Championship: Farhad Jamasi vs. Mukul Pahuja

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  107 of 843

Farhad Jamasi and Mukul Pahuja
Farhad Jamasi (left) and Mukul Pahuja

In Hand #5 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Farhad Jamasi completed the small blind to 6,000, and Mukul Pahuja raised from the big blind to 26,000.

Both players had big stacks, but Jamasi had Pahuja covered by a little more than 100K. Jamasi said, “I’m not going to be the Bubble Boy,” and he called.

The flop came 9h5c3d, Jamasi checked, Pahuja bet 18,000, and Jamasi called.

The turn card was the Ac, and both players checked.

The river card was the 4s, Jamasi bet 50,000, and Pahuja used one of his Time Chips to tank for nearly a minute before he called.

Jamasi showed Ad9d to win the pot with two pair, aces and nines, and Pahuja mucked.

Farhad Jamasi  –  980,000  (163 bb)
Mukul Pahuja  –  660,000  (110 bb)

The final 106 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,666 each, while the next player to bust will receive nothing. (Perhaps gratitude from the rest of the field.)