After losing 100,000 in the previous hand with against Tommy Hang's on a board run out, Stewart Yancik would get his last 30,000 in the very next hand. Kristan Lord, Jim Collopy, and Tommy Hang would all see the flop of . It was checked to Lord who had been the original pre-flop raiser and he bet. Collopy raised, Hang folded, and Lord re-raised putting himself all in. Collopy made the call and the three hands were turned face up.
Collopy: for top pair
Yancik: for two overs
Lord: for an overpair
Lord was in the lead and it would stay that way on the turn and river. Lord stood up, did a quiet fist pump in celebration, and Yancik was eliminated in seventh place.
After losing a good chunk of his stack in Razz to Kris Lord, Chris George got the last of his chips in against Joe Villella. The two would turn their hands over:
Villella:
George:
Fourth street would bring Villella trip kings as it was the .The runout through sixth street would be as follows:
Villella: for trip kings
George: for two pair, sixes and fours
George could hit only a six or four to stay alive. Villella's last card was the taking one of George's outs. He squeezed and turned over the and was eliminated in sixth place.
Brandon Guss raised from the button and was three-bet by Jim Collopy from the small blind. Joe Villella called all in for less out of the big blind and Guss called Collopy's raise. The flop came and Guss folded to Collopy's bet. Collopy turned over for middle pair and Villella was in trouble with . The turn of and river would change nothing and Villella was eliminated in fifth place.
Brandon Guss raised from the button and Tommy Hang called from the big blind. The flop came down and Hang instantly bet out 20,000 - enough to put Guss all in. Guss called for his tournament life and the cards were turned on their backs.
Hang:
Guss:
The community cards finished off with the and the , giving Hang jacks and deuces for the elimination. Guss will take home $67,435 in prize money for his fourth-place finish. Hang, on the other hand, is up to about 1.8 million in chips for over half of the chips in play.
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Tommy Hang completed, Kris Lord raised, and Jim Collopy made it three bets to go. Hang called, Lord made it four bets, and Collopy called. Hang made it five bets, capping the action, and both the other players called and we had 390,000 in the pot before fourth street had even been dealt.
On fourth street, Kris Lord bet his last 12,000 in chips and was called by both Hang and Collopy. Fifth street saw Collopy bet and receive a call from Hang. They both checked sixth street. On seventh street, Collopy check-called Hang's bet and the down cards were revealed for all three players:
Lord: for a pair of sixes
Callopy: for two pair, eights and deuces
Hang: for two pair, kings and fours
Hang's two pair was best and Lord was eliminated in third place. Hang enters heads up play with a 2:1 chip lead over Collopy.
Jim Collopy raised from the small blind and Tommy Hang called out of the big blind. The flop came and Hang checked to Collopy who bet. Hang raised but Collopy wasn't slowing down as he made it three bets to go. Hang called.
The turn was the and Hang check-called a bet from Collopy who had only 15,000 in chips left after his wager. The river was the and Hang put out 15,000 in chips and was snap-called by Collopy who turned over . "I got there," said Hang as he triumphantly turned over for the queen high straight. He had hit the gutter ball and his rail of J.C. Tran, Chino Rheem, Michael Mizrachi, and Greg Mueller ran over to congratulate him. Collopy put up a valiant effort but was eliminated in second place.
That's all she wrote from the secondary feature table in the Amazon Room! Tommy Hang has just defeated Jim Collopy heads up, denying the latter his second WSOP bracelet and in turn earning his first. On top of adding his first piece of WSOP jewelry to his resume, Hang also clinched $230,744 in first-place prize money.
The day began with 15 players returning to the felt with hopes of becoming the next champion. Coming into the day, storylines of different varieties existed, such as Dutch Boyd going for his third WSOP bracelet, Adam Friedman hoping to run up his short stack to earn his second, and David "ODB" Baker attempting to further prove his mixed game prowess by earning his second piece of gold. Unfortunately for those three players, Hang had different plans. During the early stages of the day players fell one by one while Hang gradually increased his stack. Early eliminations in the day included Mark Gallo (15th), Friedman (14th), Jon Turner (13th), Michele Limongi (12th), Boyd (11th), and Lonnie Heimowitz (10th).
Following Heimowitz's elimination, the field combined to the unofficial final table of nine. From there, Jared Talarico became the official final table bubble boy, falling by the hands of Jim Collopy. The final table was set and Hang quickly became the star of the table. Hang began to push the action and consistently defeated his opponents at showdown, allowing him to ascend the chip counts quite rapidly.
The first player to fall at the final table was Baker, denying him his quest for a second WSOP gold bracelet. Baker was eliminated by Joe Villella during the early goings of the final table and he took home $19,338 in prize money for his efforts. Following Baker out the door was Stewart Yancik. During a limit hold'em round, Yancik was crippled after running his pocket queens into Hang's on an ace-high flop. He was left short-stacked and was eliminated from play soon after.
Chris George fell in sixth place, getting the last of his stack in the middle during a round of stud. George finished the hand with two pair, but was ultimately unable to beat Villella's trip kings. Despite scoring this elimination, Villella was the next player to fall. He was eliminated by Collopy in the next hold'em round and collected $47,905 for his finish.
Despite doubling up several times and riding out the short stack, Brandon Guss became the next player to find elimination. His final hand occurred during an Omaha 8-or-better round where a button raise put most of this stack in the middle. Hang called from the big blind and the two saw a flop of . Hang instantly led out for one bet, which was enough to put Guss all in. He called for his tournament life and rolled over . Hang responded by tabling . The community cards finished off with the and the , giving Hang jacks and deuces for the elimination.
Shortly thereafter, one of the most pivotal hands of the final table played out. It was a three-way hand between Hang, Collopy, and Kristan Lord that was capped on third street. Lord ultimately found himself all in against two opponents and unable to showdown the best hand. Hang and Collopy played for a side pot and each player ended up making two pair. Hang's were superior, however, and he was awarded the pot and a large chip advantage going into heads up play. Lord, on the other hand, was eliminated in third place for $96,894.
Hang held an early lead in the heads up match and quickly made work of most of Collopy's stack. Throughout the battle, Collopy staged a few comebacks, but was never able to bring his stack back over one million chips. During the final hand of the tournament, Hang drilled his gutshot straight on the river to crack Collopy's pocket kings. Collopy became the runner-up for $142,533. Hang, on the other hand, was awarded his first gold bracelet.
Final Table Payouts
Place
Player
Prize
1
Tommy Hang
$230,744
2
Jim Collopy
$142,533
3
Kristan Lord
$96,894
4
Brandon Guss
$67435
5
Joe Villella
$47,905
6
Chris George
$34,725
7
Stewart Yancik
$25,668
8
David "ODB" Baker
$19,338
That does it for our coverage of Event 27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Be sure to check out our Live Reporting page for all of the latest from the other events of the 2014 WSOP.