The final table took nearly 8 hours to finish in the Main Event, and in the end, Matthew Ouellette had all the chips. He had a hard-fought heads-up battle with Colten Yamagishi and had to come from behind to take it down.
Ouellette was the big stack coming into Day 2, while Yamagishi was one of the shortest ones. Ouellette had a rollercoaster of a day, with his stack up and down all day. He was down to just a few big blinds at one point on the final table, but always found ways to survive.
He was behind Yamagishi for most of the 3-hour heads-up phase, but managed to pull even after a couple of hours of play. They kept battling for another hour with roughly similar stacks before they finally found a cooler when both players got an ace, but Ouellette’s jack kicker was best and held for the win.
As the blinds got bigger, the final two agreed to a deal that saw them both pocket a guaranteed $55,577. That left $10k up top to play for, which Ouellette picked up at the end. This is his second live win, the first that came with a trophy, and will become his biggest live score by far.
