Das nennt man wohl eine epische Schlacht: Über vier Stunden und mehr als 150 Hände dauerte das Heads-Up im neunten WSOP-Turnier dieses Jahres an und am Ende trug Jeffrey Smith den Sieg davon.
Eckdaten Turnier #9: $1.000 NLH
Mitspieler: 1.940
Buy-In: $900 + $100
Preispool: $1.746.000
Sieger: Jeffrey Smith ($323.125)
Verlauf Finale
Der dritte und letzte Tag des günstigen NLH-Turniers begann mit 12 Spielern, aber innerhalb einer halben Stunde wurden schon die ersten beiden Spieler eliminiert, so dass der Final-Table beginnen konnte.
Dort wurde vergleichsweise zügig weiter eliminiert und so war man nach 138 Händen im Heads-Up. Dort saßen sich Jeff Smith (3,75 Millionen Chips) und Danny Nguyen (2,1 Millionen Chips) gegenüber.
Und dieses Heads-Up sollte über vier Stunden in Anspruch nehmen. Insgesamt lagen rund 150 Big Blinds auf dem Tisch und diese wanderten eifrig zwischen beiden Spielern hin und her, ohne dass eine Entscheidung herbeigeführt wurde.
Nach zwei Stunden sah schließlich Jeff Smith schon wie der sichere Sieger aus als beide Spieler auf einem Q 5 2 6 –Turn all-in waren. Nguyen hatte mit 6 4 geblufft und Smith mit Q 9 dagegen gehalten. Der River brachte mit der 3 allerdings eines von Nguyen 9 Outs und so dauerte das Turnier fort.
Kurz danach erspielte sich Smith wieder eine deutliche Führung doch wieder konnte Nguyen (diesmal mit Flush über Flush) verdoppeln.
Dann allerdings war das Glück von Danny Nguyen so langsam aufgebraucht. Jeff Smith verdoppelte seinerseits mit einem Set gegen Two-Pair und gab in Folge seine Führung nicht mehr her.
Nach insgesamt etwas über 150 Händen Heads-Up hatte Smith seinen Kontrahenten so weit abgeschliffen, dass dieser mit einem Stack von rund 18 Big Blinds preflop mit Q 6 eine 3-Bet-All-In brachte. Smith callte das All-In mit A 9 und gewann den Showdown.
Damit ging das Bracelet im $1.000-NLH-Turnier und das damit verbundene Preisgeld in Höhe von über 323.000 Dollar an Jeffrey Smith.
Endergebnis Turnier #9: $1.000 NLH
| 1. | Jeffrey Smith | United States | $323.125 |
| 2. | Danny Nguyen | United States | $199.829 |
| 3. | Frank Patti | United States | $138.160 |
| 4. | John Fontana | United States | $99.644 |
| 5. | Chris Haugo | United States | $72.843 |
| 6. | Chris Hunichen | United States | $53.951 |
| 7. | Brad Libson | United States | $40.489 |
| 8. | David Inselberg | United States | $30.781 |
| 9. | Jorge Vergara | United States | $23.693 |
| 10. | Cornel Medes | Romania | $18.472 |
| 11. | Dylan Linde | United States | $18.472 |
| 12. | Vinny Pahuja | United States | $18.472 |
| 13. | Rene Angelil | United States | $14.579 |
| 14. | Simeon Naydenov | Bulgaria | $14.579 |
| 15. | Brandon Garrity | United States | $14.579 |
| 16. | Sean Giesbrecht | Canada | $11.645 |
| 17. | Bob Bounahra | Belize | $11.645 |
| 18. | Troy Baker | United States | $11.645 |
| 19. | Jerry DeNicholas | United States | $9.428 |
| 20. | Adam Geyer | United States | $9.428 |
| 21. | Richard Fitzgerald | United States | $9.428 |
| 22. | Christopher Bonita | United States | $9.428 |
| 23. | Joshua Hillock | United States | $9.428 |
| 24. | Debbie Kim | United States | $9.428 |
| 25. | Perry Lin | United States | $9.428 |
| 26. | Roland Israelashvili | United States | $9.428 |
| 27. | Nathan Fair | United States | $9.428 |
| 28. | Vladimir Dobrovolskii | United States | $7.717 |
| 29. | Robert Choi | United States | $7.717 |
| 30. | Owen Crowe | Canada | $7.717 |
| 31. | Kevin Wright | United States | $7.717 |
| 32. | Rachel Kranz | United States | $7.717 |
| 33. | Fernando Arista | Mexico | $7.717 |
| 34. | Brent Wheeler | United States | $7.717 |
| 35. | Steve Gross | United States | $7.717 |
| 36. | Richard Whitebrook | United States | $7.717 |
| 37. | Greg Konrad | United States | $6.390 |
| 38. | Jeff Cote | Canada | $6.390 |
| 39. | Charles Welch | United States | $6.390 |
