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2012 PCA Main Event – John Dibella Wins
Posted by: Mark Baldwing - Sun, 2012-01-15 10:54
After a week of hard-hitting tournament action, the fate of the 2012 PCA Main Event’s top prize has finally been decided: the $1.77 million came to rest in John Dibella’s pockets after he fought his way up from 5th place at the final table to grab the title, together with the financial spoils and the bragging rights, the psychological value of which shouldn’t be underestimated either.
Ruben Visser had more chips than the eventual winner when the action kicked off. He was quite unlucky though, falling into a seat which was quite probably the worst one at the final table. He was the first casualty of the final day of action. He had lost quite a few chips before he got his last into the middle on an Ac, Jc against Mark Drover’s A,Qo. Drover went on to win the hand, but he didn’t have enough chips to finish Visser off for good.
Kyle Julius was the one who mopped up, his A,Qo getting the better of Visser’s pocket 6s.
David Bernstein was the next victim, his pocket 4s no match for Dibella’s pocket rockets. Bernstein was followed to the rail by Anthony Gregg. Gregg was the official short stack of the final table and he did manage to hang on for a while before his A,10 succumbed to Xuan Liu’s A,Qo.
Mark Drover finished in 5th place. His final hand saw his K,Jo fall to Faraz Jaka’s pocket 6s. Xuan Liu busted out after the dinner break in 4th place, picking up $600k for his efforts.
Faraz Jaka was the next one to fall after quite a bit of give and take. His elimination set up the heads-up stage between Dibella and Julius. Dibella was the one who held the lead going into the final stretch of the event and he took full advantage of that lead.
The final hand of the
poker tournament saw Julius commit a huge mistake, trying to bluff-raise the river while his opponent had a flush.
Julius picked up $1.5 million for his efforts.
