Event 9 – ‘Pot Limit Omaha High’
Level 21 (15,000/30,000)
Total Entries: 130
Remaining Players: 1
Average Stack: 2,050,000
Tim D’Alessandro (Wayne, NJ)
Almost just as we posted that Tim D’Alessandro refused to die, doubling up a few times through James Chen, he finally couldn’t win an all-in. D’Alessandro had complained about Chen picking up pocket aces throughout this heads up match but in the end, it was the furthest hand from pocket aces that would spell his demise.
Chen hit a flush on the river, holding {8c}{6d}{4d}{3c}, after he continued for 60,000 and called D’Alessandro’s pot-sized shove on a board of {Ac}{9h}{7c}. The short stack held {9d}{9s}{8h}{8s} and needed his set to hold to score the double.
The {8d} on the turn gave D’Alessandro another set and pushed him closer to the double but the {10c} was the final card he’d see, as it gave Chen the flush and the title. This is the second time in as many WPT BPO series that D’Alessandro has notched a mixed game runner-up finish, as he finished 2nd in Event 3 in September.
He’ll make just over $6,000 for his Event 9 run this time around and will surely be back throughout the rest of the series to try to claim that elusive BPO title.