Uri Kadosh Chops Battles at the Beach for Second Straight Year
Winning a decent-sized poker tournament is hard enough, but winning it two years in a row is quite a feat indeed.
That's what Uri Kadosh accomplished Monday evening, chopping Isle Casino Battles at the Beach $1,500 Championship for the second straight year. As part of his deal with Marshall White, Kadosh secured $98,993, while While got $96,660.
Last year, the Florida businessman made a three-way deal with Joey Couden and Darryll Fish that also saw Kadosh win the trophy along with $120,035.
Official Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uri Kadosh | Davie, FL | $98,993* |
| 2 | Marshall White | Garner, NC | $96,660* |
| 3 | Jake Schwartz | New York, NY | $51,880 |
| 4 | Josh Kay | Boca Raton, FL | $34,970 |
| 5 | Joel Deutsch | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | $26,883 |
| 6 | Qasem Jamhour | Miami, FL | $22,326 |
| 7 | Bill Farnan | Jupiter, FL | $18,698 |
| 8 | Jacobo Fernandez | Coral Springs, FL | $15,093 |
| 9 | Loni Harwood | Staten Island, NY | $11,499 |
| 10 | TJ Shulman | Boynton Beach, FL | $9,739 |
*reflects heads-up deal
Even on a packed weekend of tournaments, the South Florida event drew 433 runners to surpass its $500,000 guarantee. Some of those among the 55 cashing included Jonathan Borenstein, Ryan D'Angelo, Raj Vohra, Kevin Schaffel and Sam Panzica.
Final Table Action
Kadosh was among a slew of short stacks when the final table began, according to , with everyone chasing formidable New York pro Jake Schwartz (2.92 million) at the top of the counts. Four-time Circuit ring winner White sat in second with 2.35 million 20,000/40,000/5,000.
Another pro, Josh Kay, who has two WPT final tables to his credit, made the first big move when he won a three-way all in with tens against the nines of short stack TJ Shulman and the ace-king of Schwartz. Though a nine flopped, Kay would make a straight on the river to score the first knockout and double through Schwartz.
Florida favorite Loni Harwood, who recently took down her fifth WSOPC ring, followed in ninth. She lost a flip to Schwartz after going into the final table short.
Two Miami-area locals then went out in succession. Jacobo Fernandez jammed a flush draw into White's aces up and didn't get there. Bill Farnan lost a flip to Schwartz as he flopped a set of eights only to see Schwartz's Q♠J♣ run a straight.
After dinner, White would claim the next two victims. Qasem Jamhour reshipped with A♠J♦ over White's open, but the A♣Q♣ held by White dominated him and held up. Then, White completed in the small blind with jacks and snapped off a shove from Joel Deutsch. Deutsch could only muster A♠6♥ and was dispatched after a jack flopped.
The key pot then materialized for Kadosh at 30,000/60,000/10,000. He completed the blind and saw Schwartz make it 210,000. Kadosh came back with 850,000 and then called Schwartz's jam for about 3 million effective. It was a race with Kadosh's ace-king chasing a pair of eights and an ace-high flop saw the massive pot pushed to Kadosh, leaving former leader Schwartz under 10 bigs.
Schwartz would ladder past Kay, who got short and lost a race to Kadosh, but he'd go out in third. He called off the last of his chips in a blinds battle with A♥8♣ only to see Kadosh turn over two aces and proclaim he'd only looked at one.
That brought it to heads-up play between White and Kadosh, but nary a hand would be dealt. They agreed to a deal that saw the players take similar cash prizes, while Kadosh earned a trophy for the second straight year.
