Aria Fall Madness: Stephen Chidwick and David Peters Among WinnersA Look At The Series of High Stakes Tournaments Held Oct. 8 - Nov. 6 |
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The Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas has played home to some of the biggest and most prestigious high stakes no-limit hold’em tournaments in recent years. The tradition continued over the past week, as the poker room played host to the 2018 Aria Fall Madness tournament series from Oct. 30 – Nov. 6. The series featured a variety of formats, with buy-ins ranging from $10,500 all the way up to $103,000.
Things kicked off with a $10,500 pot-limit Omaha tournament, which attracted a field of 28 entries. In the end, it was Anthony Alberto who emerged victorious with the title and the top prize of $128,800. He defeated Jonathan Depa heads-up to secure the title.
Jared Jaffee
The first of two $10,500 short deck no-limit hold’em event drew only 15 entries, which was not enough for it to qualify as a POY-point eligible event. There was still money on the line, with the lion’s share ($81,000) going to eventual champion Sam Soverel. The second short deck event, which was also a $10,500 buy-in, drew 19 entrants. Soverel came out on top again, this time for $102,600.
Stephen Chidwick
The two largest events of the series were saved for last. The $52,000 no-limit hold’em event attracted 25 entries to create a $1,250,000 prize pool. Matthias Eibinger defeated Sam Soverel heads-up to capture the title and the $575,000 top prize. Top Player of the Year contenders David Peters and Justin Bonomo finished third and fourth, respectively.
David Peters
Current POY race leader Jake Schindler finished third for $384,000 and 240 points. This was his 29th final table of the year. He has cashed for $7,231,019 and won five titles along the way.
Check out the full results from all the events below:
$10,500 pot-limit Omaha
Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | POY Points |
1 | Anthony Alberto | $128,800 | 180 |
2 | Jonathan Depa | $78,400 | 150 |
3 | Craig Varnell | $44,800 | 120 |
4 | Sean Winter | $28,000 | 90 |
$10,500 no-limit hold’em
Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | POY Points |
1 | Jared Jaffee | $132,000 | 240 |
2 | Stephen Chidwick | $85,800 | 200 |
3 | Almedin Imsirovic | $52,800 | 160 |
4 | Brian Rast | $33,000 | 120 |
5 | Byron Kaverman | $26,400 | 100 |
$10,500 short deck no-limit hold’em
Place | Player | Earnings (USD) |
1 | Sam Soverel | $81,000 |
2 | Jonathan Depa | $45,000 |
3 | Cary Katz | $24,000 |
$26,000 no-limit hold’em
Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | POY Points |
1 | Stephen Chidwick | $283,500 | 252 |
2 | William Klein | $157,500 | 210 |
3 | Jared Jaffee | $84,000 | 168 |
$10,500 short deck no-limit hold’em
Place | Player | Earnings (USD) |
1 | Sam Soverel | $102,600 |
2 | Koray Aldemir | $57,000 |
3 | Sam Simmons | $30,400 |
$52,000 short deck no-limit hold’em
Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | POY Points |
1 | Matthias Eibinger | $575,000 | 306 |
2 | Sam Soverel | $350,000 | 255 |
3 | David Peters | $200,000 | 204 |
4 | Justin Bonomo | $125,000 | 153 |
$103,000 short deck no-limit hold’em
Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | POY Points |
1 | David Peters | $1,104,000 | 360 |
2 | Rick Salomon | $672,000 | 300 |
3 | Jake Schindler | $384,000 | 240 |
4 | Benjamin Tollerene | $240,000 | 180 |