Geoffrey Hum Charges Through Star-Studded Final Table to Win WPT Montreal Main Event

Geoffrey Hum wins the WPT Montreal Main Event
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  • Namita Ghosh November 5, 2019
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The World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal landed at the Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake – Montreal, on October 20 to play out a seven-event stop. The showstopper event at the stop was the CA$3,300 buy-in Main Event, and it didn’t disappoint. Logging in an impressive 1,109 across three live flights and one online flight, the finale featured a star-studded final table. In the end, it was Nova Scotia resident Geoffrey Hum (cover image) who topped them all to win the title and his first-ever WPT title.

30-year old Hum was one of the lesser-known players on the final table that had a WSOP Main Event champion, a partypoker team pro and a former November Niner in the mix. Hum, who had only $50,000 in recorded live winnings coming into this event, got a life-changing CA$500,000 boost to his bankroll after the win!

“It’s awesome! I’m not a pro by any means, so to come here for a few days and to have this result is obviously not expected, but it’s pretty sweet,” said Hum, who doesn’t consider himself as a professional poker player and plans to continue his day job.

He added, “Playing against such a tough field is probably something I’ve learned a lot from. Yesterday was such a crazy day where I started with 380,000 and I got aces and kings four times in one orbit, which really catapulted me.”

Former WSOP champion, India’s Nipun Java had also entered the event. Java made it as far as Day 2 but fell out empty-handed.

Nipun Java
Nipun Java

The tournament kicked off live on October 29, registering 787 entries across the three live starting flights. Before this, 101 players had registered for the online flight that was held on partypoker on October 20. Day 2 of the online flight had also been kept the same day. Add to this the late entrants who came in during the first four levels of Day 2, a total of 1,109 entry-slips were sold, making for a guarantee-smashing CA$3.32 Million prize pool.

While Day 2 had begun with 432 players, only 145 among them managed to bag a stack. These were joined by 14 online survivors on Day 3, making for a 159-strong start-of-day field.

All players advancing to Day 3 had locked in CA$6,000, but there were far greater riches awaiting those who ventured deep.

Some notable players who hit the rails on Day 3 were Louis Salter (11th for CA$43,000), Nathan Hall (29th for CA$16,000), Kitty Kuo (35th for CA$13,750), Jack Salter (37th for CA$13,750), Ari Engel (44th for CA$11,750), Indian-origin players Rupesh Pattni (77th for CA$7,250), Mukul Pahuja (79th for CA$7,250), Manig Loeser (94th for CA$6,500), Jeff Gross (102nd for CA$6,500) and Indian-origin pro Lokesh Garg (140th for CA$6,000).

Only 10 players carried stacks to the final day when it took nearly two-and-half hours before the six-handed final table was drawn.

Kelly Minkin (7th for CA$85,000), Michael Robar (8th for CA$67,000), Mike Leah (9th for CA$53,000), and Jason Sagle (10th for CA$43,000) were the last few players to be eliminated before the final table.

 

Final Table Chip Counts

  1. Joseph Cheong – 11,410,000
  2. Adedapo Ajayi – 9,345,000
  3. Geoffrey Hum – 7,780,000
  4. Mike Watson – 6,860,000
  5. Martin Jacobson – 4,520,000
  6. Kristen Bicknell – 4,375,000
The WPT Montreal final table
The WPT Montreal final table

Final Table Recap

It took just an hour of play for the 2014 WSOP Main Event champion Martin Jacobson to hit the rail in sixth place. Around 30 minutes later, partypoker pro Kristen Bicknell followed suit in fifth place.

About an hour after that, Hum raised to 450,000 from UTG and WPT Champions Club member Mike Watson re-raised it to 1.8 Million from the big blind. Hum moved all-in for 16 Million, and Watson called with his last 7.9 Million.

Mike Watson

Hum

Watson was at risk, but the flop and the turn gave him hope. It all came crashing down for him as the on the river completed Hum’s one-card flush.

Mike Watson
Mike Watson

Three-handed, the play went on for a good two hours before start-of-day chip leader Joseph Cheong pitted his against Hum’s . The flop saw Hum sprint ahead with a set, and the turn improved him to a full house. Cheong was drawing dead even before the landed on the river and he collected a third-place payout.

Joseph Cheong
Joseph Cheong

Hum was at a distinct advantage at the start of the heads-up play holding 26.15 Million in chips as against Adedapo Ajayi’s 18.15 Million.

Geoffrey Hum's heads-up match with Adedapo Ajayi
Geoffrey Hum’s heads-up match with Adedapo Ajayi

Not wasting any time, Hum put his advantage to work and cornered Ajayi. The final hand saw Ajayi make a raise 800,000 on which Hum called from the big blind. The flop fell and Hum checked his option. Ajayi continued for 800,000 and Hum check-raised for 2.6 Million. Ajayi used a time extension chip before announcing a 3-bet for 6.9 Million. Hum moved all-in for 25 Million, and Ajayi made the call for 17.5 Million.

Adedapo Ajayi

Geoff Hum

Hum held the stronger flush draw and top pair. The on the turn kept him ahead. With completing the board, Hum was declared the Season XVIII WPT Montreal champion!

Geoffrey Hum wins the WPT Montreal Main Event
Geoffrey Hum wins the WPT Montreal Main Event

Final Table Results (CAD)

  1. Geoffrey Hum – CA$500,000*
  2. Adedapo Ajayi – CA$335,000
  3. Joe Cheong – CA$235,290
  4. Mike Watson – CA$180,000
  5. Kristen Bicknell – CA$140,000
  6. Martin Jacobson – CA$110,000

*Includes a $15,000 WPT Tournament of Champions seat

Content & Images Courtesy: World Poker Tour

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