Kevin Rabichow overcame a competitive field of 64 entries and outlasted a star-studded final table featuring several bracelet winners to take down the 2024 World Poker Tour Playground Championship $10,500 no-limit hold’em high roller.
The American poker pro walked away with $152,006 USD for his first-ever live tournament victory. With this win, the 2021 World Series of Poker (WOP) $100,000 buy-in runner-up now has close to $4.6 million in live poker tournament earnings.
The top eight finishers were paid out in this event, with Joshua Justin (8th for $16,589) and Dustin Melanson (7th for $20,736) becoming the first two players to finish in the money. Bracelet winner Tommy Nguyen exited in sixth place ,earning $25,344 for his efforts. Other big names on the final table included 2023 WSOP $25,000 heads-up championship winner Chanracy Khun (4th for $41,472.
Following the elimination of Cooper Bryant (3rd for $61,056), the heads-up began between 2018 partypoker MILLION Grand Final Barcelona main event champion and 2010 WSOP $1,500 no-limit hold’em event winner Pascal LeFrancois and KevinRabichow. LeFrancois could not go all the way, eventually ending as the runner-up for $111,341. Following his runner-up finish, LeFrancois now has more than $7.1 million in live cashes.
The tournament generated a $459,456 prize pool, which was finally distributed among the top eight finishers. The tournament sported and more than tripled its $200,000 CAD guarantee. Here is a quick look at the tournament payouts.
Final Table Payouts
| 1 | Kevin Rabichow | $152,006 |
| 2 | Pascal LeFrancois | $111,341 |
| 3 | Cooper Bryant | $61,056 |
| 4 | Chanracy Khun | $41,472 |
| 5 | Stephen Nahm | $32,256 |
| 6 | Tommy Nguyen | $25,344 |
| 7 | Dustin Melanson | $20,736 |
| 8 | Joshua Justin | $16,589 |
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