Tagir Sabirzianov has his first win and his first major cash as he defeats Eric Brown heads up to win $26,025 and half of Eric's bounties as well as keeping his own bounties for another $6,350 for a total of over thirty-two thousand dollars. Sabirzianov's only previous cash was in a freeroll where he won $673. Congratulations to Tagir on a major milestone in his poker career and a huge accomplishment in besting a field of 707 players and notching a huge win! 

The Final Hand

In the final hand of the final hand of the night, Eric raised to 250,000 from the button with Ace-King of spades. Tagir three-bet to 675,000 from the big blind with nine-eight of clubs and Eric reraised to 1,800,000. Tagir called and the dealer brought a flop of 9sJsJh, giving Tagir two pair and Eric a nut flush draw and two overcards. It didn't long for the chips to get in the middle on the flop. 

Tagir start the hand with a significant chip lead, almsot twice as many chips as Eric, and when the baord ran out 7h5h, it was over and Tagir had all the chips. Given the quality of his play we are quite certain that Tagir has played a lot more poker than his Hendon Mob number would indicate! Perhaps a strong cash game player took a flyer on a tournament? However it happened, we expect see more from him in the near future. 

Final Payouts

1st: $32,375 - Tagir Sabirzianov

2nd: $26,025 - Eric Brown

3rd: $13,850 - Chris 'Yano' Valesquez

4th: $9,920 - Joel Doney

5th: $7,610 - Bill Cox

6th: $6,240 - Greg Shipman

7th: $5,140 - Pasquale Priolo

8th: $4,100 - Raul Garza

9th: $3,070 - Daniel Waldrep