Celebrity sightings are not uncommon at poker tournaments, plenty of sport stars and famous movie/TV personalities have made deep runs at the WSOP in the past years. This year is no exception, actor James Woods reached the final table of Event #4 $3,000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout, where faced players like Loni Harwood, Andreas Hoivold, Nick Petrangelo and David "dpeters" Peters.
James Woods has been a regular on the poker circuit for a while now and to reach the final table of Event #4 $3,000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout, he had to defeat one of the best NLHE Heads-up players in the world, Doug "WCGRider" Polk. The two players battled viciously for hours, in the end, Woods was able to eliminate Polk with A-T against A-5, reaching the first WSOP final table of his career.
Seat 1: Derek Bowers – 460.000
Seat 2: James Woods – 462.000
Seat3: Loni Harwood – 446.000
Seat 4: Jeffrey Griffiths – 445.000
Seat 5: Jason Les – 443.000
Seat 6: Andreas Hoivold – 472.000
Seat 7: Brian Lemke – 460.000
Seat 8: Nick Petrangelo – 474.000
Seat 9: Leo Wolpert – 444.000
Seat 10. David Peters – 467,000
The first elimination was the only female player at the final table, Loni Harwood, she shoved for 93,000 over Bowers’ raise of 18,000 (Level 2, 4k/8k-1k ante) with K-Q. Bowers called with A-5 suited and hit an Ace to eliminate Harwood in 10th place.
Brian Lemke lost a coinflip against Jason Les and lost his remaining chips with A6 against Peters’ A-K.
In Hand 80 of the final table, Peters raised from the button and Woods 3bet shoved for 140,000 (Level 5, 8k/16k-2k ante). Peters called with K-Q and eliminated Woods after the A-6-3-K-9 runout. The actor, who has two Academy Award nominations finished his first ever WSOP in 7th place, earning $28.832.
The next elimination was Andreas Hoivold, he shoved from the button with A-T suited, but failed to improve against Nick "caecilius" Petrangelo’s A-J.
Bowers finished in fifth place after losing a J-J vs. A-K coinflip against Petrangelo, and he was soon followed by Griffiths.
A couple of hands later Peters limped from the small blind with 14 big blinds and A-9, Jason Les shoved and Peters snapcalled. Peters had A-T, Les showed 6-5 suited and the J-6-4-2-Q runout meant that Peters was eliminated.
Jason Les – 2.300.000 (57 big blinds)
Nick Petrangelo – 2.275.000 (56 big blinds)
Petrangelo managed to build a lead at the beginning of heads-up play, Les turned it around, but by Level 11 (30k/60k-10k ante) Petrangelo had the lead again. The two pros battled each other for 58 hands and Petrangelo won a big pot without showdown to create an almost 5-1 chip lead (63 big blinds vs 13 big blinds).
In the final hand, Petrangelo shoved from the button with K-J, Les called with Q-T and failed to improve on the 5-5-2-6-2 board.
Petrangelo has been on a tear this year, final tabling the $25,000 PCA High Roller and the €25,000 EPT Malta High Roller before winning the first WSOP title of his career.
Event #4 $3,000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout results
1. Nick Petrangelo – $201.812
2. Jason Les – $124.696
3. David Peters – $91.575
4. Jeffrey Griffiths – $67.788
5. Derek Bowers – $50.576
6. Andreas Hoivold – $38.039
7. James Woods – $28.832
8. Brian Lemke – $22.021
9. Leo Wolpert – $16.951
10. Loni Harwood – $13.150