** FT Sweat: Riverboatking - $10K PLO **

[entertainme]

Final Table for Event #50 Set for Tuesday at 2:00 pm PDT

With David Chiu's elimination in tenth place, the final table is set and ready to go tomorrow (Tuesday) at 2:00 pm PDT. Right now, the plan is to broadcast this final table live over the web at WorldSeriesOfPoker.com. It will *not* be sequestered, because the holecard system isn't set up for Omaha, which uses four cards. So that means there will be a live audience, and there will not a one-hour delay. (If everything goes according to plan.)

The big story at this table is obviously Doyle Brunson, who will be trying to catch up to Phil Hellmuth with his 11th career WSOP bracelet. Two years ago, when Johnny Chan won his 10th, Doyle caught him less than a week later. Can he catch the leader again this year?

This table is packed with big names, including Patrik Antonius, Robert Mizrachi, and Marco Traniello. Most of the players are looking to pop their bracelet cherry, even though this table averages more than one bracelet per seat -- Doyle has 10, and everyone else has zero.

Here are the official chip counts and seating positions:

Seat 1 - Doyle Brunson - 510,000
Seat 2 - Patrik Antonius - 650,000
Seat 3 - Marco Traniello - 420,000
Seat 4 - Rene Mouritsen - 775,000
Seat 5 - Tommy Ly - 1,895,000
Seat 6 - Jonas Flug-Entin - 445,000
Seat 7 - Steve Sung - 175,000
Seat 8 - Stephen Ladowski - 360,000
Seat 9 - Robert Mizrachi - 1,090,000

Return to PokerNews.com tomorrow (Monday) at 2:00 pm PDT, for live hand-by-hand coverage of all the action.

So it looks like we're going to get a live broadcast?

GL Jonas!

[ImsaKidd]

RBK please bust god.

[MatthijsH]

WIN IT! GL!

[dcviperboy]

GLGLGLGLGL

post payouts too?

[Phntm]

Since there are no holecards, do we get to watch for free??
GL RBK....

[entertainme]

1 $ 768,889 -
2 $ 464,877 -
3 $ 311,394 -
4 $ 209,564 -
5 $ 156,435 -
6 $ 123,967 -
7 $ 92,975 -
8 $ 69,363 -
9 $ 50,177 -

[riverboatking]

so far i've been most impressed with robert mizrachi's play.
he's been super solid and unless he gets unlucky i think he has a real good shot at winning this.

[El Diablo]

rbk,

Way to mess with his head!

[CybrPunk]

Best of luck, Jonas. I always enjoyed watching you tear up the tables on L@TB. I hope I'll get another chance to see you do this tonight on the live feed...

[NT!]

can someone please provide a link for watching this online?

gl rbk, i have always enjoyed your strat posts

[DrNo888]

Looks like it doesn't start broadcasting until 3PM.

http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/mediacenter/livevideo.asp

[diggla]

the broadcasting just started

[Silent A]

F---. Pokernews is saying they've added a 40k/80k level, but worldseriesofpoker.com still says 30k/60k will be the last level.

At 40/80 there will only be 80 BBs on the table, which is OK for head's up but sucks for 4 or more.

[Mano]

From Pokernews.com:

Hand #2 - Steve Sung Eliminated in 9th Place ($50,177)
Hand #2 - Doyle Brunson has the button in seat 1, Sung raises to 105,000, and Traniello calls from the big blind.

The flop comes , Traniello bets 70,000, Sung moves all in, and Traniello calls with Q-Q-7-4 for a set of queens. Sung shows -A for a pair of aces and a gutshot straight draw.

The turn card is the , the river card is the , and Marco Traniello wins the pot with his set of queens.

Steve Sung is eliminated in ninth place, earning $50,177. The next player eliminated will receive $69,363 for eighth place.

[Dunkman]

That Doyle guy plays kinda good.

