Day 30 at the World Series of Poker in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas saw the final tables of the $5,000 no-limit hold’em six handed and $1,500 seven-card-stud high-low events, day 2 of the $2,000 no-limit hold’em tournament and day 4 of the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. event as well as the start of the $1,500 no-limit hold’em tournament.
There were two Europeans at the final table of the $5,000 no-limit hold’em six handed tournament — recent bracelet
winner Belgian Davidi Kitai and Englishman Sam Trickett.
Kitai was the first of the six eliminated when he raised to 102,000 and Richard Lyndaker reraised to 240,000. Kitai moved all in and Lyndaker instantly made the call. Kitai showed pocket tens, but Lyndaker held pocket kings and a stranglehold on the hand. The board came A
A
3
2
A and Kitai was eliminated in sixth place, ending his hopes for a repeat bracelet. He picked up $120,693 as a consolation.
Brit Sam Trickett busted in fourth for $245,927 when he raised to 90,000 and Edward Ochana made the call in the big blind. The flop came 1086 and Ochana led out for 105,000. Trickett raised to 405,000 and Ochana put him all in. Trickett called with KK, but the underpair had struck again, as Ochana showed down 6 6 for a flopped set. The turn and river came 94, and Trickett was eliminated.
The event was won by Joe Commisso a 28 year-old cash game specialist originally from New Jersey.
The $1,500 seven-card-stud high-low final table had and Jonas Klausen from Denmark.
In one of the first hands of Level 21 with just five players left, Ryan Hughes took a six-figure pot off Klausen and continued to bully the rest of table throughout the round. Soon after putting another 100k distance between himself and Klausen, Hughes went after him again, this time with dire consequences for Klausen and the rest of the table.
Ryan Hughes brought it in with 2 and Jonas Klausen completed the bet with the A. Hughes raised and Klausen called. Klausen picked 3 on fourth street and bet out, Hughes called with the 4.
Klausen: 2476 — fold
Hughes: A398
Hughes bet out this time on fifth street and Klausen called. On sixth street Hughes bet out again, but this Klausen folded. Hughes took another big pot off of Klausen, this time putting his chip count over 900,000 — way ahead of the rest of the table.
Soon after Klausen brought it in with the 3 and Ron Long called with the A . Long bet out with the J on fourth street and Klausen called with the K . Long bet out on fifth street as well with the 6 and Klausen raised with the Q. Long reraised and Klausen called all in.
Long: AJ68 – J62
Klausen: 3KQ8 – 842
All in on fifth street, Klausen turned over a pair of eights (high) and no low on seventh street. Long showed jacks up and scooped the pot. The one, two, and even three-time chip leader Jonas Klausen was finally eliminated in fifth place for $39,355.
Euro hopes then took a fatal blow when chip leader Hughes brought it in with the 2 and Anonymous completed with the 10. Hughes raised and Anonymous called. Hughes checked the K on fourth street and Anonymous bet the 6 . Hughes paired his king on fifth street (K) while Anonymous paired as well (6). Hughes took the betting lead back on fifth street and continued on sixth street as well.
Hughes: 2KK3 – K54
Anonymous: 10669 – AA2
Hughes threw in a final bet on seventh street and Anonymous called for the rest of his chips. Hughes turned over three kings and scooped the pot, Anonymous showed aces up (aces and sixes). Anonymous was eliminated in fourth place for $50,122.
Hughes unsurprisingly went on to win the event collecting the first prize of $183,368. “I never play this game, this is only the second time I’ve played it since I won the event last year,” Hughes told Card Player after the event, clearly to the annoyance of those he crushed on his way to another bracelet.
Day 4 of the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. tournament saw Frenchman Patrick Bueno make the prestigious final table, though with the short stack of just 695,000 in chips he’ll be up against it taking on the likes of chip leader Erick Lindgren with 3,680,000 in chips and Scotty Nguyen with 3,535,000 in chips.
The Frenchman got some luck to propel him to the final eight when he knocked out Raymond Davis in 10th place when he called an all in from the small blind. Davis turned over AK, dominating Bueno’s K7. But domination is really just a matter of perspective, especially when the flop comes 772 like it did. Davis was disgusted and needed help on the turn to stay alive. But the 5 left Davis drawing dead and the 5 on the river was the final clump of dirt on Davis’ 10th-place coffin.
The $1,500 no-limit hold’em event attracted 2,718 players with play winding up with 230.
With players awaiting the bubble bursting, Irishman Andy Black stood up and held a twenty dollar bill up in the air, offering it to the next person to get eliminated from the tournament and burst the bubble. Tournament staff then got on the microphone to inform Mr. Black that what he was doing was technically collusion, giving him a playful warning for his behavior.
A few hands earlier at Black’s table the action folded around to the small blind, who made a minimum raise to a total of 2,000. Black called the additional 1,000 from the big blind. The flop came Q109, and the small blind bet out 4,000. Black quickly made the call, and the dealer peeled off the turn, the A. The player again bet 4,000, and Black moved all in. His opponent called, showing KK. Black was in good shape holding AQ, and managed to stave off further trouble when the 4 fell on the river. Black doubled up, and his opponent was left with less than 3,000 in chips.
Day 2 of this event continues tomorrow with players shooting for the first prize of $631,170.
The $2,000 no-limit hold’em event played down to the final table which included Russian Kirill Gerasimov and Sverre Sundbo from Norway.
Gerasimov, who has two second place finishes at the WSOP, knocked Kenneth Shelton out in 14th. Shelton moved all in and the Russian called from the big blind. Shelton hoped for a coin flip but his 66 was in bad shape against Gerasimov’s JJ. The board ran J852A and Shelton was left crippled while Gerasimov doubled up.
Soon after Marco Johnson raised to 61,000 and Gerasimov raised to 180,000 total. The terminally shortstacked Shelton pushed his remaining chips in and Johnson mucked his hand, leaving Gerasimov and Shelton heads up. Gerasimov showed A10 and Shelton showed J5 . The board ran K4428 and Shelton was eliminated thanks to Gerasimov’s ace-high.
The winner of this event receives $770,540.
Tomorrow sees day 5 of the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. tournament, the final table of the $1,500 no-limit hold’em tournament, and day 2 of the $1,500 no-limit hold’em event as well as the start of the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E event and the highly anticipated $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha tournament.
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