WPT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - SUPER HIGH ROLLER (TV)

May 21-23 | Bellagio | Las Vegas, Nevada
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David Sands Wins WPT World Championship Super High Roller ($1,023,750)

02:00 AM, 05/24/13

Hand #180: Joseph Cheong Out in 2nd Place ($614,250)

01:36 AM, 05/24/13

Official Chip Counts For Heads-Up Play

01:10 AM, 05/24/13

Hand #176: Daniel Perper Out in 3rd Place ($409,500)

12:56 AM, 05/24/13

Final Table Stats Thru 160 Hands

12:27 AM, 05/24/13

Final Table Stats Thru 140 Hands

11:47 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #147: Joseph Cheong Doubles Thru Daniel Perper

11:46 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #146: Jim Courtney Bubbles in 4th Place ($0)

11:42 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #129: Joseph Cheong Doubles Thru Daniel Perper

11:15 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #122: Daniel Perper Takes the Chip Lead

11:02 PM, 05/23/13

Final Table Stats Thru 120 Hands

11:02 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #117: Jim Courtney Doubles Thru David Sands

10:49 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #113: Joseph Cheong Doubles Thru David Sands

10:15 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #110: David Sands Doubles Thru Joseph Cheong

10:09 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #109: Joseph Cheong Doubles Thru David Sands

10:07 PM, 05/23/13

Final Table Stats Thru 100 Hands

09:57 PM, 05/23/13

Welcome to the Money Bubble

09:46 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #99: Steven Silverman Out in 5th Place

09:44 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #91: David Sands Doubles Thru Joseph Cheong

09:27 PM, 05/23/13

Final Table Stats Thru 80 Hands

08:59 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #78: Joseph Cheong Doubles Thru Steven Silverman

08:45 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #72: Daniel Perper Doubles Thru David Sands

08:24 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #69: Joseph Cheong Doubles Thru David Sands

08:21 PM, 05/23/13

Final Table Stats Thru 60 Hands

08:01 PM, 05/23/13

Final Table Stats Thru 40 Hands

06:44 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #28: Andrew Robl Out in 6th Place ($0)

05:45 PM, 05/23/13

Final Table Stats Thru 20 Hands

05:11 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #16: Daniel Perper Doubles Thru Joseph Cheong

04:48 PM, 05/23/13

WPT Super High Roller: The Six Final Tablists

04:45 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #9: Andrew Robl Doubles Thru David Sands

04:34 PM, 05/23/13

Hand #5: Daniel Perper Doubles Thru Steven Silverman

04:16 PM, 05/23/13

Meet the Finalists

04:06 PM, 05/23/13

WPT Super High Roller Final Table: Shuffle Up & Deal!

04:04 PM, 05/23/13

Final Table Bios

03:54 PM, 05/23/13

WPT Super High Roller: Official Chip Counts

06:02 PM, 05/22/13

Hands #32-33: Yevgeniy Timoshenko Out in 7th Place

05:52 PM, 05/22/13

Hand #25: Cheong Cripples Thorel and Takes the Lead

05:35 PM, 05/22/13

A Look Back with Jack McClelland

04:05 PM, 05/22/13

Jason Mercier Eliminated by Davids Sands

12:27 PM, 05/22/13

Day 2 About to Begin

11:45 AM, 05/22/13

Day 1 Ends with 11 - Steven Silverman Leads (962,500)

01:25 AM, 05/22/13

A Little GPI Table Talk

10:42 PM, 05/21/13

Erik Seidel Eliminated

10:17 PM, 05/21/13

Bill Klein Doubles Up

10:13 PM, 05/21/13

Official Chip Counts on Dinner Break

08:48 PM, 05/21/13

Day 1 Update

04:36 PM, 05/21/13

Seat Draw

03:02 PM, 05/21/13

Shuffle Up and Deal!

02:51 PM, 05/21/13

Super High Roller Set to Begin

01:33 PM, 05/21/13

Live Tournament Updates

David Sands Wins WPT World Championship Super High Roller ($1,023,750)

Level 21: 50,000-100,000, 10,000 ante

WPT Championship_Season 11 By Ryan Lucchesi
Photos by Joe Giron

It is very rare that you make a World Poker Tour televised final table and still walk away empty handed, but that was what happened to three players on the final day of the World Poker Tour World Championship $100,000 Super High Roller event. The high buy-in tournament attracted 21 players and so only the top three would walk away with prize money at Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament attracted some of the top poker players in the world so it came as no surprise that the final match that decided the title late tonight, after a long period of play to bust the $409,500 money bubble, came down to two of the best young players in the game - David Sands and Joseph Cheong. The final match was a short one, which as you will read below was in stark contrast to the rest of the final table, and it was Sands who won his first WPT title after coming so close during Season X (runner-up finish at the L.A. Poker Classic). The win took Sands up to $5.5 million in career tournament earnings.

