Round and Round the Button Goes
Significant? Could be. Now we have a situation where (for example) a particularly strong PLO player might get to play hands from late position twice during a single round of PLO, rather than just once.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 10 - $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
453
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Significant? Could be. Now we have a situation where (for example) a particularly strong PLO player might get to play hands from late position twice during a single round of PLO, rather than just once.
To the Aggressor Go the Spoils
Cornel Cimpan raised to 60,000 from middle position, and it folded back to Paul Parker in the small blind who repopped it to 140,000. Rami Boukai folded in the BB, and Cornel folded as well, showing K-Q as he did.
Parker decided to show his hand, too -- K-Q.
"Don't do it, man!"
In a battle of the blinds, the flop came
, Cornel Cimpan checked, Ben Grundy bet 32,000 (the pot), Cimpan check-raised the pot, and Grundy called.The turn was the
, and Cimpan quickly bet pot, increasing the total size of the pot to 288,000. Grundy went deep into the tank. After a minute or so, Cimpan decided to call down in there and see how his neighbor was doing. "Don't do it, man. Don't do it. You've got plenty of chips. Look, you've got what... 300,000?" Grundy actually had more like about 250,000 left. "If you do it I'm gonna steamroll this table. None of these other guys want me to have all those chips."
After a while, Cimpan was done waiting. "All right, let's get the clock," he said. He stood up, one hand in his pocket, the other holding his water bottle. And a sneaky smile on his face.
Finally, Grundy folded. As Cimpan tossed his cards to the dealer, some of the others feigned as if to check them out. "No, no, no, no, no," said Cimpan, still grinning. He's now approaching the million-chip mark, while Grundy still has his 250,000 with which to battle anew.
Rock --> Grundy <-- Hard Place
After a flop of
, Ben Grundy bet 80,000, and Paul Parker thought for a moment. "I can't see how I can lose this hand," he said, before pushing all in for 283,000 -- more than the 160,000 Grundy had left.Once again Grundy was faced with a tough decision. And once again, his opponent decided to help him think it through.
"I'll tell you one thing," said Parker. "You were better off in the last pot." "Do you want me to call?" asked Grundy. "I don't want you to win!" answered Parker. "Yeah, I prefer you call," he added.
Grundy folded. Parker showed
. Afterwards, Grundy said he'd had both a jack and a seven in his hand.Grundy is now down to 160,000. Parker is up to 345,000.
Grundy Gets It Back
On the heels of that altercation with Paul Parker, Ben Grundy found himself involved in yet another big PLO hand.
Grundy raised before the flop to 56,000, and Parker called. The flop came
, and Grundy didn't have to think about it this time -- he shoved all in with his last 105,000. Parker did choose to take a moment to consider the situation, then made the call.Grundy showed
, and Parker 
. Grundy was behind Parker's two pair. The turn was the 
and the river the 
-- giving Grundy a runner-runner wheel and the hand.Grundy now has 344,000. Parker is at 258,000.
Quick Break
Updated Chip Counts
Cornel Cimpan -- 972,000
Rami Boukai -- 799,000
Daniel Makowsky -- 604,000
Najib Bennani -- 420,000
Ben Grundy -- 344,000
Paul Parker -- 258,000
Level: 24
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
A Millie
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Cimpan is indeed the first player to crest the million-chip mark
Back to Nebraska
"We'll surely lose someone this round," noted Grundy.
By the way, he's the short stack.