SuS 11 Recap
Some might say that winning after you've doubled up within the first level and then tripled up by the first break is really no great feat. In fact, having about $4,000 in chips at the color up and winning is hardly worthy of a recap. I mean, you should win right, how is this news? The winner himself attributes it all to luck, so what is there to write about, really?
I don't buy it. Not for a minute. Winning on the Tour is a diffucult thing to do, winning twice even moreso. I'm not buying the "it's only luck argument." I will give Zak the props he deserves, whether he wants them or not.
Zak started the night off as the hare. He raced out to a quick lead after dropping a straight like it was hot on Jamie. Doubling through within minutes helped him build a fearsome stack that only grew larger when he eliminated the First Lady by flopping trip 5s to her pocket Queens. Sprinting way out in front at the color up, it looked like Prefontaine was well on his way to crossing the finish line in record time.
In other action, Richie Rich was terrorizing table #2 by raising just about every hand. Meeting no resistance, he was able to pull himself up with the chip leaders. Heading into the Final Table, another big stack was being built by Oliver. Known as the Rabbit Eater, he caught the scent of the hare in the air and set his sights on Prefontaine. Taking a page out the tortoise's playbook, the normally agressive Oliver slowed things down a bit. Showing patience and restraint for most of the Final Table, Oliver found himself getting blinded away. But after moving All-In several times and stealing the ever escalating blinds, he found himself back in the match. Then by moving All-In with A2d against Richie Rich's 88, he found himself the Ace that put him back in the race.
Heading into the Heads-Up Showdown, the tortoise had made up considerable ground on the now sleeping hare. So much so that he came into the final two as the chip leader. Waking up to see Oliver nearing the finishing line, Zak decided that sprinting to the end was not going to get the job done. I mean, the hare tried this before and lost. So he slowed the pace down to the tortoise's pace.
But the Rabbit Eater couldn't resist his true nature. Like a wolf in sheep's clothing (or in this case, a rabbit hunter in a tortoise shell), the Rabbit Eater's early patience began to wane, specially while Zak kept folding and folding and folding. No longer able to contain himself, the Rabbit Eater pulled off a successful All-In bluff and then showed Zak his 82o. This move seemed to energize the hare and Prefontaine picked the pace back up. Calling Oliver's All-In with A3, he outran the Rabbit Eater's AT to the finish line and secured his second Tour win.
But I doubt we are witnessing the creation of any great dynasty...
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