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Carsten Joh wins $1,500 NL Holdem bracelet
Posted by: James Carter. - Wed, 2009-07-01 11:04
The final day of the 2009 WSOP’s $1,500 NL Holdem event (#51), kicked off with 30 players returning to do battle at the green felt.
At the end of a 13-hour marathon session, which included a one-hour heads-up stage, Carsten Joh stood victorious, with his first ever gold bracelet in hand and a $664,426 prize in his pocket. An initial field of 2,781 gave birth to a total prize pool of $3,796,065, hence the generous first prize Joh pocketed.
The final day started out fast, players dropping left and right. Within the first two hours of play, almost half the field had been ousted. The very first hand claimed a victim too: Allan Lebiszczak, whose pocket 7s got called by Jason Helder with K,6 off-suit and the flop brought another K to eliminate Lebiszczak.
Alex Jacob then ran his 2,2 into David Walasinski’s pocket 8s to head to the rail in 21st. Viktoria Szilasi, the last remaining woman shoved all-in on A,7 against Steven Levy’s A,8 and was bounced in 13th place.
Jan Mazurski was the final table bubble buy, as he hit the rail in 10th place, at the hands of Jason Hedler. Mazurski made a preflop raise on his pocket 5s and got called by Hedler with K,K. The flop came 8,2,2 and Mazurski shoved all-in. The turn and the river failed to help him and he was done in 10th.
The official final table action commenced after the dinner break. Nathan Page was the first one to depart from the final table, after his A,Q succumbed to Andrew Chen’s pocket 9s. Hedler took a few hits to his big stack and soon found himself with his back against the wall. He committed the last of his chips on an A,K and got called by Owen Crowe’s pocket 9s. The board bricked out and Hedler was done in 8th place.
Georgios Kapalas didn’t really make any sort of moves at the final table, and his first big move became his last when he busted out at the hands of Carsten Joh, his J,7 no match for the latter’s pocket 7s.
Thibault Durand fell 6th, followed to the rail by Owen Crowe in 5th.
David Walasinski sent Steven Levy home in 4th place. Joh then pulled a fast one on Walasinski and left him crippled, only to re-visit the matter a few hands later and to bounce Walasinki in 3rd place. His K,10 up against Walasinski’s A,9, Joh landed a K on the flop to take the lead. The turn and the river didn’t help Walasinski and he picked up $272,405 for his 3rd place finish.
Walasinski’s elimination meant that Joh entered the heads-up stage vs Andrew Chen with a slight chip lead. He never relinquished that advantage though as he pushed Chen closer and closer to the edge as time went by. The final hand of the tournament saw Joh’s pocket 6s take on Chen’s 10d,9d. The turn did give Chen a 4-card flush but the river gave Joh a set of 6s for the win.
