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Live: $25,500 WPT World Championship
Live: $100,000 WPT Super High Roller
| Earnings | $1,902,892 |
| Cashes | 16 |
| Final Tables | 3 |
| Titles | 1 |
| Tournaments Played | 98 |
Est. Current Chipcount
Est. Average Chipcount
7,820,000
Current Chipleader
-
Day 1-A
30,700
Day 2
151,500
Day 3
2,056,000
Day 4
1st
Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante
Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante
Liebert raises to 175,000, Brecher moves all in, and Liebert calls with Q
10. Brecher shows A
9
, and he'll need it to hold to win the tournament right here.
The flop comes 662, and Liebert picks up a flush draw. The turn card double-pairs the board with the 2, and Liebert needs a queen, a ten, a six, a deuce, or any spade to win the pot and double up.
The river card is the 4, and Steve Brecher wins the pot -- and the tournament -- with two pair, sixes and deuces, using his ace as the kicker.
Kathy Liebert is the runner-up, earning $550,000. Since she is a Shooting Star, Brecher collects her $5,000 bounty and her autographed t-shirt.
Steve Brecher wins the 2009 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star, earning $1,025,500, which includes her entry into the WPT World Championship, and a WPT Bracelet.
1st: Steve Brecher - $1,025,500
2nd: Kathy Liebert - $550,000
3rd: Chris Moore - $291,500
4th: Tony Behari - $230,000
5th: Thao Le - $180,000
6th: Chau Vu - $135,000
Brecher spoils Kathy Liebert's run at multiple spots in the record books. The key moment came with three players remaining in Hand #178, when Brecher was all in preflop with AQ against Kathy's AK. The board came KJ
5107, and Brecher doubled into the chip lead with an ace-high straight. If Liebert's dominating hand holds up there, Brecher would have busted third, and Liebert would have had a 2.3-to-1 chip lead over Chris Moore.
This is the first major tournament victory for Steve Brecher, and he also becomes the latest WPT Poker-Made Millionaire.
Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante
Liebert limps for 50,000, and Brecher checks. The flop comes K106, Brecher checks, Liebert bets 50,000, Brecher check-raises to 150,000, and Liebert calls. The turn card is the 3, Brecher bets 275,000, and Liebert calls. There is already 950,000 in the pot.
The river card is the 4, and Brecher moves all in. Liebert sighs and stands up, pacing by the money and then back to her seat to stand by her chair. She looks at the board and sits back down.
After more than a minute in the tank, Liebert folds. Steve Brecher takes the pot.
Steve Brecher - 6,485,000
Kathy Liebert - 1,335,000
Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante
Brecher raises to 125,000, and Liebert quickly moves all in. Brecher calls with Q10, and Liebert shows 44. She'll need it to hold to stay alive.
The flop comes Q54, with a queen in the window. But Liebert takes a big lead with a set of fours. The turn card is the 7, and Liebert clinches the pot. The river card is the K, and Kathy Liebert wins the pot with a set of fours to double up.
Here are new official counts:
Steve Brecher - 6,410,000
Kathy Liebert - 1,410,000
Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante
Liebert raises to 150,000, and Brecher calls. The flop comes K54, Brecher checks, Liebert bets 200,000, and Brecher calls. The turn card is the 9, and both players check. The river card is the 9, Brecher checks, Liebert bets 400,000, and Brecher thinks for about a minute before he calls.
Liebert says, "Good call," and Brecher shows 5-x to win the pot with two pair, nines and fives.
Steve Brecher - 6,565,000
Kathy Liebert - 1,255,000
Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante
Here is a quick bio on the two final tablists:
STEVE BRECHER
Steve Brecher is a retired computer software developer who is a fixture on the poker circuit, playing most of the big events. This is just his second WPT Final Table, but his first was a big one -- the 2004 WPT World Championship, where he finished sixth. He also final tabled a PPT event and finished third in the televised 2005 U.S. Poker Championship.
Born in San Diego and raised in Queens, New York, Brecher has been playing poker for most of his life. He enters play as the chipleader, and if he finishes third or higher, this will be the biggest score of his career and help him cross the million-dollar mark in career earnings.
Biggest Live Tournament Cash: $232,862 (6th, 2004 WPT World Championship)
Career Earnings in Live Tournaments: $707,501
Level 28: 25,000-50,000, 5,000 ante
Kathy Liebert has the button in seat 5.
Moore raises from the small blind to 125,000, and Brecher calls from the big blind. The flop comes 954, Moore moves all in, and Brecher quickly calls with K3 (diamond flush draw). Moore says he meant to raise to 175,000 preflop, and he shows AK (ace high). Brecher needs a three or a diamond to bust Moore here.
The turn is the 5, the river is the 6, and Steve Brecher wins the pot with a diamond flush.
Chris Moore is eliminated in third place, earning $291,500.
Chris Moore - Out in 3rd ($291,500)
Steve Brecher - 6,180,000
Kathy Liebert - 1,640,000
Level 27: 20,000-40,000, 5,000 ante
Kathy Liebert has the button in seat 5.
Moore raises from the small blind to 130,000, Brecher reraises from the big blind to 440,000, and Moore calls. Both players check to the river on a board of AQJ9J. Moore bets 500,000, and Brecher calls. Moore shows 8-8 for two pair, jacks and eights, but Brecher shows A7 to win the pot with aces and jacks.
Pot Size - 1,895,000
Chris Moore - 1,740,000
Steve Brecher - 4,665,000
Kathy Liebert - 1,415,000
Level 26: 15,000-30,000, 5,000 ante
WPT Final Tables have seen their fair share of bad beats over the past few events. Kathy Liebert suffered her own a few minutes ago when her AK went down to the AQ of Steve Brecher. How bad? She was a 73% favorite to win the hand when the money went in and a 82.5% favorite after the flop.
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Level 26: 15,000-30,000, 5,000 ante
Steve Brecher has the button in seat 3.
Brecher raises from the button to 95,000, Liebert reraises from the small blind to 600,000, and Brecher thinks for a little while before he moves all in. Liebert calls with AK, and she dominates Brecher's AQ
The flop comes KJ5, and the crowd applauds as Liebert pairs her king, but Brecher picks up a gutshot straight draw.
The turn card is -- the 10! Steve Brecher makes his straight to take the lead, and Liebert needs a queen on the river to chop the pot.
The river card is the 7, and Steve Brecher wins the pot with an ace-high straight.
Pot Size - 4,161,000
Chris Moore - 2,369,000
Steve Brecher - 4,161,000
Kathy Liebert - 1,291,000
