| Buy-In: | $4,700 + $300 |
|---|---|
| Prize Pool: | $1,226,700 |
| Entrants: | 261 |
Ruthenberg Takes a Hit
A series of bets and raises built another large pot between Sebastian Ruthenberg and Chris Ferguson when their full hands were revealed:
Ferguson: (A-Q) 8
QK
8 (5)
Ruthenberg: (A-Q) 77
39 (9)
Ferguson won another large hand and Ruthenberg was knocked all the way down to 400,000.
Ruthenberg on a Rush
Ruthenberg took his 400,000 and doubled up not once, but twice to take his stack to 800,000 during the next 20 minutes.
Penultimate Hand of the Match
Another pot was grown to gargantuan levels beween the two players before they revealed their hands after seventh street:
Ruthenberg: (A-2) A663 (9)
Ferguson: (7-8) 21055 (10)
Ruthenberg took down the massive pot with aces up and completly turned the tables of the heads-up match around. He now held 1.85 million to Ferguson's 760,000.
Sebastian Ruthenberg Wins Event No. 33 ($328,756)
Chris Ferguson committed the last of his chips on fifth street after a series of bets and raises. Their cards:
Ruthenberg: (6-2) 74
Q4x (3)
Ferguson: (A-9) 5A4Jx (muck)
Ferguson was eliminated in second place, and he took home $202,406 in prize money. Ruthenberg won the tournament, his first bracelet, and $328,756 in prize money.
Ante/Bring-in/Completion: 15,000 - 20,000 - 60,000 with 60,000-120,000 limits
Players Left: 2 of 261
Chip Counts:
Chris Ferguson: 1,735,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg: 875,000
Eliminations:
none
Biggest Pot of the Tournament
Chris Ferguson and Sebastian Ruthenberg bet, raised, and reraised a pot to where 1.4 million sat on the table on seventh street. Their cards:
Ferguson: 558K exposed
Ruthenberg: (A6)A28A(5)
Ferguson mucked the 5 to show he had made a set with the case 5, but it was Ruthenberg who took down the pot, and a massive chip lead. Ferguson was down to 825,000 after the hand.
Digging Deep for Bracelet No. 6
Chris Ferguson has been chipping away at Ruthenberg relentlessly. Jesus is picking up all of the small pots and avoiding any large confrontations with his opponent. While it is not too much fun to watch it is highly effective. Ferguson has just about closed the gap in chip counts after being in a dire position a little while ago. Thanks to the high limits, all of those small pots have swung the chip lead back to Ferguson's favor.
Ante/Bring-in/Completion: 5,000 - 15,000 - 40,000 with 40,000-80,000 limits
Players Left: 2 of 261
Chip Counts:
Sebastian Ruthenberg: 1,925,000
Chris Ferguson: 825,000
Eliminations:
3rd Place: Bob Lauria ($125,737)
Big Hands and Storylines:
Sebastian Ruthenberg Scoops and Takes the Lead
After a long period of chopped pots and very little to no action transpiring between the final three players, Sebastian Ruthenberg brought it in and Bob Lauria called him down in a hand of some consequence. Their cards:
Ruthenberg: (42)24510(J)
Lauria: 65J9...mucked on the end
Ruthenberg took down the hand, and although both players checked it down on every street after third it is the largest amount of chips that have changed hands between players in some time. The large German contingent sweating Ruthenberg let out a loud cheer after the hand.
Bob Lauria Almost Out and Comes Back to Life
Bob Lauria lost two big pots to Chris Ferguson (which gave Jesus back the chip lead) and he was in a perilous position with only 50,000 remaining. He moved all of that into the middle on
Lauria: (74)A739(K)
Ferguson: (A6)106J8(4)
Lauria doubled up on the hand but he is still close to elimination with only 100,000. He doubled up again a few hands later with quad sixes against Ruthenberg, and took his stack back to 245,000.
Bob Lauria Eliminated in Third Place ($125,737)
Bob Lauria finally hit the rail when his three 8's ran into the full house of Chris Ferguson. Lauria was eliminated in third place, and he took home $125,737 in prize money. Ferguson was up to 1.6 million heading into the heads-up match.
