Dan Stavila Rides One Outer Straight Flush To Card Player Poker Tour Venetian Main Event Title

The closing desk of the 2025 Card Player Poker Tour Venetian $1,000,000 assured $1,600 no-limit maintain’em major occasion was stuffed with a number of wild palms and loads of rollercoaster runouts, together with a pot that noticed Dan Stavila hit a one-outer to make a straight flush for an early knockout.

Stavila went on to shut out the title, incomes $167,076 because the champion. The Moldovan poker professional was the final participant standing from a area of 588 whole entries within the event. This was the second-largest profession payday for Stavila, trailing solely the $205,520 he was awarded for a runner-up displaying within the 2024 World Poker Tour Montreal major occasion. This victory grew his lifetime earnings to almost $987,000.

The triumph additionally got here with 840 Card Player Player of the Year factors. This was Stavila’s third closing desk of the yr. With 922 whole factors, he now sits simply outdoors the highest 30 within the 2025 POY race standings offered by Global Poker.

This occasion featured three beginning flights. The 588-entry turnout resulted in an overlay of over $160,000 on this $1 million assured event. A complete of 75 gamers made the cash by shifting on to day 2, with loads of notables amongst people who cashed, reminiscent of five-time bracelet winner and three-time WPT champion Anthony Zinno (forty first), bracelet winner Nicholas Pupillo (thirty first), WPT champion James Romero (twenty fifth), bracelet winner and WPT champion Ryan Tosoc (twenty second), three-time bracelet winner Nipun Java (18th), Darren Rabinowitz (fifteenth), bracelet winner Mitchell Halverson (14th), Michael Rossitto (eleventh), and bracelet winner Francis Anderson (eighth).

The closing desk of this event was one a part of a double-header of $1,000,000 assured occasions helped launch Venetian Poker Live from contained in the venue’s new Poker Studio, with manufacturing and distribution by PokerGO. You can watch a replay of the whole closing desk beneath:

The closing day started with six contenders remaining and Stavila atop the chip counts. The first knockout noticed quick stack Paul Lozano Martin get all-in with A7 trailing the AJ of bracelet winner Ryan Laplante. The board got here down J9893 and Lozano Martin was despatched house with $36,561 for his efforts. The Spanish participant now has greater than $920,000 in recorded cashes to his identify.

First Elimination! Lozano Martin All-In Dominated by Ryan Laplante. pic.twitter.com/SDCvBBQmEv

— Venetian Poker Room (@VenetianPoker) February 16, 2025

Another large hand arose shortly after that, with Cody Wiegmann turning a set of eights in opposition to the highest pair of Stavila. Wiegmann’s hefty guess on the tip went uncalled, however he nonetheless took down a large pot to shut the hole between him and the highest of the counts.

Stavila fell out of the lead briefly, however managed to select up back-to-back pots with out showdown holding premium beginning playing cards to maneuver again in entrance. He then scored a knockout in dramatic style, hitting the beforehand talked about one-outer on the river to get rid of two-time bracelet winner Evan Sandberg.

Stavila raised simply to 225,000 from the beneath the gun with A10 and Sandberg defended his large blind with Q3. The flop got here down 876 and Sandberg checked together with his flopped queen-high flush. Stavila guess sufficient to place Sandberg all-in. Sandberg shortly known as off his remaining 5 large blinds. The flip introduced the 8, making Sandberg a 98 p.c favourite to win the hand with one card to come back. The 9 rolled off on the tip, giving Stavila a straight flush and the pot.

Sandberg was eradicated in fifth place, taking house $48,232 after that brutal beat. He now has practically $2 million in recorded earnings after this, his a hundred and fiftieth in-the-money end.

One-Out Straight Flush Knockout for Dan Stavila! pic.twitter.com/sNhxqULO9w

— Venetian Poker Room (@VenetianPoker) February 16, 2025

The large palms stored on coming. Roughly ten minutes after Sandberg was despatched packing, Laplante and Wiegmann bought embroiled in a battle of the blinds. Wiegmann had opened to a bigger sizing with AJ from the small blind. Laplante then three-bet with QQ from the large blind. Wiegmann four-bet shoved and Laplante known as with the overlaying stack. The A6610Okay runout noticed Wiegmann double into the chip lead whereas Laplante was left with just some large blinds.

Laplante bought all-in with Q-J dealing with the pocket eights of Wiegmann. An eight-high flop gave the impression to be the tip, however Laplante caught operating playing cards to make a queen-high straight, nailing a three-outer on the river to get a little bit of respiration room.

Despite that thrilling runout, Laplante was finally the following to fall. He dedicated most of his stack preflop with OkayJ after which bought his remaining chips in with prime pair on a Okay103 flop. Stavila known as the flop shove of lower than a full large blind with A4. The flip was the A to provide Stavila a flush and a lock on the hand. The 9 on the tip narrowed the sector to a few. Laplante earned $64,499 to develop his lifetime earnings to almost $4.1 million.

Stavila remained in entrance after the primary hour of three-handed play, however gave up a little bit of his lead when Wiegmann pulled off a multi-street bluff that concluded with a river shove holding air. Victor Shih managed to cut after getting all-in with A-5 trailing the A-10 of Stavila, however quickly ran 66 into JJ to seek out himself in danger as soon as once more. Stavila’s bigger pair held up by a 53257 board to get rid of Shih in third place ($87,416). This was the biggest rating but for Shih, rising his profession earnings to greater than $535,000.

Heads-up play started with Stavila holding roughly a 2:1 chip benefit over Wiegmann. That lead was narrowed a bit earlier than the fittingly wild closing hand of the event was dealt. Wiegmann limped in for 250,000 whole with 53 from the button and Stavila checked his choice with OkayJ from the large blind. The flop got here down Q42 and Stavila checked. Wiegmann guess 250,000 together with his open-ended straight draw and Stavila known as.

The flip introduced the A to provide Wiegmann the wheel. Stavila checked and Wiegmann guess 700,000 into the pot of 1,250,000 together with his straight. Stavila check-called together with his gutshot and the river introduced the ten, giving him broadway. He checked and Wiegmann fired a large guess of two,400,000 into the pot of two,650,000. Stavila thought it over for some time earlier than shifting all-in. Wiegmann shortly known as and was proven the cooler.

Congratulations to Dan Stavila! Card Player Poker Tour Main Event Champion for $167K! pic.twitter.com/6yI3yWW8D2

— Venetian Poker Room (@VenetianPoker) February 17, 2025

Wiegmann walked away with a career-best payday of $120,054 because the runner-up. He now has greater than $942,000 in whole cashes beneath his belt.

Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:

Winner picture offered by Venetian Poker Room.