Frankie O'Dell Wins Event No. 44 ($240,057)
Jun 29, '07
Marcel Luske Eliminated in Fourth Place ($64,630)
On a flop of A
K
3 Marcel Luske moved all in and Thang Luu called him down. Luske turned up 10 10
7
6 and Luu flipped over A Q 6 2. The turn and river cards were dealt 3 6 and Luske was eliminated in fourth place. He took home $64,630 in prize money.
Martin Corpuz Eliminated in Third Place ($97,188)
Martin Corpuz moved all in preflop and Frankie O’Dell made the call. Corpuz turned over A Q Q and O’Dell showed down 10 9 8 5. The board was dealt A Q 8 J 6 and Corpuz was eliminated in third place. He took home $97,188 in prize money.
Frankie O’Dell Wins Event No. 44 ($240,057)
Thang Luu now moved all in preflop and Frankie O’Dell had him covered. Luu showed J 10 5 4 and O’Dell turned up Q 9 3 2. The board was dealt Q 9 6 J A and Frankie O’Dell won the $2,000 Omaha eight-or-better title. This is his second gold bracelet, and he will also take home $240,057 in prize money. Thang Luu finished in second place, and he took home $147,726 in prize money.
Player Tags: Martin Corpuz, Frankie O'Dell, Marcel Luske, Thang Luu
Hour Two
Jun 29, '07
Jess Robinson Eliminated in Seventh Place ($27,699)
Jess Robinson moved all in preflop and Martin Corpuz called him down. Corpuz turned up A K 9 5 and Robinson turned up A Q 4 2. The board was dealt J 5 3 Q 5 and Robinson was eliminated in seventh place. He took home $27,699 in prize money.
Ming Lee Eliminated in Sixth Place ($36,931)
On a board of 8 7 6 A Ming Lee made in all-in call on the turn in a pot with Martin Corpuz and Marvin Ryan. When the dust settled after the river brought the 4, Corpuz showed down A K 3 2, Lee flipped up A J 7 4, and Ryan turned up A 9 5 3. Lee was eliminated in sixth place and he took home $36,931 in prize money.
Marvin Ryan Eliminated in Fifth Place ($47,136)
Marvin Ryan moved all in for $60,000 and three players called. Frankie O’Dell, Marin Corpuz, and Marcel Luske made then checked down the remaining action. The board read K K 2 7 J when Ryan turned up A Q 10 5. Corpuz turned up A 7 4 3, O’Dell turned up A 10 9 7, and Luske mucked. Ryan was busted out of the tournament in fifth place, and he took home $47,136 in prize money.
Final Four
Only four players remained at this point and Thang Luu was the chip leader with over $700,000.
Luske Hands Tough
Marcel Luske was now the short stack at the table, but he was not about to go lightly to the rail. He moved all in on every other hand during one stretch. One time he took only a quarter of the pot, but he made up for that by taking three quarters of the pot the next time he pushed all in. He even scooped a pot with A K K 3 on a board of Q 10 9 4 J. If someone wanted to eliminated the Duthcman from the tournament, they were going to have to accomplish the task by force.
Player Tags: Martin Corpuz, Frankie O'Dell, Marcel Luske, Thang Luu, Ming Lee, Marvin Ryan, Jess Robinson
Back From Dinner
Jun 28, '07
Ernie Scherer busted just before the dinner break when he couldn't top Stuart Paterson's Aces.
There are currently 13 players left with three quick eliminations stacking up just after dinner. Tony Cousineau, nursing a severely short stack moved all in twice, and received the help he needed only once. Way behind against his Frankie O'Dell the first time, he back-doored a low draw to take half the pot, saying, "That's why I'm the best player in the world." On the very next hand he moved in with set of tens, but his opponent called with the nut flush draw, and the spade on the river ended Cousineau's tournament. He earned $8,747 for his finish.
John Juanda's still nursing a short stack, but he's hanging on.
Play will continue until the final nine are decided.
Chip Counts
| Martin Corpuz Jr. |
340,000 |
| Marcel Luske |
340,000 |
| Thang Luu |
270,000 |
| Marvin Ryan |
200,000 |
| Frankie O'Dell |
170,000 |
| Stuart Paterson |
150,000 |
| Jess Robinson |
150,000 |
| Mitch Maples |
130,000 |
| Ming Lee |
125,000 |
| Mark Tenner |
60,000 |
| John Juanda |
60,000 |
| Matt Lefkowitz |
50,000 |
| Tony Cousineau |
33,000 |
| Gene Fisher |
15,000 |
Player Tags: Tony Cousineau, John Juanda, Ernie Scherer III, Frankie O'Dell, Stuart Paterson
The action starts today at 5:00pm for event No. 16, $2,000 Omaha high-low split eight-or-better.