Here is how the table looked when cards got into the air tonight:

Seat 1.  Joseph Cheong: 1,646,000 (102 bb)
Seat 2.  Andrew Robl: 169,000 (10 bb)
Seat 3.  Jim Courtney: 1,690,000 (105 bb)
Seat 4.  Steven Silverman: 1,339,000 (83 bb)
Seat 5.  Daniel Perper: 164,000 (10 bb)
Seat 6.  David Sands: 1,286,000 (80 bb)

The first stretch of play at the final table was defined by a series of double ups. The two short stacks Andrew Robl and Daniel Perper each doubled up, and Perper actually doubled up twice to stave off elimination. Robl wasn’t so lucky the second time he moved all in. Cheong raised to 48,000 from the cutoff and Andrew Robl reraised all in from the button for 204,000. Jim Courtney called from the small blind and Cheong mucked. Robl held KclubQclub but he was behind the KdiamondKheart of Courtney. The board was dealt 10heart9spade4spade8heart6club and Robl was eliminated in sixth place.

That first elimination took place on Hand 28 but thanks to another rash of double-ups it wasn’t until Hand 99 that we lost another player. That hand started with Cheong raising to 100,000 on the cutoff. Steven Silverman reraised all in for 685,000 from the small blind and Perper moved all in over the top of him to isolate. Cheong folded and Silverman showed Kclub5club. Perper held the lead with QclubQspade and the ladies held up on a board reading Jspade6diamond2heart6heart10club to eliminate Silverman in fifth place.

That put play on the dreaded TV final table money bubble and the theme of the final table continued to be defined by the unusual number of double-ups for any player who was all in. The number of double up reached double-digit territory before the next player fell on the 146th hand of play. Perper raised to 120,000 under the gun and Cheong called from the small blind. Courtney also called from the big blind and the flop was dealt Jspade8diamond6club. Action was checked to Perper and he bet 160,000. Cheong folded while Courtney made the call. The turn fell 9club and Courtney moved all in for 660,000. Perper called with Jclub8heart and Courtney held pocket sevens. The river was the Kdiamond and Perper won the pot to eliminate Courtney on the money bubble in fourth place.

The battle for third place was shorter than the previous forays at the final table. On Hand 176 Perper moved all in on the button for 1,170,000 and Sands moved all in over the top of him to isolate. Cheong got out of the way and Perper revealed Kheart7spade. Sands held pocket fives and the board was dealt 8heart5diamond4diamondJspade8spade. Perper was eliminated in third place and he took home $409,500.

The chip counts at the start of heads-up play had David Sands (4,765,000) holding a 3-1 chip advantage over Cheong (1,530,000). The final match was different than the previous long stretches of play at the final table, lasting just four hands. On the final hand of the tournament Cheong moved all in preflop for 1,135,000 with Aspade3diamond and Sands called with Aheart8diamond. The board fell Qspade5diamond2spadeAdiamond9spade and Cheong was eliminated in second place, good for $614,250. That made Sands the Super High Roller champion. He was awarded $1,023,750 and one-of-kind trophies from the WPT and Bellagio.

Final Table Results:

1: David Sands - $1,023,750
2: Joseph Cheong - $614,250
3: Daniel Perper - $409,500
4: James Courtney - $0
5: Steven Silverman - $0
6: Andrew Robl - $0

Tune back in tomorrow at 4 p.m. PT to follow along with the hand-for-hand live updates and real-time chip counts from the WPT World Championship main event here at Bellagio.

Sorted In: Featured Blog, Season XI, WPT World Championship Super High Roller, Bellagio
02:00 AM, 05/24/13

Hand #180: Joseph Cheong Out in 2nd Place ($614,250)

Level 21: 50,000-100,000, 10,000 ante

Joseph Cheong and David Sands
Joseph Cheong moves all in for 1,135,000, and David Sands calls with Aheart8diamond. Cheong turns over Aspade3diamond, and he'll need to improve to stay alive.

The board comes Qspade5diamond2spadeAdiamond9spade, and David Sands wins the pot -- and the WPT Super High Roller -- with a pair of aces and an eight kicker.

Joseph Cheong finishes as the runner-up, earning $614,250.

David Sands wins the Season XI WPT Super High Roller, earning $1,023,750 and a special WPT trophy. Congratulations to David "Doc" Sands!

1st:  David Sands  -  $1,023,750
2nd:  Joseph Cheong  -  $614,250
3rd:  Daniel Perper  -  $409,500
4th:  Jim Courtney  -  $0
5th:  Steven Silverman  -  $0
6th:  Andrew Robl  -  $0

WPT Championship_Season 11

Sorted In: Featured Blog, David Sands, Joseph Cheong, Season XI, WPT World Championship Super High Roller, Bellagio
01:36 AM, 05/24/13

Hand #179: David Sands

Level 21: 50,000-100,000, 10,000 ante

David Sands moves all in, and Cheong folds.

Joseph Cheong  -  1,145,000
David Sands  -  5,150,000

Sorted In: Season XI, WPT World Championship Super High Roller, Bellagio
01:32 AM, 05/24/13

Hand #178: David Sands

Level 21: 50,000-100,000, 10,000 ante

Joseph Cheong limps for 100,000, and David Sands checks his option. The flop comes Aspade5club3diamond, Sands checks, Cheong bets 100,000, and Sands calls.

