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Event 56 - $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Live Updates November 23, 2009
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$5k NLHE Six-Max – Matt Hawrilenko Wins!
5 months ago
It took just four hands of heads-up to determine a winner in Event 56. In the final hand of the tournament Matt Hawrilenko popped it up to 1 million chips and Josh Brikis responded by announcing he was all-in.
Hawrilenko snap-called and tabled J
J
while Brikis showed A
9
. The entire audience was on their feet as the dealer prepared to put out the flop.
The flop came 8
8
2
and the Hawrilenko contingent of the audience went wild as their man was looking good with just two cards to come.
The turn came 3
and finally the river finished… T
!
Hawrilenko wins $5k No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max!
The Full Tilt Pro will receive his first WSOP bracelet, $1 million in cash and an interview with PokerListings.com. Some players have all the luck!
Meanwhile Josh Brikis is obviously disappointed to be coming second place but he will have $619,609 to help ease the pain.
Thanks for following our coverage and stay tuned for the Main Event, which begins in just 12 hours.
- Level: 29
- Blinds: 60,000/120,000
- Ante: 15,000
- Average Stack: $13,920,000
- Players Left: 1
- Tables Left: 1
$5k NLHE Six-Max – Faraz Jaka’d!
5 months ago
After some aggressive play we have our third place finisher. In the hand Faraz Jaka and Matt Hawrilenko traded some bets back and forth pre-flop and then got it all-in.
Both players revealed their cards:
Jaka: Q
Q
Hawrilenko: A
K
The board came A
J
T
J
5
and Jaka, the all-in player, was eliminated. Jaka will receive $400,526 for coming in third place.
Hawrilenko is in charge of the game with two players left. Here are the chip counts as we enter heads-up play:
Hawrilenko: 9 million
Brikis: 5 million
- Level: 29
- Blinds: 60,000/120,000
- Ante: 15,000
- Average Stack: $6,960,000
- Players Left: 2
- Tables Left: 1
Event 56 - $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em - Day 3, Reports by:

Arthur Crowson
Rod Stirzaker
Martin Derbyshire
Event 56 - $5,000 Six-Handed...
- Buy-In: $5,000
- Entrants: 928
- Total Prize Money: $4,361,600
- Date: Jun 30, 2009
- Final Day Jul 2, 2009
Event Chip Leaders5 months ago
Event 56 - $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
| Player | Chip Stack |
|---|---|
| Matt Hawrilenko | $13,000,000 |
Blind Structure5 months ago
Event 56 - $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
| Level | Ante | Blinds |
|---|
| Level 1 | 50/100 | ||
| Level 2 | 75/150 | ||
| Level 3 | 100/200 | ||
| Level 4 | 25 | 100/200 | |
| Level 5 | 25 | 150/300 | |
| Level 6 | 50 | 200/400 | |
| Level 7 | 75 | 300/600 | |
| Level 8 | 100 | 400/800 | |
| Level 9 | 100 | 500/1,000 | |
| Level 10 | 100 | 600/1,200 | |
| Level 11 | 200 | 800/1,600 | |
| Level 12 | 300 | 1,000/2,000 | |
| Level 13 | 300 | 1,200/2,400 | |
| Level 14 | 400 | 1,500/3,000 | |
| Level 15 | 500 | 2,000/4,000 | |
| Level 16 | 500 | 3,000/6,000 | |
| Level 17 | 1,000 | 4,000/8,000 | |
| Level 18 | 1,000 | 5,000/10,000 | |
| Level 19 | 1,000 | 6,000/12,000 | |
| Level 20 | 2,000 | 8,000/16,000 | |
| Level 21 | 3,000 | 10,000/20,000 | |
| Level 22 | 3,000 | 12,000/24,000 | |
| Level 23 | 4,000 | 15,000/30,000 | |
| Level 24 | 5,000 | 20,000/40,000 | |
| Level 25 | 5,000 | 25,000/50,000 | |
| Level 26 | 5,000 | 30,000/60,000 | |
| Level 27 | 10,000 | 40,000/80,000 | |
| Level 28 | 10,000 | 50,000/100,000 | |
| Level 29 | 15,000 | 60,000/120,000 | |
| Level 30 | 20,000 | 80,000/160,000 | |
| Level 31 | 30,000 | 100,000/200,000 | |
| Level 32 | 30,000 | 120,000/240,000 | |
| Level 33 | 40,000 | 150,000/300,000 | |
| Level 34 | 50,000 | 200,000/400,000 |
