The partypoker presents: WPT500 at Dusk Till Dawn was completed last night with Richard Harris emerging victorious to win the amount of £150,000 and a seat into the partypoker WPT UK Main Event.
The £550 buy-in event attracted a field of 1,616 entries and featured a guaranteed prize pool of £1 million. The top 160 finishers received a share of the money with payouts starting from £1,000. In addition, the top 50 finishers were granted a seat into the partypoker WPT UK Main Event.
Harris started the nine-handed final table as the chip leader. The soon-to-be-champion held a total of 10 million in chips. He was followed by Yani Yanev with 8.5 million and Nathan Gallighan with 8.3 million.
Alex Goulder, who started the final table as the short stack, was the first to go. The player could not hold up against Florian Duta and was paid £9,000 for his 9th place in the event.
Daniele Carminetti was then eliminated in 8th place to receive the amount of £11,500 of the entire prize pool. Sacha Brookes was the next to go. His 7th place secured him with a payout of £15,000. Ben Winsor took 6th place after he could not stand a chance against Duta. The player collected £20,000 of the prize pool.
Nathan Gallighan was eliminated in 5th place to receive the amount of £26,500. Duta was the next to go. The player was paid £37,500 for his 4th place in the tournament. Chin Chai Koh finished 3rd for £60,000.
Thus, it became clear that Harris and Yanev would face each other heads-up. The match began with Harris holding 37 million chips against his opponent’s stack of 11 million. Heads-up did not last long and Harris managed to retain his chip lead until the very end.
On what turned out to be the last hand in play, Harris moved all in after a flop of [9c][7s][10s]. Yanev called holding [6c][7d] against Harris’ [Js][Jh]. The [4d] came on the turn and the [Jd] appeared on the river, securing Harris with the title and the first-place prize. As for Yanev, he had to settle for the runner-up finish and the amount of £90,000.
Immediately after his victory, Harris told interviewers that he would be going home and spoiling his nearest and dearest. The winner also noted that he went to Dusk Till Dawn and entered the tournament “just for a bit of fun.” Little did he know that he would leave the casino as a champion.
