Danny Nelson Poker Pages

2010 Almost over

2010-12-06T16:33:00.000-08:00

Headed to Tunica 12/8 For Winter Classic Poker Tourney, Not been updating much, But getting emails, Because I am not, Will post more now that racing is over for a couple of months.

Looking for WSOP Main event sponsors

2010-06-09T15:40:00.001-07:00

ITENERARY FOR 2011 WSOP EVENTS:
Coming Soon, Thanks for last years sponsors, We all made a little $$

WSOP Las Vegas

2010-06-09T15:32:00.000-07:00

Made the trip to Vegas with my Buddy, Rodney (coach) Shows Played in the $1500 and the $1000 event, Went HOURS in both but no cash, Played the Venitian Deep Stack, 568 Players, Cashed and went out in about 48 place, AJ to J9, Guy caught a 9 on the turn, and ended my tourney, Was short stacked and The guy called because he had a lot of chips, and got lucky.
In the $1000 event went deep, I think around 250 out of over 2000 players, Had a good chip stack, About 2 times average, Had 67 spades in the big blind, 3-4 limpers and I checked, Flop came 5s-6s Qh, I checked and the guy to my right bet about half the pot, everyone folded and I called, Turn was the 8 (no spade) I bet half the pot and the guy went all in, I called with the nuts (which took most of my tack) He had QQ for a set of Queens, River was a 8, DAMN, Paired the board and lost most ofmy chips, That one hurt REAL BAD, This paid $661,000.00 to win.
Oh well on to Tunica in July for the World Poker Open.
See Yall there,
Danny

WSOP 2010

2010-06-09T15:29:00.000-07:00

Have not been able to Post since could not remember log in.

Went to Harrahs St Louis and played in the WSOP Circuit event for a few days, Played 4 Tournaments, Cashed in 1, Not to good, New venue and a lot of really bad players, Not wise enough to not chase hands, and That is what happens when they draw out on a hand they should not be in the pot with. But shit happens.

WSOP Harrahs Tunica

2010-02-01T20:39:00.000-08:00

Thursday Jan. 21 $340 Buy In
290 Entries
Finished 39th 12:45AM

Friday Jan. 22 $550 Buy In
293 Entries
Out 32nd 1AM (getting closer)

Doyne Finney, A friend of mine from home, Finished 2nd in the $550 on Friday, Played real good until he got heads up and just really got tired, These are LONG GRUILING TOURNAMENTS, Played from noon on Friday, Until 1:40 AM, returned on Saturday at 2PM Finals at about 10:30PM, 2 Long days But made a little over 19K.

Thursday Jan. 28th $340 Buy In
230 Entries
Out in 6th place 3K
Here is how this happened, In the cut off position, Seat 2, Seat 7 Glyn Banks pushes for 111K < I have 114K in chips, Made a good read on Glyn and called with JJ, Small blind then called OUCH, Had not planned on that one, But all is good Glyn had Ac-7s, SB had Ad-Kc So I was ahead, a 400K Pot, With 6 players left, and 2.3million in play, So winner has about 1/4 chips in play with 5 people left after this hand. Flop is rainbow with 1 club, Dodging a A,K, or running clubs, Turn is a club, and you got it, River is Jc, Giving me trips, But gave Glyn and the small blind a flush, Glyn got the main pot, and small blind, Got my extra 3K, So there you go, I am out. This was absolutely the best players I have played with as a hole, When we were at 29 Players at about 11PM on Thursday Night, We play until the final table or 1:40AM Which ever comes first, Well we finally made it to 25 players at 1:40AM, Paid 24 Spots, So we had to come back Friday at 2PM To finish, It was about 8PM When I went out at 6, and they hit heads up at about 7PM, Glyn finished 2nd to a guy I do not know from Little Rock,Ar. First tournament he had ever played in, Plays cash all the time, and a good player, Had a little problem with tournament rules, and had to set out one round with a penalty, For exposing his hand. Glyn is a very good player, and he and I kind of became friends through this tournament, Though he did knock me out, Well not much I can say, I would have loved to knock him out, But when he sucked out, He came over and not much to say, Just shook hands and said well kind of sorry, and I said, I see how you are now (Joking) Then I said, Well thats the game we love to hate, Everyone knows shit happens, That is just the luck in this game, The Badd Luck!!

