Chiu Makes The Comeback
$25K Bellagio Five Star WPT Championship
by Court on 04.27.08, 12:48 am
After going into heads up as a dominating chip leader Gus Hansen will now be leaving with only 2nd place money. David Chiu (left) was able to battle back and in the last hand hit what he needed on the river to win the pot and the title.
Chiu made the comeback after being a 23 to 4 dog starting heads up play. After climbing all the way to the chip lead David was faced with an all in bet of over 8 million from Gus on a board of A
T8
5. After counting out the chips Chiu looked at some of his friends in the crowd and said “I think this is it boys,” then he looked back towads the table and said simply “I call.”
The next words he said were “aces and a flush draw,” and that was what he had with the A9. Gus had flopped two pair with the T8
and only needed to fade the river card to take back over as a commanding chip leader. Chiu didn’t make his flush on the river, but the A gave him trip aces to overcome Hansen’s two pair.
For second place Gus (right) will receive $1,714,800.
The comeback victory brings the top prize of $3,389,140 to David Chiu.
