Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:19 PM Local Time
Play began a few days ago with 854 entrants for Event No. 52, $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold'em. Some of the notables included James Van Alstyne, Kathy Liebert, Michael Mizrachi, Sandra Naujoks, Jeff Lisandro, and John Juanda. All of those players fell before reaching the final day, which only 16 players remained. Among that group was Jorg Peisert from Dusseldorf, Germany.
Peisert began the day with 477,000 chips and sixth in chips. As the day wore on, he never seemed to be in jeopardy of busting out and won most, if not all, of the key hands he was involved in. One by one, players from the final table were busting out, but Peisert kept climbing the ranks. He won one big hand by making his eventual heads-up opponent Jason DeWitt muck to move to over two million chips and then took another big pot off Michael Katz to move to over three million in chips. Once over three million, Peisert never looked back.
When play got down to heads up, Peisert held a massive lead with the majority of chips in play. A few hands later, it was all said and done with DeWitt coming in second place. For the win, Peisert earned himself $506,800 and his first WSOP gold bracelet!
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:11 PM Local Time
Jason DeWitt had been ground all the way down to about 600,000 chips before the final hand of the tournament played out. Jorg Peisert opened with a raise to 180,000. DeWitt looked down at his cards and then moved all of his chips in. Peisert quickly called, a bad sign for DeWitt.
DeWitt:
Peisert:
Peisert's fans on the rail started chanting for "No king!" as the dealer burned and flopped
. They're cried grew louder with the
turn, and they erupted into thunderous cheers and applause when the river fell
to eliminate DeWitt.
For finishing in second place, DeWitt will collect $313,227.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:02 PM Local Time
Jason DeWitt raised to 260,000 after Jorg Peisert limped. Peisert called. The flop came down
and DeWitt fired a bet of 305,000. Peisert called.
The turn brought the
and DeWitt checked. Peisert moved all in after taking his time as he usually does. DeWitt snap-folded his hand and Peisert showed
.
DeWitt is down to 960,000 while Peisert has a heck of a lot more than that, with about 6,700,000.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:47 PM Local Time
Benjamin Gilbert raised all in for 560,000 and Jorg Peisert went into the tank with over five million chips in his stack. Eventually, after a minute or so passed by, Peisert made the call with
. Gilbert slammed over his hand in a joking fashion to reveal a whopping
.
The board ran out
and another loud uproar of cheers came from Peisert's cheering section. Gilbert was bounced out in third place, earning over $200,000 for his effort. We're now heads up.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:36 PM Local Time
Jorg Peisert raised from the small blind and Jason DeWitt called from the big blind. The flop came down
and both players checked. The turn was the
and Peisert checked. DeWitt fired 225,000 and Peisert called. The river was the
and both players checked.
Peisert showed
and scooped the pot after DeWitt mucked his hand.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:32 PM Local Time
Jason DeWitt raised to 130,000 and Jorg Peisert called. The flop came down
and Peisert led for 225,000. DeWitt raised all in and Peisert folded, prompting the "Booyah Grandma!" roars from the crowd.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:28 PM Local Time
Jorg Peisert raised to 170,000 from the button. Next to act was Michael Noda and he reraised to 430,000. With action back over to Peisert, he four-bet by sticking a bunch of chips out in the middle. Noda then shoved all in and Peisert snapped. With the way Peisert acted, everyone expected him to roll over two aces, but his hand wasn't quite that good as he held
. Noda held
.
The flop came down
and kept Noda in the lead. The turn brought the
and nailed Peisert's hand. The river couldn't give help back to Noda as the
rolled off and he was eliminated from the tournament. Peisert pumped his fist and yelled "Yessss! Yessss!" as he walked over to slap fives with his cheering section who were applauding triumphantly. He's now up to 4,900,000.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:13 PM Local Time
Jason DeWitt reraised to 375,000 after Michael Noda raised to 125,000. Noda was on the button and DeWitt was in the small blind. The flop came down nice and low,
and DeWitt fired out 350,000. Noda mucked his hand, showing only the
and the cheers of "Booyah Grandma!" rang from DeWitt's cheering section.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:03 PM Local Time
Jorg Peisert has had an excellent run today, but even he is prone to losing to a thin draw. Peisert opened for 150,000, then snap-called after Michael Noda moved all in. Noda knew he was in trouble with
; Peisert showed
. Neither player hit the
flop, but Noda spiked an ace with the
turn. He dragged the pot after the river fell
.
