Event #39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout

It was a true endurance test for Preston Lee who finished on top in Event #39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. Lee captured his first ever World Series of Poker gold bracelet along with $236,498. It took him over 12 hours and 121 hands of heads-up play to defeat Corey Dodd in an epic battle.

Referred to as "The Landlord" by his rail who stuck by his side from the onset, Lee was in a comfortable position throughout most of the day. The heads-up duel went on for nearly four hours with the chip lead exchanging hands multiple times. Lee entered the battle with a large advantage but Dodd showed some of the utmost resilience. There were multiple times where the two found themselves exactly even in chips and some thought it would never end, even though they had around 20 big blinds each.

One hand turned the tide for good when Lee called an all in with ace-queen against Dodd's ace-ten suited. Lee hit a queen on the flop and held on, leaving Dodd with just half of a big blind. That wasn't the end tho, as Dodd doubled up twice before eventually falling on the last hand of the night.

"I've been playing mostly online but just started to get back into live poker. I play mostly cash games in the San Francisco area and a few tournaments," Lee said, who mentioned that it's going pretty well for him so far.

When asked about the exhausting final table, Lee said he was definitely running on adrenaline. "Ya, it was long. Both of us were all in multiple times and we both just kept winning. I don't even know what time it is." Lee said he will be back for more events throughout the summer with his main focus on the Main Event.

Official Final Table Results

The day began with 10 players returning to the Main Stage in the Brasilia Room, having not played with one another in this tournament previously. With each player having around the same chip stack, there was nobody that held a clear advantage. It was Anthony Reategui and Lee who got off to a quick start, both racing to over one million chips before the first break.

On a board with four cards to a straight, Reategui check-raised all in and put Endrit Geci to the test for his remaining chips. After tanking for over four minutes, Geci called and Reategui showed him a straight, sending Geci to the rail in 10th place. After the first break of the day, Bas de Laat returned on one of the shorter stacks. He three-bet all in with a big ace and Reategui called with two live cards. Reategui made two pair on the runout and eliminated De Laat in ninth place.

The bust-outs continued over the next 30 minutes as the short stacks failed to run up a stack. Alexander Lakhov was next on the list when he shoved with his pocket fours and Lee snap-called with ace-king. Lee hit a king on the flop and never looked back sending Lakhov home in eighth place. It was a bit of a cooler for Royce Matheson as his pocket kings got cracked by Lee's pocket tens. Lee hit a ten on the turn and all of the money went in on the river, eliminating Matheson in seventh place.

It was not long after where the action folded to Young Phan in the small blind who shoved all in for around 15 big blinds. Reategui woke up with a monster pair of queens in the big blind and called to put Phan at risk. Although Phan made a pair of aces on the flop, Reategui turned a set of queens to leave Phan drawing dead.

That left three players on the short stack with Reategui and Lee holding 80% of the chips between them. In a blind vs blind hand, Jesse Kertland pushed all in from the small blind and Dylan Linde called from the big blind. Both players flopped a pair but Linde's was bigger and held on throughout the hand. Kertland left in fifth place, leaving just four players to fight for the title.

Just before the players went on their 60-minute dinner break, Linde was the victim of a cooler when he ran his pocket tens into the pocket kings of Dodd. The chips were counted and Dodd barely had Linde covered, sending just three players on the dinner break. When play resumed, Reategui spiced things up with more aggression than before. After a couple of hands gone wrong, Reategui shipped his last 14 big blinds in with ace-seven but Lee woke up with pocket aces. Reategui was drawing dead by the turn, leaving Lee and Dodd to battle heads-up for the bracelet. Eventually, after 121 hands and nearly four hours, it was Lee that captured his first World Series of Poker bracelet.

That wraps up the PokerNews coverage for this event, but stay tuned for plenty of more action throughout the coming weeks.

Hand #292: Corey Dodd called and Preston Lee checked. The flop was     and Lee checked. Dodd bet 160,000 and Lee raised to 480,000. Dodd called and the turn was the  . Lee bet 600,000 and Dodd folded.

Lee took down the big pot to be in the lead again.

Hand #293: Lee called from the button and Dodd checked. The flop was    . Both checked and the turn was the  . Dodd bet 225,000 and took down the pot.

Hand #294: Dodd called from the button and Lee raised to 480,000. Dodd folded and Lee took down the pot.

Hand #295: Lee folded his button.

Hand #296: Dobb called from the button and Lee checked. The flop was    . They both checked on the flop and the turn was the  . Lee checked and Dodd bet 160,000. Lee raised to 520,000. Dodd folded and Lee took down the pot.

