Championnat de poker du Sud WPT

Places assises 1
Hilbert Shirey
1,353,000 (3rd en chips, 45 gros blinds)

Hilbert "Hillstreet" Shirey may not be familiar to most poker fans, as he hasn't made any big final tables in the era of televised poker. But he is definitely the most experienced player at this table, and the only one with a WSOP bracelet. Actually, he has trois of them, including back-to-back bracelets in the 1995 Série mondiale de poker. 

Shirey has accumulated nearly $1.3 million in career earnings over the course of his 30-year poker career, which includes 26 cashes at the WSOP and 3 more in previous WPT tournaments. 

Shirey, 61, has been self-employed his entire life, and he's married with six children. 

Le plus gros cash de tournoi en direct :  $171,600 (1er, $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, 1987 World Series of Poker)
Gains de carrière dans les tournois en direct :  $1.29 million

Places assises 2 
Bobby Suer 
651,000 (5e en chips, 21 gros blinds)

Bobby Suer was neck-and-neck with Vanessa Rousso as the shortest stack with nine players left, and he was all in preflop with [QcQs] against two other players, one of whom held [AcAd]. But by the time the cards were shown on the turn, he had flopped a set of ladies to triple up, putting him back in contention. In the next 20 minutes, three more players busted, and Suer had solidified his comeback by reaching the televised WPT Final Table. 

Suer has only been playing big tournaments for the last two years or so, and he has already accumulated over $200,000 in earnings, including two WPT cashes and one in the WSOP. His best finish is second place in a Bellagio $3,000 prelim at the 2008 Five Star World Poker Classic, which earned him a six-figure payday. If he finishes fifth or higher here today, he'll have a new career high, but he's hoping for his first seven-figure payday. 

Suer, 47, is a radiologist and married with four children. He was born and raised in California. 

Le plus gros cash de tournoi en direct :  $116,575 (2nd, $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em, 2008 Bellagio Five Star World Poker Classic)
Gains de carrière dans les tournois en direct :  $218,000

Places assises 3 
Tyler-Smith 
1,271,000 (4e en chips, 42 gros blinds)

Tyler Smith (online name: "Tydean") was involved in some of the key pots at the end of Day 3 -- in the span of the final 10 hands Smith had his aces cracked by Bobby Suer's set of queens, then came back to bust Jeff Coutroulis (9e) et Tony Cousineau (8ème). 

Smith, 22, is the local player at the table, born and raised right here in Mississippi. But he's no rookie, as Smith has plenty of online experience in addition to winning a WSOP ring at the WSOP Circuit stop in New Orleans last spring. 

Le plus gros cash de tournoi en direct :  $88,154 (1er, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em, 2008 WSOP Circuit New Orleans)
Gains de carrière dans les tournois en direct :  $99,000

Places assises 4 
Allen Carter
1,673,000 (2nd en chips, 55 gros blinds)

Allen Carter (online name: "AawwNutz") is another online player, but this 40-year-old former accountant is more in the mold of Chris Moneymaker himself, rather than the thousands of twenty-something online pros that Moneymaker inspired. 

Carter has plenty of online tournament victories, but only a handful of live cashes. His biggest was a fourth-place finish in $2,500 no-limit hold'em at the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic last spring. 

Carter is married with four children, and he was born and raised in Texas. Carter has a Bachelors of Accounting from Angelo State University and a Masters degree from University of Texas, Dallas, but his career switched gears 15 years ago when he left accounting to become an entrepreneur. 

Le plus gros cash de tournoi en direct :  $29,990 (4e, $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em, 2008 Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic)
Gains de carrière dans les tournois en direct :  $43,000

Places assises 5
Soheil Shamseddin
3,061,000 (1st en chips, 102 gros blinds)

Shamseddin may be another name most fans are unfamiliar with, but Bluff Magazine ranked him #15 dans leur 2008 Player of the Year rankings, and he has earned more than $500,000 in live tournaments the past two years. In that time, he has two WSOP final tables (finishing fourth both times), and one WPT cash, which came in last season's WPT World Championship. Shamseddin also won two different $2,500 événements de hold'em sans limite au 2008 Bellagio Festa al Lago, taking home a combined total of $153,355. 

