The Ten-Handed Final Table Begins
"In Omaha, you'll need it! Right?" said Pawel Andrzejewski.
Play restarts with 36 minutes left in Level 21. The blinds once again are 5,000/10,000 for PLO, and 6,000/12,000 for PLH.
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
"In Omaha, you'll need it! Right?" said Pawel Andrzejewski.
Play restarts with 36 minutes left in Level 21. The blinds once again are 5,000/10,000 for PLO, and 6,000/12,000 for PLH.
No Limpin' for Cimpan
The first hand of the ten-handed table saw Gary Do limp from under the gun, Ben Grundy limp behind him, and Pawel Andrzejewski complete from the small blind. Then Cornel Cimpan raised to 50,000 from the big blind, and only Gary Do decided to stick around for the flop.
The flop came
, and Cimpan promptly bet his remaining chips. Do folded, and Cimpan is now up to 280,000. Do slips to 170,000.
Cimpan Surging
Pawel Andrzejewski opened with a raise to 35,000 from middle position, and Cornel Cimpan made the call behind him. The flop came
. Andrzejewski bet the pot, Cimpan reraised all in for exactly 200,000, and Andrzejewski made the call.Andrzejewski
-- flush draw, gutshot to BroadwayCimpan
-- better flush draw, gutshot to lesser straightThe turn was the
, giving Cimpan a set. And the 
made his hand a full house. He's now up to 490,000, while Andrzejewski slips to 123,000.
Gary Do Eliminated in 10th Place ($18,170)
Rami Boukai raised to 35,000 from middle position, Cornel Cimpan reraised to about 100,000 from the button, then Gary Do reraised all in for 131,000 total. Boukai stepped aside, and Cimpan called.
Do showed
, and Cimpan 
. The flop was 
, and Do was still good. But the meant he'd suddenly gone from way ahead to way behind. The 
on the end sealed it, and Do is out in 10th.With that hand, Cimpan is our new chip leader with approximately 700,000.
Sigi Stockinger Eliminated in 9th Place ($25,151)
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We pick up the action on the flop, with the board showing
. Sigi Stockinger is first to act, and he leads out with a pot-sized bet of 24,000. In late position, Daniel Makowsky made the call.The turn card came the
. Stockinger fired again, this time spending 80,000 of the 100,000 chips he had left. Makowsky put in a raise, and Sigi stuck his last few chips into the pot.Showdown
Stockinger:
Makowsky:
Makowsky had snagged the lead with his aces up on the turn, and Stockinger was just one card away from the exit. When the
fell on fifth street, the good-natured pro stood from his chair, wished the table luck, and headed to the payout desk to collect 9th-place money, worth more than $25,000.
Level: 22
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Chippies
Daniel Makowsky - 602,000
Cornel Cimpan - 585,000
Najib Bennani - 528,000
Rami Boukai - 420,000
Paul Parker - 320,000
Ben Grundy - 260,000
John Kabbaj - 240,000
Pawel Andrzejewski - 123,000
Keeping it Friendly
Najib Bennani opened the pot with a raise to 30,000. Both blinds called, Ben Grundy and Daniel Makowsky.
The flop came out
. Grundy checked, and Makowsky bet the full pot (90,000). Bennani quickly folded, but Grundy wasn't so quick. After a few moments of careful consideration and glance-shooting, he flashed and returned all four cards to the muck. Makowsky turned over two cards as well, showing that his 
had flopped the straight.Generally speaking, the play is very friendly. There is a lot of casual conversation going on and plenty of showing of hands as well.
There'll Be Time Enough for Countin'
It folded around to Ben Grundy who completed from the small blind (to 16,000), and Dan Makowsky checked his option in the big blind.
Both checked the
flop. The came on the turn, and Grundy slid out a stack of orange 1,000 chips without bothering to count them. Makowsky grabbed his own stack and slid it up next to Grundy's measuring to see if it matched.The dealer then counted -- the bet was for 18,000, as was the call.
The river was the
, and the pair did the same trick, this time for 24,000. Grundy showed for nines and fives, and Makowsky mucked.Grundy has 348,000, while Makowsky has 587,000.
Grundy Doubles Through Cimpan
Ben Grundy limped from under the gun, and John Kabbaj and Paul Parker decided to limp as well. Paul Andrzejewski completed from the small blind, and Cornel Cimpan checked from the BB.
The flop came
. Andrzejewski checked, Cimpan bet the pot -- 60,000 -- then Grundy went into the tank. Finally he announced he was all in, although it was determined he couldn't quite put the very last of his stack of 252,000 in the middle. It folded back to Cimpan who also thought a while, then called. Even though Grundy still had 12,000 behind, it was clear that was going in on the turn, anyway.Grundy
Cimpan
The turn was the
, and the business of the extra 12K was settled. The river brought the 
, and Grundy's set of aces were still best. Grundy is now up to 470,000, while Cimpan has about 500,000.