WSOP -- Jerrod Ankenman Wins Event No. 42

Jerrod Ankenman had come close to winning a World Series of Poker bracelet twice. In 2006 he finished in second place in a $3,000 limit hold’em event and took home $150,586 but no bracelet. Last year he finished runner-up once again, this time in the $10,000 limit hold’em world championship. He was awarded $307,380, but he had to watch as Rob Hollink was awarded the gold.

Heading into the final heads-up match of event No. 42 ($2,500 mixed event) at the 2009 WSOP Ankenman was nearly even in chips with Sergey Altbregin, but he wasn’t about to let a third gold bracelet slip through his fingers. Ankenman pushed his edge in limit games to take the lead against Altbregin and then eliminated the Russian in second place ($149,342). Ankenman was awarded $241,367 for the win, but more importantly his first gold bracelet.

Here are the final results:

1. Jerrod Ankenman – $241,367
2. Sergey Altbregin – $149,342
3. Chris Klodnicki – $97,897
4. Jeff Tims – $67,848
5. Jon Turner – $49,569
6. Eric Crain – $38,075
7. Layne Flack – $30,674
8. Dario Alioto – $25,860

Here are the elimination hands, as featured in CardPlayer.com’s live updates:

Dario Alioto Eliminated in Eighth Place ($25,860)

Stud

Dario Alioto and Jon Turner had a set regimen on a stud hand, where Alioto led out and Turner called his bets through fifth street. Turner then check-raised Alioto on sixth street, which forced Alioto to make an all-in call. Their cards:

Turner: (7 7) 6 5 5 2
Alioto: (9 9) 6 9 J Q

Alioto picked up the J and he was eliminated on the hand in eighth place, courtesy of the trip nines of Turner.

Layne Flack Eliminated in Seventh Place ($30,674)

Stud

Layne Flack got the last of his chips in on fifth street and Eric Crain made the call. Their cards:

Flack: (8 7) 8 K 5
Crain: (10 9) 9 3 4

Flack picked up 7 8 to make eights up, but Crain received 4 Q to make nines up. Flack was eliminated in seventh place.

Eric Crain Eliminated in Sixth Place

NLHE

Jerrod Ankenman raised to 30,000 preflop and Eric Crain reraised all in for 158,000. Ankenman made the call. Their cards:

Crain: K Q
Ankenman: 8 8

Board: A 10 8 K 9

Crain was eliminated in sixth place while Ankenman charged to the chip lead with more than 1.5 million.

Jon Turner Eliminated in Fifth Place ($49,569)

Limit Hold’em

Jerrod Ankenman raised under the gun enough to put Jon Turner all in and Turner made the call. Sergey Altbregin and Chris Klodnicki made the call as well.

The flop was dealt 9 8 7 and all three live players checked. The 8 fell on the turn and Altbregin checked, Klodnicki bet, and Ankeman called. Altbregin then mucked and the river fell 6. Klodnicki and Ankenman checked.

Turner flipped over A J, Ankenman revealed K 9, and Klodnicki turned up 7 6. Turner failed to survive the all-in and was eliminated.

Jeff Tims Eliminated in Fourth Place ($67,848)

NLHE

Chris Klodnicki raised to 30,000 from the button preflop and Jeff Tims reraised all in for 75,000. Klodnicki made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Tims: A 5
Klodnicki: A 6

Board: K Q 7 4 9

Tims was eliminated in fourth place.

Chris Klodnicki Eliminated in Third Place ($97,897)

PLO

Chris Klodnicki raised to 30,000 from the button preflop and Jerrod Ankenman made the call from the small blind. The flop was dealt 9 4 3 and Ankenman checked. Klodnicki bet 72,000 and Ankenman reraised the pot, for 288,000 total. Klodnicki reraised all in for 375,000 and Ankenman called. Their cards:

Klodnicki: A 9 6 3
Ankenman: A K K 2

Turn and River: 10 5

Ankenman made a flush and Klodnicki was eliminated in third place.

Jerrod Ankenman Wins Event No. 42 ($241,367)

NLHE

Sergey Altbregin limped from the button and Jerrod Ankenman checked. The flop was dealt 6 4 3 and Ankenmn bet 50,000. Altbregin raised all in for 400,000 and Ankenman made the call. Their cards:

Ankenman: 6 5
Altbregin: J 4

Turn and River: 7 9

Ankenman won the hand and the tournament with a straight. Altbregin was eliminated in second place and awarded $149,342. Ankenman takes home a gold bracelet and $241,367.

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