A total of 1,066 players, mostly Americans, travelled to Choctaw, Oklahoma to participate in the $3,500 World Poker Tour Championship Event. They created a total prizepool of $3,619,070 with $666,758 for the eventual winner. After a long and hefty final table, James Mackey was too strong for his opponents and took home the victory.
The final table of six started with the following line-up:
Seat | Player | Chipcount | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|
1 | James Mackey | 6.315.000 | (53 bb) |
2 | Matthew Smith | 2.330.000 | (19 bb) |
3 | Craig Varnell | 7.495.000 | (62 bb) |
4 | Bastian Fischer | 8.780.000 | (73 bb) |
5 | Benjamin Zamani | 3.300.000 | (28 bb) |
6 | Jack Duong | 3.750.000 | (31 bb) |
After an hour of play, Matthew Smith shoves his last 15 big blinds to the middle with
More than an hour later, Mackey scored a huge double when his pair of kings held against the flushdraw of Duong, who was left with only 2 big blinds. One hand later he lost his remaining chips against Varnell and ended in fifth for $175,122.
Fisher, the chipleader at the beginning of the final table, couldn’t win a hand. Eventually he shoved his ace-eight into Varnell’s Q’s, and after a board of
Zamani started the three-way play as the shortstack, but managed to survive a couple of all-in situations, causing him to make another moneyjump, as Varnell’s ace-seven didn’t improve against Mackey’s 9’s.
In the 134th hand of the tournament, Zamani had all his chips in the middle as a huge underdog. Zamani had shoved with
The payouts:
Place | Player | Price |
---|---|---|
1 | James Mackey | $666.758 |
2 | Benjamin Zamani | $412.234 |
3 | Craig Varnell | $306.346 |
4 | Bastian Fischer | $230.300 |
5 | Jack Duong | $175.122 |
6 | Matthew Smith | $134.720 |
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