Will Molson bags PCA High Roller

Will Molson has something of a love hate relationship with the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Over the past two years, the high-stakes pro has finished runner up twice in the $25,000 High Roller but finally went one further this January, pocketing the $1,072,850 first prize.

The event drew a PCA record 151-strong field, creating a massive $3,995,500 prize pool, and big name stars Jason Mercier and 2010 Hall of Famer Erik Seidel were still in the hunt as the final table began to take shape.

But Molson, who came into the last eight as one of the shorter stacks, ground his way into the chip lead and didn’t need long to see off second place finisher Leo Fernandez heads-up.

‘It feels amazing, what a relief,’ Molson told onlookers. ‘When I got heads up I tried not to think about it too much, but it was hard. I really put a lot of pressure on myself. I wanted to lose that second place tag.’

The final table payouts were as follows:

1 Will Molson $1,072,850
2 Leo Fernandez $544,925
3 Max Lykov $369,950
4 Erik Seidel $295,950
5 Govert Metaal $240,470
6 David “Bakes” Baker $203,475
7 Matt Marafioti $166,480
8 Jason Mercier $129,480

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