Justin Pechie went from skipping the WSOP to bracelet winner.

Justin Pechie outlasted a field of 538 other players and won all three of his tables in the $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shooutout to win his first bracelet and $167, 060.For Pechie, a 26-year-old online poker pro, the timing of the win couldn’t be any better. Black Friday has left some of his bankroll tied up and he almost didn’t even bother with coming to the World Series of Poker so that he could to Canada to start playing online again.

“I actually almost didn’t come out because I wanted to go up (to Canada) and get set up online before,” said Pechie. “I thought that might take too much time. I thought it might cut into the Series so I thought there was a good chance might just not even come. I made the decision to go after and basically spend a month in my house not doing anything.”

Now he’s going to be able to call himself a bracelet winner and stress less about his bankroll. As a poker player though Pechie knows that the bracelet will always mean something, even after the money is gone.

“It means a lot. The money means more right now just because of Black Friday. Now I have a bigger cushion to fall back on with the uncertainty of online poker. But the bracelet does mean a lot. It’s just shows that hard work will pay off,” said Pechie.

The ten-handed final table was the result of ten six-handed tables in the second round of the shootout. Ari Engel, who was the last player to qualify for the final table after his heads-up match with Hal Lubarsky went into the late hours Saturday, was the first one sent home on Sunday afternoon. Dale Eberle decimated Engel’s stack before the former No. 1 ranked online poker player in the world was forced to put his last bet in with A 3 and was called by both Bass and Pechie from the blinds. The board ran out K 8 4 K 9 and Bass made a pair of fours to eliminate Engel from his first career WSOP final table in 10th place for $10,378.

Chris Kwon and Adam Tyburski to into a pre-flop raising war with the last of Kwon’s stack ending up at risk. Tyburski showed pocket sevens and found himself racing against the A J of Kwon. The board came ten-high and Kwon was eliminated in ninth spot. His second 2011 WSOP cash earned him $13,269.

Dom Denotaristefani and Bass got three bets in to see the A 8 6 flop. Denotaristefani called Bass’s bet and the 4 hit the turn. Bass then check-raised Denotaristefani who put the last of his chips in and showed A 3 and found he was outkicked by Bass’ A 6. The 4 was no help and Denotaristefani was out in eighth place for $17,089.

Tyburski hit the rail next. Eberle raised, Tyburski re-raise and Eberle called. The flop came 7 6 3 and Eberle check-called. The T turn hit and Eberle check-raised Tyburski all-in. Eberle showed A T to the A 9 of Tyburski. The river was no help and Tyburski’s first cash of the Series resulted in a $22,173 haul.

Another one of the early leaders found his tournament over shortly after that. Jacqmin raised, Bass re-raised and Pechie and Jacqmin both called. The A 8 7 got Bass to commit the last of his chips after Jacqmin raised and Pechie folded. Jacqmin showed A J for a pair of aces while Bass was all-in with pocket threes. The rest of the board missed Bass and he was out in sixth for $29,001.

After seeing most of his stack disappear to Jacqmin’s full house on the previous hand Jordan Rich was all-in against Eberle and Katchalov. The 4 4 2 flop got Eberle to bet Katchalov out of the pot. Rich showed Q 8 but was well behind the pockets aces of Eberle. The turn and river were blanks and Rich was eliminated in fifth place.

Katchalov’s run at two bracelets in one year came to a crashing halt. After doubling-up Eberle only moments earlier, Katchalov found himself all-in against Eberle and racing with K T against pocket nines. The flop, turn and river missed Katchalov and he was out in fourth spot for $50,993.

The only non-American player to make the final table fell a few spots short of another bracelet for France. Jacqmin called Pechie’s raise and the two saw a flop of K 7 4. Pechie opened with a bet and then re-raised Jacqmin after the Frenchmen raised. The turn was the 2 and Jacqmin called Pechie’s bet. The J fell on the river, Pechie bet, Jacqmin raised all-in and Pechie called and flipped over K 2 for two pair and Jacqmin was out in third spot for $68,715.

Eberle and Pechie played heads-up for 35 minutes before Pechie came through with the victory. Eberle, who’d finished runner-up in the Seniors Championship in 2008, started heads-up trailing Pechie 2-1 in chips and was never able to get anything going. The key hand came when Pechie flopped a set of queens and had Eberle calling bets the entire way. Eberle eliminated on the very next hand when his Q J couldn’t outrace Eberle’s K 4. Eberle’s runner-up finish was worth $103,454 while Pechie’s third WSOP cash this year earned him $167,060.

Final Table Payouts:

1. Justin Pechie – $167,060
2. Dale Eberle - $103,454
3. Mathieu Jacqmin - $68,715
4. Eugene Katchalov - $50,993
5. Jordan Rich - $38,268
6. Stephen Bass - $29,001
7. Adam Tyburski - $22,173
8. Dom Denotaristefani - $17,089
9. Chris Kwon - $13,269
10. Ari Engel - $10,378

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