Farid Yachou Wins First WPT Tournament of Champions for $381,600 and a 2016 Corvette

The inaugural Monster World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions crowned its winner on Sunday night, with Farid Yachou walking away with the title and $381,600 in first-place prize money.

Additionally, Yachou earned himself a 2016 Corvette, courtesy of Monster, a Hublot King Power Unico Titanium watch, an Aurae® Solid Gold MasterCard, a pair of gold Monster® 24K Headphones, a custom premium poker table from BBO Poker Tables, a seat in Tiger’s Poker Night Presented by World Poker Tour, and a round of golf for you and two guests at the world-class Shadow Creek Golf Course with Matt Savage. All told, the additional prizes are estimated to be worth more than $150,000.

With the victory, Yachou moved to over $600,000 in career live tournament earnings. While that number isn’t exactly a headline stealer, Yachou’s story to the winner’s circle is quite an amazing one.

First, Yachou is scared of flying. Actually, we were told he is petrified of it. When he won WPT Amsterdam at the beginning of the current season in May 2015, he was told he also won entry to this event, which was to take place in America. Because of his fear of flying, Yachou didn’t want to make the trip. Then there’s the fact that Yachou had never been to the States at all. Additionally, Yachou needed a visa to come over and play in this event, and he nearly missed the deadline for submission, getting it approved on the final day in order to make this trip possible. Oh, and if you check Yachou’s live tournament results, he only has two on record. Those two are his WPT Amsterdam win and this Monster WPT Tournament of Champions win.

Final Table Results

The eliminations got started on Hand #38 of the final table, when …

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