David Dongwoo Ko has gained the WPT Montreal important occasion and greater than CA$400,000 because of an unprecedented run that noticed him dominate from begin to end.
The Canadian grinder was a part of an 882-strong subject vying for WPT glory at Montreal’s Playground Poker Membership this week. Dongwoo Ko anted up on Day 1A of the CA$3,500 occasion, and, in contrast to lots of his friends, he didn’t want to fireplace a second bullet.
Regardless of having the choice to rebuy on subsequent days, Dongwoo Ko turned his 50,000-chip beginning stack into 456,500 by the top of play. That was sufficient to place him prime of the Day 1A’s chip rely, a place he would retain all through the WPT Montreal important occasion.
Plethora of expertise at Playground can’t cease Dongwoo Ko
Dongwoo Ko wasn’t the one notable participant to make it by way of the opening melee. Seasoned match execs Darryll Fish and Jason Lavallee have been among the many DAY 1A survivors battling for a share of what would turn into a CA$2.8 million prizepool.
The plaudits on Days 1B and 1C went to chipleaders Hasanain Al Ghunaim and Graham Lupton. Nevertheless, when the beginning fields converged on Day 2, it was Dongwoo Ko who took again management.
Selecting up the place he left off, Dongwoo Ko picked his spots as the sector went from 332 to 44 over the course of 9 ranges. The fateful bubble additionally burst on Day 2. On this event, it was Gaurav Sood who discovered himself on the fallacious aspect of a coin flip.
Sood was pot-committed with a pair of jacks pre-flop however nonetheless had a smattering of chips in entrance of him because the neighborhood playing cards rolled out. Sadly for Sood, Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault had A♦ Okay♣ and linked with the 9♣ 4♥ Okay♥ flop. With just one huge blind left, Sood moved all-in on the flop, and Carpentier-Perrault known as.
Blanks on the flip and river despatched Sood to the rail and the remaining 111 gamers into the cash. With no less than $4,698 locked up, brief stacks made their strikes. That prompted a cascade of eliminations, and as different fell by the wayside, Dongwoo Ko and the opposite huge stacks hoovered up extra chips.
Dongwoo Ko does it after darkish
44 gamers returned for Day 3, and as soon as once more, Dongwoo Ko dominated. Regardless of having simply $140,005 in dwell cashes previous to the beginning of play, the Canadian has loved a few of his greatest leads to 2024. This kind continued all through Day 3 and into the fourth and closing day of WPT Montreal.
Dongwoo Ko had over 30 huge blinds greater than his closest rival, Tommy Nguyen, in the beginning of the ultimate desk. Because the chips started to fly, torrential climate plunged the poker site into darkness for 2 hours throughout the closing desk. Nevertheless, not even that would disrupt Dongwoo Ko’s circulation.
WPT Montreal important occasion end result
David Dongwoo Ko – CA$434,900* (US $319,217)
Dan Stavila – CA$280,000 (US$205,520)
Tommy Nguyen – CA$205,000 (US$150,470)
Rayan Chamas – CA$155,000 (US$113,770)
Tamer Alkamli – CA$117,000 (US$85,878)
Charles Kassin – CA$89,000 (US$65,326)
* The primary prize features a $10,400 seat for the WPT World Championship.
Despite the fact that he was the shortest stack with three gamers remaining, he emerged from the darkness to safe the largest win of his profession. The ultimate hand noticed Dongwoo Ko river a king-high flush to prime Daniel Stavila’s queen-high flush.
With that, the Canadian picked up his first WPT title, a career-best payday, and a seat in December’s WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.
