Final Day of the Mandalay Bay Poker Championship got off to a furious start when 3 players got eliminated within the first 25 hands. All 6 players were making their WPT Final Table debut. The chip stacks were as following:
Alex Outhred 1,743,000
Burt Boutin 1,729,000
Brad Booth 1,659,000
Joseph Tehan 1,371,000
Al Stonum 263,000
Steve Vincent 219,000
Steve Vincent moved ALL-IN on the 2nd hand of the Final Day with As Qd, but was called by Joseph Tehan with Ac Kh. Tehan's big slick held up and Vincent finished in 6th place earning $94,075.
Four hands later, Al Stonum moved ALL-IN with Ah Qh. Amazingly, Tehan had big slick again Ad Kd. The board comes Qs Jd Js Kh Kc and Stonum finishes 5th place, earning $134,390.
Then on hand number 25, our WPT hero Alex Outhred got eliminated when he moved ALL-IN with Ad Qh and Burt Boutin calls him with Jh Jc. The board comes Js 5h 4c Kc Kh and Outhred is out 4th place, earning $184,745.
With 3 players left (Brad Booth, Joseph Tehan, and Burt Boutin), the pace of play slowed down dramatically. Chips were just circulating around among the survivors. Then as the blinds increased, Brad Booth moves ALL-IN with Kc 5c and is called by Boutin with 3h 3d. The board comes 8d 7s 2h Jh Ac. Booth finished 3rd place and earned $319,180.
When heads up started both Boutin and Tehan had healthy stacks. the were able to see numerous flops. chips were moving back and forth. Then in perhaps the most incredible gambling call for a WPT championship, Joseph Tehan (holding 9c 8h) calls an ALL-IN bet by Burt Boutin, who had Ah 10c. The flop came 10s 9s 9s giving Tehan trip 9's. The turn brought an Ad giving Boutin 4 live cards to win the hand. The river brought an 8c and Tehan wins the 1st ever Mandalay Bay Poker Championship. The win earned Tehan $1,033,440.
--Steven Eddleston
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