My friend in WSOP Main event

[allinking17]

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!!

[sand]

good luck to your bud

[GloBug]

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

[allinking17]

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

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[sand]

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.

[Hydrotrip]

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.

[targetguy1]

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?

[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.

[targetguy1]

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.

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.

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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.

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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