Event #26: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
Congratulations to Oleksii Kovalchuk, Winner of Event #26 ($689,739)
After three days of action Oleksii Kovalchuk won the gold bracelet in the $2,500 Six Handed No Limit Hold’em event. He bested a field of 1,378 players and takes home $689,739 after defeating Ionel Anton heads up.
At the start of heads up play the two exchanged the chip lead several times. They were fast and loose with their action until Kovalchuk opened up a chiplead that Anton couldn’t overcome. The final hand Kovalchuk had pocket sevens against a weak ace that Kovalchuk turned into a full house.
Day 3 began with 22 players returning to action. Players falling short of the final table were Will Failla, Antony Lellouche and Sam Grafton.
Chris Moorman exited in 3rd place after Kovalchuk’s straight draw got there on the river.
Dan O’Brien was knocked out in 4th place after he paired his king on the flop but Kovalchuk made a flush on the turn.
Mazin Khoury was eliminated in 5th place when he ran his {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} into Anton’s pocket aces.
Anthony Ruberto was the first victim of the final table. He took a huge bad beat that crippled his stack and shook the Amazon Room from the crowd reaction. He was in a pot with Kovalchuk and all in on the turn. Ruberto had a set of jacks and Kovalchuk had a set of fours, and then spiked the one-outer on the river making quad fours. Ruberto was eliminated shortly after.
3 Chris Moorman 271,800
4 Dan O'Brien 179,162
5 Mazin Khoury 121,416
6 Anthony Ruberto 84,549
7 Will Failla 60,473
8 Eric Hettinga 60,473
9 Benjamin Pollak 44,390
10 Antony Lellouche 44,390
11 Jesse James 33,418
12 Daniel Morgan 33,418
13 Christian Kohl 25,769
14 Samuel Grafton 25,769
15 Michael Finstein 25,769
16 Jesse Cohen 25,769
17 Tyler Cornell 25,769
18 Rupert Elder 25,769
19 Timothy Finne 20,377
20 Peter Gilmore 20,377
21 Christian Jeppsson 20,377
22 Davidi Kitai 20,377
Moorman 3rd in WSOP Event 26
Submitted by: TightEnd on Sat, 18/06/2011 - 10:00am