Matros Wins Event No. 12
Jun 07, '10
Matros Takes The Title ($189,870)
After a back and forth heads up match, a short-stacked Ahmad Abghari bet on a flop of Q
44
and Matt Matros raised. Abghari bet again on the 3
turn and Matros again raised, with Abghari re-raising to put his few remaining chips all in. Matros called and flipped over Q
8 for two pair, while Abghari showed A10, needing an ace on the river to stay alive. It wasn’t to be, as the 8 hit and Matros took the title down, along with $189,870 and his first ever WSOP bracelet.
Abghari’s runner up performance earned him $117,272.
Player Tags: Ahmad Abghari
Wrapping Up Event No. 12
Jun 06, '10
Kapalas Loses Flip, Out in 4th Place ($59,838)
Very short on chips, Georgios Kapalas got all in with 1010 and was in a race situation against Terrence Chan’s AJ.
The first card on the board was bad for Kapalas, and it didn’t get any better. It ran:
J3Q25
Chan paired his jack and held on to knock Kapalas out in 4th place.
Chan Out in 3rd ($83,185)
Terrence Chan nearly got all in after a series of back and forth raises heads up against Ahmad Abghari on a flop of A810.
On the 7 turn Chan got the rest of it in and was called.
Chan showed Q6 for a flush draw and inside straight draw, while Abghari held A7 for two pair.
The river K helped nobody and Chan was eliminated in 3rd place, finalizing the heads up matchup between Matt Matros and Ahmad Abghari.
With that, the heads up duel has begun.
Player Tags: Terrence Chan, Ahmad Abghari, Georgios Kapalas
They Started Dropping
Jun 06, '10
Following the dinner break, chips started flying around and the final table lost some players.
Truijers Falls in 8th Place ($18,385)
Roberto Truijers was short on chips and raised all in from the big blind preflop. He was called from Jameson Painter and Ahmad Abghari. The two callers checked the entire board of 4K10K3 and showed down. Their hands:
Truijers: AQ
Abghari: 66
Painter: Muck
Truijers was eliminated in 8th place, as Abghari took it down with two pair, increasing his stack to 325,000.
Painter Finishes in 7th Place ($24,198)
On a flop of 98K Matt Matros bet and Jameson Painter raised. Painter was all in holding AQ and had been outdrawn by Matros’ A8.
The 3 turn and 5 were meaningless and Painter hit the rail in 7th Place. The pot boosted Matros to second in chips with 550,000.
Jason Potter Next to Go, in 6h Place ($32,281)
Jason Potter got all in with his last few chips, holding AJ. His opponent Georgios Kapalas was holding 99 and the race was on. The board ran 1041028.
Potter missed his outs and was knocked out in 6th place.
Dresel-Velasquez Busts in 5th Place ($43,647)
Adrian Dresel-Velasquez got his short stack all in preflop and got three callers. The entire board was checked down, reading 26810Q. Their hands:
Dresel-Velasquez: 67
Kapalas: A4
Matros: A3
Abghari: KQ
Abghari hit a pair of queens on the river and with that Dresel-Velasquez was gone in 5th Place.
Player Tags: Ahmad Abghari, Jameson Painter, Adrian Dresel-Velasquez, Roberto Truijers
