The \u00a3200 + \u00a320 WSOP Christmas Cracker at the Rendezvous Casino in Brighton from 5-7 December attracted 113 entries, with 31 players returning on Day 2 to battle it out for a share of the \u00a322,600 prize pool.<\/p>\n
The lion’s share of the loot went to Siamak Siamak, who beat Shah Athar heads-up to take the title and \u00a37,320, with Athar pocketing \u00a34,930 as runner-up.<\/p>\n
Thein Nguyen finished in third place for \u00a33,390, with Jack Loraine fourth, Cesar Balacios in fifth place, Andrew Parker sixth, Anthony Connor seventh, Anthony Ritchie eighth and David Pearman ninth.<\/p>\n
The week-long festival began with Koroush Nikkhah taking down the \u00a350 + \u00a36 Monday re-buy for \u00a31,000, with Alex Kraus and James Elliott dealing their way to \u00a3700 each in the Tuesday \u00a370 + \u00a37 re-entry, with Nikkhah finishing third for \u00a3500.<\/p>\n
The Wednesday \u00a375 + \u00a310 win-the-button turbo saw Chris Macleod scoop \u00a3995 for first place, with Joshuah Sklar pocketing \u00a3990 for second.<\/p>\n
Nikkhah bagged another \u00a32,000 after taking down the Thursday \u00a3100 + \u00a310 re-entry after a three-handed deal, with Hui Jin and Jubel Rahman taking \u00a31,600 each for second and third respectively.<\/p>\n
WSOP Christmas Cracker
\n1 Siamak Siamak \u00a37,320
\n2 Shah Athar \u00a34,930
\n3 Thein Nguyen \u00a33,390
\n4 Jack Loraine \u00a32,080
\n5 Cesar Balacios \u00a31,510
\n6 Andrew Parker \u00a31,180
\n7 Anthony Connor \u00a3920
\n8 Anthony Ritchie \u00a3710
\n9 David Pearman \u00a3560<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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