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WSOP Bracelet winner MrSmokey1 won the winner-takes-all $5K freezeout on PokerStars a couple of week ago.   He nearly repeated that achievement with a 2nd place finish this week, eventually getting pipped by nordlending on this occassion.

 They chopped the $100K when heads up, so Mrsmokey1 converted his $5200 buy-in into a tidy $26K

1. nordlending $74k
2. MrSmokey1 $26K
3. zangbezan24
4. djk123
5. Genius28

MrSmokey1, won this weeks $5,200 buy-in winner takes all event on PokerStars.  Just 10 entrants played this week and MrSmokey1 picked up the $50,000 prize, trailed by Boykee, nitbuster, and DSavo in 2nd, 3rd and 4th respecetively.

mrsmokey1 has plenty of fame already.  He is Steve Billirakis who won a WSOP bracelet in 2007 in the $5000 buy in Mixed Hold’em Event, winning $536,287