Derrick Rosenbarger Wins 2013 World Poker Tour Montreal Main Event

30-year-old Derrick Rosenbarger has emerged victorious in the 2013 World Poker Tour partypoker.net Montreal $3,850 no-limit hold’em main event, topping a field of 862 entries to win his first major title, the $500,824 CAD ($517,049 USD) first-place prize and 1,368 Card Player Player of the Year points. Rosenbarger has been a pilot in the Air Force for eight years, residing in Clovis, New Mexico.

Rosenbarger entered the final table in fifth chip-position, but was able to make it to heads-up play with Mukul Pahuja, who held a toughly 2-to-1 chip lead. The heads-up battle lasted 64 hands, with plenty of back-and-forth. Rosenbarger had pulled out to a lead of 2-to-1 himself by the time the final hand arose.

Rosenbarger raised to 600,000 from the button and Pahuja shoved for roughly 7 million. Rosenbarger made the call with the QQ and Pahuja flipped up his A4. The board ran out 93642, securing the pot and the title for Rosenbarger and sending Pahuja to the rail in second place with
a payday of $340,928 CAD ($362,430 USD).

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:

Photo courtesy of WPT / Joe Giron.

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