$365 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 37: 200,000/400,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 1,766

Alfred Karlsson and Karthik Ramakrishnan mixed it up playing for all of Karlsson’s chips in a big, preflop battle. Karlsson held and held versus Ramakrishnan’s . Karlsson took a huge lead in the hand as Ramakrishnan was left with less than 2,000,000 chips.

Ramakrishnan doubled up soon after, chipping away at Karlsson’s lead, but it proved to be too little too late.

On the final hand, shortstacked Ramakrishnan was all-in preflop holding . Karlsson had and was well behind. The flop fell pairing Karlsson’s queen and giving him the lead. The turn and river didn’t change a thing and Karlsson eliminated Ramakrishnan in second place sending him home with $53,505. Karlsson was crowned the champion and took home his first ring along with $86,067.

A full report on the tournament will be posted later this evening. In the meantime, here’s a look at the final tables results:

1st: Alfred Karlsson – $86,067 + Gold ring
2nd: Karthik Ramakrishnan – $53,505
3rd: Joshua Richison – $39,873
4th: Byron Schenk – $30,209
5th: Joe Carrafa – $23,142
6th: Paul Louis – $17,918
7th: Scott Vetter – $14,024
8th: Carlo Buzzetta – $11,089
9th: Josh Wasserman – $8,864