The 6 players to start the final table with the following chip counts:
1: Mike Matusow – 2.173.000 (109 BB)
2: Mike Sexton – 363.000 (18 BB)
3: Alan Sternberg – 3.701.000 (185 BB)
4: Vivek Rajkumar – 1.616.000 (81 BB)
5: Steven Kelly – 4.169.000 (209 BB)
6: Casey McCarrel – 430.000 (22 BB)
Sexton couldn't overcome his short stack, he pushed all-in on the 24th blind level, Mike Matusow calling. Matusow showed
K 
J, which had Sexton's 
K 
Q beaten with the jack falling on the river.
Mike Matusow and Mike Sexton
A few hands later, McCarrel and Kelly both got pre-flop all-in:
McCarrel:A Q
Kelly:J J
Board:T 6 4 K 7
Kelly won with second pair.
Long 4-handed period came, which ended with the elimination of Rajkumar on the 28th blind level, when the short-stack Rajkumar went pre-flop all-in. Kelly re-raised all-in, the two saw theA 3 2 7 T board.
Kelly won with better kicker, only 3 players remained:
Alan Sternberg - 6.755.000
Steven Kelly - 4.280.000
Mike Matusow - 1.425.000
Matusow tried to bluff Alan Sternberg on the 29th blind level with9 2, raising all-in, but Sternberg called, and shut 'The Mouth'. Matusow was eliminated on 3rd place.
The heads-up started with the enormous chiplead of Sternberg, who soon managed to end the game: on the 31th blind level (20.000/60.000/120.000) he pushed all-in withT 8, Kelly called with A Q, but this time he didn't have luck, the board came Q 8 7 7 8.
Sternberg took down the biggest prize in his entire carreer, his last record being the 2010 Borgata Spring Poker Open $1,500 NLHE runner-up finish for $40,071.
Final results:
1. Alan Sternberg - $1,039,000
2. Steven Kelly - $595,300
3. Mike Matusow - $369,800
4. Vivek Rajkumar - $295,800
5. Casey McCarrel - $221,800
6. Mike Sexton - $148,000
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1: Mike Matusow – 2.173.000 (109 BB)
2: Mike Sexton – 363.000 (18 BB)
3: Alan Sternberg – 3.701.000 (185 BB)
4: Vivek Rajkumar – 1.616.000 (81 BB)
5: Steven Kelly – 4.169.000 (209 BB)
6: Casey McCarrel – 430.000 (22 BB)
Sexton couldn't overcome his short stack, he pushed all-in on the 24th blind level, Mike Matusow calling. Matusow showed
K J, which had Sexton's K Q beaten with the jack falling on the river.Mike Matusow and Mike Sexton
A few hands later, McCarrel and Kelly both got pre-flop all-in:
McCarrel:
A Q Kelly:
J J Board:
T 6 4 K 7 Kelly won with second pair.
Long 4-handed period came, which ended with the elimination of Rajkumar on the 28th blind level, when the short-stack Rajkumar went pre-flop all-in. Kelly re-raised all-in, the two saw the
A 3 2 7 T board.Kelly won with better kicker, only 3 players remained:
Alan Sternberg - 6.755.000
Steven Kelly - 4.280.000
Mike Matusow - 1.425.000
Matusow tried to bluff Alan Sternberg on the 29th blind level with
9 2, raising all-in, but Sternberg called, and shut 'The Mouth'. Matusow was eliminated on 3rd place.The heads-up started with the enormous chiplead of Sternberg, who soon managed to end the game: on the 31th blind level (20.000/60.000/120.000) he pushed all-in with
T 8, Kelly called with A Q, but this time he didn't have luck, the board came Q 8 7 7 8.Sternberg took down the biggest prize in his entire carreer, his last record being the 2010 Borgata Spring Poker Open $1,500 NLHE runner-up finish for $40,071.
Final results:
1. Alan Sternberg - $1,039,000
2. Steven Kelly - $595,300
3. Mike Matusow - $369,800
4. Vivek Rajkumar - $295,800
5. Casey McCarrel - $221,800
6. Mike Sexton - $148,000
Related article:
WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Final Table Set with Matusow, Sexton and Rajkumar
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