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Event 37 – Final Table – One Down!
1 year ago
The players are still tucking into their assorted foodstuffs on the dinner break, but here's the last few snippets of action PokerListings.com witnessed just prior to the break.
Waaah, I Want My Ma!! (OUT - 9th)
Tony Ma is the first player to be sent packing from the final table. Short stacked and heads up with Toto Leonidas, he bet out on a 3
7 T 4 board, and Leonidas raised enough to set him in.
Ma called with 3
4
5 8, an eight high flush and 5-8 low, but was in a world of hurt versus Leonidas' A
2 9 8, a better nine high flush and nut low.
He was drawing dead barring a one out straight flush draw for half the pot, but apparently he hadn't realised as he felt the A on the river counterfeited Leonidas' low allowing him half the pot, yelling out in delight, only for his tablemates to politely point out that no, in fact it was time for him to collect his belongings and skedaddle. Nice try!
Tony Ma is OUT, eliminated in 9th spot, winning $55,225.
Mouth Full Of Chips
Matusow was short, but is no more. All-in preflop, he was called by David Benyamine and Eugene Katchalov.
Both players remained in the hand till the river of a 7 Q 9 K 8, and it was checked round which led to Matusow jumping up and shouting "Send the pot to me!" as he was aware his K K 5 A second nut flush was good.
He continued to berate the players as he drew in the sizable pot, and warned them about the folly of doubling him up.
With one bracelet under his belt already this year, he might be right!
Here's how it affected the chip counts as we wait for the end of the dinner break. Counts courtesy of worldseriesofpoker.com
| Toto Leonidas | $900,000 |
| David Benyamine | $765,000 |
| Jason Gray | $680,000 |
| Ram Vaswani | $670,000 |
| Mike Matusow | $600,000 |
| Greg Jamison | $375,000 |
| David Chiu | $350,000 |
| Eugene Katchalov | $270,000 |
- Level: 22
- Blinds: 15,000/30,000
- Limit: 30,000/60,000
- Average Stack: $587,500
- Players Left: 8
- Tables Left: 1
Event 37 – Final Table – Here We Go!
1 year ago
Ladies and gentleman, it took only four hours but we finally have ourselves a final table and it’s a good one folks so stay tuned to PokerListings.com to see how this one turns out. In the meantime here’s what happened in the last hour of play.
Berry Johnston Buried (10th)
Berry Johnston, who has been razzed by Mike Matusow the entire day for his age, will not be making an appearance at the actual final table of Event 37.
Johnston was crippled by David Benyamine in a previous hand and then decided to get it all-in pre-flop versus Ram Vaswani. The players flipped over their cards:
Johnston: A 8 K Q
Vaswani: 4 2 3 4
The board came 6 6 5 A 3 which gave Vaswani a straight and Johnston his walking papers. The Full Tilt pro will receive $38,657 for coming 10th.
Full Blown Final Table
We waited and waited and it’s finally upon us: the nine-player final table of Event 37. There are some extremely well-known players in the running so it could be a final table for the history books. Here are the chip counts as the players enter the final table (courtesy of www.worldseriesofpoker.com):
| 1. David Benyamine | $1.2 million |
| 2. David Chiu | $730,000 |
| 3. Toto Leonidas | $720,000 |
| 4. Jason Gray | $590,000 |
| 5. Greg Jamison | $450,000 |
| 6. Hieu "Tony" Ma | $310,000 |
| 7. Eugene Katchalov | $300,000 |
| 8. Mike Matusow | $195,000 |
| 9. Ram Vaswani | $175,000 |
- Average Stack: $522,222
- Players Left: 9
- Tables Left: 1
Event 37, World Championship Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8-or-Better - Day 3, Reports by:
Matthew Showell
Rod Stirzaker
Jason Kirk
Arthur Crowson
Event 37, World Championship...
- Buy-In: $10,000
- Entrants: 235
- Total Prize Money: $2,209,000
- Date: Jun 19, 2008
- Final Day Jun 21, 2008
Event Chip Leaders1 year ago
Event 37, World Championship Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8-or-Better
| Player | Chip Stack |
|---|---|
| Ram Vaswani | $569,000 |
| Mike Matusow | $396,000 |
| Chau Giang | $384,000 |
| David Benyamine | $378,000 |
| David Chiu | $372,000 |
Blind Structure1 year ago
Event 37, World Championship Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8-or-Better
| Level | Ante | Blinds |
|---|
| Level 1 | 100/200 | ||
| Level 2 | 200/300 | ||
| Level 3 | 200/400 | ||
| Level 4 | 300/500 | ||
| Level 5 | 300/600 | ||
| Level 6 | 400/800 | ||
| Level 7 | 500/1,000 | ||
| Level 8 | 600/1,200 | ||
| Level 9 | 800/1,500 | ||
| Level 10 | 1,000/2,000 | ||
| Level 11 | 1,300/2,500 | ||
| Level 12 | 1,500/3,000 | ||
| Level 13 | 2,000/4,000 | ||
| Level 14 | 2,500/5,000 | ||
| Level 15 | 3,000/6,000 | ||
| Level 16 | 4,000/8,000 | ||
| Level 17 | 5,000/10,000 | ||
| Level 18 | 6,000/12,000 | ||
| Level 19 | 8,000/15,000 | ||
| Level 20 | 10,000/20,000 | ||
| Level 21 | 13,000/25,000 | ||
| Level 22 | 15,000/30,000 | ||
| Level 23 | 20,000/40,000 | ||
| Level 24 | 25,000/50,000 | ||
| Level 25 | 30,000/60,000 | ||
| Level 26 | 40,000/80,000 | ||
| Level 27 | 50,000/100,000 | ||
| Level 28 | 60,000/120,000 |
