**WPT Final Table Sweat: shaniac, BeL0WaB0Ve, Matusow etc.**

[gobbomom]

1Mike Matusow3,050,000 $50,000

2Kevin Saul2,750,000 $200,000

3Shane Schleger1,700,000 $-500,000

4Danny Wong1,400,000 $-900,000

5Eracles Panayiyou690,000 $-210,000

6Konstantin Puchkov660,000 $-90,000

[yimyammer]

[ QUOTE ]
Good luck Shane

But dude, work on the interview skills

[/ QUOTE ]

30 seconds into the interview

[ridonkulous]

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[J.C. Gloves]

Down to 5

Action folds to Konstantin Puchkov who calls in the small blind. Mike Matusow checks his option. The flop comes Q-6-4 with two hearts. Puchkov checks and Matusow bets 35,000. Puchkov calls. The turn is the 3 and Puchkov checks again. Matusow bets 250,000 and Puchkov moves all-in for 198,000. Matusow makes the call and shows Q9 and has the best hand against Puchkov's Q5.

The river is the 8 eliminating Puchkov in 6th place. He will collect $103,280.

Matusow is now up to 3,600,000.

[J.C. Gloves]

Then about 5-10mins later:

Shaniac Doubles Through BeL0WaB0Ve

Kevin Saul opens for 85,000 from under the gun. Shane Schleger moves all-in from the big blind for 1,307,000 more. Kevin asks for time, counts out the call, and then asks Danny Wong, who isn't even in the hand how much he has behind. To which Matusow says "We all know you're a weird guy, that's why I like you."

Kevin calls.

Shane shows AK
Kevin AQ

The flop comes J75. The turn is the 6. Shane needs to dodge a quuen to stay alive and he does as the river is the 7. Shane doubles up to 2.8 million.

[3 VCOs]

Shane Schleger: definitely Phil Gordon-esque in mannerisms and general mouth positioning, and I'm sure Shane himself has even heard this comparison made in the past. Anyone saying otherwise is either a friend who construes this as an insult, or has never actually seen Phil Gordon before.

[Injection]

[ QUOTE ]
Then about 5-10mins later:

Shaniac Doubles Through BeL0WaB0Ve

Kevin Saul opens for 85,000 from under the gun. Shane Schleger moves all-in from the big blind for 1,307,000 more. Kevin asks for time, counts out the call, and then asks Danny Wong, who isn't even in the hand how much he has behind. To which Matusow says "We all know you're a weird guy, that's why I like you."

Kevin calls.

Shane shows AK
Kevin AQ

The flop comes J75. The turn is the 6. Shane needs to dodge a quuen to stay alive and he does as the river is the 7. Shane doubles up to 2.8 million.

[/ QUOTE ]

Lol been watching the ME huh? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[J.C. Gloves]

I'm all over the place, hehehe

[J.C. Gloves]

Down to the final 4 we would wanna see:

Eric Panayiotou moves all-in from under the gun in the first hand of the new level. Kevin Saul Makes the call.

Saul shows AK
Eric shows J10

The board comes 10945A and Panyiotou is eliminated in 5th place collecting $154,920.

Kevin is riding high on his roller coster day and is now at 4.6 million.

Updated chip counts:
Blinds 20K/40K (5K)

Kevin Saul - 4,659,000
Mike Matusow - 3,186,000
Shane Schleger - 1,668,000
Danny Wong - 1,154,000

[J.C. Gloves]

Danny Wong Doubles thru hitting Quads in the Process:

Kevin Saul raises to 125,000 from the button and Danny Wong makes the call from the big blind. The board comes K88. Danny checks and Kevin bets 200,000. Wong thinks and raises to 500,000 and Kevin moves all-in. The usually cautious Wong INSTA-calls and stands up as he shows 98. Saul shows KQ.

The turn is the 3 and the river is the 8 and Danny makes quad eights.

Danny finally takes down a big hand and doubles up to 2.916 million. Danny has been checking a lot of flops to Kevin only to fold most hands after a bet. Danny's passive play in the past finally pays off as he was waiting to hit a hand against Kevin.