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 WCOOP $25K High-roller Heads-up Event on PokerStars

Iftarii tanked this for over a minute before calling.   Sick slowroll.  A bit unclassy.   stevesbets probably thought he was good for sure here (ie against a draw only)

PokerStars Game #32807124802: Tournament #200909027, $25000+$500 USD Hold’em No Limit - Match Round II, Level III (80/160) - 2009/09/13 17:52:42 ET
Table ‘200909027 16′ 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Iftarii (21579 in chips)
Seat 2: stevesbets (18421 in chips)
stevesbets: posts small blind 80
Iftarii: posts big blind 160
*** HOLE CARDS ***
stevesbets: raises 160 to 320
Iftarii: raises 800 to 1120
stevesbets: calls 800
*** FLOP *** [4s 6d 5s]
Iftarii: bets 1500
stevesbets: raises 15801 to 17301 and is all-in
Iftarii: calls 15801
*** TURN *** [4s 6d 5s] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [4s 6d 5s Qd] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Iftarii: shows [8s 7s] (a straight, Four to Eight)
stevesbets: shows [4c 5c] (two pair, Fives and Fours)
Iftarii collected 36842 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 36842 | Rake 0
Board [4s 6d 5s Qd 7c]
Seat 1: Iftarii (big blind) showed [8s 7s] and won (36842) with a straight, Four to Eight
Seat 2: stevesbets (button) (small blind) showed [4c 5c] and lost with two pair, Fives and Fours

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After many chip swings in the final, stevesbet finally emerged as the winner.  He collects a first prize of $560,000 for his troubles.

Here is the final hand

PokerStars Game #20418957089: Tournament #200800019, $25000+$500 Hold’em No Limit - Match Round VI, Level VI (3200/6400) - 2008/09/15 1:18:27 ET
Table ‘200800019 1′ 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: stevesbets (398080 in chips)
Seat 2: ElkY (241920 in chips)
stevesbets: posts small blind 3200
ElkY: posts big blind 6400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
stevesbets: raises 12800 to 19200
ElkY: raises 217600 to 236800
stevesbets: raises 161280 to 398080 and is all-in
ElkY: calls 5120 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (156160) returned to stevesbets
*** FLOP *** [Kh 5c 2c]
*** TURN *** [Kh 5c 2c] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 5c 2c 7s] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ElkY: shows [3h 3c] (a pair of Threes)
stevesbets: shows [8s 8d] (a pair of Eights)
ElkY said, “hgg”
stevesbets collected 483840 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 483840 | Rake 0
Board [Kh 5c 2c 7s 6s]
Seat 1: stevesbets (button) (small blind) showed [8s 8d] and won (483840) with a pair of Eights
Seat 2: ElkY (big blind) showed [3h 3c] and lost with a pair of Threes

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