Saturday, June 11, 2016 3:20 AM Local Time
Jean Gaspard Wins $10,000 Dealers Championship ($306,621)
Jean Gaspard Wins $10,000 Dealers Choice
No-Limit Hold'em
Jean Gaspard deviates from his typical seven card stud and picks a round of no-limit hold'em. On a flop of , Gaspard checks from the small blind and Billy O'Neil bets 100,000 on the button. Gaspard calls and the turn is the .
Gaspard checks again and O'Neil bets 125,000. Gaspard calls and checks dark. The river is the and O'Neil bets 425,000, leaving himself with 600,000 behind.
Gaspard moves all in and O'Neil spends about two minutes thinking over his decision. Eventually, O'Neil pushes a stack a stack forward to call. Gaspard tables , giving him two pair, and O'Neil mucks his hand. Since it is an all-in pot, the dealer is forced to expose O'Neil's , good for an overpair, but not the pot, and Gaspard wins the pot and the tournament.
Gaspard takes home his first career bracelet and $306,621, while O'Neil nets $189,505 for his runner-up finish.
Jean Gaspard - $10,000 Dealers Choice Champion
Billy O'Neil - Eliminated in second place for $189,505
Billy O'Neil finishes as runner-up