PCA 2012 Main Event - John Dibella beats Kyle Julius in the Heads Up

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PCA 2012 Finalists

Ruben Visser was the first to be eliminated, he quickly lost his rather small stack, and in the end lost a flip against Julius.

Then David Bernstein had to go, and on the 33th blind level (20.000/100.000/200.000) the shortstack Anthony Gregg ran preflop all-in with 2.520.000 with A T from hijack, only Xuan Liu called with A Q on the neutral boardra Liu's better kicker held.

Mark Drover came in 5th, followed by Xuan Liu. Liu open shoved with A 7, Faraz Jaka sitting on a much larger stack called with A 6 and won with two pairs on the 3 A 6 5 2 board.

Faraz Jaka - 14.155.000
Kyle Julius - 11.670.000
John Dibella - 5.865.000

On the 35th blind level (40.000/150.000/300.000) Jaka lost a huge pot against Julius. Julius opened to 700.000, Jaka 3bet to K J with 1.850.000, Julius 4bet to 3.095.000, Jaka, after thinking a bit went 5-bet all-in, Julius called all-in with 10.470.000 and showed A K. The dealer dealt the 7 A K 9 8 board, Julius took the pot with two pairs. Jaka was left with 1.350.000, he was eleminated shortly after this.

After Jaka's elimination, Dibella took a major pot with a full house, he started the heads-up as the chipleader.

John Dibella - 18.585.000
Kyle Julius - 13.105.000

Dibella cornered Juliust even more, on the 36 blind level (50.000/200.000/400.000) the final hand was dealt. Julius raised to 825.000 from the button with 9 6, Dibella called with 6 5. The flop came A Q 3. Dibella checked, Julius bet to 725.000, Dibella quickly called. The turn came 8, both checked. On the T river Dibella bet to 1.000.000, Julius, trying to represent a huge hand shoved. Dibella snap-called, and won the tournament.

John Dibella