Event 35 - $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-19-2009 14:48 UTC-12

Josephy's All-In Raise Wins the Pot

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Given all of the small-ball poker we've seen over the course of the last few hours, we were very surprised to see Cliff Josephy raise his button to 150,000. We were even more surprised to see Richard Austin and Sorel Mizzi both called.

The {J-Spades}

flop seemed to show some promise for action but checked all the way through. The turn {J-Clubs}

checked all the way through as well.

On eht river {9-Diamonds}

, Austin took a shot at the pot with a bet of 300,000. Mizzi tanked for about forty seconds before folding. Josephy then quickly moved all in. Austin just as quickly folded.

Tags: Cliff Josephy Richard Austin Sorel Mizzi

06-19-2009 14:55 UTC-12

Another Small Pot for Austin

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Sorel Mizzi raised the pot preflop to 100,000 and got calls from both of his opponents, Cliff Josephy and Richard Austin. Action checked all the way to the river on a board of {J-Spades}

. Josephy checked again, but this time Austin bet 200,000. That bet produced two folds and a win for Austin.

Tags: Cliff Josephy Richard Austin Sorel Mizzi

06-19-2009 14:58 UTC-12

More Chips for Austin

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We fast forward the action between Richard Austin and Cliff Josephy to the turn. With the board showing {9-Hearts}

, Austin bet 250,000. Josephy called to the river {4-Hearts}

, where Austin made a sizable bet of 400,000 that Josephy decided he couldn't call.

Another pot was pushed in Austin's direction.

Tags: Cliff Josephy Richard Austin

06-19-2009 15:13 UTC-12

Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy Eliminated in 3rd Place ($166,771); Sorel Mizzi Eliminated in 2nd Place ($253,048)

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Richard Austin called from the button, Sorel Mizzi completed from the small blind and Cliff Josephy raised to 150,000 from the big blind. Austin called and Mizzi unexpectedly reraised pot to 750,000.

Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy moved all in for 195,000 more.

Austin then goes into the tank for a minute before flat calling. After confirming that he could not reraise, Mizzi also called the all in.

The board came {K-Clubs}

and Mizzi moved all in for 680,000. Austin called.

Mizzi: {A-Spades}

(an overpair with aces)
Josephy: {A-Diamonds}

(flopped top set with a backdoor diamond draw)
Austin: {Q-Hearts}

(baby flush draw and a gutshot)

The turn is a blank with the {8-Spades}

River:

The river gave Austin a flush and the pot to eliminate both Cliff Josephy (3rd) and Sorel Mizzi (2nd).

With the double elimination, Richard Austin takes down the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha title.

06-19-2009 15:17 UTC-12

Congratulations to Richard Austin, Winner of Event 35 ($409,484)!

[user75032]

Wow! What a finish to Event 35. Who could have seen it coming? We have to imagine that not even Richard Austin saw it coming. After playing small ball with Cliff Josephy and Sorel Mizzi for most of the day, all hell broke loose and Austin managed to knock out both of his opponents during a single hand after each player put in almost one million chips before the flop!

We shouldn't take anything away from Richard Austin. He played marvelous poker the whole day, keeping pots small when he needed to and using position to chip up without frequently going to showdown. It's a good day when you can win a tournament without having to show down most of your winners.

A good word is in order for Cliff Josephy and Sorel Mizzi as well. Both got very unlucky in the final hand -- Mizzi's aces being outflopped by Josephy's kings; and Josephy's set of kings losing to Austin's gutshot and flush draw combination.

A confused member of the media who stepped away from the table for a few minutes returned to see the stage clear. "What the hell happened?" he asked, and we could excuse him for his confusion. Sorel Mizzi and Cliff Josephy probably feel the same way.

For his win, Richard Austin will bank $409,484 and a 2009 WSOP gold bracelet. Congratulations Richard!

Tags: Richard Austin

Event 35 - $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha

Day 3 Completed