Another day, another bracelet awarded at the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP). On Thursday, Mark AceSpadesRadoja (pictured) came away with the win in a $5,000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout (Event #24) for $436,000. Radoja, who hails from Guelph, Ontario, Canada, outlasted Jeffrey kidwhowonGross heads-up. The top 40 players landed in the money and Radoja brought home bracelet #2 for the land of maple syrup and Mounties this year. Check out all of our 2011 WSOP coverage.

The final table of the $5,000 Shootout began 10-handed. 2011 bracelet winner Sean WormNortonGetzwiller was bumped in ninth place after his A-8 of spades could not successfully flip against Adam A_JunglenJunglen’s pocket deuces. Getzwiller, this month’s guest on the PocketFives.com Podcast, turned a flush draw, but whiffed on the river and exited stage right for $36,000.

2010 CardPlayer Player of the Year Tom Kingsofcards Marchese followed Getzwiller out the door in eighth place. Marchese ran A-Q into Radoja’s A-K on his final hand and watched as his opponent flopped one cowboy and rivered another for trips. Marchese picked up $47,000.

After Todd tbt4653Terry (pictured) exited in seventh place, Junglen was shown the door in sixth when he called all-in before the flop with A-4. Nicolas PokerKaiser Fierro flipped up pocket nines, which held when the board ran out K-5-2-6-2. Junglen, who was appearing at his very first WSOP final table in Las Vegas, collected $109,000.

By the time heads-up play rolled around, Radoja held nearly a 3:1 chip lead over Gross, 11 million to four million. After shoving several times without a call, Gross finally broke through, doubling up with Q-8 against Radoja’s A-4. Gross spiked an eight on the river to bring the chip count within 2:1.

However, it wasn’t enough. On the final hand of the $5,000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout at the 2011 WSOP, Gross ran K-10 into A-J. It wasn’t without some drama, however, as Gross flopped a 10 to take an early lead, but an ace on the river sealed Radoja’s first gold bracelet. Gross and his rail, which included pros like Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Laak, and Matthew Waxman, settled for a second place finish worth $269,000.

On the proficiency of Radoja and other Canadian poker pros, the newest WSOP bracelet winner commented to the media following his win, “We are tight. Canadian pride is what it is. We feed on each other. We share knowledge with each other. We expand our horizons. We are also very open as a culture. I think you find a lot of tough Canadians out there. We have a solid, fearless style.”

Here’s how the final table cashed out:

1. Mark AceSpadesRadoja – $436,568
2. Jeffrey kidwhowonGross – $269,742
3. Nicolas PokerKaiser Fierro – $198,096
4. Scott Baumstein – $146,639
5. Adam A_Junglen Junglen – $109,406
6. Nikita Lebedev – $82,287
7. Todd tbt4653Terry – $62,370
8. Tom KingsofcardsMarchese – $47,636
9. Sean WormNortonGetzwiller – $36,669
10. Daniel Smith – $28,447

Elsewhere in the Rio’s convention center, Brit and top-ranked PocketFives.com member Chris moorman1Moorman (pictured) is second in chips with 22 players remaining in a $2,500 No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event (#26). Moorman, who is quickly closing in on $7.5 million in tracked online poker earnings, has 1.21 million in chips and trails the 1.55 million belonging to Anthony Ruberto.

Moorman’s presence high in the chip counts in a WSOP bracelet event caught the eye of several members of the online poker community. Grayson the_dean22Nichols posted in a Poker Community thread, “Get em Christopher!” Also chiming in was ApesAreFun, who wrote, “Glglglgl m8! Almost $689K for first. TID for Europe!”

You’ll find several familiar names still in the running along with Moorman in Event #26. Here are the chip counts heading into Friday’s restart:

1. Anthony Ruberto – 1,550,000
2. Chris moorman1Moorman – 1,210,000
3. Anthony Lellouche – 844,000
4. Christian Stricker Kohl – 530,000
5. Michael Finstein – 524,000
6. Oleksii Kovalchuk – 509,000
7. Timothy highlandfox Finne – 458,000
8. Dan Irisheyes64 O’Brien – 452,000
9. Tyler brainwash Cornell – 443,000
10. Jesse JMaster130 Cohen – 372,000
11. Jesse James – 372,000
12. Daniel Morgan – 352,000
13. Will Failla – 345,000
14. Rupert RUPERT Elder – 342,000
15. Samuel TheSquid Grafton – 342,000
16. Eric tinga81 Hettinga – 328,000
17. Christian Jeppsson – 315,000
18. Peter Gilmore – 295,000
19. Mazin Khoury – 256,000
20. Davidi legrouzin Kitai – 230,000
21. Ionel Anton – 211,000
22. Benjamin MagicDeal Pollak – 125,000

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