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2009 World Series of Poker - Event #33 - Final
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Wednesday, 17 June 2009


2009 World Series of Poker - Event #33 - World Championship Limit Hold'em $10,000 - Final

Thursday, 18th of June 2009 02:00 AM

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)


 
 
Champ Greg Mueller
Ladies and Gentleman we have a winner:

Greg Mueller raised preflop and Pat Pezzin called. The flop came 2  K  3 . Pezzin led out and Mueller raised. Pezzin called his raise and was all in. Pezzin had T  8  and Mueller held 5 5 . The turn would come a Q . The river would bring a K  and Pat Pezzin exits in second place.

Pat Pezzin earns $285,196 for his second place finish.

Greg "FBT" Mueller wins the $10,000 World Championship Limit Event and takes home $460,836 for his win!

Congratulations Greg!


Thursday, 18th of June 2009 01:00 AM

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

Chad Brown eliminated in 3rd place: The first pot that chipped Chad Brown down is when he doubled up Pat Pezzin. On a flop of T 5  2 , he bet and Pat Pezzin called. The turn was a 7 . Brown bet again and Pezzin called. The river was a 6  and Chad Brown check calls Pezzin's bet. Pezzin turns over 8  7  for a pair of sevens to win the pot.

He would then be all in a few hands later preflop. Chad Brown had Q  T  and Greg Mueller called with A 9 . The board came 587K6 giving Mueller the straight. Chad Brown takes home $188,855.

Here are updated chip counts when play began heads up:

Greg Mueller 5,000,000
Pat Pezzin   550,000


Wednesday, 17th of June 2009 12:00 AM

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

We caught up on a board where it was a 6 J  7 Q  4 . Chad Brown bet, and Greg Mueller raised. Brown called and Mueller showed 5 3  for a straight flush. He wins that monster pot to add to his collection of chips.

Chad Brown got some chips back the next hand when he bet a board of 3  Q  3  A  and Mueller folded.

On a board of T  7  8  9 , both Chad Brown and Pat Pezzin check. The river is a 4 . Chad Brown bet and Pat Pezzin called. He showed A  T  for top pair to take the pot

Daniel Negreanu and Vanessa Rousso have joined the crowd. Rousso is supporting Brown, while Daniel is supporting his good friend Pat Pezzin.

Daniel must of brought pat luck. Pat was able to double up when he was all in on a board of A4QJ8. Pezzin held KT and doubled through Chad Brown who had A2.

Here are updated chip counts:

Greg Mueller 2,900,000
Chad Brown   2,150,000
Pat Pezzin   450,000

The players are now on a short break.


Wednesday, 17th of June 2009 11:00 PM

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

Level: SB:   25,000
           BB:   50,000

Matt Hawrilenko eliminated in 5th place: It all started with the prior hand. Chad Brown raised and Matt Hawrilenko called out of the big blind. The flop came J  Q 7  and both players checked. The turn was a A and both players checked. Matt Hawrilenko checked a river of 3  and Chad Brown bet. Hawrilenko called and Brown showed A  6 for top pair. Hawrilenko mucked and was down to only 80,000 in chips.

The next hand Hawrilenko moved all in from the small blind. Pat Pezzin called out of the big blind. Hawrilenko tabled Q  8  and Pezzin showed Q  9 . The board would come 6  3  2  K  3 and Hawrilenko goes out in 5th place earning $100,688.

Here are the chip counts going into four handed play:

Chad Brown: 1,600,000
Greg Mueller: 950,000
Daniel Alaei: 1,000,000
Pat Pezzin: 1,900,000

When action began 4 handed, Daniel Alaei was eliminated shortly after.

Daniel Alaei raised on the button and Greg Mueller called from the big blind. The flop was Q  T  6 . Mueller bet, Alaei raised, Muller reraised and Alaei was all in. Alaei had A  8  and Mueller had T  8 for top pair. The turn would come 7 , which did not improve Alaei's hand. The river was a T  giving Mueller three tens and eliminating Daniel Alaei in 4th place. Daniel Alaei takes home $134,733 for his efforts.

The players took a quick break and will be back shortly.


Wednesday, 17th of June 2009 10:00 PM

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

Matt Glantz eliminated in 6th place: He was all in with A3 off suit on a board of A 5  Q  and was called by Daniel Alaei. Alaei held Q  J  for a pair of queens and a flush draw. The turn would come a K  and Glantz was drawing dead. The river was a meaningless J and Glantz takes home $80,342 for his finish.

Pat Pezzin was seen winning a pot with AQ high on a board of 9825J.

