Lawrence Gosney Wins Event #29 $2,000 NL Hold'em

Lawrence Gosney is in the construction business back in England. He understands that it takes time to build a masterpiece. He patiently built up a big stack on his way to his first WSOP victory in the $2,000 NL event that began with 1,072 players. The prize pool was $1,972,480 in yet another huge field.

The final table had a European flavor to it, with three players from England and one each from Sweden and Denmark. Here's who survived the three day event and made the final table:
Seat 1: Carlo Citrone (Newcastle, England) $151K
Seat 2: Shack Ko (Naperville, IL) $287K
Seat 3: Lawrence Gosney (Leeds, England) $323K
Seat 4: Bjorn Isberg (Stockholm, Sweden) $166K
Seat 5: Tony Rila (Las Vegas, NV) $305K
Seat 6: Dustin Woolf (Los Angeles, CA) $270K
Seat 7: J.C. Tran (Sacramento, CA) $47K
Seat 8: Alan Purdy (England) $165K
Seat 9: Jarl Lindholt (Aarhus, Denmark) $437K
Bjorn Isberg was eliminated by Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf in 9th place. Isberg was all in with preflop with Big Slick versus Woolf's pocket Jacks. Carlo Citro folded the Hilton Sisters face up which would have won. The board was all rags and Woolf's J-J held up. Isberg won $39,450 for 9th place.

JC Tran doubled up against Shack Ko. JC Tran pushed with Big Slick and Shack called with 7-7. Shack flopped a set but JC Tran caught a runner runner straight to double up. Carlo Citrone finished in 8th place after he was short stacked and moved all in with 8-6o. Unfortunately, he ran into Tony Rila's pocket Aces. Citrone won $59,175 for his work.

Tony Rila doubled up Shack Ko when he pushed all in on a flop of: 5-3-5. Shack reluctantly called and showed 9-9. He was ahead of Rila's A-J. On the turn Rila picked up a flush draw, but he didn't catch that or any of his overcards.

JC Tran and his short stack moved all in with K-5 against Alan Purdy's Ac-8c. JC Tran caught some of the flop when a 5 hit and doubled up against Purdy. That would be the first hand of a remarkable run by Tran. Alan Purdy lost another hand to JC Tran. They were both all in preflop. Purdy was the shortstack and had A-10, while JC Tran showed A-Q which held up. Purdy won $78,900 for 7th place.

Tony Rila was shortstacked and moved all in with Ah-9h. Lawrence Gosney called with A-5o. He caught a 5 on the turn and knocked out Tony Rila in 6th place. He won $98,625 for his efforts.

JC Tran continued his fearless run. With A-Q, he moved all in preflop. Lars Lindholt called with Ac-Kc. JC Tran flopped a Queen and doubled up. A few moments later, JC Tran found Big Slick pushed all in against Lawrence Gosney's 6-6. Gosney flopped a set, which silenced Tran's boisterous railbirds. Gosney doubled up and it left Tran with almost no chips.

JC Tran would not go quietly. One on hand, he quickly moved all in preflop and flopped pair. He moved all in against Jarl Lindholt and although he was dominated, he caught a card on the river to double up. JC Tran moved all in once again. That time he had A-5 against Lawrence Grosney's Big Slick. Guess what JC Tran flopped? Yes, he flopped trips. He continued his amazing run as the shortstack.

Alas, JC Tran ran out of luck. He had Jarl Lindholt dominated with K-J to K-8. Of course the one time JC Tran actually had the better hand preflop, he lost. Jarl flopped a flush and knocked out JC Tran in 5th place. JC won $118,350.

I found out why Dustin Woolf is nicknamed "Neverwin." He raised preflop and Lawrence Gosney reraised. Neverwin moved all in with K-K and Gosney called with 2-2. The flop was all clubs and Gosney held the 2 of clubs. He caught a four flush on the turn and doubled up against Neverwin, who sported a snazzy jumpsuit with "Neverwin" on the back.

Neverwin moved all in with K-Q against Shack Ko's pocket 8's. The all diamonds flop had both a king and a queen. Shack had a 8 of diamonds and had outs, but didn't catch any. Eventually Neverwin was sent to the rail by Shack Ko. Neverwin could not win with A-K against Shack's 9-9. Dustin "Neverwin" Woolfe won $138,075 for 4th place. Shack Ko was eliminated by Lawrence Gosney. Shack pushed all in with Ad-5d against Gosney's A-Q. Shack took home $157,800 for 3rd place.

Lawrence Gosney held a 4 to 1 chiplead when we reached heads up play. It took only 14 hands, before Lawrence Gosney emerged victorious. Jarl Lindholt moved all in with 9-8o and Lawrence Gosney called with Ad-Qd. The flop was Js-10d-5d. Gosney had a nut flush draw and a gutshot straight draw. Lindholt had an open ended straight draw. On the river, Gosney caught his Broadway straight to win his first WSOP bracelet. Jarl Lindholt finished in second place and $258,000. Lawrence Gosney won $483,195. Congrats Lawrence!