Jerrod Ankenman, coauthor of the weighty tome The Mathematics Of Poker, earned his first World Series of Poker bracelet yesterday in Event #42- the $2,500 buy-in Mixed Event.

To secure the bracelet, along with the $241,654 top prize, Ankenman had to outlast a total field of 412 players and survive a difficult final day that included Jon "Pearljammer" Turner, Dario Alioto, Chris Klodnicki and PokerRoad's own Layne Flack and Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke.

Neither Flack nor Jimmy were able to get much going during Day 3's play and finished seventh and ninth respectively, despite both achieving a top five chip stack at different points during the day.

The final table finish positions for Event #42- the Mixed Event, were as follows.

1st.    Jerrod Ankenman- $241,654

2nd.  Sergey Altbregin- $149,341

3rd.  Chris Klodnicki- $97,896

4th.  Jeff Tims- $67,848

5th.  Jon Turner- $49,568

6th.  Eric Crain- 38,074

7th.  Layne Flack- $30,675

8th.  Dario Alioto- $25,860

For more information on the final day of Event #42 visit www.worldseriesofpoker.com, powered by PokerNews.


Story by Mark Anderson

Sweet Tweets* from the final day of the Mixed.

Up to 238k. 4-bet QQ pre in lhe, Q hi flop. Rami check called til river, check raised river, I 3 bet he calls, shows AA
-Jimmy Fricke

286k, made nut nut in O8 against Danny Dang and he made a crying call. Dabbashooted!
-Jimmy Fricke

285k, still slightly above average, but its been very rough going so far
-Jon Turner

... PLO is next, followed by a 2-7 level which will be crucial!
-Jon Turner

590k at dinner break, still have 30 mins left of 15k/30k. Chipleader has 1.1mil, 3 stacks have 100k or less! Gobbo busted, 8 left
-Jon Turner

I'm out 5th... coolered pretty badly in 2-7 against the guy who'd never played b4 and didn't know what he was doing, then card dead on out
-Jon Turner

heads up at #wsop42 ($2,500 8-game mix)... Jerrod Ankenman has a 3-to-1 chip advantage over Altbregin (& advantage in limit games, it seems)
-Short-Stacked Shamus

*A sampling of Twitter posts from Event #42, courtesy of the PokerRoad Nation.