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Event # 47 - the $2 500 buy-in Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit) also concluded, with Bahador Ahmadi taking the honours. The field of 527 players generated a prize pool of $1 212 100, which paid a main prize of $278 104. a second placing reward of $172 227 and a third place six-figure payday of $112 967.
Among the quality field were established names like Barry Greenstein, Matt Woodward, Karlo Lopez, Ylon Schwartz , Hasan Habib, Eli Elezra, Daniel Negreanu, Amnon Filippi and Andy Bloch, yet the 24-year-old player from Vancouver, Canada was the one to claim his first bracelet and the winner's check for $278 104 - his second cash in this year's World Series of Poker. Ahmadi came fourth for $139 934 in event 13, a NHLE contest.
The final table arrangements were as follows:
Bahador Ahmadi - 708 000
Zachary Humphrey - 99 000
Barry Greenstein - 193 000
Hasan Habib - 114 000
Karlo Lopez - 941 000
Randy Haddox - 555 000
John McGuiness - 406 000
Ylon Schwartz - 286 000
Matt Woodward - 653 000
When Ylon Schwartz went out in third place, the decider was in the hands of Ahmadi and John McGuiness, with the former holding a significant lead which enabled him to send McGuiness railwards after only one hand. McGuiness's runner-up reward was $172 227.
The win brings Ahmadi's career winnings to $419 143 in three cashes.
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