| 40. | Randal Flowers | United States | $6.390 |
| 41. | Rodney Brown | United States | $6.390 |
| 42. | Scott Hill | Canada | $6.390 |
| 43. | Kevin Poel | Bolivia | $6.390 |
| 44. | Ryan Jaconetti | United States | $6.390 |
| 45. | Peter Johnson | United States | $6.390 |
| 46. | John Lin | United States | $5.360 |
| 47. | Faraz Jaka | United States | $5.360 |
| 48. | Joseph Loguidice | United States | $5.360 |
| 49. | David Eldridge | United States | $5.360 |
| 50. | Marco Pondrelli | Italy | $5.360 |
| 51. | Amnon Filippi | United States | $5.360 |
| 52. | Champie Douglas | United States | $5.360 |
| 53. | Damien Annuschat | United States | $5.360 |
| 54. | Salvatore Bianco | Italy | $5.360 |
| 55. | Rupesh Pattni | United States | $4.539 |
| 56. | Henry Paniccia | United States | $4.539 |
| 57. | David Marczak | United States | $4.539 |
| 58. | Tom Braband | United States | $4.539 |
| 59. | Mark Radoja | Canada | $4.539 |
| 60. | Alexandros Kolonias | Greece | $4.539 |
| 61. | Angela Moed | United States | $4.539 |
| 62. | Kenneth Hicks | United States | $4.539 |
| 63. | Kevin O’Donnell | United States | $4.539 |
| 64. | Elish Patel | United States | $3.893 |
| 65. | Alexander Turyansky | Germany | $3.893 |
| 66. | Joseph Valenzuela | United States | $3.893 |
| 67. | Mitch Schock | United States | $3.893 |
| 68. | Jason Hallee | Canada | $3.893 |
| 69. | Nabih Zaczac | United States | $3.893 |
| 70. | Daniel Davies | Canada | $3.893 |
| 71. | Edmilson Oliveira | Brazil | $3.893 |
| 72. | Thiago Nishijima | Brazil | $3.893 |
| 73. | Gregg Merkow | United States | $3.387 |
| 74. | Brad Tucker | United States | $3.387 |
| 75. | Neal Elgin | United States | $3.387 |
| 76. | Walmor Schmitt | Brazil | $3.387 |
| 77. | Christopher Louviere | United States | $3.387 |
| 78. | Stuart Pfeifer | United States | $3.387 |
| 79. | Keven Stammen | United States | $3.387 |
| 80. | Alexandru Masek | United States | $3.387 |
| 81. | Daniel Park | United States | $3.387 |
| 82. | Mika Paasonen | Finland | $2.968 |
| 83. | Mike Pickett | United States | $2.968 |
| 84. | Adalberto Orrigo | Italy | $2.968 |
| 85. | Hyuck Kwon | United States | $2.968 |
| 86. | Byung Lee | United States | $2.968 |
| 87. | David Champion | United States | $2.968 |
| 88. | Cid Campelo | Brazil | $2.968 |
| 89. | Gary Mentro | United States | $2.968 |
| 90. | Spencer Champlin | United States | $2.968 |
| 91. | David Chase | United States | $2.653 |
| 92. | Nam Le | United States | $2.653 |
| 93. | Jacob Daniels | United States | $2.653 |
| 94. | Tyler Patterson | United States | $2.653 |
| 95. | Mike Allis | United States | $2.653 |
| 96. | Donald Civic | Australia | $2.653 |
| 97. | Son Chau | Canada | $2.653 |
| 98. | Dalton Mills | United States | $2.653 |
| 99. | Hieu Tran | United States | $2.653 |
| 100. | David Wojtczak | United States | $2.374 |
| 101. | Daniel Buzgon | United States | $2.374 |
| 102. | Michael Register | United States | $2.374 |
| 103. | Axel Mollenkott | Germany | $2.374 |
| 104. | Brian Zekus | United States | $2.374 |
| 105. | Michael Wynn | United States | $2.374 |
| 106. | Tom Cage | United States | $2.374 |
| 107. | Peter Cross | Canada | $2.374 |
| 108. | Michael Costello | United States | $2.374 |
| 109. | Stuart Marshak | United States | $2.374 |
| 110. | Jorge Arriola | United States | $2.374 |
| 111. | Idris Drief | United Kingdom | $2.374 |
| 112. | Krzysztof Stybaniewicz | United States | $2.374 |
| 113. | Cleiton Piotto Assuncao | Brazil | $2.374 |
| 114. | Masato Yokosawa | Japan | $2.374 |
| 115. | Caryn Barab | United States | $2.374 |
| 116. | Tony Dunst | United States | $2.374 |
| 117. | Ivan Tononi | Italy | $2.374 |
| 118. | Matthew Lengal | United States | $2.374 |
| 119. | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | $2.374 |
| 120. | Salvatore Casale | United States | $2.374 |