That lucky turn card increased Noda's count to 1.75 million and brought Peisert back to the pack with 3.255 million.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:59 PM Local Time
Jorg Peisert - 4,200,000
Jason DeWitt - 1,825,000
Michael Noda - 975,000
Benjamin Gilbert - 725,000
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:57 PM Local Time
The shortness of the stacks are forcing much more action now. In a battle of the blinds, Jason Somerville opened all in from the small blind with
. Jason DeWitt called with
. When neither player improved, Somerville was off to the cage as the first six-figure winner of this tournament. He will collect $103,591.
DeWitt is back up to 1.8 million cihps.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:53 PM Local Time
Benjamin Gilbert's grip on Jason DeWitt's chips must not have been strong. DeWitt opened all in for 510,000 with
and was called by Gilbert, who once again showed pocket jacks. This time there was no set on a flop of
. DeWitt's pair of kings held with a
turn and
river.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:50 PM Local Time
The short stacks are passing chips around while Jorg Peisert looks for spots to pick them off. Jason DeWitt opened all in from the small blind. Benjamin Gilbert was sitting behind 635,000. He looked down at
and pushed his chips in. DeWitt was holding
. The card in the window on the flop was the
, but when the dealer spread the rest of the flop she found a
and a
to make a set of jacks for Gilbert. The rest of the board came
and
to give Gilbert the double-up.
DeWitt is down to 520,000 chips and is now in the Dank Position.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:45 PM Local Time
Recently, every time Jason DeWitt has won a hand, his railbirds have shouted "BOOYAH GRANDMA!" We're not sure why.
DeWitt was not involved in a hand between Michael Noda and Jorg Peisert. Noda raised to 125,000 preflop and Peisert called from the blind. Peisert check-folded to an all in bet on a flop of
. He flashed
as he mucked.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:34 PM Local Time
Jason Somerville opened for 125,000 before Benjamin Gilbert moved all in for 375,000. Somerville called with
against Gilbert's
. Gilbert flopped a lot of outs on a flop of
. He bricked the turn
, but made a flush with the
river. He doubled up to 845,000 while Somerville dropped to 815,000.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:22 PM Local Time
There's no justice in poker. If there were, the best hand would hold up every time. Michael Katz shoved all in on three of the first four hands after we came back from break. On the fifth hand he shoved again after Jorg Peisert opened for 150,000. Peisert decided to look him up with pocket threes and was really disappointed to see Katz open pocket fours.
Peisert was so agitated he walked ten steps away from the table. That left his rail to sweat the flop, and they were very excited to see a flop of
. Katz had plenty of outs but missed them all with the turn
and river
. Katz leaves with $79,385 and we are down to five.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:08 PM Local Time
Cards are back in the air.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 7:50 PM Local Time
The players are on a 20-minute break.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 7:50 PM Local Time
Michael Noda raised and then Jorg Peisert reraised. Noda made the call and the flop came down
. Action was checked to the turn, which brought the
. Again, action was checked.
The river was the
and Peisert fired out 375,000 chips. Noda took his time and then mucked, giving Peisert the pot as a loud cheer came from his section of the rail.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 7:46 PM Local Time
Jorg Peisert raised to 100,000 before Jason "JCarver" Somerville called from the big blind. The flop came down
and Somerville checked. Peisert fired 155,000 and Somerville moved all in for 830,000 total. The all-in move sent Peisert into the tank. Eventually, he mucked his hand and Somerville won the pot.