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Jerrod Ankenman wins $2,500 mixed event, takes down first bracelet
Posted by: James Carter. - Sat, 2009-06-27 14:26
Layne Flack was among the 14 players who returned for the final day of the $2,500 mixed event of the 2009 WSOP. Flack was looking to score his 4th WSOP bracelet, however – at the end of that day – this bracelet would go onto the wrist of Jerrod Ankenman and the first prize of $241,637 would end up in his pockets.
Blair Rodman, Dario Alioto and Jimmy Fricke were also among the final 14.
The first elimination of the day was that of Blair Rodman. An Omaha Hi/Lo hand saw him go all-in preflop against Andrew Radel and Adam Friedman. Both Radel and Friedman then went on to hit flushes to eliminate Rodman in 14th.
It didn’t take long for Rami Boukai to follow Rodman to the rail. Trai Dang happened upon buried Qs in a Stud Hi/Lo and Boukai failed to make a low, to find himself without any chips, ejected in 13th.
Dang himself fell next, as Eric Crain hit an A-high flush in an Omaha round to dispose of him.
Jerrod Ankenman then disposed of Andrew Radel. A deuce to seven hand then brought about Adam Friedman’s demise, Layne Flack responsible for his elimination.
Jimmy Fricke had started the day on the shortest stack, yet he managed to maneuver his way around in order to avoid elimination. He wasn’t able to make it all the way to the final table though: he was eliminated in 9th place by Ankenman who made an 8-low to turn Fricke into the final table bubble-boy.
Two of the short-stacks were the first two victims of final table action. Dario Alioto decided to make a stand against Jon Turner in a Stud hand. Turner made a set of 9s though to beat Alioto’s two pair and to send him home in 8th place, $25,860 in his pocket.
Layne Flack fell next, eliminated by Eric Crain in another Stud round.
The win didn’t give Crain enough ammo to help him stay in the fray though. He was eliminated next, as he took a huge hit from Sergey Altbregin first (his Ah,Kh fell short against Altbregin’s pocket rockets). Jerrod Ankenman delivered the finishing blow in the very next hand, as Crain’s Broadway straight draw failed to fill up against his set.
Joe Turner finished 5th, eliminated in a 4-way hand.
Jeff Tims left the final table next, his stack added to Chris Klodnicki’s. Klodnicki bit the dust in third place when Ankenman hit a flush against him in an Omaha hand, thus the heads-up confrontation between Ankenman and Altbregin was set.
Thanks to a big pot which he’d taken off Ankenman during 3-handed play, Altbregin started the heads-up action with a slight advantage. Ankenman took great advantage of a series of Omaha hi/lo hands though to chip away at Altbregin’s stack. Pretty soon, Altbregin was on the brink of elimination. He committed his last few chips in a Holdem hand, in which Ankenman’s 6,5o, which had caught two pairs on the flop went on to make a straight on the turn to send Altbregin packing in 2nd.
