HPT Golden Gates Winner for the Second Time – Cord Garcia

Out of a field of 787 poker players Cord Garcia Topped them all in order to win the 2017 Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates $1,650.00 no-limit hold’em main event.  Cord went home with a total winning of $248.732.00 as well as his second HPT main event title.  Incredibly Cord won this very same event about five months ago, in which he topped a field of 488 poker players for a total of $168,988.00.

This time around Cord who won the first ever WSOP Colossus event that took place back in the year of 2015, not only was dealing with a much larger playing field but he was also dealing with a much more accomplished final table.  Joining him at the final table was Dan O’Brien who took 2^nd place with a total winning of $153,982.00, Zo Karim who took 5^th place with a total winning of $50,903.00 and Ben Keeline who took 6^th place with a total winning of $39,103.00.

In addition to the money and the title Cord also earned 912 Cardplayer – Player of the Year Points.  This was just enough to place him in the 28^th spot in the overall standings,  which are to be presented at the Commerce Casino and Hotel in 2017.

Here is a look at the final table rankings:

1^st place went to player Cord Garcia with a total winning of $248,732.00, and a total of 912 POY points.

2^nd place went to player Dan O’Brien with a total winning of $153,982.00, and a total of 760 POY points.

3^rd place went to player Andrew Dean with a total winning of $100,881.00, and a total of 608 POY points.

4^th place went to player Sead Vasquez with a total winning of $69,760.00, and a total of 456 POY points.

5^th place went to player Zohair Karim with a total winning of $50,903.00, and a total of 380 POY points.