Stephen Dauphinais said this was his favorite game when I was taking the winner’s photo, and it’s easy to see why. He has a solid grasp of all the variations in the game, and that was on display today.
Dauphinais was one of the bigger stacks through most of the day, though Nu Teliani was top for the early part. He came into Day 2 about 8k behind Teliani, and he never really seemed in jeopardy, and he really turned it up during five-handed play, which went on for four levels.
It was during five-handed play that he started stacking up big, as Teliani slowly lost chips. When she finally hit the rail in 5th place during Level 24, that opened the floodgates, and the game was over before the end of that same level.
Dauphinais took out the final three players on his own in quick succession, with the heads up against James To lasting only a few hands. He won it in a deuce-to-seven hand with a ten 8. Dauphinais raised to 100k, then drew two to To’s 3.
To check-raised after the first draw and Dauphinais called the 100k. He took 2 again while To only needed 1. To bet 100k and Dauphinais called, with both players taking 1 on the final draw of the game.To checked, then called off the rest of his stack when Dauphinais bet 100k.
To showed an ace on his final draw, while Dauphinais drew well to a ten-eight for the big win. This is Daupinais’s first ring, but he has a trophy from last year’s Main Event at the Tourament of Champions in Edmonton, and he had a huge score in 2024 at the WSOP in Vegas with 3rd in the Milly Maker for more than $600k. He’ll be pretty happy to pick up his first ring in his favorite game, though.
Final Results for TORSE
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Stephen Dauphinais | $17,933 |
| 2 | James To | $11,776 |
| 3 |  Fat-Cheong Wong | $7,992 |
| 4 | Stephen Horak | $5,610 |
| 5 | Nu Teliani | $4,078 |
| 6 | Jeffrey Mulder | $3,073 |
| 7 | Matthew Osario | $2,404 |
| 8 | Craig Caldwell | $1,956 |
| 9 | Jordan Pennock | $1,657 |
| 10 | Darcey Beaucage | $1,617 |
| 11 | Luteng Li | $1,617 |
| 12 | Seesung-“Henry” Oh | $1,578 |
| 13 | Benjamin Vandermeer | $1,578 |
| 14 | Nathan Mccarty | $1,578 |
| 15 | Remy Bhend | $1,578 |
