Newsblog: E7 FT $2000 NLHE

Here we are with another huge No Limit tournament, the $2000 No Limit Hold'em. 1,593 entrances, $2,899,260 prize pool, 1st place gets $550,601. 2 long days were played until they finally got to the 9 last players that would play for the bracelet:

Theo Tran - 1,884,000
Mihai Manole - 1,020,000
Matt Keikoan - 1,011,000
Carter Gill - 652,000
Shannon Shorr - 620,000
Mike Lisanti - 358,000
Alex Bolotin - 345,000
J.C. Tran - 273,000
Chris Bjorin - 205,000

In this list you can see some great players like Bellagio Cup II winner Shannon Shorr, Alex Bolotin, vice-champion of LAPC 2007 J.C. Tran, and also Theo Tran, who is running sick and just had his 2nd final table in this year's WSOP.

The first to be eliminated wasMike Lisanti, he lost AK vs KK against Matt Keikoan, with no help from the board. The 9th place paid him $50,705! Alex Bolotin followed him when Theo Tran's AJ found an ace in the flop to beat Bolotin's pocket nines. He was sent home in 8th place and earned $72,436. The followeres were, respectively J.C Tran (TT vs KK, no board help), swedish poker legend Chris Bjorin, who was eliminated in a 3 way pot and finished 5th, and Mihai Manole, vs , FLOP , and he couldn't match the set.

Theo Tran was eliminated in 4th place when is red sevens couldn't match Carter Gill's red jacks. Theo Tran was the chipleader during most of the tournament, but we all know that in the end it doesn't matter, and he earned $191,231 for the 4th place. Carter Gill was eliminated in 3rd place. His post flop flush draw didn't hit on neither turn and river, while Keikoan's found a king in the flop.

Heads-up between Shannon Shorr and Matt Keikoan, who is said to be a very good highstakes cash game player, was an all-in fest when players were in the button. In one of those moves, Keikoan called Shorr's shove and showed , while Shorr had . The board was , and Keikoan's fullhouse were more than enough for him to win the whole thing. Matt Keikoan won his 1st bracelet, in his first WSOP final table, and won $550,601 for that. It was Shannon Shorr's second WSOP final table, and he got $349,141 for the runner-up!

Oh, let's not forget that Eric Liu, aka n0rthface/peachy_keen, played this tournament and cashed. He finished 41st and earned $8,692. Congratz Eric!

He are the final results:

1.Matt Keikoan $550,601
2.Shannon Shorr $349,141
3.Carter Gill $228,897
4.Theo Tran $191,231
5.Chris Bjorin $155,013
6.Mihai Manole $123,141
7.Justin Cuong Van (JC) Tran $94,166
8.Alex Bolotin $72,436
9.Mike Lisanti $50,705

By: Raidern