Joe Daddario (Hauppauge, NY)
$66,746
At the start of heads-up play, Joe Daddario had about 3.4 million chips.
Brian Lemke had all the rest (about 22.6 million).
On the first hand, they were all-in, but both players held A2, resulting in a split pot.
It was not long before they were all-in again. This time Brian was way ahead with pocket Tens.
Joe had pocket 3s.
The board came A K 2 5 T and Brian had all 26 million chips.
Joe Daddario will collect $66,746 for his second place finish.
Joe is a businessman who plays tournament poker a bit more than as a hobby. Perhaps a serious amateur player.
"I was short-stacked the whole tournament" he said. He started day two with 212k, which ranked him 47th out of 100 returning players. He only entered once, parlaying his $500 buy-in into a $66,746 payday.
This 51-year-old held his own among a field dominated by twenty-somethings. He is expecting his fourth grandchild in a couple of weeks -- that must be what's keeping him young.
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