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2009 World Series of Poker - Event #51 - No-Limit Hold’em $1,500 - Final
Tuesday, 30th of June 2009 02:00 AM
(Elissa Harwood reporting)
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| Champ Carsten Joh | |
Carsten Joh has won the first bracelet of the year for Germany, defeating Andrew Chen in a difficult hour of heads up play. Joh built a 5:1 chip lead over Andrew Chen before the final hand. Joh raised 410,000, and Andrew Chen moved all in for 2.1 million. Joh called without much thought, and saw that his pocket 6s needed to hold against Chen’s Td9d to end the tournament. The board ran out Qd4c3c5d6s, and Joh rivered a set of 6s to put an exclamation point on his victory. Chen earns $412,632 in his 3rd cash of 2009. Joh, whose previous best finish was 7th place in the 2008 Irish Open, picks up $664,426.
Tuesday, 30th of June 2009 01:00 AM
(Elissa Harwood reporting) Shortly after Owen Crowe’s departure, action folded to Steven Levy in the small blind, and he shipped it in. BB David Walasinski was covered and called all in with pocket Tens. Levy’s AQ missed the board entirely, and Walasinski doubled up, leaving Levy short. He raised to 220,000 from the small blind a few hands later, and Walasinski moved all in behind. Levy called quickly, but his A9 was in trouble against Walasinski’s AJ. The board ran out Q T 6 8 6, shipping the rest of Levy’s chips to Walasinski. Levy picks up $192,650 for 4th place, his best WSOP finish to date. After Levy’s elimination, the final three took a 20-minute break, then came back to get it all in as many times as possible. Carsten Joh and David Walasinski had some words, and then proceeded to go after each other on the felt. Joh limped from the SB, and Walasinski made it 300K to go from the big. Joh applied some pressure, moving all in. David took his time trying to figure out Joh’s play, and finally made a great call with A9 to Joh’s KT. Unfortunately, good calls aren’t always rewarded. The K T 9 flop looked bad for Walasinski, and the 4 and 3 that came next didn’t help. Joh doubled to 4 million, leaving Walasinski with 2.6 million. The same preflop scenario repeated itself a few hands later. Joh limped, Walasinki raised, and Joh shoved. Again, Walasinski called, but this time he wasn’t in such good shape preflop, tabling AJ to Joh’s AQ. But getting it in bad worked out a little better, as the board ran out T 8 3 8 T for a chop. No breaks at all for these two. Walasinski open shoved for 1.6 million with K7, and Joh looked him up with KT. This time the best hand held up, and Joh eliminated Walasinski in 3rd place. The 21-year old picks up $272,405 for his first WSOP cash. As Andrew Chen and Carsten Joh begin heads up play, Chen isn’t in the lead for the first time in hours. Joh has 6.86 million to Chen’s 5.665 million.
Monday, 29th of June 2009 12:00 AM (Elissa Harwood reporting) Over and over at this final table, we see a larger stack put the pressure on a shorter stack only to double them up in dramatic fashion, then go out themselves. Same story, new players in the last level. Action folded to the blinds, and Thibaut Durand moved all in from the SB, trying to steal the blinds and antes from BB David Walasinski. Walasinksi called all in with 9 9 and needed to dodge three outs and a bunch of spades to double through Durand’s K 6. He wasn’t able to avoid the Kings however, as the flop came A K 8 . The 2 on the turn wasn’t any better, and Walasinski was all but out …until the 9 spiked on the river. The lucky river doubled him to 1.9 million and left Durand short. He got the rest of his chips in with J7 against Steven Levy’s Q7 and bricked the board. Durand, who has made two EPT final tables, goes home with $115,817 for 6th place. Next Andrew Chen on the button and Owen Crowe from the SB got into a raising war. Finally, Chen four-bet all in, and after giving it a good think, OCrowe made a crying call all in with AT. He was racing Chen’s 88, and the Q 7 3 7 4 board was less than helpful for the Canadian pro. He can add the $145,199 he picks ups for 5th place to the $463K he won for 15th place in last year’s Main Event. Carsten Joh also risked his tournament life with A J against Steven Levy’s A K , but Joh hit a runner-runner flush to double up. Andrew Chen has increased his chip lead to 6.35 million. David Walasinksi is next with 2.4 million, followed by Carsten Joh with 1.99 million and Steven Levy with 1.5 million.
Monday, 29th of June 2009 11:00 PM (Elissa Harwood reporting) Two big hands punctuate the last hour. As do the high pitched screams of a member of Steven Levy’s fan club. First, Georgios Kapalas raised, and Levy moved all in for just under a million. Kapalas called with AK to Levy’s KQ. Not a problem for Levy. The flop came A Q 4 (insert scream here) Q (insert a whole lot more screaming) T (clapping and screaming). Levy doubled to 1,955,000, leaving Kapalas crippled. A few hands later, Carsten Joh raised and Georgios Kapalas moved all in from the BB. His J7 was in trouble against Joh’s 77, and the K T 8 6 A board was no help. After getting supremely unlucky against Levy, the Greek Poker Tour champion finished in 7th place, earning $97,634.
