WPT $25,000 Final: Day 4 - Interactive

[danafish]

Where are you guys staying and what are the room rates like?

Snoops, did you fly from Brum and if so, may I ask who you book through?

Stay at the Imperial Palace! Cheapest casino on the Strip! And with nearly naked Chinese girl wrestling with a snake on a podium outside! Unless they've knocked it down to build something nicer, of course.

[Djinn]

Pretty much the next hand, Raymond Davis, suffering an averagey stack for the first time in days, takes on all-in short stack Mark Gregorich with his vs. Mark's ...

Flop: 
Turn:    The announcer says, "Mark will now need an Ace to win..." at which point the usual half dozen cry, "Or a Four!"
River: 

So Mark Gregorich finishes in 32nd place, winning $77,350.

[snoopy1239]

One of the early pace makers, Loi Phan is now struggling at the bottom of the chip count, although he did just take a small pot of Ian Johns, the latter raising it up pre-flop but conceding when Phan bet 100k on the 8c-9h-Kd Flop.

[Djinn]

Where are you guys staying and what are the room rates like?

Snoops, did you fly from Brum and if so, may I ask who you book through?

Stay at the Imperial Palace! Cheapest casino on the Strip! And with nearly naked Chinese girl wrestling with a snale on a podium outside! Unless they've knocked it down to build something nicer, of course.

I've got some money on the snail this year - look at this training!

[The Camel]

Had some killer games of Killer with Alan Betson and The Camel at The Tilted Kilt.

I am useless at pool.

Who are you Sweeney? Did you win my money?

Yep, yourself, Alan, Craig Wildman and a couple of others I'm struggling to recall.  Was at WSOP 2005, and I was the big bloke with the Ronnie O'Sullivan cue action.  If fairness to you Keith, you were a good sport considering in terms of pool-playing process, you were like a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest!  Remember now?

And yes, I do play golf.....

Hmmm. I have no recollection of this night... to be fair I was probably drunk!

I demand a rematch at ping pong!

[NoflopsHomer]

HUGE double through for Carlos Mortensen - he put his pretty decent stack and tournament life on the line on a flop, against Raymond Davis, who had the magic , but an offsuit to go with it. 
The turn: 
The river: 
The phrases, "Nice hand Carlos... you're back in the game..." come in from all sides.  Back in the game - and how - with 2,500,000 if his stacks are in even piles of twenty, for once...

What did he have?

[danafish]

Where are you guys staying and what are the room rates like?

Snoops, did you fly from Brum and if so, may I ask who you book through?

Stay at the Imperial Palace! Cheapest casino on the Strip! And with nearly naked Chinese girl wrestling with a snale on a podium outside! Unless they've knocked it down to build something nicer, of course.

I've got some money on the snail this year - look at this training!

I've edited it now, so it's you who looks like the weirdo... Surely you remember the snake lady? Who could forget!

[snoopy1239]

A dejected but now relatively affluent David Oppenheim is the next to bite the dust, his Pocket Nine's no match for Paul Lee's Threes on a 3-6-2 Flop, te Ten Turn and 5 River sealing the Candian's fate.

[Micko]

HUGE double through for Carlos Mortensen - he put his pretty decent stack and tournament life on the line on a flop, against Raymond Davis, who had the magic , but an offsuit to go with it. 
The turn: 
The river: 
The phrases, "Nice hand Carlos... you're back in the game..." come in from all sides.  Back in the game - and how - with 2,500,000 if his stacks are in even piles of twenty, for once...

What did he have?

Set of 7's

[wsopin07]

Where are you guys staying and what are the room rates like?

Snoops, did you fly from Brum and if so, may I ask who you book through?

Stay at the Imperial Palace! Cheapest casino on the Strip! And with nearly naked Chinese girl wrestling with a snake on a podium outside! Unless they've knocked it down to build something nicer, of course.

really, i might have to change my point of entry in vegas tomorrow

[snoopy1239]

When I spot shitloads of chips in the middle, that's usually a sign that a big hand's taking place, and that was certainly the case on Table Mortensen, the Spaniard putting Ben Johnson to a decision for his tournament life on a board of .

A fidgety Johnson, ummed and aared (heart on his sleeve time) before making a brave and ultimately top quality call with .

Mortensen showed , which failed to improve come the River.

He didn't holler or high five, but Johnson was clearly over the moon and couldn't help but jump out of his seat like a dog hearing the word 'walkies'. He went to take a sip on his drink, but struggled as the adnrenalin pumping around his body was making his hands shake. A few deep breaths later and he was back to normal, happy to stack (although probably still shakily) his newly acquired stack.

[NoflopsHomer]

When I spot shitloads of chips in the middle, that's usually a sign that a big hand's taking place, and that was certainly the case on Table Mortensen, the Spaniard putting Ben Johnson to a decision for his tournament life on a board of .

A fidgety Johnson, ummed and aared (heart on his sleeve time) before making a brave and ultimately top quality call with .

Mortensen showed , which failed to improve come the River.

He didn't holler or high five, but Johnson was clearly over the moon and could help but jump out of his seat like a dog hearing the word 'walkies'. He went to take a sip on his drink, but struggled as the adnrenalin pumping around his body was making his hands shake. A few deep breaths later and he was abck to normal, happy to stack (although probably still shakily) his newly acquired stack.

2nd in Baden right? Very mild-mannered, if I recall.

[Djinn]

Counts from Table Hellmuth (who just doubled up Sorel Mizzi - that hand in a minute):

Richard Anthony  640k
Lyle Berman   314k
Sorel Mizzi     1.2 mil
David Baker    1.29 mil
Thomas Schreiber  360k
Phil Hellmuth   800k
David Levi       1.3 mil
Roland de Wolfe  360k

[Djinn]

Phil Hellmuth raised preflop (blinds are now 10k/20k ante 3k)... Sorel Mizzi called in the big blind.
Flop:    Hellmuth is talking, someone's all in on the table behind, I missed who made the bet here, but they got to the turn with a medium pot going.  Sorel bet it solidly, and Hellmuth made a show of reluctance, "I'm going to need a Jack..." before calling.
River:  (incredibly). Now Sorel moves all in for his remaining few hundred thousand (that's a funny phrase to write) and Hellmuth called characteristically quickly...
Sorel showed:  for the boat, while Hellmuth flashed an Ace and mucked, chagrined.
Roland pipes up, "The Jack was probably the safest card in the deck."  But Sorel admits, "The Jack scared me, I'm not going to lie."

[Djinn]

Roland de Wolfe doubles up to 700k - heard it over the mic - all in with a flush, no less, against Richard Anthony.