Friday, September 6, 2013

Event 3: 2nd Place - Holley

$400 + $50 Pot Limit Omaha H/L 8B    

John Holley (Destin, FL)
$9,411

Level 24:  Blinds 25k/50k 

Joe Palma had John Holley on the ropes again.  John was all-in pre-flop for his last 105k.

John: Q773
Joe: K975

Board: J 2 6 6 6

John doubled up with sixes-full of 7s.

A couple of hands later, Joe raised pot from the button and John called the 200k, leaving only 35k behind.

On the flop of Q 7 7, all Joe's chips went in.

Joe:  AJ84  (Ace-high)
John: K963 (King-high)

Turn:  3 - pair of 3s for John

River: 4  - pair of 4s for Joe

Joe claimed the last pot and the title.  John finished in second place, good for $9,411.

John came up from Florida just to play this one tournament.  He likes both the pot limit and limit versions of this game, but won't be playing the Omaha Hi/Lo event (which starts in about 4.5 hours).

He used to be a fisherman, but now plays poker for a living.  He's got two wins in PLO/8 events elsewhere, plus a couple of No Limit Hold'em titles and a Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha win.  His lifetime earnings are over half a million dollars.

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