After three preliminary flights and 6 days of competitors, the $10,400 World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship has come to an finish. Eliot Hudon, a poker participant out of Canada, topped a area of two,960 entries to pocket $4,146,400 because the winner.
Canadian poker professional Eliot Hudon poses along with his winnings. He took down the WPT World Championship, successful $4.1 million following a report turnout. (Picture: PokerNews)
The final six gamers gathered at Wynn on Tuesday to find out who would emerge victorious. Benny Glaser got here in because the chip chief forward of Hudon, giving him a bonus because the motion acquired underway.
The event was one of many largest on report, and the ultimate desk will go down within the report books as nicely. It solely took two and a half hours to play 55 fingers earlier than Hudon collected the event’s remaining pot and added his identify to the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup.
Nonetheless Reeling
Earlier than his monumental win, Hudon had racked up solely round $211K in reside tournaments, in response to Hendon Mob. Of that, $113,800 got here from a single money within the WSOP Fundamental Occasion in November of final 12 months.
Due to the turnout for the occasion, the WPT World Championship’s preliminary assure of $15 million reached simply over $29 million. As the ultimate six settled in for the final run, all of them knew massive paydays have been ready.
That led to a flurry of exercise with two of the chip leaders – Glaser and Hudon – moving into it early. Glaser went all-in preflop with A-J, with Hudon simply calling along with his Okay-Okay.
The board didn’t present Glaser with any assist, and Hudon raced into the lead. From there, the 2 started wiping out the remainder of the desk on their manner towards an eventual showdown.
Alongside the way in which, Colton Blomberg, Frank Funaro, and Adam Adler all hit the rail, every taking residence at the least $1 million. That left Jean-Claude Moussa battling Glaser and Hudon.
Due to his earlier dangerous luck in opposition to Hudon, Glaser wasn’t in a fantastic place. His stack was dwindling, however he wasn’t going to surrender. He bounced again when his pocket queens held up in opposition to Moussa’s A-2. Hudon then delivered the dying blow to the Massachusetts poker professional.
In his remaining hand, Moussa moved all-in with A-3 off-suit and acquired referred to as by Hudon, who held 5-6. When the flop got here 4-3-2, Hudon held the successful straight. Moussa was relegated to a third-place end for barely greater than $2 million.
The Last Blow
Hudon had clear management as he and Glaser started their heads-up battle. Nevertheless, Glaser fought again and constructed up his stack till the ultimate hand. Simply when he thought he was gaining floor, every thing fell aside.
Hudon entered what would change into the ultimate hand by limping in with 7-4. Glaser checked holding Q-J whereas within the huge blind, and the flop got here out 8-6-2. Glaser held two over playing cards, whereas Hudon was taking a look at a potential straight if he may decide up a 5.
Glaser checked and Hudon utilized some stress with a small wager. A 9 on the flip gave Glaser a gut-shot straight draw of his personal, so there was no manner he was going to exit.
The four-time WSOP winner checked once more and Hudon got here out with a large wager. Glaser then check-raised him to over 3 times his wager. It will be a deadly transfer. Hudon referred to as, and the river introduced the one card Hudon wanted – a 5.
With no different strategy to win until his queen was really good, Glaser determined to bluff his manner by means of the pot. He moved all in, not realizing that his opponent had the hand locked along with his straight. Hudon didn’t waste any time calling, and the sport was over.
It wasn’t a nasty day for Glaser, regardless of not taking the win. He picked up $2.8 million, which provides to the $73,496 he pocketed for a second-place end within the $3,000 8-Sport Combine occasion just a few days earlier. Thus far, the UK poker professional has amassed over $6.4 million in reside earnings since his first money in 2013.