In this tournament, Shamseddin really broke away from the pack on Day 3. When they left for dinner with 10 players left, he had nearly three times as many chips as the second-place player. Shamseddin carried that momentum to the end of the day, and finishes the day a little less dominating -- not quite twice as many chips as the second-place player. 

En plus du poker, Shamseddin adore jouer aux échecs et au golf et est propriétaire de GolfQ, une société qui propose des promotions de golf et des offres spéciales sur les parcours. 

Shamseddin, 52, was born in Iran but raised in Houston, Texas. Shamseddin has two children, and one granddaughter. 

Le plus gros cash de tournoi en direct :  $94,311 (4e, 2008 WSOP Circuit Championship, Atlantic City)
Gains de carrière dans les tournois en direct :  $534,000

Places assises 6
Chuck Kim
486,000 (6e en chips, 16 gros blinds)

Hyong "Chuck" Kim doesn't show up in any of the major tournament databases, but that is about to change here today, as he's guaranteed to enter the poker record with anywhere between $105,000 et $1 millions. 

Kim, 35, was born in Seoul, South Korea, but grew up in Las Vegas. He studied Information Technology at the University of Texas, though he recently left a career in sales to play poker. Reaching the final table in his first WPT event is a great start, but he'd love to win the title and really announce his presence with authority. 

Le plus gros cash de tournoi en direct :  n/a
Gains de carrière dans les tournois en direct :  n/a

Championnat de poker WPT Southern (Biloxi, MS), jour 3 RECAP

Par Tom Bostic

Le président élu Barack Obama a contribué à inspirer une nation avec un mot singulier qui a fait vibrer l'imagination collective de millions d'Américains : le changement. Le changement que nous avons promis commencera dans quelques jours seulement, lorsque Obama prêtera serment sur les marches du Capitole à Washington, DC. Ici, sur les rives de la côte du Golfe à Biloxi, dans le Mississippi, le changement s'est manifesté quelques jours plus tôt. Six joueurs feront leur première apparition au WPT alors qu'ils se disputeront un titre WPT et le prix du joueur de 100 $.1 un chèque de paie d'un million de dollars qui va avec. 

En tête du peloton ? Un autre gamin autrefois maigre avec un drôle de nom. Non, pas Barack Obama (même s'il joue apparemment au poker), mais Soheil Shamseddin, le leader écrasant des jetons du Jour 3, en route vers la table finale télévisée avec plus de 3 millions de jetons. 

Shamseddin arrive à la table finale avec plus de jetons que ses deux adversaires les plus proches réunis. Il y a eu des moments au cours du Jour 3 quand il semblait presque inarrêtable, notamment lorsqu'il a floppé un brelan de deux contre la paire supérieure de Mohsin "ChicagoCards1" Charania, éliminant Charania dans 15Quelques heures plus tard, Shamseddin a éliminé Vanessa Rousso lors de la bulle télévisée à la septième place lorsque sa paire de dix de poche a dépassé son as-roi. Pour Rousso, c'était la deuxième fois qu'elle faisait une bulle à une table finale du WPT, terminant également septième dans la 2006 Championnat du monde WPT. 

Parmi les autres éliminations notables, on peut citer Jordan Morgan (26e), Ted Lawson (25e), Bernard Lee (24e), Hevad Khan (14e) et Tony Cousineau (8e). Voici un aperçu des six finalistes : 

Places assises 1:Hilbert Shirey -  1,353,000
Places assises 2:Bobby Suer -  651,000
Places assises 3: Tyler Smith -  1,271,000
Places assises 4: Allen Carter -  1,673,000
Places assises 5:Soheil Shamseddin -  3,061,000
Places assises 6:Chuck Kim-  486,000

La table finale du WPT Southern Poker Championship débutera demain (samedi) à 4:00 14 h 00 CT. Revenez sur WorldPokerTour.com pour suivre chaque main en temps réel, le décompte des jetons à la minute près et une couverture complète de la table finale jusqu'à ce que l'un de ces joueurs devienne le dernier millionnaire du WPT Poker.

