FCP Matt 0 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 This will be the official Daniel Negreanu's Protege 2 live updates thread. Hey, FCP. Sorry for the delay. We had a little trouble with the wifi here at the Atlantis. We are now up and running and will do our best to bring you as much of the action on the felt as possible. Chip counts will be every three levels and when someone is eliminated. We will also do our best to bring you big showdowns etc.11:25AM Start TimeFirst Hand: Robin stole blinds from the buttonHand #4 - Hadi's Set of 10's beat Richard pair of Jacks, FLOP: 9 10 4 J 7Daniel: All the players are starting out playing their A game. Preflop raises are standard, they are defending their blinds and no one looks foolish yet. Richard is our short stack so far.Daniel: Impressive play so far form Mike H. He is smooth calling raises pre-flop and on to playing opponents with position after the flop... Anthony & Richard have yet to win a pot. Anthony has been VERY tight so far. Richard has lost over half his stack.12:24pm - Last hand of the 2nd level, blinds 600/1200 200 ante - Aki raised UTG to 3000, Jean smooth called, Sol & Hadi from blinds called. FLOP: 10c Ac Jd Aki bet 10,000 on the flop, Jean raised to 25,000, Sol & Hadi folded, Aki Called. 10h came on the turn pairing the board and both players checked. The river was a blank, Aki bet 20,000 and Jean reluctantly called. Aki turned over KQ for the flopped straight and Jean showed his AK.12:25pm - Aki is the current chip leader.12:42pm - We just had our first all in bet. Everyone folded to Richard on the button and he limped in for 1600, Mike G in the SB folded and Robin in the BB raised 4200 more. Richard moved all in for his last 25,400 and Robin folded.12:42pm - Richard is the short stack at the table and Hadi is the chipleader with Mike H in 2nd.JEAN HOULE IS OUR 10TH PLACE FINISHER12:55pm - Everyone folded to Mike G who raised it to 6000. Jean made it 20,000 from the SB, Andre after studying the situation moved ALL-IN and had Jean covered. Mike quickly folded and Jean after debating with himself he made the call for his last 31,000 in chips. Jean had pocket 10s and Andre flipped over pocket Queens. No help for Jean and he is our 10th place finisher.12:58pm - Approx. Chip Counts1. Mike G 101,2002. Robin B 108,0003. Jean - Eliminated3. Andre L 118,9004. Sol 108,0005. Hadi 168,5006. Aki 122,3007. Mike H 146,7008. Anthony 107,70010. Richard 30,500Pictures1:39pm - After the first break here are the approx. chip counts1. Mike G 59,1002. Robin B 87,4003. Jean - Eliminated3. Andre L 103,6004. Sol 102,0005. Hadi 165,6006. Aki 66,6007. Mike H 187,5008. Anthony 198,70010. Richard 40,2002:30 PM EST: Start of level 6 Daniel-Biggest surprise so far. Anthony developed a super tight image early. Since then he has picked up the pace and is using his image. He is winning pots without having to show hands. Robin Bergren-Frustrated as Richard seems to out flop him.Sol - Playing total small ball.Mike. H - Flawless play so far.2:45pm - NEW VIDEOExit Interview with Jean Houle: http://protege.fullcontactpoker.com/MIKE G ELIMINATED IN 9TH PLACE2:51pm - With blinds at 1500/3000 with a 500 ante Aki raised to 6,000, Mike H & Anthony both called behind him as did Richard in the SB and Mike G in the BB. FLOP 6 9 J Rainbow - Mike G bet out 6,000 and was called by both Mike H & Anthony. 5d on the turn brought a 2nd diamond on board, Mike G bet out 12,000, Mike H Folded & Anthony Called. The River card was the Jd putting 3 diamonds on board and pairing the jack. Mike G checked, Anthony bet 25,000. Mike G raised ALL-IN for his last 35,000 chips and Anthony called. Mike G had 10 J for a set of Jacks, Anthony had 7 9 of Diamonds eliminating Mike G in 8th place and increasing his chip lead in the process.3:02pm - NEW VIDEO12 Minute Video of 800/1600 (Level 2) Action: http://protege.fullcontactpoker.com/3:15pm - Rough Chip CountsRobin 80,000Andre 110,000Sol 70,000Hadi 180,000Aki 40,000Mike H 155,000Anthony 390,000Richard 70,000AKI ELIMINATED IN 8TH PLACE3:40pm - Aki raised from early position to 13,000 preflop. The only caller was Andre in the BB. The flop came down 6 9 K with 2 Spades. Both players checked. The Turn card was the Ace of Clubs, Andre checked, Aki bet 13,000, Andre raised ALL-IN and had Aki covered. Aki reluctantly made the call. Andre showed AQ Spades for Top pair with a flush draw. Aki showed A 10 and the river was no help and Aki was eliminated in 7th place.RICHARD ELIMINATED IN 7TH PLACE3:53pm - Hadi raised to 13,000 from late position, Richard from the BB raised ALL-IN for 18,500 more. Hadi called and showed 10 5 Spades, Richard had AQ. The FLOP was J 2 2, J on the Turn and a 5 on the River which knocked Richard out of the tournament in 6th place.4:00pm - Players are on 30min meal breakUPDATED CHIP COUNTSAnthony 353,000Hadi 191,000Robin 176,000Andre 148,000Mike H 83,000Sol 49,0004:10pm - NEW VIDEOMike G Exit Interview: http://protege.fullcontactpoker.com/4:40 pm - Cards are back in the air.4:47 PM - Sol raised under the gun 35,000 blinds 3000 / 6000. Hadi called, everyone folds. Sol shows Q 7 off. Hadi has pocket 10s. Flop 6 6 A. Turn A. River Q. Sol doubles up5:25 PM - MICHAEL HEFER ELIMINATED IN 6TH PLACESol raised from the button. Mike moved in for 74,000 from the big blind, Sol called with J 9 against Mike's 88. Jack came on the flop and Mike was eliminated in 6th place.Daniel:Sol is back in a big way. Both the Bergren brothers have faded rough starts and are in this. Play is a little slow now thanks to a GREAT structure. Anthony still has the lead and this could take awhile.5:40 PM - ANDRE LIU ELIMINATED IN 5TH PLACEAndre raised from early position to 30,000, everyone folded to Anthony who proceeded to move all in. Andre called and showed AK and Anthony showed JJ. Flop came 3 6 7, turn 4, river 10. Andre was eliminated in 5th place.5:50 PM - TWO NEW VIDEOSAki & Richard's Exit Interviews: http://protege.fullcontactpoker.com/5:52 PM - FLOP AA2 with 2 hearts, 9 Hearts on the Turn - All the money gets in on the turn between Sol & Robin. Robin has K 10 hearts, Sol flips over A 6 - There is over 300,000 chips in play and the river is a blank leaving Sol with only 50,000 after the hand.A few hands later Anthony "Juanda Junior" took over 120,000 chips from Robin when he check-raised him on the turn and wasn't called, leaving Anthony with approx. 