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2011 WSOP – David Singontiko Wins $1,500 PLO Hi/Lo Event
Posted by: Randy Williams - Tue, 2011-07-05 13:17
David Sands – winner of several high stakes
PokerStars events in the past - started the final day of the $1,500 PLO Hi/Lo event with a massive chip lead: he had a 2-1 advantage on the second-place man. He managed to lose the lead nonetheless though, shortly after the action kicked off: a huge pot developed between him and Jeffrey Gibralter, which ended up in Gibralter’s possession, leaving Sands’ once proud stack in shambles.
Gibralter was the one who shoved all-in on the flop, earning a call from Sands. He had a mere pair with multiple draws, all of which failed to materialize though. Sands had a nut low draw which failed to fill up too.
From there on, Sands continued to bleed chips. Eventually, down to his last 32k chips, he shoved all-in. Igor Sharaskin, Jeff Gibralter and Marco Oliveira combined efforts to eject him in 10th place. Thus, the chip leader of the unofficial final table failed to make the official final table.
The one who led the field going into the official final table was Jeff Gibralter. Once final table play got going though, David Singontiko took over and began to dominate. He was the one responsible for the eliminations of Thomas Scarber (ejected in 4th place), and Igor Sharaskin (disposed of in 4th). Heading into 3-handed play, Singontiko had built up a 3-1 chip advantage over his opponents. Jeffrey Gibralter tried to stand in his way but he proved only a minor snag for the massive chip leader. He was bounced in 3rd place to set up the heads-up stage.
Singontiko took on Michael Yee heads-up, and given his 10-1 lead, the bout didn’t exactly look like it was going to be a close one. Sure enough, after a mere two hands, the winner was crowned, and it wasn’t Yee.
The final hand of the tournament saw Singontiko hit a low and a pair for the high to scoop the pot and with it the title and the bracelet. The event was Singontiko’s first ever
WSOP event.
He picked up a prize of $268k for his efforts.
