{"id":107640,"date":"2021-02-02T10:18:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T10:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=107640"},"modified":"2021-02-02T10:18:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T10:18:49","slug":"daniel-dvoress-takes-down-the-wpt-montreal-mike-sexton-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/daniel-dvoress-takes-down-the-wpt-montreal-mike-sexton-classic.html","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Dvoress Takes Down the WPT Montreal Mike Sexton Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/daniel-dvoress-bags-a-massive-614k-prize.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Daniel Dvoress<\/strong><\/a> has done it again, he\u2019s won yet another massive event after taking down the <strong>WPT Montreal Mike Sexton Classic<\/strong> on February 1.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty players returned to the action for Day 2 of the $10,300 buy-in event with Dvoress leading them back into battle. He stayed in control throughout proceedings and emerged as a worthy champion, a champion with $294,346 in prize money in tow.<\/p>\n<h2>WPT Montreal Mike Sexton Classic Final Table Results<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Country<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Daniel Dvoress<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$294,346<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Aram Zobian<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$200,307<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Mike Watson<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$140,396<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Eelis Parssinen<\/td>\n<td>Finland<\/td>\n<td>$96,228<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Jon Van Fleet<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$70,817<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Anssi Kinttala<\/td>\n<td>Finland<\/td>\n<td>$55,156<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Nino Ullmann<\/td>\n<td>Austria<\/td>\n<td>$44,616<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A whole host of stars busted before the seven-handed final table. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/pascal-lefrancois-takes-down-cpp-online-super-high-roller.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Pascal Lefrancois<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>Roberto Romanello<\/strong>, <strong>Kolja Luecking<\/strong>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/christian-jeppsson-wins-wpt-online-championship.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Christian Jeppsson<\/strong><\/a> were the first casualties of the evening. <strong>Ali Imsirovic<\/strong>, <strong>Niklas Astedt<\/strong>, <strong>Kevin Macdonald<\/strong>, <strong>Patrick Pedersen<\/strong>, and <strong>Philippe Pellerin<\/strong> followed suit.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/2019-cpp-day-8-mateos-main-event.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Adrian Mateos<\/strong><\/a> crashed out in 11th place before <strong>Arseniy Malinov<\/strong>\u2019s exit left the number of entrants in single figures. <strong>Ami Barer<\/strong> busted in ninth-place before Dvoress set the final table in a hand that is typical of how he\u2019s running of late.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.twitch.tv\/?video=897032988&amp;parent=www.partypoker.com\" width=\"620\" height=\"378\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Dvoress Busts Two Players to Set Final Table<\/h2>\n<p>The blinds were 17,500\/35,000\/4,375a and Dvoress moved all-in on the button with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ad.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. His shove covered both blinds combined, and both blinds called all-in! Nino Ullmann called of his 682,003 stack with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and <strong>Aleksejs Ponakovs<\/strong> called off his 508,430 chips with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ks.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Dvoress flopped trips on the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/as.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/td.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> board.<\/p>\n<p>This hand left only six players at the final table and Dvoress\u2019 stack towered over all of them. His stack contained almost 5.3 million chips with 12.5 million chips in play.<\/p>\n<p>Finnish pro <strong>Anssi Kinttala<\/strong>\u2019s tournament ended in a sixth-place finish worth $55,156 when a clash with Dvoress \u2013 who else \u2013 didn\u2019t go to plan. Dvoress raised slightly more than a min-raise to 110,000 and quickly called when Kintalla three-bet all-in for 774,145. It was <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> for Dvoress and <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ac.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/th.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> for the Finn. The jacks held and Kintalla was gone.<\/p>\n<h2>Another Double Elimination!<\/h2>\n<p>Former MILLIONS Online champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/jon-van-fleet-wins-5-million-guaranteed-millions-online-event.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jon Van Fleet<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>Eelis Parssinen<\/strong> were the next players heading for the exits. Eelis Parssinen open-shoved for 18 big blinds with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, Van Fleet called all-in for 425,955 in the small blind with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/as.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ts.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and Dvoress tossed in the calling chips from the big blind with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ac.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. A final board reading <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> busted both Van Fleet and Parssinen. Double eliminations are a rarity, two in one tournament is quite ridiculous!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/poker-masters-victories-for-watson-and-nemeth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Mike Watson<\/strong><\/a> fell in third during the 30,000\/60,000\/7,500a level. Dvoress raised to 132,000 on the button with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">,<strong> Aram Zobian<\/strong> three-bet to 538,750 with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and Watson four-bet jammed for 2,074,606 with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ad.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Dvoress ducked out of the way, but Zobian called. Dvoress would have won the hand had he called because the five community cards fell <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Watson crashed out in third for $140,396 and heads-up was set.<\/p>\n<p>The Watson elimination hand gifted Zobian a significant chip lead but Dvoress was far from out of contention. A player of his quality always has a chance if they have only a single chip left in their stack.<\/p>\n<h2>Dvoress Misses His Flush But Hits a Runner-Runner Straight<\/h2>\n<p>Dvoress reclaimed the chip lead and never looked back. The final hand saw Dvoress raise to 144,000 with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> before calling Zobian\u2019s three-bet to 607,000 which he made with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qs.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. The flop fell <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/js.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Zobian checked and Dvoress checked behind. The turn brought the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> into play and Zobian bet exactly pot-sized, or 1,229,000. Dvoress called. Dvoress completed a straight on the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> river and it was game over. Zobian ripped it in for 2,269,930 and Dvoress beat him into the pot with a snap-call.<\/p>\n<p>Good game for Zobian who won $200,307 and an even better game for the unstoppable Dvoress who banked $294,346 and the title of champion.<\/p>\n<h3>Love poker? Join party!<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re ready to jump into the action, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/download\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>click here to download partypoker and get started<\/strong>!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you already have an account with us, click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/promo.partypoker.com\/en\/promo\/launch\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>open partypoker and hit the tables!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Dvoress has done it again, he\u2019s won yet another massive event after taking down the WPT Montreal Mike Sexton Classic on February 1. Twenty players returned to the action for Day 2 of the $10,300 buy-in event with Dvoress leading them back into battle. He stayed in control throughout proceedings and emerged as a<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/daniel-dvoress-takes-down-the-wpt-montreal-mike-sexton-classic.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":107644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[300],"tags":[2212,38432,184,187,200,330,90],"yst_prominent_words":[16292,11904,11906,9978,4138,12462,12457,16438,37886,12689,38714,38712,38706,38486,38186,12463,16440,38710,38718,38702],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107640"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107672,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107640\/revisions\/107672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107640"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=107640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}