Buy-In: | $15,000 + $400 |
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Prize Pool: | $6,489,300 |
Entrants: | 446 |
Mike Watson Wins the 2008 Bellagio Cup ($1,673,770)
Mike Watson moved all in from the button and David Benyamine made the call. Watson showed Q9 but was in major trouble against Benyamine's K9. The board ran out AQ697 and Benyamine was eliminated, earning $840,295 for his runner up performance.
Watson takes home the title, along with the bracelet and nearly $1.7 million.
Blinds: 80,000 – 160,000 with a 15,000 ante
Ace on the River for Michael Watson
David Benyamine moved all in preflop for 8.6 million and Michael Watson made an all-in call. Their cards:
Benyamine: QQ
Watson: AK
Board: 10925A
Watson doubled up on the hand and Benyamine was crippled down to 2,665,000.
The tournament reached heads-up action after the elimination of Staudenmire, and then there was a 20-minute break while the money presentation took place. Action then moved onward and upward with 80,000-160,000 blinds with a 15,000 ante.
Here are the heads-up starting stacks:
David Benyamine: 11,700,000
Michael Watson: 8,420,000
Blinds: 80,000 – 160,000 with a 15,000 ante
Blinds: 80,000 – 160,000 with a 15,000 ante
Blinds: 60,000 – 120,000 with a 10,000 ante
Luke Staudenmaier Doubles Up
Luke Staudenmaier raised to 360,000 preflop from the button and Michael Watson reraised to 1.1 million. Staudenmaier reraised all in for 3.48 million and Watson made the call to cover his opponent. Their cards:
Staudenmaier: AK
Watson: QQ
Board: QJ2106
Staudenmaier doubled up on the hand to survive, and action continued three handed.
Blinds: 60,000 – 120,000 with a 10,000 ante
David Benyamine Doubles Up
David Benyamine raised to 360,000 from the button preflop and Luke Staudenmaier reraised all in. Benyamine made the call for his final 4 million and they turned up their hands:
Benyamine: AJ
Staudenmaier: A10
Board: 643Q7
Benyamine doubled up to 8 million on the hand and survived. Staudenmaier was knocked down to less than 4 million.
Blinds: 60,000 – 120,000 with a 10,000 ante
Short Break
After the bustout madness had ended, the players took a 15-minute break.
Blinds: 60,000 – 120,000 with a 10,000 ante
The trivia contest has ended. Congratulations are in order to Jeremy Ensrud and Brandon Mileski, who were the first two readers to correctly identify that Phil Ivey won three World Series of Poker bracelets in 2002. Click here to read more about the 2002 WSOP and Ivey's unheard of accomplishment.
I received dozens of emails in response (more are still coming in) and many of you clearly showed your knowledge of poker history. Then again, many of you had some comically wrong answers. Some of the more bizarre answers I received ranged from Bill Edler, (who only has one bracelet) to Isaac Baron, (who has never played in the WSOP) to Sam Grizzle.
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1 |
Carlos Mortensen $6,738,670 |
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2 |
Daniel Negreanu $5,973,158 |
3 |
Daniel Sepiol $5,444,754 |
4 |
Michael Mizrachi $5,135,478 |
5 |
Darren Elias $4,527,471 |
6 |
Tuan Le $4,508,943 |
7 |
Chris Moorman $4,367,285 |
8 |
Andrew Lichtenberger $4,317,725 |
9 |
Eliot Hudon $4,218,780 |
10 |
Georgios Sotiropoulos $4,167,246 |