DraftKings Qualifier Mark Darner Out in 53rd Place ($22,660)

Photo: Eddy Sabat (center) ponders whether to call or fold the all-in bet from Dylan Hortin (right), while Mark Darner (left) is all in awaiting his fate.

DraftKings qualifier Mark Darner moves all in under the gun for 72,000, Eddy Sabat calls UTG+1, and Dylan Hortin moves all in from middle position for about 540,000.

Sabat goes into the tank for a long time. After a while, Sabat tells the table, “Sorry guys. It’s my one tank of the day.” After a good 4-5 minutes, Sabat folds.

Darner shows AQ, and Hortin turns over KK. Darner needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes 95378, and the pocket kings hold up for Hortin to win the pot and eliminate Darner from the tournament.

Dylan Hortin  –  700,000  (116 bb)
Eddy Sabat  –  355,000  (59 bb)
Mark Darner  –  Eliminated in 53rd Place  ($22,660)

Mark Darner earned his entry into this event in a WPT satellite on DraftKings.com. DraftKings is the Official Daily Fantasy Sports site of the World Poker Tour, and they qualified three players into this $10,000 buy-in event, including the WPT’s own Raw Deal Analyst, Tony Dunst.

Darner is a professional poker player by trade, and this is his third cash on the World Poker Tour. He won his satellite package into this event the first time he ever played on DraftKings, and parlayed that $55 entry into a $22,660 cash in the WPT L.A. Poker Classic.

If you’d like to follow in Darner’s footsteps and qualify for a WPT event by playing daily fantasy sports, check out DraftKings.com.