Event #46 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-handed

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Event #46 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-handed

$5,000 No-Limit Six-Handed Begins at Noon

It's a noon start on Thursday for Event 46 on the 2008 WSOP schedule, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed. The format is tailor-made for aggressive play and the very best short-handed specialists in the game will be on hand to battle this one out.

In 2007, Bill "The Stunning One" Edler triumphed over a 728-player field to win $904,672 and the bracelet. Edler's win was a popular one within the poker world, and helped launch a career year for Edler himself, who within months went on to several more wins and significant cashes in major poker events.
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cctv · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject:

Notables

The field is stacked for this afternoon's $5,000 short-handed event; here are some of the names we've spotted thus far:

Jimmy Fricke
Tony Cousineau
Antonio Esfandiari
Isaac Haxton
Danny Ryan
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott
Juha Helppi
Dan Shak
Thierry van den Berg
Trond Eidsvig
Marco Traniello
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cctv · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:45 pm Post subject:

Laak Not Lacking

Phil Laak raised to 125 from under the gun. The action folded to the big blind and he made a reraise to 400. Laak called and would have position on the player.

The flop came

. The first player bet 600 and Laak called. The turn was the

and the player bet into Laak again. This time for 2,000. Laak called.

The river was the

and it checked to Laak. Laak tossed out a 5,000 chip and said, \"Thirty-sixty.\" The player quickly folded and Laak raked the pot.

He\'s up to 13,000.
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cctv · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:48 pm Post subject:

Tilly Makes a Good Call

Jennifer Tilly was in the big blind when she and the small blind saw a flop together with the pot at around 1,000. It came

. The small blind bet 600 and Tilly raised to 1,200. The small blind called.

The turn was the

and the small blind led for 600. Tilly made the call.

The river was the

and the small blind bet 1,400. Tilly went into the tank and stared at the board, trying to figure out what her opponent could hold. She then made the call and showed

for a set of eights.

Her opponent showed only ace high with

and Tilly raked the pot. The good call put her up to 13,800.
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cctv · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject:

The Phil Laak Comedy Show

Phil Laak has really been amusing his table. The flop was 10-4-2 and he showed A-8 after his opponent bet. Laak then commented, "I haven't folded yet! Well, I fold now that he's seen it."

A few hands later, Laak struck up this conversation.

"In his book, Gus [Hansen] says how he folded deuce-seven. Nine hands later [Gus] says 'I folded deuce-seven nine hands ago and was getting 4.6-1,' and that he was unhappy." The whole table laughed.
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cctv · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject:

Phil Hellmuth In'n'Out

Phil Hellmuth, in classic Phil Hellmuth form, arrived two hours late to the tournament. He then proceeded to play one hand, flopped a pair and a flush draw, missed and stormed out, saying, "How the *bleep* am I gonna hit a hand?!"
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:50 pm Post subject:

Ashby Out

Richard Ashby pushed all of his 80,000 in on a board of

, and was called by David Farber. Ashby showed

for two pair, and Farber

for sevens and the flush draw.

The river brought the

, and Ashby was bounced. Farber now has 267,000.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject:

Keith Hawkins Eliminated in 24th Place ($26,106)

In a hand from right before the break, Keith Hawkins raised to 1,600 from under the gun and the table folded back to Bertrand Grospellier in the big blind who shoved all in. Hawkins then called with his remaining 100,000 or so.

Grospellier:

Hawkins:

The flop came

and Hawkins went from way ahead to way behind. The turn and river --

-- brought him no help, and Hawkins was eliminated in 24th.

Meanwhile, Grospellier is now up over a million.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:55 pm Post subject:

J.J. Liu Eliminated in 18th Place ($31,781)

J.J. Liu moved all in from the cutoff with

for 46,000. Steve Ware called her from the big blind with pocket sevens.

The flop came

and gave Ware a set. He wasn\'t a sure win though, as Liu picked up a flush draw. The turn came the

and the river the

and Ware was in the clear and able to bust Liu.

