Although the 2014 WSOP has come to an end and major tournaments such as EPT and WPT haven't started yet, there are plenty of smaller tournaments running all over the globe. One of those tournaments is the 2014 Mid-States Poker Tour (MSP) Majestic Star that finished yesterday after two days of play
The tournament attracted 228 players who generated a $61,870 prize pool. 48 players made it to the second day, including bracelet winner Chad Holloway (didn't make it to the money), and after several hours of play Brian Zimcosky played heads up against Alex Kaufman.
Zimosky, who finished in 3rd place for $28,141 at Mid-Stakes Poker Tour Majestic Star earlier this year, had a slight lead when the battle began. And less than 30 minutes later he had all chips in play after the following hand:
Kaufman raised to 150k on the button, and Zimcosky went all in. Kaufman made the call with his last 1.3 million chips.
Kaufman: K
10
Zimcosky: 9
9
The board ran out A4
J
77 and Zimcosky took down the final pot of the tournament with two pairs - nines and sevens. The Michigan native, who described himself as "one of the best non-professional tournament players" in an interview, received the biggest payday of his live tournament career: $61,870.
Final table results:
1 Brian Zimcosky $61,870
2 Alex Kaufman $36,459
3 Brad Sailor $20,992
4 Bob Chow $17,017
5 Gerald Siemienas $13,528
6 Paul Fisher $11,048
7 William Luciano $8,839
8 Mike Mustafa $6,629
9 Bryan Schultz $4,419
10 Brad Rhodes $2,873
