Jeremy Perrin Wins 2018 World Series of Poker $365 'Giant' No-limit Hold'em Event

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The second annual running of the World Series of Poker $365 no-limit hold’em ‘Giant’ event drew a total of 8,920 entries, creating a total prize pool of $2,676,000. This event featured five starting flights, with each one taking place on Friday night throughout the duration of June. The survivors of all of those flights combined into one field on Saturday, June 30th and played down to a final table of nine. From that table emerged the lone champion, the ‘Giant’ killer: Jeremy Perrin.

The 38-year-old from Greensboro, North Carolina earned his first WSOP gold bracelet and $250,000 as the champion of this event. Perrin was also awarded 528 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. This was his first POY-qualified score of 2018.

Perrin came into the final table in fifth chip position, and basically just survived to three-handed play before going on a run that saw him claim the chip lead. First he won an all-in with the 88 beating Luis Vazquez’s 1010 when the board brought four clubs. Not too long after that he called Svetlozar Nestorov’s all-in with the AA. Nestorov had picked up the AK and found no help on a 105334 runout. Nestorov was left short, and soon hit the rail in third place ($117,531).

With that Perrin took nearly a 6-to-1 lead into heads-up play against Vazquez. The shorter stack scored an early double up to close the gap somewhat, but the next all-in confrontation would be the last of the event. Vazquez shoved from the button with the 44 and Perrin called holding K10. Vazquez flopped well with the J53 giving him a flush draw, and the Jon the turn kept his pair of fours ahead. The 10 on the river gave Perrin the superior two pair, earning him the pot and sending Vazquez to the rail in second place. He took home $154,512 as the runner-up finisher.

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

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