Liu was on the grind for a long while today on the short stack and finished in a very respectable 18th place.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:57 pm Post subject:

Leo Kam Eliminated in 12th Place ($45,023)

Richard Lyndaker raised to 32,000 from under the gun, Leo Kam reraised all in for 262,000 behind him, and Lyndaker called.

Lyndaker showed

, and Kam

. The board came

, and Kam was out in 12th. Lyndaker now has 1.3 million.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:58 pm Post subject:

Alex Jacob Eliminated in 11th Place ($45,023)

A sizable crowd has gathered around the ropes here in the front corner of the Brasilia Room where our last two tables are located. They were were just treated some excitement on Table #1.

Samuel Trickett raised to 30,000 from under the gun, and Alex Jacob reraised to 100,000 from the cutoff. Trickett called.

The flop came

. Trickett checked. Jacob bet 125,000, then Trickett check-raised to 425,000. Jacob thought for about a minute. \"Reraise all in,\" he finally said. Trickett had Jacob covered, but not by much. With only 250,000 or so behind, Trickett knew he had to call, but he didn\'t look too thrilled about it. He made the call.

Trickett turned over

, and Jacob showed

. The turn was the

and the river the

, and Jacob was eliminated. Trickett has moved up to 1.6 million.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:58 pm Post subject:

End of Day 1

It took more than 15 hours, but we've finally established the final table for Event No. 46, the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Short-Handed event. Five of the six who made it -- Joe Commisso, Samuel Trickett, Tom Lutz, Edward Ochana, and current chip leader Richard Lyndaker -- held the chip lead at some point during the latter stages of today's play. And our sixth player, Davidi Kitai, will be gunning for his second WSOP bracelet this summer after having won Event No. 38, the $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event, less than a week ago.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:59 pm Post subject:

7 $ 82,858 Will Failla
8 $ 82,858 Jimmy Wong
9 $ 63,941 Steve Ware
10 $ 63,941 Bryan Pope
11 $ 45,023 Alex Jacob
12 $ 45,023 Leo Kam
13 $ 31,781 Jesper Petersen
14 $ 31,781 Jason Gray
15 $ 31,781 Paul Foltyn
16 $ 31,781 Bertrand Grospellier
17 $ 31,781 Martin Wiklund
18 $ 31,781 JJ Liu
19 $ 26,106 Jan Forsman
20 $ 26,106 Ferit Gabriellson
21 $ 26,106 Riku Koivurinne
22 $ 26,106 Eduard Scharf
23 $ 26,106 Magnus Persson
24 $ 26,106 Keith Hawkins
25 $ 20,430 Christopher Kline
26 $ 20,430 Maurizio Biasini
27 $ 20,430 Andrey Zaichenko
28 $ 20,430 Shannon Shorr
29 $ 20,430 Ray Henson
30 $ 20,430 Elliot Smith
31 $ 16,647 Ryan Daut
32 $ 16,647 Steven Weusten
33 $ 16,647 David Farber
34 $ 16,647 Chris Dombrowski
35 $ 16,647 Bryn Kenney
36 $ 16,647 Christo Vlassis
37 $ 14,377 Philip Sparta
38 $ 14,377 Nikolay Evdakov
39 $ 14,377 Tony Hachem
40 $ 14,377 Yuri Bokkel
41 $ 14,377 Keith Tilston
42 $ 14,377 Richard Murnick
43 $ 12,107 Craig Duffy
44 $ 12,107 Greg Pierson
45 $ 12,107 Patryk Hildebranski
46 $ 12,107 Edward Martin
47 $ 12,107 David Ulliott
48 $ 12,107 Per Mikael Hogbom
49 $ 10,972 Jonathan Aguiar
50 $ 10,972 Eugene Todd
51 $ 10,972 Jason Mercier
52 $ 10,972 Ben Hamnett
53 $ 10,972 Mike McClain
54 $ 10,972 James Burgoine
55 $ 9,837 Adam Elpayaa
56 $ 9,837 Cliff Pappas
57 $ 9,837 Michael Goldberg
58 $ 9,837 Bill Elliott
59 $ 9,837 Aaron Wilt
60 $ 9,837 Eric Mutrie
61 $ 9,080 Jens Klaning
62 $ 9,080 Nathan Sumrall
63 $ 9,080 Dan Shak
64 $ 9,080 Nick Binger
65 $ 9,080 Ken Einiger
66 $ 9,080 Mike Glasser
67 $ 8,323 Alex Millar
68 $ 8,323 Jon Heath
69 $ 8,323 Glen Chorny
70 $ 8,323 Devin Lake
71 $ 8,323 Robert Eckstut
72 $ 8,323 Richard Ashby
73 $ 8,323 Philip Yeh
74 $ 8,323 Chris McCormack
75 $ 8,323 Alan Smurfit
76 $ 8,323 Fredrik Halling
77 $ 8,323 Al Adler
78 $ 8,323 Steven Goosen
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject:

