Newsblog E5 FT $1000 NLHE + Rebuy

The event number 5, the $1000 NLHE with Rebuys, started last wednesday with 766 registered players. All those players made a prizepool of $2,894,094, the first place getting $636,736.

Take a look at who was in the final table and their chip counts:

Seat 1: Michael Banducci 1,655,000
Seat 2: Jonathan Aguiar 361,000
Seat 3: Michael Binger 186,000
Seat 4: Steve Gross 112,000
Seat 5: Jamie Rosen 475,000
Seat 6: Jeff Williams 683,000
Seat 7: Alan Jaffray 1,222,000
Seat 8: Peter Gould 702,000
Seat 9: Lyric Duveyoung 659,000

Talking about the players in the final table, not many of them had a huge story in the WSOP, except for Michael Binger, 3rd place at the 2006 Main Event, and Michael Banducci, who had already many cashes at the world series.

Michael Banducci managed to win the event, his first bracelet, and also his first MAJOR cash, after beating Jeff Williams in the heads-up, all of this after 3 hard fought days!

Here is the final hand (Banducci had a 3:1 chiplead):

Jeff Williams raised 130k from the button, and Banducci reraised to 400k. Williams then moved all in. Banducci shows and Jeff Williams cards are . The board flopped , and the turn . With that turn, all that could help Williams was a Queen in the river, meaning they'd split the pot. But she never came, the river was a . This hand sealed the destiny of event 5, giving the victory to Michael Banducci!

Many many great players registered for this event, including our very own [vital]Myth, also known as Corwin Cole. Myth did well and managed to get in the money, as he was eliminated as 39th and earned $10,708 for his run. It's his first cash at the WSOP and we are all sure he will cash big in the future. Nenad Medic, winner of event 1, and Daniel Negreanu were among the great players of this event.

Final results:

1.Michael Banducci $636,736
2.Jeff Williams $406,330
3.Peter Gould $245,997
4.Lyric Duveyoung $201,139
5.Alan Jaffray $164,963
6.Jonathan Aguiar $130,234
7.Michael Binger $101,293
8.Steven Gross $79,587
9.Jamie Rosen $57,881

I'm sorry for the fast resume and pictureless post, I'm not in my house so that's the best way I could do it guys.

By: Raidern