[entertainme]

Chip Count Problems

Even though this isn't being taped for a full ESPN episode, there are more cameras than usual at this final table. ESPN has an ENG crew (hand-held cameras), along with Bluff, who is webcasting this at WorldSeriesOfPoker.com. So there are several hand-held cameras floating around, along with a few stationary cameras -- and our chip counter can't be in front of any of them. Even the tournament director/announcer has been pigeonholed into one spot and asked not to move.

Unable to approach the table, it is nearly impossible to see the chips and get accurate counts. We will do our best, and we will still get official chip counts (to the chip) during all the breaks.

Approximate Chip Counts

Here are approximate chip counts after Hand #8:

Seat 1 - Doyle Brunson - 400,000
Seat 2 - Patrik Antonius - 500,000
Seat 3 - Marco Traniello - 800,000
Seat 4 - Rene Mouritsen - 900,000
Seat 5 - Tommy Ly - 1,750,000
Seat 6 - Jonas Flug-Entin - 300,000
Seat 8 - Stephen Ladowsky - 270,000
Seat 9 - Robert Mizrachi - 1,100,000

[Marnixvdb]

damn he is out

Hand #13 - Jonas Flug-Entin Eliminated in 8th Place ($69,363)
Hand #13 - Rene Mouritsen has the button in seat 4, Mizrachi limps for 30,000, Brunson limps, Antonius limps, and Flug-Entin checks his option from the big blind. The flop comes , Flug-Entin bets 135,000, Mizrachi raises to 270,000, Brunson folds, Antonius folds, and Flug-Entin calls all in with . Mizrachi shows , and they both have trip eights, but Mizrachi has the higher kicker.

The turn card is the , the river card is the , and Mizrachi wins the pot with trip eights and an ace kicker.

Jonas Flug-Entin is eliminated in eighth place, earning $69,363. The next player eliminated will receive $92,975 for seventh place.

[entertainme]

Jonas is out 8th. Tough one. GG.

The hand with the cards:

Hand #13 - Jonas Flug-Entin Eliminated in 8th Place ($69,363)

Hand #13 - Rene Mouritsen has the button in seat 4, Mizrachi limps for 30,000, Brunson limps, Antonius limps, and Flug-Entin checks his option from the big blind. The flop comes {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{8-Spades}, Flug-Entin bets 135,000, Mizrachi raises to 270,000, Brunson folds, Antonius folds, and Flug-Entin calls all in with {K-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{4-Spades}. Mizrachi shows {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}, and they both have trip eights, but Mizrachi has the higher kicker.

The turn card is the {9-Diamonds}, the river card is the {2-Diamonds}, and Mizrachi wins the pot with trip eights and an ace kicker.

Jonas Flug-Entin is eliminated in eighth place, earning $69,363. The next player eliminated will receive $92,975 for seventh place.

Nice exit interview Jonas. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Mano]

Approximate Chip Counts
Here are the approximate chip counts after Hand #13:

Seat 1 - Doyle Brunson - 850,000
Seat 2 - Patrik Antonius - 600,000
Seat 3 - Marco Traniello - 850,000
Seat 4 - Rene Mouritsen - 900,000
Seat 5 - Tommy Ly - 1,550,000
Seat 8 - Stephen Ladowsky - 270,000
Seat 9 - Robert Mizrachi - 1,400,000

[Dunkman]

Omg the announcer guy needs to die....I can't believe he just called rbk a fish.

[jogsxyz]

Andy Bloch is right. They need chips with RFID tags. Audiences want to know the chip counts.

[entertainme]

[ QUOTE ]
Omg the announcer guy needs to die....I can't believe he just called rbk a fish.

[/ QUOTE ]

I caught something about a fish but had no idea he was talking about Jonas? What did he say? More importantly, we need an immediate revenge plot!

[El Diablo]

Dealer,

SIX JACK KING SEVEN OR FOUR, ONE TIME!

gg, Jonas. Tourneys suck.

