MIZRACHI THE OMAHA KING AT WSOP

6 July 2007

Poker ace dominates final table play in event 50

One of the top events in the World Series of Poker has to be the $10 000 Pot Limit Omaha, a competition that once again this year attracted top players

314 players started, including luminaries like Doyle Brunson, Patrik Antonius, Scotty Nguyen, Annie Duke and Greg Raymer. By Day 2 only 55 survived. Giving a hint of the pressure and competitivness by the end of the first hour ten top players had been eliminated, including Anita Perl, Alex Brenes, John Duthie, Greg Raymer, Minh Ly, JC Tran and Chau Giang.

With the money bubble extending to 36 remaining players, play continued until the final nine was reached, consisting of Tommy Ly (1 895 000) Robert Mizrachi (1 090 000) Rene Mouritsen (775 000) Patrik Antonius (650 000) Doyle Brunson (510 000) Jonas Flug-Entin (445 000) Marco Traniello (420 000) Stephen Ladowski (360 000) and Steve Sung (175 000)

With such a constellation of poker stars, and the lure of big money and, for Brunson, that elusive 12th bracelet, the game held all the promise of a great occasion - and it did not disappoint as the players went at it.

Starting with the second best chip count and clearly thirsting for his first WSOP bracelet, Mizrachi played outstandingly throughout and dominated the final table.

In the end it was Mizrachi all the way, with Brunson's hopes of a tie with Hellmuth on bracelets dashed as he was eliminated by Patrik Antonius in sixth place, earning $123 967 for his trouble. Antonius lasted until he was sent to the rail in third place, for which he collected $311 394.

By the time the game went to heads up Mizrachi had a serious lead as he faced off with Rene Mouritsen, and it took less than fifteen hands to decide the match. Mizrachi took away his first bracelet and a handsome $768 889 check, leaving second placed Mouritsen with $464 877.

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