CONSOLATION FOR WASICKA

9 March 2007

Aussie pro loses the LA Poker Classic, but wins the NBC Heads Up

Australian runner-up in last year's World Series of Poker, Paul Wasicka may have been disappointed with his $455 615 fourth place exit from the LA Poker Classic, but he balanced the books with a convincing win in the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship at Caesar's Palace in Vegas that paid him an impressive $500 000 - not bad income from two major tournaments in less than a week.

The Aussie beat Chad Brown to claim the 2007 title, leaving Brown holding the still desirable second prize of $250 000 for finishing second. Brown, the 2006 Bluff Magazine Player of the Year, has earlier defeated Kristy Gazes in the quarterfinals and Gavin Smith in the semifinals before facing Wasicka.

Wasicka defeated Nam Le to advance to the semifinal round, then beat actress Shannon Elizabeth to advance to the best-of-three championship match. He then needed two matches to defeat Brown and join Phil Hellmuth and Ted Forrest as prior winners of the made-for-television tournament.

Elizabeth defeated Costa Rican pro Humberto Brenes to advance to the semifinals, while Smith beat Andy Bloch. Both semifinalists won $125 000.

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