Ari Engel - HPT Season XIII Champion - $162,154

A dominating performance from a few places before the money bubble all the way through the final hand of the event, @AriEngelPoker takes down the Season XIII @HPTPoker Championship at @AmeristarSC - and with it the Player of the Year title as well.

Engel came to the Championship 19th in the Player of the Year standings, only able to win the title with a tournament victory and the players in the top 10 not making the final table.

He hit every benchmark along the way, taking the chiplead right before the money bubble, bursting the bubble and rolling all the way to the final table.

The final table was rough-going for a while, down to 10BB at one point, but he recovered, eventually defeating Jake Bazeley heads-up FTW.

Engel earns $162,154 for first place, and entries in to six HPT Main Events in Season XIV as Player of the Year.

Here are the final results.

	12/8-12/2017	$2,500	Championship
	316	Entries
	$704,996	Prize Pool
	36	Places Paid
Place	Name		City	Payout
1	Ari	Engel	Delray Beach, FL	$162,154
2	Jacob	Bazeley	Cincinnati, OH	$102,647
3	Niel	Mittelman	Chicago, IL	$68,737
4	Neil	Patel	St. Charles, MO	$47,940
5	Gil	George	Desoto TX	$35,955
6	Bill	Byrnes	Wentzville, MO	$28,200
7	Joshua	Turner	St. Louis, MO	$23,829
8	Harold	Evans	Newburgh, IN	$19,740
9	Paul	Belken	HIllsboro, MO	$16,990
10	Steve	Parrish	n/a	$13,395
11	Michael	Scarborough	Lawrenceburg, IN	$13,395
12	Gregory	Jennings	Overland Park, KS	$13,395
13	Phil	Mader	Grand Island, NE	$10,081
14	John	Richards	Roxana, IL	$10,081
15	Keven	Stammen	Celina, OH	$10,081
16	Ronald	Ong	St. Louis, MO	$7,896
17	Jamey	Kramer	S. Lyon, MI	$7,896
18	Ted	Forshey	De Kalb, MO	$7,896
19	Tim	Vance	MIllstadt, IL	$6,345
20	Blair	Hinkle	Lake Waukomis, MO	$6,345
21	Kyle	Parrish	Union, MO	$6,345
22	Chris	George	Ballwin, MO	$6,345
23	Andreas	Ioakimides	St. Louis, MO	$6,345
24	Ravi	Raghavan	Northbrook, IL	$6,345
25	Todd	Hoffman	Tulsa, OK	$6,345
26	Robert	Loechel	Ann Arbor, MI	$6,345
27	Robert	Castoire	Cecilia, KY	$6,345
28	Patrick	Ray	St. Louis, MO	$5,287
29	Allen	Kessler	Las Vegas, NV	$5,287
30	Ryan	Leng	Sun City, AZ	$5,287
31	Bryan	Skreens	Winfiled, IL	$5,287
32	Reginald	Roberts	Ozark, MO	$5,287
33	Timothy	Pirraglia	Penfield, PA	$5,287
34	David	Yingling	Cape Girardeau, MO	$5,287
35	David	Coffman	Bloomington, IL	$5,287
36	Sameer	Al-Dbhany	Frankfurt, KY	$5,287

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