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$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys - Day 2 - Level 16 Recap

Jun 19, '08

Note: The players are now on a 20-minute break

Blinds: 5,000-10,000

Players Left:  12 of 320

Chip Leaders:
Kyle Kloeckner - 865,000
Michael Guzzardi - 810,000
Jacobo Fernandez - 450,000
Frank Vizza - 395,000
Ted Forrest - 380,000
Dario Alioto - 375,000
Tim West - 340,000
Kevin O'Donnell - 300,000
Daniel Makowsky - 274,000
Layne Flack - 265,000

Average Stack: 417,500

Eliminations:
13^th – Francisco Azares
14^th – Thomas Wahlroos
15^th – Tino Lechich
16^th – Nathan Doudney
17^th – Jerrod Ankenman
18^th – Steve Saris

Big Hands and Storylines:

Kyle Kloeckner Eliminates Nathan Doudney

Tim West Raised to 35,000 pre-flop and was called by Kyle Kloeckner, Nathan Hagens, and Nathan Doudney. On a flop of 633, West checked, Kloeckner checked, and Hagens checked. When action came around to Doudney, he didn’t think for too long before betting 100,000. West quickly folded, but Klockner, perhaps suspecting Doudney of a steal, raised to 300,000. Hagens folded and Doudney quickly moved all-in for his final 60,000. Kloeckner, priced in, made the call with KJJ9. Doudney turned over a full house: 6375. Kloeckner, drawing to only a jack, had scarcely asked his tablemates if any of them had folded a jack when the dealer flipped up the turn: J! Things had turned upside-down for Doudney and now he was looking for the last trey in the deck to win the pot. Not only was the river not the case trey to save Doudney, but it was the case jack.

I guess that answers Kloeckner’s question.

After raking in the pot and stacking his chips, it appears that Kloeckner is our new chip leader with 865,000.

Thomas Wahlroos Eliminates Tino Lechich

Thomas Wahlroos raised to 35,000 pre-flop and Francisco Azares made it 110,000. Tino Lechich said, “Alright. You’ve got one.” Before moving his final 50,000 all-in. Wahlroos chimed in, “You’ve got two,” and, covered by Azares’s bet, moved all-in. The three revealed their hands:

Azares: KK52
Lechich: AKJJ
Wahlroos: AA102

The flop was a very safe one for Wahlroos: 993. The turn 6 was nearly as innocuous, though it gave Azares a gutshot straight-draw. When the river blanked, Wahlroos was jolted up to 190,000 while Azares was left with only 90,000; Azares would be eliminated only a short time later.

Michael Guzzardi Eliminates Thomas Wahlroos

Michael Guzzardi raised to 25,000 from early position and was called by three players: Thomas Wahlroos in late position, and Layne Flack and Kevin O’Donnell in the blinds. The flop came Q106 and the blinds checked. Guzzardi bet 65,000 and Wahlroos almost instantly moved his stack of 163,000 into the pot. Flack insta-folded but O’Donnell had a much tougher decision to make. “I wish I knew the math like you guys. I should have gone to school,” said O’Donnell. Eventually O’Donnell folded, and that decision turned out to be the right one as Guzzardi called and showed  AJ87 for the nut flush. Wahlroos showed QQ77 for top set, and was hoping to fill up on a later street. Unfortunately for Wahlroos the turn and river came 8 and 2 and, not long after his double-up, he was eliminated. Guzzardi now has 810,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Tino Lechich,   Ted Forrest,   Layne Flack,   Kevin O'Donnell,   Thomas Wahlroos,   Nathan Doudney,   Dario Alioto,   Tim West,   Jacobo Fernandez,   Daniel Makowsky,   Jerrod Ankenman,   Kyle Kloeckner,   Steven Saris,   Michael Guzzardi,   Francisco Azares

$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys - Day 2 - Level 15 Recap

Jun 19, '08

Blinds: 4,000-8,000

Players Left:  19 of 320

Chip Leaders:
Michael Guzzardi - 500,000
Kyle Kloeckner - 460,000
Jacobo Fernandez - 450,000
Frank Vizza - 410,000
Ted Forrest - 380,000
Tim "tmay420" West - 375,000
Layne Flack - 280,000
Kevin O'Donnell - 275,000
Thomas Wahlroos - 270,000
Nathan Doudney - 222,000

Average Stack: 260,000

Eliminations:
Erik Seidel
Jeff Williams
Johannes Strassman
Julian Powell
Loren Klein

Big Hands and Storylines:

Jacobo Moving Toward Final Table Number Three

Jacobo Fernandez just brushed aside another pesky impediment standing in the way of his third final table at this year’s World Series. This time the impediment came in the form of Loren Klein. Fernandez and Klein got their chips all in on a flop of K73. Fernandez showed KKJ4 for top set while Klein tabled AAQ6 for a pair of aces. The turn and river were the 3 and 6 and just like that Jacobo made another addition to his growing stack of chips. He currently has 450,000.

Forrest on Fire

Ted Forrest just added to his growing stack in a hand against Frank Vizza. Forrest raised to 25,000 from late position and Vizza called from the button. The flop came AQJ and Forrest checked. Vizza bet 45,000 and Forrest called him. Both players checked the T turn and Forrest bet out big – a pot-sized bet – on the river 2. Vizza tanked, focusing on the newly dealt river card, but eventually laid his hand down. That pot takes Forrest up to a commanding 380,000.

Azares Does in the Powell

Ted Forrest limped in late position and Julian Powell and Francisco Azares in the blinds joined him in seeing a 764 flop. Powell bet 20,000, leaving himself only about 5,000 behind. Azares, short stacked himself, made a pot-sized raise that put him all-in. Forrest mucked his hand and the two showed their cards:

Powell: AJ87
Azares: AK54

Powell had top pair and a jack-high flush draw along with 3 outs to a straight. Azares though had the nut flush draw along with an open-ended straight-draw. The turn was the 6 and Powell was still ahead with two-pair, but a 2 on the river sent the Aussie packing. By adding Powell’s few chips to his collection, Azares is now up to 120,000 on the day.

Player Tags: Erik Seidel,   Ted Forrest,   Layne Flack,   Loren Klein,   Thomas Wahlroos,   Nathan Doudney,   Tim West,   Johannes Strassmann,   Julian Powell,   Jacobo Fernandez,   Jeff Williams,   Kyle Kloeckner,   Michael Guzzardi,   Francisco Azares