Cord Garcia is the winner of the HPT Golden Gates Main Event and has won back-to-back HPT Golden Gates. He will take home $248,732 for his effort and is on top of the HPT Player of the Year Leaderboard. On top of all that, he also wins his second HPT Bracelet, which he says he will be giving to his mother.
Garcia topped a field of 787 players and eventually defeated Dan O’Brien heads up thanks to a little help from the ace of spades that came on the river to earn him a huge double and leave O’Brien with a little more than ten big blinds.
Check out the recap and all the tournament action here, from Brent Harrington with Hold’em Live Updates.
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