Earlier today, Black Belt Poker's Neil Channing finished second in Event #6's $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout at the 2010 World Series of Poker. On the final table, he was joined by fellow Brit Stuart Rutter and London based Frenchman Nicolas Levi, as well as online pro Joseph 'BigEgypt' Elpayaa.
However, it was lesser known Joshua Tieman who prevailed over the 358 thick field, the 27-year old Omaha specialist picking up bracelet gold and a cheque for $441,692 for his first place finish. The final hand saw Channing all in with As-7h versus Ah-Jc, the Ks-Tc-4c-Td-Qh board providing no assistance and knocking him out in second place for $273,153.
Channing earned his seat through two tough heats, the first of which he defeated Kirk Morrison heads-up to advance to an equally competitive table that included Christian Harder, Max Pescatori and Chad Brown. In the end, they proved no match for the 2008 Irish Open Champion as Channing toppled unknown Chris Moore to reach his first Vegas WSOP final table to date.
As with the previous day, the final table was six-handed with players starting equal in chips, but it wasn't long before players started to fall. First to hit the deck was Brent Hanks, whose A-Q suited failed to improve against Levi's pocket sevens. Next out was Nicolas Levi, his jacks cruelly outdrawn by Tieman's eights when a third snowman hit the flop.
Despite lying second in chips, Elpayaa took fourth when his A-J off-suit ran into Tieman's pocket tens. Then, when Tieman eliminated Rutter in with A-Q suited versus A-T off-suit, we were heads-up for the bracelet. Unfortunately, Channing was facing a chip deficit of 8:1, and it would be a mountain he'd fail to climb as Tieman secured victory within just several hands.
This performance marked Channing's 22nd WSOP cash and his second final after he finished fourth in the £1,500 No Limit Hold'em event at the 2008 WSOPE for £44,588. This cash means he has now broken into the top 10 UK all-time money list, sitting just behind James Akenhead in eighth with $2,684,401.
"Joshua played really well in the end and was a deserving winner," commented Channing just moments after the final hand was dealt. "Unfortunately, I saw very few hands on the final table, but felt I did the best with what I had. It was also great to see fellow Brit Stuart Rutter make the final table too. I'm sure it won't be his last."
"Of course, it was disappointing to come so close to winning a bracelet," he continued with a smile, "but I'm sure there will be other opportunities in the future. Having finished second in the London GUKPT, second in the iPoker Monthly Million, and now second here, I think I should definitely give the heads-up event a miss."
1st Joshua Tieman -- $441,692
2nd Neil Channing -- $273,153
3rd Stuart Rutter -- $179,617
4th Joseph Elpayaa -- $125,387
5th Nicolas Levi -- $92,543
6th Brent Hanks -- $71,998
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