“I absolutely hated that call.” – Phil Hellmuth, 17-time WSOP champion. The flop of was a disaster for Schulman, who stood to watch the runout of a and complete his tournament, leaving him to collect $54,680 in sixth place. All-in with, Schulman was super-short and had called off his stack from the big blind after the chip leader Bechahed had shoved from the small blind with. Nick Schulman was perhaps the most experienced player at the felt, but he fell in sixth place to give the remaining five players all the encouragement they needed to finish the job. Sergio Aido called with and he held through the turn and river for Pallampati to exit for $42,060. He went from being middle pin to the first man out when he shoved with on a board of. It took almost no time at all to produce a first elimination, as Pallampati paid the price for a disastrous opening 15 minutes of play. Sandeep Pallampati (43BB), Ping Liu (31BB), Jonathan Borenstein (22BB) and David Coleman (16BB) made up the remainder of the field, with only the top three players winning six-figure prizes.

That was a big chunk of chips clear of Spanish player Sergio Aido (67 big blinds) and Nick Schulman (44 big blinds), both of whom knew they had the experience to chase down the leader.

The Costa Mesa player brought his brand of Californian charm to the felt and claimed victory at a final table full of top players such as Nick Schulman and Sergio Aido.īechahed led from the front at the final table, going into play with a massive 106 big blinds. The North American Poker Tour Main Event is over, and the winner is Sami Bechahed, who won the $268,945 top prize and his first-ever major live poker title in Las Vegas.

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