Par Matt Clark
Le World Poker Tour compte son dernier double membre du Champions Club en la personne de Tony Ruberto. Un mois après avoir terminé quatrième à WPT Choctaw, Ruberto finished the job at WPT Maryland versus a field of 554 runners. Ruberto earns $344,755 and a complimentary seat into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions. Matched up versus a talented final table looking to win their first WPT title, Ruberto emerged to notch the gold medal and move up to first place in the Hublot WPT Player of the Year standings.
Résultats de la table finale du WPT Maryland
1st: Tony Ruberto - $344,755*
2nd: Shankar Pillai - $220,780
3rd: Jeremy Ausmus - $162,597
4th: Will Givens - $121,112
5th: Aaron Pinson - $91,230
6th: Mark Sandness - $69,609
*First place includes a $15,000 siège au Tournoi des Champions WPT de fin de saison.
Play started with a Ruberto bustout to put himself near the chip lead held at the start of the final table by Will Givens. Mark Sandness went bust in the 10th hand of play to Ruberto. The blinds were 25,000/50,000 avec une grosse blind ante de 50,000 when Ruberto opened to 125,000 au et Sandness fait tapis avec pour 1,355,000. Ruberto called and held to send Sandness to the rail.
Local favorite and satellite qualifier Aaron Pinson started the final table as the short stack and doubled through Givens to gain some early momentum. That rush was short-lived as Ruberto cut down Pinson in the 43rd hand of final table play. Jeremy Ausmus raised to 125,000 in the cutoff and Ruberto followed up with a three-bet to 300,000 on the button. Pinson jammed for 1.24 million out of the big blind and once Ausmus folded, Ruberto called with L’ de Pinson avait besoin d'aide mais il n'en a trouvé aucune et est allé récupérer son paiement pour la cinquième place.
20 hands later, Givens' journey ended in fourth place. With the blinds up to 30,000/60,000 avec 60,000 big blind ante, Shankar Pillai opened the cutoff to 150,000 and Ruberto flatted the small blind. Givens elected to three-bet to 600,000 out of the big blind and Pillai four-bet to 1.1 million. Ruberto exited the hand and Givens called off for 980,000 total. Givens was in a flip holding par rapport à la de Pillaï. UN board allowed Pillai's pair to stay in front to eliminate Givens.
Ruberto détenait le chip lead sur Pillai et Jeremy Ausmus lorsque le jeu à trois joueurs a commencé et s'est développé au cours de leur bataille.
On Hand #93, Ausmus' bid to join the Champions Club came to an end. Ausmus limped the small blind and Ruberto checked his option to a flop of . Following an Ausmus check, Ruberto bet 100,000 and Ausmus came along to the turn. Ausmus checked again and Ruberto wagered 225,000 which was followed by an all-in from Ausmus for 750,000.
Ruberto's conduit la d'Ausmus et bien qu'il ait eu un bon nombre d'outs, Ausmus a raté le rivière.
Pillai trailed Ruberto by a 4.5-1 margin when heads up play started and despite his best efforts, could not mount a winning comeback. A double-up for Pillai with a flush versus the set of Ruberto was as close as he would get. On Hand #179, Ruberto finished the job.
Pillai raised to 300,000 with the blinds at 75,000/125,000 and Ruberto defended his big blind. Ruberto checked the flop and Pillai bet 400,000. A check-raise of 1.6 million from Ruberto led Pillai to shoved for 5.8 million total. Ruberto called with et il fallait frapper contre le de Pillaï. Le raté mais le sur la rivière a donné à Ruberto la couleur gagnante.
Ruberto devient seul propriétaire du Joueur WPT Hublot de l'année points race with 1,800 points. WPT Borgata Poker Open champion Erkut Yilmaz is second following his cash at WPT Maryland with 1,250 des points.
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