As we get ready to kick off Syndicate Season 19 here’s a wrap-up of our WSOP results from the summer. You can look a few posts down to see who played in which event but the best part of the summer is that we had THREE cashes! Don Bisco cashed in the monster for $3,000 and Gabby cashed in the closer, also for $3,000. Plus John Borges, playing for the Syndicate in the Main Event for the second season in a row, cashed for $20,000!
John had an eventful main event run, eventually finishing in 963rd place (out of 10,112). He had a tough first day but managed to hang in there despite losing with AA, QQ, JJ, TT and twice having the villains river sets. He was still alive at the end of the day with 12k in chips.
Then early on day 2 John had two double ups, going from 12k to 50k and eventually bagging 98k Then early on day 3 John eliminated two players and went from 90k to 220k. He ended up bagging 160k.
Then came day 4. The field was close to the money, needing only 12 players to bust. John kept looking at bad to marginal cards and kept folding. Then the bubble burst and John was in the money! He had 120k and then won a nice a pot with AA.
Unfortunately, John’s dream ended about half way through day 4 when this hand happened:
With the blinds at 5k/10k our hero had 173k chips (17bb) with TT in UTG +2. UTG +1 opened to 22k. John shoved. The cutoff flats and the OR also calls. The pot is 544k. The flop was 532 rb and it checks through. The turn is a 6. CO bets 80k and OR calls. River is another 5 and it goes check check. It all looks good for our hero until the cutoff shows JJ and sends us home.
Great run John and congratulations on two fantastic Syndicate seasons!
Another highlight was Keith Morgan’s Main Event run. He was playing for Tilted Poker and and made it to 741st place for $27,500. Congratulations Keith!!
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