Der Amerikaner Andrew Lichtenberger ist schon seit mehreren Jahren einer der profiliertesten Pokerspieler auf dem internationalen Parkett. Nur ein Bracelet fehlte noch bei seinen Errungenschaften. Dies hat er letzten Abend geändert, indem er das 52. Turnier dieser WSOP, ein $3k-NLH-Event, gewann.
Eckdaten Event #52: $3000 No-Limit Hold'em
- Spieler: 1125
Andrew Lichtenberger und sein Bracelet - Buy-in: $2.730 + $270
- Preispool: $3.071.250
- Sieger: Andrew Lichtenberger
Mit 1125 Teilnehmern konnte auch dieses Turnier im Vergleich zum Vorjahr (989 Spieler) einen Zuwachs verbuchen. Insgesamt lagen so etwas über 3 Millionen Dollar Preispool und eine Reihe bekannter Spieler schaffte es in die Geldränge.
Unter anderem 888-Pro Sofia Løvgren, die Weltmeister Greg Merson, Joe Cada, sowie Martin Finger, Ismael Bojang, Pierre Neuville und Jay Farber cashten in diesem Turnier.
Das Finale stand dann jedoch ganz im Zeichen Andrew Lichtenberger, dem Grinder, der seit seinem 18. Platz beim WSOP-Main-Event 2009, über siebeneinhalb Millionen Dollar in Turnieren gewinnen konnte. Eigentlich sollte das Turnier bereits am Vortag beendet werden, doch das finale Heads-Up wurde vertagt.
In dieser Nacht machte Lichtenberger nun vergleichsweise kurzen Prozess mit seinem Gegner Craig Blight. Er begann bereits mit einer 3:1 Führung und nachdem er diese ein gutes Stück ausgebaut hatte, sah Lichtenberger bereits nach weniger als einer halben Stunde wie der sichere Sieger aus. Doch Blight kam zwischenzeitlich zurück, glich fast aus und lieferte sich ein spannendes Match gegen Lichtenberger.
Fataler gelimpter Pot
Die Stacks waren fast ausgeglichen (Lichtenberger hatte eine minimale Führung) und in einem gelimpten Pot kam es plötzlich zu einem für Blight fatalen Feuerwerk: Der Flop zeigte 7s 4h 2c, Lichtenberger setzte, Blight check-raiste und Lichtenberger callte. Turn: 3h, nachdem Blight checkte, setzte Lichtenberger erneut und diesmal callte Blight nur. River: Ks, nach einem weiteren Check schob Lichtenberger für etwas mehr als Pot all-in und nach fünf Minuten Nachdenken zahlte Blight. Im Showdown drehte Blight 74 für Two-Pair um, doch diese Hand war chancenlos gegen Lichtenbergers Straße mit 65.
Damit war das Turnier entschieden und Andrew Lichtenberger konnte endlich auf seiner Karriere-To-Do-Liste das WSOP-Bracelet abhaken. Fast 570.000 Dollar Preisgeld gab es noch obendrauf – nach Lichtenbergers Highroller-Sieg bei einem Alpha8-Turnier Ende 2014 sein bestes Ergebnis.
Endergebnis
| 1 | Andrew Lichtenberger | United States | $569,158 |
| 2 | Craig Blight | Australia | $351,721 |
| 3 | Chris Johnson | United States | $249,336 |
| 4 | Mac Sohrabi | United States | $179,015 |
| 5 | Linglin Zeng | United States | $130,191 |
| 6 | Erhan Iscan | United States | $95,925 |
| 7 | Thomas Miller | United States | $71,617 |
| 8 | Roger Teska | United States | $54,190 |
| 9 | Daniel Wagner | United States | $41,563 |
| 10 | Tony Ruberto | United States | $32,320 |
| 11 | Chris Chong | Singapore | $32,320 |
| 12 | Frank Stepuchin | United States | $32,320 |
| 13 | Sevan Markarian | United States | $25,485 |
| 14 | Nick Yunis | Chile | $25,485 |
| 15 | Jay Farber | United States | $25,485 |
| 16 | Ferenc Szuchopa | United States | $20,382 |
| 17 | Seth Berger | United States | $20,382 |
| 18 | James Akenhead | United Kingdom | $20,382 |
| 19 | Pierre Neuville | Belgium | $16,536 |
| 20 | David Valcourt | Canada | $16,536 |
| 21 | Michael Kane | United Kingdom | $16,536 |
| 22 | Salvatore Dicarlo | United States | $16,536 |
