RobbieV finishes 2nd at WSOP Event #13

<img src="http://www.liquidpoker.net/staff/Raidern/robbie_verspui.jpg" align="right" style="margin:5px; border:1px solid black;">Although many of the new posters won't recognize him, most of the old folks will. Robbie 'RobbieV/Strafe' Verspui belongs to the first generation of LPers and still maintains a relationship with many of us. Earlier today, he finished the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout in 2nd place for a $228,334 payout. His opponent in the heads-up, Andrew Badecker, claimed his first WSOP bracelet after winning a nine-handed table, a ten-handed table and a 16 person sit & go.

Badecker started the heads-up right after eliminating 3rd place Daniel Makowsky and holding a roughly 3 to 1 chip advantage over Robbie. Had it been any other game, it would be easy to boldly predict an easy victory for Badecker, but this is No Limit Hold'em and we know how quickly things can change. Our Dutchman fought back and won some important pots, increasing his own chip count and making Badecker fight for the title. Things went downhill again when Robbie lost this hand where Badecker hit trip deuces on the river, as the pot was big and gave the control of the match back to the American.

In the final hand, Badecker 4-bet RObbie's 3-bet and put him all-in. Robbie made the call with and found himself ahead in the race against . Unfortunately for Robbie the flop came . Although the on the turn helped both sides and gave our Dutchman some hope, the river brought a red five, which meant Andrew Badecker took the golden bracelet and a $369,371 first prize. In order to get to the heads-up, both players needed to defeat a strong final table that featured players such as David “Dragon” Pham, Dan “djk123&#8243; Kelly, Vitaly Lunkin, Eric Cajelais, and Daniel Makowsky. Other familiar players who played this event and made it to the money are Lex 'Raszi' Veldhuis, Bertrand 'Elky' Grospellier, Blair Hinkle and Dan 'Raidan' Lu. Congratulations on putting a truly epic performance, Robbie V!

Event #13 Results

1. Andrew Badecker — $369,371
2. Robbie Verspui — $228,334
3. Daniel Makowsky — $151,379
4. Jon Spinks — $108,358
5. Eric Cajelais — $79,315
6. Dan Kelly — $58,903
7. Vitaly Lunkin — $44,362
8. Joseph Webber — $33,864
9. David Pham — $26,185

grats robbie

old school representing

Well done

I used to play with him bw, he was good toss congra

grass me jelly

congrats robi v

grats strafe

im so happy cause strafe got me into poker with $5 twice then a last shot with $20 and worked out

Nice but he still got owned on koral of ceres with cannons at that wcg, so it balances out.

no ladyboy jokes yet, i am surprised.
grats strafe

On June 11 2011 18:21 EvilSky wrote: Nice but he still got owned on koral of ceres with cannons at that wcg, so it balances out.

Oh it's this Strafe? I think he needs to get a bracelet to balance that out :D

On June 11 2011 18:42 LemOn[5thF] wrote: Show nested quote + On June 11 2011 18:21 EvilSky wrote: Nice but he still got owned on koral of ceres with cannons at that wcg, so it balances out. Oh it's this Strafe? I think he needs to get a bracelet to balance that out :D

Yes, former ToT)Strafe(, P chobo user

strafe is such a hero

GJ Robbie w2g sir

Nice

lol sick gj

Grats Strafe ^_^

Strafe ftw~

fighting :D

gj strafe

Congrats!

go go giant go go

Was on the rail next to Badecker's drunk roommates... if only I knew ToT)Strafe( was there at the FT

Well done grats

Congrats buddy, used to play some DotA with him amongst other things!