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Nestled in the backdrop of the camera crews and countless numbers of
spectators, players vied for $230,000 and a coveted championship bracelet
during event #40 of the World Series of Poker. The two-day event began
with just over 1000 players and ended with only 40 after the first day.
While lacking the attention and prestige, the final table of the $1,000 no-
limit Hold’em event displayed an array of competitors as focused as those
participating in the $10,000 main event that encompassed it.

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Name
Mark Petrrllo
Nick Memeti
Baktash Gulzarzada
John Buttifant
Fabrice Soulier
Earl Coggin
Praz Bansi
Anh Lu
N. Vijayan

Seat
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

A couple of hands after the final table was established, N. Vijayan was the
first to be eliminated. The sales manager from Kuala Lumpur hit the rails
with $20,020 only minutes before the remaining players recessed for
dinner.
Shortly after the players returned from break, Nick Memeti was the next to
go. Memeti called Anh Lu’s pre-flop raise of 30k and saw a 7c 4c 3h hit the
board. After the 2h and 10c showed on the turn and river Memeti raised
while Lu re-raised all-in. Memeti called and showed pocket 3’s for the set.
However, Lu’s turned over A-5 giving him the straight and Memeti an
eighth place finish.
Mark Petrillo helped to further the adage about pocket jacks as his all-in
against Fabrice Soulier’s pocket As,Ah sent him to the rail. Salt was added
to Petrillo’s wound as Soulier flopped a set before a meaningless turn and
river.
Next out was John Buttifant. The 22-year old college student moved all-in
while Soulier called. Buttifant’s pocket 9’s could not hold up against the
Frenchman’s A-6 as Ah showed on the flop. The Kh on the turn and the 5h
river sealed Butifant’s fate at sixth place.
Earl Coggins was eliminated next after going all-in with 6-8 suited. Baktash
Gulzarzada called with Ad-Jc and eliminated Coggins with the high-card ace.
Soulier saw a 4th place finish after being crippled in a previous hand. His
all-in Qc-7c was called by Lu’s 9c-Kc. Although Soulier flopped a pair of
queens, jubilation turned into defeat after Lu caught a river Ks.
In third place was Baktash Gulzarzada. The Afghani-born mortgage broker
moved all in for 384k. Bansi called. His Ah-Ks dominated Praz’s As-8s while
the board failed to improve either player’s hand.
Heads-up action pit Praz Bansi against Anh Lu who experienced one of the
most amazing comebacks of this year’s WSOP. Earlier in the day, a bad
beat left Lu with a pitiful 10k stack. Unwavering, he built his stack back up
to a phenomenal 250k through a miracle three-way all-in, a couple of more
all-ins and further aggressive pre-flop strategy.
“A miracle,” Lu answered through his interpreter and mentor, Men “The
Master” Nguyen when asked how he was able to come back from such a
low stack.
However, Bansi was the aggressor during heads-up action forcing his
opponent to fold four times after reraising Lu pre-flop. Crippled, Lu could
only go all-in with 8s-3s against Bansi’s ace-anything. An ace on the river
gave Bansi the victory. “Amazing,” replied Bansi when asked how it felt to
be a WSOP gold bracelet winner. “I started with 1500 chips, and just
threw some up… I got moves,” Bansi said with a grin.

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