Hand #168- Michael Wang Wins the WPT Playground Championship (CAD $384,738); Santiago Plante Eliminated in 2nd Place (CAD $292,635)

Photo: Michael Wang

Michael Wang moves all in from the button and Santiago Plante calls for 5,000,000.

Santiago Plante:
Michael Wang:

The flop gives Wang the lead with a pair of queens. The turn leaves Plante looking for just a king on the river to stay alive, but he misses the and is eliminated in second place while Wang secures his first WPT title.

Michael Wang- 42,000,000
Santiago Plante- eliminated in 2nd place (CAD $265,000)

Photo: Santiago Plante

Michael Wang wins the WPT Playground Championship, earning CAD $370,275, a WPT champion’s trophy and a Playground Championship Belt. Additionally, Wang wins a US $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. Wang’s name will also be engraved on the Mike Sexton WPT Champion’s Cup alongside every champion from the past 22 seasons of the World Poker Tour.
Congratulation to Michael Wang!

1st: Michael Wang – CAD $384,738** (US $276,634)
2nd: Santiago Plante – CAD $292,635* ($210,417)
3rd: Baron Ha- CAD $196,000 (US $141,083)
4th: Jordan Grant – CAD $146,000 (US $105,093)
5th: Zachary Fischer – CAD $111,000 (US $79,899)
6th: Amirpasha Emami – CAD $84,000 (US $60,464)
*Denotes a heads-up deal
*First-prize amount include winner’s US $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas
NOTE:  For worldwide consistency across all WPT events, the amounts on the Payouts page are in U.S. dollars. For this event, payouts have been converted using a rate of CAD $1.00 = US $0.72)