2009 World Series of Poker

After a very late night yesterday and a pretty early start today, we have come to the end of Event 24 at a surprisingly reasonable hour.

After the initial few bustouts saw the tournament move to the ESPN feature table ten-handed, the pace slowed -- but once they got into the serious money, no-one wasted any time getting their chips in the middle. By the time Vilandos and Andy Seth went heads up, the stacks were very deep indeed, at roughly 75 big blinds apiece.

Nonetheless, the chips went in and after the vs cooler it was a mere ten minutes work for Vilandos to finish off Seth.

Congratulations to all our final tablists, and most especially to the eventual champion, Panayote "Pete" Vilandos. From Event 24, it's over and out.

It started with a limp from Panayote 'Pete' Vilandos before Andy Seth raised it to 710,000. Pete quietly and quickly announced he was all in and Andy snap called.

Vilandos --
Seth --

The board ran .

Vilandos manged to spike the gutshot wheel on the turn that handed him the title and a coveted gold bracelet. He was overjoyed at winning, pounded his chest like Tarzan and thrust his arms aloft.

A hearty congratulations must go to our runner up, Andy Seth, who was one of the stand out class acts during this tournament. His time will surely come.

Andy Seth raised his button; he made it 205,000. Pete Vilandos, however, reraised him to 500,000. Back to Seth -- and he upped the bet to 1.315 million. Silence descended on the room...

With a wave of his hand, Vilandos announced all in, and a snap call later they were on their backs.

Seth:
Vilandos:

Board:

Vilandos doubles up to 9,142,000, while Seth drops right down to 2,135,000.

A limped pot brought a flop. Pete called Andy's 130,000 bet but folded to his 325,000 bet on the turn.

Our heads-upsers limp/checked their way to a flop, which Seth checked. Vilandos bet 150,000 from the button and Seth called.

Seth check-called 250,000 on the turn, and both players warily checked the river. Vilandos flipped pocket threes -- but Seth's was good to take the pot.

Andy raised from the button and Pete called to see a flop. Check fold from Pete to a 270,000 bet from Andy.

Looks like they didn't do a deal after all. Here we go...

The heads up has not yet started -- it looks as though some sort of business could possibly be being done, although we wouldn't like to speculate as to the nature of any deal.

Andy Seth: 5,875,000
Pete Vilandos: 5,345,000