Posted by Padilla 8:34 AM
WSOP Satellite #2 Final Table Report

The date for satellite #3 has not been decided. No doubt you'll hear from me soon.

The way the day started, nobody would have been surprised to see Ryan DeWitt walk away with another WSOP prize package. However, in the end it was Jerome Posatko that outlasted Ryan to win the 2nd WSOP event buy-in.

On hand #1, Elicia Moody raised her own big blind of $10 to $30. Ryan came back over the top of her raise with a raise of her own, which Elicia quickly called. The flop brought K-J-? and Elicia’s fate was nearly sealed. Ryan had flopped a set of Jacks versus Elicia’s A-A (80%-20% favorite). The money went all-in on the turn, and for good measure, Ryan hit quads on the river.

Before Elicia had even left the property, Tony Ford flopped bottom set and tried to bet Jerome out of the pot. Jerome had committed enough of his chips to the pot that when his straight finally hit, Tony’s day was done.

The tournament continued into the day, with the other finalists being eliminated until a chip count took place on the bubble (4 handed):
1650 Matt Smith
1800 Me
1600 Jerome
4950 Ryan

On what seemed like hand #2000, Matt Smith was eliminated on the bubble (4th place), leaving Jerome, Ryan, and myself as the remaining 3 players. We traded chips, with both of the smaller stacks chipping into Ryan’s stack. At some point during 3-handed play, we each held the chip lead.
In what turned out to be the turning point of the tournament, I had Jerome all-in with 9-9 versus his A-9off (nearly 70%-30%). But instead of knocking him out, I doubled him up when an Ace ‘turned’, and I became the shortstack. I was eliminated soon after, and with Jerome holding a 3-to-1 chip advantage over Ryan (and Ryan sitting on January's WSOP buy-in), the two players immediately worked a deal that sends Jerome to the WSOP. They battled it out for pride and the remaining cash. In the end, Jerome secured a larger share of the remaining cash and bragging rights…until the next satellite.

Thanks to Tony, Jessica, and Kylie for dealing at the final table, and to all the players for playing fairly, courteously, and for not wrecking our home.

In alphabetical order, your finalists were…

1 DeWitt, Ryan
2 Ford, Tony
3 Howard, Kylie
4 Moody, Elicia
5 Morris, Chris
6 Murphree, Patrick
7 Padilla, Michael
8 Posatko, Jerome
9 Smith, Matt
10 Tubbs, Cliff

1 Comment(s):

Posted by  Anonymous, at 11:06 AM, February 21, 2006  

To be fair to Tony, you should point out that not only had I flopped an open-ended straight draw, but I also flopped a flush draw, so getting away was nearly impossible for me.

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