$600 WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold'em Knockout Bounty (Event #38)

It took just over 11 hours for a champion to be crowned in Event #38: WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold'em Knockout Bounty and when the dust settled, it was a familiar face in Upeshka 'gomezhamburg' De Silva who emerged as the victor.

The title of victor earned De Silva a first place prize of $98,262.72. The Sri Lankan-born native of Texas topped a field of 1,224 players in the only online knockout event of the summer, generating a total prize pool of $673,200. Of that, $550,800 went to the regular prize pool and $122,400 to the bounty prize pool. In addition to winning the tournament, De Silva also topped the field with a whopping 18 bounties at $100 each, bringing his total winnings to $100,062.72 for the tournament.

De Silva was seen on the leaderboard from the final 100 players and was second in chips in the tournament at both the final two and final three tables stages. He entered the final table fourth in chips, narrowly behind Pretabotones with around one-and-a-half times the average stack at the time.

When the final table was reached, 'bendtheknee', p.bateman, 'johnsonck', and 'davidas777' all found themselves with under twelve big blinds in their stack. It wasn't long before 'BoatyBoatz (9th place) and 'B3ndTheKnee' (8th place) were eliminated. After about 10 more minutes of play, 'johnsonck' (7th place) joined the rail when De Silva's ace-king held versus ace-ten all in preflop.

Final Table Results

Six-handed play lasted for about two minutes before 'p.bateman' was eliminated (6th place) and De Silva found himself with 7.1 million chips, the chip leader with five left. A full level of action later saw 'Turko' (5th place) and 'Pretabotones' (4th place) eliminated, with De Silva increasing his stack to 9.7 million.

Three-handed play then began with De Silva second in chips behind eventual runner-up David 'dave419' Nodes, whose stack was just shy of 15 million. Third in chips was 'davidas777', who entered the final table ninth in chips. De Silva eliminated 'davidas777' in an all-in preflop situation for under ten big blinds, when his queen-nine suited hit a backdoor flush to beat the pair of sevens of 'davidas777'.

When heads-up play began, De Silva had a narrow chip lead but saw Nodes pull away to a two-to-one chip advantage after about 15 minutes of play. The two then got all in preflop, with Da Silva having pocket fives to the ace-ten of Nodes. The flop brought three hearts, with Nodes having the ace of hearts. However, the turn and river were both clean and the players' stacks were all of a sudden reversed. From there, De Silva continued to grind Nodes down and ultimately won the tournament when his pocket tens hit a ten in an all-in preflop situation, giving him a set and securing the victory.

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'gomezhamburg' raised to 640,000 in the small blind and 'dave419' defended, bringing a flop of    . 'dave419' check-called a continuation-bet of 388,960 from 'gomezhamburg' and the turn came  . 'dave419' checked and 'gomezhamburg' fired a second barrel of 899,066.

'dave419' put in a check-raise to 2,438,132 and got a fold from 'gomezhamburg', taking down the pot.

David "Dave419" Nodes	18,559,279	1,968,026
Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva	5,920,721	-1,968,026

Having been fairly even, 'dave419' has taken a faily useful lead against 'gomezhamburg', with over 5 million chips now between them. With a WSOP gold bracelet on the line, can Dave get it done?

David "Dave419" Nodes	14,880,128	2,757,354
Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva	9,599,872	-2,757,354

'gomezhamburg' opened from the small blind to 560,000 and 'dave419' defended. The flop came     and 'dave419' checked to 'gomezhamburg', who made a continuation-bet of 376,550. 'dave419' clicked it back to 753,100 and 'gomezhamburg' made the call. The turn came   and 'dave419' bet 1,348,100. 'gomezhamburg' called and the river was  . 'dave419' shoved all in for 6,770,374' and got a fold from 'gomezhamburg'. The fold now brings stacks to nearly even.

Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva	12,357,226	-1,520,560
David "Dave419" Nodes	12,122,774	1,530,560

With action three-handed, 'gomezhamburg' shoved all in preflop, putting 'davidas777' at a decision for their remaining 2,646,068. 'davidas777' called and it was time to hold for their tournament life.

'davidas777':   
'gomezhamburg':   

Unfortunately for 'davidas777', the cards were in the favor of 'gomezhamburg' as the board ran out      , completing a flush for 'gomezhamburg' and eliminating 'davidas777' from the tournament.

Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva	14,926,826	8,001,068
David "Dave419" Nodes	10,183,174	-1,800,000
davidas777	0	-4,806,068

'Pretabotones' limped from the cutoff and 'gomezhamburg' followed suit on the button. 'davidas777' completed from the small blind and 'dave419' checked their option to make a family pot.

The flop came     and action folded to 'Pretabotones', who bet 540,000. 'gomezhamburg' and 'davidas777' folded and 'dave419' made the call.

The turn came   and 'dave419' check-called a bet from 'Pretabotones' of 795,900. The river was   and 'dave419' shoved all in for an effective 2,784,065. After some time in the tank, 'Pretabotones' called.

'dave419':   
'Pretabotones':   

The pair of queens for 'Pretabotones' was no good to the aces of 'dave419' and they were eliminated from the tournament in 4th place.

David "Dave419" Nodes	11,983,174	3,879,965
Pretabotones	0	-4,419,965

Action folded to 'Turko' in the small blind who went all in for the effective 2,628,038 of 'davidas777', who called.

'Turko':   
'davidas777':   

The boar ran out       and 'davidas' secured the double up, leaving 'Turko' as the newest short stack.

davidas777	5,381,068	1,853,034
Turko	1,365,954	-2,253,034

Here is a new round of chip counts with play five-handed and a new level.

Upeshka "gomezhamburg" De Silva	7,128,168	100,000
David "Dave419" Nodes	6,605,029	820,000
Turko	5,877,098	-45,000
davidas777	3,528,034	-377,884
Pretabotones	1,341,671	-2,505,600