Sands and Rheem Win WPT Titles, Hilton Wins WSOPC

Jonathan Hilton Wins WSOPC National Championship

When the Southern Comfort 100 Proof National Championship began in New Orleans, there were 127 players, most of whom qualified throughout the World Series of Poker Circuit season and others who bought in for $10K. The prize pool was set at $1.27 million, and the final 16 players were paid.

Among those paid but exiting before the final table were Ashly Butler and Rex Clinkscales, and the final table featured names like Jeremy Ausmus, Joe Tehan, and Brock Parker. But when it played out, it was Jonathan Hilton – a qualifier from the National Leader Board – who won. The final table payouts were as follows:

1^st place: Jonathan Hilton ($355,599)

2^nd place: Max Steinberg ($219,799)

3^rd place: Robert Panitch ($156,743)

4^th place: Brock Parker ($114,008)

5^th place: Tim Bowman ($84,544)

6^th place: Joe Tehan ($63,894)

7^th place: Nicolas Vaca-Rondon ($49,187)

8^th place: Jeremy Ausmus ($38,570)

David Sands Wins WPT Super High Roller

One of the two World Poker Tour Season 11-ending tournaments at the Bellagio in Las Vegas was the $100K buy-in Super High Roller tournament. With reentries allowed, the event ended up with 21 entries and a $2,047,000 prize pool. Only the top three were to be paid, though, which happened on Day 3.

The last six players in the tournament started the filmed-for-television final table, but Andrew Robl exited in sixth place and Steven Silverman took fifth. On the money bubble, Jim Courtney was eliminated by Daniel Perper in fourth place. The rest of the final table played out with these results:

1^st place: David Sands ($1,023,750)

2^nd place: Joseph Cheong ($614,250)

3^rd place: Daniel Perper ($409,500)

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Chino Rheem Wins WPT World Championship

The last tournament of the World Poker Tour‘s 11^th season wrapped at the Bellagio in Las Vegas on May 25. The WPT World Championship was a $25,500 buy-in tournament with reentries, and there were 146 total entries to create a $3,540,500 prize pool. The top 15 players were paid, including players like Dan Shak, Amir Babakhani, and Daniel Negreanu.

The final table started with Chino Rheem in the chip lead and Erick Lindgren in second place, and they were the final two players in action late into the night. It was a 259-hand final table, and in the end, Rheem emerged as the champion. The payouts were as follows:

1^st place: Chino Rheem ($1,150,297)

2^nd place: Erick Lindgren ($650,275)

3^rd place: Jonathan Roy ($421,800)

4^th place: Matt Hyman ($289,988)

5^th place: Brandon Steven ($223,203)

6^th place: David Peters ($173,993)