Karl Chappe-Gatien Wins $565,000 In His First Ever Short Event

Karl Chappe-Gatien had never entered a short No-Limit Deck Hold’em poker tournament before a $40,000 bid at the most recent such event to be held in 2022 Mediterranean Poker Party Triton. The French day trader was rising up from the 3rd spot on the $200,000 Coin Rivet Invitational bid which saw him earn $2.6 million less than the previous week. according to Triton Poker To reporters, bracelet holder Danny Tang persuaded Chap Jatian to give a short push. After trying it out with some critical moves, Chappie Gaten took a seat. He then proceeded to beat 45 entries, earning $565,000 for the win.

“I was feeling good, but I wasn’t expecting anything,” said Chappie Gaten. Triton When asked about immersion in the world of short surfaces. “I wanted to have fun.”

In addition to the title and money, Chappe-Gatien also earned 420 card player Player of the Year points for winning. This was the first POYEligibility for the year.

Rui Kao was kicked out of the money bubble, ensuring that the remaining seven players would all receive at least $95,000 for their efforts. This sum eventually went to Winfred Yu when the Jeep Kings collided with the sounds of Jeep Chappie Gaten.

Elton Tsang was next to fall. 2016 Big One for One Drop Invitation Fit for pocket kings in the Webster Lim, the A-9 champ ran to hit the rails in sixth place ($120,000).

Bracelet winner four times Triton Event Champion Jason Koon’s race at the event ended when A7 For the top pair ran in the jack set held by Chappe-Gatien, with Jy ony8 flop. s In turn gave Koon outs to flow, but A In the end, Chappie-Gaten gave a whole house a winner to seal the pot. Koon earned $155,000 as the number five spotter, increasing his lifetime earnings to over $40.5 million. With 12 final tables completed and over $5 million since the beginning of the year POY Its earnings, Koon is now ranked 24th in 2022 POY Race arrangement, sponsored by Global Poker.

Michael quickly followed Zhang Kun to the railroad and, like his predecessor, was eliminated thanks to the top pair’s flop against the Chap-Gatten group. Chips entered the role of Zhang, who was drawing dead. The river gave Chappe-Gatien four quads nine times to see him pull the pot, narrowing the field to three in the process. Zhang earned $200,000 as the 4th place finisher.

Webster Lim, the bracelet winner, picked up the last of his group in the pre-middle with an A.y. was facing Aa from Kiat Lee. Lim fumbled in intensity and picked up a double belly on the turn, but he wasn’t able to improve any further and lost to third place ($264,000). Lim now has approximately $10.4 million in life earnings to his name.

With that, a head-to-head game is set. Chappe-Gatien blushed about the 4:3 lead in chips over Lee when the cards were back in the air after a short break. Lee struggled almost his way back even as the final hand of the tournament was dealt. He entered me limping for 300,000 with 98 The Chappe-Gatien raised to 900,000 with Jy. Call me and flop came 987 To give my husband the top two. He checked it out and bet Chabi Gatian 1,600,000 in the pot total of 1,800,000 through overdraw and straight exclusive. Lee collected all 7,900,000 and called Chappi Jatian. 6 In turn he kept me up front, but the 10 In the end he gave Chap-Gaten a high leverage to secure the bet and the title. Lee earned $401,000 as the runner-up. It was his second finish on the podium in as many days, having finished third in the $30,000 short group event the day before.

Here is a look at the payments and rating points awarded in the final table:

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