Well still a few days to go, Headed back Thursday Night to play the $550 On Friday and the $1080 On Saturday, Then we have a mega satelite on Sunday, For the Main event on Monday $5150 Buy In on Monday, Hopefully I can make it on the satelite and win a entry, Also have some others playing a percentage for me, David and Denna Rylander from Memphis, and Rodney (aka: Coach) Showes from Biloxi,Ms. So maybe we can all do good.

The Delta Poker Classic at Gold Strike Starts Feb. 23rd I believe, That will be the next one.
Then April 1st. - 12th At Harrahs St. Louis
Then Caesars in Vegas begins on the 14th of April.

Later, Danny

Bellagio December 4

2009-12-08T23:18:00.000-08:00

Went to the Bellagio in Las Vegas, for the World Poker Tour,Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Classic:

Played Friday Dec 4 $550 Buy in, 360 Entries, Had a good day, finished 16th

Did not play on Saturday

Sunday Dec 6, $1500 Buy In, Seniors World Championship, Only 92 Entries, I sucked, Out in 58th Place

Monday Dec 7th $1000 Buy In, 230 Entries, Over 80 pros in the field, Finished 26th after a BAD BEAT, That sucked also, But all in all had a good week.

Back home Tuesday, Have not been playing much after the World Series, most large tournaments are over until January, I will be playing some first week of January at the World Poker Tour Series, Beau Rivage in Biloxi Mississippi, and at Harrahs in Tunica, World Series of Poker Circuit event starts on the 20th of January there, So hopefully can start out with a good showing in January, Willl try to keep this updated when possible.

Thanks, For looking and wish me luck!!!

Gulf Coast Poker Championship, Biloxi,Ms.

2009-09-05T14:05:00.000-07:00

$200 Entry Thursday Night, Finished in 11th Place
$340 Buy in on Friday, Went out just before lunch break (approx) 200 left, 589 Total Entries
Me AJ, Pushed, Get a call by A,10, Turn is a 10, No help for me,
$500 Entry Saturday, Out 4th Level, Ks,Js, Flop is KK6, Checked, Bet from seat 7, I called, Turn is a Q, Checked again, Bet by seat 7, I moved in, He calls, He has A,K, That sucked, So I will be in the $200 Tonight, Another $500 on Sunday.

UPDATE: Made it down to 11 in The $550 on Sunday, Finished up on Monday night about midnight, $3500.00

Power went out, Ran everybody out of the Casino, What a mess, Leaving now, Headed to Holly Springs to Race, Next tournaments are Oct 14-25

A Blog Post from T.J. Cloutier

2009-07-28T23:49:00.000-07:00

Tom Macvoy was our team star. (Kathy Liebert went out after I did when she took a draw to a flush and didn't get there.) He went on to become one of the chip leaders at the end of the day, and made the final table. At the final table, players would take two time-outs to consult with one of their team members. I was Tom's consultant/coach. The first time, Tom was the little blind six-handed, and the action was passed around to the button. The button raised. Tom had K-Q and asked my opinion on whether he should call the raise. "There's no way in the world that your K-Q can be good here. The button has plenty of chips. He doesn't have to make the bet, and you don't have to make the call because you have plenty of chips, too." So, Tom folded and the guy showed him pocket kings.

A little while later, Tom raised the pot from the small blind with A-2, and he got re-hashed by the big blind, so he threw that one away too. Finally, when they were playing $20K-$40K blinds, he made a little raise again from the small blind against the big blind, this time with Q-J. He took his second time-out to ask me about the Q-J in this spot, and I told him, "Danny hasn't made a move the whole time, so I'd throw it away." Tom folded again, and rightly so I believe. His opponent, Danny Nelson, went on to become the individual winner of the tournament. There was nothing at all wrong with Tom's raises shorthanded. He just happened to run into a bigger hand behind him every time. He started the final table with about $600,000 and he had about $270,000. Tom represented our team great, and finished sixth overall.

