Amateur John Dibella Wins 2012 PCA Main Event
Published on January 14th, 2012 12:44 am EST
John Dibella, a 43-year-old daytrader from New York, outlasted 1,071 other entrants to take down the biggest score of his career. Dibella ended up taking home $1,775,000 after agreeing to a deal with Kyle Julius during heads-up play.
According to Pokerstars, Dibella qualified for the main event through a $1,000 live satellite. Dibella ended up parlaying this seat into nearly $2 million.
The final hand of the tournament came when Kyle Julius' attempted bluff ran into Dibella's rivered flush. With the board reading Ac-Qh-3c-8d-Tc, Julius pushed all of his chips into the middle following a 1 million chip bet from Dibella. Dibella called, and the two players turned up:
Dibella - 5c-6c
Julis - 9d-6s
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Here is how the final table ended up finishing out on Friday:
John Dibella, $1,775,000
Kyle Julis, $1,500,000
Faraz Jaka, $755,000
Xuan Liu, $600,000
Mark Drover, $468,000
Anthony Gregg, $364,000
David Bernstein, $260,000
Ruben Visser, $156,400
With her fourth place finish in the event, Xuan Liu has earned the distinction of having the largest ever cash by a female in a PCA event.
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The 2012 PCA officially wraps up tomorrow, though many players have already started to make their way to Australia for the "Aussie Millions".
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Filed Under: Tournament Results