The Venetian Las Vegas, which lately debuted its new 50-table, 14,000 sq. foot poker site (the most important on the Las Vegas Strip), simply wrapped up its newest Showdown Collection, which ran from August 2 by way of September 15.
By 66 occasions, the competition catered to a mixed 7,427 entries and awarded $2,736,360 in prize cash (not together with satellites). Additionally they forked over $65,460 in overlays.
Amongst these to win titles have been Kfir Nahum (Occasion #11: $400 NLH Final Stack for $29,650), Roy Bogart (Occasion #16: $250 NLH Final Stack for $19,671), Ivan Ruban (Occasion #42: $400 NLH Final Stack for $19,084), and Kimberly Durham (Occasion #65: $300 Huge O for $3,723).
There was additionally a two-time winner in Baurzhan Akimov, who first gained Occasion #10: $200 NLH Bounty for $2,267 after which lower than two weeks later took down Occasion #23: $200 NLH Bounty for $1,870.
Right here’s a take a look at some winners from the Venetian Showdown Collection.
WSOP Bracelet Winner Provides Venetian Title to Resumé
Cole Ferraro
In late August, Occasion #30: $400 NLH Final Stack attracted 321 runners and supplied up a $105,930 prize pool. That was paid out to the highest 42 finishers together with Judith Bielan (seventh – $3,388), Dylan Wilkerson (eleventh – $1,708), Daniel Sprung (sixteenth – $1,181), and Krisha Augerot (twenty third – $1,010).
In the long run, Cole Ferraro defeated Sandy Tran in heads-up play to win the event for $20,848. In 2021, Ferraro made a reputation for himself after topping a area of three,916 entrants to win the World Collection of Poker (WSOP) Occasion #61: $600 Deepstack Championship for $252,491 and a gold bracelet.
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Arizona Famous person Finds Success in Las Vegas
Ryan Stiner
On September 10, Ryan Stiner of Scottsdale, Arizona got here out on prime of a 90-entry area to win Occasion #58: $400 NLH Final Stack for $8,487. Stiner is a little bit of a legend within the “Grand Canyon State” poker neighborhood because of profitable their most prestigious occasion in back-to-back years.
In 2022, he bested a area of 1,580 entries to win the sixteenth Annual Arizona State Poker Championship for $221,200. The next yr, he efficiently defended his title in a area of two,066 entrants for $262,392.
Within the Venetian event, the $30,150 prize pool was paid out to the highest 12 finishers together with Stephen Sola (third – $3,901), Samy Dighlawi (fifth – $2,059), Gary Moon (tenth – $821), Sebastian Crema (eleventh – $821), and Tolga Karakaya (twelfth – $821).
