Taylor Black Wins MILLIONS North America Main Event

The CAD 10 million guaranteed prize pool Main Event saw a strong field of 1,954 entries taking part, but it was slightly less than what was required to beat the guarantee. A total of 251 players were to be paid out with a minimum cash prize of CAD 5,000, while Black walked away with the top prize of CAD 1,400,000 ($1,093,425).

The CAD 5,300 buy-in Main Event began on 24th April and after several days of grinding, the winner was crowned. California’s Taylor Black beat countryman Darryll Fish in heads up, who, along with 3rd placed Anthony Ruberto, also walked away from this event as millionaires.

This would’ve been one of the best moments of Black’s poker career so far, registering his career best live poker cash and nearly doubling his career earnings, taking it past the $2 million mark. Prior to this, his best win was $545,430 that he earned for finishing second in a 2017 WSOP event.

Final results:

1. Taylor Black – CAD 1,400,000 (~INR 7.26 crore)
2. Darryll Fish – CAD 1,200,000
3. Anthony Ruberto – CAD 1,000,000
4. Markus Prinz – CAD 800,000
5. Charles La Boissonniere – CAD 600,000
6. Demosthenes Kiriopoulos – CAD 400,000
7. George Lagos – CAD 302,500
8. Tommy Nguyen – CAD 215,000

Another event that ended yesterday was the CAD 1,100 Turbo Event, that was dominated by local Canadian players. Ultimately, it was David Shao who was crowned champion and was awarded the top prize of CAD 180,000 ($140,384). He beat WSOP bracelet winner Shaun Deeb and one of Canada’s best pros Griffin Benger on the final table.

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