 Jose Luis Velador was unstoppable on the final table - just like Juggernaut from popular Marvel comics / movie he was literally cutting through his opponents, reducing their stacks to zero, one after another. He held chip lead for quite some time, and when it came down to five-handed play he had over 50% of all chips on table.
It couldn’t go any other way: Jose Luis Velador won event #32 of the World Series of Poker 2008 (No-Limit Hold'em with a $1,500 buy-in).
Final table at start, with Velador as a massive chip leader:
Seat 1: Dean Bui – 211,000
Seat 2: Justin Hoffman – 138,000
Seat 3: Jose Luis Velador – 1,898,000
Seat 4: Dany Georges – 1,082,000
Seat 5: Utsab Saha – 961,000
Seat 6: Jae Chung – 716,000
Seat 7: Shane Stacey – 640,000
Seat 8: Osmin Dardon – 660,000
Seat 9: Anthony G Signore – 636,000
In the heads-up against Anthony G Signore, Velador was putting a constant pressure on him, not letting his opponent catch a single breath. With an impressive 5:1 chip lead it seemed like a walk in park for Velador. Signore on the other hand didn't plan to give up easily: early into heads-up he doubled up with A9 against pocket sevens. However, Velador only started playing even more aggressive, regaining and expanding his huge chip lead hand after hand.
Finally, Signore decided it was time for his move as he shoved with   just to find himself dominated against Velador’s   .
The flop gave Velador an undeniable lead,    . The  rolls out on turn and Signore could only hope for one of remaining tens in the deck for a chop. Not this time, as river brings  and Signore stands up and congratulates Velador for his win.
Final results:
1. Luis Velador $574,734
2. Anthony Signore $366,387
3. Osmin Dardon $243,734
4. Jae Chung $204,422
5. Shane Stacey $166,682
6. Dean Bui $132,088
7. Dany Georges $100,638
8. Utsab Saha $77,051
9. Justin Hoffman $53,464
By: DeFraG
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