World Series of Poker -- Jake Cody Wins Event No. 2

Jake Cody has won the first open event of the summer — the $25,000 no-limit hold’em heads-up championship — claiming $851,192 and his first bracelet. With the victory, Cody also joins the short list of players who have won poker’s triple crown — which consists of a WSOP bracelet, as well as World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour titles.

With a rail of fellow Englishmen screaming and chanting his name in support, Cody ran hot en route to busting Yevgeniy Timoshenko in second. The American poker pro walked away with $525,980 as consolation.

The battle was all Cody, as Timoshenko cashed in his first of three bullets after doubling Cody up in level five. In level seven, Timoshenko lost another all in when his J 10 failed to improve against Cody’s A 3.

Down to his last reload in level eight, Timoshenko completed the small blind and Cody moved all in from the big blind. Timoshenko called with A 5 and was ahead against Cody’s K 9. However, the flop came K Q 4, giving Cody top pair and a commanding lead in the hand. The 6 on the turn and the 4 river ended Timoshenko’s day.

Before facing Timoshenko in the final, Cody had to go through 2010 WSOP Europe heads-up champion Gus Hansen. Cody got his opponent down to his last reload after winning a coin flip against Hansen for most of the chips in play. Hansen was eventually eliminated after a hand which began with Cody limping on the button, and Hansen proceeding to raise to 98,000. Cody decided to moved all in, and Hansen made the all-in call after some thought. Hansen tabled the A 4 and was behind against the A 5 of Cody. After Cody paired his five, he was on his way to the championship match.

The massive score brings Cody’s career tournament earnings to nearly $3 million, but perhaps more importantly, the poker pro joins Roland de Wolfe and Gavin Griffin as the only players to win poker’s version of a triple crown. Cody won the WPT London Poker Classic back in September and was the champion of the EPT Deauville in January of last year.

The 42nd annual WSOP saw the first-ever heads-up event of this size at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The four-day tournament exceeded expectations and attracted a solid field of 128 of the game’s best players. The turnout created a total prize pool of $3.04 million — the largest ever purse for a open buy-in heads-up tournament.

Here is a look at the final results for event no. 2 at the 2011 WSOP:

1. Jake Cody — $851,192
2. Yevgeniy Timoshenko — $525,980
3. Gus Hansen — $283,966
3. Eric Froehlich — $283,966
5. Matthew Marafioti — $138,852
5. Anthony Guetti — $138,852
5. Nikolay Evdakov — $138,852
5. David Paredes — $138,852
9. Tom Dwan — $67,436
9. Steve Billirakis — $67,436
9. John Duthie — $67,436
9. Olivier Busquet — $67,436
9. Richard Lyndaker — $67,436
9. Kunimaro Kojo — $67,436
9. Mikhail Smirnov — $67,436
9. Jonathan Jaffe — $67,436

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