The event saw only one hundred and twenty one players registering to compete in the $1,000 plus $50 buy-in tournament. Only eighteen places were paid so players had to be on their best game to earn a payout. 

Usually the turnouts are quite good and we can report several notable cashes before the final table takes place. However this time only two players deserve mentioning. Steve “STEVOL” Leonard finished in eighteenth place while Nicholas “BLUMESIUSX” Blumenthal came so close to the final table finishing in twelfth place. 

Nine players entered in final table place with the bottom four earning paydays in the thousands. But the top five players earned paydays in the tens of thousands, which is where every poker player would like to be. 

When it came down to heads up play, James “JDAWG217” Navolanic and Michael “MIKEIVEY” Meredith would compete for the top prize of almost $40,000. It would be an interesting matchup and on the final hand Meredith held the chip lead and the cards were in his favor. After both players went all in it was Meredith who was able to come up with the first place win.

AbsolutePoker Final Results:

Michael “MIKEIVEY” Meredith — $39,750 

James “JDAWG217″ Navolanic — $24,000 

COOKIELULU — $17,625 

GOGATORS86 — $14,250 

LHPM65 — $19,875 

ACE10CLUBZ — $9,000 

BEACHRAT1946 — $7,125 

_ADVANCED — $5,250 

DARKHAWK-2000 — $3,750 

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