Chandrasekhar Billavara Wins the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Championship

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After Douglas open-pushed several times and got Billavara to surrender the blinds and antes, he tried the same move with {Q-Clubs}

and Billavara called with {A-Diamonds}

.

We'd seen so many players come from behind to win that it felt like a queen would spike on the flop, but when the dealer spread the cards we saw the {J-Hearts}

. And whatever drama was left ended when the {A-Hearts}

hit on the turn, leaving Douglas drawing dead and Billavara our champion.

Chandrasekhar Billavara came to this final table as the shortest stack, but he picked up aces on the first hand and played fast and aggressive on the way to the bracelet and the $722,914 first prize. Taylor Douglas was the chip leader coming in and throughout most of the day, but after losing some tough hands he battled back to finish as our runner-up, winning $467,101.

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