The turn is the Qheart, Sands checks, Cheong bets 175,000, and Sands calls. The river card pairs the board with the 3spade, and both players check. Sands shows Qspade2club to win the pot with two pair, queens and threes, and Cheong mucks.

Joseph Cheong  -  1,255,000
David Sands  -  5,040,000

Sorted In: Season XI, WPT World Championship Super High Roller, Bellagio
01:31 AM, 05/24/13

Hand #177: Joseph Cheong

Level 21: 50,000-100,000, 10,000 ante

David Sands limps for 100,000, Joseph Cheong moves all in, and Sands folds.

Joseph Cheong  -  1,640,000
David Sands  -  4,655,000

Sorted In: Season XI, WPT World Championship Super High Roller, Bellagio
01:28 AM, 05/24/13

Heads-Up Play: Shuffle Up & Deal!

Level 21: 50,000-100,000, 10,000 ante

The festivities for heads-up play are complete, and the players are ready to go, so it's time to shuffle up and deal!

Sorted In: Season XI, WPT World Championship Super High Roller, Bellagio
01:27 AM, 05/24/13

Official Chip Counts For Heads-Up Play

Level 20: 40,000-80,000, 10,000 ante

The Trophy
When action resumes, the blinds will be 50,000-100,000 with a 10,000 ante. Here are the official chip counts, along with the prizepool they're playing for:

Joseph Cheong  -  1,530,000  (15 bb)
David Sands  -  4,765,000  (47 bb)

1st:  $1,023,750
2nd:  $614,250

3rd:  Daniel Perper  -  $409,500
4th:  Jim Courtney  -  $0
5th:  Steven Silverman  -  $0
6th:  Andrew Robl  -  $0

Action should resume within the next 15 minutes or so.

Sorted In: Featured Blog, David Sands, Joseph Cheong, Season XI, WPT World Championship Super High Roller, Bellagio
01:10 AM, 05/24/13

Hand #176: Daniel Perper Out in 3rd Place ($409,500)

Level 20: 40,000-80,000, 10,000 ante

WPT Championship_Season 11
Daniel Perper (left) moves all in from the button for 1,170,000, and David Sands (right) moves all in over the top from the small blind. Joseph Cheong folds the big blind.

Perper shows Kheart7spade, and he'll need to improve to stay alive against the 5club5heart of Sands.

The board comes 8heart5diamond4diamondJspade8spade, and David Sands wins the pot with a full house, fives full of eights, to eliminate Daniel Perper in third place.

Seat 1.  Joseph Cheong  -  1,530,000
Seat 5.  Daniel Perper  -  Out in 3rd Place  ($409,500)
Seat 6.  David Sands  -  4,765,000

There will be a short-break before heads-up play begins between David Sands and Joseph Cheong.

Sorted In: Featured Blog, Daniel Perper, David Sands, Season XI, WPT World Championship Super High Roller, Bellagio
12:56 AM, 05/24/13

Hand #175: David Sands

Level 20: 40,000-80,000, 10,000 ante

Everyone folds to David Sands, giving him a walk in the big blind.

Seat 1.  Joseph Cheong  -  1,620,000
Seat 5.  Daniel Perper  -  1,180,000
Seat 6.  David Sands  -  3,495,000

Sorted In: Season XI, WPT World Championship Super High Roller, Bellagio
12:52 AM, 05/24/13

Hand #174: David Sands

Level 20: 40,000-80,000, 10,000 ante

David Sands min-raises from the button to 160,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Seat 1.  Joseph Cheong  -  1,630,000
Seat 5.  Daniel Perper  -  1,230,000
Seat 6.  David Sands  -  3,435,000

Sorted In: Season XI, WPT World Championship Super High Roller, Bellagio
12:51 AM, 05/24/13

 

Payout Structure

Place Prize
1 $1,023,750
2 $614,250
3 $409,500

Blind Structure

Level Blinds Ante
1 500-1,000 100
2 600-1,200 200
3 800-1,600 200
4 1,000-2,000 300
5 1,200-2,400 300
6 1,500-3,000 400
7 2,000-4,000 400
8 2,500-5,000 500
9 3,000-6,000 500
10 4,000-8,000 1,000
11 5,000-10,000 1,000
12 6,000-12,000 2,000
13 8,000-16,000 2,000
14 10,000-20,000 3,000
15 12,000-24,000 3,000
16 15,000-30,000 4,000
17 20,000-40,000 5,000
18 25,000-50,000 5,000
19 30,000-60,000 10,000
20 40,000-80,000 10,000
21 50,000-100,000 10,000
22 60,000-120,000 15,000
23 80,000-160,000 15,000
24 100,000-200,000 20,000
25 120,000-240,000 20,000
26 150,000-300,000 25,000
27 200,000-400,000 25,000
28 300,000-600,000 50,000
29 400,000-800,000 75,000
30 500,000-1,000,000 100,000
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