WSOP 2008
Shorr Runner-Up in $2K, Rivera Wins $10K Mixed Event
by Jill on 06.07.08, 1:14 am
After two hours of heads-up play in Event #7, Shannon Shorr (pictured at left) couldn’t catch Matt Keikoan, who won the WSOP bracelet for the event and a grand prize of $550,601. Shorr won $349,141 for his second-place finish after 67 presumably card-dead hands of Keikoan slowly chipping away at his stack. Many congratulations to Shannon for his stellar performance and we look forward to watching him in the days to come!
Meawhile, in the $10K World Championship Mixed Event, Tony “tongni” Rivera (pictured at right) took down all the chips in the room to win the bracelet and $483,688. Heads-up against James “mig.com” Mackey for a brief ten-minute match, Rivera’s A
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remained strong against Mackey’s all-in preflop A
9. Mackey won a palindromic $297,792 for second place. Congratulations to both players!