Event #62: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty
Day 4 Completed
Event #62: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty
Day 4 Completed
Long a popular tournament format online and in casinos everywhere, the WSOP added a bounty tournament with Event #62: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty. Friday night, Jack Duong looked all set to win his first bracelet, except he couldn't finish off heads-up opponent Vitezslav Pesta.
The two returned on Saturday at 1 p.m. with Duong holding a monstrous lead of 15.38 million to 965,000. Blinds moved to 60,000/120,000/15,000, and as expected, it wasn't long before Pesta found himself all in. He was able to double with the ![]()
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to at least Duong a mild sweat, but just 14 hands later, it was all over as Pesta picked up two jacks preflop and but Duong woke up with kings. An ![]()
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board later, Duong had his first bracelet and $333,351 in prize money.
The inaugural bounty tournament drew a healthy 2,178, with each knockout worth $500. Duong said he finished with 12 bounties, counting his own.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Duong | South Plainfield, NJ | $333,351 |
| 2 | Vitezslav Pesta | Alamance, Czech Republic | $206,734 |
| 3 | Adam Johnson | Norwood, MA | $146,067 |
| 4 | Scott Sisler | Novi, MI | $105,024 |
| 5 | Paul Warren | Northridge, CA | $76,514 |
| 6 | Ronald Sullivan | Bradenton, FL | $56,483 |
| 7 | Vojtech Ruzicka | Liberec, Czech Republic | $42,228 |
| 8 | John Myung | Dunn Loring, VA | $31,971 |
| 9 | Peter Murphy | Silverbridge, Ireland | $24,511 |
Event #62: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty
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