 Once again we see an example of poor planning so it seems, again we have a final day which was supposed to be a final table, but we ended with 16 players instead of the intended 8. Chipleader of those 16 was Marcel Luske, who has been Holland's hope for years now, maybe this time we get our precious first bracelet? It was looking good, but still 15 players to defeat. Within 2 hours we got down to our final 8. Most shortstacks got busted, of the 8 shortest stacks starting the final 2 tables, 7 went out before the final table, only Rostislav Tsodikov survived, switching places with Blair Rodman.
This means the final 8 starting the final table were:
Seat 1 - Rostislav Tsodikov - 140,000
Seat 2 - Doug Ganger - 405,000
Seat 3 - Jennifer Harman - 271,000
Seat 4 - Steve Zolotow - 180,000
Seat 5 - Jens Voertmann - 485,000
Seat 6 - Jared Davis - 185,000
Seat 7 - Hoyt Corkins - 595,000
Seat 8 - Marcel Luske - 572,000
It wasnt long untill Luske regained the chiplead, and things were looking good when he knocked out Hoyt Corkins at 4th place, when they got all-in when Luske flopped to pair against the midpair+gutshot for Corkins. No help and Corkins was out of there. Lots of action follows 3handed with Jens Voertmann and Doug Ganger both in as well. Luske's stack changed more than Pamela Anderson changes breastsize. We see his stack crumble when his king-high flush gets beaten by the full house of Ganger, or get back up when he hits a straight in Stud-8 against Ganger's two pair. Then again he loses some pots in Hold'em, only to get his chips back in Razz and Stud. A great bluff while on Hold'em (he had Q6o with no help from the board) brings him back to an average stack, and after that we see a misread by Voertmann in Razz (he had a Q low while he thought he had something better, giving a huge pot to Luske with J-low) gives Luske the chiplead, only to get his stack down when Ganger shows aces full in Omaha-8. Again we see the same stuff: cripple, double, cripple, it's really sick, but when he finally ran into the aces of Jens Voertmann it was all over, he didn't get any improvement from his pair of 9's in Stud-8 and Marcel Luske was eliminated in 3rd place, showing a great deal of fighting spirit, and more ups and downs than an above average rollercoasterride, but unfortunately it wasnt enough.
This left Jens Voertmann and Doug Ganger fighting for the title. Voertmann started with a 2:1 chiplead, and it wasn't long before they got all-in in Stud-8, Voertmann showed the better 2-pair (J's and 5's to Ganger's 9's and 8's), thus eliminating Ganger in second place and claiming his first WSOP bracelet, and $298,253
Final results:
1. Jens Voertmann $298,227
2. Doug Ganger $182,822
3. Marcel Luske $110,265
4. Hoyt Corkins $81,699
5. Jared Davis $61,703
6. Steve Zolotow $47,991
7. Rostislav Tsodikov $36,564
8. Jennifer Harman $30,851
Last but definately not least, James "Mig" Mackey managed to cash for the 2nd time this WSOP, finishing 25th after being about 8th stack at the end of day 1. Mig won $6,284 for his effort.
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