Brazil’s Gregory De Faria Wins WPT Prime Voyage Championship After Marathon Heads-Up Match

You can also find out more about the following: Prime Voyage Championship, WPT, $1,100 Buy-in and $500K GTD The three starting flights attracted 968 runners, while 122 returned on Thursday. They were already in the money competing for a share of a $968,000 prize pool, and after a long day of play, it was Brazil’s Gregory De Faria The winner of the tournament took home a first-place award worth $155,400, as well as a seat for the finals, valued at $10,400. WPT World Championships at Wynn Las Vegas.

Before the win, De Faria had just $14,062 in lifetime tournament earnings according to The Hendon Mob with a prior career-best of just $3,930 for finishing 22nd in the 2022 Kings Series of Poker Special (KSOP) in Baleário Camboriú.

The WPT Voyage Prime Championship results are now available.

The tournament was open to all participants. Darren Rabinowitz (10th – $14,600), Maria Scardaville (13th – $10,700), Brian Green (17th – $9,100), Jesse Sylvia (19th – $9,100), Nancy Birnbaum (24th – $6,400), Larry Ormson (42nd – $4,500), Calvin Anderson (55th – $3,800), Josh Reichard (58th – $3,200), Princess Love The 61st place is $3,200. Ethan Yau (71st – $2,700).

As per Get the latest WPT updates., Princess Love fell in Level 20 (10,000/20,000/20,000) after Oliver Jarny Raised to 50,000 in the hijack using pocket tens, and called after Princess Love jammed her three-bet of 100,000 on queen-jack with suited. It was a race but Jarny’s pocket pair held strong to put an end to Love’s run.

Similarly, Birnbaum busted in Level 24 (25,000/50,000/50,000) in a race situation after getting it all in with ace-queen of spades and failing to get there against the pocket jacks of Brian Monigold.

Elimination of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Ryan Riess In ninth place, $14.600 was the amount that established a final table of 8. Nico Betbese De Faria is the clear leader in this category, with a good margin.

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Final Table Action

In Hand No. 12 of the Final Table, Lukas Zaskodny The Ace-Queen of lost the flip when playing pocket jacks. Brandon Takao Taking him out as the first casualty. Then, on hand #17. Gustavo Carmona De Faria, who had called off with a queen high straight on the river after the call-off was made, then tabled a straight king high.

Fan Favorite Allison Hollander, who many players know for her work at bestbet Jacksonville, took her leave in Level 30 (100,000/200,000/200,000) on Hand #28 when she got her short stack all in with king-queen and was up against Takao’s ace-seven suited. Hollander was unable to reach the top and settled for sixth, earning $31,000.

Monigold was the first to be eliminated. It happened on Hand #68, when he got his entire stack in play with two sevens red and lost by a flip. Trent Hopper’s ace-queen suited. In the very next hand, Takao followed him out the door in fourth place losing ace-deuce to Hopper’s pocket queens, and just four hands later Betbese bowed out in third his king-jack being pipped by the ace-jack of De Faria.

De Faria was a slight chip leader heading into heads-up, and they battled for 50+ hands. On Hand #131, which took place in Level 34 (250,000/500,000/500,000), De Faria had opened up a lead and moved all in with queen-nine of hearts and Hopper called off with king-six offsuit. Hopper finished as the runner-up and De Faria took home $155,400 and his title.

While tournament play at the WPT Voyage has ended, Friday will see sailors enjoy a day at Bimini in The Bahamas where a player party will take place at Virgin Voyages’ private beach club. Players will be able to play one final night of cash game on the Valiant Lady before they return to Miami to disembark Saturday morning.

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