by Mario Alfonsi | Published on Feb 3, 2021 | Updated on Feb 3, 2021
Daniel Dvoress has added another major title to his already impressive poker resume. The Canadian poker pro just won the Mike Sexton Classic, which ran as part of the recent World Poker Tour Montreal Online Series on partypoker.
Dvoress outclassed a field of 125 players to take home the top prize of $294,346. The rake-free tournament had a charity element, with a portion of each buy-in going directly to the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, an organization supported by the family of the late poker legend Mike Sexton.
A total of 20 players cashed in the event, including some of poker’s big names, such as Adrian Mateos, Ali Imsirovic, Ami Barer and Niklas Astedt, all of whom failed to reach the final table.
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It was Dvoress who set the final table after scoring a double elimination, sending Aleksejs Ponakovs and Nino Ullmann to the rail. Ullmann took the seventh spot ($44,616) as he had the larger stack when the hand began.
Doug Dvoress went on to eliminate Anssi Kintalla with a pair of jacks versus ace-ten. The Finnish player finished sixth for $55,156. Dvoress’ knockout streak continued by scoring his second double elimination, this time resulting in the subsequent exits of Jon Van Fleet and Eelis Parssinen following an all-in battle. Both players ended up in fifth and fourth place, taking home $70,817 and $96,228 respectively.
The next player to go was Mike Watson, courtesy of Aram Zobian, whose ace-king defeated Watson’s ace-queen. Watson walked away with $140,396 for his third-place finish. Zobian grabbed the chip lead thereafter, but that’s only for a short while, as Dvoress quickly reinforced his dominance.
Battle of the Canadians
During the final hand, Dvoress began the action with a raise to 144,000, holding four-three of spades. Zobian three-bet to 607,000 with pocket queens and Dvoress called. They checked the jack-high flop which had two spades. Zobian turned six of clubs and went for a pot-sized bet of 1,229,000 which Dvoress called. The board eventually gave Dvoress a straight.
Zobian went all in for 2,269,930, Dvoress called and ultimately won the tournament. Zobian settled for second place with $200,307 in winnings.
Dvoress’ online pursuits have been going well thus far. Last year, he won his first-ever gold bracelet after taking down the $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER event during the WSOP Online Bracelet Series on GGPoker, during which he earned a massive $1,489,289 as his first-place prize.
