2013 World Series of Poker

Event #22: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9675
Prize
$279,431
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,378,350
Entries
1,021
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0

Event #22: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha

Day 3 Completed

Congratulations to Josh Pollock, Winner of Event #22: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha ($279,431)

Level 26 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante
Josh Pollock
Josh Pollock

After three relatively quick days of play, the 2013 World Series of Poker Event #22, $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha has crowned a champion—Josh Pollock. The 29 year old from Silver Spring, Maryland topped a field of 1,021 players to win his first WSOP gold bracelet and $279,431 top prize.

The day kicked off with an early elimination when Brandon Crawford, who had finished as the Day 1 chip leader, fell on just the sixth hand of the final table. It happened when he got the last of his chips in on the turn with three pair only to run into Noah Schwartz’s flopped nuts. The river failed to help Crawford and he exited in ninth place for $19,909.

It took awhile for the next elimination to occur, 61 hands in fact, but finally came in Level 21 (8,000/16,000) when David Greene fell to Josh Pollock. In Level 22 (10,000/20,000), Wisconsin’s Eddie Blumenthal was eliminated by Schwartz, giving him his second seventh-place finish of the 2013 WSOP—the other came in Event #15 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. for $28,778.

Later on in the same level, Eric Shanks of Chicago, Illinois got unlucky when his {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{8-Hearts} was cracked by Pollock’s {8-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{a-Spades}{k-Hearts} in an all-in preflop confrontation after the board brought three spades. Shanks exited in sixth place and took home $43,460.

On the first hand back from the dinner break, which was also the first hand of Level 24 (15,000/30,000), Shawn Silber was eliminated in fifth place by Pollock , though Silber was essentially done in by James Park when he was crippled in the last hand before dinner. Three hands later (Hand #133 of final table), James Park also eliminated KT Park—no relation.

Unfortunately for him, James wasn’t able to ride that moment past third place. That’s where he finished when he ran queens into kings against Schwartz. That left Schwartz with a nearly 3-1 chip lead going into heads-up play against Pollock.

Schwartz seemed destined to win his first bracelet, but over the course of a 62-hand-long heads-up battle, Pollock managed to score a few fortunate doubles and then took the chip lead shortly thereafter. From there, he whittled Schwartz down and then delivered the fatal blow on Hand #215 of the final table.

PlacePlayerPrize
1stJosh Pollock$279,431
2ndNoah Schwartz$172,931
3rdJames Parks$108,196
4thKT Parks$78,532
5thShawn Silber$57,974
6thEric Shanks$43,460
7thEddie Blumenthal$33,057
8thDavid Greene$25,483
9thBrandon Crawford$19,909

Congratulations to Josh Pollock on becoming a World Series of Poker champion and taking home his first gold bracelet!

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Noah Schwartz Eliminated in 2nd Place ($172,931)

Level 26 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante
Noah Schwartz - 2nd Place.
Noah Schwartz - 2nd Place.

Hand #215: Noah Schwartz raised to 155,000, and Josh Pollock called. He then checked the {4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop, and Pollock checked 200,000. Pollock raised the pot, and Schwartz called off the last of his chips.

Schwartz: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{5-Hearts}
Pollock: {9-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}

Both players had flopped straights, but Pollock's was better. Schwartz was already drawing dead, and the {a-Hearts} and {q-Spades} completed the board.

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Trading Blinds

Level 26 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante

Hand #213: Josh Pollock got a walk in the big blind.

Hand #214: Pollock limped and Noah Schwartz checked his option. The {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{3-Clubs} flop saw Pollock bet 75,000, Schwartz call and the {J-Hearts} turn. Both players checked to the {6-Spades} river and Schwartz bet 100,000. Pollock thought for about a minute before making the call only to muck when Schwartz showed the {10-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{x-} for a flush.

Player Chips Progress
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Josh Pollock
3,675,000
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Noah Schwartz
925,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Hands 208-212

Level 26 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante

Hand #208: Josh Pollock limped, and Noah Schwartz raised to 180,000. Pollock folded.

Hand #209: Schwartz raised to 130,000, and Pollock called. Both checked the {q-Spades}{2-Spades}{3-Spades} flop, and a {j-Diamonds} turned. Pollock bet 100,000. Schwartz called him. A {7-Spades} fell on the river, and this time Pollock checked. Schwartz did so as well. Pollock won with {q-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for two pair.

Hand #210: Pollock raised to 130,000. Schwartz folded.

Hand #211: Josh Pollock bet 75,000 on a {j-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} flop, and Schwartz called. A {k-Diamonds} turned, and Schwartz bet 125,000 when checked to. He won the pot.

Hand #212: Both players checked a {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{6-Hearts} flop and a {k-Clubs} turn. Schwartz check-folded the river.

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Schwartz Short

Level 26 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante

Hand #204: Josh Pollock raised to 125,000, Noah Schwartz called and the flop came down {9-Clubs}{a-Spades}{a-Hearts}. Schwartz checked, Pollock bet 75,000 and Schwartz woke up with a check-raise to 225,000. Pollock took his time before three-betting, to how much we're not sure, but it was enough to do the trick as Schwartz folded.

Hand #205: Schwartz raised to 130,000 on the button and Pollock defended. The latter then led out for a pot-sized bet (360,000) on the {8-Clubs}{4-Spades}{9-Diamonds} flop and Schwartz folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Josh Pollock
3,970,000
420,000
420,000
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Noah Schwartz
630,000
-420,000
-420,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Hands 199-203

Level 26 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante

Hand #199: Josh Pollock checked a {9-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{7-Spades} flop, and Noah Schwartz bet 100,000. Pollock called. A {3-Clubs} turned, and both players checked. The river came {j-Diamonds}, and Pollock bet out 200,000. Schwartz folded immediately.

Hand #200: Pollock called from the button, and Schwartz checked. Both check a flop of {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}, as well as a {k-Hearts} turn. A {7-Spades} on the river finally elicited a bet, 60,000 from Schwartz. Pollock folded.

Hand #201: Pollock got a walk.

Hand #202: Pollock raised to 125,000, and Schwartz called. The flop came {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{2-Clubs}, and both players checked. A {7-Diamonds} peeled on the turn, and both checked once more to see a {3-Hearts}. Both checked, and Schwartz's {2-}{3-} won the pot.

Hand #203: Schwartz bet with the board reading {5-}{5-}{10-}{4-}, and Pollock folded.

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Pollock Wins Monster to Take Chip Lead

Level 26 : 15,000/30,000, 0 ante
Noah Schwartz, Josh Pollock heads up
Noah Schwartz, Josh Pollock heads up

Hand #198: Noah Schwartz opened for 150,000, Josh Pollock called and the flop came down {j-Spades}{10-Clubs}{2-Clubs}. Pollock checked, Schwartz bet 200,000 and Pollock called. The {8-Diamonds} turn saw Pollock lead out for 450,000 and Schwartz make the call. The {7-Clubs} river prompted Pollock to bet and Schwartz to bet 550,000. Pollock made a quick call with the {q-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{q-} for a flush, which bested Schwartz's three tens.

Player Chips Progress
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Josh Pollock
3,550,000
1,350,000
1,350,000
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Noah Schwartz
1,050,000
-1,350,000
-1,350,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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