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Jason Duval won his first WSOP bracelet yesterday in the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Event #28 when he beat Majid Yahyaei heads up for the bracelet and $521,202 in prize money.

The final table was set up when Timothy Stickradt was busted in 10th place when he got it all in with 77 preflop, only to find himself crushed by James Lee’s TT. The board ran out with enough bricks to build a suburban semi, and Sticktradt left in 10th with $30,122.

The fist elimination of the official final table came about half an hour later, when Joseph Cappuccio three bet shoved over Lee’s opening raise, only to see Tommy Townsend reshove behind him. Lee, obviously unhappy to fold, saw good sense and finally got out of the hand, levaing Cappuccio’s KQ in dire straits when Townsend showed AA. The flop was a safe JJ3, but the turn brought a sweat for Townsend with the T. The river however was a lowly 3, and sent Cappuccio to the rail in 9th with $38,360.

The next elimination was barely a heartbeat behind Cappuccio’s when Dan Martin min raised from the button and Daniel Bishop pushed all in from the small blind. Martin made the call, and showed K6, which was somehow ahead of Bishops QJ. The board ran out A4A36 missing Bishop entirely, and sealing his fate. He finished in 8th for $49,952.

It was a while until the next player left the table, and saw Stephen Bartlett show about 10 blinds from the cuttoff, and the small blind, in the guise of Majid Yahyaei made the call. Bartlett flipped over K8 and was probably glad to see live cards when Yahyaei turned over the leading AQ. The flop hammered a nail in the coffin of Bartletts’ final table life when is came 9A3, and the 5 sealed the deal to send the pot to Majid. All the K on the river did was add insult to injury for Bartlett as he left the table to pick up his $65,813 for 7th place.

The next elimination happened when a crippled Dan Martin jammed his small stack from under the gun, and was probably thinking he was going to take the pot until Jason Duval made the call from the big blind. Martin’s A5 was dominated by Duval’s A8, and when the flop came Q8T Martin got out of his seat in preparation to leave. The Tc on the turn brought him some chop outs, but the J river just wasn’t one of them, and Martin left the table in 6th with $87,813 to help him get over his bustout.

5th place went to Tommy Townsend when Townsend raised for the second hand in a row and found Duval and Yahyaei calling him from the blinds. The flop of 358 saw Duval check, and Yahyaei took control of the hand with a half pot bet. Townsend shoved over the top, Jason got out of the way, and Majid made the quick call.

Townsend’s 66 was in serious trouble against Yahyaei’s 82. The 9 brought Townsend a straight draw, but the K on the river completed Majid’s flush and sent Townsend to the rail in 5th place for $118,707.

The elimination for 4th place played itself when James Lee open jammed his AK for just over 14 big blinds under the gun, and was snapped off by Masayuki Nagata’s AA. Nothing weird happened with the community cards, and Lee dejectively left the game in 4th place, adding $162,420 to his roll.

The elimination of Masayuki Nagata took place over two hands. The first started with Jason Duval min plus raising from the button, and Nagata made the call from the big blind. The flop of 43Ah saw Nagata check raise over Duval’s c-bet. The 5 on the turn saw a 4 card straight on the board, and a raising war started by Nagata saw all the chips ending up in the middle. Nagata held A5 for top two pair, but Duval had turned the straight with his A2. Nagata was dead to a 2 for a chopped pot, or an Ace or 5 to win. the Q river wasn’t any of those, and left him with only about 100k in chips. These went in on the next hand, and Nagata couldn’t have done any better as he got them in good. His A2 was ahead of Duval’s J3, but a jack on the flop sent him packing for 3rd and $225,521.

After two hours of heads up, the final hand came down to a hero call. Duval min bet on the button, and Yahyaei called behind. The flop came down AK7, and Majid check raised over Duval’s continuation bet. Duval shoved, and Yahyaei went deep into the tank. When he came out he made a hero call with Q2, only to be dominated by Duval’s Q8.

The turn brought some chop outs with the T, but the river sealed it for Duval with the 8. Duval was very happy, and friend Liv Boeree tweeted out a great shot of the newest WSOP champion.

 

The confirmed payouts for the final nine are:

  1. Jason Duval – $521,202
  2. Majid Yahyaei – $324,442
  3. Masayuki Nagata – $225,521
  4. James Lee – $162,420
  5. Tommy Townsend – $118,707
  6. Dan Martin – $87,813
  7. Steve Bartlett – $65,813
  8. Daniel Bishop – $49,952
  9. Joseph Cappuccio – $38,360