Gus Hansen Crushes WPT Championship Early….. and then
April 26, 2008
Gus Hansen is crushing the final table at the World Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio in Las Vegas. Here is a summary of the final table action:
Beginning Chip Counts for six-handed Final Table:
Seat 1. John Roveto - 2,720,000
Seat 2. Gus Hansen - 8,570,000
Seat 3. David Chiu - 6,050,000
Seat 4. Tommy Le - 1,950,00
Seat 5. Cory Carroll - 6,670,000
Seat 6. Jeff King - 1,305,000
Action at Final table:
Hand #12 Jeff King eliminated in 6th place by Gus Hansen.
Hand #15 Tommy Le eliminated in 5th place by Gus Hansen.
Hand #16 Cory Carroll elininated in 4th place by Gus Hansen.
Hand #22 John Roveta eliminated in 3rd place by Gus Hansen.
Hansen rivered a ten to beat Jeff King's A-Q suited with his 10-9 suited. Hansen flopped a set of tens over Tommy Le's set of fives. Hansen rivered a seven-high diamond flush to overcome Cory Carroll's pair of jacks. And Hansen cracked John Roveto's pocket kings by rivering a jack-high straight with A-10 suited.
Heads Up Chip Count
Gus Hansen - 22,905,000
David Chiu - 4,360,000
By Hand #46 David was up to 11 Million.
On Hand #77 David won a big pot and brought the chips counts to:
Gus Hansen - 14,825,000
David Chiu - 12,450,000
Two hands later, David Chiu takes over the chiplead.
Hand #80: Gus moves all-in on the turn with two pair 10's & 8's; David calls with top pairs Aces and spikes an Ace on the river to finish a remarkable comeback.
David Chiu wins the 2008 WPT Championship.
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when i met gus at wpt event in april in vegas he was a very friendly and nice man he said hello and took a pic with the girl i was talikin with he is super cool now phil wasnt so nice ivey that is hes rather cold the cowboy hoyt was very nice scotty super nice baby freddy deeb nice guy .skalansky nice the robin hood of poker not so nice barry was cold