PCA 2012 Main Event – John Dibella beats Kyle Julius in the Heads Up

PCA 2012 Finalists

Ruben Visser was the first to be eliminated, he quickly lost his rather small stack, and in the end lost a flip against Julius.

Then David Bernstein had to go, and on the 33th blind level (20.000/100.000/200.000) the shortstack Anthony Gregg ran preflop all-in with 2.520.000 with A T from hijack, only Xuan Liu called with A Q on the neutral boardra Liu’s better kicker held.

Mark Drover came in 5th, followed by Xuan Liu. Liu open shoved with A 7, Faraz Jaka sitting on a much larger stack called with A 6 and won with two pairs on the 3 A 6 5 2 board.

Faraz Jaka – 14.155.000
Kyle Julius – 11.670.000
John Dibella – 5.865.000

On the 35th blind level (40.000/150.000/300.000) Jaka lost a huge pot against Julius. Julius opened to 700.000, Jaka 3bet to K J with 1.850.000, Julius 4bet to 3.095.000, Jaka, after thinking a bit went 5-bet all-in, Julius called all-in with 10.470.000 and showed A K. The dealer dealt the 7 A K 9 8 board, Julius took the pot with two pairs. Jaka was left with 1.350.000, he was eleminated shortly after this.

After Jaka’s elimination, Dibella took a major pot with a full house, he started the heads-up as the chipleader.

John Dibella – 18.585.000
Kyle Julius – 13.105.000

Dibella cornered Juliust even more, on the 36 blind level (50.000/200.000/400.000) the final hand was dealt. Julius raised to 825.000 from the button with 9 6, Dibella called with 6 5. The flop came A Q 3. Dibella checked, Julius bet to 725.000, Dibella quickly called. The turn came 8, both checked. On the T river Dibella bet to 1.000.000, Julius, trying to represent a huge hand shoved. Dibella snap-called, and won the tournament.

John Dibella