Three years ago, akun333 fell just in need of a WCOOP bracelet. That night he finished third within the Triple Stud event, two spots behind 2011's Player of the Series 2FLY2TILT, who captured his second WCOOP bracelet. Today, he was back on the final table, albeit with an impressive opponent standing between him and the gold. Artem "roi kin23" Litvinov isn't any stranger to EPT main events and high rollers and pummeled akun333 within the early stages in their heads-up match, moving out to a 13 to one chip lead. However, akun333 found some gas within the tank and mounted a remarkable comeback. He evened their chip counts and after striking a deal, akun333 finally closed out a WCOOP win.
364 Razz enthusiasts bought in to Event #50, their $530 buyins combining to create a $182,000.00 prize pool 48 players earned a share of it with first place set to earn $35,035.00. Representing the Red Spades were WSOP Razz bracelet winner George Danzer, Jason Mercier, Eugene Katchalov, Naoya "nkeyno" Kihara and Roy "GodlikeRoy" Bhasin. Vanessa Selbst slid into the money in 46th place and Matthias "Mati312" Brandner made the general three tables, ending his run in 21st place.
The betting limits were as much as 12,000/24,000 when nine players remained. With the 7♦ showing, short stack kingkai raised roi kin23's completion to 24,000, roi kin23 reraised to 36,000 with the 4♦ up and kingkai called. Kingkai got the remainder of his chips in on fourth street with four to a 7-5 low, while roi kin23 turned over four to a 7-4 low.
roi kin23 (3♣7♣) 4♦2♣A♦9♥ (5♦)kingkai (2♠A♥) 7♦5♣9♠K♣ (Q♥)
Roi kin23 pulled an ace on fifth street to make a 7 low and improved to a wheel at the river. Kingkai didn't improve beyond the 9-7 low he made on fifth and ended his run at the final table bubble.
Final table chip counts
Seat 1: iacog4 (344,235 in chips) Seat 2: padjes (351,016 in chips) Seat 3: paaskebaesen (357,701 in chips) Seat 4: TinyPea (80,672 in chips) Seat 5: Adamyid (660,557 in chips) Seat 6: akun333 (304,419 in chips) Seat 7: roi kin23 (452,422 in chips) Seat 8: Bykladjo (178,978 in chips)
Padjes exits in eighth
TinyPea arrived on the final table with not up to three big bets, but found safer ground when he doubled through padjes. TinyPea was all-in on fifth street with a T-8 low vs. padjes's 8-7 low draw, but fell behind on sixth when he hit a jack and padjes made a 8-7-6-2-A low. However, TinyPea caught a four at the river to enhance to a 8-7-4-2-A low. Padjes's river nine was no help and TinyPea doubled to 222,144.
Padjes fell to 119,000 and got the remainder of his chips in on fifth street vs. roi kin23.
padjes (4♣6♠) A♥6♥5♠5♥ (Q♣)roi kin23 (2♦8♥) A♦T♥3♣3♦ (5♣)
Roi kin23 improved to 8-5-3-2-A at the river, as padjes bricked out with two pair on sixth and a river queen. For eighth place, padjes banked $4,095.00.
TinyPea takes seventh
TinyPea lost over half his stack in a clash with Adamyid. TinyPea competed on third and called Adamyid's 40,000 raise. TinyPea called on fourth and fifth streets, but folded to Adamyid's bet on sixth.
TinyPea (X-X) 3♥3♠2♦6♥Adamyid (X-X) 6♦T♦8♥7♦
Down to 86,000, TinyPea completed to 20,000 on third with the 3♠ up and Bykladjo called. TinyPea called a big gamble on fourth and bet the remainder of his stack on fifth.
TinyPea (6♦9♦) 3♠T♣2♣4♥ (4♠)Bykladjo (6♣5♦) 3♣8♣8♠Q♦ (4♣)
TinyPea' had the lead moving into to the river with a 9-6-4-3-2 low, but Bykladjo caught a four to make 8-6-5-4-3. TinyPea hit the rail in seventh place, good for $5,005.00.
Adamyid felts iacog4
Iacog4 was next to position his tournament life in danger. Heads-up vs. Adamyid, iacog4 called his fourth and fifth street bets. On sixth, Adamyid paired his jack and with a couple of deuces showing, iacog4 made the low board. He check-called 50,000 more from Adamyid, then went all-in on seventh for 30,535. Adamyid called.
iacog4 (3♠4♣) T♦2♠2♥Q♥ (8♦)Adamyid (5♥7♥) 8♠A♥J♠J♥ (6♦)
Iacog4 made a T-8 low at the river, however it was no match for Adamyid's 8-7 low and he went out in sixth place ($6,825.00).
Bykladjo eliminated in fifth
Moments later, Bykladjo called paaskebaesen's third street raise and fourth street bet. Paaskebaesen led out again on fifth, Bykladjo raised all-in for 66,322 and paaskebaesen called.
Bykladjo (2♣3♦) 7♣K♠Q♣K♣ (9♣)paaskebaesen (3♦7♦) 6♦K♦Q♦4♣ (4♦)
Paaskebaesen's Q-7-6-4-3 low edged out Q-9-7-3-2 and Bykladjo departed in fifth place, earning $9,555.00.
Don't you let that deal go down
Shortly after four-handed play commenced, the players agreed to pause the action and discuss a possible deal. Here is a have a look at how they stacked up on the time:
Adamyid - 1,029,992 akun333 - 618,919paaskebaesen - 558,923roi kin23 - 522,166
Per the players' request, final table host Roy "GodlikeRoy" Bhasin presented them with ICM and chip count chop numbers. Naturally, chip leader Adamyid preferred the chip count figures, which awarded him about $1,860 greater than the ICM numbers. His four opponents, however, desired to go together with the ICM deal. Paaskebaesen issued an ultimatum, "ICM or play," and Adamyid was greater than willing to restart the action and revisit the subject later.