Matt Hawrilenko lost a big pot to Greg Mueller. On a flop of 5  2  Q , Hawrilenko bet and Mueller called. The turn was a 6  and Hawrilenko bet and Mueller called. The river was a T and Hawrilenko checked. Mueller bet and Hawrilenko called. Mueller showed T  5  for two pair and took down the pot.

Daniel Alaei was seen raising preflop to win the blinds and antes.

The players did not take their scheduled 20 minute break due to filming issues.

Level: SB: 25,000
           BB: 50,000

5 handed play is under way. Who will be out next? Stay tuned!


Wednesday, 17th of June 2009 09:00 PM

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

Level 24: SB: 20,000
                  BB: 40,000

There are many familiar faces in the crowd. JC Tran, Amnon Filippi, Theo Tran and Steve Sung.

Michiel Brummelhuis was eliminated in 7th place: He was all in against Pat Pezzin. Pezzin showed 9 9 and Brummelhuis had AQ. The board would not improve for Brummelhuis as it came 842KT. He takes home $67,647.

The players took an hour dinner break and will return at 9:15 p.m.

Here are the chip counts before dinner:

Seat 2 Matt Hawrilenko 725,000
Seat 4 Pat Pezzin 1,300,000
Seat 5 Daniel Alaei 1,200,000
Seat 6 Chad Brown 1,050,000
Seat 8 Matt Glantz 310,000
Seat 9 Greg Mueller 1,000,000


Wednesday, 17th of June 2009 08:00 PM

(Kaelaine Minton reporting)

Soheil Shamseddin got all-in again, this time against Pat Pezzin. Soheil's 97 suited was trailing Pat's AJ, but the board came 9 4 2 7 T and Soheil doubled up, yet again, with two pair.

Then he got his chips in again on the turn with the board showing Q Q 2 J. Soheil held A3 off for Ace-high. Matt Glantz held pocket 9s and was ahead. Any card but an Ace on the river would leave them 7-handed. The river delivered a 9 giving Matt the pot.

Soheil Shamseddin finished in 8th place, earning $59,996.

Play continued into

Level 24: Blinds 20k/40k

Daniel Alaei and Chad Brown went to the river with a board of K 9 4 8 J. Chad fired on every street until the end when he checked it down. Daniel showed pocket 7s and Chad mucked.

On the river with the board showing 8 7 3 3 2, Matt Hawrilenko showed 63 suited for trip 3s, but Matt Glantz showed pocket 7s for the full boat. Glantz took the pot, clawing his way back up to ~500k.

Seven players remain.


Wednesday, 17th of June 2009 07:00 PM

(Kaelaine Minton reporting)

Short stacked Soheil Shamseddin got all-in against Chad Brown. Soheil's AK suited held up against Chad's AQ off and Soheil doubled through.

Soheil continued his rush, getting all-in on a flop of Q 8 3 against Matt Hawrilenko. Soheil's KQ off had out-flopped Matt's AK off. The last two came 5 K and Soheil doubled again.

And again, Soheil got all-in holding pocket 3s against Michiel Brummelhuis, who held AK off. The board came Q 9 5 J 5 and Soheil doubled again. He's back to about 300k.

Now that this final table is on camera, the breaks come more often. They took another twenty.

Chip counts as of the break:

SeatPlayerChips
3Pat Pezzin 1,200,000
5Chad Brown 1,065,000
4Daniel Alaei 875,000
1Matt Hawrilenko 775,000
9 Greg 'FBT' Mueller 750,000
2Michiel Brummelhuis 365,000
6Soheil Shamseddin 295,000
7Matt Glantz 275,000
Total chips in play5,550,000
Players remaining8
Average stack693,750

Play resumed with

Level 23: Blinds 15k/30k.

Matt Glantz got his dwindling stack in pre-flop against Daniel Alaei, who held pocket 6s. Matt held AK suited and it was race-time. The board came K Q 5 8 Q and Matt doubled up to ~375k.


Wednesday, 17th of June 2009 06:00 PM

(Kaelaine Minton reporting)

The final nine took a break at the end of level 21 and resumed play with

Level 22: Blinds 13K/25k.

Matt Glantz has been spewing chips ever since he hit the million-chip-mark. He recently tangled with Daniel Alaei and got check-raised on the turn. Matt surrendered his hand. Daniel has chipped up to 1.4 million.