| 23 | Daniel Rudd | United Kingdom | $16,536 |
| 24 | Christian Arntson | United States | $16,536 |
| 25 | Yaniv Peretz | Latvia | $16,536 |
| 26 | Simon Deadman | United Kingdom | $16,536 |
| 27 | John Hennigan | United States | $16,536 |
| 28 | John Racener | United States | $13,612 |
| 29 | David Diaz | United States | $13,612 |
| 30 | David Hubbard | United States | $13,612 |
| 31 | Tristan Wade | United States | $13,612 |
| 32 | Christopher Kruk | Canada | $13,612 |
| 33 | Christian Christner | United Kingdom | $13,612 |
| 34 | Matt Stout | United States | $13,612 |
| 35 | Mark Radoja | Canada | $13,612 |
| 36 | Stoyan Obreshkov | Bulgaria | $13,612 |
| 37 | Shan Jing | United States | $11,372 |
| 38 | Jerry Odeen | Sweden | $11,372 |
| 39 | Hayden Aalvik | United States | $11,372 |
| 40 | Paul Vas Nunes | United Kingdom | $11,372 |
| 41 | Alex Goulder | United Kingdom | $11,372 |
| 42 | Edouard Echinard | United States | $11,372 |
| 43 | Samuel Gagnon | Canada | $11,372 |
| 44 | Sameer Aljanedi | United States | $11,372 |
| 45 | Amit Roshanlal | India | $11,372 |
| 46 | Ismael Bojang | Austria | $9,644 |
| 47 | Alex Ward | United Kingdom | $9,644 |
| 48 | Dan O'Brien | United States | $9,644 |
| 49 | Alex Venovski | United States | $9,644 |
| 50 | Jonathan Little | United States | $9,644 |
| 51 | Chou Chou | United States | $9,644 |
| 52 | Stepan Gusak | United States | $9,644 |
| 53 | Steven Clark | United States | $9,644 |
| 54 | Dan Sindelar | United States | $9,644 |
| 55 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | $8,304 |
| 56 | Rene Fortin | Canada | $8,304 |
| 57 | Michael Katz | United States | $8,304 |
| 58 | Asi Moshe | Israel | $8,304 |
| 59 | Matthew Shepsky | United States | $8,304 |
| 60 | Robert Damelian | Australia | $8,304 |
| 61 | Jonathan Krela | Canada | $8,304 |
| 62 | Shannon Shorr | United States | $8,304 |
| 63 | Kevin Saul | United States | $8,304 |
| 64 | Vladas Tamasauskas | United States | $7,262 |
| 65 | Rembert Net | Netherlands | $7,262 |
| 66 | Lika Gerasimova | Russia | $7,262 |
| 67 | Terry Grimes | United States | $7,262 |
| 68 | Guillaume Darcourt | France | $7,262 |
| 69 | Sam Stein | United States | $7,262 |
| 70 | Richard Harroch | United States | $7,262 |
| 71 | Michael Wolf | United States | $7,262 |
| 72 | Fabrizio Nolano | Italy | $7,262 |
| 73 | Marcelo Santos | Brazil | $6,451 |
| 74 | Daniel Wolf | United States | $6,451 |
| 75 | Frederik Jensen | Denmark | $6,451 |
| 76 | Justin Liberto | United States | $6,451 |
| 77 | Chad Holloway | United States | $6,451 |
| 78 | Keith Lehr | United States | $6,451 |
| 79 | James Salmon | United States | $6,451 |
| 80 | Bruno Lopes | France | $6,451 |
| 81 | Greg Himmelbrand | United States | $6,451 |
| 82 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | $5,822 |
| 83 | James Vecchio | United States | $5,822 |
| 84 | Craig McCorkell | United Kingdom | $5,822 |
| 85 | Marlin Drake | United States | $5,822 |
| 86 | Josep Galindo | Spain | $5,822 |
| 87 | Jordan Kaplan | United States | $5,822 |
| 88 | Dave Fox | United States | $5,822 |
| 89 | Jerome Zerbib | France | $5,822 |
| 90 | Chun Law | United Kingdom | $5,822 |
| 91 | Daniel Strelitz | United States | $5,341 |
| 92 | Oliver Bosch | Austria | $5,341 |
| 93 | Robert Tinnion | United Kingdom | $5,341 |
| 94 | Talal Shakerchi | United Kingdom | $5,341 |
| 95 | Jonathan Tamayo | United States | $5,341 |
| 96 | Frank Werder | Germany | $5,341 |
| 97 | Martin Finger | Austria | $5,341 |