Preston Lee	4,400,000	900,000
Corey Dodd	2,200,000	-900,000

Hand #282: Corey Dodd called from the button and Preston Lee checked. They both checked the     flop and the   turn was put on the table. They also checked the   river and Dodd won the pot with   .

Hand #283: Lee pushed all-in with    and got called by Dodd with   . The board ran out       and Lee doubled up to 17 big blinds, with Dobb having 23 big blinds

Hand #284: Dodd called from the button and Lee checked. The     flop went check and Lee bet 200,000 on the   turn to win the pot.

Hand #285: Lee called from the button and Dodd put him all-in. Lee folded.

Hand #286: Dodd called from the button. Lee raised to 480,000 and took down the pot.

Corey Dodd	3,600,000	-1,400,000
Preston Lee	3,000,000	1,400,000

Hand #270: Corey Dodd called on the button and Preston Lee checked his big blind. The flop came     and Lee check-folded to a bet of 120,000 from Dodd.

Hand #271: Lee limped in on the button and Dodd checked to see a flop of    . Both players quickly checked through to the   on the turn and the   on the river. Lee finally tossed in a bet of 350,000 and Dodd looked him up. Lee tabled    for a pair of aces and Dodd mucked his cards.

Hand #272: Dodd moved all in for 1,570,000 on the button and Lee asked for a count. After a minute of thinking, Lee made the call and the cards were on their backs.

Preston Lee:   
Corey Dodd:   

The flop came     and Dodd took the lead with a pair of tens. The turn brought the   and the river was the   as Dodd found himself a double up.

Hand #273: Lee folded his button and Dodd received a walk.

Hand #274: Dodd limped in on the button and Lee checked his option. The flop came     and Lee check-folded to a bet of 120,000 from Dodd.

Corey Dodd	3,400,000	1,500,000
Preston Lee	3,200,000	-1,500,000

Hand #260: Corey Dodd limped in on the button and Preston Lee raised it to 360,000 in the big blind. Dodd called and the flop came    . Lee quickly checked and Dodd checked behind. The turn brought the   and Lee led out for 375,000, prompting a quick fold from Dodd.

Hand #261: Lee raised to 250,000 and Dodd defended his big blind. The flop fell     and both players checked to the   on the turn. Dodd checked again and Lee put in a bet of 325,000. Dodd mucked his hand and Lee raked in the pot.

Hand #262: Dodd just called on the button again and Lee made it 360,000 to go. Dodd instantly folded and Lee took down another one.

Hand #263: Lee bumped it up to 250,000 and Dodd three-bet to 650,000. Lee thought for a moment but decided to fold, sending a pot to Dodd.

Hand #264: Dodd limped on his button and Lee checked his option. The flop came     and Lee check-folded to a bet of 120,000 from Dodd.

Preston Lee	3,500,000	400,000
Corey Dodd	3,200,000	-300,000

Hand #246: Corey Dodd called from the button and Preston Lee raised to 300,000. Dodd pushed all-in for 2,270,000 and Lee folded.

Hand #247: Lee raised to 225,000 and Dodd called. The flop was    . Dodd checked on the flop and Lee bet 275,000 and took the pot down after Dodd folded.

Hand #248: Dodd called from the big blind and Lee checked. The flop was     and Lee checked to Dodd, who then bet 100,000. Lee raised to 300,000 and action was back on Dodd. Dodd opted to fold and the pot was shoved to Lee.

Hand #249: Lee raised to 225,000 and Dodd folded.

Hand #250 Dodd called and Lee checked. Both checked on the     flop and the   came down. Lee bet 150,000 and took down the pot.

Preston Lee	4,700,000	300,000
Corey Dodd	1,900,000	-400,000

Hand #236: Corey Dodd completed his small blind and Preston Lee checked his option. Lee checked on the     flop and Dodd bet 100,000. Lee raised it up to 250,000 and Dodd called.

The turn was the   and Lee put in another bet. This time the sizing was 375,000 and Dodd folded.

Hand #237: Lee called from the small blind and Dodd checked. The flop was     and both players checked. Dodd checked to Lee on the   turn and he bet out 175,000 which was enough to take down the pot.

Hand #238: Dodd called from the small blind and Lee raised it to 250,000. Dodd called to see a flop and it came down     flop. Lee bet 325,000 and Dodd pushed all in for 1,090,000. Lee folded and the pot was pushed in Dodd's direction.

Hand #239: Lee called from the button and Dodd checked. They both checked on the     flop and on the   turn. They also checked on the   river and Lee took down the pot with   .

Hand #240: Dodd called from the small blind and Lee checked. They saw the     flop. and both checked. The turn was the   and Lee bet out 300,000. Dodd folded.

Preston Lee	4,800,000	0
Corey Dodd	1,800,000	-100,000