9 months after profitable his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit ring at a cease in Calgary, Canada’s Kevin Li is now additionally a WSOP bracelet winner after taking down the Match of Champions for $200,000.
The WSOP Match of Champions, which befell at Commerce On line casino in Southern California, was a freeroll occasion eligible for all bracelet and Circuit ring winners from the 2024 WSOP season.
Everybody on the ultimate desk was, by definition, completed on the WSOP facet of issues. However two gamers on the ultimate desk additionally occurred to be World Poker Tour (WPT) champions. Dan Sepiol gained the 2023 WPT World Championship for $5.2 million, whereas reigning champion Scott Stewart took down last year’s event for $2.5 million.
WSOP Match of Champions Ultimate Desk Outcomes
| Place | Participant | Nation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Li | Canada | $200,000 |
| 2 | Shawn Rice | United States | $140,000 |
| 3 | Don Ciaglo | United States | $100,000 |
| 4 | Dan Sepiol | United States | $70,000 |
| 5 | Karapet Galstyan | United States | $50,000 |
| 6 | Maxwell Younger | United States | $37,000 |
| 7 | Yang Xu | United States | $28,000 |
| 8 | Kevin Lemmer | United States | $21,000 |
| 9 | Scott Stewart | United States | $16,100 |
Sepiol Fares Better of WPT World Champions
The ultimate desk motion, which was live-streamed by Bally Reside Poker, kicked off with Harveys Lake Tahoe Circuit ring winner Don Ciaglo in entrance of huge stacks Dan Sepiol and Yang Xu, whereas Kevin Lemmer and eventual champion Kevin Li have been each towards the underside of the pack.
Scott Stewart was the primary to go and the reigning WPT champ did so in brutal vogue. Stewart flipped with pocket queens in opposition to ace-king and was teased with a turned set earlier than his opponent rivered Broadway.
Subsequent out was Lemmer, who ran queen-eight into pocket jacks and could not enhance regardless of flopping a straight draw. The ultimate desk dwindled farther from there with the eliminations of Yang Xu and nine-time Circuit ring winner Maxwell Younger.
Sepiol, who certified by profitable the 2024 WSOP $1,500 Shootout, bowed out in fourth place as his ace-ten was pipped by Li’s ace-jack, whereas start-of-day chip chief Ciaglo was subsequent out as he ran a weak ace into rockets.
Li entered heads-up play with a small chip lead over Rice and the 2 battled for greater than an hour earlier than Li’s king-queen pipped Rice’s king-four and Li pale a chop as he secured the victory.
The $200,000 rating is a career-best for Li, who had lower than $50,000 in Hendon Mob earnings forward of the occasion and who gained his maiden Circuit ring in a Blended No-Restrict Maintain’em/Pot-Restrict Omaha occasion at WSOPC Calgary in August 2024.
The Match of Champions is a part of the bigger WSOP Circuit Commerce cease that culminates with the presently underway $1,700 Essential Occasion.
Try the total ultimate desk stream on YouTube.
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Editor & Reside Reporter U.S.
