WPT Championship crowns a winner. And that Annie Duke Heads-Up cluster gets another chance at UB.com. Read up on all things poker in today’s PTP Hit and Run.
Want some validation that you are a really good poker player? Win the $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship. David Williams outlasted a hugely talented field and a stacked final table to win the $1.5 million top prize. Here are the payouts from the final table:
1st Place: David Williams – $1,530,537
2nd Place: Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin – $1,034,715
3rd Place: Shawn Buchanan – $587,906
4th Place: David Benyamine – $329,228
5th Place: Billy Baxter – $246,921
6th Place: John O’Shea – $199,888
Read more about Williams’ win here. The former World Series of Poker main event runner-up adds a WPT title to his WSOP bracelet. Video interview with him here.
The European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo is under way. You can get updates at PokerStars’ blog. Daniel Negreanu is there, and he blogged a bit about how the online cash game and live tournament worlds are messing with his head. Here’s the scene from day 1:
And another scene-setter from Monte Carlo:
And here’s a video blog from Barry Greenstein, who is off to a slow start, apparently:
Have an hour to spend with Full Tilt’s Howard Lederer? Long-form interview here, courtesy of pokertube.com.
So they are giving that Annie Duke Heads-Up Challenge thingy another try over at UB.com, apparently. Story here — the first time they tried this, the tournament was full of bugs and was a huge disaster. Players were getting too many or not enough chips as they advanced. The tournament is already under way, so I guess we’ll know soon how it’s going.
FTOPS XVI continued into day two, with three more gold jerseys given away. Among the winners was “apestyles” who got his first FTOPS title. And a jersey was handed out in the first-ever Rush Poker FTOPS event. Get the lowdown here.
Did you know you can earn free CardRunners memberships by playing on Full Tilt? Get CardRunners free of charge from PTP.
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