The latest $20,000 Guaranteed final table had a familiar face – our friend from Brazil, BatataSC, who represented CarbonPoker at the APPT Sydney late in 2007. He played very well in Australia, so seeing him at one of our biggest final tables is certainly no surprise!
BatataSC finished in fourth place for a very respectable payday of $1400. His AQ didn’t improve against the pocket sevens of mathias1, who called the all in bet pre-flop. Amazingly, two hands later mathias1 picked up pocket sevens again, and again called an all in bet from Metrell who held KJ. This time however, Metrell did improve with a King on the turn, and she doubled up to over 160,000 chips.
Our third place finisher, KnoxGodoy, held KQ and flopped top pair. Pushing all in, he was called by none other than mathias1, who had the pocket Aces! No help on the turn or river, and KnoxGodoy was eliminated.
On the very next hand, the tournament was all over. mathias1 picked up yet another pocket pair (this time being Deuces), and Metrell held Q5 of diamonds. Metrell raised, but matias1 pushed all in and as the short stack, Metrell called.
A Deuce came on the flop, and the only hope for Metrell was picking up a runner-runner flush or set. Neither came, and matias1 became a Sunday 20k Champion, worth $5400 for first place! Metrell walks away a winner also, and as a new player she has already seen success on some of our high stakes cash games. Look out for more from these players in future.
– Phil @ CarbonPoker