The WPT Final Table is set for the WPT Southern Poker Championship, which is scheduled to start at 4:00 pm CT. Here are the official seating assignments and chip counts: 

Places assises 1:Hilbert Shirey -  1,353,000
Places assises 2:Bobby Suer -  651,000
Places assises 3: Tyler Smith -  1,271,000
Places assises 4: Allen Carter -  1,673,000
Places assises 5:Soheil Shamseddin -  3,061,000
Places assises 6:Chuck Kim-  486,000

Return to WorldPokerTour.com tomorrow (Saturday) at 4:00 pm CT for hand-by-hand coverage of all the action. 

Main #87  -  Soheil Shamseddin raises under the gun to 100,000, Vanessa Rousso moves all in, and Shamseddin calls with [10d10s]. Rousso shows [AhKc], and it's a race situation. Rousso will need to improve to stay alive. 

Le conseil vient [10c9d3h9c9h], and Soheil Shamseddin wins the pot by flopping a set and finishing the hand with a full house. 

Vanessa Rousso is eliminated in seventh place, on the dreaded TV bubble, earning $79,117. This is the second time Rousso has bubbled a WPT Final Table, as she finished in seventh place at the 2006 Championnat du monde WPT. 

Main #86  -  Tony Cousineau moves all in from early position for 393,000, and Tyler Smith calls from the big blind with [9c9s]. Cousineau shows [AcKc], and it's a race situation, where Cousineau needs to improve to stay alive. 

Le tableau arrive [Jh8d4h3d9h], and Tyler Smith wins the pot avec un brelan de neuf sur la rivière. 

Tony Cousineau is eliminated in eighth place, earning $52,745. 

Main #83  -  Tyler Smith raises from middle position to 80,000, Hilbert Shirey reraises from the big blind to 240,000, et Smith se couche. Hilbert Shirey prend le pot. 

Main #84  -  Hilbert Shirey raises from the small blind to 130,000, gagner les blinds et les antes. 

Main #85  -  Allen Carter raises from early position to 75,000, gagner les blinds et les antes. 

Main #82  -  Jeff Coutroulis moves all in, and Tyler Smith moves all in over the top behind him. Everyone else folds, and Coutroulis shows [Ad4d]. Unfortunately for him, he's dominated by Smith's [AcQc]. 

Le conseil vient [10d5s3hAhAs], and both players finish with trip aces, but Tyler Smith wins the pot with his queen kicker, building his stack to about 850,000. 

Jeff Coutroulis is eliminated in ninth place, earning $31,647. 

Main #80  -  Tyler Smith raises from the button to 80,000, gagner les blinds et les antes. 

Main #81  -  Tyler Smith raises from the cutoff to 80,000, and Soheil Shamseddin calls from the big blind, and immediately checks in the dark. The flop comes [AcKh9d], and Smith checks behind. The turn card is the [8d], and both players check again. The river card is the [5s], Shamseddin bets 80,000, and Smith folds. Soheil Shamseddin takes the pot. 

Main #79  -  Soheil Shamseddin raises from early position to 100,000, Bobby Suer moves all in from the cutoff for 220,000, Tyler Smith calls from the small blind, and Shamseddin calls. 

Le flop arrive [KsQh6s], and both players check the dry side pot. La carte tournante est la [9h], Smith parie 200,000, and Shamseddin folds. Smith shows [AcAd] for an overpair, but Suer has [QcQs] for a set of queens. 

La carte rivière est la [6d], and Bobby Suer wins the pot with a set of queens, tripling up to about 700,000. 

Niveau 18 comes to an end, and the final nine players take a 10-minute de pause. 

