After six days of intense play, the 2013 World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Showdown came to an end on Tuesday with Kevin “1sickdisease” Eyster emerging victorious over a 542-player field to win the $660,395 first-place prize. Eyster’s win came in impressive fashion as he finished as chip leader on Day 3 and managed to ride it all the way to victory.
WPT Hard Rock Seminole Showdown Final Table Results
Place | Player | Prize |
---|---|---|
1st | Kevin “1sickdisease” Eyster | $660,395 |
2nd | Ben Tarzia | $389,750 |
3rd | Zo Karim | $252,190 |
4th | Paul Dlugozima | $171,950 |
5th | Daniel Letts | $122,275 |
6th | Jeff Madsen | $100,000 |
Action resumed in Level 26 with the blinds at 20,000/40,000/5,000, and it took quite awhile for the first elimination of the day. According to the WPT Live Updates Team, it wasn’t until Level 27 (25,000/50,000/5,000) on Hand #58 that Jeff Madsen, who had began the day fourth in chips but had fallen to the short stack, hit the rail. The end came for Madsen when Eyster opened for 110,000 from the cutoff and Madsen shoved the button for 825,000. Eyster called with the
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On Hand #88 in Level 28 (30,000/60,000/10,000), Ben Tarzia opened for 125,000 from the button and Daniel Letts moved all in for 795,000 from the big blind. Tarzia made the call with the
Two hands later, a short-stacked Paul Dlugozima moved all in from the small blind for 465,000 with the
Three-handed play was an extended affair, but all that seemed to happen during that time was Eyster adding to his chip lead while the other two players dwindled. Then in Level 30 (50,000/100,000/15,000), on Hand #180, Zo Karim raised to 215,000 from the small blind and Eyster made it 485,000 to go from the big blind. Karim thought for a bit before four-betting to 815,000, Eyster called, and the flop came down
Heads-up play began with Eyster holding a chip lead of 12.765 million to 3.5 million over Tarzia. From there, it took just eleven hands for him to clinch victory. The final hand came in Level 31 (60,000/120,000/20,000) when Eyster min-raised to 240,000 and then called when Tarzia moved all in for roughly 2.7 million.
Eyster:
Tarzia:
Tarzia managed to get it in good, but his walking sticks wouldn’t hold as the board ran out
It’s been quite the ride the past several months for Eyster, who has really made a name for himself in the poker world, both live and online. During the Full Tilt Online Poker Series XXI in December, Eyster won his first FTOPS gold jersey and $17,273 after taking down Event #25: $322 Pot-Limit Omaha Heads-up. Just a couple days later, he won Event #33: $109 No-Limit Hold’em Rush w/Rebuys for $79,608.
Then in January, Eyster earned his first World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring in Choctaw by taking down the $365 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event for $27,573. At the March WSOP Circuit stop in Black Hawk, Colorado, Eyster finished runner-up in the Main Event for $85,852.
As if those performances aren’t stellar enough, there’s more.
Eyster made more noise in FTOPS XXII this month when he won Event #34: No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max Re-Entry for a whopping $333,680. From all of these big recent results, Eyster has earned a combined total over $1.2 million.
Data, video and photo courtesy of WorldPokerTour.com.
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