Hand #192: David Dongwoo Ko Wins the WPT Montreal Championship! (CAD $434,900); Dan Stavila Finishes as Runner-Up (CAD $280,000)

Photo: WPT Montreal Champion David Dongwoo Ko

David Dongwoo Ko limps for 500,000, Dan Stavila raises from the big blind to 1,800,000, and Ko calls.

Both players check to the turn on a board of , Stavila checks, Ko bets 2,450,000, and Stavila thinks for a while before he calls.

The river card is the , Stavila checks, Ko bets 7,200,000, and Stavila thinks for a while before he check-raises all in for 16,025,000.

Ko snap-calls, and Stavila turns over for a queen-high flush.

But Ko turns over to win the pot — and the WPT title — with a king-high flush.

Dan Stavila finishes as the runner-up, earning CAD $280,000.

David Dongwoo Ko wins the WPT Montreal Championship, earning CAD $434,900, a WPT Champions Trophy, and a Playground Poker Championship Belt. As part of his prize amount, Ko has locked up his US $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas, and Ko’s name will be engraved on the one-and-only Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup alongside every champion from all 22 seasons of the World Poker Tour.

Congratulations to David Dongwoo Ko!

1st:  David Dongwoo Ko  –  CAD $434,900*  (~US $319,217*)
2nd:  Dan Stavila  –  CAD $280,000  (~US $205,520)
3rd:  Tommy Nguyen  –  CAD $205,000  (~US $150,470)
4th:  Rayan Chamas  –  CAD $155,000  (~US $113,770)
5th:  Tamer Alkamli  –  CAD $117,000  (~US $85,878)
6th:  Charles Kassin  –  CAD $89,000  (~US $65,326)

Photo:  Runner-Up Dan Stavila

* 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 $0.734.