Soheb “MyCousinVinny5” Porbandarwala Wins WPT Online Poker Open ($239,820)
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Earlier this week, the WPT Online Poker Open powered by partypoker US Network wrapped up its series, which included a $3,500 Main Event open to players in New Jersey across any of three platforms – partypoker US, Borgata Poker and BetMGM Poker.
The tournament attracted 395 entrants and offered up a $1,264,000 prize pool. The top 64 players got paid including Galen “isabellahiri” Hall (12th - $17,486), Alex “JinYang” Butcher (15th - $13,115), Anthony “Flawlessbinkage” Maio (17th - $9,386), Jake “FerociousPanda” Toole (20th - $9,386), Anthony “supremetny” Chin (25th - $7,182), and Vinny “brownmagic” Pahuja (26th - $7,182).
In the end, it was Soheb “MyCousinVinny5” Porbandarwala besting Balakrishna “pbkreddy” Patur in heads-up play to win the tournament for $239,820, which includes a $15,000 seat into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions presented by Baccarat Crystal. In addition, he also earned a WPT Champions Trophy, a Hublot Big Bang E Titanium watch (valued at $5,200), and a set of Baccarat Crystal Beluga Highball Glasses.
WPT Online Poker Open Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soheb “MyCousinVinny5” Porbandarwala | $239,820 |
| 2 | Balakrishna “pbkreddy” Patur | $164,868 |
| 3 | Matt “BoozeHound” Iles | $127,398 |
| 4 | “anomalous” | $95,948 |
| 5 | Obli “PokerKarma” Prabu | $75,565 |
| 6 | Alex “luckyman10” Farin | $56,830 |
| 7 | Tim “timkuder” Kuder | $41,217 |
| 8 | Daniel “leinad” Buzgon | $28,727 |
| 9 | Andrew “pokasmoka7” Benedict | $22,170 |
Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier Wins Side Event Title
On Tuesday night, the WPT Online Poker Open $30K GTD 8-Max NLH came to an end after four hours of action and it was Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier running his way to the finish line for the first-place prize of $12,812.50.
The event saw 16 players start the tournament with that number steadily increased throughout the tournament as Sherrier outlasted a field of 82 entries at $535 apiece. The players quickly dwindled and registration ended three levels early as the 82 total entries generated a prize pool of $41,000 which set to pay the top 12 players.
Eliminations continued like wild fire as "jerseyman99", Frank "FrankyFunk Funaro", Ryan “TheSims” Hohner, and Christopher "Chalmisi6" Hill all took a piece of the pie but fell short of making the final table.
$30K GTD 8-Max Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian “TopCreature” Sherrier | $12,812.50 |
| 2 | Jaime "mooseman1710" Reyes | $7,175 |
| 3 | Mike “MistaMenza” Menzer | $5,227.50 |
| 4 | Alex “JinYang” Butcher | $3,895 |
| 5 | Ryan "Whosyourdoddy" Dodd | $3,013.50 |
| 6 | "KevinDurant" | $2,275.50 |
| 7 | Michael "Gags30" Gagliano | $1,701.50 |
| 8 | Kevin “sofcknsick” Campbell | $1,332.50 |
"KevinDurant" Wins WPT Online Poker Open $20K GTD
Monday night's WPT Online Poker Open on the partypoker US Network featured a $215 buy-in, $20K GTD that exceeded its guaranteed prize pool by over 40% as 141 entries generated a total of $28,200 up for grabs. "KevinDurant" won the lion's share, besting the field en route to the top prize of $6,485 after just under seven full hours of play.
"KevinDurant" did not claim victory with ease, losing an early pot in the heads-up match to eventual runner-up Derek "pompii" Sudell that left them with less than one-eighth of the chips in play. A couple of doubles brought them back into contention before back-and-forth play occurred that left them a chip lead they would never relinquish.
$20K GTD NLH Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "KevinDurant" | $6,485 |
| 2 | Derek "pompii" Sudell | $4,512 |
| 3 | John "Slapshot1085" Forlenza | $3,243 |
| 4 | "dadadada" | $2,481 |
| 5 | Anthony "supremetny" Chin | $1,917 |
| 6 | "RobertJordan" | $1,424 |
| 7 | "ndirish50" | $1,128 |
| 8 | "Edsebo" | $846 |
"Rtrin777" Wins Phased Finale
Early Thursday morning, the World Poker Tour Online Poker Open powered by partypoker US Network wrapped up its series with the conclusion of the $215 buy-in Phased $40K GTD, a tournament that drew 278 entries and offered up a $57,084 prize pool.
The tournament started with 96 registered players, though that number steadily grew until the 278 total entries became official.
After registration closed the virtual bodies fell at a rapid pace and after a few short levels, "Samanthawins" was eliminated on the bubble, leaving the remaining players in the money.
From there, players started dropping by the wayside as Katie"KatieStone" Stone (40th place - $323.09), Jaime "mooseman1710" Reyes (31st Place - $365.33), Michael "ParxBigStax" Marder (23rd Place - $450.96), Eric “alwaysliquid” Vanauken (18th Place - $570.84), and Ted "roystalin" Ely (10th Place - $1,027.51) all got a piece of the pie but fell short of the making final table.
The heads-up battle saw "KrookedTyrant" hold a 2:1 chip advantage but their aggression turned against them as they doubled-up "Rtrin777" within the first few hands and they couldn't gain any momentum from that point as they had to settle for second place.
Phased Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Rtrin777" | $10,511.68 |
| 2 | "KrookedTyrant" | $7,877.59 |
| 3 | "KingofNJ" | $5,965.27 |
| 4 | "pokerman1" | $4,452.55 |
| 5 | "beast801" | $3,539.20 |
| 6 | Alex "Hashtag_Hashtag" Rocha | $2,740.03 |
| 7 | "onoreally" | $1,997.94 |
| 8 | Tony "Bond18" Dunst | $1,427.10 |
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