| Buy-In: | $5,000 + $180 |
|---|---|
| Prize Pool: | $746,900 |
| Entrants: | 154 |
Though he got a bit lucky at times, Tim Bullard, a Houston, Texas resident, proved that he has what it takes to take down a big tournament stacked with professionals.
Bullard adds $256,350 to his lifetime winnings. Not bad for a guy who only had four cashes heading into this event. Congratulations Tim!
Tim Bullard limps on the button and Mark Teltscher raises 50,000 more from the big blind. Bullard then makes it 150,000.
Teltscher thinks for a bit before moving all in for about 480,000. Bullard calls with K
J
but is dominated by Teltscher's A
K.
The flop comes Q
94 and Bullard picks up more outs with a gutshot straight draw. The turn is the 3 and Teltscher needs to void a ten or a jack to double up.
The river is the ... J! Bullard takes the pot and the tournament with his pair of jacks.
To his credit, Teltscher takes the bad beat very well and offers a sincere congratulations to his opponent.
Here are the chip counts for heads up play:
Mark Teltscher - 525,000
Tim Bullard - 1,780,000
Ken Smaron raises to 55,000 on the button and Tim Bullard reraises to 150,000 from the big blind. Smaron announces he is all in for an additional 600,000 or so and Bullard goes into the tank.
After a few minutes, Bullard calls, much to the dismay of Smaron. Bullard shows K9 and Samron is ahead with 77.
The board runs out J9583 and Smaron is eliminated in third place.
Heads up play will begin shortly.
The final three players seem content to trade chips back and forth until two wake up with big hands. The blinds are getting high, however, and short stack Mark Teltscher will have to make a move shortly.
The players have returned from the break to increased blinds of 10,000-20,000 with a 4,000 ante.
The players are now on a 15-minute break.
Short stacked Hafiz Khan is all in holding AQ against Tim Bullard's AK.
The board runs out KK31010 and Khan is eliminated in third place. Bullard increases his chip lead to over 1.2 million.
Ken Smaron is all in holding AK against Mark Teltscher's AQ.
The board comes 44287, giving Smaron a scare on the turn, but ultimately doubling him up to about 710,000. Teltscher is left with just 335,000.
Tim Bullard raises to 35,000 and Benny Bianco calls in the big blind.
The flop comes 1083 and Bianco leads for 60,000. Bullard moves him all in and Bianco calls with A10 for top pair top kicker. Bullard shows him QQ for the overpair.
The turn and river come JQ and Bianco is eliminated in fifth place.
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