Seat 2. Simeon Naydenov - 427.000
Seat 3. Tim West - 428.000
Seat 4. Cliff Josephy - 419.000
Seat 5. Alessandro Longobardi - 421.000
Seat 6. Max Steinberg - 428.000
Seat 7. Evan Silverstein - 427.000
Seat 8. Ryan Hughes - 422.000
Seat 9. David "Bakes" Baker - 428.000
Seat 10. Chris Klodnicki - 429.000
The first elminination came around on the 34th blind level: Simeon Naydenov lost all his chips to Evan Silverstein in a flip. Hughes and Klodnicki followed. The Epic Poker League champion Klodnicki was beaten up by the online MTT legend Josephy (who is also MTT leaderboard 1st placer for 74 consecutive weeks), who opened to 28,000 got 3bet to 65,000 then pushed all-in, Klodnicki called with 348,000. Josephy showed









Last year's $1,000 NLHE event winner Max Steinberg finished 7th; he went 3bet all-in on a







By the 6th blind level (3,000-10,000/20,000) 2-time WSOP champion David 'Bakes' Baker went all-in with 452,000 from the SB, the BB Silverman called.
Baker:


Silverman:


Board:





The aces held.
The play continued, Alessandro Longobardi and Tim West waved goodbye; with Silverman's elimination the heads-up was all set.
Cliff Josephy - 2.500.000
Evan Silverstein - 1.757.000
Josephy dominated the heads-up, he didn't leave much space to his opponent. He built a considerable chiplead, by the 8th blind level (5,000-15,000/30,000) he managed to end the tournament. In the last hand, Josephy opened to 60,000, Silverstein raised all-in, Josephy called.
Silverstein:


Josephy:


Board:





The flop was very dangerous for Josephy, Silverstein's outs didn't fall.

Cliff Josephy managed to win yet another shiny bracelet for his 2005 $1,500 Seven Card Stud piece.
Final Results:
1. Cliff Josephy -$299.486
2. Evan Silverstein - $185.487
3. Steve Silverman - $123.202
4. Tim West - $91.428
5. Alessandro Longobardi - $68.613
6. David "Bakes" Baker - $51.997
7. Max Steinberg - $39.756
8. Chris Klodnicki - $30.641
9. Ryan Hughes - $23.791
10. Simeon Naydenov - $18.609
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