{"id":149350,"date":"2021-09-07T13:25:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T13:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=149350"},"modified":"2021-09-07T13:25:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T13:25:11","slug":"proudfoot-denies-rudolph-wptwoc-high-roller-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/proudfoot-denies-rudolph-wptwoc-high-roller-title.html","title":{"rendered":"Proudfoot Denies Rudolph WPTWOC High Roller Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jonathan Proudfoot<\/strong> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/wpt-world-online-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WPT World Online Championships<\/strong><\/a> champion after he navigated his way through a talented field of 114 opponents in the <strong>$10,300 WPT #14 High Roller Championship<\/strong>. Proudfoot\u2019s impressive victory sees him turn his initial buy-in into a colossal $268,690.<\/p>\n<h2>WPT #14 High Roller Championship Final Table Result<\/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>Jonathan Proudfoot<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$268,960<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Christian Rudolph<\/td>\n<td>Austria<\/td>\n<td>$183,031<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Timo Kamphues<\/td>\n<td>Austria<\/td>\n<td>$128,287<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Jon Van Fleet<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$87,929<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Andras Nemeth<\/td>\n<td>Hungary<\/td>\n<td>$64,709<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Thomas Boivin<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$50,399<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Leon Sturm<\/td>\n<td>Austria<\/td>\n<td>$40,768<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Twenty players returned to the partypoker tables for the final day of the high-stakes event. <strong>Alexandros Theologis<\/strong>, <strong>Leonard Oliver Maue<\/strong>, <strong>Tamas Adamszki<\/strong>, <strong>Dan Smith<\/strong>, <strong>Sam Greenwood<\/strong>, and <strong>Timothy Adams<\/strong> were the first stars out of the door, the latter\u2019s exit reducing the tournament to its final two tables.<\/p>\n<p>The players fell one-by-one until <strong>Pedro Garagnani<\/strong> crashed and burned in eighth place; the official final table was set. Former MILLIONS Online champion <strong>Jon Van Fleet<\/strong> went into the final table as the chip leader courtesy of his 2,786,882 stack. Only Proudfoot (2,399,183), and <strong>Andras Nemeth<\/strong> (2,360,714) sat down with more than two million stacks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/clips.twitch.tv\/embed?clip=ExcitedFlaccidPineappleEleGiggle-kKcLxux4aKU4-qTL&amp;parent=www.partypoker.com\" width=\"620\" height=\"378\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Austrian <strong>Leon Strum<\/strong> was the first of the seven finalists to bow out, doing so during the 25,000\/50,000\/6,250a level. Strum made it 420,000 to go from the cutoff 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\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, leaving himself less than 400,000 behind. Proudfoot, from the big blind, three-bet 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\">. Surprisingly, Strum only called, which left him with less than a small blind. That nano-stack went in on a <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><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\/qh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">[ flop with the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qs.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> turn gifting Proudfoot quads.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/clips.twitch.tv\/embed?clip=CharmingCoyWhaleNotATK-a17-XxIPP8EAuj8S&amp;parent=www.partypoker.com\" width=\"620\" height=\"378\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas Boivin<\/strong> busted in sixth at the hands of Nemeth. Boivin was down to 12 big blinds when he raise-called all-in with <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\/jh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> from the button against Nemeth\u2019s <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\/8s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. The <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2c.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\"> gave Boivin more outs but the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> turn nor the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> river was one of them.<\/p>\n<p>The dangerous Nemeth was culled in fifth place, a finish good for $64,709. Van Fleet opened to 137,999 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\/js.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> at the 30,000\/60,000\/7,500a level. Proudfoot flat-called on the button 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\">, leading Nemeth to squeeze all-in for 2,746,645 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\/ks.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Van Fleet ducked out of the way, but Proudfoot called and created a 5.6 million chip pot. The five community cards ran <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5c.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\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/7c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/tc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, and Nemeth was left 1.5 big blinds. Unsurprisingly, Nemeth never recovered and busted soon after.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/clips.twitch.tv\/embed?clip=BigBlazingKoalaCorgiDerp-qU7UiF0W1XP2Z4Ok&amp;parent=www.partypoker.com\" width=\"620\" height=\"378\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Van Fleet was the next to fall and secure the last five-figure prize of the evening. The Canadian open-shoved for 1,271,988 at the 40,000\/80,000\/10,000a level 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\/th.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Proudfoot looked him up with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5d.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\">. The hot-running Proudfoot more than won the coinflip because he hit a full house on the [&amp;c]<img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/2c.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\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> river.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/clips.twitch.tv\/embed?clip=AntsyBraveToothCclamChamp-mTTsCH9vaxT7Akm5&amp;parent=www.partypoker.com\" width=\"620\" height=\"378\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The impressive run of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/kamphues-leads-wptwoc-10k-high-roller-schemion-shines-in-the-main-event.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Timo Kamphues<\/strong><\/a> ended in third place for $128,287. Of course, it was Proudfoot who claimed Kamphues\u2019 stack. Proudfoot led for 392,000 with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/th.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\"> on the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5d.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\/kh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> flop, and Kamphues called with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kc.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\">. partypoker commentator James Dempsey commented that a queen on the turn would be disasterous for Kamphues; the turn was the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/qs.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">.<\/p>\n<p>Proudfoot bet around half-pot with his straight, with Kamphues slow-playing an expensive second-best hand. The river was the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, and Proudfoot Kamphues all-in for his last 1,546,684 chips, Kamphues called and instantly saw the bad news.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/clips.twitch.tv\/embed?clip=FancyHappyOxCoolCat-zTqlDviGKucuT-9m&amp;parent=www.partypoker.com\" width=\"620\" height=\"378\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Proudfoot went into heads-up with an 8,037,664 to 1,815,652 chip lead over Christian Rudolph. Even a player of Rudolph\u2019s undoubted quality would struggle to peg back the leader. Rudolph managed to double his stack, but then the Poker Gods stepped in an created a cooler hand.<\/p>\n<p>Rudolph raised to 200,000 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\/qs.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> only for Proudfoot to wake up with the monster that is <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\/kh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. Proudfoot three-bet to 776,000 before calling when Rudolph jammed for 4,705,944 in total. The <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/td.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/tc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><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\/8c.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\"> board did not even hint at helping Rudolph, and he busted n second place for $183,031, leaving Proudfoot to become a WPTWOC champion and recipient of $268,960.<\/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>Jonathan Proudfoot is a WPT World Online Championships champion after he navigated his way through a talented field of 114 opponents in the $10,300 WPT #14 High Roller Championship. Proudfoot\u2019s impressive victory sees him turn his initial buy-in into a colossal $268,690. WPT #14 High Roller Championship Final Table Result Place Player Country Prize 1<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/proudfoot-denies-rudolph-wptwoc-high-roller-title.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":149352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[300],"tags":[730,1424,1425,330,74,15576],"yst_prominent_words":[9318,20536,4138,21935,12462,12457,32507,17198,9464,21941,15279,17201,6303,12463],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149350"}],"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=149350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149387,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149350\/revisions\/149387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149350"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=149350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}