Hand #177: Jikai Zhang Wins WPT Prime Montreal! (CAD $165,070); Adam Cader Finishes as Runner-Up (CAD $131,300)

Photo:  WPT Prime Montreal Champion Jikai Zhang

Jikai Zhang raises to 2,000,000, Adam Cader moves all in, and Zhang quickly calls .

Cader turns over , and needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and Cader flops a gutshot straight draw, but improves no further

Photo:  Jikai Zhang

Jikai Zhang wins the pot — and the WPT Prime title — with pocket aces.

Adam Cader finishes as the runner-up, earning CAD $131,300.

Jikai Zhang wins WPT Prime Montreal, earning CAD $165,070 and a beautiful WPT Prime trophy. Zhang’s prize amount includes his US $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

Congratulations to Jikai Zhang!

1st:  Jikai Zhang  –  CAD $165,070*  (~US $120,666*)
2nd:  Adam Cader  –  CAD $131,300  (~US $95,980)
3rd:  Brad Owen  –  CAD $88,000  (~US $64,328)
4th:  Dan Stavila  –  CAD $66,000  (~US $48,246)
5th:  Marc Lavergne  –  CAD $50,000  (~US $36,550)
6th:  Steven Marin  –  CAD $38,000  (~US $27,778)

Before heads-up play began, Jikai Zhang and Adam Cader agreed to modify the final two payouts, and these are the adjusted payouts.

Photo:  Runner-Up Adam Cader

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s US $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

NOTE:  For worldwide consistency across all WPT events, the amounts on the Payouts page are in U.S. dollars. For this event, payouts have been converted using a rate of CAD $1.00 = US $0.731.