| Level: | 31 (100000/200000/200000) |
| Entries: | 1/560 |
| Prizes: | $159,600 |
It was quite a run for Adam Cygman today. Most times, to win a poker tournament, a player has to play well and run well, and both were true for Cygman today. He was dialed in for most of the end game, making folds when he had to, and pushing the aggression when he could.
But he also ran well today, starting with a jump to the chip lead in a huge cooler that turned into a bad beat as well. Rauno Tahvonen was all in with aces, and looking good to double against the kings of Cygman with 25 players left. The board ran clean for Tahvonen in a spot that would have given him the lead and left Cygman on fumes — until the river king gave Cygman the set and cracked Tahvonen’s aces.
That was just one example og his run-good tonight, but in many other cases at the final table, he tank-folded in spots where he didn’t seem convinced he was behind, but opted to save chips in a marginal spot. In the final confrontation, it was a bit the run-good coming back to save him.
He was in with ace-deuce against the ace-four of McGearty. It was a hand that should chop most of the time, but Cygman smashed his deuce on the river for two pair after both players flopped an ace. He shoved the river, and McGearty tank-called after a couple of minutes in the blender.
This looks like Cygman’s 3rd live win, but first in eight years, with his previous two wins coming in 2017. This is his biggest score, however, with his previous best at $25k Canadian for his 2017 win in Event #1 of the DeepStacks Poker Tour at Grey Eacgle Casino. Once the prize is converted, it will likley add about 50% to his lifetime earnings on Hendon.