| 98 | Ben Yu | United States | $5,341 |
| 99 | Cristiano Guerra | Italy | $5,341 |
| 100 | Julian Parmann | United States | $4,980 |
| 101 | Diegoalfonso Venturachunga | Guinea-Bissau | $4,980 |
| 102 | Seth Fischer | United States | $4,980 |
| 103 | Bruno Kawauti | Brazil | $4,980 |
| 104 | Daniel Fuhs | United States | $4,980 |
| 105 | Arkadiy Tsinis | United States | $4,980 |
| 106 | Patrick Eskandar | United States | $4,980 |
| 107 | Santiago Nadal | Mexico | $4,980 |
| 108 | Spencer Champlin | United States | $4,980 |
| 109 | Rex Clinkscales | United States | $4,980 |
| 110 | Darren Elias | United States | $4,980 |
| 111 | Cory Albertson | United States | $4,980 |
| 112 | Nathan Tuthill | United States | $4,980 |
| 113 | Sebastien Comel | France | $4,980 |
| 114 | Dan Kelly | United States | $4,980 |
| 115 | Jordan Young | United States | $4,980 |
| 116 | Timothy Adams | Canada | $4,980 |
| 117 | Robert Castoire | United States | $4,980 |
| 118 | Joe Cada | United States | $4,980 |
| 119 | Mitch Garshofsky | United States | $4,980 |
| 120 | Giulio Mascolo | United Kingdom | $4,980 |
| 121 | Ivan Sheptytskyi | Ukraine | $4,980 |
| 122 | Dorian Rios | Venezuela | $4,980 |
| 123 | Zhaoxing Wang | United States | $4,980 |
| 124 | Guiliano Bendinelli | Italy | $4,980 |
| 125 | Ryan Laplante | United States | $4,980 |
| 126 | Pete Vilandos | United States | $4,980 |
| 127 | Greg Merson | United States | $4,723 |
| 128 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | $4,723 |
| 129 | Jeffrey Chang | United States | $4,723 |
| 130 | Rahul Byrraju | India | $4,723 |
| 131 | Gabriel Andrade | United States | $4,723 |
| 132 | Park Yu Cheung | Hong Kong | $4,723 |
| 133 | Daniel Buzgon | United States | $4,723 |
| 134 | Eduards Kudrjavcevs | Latvia | $4,723 |
| 135 | Brandon Newsome | United States | $4,723 |
| 136 | Josh Pollock | United States | $4,723 |
| 137 | Philippe Narboni | France | $4,723 |
| 138 | Sofia Lovgren | Sweden | $4,723 |
| 139 | Chaitanya Vallabhaneni | United States | $4,723 |
| 140 | Ruslan Gazaev | Russia | $4,723 |
| 141 | Anthony Valiente | United States | $4,723 |
| 142 | Levon Baghdassarian | United States | $4,723 |
| 143 | Raymond Wang | United States | $4,723 |
| 144 | Nick Rampone | United States | $4,723 |
| 145 | Matt Waxman | United States | $4,723 |
| 146 | Roman Valerstein | United States | $4,723 |
| 147 | Thomas Sica | United States | $4,723 |
| 148 | Darren Rabinowitz | United States | $4,723 |
| 149 | Ty Reiman | United States | $4,723 |
| 150 | Michael Benvenuti | United States | $4,723 |
| 151 | Lyle Randall Vincent | United States | $4,723 |
| 152 | Daniel Wilson | Ireland | $4,723 |
| 153 | Brian Egger | United States | $4,723 |
| 154 | Brent Roberts | United States | $4,556 |
| 155 | Joseph Sidoryk | United States | $4,556 |
| 156 | Justin Bonomo | United States | $4,556 |
| 157 | Stephan Robertson | United States | $4,556 |
| 158 | Rob Benford | United States | $4,556 |
| 159 | Tom McCormick | United States | $4,556 |
| 160 | David Peters | United States | $4,556 |
| 161 | Michael Hernandez | United States | $4,556 |
| 162 | Ilan Boujenah | Israel | $4,556 |
| 163 | Ryan Leng | United States | $4,556 |
| 164 | Shayna Bott | United States | $4,556 |
| 165 | Dean Spagnuolo | Zimbabwe | $4,556 |
| 166 | Thomas Tolbert | United States | $4,556 |
| 167 | Jamie Rosen | United States | $4,556 |
| 168 | Artur Koren | Austria | $4,556 |
| 169 | Maxim Semisoshenko | Russia | $4,556 |
Dieser Artikel erschien auf PokerOlymp am 04.07.2016.
