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Martin Klaser strikes back on Day 3 of $1,500 PL Omaha Hi/Lo event, takes bracelet.
Posted by: James Carter. - Fri, 2008-06-27 17:15
After a not-so-bright Day 2 finish, Martin Klaser struck back with a vengeance at the final table of event #40, the $1,500 PL Omaha Hi/Lo one. He busted out player after player, and looked quite unstoppable on his way to the ultimate prize in his very first WSOP event. Just to illustrate the extent of his dominance: heads-up, he took down almost every pot.
Tom Chambers, who started the final on 269,000 chips, was the first one to head to the rail. He got all-in with A,K,A,9 against Casey Kastle with 2,4,7,7. Casey ended up making the nut flush and the winning low too, and thus Chambers was felted.
Larry Wright, one of the short-stacks, who started the day on 117,000 chips, would soon follow. Casey Kastle was the culprit in this elimination too.
Martin Klaser would get going by eliminating Joseph Haddad in 7th. Haddad had A,A,4,2 against Klaser’s A,10,5,3 but the board gave the latter a wheel. Haddad failed to make a low and thus Klaser scooped up the pot.
The next victim of the eliminations-race between Klaser and Kastle would be Chad Burum who succumbed to Klaser’s A,2,6,5.
Casey Kastle did away with Jon Maren next.
Eric’s Seidel’s bid for his 9th WSOP bracelet came to an abrupt end when he ran into Kastle’s A,K,K,5, with which the latter made a full house. Eric failed to make a good high or a valid low hand so he busted out in 4th.
It was Martin Klaser’s turn to jot another addition down on his victims list. Michael Fetter went all-in on him on A,Q,9,10, only to have Klaser make a set on the flop.
The heads-up battle between Klaser and Kastle, the two who combined were responsible for the knocking out of every other final table player, was dominated by Klaser. He won 16 out of the 19 hands played, and busted Kastle’s J,10,3,2 in the final hand for the win and the prize of $216,249.
