Virgin gold bracelet holders of the $1,500 pot-limit hold’em and $5,000 mixed hold’em events were announced, as the Omaha high-low split eight-or-better and the $1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys tournaments got down to the final tables. European players were doing well in the early to mid stages of the $2,000 no-limit hold’em and $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event of this year’s WSOP.
After a three-hour long heads-up battle with Jacobo Fernandez, David Singer claimed the title in the $1,500 pot-limit hold’em event. Jacobo Fernandez earns $136,643 for his runner-up finish, and David Singer takes home $214,131 along with his first WSOP bracelet.
Roland de Wolfe was the last European standing at the $5,000 mixed hold’em final table, but he fell short of the finishing line when he was knocked out in fourth place by Justin Bonomo. Andrew Robl soon followed suit taking home $144,337 for third prize leaving Erick Lindgren and Justin Bonomo to tackle each other head on. Lindgren emerged victorious with his first gold bracelet and $374,505 in prize money.
Battling a short stack for a while in the $1,500 Omaha high-low event, Andreas Krause went all-in with 7
6
2
2 against his opponent’s AQ
Q3. Krause’s hand did not improve and he was eliminated. There was no luck for Dutch player Rolf Slotboom either who was sent home at level 14.
With the average chip stack reaching 13,883 at level 9, Jac Arama was sitting pretty with 29,600. Although dropping off the radar for a short while, he made his way back into the top ten once more at level 17. He is — at the time of writing — representing England well with 202,000 chips.
Day two of the $1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys saw Peter Gould successfully make his way to the final nine. With blinds at 3,000/6,000 Gould and John Juanda put all their chips in the pot. Juanda had raised to 14,000 from the cutoff, Gould reraised to 54,000 from the button, and with only 130,000 chips remaining, Juanda opted only to call. Juanda immediately pushed his remaining 90,000 chips in when the flop came Q76. Gould went into the tank believing Juanda had a strong hand. Ultimately, he made the call and was relieved to see his TT ahead of Juanda’s AK. The turn and river were the 9 and Q, and Gould walked away from the table to celebrate. Since then he has almost doubled his stack to 670,000 and will resume play in fourth place of the final table later today.
Day one of the $2,000 no-limit hold’em event saw the elimination of two European players: Noah Boeken and Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott. Norwegian Kai Danilo Paulsen faired better with an all-in at level 7. A flop of 763 gave Paulsen an opportunity when both players sent their chips into the middle — 24,000 from Paulsen and a 22,000 call from his opponent, creating a 55,000 pot. Paulsen was banking on his KK holding up, while his opponent held the AK for the nut flush draw with an overcard. The J came on the turn and 4 fell on the river allowing the Norwegian to join the chip leaders.
The Europeans are out in full force at the $10,000 World Championship Mixed event. Dario Minieri, George Danzer, and Ram Vaswani are just some of those competing for first prize.
Early session in Omaha 8/OB, Marco Traniello raised to 400 from late position and Scotty Nguyen called from the small blind. The flop came A72, and Nguyen bet 200, Traniello called. The turn is the J, and Nguyen bet 400, Traniello called again. The river brought the 2 and this time Nguyen checked to Traniello who bet 400. Nguyen made the call and mucked his hand shortly after Traniello turned over 8532 for trip deuces (high hand) and a 7-5-3-2-A low. Traniello scooped the pot.
Gus Hansen has been making his presence felt also. At level 2, with KJ64 as his up cards, Hansen and his opponent were dealt their river cards. “That was an unbelievably good card for me,” remarked Hansen as he bet. His opponent called. The card in question was the A, which made Hansen’s low and completed his heart flush. Unfortunately for the great Dane, his opponent had a better low and the pot was split.
Later, during the razz segment, former WSOP Player of the Year Allen Cunningham and Gus Hansen contested a large
pot. Showing AA72, Cunningham played very aggressively by betting every street. Showing KQJ7, Hansen made the call each time, pondering for several seconds before calling Cunningham’s bet on the river. “What have I gotten myself into,” he lamented as he tossed his chips into the pot. Hansen did not have much success this time around either when Cunningham flipped over his Q95 hole cards, causing Hansen to muck his cards.
Despite this — with 94 players remaining — Hansen is, at time of writing, among the chip leaders with 99,000 chips.
Earlier on, European sensation Marcel Luske raised to 1,100 in the no-limit hold’em round from middle position, and generated a call from his opponent in the cutoff. The two saw a flop of 543. Luske asked his opponent how much he had left and checked. His opponent bet 2,000 and Luske instantly check-raised all-in. His opponent made the call with QQ, and with the 8 on the turn and 5 on the river, Luske took down the pot with KK.
Luske later took advantage of Daniel Alaei’s short stack during the deuce-to-seven triple draw round. When Alaei’s bet was called by Luske, Alaei announced that he had a nine-seven low. Luske responded by asking, “Nine-seven what?” and turned over his hand to reveal 97543. Alaei mucked his cards while saying that he had nine-seven-six low.
During the pot-limit Omaha section at level 8, David “Devilfish” Ulliot — who earlier busted out of the $2,000 no-limit hold’em event — raised to 2,100 from middle position and the player in the big blind called all-in for only 1,900. Ulliot turned over KK87, a favourite over his opponent’s AT62. The flop turned sour for Ulliot when it fell JTT, giving his opponent three-of-a-kind. The 5 on the turn and 4 on the river missed Ulliot, and he paid up to the small stack.
Day seven will see the winners of the $1,500 Omaha high-low and $1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys tournaments, while the $2,000 no limit hold’em and $10,000 World Championship Mixed Events will continue to heat up. Other events taking place are the $1,500 no-limit hold’em six handed and $2,500 Omaha / seven-card stud high-low.
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