Recap Event #24, $5,000 NLHE Shoot-Out, Mark Radoja takes gold back to Canada

By Shari Geller

World Series of Poker Event #24, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout (2,000 Max) started with 387 players spread out across 40 tables.? The winner of each table came back for day two, where they broke into ten 4-person tables and the winner of each returned for the final table. In ?the end, it was Canadian Mark Radoja who, by winning just three tables, will take home $436,568 and his first gold bracelet.

The final table has its share of tough competition with Scott Baumstein , Nicolas Fierrogottner, Sean Getzwiller, Jeffrey Gross, Adam Junglen, Nikita Lebedev, Tom Marchese, Mark Radoja, Daniel Smith, and Todd Terry vying for the title and it took eleven hours for Radoja to come out on top.

Dan Smith was the first to exit, his pocket queens bested by Adam Junglen A-K courtesy of a K on the turn.? Smith collected $28,447 for his tenth place finish.? Junglen then dispatched Sean Getzwiller, the only bracelet winner at the final table, in ninth place ($36,669) holding just a lowly pair of deuces to Getzwiller?s As-8s.? The dealer spread out a 6c-Qs-9h flop which didn?t help the all in, but the 6s on the turn gave him 20 outs ? none of which included the Kh which fell on the river. ?But he still has his win in Event #8, the $1,000 NLHE, and the $611,185 to console him.

Former Player of the Year, Tom Marchese was out next, getting it all in preflop with Ad-Qh only to find he was well behind Mark Radoja?s As-Ks.? The board ran out 9s-3d-Kc-4d-Kh and Tom Marchese was sent to the rail in eighth place with $47,636. Todd Terry was next to put his tournament life on the line and he managed to get a call by Junglen; then Radoja came over the top all in and, while Terry probably deflated, Junglen made the call.? Cards revealed it was Terry with Qs9c, Radoja with KhKs, and Junglen with 10d10s.? The board ran out??Ah-Jc-Jd-7d-3d and Radoja knocked out Terry and knocked Junglen back to 2,400,000 while Radoja moved up to 4,100,000.? For his seventh place finish, Terry will collect $62,370.

But Junglen was able to pick up some of his lost chips when he called Nikita Lebedev?s all in of about 1,100,000. ?Cards revealed, the Russian saw that he needed some help as his Qh9h was trailing Junglen?s KsKd.? The flop was Js-Jd-5s, no help, but an 8c on the turn gave him four outs, but instead another 8 on the river knocked out Lebedev sixth place for a $82,287.

After eliminating three of his final tablemates, it was Junglen?s turn to get the boot. ?But it took two hands.? In the first one, Radoja had raised from under the gun and Junglen popped it.? When Radoja went over the top all in, Junglen decided to call and try for another knockout.? But he was behind pocket nines versus pocket queens and he gave Radoja a massive chip lead.? He handed the rest of his chips over to Nicolas Fierrogottner. This time the pocket nines were good enough, but it was his opponent who had them.? Junglen had a weak ace that never improved, and he was out in fifth place with $109,406.?

Jeffrey Gross had sat back, watching the rest of his opponents clear the fireld for him, but he finally got his own knock out. Scott Baumstein shoved from the small blind and was called by Gross in the big.? Baumstein had A-7 to Gross? A-Q.? The flop gave a little to each of them with 7-Q-9, but at least the queen was visible first so Gross knew how grim his chances remained.? When the board ran out 8-K, Gross was on his way out as the fourth place finisher, taking home $146,639.

Chilean Nicolas Fierrogottner missed going heads up when he was Radoja?s next victim.? Radoja had raised from the button, Fierrogottner pushed all in, and Radoja rushed to get his chips in there.? He had A-Q which dominated the Chilean?s A-5. No help for Fierrogottner on the 10-A-4-2-K board and he was out in third place ($198,096), with grateful bloggers everywhere just a little relieved that this was the last time they?d have to type his name.?

Going into heads up play, Radoja had nearly a 3-to-1 chip advantage over Jeffrey Gross.? Gross battled and even managed to close the gap to less than 2-to-1, but he never got any closer to poker gold.? In the end, he was all in with the better hand, A-J versus the K-10 of Radoja, but the flop came Q-10-2 putting Radoja ahead, then the turn put the game out of reach with a third 10.? A useless ace on the river filled out the board and Gross was the second place finisher, taking home $269,742.

The winner was Canadian Mark Radoja, who hails from the same area as much of Canada?s poker elite including Gavin Smith. He collects the first prize of $436,538 as well as the coveted gold bracelet.? Radoja was interviewed after his win and mentioned that this was the first tournament he played this year.? ?First tournament and first win ? so, now I guess I am batting 1,000 ? which is fantastic.???He probably shouldn't mention this to fellow Canadian Daniel Negreanu.

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