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WSOP 2010 Day 9 – Tom Dwan closing in on the prey
Posted by: Jo Martin - Mon, 2010-06-07 15:58
Event #9, the $1,500 PL Holdem event, saw James Dempsey roll to another WSOP title. He survived a field of 650 initial registrants to take the $197k first prize and the coveted WSOP jewelry.
Steve Chanthabouasy was the last player standing between Dempsey and glory. The heads-up match between the two lasted for around two hours, before Dempsey managed to land the knock-out blow. The final hand of the poker tournament saw Chanthabouasy make the first move with his A,7o. Dempsey had A,10 in the hole though, and didn’t hesitate to shift the pressure right back to his opponent: he raised him, in response to which, Chanthabouasy shoved the rest if his chips into the middle. Dempsey made the call and the flop fell 6,5,4. A Q fell on the turn, followed by a 4 on the river and Dempsey was the winner of another
WSOP bracelet.
The $10k 7-Card Stud World championship event raised plenty of interest too. The two top finishers of the $50k Player’s Championship were both in contention, threatening to turn this poker tournament into a remake of the other one. Eventually though, both Michael Mizrachi and Vladimir Schmelev fell short of glory in this one. They were eliminated in 6th and 7th places respectively.
The win went to none other than Men Nguyen, the Master, who defeated Brandon Adams heads-up for the title.
Event #11, the $1,500
NL Holdem one was right up Tom Dwan’s alley apparently. The
Full Tilt Poker pro has his mind set on earning himself at least a couple of bracelets this year to win some massive prop bets, and this run seems to be his best so far.
With 21 players remaining in contention, Dwan Will be the one to go into the final day of the poker tournament with the biggest stack of chips (1,068,000). There are plenty of potentially dangerous foes left among the survivors though: Antoine Amourette will be there, together with Alex Bolotin. Given that his goal is to win 2 WSOP bracelets, Dwan did his best on Day 9 to three-table, playing in three different events. His chip lead in the $1,500 NL Holdem event came about thanks to a lucky break, when his pocket 10s cracked Amnon Fillipi’s pocket Ks.
Event #13, the $1,500 Limit Holdem one, saw the field play down to the final 13 with Jason Potter leading the pack.
Event #14, another $1,000 NL Holdem special, attracted a starting field of 1,922 players. More people are expected to show up on Day 1B.
Another event to start on Day 9 was the $1,500 2-7 lowball one, which attracted a starting field of 250 players.
