Friday, February 17, 2017 5:11 PM Local Time
Peter Vitantonio Defeats Steve Duncker to Win Event #9 ($41,162)
After more than three hours of heads-up play, Peter Vitantonio (pictured above) has just put the finishing touches on his second Circuit victory, with both of them coming in this building. Vitantonio defeats Steve Duncker in a marathon match to earn the top prize of $41,162, and he promptly spends $1,675 of that on a Main Event entry, where he'll look to repeat his title from 2015.
On the final hand of the match, a very short-stacked Duncker takes his stand with queen-five, and Vitantonio puts him at risk with six-seven. The champ is the only one to improve, flopping a six to win the pot and the title.
Duncker (below) finishes as the runner-up, earning a career-best score of $25,440.