World Poker Open WPT Event

2009-07-28T23:33:00.000-07:00

Played 3 tournaments the first 4 days, No good in the first two, The third one ($340 Buy In) 278 Players, made the money at 27 players left. At 21 Players I was the chip leader, and in 4 hands, I was out, 2 Bad Beats in a row, Oh well that is poker. Also played 5 Sit and Goes, Won 3, 2 of them $125 Buy In, Paid $550, One $230 Buy In, Payed $1100

Back to the W.P.O. on July 28, Plan on playing through Sunday including the H.O.S.E. Tourney on Thursday, 340 Friday, $550 Sat, and $340 Sunday, Hopefully will have to miss a couple of them, and play the Final Table from the day before, Keep a eye out, I will post any good news.

Also looking for Sponsorship for the 2010 World Series, I will play in a lot of events in the W.S.O.P. 09/10 Series.

2009 World Series of Poker

2009-06-30T19:25:00.000-07:00

Made the trip west to Vegas on 6/22/09, Stayed 7 Days, Cashed in 4 Tournaments (2 Final Tables) Played 2 Single Table Satellites, Won both of them, Overall a good week. Headed to Tunica this weekend for the $550 Entry Saturday at Horseshoe.

Gold Strike Casino Tunica

2009-06-08T14:18:00.000-07:00

Chopped the Horseshoe Tourney 6 ways Thursday Night, Played in the $125 on Friday at Gold Strike, Went out in 10th Place, Saturday played the $550 at Horse Shoe, Lost with a set of Kings to a 6 - 4 WOW, Had to have a 5 on the river for a straight, and called big bets all the way down to hit it. That is poker though, But still sucked big time, I told the other players left, To take care of my chips, That the guy that won them, Would not have them long. Well headed to Indy racing next weekend, Then flying from there to Vegas on the 21st for the World Series, The seniors event on the 22nd will be my first event.

Gold Strike Casino Tunica 6/4/09

2009-06-04T07:46:00.000-07:00

Headed to the Gold Strike this weekend, Thursday Night, Horseshoe weekly Tournament, Friday Gold Strike $200 Entry, Sat. Gold Strike $200 entry, Plus Blackjack Tournament Saturday Morning, Sunday $340 entry Gold Strike. Off to Vegas on 6/21 For the Seniors World Championship Event first on 6/22

Update from New Orlean

2009-05-12T00:44:00.000-07:00

Still a hell hole, But have had limited sucess here, Small cash a couple of times, Played tonight Monday in the $550 Buy in PLO Game, Liked my play (First time to ever play PLO Tournament) Down to 10 players, Flop Full House from the big blind, Raise and reraise until get it all in, Opponent makes a bigger boat on the river, I had a canoe, and he made a bass boat, No ships on this river, So out in 10th ($1080) But not to bad for the first one. Will play tomorrow in the $550 6-handed NLH, Then Wednesday there is a $340 NLH, Plan on them and then off to Holly Springs RACING, Back to the basics.

From New Orleans, HELL HOLE OF THE SOUTH

2009-05-08T20:58:00.000-07:00

Arrived in New Orleans about 6pm Friday, Drove downtown to Harrahs, No Place to park at all, After driving around in the motor home for over 3 hours, Damn 1 way Streets, Finally (AFTER KNOCKING THE MIRROR OFF A LIMOUSINE) said hell with it and headed East on I-10 towards Biloxi, Stopped at a truck stop, Just to get online and make some phone calls, May have found a place to park in the morning ($30.00 A DAY TO PARK) I will check it out tomorrow, If it is a big hassle I will be headed back north, This place is as close to Hell as I have ever been, Will let you know tomorrow night, $550 Buy In Tomorrow at noon, If I can park by then. THIS PLACE SUCKS!!!! Was going to be here until Thursday, But we will see. May be on the way back to Tunica tomorrow. Missed Tulsa for this SHIT.

