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Mar145:24 am

Championship: 2nd Place – David Farah ($485,611)

Posted by: kaelaine

|CATEGORY: 2019, Event 18 (Day 5), Event 18 Championship

$3,300+$200 WPT Borgata WPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts

Level 39:  Blinds 500,000/1,000,000/1,000,000 BB Ante
Total Entries:  1,415

David Farah (photo courtesy of World Poker Tour)

After repeatedly folding to Viny Lima’s shoves, David Farah was down to fewer than 10 million chips (10 big blinds).

He finally found a hand to get his last 8.8 million chips in with:  .  Viny folded, letting David have a few chips.

Then Viny raised the next hand, forcing David to fold and give those chips back.

The cards were falling Viny’s way and David finally committed his last 6.3 million with .  Viny was ahead, again, with .

The board came giving Viny two pair and the final pot of the tournament.  He’ll collect $728,430, which includes his $15,000 entry to the Tournament of Champions.

David Farah finished 2nd for $485,611, more than quadrupling his lifetime earnings.  The chip leader at the start of play and for much of the day, finally hit the rail after nearly 10 hours of play.

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