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Buy-In: $5,000
Prize Pool: $1,706,100
Entrants: 363

Event 35 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

  • Jun 17, '09 - Jun 19, '09
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Updates on Final Day (Jun 19, 09)

 
 

Double Elimination! Richard Austin Wins Event No. 35 ($409,484)

Richard Austin Wins Event No. 35 ($409,484) Cliff Josephy Eliminated in Third Place ($166,771) Sorel Mizzi Eliminated in Second Place ($253,048)

What an ending! Richard Austin called on the button, Sorel Mizzi completed from the small blind and Cliff Josephy raised to 150,000 from the big blind.

Austin called and Mizzi reraised the size of the pot to 750,000. Josephy called all in for his last 195,000 and Austin called.

The flop came out KClub Suit9Diamond Suit3Club Suit and Mizzi moved all in for his last 680,000. Austin called and all three players showed their hands.

Mizzi — ASpade SuitAHeart Suit5Diamond Suit3Diamond Suit
Josephy — ADiamond SuitKHeart SuitKSpade Suit8Diamond Suit
Austin — QHeart SuitJSpade Suit8Club Suit5Club Suit

The turn was the 8Spade Suit, helping no one. Mizzi was still in the lead for the side pot and Josephy had the overall lead with a set of kings, but the river was the 7Club Suit and Austin made his flush to take the tournament.

Austin earned $409,484 for the victory, claiming his first WSOP bracelet.

 

Final Table Update: Down to Three

Blinds: 25,000-50,000

Players Remaining: 3 out of 363

Chip Counts:

1. Richard Austin — 2,505,000
2. Sorel Mizzi — 1,610,000
3. Cliff Josephy — 1,350,000

Average Chip Count: 1,815,000

Notable Eliminations:

6. Felipe Ramos – $67,663
5. Rifat Palevic – $86,516
4. Dan Hindin – $116,478

Big Hands

Felipe Ramos Eliminated in Sixth Place ($67,663)

Sorel Mizzi raised to 100,000 and Felipe Ramos reraised all in. Mizzi made the call. Their cards:

Mizzi: AHeart SuitJClub Suit9Club Suit7Diamond Suit
Ramos: ASpade SuitADiamond Suit10Club Suit6Diamond Suit

Board: 10Diamond Suit4Spade Suit2Diamond Suit8Heart SuitJHeart Suit

Mizzi won the hand with a straight and Ramos was eliminated in sixth place.

Rifat Palevic Eliminated in Fifth Place ($86,516)

Rifat Palevic raised to 140,000 preflop and Sorel Mizzi reraised the pot, forcing Palevic to make an all-in call. Their cards:

Palevic: ASpade Suit9Club Suit8Spade Suit2Heart Suit
Mizzi: AHeart SuitQSpade SuitQDiamond Suit3Heart Suit

Board: 4Heart Suit3Club Suit2Spade SuitADiamond SuitJClub Suit

Mizzi won the pot with aces and threes over the aces and twos of Palevic. Palevic was eliminated in fifth place.

Dan Hindin Eliminated in Fourth Place ($116,478)

Dan Hindin found himself all in preflop against Richard Austin after a series of raises. Their cards:

Hindin: KClub SuitKHeart SuitQClub Suit7Heart Suit
Austin: ASpade SuitAClub SuitKDiamond Suit8Diamond Suit

Board: QDiamond Suit6Diamond Suit6Spade Suit10Club Suit7Heart Suit

Hindin was eliminated in fourth place.

 

Final Table Update: Sorel Mizzi Takes the Lead

Blinds: 20,000-40,000

Players Remaining: 6 out of 363

Chip Counts:

1. Sorel Mizzi — 1,800,000
2. Cliff Josephy — 1,160,000
3. Richard Austin — 1,080,000
4. Dan Hindin — 785,000
5. Felipe Ramos — 395,000
6. Rifat Palevic — 245,000

Average Chip Count: 907,500

Notable Eliminations:

None

Big Hands

Sorel Mizzi

Sorel Mizzi Wins a Huge Pot to Take the Chip Lead

On a limped and checked flop of AHeart Suit10Club Suit9Heart Suit Rifat Palevic bet 40,000 and Sorel Mizzi made the call. The turn fell 7Diamond Suit and Palevic checked. Mizzi bet 115,000 and Palevic called.

The river fell 4Club Suit and and Palevic checked again. Mizzi bet 300,000 and Palevic made the call after tanking for a bit. Mizzi turned up JHeart Suit8Spade Suit5Diamond Suit5Heart Suit and Palevic mucked. Mizzi grew his stack to 1.3 million after the hand, good for the chip lead.

Player Tags: Sorel Mizzi,   Rifat Palevic
 

Final Table Update: Peter Jetten (8th) and Van Marcus (7th) Eliminated

Blinds: 12,000-24,000

Players Remaining: 6 out of 363

Chip Counts:

1. Rifat Palevic — 1,124,000
2. Cliff Josephy — 1,065,000
3. Dan Hindin — 900,000
4. Sorel Mizzi — 685,000
5. Felipe Ramos — 590,000
6. Richard Austin — 467,000

Average Chip Count: 907,500

Notable Eliminations:

8. Peter Jetten – $48,112
7. Van Marcus – $55,687

Big Hands

Peter Jetten

Peter Jetten Eliminated in Eighth Place ($48,112)

On a board of KSpade Suit8Club Suit5Spade Suit10Diamond Suit Peter Jetten bet 100,000 from the small blind and Richard Austin raised to 350,000. Dan Hindin and Van Marcus both mucked and Jetten moved all in. Austin made the call and they turned up their cards:

Austin: 10Heart Suit10Club Suit9Club Suit8Heart Suit
Jetten: ASpade SuitJClub Suit10Spade Suit4Club Suit

River: 9Heart Suit

Austin won the hand with top set and Jetten was eliminated in eighth place.

