Daniel Colman was sitting on around 800,000 chips when he ended up all in for his tournament life before the flop.
Colman:
Suriano:
The board ran out and Suriano burst out in a huge celebration with his Italian friends on the rail. Suriano was lifted into the air after shaking Colman's hand and he will be facing Sam Stein in tomorrow's final match.
After seven thrilling rounds in two days, only two players remain in contention for the gold bracelet and a first-place prize of $335,553 in the prestigious $10,000 Heads-up Championship. Sam Stein will face Davide Suriano, with Stein looking to capture his second bracelet while Suriano attempts to bring home his first.
Both finalists beat a series of top professionals in order to reach the finals as Suriano started out by beating Scott Seiver followed by Daniel Cates, who he busted after spiking a jack when his jacks ended up all in versus Cates' kings. On Friday Suriano faced Serkan Kurnaz and after a two-hour battle, the longest of the round, the Italian secured himself a spot among the final eight.
Heads-up specialist Ankush Mandavia was his next opponent and Suriano held the lead for almost the entire match before closing things out with king-seven versus king-three. In the semifinal Suriano faced yet another heads-up phenom, but Daniel Colman also proved to be no match for the aggressive Italian.
Stein faced Bryn Kenney during his second-round match and hit an ace while holding ace-queen against Kenney's kings to advance. The next two players Stein faced were among Britain's elite, but both Sam Trickett and Max Silver fell short of advancing.
With just eight players remaining Stein faced Scott Baumstein, who ran into Stein's kings to surrender the lead and the busted when he . In the semifinal match Stein trailed Scott Davies for quite some time, but a huge cooler turned things around. In a set-over-set situation Stein grabbed the lead, and while Davies doubled back up once, he was unable to come back.
Here is a complete look at their respective roads to the championship match:
Round
Sam Stein
Davide Suriano
Round of 128
David Schnettler
Scott Seiver
Round of 64
Bryn Kenney
Dan Cates
Round of 32
Sam Trickett
Shane Moran
Round of 16
Max Silver
Serkan Kurnaz
Round of 8
Scott Baumstein
Ankush Mandavia
Round of 4
Scott Davies
Daniel Colman
The final match of this year's $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship will start at 12 p.m. local time on Saturday, and PokerNews.com will be right there to bring hand-for-hand coverage.
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and Suriano burst out in a huge celebration with his Italian friends on the rail. Suriano was lifted into the air after shaking Colman's hand and he will be facing Sam Stein in tomorrow's final match.
