īeginning this season, all televised final tables will be delayed and played at the Esports Arena at the Luxor in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Want to stay atop all the latest in the poker world? If so, make sure to get PokerNews updates on your social media outlets.Below are the results for season 17 (XVII) of the World Poker Tour (2018-19). *Lead photo courtesy of Joe Giron and the WPT. Veerab Zakarian was the last man standing out of 1,290 players in the 3,500 buy-in event. PokerNews will bring you a recap of that event upon the completion of play. At long last, 16 months after it began, the World Poker Tour’s Borgata Winter Poker Open has concluded.

The WPT Borgata Poker Open may be over, but the next stop is already underway as the WPT Maryland Live Main Event is taking place now through September 29. Gilbert, a 27-year-old poker pro from Bensalem, Pennsylvania, earned $434,598 for his runner-up finish, while Paredes etched his etched his name on the WPT Champions Cup for the first time. It was a bad spot for Gilbert, and he failed to get lucky as the board ran out. Season 11 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open/Season 9 WPT Borgata Poker Open 1,042 entrants (tie) Day 2 of the WPT Winter Poker Open is currently in progress and the televised final table will take place on Friday, January 31, where the final six players will compete for the title and 842,379 in first-place prize money. Tournament Info Live Updates Chip Counts Live Stream Payouts Photos Completed event. Gilbert woke up with an all-in check-raise to 11.05 million, and Paredes made a quick call. In what would ultimately be the final hand of the tournament (Hand #198), Gilbert limped for 400,000 only to have Paredes raise to 1.2 million. Heads-up play began with Paredes holding a nearly 2:1 chip lead over Gilbert, and it took just 18 hands for him to clinch victory. The board failed to help Kuether, and he earned $262,994 for his third-place finish. Paredes, who once again woke up with aces, snap-called and had Kuether's in bad shape. It happened when Paredes raised to 850,000 from the button and Joe Kuether, the most accomplished player at the final table, moved all in from the small blind for 9.5 million.

It took another 90 hands for the next player to fall, which finally happened in Level 35 (200,000/400,000/50,000). Payne, a poker pro from Dayton, Ohio, took home $180,808 for his fifth-place finish.Īfter the blinds went up, 35-year-old Maurice Hawkins, who had more than $1.5 million in tournament earning prior to his run, took his leave in fourth place, the result of running pocket tens into the aces of Paredes. Payne tabled the, and watched helplessly as the fishhooks held after board ran out. On Hand #72, with the blinds at 60,000/120,000/20,000, Jerry Payne moved all in for 1.71 million from the button and Gilbert called from the big blind holding the.