Buy-In: | $1,365 + $135 |
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Prize Pool: | $3,712,800 |
Entrants: | 2720 |
Matthew Wood opened the action preflop for 360,000 and David Woo made the call. The flop was dealt 9
5
4
and Wood bet 675,000, Woo raised an additional 1 million on top of that and Wood reraised all in for 2.4 million total. Woo went into the tank for a couple minutes and he eventually made the call. Their cards:
Woo: 1010
Wood: 96
Turn and River: Q4
Woo won the hand and the tournament! Wood was eliminated in second place, and he took home $389,844 in prize money. Woo was awarded the $631,656 first-place prize, as well as his first gold bracelet.
Blinds/Antes: 50,000-100,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 2,720
Chip Counts:
David Woo: 5,000,000
Matthew Wood: 3,165,000
Eliminations:
Eric Beren: 3rd Place ($278,460)
Big Hands/Storylines:
Eric Beren Eliminated in Third Place ($278,460)
Eric Beren raised all in preflop and Matt Wood quickly called him down. Their cards:
Wood: AQ
Beren: A10
Board: 84
2
7
5
Beren was eliminated in third place, and he took home $278,460 in prize money.
Heads-Up Chip Counts
David Woo: 5,000,000
Matthew Wood: 3,165,000
Blinds/Antes: 40,000-80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 2,720
Chip Counts:
David Woo: 5,450,000
Matt Wood: 1,410,000
Eric Beren: 1,290,000
Average Stack: 2,720,000
Eliminations:
Curtis Early: 6th Place ($150,368)
Thom Werthmann: 5th Place ($191,209)
Habib Khanis: 4th Place ($233,906)
Big Hands/Storylines:
Curtis Early (Sixth) and Thom Werthmann (Fifth) both Eliminated by David Woo
On a flop of QJ
10
Thom Werthmann raised to 275,000 preflop and David Woo made the call. Curtis Early reraised all-in to 1.3 million and Matt Wood mucked. Werthmann reraised all in on top of that and Woo called them both down. Their cards:
Woo: AK
Early: KQ
Werthmann: QJ
Turn and River: 38
Woo eliminated both of his opponents to take a huge chip lead. Early was eliminated in sixth place ($150,368) and Werthmann was eliminated in fifth place ($191,209).
Habib Khanis Eliminated in Fourth Place ($233,906)
Habib Khanis moved all in preflop and Eric Beren called him down. Their cards:
Beren: KQ
Khanis: QJ
Board: 99
7
7
8
Khanis was eliminated in fourth place, and he took home $266,906 in prize money.
Blinds/Antes: 30,000-60,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 2,720
Chip Counts:
David Woo: 3,370,000
Matt Wood: 1,510,000
Thom Werthmann: 1,205,000
Eric Beren: 900,000
Curtis Early: 890,000
Habib Khanis: 530,000
Average Stack: 1,360,000
Eliminations:
Thanh Dat Tran: 7th Place ($113,240)
Big Hands/Storylines:
David Woo Takes the Chip Lead
David Woo raised to 150,000 preflop and Thom Werthmann made the call. The flop was dealt QJ
4
and Werthmann checked. Woo bet 50,000 and Werthamnn made the call. The turn fell 5
and Werthmann checked agign. Woo bet again, this time for 200,000. Werthmann made the call and the river rolled out the J
. Werthmann checked and called again after Woo fired out 500,000. Woo flipped up pocket queens, Werthmann mucked and Woo held over 3 million after the hand.
Thanh Dat Tran Eliminated in Seventh Place ($113,240)
Thanh Dat Tran raised to 310,000 and Woo reraised all in for 2.6 million. Tran made the call and they flipped up their hands:
Woo: AK
Tran: AQ
Board: 94
3
4
J
Tran was eliminated in seventh place, and he took home $113,240 in prize money.
Blinds/Antes: 25,000-50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 2,720
Chip Counts:
David Woo: 2,045,000
Thom Werthmann: 1,855,000
Curtis Early: 1,240,000
Thanh Dat Tran: 910,000
Eric Beren: 905,000
Matt Wood: 555,000
Habib Khanis: 430,000
Eliminations:
Jim Paras: 9th Place ($58,290)
Michael Glasser: 8th Place ($85,394)
Big Hands/Storylines:
Jim Paras Eliminated in Ninth Place ($58,290)
Jim Paras raised to 150,000 preflop and David Woo made the call. The flop was dealt J5
2
and Woo checked. Paras moved all in and Woo made the call. Their cards:
Woo: 22
Paras: AJ
Turn and River: J9
Paras was eliminated in ninth place, and he took home $58,290 in prize money.
Michael Glasser Eliminated in Eighth Place ($85,394)
Michael Glasser moved all in preflop for 305,000 and Matt Wood made the call. Their cards:
Wood: AQ
Glasser: 99
Board: J7
4
J
A
Glasser was eliminated in eighth place, and he took home $85,394 in prize money.
The players are in their seats and after some quick introductions action will be underway at today's $1,500 no-limit hold'em final table. Nine players remain and they will play down to a champion today. Here are the starting stacks:
Thom Werthmann: 1,600,000
Thanh Dat Tran: 1,255,000
Curtis Early: 1,225,000
David Woo: 1,090,000
Matt Wood: 675,000
Habib Khanis: 645,000
Eric Beren: 640,000
Jim Paras: 535,000
Michael Glasser: 495,000
Blinds will start at 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante.
Note: Cards got into the air at 2:15 p.m.