Recent World Poker Tour Championship Winners Announced
April 29, 2008
Various World Poker Tour (WPT) events have been taking place over the last few months building up to the grand final championship WPT event on the 26th April 2008. Holder of 8 WSOP bracelets Erik Seidel, has added yet another title to his belt in that of the Foxwoods Poker Classics, which is one of the WPT events. He took home a total payout of $992,890. Second place went to Robert Richardson.
At the World Poker Tour finals, however, the title went to David Chiu, WSOP bracelet holder. He came into the final as an underdog and went on to deliver a sterling performance beating the winner of the 4 previous years, Danish pro player Gus Hansen, also known as “The Great Dane”. Hansen seemed to have everything in the bag, eliminating all the other players easily in just 75 minutes at the table.
With only 22 hands being played it looked like it was going to be the shortest WPT in history – until the heads up against Chan. With just Chiu and Hansen left at the table, it was a 5 to 1 chip lead against Chiu. Chiu never gave up though and started accumulating bigger pots slowly eating away at Hansen’s chip stack. He eventually walked away with over 3 million dollars for his efforts and the acclaimed title of World Poker Tour Champion.
This year was the first time there was an official Ladies Tournament and the overall winner of the WPT championship title was Nancy Todd Tyner after going heads up against previous WPT winner and highly experienced player, Vanessa Selbst. Tyner said she was excited about the result, especially since she is a fairly new player, and that she was a bit concerned going head up with Selbst, as she is one of the best.
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