$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table - Harroch 5th ($214,884) / Argyros 4th ($268,605)
Jul 01, '08
Blinds: 30,000-60,000
Players Remaining: 3 of 381
Average Chip Stack: 2,540,000
Chip Counts:
Marty Smyth - 3,295,000
Peter Jetten - 2,210,000
Michael Mizrachi - 2,135,000
Eliminations:
Richard Harroch eliminated in 5th place ($214,884)
Billy Argyros eliminated in 4th place ($268,605)
Big Hands and Storylines:
Richard Harroch Eliminated in 5th Place ($214,884)
Marty Smyth raised to 200,000 from the button and Richard Harroch called from the small blind. After a flop of A
J
4, Harroch moved all in and Smyth called.
Harroch: A
QT5
Smyth: 76
44
Turn/River: 54
Harroch was in bad shape against Smyth's set of fours, but the turn gave him additional outs as an ace or five would give him a better full house and a king would give him a straight. But the river gave Smyth quads and a significant chip lead over the remaining three players. Harroch, the author of Poker for Dummies, finished in 5th place and won $214,884.
Billy Argyros Eliminated in 4th Place ($268,605)
Mizrachi limped into the pot under the gun and then Billy Argyros made a pot-sized raise to 270,000. When it folded around to Mizrachi he reraised and Argyros called all in. Earlier in the level Argyros had been crippled in a pot with Mizrachi, and then doubled up against Mizrachi. But he was still short-stacked with only 440,000 entering this hand.
Mizrachi: KQJ7
Argyros: AA66
Board: AK3T8
Argyros flopped a set of aces and had Mizrachi drawing to a gutshot straight draw and backdoor flush draw. Amazingly, he hit the gutshot on the turn, and even made the flush on the river. Argyros headed out in 4th place, and gets $268,605 for his three days of work.
Player Tags: Richard Harroch, Billy Argyros, Marty Smyth
$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table - Moran 8th ($107,442) / Hanlon 7th ($134,303)
Jul 01, '08
Blinds: 20,000-40,000
Players Remaining: 6 of 381
Average Chip Stack: 1,270,000
Chip Counts:
Michael Mizrachi - 2,000,000
Kido Pham - 1,250,000
Peter Jetten - 1,200,000
Billy Argyros - 1,175,000
Richard Harroch - 950,000
Marty Smyth - 600,000
Eliminations:
Brandon Moran eliminated in 8th place ($107,442)
Tom Hanlon eliminated in 7th place ($134,303)
Big Hands and Storylines:
"The Croc" doubles up through "The Grinder"
After Peter Jetten raised to 110,000 and Michael Mizrachi called, Billy Argyros reraised all in 495,000 from the button. Jetten folded and then Mizrachi called.
Mizrachi: A994
Argyros: KKQ8
Board: J53JJ
Mizrachi made the call with a very mediocre hand, and never caught any of his outs. After the hand Argyros had well over a million chips, and some retribution for yesterday when Mizrachi doubled up with a flush draw on the flop against Argyros's set.
Harroch doubles through Moran
After a 974 flop, Brandon Moran raised Richard Harroch's bet of 120,000 to 480,000, putting Harroch all in. Harroch called, creating a pot worth nearly 1,000,000 chips.
Moran: 8-6-5-4
Harroch: T-8-7-7
Turn/River: 6-4
Moran held a wrap draw, But Harroch had T-8 for a straight draw and a set of sevens. After the turn Harroch held a ten-high straight and Moran could only chop the pot. Then the river gave Harroch a full house.
Brandon Moran eliminated in 8th place ($107,442)
Kido Pham min-raised to 80,000 and then Brandon Moran called on the button and Peter Jetten called from the small blind. Michzel Mizrachi then made a pot-sized reraise to 400,000. Pham then calls and Moran calls all in. Jetten folds and the flop comes AK4. Mizrachi moves all in and Pham folds.
Moran: 8653
MizrachiAAK2
Turn/River: 4J
Mizrachi flopped a set of aces and turned a full house. Moran flopped a gushot, but was drawing dead on the river. He is eliminated in 8th place and took home $107,442.
Tom Hanlon eliminated in 7th place ($134,303)
Tom Hanlon made a pot-sized raise and all the players got out of the way except Michael Mizrachi in the big blind. The flop was J76 and Mizrachi bet enough to put Hanlon all in.
Mizrachi: J862
Hanlon: AKT9
Turn/River: A3
Hanlon had nothing following the flop, but picked up a pair of aces on the turn and suddenly had a decent chance to double up. But the trey on the river didn't match any of his hole cards, and he was knocked out in 7th place. For his three-day effort Hanlon will receive $134,303.
Player Tags: Michael Mizrachi, Brandon Moran, Richard Harroch, Tom Hanlon
