Poker.com Player Makes Final Table

Tuesday, July 11, 2006


WSOP Pot-Limit Omaha $10,000 Final Table

Poker.com regular, Nick Gibson, is more than holding his own in this year's WSOP $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Event.

Currently Nick is sitting in 5th place at the final table and with his stack still over 200K, he is well within striking distance of current chip leader, Jani Vilmunen.
Final Table Chip Count:
1. Jani Vilmunen $485,000
2. Hasan Habib $349,000
3. Mark Dickstein $212,000
4. Mike Guttman $283,000
5. Nick Gibson $207,000
6. Lee Watkinson $207,000
7. Mickey Appleman $102,000
8. Thomas Wahlroos $168,000
9. Rafi Amit $99,000

Eliminated:
Barry Greenstein - 13th
Daniel Negreanu - 20th
Devilfish - 25th

From everyone at Poker.com, we wish you the best of luck bringing home that bracelet and your share of over $2 million in prize money.

Nick's Tournament Highlights:

Smart Laydown -
Ben Roberts raises from late position for all his chips. He is called by Lee Watkinson in the small blind and Nick Gibson in the big blind. The flop comes 9c 7d 7s. Both Watkinson and Gibson check. The turn is a 4c. Watkinson leads out with a bet, but Gibson folds. When the cards are tabled Ben Roberts shows a Kc Qd Qc 10c but Watkinson shows Ad As 9d 9h for the floped full house. The river is a Jc and Ben Roberts is eliminated

Nice Raise -
Gibson raises to $20,000 from the cut-off and Galen Kester calls from the small blind.
The flop comes 6c 4c 4d. Kester bets $20,000 and Gibson moves all-in for $40,000 more.
Kester folds giving Gibson the pot. Gibson is at $130,000.


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