Hand #176: Markus Gonsalves Wins the WPT Gardens Poker Championship ($554,495); Tuan Phan Finishes as Runner-Up ($359,650)

Photo:  Markus Gonsalves

Markus Gonsalves limps for 200,000, and Tuan Phan checks his option.

The flop comes , Phan checks, Gonsalves bets 200,000, and Phan calls.

The turn card is the , Phan checks, Gonsalves bets 600,000, and Phan check-raises all in for 3,075,000.

Gonsalves calls with for a flopped ten-high flush, and Phan turns over for two pair, fives and threes. Phan needs to catch a five or a three to stay alive.

The river card is the , and Gonsalves wins the pot — and the WPT title — with a ten-high heart flush.

Tuan Phan finishes as the runner-up, earning $359,650.

Markus Gonsalves wins the WPT Gardens Poker Championship, earning $554,495. Gonsalves also receives a WPT Champions Trophy, a Championship Belt from Gardens Casino, a Hublot Big Bang Steel Watch, and a set of Baccarat Crystal. Gonsalves will also have his name engraved on the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup alongside every WPT Champion from all 18 seasons of the World Poker Tour.

Congratulations to Markus Gonsalves!

1st:  Markus Gonsalves  –  $554,495
2nd:  Tuan Phan  –  $359,650
3rd:  Jonathan Cohen  –  $263,090
4th:  Chance Kornuth  –  $195,085
5th:  Straton Wilhelm  –  $146,655
6th:  Qing Liu  –  $111,795

Photo:  Tuan Phan

* First place usually includes the $15,000 seat into the WPT Tournament of Champions. However, due to the pandemic, the TOC will not take place this year. As such, the winner will receive the $15,000 as part of the first place amount in cash.

Photography by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com