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$560K Heads Up Payday for David SingerTuesday, May 27, 2008 The richest heads up poker event ever played concluded on Sunday with David Singer besting online phenom Emil “whitelime” Patel in the 25k buy in tournament played at Full Tilt. Singer took home a whopping 560k for his first place finish. The format was single elimination heads up with players randomly selected and placed in a bracket, similar to the NBC National Heads Up Championship. The event drew big names from across the live and online poker world with 64 entrants vying for the title. Fan favorites such as Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius, as well as many young online players like Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond and Taylor Caby played the event, and although it was considered a success with the largest ever heads up payday, it didn’t exactly have people filling out there brackets in anticipation ala March Madness. But Full Tilt clearly saw the excitement tournaments in this format produce and this in all likelihood will become an annual event. The final between Patel and Singer showcased one of online pokers biggest high stakes stars, whitelime having won millions in the last year and a guest instructor on Card Runners (although he might be better known for his youtube video and the catchphrase “Go Wake up Emil!”), and Singer the long time pro, beginning his poker career in 1996 playing Seven Card Stud. He has a number of high profile cashes in major tournaments and has been a Full Tilt “red pro” for several years. The hand that sent Patel to the rail showed him exhibiting hyper aggression, typical of many of todays best online pros, when he shoved T3 off suit preflop and was called by Singers 88. The flop of 9 Q 9 was no help, and J on the turn gave Patel some more outs the river bricked off an A and the tournament went to Singer. To reach the final Singer knocked off names such as Brian Adams and Phil Galfond, and eventually bested 19 year old Cardrunners instructor Brian Hastings in the final four. Patel meanwhile bested Phil Ivey in round one, and then knocked off another Full Tilt founding member Andy Bloch in the final four. Patels second place finish was good for a more than respectable $320, 000. |
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