Bahador Ahmadi Wins WSOP Bracelet at Mixed, Event #47
June 28, 2009
The 2009 World Series of Poker is at full swing and new bracelet winners are popping up left and right. Bahador Ahmadi is one of the new kids on the block who will be sporting a Gold bracelet, thanks to his win at Event #47, the $2,500 Mixed Hold’em.
Zachary Humphrey was the first to exit the final table after his stack was crippled earlier in the day. He shoved what was left of his stack with Kc-7c and was called by Randy Haddox who was holding 10h-8h. Haddox made a straight after the board ran Qd-Kh-Js-7h-Ac. Humphrey goes home with $27,199.
Hasan Habib fell next courtesy of Barry Greenstein. During Limit Hold’em. Habib re-raised Greenstein pre-flop and was called. Greenstein bet out on the 3c-Jd-8c flop and Habib was forced to go all-in. Greenstein had top pair with Jh-9h while Habib had Ace-High with Ac-10d. The turn and river did not help Habib and he was left with $30,641 for eighth place.
Haddox left the table next after he went all-in pre-flop with A-K. Barry Greenstein called with K-J but got lucky when he hit a Jack on the turn. Haddox settled for seventh place and $36,084. Matt Woodward exited on the very next hand when he shoved pre-flop with Ah-10h. Unfortunately for Woodward, Bahador Ahmadi was holding Pocket Aces. The board was no help to Woodward and he was left in sixth place with $44,520.
Greenstein was enjoying a rollercoaster game but that was soon put to an end. After losing a big chunk of his stack to Ylon Schwartz, Greenstein decided to gamble his stack holding 8h-6c on a Kd-2h-2s flop. Schwartz called with Pocket Queens. The 10c at the turn and 9c of the river didn’t matter and Greenstein was out in fifth place with $57,671.
Karlo Lopez entered the final table as chip leader but his luck has ended as he was sent to the rail next. He lost to Schwartz who was holding Pocket Sixes for a set, leaving him with $78,628 for fourth place. This put Schwartz in the lead right before dinner break. Eventual winner Ahmadi was the short stack at this point.
Ahmadi, however, bounced back after the short break as he started winning pots. After a mere half an hour, Ahmadi was holding chip lead. Ahmadi continued his run and he eliminated his remaining opponents in quick succession. Schwartz exited in third place for $112,967 when he shoved All-In pre-flop after Ahmadi raised to 105,000. Ahmadi called with As-2s versus Schwartz’s Qd-10s. The board ran 8c-3h-5s-Kd-Kc and Ahmadi won the pot.
Heads up play went very quickly. All chips were in the middle of the table with a Ad-2d-7s flop. Ahmadi had a flush draw with Jd-3d while John McGuinness was ahead with Pocket Tens. But Ahmadi hit a flush when a Kd fell on the turn and McGuinness will not improve with the 4c river. For his runner-up finish, McGuinness won $172,227.
Bahador Ahmadi goes home with his very first gold bracelet and a whopping $278,804. By the way, Ahmadi is not a stranger to the WSOP. He finished in fourth place at Event #13, $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em earlier this month where he won $139,934. Needless to say, Ahmadi has been finding the WSOP profitable this year.
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