The WSOP Event #62 The $1.111 Little One for One Drop kicked off on July 2. 4,496 entrants sat down at the tables on day 1A and 1B, generating a prize pool of $4,046,400. The participation is slightly below last year’s, when 4,756 players entered. Eventually, Igor Dubinskyy defeated
Igor Dubinskyy, winner of the Little One tourney
The 9-handed final table formed on the 3rd day, with Eric "Basebaldy" Baldwin at the table as the biggest name.
Seat 1 Eric Baldwin – 3.140.000
Seat 2 Brandon Eisen – 2.155.000
Seat 3 Vimy Ha – 2.825.000
Seat 4 Theodore Driscoll – 1.100.000
Seat 5 Igor Dubinskyy – 770.000
Seat 6 Shai Zurr – 2.265.000
Seat 7 Bao Nguyen – 585.000
Seat 8 Jackduyph Duong – 3.180.000
Seat 9 Matthew Lapossie – 1.960.000
Dealing started on the 27th blind level, but the first elimination came around at only the 29th level (40,000/80,000-10,000). Nguyen went all-in to 495,000 to Zurr’s open. Zurr called, showed K-Q and managed to outrun Nguyen’s A-Q, a king arrived on the board.
Nguyen was followed by Vimy Ha, Lapossie and Duoing to the rail.
On the 32nd bllind level (80,000/160,000-20,000) Baldwin went all-in after it was folded to him from the SB, Eisen looked at his cards and instacalled. Baldwin showed deuces, Eisen queens, a dry board came.
Four hands later, Zurr was eliminated too. Similary, he went all-in from the SB with about 1,100,000 with T:c 7:c, Eisen snapcalled with A:d J:c . The dealer dealt an ace among the dry cards.
Igor Dubinskyy – 7.565.000
Brandon Eisen – 6.470.000
Theodore Driscoll – 3.945.000
The heads-up formulated on the 33rd blind level (100,000/200,000-30,000). Dubisnky was in the lead, Eisen and Driscoll were about even by this time. Eisen limped from the SB, Driscoll checked, the flop was J:d 3:d Q:d . Eisen bet to 200,000, Driscoll called. The turn came 9:s . Eisen checked, Driscoll bet to 550,000, Eisen raised all-in to 3,335,000, Driscoll called after a few minutes of hesitation.
Eisen: A:d 7:c
Driscoll: A:d 2:h
River: 2:s
Eisen was suprised to see he was ahead in the moment of showdown, but Driscoll’s deuce fell, and Eisen was out.
Theodore Driscoll – 10.100.000
Igor Dubinskyy – 7.900.000
Dubinskyy took the lead in the heads-up, by the 34th blind level (120,000/240,000) his lead was considerable. In the last hand Driscoll started out limping, Dubinskyy checked; the flop came 4:h 3:c 3:h . Both players checked. The K:d turn had Dubinskyy betting 500,000, Driscoll called. On the 7:c river Dubinskyy chekced cautiously, Driscoll bet 1,000,000, Dubinskyy raised to 2,400,000, Driscoll put him all-in ot 3,315,000, Dubinskyy jumped up from his seat, counted his opponent’s stack, and when he realized he has to put just a little more in, he called. Driscoll showed a J:s 3:d three-of-a-kind, Dubinskyy a 5:h 6:h straight.
The Ukrainian player who mostly plays local tournaments won his first WSOP title.
End results:
1st Igor Dubinskyy – $637.539
2nd Theodore Driscoll – $394.281
3rd Brandon Eisen – $283.895
4th Shai Zurr – $209.805
5th Eric Baldwin – $156.352
6th Jackduyph Duong – $117.507
7th Matthew Lapossie – $89.020
8th Vimy Ha – $68.019
9th Bao Nguyen – $52.400
