Davide Suriano Wins 2014 World Series of Poker $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship

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A total of 136 players turned out to play the 2014 World Series of Poker $10,000 heads-up no-limit hold’em championship, building a prize pool of $1,198,400. By there could be only one player to remain undefeated throughout the event, and 25-year-old Davide Suriano did just that. The Italian, like the majority of the field, had a bye in the first round, but then went on to win seven consecutive matches against elite competition to win his first gold bracelet and the $335,553 first-place prize.

“This is the biggest thing that has ever happened to me,” said Suriano following his win.

Here is a look at Suriano’s road to gold:

Round 1 (136 players): Bye
Round 2 (128 players): Scott Seiver
Round 3 (64 players) : Daniel Cates
Round 4 (32 players) : Shane Moran
Round 5 (16 players) : Serkan Kurnaz
Round 6 (8 players) : Ankush Mandavia
Round 7 (4 players) : Daniel Colman
Round 8 (2 players) : Sam Stein

Suriano defeated two top online superstars in Dan “jungleman12” Cates and Daniel “mrgr33n13” Coleman as well as two bracelet winners in Scott Seiver and eventual runner-up Sam Stein. The final match began with the two players sitting with nearly 1,000 big blinds
each, but despite that fact the final showdown lasted only 36 hands and took over just an hour to complete.

Suriano was able to get out to a quick lead and steadily extend it until he held more than a 6-to-1 chip advantage going into the final hand. Suriano raised to 125,000 from the button and Stein moved all in for 1,175,000. Suriano made the call with the A10 which was ahead of Stein’s K7. The board ran out J103A5 giving Suriano two pair to secure the pot and the title. Stein was sent to the rail in second place with $207,347 for his efforts.

In addition to the bracelet and the money Suriano also scored 660 Card Player Player of the Year points at his first final table of the year. Semi-finalist Daniel Coleman, who had won the 2014 European Poker Tour Grand Final super high roller in May for over $2.1 million and made another final table in Monte Calro, earned another 385 points for this score and now sits in 73rd place in the overall standings with 1,255 points.

Here is a look at the payouts and the POY points awarded to the final four in this event:

*Winner photo courtesy of the WSOP

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