$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Level 20 - Down to 13 Players
Jun 30, '08
Players are on a 20-minute break. Play will resume at 3:10 a.m.
Eliminations:
Guillaume Patry eliminated in 16th place ($35,814)
Marty Smyth raised to 32,000 from early position and Guillaume Patry in the small blind reraised all in for just 65,000. Smyth called with J-J-7-2 double-suited while Patry held A-J-T-3 with two clubs. The board missed both players completely though, coming 8-5-2-Q-K.
Kenneth Matsson eliminated in 15th place ($44,787)
Following a flop of 9
9
2, Marty Smyth checked in the big blind and Kenneth Matsson checked behind him. The K came on the turn and Smyth again checked. Matsson bet 60,000 and Smyth then raised to 208,000. Matsson thought for a few minutes and ultimately decided to put in the rest of his chips. Smyth held 9
873 and was ahead of Matsson's AA75
. The 3 came on the river, giving Matsson the nut flush but Smyth a full house. Smyth has shot up the the list of chip leaders and is in second, narrowly behind Kido Pham.
Julian Powell eliminated in 14th place ($44,787)
In a peculiarly-played hand, Tom Hanlon called a raise by Julian Powell out of the big blind and then check-called on the flop when Powell moved all in. The flop was K64 and Hanlon held just J-T-9-4 but was ahead of Powell's hand, A-9-8-7. The turn and river were a trey and ten, respectively, giving Hanlon two pair and the pot.
Player Tags: Guillaume Patry, Julian Powell, Kenneth Matsson, Marty Smyth, Tom Hanlon, European Report
$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table - Marty Smyth Wins Event 50 ($859,532)
Jul 01, '08
Peter Jetten limped in and then Marty Smyth raised to 300,000. Jetten called and the two saw the flop come QT9. Smyth made a pot-sized bet and Jetten raised pot. Smyth moved all in and Jetten called all in.
Jetten: KJ32
Smyth: KJJQ
Both players flopped the nuts, a king-high straight. But Smyth had a club-flush draw and a pair of queens. His Irish supporters chanted "Freeroll! Freeroll!" and "Club! Club!" while waiting for the turn and river to be dealt.
Turn/River: 76
The turn was a blank, but the river gave Smyth a flush, the pot, the bracelet and $859,532. Jetten finished in second, earning $528,257.
Player Tags: Peter Jetten, Marty Smyth
$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table - Marty Smyth Doubles Up
Jul 01, '08
Players are on a 20-minute break. Play will resume at 12:30 a.m.
Blinds: 40,000-80,000
Players Remaining: 2 of 381
Average Chip Stack: 3,810,000
Chip Counts:
Marty Smyth - 4,855,000
Peter Jetten - 2,730,000
Eliminations:
None
Big Hands and Storylines:
Smyth doubles through Jetten, takes chip lead
Marty Smyth raised to 240,000 and then Peter Jetten reraised to 720,000. Smyth called and the flop came K96. Jetten bet out pot, 1,440,000, and after a minute to think it over Smyth raised all in. Jetten called and the two turned over their hands.
Jetten: AQT4
Smyth: QJT7
Turn/River: T4
On the flop nobody had a pair, but Smyth did have a wrap draw. The turn gave Smyth a straight, and Jetten needed a jack to avoid losing roughly two million chips. He didn't catch it, and Smyth took a significant chip lead.
Player Tags: Peter Jetten, Marty Smyth
$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table - Harroch 5th ($214,884) / Argyros 4th ($268,605)
Jul 01, '08
Blinds: 30,000-60,000
Players Remaining: 3 of 381
Average Chip Stack: 2,540,000
Chip Counts:
Marty Smyth - 3,295,000
Peter Jetten - 2,210,000
Michael Mizrachi - 2,135,000
Eliminations:
Richard Harroch eliminated in 5th place ($214,884)
Billy Argyros eliminated in 4th place ($268,605)
Big Hands and Storylines:
Richard Harroch Eliminated in 5th Place ($214,884)
Marty Smyth raised to 200,000 from the button and Richard Harroch called from the small blind. After a flop of AJ4, Harroch moved all in and Smyth called.
Harroch: AQT5
Smyth: 7644
Turn/River: 54
Harroch was in bad shape against Smyth's set of fours, but the turn gave him additional outs as an ace or five would give him a better full house and a king would give him a straight. But the river gave Smyth quads and a significant chip lead over the remaining three players. Harroch, the author of Poker for Dummies, finished in 5th place and won $214,884.
Billy Argyros Eliminated in 4th Place ($268,605)
Mizrachi limped into the pot under the gun and then Billy Argyros made a pot-sized raise to 270,000. When it folded around to Mizrachi he reraised and Argyros called all in. Earlier in the level Argyros had been crippled in a pot with Mizrachi, and then doubled up against Mizrachi. But he was still short-stacked with only 440,000 entering this hand.
Mizrachi: KQJ7
Argyros: AA66
Board: AK3T8
Argyros flopped a set of aces and had Mizrachi drawing to a gutshot straight draw and backdoor flush draw. Amazingly, he hit the gutshot on the turn, and even made the flush on the river. Argyros headed out in 4th place, and gets $268,605 for his three days of work.
Player Tags: Richard Harroch, Billy Argyros, Marty Smyth
The player 
Marty Smyth was all in for 62,800 preflop from the hi-jack and the cutoff made the call. Their cards:
Q
9
Raymond Wu raised in the small blind and Marty Smith repopped it all in from the big blind. Wu showed pocket sevens after a quick call and Smyth was in trouble with A
Benny Spindler was one of the most feared players coming into today, but an early confrontation with Raymond Wu proved to be too much for the young German to overcome.
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