World Poker Tour victory worth more than $1.2M

Taylor Black won the World Poker Tour’s Five Diamond World Poker Classic for much than $1.2 cardinal Sunday astatine the HyperX Esports Arena astatine the Luxor.

Black prevailed successful a tract of 716 entries to cod $1,241,430 successful the No-limit Hold’em event, which was held astatine the Bellagio earlier shifting to the HyperX arena for the finale.

Black won heads-up against Vik Shegal, who earned $827,620. In the last hand, Black’s ace-king held up against Shegal’s ace-eight all-in preflop.

Black has much than $3.8 cardinal successful vocation tourney earnings, according to the Hendon Mob Poker Database.

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