Then Matt tangled with Kenny Hsiung. Matt raised from the button and Kenny hit it again from the big blind. The flop came Q 7 4 and Kenny fired. Matt made the call. Turn was a 2. Kenny fired again and Matt put his last chips in the pot. Kenny held KT for zip, nada, air. Matt held QT for top pair. River was a brick and Matt doubled up -- to 350k. Kenny was left with two big blinds.

Chad Brown took his pocket Aces to the river against Soehil Shamseddin. The Aces held up and Chad is up to 650k.

Kenny got his last chips in against Daniel Alaei holding AT, only to discover that he was in bad shape against Daniel's pocket Tens. Didn't matter in this case since an Ace hit the board and Kenny doubled up -- to fewer than four big blinds.

Kenny then committed the last of his chips to the pot holding KQ off and was faced with Daniel Alaei's A8 off. An Ace on the flop was bad news for Kenny. The start of day three chip leader is now history.

Kenny Hsiung finished in 9th place, earning $55,996.

Soheil Shamseddin ran his pocket Kings into Pat Pezzin's pocket Aces. They were firing bets and raises all the way to the river when Pat got his last chips in and called. Pat's Aces were good and he doubled up to ~1 million. Soheil was left with ~125k.

Chad then cracked Pat's next pair of Aces with a mere JT suited. Chad flopped the open-ender and got there on the turn. He's up to ~1 million.


Wednesday, 17th of June 2009 05:00 PM

(Kaelaine Minton reporting)

Play resumed with

Level 21: Blinds 10k/20k.

Matt Glantz opened with a raise and Greg Mueller called behind. Matt fired on the flop and turn as the cards came J T 8 6 (rainbow) and Greg called both bets. River was an Ace and froze the action. They checked it down and Matt showed QJ for top pair. Greg mucked.

Matt raised again and Michiel Brummelhuis hit it again from the button. Matt called to see the flop of A K 5 . Matt checked, Michiel bet, adn Matt called. Turn was the 3 and Matt fired. Michiel called and the river delivered the 9. Matt showed A T for top pair. Michiel folded and Matt picked up two in a row. He's now over 1 million chips, good for the chip lead.

His lead was short-lived, however. He surrendered a hand on the river after calling all the way, then he went to the river with Soheil Shamseddin, only to have Soheil show him pocket Aces, which were good to take the pot. Soheil is up to 600k now. Matt has dropped back down to ~650k.

Still nine players in action.


Wednesday, 17th of June 2009 04:00 PM

(Kaelaine Minton reporting)

There was a pause in the action as the final ten got set up with microphones for filming on feature table two (there is an NHL charity event being filmed on feature one).

They got cards back in the air and got back to business.

Soheil Shamseddin folded on the river to Michiel Brummelhuis's bet. The board read A K 7 5 3. Chad Brown laid it down after Matt Galntz check-raised him on a flop of K 6 5 with two clubs. Mark Klecan surrendered on the river to Greg 'FBT' Mueller's bet on a board of 8 7 5 8 9.

Daniel Alaei's pocket 9s were good at showdown against Greg's pocket 8s. Daniel is now up to 980k, good for the chip lead.

Greg check-raised Mark Klecan's river bet. The board read Q 4 4 5 A and Mark called, only to see Greg turn over AQ off for two pair. Mark was left with only 35k.

Mark then got his last chips in against Daniel. Mark held KJ offsuit and Daniel held pocket 4s. The board brought no help for Mark as it ran out A 6 5 2 4 giving Daniel a set and the pot.

Mark Klecan finished in 10th place, earning $41,040.

They are now down to the final nine players and the 'official' final table. It is also official break time, so players are taking 20.

Chip counts as of the break:

SeatPlayerChips
4Daniel Alaei 1,001,000
7Matt Glantz 856,000
1Matt Hawrilenko 770,000
3Pat Pezzin 662,000
9 Greg 'FBT' Mueller 598,000
5Chad Brown 513,000
2Michiel Brummelhuis 420,000
8Kenny Hsiung 390,000
6Soheil Shamseddin 386,000
Total chips in play5,550,000
Players remaining9
Average stack616,667


Wednesday, 17th of June 2009 03:00 PM

(Kaelaine Minton reporting)

Soheil Shamseddin continues to fight his way back into contention. After Pat Pezzin raised on the button, Kenny Hsiung hit it again from the small blind, then Soheil got in the mix with another raise from the big. Pat folded and Kenny called. The flop came A 5 3 and Kenny checked. Soheil fired and got the call. Turn was a Jack and Kenny led out, getting raised by Soheil. Kenny called. River was a Q and Kenny checked. Soheil fired a final bullet and got the call. Soheil showed A5 off for two pair. Kenny mucked.

