Event 28: Petko Tsakov – 2nd Place ($33,180)

$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha
Level 16: 6,000/12,000

Petko Tsakov (Provincetown, MA)
Petko Tsakov (Provincetown, MA)

Petko Tsakov was looking at a 4-to-1 chip deficit against one of the best Omaha players in the world and it ended as expected. He was able to hang on for 20 minutes of heads-up play before Clements got the best of him.

They were looking at the Kc9d6h flop when Tsakov put in his last two barrels of 5K chips. Clements called and the tournament was on the line.

Clements: 9s8c7s4d
Tsakov: AsAd5d2c

Tsakov was technically ahead but more than half the deck was in Clements’ favor. He improved to two pair on the 8d turn and Tsakov couldn’t find one of his 15 stay-alive outs on the 7h river.

The hand sent Tsakov out in the runner-up position while Clements won the pot, the tournament, and the new Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown trophy.