Niall Farrell emerged victorious from the 15th Season of partypoker’s World Poker Tour Caribbean Main Event. The player managed to outlast a total of 322 other competitors and win his first WPT title, as well as a cash portion of $335,000. Farrell also got a $15,000 seat into the WPT Tournament of Champions as part of the prize.
The WPT Caribbean Main Event gathered a total of 323 entrants who competed for the first place and the winner’s title. Some of the most notable players who took part in the event were Sam Greenwood, Ankush Mandavia, Ari Engel, Manig Loeser and Keven Stammen. Niall Farrell managed to outlast all of them by grabbing the victory, which boosted his all-time live tournament earnings to more than $3.3 million. As mentioned above, he also won a seat at the WPT Tournament of Champions which means poker fans will be able to see him at the Seminole Hard Rock casino in April 2017.
The next stop of the 15th Season of the World Poker Tour is Prague, as well as the Five Diamonds in Las Vegas. The European stop of the tournament will be hosted by the Hotel Grandior in the Czech Republic, where the WPT Prague €3,300 Main Event will take place from December 2nd to December 6th. The WPT Five Diamonds $10,400 Main Event is to kick off on December 5th at Bellagio and will be through on December 10th.
At the time when the WPT Caribbean Main Event was formed, Farrell was far from chip lead. He was fifth in chips, with a minor headstart to Stephen Woodhead. Fortunately for him, he managed to pull himself together and battle his way up to eliminate Woodhead in the sixth position. About fifty hands later, four of the six players who reached the final table of the competition were eliminated, leaving Farrell and Quenneville as the last two standing opponents.
The heads-up battle, however, was too short. It took Niall Farrell only one hand to beat Quenneville, making the final table one of the shortest ones witnessed in a WPT Main Event.
With Niall Farrell occupying the first position in the WPT Caribbean Main Event, Troy Quenneville remained as a runner-up, scooping a $220,000 cash portion of the guaranteed prize pool. Anthony Augustino took the third place in the ranking, winning a total of $140,000.
The fourth position at the Main Event’s final table ranking was occupied by Colin Moffatt, followed by Yiannis Liperis. Stephen Woodhead took the last, sixth position, taking home a prize estimated to $66,000 for his participation in the event.
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Harry Evans
