My friend in WSOP Main event

This thread is basically a shoutout/ deep alert for a guy i know that is deep in the 2009 world series of poker main event. A coworker of mine staked his cousin in the main event a few years back, and he cashed so he thought he would give him a chance this year as well. The guys name is kevin schaffel, and is still in the main event even though there is only around 50 players left. I have played with this guy before and he is a solid player. Nobody you would want to play against as you always think he knows exactly what you have/ and what you are planning on doing.

So just keep an eye on him, obviously they are deep into the money, but im callin it right now that he will final table when all is said and done. So wish him luck!!

good luck to your bud

welli hope he takes it till the end. tell him i said good luck.

SPOILER ALERT: WSOP 2009 ME standings


















My friend is currently in 3rd place!!! Kevin schaffel check it out

Day 8 begins at noon PDT. The final 27 players will play down to the final nine, no matter how long it takes. Here is a look at the seating charts for the start of play today (with chip counts):

Table 1

Seat 1: Jesse Haabak — 2,750,000
Seat 2: Ian Tavelli — 4,385,000
Seat 3: James Calderaro — 6,475,000
Seat 4: Jonathan Tamayo — 3,300,000
Seat 5: Warren Zackey — 5,485,000
Seat 6: Eric Buchman — 10,005,000
Seat 7: Leo Margets — 1,530,000
Seat 8: Tommy Vedes — 5,070,000
Seat 9: James Akenhead — 8,615,000

Table 2

Seat 1: Phil Ivey — 11,350,000
Seat 2: Jeff “Happy” Shulman — 10,170,000
Seat 3: George Caragiorgas — 1,615,000
Seat 4: Nick Maimone — 1,545,000
Seat 5: Andrew Lichtenberger — 5,625,000
Seat 6: Marco Mattes — 5,285,000
Seat 7: Joseph Cada — 6,565,000
Seat 8: Darvin Moon — 20,160,000
Seat 9: Jordan Smith — 4,510,000

Table 3

Seat 1: Jamie Robbins — 9,795,000
Seat 2: Antonio Esfandiari — 4,470,000
Seat 3: Francois Balmigere — 1,440,000
Seat 4: Ludovic Lacay — 5,610,000
Seat 5: Steven Begleiter — 11,885,000
Seat 6: Ben Lamb — 9,410,000
Seat 7: Antoine Saout — 11,135,000
Seat 8: Kevin Schaffel — 11,245,000
Seat 9: Billy Kopp — 15,970,000

here's a link for live updates


World Series of Poker Presented by Jack Link's Beef Jerky - Official Tournament Coverage and Results -

The table folded to Kevin Schaffel who raised to 425,000 from the cutoff, and it folded to Jamie Robbins who reraised to 1.355 million from the small blind. Ludovic Lacay folded from the big blind, and the action was back on Schaffel. Schaffel stood up and leaned over the table to get a better view of Robbins' chips. He sat back down, and after thirty seconds pushed his cards to the dealer. Schaffel has about 12.5 million still, and Robbins about 10 million.

Our 18 remaining players are seated and ready to go. Here's a look at the new lineups:
Main Feature Table

Phil Ivey
Ian Tavelli
Steve Begleiter
Antoine Saout
James Akenhead
Eric Buchman
Joe Cada
Jamie Robbins
Nick Maimone
Secondary Feature Table

Ben Lamb
Kevin Schaffel
Jordan Smith
Andrew Lichtenberger
Jeff Shulman
Darvin Moon
James Calderaro
Billy Kopp
Ludovic Lacay

Over on the secondary feature table, all folded around to Ben Lamb who raised to 410,000 from the small blind, and Kevin Schaffel called from the big blind. The flop came . Lamb promptly fired out 500,000, and Schaffel didn't waste much time letting it go. Lamb has 5.65 million, and Schaffel 11.7 million.

