One of many largest occasions in poker historical past — the World Poker Tour (WP)T World Championship — concluded Tuesday evening with Eliot Hudon claiming the $4,136,000 first place prize, beating out a large subject of two,960 entrants at Wynn Las Vegas.
The ultimate desk, one of many quickest in World Poker Tour historical past (55 fingers over 2.5 hours), started with a bang when Benny Glaser, who entered with a large chip lead, made an aggressive shove with ace-jack all in from beneath the gun. With 4 of the six gamers sitting on small stacks, the jam was an attention-grabbing play contemplating Hudon, who was behind him, additionally had a big stack, albeit smaller.
The shove made sense in that for Hudon to name given ICM concerns, he’d principally have to get up with aces or kings. Properly, he did get up with kings and fewer than 10 minutes into play, he turned the chip chief by a reasonably huge margin when his opponent did not get any assist from the board.
Glaser, nonetheless, battled again and did not let the tough hand derail his eyes on the prize. He is top-of-the-line within the recreation with over $3.6 million in reside match cashes getting into the WPT World Championship, per Hendon Mob, which incorporates 4 World Sequence of Poker bracelets. However, in the long run as you are about to be taught, a bluff within the unsuitable spot value him a shot to win the match.
WPT World Championship Last Desk Outcomes
| 1 | Eliot Hudon | $4,136,000 |
| 2 | Benny Glaser | $2,830,000 |
| 3 | Jean-Claude Moussa | $2,095,000 |
| 4 | Adam Adler | $1,608,000 |
| 5 | Frank Funaro | $1,301,000 |
| 6 | Colton Blomberg | $1,001,050 |
Benny Glaser started the ultimate desk as chip chief.
Last Desk Motion
Though every participant on the last desk had locked up $1,001,050 no matter Tuesday’s motion. However there was much more on the desk — $3.1 million pay leap enhance risk.
Following Hudon’s early transfer into the chip lead, Colton Blomberg moved his 9 massive blind stack in with ace-high in a 60/40 towards Glaser, who hit a flush and gained the hand, sending Blomberg house in sixth place ($1,001,050).
The remaining 5 gamers might breathe a sigh of aid figuring out they moved up the pay jumps. A couple of fingers later and Hudon picked up kings but once more, after which used them to bust Frank Funaro, who was holding ace-ten, in fifth place ($1,301,000).
Frank Funaro, fifth place finisher.
Motion was transferring rapidly proper off the bat however then the small stacks began battling again a bit. It wasn’t for one more hour earlier than Hudon clipped Adam Adler in fourth place ($1,608,000), when a flush draw did not come by way of.
Shortly after, Jean-Claude Moussa misplaced a 60/40 to, you guessed it, Hudon, and was out in third place ($2,095,000). That arrange a heads-up match for a World Poker Tour title and tens of millions of {dollars}.
Glaser was in a deep gap initially of the match — 3-1 drawback — and he would by no means have a possibility to chip into the lead. The truth is, he was out simply minutes after heads-up play started.
Benny Glaser (left) and Eliot Hudon (proper).
The run of unhealthy luck started when he flopped a pair of aces with a superior kicker however ended up chopping the pot. Moments later, he picked the unsuitable time to try an enormous and gutsy bluff.
With on the button, Hudon known as and Glaser checked his . The flop got here out and motion checked to the button, who guess out 2,000,000 (dimension of the large blind), and he acquired a name.
When the appeared on the flip, the large blind once more checked and confronted a guess of 8,000,000 this time. Glaser, who picked up a gutter ball, went for the check-raise to twenty-eight,000,000, which did not scare his opponent away.
The river gave Hudon a straight, however Glaser jammed all in for his final 59,000,000. Hudon practically beat him into the pot, made the decision, and completed off the match at Wynn Las Vegas with a $4.1 million rating. Glaser acquired $2.8 million as a comfort prize.
Hudon, who lives in Quebec, Canada, had simply $200,000 in reside match cashes earlier than this occasion. He is now a multi-millionaire and a member of the distinguished WPT Champions Membership.
The $10,400 purchase in match started on Dec. 12 and was a rousing success. What began with a $15 million assured prize pool, the biggest in poker historical past, completed with simply over $29 million within the pot. With that, the twentieth season of the World Poker Tour involves an finish with its largest occasion ever.
Canada’s Eliot Hudon celebrates the win with associates.
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