The World Series of Poker main Event ended this week with an Ontario player cashing a cool $3 million USD for his biggest professional poker payday.
Niagara Falls native Jason Sagle finished fourth in the WSOP Main Event, which concluded Wednesday in Las Vegas. Anyone wishing to reach the heights in poker’s most prestigious event can start their path by getting practice through the WSOP online poker app.
Sagle went out just before the final table was whittled down to the final three of Jonathan Tamayo, Jordan Griff and Niklas Astedt. Tamayo, of Humble, Texas, won the tournament and the $10 million first prize. The Main Event was the 55th annual WSOP, held at the Horseshoe Las Vegas.
Before this event, according to the Hendon Mob poker database, the biggest prize Sagle had won was $676,107 Canadian (about $600K USD at the time) with a second-place finish at the 2006 WPT North American Poker Championships in his hometown.
How Sagle Reached WSOP Final Table
The World Series of Poker’s flagship No-limit Hold ‘Em Main Event tournament – which players can enter via Ontario online casinos using their phones, laptops or desktop computers – drew a record 10,112 entries, according to the WSOP website. Sagle outlasted those tens of thousands of competitors, then was one of 915 entrants in one of four opening flights when the Main Event began on July 4.
Sagle, nicknamed “Big Bird,” drew a group of fans and friends on the rail at the Horseshoe, many wearing yellow shirts with the Big Bird character on it. Sagle’s look was more subdued, topped by his Toronto Blue Jays hat. At the final table, Sagle lasted until the 161st hand of the multi-day Main Event marathon. Third-place finisher Astedt, of Sweden, made his name playing online, much like the ones Ontario online poker operators offer.
The finish bumped Sagle up to the top 500 on the all-time poker money list, according to Hendon Mob, and No. 23 among Canadian players. Sagle now has nearly $4.7 million in career earnings, meaning that this year’s run in the WSOP Main Event nearly tripled his lifetime bankroll from playing poker.
“I did what I could,” Sagle told PokerGo’s Jeff Platt after being eliminated. Of his final hands, Sagle said, “I was short stacked, I never got any hands. … What are you going to do? There’s another tournament tomorrow.”
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