Hand #145: Demo Kiriopoulos Wins the WPT Fallsview Poker Classic! (CAD $517,424)

Feb 25, 2019

Champion Demo Kiriopoulos
Photo:  WPT Fallsview Poker Classic Champion Demo Kiriopoulos

Wing Yeung moves all in for 2,410,000, and Demo Kiriopoulos snap-calls with Heart 10Club 10.

Yeung turns over Diamond JDiamond 6, and he needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes Club AClub 9Club 3Spade 7Spade 10, and Kiriopoulos wins the pot — and the WPT Fallsview Poker Classic — with a set of tens.

Champion Demo Kiriopoulos

Wing Yeung finishes as the runner-up, earning CAD $362,853.

Demo Kiriopoulos wins the WPT Fallsview Poker Classic, earning CAD $517,424, which includes his USD $15,000 entry into the season-ending Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions. Kiriopoulos also receives a WPT Champions Trophy, and his name will be inscribed on the one-and-only WPT Champions Cup, along side every other WPT champions from all 17 seasons.

Congratulations to Demo Kiriopoulos!

1st:  Demo Kiriopoulos  –  CAD $517,424*
2nd:  Wing Yeung  –  CAD $362,853
3rd:  Andrew Pantling  –  CAD $233,339
4th:  Jake Schwartz  –  CAD $167,388
5th:  James Morgan  –  CAD $128,471
6th:  Noeung Troeung  –  CAD $105,170

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s USD $15,000 seat into the season-ending Baccarat Crystal WPT Tournament of Champions.

Note: Amounts listed on the Payouts page have been converted to US dollars at the casino’s exchange rate of CAD 1.35 = USD $1.00, for worldwide consistency across all World Poker Tour events.

Photo:  Runner-Up Wing Yeung
Double Up Wing Yeung
Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com

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