Wednesday, October 14, 2015 8:54 PM Local Time
Ryan Hefter Wins The WSOPE Berlin Monster Stack Event (176,205 Euro)
It took Hefter 17 hands to beat the French player, Gilbert Diaz, in the heads-up match that followed more than fourteen hours of play today.
In the second hand of the heads-up match, Hefter almost took out Diaz in a preflop all-in hand where he shoved from the button and got called by Diaz with . The board came and Diaz was left with only 700,000 while Hefter was up to 8,000,000.
Three hands later, Hefter got called all-in by Diaz, who had . Hefter was holding and the board came , so Diaz was able to get back to 2,000,0000.
Five hands after that, both players get it in again and the board comes . Diaz was holding . Hefter had for another split pot at this final table.
The very next hand, Hefter shoved with and got called by Diaz's and Diaz managed to double through Hefter to get back to almost 3,000,000 on a -board. Hefter was still in the lead with 5,700,000 in front of him.
Three more hands went by before Hefter raised 420,000 from the button to get called by Diaz and to see a -flop. Diaz checked and shoved after Hefter bet 500,000. Hefter makes the call with and found out Diaz had flopped a set of Deuces with . There was no additional drama on the turn and river that came and . At that point, Diaz had come back from 700,000 to 4,700,000 taking back the lead against Hfter who still had 4,000,000 in front of him.
After that hand, the blinds went up to 100,000/200,000 - 30,000 and all the chips went in during the first hand of the level: a raise to 675,000 by Diaz on the button, and an all-in by Hefter that got called by Diaz with . Hefter was in a bad spot with his . The flop did not look good with but the turn twisted things around with the before the river bricked bringing the . Hefter was now back in the lead with a 6,000,000 to 2,700,000 advantage.
For the last hand of the tournament, Hefter pushed his stack with and got a call by Diaz with . The board came and the chips, the money and the WSOPE Berlin Event #4 bracelet went Hefter's way at 3:40 a.m. Berlin time.
Gilbert Diaz walks away with 109,625 Euro for his second place finish and we have our fourth WSOPE Berlin bracelet winner.
Congratulations to Ryan Hefter, the first WSOPE Berlin Monster Stack winner!