| Level: | 23 (15000/30000/30000) |
| Entries: | 1/77 |
| Prizes: | $51,205 |
Shawn Taghavi picked up his second trophy of this series. He previously won the Seniors game on opening day, and ow he’s come through to win Event #7: 6-Max. He came into the final day second in chips, but after chip leader Curtis Singleton had a brutal day to bust out in 8th, the rest of the day was mostly Taghavi.
He did have to contend with the tough Matt Klapstein to his right, and it was he and Klapsteing who ended up as the final two players. Taghavi was clearly playing well, but he was also running hot tonight. On several occasions, he found big river cards to take away hands after money went in with him behind.
The final hand was a similar dynamic, though he found his salvation on the turn in that one. After raise-call action preflop, Klapstein flopped bottom two while Taghavi hit top pair. Klapstein check-raised Taghavi’s flop bet before Taghavi three-bet, then called off Klapstein’s shove.
Taghavi turned his bigger two pair, and Klapstein couldn’t boat up for the win. This was Taghavi’s second PPT trophy, with both of them coming at this series. This will slot into his second biggest cash, after a 5th place in a 2018 DeepStacks Poker Tour Main Event.
