Dan Owston Crowned 2022 WCOAP Main Event Champion

The 2022 Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP) crowned its Main Event champion this weekend and Dan Owston is that champion. Owston overcame a massive field of 423 entrants to get his hands on £10,000 of the £52,875 prize pool, a famous APAT gold medal plus a commemorative WCOAP bracelet.

Owston also banked a partypoker LIVE package for a future event, giving him a free shot at another bumper payday.

WCOAP Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Dan Owston	£10,000
2	Simao Manuel Gomes	£7,500
3	Alu Ayub	£5,000
4	Adam Keeney	£3,000
5	Ryan Kilbey	£2,000
6	Emiel Sennema	£1,400
7	Michal Czeszel	£1,100
8	Winston Jones	£925
9	Anonymous	£800

All but two players who navigated their way through to the nine-handed final table walked away with at least four figures for their efforts. An anonymous player busted in ninth for £800 before Winston Jones saw his tournament end abruptly in an eighth place finish worth £925.

Michal Czeszel was the next to fall; his elimination in seventh place came with a £1,100 payout. The final six then became five when Emiel Sennema crashed out and made his way to the Dusk Till Dawn cashier desk to collect $1,400.

A nice, round £2,000 made its way to the bank account of fifth-place finisher Ryan Kilbey before Adam Keeney (£3,000) and Alu Ayub (£5,000) fell by the wayside and sent the WCOAP Main Event into the heads-up stage.

Owston locked horns with Simao Manuel Gomes heads-up. The final hand saw a short-stacked Gomes move all-in with K♠ 10♠ and Owston make the call with 6♣ 6♦. The J♣ A♠ 9♠ flop kept Owston in front but gave Gomes a gutshot straight draw. The A♣ turn was then joined by the A♥ river, improving Owston to an unnecessary full house and gifting him the WCOAP Main Event title.

WCOAP Live Side Events Results

Congratulations to everyone who became an APAT WCOAP champion at Dusk Till Dawn, but especially to Garry Bennett who won the High Roller Championship for £5,290 and the Bounty Championship for an additional £2,225.

Event	Buy-in	Entrants	Prize pool	Champion	Prize
Short Deck Championship	£60	72	£3,600	Adam Hilton	£1,170
High Roller Championship	£340	49	£14,700	Garry Bennett	£5,290
Round Of Each Championship	£60	103	£5,150	Julio Pringipas	£1,442
Bounty Championship	£120	165	£16,500	Garry Bennett	£2,225
Tag Championship	£120	65	£6,500	Daniel Turner	£2,210
Mix Max Championship	£120	104	£10,400	Ian Thompson	£3,015
Shootout Championship	£60	99	£4,950	Anonymous	£1,618
PLO Championship	£120	107	£10,700	Anonymous	£2,995
Win the Button Championship	£60	75	£3,750	Mohammed Ashfaq	£1,220