Monday, 29th of June 2009 10:00 PM (Elissa Harwood reporting) Andrew Chen loves the all in move, especially now that he’s the monster stack. Nate Page is the unlucky soul seated to Chen’s right. Page open limped from the small blind, only to have Andrew move all in from the big. Page folded quickly. Two hands later, action folded to Page in the cutoff, and he raised to 110,000. Chen once again moved all in, but this time Page made the call. His A Q was up against Chen’s 9 9 , and the crowd got to its feet to see the flop. The Q in the door earned a cheer from Page’s fans, but the dealer spread the rest of the flop to reveal the 9 and 2 . Page then needed running spades to stay alive. All the spades in the world wouldn’t help him after the case 9 on the turn made quads for Chen, eliminating Page in 9 th place for $80,894. The hand put Chen over the 4 million chip mark. Thibaut Durand and Jason Helder got it all in preflop, with Durand’s A6 making two pair to beat Helder’s K9. Durand doubled to 1.3 million, leaving Helder with 575,000. He moved all in a few hands later, and Owen Crowe called. In a similar race to the one that unseated Nate Page, Helder’s AK needed to improve to beat Crowe’s pocket 9s. The J J 4 5 6 board didn’t give Crowe quads, but the two pair was enough to eliminate Jason Helder. He began the final table with the chip lead, but after doubling Chen and Durand and losing to Crowe, he has to settle for 8th place and $86,702. The final seven should be back from break in a few minutes, and Andrew Chen will come back to a stack over 5 million.
Monday, 29th of June 2009 09:00 PM (Elissa Harwood reporting) The final table took a while to get going. The players may have been nervous playing their first hands under the lights in the final table arena, and with the $1,500 Day 1 on dinner break, the rail is packed. Thirty minutes in, there had only been one flop and no showdowns. Forty minutes in, we saw our second flop. And a turn! Andrew Chen scooped the pot with a bet on the turn. And then the real action began. Chen opened the pot, and chip leader Jason Helder reraised. Chen then moved all in for 1.4 million, and Helder made the call to see the bad news. Chen’s AK had Helder’s AQ dominated. The board ran out J 5 2 9 T, doubling Chen to 3.4 million and giving him a large chip lead. Helder is now down to fourth in chips with 1.4 million. Andrew Chen opened the very next hand for 120,000, and Georgios Kapalas three-bet in the big blind. Chen shoved on him, and the power of the big stack was enough to push Kapalas off of his hand.
Monday, 29th of June 2009 08:00 PM (Kaelaine Minton reporting) Following dinner, play continued in Level 25: Blinds 20k/40k with 5k antes. Here are the final nine with their rough chip counts: |
| 4 | Jason Helder | 2,900,000 | | 3 | Steven Levy | 2,515,000 | | 5 | Thibaut Durand | 1,420,000 | | 7 | Georgios Kapalas | 1,280,000 | | 1 | Owen Crowe | 1,030,000 | | 9 | Andrew Chen | 1,030,000 | | 2 | Carsten Joh | 875,000 | | 8 | Nathan Page | 735,000 | | 6 | David Walasinski | 700,000 | | Total chips in play | 12,514,500 | | Players remaining | 9 | | Average stack | 1,390,500 |
Monday, 29th of June 2009 07:00 PM (Kaelaine Minton reporting) Level 24 wrapped up and the remaining ten players headed out for a ten minute break. Their plan was to continue play until one more busted, then take a dinner break. Play resumed with Level 25: Blinds 20k/40k with 5k antes. John Mazursky opened for 120k and Jason Helder called. On the flop of 8 2 2, John shoved for ~450k and Jason called. John showed pocket 5s, but was crushed by Jason's pocket Kings. The last two came 8 Q and Jason took the pot. John Mazursky finished in 10th place, earning $56,751.  That meant it was time for dinner. The final nine headed out to eat. Play will resume at about 7:35pm.
Monday, 29th of June 2009 06:00 PM (Kaelaine Minton reporting) Play continued into Level 24: Blinds 15k/30k with 4k antes. Steven Levy opened for 62k up front and Jesper Mertz shoved for ~415k. Steve took a while to think, then called, showing pocket 8s. Jesper held AT suited and it was post-time at the races. The board came 9 2 2 8 3 and Steven boated up to take the pot. Jesper Mertz finished in 14th place, earning $39,820. Owen Crowe was all-in and at-risk holding pocket Tens against the pocket Queens of Nathan Page. It looked like Owen was headed for a 13th place finish, but then the board came T 9 5 2 8 and Owen flopped a set to double up to ~850k. Viktoria Szilasi shoved on the button and the Terminator, Steven Levy, looked her up from the small blind. viktoria's A7 off was out-kicked by Steven's A8 off. The board came A T 2 8 2 and it was over on the turn for Viktoria. Steven chipped up to ~2 million. Viktoria Szilasi finished in 13th place, earning $39,820.
