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Daniel Cates Wins PokerStars All-Star Showdown: High-Stakes Drama Unfolds
Online PokerNovember 16, 2012·1 min read

Daniel Cates Wins PokerStars All-Star Showdown: High-Stakes Drama Unfolds


Daniel Cates won the PokerStars All-Star Showdown, a high-stakes heads-up cash game tournament.

In the quarter-finals, Ben Sulsky played against Tobias "KTPOKP" Kuder and won after 1,457 hands. Sauce123 (Ben Sulsky) mentioned that he played aggressively against KTPOKP because he believed in his strategy.

Sauce123 (Ben Sulsky) and KTPOKP (Tobias Kuder) played a hand where KTPOKP won with 7c, Ac against Sauce123's 9s, Js. In another hand, KTPOKP won with 5s, 5c against Sauce123's 7c, Ad. The semi-final match between Ben Sulsky and Isaac Haxton lasted almost 19 hours and 4,207 hands.

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