Will Davies has staged an epic final table comeback to win the inaugural WPTDeepStacks Gold Coast and claim the first place prize of $252,729.
Better known as the tournament director of popular Sydney poker venue The Poker Palace, Davies showed tremendous patience early on to see out the short stacks and cruise into 3-handed play against tough duo Alex Lynskey and Mike Maddocks.
But the table turned massively in his favour following a huge all-in pre-flop hand against Alex Lynskey in which Davies flopped top two holding 
against the 
of his opponent.
From there, Lynskey was quickly eliminated and after a softening up period heads-up against Maddocks, Davies again prevailed in the first major clash between the two when his 
held on against 
.
Aside from the hefty cash prize, Davies now holds the honour of winning the largest WPT main event field in Asia-Pacific history, with the 1,113 entries bettering the 898 players that took their seats at WPT National China in 2014.
It was also largest prize pool for a WPT tournament at The Star Gold Coast ($1,502,550), beating the $1,480,500 from WPT Australia in 2019.
From the chilly winter nights of Sydney to the shining sun of the Gold Coast, Will Davies will forever be the 2021 WPTDeepStacks Gold Coast Main Event champion!
Final table payouts
1st Will Davies $252,729
2nd Mike Maddocks $177,166
3rd Alex Lynskey $114,960
4th Sheldon Mayer $85,210
5th Joseph Sandaev $64,429
6th Omer Silajdzija 52,063
7th Nuno Da Silva 43,018
8th Ratul Sayak 34,108
9th Josh Yeomans 25,288
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