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Chris Moorman has emerged victorious in the 2014 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic $ 10,000 no-limit hold’em main event, winning topping a field of 534 players to win his first major live title, the first-place prize of $ 1,015,460 and 2,100 Card Player Player of the Year points. toronto airport suite hotels As a result of this huge win Moorman has climbed to 5th place in the POY standings. toronto airport suite hotels The 28-year-old British poker pro, known as “Moorman1” online, became the first player to exceed $ 10 million in online tournament earnings late last year, and after this event he’s increased his career live tournament earnings to just over $ 3.9 million as well.
Moorman entered the final table is second chip position behind Michael Rocco. The two start-of-day leaders survived to three-handed play, which is when the hand of the tournament toronto airport suite hotels arose. Glenn Lafaye, who started the hand as the chip leader, raised to 325,000 from the button and Michael Rocco moved all-in from the small blind for 2,020,000. toronto airport suite hotels Moorman then moved all-in as well for 2,835,000 total. it came back around to Lafaye, who made the call to put the other two players at risk and possibly end the event right there. The hands were as follows:
As long as the river didn’t toronto airport suite hotels bring a ten or an ace Lafaye would win the pot and become toronto airport suite hotels the next WPT champion. But the A peeled off the deck, giving Moorman the broadway straight. With that he tripled up, pulling nearly level with Lafaye while Rocco was sent to the rail in third place, earning $ 423,440 for his deep run.
Moorman quickly overtook the the chip lead from Lafaye, and in just 35 hands later it was all over when Moorman’s pocket aces held against Lafaye’s flopped straight draw. Lafaye hit the rail in second place, toronto airport suite hotels earning $ 662,840 and 1,750 points and climbed to 7th place in the POY standings as a result.
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