[entertainme]

Hand #28 - Stephen Ladowsky Eliminated in 7th Place ($92,975)

Hand #28 - Rene Mouritsen has the button in seat 4, Mizrachi limps for 40,000, Ly limps from the small blind, and Ladowsky checks his option. The flop comes {9-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}, Ly checks, Ladowsky checks, Mizrachi bets 95,000, Ly folds, Ladowsky moves all in, and Mizrachi immediately calls with {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{8-Clubs}{7-Hearts}. Ladowsky shows {9-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{5-Spades}, and he'll need to improve to survive.

The turn card is -- the {3-Hearts}! Ladowsky takes the lead with a set of threes, and Mizrachi is down to two outs. He needs a ten on the river to bust Ladowsky.

The river card is the -- {10-Hearts}! Mizrachi rivers a set of tens to win the pot.

Stephen Ladowsky is eliminated in seventh place, earning $92,975. The next player eliminated will receive $123,967 for sixth place.

[diggla]

i think mark goodwin is a fish.

[Mano]

From Pokernews.com:

Hand #28 - Stephen Ladowsky Eliminated in 7th Place ($92,975)
Hand #28 - Rene Mouritsen has the button in seat 4, Mizrachi limps for 40,000, Ly limps from the small blind, and Ladowsky checks his option. The flop comes 9 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif4 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif2 /images/graemlins/club.gif , Ly checks, Ladowsky checks, Mizrachi bets 95,000, Ly folds, Ladowsky moves all in, and Mizrachi immediately calls with T /images/graemlins/diamond.gifT /images/graemlins/spade.gif8 /images/graemlins/club.gif7 /images/graemlins/heart.gif. Ladowsky shows 9 /images/graemlins/heart.gif3 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif3 /images/graemlins/spade.gif5 /images/graemlins/spade.gif, and he'll need to improve to survive.

The turn card is -- the 3 /images/graemlins/heart.gif! Ladowsky takes the lead with a set of threes, and Mizrachi is down to two outs. He needs a ten on the river to bust Ladowsky.

The river card is the -- T /images/graemlins/heart.gif! Mizrachi rivers a set of tens to win the pot.

Stephen Ladowsky is eliminated in seventh place, earning $92,975. The next player eliminated will receive $123,967 for sixth place.

[sirtimo]

Hand #43 - Doyle Brunson Eliminated in 6th Place ($123,967)

Hand #43 - Robert Mizrachi has the button in seat 9, Brunson raises from the small blind, Antonius reraises, and Brunson calls all in with {9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{8-Spades}{4-Spades}. Antonius shows {Q-Clubs}{7-Spades}{6-Spades}{3-Spades}. Brunson needs to win this hand to stay alive.

The board comes {A-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{5-Clubs}, and Antonius wins the pot with two pair, sevens and threes.

Doyle Brunson is eliminated in sixth place, earning $123,967. The next player eliminated will receive $156,435 for fifth place.

[diggla]

Hand #45 - Rene Mouritsen Doubles Through Robert Mizrachi

Hand #45 - Patrik Antonius has the button in seat 2, Mizrachi raises from the cutoff to 200,000, Mouritsen reraises to 630,000, Mizrachi reraises, and Mouritsen calls all in with {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}. Mizrachi shows {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}, and the crowd reacts as they see both players have a pair of aces. But that doesn't mean a chopped pot -- in Omaha, anything can happen.

The flop comes {J-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}, and Mouritsen cheers as he flops a king-high straight, while Mizrachi has plenty of outs to the ace-high heart flush.

The turn card is the {8-Clubs}, the river card is the {2-Diamonds}, and Mouritsen lets out a very loud, guttoral yell as he wins the pot to double up in chips.

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the yell was pretty loud

[grando]

well when there's hundreds of thousands of dollars on the line, I can understand why

[nvarner]

PA is dominating now

[entertainme]

Hand #54 - Marco Traniello & Rene Mouritsen Chop the Pot

Hand #54 - Robert Mizrachi has the button in seat 9, Mouritsen raises under the gun to 200,000, and Traniello calls from the big blind. The flop comes {J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{5-Spades}, Traniello moves all in for about 120,000, and Mouritsen calls with {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{10-Spades}. Traniello shows {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} for trip jacks, and he'll need his hand to hold up to stay alive.

