Tom Schneider captured his third World Series of Poker gold bracelet, defeating Owais Ahmed in a short heads-up match. Schneider topped a field of 862 runners to add a H.O.R.S.E. bracelet to the ones he won in Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo Eight or Better and Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo Eight or Better.
Coming into Day 3, Schneider ranked fifth in chips with 21 players remaining. He continued to hover around the top stacks for the majority of the day, and he all but assured his victory with this hand, which vaulted him from simply the chip leader to having more than 80 percent of the chips in play.
Both of his opponents were left with just a handful of big bets after that, and it was only a matter of time before Schneider finished them each off. On the final hand Schneider made a seven-five in Razz to eliminate Owais Ahmed, who will pass the $1 million mark in recorded tournament cashes.
Schneider, the 2007 WSOP Player of the Year, will add $258,960 to a career winnings tally that already exceeds $1.7 million. He topped a final table that included bracelet winners Ahmed (one), Frankie O'Dell (two, finished fifth) and Rep Porter (two, finished fourth).
Tom Schneider completed the bet with , and Owais Ahmed made the call with . He called again on fourth with after Schneider got . Schneider then checked fifth. Ahmed took the opportunity to fire, and Schneider began to think. After about a minute, he came out with a check-raise. Ahmed reluctantly called, then called sixth,
Ahmed:
Schneider:
Schneider tossed two red chips in on seventh to match Ahmed's last two, and Ahmed called. Schneider showed for a seven-five. Ahmed turned over his cards briefly, but he couldn't beat Schneider's hand, and we didn't see them before the dealer swept them into the muck.
Viatcheslav Ortynskiy bet out on fifth street showing , and Tom Schneider raised showing . Ortynskiy called for the last of his chips. When all the cards were out, Schneider had for two pair and no low, and Ortynskiy had for no low and a pair of eights. Schneider scooped the pot, and Ortynskiy has been eliminated. He will receive $108,701 for his third-place finish.
Viatcheslav Ortynskiy completed the bet from first position, and Rep Porter raised him with all but his last few thousand.
"It's a gamble," Ortynskiy said, raising to put Porter all in.
Ortynskiy:
Porter:
Both players had the making of straights early on, and both caught good on fourth: Ortynskiy with a and Porter with . Neither got anything on fifth and sixth, and we headed to seventh with two gutshot straight draws and not much else. Porter tabled a for a pair of tens, but Ortynskiy spiked his straight with a to send Porter to the rail.
Frankie O'Dell completed with a , and Owais Ahmed raised with . O'Dell made the call. He then called Ahmed's bets on every street until Ahmed was all in on seventh.
O'Dell: /
Ahmed: /
Ahmed's aces up were best, and O'Dell was left crippled.
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O'Dell brought it in with a complete bet, and action folded around to Viatcheslav Ortynskiy, who called in last position. The two got enough chips in to put O'Dell all in on fifth street.
O'Dell:
Ortynskiy:
Things looked dire for O'Dell when Ortynskiy revealed his down cards: for a straight and a made low. O'Dell made an eight-six on seventh, and looked to be in decent shape to survive with a chop. Ortynskiy turned over a , however, and his seven-low was good for that half of the pot as well.
Scott Bohlman called a bet from Tom Schneider on fourth street with a seven-eight against Schneider's five-four. He called again on fifth despite catching another seven, and had little choice but to call off his last 13,000 on sixth.
Schneider: /
Bohlman: /
Schneider squeezed out a to make a nine-six. Bohlman needed an ace, four or five to survive. He peeked down to see a though, and his run is over.
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Eddie Blumenthal completed on third street with the showing, and Rep Porter raised with his . Blumenthal called all-in, and the boards were dealt out.
Blumenthal: / /
Porter: / /
Neither player made a low, and Porters three sevens beat Blumenthal's queens-up for high. Porter scoops the pot, and Eddie Blumenthal has been eliminated. He earns $28,778 for his 7th place finish.
Viatcheslav Ortynskiy called the big blind, and Mark Klecan raised, Rep Porter called, then Ortynskiy three-bet. Klecan called all-in for his last 42,000, and Porter called the three bets. The flop was , and Porter checked. Ortynskiy bet, and Porter made the call. Both players checked the on the turn, and the dealer brought the for a river card. Ortynskiy again bet, and Porter, after thinking for a minute, decided to fold. It was time for a showdown:
Ortynskiy:
Klecan:
Ortynskiy won the low with a seventy-five and the high with a straight. Klecan was eliminated in 8th place, worth $21,679.
George Rechnitzer got the last of his chips in with an against Frankie O'Dell. After all of O'Dell's cards were out he'd made just a pair of fives with no low. Rechnitzer, having picked up a on fifth and paint on sixth, had plenty of outs to survive. Unfortunately, he drew a to bubble out of the official final table.
, and Owais Ahmed made the call with 
. He called again on fourth with 
after Schneider got 
. Schneider then checked fifth. Ahmed took the opportunity to fire, and Schneider began to think. After about a minute, he came out with a check-raise. Ahmed reluctantly called, then called sixth,
, and Tom Schneider raised showing 
. Ortynskiy called for the last of his chips. When all the cards were out, Schneider had 
for two pair and no low, and Ortynskiy had 
. Neither got anything on fifth and sixth, and we headed to seventh with two gutshot straight draws and not much else. Porter tabled a 
for a pair of tens, but Ortynskiy spiked his straight with a 
to send Porter to the rail.
, and Owais Ahmed raised with 
. O'Dell made the call. He then called Ahmed's bets on every street until Ahmed was all in on seventh.
, however, and his seven-low was good for that half of the pot as well.
to make a nine-six. Bohlman needed an ace, four or five to survive. He peeked down to see a 
though, and his run is over.
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on fifth and paint on sixth, had plenty of outs to survive. Unfortunately, he drew a 