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Day 2
Yesterday ended around 3:45 AM for the 64 who played like crazy to win their respective tables.
They got together again at 2:00 PM to establish a final 8 for Day 3. Joep Van Den Bijgaart was the
first to win his table at around 10:00 PM that night, when he paired his King card verses Qinghai Pan.
Next was David Williams who flopped a flush against Michel Halioua, winning that hand. Greg Mueller
went back and forth against Tom Schneider, eventually winning with two pair (9's and 8's). Matthew
Sterling won his bout against Robert Tanniru with a pair of 10's. Millie Shiu fought hard and long
verses Ben Ponzio to win, taking him down with an Ace high hand. Flaminio Malaguti received his seat
with a pair of 9's to take opportunity away from Andreas Hoivold. Marcus Naalden advanced after
defeating Jacob Peterson with a pair of 10's. And Jose Barbero let Johnny
Neckar know that his Kung Fu was strong to claim victory and a chance at the bracelet of champions.
Payout schedule for the final table:
Day 3 -- Final Table
Here is the summary on this event from information given by the WSOP:
The 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 buy-in Limit Shootout champion is Greg Mueller. Mueller
is a 37-year-old professional poker player. He is a regular player on the major tournament circuit.
Prior to playing poker for a living, Mueller played professional ice hockey in Europe. He played
for nine seasons for a team based in Germany. He retired in 1999. Mueller is fluent in both
English and German languages. Mueller has done modeling and has been featured in television
commercials. "FBT" stands for "Full-Blown Tilt." Mueller collected $194,854 for first place.
He was also awarded his second WSOP gold bracelet. In Event #33, Mueller won the $10,000
buy-in Limit Hold’em World Championship. This victory (again, in Limit Hold’em) reaffirms
his status at the best limit tournament player in the world at this time. The defending champion
in the event from 2008 was Matthew Graham. He entered this year's tournament, but did not cash.
On former gold bracelet winners finishing 1-2-3 at the final table and the experience factor:
"Oh, experience is important big time. The last two final tables I won I caught a lot of cards
and got lucky for sure. But when you get into this situation, experience counts. You don't
panic when you get into a negative situation. It's just like in sports. You see sports team
when they get into a playoff drive -- they sign a 40-year-old experienced player who might be
a little slower. But the experience is more important."
When heads-up play began, Mueller enjoyed a 4 to 1 chip advantage over Naalden. The Dutch player
drew event and then took the lead temporarily, in a duel that lasted two hours. But Mueller
regained his advantaged and gradually wore down Naalden in a fury of raises and re-raises
whenever he believed he held the edge. The final hand came when Mueller and Naalden both
flopped top pair (kings), but Mueller’s higher kicker played and scooped the pot. After
Mueller’s win, several experienced poker players watching the action remarked that Mueller
never seemed to miss a bet and was able to extract the most chips out of his opponent when
he held the advantage during a hand. This was arguably the key difference in the match.
The final table lasted about nine hours – about average in duration.
Greg Mueller