Soheb Porbandarwala Wins WPT Online Poker Open For $239,820

A complete of 395 entries had been made within the 2020 $3,500 buy-in World Poker Tour Online Poker Open Main Event which ran from December 27–29 on the partypoker US Network. The robust turnout noticed the $1,000,000 assure surpassed by greater than 1 / 4 of one million {dollars}, with $1,264,000 in whole prize cash in the end paid out among the many prime 64 finishers within the first-ever WPT Main Tour on-line occasion held solely in New Jersey. In the top, the biggest share of that cash was awarded to eventual champion Soheb Porbandarwala, who took house $239,820 and his first WPT title for the win.

Porbandarwala has over $1 million in prior recorded event scores, with 5 World Series of Poker Circuit rings to his identify. The Stamford, Connecticut native started the ultimate day of this event because the chip chief among the many eight remaining gamers, together with his 88.55 million representing 148 huge blinds when play resumed with 300,000-600,000 and a 75,000 ante.

Daniel Buzgon was at his fourth WPT ultimate desk, however got here in with the shortest stack of any of the ultimate eight. He obtained the final of his stack in on a J66 holding QJ. His opponent Alex Farin held AQ, which was behind on the time, however the A on the flip modified every thing. The 6 on the river locked up the pot for Farin and eradicated Buzgon in eighth place ($28,727).

Porbandarwala added to his lead by securing the following two eliminations, sending Tim Kuder (seventh – $41,217) and Alex Farin (sixth – $56,830) to the rail to take greater than a 2:1 lead on the following largest stack on the desk. Obli Prabu was the following participant to fall. Pocket kings had been unable to carry up towards the A-J of Matt Iles and Prabu was despatched house with $75,564 because the fifth-place finisher.

Balakrishna Patur is the chip chief on the delayed WPT L.A. Poker Classic ultimate desk that was set within the spring however has not but performed out as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. He obtained all-in with pocket fours and was in danger when Porbandarwala known as with pocket jacks. Patur spiked a 4 on the flip, although, to make a set and double into the chip lead. Porbandarwala regained the highest spot not lengthy after, although, and prolonged his lead by knockout out ‘anomalous’ in fourth place ($95,948).

The lead was traded but once more when Patur’s OkayQ outran the A3 of Matt Iles to ship the later to the digital rail in third place ($127,398). With that, Patur took 207 million into heads-up play towards Porbandarwala’s 184 million in chips.

The ultimate two gamers battled it out for over two hours. By the time the ultimate hand was dealt, Porbandarwala had constructed roughly a 6:1 chip lead. Patur shoved from the button for for 45.1 million with Okay6 and Porbandarwala known as holding AQ. The board ran out J44107 and Porbandarwala’s ace-high was good to safe the pot and the title. Patur earned $164,868 because the runner-up finisher.

Here is a take a look at the payouts awarded on the ultimate desk:

While that is the primary WPT Main Tour on-line occasion to be held within the US, the tour did maintain a number of international-facing primary tour occasions earlier this yr. The first was the $3,200 buy-in WPT Championship held in May, which drew 2,130 entries to create a $6,390,000 prize pool. Christian Jeppsson took house $923,786 because the champion. The WPT then hosted the huge WPT World Online Championships from July by way of late September, with 5 primary tour primary occasions included on the schedule, together with a $10,300 buy-in that featured a $10,000,000 assure. Phillip Mighall emerged victorious in that occasion, topping a discipline of 1,011 entries to earn $1,550,298.

Winner photograph credit score: Borgata Poker Blog.