2010 WSOP Event #55 Recap – Daniel Alaei Wins $10,000 PL Omaha World Championship

Event #55 of the 2010 World Series of Poker was the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha World Championship event.  This event saw a total of 346 players register and by the end of play on day one that number had been reduced to 171.  Those players returned on day two and by the end of that day another 138 had been eliminated.  So day three began with 33 players and the day was spent reducing this number to the final nine who began playing for the top prize on day four.  The final table looked as follows:

Daniel Alaei - Event #55 Winner

Miguel Proulx                             2,440,000

Ludovic Lacay                            2,279,000

Daniel Alaei                                1,800,000

Dmitry Stelmak                           1,285,000

Matthew Wheat                             745,000

Stephen Pierson                             570,000

Ville Mattila                                   490,000

Trevor Uyesugi                              435,000

Alexander Kravchenko                  330,000

A raise to 100,000 from Matthew Wheat was called by Trevor Uyesugi from the blind.  The flop Qh-9d-7d was tabled and Uyesugi checked.  Wheat raised to 220,000 to which Uyesugi re-raised and Wheat called with the remainder of his chips.  Uyesugi had As-Qd-Qs-8d and had a set of ladies along with a flush draw.  Wheat had Qc-10d-6c-5d which gave him a pair of ladies and the chance for a straight draw and a lower flush.  The 2h on the turn and 10c on the river meant that Uyesugi’s three of a kind gave him the pot and sent Wheat to the rail in 9^th place with prize money of $65,568.

A raise to 110,000 from Ville Mattila saw Alexander Kravchenko going all-in from the big blind.  Mattila called with Js-7c-6s-4s in his hand against the Ad-9s-8c-8h held by Kravchenko.  The flop came Qd-10h-3s and Kravchenko kept the lead.  The 7d on the turn gave Mattila a pair of sevens but Kravchenko’s pair of eights was still in front.  But when 5h appeared on the river, Mattila had a straight and Kravcehnko was out with $85,180 for an 8^th place finish.

Dmitry Stelmak raised to 175,000 and when Daniel Alaei went all-in, Stelmak answered by placing the remainder of his own chips in the pot.  Stelmak had Ah-Kh-Qc-6s while Alaei had Ac-As-Qd-9h.  The board ran out Jh-4d-8s-7h-2d and Alaei’s top pair meant that Stelmak was out as the 7^th place finisher with prize money of $111,524.

Stephen Pierson found himself all in against Miguel Proulx before the flop with Ad-Jc-10d-5s in his hand.  Proulx had Kd-Kh-4c-2s and was ahead with a pair of Kings.  The board came 9s-7h-6s-Qs-10h and the Kings held by Proulx were enough to see off Pierson who took home a check for $147,138 for his 6^th place spot.

Trevor Uyesugi was up against Daniel Alaei in a raising war from which he found himself all in.  The cards were tabled with Alaei showing 7c-10d-Jc-Qs and Uyesugi having 4s-6d-7s-8h.  The flop 10h-8d-4d gave Uyesugi two pair but when Kd came on the turn and then 10s on the river, Alaei had a set of tens and took the pot.  Uyesugi finished in 5^th place taking prize money of $195,631 with him. 

Ludovic Lacay pushed all in pre-flop and was called by Daniel Alaei.  So the cards were on their backs with Lacay showing Ks-Jh-9d-2s and Alaei with Ah-Kc-Qd-Js.  The board came down Qc-2d-5c-10c-3h and Alaei had a pair of Queens sending Lacay to the rail with a paycheck for $262,208.

Mattila was all in pre-flop and Daniel Alaei was again covering the bet.  Alaei had Ks-Kh-6h-2d and Mattila had Ah-Kd-7d-2c.  So Alaei’s pair of Kings had him in front.  The flop As-Jc-6c gave the lead to Mattila.  But when Kc appeared on the turn, the lead was back with Alaei and when 10s appeared on the river, Mattila’s day was up. He took 3^rd place along with a paycheck for $354,218.

Having dispensed with the 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th finishers, Daniel Alaei did not take long to get rid of Miguel Proulx either.  In fact in the very first hand of heads up play, the winner was decided.  Neither player raised from the blinds and the flop came down 10s-9h-5c.  A check from Proulx was met with a raise from Alaei to 250,000.  This was called by Proulx.  The turn saw 2c and Proulx checked but Alaei bet for 900,000.  This was met by an all-in bet from Proulx and Alaei called.  Alaei had 7s-6c-5s-5h while Proulx had Ac-Kh-10h-2h.  Alaei had a set of fives and Proulx needed a ten or he was out.  It never came on the river and when Jh appeared Proulx was eliminated in 2^nd place with a payout of $482,265.

So the deserved winner of event #55 was Daniel Alaei.  After outlasting 345 other players, he took home title of champion, a gold WSOP bracelet and prize money of $780,559.  Congratulations Daniel Alaei!

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