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Matt Salsberg Wins 2017 California State Poker Championship

After a heads-up deal, Canadian World Poker Tour champ Matt Salsberg walked away with $164,870 in prize money and a $10,000 L.A. Poker Classic seat for winning the 2017 California State Poker Championship $1,100 Main Event. Along with Fredrick Arni, Salsberg topped a field of 1,119 entrants in the Commerce Casino event, which had four starting flights.

It's the sixth score of at least $100,000 for Salsberg, who now has over $2.4 million in live cashes.

Official Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1Matt Salsberg$174,870**
2Fredrick Arni$160,000*
3Thu Nguyen$85,720
4Delmero Toledo$58,040
5Eddy Sabat$44,610
6Douglas Lada$37,040
7Thomas Zanot$31,040
8John Hulett$25,020
9Saya Ono$19,020

*reflects heads-up deal
**reflects deal and includes $10,000 LAPC seat

Just over 50 players advanced to Day 2 of the event, which took place Sunday.