Documentaries about poker have change into a bit extra trendy of late. Excessive-stakes professional Phil Galfond and his spouse Farah dropped the Galfond sequence this summer season, and The Mouth, a movie highlighting the life and profession of Mike Matusow was launched in Might. The BBC additionally unveiled a docuseries this 12 months known as The 4 Guidelines of the Poker Kings, specializing in Scottish professional Niall Farrell as he hit the circuit for tournaments all over the world.
The World Poker Tour World Championship is now the main target of the most recent poker documentary. The Final Stack is on the market on YouTube from Poker Movies and has drawn constructive opinions from gamers and followers to date.
Producers stated they documented the 2023 event in Las Vegas from begin to end “by the eyes of the chips.”
“Starting with one participant, we are going to proceed to observe the opponent that eliminates them till the eventual winner of the event,” the manufacturing group notes of the movie. “We’ll take the viewer on the rollercoaster journey we name event poker and educate those that are unfamiliar.”
Common Joe Gamers Highlighted
Poker followers will acknowledge a number of gamers making appearances together with WPT commentator Tony Dunst, Garrett Adelstein, Chris Moorman, Andrew Lichtenberger, Dan Sepiol, Mike Holtz, Brad Owen, Jesse Sylvia, and extra.
Common Joe qualifier tales are additionally featured. The occasions start with Patrick Harvey, the winner of a WPT contest from Boston, Massachusetts, who gained a $12,000 event package deal.
The championship attracted gamers from all over the world, lots of whom weren’t high-stakes poker gamers and gained their approach in on-line, at native on line casino qualifiers, and thru different alternatives to win a package deal. Many in all probability wouldn’t have put up the $10,000 to enter the event.
The WPT moved the World Championship in 2022 to Wynn Las Vegas with an preliminary assure of $15 million that was raised to $40 million final 12 months. The event fell simply wanting its huge assured, paying out a $2.4 million overlay to the gamers. This 12 months, they’ve forgone the assure in favor of a $5 million freeroll.
*Photograph by WPT – Drew Amato
