Last year’s third-place finisher at Wynn Classic takes top prize
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Last year, in the inaugural Wynn Classic, Chris Moore took third place.
This time around, he sealed the deal.
In the second year of the event, Moore took the top prize of $692,286 in the $10,000 buy-in event.
Despite a top field of players entered in the event, the final table didn’t include any top-shelf stars, although it did include pro Eugene Todd and a former World Series of Poker bracelet winner, Ryan Young. Moore entered the final day in third place in chips before working his way up to the win.
Here’s how heads-up went down, according to CardPlayer.com:
It again looked like the stage was set for a drawn out battle, but a cooler (with a draw-out on the side) a few hands into the heads-up match had other ideas. On the fateful hand, Young raised on the button to 50,000, and Moore made the call. The flop came J 8 5, and Young bet 100,000. Moore check-raised to 400,000, and Young moved all in. Moore instantly called and turned over J 5, while Young turned up A J. The turn and river came 9 and 4 to give Moore a flush and the 3.2 million pot.
Young was left with just 400,000 at that point, and he looked at only one card (an ace) before tossing the last of his chips into the middle to make a call against Moore, who had also only peered at one card (a king). Young and Moore learned the value of their other holecards when they turned up A 5 and K K, respectively. The board was dealt K 10 7 6 2 to give Moore a set of kings to win the 2008 Wynn Classic, along with $692,286 and a championship trophy.
Coupled with last year’s showing, Moore has topped $1 million in career tournament prizes.