The turn card is the {9-Diamonds}, the river card is the {8-Hearts}, and both players river a queen-high straight to chop the pot.

Ly reacted to the river as if Marco lost. Marco gets confused, realizes it's a chop and tells Ly to shut up.

Mizrachi to Ly, "You're not a bad player. It's bad etiquette."

[Mano]

[ QUOTE ]
PA is dominating now

[/ QUOTE ]

From PokerNews.com:

Approximate Chip Counts
Seat 2 - Patrik Antonius - 2,000,000
Seat 3 - Marco Traniello - 420,000
Seat 4 - Rene Mouritsen - 2,650,000
Seat 5 - Tommy Ly - 475,000
Seat 9 - Robert Mizrachi - 550,000

[entertainme]

Mizrachi just doubled twice through Patrik.

Oops: The second hand wasn't a double.

[entertainme]

Hand #59 - Marco Traniello Eliminated in 5th Place ($156,435)

Hand #59 - Robert Mizrachi has the button in seat 9, he limps for 60,000, Antonius limps from the small blind, and Traniello checks his option. The flop comes {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}, Antonius checks, Traniello checks, Mizrachi bets 85,000, Antonius calls, and Traniello calls. The turn card is the {K-Clubs}, Antonius checks, Traniello checks, Mizrachi pot-bets 435,000, Antonius folds, and Traniello calls with {Q-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} for a set of deuces. Mizrachi shows {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}{J-Spades}{7-Spades} for an ace-high straight, and Traniello needs the board to pair to stay alive.

The river card is the {4-Hearts}, and Mizrachi wins the pot with an ace-high straight.

Marco Traniello is eliminated in fifth place, earning $156,435. The next player eliminated will receive $209,564 for fourth place.

Marco refuses the exit interview.

[diggla]

Rene 2.300.000
Rob 1.650.000
Patrik 1.600.000
Tommy 450.000

[entertainme]

I'm gonna be pretty surprised if PA or Mizrachi don't take this one down.

Anyone else notice Rene put up his hood on that last hand? Afraid he has a tell?

[riverboatking]

hey entertain...you know how i can view my exit interview i couldn't find it.

thanks.

[entertainme]

[ QUOTE ]
hey entertain...you know how i can view my exit interview i couldn't find it.

thanks.

[/ QUOTE ]

I don't think it will be posted separately. The whole final table should be posted here (http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/mediacenter/archivevideo.asp) after it's complete.

It must have been an experience to sit live with Doyle, PA, and Mizrachi!

[diggla]

Hand #77 - Patrik Antonius Doubles Through Robert Mizrachi

Hand #77 - Patrik Antonius has the button in seat 2, he raises to 280,000, and Mizrachi calls from the big blind. The flop comes {K-Spades}{J-Spades}{10-Spades}, and both players check. The turn card pairs the board with the {J-Diamonds}, Mizrachi checks, Antonius bets 200,000, and Mizrachi calls. The river card is the {9-Clubs}, Mizrachi checks, and Antonius thinks for about 30 seconds before he moves all in for 660,000. Mizrachi studies him for about 15 seconds before he says, "I call."

Antonius shows {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}-x-x for a flopped royal flush. Mizrachi shows 10-10-x-x for a full house, tens full of jacks.

Patrik Antonius, the feared Black Lotus of Poker, wins the pot with poker's premier hand to double up in chips.

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OMG /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[entertainme]

Hand #73 - Tommy Ly Eliminated in 4th Place ($209,564)

Hand #73 - Patrik Antonius has the button in seat 2, he raises to 280,000, Mouritsen pot-raises to 880,000, Ly calls all in, and Antonius thinks for about 30 seconds before he folds.

Ly shows {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{10-Spades}{2-Spades}, and Mouritsen shows {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}. Ly needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes {8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{8-Spades}, and Mouritsen wins the pot with two pair, queens, and eights.

Tommy Ly is eliminated in fourth place, earning $209,564. The next player eliminated will receive $311,394 for third place.

[entertainme]

Pretty awesome hand to watch. Ouch! These Omaha hands are wild.