Josh Schlein opened for a raise from the button, then Jason Helder moved in from the big blind. Josh called, showing pocket Jacks. Jason held A5 off and was behind, but an Ace landed on the turn to give him the lead. After the river bricked off, Jason chipped up to ~1.8 million. Josh Schlein finished in 12th place, earning $56,751. In a battle of the blinds, Diego Vilela shoved from the small and Andrew Chen called from the big. Diego held Q4 off and had run smack into Andrew's pocket Queens. No miracle for Diego and he was gone. Diego Vilela finished in 11th place, earning $56,751. The final ten players drew for seats and moved to a single table. Here are their new seat assignments and rough chip counts: |
| 5 | Jason Helder | 2,100,000 | | 3 | Steven Levy | 1,890,000 | | 8 | Georgios Kapalas | 1,680,000 | | 6 | Thibaut Durand | 1,600,000 | | 10 | Andrew Chen | 1,160,000 | | 1 | Owen Crowe | 1,150,000 | | 2 | Carsten Joh | 900,000 | | 7 | David Walasinski | 770,000 | | 4 | Jon Mazursky | 500,000 | | 9 | Nathan Page | 246,000 | | Total chips in play | 12,514,500 | | Players remaining | 10 | | Average stack | 1,251,450 |
Monday, 29th of June 2009 05:00 PM (Kaelaine Minton reporting) Steven Levy opened from the cutoff and Jesse Haabuk shoved from the small blind. Steven made the call, showing pocket Aces. Jesse's pocket 4s were crushed. The board brought him no help and he was done. Steven chipped up to over 1.1 million. Jesse Haabuk finished in 16th place, earning $27,939. Andrew Chen got all-in pre-flop and called by David Walsinski. Andrew's AT suited was badly dominated by David's AK off. Then the board came J J 3 T 8 and Andrew caught a pair to double up. David was left with ~150k. David then got his short-stack all-in holding A9 off and got action from a player holding AJ. The board came K Q J T 2 and they split the pot. Diego Vilela got all-in and called by Jason Helder. Diego's K7 off was trailing Jason's AQ suited, but this time the board came 6 3 2 6 K and Diego caught his pair on the river to double up to over 700k. He jumped out of his chair into the arms of one of his railbirds, who were screaming loudly. Diego was issued a warning about Excessive Celebration and his warning was logged into the new penalty tracking system. Another outburst will result in him getting a penalty and the rail will be cleared. Jeffrey Vanchiro opened for 60k utg and got called by Owen Crowe in the cutoff. The flop came AdKcJc and Jeffrey checked. Owen fired 75k and Jeffrey called. Turn was the 5d and Jeffrey led out for 100k. Owen let it go. Steven Levy completed the small blind and the big blind checked. The flop came A 9 3 rainbow and Steven led for 45k, getting the call. Turn was a Jack. Steven checked, the big blind bet 75k and Steven called. River was a King and they checked it down. Steven showed QJ off and his opponent mucked. Steven is now over 2 million chips. Carsten Joh got all-in and called by Jeffrey Vanchiro. Carsten held QT off and was racing against Jeffrey's pocket 6s. The board came A A 5 J T and Carsten doubled up to over 1 million. Jeffrey then got all-in from the big blind with action from Nathan Page (cutoff). Jeffrey held pocket Queens and was racing against Nathan's AK suited. The flop was a killer for Jeffrey. The board came A 5 2 5 3 and he was busted. Nathan chipped up to ~1.2 million. Jeffrey Vanchiro finished in 15th place, earning $39,820. 14 players remain.
Monday, 29th of June 2009 04:00 PM (Kaelaine Minton reporting) Diego Vilela shoved and Mark Matern called all-in with pocket 5s. Diego held KQ off. The board came K Q 2 2 3 and Mark was bounced in 17th place ($27,939). Level 22 wrapped with 16 players remaining. They took a twenty away from the felt. Play resumed following the break with Level 23: Blinds 12k/24k with 3k antes.
