Steven Silverman is the First WPT Alpha8 Champion

Steven Silverman has a lot of reasons to be happy. $891,660 of them, to be exact. That’s the payday Silverman collects as the first-ever WPT Alpha8 champion, taking the title after a short heads-up battle against J.C. Tran at WPT Alpha8 Florida. Tran’s second-place finish was good for $526,890. For a full recap of the…

Matt Clark

Aug 28, 2013

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Steven Silverman has a lot of reasons to be happy. $891,660 of them, to be exact.

That’s the payday Silverman collects as the first-ever WPT Alpha8 champion, taking the title after a short heads-up battle against J.C. Tran at WPT Alpha8 Florida. Tran’s second-place finish was good for $526,890.

For a full recap of the final-table action, head over to our Live Updates page.

Payouts

Steven Silverman – $891,660
J.C. Tran – $526,890
Jeff Gross – $ 364,770
Matt Glantz – $243,180

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