Josh Reichard, a 15-time World Sequence of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) ring winner, picked up the most important win of his profession — the World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Laborious Rock Poker Showdown — for $839,300. He defeated Landon Tice heads up for the title late Wednesday evening at a marathon remaining desk.
The event started on the Seminole Laborious Rock Resort & On line casino in Hollywood, Florida in April. Motion paused for over a month as soon as the ultimate desk had been reached, and the remaining six gamers took a break earlier than touring to Las Vegas — extra particularly the HyperX Enviornment at Luxor — to play it all the way down to a winner.
And this was probably the most stacked remaining tables in latest WPT historical past, with among the prime younger weapons within the sport competing to affix the WPT Champions Membership, and likewise win a ton of cash.
Remaining Desk Recap
All six gamers on the remaining desk have been paid $176,000, the worth of sixth place, upon leaving Laborious Rock in April. However they have been all hoping so as to add on to that quantity considerably.
For Aaron Kupin, the one participant to bust inside the first 4 hours of the marathon session, there can be no pay leap. He was eradicated in sixth place for $176,000 about an hour into play. It took greater than three hours earlier than Dylan Smith (fifth place for $230,000) suffered a foul beat to Reichard, who grew to become an enormous chip chief with greater than half the chips in play four-handed.
Seminole Laborious Rock Poker Open Remaining Desk Outcomes
Jesse Lonis, who had over $8 million in stay event cashes coming into play Wednesday, was all the way down to round 10 large blinds. He’d make an enormous comeback, thanks largely to a three-way all in with ace-king towards Reichard and Alex Queen, each holding ace-queen. The very best hand-held up and Queen, who wanted however did not get a queen to remain alive, was out in fourth place for $305,000.
However Lonis, who had practically caught Reichard in chips initially of three-handed play, would run king-queen towards Tice’s pocket aces, and the motion ended up all in preflop. The board was of no assist to Lonis, and rapidly the match was aggressive between the ultimate three gamers.
Tice would quickly take over the lead, which impressed a loud “Go Josh Go” chant from the pro-Reichard crowd on the HyperX Enviornment.
Lonis went all in for round 15 large blinds with a weaker ace than Reichard held, and was eradicated in third place for $410,000. That started heads up play with Reichard again out in entrance, however solely by a small margin.
Early in heads up play, Reichard grinded away at Tice’s stack. He’d shortly construct a large lead that Tice could not overcome. On the ultimate hand, on a board of 7♦5♠4♦J♣4♥, Reichard put his opponent all in with Ok♥Ok♣, and Tice, down about 6-1 in chips coming into the hand, known as with 7♥6♣. The runner up took house $550,000, the most important rating of Tice’s younger profession.
For Reichard, who has 15 Circuit rings and is a member of the Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Corridor of Fame, he is now over $4 million in lifetime cashes, in accordance with The Hendon Mob.
Reichard had one of many loudest rails in World Poker Tour remaining desk historical past. The rail was enthusiastic from begin to end at a remaining desk that took over 9 hours to finish.
“It is unbelievable, this many individuals care and love me and need to see me do properly,” the champion mentioned of his huge rail.
The most recent member of the WPT Champions Membership, a Wisconsin native, mentioned he wasn’t shocked the ultimate desk lasted so lengthy given the expertise on the desk and the big variety of blinds in play initially.
*Photos courtesy of the World Poker Tour/Enrique Malfavon.
