The World Poker Tour has taken to Vienna this week and the Montesino Pokertainment Centre, and already a big name has emerged as an event winner from the festival. James Akenhead, former World Series of Poker November Niner, won the partypoker WPT Vienna Warm-Up for €65,000 on Monday, March 14, 2016.
Akenhead topped a field of 1,157 entries to get his hands on the winner's trophy and €65,000 ($72,800). Despite four players busting from the nine-handed final table in the first six hands of play, it took a total of 198 hands, including a three-hour heads-up battle between Akenhead and runner-up Oliver Baude, for the tournament to be settled.