Maria Ho is the star that shined brightest on the newest Celeb Poker Tour occasion held contained in the PokerGO Studio. The poker professional bested a 59-entry subject within the CPT Championship on the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & On line casino Las Vegas to earn $50,000 and her second CPT title of the yr. Ho had beforehand taken down the CPT Recreation Evening I again in March. She now holds the excellence of being the tour’s first-ever two-time champion.
The 41-year-old Girls In Poker Corridor of Fame member has greater than $4.7 million in profession event earnings, placing her properly forward of many of the subject in the case of poker expertise and accomplishments. She was squaring off towards an assortment of celebrities, starting from TV stars to skilled athletes to on-line influencers. Among the many remaining class was Sofie Dossi, a YouTube star and contortionist who made headlines for her grand entrance in an earlier CPT occasion that noticed her arrive at her seat folded up inside a small field. Dossi went on to complete third this time round, incomes $10,000 for her efforts.
Dossi received all-in with AJ main the Okay3 of Ho, who has shoved from the small blind. Dossi known as off and flopped the nuts after OkayQ10 rolled off the deck. Dossi was greater than a 96 p.c favourite to win the hand at that time in keeping with Card Participant’s poker odds calculator, however extremely didn’t. The flip introduced the Q and the river the Q to present Ho a working full home and the pot.
Ho held a big 37:1 heads-up chip lead over Brian Quinn of the long-running Impractical Jokers tv sequence. It didn’t lengthy for her to transform that benefit into the title.
Quinn managed a double up, however was quickly all-in once more with 4-2 trailing A-Okay suited to Ho. She flopped kings and nines and held from there to shut out the victory. Quinn walked away with $20,000 because the runner-up.
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Different notables who participated on this occasion included gaming star Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins, former NBA gamers Mario Chalmers and Mike Bibby, CPT champion Princess Love, chess streamer and burgeoning poker participant Alexandra Botez, former MLB star Jose Canseco, and former NFL working again Adrian Peterson. The longtime Minnesota Viking made it right down to the ultimate half dozen gamers earlier than being despatched packing with $3,500 for a sixth-place displaying.
The Closing Outcomes from the CPT Championship
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