The World Poker Tour (WPT) touched down in Texas this month for the $1,100 buy-in WPT Prime Lodge Championship. The $1 million assured occasion at The Lodge Poker Membership & Lodge Card Membership in Austin drew 1,648 runners throughout six beginning flights earlier than enjoying to a winner on Day 3 on Monday.
There have been seasoned grinders on the last desk, together with Esther Taylor, who earlier this yr completed third within the WSOP $50,000 Poker Gamers Championship, but it surely was the younger Harvey Castro who emerged victorious to win two trophies and $225,020.
The WPT Prime cease at The Lodge had loads of highlights, together with within the Wildcard Thriller Bounty Chaos occasion, the place an enormous stack was pressured to swap chips with the shortest stack within the event.
WPT Prime Lodge Championship Ultimate Desk Outcomes
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There have been 17 gamers who returned for the Day 3 motion, which was livestreamed on the WPT YouTube channel.
The Tenth-place elimination of Javier Zarco arrange the ultimate desk, which noticed Castro in pole place forward of huge stacks Taylor and Nicholas Scott. Rafael Reis entered because the quick stack however was in a position to ladder up a number of pay jumps to sixth place after the eliminations of Martin Torres, Hai Pham and David Sollee, who bowed out in eighth place when his queens have been cracked by Taylor’s set of threes.
Taylor’s run resulted in fourth place for $79,000 earlier than the third-place elimination of Steve Hwang, who earlier was on the successful finish of a three-way all in as his jacks cracked the kings of Joshua Stewart.
Nonetheless, it was Stewart who made it to heads-up play earlier than bowing out in second place as his jack-ten could not outperform Castro’s pocket nines regardless of flopping a straight draw. The runout improved Castro to a full home and he secured the victory in fashion.
At 23 years outdated, Castro now has a second-best profession rating after successful the 2023 WSOP Circuit Choctaw Essential Occasion for $275,660. Earlier this yr, he completed runner-up within the WPT Rolling Thunder Essential Occasion for $193,600.
Along with the six-figure prize, Castro gained a seat into the $10,400 WPT World Championship in Las Vegas.
Different gamers who cashed the WPT Prime Lodge Championship embody DJ MacKinnon (twenty second – $11,300), Angelina Wealthy (thirty seventh – $8,200), content material creator Nikki Limo (184th – $1,940) and PokerNews Podcast visitor host Hayley Hanna (92nd – $2,920).
Watch the ultimate desk motion for your self on YouTube.
*Pictures courtesy WPT
Connor Richards
Senior Editor U.S.