Tunica, Magnolia Open, Horseshoe

2009-04-27T09:12:00.000-07:00

Played a couple of the events the first week at the horseshoe, No luck, Headed back on Friday for the $1080 Buy In, Then off to New Orleans for the WSOP Circuit Event starting May 8.

Friday, May 1, $1080 Buy In, 21st Place place ($0.00)
Saturday, May 2, $550 Buy In, 4th Place, Got sucked out on the river, He had to catch a miracle 3 for a inside straight draw, and guess what, IT HAPPENED!! ($3220)
Sunday May 3, $340 Buy In, 9th Place
Well off to Tulsa on Thursday for the Cherokee Mid-South Poker Classic, Then back to racing for a few weeks until the WSOP in Vegas.

ARRIVED IN VEGAS

2009-04-13T16:21:00.000-07:00

Just arrived in Vegas, Met up with a guy that i met at Tunica, at Gold Strike, Kyle Milam ( won one of the $350 tourneys there also) from Little Rock, Ran into him at the airport, He was also on his way here. We traveled together and are going to meet up later tonight at Caesars to play, Will keep you posted when I can, Check back.

Played at Caesars, Monday Night, $200 7pm, 98 Players, Went out in 39th 10's full, To Q's Full, Oh well try em again tomorrow, Playing at the Venetian, (Deep Stack Extravaganza) $340 Noon. They have been having about 300 a day

PS: Good luck to the Batesvile GUPPYS that went to Tunica tonight!! Post on here if any of you guys do any good at Tunica.

$2400.00b BJ win Not 2 bad

Tuesday
$340 at Venetian, 284 Players, Down to 60, Guy to my right goes all in, He has $13,000 chips, I have $60,000 and KK, I go over the top, To Isolate him, Guy to my left goes all in for more chips than me, Both of them have AA, So I am gone.

Finished 12th in the $550 on Wednesday at Caesars. Cashed $2173

Thursday is a $1080 at Caesars,
Thursday $1080 SUCKED, 5th Level, Shipped it with SET 10, Got a call from a asian BIOTCH, With a gut shot, catches it on the river, I'm Gone. Thought I was at the poker barn again!!!

Entered 2nd chance $200, Finished 6th, Cashed $986

Friday $550 at Caesars, or may play $550 at Venitian.

Friday: Played at Venitian, Down to 45 from 285
Saturday: $220 Entry at Caesars, 7th place, Won $1085
Sunday: $1080 at Caesars, 14th Place, Won $2085
Monday: Back Home THANK GOD!! Tired of Vegas !!!

Headed to Tunica Thursday for the Magnolia Poker Series at Horseshoe, Will keep you updated.

OFF TO VEGAS 4/13/09

2009-04-11T12:43:00.000-07:00

Leaving out Monday for Las Vegas again, Will be there for 1 week, Returning Monday 4/20/09.

Plans are to attend tournaments at Caesars Las Vegas W.S.O.P. Circuit event:

Also there are Tournaments at Venetian Casino Resort Deep Stack Extravaganza which I have plans to play at selected events:

And the WPT Five Star World Poker Classic at Bellagio
Which will be in the main ($25,000 Buy In) when I arrive, They do have some nightly events at 7pm with a $550 Buy In, That I may play, If time allows, (Hopefully it will not, Hopefully I am still in the noon event somewhere)

EVENTS PLANNED TO ATTEND AFTER VEGAS:

MAGNOLIA STATE POKER TOURNAMENT
Horseshoe Casino Tunica Mississippi April 22 - May 3

Harrah's New Orleans Tournament - WSOP Circuit Event

May 8 to May 20, 2009

40th World Series of Poker 2009

May 26 to July 15, 2009

Danny Nelson wins Dream Team Poker Championship

2009-04-11T11:40:00.000-07:00

Sunday, 29th of March 2009,

EVENT: Dream Team Poker, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas

You can see more information on this new format of poker tournaments at www.dreamteampoker.com

After weeks of contemplating the trip to Vegas, Myself along with my team mates David and Dina Rylander from Collierville, Tn. Decided to make the adventure, This was a spectacular event, a great venue and exceptional staff from Caesars and the Dream Team Poker crew.

