callers. Mack Lee moved all in from the big blind. Matusow called and the other players folded.

Mack Lee AA
Mike Matusow 1010

Lee flopped top set and rivered a full house on a board reading A62Q2. Matusow was eliminated in 48th place.


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Edit: Perhaps Matusow got crippled on an earlier hand and he was short stacked is the only thing I can figure.

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Lee only had 100k and the mouth had 540k the last time there were chipcounts so it does look like they were probably around 350k when this hand happened.

In a nutshell the hand does not look horrible though.

Blinds are 4,000/8,000/1,000.

Assume that mike made it 25k to go and was called by 2 players then there was 100k in the pot when it got to Lee.

With a 250k stack it makes perfect sense for Lee to be squeezing here with a huge range. Even if we give him the tight range of 99+, AQo+ Mike is only a 45/55 dog.

When it got to Mike he would have to call 325k in a 435k pot and he is priced in to call.

If Mike actually had a shorter stack then his call only gets easier and if we can expand Lee's range to 66+,AQ+ then Mike is actually a favorite



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If the bloggers got this hand correct though then it is really gross:

Chip Reese moved all in preflop in early position for 73k. Ray Faltinsky called.

Chip Reese JsJd
Ray Faltinksky 6c5c

The board fell 9s3s2sAh6s giving Reese a flush and doubling him up.

The only logical assumption on this one is that Faltinsky made it 30k preflop and felt pot committed to Chip's push. If he called an open push from Reese like the post suggests than thats just nasty

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Bonomo is chipleader with 34 people left. Sick.

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Bonomo is chipleader with 34 people left. Sick.

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Wow, chip leader is easy when people just give you their chips (and your hand holds up)

On a flop of KsQd5s Haralabos Voulgaris checked and Zee Justin Bonomo bet 70k. Voulgaris raised to 140k and Bonomo pushed in for an additional 242k. Voulgaris called and the players showed:

Zee Justin Bonomo Kc10c
Haralabos Voulgaris QcJc

The turn and river came 7h4c and Bonomo took the pot with top pair to double his stack to about 980k.

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Place Name Chip Count
1 Lee Markholt 1,481,000
2 Mads Anderson 1,033,000
3 Zee Justin Bonomo 987,000
4 Joe Hachem 915,000
5 Michael Binger 827,000
6 Scott Linden 819,000
7 Haralabos Voulgaris 798,000
8 Scott Fischman 751,000
9 Cliff Josephy 716,000
10 Ed Jordan 695,000
11 Steve Sung 668,000
12 Ray Faltinsky 611,000
13 Keith Lehr 604,000
14 Peter Rho 555,000
15 Mack Lee 551,000
16 Rolgues Rodriguez 541,000
17 Frank Hernandez 492,000
18 John Hoang 460,000
19 Cyndy Violette 457,000
20 Mats Rahmn 381,000
21 Jim Routos 367,000
22 Marco Johnson 310,000
23 Jesse Jones 303,000
24 Brent Sheirbon 298,000
25 Chip Reese 277,000
26 David Redlin 270,000
27 Fred Goldberg 263,000
28 Laura Fink 239,000
29 Michael The Grinder Mizrachi 233,000
30 Grant Lang 175,000
31 Daniel Negreanu 174,000
32 David Oppenheim 136,000
33 Jim Hanna 125,000

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Cliff Josephy is JohnnyBax

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i'd like to see justin v bax hu

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Pesonally I'd like to see a TV FT of:

Zee Justin
Hachem
Voulgaris
Cliff "Johnny Bax" Josephy
Reese
Grinder

Even though the last 2 are a bit remote I believe that can be your most watchable FT if all the stars are in place.

- JA

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this is a little surreal because i was at the last 5 diamonds w/ ozzy and justin to see gigabet play the FT (we flew out the day of the FT) - blog post here link. i remember justin talking about how excited he was to play in the event next year. he also was dreading taking a huge beat like patrik with with AK AIPF HU. i'm just excited to see what happens next...

