2000 Guineas: Camelot dominates Newmarket entries

News / Timeform / 07 March 2012 / Leave a Comment

Camelot winning at Doncaster.

"Camelot, rated 117P by Timeform, is one of 11 entries for Aidan O'Brien as he chases a sixth win in the race..."

Aidan O'Brien's Camelot is the star name among 63 entries for the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 5...

Already a Group One winner thanks to his stunning victory in the RP Trophy at Doncaster, the unbeaten colt currently heads the market for both the Guineas and the Derby.

Camelot, rated 117P by Timeform, is one of 11 entries for the Ballydoyle handler as he chases a sixth win in the race.

Born To Sea, trained by John Oxx, and Jim Bolger's Dewhurst winner Parish Hall add to the Irish challenge, while Harbour Watch is among eight possibles for Richard Hannon.

French trainer Mikel Delzangles, successful with Makfi two years ago, has two contenders in Dragon Pulse, formerly with Jessica Harrington in Ireland, and Hermival.

"The 2000 Guineas is a race we are considering for both horses," said Delzangles.

"They will both run once before that in the trials - one will run in the Prix Djebel (Maisons-Laffitte, April 5) and the other in the Prix de Fontainebleau (Longchamp, April 15). We will see what happens there and then decide after that.

"Dragon Pulse has been with me for three weeks. I was impressed with his Irish form, and he looks like he is a very decent horse. He has not done any work for me yet, but physically he has all the looks and size to make a champion.

"Hermival won quite impressively at Saint-Cloud and I like him. He is not a show horse, but he is a very hard worker and if he improves he could be a very good horse.

"Although he won on heavy ground, I think he will be fine on better ground."

Another French possible is Nicolas Clement's French Fifteen, who has been bought by Sheikh Al Thani after winning the Criterium International Saint Cloud.

Clement said: "The plan now is to run him in the Prix Djebel (before Newmarket) and he is a colt who needs a true early pace to show his best.

"He has a good turn of foot and could be ridden by Olivier Peslier if he isn't claimed by the Wertheimer brothers as he now has a second retainer with Sheikh Al Thani."

Matusalen is the Spanish-trained entry for Mauricio Delcher Sanchez, who has already enjoyed significant success in Britain having saddled Equiano to success in the 2008 King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot.

The 2000 Guineas market is, at present, dominated by Camelot, who currently trades at [3.8]. Born To Sea can be backed at [13.5] with Power not far behind that one at [14.0].

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Bobby Oboodi Dominates Borgata Poker Open

Poker News / 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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