Tyler Reiman Wins Mississippi Poker Tournament For $185k

Tyler Reiman has won the 2013 Beau Rivage Million Dollar Heater, after defeating a field of 254 players over five days to lift the title, and collect the $185,510 first place prize.
The 24 year old poker pro from Illinois cashed in at his first live tournament back in 2007, and with his latest win in Mississippi now takes his live career earnings to $2,517,400. It also represents Reiman’s second largest score, his biggest coming in 2010 at the $10k PCA main event, where he finished the runner-up for a huge $1.75 million payday. Tyler “puffinmypurp” Reiman is also a prolific online player and  notably won the PokerStars Sunday Million in 2010 for $228,150.
The $2,500 buy-in tournament at the  Beau Rivage Hotel & Casino in Biloxi managed to attract 254 players to create a prize pool worth $618,375.  By the time the final table had been reached, however, Tyler Reiman was lying in eighth place out of the remaining nine players. Nevertheless, he was able to turn things around and nine hours later emerged triumphant to win a gold bracelet.
Tyler Reiman (A-A) scored his first knock-out against Toan Trinh (9-7), whose short-stack pre-flop push saw him exit in 5th for $37,103. Reiman (A-4) then followed up by outdrawing  Bert Ladner (K-K) on a J-6-7-8-5 board to dispatch him to the rail in 4th ($43,286).
After Lyle Vincent eliminated Tim Hebert in 3rd ($55,564), the heads-up phase of the competition then got underway. Eventually, the defining hand was played after Reiman (K-J) and Vincent (A-4) were all-in on a 9-4-J flop. The turn and river subsequently produced a 10 and 6 to relegate Vincent to a runner-up finish worth $98,940, while Ty Reiman was crowned The Million Dollar Heater main event champion.
The final table payouts were as follows:
1. Ty Reiman – $185,510
2. Lyle Vincent – $98,940
3. Tim Hebert – $55,564
4. Bert Ladner – $43,286
5. Toan Trinh – $37,103
6. Craig Thames – $30,919
7. James Arruebarena – $24,735
8. Cory Pansano – $18,551
9. Jacob Bazeley – $12,368