US poker pro David Eldridge has emerged the winner in the $10,300 buy-in Party Poker Millions North America High Roller competition after a tough 10-hour final day of play and a heads up confrontation with Victor Ramdin.
The win boosted Eldridge’s bank balance by $235,197 – his second largest career win so far – and added the PartyPoker Live trophy to his silverware.
80 entries in all were recorded for the event, bringing the prize pool to $970,000 and making just ten cashes available.
There was an impressive turnout of big names among the entries, including Kristen Bicknell, Parker Talbot, Viktor Blom, Niall Farrell, Chris Moorman, Victor Ramdin, Anthony Zinno, Martin Jacobson, Roberto Romanello, Alex Foxen, Brian Yoon and Jonathan Duhamel.
Eldridge held a commanding lead when the final table formed, but was challenged by Victor Ramdin and the two ended up in a short but intense heads up with roughly equal chip stacks. However, it was Elderidge’s day and he made short work of his last opponent, sending Ramdin home with a well-earned $141.116 pay check.
Other final table pay-outs included:
Kevin Hobbs $94,077
Jon Van Fleet $70,558
Viktor Blom $56,838
Parker Talbot $45,075
Ami Alibay $35,276
Chris Moorman $27,437