Hands #144-145: Darren Elias Wins WPT Caribbean!

Hand #144  –  Darren Elias limps for 30,000, and Christophe Rosso checks his option. The flop comes [Js8d4s], Rosso checks, Elias bets 35,000, and Rosso folds. Elias takes the pot.

Hand #145  –  Christophe Rosso limps in, and Darren Elias raises to 90,000. Rosso reraises all in for about 1,320,000 and Elias calls with [AcAs]. Rosso turns over [7d6s], and he needs to improve to stay alive.

The flop comes [10h6h5c], giving Rosso a pair of sixes and outs to stay alive.

The turn is — the [7c]!

Rosso’s friends and family go crazy as he takes the lead with two pair, sevens and sixes, on the verge of cracking aces to double up into the chip lead.

The river is — the [5s]!

With two fives on the board, Darren Elias wins the pot — and back-to-back WPT titles — with two pair, aces and fives.

Christophe Rosso finishes as the runner-up, earning $64,900.

Darren Elias wins the WPT Caribbean, earning $127,680, a WPT Champions Trophy, and a pair of Gold Monster 24K Headphones. Elias will also get his name engraved on the one-and-only WPT Champions Cup for the second time, and this time his plaque will have a small diamond on it to signify that it’s his second title.

Congratulations to Darren Elias!

1st:  Darren Elias  –   $127,680
2nd:  Christophe Rosso  –  $64,900
3rd:  George Griffith  –   $42,100
4th:  Mike Linster  –  $28,950
5th:  Ziga Jamnikar  –  $22,280
6th:  Dan Murariu  –   $17,370