Thomas Hawthorne Eliminated in 2nd Place ($4,023)

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

It took only a few hands of heads-up play for Event #1 of the WNY Poker Challenge to come to an end. Kevin Mathias and Thomas Hawthorne saw a flop of . Mathias led out with a bet of 40,000, Hawthorne raised to 100,000, and Mathias moved all in for more than 1.2 million, having Hawthorne covered. Hawthorne called, and the cards were tabled.

Mathias:
Hawthorne

Mathias flopped a straight and was two cards away from the title, but the on the turn gave both the same nine-high straight. Mathias did pick up a flush draw on the turn, though, and sure enough the arrived on the river to give him the victory and a $6,514 payday.