World Series Of Poker Euro Update: Day 9Winners Announced, Final Tables Set, And Fields Narrowed On Day Nine Of The World Series |
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Day nine saw the end of the $1,500 no-limit hold’em six-handed and $2,500 Omaha / seven-card-stud high-low events. The $5,000 no-limit hold’em shootout’s final table is set and players await their fate in the $1,500 limit hold’em and $2,500 no-limit hold’em tournaments.
Michiel Brummelhuis was first to be eliminated of the final six in the $1,500 no-limit hold’em six-handed event. Rep Porter (754,000) got all of his chips into the middle against Brummelhuis (916,000) and they turned up their hands: Porter: K
K
and Brummelhuis: AQ. The board came 105
23
10 and Porter doubled up.
Then Porter raised to 38,000 preflop and Brummelhuis reraised all-in for 188,000. Porter’s AJ beat Brummelhuis’ A4 when the board showed Q642J. Anatoly Shilyuk was next to go, followed by John Conkright and Devin Porter.
This left Nathan Templeton and Rep Porter to fight it out for first place. Porter was victorious and became the champion of the $1,500 six-handed no-limit hold'em event, taking home his first bracelet and a cash prize worth $372,929.
Event 10: $2,500 Omaha / seven-card-stud high-low event saw both Farzad Rouhani and Tom Chambers battle their way to the top throughout the three days of play. Farzad Rouhani eventually got the best of Tom Chambers while heads-up during the Omaha eight-or-better round. Rouhani dominated the final table, eliminating the majority of the players. Farzad Rouhani's first place prize includes $232,911 and a gold bracelet. This is Rouhani's first win at the World Series of Poker, after being defeated heads-up by Justin Scott in a $2,000 no-limit hold'em event in 2006.
Europeans dropped off the radar as the $5,000 no-limit hold’em shootout found its final table.
The players set to compete are:
Sirous Jamshidi
Tim West
Phil Tom
Greg Mueller
Leo Wolpert
Tom Roupe
The first place finisher will take home $477,990, a gold bracelet, and most importantly; the glory.
Both Italy and the Netherlands were doing well in the $1,500 limit hold’em as Marco Traniello and Marcel Luske made their way up the ranks, but success was short-lived when Luske got into a raising war with an opponent at level 10. Raising back and forth on a 1083JQ board, Luske flipped over 33 for a flopped set and said, “I knew it,” when his opponent turned over 1010 for a better flopped set. Luske dropped down to under 9,000 chips after the hand, and was soon after eliminated. Traniello followed the Dutchman to the rail at level 15, leaving 24 players out of 880 at end of play.
Englishman Peter Gould was one of the many eliminations early session in the $2,500 no-limit hold’em event. After 10 levels of play, 141 players of the original field of 1,397 remain. Only 99 players, significantly less than the typical 10 percent, will finish in the money. Play will continue tomorrow until nine players are left.
German Katja Thater and Dutch Rolf Slotboom were doing well early in the $10,000 World Championship Seven-Card-Stud Event. By level 6 Carlos Mortensen from Spain and Ireland’s Andy Black were among the chip leaders, and Alex Kravchenko had quietly built up his stack by the end of play.
The Russian’s last stack increase came courtesy of busting out the player sitting to his left. Getting all of their chips in on 6th street, the players showed:
Kravechenko: (K)(7)J7TT
Opponent: (J)(4)3JA9
Kravchenko was dealt the (K) on the end, leaving his opponent drawing to an ace or the case jack for his survival. This did not happen and Kravchenko raked in yet another pot, bringing his total chip count to about 60,000.
Day ten will see the final six of the $5,000 no-limit hold’em shootout take each other on for top prize. The field will be further narrowed in the $1,500 limit hold’em event and play will continue in the $2,500 no-limit hold’em tournament. Tomorrow will also bring the first ladies event of this year’s WSOP: the $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em World Championship, and the $2,000 Omaha high-low split eight-or-better.
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