Seat 1. Davidi Kitai - 879.000
Seat 2. Dario Minieri - 234.000
Seat 3. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier - 222.000
Seat 4. Chris Johnson - 72.000
Seat 5. Dimitar Danchev - 137.000
Seat 6. Eugene Katchalov - 440.000
Seat 7. Vincent Bartello - 134.000
Seat 8. Kristina Holst - 180.000
Seat 9. Cary Katz - 618.000
Chris Johnson finished 9th, followed by 2008 WSOP $2,500 NLHE champion Minieri. The Italian pro shoved on the 23rd blind level (10,000/20,000) with 64,000, the PCA 2013 Main Event champion Danchev called.
Minieri: K 5
Danchev: A 3
Board: 8 2 J 2 6
Dancev won with an ace high.
A few hands later Grospellier had to leave; he lost with a Q-J hand to Katchalov's pocket kings. Kristina Holst followed suit, she lost the majority of her stack to Katchalov, then her pocket nines were no match against Cary Katz's queens.
The heads-up a formulated yet another hands later, when Danchev opened to 48,000 from the button (24th blind leve, 12,000/24,000), Vincento Bartello went all-in, Kitai called, Danchev all-in called.
Kitai: 9 9
Danchev: Q 5
Bartello: A Q
Board: 4 3 K 5 7
Dancev finished 4th, Bartello 3rd.
Katz managed to even out in the heads-up, and soon the game was over. Kitai raised to 60,000 (25th blind level, 15,000/30,000), Katz 3bet to 160,000, Kitai 4bet to 360,000, Katz shoved, Kitai called.
Katz: K K
Kitai: J J
Board: J 6 8 7 A
Kitai won the tournament with a set of jacks.
Only 5 players managed to get the live tournament Triple Crown (WSOP, EPT, WPT championship titles), Gavin Griffin, Roland de Wolfe, Jake Cody, Bertrand Grospellier and Kitai. The Belgian pro stepped on the way to a second Triple Crown with this victory.
Final Results:
1. Davidi Kitai - $224.560
2. Cary Katz - $138.794
3. Vincent Bartello - $103.628
4. Dimitar Danchev - $77.893
5. Eugene Katchalov - $58.912
6. Kristina Holst - $44.844
7. Bertrand Grospellier - $34.341
8. Dario Minieri Italy - $26.468
9. Chris Johnson - $20.520
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