Jordan Westmorland has won the Melbourne Poker Championships Main Event and a first prize of $177,563 after outlasting a field of 471 players for the title.
The adopted Aussie, who has become a regular fixture on the local Australian circuit after moving here in 2014 from the US – via a brief stopover in Thailand – in the wake of Black Friday, secured his biggest live career victory after doing a deal heads-up with fellow pro Michael Egan.
It wasn’t Westmorland’s largest live score to date – that came with a third-place finish at EPT San Remo five years ago for US$300,000 – but it is one he’ll remember for a long time.
Coming into the final table sitting sixth in chips and with less than a quarter of the stack of chip leader Sam Korman, the affable American also faced a particularly tough final table featuring the likes of Egan, Ash Gupta, Tam Truong and Ken Demlakian. But he didn’t look back after scoring an early double – eventually entering heads-up with Egan just about level in chips before taking down the title after the two agreed to a deal. Egan took home $175,838 for his runner-up finish.
| Position | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Jordan Westmorland | $177,563 |
| 2nd | Michael Egan | $175,838 |
| 3rd | Sam Korman | $84,005 |
| 4th | Mingbao Yin | $63,730 |
| 5th | Tam Truong | $46,350 |
| 6th | Samuel Ingham | $36,690 |
| 7th | Ken Demlakian | $28,970 |
| 8th | Ash Gupta | $24,145 |
| 9th | Arthur Maggs | $19,315 |
| 10th | Milan Stojkovic | $16,895 |
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