Chris Lee now his first WSOP bracelet out of the way.

For the second day in a row a Duke University graduate has made his way to a 2011 World Series of Poker final table and walked away with the bracelet. Chris Lee, known online as “Genius28″, beat a 431-player field including Brian Haveson heads-up to win the $2,500 10-Game Six-Max event, $254,955 and his first bracelet.

“This means a lot. I’ve mostly been an online player, and I’ve had a decent amount of success on the internet,” said Lee.  ”I’ve been playing live tournaments on and off for the last three years and haven’t had a ton of success. I was really starting to doubt myself if I was really a live tournament player or not.”

On Saturday fellow Duke alum Andy Frankenberger won his first bracelet in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event. The 24-year-old Lee beat a final table that took two days to complete thanks to the WSOP hard stop rule. Action on Saturday included nearly four hours of seven-handed play before Kevin Chance busted to send the players to an official final table.

“I’m not actually a mixed game player, I usually just play No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha. A lot of these games are new to me and I didn’t go in with high expectations, but I really good for all four days,”  said Lee. “It feels like a good huge monkey off my back.”

Once the final table finally kicked off it didn’t take long for the shortest stack to find their way to the cashier cage. Playing Pot Limit Omaha John D’Agostino got the last of his chips in the middle against Lee. D’Agostino held A Q T 7 and found himself trailing the K K T 5. The A Q 7 flop put D’Agostino ahead with top two pair. The T on the turn was a blank but the J on the river gave Lee broadway and sent D’Agostino out in sixth place for $32,200.

Kendall Fukumoto then tangled with Travis Pearson during a round of Triple Draw 2-7. Fukumoto raised and Pearson called from the big blind. Pearson drew three and Fukumoto asked for two cards. Pearson bet, Fukumoto called all-in, Fukumoto drew two and Pearson drew one card. On the third draw both players drew one. Pearson drew a jack for jack-high and Fukumoto drew a 7 to pair. The 33-yar-old Hawaiian poker pro earned $45,839.

Once tournament was down to ten players it appeared that it became Shaun Deeb’s to lose. The Aria Mixed Game regular found himself with the chip lead and with six players left had nearly three times as many as his nearest competitor. That chip lead took a major hit when Deeb doubled up Pearson during a No Limit Hold’em hand. After another 90 minutes Deeb was forced to put his short stack at risk with Q 5 against the Q T of Pearson. The board ran out with no help and Deeb was sent out in fourth for $67,146.

That hand also brought about the hard-stop rule. After playing ten levels Saturday the final three players bagged up their chips to return Sunday afternoon. Chris Lee had the overnight chip lead with 1,425,000 chips while Haveson and Pearson had 997,000 and 813,000 respectively.

The return to action was short-lived for Pearson. Just two hands in playing No Limit Hold’em Pearson raised to 80,000, Lee re-raised to 195,000 and Pearson moved all-in for 850,000. Lee called and showed A Q and was racing against Pearson’s pocket tens. The flop brought the A and the turn and river both missed Pearson collected $101,258 for finishing in third spot.

Lee started heads-up play with 70% of the chips in play. The pair played for nearly one hour with Haveson battling through and doubling up twice before Lee finally got the best of him playing Triple Draw 2-7. Lee stood pat with 10-9-8-4-2 and Haveson was drawing to his 8-7-5-2. Needing to catch any ten, nine six, four or three to stay alive Haveson instead drew a king on his last draw and was eliminated in second place for $157,491.

The ten games in the mix were No Limit Hold’em, Razz, Limit Hold’em, Limit Badugi, Seven-Card Stud, No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball, Omaha Hi-Lo, Pot Limit Omaha, Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball and Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo. This tournament marked the first time that Badugi was spread at the WSOP.

Final Table Payouts

1. Chris Lee – $254,955
2. Brian Haveson - $157,491
3. Travis Pearson - $101,258
4. Shaun Deeb - $67,146
5. Kendall Fukumoto  - $45,839
6. John D’Agostino - $32,200

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