4 Strong in Event 54!

Four of our Everest players are left in Event 54 @ WSOP 2009 and comfortably in the money - make it a big haul guys!

Our team still playing with chip count:

ericxx1 150K (DE), Obelix260 (DE) 60K, HELIUMNL (NL) 53K, theBoney (NL) 33K. Average 45K

137 left & 2818 started.

GOOD LUCK!

Everest WSOP Coverage - Event 54

More Everest Poker Qualifier Eliminations

Julien Lanne

Here are some recent Everest Poker Eliminations. It isn't all bad though, as these players did make the money:

Finishing in 268th place and taking home $2,769 is
Claude 'kaena13' Narcisse.

Finishing in 251st place and taking home $2,923 is
Julien 'skuff1818' Lanne

Finishing in 217th place and taking home $2,923 is
Antonio 'masteryowi' Maestro.

Finishing in 200th place and taking home $3,077 is
Julien 'Ace57' Andre

Everest WSOP Coverage - Event 54

Team Everest Pro Kim 'IceBeer' Wooka Eliminated from Event 54

Here is Kim Wooka's Bustout hand from the $1500 NL event #54:

Finding herself shortstacked with few big blinds to work with in her stack, Wooka pushed all in. Her opponent thought long and hard and clearly was concerned that his hand might be dominated, but nonetheless made the call, showing 77.

Wooka then flipped up AK offsuit, and a classic race was on. A suspenseful flop of 4-Q-J hit the felt, giving Wooka numerous outs, including any A, K, 10, or running cards. Unfortunately, an anticlimactic 7 hit the turn, giving her opponent a set of trips, and leaving Wooka drawing dead to a 10. The river was a 4, and Wooka was eliminated by a full house, sevens over fours.

But...she's $3,500 richer!

Everest WSOP Coverage - Event 54

Eric 'ericxx1' Knoedler Among Overall Chip Leaders!

Everest Poker German Qualifier Eric Knoedler has been making big moves all day, and has now not only overtaken the Everest Chip Leaderboard, but is 4th in chips overall!

This puts Eric in striking distance for the overall chip lead, and with only 235 players left, and the players all on the money bubble, we are excited to follow Eric as he narrows the gap between him and overall tournament chip leader Jon Christenson.

Everest WSOP Coverage - Event 54

Current Everest Qualifiers Chip Stacks

Here is a quick snapshot from the Everest Qualifier Leaderboard:

Everest WSOP Coverage - Event 54

Frank Muller: Interesting hand ends in a chop

Frank Muller raised 3,800 pre-flop. The big-blind raised him back, and Muller called.

FLOP: 6d-Qc-10c

Muller calls, and his opponent checks.

TURN: Ah, and everyone checks.

RIVER: Jd. Big bet and a Call.

Muller shows the strong hand with Ks Jh, but it’s only good enough to tie when the big blind shows AcKc.

Everest WSOP Coverage - Event 54

Julien Andre Hand Replay

Seat 6 raises to 3500. Julien Andre calls.

FLOP: 4c 7s 5c

Julien Checks. Original raiser bets 5500.

Julien mucks AJo angrily into the muck. Original raiser shows QQ.

He may have been upset at not connecting with the flop, but has to be happy to see that he made the right decision.

Everest WSOP Coverage - Event 54

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Also, you can follow our qualifier progress from our chip updates leaderboard site at Everest Qualifier Leaderboard

There you will find the on-going progress of all our qualifiers left in the event. They are texting in their chip updates in real-time, so this is the main place to find updates on your Everest Poker family and friends.

Everest WSOP Coverage - Event 54

Klaus Schwarz chipping up

Everest Poker German Qualifier Klaus 'Obelix260' Schwarz is among the first Everest players to start making lateral moves with his stack and positioning himself to have a big day.

While Obelix260 began the day sitting on $17,000, he has already more than doubled his stack within the first level of play.

Obelix260 is now sitting on $36,500, and seems to be enjoying his new found chips.

We will keep you updated on his progress as well as the rest of our qualifiers...

Everest WSOP Coverage - Event 54

We are back in action!

Day 2 of Event 54 is underway, the cards are in the air, and we have a number of Everest Poker Qualifiers and Team Everest Pro Kim Wooka!

376 Runners began today, and we will keep you informed on the status of all our Everest Players.

Here is a look at some of the Everest Players still in the hunt:

Eric Knodler - $64,000
Marcel Magnante - $10,500
Bernard Van Dijk - $44,600
Antonio Maestro - $40,300
Kaj Emanuel - $39,700
Frank Philipp Muller - $25,200
Michael Tabarelli - $21,800

Everest Poker - WSOP Coverage Interview with Viktoria Szilasi

Interview with Viktoria Szilasi from HU

Everest WSOP Coverage - Event 51

Thibaut Durand Eliminated in 6th Place ($115,817)

Thibaut Durand is all in before the flop with Jh-7s and he is up against the Qd-7c of Steven Levy.

The board comes Ts-6s-3d-2s-Tc eliminating Durand from the tournament in 6th place.

Congrats Thibaut on a great run at the final table.

Everest WSOP Coverage - Event 54

Team Everest Pro Kim Wooka doubles up

Kim Wooka's stack started to get a bit short, and she is not one to lay around and wait for the action to come to her, so she brought the action!

We picked up this hand preflop:

Kim Wooka moves all in short-stacked on the button over-the-top of a limper, and the limper calls after the blinds got out of the way.

Kim: K-T offsuit
Opponent: 5-5

Flop: 9-3-Q rainbow

Turn: Beautiful jack!!!

River: x

And Kim Doubles up and gets back into contention.

Everest WSOP Coverage - Event 51

6 remain and Thibaut still in the hunt for WSOP gold in event 51

Play has been somewhat conservative to kickoff the final table of event 51, yet they have still found a way to eliminate 3 people.

With 6 players left, Thibaut is sitting on 1,310,000, currently in 5th place.

Everest WSOP Coverage - Event 54

Sergej Barbarez Eliminated

Unfortunately, not too long after our last post, Sergej was eliminated in what must have been a massive pot...we will try and get the details for you to come.

Everest WSOP Coverage - Event 54

German Soccer Legend Leading All Everest Qualifiers

Sergej Barbarez, known for his soccer skills moreso than his poker skills, has come to Event 54 to take on a leadership different from the green field he is used to playing on. Once captain of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team, Sergej is currently chipping up everytime our Everest Poker Reporting team passes by his table.

Sergej is currently stacked at 27,000 chips, which is good for 3rd in the Everest Poker runners, and nearthe top of the overall tournament leaderboard.

We will keep you updated on this exciting athletes table exploits while we leave you with a bit of background of his historic soccer career:

Before he retired from international football on October 13, 2005, Barbarez was the captain and leader of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.

On December 2, 2005, he announced his comeback to the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team and play in the EURO 2008 qualifiers. He became captain of the team once again.

On May 17, 2006, he signed a two-year deal with Bayer Leverkusen.

On October 12, 2006, Sergej Barbarez officially stepped down from playing for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team.