The pressure bet is one of the greatest weapons in a poker player's arsenal. Kevin Schaffel just used it to great effect. Schaffel opened the preflop action to 425,000. Jeff Shulman had the button and reraised to 1.4 million. Darvin Moon, with plenty of chips to burn, called that raise from the small blind, bringing the action back to Schaffel. Schaffel weighed his options before reraising to 5.8 million total. That was the pressure bet of the hand, inducing folds from Shulman and Moon. Schaffel now has 13.6 million chips.



woooooooooooooooo

YESSSS i know i just saw that. lol Throughout the whole tourney i didnt even see like one update with his name in it he was flying really low under the radar though. His name is popping up like crazy now, i think he is in 6th. And thanks for the site tht update is so much faster than all of the sources i was using combined. It gives an update almost every few minutes. BEAUTIFUL. GO KEVIN GO KEVIN, oh and ivey of course... if he wins 3 bracelets including the main event i will **** myself lol

15 players left he is still doing well!!! AHHH almost final table!

. Steven Begleiter 27,890,000

2. Darvin Moon 21,285,000

3. Jordan Smith 16,950,000

4. Billy Kopp 16,520,000

5. Eric Buchman 16,480,000

6. Joseph Cada 15,640,000

7. Jeff Shulman 14,200,000

8. Kevin Schaffel 13,485,000

9. James Akenhead 10,215,000

10. Antoine Saout 8,625,000

11. Nick Maimone 7,970,000

12. Jamie Robbins 7,310,000

13. Phil Ivey 7,270,000

14. Ben Lamb 6,715,000

15. James Calderaro 2,940,000

well he is sitting with 13.4 million in chips now and is 7/15 left. he is looking really good at this point to make the final table. i think its so fun to follow someone you know. a few years back i followed a friend of mine who play the 1500 buy in but only finished in the top 50. still it was so fun railing him from home.

lol i dont know him but still fun to follow and see the updates,you can set the refresh page every minute on the top right of page lol

Kevin Schaffel opened the pot to 600,000 and was called by Jordan Smith from the big blind. They took a heads-up flop that was all diamonds -- . Schaffel had first action from the small blind. He bet 850,000 and was called by Smith from the big blind. The turn brought another bet from Schaffel, 1.5 million chips this time. Again Smith called. A fourth diamond hit the river, . Schaffel finally checked to the player in position. Smith obliged with a bet of 2.0 million. "Maybe I'm bluffing with the best hand," said Smith. "I don't even have a diamond," replied Schaffel. He folded his hand. New counts: Schaffel: 8.5 million Smith: 16.5 million

Yea that was a tough hit... 14 left now, hes recovered a little bit

1. Steven Begleiter 26,400,000

2. Eric Buchman 25,950,000

3. Darvin Moon 24,500,000

4. Joseph Cada 17,090,000

5. Jordan Smith 16,600,000

6. Billy Kopp 16,000,000

7. Antoine Saout 13,020,000

8. Kevin Schaffel 9,500,000

9. Jeff Shulman 8,750,000

10. Phil Ivey 7,100,000

11. Jamie Robbins 6,600,000

12. James Calderaro 5,700,000

13. Ben Lamb 4,600,000

14. James Akenhead 2,600,000

Well god luck to him then. but from the looks of it, he may not be your co-worker for long, or at least you may find out he went on a long vacation somewhere!

Well he is in 9th now at dinner break

1. Eric Buchman 28,670,000

2. Steven Begleiter 27,260,000

3. Darvin Moon 23,800,000

4. Joseph Cada 19,465,000

5. Jordan Smith 18,840,000

6. Jeff Shulman 13,800,000

7. Billy Kopp 13,500,000

8. Antoine Saout 12,420,000

9. Kevin Schaffel 10,630,000

Good Luck to Mr Schaffel. I hope he doesn't disgrace your hometown like Dennis Phillips did for us. I play with him on a regular basis, and given that he is awful, his debacle was foreshadowed to say the least. So I hope your shout out is for a skillful opponent, because not everyone can fit a camel through the eye of a needle, Jerry Yang style.

dennis must of been doing something right to have another great main event finish this year. why you hating on him so much? didnt he fly most he close friend down to the final table?

He isn't as bad as the picture I paint of him, but with his good results if I say he is decent, then he appears to be quite good. So I undervalue him to balance it out. And the tournaments at the riverboats are a big jip (except a 300bi they have every Thursday), so I don't play MTTs with Dennis often. Just ring games. Where he is an over confident loose-juice.

