2021 WPT Tampa
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 9
$400 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  107
Prize Pool:  $35,845
June 15, 2021

There were 107 entries in Wednesday’s Omaha 8/Stud 8 tournament, and the last player standing was Randolph “Brooklyn Johnny” Crowther, who earned $11,382, the title, and the guitar trophy.

“I thought I played a solid tournament,” said Crowther. “I made one bad decision early on, and it almost knocked me out. But then I luckily recovered.”

There was a surprisingly long final table bubble, and when they finally took their seats at the final table, five of the eight players had three big bets or less.

Crowther began the final table second in chips behind Chris Kennedy, who won Event 3 ($400 Limit Omaha 8) last week to earn the second guitar trophy of his career, and the two of them knocked out the other six players between them to reach heads-up play nearly even in chips.

They played for a short while before taking a break, and Kennedy had taken a 740K-to-542K lead. But when they got back from break, it was all Crowther from there, with Kennedy apparently going winless during the next level to find himself with less than half of a big bet.

Kennedy bounced back a bit, but was knocked out a few minutes later in a final hand where he started with aces in the hole in Stud-8, but Crowther finished with a queen-high straight.

“I love high-low games,” said Crowther. “I’ve been playing them my whole life. I’m a patient player, and I read the cards quickly. I know highs, and I know lows.”

And now Crowther has the guitar trophy to prove it.