A total of 554 players paid $3,500 to enter the World Poker Tour Maryland Live! event, creating a pricepool of $1,772,800. In the end, it was medical school dropout Zachary Smiley who came out the strongest. He beat Ryan Belz heads-up to win the trophy and $356,536 (this price includes a $15,000 seat for the WPT Tournament of Champions).
The chipcounts were as follows at the beginning of the final table:
Player 5BTC or 111% + 111 Free Spins! New players only. Exclusive 111% Welcome Bonus + 111 Free Spins | Chips | Big Blinds |
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Ryan Belz | 4.865.000 177% up to 5BTC + 77 Free Spins! New players only. Exclusive Welcome Bonus of 177% + 77 Free Spins | 81 |
Zachary Smiley | 1.255.000 | 21 |
Mario Silvestri III | 2.700.000 5BTC or 111% + 111 Free Spins! New players only. Exclusive 111% Welcome Bonus + 111 Free Spins | 45 |
Darren Elias | 4.515.000 | 75 |
Ben Zamani | 2.075.000 | 35 |
Cate Hall | 1.235.000 | 21 |
Smiley, who started the last table with one of the 2 shortstacks, managed to double up on the river with
Ten hands later, a huge 3-way all-in occured where Belz got unlucky. His queens were in perfect shape to knock Smiley (ace-ten) and Zamani (pocket 8’s) out, but Smiley managed to spike an ace to survive, while Zamani finished in 5th place for $85,429.
Darren Elias, who already holds 2 WPT-titles, couldn’t secure his third victory as he finished in 4th for $113,905 when his
Silvestri’s
Smiley started heads-up play with a 2:1 chipadvantage, and within 30 hands all Belz’ chips were in the middle with ace-queen, flipping against the pocket 5’s of Smiley. The board ran out
The payouts:
Place | Player | Price |
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1 | Zachary Smiley | $356.536 |
2 | Ryan Belz | $239.412 |
3 | Mario Silvestri | $153.983 |
4 | Darren Elias | $113.905 |
5 | Benjamin Zamani | $85.429 |
6 | Cate Hall | $68.554 |