Abraham Araya made his way from Texas to the Choctaw Durant WSOPC event and had a very profitable time. Araya added the main event title this time to his two previous wins during last October’s competition in Durant.
Taking down the $1,600 buy-in, main event earned Araya $270,380, which could be added to his $83,659 he pocketed at the $1,500 buy-in, TJ Coultier Poker Challenge, along with $3,418 the day before in the $200 buy-in contest.
This time along with his winnings, Araya also collected a seat at the National Championship after he came through against Daniel Lowery in the face off. The competition as a whole proved to be a great success with 978 poker players ponying up for the event, a 21% increase on last years 808 who registered for the tournament. That time it was Huy Nguyen who took the title and winnings.
There was a lot of stiff play to eliminate the field and by the start of the final, third day there were still 30 contenders with chips in front of them. These were rapidly halved in the first three levels of play and after five levels of play the final table had been agreed.
The final heads up against Lowery, when it came, was a relatively quick affair, seeing Araya clean up within the hour. Araya kicked off holding pocket fives, against Lowery’s A,8 and with the flop showing 9,9,4 Araya was feeling confident in his two pair. The turn produced a jack and the river’s queen didn’t improve Lowery’s hand any, giving the spoils to Araya.
The final table read:
1. Abraham Araya $270,380
2. Daniel Lowery $167,230
3. Michael Sanders $123,430
4. Jack Miller $92,352
5. Mark Burford $69,968
6. Derek Browning $53,675
7. Will Nguyen $41,679
8. Justin Gardenhire $32,771
9. Dejuante Alexander $26,069
10. Drew Dumanski $20,989
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John
- hailing from Watford, UK John became hooked on the game of poker ever since his uncle taught him the rules of 7-card stud during a home game at the young age of 15. He caught the online bug three short years later after turning 18 and began regularly playing Texas Hold'em SNGs.
