After a long heads up battle and a final table featuring multiple lead changes, the night is finally over and Juan Campayo Hernandez has defeated Kenna James to take down the $60,250 and the PokerAtlas trophy. Second place finisher James will get $42,490, a fine payday for two days work!
With blinds at 75,000/150,000, Hernandez raised the button to 400,000 and James called. The flop was 6s 4h 7d and after James checked, Hernandez bet and James called.
The turn was the Qs and the two quickly got all-in. James flipped over Qh 3c for top pair, but was behind and covered when Hernandez showed 74o for two pair. The river brought a harmless Jd and Hernandez shook James hand, celebrated with his rail, and collected his trophy.
James has over four million dollars in tournament winnings, while Hernandez more than doubled his lifetime winnings with the first place prize money.
Congratulations to all of our winners and a heartfelt thanks to Resorts World and Justin Hammer and the rest of the staff that helped create an amazing experience for our players. We look forward to seeing many of you in Thunder Valley May 11th to 20th for our next big series!
