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$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

When heads up play began Kianoush Abolfathi was well in front with $1,120,000 in chips to Eric Buchman's $390,000 in chips. Buchman managed to double up twice but the first time Abolfathi responded by raking back a big pot, and the second time he finished him off. Abolfathi got Buchman all in preflop for his last few chips, Aboldfathi shows 10-6 and Buchman turns over 9-8. The board comes K-10-4-4-7 and Eric Buchman has been eliminated from the tournament.

Eric Buchman finishes the tournament in 2nd place and earns $174,938.

Kianoush Abolfathi wins the $1,500 Limit event and the WSOP bracelet in addition to the $335,289.

Final placings were:

1 Kianoush Abolfathi $335,289
2 Eric Buchman $174,938
3 Josh Schlein $101,318
4 Michele Lewis $72,891
5 Vipul Kothari $58,313
6 Hank Sparks $51,024
7 Patrick Maloney $43,735
8 Lars Hansen $36,446
9 Matthew Elsby $32,801
10 Brandon Bates $29,156


$2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Short Handed 6/Table

The final table is set in the short handed event and everyone at Poker.com has 2 players to cheer for. Dutch Boyd who hosted a Blogger Poker Tour event at Poker.com has a commanding chip lead over the table, and Aussie Joe Hachem is 3rd in chips but well down on Dutch.

The final table looks like this:

1 Dutch Boyd (Las Vegas, CA, USA) 909,000 in Chips
2 Michael Goodman (Scarsdale, NY, USA) 573,000 in Chips
3 Joe Hachem (Melbourne, Australia) 297,000 in Chips
4 Pete Hassett 150,000 in Chips
5 David Solomon (Austin, TX) 93,000 in Chips
6 Jeff Knight (Las Vegas, NV, USA) 62,000 in Chips


$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Max Pescatori leads the field in the $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event followed closely by several players. Scarily sitting in 10th with a more than decent stack is WSOP Main Event winner Carlos Mortensen. The other big names still alive but not with the best chip stacks are Minh Nguyen Lake Elsinore, CA $45,800, Cyndy Violette Los Angeles, CA $39,000, Humberto Brenes Miami, FL $35,100, Scott Fischman Las Vegas, NV $34,200, Johnny Chan Las Vegas, NV $24,300 117 2 and the beautiful Jennifer Harman $18,500.

Good to see a neighbor of Poker.com, Brisbane local Mark Vos still alive and competing with $37,400 in chips.

The leading pack is:

Max Pescatori Milan, Italy $107,100
Randy Lowery Macow, GA $96,000
Ray Millard Ft. Lauderdale, FL $94,100
Carlos Zambrano Long Island, NY $85,100
Thomas Hunt Las Vegas, NV $83,200
Toto Leonidas Los Angeles, CA $83,000
Eng Tay Atlanta, GA $82,900
Dwayne Boring Lake Forest, CA $70,300
Keith Wintermans Vancouver, BC $69,900
Juan Carlos Mortensen Las Vegas, NV $68,600

Shane @ Poker.com