I'm sure it'll go down and be chronicled in history as one of the best heads-up matches ever. "Then you come in here and you have to battle for 12 hours heads-up. "We've been playing on little to no sleep - the nerves and the angst that you feel at night, it's almost impossible to get a good night's rest," he said. Though he was clearly disappointed with the result, he already had some perspective of how special a moment he had just been involved in. Miles, who entered the day as the chip leader, earned $5 million for his second-place finish. After thinking for a minute, Cynn dropped in his chips to indicate a call, and it was all over. On the 8d turn, Miles went all-in for 114 million. After a flop of Kh-Kd-5h, Miles bet 32 million and Cynn called. On the final hand, Cynn raised to 9 million with Kc-Jc before the flop, Miles reraised to 34 million with Qc-8h, and Cynn called. The heads-up battle between Cynn and Miles lasted almost 10½ hours, with records set for the most hands played heads-up to close out a WSOP main event (199) and the most total hands at a WSOP main event final table (442). It's definitely going to be life-changing." even to my parents, this is money that they never could've imagined. "But at the same time, practically, it's going to make things a lot easier - things I want to do in life. "The money is very significant, but I do like to think that I don't need the money to be happy," said Cynn. Though he was still wrapped up in the emotion of his victory, Cynn made it clear that while the money will change his life, he doesn't want to change who he is as a person. LAS VEGAS - John Cynn defeated Tony Miles heads-up to win the 2018 World Series of Poker main event early Sunday morning, claiming poker's world championship and $8.8 million.Ĭynn, 33, of Indianapolis, played 10 full days of poker over the past two weeks at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino to turn his $10,000 buy-in into one of the richest prizes in poker, triumphing over a field of 7,874 players. John Cynn wins 2018 WSOP main event after marathon heads-up battle You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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