Event 1 Final Table - Pot Limit Hold'em

Hey I'm back again!

Ok, we all saw how sick the final table of this event is, but reading through some news sites I found one weird thing: 5 out of the 9 players on the table won more than $1,000,000 in a single tournament: Andy Bloch, Nenad Medic, Leibert, Sexton and Antonius. Ouch!

Going back to yesterday's "funny" story between Chris Bell and Phil Laak. We didn't get to see any action between them. BUT, but... weird story again envolving Jar Jar Laak. He played a bit with the prize's money. I mean got three bundles and started jiggling with them. I don't know, but they say this is as bad as seeing the bride before the wedding, or touching the trophy before the match.

Anyway. In the FIRST hand of the final table, Laak got into a JJ vs KK with Antonius. The board didn't help him and he was left almost crippling. 4 hands after that, another JJ for Laak, who went all-in just to see Nenad Medic's AA. Also no help from the board for him, who finished 9th. Still good as he earned $74,448 for that. But you guys should note this: "do not touch the cash in a final table".

Actually the first three eliminations went quite fast. Some hands after Laak, Mike Sowers was eliminated when his 94o didn't beat Sexton's QQ (...), and he won $99,264. Then, 15 minutes later, Antonius KTs didn't find help on the board to beat up Andy Bloch's A4s. Antonius still looks for his first WSOP bracelet, but at least he got home $124,080

The sixth place went to Chris Bell, who played very very passively in the final table. is A3o lost against Medic's JJ, after hitting an Ace on the turn and being re-sucked with a J on the river. By then, Andy Bloch made use of his huge stack (he had like $3,100,000 while 2nd had $1,400,000) to steal pots here and there.

5th place went to Amit Makhjita, his A3 didn't match Bloch's A7. Ace came on river but obviously didn't help him. He earned $198,525 for his great tourney.

After the 5th elimination, play got a lot slower, it was mainly about stealing pots. Andy Bloch almost blew his position as chipleader, he simply doubled up EVERY ONE left on his table. After having a MASSIVE chipleader of like $4,000,000 vs $1,000,000 from the others, he double up all the others and made things a bit even. What we saw from there on was pretty much domination from both Andy Bloch and Nenad Medic. They were stealing and winning pots everywhere and building up a sizable stack compared to the others.

Ohhh I forgot to mention! Remember how 5 out of 9 in the final table had $1,000,000 cashed in as ingle tournament? Well, 4 of those 5 are the final four, except for Antonius who got out!


Back to the tournament now, Mike Sexton was eliminated as 4th place. He was envolved in a pot with Leibert. His cards were no match for hers, as he had A6 and she had A8. His prize is $248,160.

Now let's go to the HAND OF THE TOURNAMENT (no, it's not the last hand, but it's just as important). This was the hand that eliminated Leibert. Pay attention at the estimated chip count before and after this hand:

before:

Andy Bloch 4,180,000
Nenad Medic 1,610,000
Kathy Liebert 1,300,000

The hand:

Nenad Medic raises $300,000 from the button, Liebert adds more $850,000 and is all in. Andy Bloch makes the pot $2,800,000. Medic goes all in too. Note that Bloch covers both players here.

Bloch:
Medic:
Liebert:

Flop: (can you picture Medic's smile? because I do :D)

Turn: (it's over here, on TV a little check should appear on Medic's name)

1.Nenad Medic $794,112
2.Andrew Bloch $488,048
3.Kathy Liebert $306,064
4.Mike Sexton $248,160
5.Amit Makhija $198,528
6.Chris Bell $157,168
7.Patrik Antonius $124,080
8.Mike Sowers $99,264
9.Phil Laak $74,448

This post was written by Raidern.

really good read thx