- Matthew Wilson from North Richmond Hills, Texas, captured the title of Online Nine Champion and the $50,000 first prize.
- To reach the live event, Wilson first won a money-added championship event online at WSOP.com, which then fed into a live SNG.
- He defeated Matthew Schultz from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Sandwiched between the two-day November Nine spectacle, the WSOP held the live heads up portion of the final table of the inaugural Online Championship, Tuesday.
Matthew Wilson from North Richmond Hills, Texas, captured the title of Online Nine Champion and the $50,000 first prize, besting Matthew Schultz from Sioux Falls, South Dakota in a live heads-up tournament held at the Penn and Teller theater in the Rio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas.
To reach the live event, Wilson first won a money-added championship event online at WSOP.com, which then fed into a live SNG.
Schultz (known as “PlanetSchultz” on WSOP.com) and Wilson (screen name “Retiredmilitary”) took to the stage today to battle it out for the crown. The match lasted just about an hour.
It was almost finished even sooner when early on Schultz got all in from behind with only K high, but a king on the river gave him the pot and extended the match.
But his luck didn’t last much longer. Just a few hands later, he got all in with K8 offsuit vs QTs. Things were looking good on an 8-high flop, but a runner-runner straight for Wilson gave him the hand and the match.
This is not Wilson’s first $50k+ cash. In 2006, he came in 112th place in the WSOP Main Event for a tidy sum of $51,129.
In just a few hours, the Penn and Teller theatre will be full once again, for one final heads up match—when Farber and Riess fight for the Main Event bracelet and over $3.5m which separates the 1st and 2nd prize.
