2009 World Series of Poker

Event 40 - $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Matt Graham
Winning Hand
101065
Prize
$679,379
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
295
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0

Rodrigo dos Santos Eliminated in 23rd Place ($25,817)

Rodrigo dos Santos - 23rd Place
Rodrigo dos Santos - 23rd Place
Stefan Mattsson opened with a pot-sized raise from under the gun, before Rodrigo dos Santos repotted for 102,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Mattsson who quipped, "I'll play the rush, I call!"

The flop was {2-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} and both players checked.

The turn brought the {10-Diamonds} and Mattsson checked to dos Santos who moved all in for around 110,000. Mattsson made the call.

Mattsson: {10-Hearts}{7-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}
dos Santos: {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{9-Spades}

The river was the {3-Spades} and Mattsson takes it with two pair to move up to 985,000 to send dos Santos to the rail in 23rd place.

Tags: Rodrigo dos SantosStefan Mattsson

Henri Kettunen Eliminated In 25th Place ($25,817); Todd Barlow Eliminated In 24th Place ($25,817)

Henri Kettunen was knocked out before we could even see what happened on one table, but as that was happening, Todd Barlow raised pot from UTG. Stefan Matsson reraised the pot from mid-position, setting Barlow in for his last 47,000 and Barlow made the call.

Matsson: {A-Clubs} {K-Spades} {J-Clubs} {9-Diamonds}
Barlow: {A-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {4-Hearts}

The board came {Q-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {3-Hearts}. Barlow had flopped two pair but Matsson turned the nut straight to eliminate him and another one bites the dust.

Gabriellson Folds Royal Draw

Ferit Gabriellson raised to 22,000 from late position before Matt Graham made it 96,000 from the small blind. Gabriellson made the call and they took a flop of {10-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}.

Graham fired out a pot sized bet of 183,000 and Gabriellson went into the tank...for a long time. It seemed almost ten minutes had gone by before the clock was finally called.

The seconds ticked down and Gabriellson timed out - his hand declared dead.

He wanted to rabbit hunt but wasn't allowed as he slammed {Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts} face up to the shock of the entire table.

"Are you serious? You folded that?" said Van Marcus. Indeed he did, as Graham takes down a strange pot to start the day.

Tags: Ferit GabriellsonMatt Graham

Giang Doubles Up

Noah Schwartz raised pot and Chau Giang reraised, Schwartz set him in, Giang called.

Giang: {A-Hearts} {K-Clubs} {K-Spades} {5-Spades}
Schwartz: {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {6-Diamonds}

The board comes {3-Spades} {10-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} and Giang doubles up to about 275,000.

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 0

Welcome To Day 3

Mclovin' It!
Mclovin' It!
It's the final day of the biggest PLO tournament of the year, the $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha event. 25 players remain today and we're playing down to a winner, it could be a long day but then again it's Omaha, it could be over before dinner...

Noah Schwartz is still the chip leader with almost twice as many chips as anyone else on 1.2 million. We're starting with 24 minutes still left of level 18 and kicking off at 1pm.

Day 3 Seating Assigments and Chip Counts

Cards in the air at 1:00pm.

(Table 153)
Seat 1: Josh Arieh - 356000
Seat 3: Markus Golser - 621000
Seat 4: Ferit Gabriellson - 547000
Seat 5: Van Marcus - 246000
Seat 6: David Podgurski - 261000
Seat 7: Matt Graham - 586000
Seat 8: Matt Vengrin - 389000
Seat 9: Padraig Parkinson - 259000

(Table 154)
Seat 1: Richard Austin - 331000
Seat 2: Howard Lederer - 326000
Seat 3: Tony Cousineau - 100000
Seat 4: Vitaly Lunkin - 220000
Seat 5: Henri Kettunen - 100000
Seat 6: Noah Schwartz - 1220000
Seat 7: Chau Giang - 129000
Seat 8: Nate Lindsay - 171000
Seat 9: Nathan Doudney - 585000

(Table 155)
Seat 1: David Williams - 198000
Seat 2: Stefan Mattsson - 484000
Seat 4: James Taylor - 254000
Seat 5: Nenad Medic - 128000
Seat 6: Rodrigo dos Santos - 204000
Seat 7: Robin Keston - 606000
Seat 8: Todd Barlow - 97000
Seat 9: Barry Greenstein - 467000