{"id":181897,"date":"2022-07-04T13:30:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T13:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=181897"},"modified":"2022-09-01T12:45:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T12:45:40","slug":"dan-owston-crowned-2022-wcoap-main-event-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/dan-owston-crowned-2022-wcoap-main-event-champion.html","title":{"rendered":"Dan Owston Crowned 2022 WCOAP Main Event Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>2022 Amateur Poker Association &amp; Tour (APAT) World Championship Of Amateur Poker (WCOAP)<\/strong> crowned its Main Event champion this weekend and <strong>Dan Owston<\/strong> is that champion. Owston overcame a massive field of 423 entrants to get his hands on \u00a310,000 of the \u00a352,875 prize pool, a famous APAT gold medal plus a commemorative WCOAP bracelet.<\/p>\n<p>Owston also banked a <strong>partypoker LIVE package<\/strong> for a future event, giving him a free shot at another bumper payday.<\/p>\n<h2>WCOAP Main Event Final Table Results<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Dan Owston<\/td>\n<td>\u00a310,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Simao Manuel Gomes<\/td>\n<td>\u00a37,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Alu Ayub<\/td>\n<td>\u00a35,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Adam Keeney<\/td>\n<td>\u00a33,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Ryan Kilbey<\/td>\n<td>\u00a32,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Emiel Sennema<\/td>\n<td>\u00a31,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Michal Czeszel<\/td>\n<td>\u00a31,100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Winston Jones<\/td>\n<td>\u00a3925<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Anonymous<\/td>\n<td>\u00a3800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>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 \u00a3800 before <strong>Winston Jones<\/strong> saw his tournament end abruptly in an eighth place finish worth \u00a3925.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michal Czeszel<\/strong> was the next to fall; his elimination in seventh place came with a \u00a31,100 payout. The final six then became five when <strong>Emiel Sennema<\/strong> crashed out and made his way to the Dusk Till Dawn cashier desk to collect $1,400.<\/p>\n<p>A nice, round \u00a32,000 made its way to the bank account of fifth-place finisher <strong>Ryan Kilbey<\/strong> before <strong>Adam Keeney<\/strong> (\u00a33,000) and <strong>Alu Ayub<\/strong> (\u00a35,000) fell by the wayside and sent the WCOAP Main Event into the heads-up stage.<\/p>\n<p>Owston locked horns with <strong>Simao Manuel Gomes<\/strong> heads-up. The final hand saw a short-stacked Gomes move all-in 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\/ts.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> and Owston make the call with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6c.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\">. The <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\/as.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\"> flop kept Owston in front but gave Gomes a gutshot straight draw. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/how-to-play\/strategy\/betting\/turn-and-river\">The <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ac.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> turn was then joined by the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> river<\/a>, improving Owston to an unnecessary full house and gifting him the WCOAP Main Event title.<\/p>\n<h2>WCOAP Live Side Events Results<\/h2>\n<p>Congratulations to everyone who became an APAT WCOAP champion at Dusk Till Dawn, but especially to <strong>Garry Bennett<\/strong> who won the <strong>High Roller Championship<\/strong> for \u00a35,290 and the <strong>Bounty Championship<\/strong> for an additional \u00a32,225.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Event<\/th>\n<th>Buy-in<\/th>\n<th>Entrants<\/th>\n<th>Prize pool<\/th>\n<th>Champion<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Short Deck Championship<\/td>\n<td>\u00a360<\/td>\n<td>72<\/td>\n<td>\u00a33,600<\/td>\n<td>Adam Hilton<\/td>\n<td>\u00a31,170<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>High Roller Championship<\/td>\n<td>\u00a3340<\/td>\n<td>49<\/td>\n<td>\u00a314,700<\/td>\n<td>Garry Bennett<\/td>\n<td>\u00a35,290<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Round Of Each Championship<\/td>\n<td>\u00a360<\/td>\n<td>103<\/td>\n<td>\u00a35,150<\/td>\n<td>Julio Pringipas<\/td>\n<td>\u00a31,442<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bounty Championship<\/td>\n<td>\u00a3120<\/td>\n<td>165<\/td>\n<td>\u00a316,500<\/td>\n<td>Garry Bennett<\/td>\n<td>\u00a32,225<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tag Championship<\/td>\n<td>\u00a3120<\/td>\n<td>65<\/td>\n<td>\u00a36,500<\/td>\n<td>Daniel Turner<\/td>\n<td>\u00a32,210<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mix Max Championship<\/td>\n<td>\u00a3120<\/td>\n<td>104<\/td>\n<td>\u00a310,400<\/td>\n<td>Ian Thompson<\/td>\n<td>\u00a33,015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Shootout Championship<\/td>\n<td>\u00a360<\/td>\n<td>99<\/td>\n<td>\u00a34,950<\/td>\n<td>Anonymous<\/td>\n<td>\u00a31,618<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PLO Championship<\/td>\n<td>\u00a3120<\/td>\n<td>107<\/td>\n<td>\u00a310,700<\/td>\n<td>Anonymous<\/td>\n<td>\u00a32,995<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Win the Button Championship<\/td>\n<td>\u00a360<\/td>\n<td>75<\/td>\n<td>\u00a33,750<\/td>\n<td>Mohammed Ashfaq<\/td>\n<td>\u00a31,220<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Love poker? 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Owston overcame a massive field of 423 entrants to get his hands on \u00a310,000 of the \u00a352,875 prize pool, a famous APAT gold medal plus a commemorative WCOAP<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/dan-owston-crowned-2022-wcoap-main-event-champion.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":181902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[50993,300],"tags":[33725,33721,52326,1424,1425,33729],"yst_prominent_words":[33710,4692,4138,21935,2371,4454,21941,39870],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181897"}],"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=181897"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184641,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181897\/revisions\/184641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181897"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=181897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}