FRIDAY:
Began with a very elaborate welcome reception, team jerseys were handed out to all participates, David, Dina and Myself were then off to the Bellagio for a 7pm ($160 Buy In Weekly Tournament) Dina was taken out on a suck out hand at approx 20 players left, David and Myself eventually made it to the final table, Where I went out in 9th place, When they were down to 7 players (approx. 2am, They agreed to split the purse and call it a night) David was in about 3rd chip position at that time.

SATURDAY:
Dream Team Tournament begins, This was without a doubt, The who's who of the poker world, Some of the contestants included: Hoyt Corkins, Todd Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Matusow, Jamie Gold, Jerry Yang, Tiffany Michelle, Kathy Liebert, Lisa Parsons, T.J. Cloutier, Chino Rheem, The Ice Man, Liz Lieu, Theo Tran, Paul Wasicka, Joe Sebok, Justin Bonomo, David Williams, Dennis Phillips, Celebs Shannon Elizabeth and Mekhi Phifer, Just to name a select few.

Dream Team CEO Daniel Delshad, his father Jimmy Delshad, the mayor of Beverly Hills, and Las Vegas Congresswoman Shelley Berkley have announced shuffle up and deal. Time to get it on. A half hour late, but pretty standard as far as tourneys go.

Players will begin the day with 10,000 chips. Levels will last 40 mins, with the first starting at 25-50. 444 Players will now hit the felt.

DAY 1 COVERAGE CLICK HERE:

Play started out very cold for myself, (5th hand) Playing A,Q From the button, (3 limpers) I raised to $175, A call from seat 3, and seat 6, other one folds, and we go to the flop, A,8,4 rainbow, Callers checked,I bet out $450, insta call from seat 3, and call from seat 6,Turn was a Q, So now have 2 pair, Checked by seat 3/6, I bet$1600, Insta call from seat 3, Seat 6 folded, OK now what am i against??? River comes K, Seat 3 bets $3500, WOW!!!! What could he have, Now I am scared!! But have to call to see what is up, Is this a bluff, Did he flop a set, and slow playing it?? So I call, He shows KK!!! WOW, For a set of King's. So I am now down to about $4300 of my starting stack of $10,000. OK Back to work!!

Played until Sunday, 29th of March 2009 02:09 AM, We are now down to the money, 25 Players left, Will resume play the next day at 1 pm, Dina went out in approx. 200 place, David faired some better making it to approx 140 players. So our team aspect has pretty much bit the dust. But I still have a shot, With about $119,000 in chips, I am approx in 10th place in chip count, John Reggis is the chip leader with $480,000 chips, and 2nd place is Phillip Rousseaux with $408,000, So still have a way to go.
Short Stack has $26,500, Jamie Gold has $45,000.

SUNDAY:
DAY 2 COVERAGE CLICK HERE:

Players -- Team -- Table-Seat -- Chip Count
Ashley Nataupsky -- Team Aced -- 1-1 -- 89,000
John Regis -- Poker Masters -- 1-2 -- 480,000
Bobby Ramirez -- West Coast Rounders -- 1-4 -- 138,500
Tom McEvoy -- Pic Club.com Pro Team 1 -- 1-5 -- 348,500
Robert Pisano -- Pocket Rockets -- 1-6 -- 366,000
Danny Nelson -- Bikerhaven.net -- 1-7 -- 119,500
Percival -- Runner Runner -- 1-8 -- 398,000
Michael Sims -- Ari's Training Center 4 -- 1-9 -- 130,000
Masih Bahadori -- Poker Poison -- 2-1 -- 141,500
Kia -- Smoking Aces -- 2-2 -- 155,000
Philip Rousseaux -- Claddaghs -- 2-3 -- 408,500
Gary Wieck -- The Three Amigos -- 2-4 -- 26,500
Arshid Torkamaw -- The Clones -- 2-5 -- 75,500
Jarrod Klein -- Party at the Mansion -- 2-6 -- 274,000
Rob Perelman -- Totally Unrewarded -- 2-7 -- 165,000
Thor Hansen -- IPPA Tour -- 2-8 -- 85,500
Joe Shukys -- Team Palace -- 2-9 -- 285,500
Jamie Gold -- Team Aced -- 3-1 -- 39,000
Phil Palermo -- Hellmuth Busters -- 3-3 -- 63,000
Paul Ringer -- NLP -- 3-4 -- 54,000
Lisa Parsons -- Lady Luck -- 3-5 -- 159,000
John Fotris -- Sex Panthers -- 3-6 -- 206,000
Marsha Waggoner -- Pic Club.com 2 -- 3-7 -- 141,000
David Pollack -- Pass the Sugar -- 3-8 -- 84,000
Jeremy Ward -- Do Work -- 3-9 -- 95,500

