Day 4 of the WSOP Midwest Regional Circuit Event in Hammond, Indiana started with nine players battling for Midwest region poker supremacy. At the end of the day, though, only one player could be victorious. Triumphing over a final table loaded with poker pros, Jim Anderson was that player. Anderson took down the 2010 WSOP Midwest Regional Circuit event, defeating FTR’s own Gabe Patgorski heads-up.
Patgorski, who posts on FTR as “gabe”, started a stacked final table that included Brandon Adams, Shannon Shorr and Bernard Lee, with a sizable chip lead. He added to that chip lead early by eliminating Tony Hartmann in 8th when Gabe’s A
3
beat Hartman’s 4
2 unimproved. Patgorski continued his momentum when Shannon Shorr’s JJ
failed to improve against his AA. The hand sent Shorr to the rail in 6th place.
Heading into 3-handed play, Patgorski had over half the chips in play. Unfortunately, a bit too much aggression crippled his stack. Anderson raised to 90,000 on the button and Gabe 3-bet to 300,000 from the small blind. Anderson 4-bet to 650,000 and Patgorski 5-bet shoved over the top. Anderson called and showed J J. Patgorski was caught 5-bet bluffing with A6 and failed to outdraw Anderson as the board ran out J 9 3 Q Q. The pot gave Anderson a commanding chip lead.
Anderson’s chip lead proved to be too much to surmount during heads-up play. The end came when Anderson and Patgorski got into a raising war preflop. After 3-betting to 325,000 before the flop and being 4-bet by Patgorski, Anderson 5-bet shoved all-in. Patgorski called and showed AJ, but was way behind Anderson’s AA. The board was no help to Patgorski and Anderson became the first Regional Champion of the WSOP Circuit season.
Here are the results from the WSOP Regional Circuit Final Table:
1st: Jim Anderson – $525,449
2nd: Gabe Patgorski – $324,770
3rd: Bernard Lee – $236,368
4th: Curt Kohlberg – $174,807
5th: David Sands – $131,299
6th: Shannon Shorr – $100,151
7th: Brandon Adams – $77,556
8th: Anthony Hartmann – $60,952
9th: Mark Owens – $48,615