Championship: Sean Shah Eliminated 31st ($3,737)

$1,650 Winter Poker Open Championship
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

Sean Shah (Delray Beach, FL)
Sean Shah (left) and David Lappano

Sean Shah doubled fellow Florida pro John Holley to get short. A few hands later, he got his last 74,000 in from under the gun and David Lappano called from his direct left. It folded all the way around and Shah was at risk against a lone opponent.

Lappano: 8c8h
Shah: AhJh

The dealer burned and turned a 7s4c4hTd4s runout eliminating Shah 31st for $3,737.

Lappano’s stack, meanwhile, grew to roughly 630,000 chips.