The heads up battle came down to a simple coinflip.  After Gavin Smith had limped from the small blind Glen Witmer raised to 500k.  Gavin then moved all in for around 4 million and Witmer called.
Gavin had pocket fives - the 55 and was a slight favorite over the AK of Whitmer.  The flop was [...]

In the battle of the pro and the amateur, Gavin Smith is chipping away at Glen Witmer. The two are in a heads up battle for the North American Poker Championship title, with Witmer holding a chip lead of almost 2 to 1, but a confident and poised Gavin Smith is more than confident [...]

For Kathy Liebert another World Poker Tour final table has ended without a title. Liebert was down to 3 handed play with Gavin Smith and Glen Witmer, and had Smith all in with a chance to go heads up against Witmer but the cards didn’t pan out for her.
Kathy had raised to 150k from [...]

The unexpected domination of Glen Witmer continues. At the start of the day Witmer was so quiet it looked like he was asleep. He played few hands early on, but then picked up the pace and has jumped out to a large chip lead.
Most recently Witmer was able to eliminate Ryan “Gotskillz” Fisler. [...]

At the start of the day Glen Witmer held the chip lead, but wasn’t getting a lot of respect as people around the tournament made predictions of the likely final table outcome.  With pros Gavin Smith, Marc “Myst” Karam, Ryan “Gotskillz” Fisler, and Kathy Liebert all in the field of 6, Witmer was assumed to [...]