FIRST TIME WSOP BRACELETS FOR ALENIUS AND DE WOLFE
(Update)
19 June 2009
And a new triple crown holder for the
tournament circuit
At the World Series of Poker Events 26 and 27 saw the
two winners each claim their first WSOP bracelets, and
in the case of one achieve a rare triple honour for
tournament play by clinching three major titles.
Event 26 - the $1 500 buy-in Limit Hold'em contest -
attracted 643 entrants, almost eighty percent of whom
were busted out in the first day's action. By day 3 the
field had been reduced to 15, four of whom were
eliminated in the first half-an-hour of renewed play and
a fifth not long after.
The final table came down
to Al Barbieri in the lead on 495 000, followed by Glenn
Engelbert (410 000), Demetrios Arvanetes, Rep Porter and
Tomas Alenius all of 370 000, Jason Tam (255 000),
Richard Brodie (195 000), Cole Miller (180 000), Kim-Phong
Duong (175 000) and Dominik Kulicki (95 000).
By
the time play reached the three handed stage, it was a
close-run contest between Jason Tam in the lead on 970
000, Swedish pro player Tomas Alenius on 930 000 and Al
Barbieri on 850 000, with Barbieri going into a card
decline which finally saw him eliminated in third place
for a payday of $80 072.
The elimination left Tam
in a very strong position, holding 2 175 000 going into
the heads up against Alenius's 720 000, but the cards
were with the Swedish player who took a number of major
pots until he was some 100 000 ahead of his rival, and
thereafter it was just a matter of time and determined
play until he emerged victorious. For his second placing
finish Tam collected $ 121 999, whilst Alenius took the
mian prize of $ 197 509 and his first ever WSOP winner's
bracelet.
In Event #27 - the $5 000 buy-in
Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Split 8 or Better - UK pro Roland
De Wolfe triumphed and became only the second player in
poker tournament history to win European Poker Tour,
World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour titles; only
Gavin Griffin has matched that feat.
198 players
registered for the event, include many professionals
such as Andy Black, Scott Clements, Antony Lellouche and
Alex Kravchenko. The field generated a prize pool of
$470 000.
The final table consisted of Scott
Clements, Roland De Wolfe, Brett Richey, Robert
Campbell, Alex Kravchenko, Andy Black, John Racener,
Armando Ruiz and Anthony Lellouche
Scott Clements
started final table play in the chip lead but only
managed a third placing finish for $ 101 063, opening
the way for the heads up between Roland De Wolfe and
Brett Richey, with the former holding an impressive 4 to
1 chip lead over his opponent, leading to a quickly
resolved contest. De Wolfe took his first bracelet, the
distinction of holding three major titles in a year and
$ 246 616 in main prize winnings. Richey collected a
runner-up payday of $ 152 618.
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