Monday, 29th of June 2009 03:00 PM (Kaelaine Minton reporting) Jochum Weenink made his desperation shove and ran into Josh Schlein's AQ. Jochum held T2 suited and it did him no good. He hit the rail in 26th place. He was followed by Rafael Belloso, (25th) Terry Fleischer, (24th) and Albert Kenny (23rd). Level 21 concluded and play continued into Level 22: Blinds 10k/20k with 3k antes. Ben Truelove got his chips in with 76 suited, getting called down by Jason Helder's pocket Jacks. The Jacks held up and Ben was busted in 22nd place ($19,587). Alex Jacob got his last chips in pre-flop holding pocket 2s. Unfortunately, he had run into the pocket 8s of David Walasinski. David's pair held up and he took the pot. Alex Jacob finished in 21st place, earning $19,587. Craig O'Neill busted in 20th place, then Michael Worrmann finished in 19th place, followed by Eric Lupovich in 18th place ($27,939).
Monday, 29th of June 2009 02:00 PM (Kaelaine Minton reporting) There was a bit of a delay getting day three started as they had to break enough tables from the day one event that started at noon. Cards were in the air about 1:13pm with Level 21: Blinds 8k/16k, with 2k antes. Allan Lebiszczak was all in and busted on the first hand, finishing in in 30th place. Billie Payne shoved his short-stack utg and action folded around to Steven Levy on the button. Steve called showing AT off. Billie held pocket 2s and was racing for his tournament life. The board came T 9 5 7 Q and Steven took the pot. Billie took 20th place. Robert 'Bobby' Diaz moved his stack in and got looked up by Jesse Haabuk. They both turned over A5 suited. Robert had diamonds and Jesse had spades. The board came K T T 9 A and what started out looking like a split pot, ended up looking like the end of the road for Robert. He finished 28th ($15,374). With 27 players remaining, they stopped the clock to redraw seats and move to the final three tables. After playing musical chairs, they got the cards back in the air. Chris Zurawski got his last 45k in the middle, getting called by Carsten Joh. Chris held K9 off and was behind Carsten's A7 off. Chris flopped a 9 to take the lead, but then an Ace turned to return the lead to Carsten. The river was a brick and Carsten took the pot. Chris took 27th place ($19,587).
The sellout crowd that turned out for the penultimate $1,500 NLHE event has been narrowed to just 30 players. Cody Slaubaugh and Jason 'JP_OSU' Potter were poised for deep runs on Day 2 but failed to survive the night. This final day of play features plenty of new faces, but they’ll have to watch out for Alex Jacob and Owen Crowe if they want to play on the final table felt. With a first prize of $664,426 on the line, the competition is sure to be fierce. Cards get back in the air today at 1 p.m. PDT. |
| Name | Chip Count | City | State/Country | Seat # | | Owen Crowe | 1,002,500 | Halifat | UK | 6 | | Josh Schlein | 875,000 | Baltimore | MD | 3 | | Eric Lupovich | 548,000 | Montreal | QC, Canada | 9 | | Nathan Page | 359,000 | Happy Valley | OR | 2 | | Mark Matern | 314,000 | Herten | Germany | 1 | | Carsten Joh | 263,000 | Reutlingden | Germany | 4 | | Jochum Weenink | 193,000 | Goula | Netherlands | 9 | | | | | | | Table 151 | | | | | | Name | Chip Count | City | State/Country | Seat # | | Steven Levy | 657,000 | Peabody | MA | 2 | | Jesse Haabuk | 434,000 | Grand Forks | ND | 5 | | Viktoria Szilasi | 393,000 | Budapest | Hungary | 8 | | Andrew Chen | 390,000 | Mississauga | ON, Canada | 9 | | Chris Zurawski | 332,000 | Glen Ellyn | IL | 3 | | Terry Fleischer | 267,000 | Las Vegas | NV | 1 | | Billie Payne | 95,000 | Arlington | TX | 6 | | Bobby Diaz | 90,000 | Tierra Verde | FL | 7 | | | | | | | Table 152 | | | | | | Name | Chip Count | City | State/Country | Seat # | | Thibaud Durand | 1,650,000 | Paris | France | 7 | | Diego Vilela | 425,000 | Rio De Janeiro | Brazil | 9 | | Albert Kenny | 279,000 | | Ireland | 6 | | Michael Worrmann | 236,000 | Gelsenkirchen | Germany | 4 | | Jeffrey Vanchiro | 215,000 | Brooklyn | NY | 8 | | Allan Lebiszczak | 210,000 | Saskatoon | SK, Canada | 2 | | Jason Hewer | 89,000 | | | 1 | | Jon Mazursky | DNR | Austin | TX | 3 | | | | | | | Table 153 | | | | | | Name | Chip Count | City | State/Country | Seat # | | Kapalas Georgios | 782,000 | Athens | Greece | 2 | | Rafael Belloso | 410,000 | | Venezuela | 7 | | Jesper Mertz | 359,000 | | | 3 | | Alex Jacob | 274,000 | Las Vegas | NV | 4 | | Craig O'Neill | 235,000 | Saltburn | UK | 5 | | Ben Truelove | 222,000 | Snellville | GA | 6 | | David Walasinski | 211,000 | Columbus | OH | 8 |
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