Event #46: No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed Championship saw a field of 474 players fight for a prize pool of $4,455,600! On the 4th day of play, there were only 2 players left, Joe Ebanks and Chris Moorman, and they fought for the biggest first-place prize (so far) at the 2011 World Series of Poker. Ebanks roughly had a 5:1 lead and it didn't take long before he and Moorman played the last hand:
Chris Moorman had the button and raised to 240k. Ebanks called. The flop came down 3
Q
10, both players checked. The turn card was the K
, Ebanks betted 250k, and it didn't take long before Moorman went all in. Ebanks asked for a count and got to know that Moorman had about 2.06 million in total. Ebanks sat back in his chair and put his hands on his head. After a few moments of thinking he announced, "call," and both players showed their cards.
Ebanks: K4
Moorman: J
7
Ebanks was well ahead with a pair of kings and flush daw - only a non-diamond nine or ace could stop him from taking down the pot. The river was the 9 and Moorman got a straight, but Ebanks also completed his flush. Chris Moorman received $716,282 for his second place finish. This was his second final table at the 2011 WSOP. Very impressive!
The winner, Joe Ebanks, received his first gold bracelet and $1,158,481 prize money (the second largest 6-handed payout in poker history)
Final table results:
1 Joe Ebanks $1,158,481
2 Chris Moorman $716,282
3 Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier $447,074
4 Tristan Wade $292,866
5 Taylor Paur $198,140
6 Mike Sowers $138,301