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Originally Posted by Hydrotrip

He isn't as bad as the picture I paint of him, but with his good results if I say he is decent, then he appears to be quite good. So I undervalue him to balance it out. And the tournaments at the riverboats are a big jip (except a 300bi they have every Thursday), so I don't play MTTs with Dennis often. Just ring games. Where he is an over confident loose-juice.

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that tends to happen with some of these guys that do good in the WSOP. Watch some of the high stakes poker games with jamie gold. He is so horrible.

James Calderaro Eliminated in 13th Place ($633,022)
A short-stacked James Calderaro open-shoved for about 2.5 million from the button, and Kevin Schaffel called from the big blind. They turned their cards on their backs: Schaffel Calderaro The flop came , and Schaffel's tens were still best. The turn brought the and an "ooh" from the crowd, noting Calderaro's spade flush draw. But the river was the , and Calderaro goes out in 13th. Schaffel is at 11.7 million now.

Darvin Moon 45,100,000
Eric Buchman 35,000,000
Steven Begleiter 30,300,000
Jeff Shulman 22,600,000
Jordan Smith 15,000,000
Joseph Cada 13,200,000
Kevin Schaffel 10,800,000
Antoine Saout 10,055,000
Phil Ivey 9,710,000
James Akenhead 5,550,000


10 left, you buddies to ivey's left lol glglgl

wow your bud made the novenber 9 final table tell him congrats

They just updated the list of people that the November nine, and I have to say I'm so excited for your friend, but more importantly for Phil Ivey!

He is by far my favorite poker player and is just brilliant as far as I'm concerned, but your friend has more chips than Ivey does.

And Now they both get to take a break and get training I'm assuming and get signed to poker rooms.

Your friend will probably get a deal, I'm sure.

Here's the list for anyone wanting to know.

WSOP Final Table 2009 -

1. Darvin Moon (Oakland, MD) – 58,930,000

2. Eric Buchman (Valley Stream, NY) – 343,800,000

3. Steve Begleiter (Chappaqua, NY) – 29,885,000

4. Jeff Shulman (Las Vegas, NV) – 19,580,000

5. Joe Cada (Shelby Township, MI) – 13,215,000

6. Kevin Schaffel (Coral Springs, FL) – 12,390,000

7. Phil Ivey (Las Vegas, NV) – 9,765,000

8. Antione Saout (Paris, France) – 9,500,000

9. James Ankenhead (London, England) – 6,800,000.

Not bad that he is in sixth. NOt bad at all.

YESSSSS haha unbelievable. Now he has four months to try and figure out how to beat ivey and everyone else at that stacked table. This has to be the best main event table there has ever been in recent years. A ton more pros (Kevin is a semi-pro) than any other year. He is going to be busy the next few weeks but after that i will try and get in touch with him. I still cant believe that he did that wow. And yea im sure he will get a deal but he is already a guaranteed millionaire which is even more shocking. Again congrats to ivey and everyone as well. Ivey has had the sickest WSOP run in decades, i mean cmon 2 bracelets and now this? Holy moly.

Thanks everyone for railing him with me, hopefully we can all rail him in november as he fights his way to the top. He needs to shoot the moon, literally to get there lol haha

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Originally Posted by allinking17

YESSSSS haha unbelievable. Now he has four months to try and figure out how to beat ivey and everyone else at that stacked table. This has to be the best main event table there has ever been in recent years. A ton more pros (Kevin is a semi-pro) than any other year. He is going to be busy the next few weeks but after that i will try and get in touch with him. I still cant believe that he did that wow. And yea im sure he will get a deal but he is already a guaranteed millionaire which is even more shocking. Again congrats to ivey and everyone as well. Ivey has had the sickest WSOP run in decades, i mean cmon 2 bracelets and now this? Holy moly.

Thanks everyone for railing him with me, hopefully we can all rail him in november as he fights his way to the top. He needs to shoot the moon, literally to get there lol haha

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I'll rail him and I will even support him if he make's it to the final two with Ivey because let's face it.

Ivey has enough money with his full tilt status.

Was your friend already living comfortably?

Now his poker bankroll, has skyrocketed!