Ante/Bring-in/Completion: 7,000 - 10,000 - 30,000 with 30,000-60,000 limits
Players Left: 3 of 261
Chip Counts:
Chris Ferguson: 1,487,000
Bob Lauria: 900,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg: 270,000
Eliminations:
Alessio Isaia: 6th Place ($58,268)
Annie Duke: 5th Place ($73,602)
Marcel Luske: 4th Place ($95,069)
Big Hands and Storylines:
Alessio Isaia Eliminated in Sixth Place ($58,268)
Alessio Isaia was busted out of the tournament by Sebastian Ruthenberg when Isaia got all of his chips into the middle on fifteh street and Ruthenberg spiked a ace on sixt street. The ace gave Ruthenberg a pair of aces and a 7-5 low, which scooped the high and the low pot when Isaia did not improve.
Annie Duke Eliminated in Fifth Place ($73,602)
Annie Duke got the last of her chips into the middle on third street and both Chris Ferguson and Ruthenberg made the call. Ferguson then bet Ruthenberg out of the pot on fourtth street before he and Duke rolled over their cards:
Ferguson: (KK)J739(J)
Duke: (1010)5289(A)
Ferguson won the high with kings up and Duke failed to qualify low. She was eliminated in fifth place, and took home $73,602 in prize money.
Marcel Luske Eliminated in Fourth Place ($95,069)
Marcel Luske moved all in for the seventh time at the final table on sixth street against Bob Lauria with following cards exposed for each player:
Lauria: (A2)387Q...
Luske: (A5)10J59...
Each player was then dealt there seventh street card facedown and each took a moment before turning over their holdings. Lauria showed down the 7 for a pair of sevens. Luske turned up the 8 and he was eliminated in fourth place, taking home $95,069 in prize money.
Ante/Bring-in/Completion: 5,000 - 7,000 - 30,000 with 30,000-60,000 limits
Players Left: 6 of 261
Chip Counts:
Chris Ferguson: 783,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg: 655,000
Marcel Luske: 430,000
Bob Lauria: 165,000
Alessio Isaia: 131,000
Annie Duke: 120,000
Eliminations:
Steve Sung: 7th Place ($46,001)
Big Hands and Storylines:
Steve Sung Eliminated in Seventh Place ($46,001)
Steve Sung and Annie Duk got involved in some heavy betting on every single street with the following cards exposed:
Duke: 6K24
Sung: 767K
At the end of the action Sung was all in and Duke flipped over AK3 to scoop the high and the low. Sung mucked his hand and was eliminated in seventh place ($46,001).
Ante/Bring-in/Completion: 3,000 - 5,000 - 15,000 with 15,000-30,000 limits
Players Left: 7 of 261
Chip Counts:
Chris Ferguson: 763,000
Annie Duke: 590,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg: 560,000
Marcel Luske: 334,000
Bob Lauria: 135,000
Steve Sung: 188,000
Alessio Isaia: 117,000
Eliminations:
Bob Beveridge: 8th Place ($36,801)
Big Hands and Storylines:
The Doubling Dutchman
Marcel Luske got all of his chips into the middle early and often here at the final table. First, scooped a pot with aces and fives against Chris Ferguson to double up when Ferguson did not qualify low. Second, Luske took the low half against Ferguson in a subsequent pot with a 6-5 low to survive, and third, Lusek scooped anothet pot with a full house when Sebastain Ruthenberg failed to qualify low. Luske now holds over 300,000.
Bob Beveridge Eliminated in Eighth Place ($36,801)
Bob Beveridge got the last of his chips into the middle against Marcel Luske after multiple raises on the first round of betting, and they turned up their hands:
Luske: (A2)5576(8)
Beveridge: (AK)6948(5)
Luske scooped the high and the low and Beveridge was eliminated in eighth place, taking home $38,081 in prize money.
The final table of the $5,000 seven-card stud eight-or-better world championship will get a late start today thanks to an early morning finish on day 2. Cards will get into the air at 5 p.m. and the final eight players will play down to a champion, which will most likey take until sometime in the early hours of tomorrow. Here are the starting stacks and seating chart:
Seat 1: Bob Lauria -- 44,000
Seat 2: Marcel Luske -- 308,000
Seat 3: Steve Sung -- 207,000
Seat 4: Annie Duke -- 277,000
Seat 5: Alessio Isaia -- 398,000
Seat 6: Sebastian Ruthenberg -- 663,000
Seat 7: Chris Ferguson -- 434,000
Seat 8: Beb Beveridge -- 280,000
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