| Level: | 30 (100000/200000/200000) |
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| Prizes: | $4384,550 |
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It was a swingy heads-up battle between Sebastian Crema and James Lahey. Crema had a big lead to start the two-way battle, but James Lahey wasn’t going down easy. Crema looked like he was about to put on the ring when he got his chips in with queen nine, racing against Lahey’s fours, and spiked a nine on the flop.
It wasn’t over, though. Lahey flopped three to a straight, then went runner-runner wheel to survive. That still left Crema in the lead, but that changed shortly after. Crema was still in a bit of a lead, but a big cooler where he woke up with ace-jack and four-bet shoved, only to run into ace-king.
Crema nearly flushed Lahey out of the game, finding three clubs by the turn to go with his jack of clubs, but the river bricked for Crema and gave Lahey a pair of kings for the win. That sent Lahey to a huge lead, and the final hand came very quickly.
Crema shoved queen-ten, but the hot running Lahey woke up with ace-king again and snapped it off. The board was clean for the ace-king, and it was all over.
This was Lahey’s first live win, and first ring, as well as his biggest lifetime score, though he was close to a ring once before. In Jan 2024, he got heads-up in the closing Big 30 Stack game, but had to settle for second that time around. This time, he took that extra step up to the top rung of the ladder.
