Viet Vo wins the June 2021 $1 Million GTD Prime Social Houston $1,100 Main Event
Keeping his RunGood going, Viet Vo captures the $1 Million GTD $1,100 Prime Social Houston Summer Series Main Event title.
Vo defeats Will Leffingwell heads-up to take home the $229,200 first-place prize, Leffingwell receives $152,720 as runner-up. Here’s the full main event results.
Vo, third in the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown in Florida last month, came back home to Houston and earned his first major in his hometown in a rather dominant fashion. Vo was rarely seriously challenged throughout Day 2, his stack never in danger, and his final table play kept him at or near the top of the stacks all night.
The 1,459-entry tournament was the largest entry and prize pool for an $1,100 buy-in in Texas state sanctioned poker tournament history. Players were anxious to take a shot at satellite seats, with 217 seats won to the event. The overall series also set a state record with more than $3.1 million in total payouts.
We were on hand for the entire 16-tournament series, bringing constant live tournament updates from what is one of the country’s hottest poker cities. Houston poker es en fuego. You can find all the daily tournament updates, results and more here.
