2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganza

$500,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganza

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
74
Prize
$135,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
188
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000

Edward Pham Eliminated in 2nd Place ($84,000)

Edward Pham - 2nd place
Edward Pham - 2nd place

Kind of an unusual final chapter to write here from the Sands Bethlehem casino, as the final two players, Chris Klodnicki and Edward Pham, have made arrangements essentially to forgo heads-up play, with Klodnicki technically earning the title of the first Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganza Main Event champion.

The pair had a discussion prior to the start of heads-up play during which the terms of their arrangement were settled upon. At that point a hand played out that saw Pham push all in and Klodnicki call, then Pham muck his hand. For the sake of trivia, Klodnicki's winning hand was {7-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} and the board ran out {8-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}.

Back shortly with a full wrap-up of the day's events.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
WSOP 2X Winner
5,640,000 2,555,000
Edward Pham us
Edward Pham
Busted

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