JonnyCosMo finishes 5th in WSOP $2k NLHE event

This too is just a copy-paste of the frontpage post. Just to keep the blog a bit complete

A long day awaited the 25 remaining players if they wanted to win the $2000 No-Limit Hold'em Event 11 last night. And to our delight, a familiar face was amongst them: Jonathan "JonnyCosMo" McGowan. But what could we expect? He started the day as 2nd to last in chips.

Fortunately, he wasn't the second player to bust out. As the field started to decline, CosMo was still hanging in there, doubling up when needed and collecting a few chips on the way. He wasn't gonna bleed to death, that's for sure, and when he pushed all-in for the second time in a row, it looked like he'd bust out in 12th place. However, his managed to hit a 7 on the flop against the suited ace-king from Dresel-Velasquez and he McGowan was still alive.

He made it to the final 10, still as one of the shortest stacks, but used it to his advantage to accumulate chips without showdown. A big double-up followed with AK vs AQ and his stack was around average again. Unfortunately, it wasn't meant to be. A sick cooler ended his day: Adam Adler raises UTG with JonnyCosMo calling on the button. Anthony Harb on the small blind reraises, and while Adler passes, McGowan moves all-in and gets called: for our hero against Harb's pocket kings. No queen on the board and it's over... $116,833 is the reward of an outstanding performance.

Meanwhile the other players continue, and after 3 hours, Adam Adler gets knocked out with KQs against AQ of Anhony Harb, who manages to take care of the other bustouts as well, in similar fashion. Jim Geary packs his bags when his A8o is dominated by Harb's AK for him and Peter Rho to get heads-up for the title. In the final hand, Peter Rho moves all-in with 98o on the board, and again we see Anthony Harb snap-call. This time he holds the nuts with and at 1 o'clock at night, he receives $569,199 for his performance.

Final results:

1. Anthony Harb $569,254
2. Peter Rho $350,019
3. Jim Geary $230,670
4. Adam Adler $161,768
5. John McGowan $116,833
6. Adrian Dresel-velasquez $92,867
7. Scott Hall $76,390
8. Michael Dyer $65,905
9. Brent Sheirbon $59,315