Heads-Up Chop

1st Place – Greg Weber $104,233

2nd Place – Anthony Garofalo $97,521

Greg Weber had a slight edge in the final chip counts and negotiated a slightly higher pay-out and 1st place. However, the two players were essentially dead even for heads-up play and will go down as co-champions of the 1500 Main Event.

Greg Weber essentially dominated the event from the first level of Day 2 play. He didn’t lose his chip-lead until Joe Palma took it from him during four-handed play. Although he became the short-stack at a couple of points during four and three handed play, Weber still managed to end up on top and grab the largest payout from the event.

Anthony Garofalo, on the other hand, stayed fairly under the radar for the majority of the event and carefully navigated his way through the tough Final Table until finally getting a big double through Weber with AxKx against 7x7x. In the end, a slew of premium hands and huge flops (he folded a hand that would have flopped a Royal Flush against Palma’s Full-House) took him all the way to heads-up and the largest score of his live career.

There is still one more event still running during Big Stax XXIV. The 2500 will be open for registration for three more hours starting at 1 PM Tuesday. Blog coverage will be available for the duration of that event and Day 2 chip counts and seating are posted below.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 1500 Main Event and congratulations to all of our winners.