Event #36: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em

Two years ago Scott Montgomery was a part of the inaugural November Nine. While he came up short of a bracelet with a fifth place finish on that final table, he completed the job this time around by winning the bracelet this evening. While the payday for today's win may not come close to what he earned in the 2008 Main Event, it's the bracelet that's invaluable and perhaps his greatest accomplishment.

Montgomery started the day with the second-shortest stack, but his aggressive playing style soon saw him propel towards the top of the table on his way to accumulating every chip in play.

In addition to the bracelet, Montgomery will be walking to the cage to cash in a receipt worth $481,760. It'll be his second-largest cash to date and worth more than every live cash he's earned since making the Main Event final table two years ago.

Congratulations to Montgomery for taking home the bracelet and walking away as champion of Event No. 36! Stay with us at PokerNews through the rest of the series as we bring you more stories of accomplishment.

Mick Carlson limped in the small blind and Scott Montgomery popped it to 225,000 on the button. Carlson called.

The flop was     and both players checked. The turn brought a   to the table and Carlson fired a 225,000-chip bet. Montgomery raised to 625,000 and was called.

The river card was a   and Carlson check-called a 1,000,000-chip bet. Montgomery tabled    for two pair and took the pot.

Carlson slipped to 925,000.

Four bets preflop led to Scott Montgomery putting himself all in preflop and Adam Richardson calling.

Montgomery:  

Richardson:  

Montgomery spiked a pair on the flop of   and Richardson was unable to get back ahead with the   on the turn and the   on the river.

After the hand Montgomery was over 5,000,000 in chips, and Richardson had 500,000.

Adam Richardson opened the pot in the small blind with a 200,000-chip raise, and Mick Carlson called in the big.

The flop ran out     and Richardson fired a 200,000-chip bet. Carlson moved all in and Richardson tanked.

Richardson eventually folded.

Carlson is now up to 2,500,000 chips.

Mick Carlson is the shortest of our three stacks. He's shoved all in preflop twice since returning from break but has got no calls either time.

We're now on a 20-minute break.

Mick Carlson raised to 170,000 from the button and was called by Adam Richardson in the big blind. Richardson check-called Calrson's bet of 170,000 on the   flop. Both players would go on to check the   on the turn as well as the   on the river.

When betting (or checking) was done, Richardson showed   for a straight and Carlson mucked.

We had a whole bunch of back and forth betting between Scott Montgomery and Adam Richardson that saw Montgomery walk away 550,000 chips richer.

It started when Montgomery raised to 230,000 from the small blind. Richardson then bet 550,000 from the big blind and Montgomery made it 1,200,000 total. Richardson took some time, but he eventually folded.

Daniel Fuhs was extremely short stacked when he went all in for 525,000. Scott Montgomery called from the big blind and we were off to see how Fuhs' tournament life would turn out.

Fuhs:  

Montgomery:  

The flop was no help to Fuhs when it came  . The turn was a meaningless   and the river was the  . Fuhs failed to pair either one of his overcards and was eliminated in fourth place.

We're now down to three-handed action and will be back in a moment with detailed chip counts.

Cards are in the air again.