/ Matthew Pitt / 25 September 2011 / Leave a Comment 
Oboodi with his winnings (Photo credit: WPT)
The name Bobby Oboodi may not be one that you are familiar with but if his performance at the final table of the record-breaking WPT Borgata Poker Open is anything to go by then you will soon be hearing it many times over the next few years.
He started the six-handed final table as the chipleader and at no point throughout proceedings did he relinquish that lead, was never all in at any point and was responsible for eliminating four of his five opponents, the sign of a great champion.
It only took 11 hands for the first player, Ricky Hale, to be sent to the cashier's cage. He started the day as the shortest stack and when he saw Oboodi raise to 340,000 from under the gun (blinds 80,000/160,000/20,000a), he looked down at Ac10s and decided that he would raise all in from the cutoff to 2,080,000. Oboodi quickly called and turned over a dominating AhKh. The Brit paired his ten on a flop reading 10d-9s-2d but the Ks on the turn improved Oboodi to a higher pair. The river was the Jd and the table lost its first player.
Another two hours passed before the fifth place finisher was decided and it was Oboodi who was once again the executioner. With blinds now at 120,000/240,000/30,000a, Darren Elias opened to 500,000 from the button and Oboodi clicked it back, from the big blind, making it 1,100,000 to play. Elias moved all in for a total of 2,750,000 and Oboodi made the call. Elias turned over pocket jacks but they were way behind the cowboys of Oboodi. There was no help from any of the five community cards and the five players became four.
Ninety minutes and 35 hands later Fred Goldberg exited the final table after a clash with, yes you have guessed it, Oboodi. The latter min-raised to 600,000 under the gun and Goldberg called in the big blind. The dealer put out the 9d-7s-6h flop, Oboodi bet 600,000 only to see Goldberg instantly move all in for a total of 3,300,000. Oboodi paused and then made the call, turning over Ah9h, nicely dominating the Td9c of his opponent. The turn and river were the 7c and Jc respectively and Goldberg was busted out.
Less than 15 minutes later and the tournament reach the heads up stages after Daniel Buzgon lost his stack to Jin Hwang. The blinds had increased to 200,000/400,000/40,000a and Oboodi opened to 800,000 from the button. Buzgon then three-bet all in for around 5,000,000 and then Hwang called the all in from the big blind. Oboodi folded and the players revealed their hands, Hwang held AhKh and was in a coinflop against the 7c7s of Buzgon. Hwang picked up outs to a straight draw when the flop came down Qc-10h-9c and he turned his straight when the Jc made an appearance. The river was the 7h but it was too little too late and Buzgon exited the final table and headed to pick up more than a third of a million dollars.
Going into heads up Oboodi held a 23,190,000 to 17,125,000 chip leader over Hwang and took just 18 hands to send his opponent home as the runner up. Oboodi opted to limp from the button and then call when Hwang raised it up to 1,250,000. The flop came down 7s-6s-6c and both players checked. The turn brought the Js into play and Hwang checked again. Oboodi made it 1,600,000 to play. Hwang then said, "Let's gamble, I'm all in," and Oboodi called, turning over Qs2s for a flush draw, which was up against the KcJh of Hwang. The dealer burned a card and put out the 3s on the river, completing Oboodi's flush that eliminated Hwang and Oboodi had become the champion of WPT Borgata.
The World Poker Tour next stops at the Foxwoods Resort Casino for the World Poker Finals between October 27 - Nov 1, will Oboodi be there to try and become a double WPT winner? I would certainly think so.
Final table payouts
1st: Bobby Oboodi: $922,441
2nd: Jin Hwang: $554,303
3rd: Daniel Buzgon: $335,433
4th: Fred Goldberg: $280,925
5th: Darren Elias: $230,60
6th: Ricky Hale: $186,585
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