Tony “Boston” Ruberto has done it again; at the WPT Maryland this week he won his second World Poker Tour Champions Cup, along with prize money of $344,755 after besting a competitive field of 554.
His previous WPT Cup victory was in 2011 at WPT Jacksonville, where he cashed for $325,928.
It’s been a good year for the poker pro so far, with cashes of $781,018 in the PartyPoker Millions North America Main Event and for $166,605 at the WPT Choctaw.
Ruberto went up a gear when the action reached three-handed stage on the final table, and by the time third place finisher Jeremy Ausmus headed for the exit and a well-earned cash of $162,597, Boston Tony had amassed a lead of 18 million vs. the 4 million of his last opponent, Shankar Pillai.
Pillai’s seemingly hopeless deficit was dramatically turned around however as he scored two major double ups to draw even and then seize the lead, making for exciting poker over the remaining 50 hands before Ruberto was able to wrest back control and eliminate Pillai for $220,780.