Bill Perkins – 14,700,000
Anthony Gregg – 13,900,000
Chris Klodnicki – 12,000,000
Antonio Esfandiari – 9,200,000
Play started on Level 29 (50,000/200,000/400,000) and the first elimination of the day came about soon: Chris Klodnicki opened to 800,000 from the button, Antonio Esfandiari pushed all-in with 9,925,000 in chips from the BB and Klodnicki called. Esfandiari showed pocket eights and Klodnicki held A-9 to get a top pair with the ace on the river. Esfandiari was out in 4th place, failing to win the Little One tournament after his Big One victory. The $1,433,438 in prize money, however, should be more than enough compensation, setting his all time live tournament salary to over $25.5 million.
A mere four hands later, the heads-up was set: Anthony Gregg doubled up with A-J on Bill Perkins, who held A-T, before they were all-in again. Gregg tabled A-Q and Perkins showed A-5; while the flop brought a five, the river came a queen and Perkins was out in 3rd.
Anthony Gregg – 31,200,000
Chris Klodnicki – 18,600,000
Gregg increased his edge in the heads-up and, finally, he called Klodnicki’s 3-bet all-in on the 4 3 9 flop on Level 30 (50,000/250,000/500,000).
Gregg: 9 2
Klodnicki: 7 5
Turn: 5
River: 3
Gregg won the tournament with top two pairs.
WPT champion Anthony Gregg was close to win a seven-digit sum earlier this year, finishing runner-up in the EPT Grand Final Anthony Gregg High Roller event for $996,551. He can now add $4,830,619 to his lifetime earnings, not to mention his first WSOP bracelet.
The end results are as follows:
1st: $4,830,619 – $4,830,619
2nd: Chris Klodnicki – $2,985,495
3rd: Bill Perkins – $1,965,163
4th: Antonio Esfandiari – $1,433,438
5th: Richard Fullerton – $1,066,491
6th: Martin Jacobson – $807,427
7th: Brandon Steven – $621,180
8th: Nick Schulman – $485,029
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