Heads up play was fast and furious and in the end, Antonio Cavezza came out on top winning the bracelet, $120,970 and the $25,000 seat into the WPT Championship. Spencer Thomson finishes in second place good for $53,040.
"I never saw this win coming," said Cavezza. "It's great to win the seat and it's nice to know that I have that out of the way."
"I'm really happy with my performance," said Thomson. "Coming in as the second short stack, I don't mind taking home second place. Get ready to see alot more of me."
Eliminations
Posted: Sun, Jul 01, 07, 10:34 AM
Here are the final eliminations before heads up play began.
Adam Ross was eliminated in fifth place for $10,605.
Leonard Santangelo was eliminated in fourth place for $21,215.
James Salters was eliminated in third place for $31,820.
In The Money
Posted: Sun, Jul 01, 07, 10:15 AM
The remaining players are in the money and their chip counts have been updated. Antonio Cavezza currently leads with more than one third of the chips in play.
Gioi Luong Eliminated in 6th Place
Posted: Sun, Jul 01, 07, 10:10 AM
Gioi Luong is all in for $40,000 and Antonio Cavezza makes the call. Luong shows K 5 and Cavezza shows A J. The board comes Q 10 8 4 Q, and Luong finishes just outside the money.
Leonard Santangelo Doubles Up
Posted: Sun, Jul 01, 07, 9:48 AM
Leonard Santangelo pushes for his last $33,000 and Spencer Thomson comes over the top. The blinds fold and Thomson shows A 10. Santangelo has the best hand with A J. The board comes 9 7 5 A 9, and Santangelo doubles up.
Alexander Uskov Eliminated in 7th Place
Posted: Sun, Jul 01, 07, 9:29 AM
Alexander Uskov is all in against Spencer Thomson. Uskov shows K Q and Thomson shows A A. The board comes 9 8 5 5 8, and Uskov is our seventh place finisher.
Alexandr Uskov Doubles Up
Posted: Sun, Jul 01, 07, 9:05 AM
On the second hand of play, Alexandr Uskov reraises Gioi Luong's preflop raise of $10,000 to $29,000 all in. Luong decides to gamble and makes the call showing Q 8. Uskov has A 9. The board comes 4 3 2 8 9, and Uskov doubles up to about $64,000 in chips.
Final Table
Posted: Sun, Jul 01, 07, 8:34 AM
Yesterday's $5,000 event had 49 entries making a prizepool of $237,650. There are seven players remaining in the tournament playing for the five money spots. Here are the remaining players and their chip counts.
Seat 5 - Gioi Luong - $107,500
Seat 6 - Antonio Cavezza - $101,000
Seat 2 - Adam Ross - $96,000
Seat 4 - James Salters - $78,000
Seat 7 - Leonard Santangelo - $37,500
Seat 3 - Spencer Thompson - $36,000
Seat 1 - Alexander Uskov - $34,000
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, and Luong finishes just outside the money.
