Abraham Korotki winner of the Main Event

Abraham Korotki takes 1st for the WSOP Circuit Championship ring and $433,008.


Abraham Korotki originated in Florence, Italy. He now lives in Bethany Beach, DE where he is a real estate developer. He is married and taught himself to play poker, and a good job he did as he has only been playing for 9 months and here he is at a final table. He did buy in to the event. He would like us all to know that he is “a very happy man and is married to the best woman in the world.”

And we find the money hand. Abe raised to 50K and Brian came over the top saying " all in." Abe called him and showed the 4 4 . Brian turned over the K T . The flop was murder for Brian when it came the J T 4 giving Abe a set. The 7 on the turn meant Brian was drawing dead. The 3 hit the river,

Brian Jensen takes 2nd for $240,560.


Steven Jacobs in 3rd for $132,308. WIth the flop of the Q 9 5 we have heads up play between Steven Jacobs and Abe Korotki. Abe bet 25K and Steven pushed all in for 158K more. Abe called him. Abe showed top pair with the Q 8 and Steven two overcards and the nut flush draw. He had the A K . The turn came the 9 . Steven had so many outs. Any spade or any ace or king. The T reared its ugly head on the river and we lose Steven.


Jody Garaventa in 4th for $96,224. Jody and Abe bang heads. Jody is all in and his tournament life is at stake. He turns over the 5 5 and Abe the T T . The board brings the 7 6 2 4 7 . We lose Jody.

Follow up:

Herbert Cheng in 5th place for $84,196. Herbert Cheng raises all in fo r61K and gets a call from Jody. Herbert has A J and Jody the A Q. The flop bring the 8 7 4. The turn the 2. Herbert needs a J. The river comes the A and we lose Herbert.


Eddie "Fix" Corrado in 6th for $$72,168. UTG, Eddie "Fix" Corrado raises to 33K. Abe in the big blind moves all in. Now the action is back to Eddie. Decisions decisions. It would be all his chips if he goes for it. He calls 49K and is all in. He shows the A 8 and Abe has the K J . The flop comes the J 8 5 . Both players snag a pair. The Q arrives on the turn giving Eddie a heart draw. But alas, the 2 is what the river provided and we get a huge "YESSSSSSSSS" from Abe Kootki and we lose Eddie.


Ernie Shepherd from Lizella, GA is out in 7th place for $60,140. Brian Jensen has moved all in and got a call from a shorter stack, Ernie Shepherd. He has J T and Brian pocket queens. The flop comes the A 9 3 with two hearts. Ernie is in trouble. The turn is the K. He needs to catch one of the remaining two queens to stay alive. The river came the J and Ernie is out.


Harry "Whitey" White from Hughesville, PA in 8th for $48,112. Herbert Whitey said "I gotta gamble" and moves all in. Abe called the extra 15K as does Herbert. The flop came the Q J 6 . Checked. The 6 hits the turn. Checked. The river card is the 8 . Checked. Jacks and sixes for Herb takes the pot and we lose Harry.


Jianhua Zhou from Egg Harbor Township, NJ in 9th place for $36,084. Steven Jacobs calls. Jian raises to 18K straight and Steven calls. The flop comes the Q 7 3. Steven checks and Jian bets 18K, Steven moves all in and Jian calls. He turns over the A A and Steven the Q T. Jian is looking at a big double up if no T or Q hit the turn or river. The turn is a T and Steven now has two pair. Jian needs a 7, 3 or an A to stay alive. The river comes the K and we lose Jianhua.





reported by our friend Sharla Lehrmann at poker pages