Julian Powell Poker Tournament Updates

$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 992, 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 9873 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

$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