Stefan Clemens Wins WSOPC Graton Main Event for $151k and First Tournament Title

Stefan Clemens did not simply set a brand new excessive rating when he took down the World Sequence of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Graton Primary Occasion for $151,543 on Monday. He gained his first reside poker match wherever, and over 80% of his profession cashes in a single occasion.

The California poker participant gained life-changing cash in his house state at Graton On line casino & Resort, one of many prime card rooms in NorCal. He beat a area of 520 runners for the lion’s share of the $787,800 prize pool.

Dream Rating for Clemens

Clemens wasn’t the one massive winner at Graton within the Primary Occasion. 4 gamers cashed for over $50,000, and two for six figures. Abishek Paliwaal was the ultimate desk’s first elimination, ending ninth place for $11,573.

Michael McQuaid was the following elimination in eighth place for $14,911. Tim Boerum would comply with, taking seventh place for $19,607. Rineeth Raghu went out in sixth place for $26,305, and Vishnu Chada ran out of chips shortly after in fifth place, good for $35,990. Noel Rodriguez was the fourth-place finisher for $50,198. Norman Younger earned a pleasant chunk of change — $71,351 — for third place.

Last Desk Outcomes

Clemens would go heads-up in opposition to Jonathan Warta, who hails from close by Santa Rosa, California. The heads-up opponents entered play with a mixed $35,000 in reside match cashes.

Oddly sufficient, Clemens, who had roughly $32,000 in earlier reside match cashes, based on The Hendon Mob, was technically the extra skilled match participant. Neither opponent had ever cashed in a WSOPC occasion, though Clemens has six World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) bracelet occasion cashes.

The extra skilled match participant would go on to win the ring for $151,543. Warta acquired $103,315 as a comfort prize. Warta and Clemens mixed to win $254,858 within the Graton Primary Occasion, about seven occasions their prior mixed cashes.

Each gamers gained life-changing cash and achieved what many longtime grinders by no means have. And Clemens additionally earned himself a chunk of bijou that he can show for the remainder of his life.