[LurchySoprano]

Hand #77 - Patrik Antonius has the button in seat 2, he raises to 280,000, and Mizrachi calls from the big blind. The flop comes {K-Spades}{J-Spades}{10-Spades}, and both players check. The turn card pairs the board with the {J-Diamonds}, Mizrachi checks, Antonius bets 200,000, and Mizrachi calls. The river card is the {9-Clubs}, Mizrachi checks, and Antonius thinks for about 30 seconds before he moves all in for 660,000. Mizrachi studies him for about 15 seconds before he says, "I call."

Antonius shows {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}-x-x for a flopped royal flush. Mizrachi shows 10-10-x-x for a full house, tens full of jacks.

Patrik Antonius, the feared Black Lotus of Poker, wins the pot with poker's premier hand to double up in chips.

[diggla]

I flopped a spade royal flush in holdem this year /images/graemlins/smile.gif

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/217246

[exec771]

PA runs gooot, atleast it wasnt royal over quads, that wldve been uber sick...

[KentuckyWildcats]

Are you all watching this for free? The link goes to a 404 error page.

[diggla]

You need to have a subscription to worldseriesofpoker.com to view the stream @

http://wm.istreamplanet.com/customers/bluff/wsop_live_500.asx

[Dan87]

patrick antonius runs so bad

[entertainme]

[ QUOTE ]
You need to have a subscription to worldseriesofpoker.com to view the stream @

http://wm.istreamplanet.com/customers/bluff/wsop_live_500.asx

[/ QUOTE ]

Warning for Mac users. The subscription only works in Windoz.

There's also a link on the front page of worldseriesofpoker.com.

[entertainme]

Rene has been stepping up the aggression and winning some pots.

[Dunkman]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Omg the announcer guy needs to die....I can't believe he just called rbk a fish.

[/ QUOTE ]

I caught something about a fish but had no idea he was talking about Jonas? What did he say? More importantly, we need an immediate revenge plot!

[/ QUOTE ]

He said something along the lines of "he looks like he has a fish hook in his mouth." I definitely think a revenge plot is in order.

[entertainme]

Approximate Chip Counts

Seat 2 - Patrik Antonius - 800,000
Seat 4 - Rene Mouritsen - 3,100,000
Seat 9 - Robert Mizrachi - 2,400,000

FYI: The Pokernews updates are a few minutes ahead of the broadcast for those who don't have a subscription. (But, please wait a few minutes before posting or post in white so there aren't spoilers for anyone watching.)

[entertainme]

Hand #101 - Patrik Antonius

Hand #101 - Patrik Antonius has the button in seat 2, he limps for 80,000, Mouritsen limps from the small blind, and Mizrachi checks his option. The flop comes {J-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}, and all three players check. The turn card is the {10-Spades}, Mouritsen checks, Mizrachi bets 150,000, Antonius calls, and Mouritsen folds. The river card is the {3-Diamonds}, Mizrachi bets 350,000, and Antonius calls with {10-Hearts}{6-Hearts}-x-x for a flopped ten-high flush. Mizrachi mucks, and Patrik Antonius wins the pot.

One minute to increased blinds, 60K - 120K.

Official Chip Counts - at break

Seat 2 - Patrik Antonius - 1,915,000
Seat 4 - Rene Mouritsen - 2,625,000
Seat 9 - Robert Mizrachi - 1,780,000

[BJ Nemeth]

[ QUOTE ]
FYI: The Pokernews updates are a few minutes ahead of the broadcast for those who don't have a subscription. (But, please wait a few minutes before posting or post in white so there aren't spoilers for anyone watching.)

[/ QUOTE ]Interesting. I'm covering the event for PokerNews, but I wasn't aware of any delay on the video.

I'll be damned if I'm gonna delay my posts though. That's a *serious* pain in the butt. (And what we have to do when covering sequestered events.)

If anyone is following the PokerNews coverage, feel free to let me know what I'm doing right/wrong in this thread. (Even if you point out my errors by laughing at them -- I can take it.)

