Lorenz Schöllhorn Wins WPT Prime Gold Coast Championship (AU$401,510* / ~US $257,729); Andres Vasquez Eliminated in 2nd Place (AU$267,615 / ~US $171,782)

Lorenz Schollhorn

Hand #110:

Andres Vasquez raises to 1,250,000 on the button and Lorenz Schollhorn defends the big blind. On a flop of , Schollhorn opts to check and Vasquez bets 1,650,000.

What follows is the check-raise to 4,800,000 by Schollhorn and Vasquez pushes all-in. Schollhorn calls within a few seconds and the cards are on their backs.

Andres Vasquez:
Lorenz Schöllhorn:

The Spanish-speaking crowd goes wild with their chants and asks for black cards. With the turn, some split pot outs emerge but it is Schöllhorn who spikes the river. After just nine hands of heads-up play, he ends the comeback story of Vasquez to claim the title in the biggest WPT Prime Event in the Asia-Pacific region.

With 1,395 total entries, the 2024 WPT Prime Gold Coast Championship at The Star Gold Coast is the largest with three starting days in the history of the mid-stakes tour. The record-breaking event generated a prize pool of AU$2,511,000 (~US $1,611,811) and the top two finishers earned the biggest slice of it.

Final Table Result:

1st. Lorenz Schöllhorn – AU$401,510* (~US $257,729*)
2nd. Andres Vasquez – AU$267,615 (~US $171,782)
3rd. Travis Endersby – AU$198,120 (~US $127,173)
4th. Michael Fraser – AU$148,105 (~US $95,069)
5th. Chin Yaw Chan – AU$111,810 (~US $71,771)
6th. Rikiya Jibiki – AU$85,250 (~US $54,722)
7th. Dylan Desmarchelier – AU$65,650 (~US $42,141)
8th. Marco Perri – AU$51,075 (~US $32,785)
9th. Martin Ward – AU$40,140 (~US $25,766)

* The winner also receives the 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 AU$1.00 = US $0.6419.