Despite clashing with the World Series of Poker Europe, partypoker LIVE and the World Poker Tour attracted 792-entrants to a Montreal Main Event that went the way of Patrick Serda.

“If you play well, titles will come,” said Patrick Serda in the aftermath of his 2017 decision to hand William Kassouf the trophy in the €10,300 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller at the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) in Prague, instead preferring to take the chunkiest chunk of the table change.

He’s been proved right.

Serda trounced 792-entrants to win the World Poker Tour (WPT) Montreal Main Event, banking the CAD 855,000 first prize. The event, the first between partypoker LIVE and WPT, was a phenomal success with the CAD 5,000,000 prize pool the largest of Season XVII thus far.