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i'd like to see justin v bax hu

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I'd like to see justin win

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i guess this justin kid is the real deal.

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I can't access Cardplayer. Could someone paste the chip counts please?

Re: Official 5 Diamond Championship Thread
 

1Lee Markholt 1,481,000
2Mads Andersen 1,033,000
3Justin Bonomo 987,000
4Joseph Hachem 915,000
5Michael Binger 827,000
6Michael Linden 819,000
7Haralabos Voulgaris 798,000
8Scott Fischman 751,000
9Cliff Josephy 716,000
10Edward Jordan 695,000
11Steve Sung 668,000
12Ray Faltinsky 611,000
13Keith Lehr 604,000
14Peter Rho 555,000
15Mack Lee 551,000
16Rolgues Rodriguez 541,000
17Francisco Hernandez492,000
18John Hoang 460,000
19Cyndy Violette 457,000
20Mats Rahmn 381,000
21James Routos 367,000
22Marco Johnson 310,000
23Jesse Jones 303,000
24Brent Sheirban 298,000
25David 'Chip' Reese 277,000
26David Redlin 270,000
27Fred Goldberg 263,000
28Laura Fink 239,000
29Michael Mizrachi 233,000
30Grant Lang 175,000
31Daniel Negreanu 174,000
32David Oppenheim 136,000
33Jim Hanna 125,000

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Wasnt Hachem part of that WPT lawsuit? Was it dropped or was an agreement made or something?

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i guess this justin kid is the real deal.

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OFN

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Wasnt Hachem part of that WPT lawsuit? Was it dropped or was an agreement made or something?

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That's the question of the tournament.

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Michael Mizrachi Eliminated 29th ($50,745)
Card Player Player of the Year Michael Mizrachi has just been eliminated from the tournament by Jim Hanna.

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Cardplayer at least needs to let us know how he was eliminated . . .

. . . he's the current player of the year.

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Wasnt Hachem part of that WPT lawsuit? Was it dropped or was an agreement made or something?

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The lawsuit was not dropped but Hachem recently withdrew his name from it and is done with it.

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From PokerPages:

"Monday, 18th of December 2006 01:52 PM

2006 Player of the Year Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi was just eliminated. Hanna opens for 45k in late position and Mizrachi moves in from the small blind for about 90k. Hanna calls with A K . Mizrachi shows A Q . The board comes T 3 6 4 8 and Michael Mizrachi is our 29th place finisher, earning $50,745. "

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I'd like to see justin win

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Michael Mizrachi Eliminated 29th ($50,745)
Card Player Player of the Year Michael Mizrachi has just been eliminated from the tournament by Jim Hanna.

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Cardplayer at least needs to let us know how he was eliminated . . .

. . . he's the current player of the year.

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From Jon Eaton at pokerpages.com:

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2006 Player of the Year Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi was just eliminated. Hanna opens for 45k in late position and Mizrachi moves in from the small blind for about 90k. Hanna calls with A K . Mizrachi shows A Q . The board comes T 3 6 4 8 and Michael Mizrachi is our 29th place finisher, earning $50,745.

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what is Hachem thinking with this limp-call UTG with effective stacks so small after the raise?

Rodriguez (673,000) BB
Hachem (1,900,000) UTG
Rahm (880,000) UTG+1


Blinds are 10k/20k with a 3k ante.

Hachem has 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

Hachem limps UTG (20k,) Rahm limps (20k,) all fold to Rodriguez in the BB who raises to 120k. Hachem calls, Rahm calls.

Flop (394k): 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
Rodriguez goes all in for 500k, Hachem raises all in, Rahm folds.

Roriguez has A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] and he does not boat up.

Hachem up to 2.8 mil


Rigged!

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How deep should Rodriguez be to make the call? I'm guessing 900k. Maybe he knew the other guy would overcall thus making it about right.

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Who is still in it?

