Craig Varnell has won the WPT500 at the Aria days after finishing third in the inaugural World Series of Poker Online bracelet event. Hunter Cichy also made the final table of both events.

The World Poker Tour (WPT) showed the Chinese why they’ll prove to be a sound investment after attracting 5,113 entrants to their WPT500 show at the Aria over the summer.

Adam Pliska and the team slapped a $2m guarantee on the event. There was no sweat. $2,556,500 was created and the top prize of $330,000 is now sitting in the bank account of Craig Varnell.

Varnell’s week was as exciting as hearing the news that your vasectomy had been called off. It was that good. A few days ago he was finishing third in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online bracelet, and now he was beating 5,113