The mighty fall
Adamyid would soon eat his words. With the betting limits as much as 30,000/60,000, a raising war ended with roi kin23, paaskebaesen, and Adamyid setting up 90,000 apiece on third steet. Roi kin23 led out for 30,000 on fourth, paasekbaesen folded and Adamyid called. Roi kin23 check-raised on fifth and led out again on sixth and seventh. Adamyid called him down.
roi kin23 (2♦A♠) 5♦4♥3♥8♥ (6♥)Adamyid (X-X) 6♠7♣4♣T♥ (X)
Roi kin23 turned up a wheel and passed one million in chips while Adamyid fell to 400,000.
Later within the level the 2 clashed again. Roi kin23 completed on third with the 8♥ and Adamyid raised with the 5♥. Roi kin23 called, then led out on every subsequent street. Once again, Adamyid called him down.
roi kin23 (5♠6♣) 8♥A♠4♥J♦ (3♣)Adamyid (X-X) 5♥8♠6♦6♠ (X)
Roi kin23's 6-5-4-3-A won him the 573,000 pot and Adamyid was crippled to simply 26,000.
On the following deal, Adamyid committed the remainder of his chips on third street and both akun333 and paaskebaesen called. Paaskebaesen bricked on fourth street and folded to akun333 's 40,000 bet.
Adamyid (7♦Q♥) A♦9♥J♥T♣ (J♣) akun333 (5♣2♠) A♥J♠6♠5♦ (J♦)paaskebaesen (X-X) T♦Q♣
Adamyid's J-T-9-7-A fell to J-6-5-2-A and he was eliminated in fourth place. Although he picked up $14,105.00 for his efforts, the payday was $11,085.47 lower than the ICM chop he turned down.
roi kin23 outpips paaskebaesen
Four hands later, paaskebaesen raised on third street with the 8♦, then called roi kin23's lead bets on fourth and fifth. Roi kin23 led again on sixth, paaskebaesen moved all-in for 149,947 and roi kin23 called.
paaskebaesen (7♥6♦) 8♦J♠2♥4♣ (6♣)roi kin23 (J♥4♥) 8♣A♠7♣6♠ (K♠)
Although paaskebaesen caught a four to make an 8-7-6-4-2 low on sixth street, roi kin23 pulled a six and edged him out with an 8-7-6-4-A. For third place, paaskebaesen earned $19,565.00.
Heads-up chip counts
Seat 6: akun333 (799,887 in chips) Seat 7: roi kin23 (1,930,113 in chips)
Roi kin23 whittled akun333 all the way down to only 192,000 in chips before he mounted a comeback. Akun333 chipped back as much as 340,000, then doubled to 680,000 when his 7-5 low beat out roi kin23's 9-6. Three hands later, akun333 pulled in a 736,000 pot when he rivered a T-8-5-4-3 low and roi kin23 didn't improve from the K-T low he made on sixth. Akun333 moved as much as 1.05 million and doubled again five hands later when his 9-6 low bested roi kin23's 9-8.
After slightly more back and forth, our two gladiators agreed to take another run at creating a deal. Here is a take a look at their stacks when the action paused:
akun333 1,329,548roi kin23 1,400,452
This go-around, negotiations were simple and swift. When the ICM numbers were calculated their shares were lower than $185 apart they usually quickly agreed to the maintain. $2,000 still up for grabs, action resumed.
The betting limits were as much as 50,000/100,000 when akun333 and roi kin23 engaged in a fifth street raising war. The betting was capped and akun333 led out again on sixth street. Roi kin23 called and both players checked the river.
akun333 (8♠7♣) 6♣K♦A♦9♣ (8♥)roi kin23 (X-X) 3♥9♦J♦3♦ (X)
Akun333 revealed a 9-8 low and roi kin23 mucked. Roi kin23 lost about half his stack and was left with 690,452 while akun333 topped 2 million.
Roi kin23 never fully recovered from that hand. With 765,000 behind and the 6♠ up, he called akun333 's third street raise and led out on fourth with 6♠8♦. Akun333 raised to 120,000 with 6♥9♦ and the betting was capped. Both players caught queens on fifth, but roi kin23 check-eased to 240,000 and akun333 three-bet. Roi kin23 called, and put the last of his chips in on sixth when he picked up a jack and akun333 hit a king.
akun333 (5♦4♥) 6♥9♦Q♥K♠ (5♣)roi kin23 (J♠2♥) 6♠8♦Q♠J♦ (6♣)
Akun333 's Q-9-6-5-4 triumphed over roi kin23's Q-J-8-6-2 and after waiting three years for an additional shot, akun333 locked up his first WCOOP bracelet.
Congratulations to Poland's akun333 on an out of this world come-from-behind win! He banked $31,392.80 for the win, while runner-up roi kin23 earned $29,577.20.
WCOOP-50: $530 RazzEntrants: 364Prizepool:$182,000.00Places paid: 48
1. akun333 (Poland) $31,392.80*2. Artem "roi kin23" Litvinov (Russia) $29,577.20*3. paaskebaesen (Norway) $19,565.004. Adamyid (UK) $14,105.005. Bykladjo (Russia) $9,555.006. iacog4 (UK) $6,825.007. TinyPea (UK) $5,005.008. padjes (Netherlands) $4,095.00
*= reflects the results of a heads-up deal that left $2,000 in play for the winner
Kristin Bihr is a contract contributor to the PokerStars Blog.
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