2012 was a golden year for Andrey Pateychuk. The Russian amassed over $2 million in live tournament earnings in which time he secured EPT and WPT titles and finished 15th place in the WSOP Main Event itself. Not too bad for a player who was playing micro stakes sit n go's just a few years prior to his break out year.
Pateychuk is sharing a table with one the game's great players. Scott Seiver also won around $2 million in live tournament earnings last year and has added another $600,000 before the Summer has even begun. McLean Karr has just delivered his dinner of cous-cous and cherries, no doubt made by his lady Tatjana Pasalic. That is how good Scott Seiver is - he gets his food hand delivered by McLean Karr.
We caught up to David Chiu's table just in time to see him making it 325 to see a flop from the small blind. The big blind was the only player left in the hand and he opted to make the call.
The multiple bracelet winner Chiu threw out a 500 bet after seeing a flop. His opponent slowly made the call and both players were off to the turn. With the on fourth street Chiu continued his aggressive pace and placed another bet, this time 1,200. The big blind again took his time before eventually making the call.
A river changed nothing and we found Chiu firing out 2,500. The big blind then went into the tank for about a minute before making the call. Cards were then tabled, and Chiu with a look of mild disgust exposed for jack high and a missed flush draw. The opponent flipped over for the winning hand.
Chiu now has a little over half his starting stack and is going to have to get some chips if he hopes to grab bracelet number 5.
What a great table we have over at #14 in the Gold section.
Seat 1
Jonathan Duhamel
Seat 2
David Pham
Seat 4
Abdyl Konjuhi
Seat 6
Harrison Gimbel
Seat 7
Steve Gross
Seat 8
Byron Kaverman
Seat 9
Tristan Clemencon
Former WSOP World Champion Jonathan Duhamel, cash game and tournament legend David Pham and former PCA winner Harrison Gimbel joined by some par excellence. Abdyl Konjuhi may not be a name familiar to most of the poker public. Konjuhi finished 6th in Event #2 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $87,231 yesterday so he will be full of verve and spirit.
We joined the action on a flop of in what looked a like a three-bet pot. Byron Kaverman was seated in the small blind and he made a bet of 1,850 and Harrison Gimbel called on the button. The turn card was the and then for a few minutes the table went dead. Kaverman and Gimbel both staring at the board for so long the dealer nearly fell asleep. Eventually Kaverman check-folded to a 3,200 Gimbel bet.
Then Steve Gross raised to 200 in the cutoff and the young Frenchman Tristan Clemencon three-bet to 550 from the small blind. Gross made the call and the pair were heads-up to the flop.
The dealer did his job and gave the two players a flop of and Gross called a 600 Clemencon c-bet. That was the end of the action as the and were both checked through and the pot was pushed to Clemencon when he tabled .
Ryan Schmidt finished in 5th place for $117,921 in last night's Event #2 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em finale and he has gotten right back on the horse. We just caught him in action on a board of and his opponent moved all-in. Schmidt made the call and tabled for the set and his opponent showed the lone before leaving the competition.
We managed to find Bill Chen in the big blind battling it out on a flop. We don't know exactly what the action was, but we do know Chen put out a bet and was raised by the button who made it 1,350. Chen made the call and was allowed to see the turn.
With the making an appearance on the turn both players opted to check. A river brought a 1,500 bet from Chen and a call from the button. Chen flipped over for a full house jacks over eights, and his opponent quickly mucked. With this hand Chen sits around 18,500.
Phil Ivey does have a certain presence about him that's for sure. He is wearing a t-shirt with the slogan Real Deal emblazoned on it, not that we needed a reminder. Here he is losing some stock to Jeremy Druckman.
Phil Ivey raised to 250 in early position, there was a call from mid-position before Druckman three-bet to 850 from the hijack seat. Ivey made the call and the mid-position caller folded his hand.
Heads-up to the flop and the pair saw . Ivey check-called a 1,000 Druckman bet and we were on fourth street in no time. The dealer handed them the and Ivey checked to Druckman who bet 2,075 and it was sufficient enough to win the pot.
Here is yet another great table that offers the potential for a lot of action. Kyle Julius, Guillaume Darcourt, Andy Bloch, Sorel Mizzi and Kevin Stammen are all bunched together in the Silver section of the room. But not withstanding the great names on the table, it is the lesser known name of Martin Hanowski who has been ruffling everybody's feathers in the past few hands. Here is an example of Hanowski at work.
Martin Hanowski raised to 250 in mid-position and Kyle Julius made the call on the button. The action checked through to the turn on and Hanowski bet 425. Julius made the call and the dealer handed them their fifth community card - . Hanowski bet 650, Julius made the call and Hanowski picked up the pot with whilst Julius mucked his hand.
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flop. His opponent slowly made the call and both players were off to the turn. With the 
on fourth street Chiu continued his aggressive pace and placed another bet, this time 1,200. The big blind again took his time before eventually making the call.
river changed nothing and we found Chiu firing out 2,500. The big blind then went into the tank for about a minute before making the call. Cards were then tabled, and Chiu with a look of mild disgust exposed 
for jack high and a missed flush draw. The opponent flipped over 
for the winning hand.
in what looked a like a three-bet pot. Byron Kaverman was seated in the small blind and he made a bet of 1,850 and Harrison Gimbel called on the button. The turn card was the 
and then for a few minutes the table went dead. Kaverman and Gimbel both staring at the board for so long the dealer nearly fell asleep. Eventually Kaverman check-folded to a 3,200 Gimbel bet.
and Gross called a 600 Clemencon c-bet. That was the end of the action as the 
and 
were both checked through and the pot was pushed to Clemencon when he tabled 
.
and his opponent moved all-in. Schmidt made the call and tabled 
for the set and his opponent showed the lone 
before leaving the competition.
for a full house jacks over eights, and his opponent quickly mucked. With this hand Chen sits around 18,500.
whilst Julius mucked his hand.