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1 Joseph Hachem 2,400,000
2 Justin Bonomo 1,350,000
3 Jim Hanna 1,160,000
4 Peter Rho 975,000
5 Mats Rahmn 960,000
6 Haralabos Voulgaris 950,000
6 Mads Andersen 950,000
8 Mack Lee 910,000
9 Scott Fischman 900,000
10 Cyndy Violette 860,000
11 Cliff Josephy 765,000
12 Steve Sung 755,000
13 Fred Goldberg 750,000
14 Edward Jordan 675,000
15 Daniel Negreanu 610,000
16 Brent Sheirban 590,000
17 Lee Markholt 475,000
18 David Redlin 450,000
19 Michael Binger 325,000
20 Jesse Jones 260,000

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GO HACHEM.

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gg bax

Cliff Josephy Eliminated 20th ($67,655)
Cliff Josephy is all in preflop with 9diamond8diamond against the JheartJspade of Fred Goldberg. The board comes 5diamond4spade2heart4heartQspade and Goldberg wins the pot to eliminate Josephy from the tournament.

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Updated Chip Count

1. Joe Hachem 2,600,000
2 Haralabos Voulgaris 1,350,000
3 Zee Justin Bonomo 1,300,000
4 Peter Rho 1,140,000
5 Daniel Negreanu 1,100,000
6 Cyndi Violette 1,000,000
6 Mack Lee 1,000,000
8 Mats Anderson 855,000
9 Fred Goldberg 800,000
10 Mats Rahmn 715,000
11 Scott Fischman 690,000
12 David Redlin 650,000
13 Jim Hanna 635,000
14 Brent Sheirborn 620,000
15 Steve Sung 580,000
16 Lee Markholt 430,000
17 Ed Jordan 400,000
18 Jesse Jones 325,000
19 Michael Binger 270,000

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I would absolutely love to see a FT w/ Hachem, DN, and ZJ...

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Wasnt Hachem part of that WPT lawsuit? Was it dropped or was an agreement made or something?

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The lawsuit was not dropped but Hachem recently withdrew his name from it and is done with it.

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Source?

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wow, what a sick top 6 right now, this would be a great tv table
Hachem, Fischman, Bonomo, Harabolous, Negreanu, Goldberg..... just sick

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wow, what a sick top 6 right now, this would be a great tv table
Hachem, Fischman, Bonomo, Harabolous, Negreanu, Goldberg..... just sick

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Especially if goldberg speared Zeejustin and all 4 clones that took his place.

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wow, what a sick top 6 right now, this would be a great tv table
Hachem, Fischman, Bonomo, Harabolous, Negreanu, Goldberg..... just sick

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Except for the WPT FT structure which takes the poker out of the action.

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New Count

1 Joe Hachem 2,550,000
2 Daniel Negreanu 1,850,000
3 Scott Fischman 1,700,000
4 David Redlin 1,350,000
5 Jim Hanna 1,300,000
5 Jesse Jones 1,300,000
7 Zee Justin Bonomo 1,175,000
8 Mads Anderson 1,125,000
9 Haralabos Voulgaris 1,060,000
10 Mack Lee 780,000
11 Fred Goldberg 650,000
12 Michael Binger 620,000
13 Cyndi Violette 550,000
14 Brent Sheirborn 515,000
15 Ed Jordan 470,000
16 Steve Sung 110,000

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go daniel.

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Updated

1. Daniel Negreanu 3,700,000
2 Joe Hachem 3,500,000
3 Haralabos Voulgaris 1,300,000
3 Zee Justin Bonomo 1,300,000
5 David Redlin 1,175,000
6 Jim Hanna 1,160,000
7 Steve Sung 1,100,000
8 Ed Jordan 900,000
8 Fred Goldberg 900,000
10 Scott Fischman 850,000
11 Mack Lee 775,000
12 Mads Anderson 365,000

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talk about a better showing then Zeejus Steve Sung took 3rd in the 3000 event and final tabled the main.