Day 2 begins with a table re-draw, I am seated with Jamie Gold to my left. A VERY NICE PRO, We talked quite a bit while playing, He chipped up a little, and I was very card dead, But managed to steal a few pots and add some chips to my stack, Play continues through the grind.

Sunday, 29th of March 2009 04:58 PM

Here's the final table setup, with chip counts:
Seat 1 - David Pollack (Pass the Sugar) - 336,000
Seat 2 - Ashley Nataupsky (Team Aced) - 328,000
Seat 3 - Gerald Percival (Runner Runner) - 523,000
Seat 4 - Philip Rousseaux (Claddaghs) - 350,000
Seat 5 - Tom McEvoy (PIC Club 1) - 680,000
Seat 6 - Jamie Gold (Team Aced) - 200,000
Seat 7 - Danny Nelson (Bikerhaven.net / Team Jegs.com) - 850,000
Seat 8 - Joe Shukys (Team Palace) - 213,000
Seat 9 - John Regis (Poker Masters) - 970,000

We started the final table with two WSOP Main Event winners bellied up to the felt. Sadly, we're down to just one.

Jamie Gold entered the final table as a short stack, with less that 200K. It wasn't long before he shipped it with 10-6... right into the AK of Bikerhaven's Danny Nelson. The AK held up, sending Gold to the rail in 9th. Tom McEvoy is the only World Champ still seated. Ashley Nataupsky is now the on her own, looking to up her individual payday to go along with the title claimed by Team Aced.

Sunday, 29th of March 2009 10:16 PM

Heads-up play started slow. Blinds were at 80K-160K before Daniel finally took a big bite out of Rousseaux. First, it was Rousseaux with the questionable laydown.

Nelson would call a preflop raise to 350K to see the Q-6-2 flop. Nelson didn't wait for Rousseaux and led out for 300K. Rousseaux came right back with a min-raise. After taking a moment, Nelson moved all in, forcing Rousseaux into the tank.

The last Claddaghs team member sat there for a few minutes, not trying to hide the fact that he had top pair, as he squeezed his hand for those sweating him to see. Eventually, Rousseaux would muck his top pair face up, giving the huge pot and chip lead to Nelson.

A few moments later, Rousseaux was all in and at risk.

It all started with both seeing an unraised flop. With K-8-4 on the board, Rousseaux led out for 160K. Nelson came right back over the top with a min-raise and Rousseaux shipped it.

Rousseaux was all in with J-8 for mid pair. Nelson tabled K-9 for top pair, and was a couple bricks away from the win. After the dealer tossed out a 6 and a 7, Nelson's kings had held up and he is the Dream Team Poker individual champion.

Philip Rousseaux will take home not only $13K for his three-way chop, but he'll get to split $33,300 with team Claddaghs as Dream Team runners-up.

Danny Nelson will pocket an extra $6K for the win. Add that to his chop portion and he'll leave Caesars with $19K. When asked what he planned to do with the money, Nelson quickly replied "this is to recoup my losses from this week. I'm thinking of this as a refund from Caesars."

Top five individual finishes:
Danny Nelson (Team BikerHaven.net) - $19,000 (three-way chop for $13K + $6K for win)
Philip Rousseaux (Team Claddaghs) - $13,000
Jerry Percival (Team Runner, Runner) - $13,000
Ashley Nataupsky (Team Aced) –$6,666
John Regis (Poker Masters) - $5,328