Welcome to PokerNews' Day 4 coverage of Event #49: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
Three days and 31 one-hour levels of poker have not been enough to see a winner emerge from the starting field of 696 players. Left to duke it out for the bracelet is David Miscikowski and Norbert Szecsi. Miscikowski begins play with a slight chip lead and if the heads-up match thus far has been any indication, it could be a while longer as both players have taken turns with a sizable chip lead and on the short stack. For Szecsi, a win would secure his second World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Miscikowski, meanwhile, is aiming to capture his first bracelet at his first WSOP final table. Both players are guaranteed $444,425, but the winner will collect $719,707.
Play is set to resume at 2 p.m. so be sure to keep it here to find out who will capture the gold bracelet!
Norbert Szecsi shoved for 3.865 million on the button and David Miscikowski called from the big blind.
Szecsi:
Miscikowski:
The flop fell , no help to Szecsi. The turn left him with only two outs to keep his hopes of capturing a second gold bracelet alive, but the river was not one of them. Szecsi finished in second place for $444,425.
David Miscikowski is a familiar face on the live felt and a familiar name on the virtual felt, but now he has officially cemented his name in World Series of Poker history books by capturing his first gold bracelet. With 11 prior WSOP cashes on his record, this marked Miscikowski's first final table and he certainly made it one to remember.
When the final table began on Friday, Miscikowski held the chip lead with about 20% of the chips in play. He sat back as Blake Bohn and John Dolan exited in ninth and eighth place, respectively, then added to his own stack by eliminating Jean Gaspard in seventh place.
The two battled for nearly three hours, but it wasn't enough to crown a champion before the players were required to bag and tag for the night. They returned Saturday to close it out and for the first level, it was Szecsi who held the upper hand. However, a break after Level 32 seemed to be just what the doctor ordered for Miscikowski. He trailed slightly at the start of Level 32, but two hands later the tournament was over and all of the chips were in front of him.
On the final hand, Szecsi shoved on the button for about 24 big blinds with . Miscikowski called from the big blind with and help up to secure the victory.
Final Table Payouts
Place
Player
Prize
1
David Miscikowski
$719,707
2
Norbert Szecsi
$444,425
3
Manig Loeser
$288,912
4
Margareta Morris
$212,202
5
Oliver Price
$158,064
6
Kevin MacPhee
$119,267
7
Jean Gaspard
$91,037
8
John Dolan
$70,265
9
Blake Bohn
$54,792
Congratulations to David Miscikowski on his fantastic achievement and thank you for following our coverage!