Gavin Smith wins the WPT Mirage Poker Championship
Canadian poker player Gavin Smith of Waterloo, Canada captured the 1st win of the World Poker Tour Season 4 by winning the Mirage Poker Showdown and 1.1 Million dollars.
Gavin came into the day short stacked and looking to move up a couple spots in the money but after catching some good breaks Gavin saw himself competing for the tilte against one of the top poker pros in the world, Ted Forrest.It took just 4 hands as they battled heads for Gavin to beat Ted Forrest, Gavin had nearly a 4:1 chip lead on Ted when they began the heads up battle.
1 Gavin Smith $1,153,778
2 Ted Forrest $579,386
3 Chris Bell $289,693
4 Thang "Kido" Pham $182,964
5 Eugene Todd $137,223
6 Mark Ellerbe $106,729
7 Alan Smurfit $76,235
8 Kevin Fiore $60,989
9 Stan Schrier $48,790
10 David Kutcher $36,594
11 Abraham Gray $36,594
12 Howard Weston $36,594
13 Ray Faltinsky $30,494
14 Alfredo 'Toto' Leonidas $30,494
15 Jean Robert Bellande $30,494
16 Gregg Turk $24,395
17 Asher Derei $24,395
18 Tom Franklin $24,395
19 Michael Hahn $18,296
20 Robert Mizrachi $18,296
21 Richard Harroch $18,296
22 Jimmy Tran $18,296
23 Mike Laing $18,296
24 David Levi $18,296
25 David Grey $18,296
26 Thor Hansen $18,296
27 G. Richard Tatalovich $9,148
27 Phil Laak $9,148
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