James Carroll defeats a 468-entry field to earn the win in the inaugural Texas Poker Championship $5,300 Main Event at Prime Poker Social Club in Houston. Carroll earns $455,860 for his huge heads-up comeback against Nick Howard to secure the victory.
Carroll began heads-up play a 5-1 dog and quickly flipped the tables on Howard, gaining control early and running to victory. Howard earns $303,930 as runner-up.
The tournament was the largest buy-in and the $2 Million Guarantee was also the largest ever offered in sanctioned Texas Poker history. The series itself paid out more than $4.5 million, making the entire series the biggest Texas has ever seen.
Here’s the full Main Event coverage – and full 22-tournament series coverage – as offered by our team including Ryan ‘Luccrazy’ Lucchesi and Haley Hintze.
Dan is the founder of PokerLiveUpdates, a veteran poker tournament reporter who can be found wandering somewhat aimlessly through tournament arenas worldwide. As a founding member of FunTour2.0, he searches for the best in craft beer at all locations in the poker world.