[entertainme]

FWIW, I've been really impressed throughout the WSOP at you coming here and asking for feedback. That takes guts and demonstrates you really want to provide the best info you can.

I also think the quality of updates has improved as the series has gone forward.

[entertainme]

Sick Sick hand by Mizrachi:

Hand #114 - Robert Mizrachi Takes a 1.34 Million Pot Away From Patrik Antonius

Hand #114 - Rene Mouritsen has the button in seat 4, Mizrachi limps from the small blind for 120,000, and Antonius checks his option. The flop comes {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}, Mizrachi checks, Antonius bets 150,000, and Mizrachi calls. The turn card is the {J-Hearts}, Mizrachi checks, Antonius bets 400,000, and Mizrachi calls. There is already 1.34 million in the pot.

The river card pairs the board with the {J-Clubs}, Mizrachi bets 1.3 million, and Antonius thinks for about two minutes before he folds, showing {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}-x-x for the ace-high flush. Mizrachi shows {9-Diamonds}-8-5-2 with two diamonds for the nine-high flush as he collects the pot worth 1.34 million.

I gotta get a few e-mails out. Back later.

[BenTurpen]

BJ, thank goodness for you doing coverage on PokerNews. Yours is far away ahead of most of the other posters.

[entertainme]

Heads up!

Hand #140 - Patrik Antonius Eliminated in 3rd Place ($311,394)

Hand #140 - Patrik Antonius has the button in seat 2, he moves all in for 415,000, and Mizrachi calls from the big blind with {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}{6-Spades}{5-Clubs}. Antonius shows {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{8-Hearts}{2-Spades}, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.

The flop comes {Q-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}, and Mizrachi leads with his pocket aces. The turn card is the {3-Hearts}, and the river card is the {J-Clubs}, and Mizrachi wins the pot with the ace-high club flush.

Patrik Antonius is eliminated in third place, earning $311,394.

[Silent A]

I'll let mom do it ...

[entertainme]

[ QUOTE ]
I'll let mom do it ...

[/ QUOTE ]

LOL! /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Hand #152 - Robert Mizrachi Wins Event #50 ($768,889)

Hand #152 - Rene Mouritsen has the button, he raises to 480,000, and Mizrachi calls. The flop comes {Q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}, Mizrachi checks, Mouritsen bets, Mizrachi moves all in, and Mouritsen calls with {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for a diamond flush draw. Mizrachi shows {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a set of nines. Mouritsen needs to improve to survive.

The turn card is the {5-Clubs}, the river card is the {6-Spades}, and Robert Mizrachi wins the pot -- and the bracelet -- with a set of nines.

Rene Mouritsen is eliminated in second place, earning $464,877. This was the second time he has finished in second place in the last week or so.

The very large crowd of Mizrachi supporters explodes in celebration as Robert Mizrachi wins Event #50 ($10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha), earning $768,889, a Corum watch, and a coveted WSOP bracelet. The first WSOP bracelet ever won by a Mizrachi.

Riverboatking you were right. /images/graemlins/heart.gif He played it like a fiddle.

[BJ Nemeth]

[ QUOTE ]
FWIW, I've been really impressed throughout the WSOP at you coming here and asking for feedback. That takes guts and demonstrates you really want to provide the best info you can.

[/ QUOTE ]

[ QUOTE ]
BJ, thank goodness for you doing coverage on PokerNews. Yours is far away ahead of most of the other posters.

[/ QUOTE ]

Thanks for the kind words, Ben and Mom. I really take my job seriously, and I'm always fighting for better online coverage than we've provided in the past, but most companies treat it like it's a commodity, and any random person can do the job. But as most of you know, that is *not* the case.

I think what I do compares to the early radio coverage of baseball games in the first half of the 20th century. Nothing compares to being there to witness a sporting event in person (or seeing it on TV or a webcast), but I hope that my live updates are the next best thing. :-)

I don't know what my next assignment is yet, but I'll definitely be working the entire Main Event, and doing the hand-by-hand updates for the final table. But if you see my name under the updates, feel free to leave feedback somewhere in this forum, or email me at BJ Nemeth at Mac dot com.