| 121. | Douglas Ashmore | United States | $2.374 |
| 122. | Glenn Swanlund | Canada | $2.374 |
| 123. | Walter Treccarichi | Italy | $2.374 |
| 124. | Christopher MacNeil | United States | $2.374 |
| 125. | Kyle Cartwright | United States | $2.374 |
| 126. | Dung Nguyen | United States | $2.374 |
| 127. | Frank Rusnak | United States | $2.147 |
| 128. | Najib Kamand | United Kingdom | $2.147 |
| 129. | Suzanne Miller | United States | $2.147 |
| 130. | Javier Figueroa | United States | $2.147 |
| 131. | Jacob Schindler | United States | $2.147 |
| 132. | Gionni Demers | United States | $2.147 |
| 133. | Will Jaffe | United States | $2.147 |
| 134. | Hien Ly | United States | $2.147 |
| 135. | Ken Wu | Canada | $2.147 |
| 136. | Mo Chun | United States | $2.147 |
| 137. | Benoit Jean | Canada | $2.147 |
| 138. | Sebastien Plaa | France | $2.147 |
| 139. | Richard Klein | United States | $2.147 |
| 140. | Carter Gill | United States | $2.147 |
| 141. | Lauri Pesonen | Finland | $2.147 |
| 142. | Mark Drover | Canada | $2.147 |
| 143. | Britton Purvis | United States | $2.147 |
| 144. | Royce Cohen | United States | $2.147 |
| 145. | Shannon Shorr | United States | $2.147 |
| 146. | Justin Kinslow | Canada | $2.147 |
| 147. | Raymond Chan | United States | $2.147 |
| 148. | Shadron Walton | United States | $2.147 |
| 149. | Ryan Hartmann | United States | $2.147 |
| 150. | Jacob Bucher | United States | $2.147 |
| 151. | D Schlosser | United States | $2.147 |
| 152. | Travis Roseberry | United States | $2.147 |
| 153. | Ray Qartomy | United States | $2.147 |
| 154. | Richard Murnick | United States | $2.147 |
| 155. | Samuel Murphy | United States | $2.147 |
| 156. | Tylor Hemme | United States | $2.147 |
| 157. | Michael Gross | United States | $2.147 |
| 158. | David Hoote | United States | $2.147 |
| 159. | Huy Nguyen | United States | $2.147 |
| 160. | Stephen Kmet | United States | $2.147 |
| 161. | Christian Harder | United States | $2.147 |
| 162. | Inaki Santos | South Georgia | $2.147 |
| 163. | Adnan Qureshi | United States | $1.972 |
| 164. | Dmitrii Stefanov | Russia | $1.972 |
| 165. | Robert Mather | United States | $1.972 |
| 166. | Luis Contreras | United States | $1.972 |
| 167. | Andrew Hippler | United States | $1.972 |
| 168. | Amato Galasso | United States | $1.972 |
| 169. | Darren Kennedy | Canada | $1.972 |
| 170. | Mike Lesle | United States | $1.972 |
| 171. | Mike Mustafa | United States | $1.972 |
| 172. | Justin Pechie | United States | $1.972 |
| 173. | Tom Thomas | United States | $1.972 |
| 174. | Craig Biehle | United States | $1.972 |
| 175. | Daniel Kuester | United States | $1.972 |
| 176. | Michael Johnson | United States | $1.972 |
| 177. | Sebastian Pauli | Germany | $1.972 |
| 178. | David Chang | United States | $1.972 |
| 179. | Tuan Vu | United States | $1.972 |
| 180. | Mahmood Moghaddam | United States | $1.972 |
| 181. | Bryan Andrews | United States | $1.972 |
| 182. | George Lampert | United States | $1.972 |
| 183. | Eric Stemp | United States | $1.972 |
| 184. | Michael Doyle | United States | $1.972 |
| 185. | Jesse Rodriguez | United States | $1.972 |
| 186. | Adam Lamphere | United States | $1.972 |
| 187. | Jeffrey Schneider | United States | $1.972 |
| 188. | Vien Dinh Bui | United States | $1.972 |
| 189. | Jessy Ang | United States | $1.972 |
| 190. | Santiago Arias | Brazil | $1.972 |
| 191. | Gordon Vayo | United States | $1.972 |
| 192. | Hye Park | United States | $1.972 |
| 193. | Armen Zadoyan | United States | $1.972 |
| 194. | Douglas Carli | United States | $1.972 |
| 195. | Michael Humikowski | United States | $1.972 |
| 196. | Sherif El-Messiri | Canada | $1.972 |
| 197. | John Holley | United States | $1.972 |
| 198. | Lyle Padgett | United States | $1.972 |
Dieser Artikel erschien auf PokerOlymp am 04.06.2014.
