Event 11: Aaron Lipstet Wins! ($11,612) Sam Sternfield Finishes as Runner-Up ($7,177)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
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Level 24:  40,000/80,000 Limits
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Aaron Lipstet
Event 11 Champion Aaron Lipstet

Aaron Lipstet and Sam Sternfield played a big hand of Seven Card Stud where the put in about 320K each.

Aaron Lipstet:  10d10c  2h4c5d2d  2c  (full house)
Sam Sternfield:  8s7h  6s8c3d7s  9d  (two pair)

The order of the hole cards is uncertain, but Lipstet won the pot with his full house to knock Sternfield all the way down to just 3,000 — less than a third of an ante.

The next hand, Sternfield was forced all in for the ante, but finished with two pair, aces and kings, to double up to 6,000.

Aaron Lipstet:  AhQs  3d10d5d9h  2d  (ace high)
Sam Sternfield:  Qd5c  Ad10cKsAs  Kc  (two pair)

The next hand, Sternfield was once again forced all in for the ante, and this time he finished with trip tens to double up to 12,000. He could now afford the ante and have 2,000 left over.

Aaron Lipstet:  Js6h  Qs6d7cJd  2h  (two pair)
Sam Sternfield:  8s4h  10s10c10d9s  2d  (trip tens)

Sam Sternfield
Sam Sternfield

The next hand the game switched to Stud-8, and this time, Sternfield was forced all in for the bring-in:

Aaron Lipstet:  6d3d  6hQc2d3h  3s  (full house)
Sam Sternfield:  Js7d  5s9h10sJc  10h  (two pair)

Sternfield’s potential comeback fell short, as Lipstet won the final hand with a full house, threes full of sixes, to win the title, the trophy, and $11,612.

Congratulations to Aaron Lipstet!

1st:  Aaron Lipstet  –  $11,612 + Trophy
2nd:  Sam Sternfield  –  $7,177
3rd:  Cory Zeidman  –  $4,813
4th:  Dale Schmitz  –  $3,348
5th:  Henry Porcaro  –  $2,418
6th:  Ben Mauger  –  $1,816
7th:  A.J. Kelsall  –  $1,421
8th:  John Fahmy  –  $1,161
9th:  Homi Syodia  –  $991
10th:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  $991
11th:  Anthony Askey  –  $886
12th:  Hoyt Verner  –  $886