Dan Sepiol Stuns Wynn Crowd, Wins 2023 WPT World Championship

It was all at once a thrilling and sensational near to the 2023 WPT World Championship. In among the most combative last tables of the year, Dan Sepiol originated from the brief stack to record the title in the $40 million ensured occasion. In addition to the large payday that was the biggest of his profession, Sepiol likewise made the WPT World Championship name, his name on the Mike Sexton WPT Champions’ Cup, and will belong of the competition in 2024 where he will safeguard his title.

Sepiol Starts at the Bottom

Things did not look helpful for Sepiol at the start of the last day of action. He was the beside quickest stack at the six-handed WPT last table, taking on versus gamers like Artur Martirosian (the just stack smaller sized than Sepiol’s 34.3 million at 29.4 million) and chip leaders Chris Moorman (88.3 million) and Andrew Lichtenberger (148.2 million). Completing the last table were Ben Heath (36.7 million) and Georgios Sotiropoulos (46.2 million) as the play got underway on Thursday.

After having fun with each other thoroughly over the previous number of days, you may have believed that the gamers recognized with each other. That wasn’t the case in this competition (it might have been the countless dollars on the line), as it took more than fifty hands for the very first removal to happen. When it did occur, nevertheless, it had an instant effect on the leaderboard and the course of the competition.

Sepiol had actually been gradually climbing up over that early action, and on Hand # 52 Sepiol would take advantage of his work. After Sepiol raised the wagering to 5 million chips from the little blind, Martirosian moved all in for his large stack of 43 million chips. After getting a count, Sepiol chose to make the call and the cards went to their backs:

Sepiol (little blind): pocket 7s
Martirosian (huge blind): pocket fives

It was a desperate circumstance for Martirosian, trying to find among the 2 staying fives in the deck, and he would be left desiring. The K-Q-8-2-A board not did anything to assist Martirosian as he ended up being the very first removal from the 2023 WPT World Championship last table, still making a seven-figure payday however leaving in 6th location. Sepiol moved into the second-place slot on the leaderboard and would take over the chip lead on the extremely next hand.

The duo of Sepiol and Lichtenberger ended up being the story of the last table, fighting it out for the chip lead, while the rest of the table attempted to maintain. Sotiropoulos would remove Heath in 5th location, his A-7 capturing an unneeded Ace on the flop versus Heath’s Q-J off fit, then knocked off Moorman in 4th location, his K-Q outpipping Moorman’s Q-J on an A-A-10-9-7 board. Even with those 2 removals, Sotiropoulos was still searching for at the stacks of Lichtenberger and Sepiol.

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For twenty hands, the trio pressed chips around at each other before a significant clash, for all useful functions, chose the champ. On Hand # 102, Lichtenberger hopped out of the little blind just to see Sepiol raise the action. Undaunted, Lichtenberger highlighted the three-bet, popping it to 32.5 million, which brought a Time Bank chip out of Sepiol. After that thirty-second break, Sepiol moved all in, Lichtenberger called, and the fight was on:

Lichtenberger: A-K
Sepiol: pocket Jacks

It was a timeless race circumstance, for an enormous 300 million-plus pot, which would choose the course of the champion. The Q-9-7 flop brought absolutely nothing to assist ‘LuckyChewy,’ and the deuce on the turn likewise wasn’t handy. The river brought a 10, which left Lichtenberger with Ace high and out of the competition in 3rd location while Sepiol’s set of Jacks accumulated 310.5 million chips to go to war versus Sotiropoulos (72.6 million).

With more than a 4:1 lead, it appeared predestined that Sepiol would declare the champion. The duo fought over another twenty hands before a rarity took place on the WPT– the set pertained to an offer on the cash staying in the reward swimming pool. After substantial conversation, Sepiol would get $4,682,954 of the $9.45 million left in the reward swimming pool, while Sotiropoulos worked out a $4,167,246 payday for himself. The twosome left $600,000 in the center, together with the hardware, to leave them something to bet.

After the offer, Sotiropoulos took the lead for 5 hands before Sepiol struck back. Sepiol captured an incredible 2 couple with a J-2 on a J-9-2-10-7 board versus Sotiropoulos’ Q-J, setting the phase for the last hand. On Hand # 130, Sotiropoulos raised the wagering and, after Sepiol moved all in, made the call with a dominant K-Q over Sepiol’s K-3. The J-8-4 flop ran real for Sotiropoulos, however the trey on the turn changed the fates. Requiring a Queen on the river, Sotiropoulos rather saw a deuce as Sepiol’s sensational last number of hands took him to the 2023 WPT World Championship.1.

Dan Sepiol, $5,282,954 *
2. Georgios Sotiropoulos, $4,167,246 *
3. Andrew Lichtenberger, $2,798,700
4. Chris Moorman, $2,095,300
5. Ben Heath, $1,583,100
6. Artur Martirosian, $1,207,000

(* – – suggests last table offer)

With that, the 2024 World Poker Tour Season 2023 remains in the books (the WPT has actually stopped utilizing Roman characters to number its seasons after 2021). The WPT World Championship was a good benefit for Sepiol, it was nearly enough for him to take the total WPT Player of the Year award, however he would complete as the runner-up there. Taking the WPT POY was Bin Weng, who utilized a thunderous start to the 2023 season in which he won a competition and completed at the last table of another to construct a considerable lead. It ends among the finest seasons in general for the World Poker Tour in current memory.

(Photo thanks to WPT)

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