Van Marcus Eliminated in Seventh Place ($55,687)

After a series of bets and raises preflop Cliff Josephy raised the pot, which was enough to put Van Marcus all in. Marcus made the call for his tournament life, everyone else mucked, and they turned up their cards:

Josephy: ASpade SuitADiamond Suit3Diamond Suit9Heart Suit
Marcus: KClub SuitKDiamond Suit10Diamond Suit4Diamond Suit

Board: 8Spade Suit8Heart Suit5Heart Suit2Diamond SuitAHeart Suit

Marcus was eliminated in seventh place.

 

Final Table Update: Samuel Ngai Eliminated in Ninth Place

Blinds: 12,000-24,000

Players Remaining: 8 out of 363

Chip Counts:

1. Rifat Palevic — 1,124,000
2. Cliff Josephy — 1,065,000
3. Sorel Mizzi — 685,000
4. Felipe Ramos — 590,000
5. Van Marcus — 585,000
6. Peter Jetten — 475,000
7. Richard Austin — 467,000
8. Dan Hindin — 430,000

Average Chip Count: 462,000

Notable Eliminations:

9. Samuel Ngai – $43,539

Big Hands

Samuel Ngai Eliminated in Ninth Place ($43,359)

Van Marcus raised to 84,000 preflop and Samuel Ngai reraised all in. Marcus made the call and they flipped over their cards:

Marcus: AHeart SuitASpade Suit7Club Suit6Heart Suit
Ngai: KClub SuitKDiamond SuitQDiamond Suit10Heart Suit

Board: JHeart Suit8Club Suit2Club SuitJDiamond SuitJClub Suit

Marcus won the hand with a full house and Ngai was eliminated in ninth place.

Player Tags: Van Marcus
 

Final Table Set: Isaac Baron Eliminated in 10th Place

Blinds: 10,000-20,000

Players Remaining: 9 out of 363

Chip Counts:

1. Cliff Josephy — 1,027,000
2. Rifat Palevic — 989,000
3. Sorel Mizzi — 869,000
4. Richard Austin — 563,000
5. Van Marcus — 544,000
6. Felipe Ramos — 452,000
7. Dan Hindin — 430,000
8. Peter Jetten — 430,000
9. Samuel Ngai — 182,000

Average Chip Count: 544,500

Notable Eliminations:

10. Isaac Baron – $32,330

Isaac Baron

Big Hands

Isaac Baron Eliminated in 10th Place ($32,330)

Isaac Baron raised to 70,000 and Richard Austin reraised to 240,000. Baron made the all-in call and they flipped up their cards:

Baron: ADiamond SuitJHeart Suit10Diamond Suit8Heart Suit
Austin: KDiamond SuitKSpade Suit9Club Suit6Spade Suit

Board: KHeart SuitQSpade Suit4Heart Suit8Diamond SuitQClub Suit

Baron was eliminated in 10th place, just missing his second final table of the summer.

Player Tags: Richard Austin,   Isaac Baron
 

Level 21 Update: Down to 10 Players

Blinds: 10,000-20,000

Players Remaining: 10 out of 363

Chip Counts:

1. Sorel Mizzi — 969,000
2. Rifat Palevic — 949,000
3. Cliff Josephy — 905,000
4. Van Marcus — 482,000
5. Felipe Ramos — 372,000
6. Peter Jetten — 370,000
7. Dan Hindin — 342,000
8. Isaac Baron — 245,000
9. Richard Austin — 227,000
10. Samuel Ngai — 207,000

Average Chip Count: 544,500

Notable Eliminations:

11. Jeppe Nielsen – $32,330

Big Hands

Jeppe Nielsen Eliminaed in 11th Place

Jeppe Nielsen raised to 70,000 from the cutoff and Cliff Josephy reraised to 200,000 from the small blind. Nielsen made the all-in call. Their cards:

Nielsen: AClub SuitKDiamond Suit3Diamond Suit2Spade Suit
Josephy: ADiamond SuitAHeart SuitKHeart Suit3Heart Suit

Board: 10Spade Suit10Heart Suit8Heart Suit5Spade Suit9Club Suit

Josephy won the hand with aces up and Nielsen was eliminated in 11th place.

Player Tags: Cliff Josephy,   Jeppe Nielsen
 

Final Day Begins at 1 p.m.

The final day of the $5000 pot-limit omaha event will start in just two short hours as the cards will be back in the air at 1 p.m. 11 players will return and will play until somebody has accumulated all of the chips in play and has earned themselves a gold bracelet.

The winner of this event will pocket $409,484 to accompany their new piece of jewelery. Here are the chip counts coming into today’s play.

1. Sorel Mizzi – 969,000
2. Rifat Palevic – 949,000
3. Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy – 805,000
4. Richard Austin – 537,000
5. Van Marcus – 482,000
6. Peter Jetten – 370,000
7. Dan Hindin – 342,000
8. Felipe Ramos – 323,000
9. Jeppe Nielsen – 242,000
10. Samuel Ngai – 207,000
11. Isaac Baron – 176,000

Stay tuned as Card Player will have complete coverage of the rest of the event.

 
 
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