At 56-years-old, Robert Castoire is a ship’s officer marking his twelfth circuit cash, ninth final table and third victory. Castoire’s prior circuit win came at the hands of Mark “Pegasus” Smith as Castoire beat him heads-up at Choctaw. The two have played five final tables together, and Pegasus has outlasted Castoire three times. But not this time.
With six players remaining, Pegasus moved all-in on the turn and Castoire called with an open-ended straight draw. It seemed only a matter of time before Pegasus would win, but the river card completed Castoire’s straight. Pegasus was eliminated in fifth place and it seemed the stars were aligning for Castoire.
Castoire was all-in five or six times heads-up against 28-year-old Jacob Bazeley. While the majority of the time his money got in behind, he hit miracle card after miracle card, until finally regaining the chip lead and closing the door to Bazeley’s hopes for victory. Castoire won more than $107,000 for his performance.
“I’m still shocked,” Castoire said. “I wasn’t expecting to be here. I was just looking to go out with a little bit of dignity; it was bloody, it was brutal, it was cruel, but I got lucky. I was the last one.”
EVENT #10 10/8/11
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
MAIN EVENT
BUY-IN $1,600
PLAYERS 313
PRIZE
POOL $455,419
1. Robert Castoire . . $107,023
2. Jacob Bazeley . . . . . $66,172
3. Aaron Massey . . . . . $48,060
4. Donovan Darland . . $35,500
5. Mark Smith . . . . . . . $26,651
6. Thang Nguyen . . . . $20,325
7. David Hengen . . . . . $15,744
8. Bernard Lee . . . . . . $12,378
EVENT #11 10/9/11
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
BUY-IN $345
PLAYERS 117
PRIZE
POOL $34,047
1. Bryan Dillon . . . . . . $10,214
2. James Lindsay . . . . . $6,313
3. Anthony Cissell . . . . . $4,495
EVENT #12 10/10/11
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM TURBO
BUY-IN $345
PLAYERS 86
PRIZE
POOL $24,900
1. Matthew Chang . . . . $7,729
2. Ryan Johnson . . . . . . $4,777
3. Peter Mavro . . . . . . . $3,344
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