WPT $25,000 Final: FINAL TABLE

[BigTomatoes]

 great work by the way guys , any jobs going ?

[Djinn]

The chip counts were just read out - I almost caught it, too:

Kirk Morrison         5,470,000
Carlos Mortensen  7,140,000
Paul Lee            10,340,000
Tim Phan             2,140,000
Guy Laliberte        5,500,000(?)

That nearly adds up to around 30mil.  Good enough.

[snoopy1239]

Just witnessed a flurry of minor battles, Mortensen, Lee and Laliberte all taking down small pots with Flop bets.

[The Sweeney]

I see Guy made his money as Mr. Cirque De Soleil.  Who knows, he might offer Carlos And His Amazing Performing Chips their very own Vegas show.

[dino1980]

There's been a break, during which something free with Mike Sexton's face on it was given away.  I think it was a bottle opener.  Anyway, as a sign of how seriously they take their filming:  "If anyone in the audience really needs to go the toilet, consider holding it or we will fill your seat, especially if you're in the front rows as we are filming.  This will be on TV."

They've raised the blinds to 100k/200k ante 20k.

I watched the WPT Invitational Final live where, Linda Johnson during breaks  gave away WPT/Budweiser t-shirts for answering WPT themed questions - i managed to guess correctly who the wpt player of the season for season four was. Anyone else know (this is obv a brag post) btw it wasn't The Grinder, who, i think it should have been.  It kinda reminded me of U.S college sports games where they fire out t-shirts into teh audience thru some kind of cannon.

have they got anyone up to tell jokes yet? if not it's only a matter of time.

[snoopy1239]

Tim Phan is OUT and becomes the 5th place finisher winning $464,140

With the blinds at 100k and 200k, Phan moved all-in pre-flop for 1,720,000 with , but found Kirk Morrison moving over the top with .

Board =

[Djinn]

There's been a break, during which something free with Mike Sexton's face on it was given away.  I think it was a bottle opener.  Anyway, as a sign of how seriously they take their filming:  "If anyone in the audience really needs to go the toilet, consider holding it or we will fill your seat, especially if you're in the front rows as we are filming.  This will be on TV."

They've raised the blinds to 100k/200k ante 20k.

I watched the WPT Invitational Final live where, Linda Johnson during breaks  gave away WPT/Budweiser t-shirts for answering WPT themed questions - i managed to guess correctly who the wpt player of the season for season four was. Anyone else know (this is obv a brag post) btw it wasn't The Grinder, who, i think it should have been.  It kinda reminded me of U.S college sports games where they fire out t-shirts into teh audience thru some kind of cannon.

have they got anyone up to tell jokes yet? if not it's only a matter of time.

The best sports-game audience gift I ever got was hotdogs, at a baseball game, shot into the stands by a hot-dog gun, which looked like a rocket launcher and fired them a good long way.  Awesome.

[snoopy1239]

First family pot of the day goes to Kirk Morrison, betting 700k on a after everyone checked dow the flop.

[snoopy1239]

What's the difference between Phil Hellmuth and God...


























God never thinks he's Phil Hellmuth.

[Djinn]

Carlos gets a walk.
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Carlos calls in the small blind after Guy makes it 500k from the button.

Flop:    Guy bets a million after Carlos checks.  Carlos stares at what looks like the stack of the French-Canadian, although it's hard to say due to the dark tint of his glasses...and lets it go.

[Djinn]

Carlos makes it 500k, small blind Paul and big blind Kirk does too.
Flop:    Paul checks, Kirk checks, Carlos checks.
Turn:    Check to Carlos, who can't help it, clearly, betting 800k which is good enough to win the 1.6 mil in the pot.

[Djinn]

Rough chip estimates:

Kirk Morrison   6.5 mil
Carlos Mortensen  10.6 mil
Paul Lee    8.6 mil
Guy Laliberte   6.5 mil

Carlos on the rise, Paul on the decline, the other two close behind.

[snoopy1239]

Paul makes it 700k and Kirk calls. Both players check the Qc-7d-3s Flop Kirk bets 1.5 milion on the Js Turn and wins.

[snoopy1239]

Due to the size of the blinds, I don't thin today's final will last too long.

It's a shame really considering how much they're playing for. If it wasn't for a billionaire and a former WSOP Champion being at the table, I'd assume they'd done a deal, but I think they're after the full whack and an untainted title.

[Djinn]

Guy vs. Carlos (the preflop raiser to 550k):
Flop:      Carlos bets 1.4 mil on the flop.  Guy calls
Turn:    Guy announces all-in immediately.  Far from immediate response from Mortensen - while Guy counts down his stack for his potential caller, Carlos thinks about it.  And thinks about it (pictured).  He passes in the end, dropping 2 mil and probably the lead back to Lee.