Ashton Griffin Wins Full Tilt $25K Heads Up World Championship
Posted on May 25, 2009
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The Full Tilt $25k Heads Up World Championship took place this past weekend with sixty three players competing for the half a million plus first place prize. Some of the best names in internet poker competed in the event but they were unable to make it far in the competition. It was Ashton “theASHMAN103” Griffin who managed to hold on and be declared the winner.
The final four of the competition was David Benefield, Jim “WinnerFish” Kilarjian, Ashton “theASHMAN103” Griffin and Blair “yogiblair” Anderson. The four returned at 4:00ET on Sunday to begin a new round of heads up play after each had their own string of wins.
Blair Anderson defeated Negrodamus2, Scott Montgomery, dingepling and Alex Keating to move on to the final four while Ashton Griffin defeated GrindMode, Isaac Haxton, David Singer and Past. Jim Kilarjian defeated PureCash25, Steven Jacobs, Mirttinur and Rob Akery to move to the final four competition while David Benefield defeated Rafe Furst, DarkHorse19, DjAdi and IvanLendL in heads up play.
When final four play began Ashton Griffin faced Blair Anderson while David Benefield faced Jim Kilarjian. Griffin created a substantial chip lead over Anderson at 5 to 1 which helped him take the win. On the final hand Griffin held Q-Q against Andersons 5-5. Griffin’s pair was better and moved him to the final match of heads up play.
Benefield got down in chips while playing Kilarjian only to regain the lead a short time later. With the lead Benefield held pocket Jacks to Kilarjian’s Q-9. Kilarjian went all in and Benefield called and his Jacks held up and he moved on to play Griffin in the Championship match.
When play began Benefield took a good lead only to lose it a short time later. Griffin soon doubled up again and held a good lead against Benefield. On the final hand Benefield went all in with 8-6 as he was trying for a straight draw and was called by Griffin who held pocket nines. This was big trouble for Benefield as the board read 7-9-9. The turn and river card were no help for Benefield and he was out in second place with the win going to Griffin.
wwwfulltiltpoker.com Final Results:
1. Ashton “theASHMAN103” Griffin – $551,250
2. David Benefield – $315,000
3. Jim “WinnerFish” Kilarjian – $165,375
4. Blair “yogiblair” Anderson – $165,375
5. Past – $94,500
6. Alex “Kadabra” Keating – $94,500
7. IvanLendL – $94,500
8. Rob “Vaga_Lion” Akery – $94,500
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