After a 3-hour long heads-up battle with Jacobo Fernandez, David Singer has claimed the title in the $1,500 pot-limit hold'em event.

First, Singer doubled up when, from the button, Fernandez min-raised to 80,000 and Singer popped it to 240,000 total. Fernandez then moved Singer all-in for 800,000. Singer called and his AK was racing against Fernandez's 55. The board came KA1084 and Singer had won a 1.7 million chip race, putting Fernandez on his back foot for the first time in many hours of play.

The final dagger came on the very next hand: 7536 read the board when Singer put out a bet of 50,000. Fernandez wasted no time in raising to 180,000, but was clearly unhappy when Singer moved all-in for all of Fernandez's remaining chips. After a long period of deliberation, Fernandez called, revealing his 73. His suspiscions were confirmed, however, when Singer turned over Q4 for a straight. The river was the J and David Singer threw his fist into the air in celebration.

Jacobo Fernandez earns $136,643 for his runner up finish, and David Singer takes home $214,131 along with his coveted first bracelet.

Blinds: 12,000 - 24,000

Players Left: 2

Chip Leaders:

Jacobo Fernandez - 1,200,000

David Singer - 950,000

Eliminations: None

Storylines:

It's been a back and forth battle with neither player giving up much. Fernandez has taken the lead, but it's only a 10 big blind swing.

Both players are playing very close to the vest and hardly any hands have been shown down. Most pots have been minimal and the average preflop raise has been just over a minraise. Despite the tempting odds, both players are patiently waiting for the right moment. If anybody remembers David Singer's heads up match with Kido Pham at Caesar's Palace last October, you know we could be in for a long night.

After a quick double up shortly before the break, David Singer is now leading Jacobo Fernandez. Here are the current chip counts:

David Singer - 1,150,000

Jacobo Fernandez - 1,000,000

The players are now on a 90-minute dinner break until 9:15.

Blinds: 8,000 - 16,000

Players Left: 3

Chip Leaders:

Eliminations: Zachary King (7th Place), Joe Tehan (6th Place), Russ Harriman (5th Place), Robert Lipkin (4th Place)

Storylines:

The short stacks finally succumbed in level 18 as Zach King, Russ Harriman, Robert Lipkin and Joe Tehan hit the rail.

Big Hands:

Zachary King Eliminated in Seventh Place ($34,063)

With just over 80,000 in his stack, Zachary King was forced to make his move against Greg Alston. Unfortunately for the young online pro, his A8 ran into the AA of Alston. King failed to catch any miracles as the board came down K1099J to eliminate him in seventh place.
Russ Harriman Sucks Out on Joe Tehan

Joe Tehan has been taking abuse all day, and it continued even further when Russ Harriman shoved from the button. Tehan snap called from the small blind showing AJ and was pleased to see Harriman's 98. But the board came J106Q4 and Harriman hit a straight to double up to around 105,000.

Joe Tehan Eliminated in Sixth Place ($43,796)

Joe Tehan got the rest of his short stack in with J10 against the pocket nines of David Singer. The flop of AQ2 gave him some extra outs, but the turn and river came 87 to brick out, sending Tehan to the rail in a disappointed sixth place. Tehan earns $43,796 for his efforts.

Russ Harriman Eliminated in Fifth Place ($55,474)

Harriman had been hovering around the 100,000 chip mark for quite some time before picking up pocket queens. The small all-in amount made it too easy for Greg Alston and he made the call with AJ. The board rolled out A3255 and Harriman made his exit $55,474 richer.

Not too bad for his second career cash.

Robert Lipkin Eliminated in Fourth Place ($67,640)

After being relatively quiet the entire day, Robert Lipkin decided to make a move at the wrong time and his 75 ran into the pocket jacks of David Singer. The board didn't even come close to Lipkin's hand and he was eliminated in fourth place, leaving the remaining three players to battle for the bracelet.

Eliminations: Glen Bean (9th Place)

Storylines:

David Singer doubled up twice to end the first level of the day, then got involved in a big pot with Greg Alston.

Zachary Clark doubled up through Russ Harriman to stay alive.

Big Hands:

David Singer Doubles Up.... Twice

On a flop of Q53 Greg Alston put David Singer all in for just under 70,000 and Singer made the call, showing AQ. Alston turned over JJ and failed to catch his two-outer when the turn and river came 103. That pot brought Singer up to 162,000, which he used for his next double up a few hands later.

Singer raised it up to 22,000 under the gun and got a call from Al Barbieri on the button. The flop came down Q32 and Singer bet 40,000. Barbieri called and the 8 hit the turn. This time Singer moved all in for about 100,000 and Barbieri called, turning over KQ, which was behind to Singer's pocket aces. The A on the river didn't change anything and Singer doubled up once again to about 325,000.

Singer Gives Some Back

Singer vaulted into second place with his two double ups, but gave some of it back on a hand with Greg Alston. Alston raised to 27,000 preflop and Singer made the call in the big blind. The flop came A94 and both players checked. The turn was the J and Singer led for another 27,000. Alston moved all in for another 113,000 and Singer took a few moments before letting his hand go.

Zachary "CKingUSC" CKing Doubles Up

With a rail that included online notables Vivek "psyduck" Rajkumar, Shaun Deeb and Chris "cdbr3799" Dombrowksi, Zachary Clark had been getting anxious to get his chips in the middle. A situation finally presented itself after a series of preflop raises with Russ Harriman and King's pocket jacks held up against Harriman's pocket nines to keep him in contention with 170,000.

Glen "Miss Pretty" Bean Eliminated in Ninth Place ($19,646)

Glen Bean hung around on the short stack for quite some time before being forced to get it in with J-8 against Zachary Kings's A-Q. Bean caught an eight on the flop to give him some hope, but an ace on the river sent him packing. Bean earned $19,646 for his efforts.