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Qing Liu Narrowly Misses Back-to-Back WPT Titles, Marcus Gonsalves Finally Wins Gardens Poker Championship 3 Min read Qing Liu almost pulled off one of the most impressive accomplishments in poker history, but still made a name for himself even after falling short this week. Markus Gonsalves also deserves recognition for winning the WPT Gardens Poker Championship, a full year after the tournament began. Markus Gonsalves outlasted Qing Liu, who was attempting to make history. (Image: Twitter/WP...

A story-rich final table convened in Las Vegas to wrap up a WPT event that started more than a year ago. Read about the victory of LA pro Markus Gonsalves.

World Poker Tour (WPT) titles in two days. On Tuesday, he took down the $5,000 buy-in WPT Venetian for $752,880, and on Wednesday he’ll battle it out at the long-delayed final table of the WPT Gardens Poker Championship. The WPT Venetian, which ran March 5-9, attracted 937 runners ($4,333,625 prize pool), six of which returned Tuesday to play to winner. Despite the final day being marred by a couple of controversies, the final table played out as planned with Liu overcoming a 2:1 heads-u...

The World Poker Tour final tables delayed for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic will finally take place this spring, PokerNews can report. Each final table was reached during an event from the first couple of months of 2020, with the original date for play set for March 31 in Las Vegas. Everything went on hold when the WPT dealt its last live hand of 2020 in the middle of an event in Europe, instead pivoting to a series of online events run in conjunction with partners Many have ...