Pohler Eliminated in 4th Place ($232,669)
Jun 30, '07
Greg Pohler was short stacked after losing a big hand against Alex Bolotin. He went all-in with his last $75,000. After a few calls, Erik Friberg raised to isolate with A
K
and all other players folded. Pohler turned over the Q
7
and the flop came down A
3
6
. After the 5
on the turn Pohler was drawing only to a four for a tie. The river brought a J
and Pohler was eliminated in fourth place, taking home $232,669.
Player Tags: Greg Pohler, Erik Friberg
Final Table - Hour Two Recap
Jun 30, '07
Shorter Stack Dynamic
After moving up to third in chips, Edler was in more of a middle-sized stack position. He no longer had to push preflop, but he also wasn't deep stacked enough to feel comfortable limping or flat calling raises. Greg Pohler was even shorter, and though he limped and called a number of hands and took them down, he still needed to win a big hand to take some of the pressure of his stack.
Larger Stack Dynamic
Big stacks Erik Friberg and Alex Bolotin applied a surprisingly light amount of pressure early in the final table. The biggest hand either of them got involved in early in the hour was against each other. Bolotin raised to $125,000 from the button. Friberg called with the A
7
and after a flop of Q
5
3
checked. Bolotin bet $200,000 and Friberg mucked his ace high. Friberg loosened up in the later part of the second level, making plays such as stealing the big blind with hands like 7
5
.
Pohler Doubles
Greg Pohler doubled up with 10
10
after he raised $240,000 preflop. Friberg called with A
4
. After a flop of 7
4
3
, Pohler bet $500,000 and Friberg raised all-in. Pohler called and after the turn and river bricked off, Pohler doubled and took over the chip lead from Friberg.
Edler Usurps Pohler
Pohler made a large raise of $270,000 preflop with A
J
. Bill Edler reraised all-in with A
Q
. After the board came down Q
3
2
K
4
, Edler doubled up and overtook the chip lead with more than $2,000,000, knocking Pohler back down to a smaller stack.
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Player Tags: Greg Pohler, Bill Edler, Erik Friberg, Alex Bolotin
Event #45 Final Table - Hour One
Jun 30, '07
Gioi Luong was late to the final table, leading to a 30 minute delay. When play finally got underway, the dynamic created by the stacks had a great effect on the action. Both Erik Friberg and Alex Bolotin started the final day above two million in chips, while the rest of the players were all below a million and within $200,000 of each other. That meant that the final table started with polarized stack sizes, with players either deep or short stacked. This dynamic, combined with the nature of shorthanded play, led to fast action.
Bill Edler moved in and took down the blinds on two of the first three hands realizing the value of chipping up and trying to make the top three spots, which pay dramatically higher. Greg Pohler was also applying pressure this way, but with a more selective range of hands. Gioi Luong also tried to double up early, but his K
Q
ran into the A
K
of Alex Bolotin and he was eliminated in 6th. (See Luong's elimination post for more details.)
Edler's preflop pressure won him the blinds and antes and when he finally got called by Dutch Boyd, he had him out-chipped. Boyd held the J
J
against A
7
, and after a flop of 8
5
3
, Boyd was in good shape. The A
paired Edler's ace and after the 8
fell on the river Boyd was sent to the rail in fifth place ($169,269), while Edler moved above $1,000,000. Greg Pohler was left as the short stack, with Edler in third, Bolotin in second and Friberg in first.
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Player Tags: Gioi Luong, Greg Pohler, Bill Edler, Erik Friberg, Dutch Boyd, Alex Bolotin
Six-Handed Final Table Set To Begin
Jun 30, '07
The final table of the $5,000 short handed no-limit hold'em event is set to get underway. Erik Friberg, who placed 8th in last years main event, is coming in as the chip leader of this star studded final table. Alex Bolotin is hot on his tail. Dutch Boyd won last year's $2,500 shorthanded event. With third place chips starting the day, Boyd is definately in the running for the bracelet this year. Greg Pohler is in fourth. Though he has only one cash to his name, he is gauranteed to increase his recorded tournament earnings by more than 16 times just by making the final table. Fifth ranked Gioi Luong cashed in the $2,500 short handed event earlier this year. Bill Edler is the shortest stack, but with five major final tables in the past year he is definately deep stacked in experience.
Seat Assignments
Seat 1: Greg Pohler - $655,000
Seat 2: Alex Bolotin - $2,010,000
Seat 3: Gioi Luong - $570,00
Seat 4: Bill Edler - $535,000
Seat 5: Dutch Boyd - $705,000
Seat 6: Erik Friberg - $2,795,000
With such a great final table competing for a
WSOP bracelet and the $904,672 first place prize, this event is one to watch. Make sure to catch all the action in the hourly updates here at
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Player Tags: Gioi Luong, Greg Pohler, Bill Edler, Erik Friberg, Dutch Boyd, Alex Bolotin
Greg Pohler Eliminated In Eighth Place ($50,410)