The WPT bestbet Scramble Awards Frederic Normand $351,650

The WPT bestbet Scramble Awards Frederic Normand $351,650

The $5,000 Buy-In No-Limit Hold’em event featured 365 players and it had two starting flights. Its leading 46 players won at least $9,400 each. However, only 125 entrants advanced to Day 2 and they burst the money bubble after nine hours.

Still, 17 players advanced to the tournament’s final day. Frederic Normand’s prowess helped him eliminate his opponents and win $351,650 hence joining the World Poker Tour (WPT) Champions Club.

It was the second payout in his poker career. The player won a $580 satellite that helped him qualify for the WPT bestbet Scramble. Reports indicate that he has almost $900,000 in poker winnings.

Daniel Arsham designed the trophy that Normand received recently. His victory earned him a seat in the $10,400 WPT World Championship scheduled to start on December 12 at Wynn Las Vegas.

The player won $177,732 after finishing fifth in the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $3,000 Buy-In event. Other players who cashed in the bestbet Scramble included Jerry Wong, Andrew Neeme, Hunter Cichy, Stan Jablonski, and Bin Weng.

The Tournament’s Top Prizes

1. Frederic Normand-$351,650 and 1,200 Card Player Player of the Year (POY) points
2. Heng Zhang-$226,700 and 1,000 POY points
3. Toby Boas-$166,800 and 800 POY points
4. Michael Frierson-$123,900 and 600 POY points
5. Ian O’Hara-$92,900 and 500 POY points
6. Brian Senie-$70,400 and 400 POY points

The Final Table’s Action

Normand had the second-largest stack when he reached the final table.his K-Q dominated Brian Senie’s K-J and eliminated him in the sixth position. O’Hara used 6Club Suit4Diamond Suit to move all-in against Zhang’s KClub Suit10Club Suit when a QSpade Suit10Diamond Suit4Heart Suit flop occurred.

The river and turn eliminated O’Hara in the fifth position. Normand’s amazing run continued when he used pocket kings to defeat Michael Frierson’s A-Q hence busting him in fourth place. The remaining players battled it out for a long period before Toby Boas doubled Normand.

Boas’ A-4 lost a queen to Normand’s Q-J and left the table in the third position. Zhang had a 10,200,000:8,050,000 chip advantage over Normand when their heads-up action began. The duo exchanged the lead several times before tying in the tournament’s 100th hand.

Normand made a 400,000 preflop raise prompting Zhang to call. They checked down a 8Club Suit7Diamond Suit5Spade SuitADiamond Suit board. Normand wagered 750,000 and Zhang used 0Diamond Suit6Diamond Suit to make an all-in 4,675,000 check-raise.

His move forced Norman to use ASpade Suit4Heart Suit and cover his card. 6Heart Suit landed on the river helping Normand to make an eight-high straight improvement.

Normand sent Zhang packing as the runner-up with $226,700. The latter has performed well in bestbet Jacksonville’s latest tournaments.

He won the August 2023 Card Player Poker Tour bestbet Jacksonville Mystery Bounty Main Event. Various poker sites show that Zhang’s recent runner-up finish increased his poker career winnings to over $680,000.