Philipp Gruissem made it a double World Poker Tour Alpha8 Title for himself when he won the WPT Alpha8 St.Kitts $100,000 buy-in event here yesterday. The German poker pro has now won two of the three WPT Alpha8 High Roller titles this year. Played out at the Royal Beach Casino, Gruissem outlasted a total of 23 players to win $1,084,600, his second seven figure pay check in three weeks. He previously won the WPT Alpha8 event in London for $1,379,800 on October 29th, 2013.
Gruissem defeated Tom McDonald in a short heads up battle which won the latter with $679,000. Mike McDonald ended in third place though he had entered three-way competition in chip lead. Mike’s pocket sixes ran into Gruissem’s pocket Kings and he took a huge hit and soon hit the rail to cash $434,560 for his third place effort. The top five players finished in the money from the eight handed final table.
WPT Alpha8 action now moves to South Africa in February.
Final results from WPT Alpha8
| Rank | Name | Prize |
| 1 | Philipp Gruissem | $1,0846,000 |
| 2 | Tom McDonald | $679,000 |
| 3 | Mike McDonald | $434,560 |
| 4 | Jason Koon | $298,760 |
| 5 | Scott Seiver | $217,280 |