World Series Of Poker -- Praz Bansi Wins Event No. 5Wins First Bracelet Since 2006 And $515,501 |
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Praz Bansi (pictured left) won event no. 5 ($1,500 No Limit Hold’em) at the 2010 World Series of Poker to secure his second bracelet and $515,501. Bansi defeated Vincent Jacques heads-up in a grueling test of will. Bansi’s first bracelet came in the 2006 WSOP when he won event no. 42 ($1,000 No Limit Hold’em). He took home $230,209 for that win.
A total of 2,092 players registered for the three-day event, putting together a prizepool of $2,824,200. There were 216 places paid and the first player to cash was David Bach. He earned $2,880 for his 216th place finish. Other notables who made the money include Antonio Esfandiari (211th), Tad Jurgens (187th), Shaun Deeb (164th), Dustin Woolf (162nd), Shannon Shorr (111th) and Adam Levy (51st).
There were 23 players who returned for the final day and it took just under four hours to get down to the final nine participants. Notables like John Myung (17th) and Yuval Bronshtein (12th) were just a couple of the names who did not make it to the final table.
Kyle Knecht was the first casualty at the final table and David Sands soon followed him out the door. By the time heads-up play began, Bansi and Jacques were almost dead even in chips, but Bansi gradually chipped away at Jacques’ stack. However, Jacques would not go away without a fight. On two occassions, Jacques got all of his chips into the middle only to be dominated by Bansi. Still, Jacques came from behind both times to avoid elimination.
Finally, after another hour of grinding Jacques down, Bansi held A-J against his opponent’s A-8. This time, the best hand held up and Bansi took home his second bracelet.
Here are the official final table results:
1. Praz Bansi — $515,501
2. Vincent Jacques — $320,913
3. Calvin Kordus — $223,069
4. David Tuthill — $160,654
5. Tomer Berda — $117,416
6. Donald Offord — $86,858
7. Hugh Bell — $65,097
8. David Sands — $49,409
9. Kyle Knecht — $37,943
Here are the elimination hands as reported on CardPlayer.com’s live updates:
Kyle Knecht Eliminated In 9th Place
Praz Bansi raised to 76,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Kyle Knecht. He repopped to 171,000, putting himself all in. David Tuthill made the call and Bansi mucked.
Knecht turned over K
J
while Tuthill showed 8
8
.
The board ran out Q835A and Tuthill improved to a set on the flop to eliminate Knecht.
David Sands Eliminated In 8th Place ($49,409)
David Sands moved all in for 575,000 and Praz Bansi reraised all in. No one called that bet and Sands showed 44.
Bansi turned over JJ and the board ran out AA9AQ offering no help to Sands and he was eliminated.
Hugh Bell Eliminated In 7th Place ($65,097)
Hugh Bell put in a raise preflop and David Tuthill came over the top with a raise of his own. Bell called, putting himself all in.
Tuthill turned over 1010 but was dominated by Bell’s AA.
The board ran out QJ4910, giving Tuthill a miracle set on the river to eliminate Bell.
Donald Offord Eliminated In 6th Place ($86,858)
Donald Offord moved all in from the cutoff and Vincent Jacques did the same from the button. David Tuthill put in the initial raise but mucked his hand after all the action.
Offord turned over JJ but was dominated by Jacques and his QQ.
The board ran out A710105 and Offord was eliminated.
Tomer Berda Eliminated In 5th Place ($117,416)
David Tuthill raised it up from the cutoff preflop and Tomer Berda reraised.
Tuthill put in a third raise and Berda came over the top with the rest of his chips. Tuthill made the call and turned over KK. It was the best hand as Berda showed down AK.
The board ran out 107438 and Berda was eliminated.
David Tuthill Eliminated In 4th Place ($160,654)
David Tuthill found himself all in holding AJ. Praz Bansi made the call with KK.
The board ran out Q10764 and the one time chip leader at the final table was eliminated.
Calvin Kordus Eliminated In 3rd Place ($223,069)
Calvin Kordus moved all in preflop and Vincent Jacques made the call.
Kordus tabled A5 and was dominated by Vincent Jacques A8.
The board ran out AK1063 and Kordus made his exit in third place, leaving Jacques and Praz Bansi to battle heads-up for the bracelet.
Vincent Jacques Eliminated In 2nd Place ($320,913); Praz Bansi Wins Event No. 5 ($515,501)
Praz Bansi raised to 225,000 preflop and the action was on Vincent Jacques. He moved in for 315,000 total and Bansi made a quick call.
Jacques turned over A8 but was dominated by Bansi’s AJ.
The board ran out QQJ82 and Bansi took down his second WSOP bracelet and a cool half million dollars to go with it.
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