U.S.P.C. Champ
Pocket aces propelled Ed Gamaitoni to a first place finish at the U.S. Poker chanpionship and a $167,616 win.
Gamaitoni tastes the good life
This is the first recorded tournament win (only major tournaments get counted of course) for Gamaitoni, who was the chip leader going into yesterday’s final day of play.
On the final hand, Gamaitoni faced off heads up with David Gillen.
Gillen got trapped on the final hand thinking Gamaitoni was trying to steal the pot, going all in with suited nine, four of spades. He found himself looking down the barrel at Gamaitoni’s aces. The aces held up. Gillen got $93,201.
Gillen is also an amateur getting by far his biggest payday for what he described as his “first live tournament.”
It’s fitting that the U.S.P.C. came down to two amateurs. The city’s oldest tournament has clearly lost its luster with the pros attracting only a handful of known players.
Still there were some highlights for the pros that did attend, as outlined by ptseats.com, which live blogged the tournament for the Taj Mahal.
Among them:
- “Miami” John Cernuto ($4.3 million in tournament winnings) winning back-to-back events on the very same night, and in two different games (Event 6: NLHE Deepstack & Event 7: Seven Card Stud).
- Atlantic City’s own Chris Reslock final tabling 5 events, and winning one of them (Event 13: PL Omaha H/L 8). He now has close to $1.7million in tournament winnings.
- Cliffside Park’s Gordon Eng winning back-to-back events (Events 3 & 4), leaving town, then winning another one upon his return 12 days later (Event 18). A record 3 USPC titles in 2010.
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