WSOP 2010 Event 47 - Shawn Busse Wins $1,000

Event #47 at the 2010 WSOP was yet another $1,000 NL Holdem Event.  3,128 players turned out over two days to battle it out for the bracelet and $485,791 in prize money.

WSOP 2010 Event 47 winner Shawn Busse

Day 2 saw 476 players return to battle through the bubble.  Among the players that made the money in this event were Matt Glantz, Faraz Jaka, J.J. Liu, Mickey Appleman, Will Faila, Antonio Esfandiari, and Peter Traply.  Scott Montgomery was among those that came back on Day 3 to play to the final table, but Montgomery fell short and went out in 29th place.

Adam White took the chip lead into final table play.  Here were the final nine players and their starting chip counts:

Seat 1:  Wenlong Jin               292,000

Seat 2:  Chuan Shi                  894,000

Seat 3:  Jason Mann                893,000

Seat 4:  Iiya Andreev              985,000

Seat 5:  Allan Baekke             1,633,000

Seat 6:  Shawn Busse              1,203,000

Seat 7:  Owen Crowe              1,192,000

Seat 8:  Pekka Ikonen             626,000

Seat 9:  Adam White              1,685,000

Heads-up play in this event was between Shawn Busse and Owen Crowe.  At the start of heads-up play, Crowe led Busse 6.25 Million to just 3.135 million.  Busse doubled up through Crowe to pull to almost even when Crowe's Ad-4s failed to outrun the pocket sevens of Busse.  Then Crowe took a big risk that left him crippled.  After calling a raise to 200,000 from Busse pre-flop, the two saw a flop of 8h-5h-5s.  A mini-raising war ensued where Busse moved all-in.  Crowe told Busse that he must have aces and made the call holding Jh-9h.  Busse indeed had aces.  Crow failed to catch his flush or running straight cards and Crow was down to just 200,000 in chips.

The next hand, Crowe moved all-in blind and Busse made the call.  Crow held 5-3 of hearts and Busse held A-4 offsuit.  The board double paired and the ace for Busse played.  As such, Shawn Busse is the Event #47 Champion.  He took home $485,791 and the coveted gold bracelet.

The final table payouts are below:

1          Shawn Busse               485,791

2          Owen Crowe               300,494

3          Pekka Ikonen              212,660

4          Chuan Shi                   153,935

5          Wenlong Jin                112,720

6          Ilya Andreev               83,498

7          Jason Mann                 62,553

8          Allan Bække               47,379

9          Adam White               36,28