{"id":90248,"date":"2020-08-05T09:42:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T09:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=90248"},"modified":"2020-08-05T13:53:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T13:53:36","slug":"gavin-cochrane-takes-down-wptwoc-8-max-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/gavin-cochrane-takes-down-wptwoc-8-max-championship.html","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Cochrane is a WPTWOC Event Winner; Takes Down 8-Max Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gavin Cochrane<\/strong> is the newest member of the WPT Champions Club<\/strong> after he took down the WPT #03 8-Max Championship Event<\/strong><\/a>. Cochrane secured a gargantuan $540,664 first-place prize, a $15,000 entry to the Tournament of Champions<\/strong> including flights and accommodation, and a place in poker\u2019s history books.<\/p>\n

WPT #03 8-Max Championship Final Table Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\nPrize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nGavin Cochrane<\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/td>\n$540,664<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nThomas Boivin<\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/td>\n$388,118<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nLars Kamphues<\/td>\nAustria<\/td>\n$256,727<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nDmitry Yurasov<\/td>\nBelarus<\/td>\n$173,955<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nShyngis Satubayev<\/td>\nKazakhstan<\/td>\n$123,298<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nDaniel Colpoys<\/td>\nMexico<\/td>\n$87,296<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nJiachen Gong<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n$61,171<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nOgnyan Dimov<\/td>\nBulgaria<\/td>\n$48,427<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nSam Grafton<\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/td>\n$40,143<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The final day started with nine players in the hunt for the title and Cochrane in pole position with almost twice the number of chips as anyone else. Fellow British grinder Sam Grafton<\/strong> began the day with enough chips to place him fifth at the restart, but he was the first casualty of the night.<\/p>\n

Grafton lost half his stack to Lars Kamphues<\/strong> when his couldn\u2019t get there against Kamphues\u2019 then got his final 12 big blinds into the middle with against the of Shyngis Satubayev<\/strong>. That had left Grafton with 0.9 big blinds and they went into the middle with , which lost to the of Dmitry Yurasov<\/strong> with Grafton hitting a set on the river but Yurasov improving to a Broadway straight. It just wasn\u2019t Grafton\u2019s day.<\/p>\n

Dimov Misses Out on Triple Crown<\/h2>\n

Bulgarian pro Ognyan Dimov<\/strong> blinded down to 10 big blinds and jammed them into the middle with from under the gun. UK-based Belgian Thomas Boivin<\/strong> called with the dominating from the next seat along to put Dimov at risk of elimination. Dimov flopped top two but was drawing dead by the turn of the board.<\/p>\n

Jiachen Gong<\/strong> of Canada was another short stack who had resorted to pushing all in or folding. A couple of his shoves got through with no resistance but when he pushed 9.5 big blinds under the gun with he found a caller in the shape of Daniel Colpoys<\/strong> in the big blind who had been dealt . Gong turned a flush draw but the tens held and only six players remained in contention for the $540,664 top prize.<\/p>\n