Hand #55: Eliot Hudon Wins the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas! ($4,146,400); Benny Glaser Finishes as Runner-Up ($2,830,000)

Photo:  WPT World Champion Eliot Hudon

Eliot Hudon completes the small blind to 2,000,000 with , and Benny Glaser checks his option with . The flop comes , Glaser checks, Hudon bets 2,000,000, and Glaser calls.

The turn card is the , Glaser checks, Hudon bets 8,000,000, and Glaser tanks for a long time before he check-raises to 28,000,000. Hudon thinks for a while before he calls.

The river card is the , and Glaser thinks for a while before he moves all in for 59,000,000. Hudon quickly calls, and Glaser shows his for a queen-high bluff.

Hudon turns over his to win the pot — and the biggest WPT event in history — with a nine-high straight.

Benny Glaser finishes as the runner-up, earning $2,830,000.

Eliot Hudon wins the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, earning $4,146,400, which includes his $10,400 entry into next year’s WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. Hudon will also receive trophies from both Wynn Las Vegas and the World Poker Tour, and a gift certificate good for a cruise on Virgin Voyages in a Rockstar cabin (an $8,000 value). Hudon’s name will also be engraved on the one-and-only Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup, alongside every other WPT champion from all 20 seasons of the World Poker Tour.

Congratulations to Eliot Hudon!

1st:  Eliot Hudon  –  $4,146,400*
2nd:  Benny Glaser  –  $2,830,000
3rd:  Jean-Claude Moussa  –  $2,095,000
4th:  Adam Adler  –  $1,608,000
5th:  Frank Funaro  –  $1,301,000
6th:  Colton Blomberg  –  $1,001,050

In addition to the prize money, all six final tablists will receive gift certificates good for a cruise on Virgin Voyages. Second- thru sixth-place finishers will receive a certificate for a Sea Terrace cabin ($2,800 value each), while the winner will receive a certificate for a Rockstar cabin ($8,000 value).

* First prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 seat into the 2023 WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

Photo:  Runner-up Benny Glaser (left) congratulates WPT World Champion Eliot Hudon after the final hand.