Matthew Waxman Closes World Poker Tour Season XVI With Tournament of Champions Win

Season XVI on the World Poker Tour concluded at Esports Arena Las Vegas with the Tournament of Champions. Darren Elias was in the driver’s seat to win the title after earning his fourth WPT win earlier this week at the Bobby Baldwin Classic. Elias’ date with destiny was interrupted by Matthew Waxman, who overcame four difficult opponents to win the final table.

The final table streamed on PokerGO and included exciting poker for the duration of the event.

Among the players Waxman defeated include Super High Roller Bowl commentator Nick Schulman. Fans will hear Schulman’s voice on the Super High Roller Bowl live stream in just a few hours and yesterday, they watched the talented pro battle for the coveted title.

Today he is on the @WPT felt, but tomorrow @NickSchulman is in the #SHRBowl booth.
Watch the #WPTTOC final table now!
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— PokerGO (@PokerGO) May 27, 2018

Waxman made the first dent in Elias’ stack when he won a large pot against the four-time Champions Cup winner. Elias saw nothing but blue skies for the last week but some clouds finally got in his way.

He went wire-to-wire earlier in the week, but @Matthew_Waxman just took the #WPTTOC chip lead from @DarrenElias.
Watch the @WPT on PokerGO now!
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— PokerGO (@PokerGO) May 27, 2018

Elias found himself in more trouble in three-handed play. Short-stacked against Waxman and Matas Cimbolas, Elias got his chips in bad and the situation got worse as soon as the flop came out.

No back-to-back for @DarrenElias. Bobby Baldwin Classic champion busts #WPTTOC final table in 3rd place.
Watch heads up @WPT action now!
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— PokerGO (@PokerGO) May 27, 2018

Cimbolas and Waxman faced off for the Tournament of Champions title with Waxman holding a slight edge to start. Waxman furthered his lead during the match and then closed it out with a great call to earn his second win on the World Poker Tour.

80 of the @WPT's best opened the #WPTTOC and @matthew_Waxman called to close out Season XVI with a win!
Season X's Grand Prix de Paris champ takes down the Tournament of Champions for $463K!
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— PokerGO (@PokerGO) May 27, 2018

The Tournament of Champions concludes WPT live streams on PokerGO for Season XVI. More poker is on the way starting today with Day 1 of the Super High Roller Bowl starting at 6:00 pm from the PokerGO Studio.

PokerGO is also the home for the World Series of Poker with final tables streaming for the full summer schedule.

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