World Series of Poker -- Sean Getzwiller Wins $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event

The first of the low buy-in no-limit hold’em tournaments of the summer that are geared for weekend warriors has come to a close at the 2011 World Series of Poker and the winner of the tournament is Sean Getzwiller. He took home $611,185 and a gold bracelet as the champion of Event No. 8 ($1,000 no-limit hold’em) after four days of poker. He topped a field of 4,177 opponents to get the top, but in the end it was his final opponent who proved the toughest by far.

Heads-up play between Getzwiller and runner-up Sadan Turker lasted over four hours after Jon Turner fell in third place. The two began the final battle with evenly-matched chip stacks and multiple lead changes took place between them before Getzwiller emerged victorious. The final day of the tournament began with just the final three players after the final table began play on Tuesday night. Thanks to the prolonged battle at the end for the bracelet, today’s final three took as long to decide a winner as most fully-seated final tables.

“I feel amazing. I mean, I won a bracelet in a 4,000-player event. How much better can I feel? I ran really well. I won a great tournament. If you’re going to win a 4,000-player event you’ve got to feel really good and run really well. I’m just happy that I’m here,” said Getzwiller after the win. He also knew the victory wouldn’t come easy against a quality opponent at the end of the tournament. “I didn’t think it was going to be easy. We got a lot of chips in play and when we were heads-up we were really deep. (Sadan Turker and I) both had like 80 big blinds, so there was a lot of play and we just lasted four hours. He is a heck of a player,” said Getzwiller.

Here is a look at the elimination hands from the final table as featured in CardPlayer.com’s live updates:

Odette Tremblay Eliminated in 9th Place ($49,258)

Sadan Turker open-shoved the small blind and Odette Tremblay called all in from the big blind.

Turker was behind with J 5 when Tremblay turned over K 7.

The board came 5 2 2 A 8, giving Turker two pair on the flop. Odette Tremblay came to the final table as one of the short stacks and was the first eliminated in 9th place ($49,258).

Daniel Haglund Eliminated in 8th Place ($64,186)

Max Weinberg opened the pot for 95,000 from late position, Daniel Haglund moved all in for 385,000 and Weinberg called.

Haglund turned over A 5 for the lead against Weinberg’s A 4.

The board came 9 3 3 K 4, giving Weinberg two pair on the river. Daniel Haglund was eliminated in 8th place ($64,186).

Hunter Frey Eliminated in 7th Place ($84,341)

Jon Turner opened the pot for 90,000 from the button, Hunter Frey reraised to 190,000 from the small blind, Turner four-bet shoved and Frey called.

Frey turned over A 10 for the lead against Turner’s K J.

The board came K 8 3 6 4, and Turner flopped top pair to eliminate Hunter Frey in 7th place ($84,341).

Lawrence Riley Eliminated in 6th Place ($111,753)

Lawrence Riley opened the pot for 110,000, Sadan Turker reraised to 250,000, Jon Turner four-bet to 500,000, Riley shoved for 600,000, Turker folded and Turner called.

Turner showed J J for the lead while Riley turned over A K for the draw.

The board came 9 8 5 8 2, no help for Lawrence Riley who was eliminated in 6th place ($111,753). Jon Turner claimed the chip lead this hand with just under 4.5 million.

Stefan Raffay Eliminated in 5th Place ($149,392)

Stefan Raffay opened the pot for a raise, Sadan Turker shoved and Raffay called all in.

Raffay turned over Q Q for the lead while Turker showed 9 9.

The board came 9 9 8 J 4, giving Turker quad nines on the flop. Stefan Raffay was eliminated in 5th place.

Max Weinberg Eliminated in 4th Place ($201,433)

Max Weinberg got it all in before the flop with K Q against Sadan Turker’s A 8.

The board came A 10 5 4 9, giving Turker top pair on the flop. Max Weinberg was eliminated in 4th place ($201,433) while Turker snagged the chip lead with about 7.7 million in chips.

Jon Turner Eliminated in 3rd Place ($274,005)

Sadan Turker open-shoved the small blind and Jon Turner called all from the big blind.

Turner showed 8 8 for the lead while Turker showed A 4.

The board came A J 2 Q 9, giving Turker a higher pair on the turn. Jon Turner came into the final day as the short stack and was eliminated shortly thereafter in 3rd place ($274,005).

Sadan Turker Eliminated in 2nd Place ($377,411)

Sadan Turker was all in before the flop for about 4,000,000 with A 9 against Sean Getzwiller’s 5 5.

The board came J 5 4 8 K, giving Getzwiller middle set on the flop.

Sadan Turker is eliminated in 2nd place ($377,411) while Sean Getzwiller wins the gold bracelet for Event #8 and the $611,185 grand prize.

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