Places assises 1:  Hilbert Shirey  -  1,120,000
Places assises 2:  Jeff Coutroulis  -  255,000
Places assises 3:  Bobby Suer  -  223,000
Places assises 4:  Vanessa Rousso  -  219,000
Places assises 5:  Tyler Smith  -  865,000
Places assises 6:  Allen Carter  -  1,670,000
Places assises 7:  Tony Cousineau  -  470,000
Places assises 8:  
Places assises 9:  Soheil Shamseddin  -  2,990,000
Places assises 10:  Chuck Kim  -  540,000 

When play resumes, it will be Level 19, avec des stores augmentés de 15,000-30,000 et 4,000 des portes. 

Main #77  -  Soheil Shamseddin raises from middle position to 80,000, gagner les blinds et les antes. 

Main #78  -  Chuck Kim limps from late position for 24,000, Vanessa Rousso completes the small blind, Chuck Kim checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes [10s5s2h], and all three players check. The turn card is the [Qh], Rousso checks, Smith bets 56,000, Kim moves all in, and Rousso and Smith both fold. Chuck Kim shows A-A as he takes the pot. 

Main #74  -  Bobby Suer moves all in from early position for 208,000, gagner les blinds et les antes. 

Main #75  -  Tyler Smith raises from middle position for 66,000, gagner les blinds et les antes. 

Main #76  -  Allen Carter raises from middle position to 65,000, Jeff Coutroulis reraises from the small blind to 165,000, and Carter calls. The flop comes [6c5d2d], Coultroulis bets 220,000, Carter moves all in for 676,000, and Coutroulis calls with [9d9s] for an over pair. But Carter shows [5h5s] for a set of fives, and he is a big favorite to double up here. 

Le tour est le [8h], giving Coutroulis additional outs to a nine-high straight. But the river card pairs the board with the [8s], and Allen Carter wins the pot with a full house, fives full of eights, to double up to about 1.7 million. Jeff Coutroulis drops down to about 266,000. 

Main #69  -  Hilbert Shirey limps from late position for 24,000, Bobby Suer calls from the button, Vanessa Rousso calls from the small blind, and Tyler Smith checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes [10c3h2s], Rousso and Smith check, Shirey bets 90,000, and everyone folds. Hilbert Shirey takes the pot. 

Main #70  -  Soheil Shamseddin raises from early position to 80,000, gagner les blinds et les antes. 

Main #71  -  Vanessa Rousso moves all in from the cutoff for 182,000, gagner les blinds et les antes. 

Main #72  -  Tony Cousineau raises from the small blind to 80,000, gagner les blinds et les antes. 

Main #73  -  Vanessa Rousso raises from middle position to 50,000, winning the blinds and antes. Rousso shows [KhKs] as she collects the pot. 

Main #67  -  Hilbert Shirey raises from the button to 70,000, gagner les blinds et les antes. 

Main #68  -  Tony Cousineau raises from middle position to 210,000, gagner les blinds et les antes. 

One of the players calls Cousineau "The Rock of Gibralter" for his tight playing style. Chuck Kim asks, "Why don't I have that title?" Cousineau says, "Bro, I got you smoked. You're drawing dead."

Main #61  -  Chuck Kim raises from middle position to 58,000, gagner les blinds et les antes. 

Main #62  -  Chuck Kim raises from middle position (again) to 57,000, gagner les blinds et les antes. 

Main #63  -  Allen Carter raises from the button to 62,000, gagner les blinds et les antes. 

Main #64  -  Soheil Shamseddin raises from the small blind to 62,000, and Chuck Kim calls from the big blind. The flop comes [Kh9s8c], Shamseddin bets 120,000, and Kim folds. Soheil Shamseddin takes the pot. 

Main #65  -  Chuck Kim raises from the small blind to 70,000, gagner les blinds et les antes. 

Main #66  -  Tyler Smith raises from middle position to 66,000, gagner les blinds et les antes.