After an undisclosed heads-up agreement between Vincent Firsching and Amnon Filippi, Filippi is the champion of Event 4 $500 PLO Hi/Lo. He earns $13,750 along with the trophy, while Fisching walks away with $7,464.
This is Filippi's first live tournament win since May of 2012, and the third of his career. The New York native has over $3 million in career tournament earnings.
Leonardo Palermo was in great position to capture the trophy for himself as the chip leader during three-handed play, but he lost back-to-back pots to Firsching and was eliminated by Filippi.
Filippi outlasted 89 opponents in this one-day pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better event at the 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open. The top nine finishers earned a minimum of $1,179, and the bubble boy was Jinglin Chen. Chen was down to less than a big blind when he finally committed his last few chips with a pair of deuces, and Firsching flopped a pair of threes. The turn and river were both insignificant, and Chen exited empty-handed.
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Leonardo Palermo and Vincent Firsching took a flop of , and Firsching fired out 40,000. Palermo raised to 90,000, Firsching called, and both players checked on the turn ().
The completed the board, the two checked again, and Firsching took the pot with for a straight.
In a previous hand, Firsching flopped quads against Palermo, and this hand left the latter last in chips.
All three players then saw a flop of , and the action checked to Palermo who bet the pot (132,000). Filippi re-potted, and Palermo called.
Palermo:
Filippi:
The turn was the , giving Filippi a flush, and the bricked off on the river to eliminate Palermo in third place.
After staving off elimination with a few chopped pot, Greg Joslyn has been eliminated in fourth place.
He moved his short stack forward preflop with , and was called by Vincent Firsching's .
The flop fell , giving both players a pair, and the on the turn gave Joslyn two pair. The on the river gave Firsching a straight, however, and Joslyn hit the rail.
After quartering Greg Joslyn in an all-in pot and pushing his stack above 300,000 chips, Wilfredo Divio has been eliminated.
Divio, who is now celebrating his birthday since it's past midnight, raised the pot after limps from Vincent Firsching and Leonardo Palermo. Firsching quickly folded, Palermo tank-called, and the flop fell .
Divio moved all in for around 190,000 out of turn and Palermo quickly called.
Palermo:
Firsching:
The turn was the case five (), giving Palermo quads and a mortal lock on the hand, and the completed the board.
Divio is off to collect his money from the cage, while Palermo is our chip leader.
Amnon Filippi raised in the cutoff, Barak Zaken announced "all in" from the small blind, and Filippi agreed to get the chips in, inferring a re-pot to 196,000.
Leo Palermo raised to 20,000 from under the gun, and three players called; Barak Zaken, Amnon Filippi, and Vincent Firsching. All four players checked on a flop of .
The turn was the , Filippi led out for 25,000, and both Firsching and Palermo called.
The river was the , both Filippi and Firsching checked, and Palermo moved all in for 65,000. Filippi folded, and Firsching quickly called.
Palermo showed for the nut-low and two pair, and Firsching flashed when mucking.
Timothy Rausenberger was all in and at risk preflop with against Barak Zaken's . The board came , giving Zaken Broadway, and Rausenberger was eliminated.
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completed the board, the two checked again, and Firsching took the pot with 
for a straight.
, giving Filippi a flush, and the 
bricked off on the river to eliminate Palermo in third place.
, and was called by Vincent Firsching's 
.
, giving both players a pair, and the 
on the river gave Firsching a straight, however, and Joslyn hit the rail.
), giving Palermo quads and a mortal lock on the hand, and the 
for two pair against Leonardo Palermo's 
when mucking.
