From the small blind, Lu called the 3,000,000 big blind with 4 ♥ 3 ♥ before Anderson raised his 5 ♠ 4 ♦ to 10,000,000, but that didn't convince Lu to fold. The hand of the final table involved an insane run-out. Pinson was quite a bit behind Anderson and Lu, but he won a series of mid-sized pots to relatively quickly move into the chip lead. Three-handed play was quite a grind, and the top two chip stacks at the start of the day were still in the same position. Glendinning received $505,000 for his impressive deep run. Shortly after, it was Jon Glendinning's time to go when he jammed with middle pair and was called by Anderson's top pair.

Pinson then won a race to send Bob Buckenmayer home in fifth place, which paid $380,000. But Anderson, a four-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, wasn't far behind.Įarly at the final table, Anderson made the other four players happy when, with pocket kings, he busted Valeriy Pak, who took sixth place for $290,000. When the final session began, Jay Lu held the chip lead with 77 big blinds. 13, but the final table didn't take place until the 19th for live-streaming purposes. The tournament played down to six players on Dec. Song's payout in 2022 barely would have beat third place money this year. The $1,100 buy-in tournament had a $5 million guarantee, but the prize pool hit $10,196,640 with 10,512 entrants, nearly double last year's turnout when Stephen Song won it for $712,650. WPT Prime Championship Final Table ResultsĪ millionaire was made on Tuesday at Wynn Las Vegas in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Championship final table, and that individual was Calvin Anderson, who defeated Aaron Pinson heads-up for the trophy.

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