Until recently, Matt Graham was widely known for his bracelet in last year’s $1500 limit hold’em shootout. He took on Jean Robert Bellande heads-up and won his first bracelet, while earning $278,180 in the process.
That was just the beginning of Graham’s success as this year, he won his second bracelet in a much tougher field, in event no. 40, the $10,000 pot-limit omaha world championship. This year, he denied Vitaly Lunkin his second bracelet of 2009 and took home $679,402.
With 19 people left, Graham made a big call against Matt Vengrin with just one pair for his tournament life to help propel him to the final table. He sat down to break down his thinking on each street.
| Event – Blinds | WSOP $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 8,000-16,000 |
| Player | Matt Graham | Matt Vengrin |
| Hand | A A 22 |
KJ 109 |
| Chip Count | 450,000 | 420,000 |
The Hand
With 19 people left, Matt Vengrin limped under the gun for 16,000. It was folded around to Matt Graham who was in the big blind and he raised the size of the pot, to 56,000. Vengrin made the call and they took the flop heads up.
The flop fell 863 and Graham led out for 90,000. Vengrin then decided to move all in for his remaining chips. After five minutes or so, Graham made the call.