[Yo Adrians!]

I'm surprised Antonius' fold of the nut flush hasn't gotten some more discussion. I mean, I guess Patrik puts Mizrachi on exactly a flopped set here ...

Thoughts? This seems to be the turning of the tide ...

[Silent A]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm surprised Antonius' fold of the nut flush hasn't gotten some more discussion. I mean, I guess Patrik puts Mizrachi on exactly a flopped set here ...

Thoughts? This seems to be the turning of the tide ...

[/ QUOTE ]

Antonius had AdQd on a KdTd7d flop, and Mizrachi was calling Antonius' sizable bets, so J high flush was a very likely holding for Mizrachi. After the turn and river brings a pair of off-suit jacks, the possibility that Mizrachi back-doored a Jacks-full boat with something like JdT9d plus the possibility of a flopped set made it really hard for him to call.

Can't say I'm a fan of Mizrachi's call on the turn.

Definitely the defining moment of the tourney based on the hand summaries.

[Syntec87]

Any chance you wanna sell 10% of your action in this tourney retroactively?

[riverboatking]

[ QUOTE ]
Any chance you wanna sell 10% of your action in this tourney retroactively?

[/ QUOTE ]

sure i'll sell ya 10% for 25K.
pm me for arrangements.

[riverboatking]

thanks for the sweat guys, appreciate all the kind words.

[Annulus]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm surprised Antonius' fold of the nut flush hasn't gotten some more discussion. I mean, I guess Patrik puts Mizrachi on exactly a flopped set here ...

Thoughts? This seems to be the turning of the tide ...

[/ QUOTE ]

wow. im just reading this for the first time and you got to give mizrachi a ton of credit for pulling this off. if he checks the river then he prolly dont win the bracelet. so kudos to him. as far pa goes im not good enough at plo to say if it was a good or bad fold, but it had to be a tough decision. gg pa.

[Yo Adrians!]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I'm surprised Antonius' fold of the nut flush hasn't gotten some more discussion. I mean, I guess Patrik puts Mizrachi on exactly a flopped set here ...

Thoughts? This seems to be the turning of the tide ...

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wow. im just reading this for the first time and you got to give mizrachi a ton of credit for pulling this off. if he checks the river then he prolly dont win the bracelet. so kudos to him. as far pa goes im not good enough at plo to say if it was a good or bad fold, but it had to be a tough decision. gg pa.

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Still talking about this hand with friends. I guess we've come to the conclusion that PA had a read on a J-high flopped flush, or a flopped set. That's the only way you fold this ... and if you have a strong read like that, you have to go with it.

Only problem: It was wrong.

[Silent A]

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I'm surprised Antonius' fold of the nut flush hasn't gotten some more discussion. I mean, I guess Patrik puts Mizrachi on exactly a flopped set here ...

Thoughts? This seems to be the turning of the tide ...

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wow. im just reading this for the first time and you got to give mizrachi a ton of credit for pulling this off. if he checks the river then he prolly dont win the bracelet. so kudos to him. as far pa goes im not good enough at plo to say if it was a good or bad fold, but it had to be a tough decision. gg pa.

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Still talking about this hand with friends. I guess we've come to the conclusion that PA had a read on a J-high flopped flush, or a flopped set. That's the only way you fold this ... and if you have a strong read like that, you have to go with it.

Only problem: It was wrong.

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Part of the problem was that Mizrachi's turn call was god awful. In order for Antonius to call he really has to believe that Mizrachi's bad at PLO (on top of everything else - flopped set or j-flush becomes boat).

[grando]

yeah his turn call/river bet combo is pretty terrible

after the turn call, PA figures that Mizrachi has:

a. lower flush (perhaps with J/images/graemlins/heart.gif )
b. set

so when the board pairs on the river, PA is behind most anything in his reasonable range

him calling the turn with his flush to seemingly bluff a paired board river is pretty terrible

[realjaydub]

Way to go Jonas! Just seen this, congrats!