Level: 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 0
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #42: $5,000 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,124,400
Entries
452
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
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Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
With 12 World Series of Poker cashes on his resume prior to 2014, Kory Kilpatrick has been a fixture on the WSOP felt for the past few years. But the truly deep run had eluded this online grinder turned Pot-Limit Omaha cash game pro before now.
In the first week of June he found himself at the final table of the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout and by the time it was all over, he was posing for pictures with his first WSOP bracelet.
Fast forward a couple of weeks later and Kilpatrick is at it again here at the final table of the $5,000 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha event.
While he may be the shortest stack among the five remaining players, as the only bracelet winner left, he has to be considered the player with the experience edge.
As the group headed off for a 60-minute dinner break PokerNews spoke with Kilpatrick for a Final Table Interview to see how things are going.
PokerNews: This is your second final table here this summer. Is it just as exciting the second time around?
Absolutely, it may not be more so than my first final table, but this is my favorite game. I play PLO cash pretty much full-time now. There's very few PLO tournaments and even less six-max. So this is my favorite tournament of the year, I am really fortunate to have made it this far and I'm really excited to be here.
PokerNews: Seems like there are a lot of swings in this game. How are things going so far?
I made a big fold with a megawrap in a big pot where Darius (Studdard) doubled up and I would have ended up chopping. The bets are so big at this point that every decision is crucial. You just got to try to pick your spots and hope it works out.
PokerNews: There are WSOP cashes all over your resume, but no truly deep runs until this year. What's made the difference in 2014?
Tournaments are stupid. That's the short answer. Most people just don't really grasp the amount of variance that goes into it. I guess I could say that I'm really focussed and I'm really playing my A-game and that may all be true, but the matter of the fact is that I've run really well when I needed to.
I have poured a ton of time into my game, my PLO game in particular, over the past year, and I feel like I'm playing really well right now. But tournaments, they are just a silly thing.
PokerNews: A win here would vault you into second in the Player of the Year race. Does that change your focus for the rest of the series?
I don't know if it's going to change things that much. I wasn't going to be here the full time, but after I won the first bracelet I decided to stick around. Part of that was I thought if I could make another run I could be a part of the Player of the Year race. It's not that big a thing, but I understand there are lots of downstream benefits that can come from it. It's kind of like MVP of the series and that's a cool award to add to your resume.
I don't play a lot of mixed games, I play some, but I've been reading up on some Stud 8 and other various forms (of Poker) to maybe fire at some of these other events. Part of that is because the Player of the Year would be cool, but I also think it's good to diversify and get better at the other games. It's not really going to change a whole lot, but it will be there in the back of my mind.
PokerNews: You will be the shortest stack among the five players remaining when you return from dinner break. What's your plan going forward?
I don't have a lot of chips right now and it's about to be a 50,000 big blind so I am only going to have about 15 big blinds. So lots of small balling, probably going to be doing a good bit of limping and I'm planning on making some flushes and full houses and going from there.
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,890,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
1,815,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
||
|
1,660,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
745,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
||
|
670,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
The remaining five players are heading on a 60-minute dinner break.
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Hand #52: Kory Kilpatrick raised the small blind to 120,000 and Darius Studdard called to see a 
flop fall and Kilpatrick led out for 205,000 with Studdard quickly folding.
Hand #53: Brant Hale raised to 90,000 and collected the blinds.
Hand #54: Michael Drummond raised to 90,000 and collected the blinds.
Hand #55: On the last hand before dinner break, Darius Studdard raised to 105,000 and Michael Drummond made the call from the big blind to see a 
flop fall. Studdard bet out 185,000 and Drummond folded.
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,920,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
|
1,865,000
-225,000
|
-225,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,655,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
|
715,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
|
|
625,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
||
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Hand #48: Michael Drummond raised to 90,000 in the cutoff, Darius Studdard called from the small blind and Ryan Schmidt called in the big blind.
The flop fell 
and action folded to Schmidt who bet 155,000. Drummond folded, Studdard raised and Schmidt folded as well.
Hand #49: Ryan Schmidt limped in from the small blind, Brant Hale checked his option and the flop fell 
. Schmidt bet 55,000 and took it down.
Hand #50: Ryan Schmidt raised to 90,000 on the button and won the pot.
Hand #51: Michael Drummond limped from the small blind Kory Kilpatrick checked his option and the flop came down 
. Drummond bet 55,000 Kilpatrick called and the 
turn fell. Drummond check to Kilpatrick who bet 125,000. Drummond folded and Kilpatrick won the pot.
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
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Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Unfortunately Phil Laak has been eliminated not too long ago. Before "The Unabomber" departed though, we caught up with his girlfriend Jennifer Tilly on the rail.
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,090,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,715,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
1,585,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
|
860,000
-305,000
|
-305,000 |
|
|
530,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
|
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