WSOP Event 49: Linn Assassinates the Quiet Assassin
2010-07-26
On the 32nd day Of the World Series Of Poker, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em, Event 49 of the Tournament of Champions was held. It continued for a stretch of three days with numerous bad beats & lucky final cards, only to see Michael Linn emerge as a champion & winning the coveted bracelet.
A total of 2,543 players enrolled for this game, which included notable players as well as novices. However, the game called out for the elimination of more than two thousand players with only 290 players returning for the 2nd day, that is, the money day.
An action-packed game followed with players such as JP Kelly, Matthew Matros, Allen Kessler, Ari Engel, George Lind, Shane Schleger, Marc Naalden and David Pham making an early exit before the third day, until only twenty-three players were.
On day three Taylor Larkin retained the maximum lead of casino tokens as nine players were left in the game. Twenty minutes into the match on the third day & Tyler Cornell was out of the game. Erle Mankin, Justin Zaki, Alexander Kuzmin and Chadwick Grimes were also all gone during the course of two levels.
As four players were left at the table, Larkin was still up ahead but Mihai Manole & Michael Linn had quite bridged the gap & were reaching up to him. At this point Benjamin Smith tried to trick the people with the idea of a short stack but was unsuccessful & fell out on the fourth spot. Gathering himself up Linn collected so many chips, that they were double that of his two opponents thereby, outdoing Manole when he outdrew his ducks.
A gruelling match followed next, amongst the final two players. For two whole hours they battled it out, with Linn moving from a two-to-one lead to a four-to-one lead before doubling up Larkin twice to keep him in the match.
Family, friends & random onlookers that were all at the sideline, watched at the 12th hour of the event, Linn finally steam-rolling Larkin with his Ace-Quacks & claiming $609,493 due his worth. On the other hand, Larkin went home with $378,905, Manole with $268,189 & Smith with $193,418.
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