On a flop of J 9 5, Maria Ho checked to Pat, who bet. She then check-raised him and got the call. Turn was an Ace and again Maria check-raised Pat's bet, getting the call. River was a 3. Maria bet and Pat called, showing A8 suited for a pair of Aces. Maria claimed she had a Jack, but mucked her hand. She's down to ~190k.

On the river with a final board of K T 4 8 6, Maria Ho got the last of her chips in and called by Kenny. Maria's T9 off (pair of Tens) was beat by Kenny's K5 off (pair of Kings) and Maria was done.

Maria Ho finished in 11th place, earning $ 41,040.

With ten players remaining, they drew for seats and moved to a single table.

Here are the final ten with their new seats and chip counts:

SeatPlayerChips
9Kenny Hsiung 782,000
6Chad Brown 755,000
8Matt Glantz 667,000
7Soheil Shamseddin 620,000
5Daniel Alaei 602,000
10 Greg Mueller 586,000
1 Mark Klecan 545,000
3Michiel Brummelhuis 434,000
4Pat Pezzin 370,000
2Matt Hawrilenko 235,000
Total chips in play5,550,000
Players remaining10
Average stack555,000


Play resumed with

Level 20: Binds 9k/18k, Limits 18k/36k.

Greg 'FBT' Mueller raised in the middle and Daniel Alaei called from the big blind. On the flop of A 9 4 rainbow, Daniel checked, Greg bet, Daniel called. Turn was a 3 and both checked. River was an Ace and Daniel bet. Greg called. Daniel showed AT for a pair of Aces. Greg mucked and Daniel chipped up to ~700k.

On a final board of Q J 3 J A , Matt Hawrilenko tabled K T for the Royal, taking a pot from Kenny. Matt's now up to 750k.


Wednesday, 17th of June 2009 02:00 PM

(Kaelaine Minton reporting)

They got back to the task at hand a few minutes past 2pm today with 12 returning players.

On a flop of 8 7 3 rainbow, Soheil Shamseddin bet and Kenny Hsiung called. Turn was another 8 and both checked. River was a 3 and Soheil checked. Kenny fired and Soheil called. Kenny showed K7 suited for a pair of 7s to take the pot.

Jennifer Harman (bb) got her last chips in after Greg 'FBT Mueller raised. Greg looked her up holding KT suited. Jennifer was ahead with A4 suited, but the board came 7 5 5 2 T giving Greg a pair on the river to bust her.

Jennifer Harman finished in 12th place, earning $41,040.

Kenny raised from the button, Soheil hit it again from the small blind, then Maria Ho four-bet from the big. Everybody called and the flop came 9 5 4 rainbow. Soheil took the lead and everyone called. Turn was a Queen and again Soheil fired and everyone called. River was an 8 and put three clubs on the board. Again Soheil fired and got called. Soheil showed pocket Jacks, but Maria tabled pocket 8s for the set on the river to claim the pot (Kenny mucked). Maria chipped up to 560k while Soheil went on tilt.

Kenny raised and Soehil returned fire. Kenny called and the flop came Q 9 9. Kenny bet and Soheil flats. Turn was a Jack. Kenny fired, Soheil hit it again and was all-in. Kenny called, showing pocket 5s. Soehil held pocket Kings and was way ahead. River was a 6 and Soheil chipped up to ~250k.


Twelve players return today hoping to add a bracelet to their collection of achievements. The final twelve players consist of some of the best players around. Chad Brown, Matt Glantz, Daniel Alaei, and Jennifer Harman are all hoping to earn a piece of WSOP glory. Will Harman be able to double up to improve her standing? Stay tuned, as the crack staff at Poker Pages brings you LIVE coverage when the event starts up at 1 p.m. Las Vegas time.

TABLE 154
NameChip CountCityState/CountrySeat
Kenny Hsiung831,000Los AngelesCA5
Greg Mueller485,000VancouverBC, Canada3
Soheil Shamseddin385,000HoustonTX6
Pat Pezzin300,000TorontoON, Canada4
Maria Ho228,000ArcadiaCA1
Jennifer Harman126,000Las VegasNV9
    
TABLE 155
Michiel Brummelhuis687,000AmsterdamNetherlands7
Mark Klecan603,000TorontoCanada8
Matt Hawrilenko601,000BostonMA5
Chad Brown545,000Las VegasNV4
Matt Glantz483,000Lafayette HillPA1
Daniel Alaei330,000Los AngelesCA9



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