Anthony Zinno is keeping his hot streak alive, he won the WPT Bay 101 $25,000 High Roller for $198,000 just a week after winning back-to-back WPT titles.
As we have previously reported, Anthony Zinno won back-to-back WPT titles, he won the WPT Fallsview Classic ($302.235) and followed it up with a win at the WPT LA Poker Classic ($1.015.860), which was his third WPT title overall.
Zinno tried to go three for three and entered the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star, held in San Jose, and even though he failed to win the Main Event, he still had a profitable trip after winning the $25,000 High Roller.
A total of 20 players entered the tournament, including Nick Schulman, David "Doc" Sands, Dan Smith, Andrew Lichtenberger, Jake Schindler and Jason Koon.
The first three places were paid, and Jonathan Jaffe finished as the bubble boy. Pratyush Buddiga busted in third for $98,000 and the two remaining players made a deal. Zinno’s opponent, Paul Volpe received $194.242, Zinno got $177.758 and they left $20,000 for the winner.
Zinno managed to defeat Volpe and pocketed $197.758 for his efforts, with his performance he is a huge leader in the WPT Season XIII Player of the Year leaderboard.
Final table results:
1. Anthony Zinno – $197.758*
2. Paul Volpe – $194.242*
3. Pratyush Buddiga – $98.000
