While a lot of the eye was centered on Nick Marchington’s major occasion win on the North American Poker Tour in Las Vegas, high-stakes professional Sam Soverel was busy including one more trophy to his assortment.
The Florida native took down the $10,000 no-limit maintain’em excessive curler incomes a payout price $385,750. His profession earnings now stand at $24.4 million, which incorporates an astounding 33 event victories.
The three-day event noticed 170 entries come by means of the gates to develop the prize pool to $1,649,000. The high 23 gamers all took house at the least $19,150 in prize cash. Notables that made the cash included David Stamm (tenth), Tyler Hirschfield (twelfth), Alejandro Lococo (14th), Scott Seiver (sixteenth), Jack Hardcastle (18th), Martin Zamani (nineteenth), Lily Kiletto (twentieth), and Daniel Sepiol (twenty second).
Nick Seward managed the early motion on the closing desk by taking out Ryan Hohner in ninth place, and World Poker Tour Champions Club member and WSOP gold bracelet winner Brian Altman in eighth place. Fellow gold-bracelet winner Danny Wong then fell in seventh place earlier than an extended six-handed battle.
Soverel scored his first bustout on the closing desk subsequent by sending Adam Adler packing in sixth. Seward then nabbed his third knockout punch by sending Ukraine’s Valentyn Shabelnyk house in fifth place.
David Coleman then rapidly busted as Soverel scored one other elimination to maintain tempo within the chip standings. Coleman earned $132,450 for his fourth-place end, together with 390 Card Player Player of the Year factors. It’s been a breakout 12 months for the New Jersey native with 5 wins and 22 closing tables. As a end result he at the moment sits in second place within the POY race, behind Spain’s Adrian Mateos.
It was Barry Woods’ quantity that was known as subsequent. He exited in third place to set the heads-up closing between Soverel and Seward. Thanks to back-to-back eliminations, it was Soverel who held a 3:1 benefit in the beginning of the ultimate foray – and regardless that Seward was in a position to double up, Soverel by no means gave again that lead.
The closing hand noticed Soverel limp the button, and Seward checked his choice earlier than the flop fell Ok
10
8. Seward then check-called a guess from Soverel. The flip introduced the 6, and as soon as once more Seward check-called a guess from Soverel.
The river was the A
and Seward checked but once more. Soverel then put out sufficient chips for an all-in confrontation. Seward tanked earlier than calling for his event life with 10
4, however he was behind the Ok9 held by Soverel.
Seward took house $241,100 for the runner-up end. The poker participant from Washington D.C. now holds simply shy of $2 million in profession earnings.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY |
| 1 | Sam Soverel | $385,750 | 780 |
| 2 | Nicholas Seward | $241,100 | 650 |
| 3 | Barry Woods | $172,200 | 520 |
| 4 | David Coleman | $132,450 | 390 |
| 5 | Valentyn Shabelnyk | $101,00 | 325 |
| 6 | Adam Adler | $78,400 | 260 |
| 7 | Danny Wong | $63,700 | 195 |
| 8 | Brian Altman | $53,100 | 130 |
| 9 | Ryan Hohner | $44,250 | 65 |
Photo Credit: Rachel Kay Winter
