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| Published On Oct 7, 2016 11:24 am CEST  |  Updated on May 2, 2021 11:56 am CEST | By iGaming Team

Zachary Smiley wins WPT Maryland Live! for $356,536

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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

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Chips

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Ryan Belz

4.865.000

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81

Zachary Smiley

1.255.000

21

Mario Silvestri III

2.700.000

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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 against Zamani’s when the board ran out . The players were 6-handed for 72 straight hands, that’s when Hall got all her chips in the middle with and couldn’t hit against Belz’ , she finished 6th for $68,554.

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 was no good against Silvestri’s .

Silvestri’s then didn’t get lucky against Smiley’s on a board of , he finished 3rd for $153,983.

 

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 and Smiley earned his first ever recorded live poker result.

 

The payouts:

Place

Player

Price

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