Final-table Seat Assignments Announced

Harrah's has now confirmed the seat assignments for this afternoon's finale in Event Richard Lyndaker (#4)6, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-handed. The finalists, with seat numbers, hometowns and chip counts, are as follows:

Seat 1: Sam Trickett (Nottingham, United Kingdom) -- 1,000,450
Seat 2: Davidi Kitai (Brussels, Belgium) -- 298,000
Seat 3: Joe Commisso (Las Vegas, Nevada) -- 1,961,000
Seat 4: Richard Lyndaker (Chaumont, New York) -- 2,345,000
Seat 5: Tom Lutz (Dayton, Ohio) -- 1,493,000
Seat 6: Edward Ochana (Elgin, Illinois) -- 928,000
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:01 pm Post subject:

Hand #28: Sam Trickett Eliminated in 4th Place ($245,927)

Joe Commisso had the button in seat 3. Sam Trickett raised to 90,000. Action folded to Edward Ochana in the big blind and he made the call.

The flop was the

. Ochana led out for 105,000. Trickett announced a reraise, but thought before declaring an amount. He decided on making it 405,000 to go after a moment. Ochana moved all in. The fans jumped to their feet as the cards were revealed.

Trickett:

Ochana:

Both players stood up from their chairs to watch the action. The turn came down the

, no help to Trickett.

The river was the

, and Trickett walked over to shake Ochana\'s hand, followed by the rest of the players left at the table. He was eliminated in fourth place and earned $245,927.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:02 pm Post subject:

Hand #278: Joe Commisso Wins Event #46; Richard Lyndaker Eliminated in 2nd Place ($570,551)

Richard Lyndaker moved all in from the button for a little over 1.8 million. Joe Commisso called with

. Lyndaker held

.

Would the best hand hold up this time? Would we have a champion finally?

The flop came down

and Commisso\'s rail erupted. Commisso pumped his fist, but needed to sweat the final two cards.

The turn ended it when the

hit the board. The river was a meaningless

and Joe Commisso would be our champion.

It was a marathon battle and Lyndaker would take home just over $570,000 for his efforts.
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:03 pm Post subject:

1 $ 911,855 Joe Commisso

2 $ 570,551 Richard Lyndaker

3 $ 368,891 Edward Ochana

4 $ 245,927 Sam Trickett

5 $ 174,041 Tom Lutz

6 $ 120,693 Davidi Kitai
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:03 pm Post subject:

Congratulations to Joe Commisso, Champion of Event No. 46 ($911,855)

After a wild first three hours which saw four of our six players eliminated within 69 hands, Joe Commisso and Richard Lyndaker then commenced a nearly six-hour long heads up battle, encompassing 209 hands total.

Commisso enjoyed a 2-to-1 chip advantage when heads up play began, and he maintained his lead for the first half of the pair's epic conflict. They traded the lead back and forth a few times, then after 180 hands and five hours of heads up both players, apparently fatigued, began shoving all in more and more often.

While Lyndaker had to survive many all ins, it was Commisso who needed to hit his open-ended straight draw on Hand No. 276 to stay alive. Two hands later, it was over, and Joe Commisso wins the largest cash prize to date in this year's WSOP -- a cool $911,855.

Congratulations to Joe Commisso, the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Short-Handed champ!
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cctv · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:06 pm Post subject:

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