Season XIII of the World Poker Tours televised season kicked off last week with the prestigious WPT Legends of Poker. A field of 593 les inscriptions ont généré une cagnotte de $2,172,994. Après presque 37 levels of play, Harry Arutyunyan emerged as the newest member of the WPT Champions Club.
Voici le nombre de jetons au début de la table finale :
Places assises 1. Harry Arutyunyan – 3,670,000 (73 b)
Places assises 2. Taylor McFarland - 2,250,000 (45 b)
Places assises 3. Jeremy Kottler - 1,975,000 (40 b)
Places assises 4. Tyler Kenney - 2,555,000 (51 b)
Places assises 5. Mike Eskandari - 5,975,000 (120 b)
Places assises 6. Tyler Cornell - 2,525,000 (51 b)
At 4:00pm local time, the players took their seats underneath the bright lights of the brand-new Season XIII WPT Final Table set.
The first elimination came 43 hands into the final table, when three-time WPT final tablist Jeremy Kottler departed. With the blinds and antes at 40,000/80,000/10,000, Kottler opened to 160,000 in the cutoff. Mike Eskandari called in the small blind, Tyler Cornell called in the big blind and the flop fell [Ac8c3c]. Eskandari led out 225,000, Cornell folded and Kottler raised to 460,000. Eskandari's call brought the [Jd] turn, and he immediately shoved for effectively 1.055 million. Kottler gave it some thought before he called all in with [KcKh] — a pair of kings with the nut flush draw. Eskandari led with [Ah6c] for a pair of aces. The [Js] river was no help to Kottler, ending his run in 6ème place pour $83,075.
Next up was a double elimination on Hand #66. With the blinds increased to 50,000/100,000 avec 10,000 ante, Cornell shoved in the cutoff for 1 million. Harry Arutyunyan called on the button, Taylor McFarland reraised all in for 1.31 million and Arutyunyan called to put both players at risk.
Cornell : [KhJs]
Arutyunyan: [Ad10c]
McFarland : [QsQc]
The board ran out [Ah9h3c2d2c], giving Arutyunyan a pair of aces to eliminate Cornell in 5ème place pour $103,075 and McFarland in 4th place $145,640.
The remaining three players would battle for 38 hands before Tyler Kenney bowed out. With the blinds at 60,000/120,000 avec 20,000 ante, Kenney raised on the button to 240,000. Eskandari three-bet to 760,000, Kenney four-bet shoved for 3.535 million and Eskandari called quickly with [7d7s]. Kenney trailed with [As2d] and found no help from the [Jh9c5h3d9d] board, ending his run with a 3rd-place finish for $213,600.
Heads-up play began with Eskandari holding a sizable lead against Arutyunyan, but what ensued was a legthy and hard-fought duel with the chip lead changing hands numerous times. Each player doubled up twice through the other, but on the 90th hand of heads-up play, a champion finally emerged.
With the blinds and antes at the 250,000/500,000/50,000 level, Arutyunyan raised to 1.2 million on the button. Eskandari three-bet all in for 7.85 million and Arutyunyan called with [Ah8h], leading Eskandari's [Ad7c]. The board ran out [Jh3c2c10d6d], spelling the end for Eskandari. His runner-up showing earned him $330,110.
Avec une impressionnante célébration verticale, Harry Arutyunyan a ponctué la victoire.
In addition to winning $576,369, qui comprend un $15,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Borgata Casino in Atlantic City, Arutyunyan also wins:
- Monstre 24Casque K
- Hublot King Power Unico Watch
- Bicycle Casino’s Wild Bill Hickok trophy
- WPT Champions Trophy
And, of course, Arutunyan will have his name engraved on the one and only WPT Champions Cup along with all the previous WPT winners from the past 12 saisons.
Voici les résultats du tableau final :
1st: Harry Arutyunyan - $576,369
2nd: Mike Eskandari - $330,110
3rd: Tyler Kenney - $213,600
4th: Taylor McFarland - $145,640
5th: Tyler Cornell - $103,560
6th: Jeremy Kottler - $83,075
Un merci spécial à nos amis de Le Casino du Vélo pour leur hospitalité cette semaine, à nos sponsors pour avoir offert de si merveilleux prix, à Joe Giron for the photos you saw in today's coverage, and to you for following along with the coverage.
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