600,000 of the 1 million chips in play.SOL BERGREN ELIMINATED IN 4TH PLACE6:08 pm - Sol out in 4thAnthony called Sols all in, pre-flop. Sol has 99 Anthony has 10J D. Flop is 884 two D. Turn 10, River is a 6. Sol is Eliminated in 4th place.ROBIN BERGREN ELIMINATED IN 3RD PLACEOn a board of 84j82 Robin's J 9 loses to Hadi's JQ leaving Robin with only 7,000 chips. On the next hand Robin's hand couldn't hold up against Anthony Juanda Juniors nut straight.Chip count at start of heads upAnthony 690,000Hadi 310,000ANTHONY MAC CROWNED DANIEL NEGREANU'S PROTEGE #2Anthony steam rolled over the competition and continued his aggressive play through the heads up match to cripple Hadi and then eventually putting him away. Interviews, photos & videos (Including the last hand) will be posted shortly.Photos of Daniel Negreanu's Newly Crowned Protege - Anthony Mac Link to post Share on other sites
crocd99 0 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 thanks you guys are awesome. still bitter about having an exam and not being there to rail mike g. but oh well thanks for doing this so i will be able to know if he won or not Link to post Share on other sites
kkcountry 0 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 where's jerry? Link to post Share on other sites
DanielSon 0 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 No live feed...how come? Link to post Share on other sites
Fluffdog87 2 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 where's jerry? Mother %^&*#$!GG JERRY GG! Link to post Share on other sites
Naked_Cowboy 0 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 No live feed...how come?Don't remember what a huge hassle the last one was? And even then, all it got was criticisms. Link to post Share on other sites
Yoda 1 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 The FCP Website has a Hall of Fame? Link to post Share on other sites
Suited_Up 2 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOBEARS!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
ajs510 122 Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 The FCP Website has a Hall of Fame? http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/community/...all-of-fame.phpGoBears and Naked Cowboy, last 2 standing. Book it!GL guys, bring it home. Link to post Share on other sites
eYank 0 Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 damn no webcast.....i only spent 10 hours last year to see 20 minutes of poker:) Link to post Share on other sites
DanielSon 0 Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 How come there is no contest this year for picking the order they finish? Link to post Share on other sites
HangukMiguk 8 Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 No live feed...how come?because this year, they're really killing off the players. Link to post Share on other sites
nutzbuster 7 Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Matt...I sure hope you are down there, toes in the ocean, lap top, Pina Colada's, up dates.....Yes???? Link to post Share on other sites
crocd99 0 Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 updates???? come on i am dying over here Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 "No one looks foolish yet" rofl Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Go Andre and Mike Link to post Share on other sites
2bthebest 2 Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 So what were the starting stacks and blind structure? Link to post Share on other sites
Waffles2003 1 Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 So what were the starting stacks and blind structure?i think they started with 100K in chips (like last year), not sure about structure Link to post Share on other sites
mrdannyg 274 Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Go Andre and MikeIs Cowboy Mike G or Mike H?I can't remember if there was confirmation on 'horsecock being his last name.edit - pictures seem like its Mike H, but not certain Link to post Share on other sites
Governator 54 Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Hey Guys... I'm working hard here getting you these updates Link to post Share on other sites
mrdannyg 274 Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Bad luck to everyone but NCFYP, in honour of our unfunny bretheren Link to post Share on other sites
Governator 54 Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Is Cowboy Mike G or Mike H?I can't remember if there was confirmation on 'horsecock being his last name.edit - pictures seem like its Mike H, but not certainYes Mike H is naked cowboyAlso just a note videos will soon be posted as well with exit interviews & play action. Link to post Share on other sites
BSev 0 Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Is Cowboy Mike G or Mike H?I can't remember if there was confirmation on 'horsecock being his last name.edit - pictures seem like its Mike H, but not certainNaked Cowboy is Mike H. Link to post Share on other sites
Waffles2003 1 Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Hey Guys... I'm working hard here getting you these updates good job, keep it up Link to post Share on other sites
GWCGWC 83 Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Hey Guys... I'm working hard here getting you these updates That's a hell of a place to be all alone. How sadWhat's the color of jealousy? Link to post Share on other sites
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