The PokerStars Festival New Jersey $2,000 NL Hold'em High Roller drew 16 players, creating a $31,040 prize pool.
The plan was to pay the top three finishers, and on Friday night the event played down to just four players remaining after Team PokerStars Pro and 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker busted fifth.
David Vamplew, Jack Duong, Team PokerStars Online Pro Randy Lew and PokerStars Mind Sports Ambassador Jennifer Shahade all returned to play through the money bubble and down to a winner Saturday.
Vamplew would be the one to leave empty handed, losing a race with eights versus Shahade's big slick. Three handed play last a good couple of levels before Lew got relatively short and shipped king-high into Duong's ace-high and failed to improve, collecting third-place money.
Heads-up play began with Duong in front and it took just a few dozen hands of relatively cagey play before Shahade raised it up with the and Duong jammed pocket threes. Shahade called it off, but failed to connect and lost the race despite picking up a gutshot-straight draw on the turn.
Her second place finish gave Duong the win, and he now adds a second PokerStars Spade Trophy to a case that includes a 2015 World Series of Poker bracelet, after capturing the $ 1,100 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo Event #10 at PokerStars Festival New Jersey on Oct. 31.
Jack Duong won a few pots to leave Jennifer Shahade under 200,000.
Moments later, she raised to 15,000 on the button and he pushed all in. Shahade took a moment to think, then called it off with the . Duong had the and held through the flop.
The turn came the giving Shahade a few more outs.
"Oh my God, how can I miss, " she asked, just before the river came down.
Shahade indeed missed and took second for $9,312, giving the trophy, the title, and $15,520 in first-place money to Jack Duong. A recap and a winner photo will follow.
Welcome to PokerNews' coverage of Day 2 of Event #29 of the PokerStars Festival New Jersey from Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The $2,000 NL Hold'em - PokerStars Festival High Roller - 8 Handed drew 16 entries and just four players bagged for Day 2. Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker busted in fifth place, and play stopped for the night on the money bubble at the end of Level 12. Starting the day as chip leader is Jack Duong with 173,600, followed by PokerStars MindSports Ambassador Jennifer Shahade with 128,400, PokerStars Team Online's Randy Lew with 127,900, and David Vamplew with 50,100.
Here are the chip counts and seating entering Day 2:
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
1
David Vamplew
UK
50,100
1
2
Jennifer Shahade
USA
128,400
1
3
Randy Lew
USA
127,900
1
4
Jack Duong
USA
173,600
The winner will receive $15,520, runner-up will get $9,312, and third place will be paid $6,208. The players are taking their seats now and cards are in the air. We'll have live updates on the action to see who becomes the next champion at the PokerStars Festival!
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and Duong jammed pocket threes. Shahade called it off, but failed to connect and lost the race despite picking up a gutshot-straight draw on the turn.
and held through the 
flop.
giving Shahade a few more outs.
river came down.
