| Level: | 35 (300000/600000/600000) |
| Entries: | 1/488 |
| Prizes: | $161,040 |
| Local Time: | 5:15 AM |
The final game of this record WSOP-C Calgary is in the books, and it was a local battle between Josh Wallace and Anthony Casten. Despite the turbo structure, the game played a bit more than 13 hours, with most of the final two tables played with less than 15 big blinds average.
Wallace was the chip leader through much of the final table, though for a while, he and 4th-place finisher Curtis Singleton were sharing the lead. Once Singleton hit the rail, three-ways was a bit crazy.
3rd-place finisher Thomas Sloan had a heck of a run, as he was nearly felted at one point on the final table, down to less than a big blind. He managed to spin it up to get three ways, and was actually chip leader for a bit.
But the blinds were getting big and moving fast, and the chips for the final three moved around a lot. Sloan finally hit the rail when he got his money in with ace-ten after a raise from Casten, but Wallace woke up with ace-jack and reshoved the big stack.
Casten got out of the way, and Wallace’s jack kicker played for the win. He started heads up with the lead, but Casten quickly doubled to take the lead. Wallace doubled right back a few hands later, and he was up about 2:1 over Casten.
After that, it didn’t take long to finish. Casten shoved a king, but Wallace woke up with a suited queen-gapper and called it off. It was the second time at the final table that Wallace flopped the nuts, hitting three clubs on the flop to leave Casten drawing to runner-runner boat, and he was drawing dead on the turn. Earlier at the FT, Wallace flopped nut Broadway to send Michael Dulberg packing in 7th place.
This was Wallace’s 7th live win, and the $32k score should put him over $430k in lifetime earnings once the exchange comes in.
