18 Jun 09
WSOP Event #33: Greg Mueller Stands Victorious
After three days of making his way through a tough field, Greg Mueller managed to win the $10,000 Limit Hold'em tournament. With likes of Daniel Alaei at the final table, it was far from an easy task to win the event.
With
12 players left, the play continued with the final day of the $10,000
Limit Hold'em tournament. Kenny Hsiun entered the day as the chip
leader, while Jennifer Harman (pictured right) was severly short stacked and needed a
miracle to make it to the final table.Short stacked or not, Harman managed to win a pot against Hsiung early on, but the bigger stacks didn't tolerate her bets for long. She was soon seen losing three pots in a row, which sent her to the rail.
Maria Ho was the next player to get busted and the remaining ten players moved to the final table. Matt Hawrilenko entered the ten-handed play pretty well, hitting a Royal Flush in a hand against Kenny Hsiung. A minute ago he was short stacked and one flush later, his stack was up to 750,000.
The "official final table" was set when Daniel Alaei busted Mark Klecan in 10th place. By this time, the former chip leader Kenny Hsiung was down to just 390,000 and Alaei was the new leader with 1,001,000. Alaei continued his good run and it was Hsiung who had to pack his bags next after an encounter with Alaei. Hsiung held
while Alaei held 
. The board read 
which meant Hsiung was out in 9th place.
"just one more time...and one more after it"
Meanwhile,
Soheil Shamseddin was refusing to make his leave and always seemed to
find a way to stay alive. He was down to 130,000 chips, Michiel
Brummelhuis raised, Shamseddin re-raised, Brummelhuis four-bet and
Shamseddin called all-in. Brummelhuis showed 
and Shamseddin revealed 
.The flop came
, followed by the turn card 
and Shamseddin cried, "One time!" However, his "one time"
was rather questionable, as he had already doubled up a few times.
Either way, his wish was granted and "one more time" a blank 
came on the river to double him up to 298,000.Even though he managed to stay alive for some time, Shamseddin couldn't fight his way through and had to leave the table in 8th place. In his final hand, Shamseddin held
and Glantz held 
. They got their chips in on the turn and the final board read 
and Shamseddin was out.Michiel Brummelhuis' ship began to sink after a hand against Daniel Alaei. He was left with 115,000 chips and got himself in a pot against Matt Glantz, Pat Pezzin and Chad Brown. He was either going to more than get back into the game or just watch the last of his chips fly away. Unfortunately for him, his
was not good enough, as the board came 
and Glantz turned over his winning hand, pocket sevens.Matt Glantz busted another player after the dinner break and it was Pat Pezzin. Another Matt was seen making his way out and this time it was Matt Hawrilenko. Even though he had a great start at the final table, his journey was over after a hand against Pezzin. It was a Q-9 against Q-8 battle and with no help from the board, Pezzin's Q-9 was good enough.
mueller takes the throne
While
the remaining players were trying to make another step closer to the
title, Greg Raymer appeared out of nowhere and decided to walk right
past the barrier and up to the table to talk to Chad Brown. Not the
kind of stunt any other mortal, amateur poker player could pull off,
but apparently it was forgiven to him.
Daniel Negreanu also appeared amongst the crowd and one spectator said to him, "Daniel, you're the best player ever!" Negreanu replied, "Thank you. I disagree, but thank you. Have you ever seen Phil Ivey? He's scary." The spectator added, "Ok, you're the best Canadian player ever." And Negreanu commented, "Oh screw that."
Daniel
Alaei is another notable name in the poker world and he was on his way
to winning the tournament, but then his plans fell apart. Alaei raised,
Greg Mueller called and the flop came 
. Mueller bet, Alaei raised, Mueller re-raised and Alaei called all-in for his last 35,000. Mueller turned over 
and Alaei revealed . The turn came , followed by the 
on the river. Alaei was bust and Mueller climbed up to 1.6 million in chips.
The heads-up play was finally reached after a hand featuring Chad Brown taking on Greg Mueller. Brown raised, Mueller re-raised, Brown four-bet all-in and Mueller made the call. Brown showed and Mueller turned over 
. The board came 
to give Mueller a straight and send Brown to the rail in 3rd place.
Greg Mueller (pictured right) entered the heads-up with a 3.8 million to 1.75 million lead over Pat Pezzin. Pezzin never really managed to pose a serious threat to Mueller and soon found himself down to just 150,000.
Even though he managed to double up when his J-8 beat Mueller's A-K, it was all over in the next hand. Mueller raised, Pezzin called and the flop came
. Pezzin bet and then called all-in to Mueller's raise. Pezzin showed and Mueller revealed 
. The board read 
and Mueller won the $10,000 Limit Hold'em event.
Here are the final table results:
Daniel Negreanu also appeared amongst the crowd and one spectator said to him, "Daniel, you're the best player ever!" Negreanu replied, "Thank you. I disagree, but thank you. Have you ever seen Phil Ivey? He's scary." The spectator added, "Ok, you're the best Canadian player ever." And Negreanu commented, "Oh screw that."
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| Source: IMPDI for 2009 WSOP |
. Mueller bet, Alaei raised, Mueller re-raised and Alaei called all-in for his last 35,000. Mueller turned over and Alaei revealed . The turn came , followed by the on the river. Alaei was bust and Mueller climbed up to 1.6 million in chips.The heads-up play was finally reached after a hand featuring Chad Brown taking on Greg Mueller. Brown raised, Mueller re-raised, Brown four-bet all-in and Mueller made the call. Brown showed
and Mueller turned over . The board came to give Mueller a straight and send Brown to the rail in 3rd place.Greg Mueller (pictured right) entered the heads-up with a 3.8 million to 1.75 million lead over Pat Pezzin. Pezzin never really managed to pose a serious threat to Mueller and soon found himself down to just 150,000.
Even though he managed to double up when his J-8 beat Mueller's A-K, it was all over in the next hand. Mueller raised, Pezzin called and the flop came
. Pezzin bet and then called all-in to Mueller's raise. Pezzin showed and Mueller revealed . The board read and Mueller won the $10,000 Limit Hold'em event.Here are the final table results:
| World Series Of Poker Event #33 Results |
||
| Rank |
Name | Chips |
| 1st |
Greg Mueller | $460,836 |
| 2nd |
Pat Pezzin | $285,196 |
| 3rd |
Chad Brown |
$188,855 |
| 4th |
Daniel Alaei |
$134,733 |
| 5th |
Matt Hawrilenko |
$100,688 |
| 6th |
Matt Glantz |
$80,342 |
| 7th |
Michiel Brummelhuis | $67,647 |
| 8th |
Soheil Shamseddin | $59,996 |
| 9th |
Kenny Hsiung |
$55,996 |
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