High Roller: Jonathan Jaffe Wins in a Heads-Up Deal with Joseph Cheong

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | StructurePayouts
Level 20:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 93

Jonathan Jaffe
High Roller Champion Jonathan Jaffe

After the elimination of Tim Capretta in third place, Jonathan Jaffe and Joseph Cheong agreed to a deal. These were their official chip counts:

Jonathan Jaffe  –  5,140,000  (103 bb)
Joseph Cheong  –  4,160,000  (83 bb)

As chipleader, Jaffe was declared the champion and received the trophy, along with the most money. Jaffe is a repeat champion, having won this exact same event at last year’s Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

Here are their final payouts, along with the other final tablists:

1st:  Jonathan Jaffe  –  $574,085 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  Joseph Cheong  –  $540,000
3rd:  Tim Capretta  –  $291,730
4th:  Dan Colpoys  –  $202,145
5th:  Eli Berg  –  $130,935
6th:  Caleb Piderit  –  $98,775
7th:  Sameer Batra  –  $80,400
8th:  Vikenty Shegal  –  $68,915
9th:  Jerry Wong  –  $66,615

Stay tuned for a recap from this event later tonight.

Joseph Cheong
Runner-Up Joseph Cheong