{"id":5821,"date":"2018-05-07T13:33:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T13:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=5821"},"modified":"2018-05-08T03:48:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T03:48:33","slug":"larry-greenberg-wins-wpt-bellagio-elite-poker-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/larry-greenberg-wins-wpt-bellagio-elite-poker-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Greenberg Wins WPT Bellagio Elite Poker Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

The penultimate\u00a0WPT Champions Club member for Season XVI is Larry Greenberg<\/strong>. The former hedge fund manager defeated a difficult field of 126 last week to win the first-ever WPT Bellagio Elite Poker Championship<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A $10,400 buy-in attracted a mix of top pros and recreational players looking to take their shot in a new World Poker Tour event. Greenberg falls into the latter category despite having live tournament winnings of over $1.6 million in buy-ins as high as $111,111.<\/p>\n

The five-day event finished up in Las Vegas, Nevada<\/strong> with Greenberg lifting the Champions Cup<\/strong> and the $378,879 first-place prize.<\/p>\n

Final table lineup<\/span><\/h2>\n

Seat 1: Cary Katz
\nSeat 2: Ryan Van Sanford
\nSeat 3: Larry Greenberg
\nSeat 4: Danny Qutami
\nSeat 5: Jim Collopy
\nSeat 6: Adrian Garduno<\/p>\n

Top pros finish short of the final table<\/span><\/h2>\n

The 126-entry field offered a single re-entry format which drew a quality selection of Las Vegas pros who did not travel to Montreal and Monte Carlo for partypoker<\/strong> and PokerStars<\/strong> events. A few made the trip from partypoker MILLIONS North America, including Kevin MacPhee<\/strong> and Jim Collopy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Both players notched a top-10 finish. MacPhee held the chip lead with 14 players left coming into Day 4, but after to a set-under-set loss to Greenberg at the unofficial final table, he bowed out in eighth place. A win would have given MacPhee the Triple Crown (he has an EPT title and two WSOP bracelets).<\/p>\n

MacPhee took most of the chips for his end-of-day lead from two-time WPT final tablist\u00a0Jake Schindler<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The two battled for stacks in a 200-big blind pot and Schindler\u2019s king-flush draw came up short against MacPhee\u2019s pair of tens on an eight-high board.<\/p>\n

WPT Champions Club member Justin Young<\/strong> placed 11th and high roller extraordinaire Sean Winter<\/strong> finished ninth.<\/p>\n

Cary Katz eliminated to end Day 4<\/span><\/h2>\n

The final table of six decided to play on for another level after the elimination of Ben Palmer<\/strong> in seventh place. Cary Katz\u2019s short stack went to the rail and Day 4 wrapped up immediately after.<\/p>\n

In Hand #25, WPT Champions Club member Ryan Van Sanford<\/strong> raised under the gun to 18,000 and Greenberg called in the hijack. Day 1 chip leader Garduno called in the small blind and Katz shoved for 166,000 in the big blind.<\/p>\n

Van Sanford and Greenberg folded and Garduno called with pocket sevens. Katz had to hit with ace-queen and failed to connect with the king-high board.<\/p>\n

Play wrapped up after then and resumed on Day 5. Danny Qutami<\/strong> led the field with 1,077,000.<\/p>\n

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