Here we are, with the final table results. First let's remember a bit at how it started in chips:
Joe Tehan - 458,000
Jacobo Fernandez - 428,000
Robert Lipkin - 305,000
Al Barbieri - 271,000
Russell Harriman - 206,000
Gregory Alston - 179,000
Zachary King - 139,000
David Singer - 83,000
Glen Bean - 75,000
The final table started kinda slowly. People were not going beyond the flop, it was all about stealing. Joe Tehan, MBP 2006 winner, also didn't start the day too well. He made a 20,000 raise in the small blind, Al Barbieri was the lonely caller. Flop came    . Tehan checks, Barbieri bets 40,000, Tehan reraises to 102,000. Barbieri thinks for a moments an decides to call.  on the turn, making 3 diamonds on the board. Tehan insta checks, and Barbieri goes all in with 153,000. Tehan gives up and folds. Barbieri shows   , making Tehan's stack down to 260,000 from 480,000.
David Singer, who you might see was second to last, doubled-up twice and turned everything upside down in like 2 hands. First he won   vs   against Gregory Alston (hit the Q on the flop), and two hands later his Aces held well against Al Barbieri's KQo (he hit the Q on the flop). So he went from 80,000 to 360,000 in a few minutes. Incredible how things have been working out great for him.
The first elimination of the night was Glen Bean's. He was already struggling with a short stack (21,000), he called al-in when Zachary King raised 24,000. He showed   and King showed  . And he almost sucked out Zachary, because the flop was    , turn  , and the river... a hope killing . The top pair of aces eliminated him, but he earned $19,464 for his run in this tourney. That was his first World Series final table and 2nd best cash in his live tournaments career. Barbieri followed him a little after, as his K6o couldn't match David Singer's AQo. And singer even hit an Ace on the flop.
After those two first eliminations, Singer and Jacobo Fernandez started to do really well, they were often stealing pots from the others and putting themselves in a good lead compared to the other players. Fernandez for example, was the first to break the million chips mark, as he got trips of nines and won a huge pot from former chipleader Joe Tehan, who dropped to 200k chips. Joe Tehan was actually amongst the 4 players who were eliminated inside an hour, in the following order: Zachary King (lost A8 vs AA), Joe Tehan (JT vs 99o, no help from the board), Russ Harriman (QQ vs AJ, Ace on the flop, ouch), and Robert Lipkin, whose   wasn't even close to beating David Singer's  .
The three players left, Fernandez, Singer, and Alston, held the following number of chips:
Jacobo Fernandez -- 960,00 David Singer -- 935,000 Gregory Alston -- 215,000
Around that time, both leaders were obviously ripping Alston off. They were stealing his pots with no need to see the showdown. THe man soon was crippling with around 100k chips. Alston was eliminated when he made the pot 34k and Fernandez re-potted it, forcing im to go all in. He shows and Fernandez showed pocket eights. We all know luck doesn't like to help shortstackers much deep in the tourneys, and an eight of spades on the turn killed all of Alston's hopes. He is out at 3rd.
When the heads-up started, both players were pretty even at chip counting, (1,150,000 vs 1,000,000, with Singer ahead), and for a long time it was all about stealing pots from each other. They kept going up and down a bit, but never too much. The first important hand that made things better to someone was this hand:
Singer raises to 48,000 from the small blind. Fernandez calls and a drawy flop of    is layed on the table. Fernandez check-call a 70,000 bet from Singer, and both players check the turn (). River is  , and Fernandez bets 200,000. Singer thinks for some time and decides to call. Jacobo says "good call" but doesn't show his hand. Singer does the job by himself and reveal  , giving him a straight. Fernandez didn't show his cards. After this hand, Singer held a 2:1 advantage in chips against his opponent.
His lead didn't last long tho. Fernandez turned agressive mode on and won like some very good pots consecutively without having to go to showdown. He completely turned things around, and now it was him who held the 2:1 advantage over Singer. All of this without having to show his cards! After some more hands with no showdown, this one is decisive to the tournament:
Fernandez raises to 80,000 (that's the minimum raise heh) from the small blind, Singer reraises to 160,000. Fernandez insta says 'I'm all in', and Singer calls. Excitement grows. Singer shows  , Fernandez  :
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Flop:   (Singer - :D, Fernandez - "SHIT! $@#%#!")
Turn:  (Singer: No five plz., Fernandez: Five plz.)
River:  (Singer: Ship it!, Fernandez: %@#$@!%#!!!)
So right after this thrilling hand for him, Singer turned everything around again, and now holds 1,700,000 against Fernandez 500k.
On the next hand, Singer forces Fernandez to go all in. The board shows:   .
I think we can say this final hand is almost as brutal as the one that gave Grant Hinkle his bracelet. Why? Well, look at the player's cards:
Singer:  
Fernandez:
All that could turn everything around was a 3 or a 7, but none of them came at the river, a blank . With that hand David Singer proves once again he is a KICKING ASS of a player, deserving all the respect he is getting lately, very well deserved for everything he has been doing for the last couple of years. This is his first bracelet and I have no doubts he is gonna win some more in the near future! Jacobo Fernandez gets $136,643 for his second place, and David Singer earns $214,132 for the 1st prize! Congrats David!
By: Raidern
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