WPT Foxwoods Champion

Filed in archive Tournament News on April 13, 2007

They can't all be exciting except for the people involved with a final table of a World Poker Tour event. Sure, winning $1.3 million is subject to excitement, and likely to change the life of the six individuals who battled their way to the final table to pick up some sizable coin.

As the "stars" of poker shine brightly upon the center stage more and more often, the causal fan looks forward to seeing the Greensteins, Brunsons, and always exciting when he's not getting his behind tattoo'd, Gavin Smith.

Prehaps it wasn't flashy, lacked some "star" power, but Raj Patel outlasted 414 other players to take down first prize at the World Poker Tour event at the foxwoods casino in Ledyard, Connecticut.

For the complete story hop over to the WPT website but here's how Patel became a new WPT champ:

Raj Patel raises to T240,000 from the button. Paul Matteo calls.

Flop comes K53

Matteo bets T400,000 and Raj calls.

Turn is the K

Matteo bets T400,000. Raj calls.

River is the 7

Matteo checks. Raj moves all-in. Matteo calls.

Raj turns over 64. Matteo turns over K2

Raj hits his straight on the river and wins the Foxwoods Poker Classic. He called each street hoping to fill his open ended straight draw and lucked out hitting his seven on the river. Matteo turned three kings, yet lost to a river straight card.

Paul Matteo will take home $643,275 for second place. Raj Patel earns the title and $1,272,905.