Congratulations to Matthew Lapossie, Winner of WPT Fallsview Poker Classic! (CAD $363,197)

After a tough battle in the Fallsview Casino it was Matthew Lapossie who came out on top beating a field of 383 players to claim the CAD $363,197 first-place prize in the WPT Fallsview Poker Classic.

Jason James started the day with a huge chip lead and he maintained a good chip position for most of the day. Short stacks Xiahu Chen (10th – CAD $26,462) and John Boulougouris (9th – CAD $36,320) weren’t as fortunate as they were eliminated within the first five hands of 10-handed play.

Peter Labib was next to go in eighth place (CAD $48,426) when he ran his nut flush into Matthew Lapossie’s straight flush. The room erupted when both players turned their cards over and Lapossie jumped into second place after raking in this big pot. A few hands later it seemed like Dylan Wilkerson would be eliminated, but he cracked Lapossie’s aces with nines in order to stay alive.

After more than four hours with seven players it was finally Dave Graham who was knocked out in seventh place for CAD $54,478. Graham lost a vital coin flip holding A-8 versus James’ sixes and the official final table was set.

Seat 1: Spiro Mikrogianakis – 1,900,000
Seat 2: Jason James – 2,800,000
Seat 3: Howie Leung – 1,405,000
Seat 4: Josue Sauvageau – 2,690,000
Seat 5 : Dylan Wilkerson – 1,640,000
Seat 6: Matthew Lapossie – 885,000

After countless chops and a few double-ups it was Howie Leung, who came into the day as one of the short stacks, who was knocked out in sixth place for CAD $72,639 when he couldn’t beat ace-king with pocket eights.

French Canadian Josue Sauvageau was next knocked out in fifth place, which was the exact same place he finished in this same event last year. Sauvageau took home CAD $90,799 after his jacks fell short to Wilkerson’s ace-queen.

Four-handed play was very cautious as nobody was taking the risk of being the next player knocked out. After the dinner break things picked up a little but and eventually it was Spiro Mikrogianakis who hit the road in fourth place. The local favorite took home CAD $121,066 when he was eliminated in a three-way all in. Mikrogianakis held sixes against Wilkerson’s queen-ten and Lapossie’s ace-king. Lapossie walked away victorious in this pot and that gave him a big lead with three left.

James four-bet all in holding ace-seven and he ran into Lapossie’s ace-king. James was knocked out in third place and he took home CAD $163,439 for his efforts. After 22 hands of heads up play the tournament was done as Wilkerson was knocked out holding pocket fours against Lapossie’s ace-five of spades. The board gave Lapossie a pair of aces and Wilkerson collected the CAD $254,238 second-place prize.

Lapossie battled hard and was ultimately rewarded with the huge CAD $342,266 first-place prize for his high quality play. This victory is by far Lapossie’s best tournament result, as he etches his name in the huge WPT trophy. Lapossie will forever be part of the WPT Champions Club and we will see him back again at the WPT Championship event at Borgata in the Spring.

Thanks for following our coverage of the WPT Fallsview Poker Classic. See you soon in early March at the L.A. Poker Classic!