The WPT World Championship competition at Wynn Las Vegas has seen plenty of expert professionals seize the assorted occasions, together with Darren Elias, a BetMGM ambassador, who took down a $25,000 buy-in Excessive Curler for $631,800.
Elias, one among two four-time World Poker Tour champions in historical past, tied with Brian Altman, captured the enduring Wynn reproduction trophy together with all the cash he gained. He elevated his Hendon Mob cashes to only over $15 million after defeating Neil Warren heads-up for the title,
Elias Will get the Job Accomplished
A few of the finest high-stakes event gamers entered the no-limit maintain’em Excessive Curler, which concluded on Thursday in Las Vegas. Elias needed to outlast about as robust of a last desk as you may see, one which included the likes of PokerStars ambassador Jason Koon, Brock Wilson, Ben Tollerene, and Punnat Punsri, the 2025 GPI Participant of the 12 months chief.
Wilson, a constant prime event performer, busting in ninth place ($63,400) and Koon, arguably the highest participant on this planet, going out in eighth place ($75,650) made issues a bit simpler for Elias. However there have been nonetheless some landmines left to beat.
Closing Desk Outcomes
1Darren Elias$631,800
2Neil Warren$398,275
3Punnat Punsri$277,125
4Connor Rash$203,000
5David Chen$153,000
6Ben Tollerene$116,800
7Dinesh Alt$92,800
8Jason Koon$75,650
9Brock Wilson$63,400
Dinesh Alt went out in seventh place ($92,800), adopted by Tollerene in sixth place ($116,800), David Chen in fifth place ($153,000), Connor Rash in fourth place ($203,000), and Punsri in third place ($277,125).
Warren and Elias would go heads-up for the title, and it ended with the latter profitable a race to shut it out. Warren did not earn the Wynn trophy, however he did gather $398,275.
Elias is closing out a robust 12 months of poker, which included his first World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) bracelet this previous summer season. He had been caught on the “Finest with out a Bracelet” listing for fairly a while, however lastly eliminated his title from the listing.
The WPT World Championship competition will wrap on Sunday, however not earlier than the 2 greatest occasions — WPT World Championship and WPT Prime Championship — play all the way down to winners.
Elias Removes Identify From ‘Finest And not using a Bracelet’ Listing With Maiden Title
*Characteristic picture courtesy of the World Poker Tour/Wynn Las Vegas.
